The first night of qualifying.

Xia Ning tossed and turned in bed.

Without a systematic weather forecast, the living environment here feels like returning to Earth.

Perhaps because she had slept in the train carriage too much, Xia Ning found it difficult to fall asleep when she lay on the spacious bed.

After much deliberation, Xia Ning turned on the light, climbed out of bed, put all the furniture in the bedroom into her spatial storage, and then released the [Phantom Princess's Car]. She decided to continue sleeping in the car.

It would have been better if she hadn't put it in; once she did, Xia Ning couldn't sleep at all.

She initially put away the vehicle, partly to find a loophole, and partly to use the vehicle's defense value as a double layer of protection.

Standing in the room that had been transformed into a car display case, Xia Ning suddenly realized that the vehicles were far more functional than she had imagined.

First, the vehicle's energy consumption is based on mileage. She can use the vehicle's air conditioning indefinitely while parked in the room!

Xia Ning was previously regretful that the high-temperature air conditioner had to be custom-made from abroad and there wouldn't be enough time to replace it, but now she has no need to worry about the air conditioner at home breaking down.

Secondly, her low-energy map was updated along with the changes in the dungeon!

In the highway survival scenario, concentric circles radiate outwards from the minimap, indicating the locations of treasure chests and monsters. At this moment, Xia Ning noticed a red arc in the upper right corner of the map, as if a small section of a solid red circle had been cut off.

Below the red circle are orange circles and purple circles, overlapping and spreading downwards, until they reach Xia Ning's location, where there is a light blue circle.

Next to the red zone is a sign that reads: Earthquake (21 hours countdown).

Xia Ning: !!!

Who would have thought that the real weather forecast was hidden here!

Combining her limited knowledge, she quickly sorted out her thoughts. The colors of the circles corresponded to the colors of the treasure chests in her previous journey, and the difficulty level generally decreased as she went down the chain.

It's clear that red indicates the epicenter of the earthquake, and Xia Ning's location was affected by aftershocks. Based on the intensity of the blue area, her temporary base shouldn't have collapsed.

Xia Ning thought to herself that the door and window protection work, which was only halfway done, needed to be expedited.

Clearly, this impending earthquake is the opening of Pandora's box of disaster.

The first two days after arriving felt like a new player protection period in a game.

On the other hand, Xia Ning speculated that "Disaster City" was not a knock-off of Resident Evil, following the route of eliminating zombies, but rather a natural disaster module.

After unlocking the initial game information, Xia Ning felt a little more at ease and began to try to hypnotize herself, hoping to fall asleep as soon as possible to conserve her energy. The real battle was waiting for her.

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Day 2

Xia Ning opened her eyes and the first thing she did was reach for her phone.

A bubble appears above the pixelated figure's head: "Current players on this map: 1000/1000".

The gates of disaster have not yet been opened, so Xia Ning is not surprised by the players' zero loss rate.

Her goal is to survive for 30 days, and she neither hopes nor wants the player mortality rate to reach 90%.

Putting aside humanitarian considerations, if the casualty rate in the preliminary rounds of the ranked matches is so high, how are players supposed to compete in the later stages? The extreme difficulty of survival is definitely not good news for players.

Xia Ning opened the status update and was surprised once again.

Name: Xia Ning

Gender: Female

[Nickname: Phantom Princess (0 edits remaining)]

【Number: 000】

[Occupation: Unemployed]

[Level: 2 (Experience Points: 200/500)]

[Stamina: 105/110 (affected by a combination of factors including cleanliness, satiety, and health status)]

Attack: 42 (+21)

Defense: 24 (+15)

[Equipment: Powerful crossbow, greatsword, pocket knife, guardian ring, protective robe, defensive dagger (maximum 6)]

[Skills: Portable Supermarket, Ancient Awakening, Humanoid Walkie-Talkie (Max 3)]

Survival Points: 0

Survival point... 0?

Without the taskbar, and without the guaranteed 10 survival points for not surviving a full day, how do I get survival points?

Are we just going to keep hanging on to a player with zero points?

Xia Ning couldn't understand the game planner's thought process. This lousy game was all over the place, but the loose design was good because it gave her more loopholes to exploit.

If you can't figure something out, don't waste your energy on it. One of Xia Ning's strengths is that she gives up quickly.

She took advantage of the peaceful daytime hours to quickly complete the preliminary preparations.

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According to the countdown, the earthquake would occur around 7 p.m. After packing up her camping gear, Xia Ning put everything in her house into her storage space, including the coffee table, bedside table, TV, and so on.

Her initial plan was to stay at home and stay put, but after some thought, she decided to move to a flat area first.

Although she knew that her neighborhood was less affected by the earthquake, she was still worried about potential collapses.

After taking stock of her belongings, Xia Ning went to the balcony.

The semi-enclosed balcony has been renovated and fitted with reinforced windows.

Looking out the window at that moment, she saw the warm, bright sun and saw both hope and despair.

Xia Ning took a deep breath and said, "Let's go."

The little sister barked at her feet.

Since Xia Ning's vehicle had no license plate, and she couldn't conjure a car out of thin air on the main road before the surveillance system stopped working, Xia Ning rented a car in advance as her official means of transportation.

After packing her bags, Xia Ning drove to a park not far from her neighborhood.

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