Chapter 106 They think others are in their way!

"It seems the drug's developers and distributors kept it a secret from the public from the very beginning!" Hearing Kaze's answer, Hagiwara became even more certain that the silver anti-aging drug was related to the drug that had previously caused Miyano Akira to become immature.

Hearing him say this, Feng Xingshou asked in confusion, "Why do you say that?"

"..." Hagiwara was about to reply when he saw that the countdown to today's dungeon driving skills competition had ended and it had officially started. He quickly focused his attention, stepped on the gas, and told the two of them, "We'll talk about this when we get back."

"Feng Jiang and Xiao Jinping, hold on tight! After all, this is our first time on this kind of snowy road, and we don't know what kind of traps they'll set up on the snowy highway later!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Xingshou immediately realized that now was not the time to ask further questions, and quickly nodded to indicate that he understood.

Looking at the white expanse in front of the car, Matsuda said with some concern, "Hagi! Be careful, don't rush."

"OK!" Hagiwara agreed with Kojinpei as he carefully drove the vehicle onto the snowy road.

At first, they felt that apart from the snow-covered roads, the track was nothing unusual. However, less than 30 seconds after Hagiwara drove onto the road, they felt a distinct difference in the car.

The coldest temperature, even colder than the sleet and rain they had experienced driving on the survival highway in the past two days, quickly rushed into the vehicle. Their upgraded Level 2 vehicle body could not withstand the chill, causing the three lightly dressed individuals to shiver involuntarily.

Seeing this, Hagiwara quickly turned on the car's central air conditioning. None of the three of them expected that the Survival Highway Disaster Season had never required them to use the car's air conditioning before, but this short driving skills competition had made them use it.

The cold seemed like a signal that the car stunt competition had officially begun. As the chill seeped into the car, heavy snow suddenly began to fall, densely covering their windows and instantly obscuring their vision.

All they could see was a white expanse of snowflakes, nothing else. Seeing this, Hagiwara quickly turned on the windshield wipers and kept running them to wipe away the large, fluffy snowflakes falling on the windshield and restore visibility through the front window.

Feng Xingshou watched as the snowflakes rapidly accumulated on the windows on both sides of the car, feeling the warmth gradually warming his bones as the cold wind blew in.

For the first time, I realized that this snow-covered road was more than just a place where snow could cause wheels to slip and get stuck; it probably had a more dangerous side than the ordinary roads with so many traps ahead—a danger related to snow and wind…

At this moment, Matsuda no longer had time to think about the connection between the silver elixir and the previous poison. He began to focus on observing the situation outside the car to prevent Hagi from overturning due to insufficient observation in this road condition.

The three of them watched and reacted cautiously. Thanks to their caution, they managed to swerve in time to avoid several hailstones the size of pigeon eggs that emerged from behind the dense snow and pelted their car.

These hailstones were like a signal that the snow-covered road traps were officially welcoming visitors. After Hagiwara drove around the first wave, the second, the third... began to be blown toward them by the strong winds outside the car, accompanied by heavy snow.

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And at first there were only a few, then the second wave became a dozen or so, and the third wave became dozens. The size also gradually increased from the size of a pigeon egg to the size of a chicken egg, a duck egg, and a goose egg...

It was as if the hailstones grew larger the further they drove, even with their upgraded vehicles, just looking out the windows could blow up these palm-sized hailstones and smash them into their cars.

The heavy snow, though light and fluffy, made a sound as if hail was hitting the car window when blown by the wind, which showed how incredibly strong the wind was outside.

Despite Hagiwara's timely dodge, Feng Xingshou felt the vibrations and sharp sounds caused by several hailstones still hitting the car. He gripped the handrail tightly, trying to make no sound to avoid distracting himself.

Hagiwara is indeed very focused right now. He was born and raised in a place far removed from the snow country and has very little experience driving on snow, let alone in this kind of blizzard created by advanced technology.

But he does have an amazing talent for driving. He quickly adapted to what every change in the car body meant when driving in a blizzard, just by feeling the vibrations of the car body, the speed of the tires, and other car conditions.

Therefore, even though the hailstones got bigger as he drove further, he was only hit a few times at the beginning and was never hit by hail again. He was able to precisely avoid the hailstones being blown by the blizzard each time...

Seemingly realizing that the hail had no effect on the driver, the blizzard on their road suddenly disappeared just as it had appeared, and what appeared in front of the three of them was a wall of ice cones.

Huge icicles, their origins indistinct, stretched down from the gloomy sky, their sharp spikes pointing straight down into the snow-covered ground, forming a line with the ground. If it weren't for the distinct shape of these icicles, thicker at the top and tapering to a point at the bottom, it would be impossible to tell which side was pointing up and which was pointing down...

