Qi Xu casually ate something to fill her stomach, also drank a packet of honeysuckle juice, and watered the orange tree.
Then she continued driving forward, planning to get past this stretch of parallel highway first.
Not long after, the two parallel roads converged, and Qi Xu spotted a black sedan.
However, when the black sedan saw Qi Xu's garbage truck, it immediately hugged the far right, accelerated forward, and sped past without any intention of stopping. Its rear end might as well have had "don't come near me" written all over it.
Not everyone is willing to kill and loot just to obtain supplies. At the beginning of the game, most people aren't that aggressive.
Those who enter the game with no psychological burden and habitually do evil were probably not good people before joining the game either.
During the road convergence, the frequency of supply boxes would greatly increase, and the quality of the supplies would be much higher.
Qi Xu quickly drove forward about 2 kilometers and found that the black sedan had stopped by the roadside. There was a supply box on each side of the road, both silver-grade supply boxes.
Qi Xu drove her vehicle between the two supply boxes.
A man in his fifties or sixties got out of the sedan. Seeing that Qi Xu was a kind-looking young girl, he visibly relaxed.
"Miss, there are two supply boxes here. Can we each take one? You choose first."
Qi Xu wasn't the type to hoard resources and deny others, so she nodded in agreement.
"Alright, I'll take the one on the left." It was closer.
"Good, good, that's great!" The Uncle agreed very happily.d be troublesome either to take action or reveal what supplies she had.
The Uncle had already opened his box, and a fat-eared rabbit jumped out, immediately tripling in size as it leaped from the box.
The man had enough conscience not to lead the rabbit toward Qi Xu. Instead, he ran desperately in the opposite direction.
As he ran, he hurriedly took out a clothes rack pole from his backpack, constantly looking for opportunities to turn back and strike. The pole hit the fat-eared rabbit's ears.
It didn't cause much damage but thoroughly enraged the rabbit. With a fierce pounce, it pinned the man to the ground, its two ears flapping wildly, beating the man so he couldn't open his eyes.
Qi Xu decided to help, after all, as fellow humans, if she could save someone without endangering herself, she would.
Secondly... Qi Xu had her eye on this rabbit, wondering if Chinese Master Chef could make spicy rabbit head. Before joining the road survival game, this had been her favorite dish.
Just thinking about it made her mouth water involuntarily.
This was a situation that had never occurred before, and it was only because she now knew someone who loved cooking and was incredibly skilled that she even had such thoughts.
Qi Xu sprinted forward, raising her club high and striking the rabbit's back with full force. Her current strength wasn't enough to kill it in one hit; she just wanted to attract its attention.
She wanted to lure it away from the Uncle, so it wouldn't kick him to death.
Unexpectedly, the rabbit's body trembled slightly and froze in place. Qi Xu instantly understood—she had triggered a stunning effect!
Qi Xu promptly pulled out her long knife and stabbed it into the rabbit's belly! She twisted it around before pulling the knife back out.
The fat-eared rabbit was completely dead!
The Uncle lay on the ground, holding his stomach. After a while, he stood up with shaky legs.
After all, having just brushed with death, his reactions were still somewhat slow.
Qi Xu had already sent the fat-eared rabbit to Chinese Master Chef.
She only ordered one spicy rabbit head dish, nothing else, as payment for Chinese Master Chef.
Chinese Master Chef really wanted to just cook all the time without driving. He wondered when his tractor could become an attachment, hooking up with Whirlwind Big Shot or Wolf Warrior Big Shot, so he could focus on cooking in the back.
That would be wonderful.
"Thank you so much. If you hadn't helped just now, I might already be... dead by now."
Qi Xu waved her hand dismissively without speaking and prepared to leave.
But the Uncle called out to her again.
"You should take this silver supply box too. You killed the monster, so the items should rightfully be yours."
Since he was offering to repay her kindness, Qi Xu naturally wouldn't refuse. She first checked what was inside the silver supply box: a snow boot blueprint, a box of pure milk, and a thermos.
Qi Xu wanted each item.
"Then I won't be polite about it."
"No need, no need to be polite with me. I truly want to thank you. I'm already old, and I don't know how much longer I can hold on. I'm living one day at a time.
Young people like you have hope. This uncle hopes you can... go far. My daughter is about your age... I hope she can also become strong like you, with the ability to protect herself."
Qi Xu's parents had passed away many years ago, but hearing this man's words still moved her to sympathy.
"Hang in there. In the survival game, age isn't an issue. There are all kinds of magical props. If you maintain good health, and raise your basic attributes of strength, stamina, and agility, age boundaries become less important."
Qi Xu wasn't just comforting him; this was true. Among the top 10 in overall combat strength in District 88, there was a white-bearded old man who had made his fortune with a hunting rifle. He eventually became truly powerful and established a "Sunset Red" gang.
The gang members supported each other, focused only on survival, not competing for rankings or glory.
They only maintained basic living standards, and many elderly people joined, huddling together for warmth, never participating in any conflicts.
If Qi Xu hadn't been too young, she would have wanted to join too...
But they only recruited people over 50.
Qi Xu took out two boxes of instant noodles, a pack of noodles, and three bottles of mineral water.
"These are for you. Hang in there, perhaps you'll still have a chance to see your daughter."
The Uncle shook his head regretfully and pulled out a photo from his chest pocket, showing a family of three. "I've looked for everyone on the list, one by one. My daughter isn't there, neither is my wife."
Qi Xu glanced at the photo, a warm family of three, and felt her heart soften. If her parents were still around, she would also be someone that others cared about. "We're only in one district now. When our district's population decreases to a certain level, we'll definitely merge with other districts. You might meet them then."
The Uncle's eyes immediately lit up. "Is... is that true?"
Qi Xu nodded. "Yes."
"Good, good, then... I'll shamelessly accept these. Miss, look at you—you save my life, and I'm still taking things from you!"
After saying this, the Uncle began fumbling around, trying to take something out of his backpack, but he seemed flustered. When a flowerpot popped out, he almost dropped it...
