【The Highway Survival Game has descended upon Blue Star. Loading progress: 92%. Please all inhabitants of Blue Star wait patiently.】
As a freshly graduated college student from the 21st century, Lu Yuelan was a homebody who loved reading novels. She chose to become a kindergarten teacher because the job was relatively easy, leaving her more time to do what she enjoyed.
Of course, the adorable little children were also one of the reasons Lu Yuelan was willing to work as a kindergarten teacher. Who wouldn’t like innocent, cute little kids? At least she couldn’t refuse them.
When Lu Yuelan heard this mechanical voice, she subconsciously began searching through the limited resources at home. Based on her experience from reading countless novels, whenever such a strange voice appeared, something major was bound to happen afterward.
Preparing more supplies would always be better than nothing. Even if they were not used, at most she would just waste some time and effort. But if they did become useful, her future life would be much easier.
Water, food, clothes, blankets, whatever resources she had, she would take them all. Lu Yuelan pulled out an unused suitcase from home and forcefully stuffed everything inside.
Time was tight, and she didn’t know when the unexpected event would occur. The more she packed now, the better her chances of surviving later.
Lu Yuelan was focused entirely on stuffing items into the suitcase and didn’t even have time to check what she had packed. Just as her right hand was about to grab a thick blanket, her vision suddenly went black, and she vanished from the living room.
When light returned to her eyes, what appeared before Lu Yuelan was a road stretching endlessly into the distance.
【Ding. This is Zone 88, Division 888 of Huaguo. Welcome to the Highway Survival Game.】
【Warm reminder: Babies under the age of 10 will receive humanitarian care from the Interstellar Alliance and be granted free protection. Players aged 10 and above will be forcibly entered into the game and restored to their optimal condition. The difference is that minors under 18 will have two lottery draws, while adults only have one chance to draw a talent skill.】
【The following are the road rules. All players, please read carefully.】
【1. Each player initially has one vehicle draw opportunity. Whether you are lucky or unlucky depends on your personal fate. We hereby wish you good luck.】
【2. The road only allows forward movement; reversing is not permitted. After night falls, you may only rest in place. If you leave your vehicle beyond 10 meters and encounter any accidents, you are solely responsible for the consequences.】
【3. There are single-player lanes and multi-player lanes. In single-player lanes, only you exist. In multi-player lanes, there is a chance of encountering other people besides players. Sometimes human nature is more dangerous than monsters, so encountering humans is not necessarily luckier than encountering monsters.】
【4. Red light means stop, green light means stop, and when the yellow light appears, wait a moment. Various types of stations will appear along the road; you may choose whether or not to enter them.】
【5. Treasure chests appearing on the road are key to survival in the Highway Survival Game. Fatigue driving may cause you to die in your sleep, so please maintain sufficient energy.】
【6. Each month has a required driving distance. If you fail to meet the required mileage, you will be sent directly to the Western Paradise.】
【7. This is currently the beginner protection period; monster combat power is restricted. Please fight on your own and obtain more resources.】
【8. Shops will appear randomly on the road. You can merge with your family members, and then purchase “parallel cards” in the shop. However, after using a parallel card, even if the other party refuses your request, the road difficulty will double. Please use it with caution.】
【Finally, we wish everyone a pleasant time in the Highway Survival Game. The Interstellar Alliance once again blesses everyone to survive smoothly.】
“It’s so cold!”
Lu Yuelan did not expect that the moment she entered, she would almost be frozen to death by the sudden drop in temperature. She hurriedly rummaged through the suitcase she had brought with her, looking for thicker clothes to put on. Once she felt her body was no longer so cold, she finally let out a breath of relief, she had almost died on the spot.
It was all thanks to her years of experience reading novels that she wasn’t frozen to death the moment she arrived.
She didn’t know how the others in her family were doing.
Especially her adorable little nephew, who had unfortunately just turned ten last month, right at the threshold of the system’s forced-entry age requirement.
God knows how such a young child was supposed to survive in this dangerously unpredictable world.
No, she had to act quickly and earn money to buy a “parallel card.”
Since Lu Yuelan had never been to a shop before, she didn’t know how much the parallel card cost. To be safe, she had to earn as much money as possible.
Besides her dear little nephew, she also had an elderly grandmother to care for. This game clearly had no respect for the elderly, older people were still forced to participate. She worried her grandmother’s health might not hold up in such a perilous environment.
That meant it wasn’t just one parallel card she needed, she needed at least two.
As for her parents, those two were still young and strong enough to take care of themselves, so she didn’t bother worrying about them.
Lu Yuelan had never even met them since birth. She was raised entirely by her grandmother and aunt.
When she was little, she used to cry and ask why other children had both parents while she only had a grandmother and aunt. At one point, she even ran away from home over it, forcing her grandmother to finally tell her the truth. After that, Lu Yuelan never looked for those unreliable parents again.
She hadn’t “brought misfortune” to her father or mother, nor had she caused bad luck to the people around her. So why was she used as an excuse, called a “cursed lone star,” said to bring death to her parents and everyone close to her?
Heh. Now she was an adult, and yet none of those so-called relatives or acquaintances had been “cursed to death” as claimed.
It was all just excuses. They used a child as a scapegoat to end a marriage they no longer wanted, so they could remarry and start over. Even at a young age, Lu Yuelan understood these human relationships all too well.
In the countryside, there were many gossipy women who loved to chatter. After her parents divorced and both abandoned their original families, never returning to that remote and backward village, it became a major topic of gossip. They would occasionally bring it up in front of Lu Yuelan, talking about her biological parents, no wonder she grew up so early and became so mature.
Fortunately, she had already been adopted into another family, so she no longer needed to care about what those scumbag father and mother thought. The hierarchy and relations were a bit of a mess, but that didn’t matter, what mattered was that life had become peaceful and clean.
The past was unbearable to look back on; it was better to focus on the present.
The highway survival game was too obscure in novels, and Lu Yuelan had never been interested in it or learned anything about it, so everything here felt completely unfamiliar.
Based on the rules of the road, travel distance was the most important factor. She absolutely needed a vehicle. Relying on walking alone while also gathering supplies to survive was nothing more than a foolish dream.
“System, draw a vehicle.”
Lu Yuelan tried calling out to the system to begin her first lottery draw.
A large spinning wheel appeared in front of her, with a pointer rotating rapidly.
She nervously watched the vehicles displayed on the wheel, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, boats, and various other modes of transportation.
The best option among them was undoubtedly the car. It saved time and effort, and it wasn’t affected by wind or sun. The worst, without a doubt, was the boat.
On this road, there was not a single drop of water. A boat would be the worst possible vehicle, if she drew it, it would only sit in storage gathering dust, wasting a precious draw. Even a bicycle would be better, at least it could be used immediately.