"Feng-chan, Jin-hei, grab on!" Upon seeing this, Hagiwara immediately gripped the steering wheel, moved his feet on the brake and accelerator pedals, and a confident look appeared in his purple eyes. As he continued driving forward, he laughed sassily, "The super exciting driving skills competition is now officially starting."

With his voice, the car, under his control, hurtled straight toward the ice forest formed by giant ice cones. Just as it seemed the car would be unable to pass through the narrow passage and was about to crash into the ice cones on both sides.

The car suddenly tilted, then stood up like a blade, passing through the narrow gap between two icicles. Just as their car passed through, for some reason, the icicles behind them suddenly began to collapse, like triggering a domino effect.

The icicles in this area started collapsing from the icicle forest behind the car, causing the icicle forest in front to also become shaky and precarious, as if another snowflake would immediately cause it to collapse and crush their car underneath for them to see.

Feng Xing Shou's heart pounded in fear, and she clenched her teeth. If this weren't reality, but just a movie or video, she would have loved to close her eyes, fast forward, and skip this part. But this was reality, and she couldn't escape it.

So she could only watch as Hagiwara faced such a dangerous situation without any fear, and completely disregarded the collapse of the ice cone forest that followed—a scene more dramatic than a movie.

Despite the exaggerated ground-cracking effects, he remained completely focused on maneuvering the vehicle, with blades weaving through it, drifting, and even driving the wheels directly onto ice spikes...

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The breathtaking car stunt competition finally ended, and a game announcement popped up. Feng Xing Shou gripped his seatbelt tightly, not even bothering to check today's exchange shop.

He couldn't help but gasp, venting his tension with a sarcastic remark: "If I were one of those ice spikes, I'd probably turn on you. You actually drove right onto the ice spikes, using the collapsed ice spikes as a road. Don't ice spikes have any dignity?!"

"Heh... I think that although ice spikes are brittle, they are much easier to drive on than snowy roads." After a few minutes of adrenaline surging, Hagiwara's eyes were particularly bright, and his gaze as he turned to look at Fuu-chan was filled with obvious excitement.

"Feng-chan! Don't mind him, he goes crazy whenever he touches a car!" Looking at his childhood friend's expression, Matsuda sighed helplessly, making a sarcastic remark before continuing, "Let's see what rewards we can redeem today, and then head back!"

"Oh!" Upon hearing Matsuda's reminder, Kazesei-no-Mori finally snapped out of his thrilling and exciting state and quickly looked at the automatically opened stunt competition exchange shop, even though he knew that they could see it with their eyesight.

The redeemable items for today were explained again: "The points earned today are the same as the day before yesterday. In addition to the level 2 blueprints that have already been redeemed or are owned, there are also other level 2 accessory manufacturing blueprints that have not yet been obtained."

The engine, tires, and body are all at level 2. Which configuration should we upgrade next? Wait! What's this—a level 2 electric engine blueprint? Do shops that specialize in producing various car components even sell generator blueprints?

"Let me see!" Upon hearing this, Matsuda got up from the passenger seat and walked over. He reached out from behind Kazesei-no-Mori and tapped the blueprint to take a look, even though the blueprint that hadn't been redeemed would only show less than one-tenth of the image.

With his keen eye and knowledge of electrical engineering, he could still tell at a glance: "This is not a generator; it looks more like the blueprints for a different kind of engine that uses a different fuel."

"It seems that the upgrade of this Tier 2 vehicle is not only about improving the performance of the original parts, but also about adding the function of dual engines." Hagiwara also followed Matsuda when he got up.

The two were of similar knowledge and studied in similar directions. What Matsuda could see, he could see as well, so even though he could see that they were exchanging the same thing today.

The remaining points were only enough to exchange for a lowest-level Tier 2 car window blueprint. He still suggested to Feng Xingshou, "Feng-chan, let's exchange for this electric engine manufacturing blueprint and the Tier 2 car window blueprint today! This electric..."

He wanted to explain to Feng Xingshou why he gave such a suggestion! Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Feng Xingshou exchanged the two blueprints without saying a word.

With their points depleted, the three of them, along with their vehicle, were instantly teleported back to the survival highway. Matsuda burst into laughter at the speechless Hagiwara: "Haha..."

"Cough cough!" After rescuing Morofushi, that guy Jinpei quickly sent him back. With him in the way, when would he ever be able to catch up with Kaze-chan?

Fengxing Shouze looked at the two of them with a blank expression, completely unaware of what they were laughing about: "What's wrong?"