In the morning, their RV slowly drove out of the resource zone and returned to the highway.
The beautiful scenery along the way put both of them in a pleasant mood.
After their intimate exchange the previous night, their relationship had grown even closer.
Though Shiro had not yet fully “eaten” Shizuka, he could take the final step whenever he wished.
Even the progress bar in the Codex had reached the final 1%.
“Shiro-kun, look!
It’s the sea!” At noon, the RV finally drove out of the forest road, and an open sea appeared on the left side of the highway.
The deep-blue ocean shimmered with sparkling waves.
In the distance, seagulls soared freely through the sky, while a few crabs occasionally crawled across the white beach before quickly hiding among the reefs.
“Can we go take a look, Shiro-kun?” Shizuka pointed excitedly at the sea in the distance.
Among the supplies they had gathered yesterday, there happened to be a bikini.
Now that they had reached the seaside, how could she not go and play for a bit?
“Sure.
We can relax a little.
We’ve been driving for a long time, so resting for a while is fine.” Shiro did not refuse.
Seeing him agree, Shizuka happily turned onto the side road and followed the seaside route down to the beach.
There was no parking lot here, so the two could only stop the RV beside the road.
After that, they changed into swimwear and went to the seaside.
“The sea is so blue!
And the sea breeze feels so nice!
It’s like you’re touching me, Shiro-kun!” Shizuka ran across the beach, letting out bright, pleasant laughter from time to time.
Shiro walked slowly behind her.
Neither of them had any intention of swimming in the sea.
Walking along the shore was enough.
No one knew whether some monster might be lying in ambush beneath the water, so caution was never wrong.
“Ah!
Shiro-kun, look over there!” Just as the two were relaxing by the beach, Shizuka seemed to notice something and pointed toward the direction where their RV was parked.
Zombies had actually appeared around the RV.
Although they no longer needed to worry too much about being bitten by zombies, they were currently on the road.
Logically speaking, so many zombies should not have appeared at once.
“Let’s go back and deal with them first.
We can’t let them damage the RV.” Shiro frowned.
Fortunately, when they got out, he and Shizuka had both brought weapons just in case.
Otherwise, returning to the RV would have been troublesome.
After clearing out the zombies, Shiro and Shizuka no longer felt like enjoying the sea.
They returned to the RV.
“The road does spawn monsters, but this many shouldn’t appear all at once.
What exactly is going on?
Can this world evolve too?
Is it adapting to players as they gradually grow stronger?
If that’s the case, wouldn’t this be like a game patch?” Sitting in the passenger seat, Shiro looked at the beautiful scenery constantly retreating past the window, his brows tightly furrowed.
The system had given too little information, so he had no way to know for sure.
All he could do was make guesses on his own.
“Forget it.
Thinking too much won’t help.
Let’s check what materials are needed to upgrade the RV to Level 3 first.” After thinking for a long time without any clue, Shiro finally opened the passenger-seat screen to distract himself.
[Materials required for RV upgrade: Steel x30, Special Steel x5, Glass x10, Generator x1] “It actually needs a generator.
Good thing we took one from the underground warehouse earlier.
Otherwise, who knows how long we would’ve had to wait before finding one?
Sensei really is my lucky star.
I wonder how high her Luck stat is?” After closing the panel, Shiro looked at Shizuka, who was driving seriously, and thought quietly to himself.
“What’s wrong, Shiro-kun?” Shizuka tilted her head.
As she drove, the RV conveniently sent several zombies charging in from the side flying away.
“Mm, I just wanted to ask about your stats, Shizuka.” “Eh?
I haven’t told you yet, Shiro-kun?” Shizuka was shocked and slammed her foot on the brake.
A zombie that had been about to pounce on the RV went tumbling off the side of the road and rolled straight into the sea.
“No.
Also, look over there, Shizuka.” Shiro pointed in the direction of the zombie that had just fallen into the water.
The seawater around where the zombie landed began boiling, as if it had been provoked.
Then, a massive figure suddenly leaped out from beneath the sea and swallowed the zombie in one bite.
From far away, it looked like a gigantic whale-like creature.
However, its body was covered in crystal-like stone chunks, and several terrifying claws protruded from its fins.
“Thank goodness we didn’t go into the water earlier.
We would’ve been dead for sure!” Shizuka patted her plump chest with lingering fear.
That giant whale had truly frightened her.
“Keep driving.
Zombies are starting to appear again.
There aren’t many, but it’d be bad if they scratch up our vehicle.” The RV started moving again.
Only then did Shiro return to the topic from earlier.
Shizuka also directly displayed the stats shown by her system for him to see.
[Marikawa Shizuka: (Ordinary Human Maximum Value: 5)] [Physique: 3] [Mind: 5] [Agility: 3] [Luck: 5] Shizuka’s Luck was the same as his, both at 5 points.
Could it be that because both of them had 5 Luck, their combined luck was a little better?
Shiro could not quite figure it out.
However, if he had a choice next time, he wanted to see whether he could obtain free attribute points and add them to Luck.
Aside from looking at the scenery, there were no other entertainment activities on the road.
At night, the two could only lean on each other and comfort each other to pass the dull hours.
There was nothing much to say along the way.
Without much worry, the two arrived at the parking lot of the next resource zone.
As for that whale, they would not encounter it anyway, so what was there to fear?
The new resource zone was many times larger than the first.
It was already a standard urbanized town.
Looking out from the parking lot, Shiro saw reinforced concrete buildings wrapped in countless plants.
Even the wandering zombies looked much stronger than those in the first resource zone.
The parking lot of the new resource zone also had several more entrances and exits.
It looked like they were meant to let players split up and search more easily.
When Shiro arrived at the new parking lot, many RVs were already parked inside.
Roughly estimating, there were about fourteen or fifteen of them.
That did not even include the players who might arrive later.
However, he did not see any players, so they had probably already gone inside to search for supplies.
“Tsk.
Looks like the first resource zone was basically the beginner dungeon.
If you didn’t get anything good there, surviving in the second resource zone will be extremely difficult.” Sitting in the passenger seat, Shiro clicked his tongue as he looked at the new resource zone, which was many times larger than the first small town.
Among the RVs in the resource zone’s parking lot, several could be identified as upgraded just from their exteriors.
It seemed the players in those RVs were much more dangerous than the others.