Xia Ning closed the virtual interface; she decided to go find the treasure chest first.

Generally speaking, the first treasure chest is a beginner's gift pack, which is easy to claim and contains basic resources.

Moreover, most people are probably just as confused as she is now, mostly crying and complaining, making it difficult to extract any useful information from the chat channels.

Xia Ning boarded the tricycle with a face value of -5, vigorously moving her legs while her eyes scanned both sides of the road.

Sure enough, within five minutes, she saw a wooden treasure chest to her right.

Xia Ning excitedly sped up, then braked and stopped in front of the treasure chest.

However, as soon as her feet touched the ground, Xia Ning remembered something and huffed and puffed as she climbed back onto the tricycle.

She opened the [Tasks] interface and, sure enough, saw a task for the day.

Today's task: Open a wooden treasure chest

Reward: 10 Survival Points

—Have you accepted the task?

Xia Ning clicked "Yes" without hesitation, while cursing "damn planner" under her breath.

She has gained a new understanding of this survival game.

He didn't dare to get off the vehicle to open the treasure chest rashly. Instead, he sat on the tricycle, first took out a pair of insulating gloves from the supermarket to prevent electric shock, put them on, and then pulled out a clothesline pole to carefully pry open the treasure chest.

The moment the treasure chest was opened, a gust of wind blew in, nearly blowing the clothesline away.

The wind stopped in front of her, as if it were blocked by an invisible barrier.

Xia Ning put away the clothesline, thinking to herself that this was probably the newbie protection period for vehicles.

She stared intently at the open treasure chest, where several lines of text appeared.

[An ordinary white treasure chest, but for someone as unlucky as you, it might be a stroke of good luck.]

[Mineral water x2]

Whole wheat bread x1

[A floral shirt without buttons (Defense +1 when equipped)]

Xia Ning tried to ignore the long line of white text at the beginning and put the mineral water and whole wheat bread into the supermarket.

She just tried it out and found that her portable supermarket can only store ordinary items, while equipment with attributes can only be placed in the system inventory.

The backpack currently only has 9 slots; the remaining slots need to be unlocked through upgrades.

However, it's enough for Xia Ning at this stage.

She draped the eye-catching floral shirt over her shoulders and tied the sleeves in a knot at her chest.

After opening the first treasure chest in the road survival game and exploring the backpack function, Xia Ning finally opened the "Regional Chat" in the [Channels].

The top of the chat box displays the number of people (6666/6666), and the bottom displays "Number of messages in the area: 3/3".

Even though each person only has three chances to speak, the chat interface in the channel is still scrolling by very quickly, and Xia Ning has to manually pause it.

Most people use nicknames, while a small number use their real names.

I don't know if it's because the nickname is too embarrassing, or if they want to be seen by acquaintances.

Xia Ning automatically filters out comments that are simply venting emotions, and only looks for content related to the survival game.

...

Takeshi Kaneshiro from the South City: "I never thought the newbie treasure chest could be a trap. I got blown around like a madman and fell so hard my butt is all bruised. When I checked the shop, damn, it's 5 survival points for safflower oil!"

Baby Mom 33: "Has anyone gotten out of the gas tank?"

Li Le: "Gasoline? Your vehicles are cars?! Damn it, why am I the only one with a little donkey?!"

"Have you found a medkit?! Help! I ate some wild fruit by the roadside and I'm poisoned. I can't afford the medkits in the store. I've already listed it on the auction house, please help me!!"

Who cares: "The food in the forest is poisonous? Does that mean my hunting skills are useless?"

"..."

Xia Ning scrolled down again, but couldn't find any more useful information.

Currently known information is:

Treasure chests are divided into different levels, and the contents of chests of the same level vary.

The initial vehicles are not standardized.

Each person should be assigned an initial skill.

The beginner protection period does not mean that beginners are invincible.

Xia Ning gritted her teeth and said, "Why call it a 'survival game'? Let's just call it a 'luck game' instead."

She reopened her [Status] page and pondered over her skill list.

Xia Ning speculated that a person could possess more than one skill, and since "hunting" is an offensive skill, there might also be auxiliary skills such as "medical treatment".

In a game, if a single player drives on a highway in a "PVE" instance, there might be situations where traffic flows converge and "PVP" battles take place to seize resources.

A cold wind blew by, rustling the leaves.

Xia Ning felt a chill and instinctively tightened the cuffs of her floral shirt.

With her supplies secured, she needs to upgrade her vehicle and acquire new skills as soon as possible.

Otherwise, she would be in a very passive position.

With mixed feelings, Xia Ning searched for her parents' and sister's names and their QQ nicknames in the chat interface.

After receiving the result "No such person found", Xia Ning breathed a sigh of relief, unwilling to think about the possibility that they might be assigned to another competition area, preferring to face the road survival game alone.

Putting aside her loan anxiety for the moment, Xia Ning opened the [Shop] interface.

The first page is all about food.

Xia Ning doesn't need it for the time being, but she has kept an eye on the market price for future transactions.

Basic foods, such as mineral water and whole wheat bread, are worth 1 survival point, while vegetables, meat, and even nutritional supplements are worth 3-10 points.

The second page contains daily necessities.

The prices were similar to those of food, so Xia Ning guessed that these supplies for basic survival wouldn't be too expensive.

Sure enough, it wasn't until the third page (weapons) and the fourth page (medical supplies) that the true nature of the matter was revealed.

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