Chapter 254 Solar Storm

Day 27 of the road survival game!

"A more ideal location for a large-scale dungeon?" Feng Xingshou asked somewhat blankly, "What's the difference? Didn't the information my brother and the others bring say that large-scale dungeons would concentrate people from all regions within the same dungeon area?"

Even if we drive to the farthest future landmark, the large-scale dungeon will still be the same large-scale dungeon. It won't change just because our landmark changes, right?

“It certainly won’t change, but if we go further into the future, there will be a night dungeon, and maybe we can get some good stuff there!” Hagiwara reminded her.

So that's what Hagiwara and the others were asking about. Feng Xingshou thought to himself, but shook his head and said, "I don't recommend moving. Tomorrow's large-scale dungeon will last for five hours. According to the information my brother and the others provided, it will definitely be very dangerous. We will need to have enough energy to deal with it."

If we go to a more challenging nighttime dungeon, what if you get injured or your energy is depleted? It's better to stay here and safely complete the first major dungeon first.

Hearing Feng Xing Shou's decision, the others had no objections: "Alright!"

"Then I'll do as you say!"

"Do as you say."

Feng Xing Shou breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that they all agreed. Suddenly facing her brother, especially a relative she had lost contact with for many years, she was a little at a loss. She simply avoided Gin's gaze and said while opening the game panel, "Then I will make some bedrooms and furniture for you."

Fortunately, I obtained the bedroom construction blueprint from last night's dungeon. Otherwise, if my brother and Hagiwara's friends came, there wouldn't even be a separate bedroom. It would be so cramped to have such a spacious place without a room for them!

As she pondered this, she used the game panel to create a bedroom. Gin walked over, his expression still indifferent, but his gaze seemed to casually sweep over her game panel, clearly curious about its features.

Seeing his appearance, Feng Xingshou recalled the memories of the siblings relying on each other when they were young. The awkwardness of their long-awaited reunion completely disappeared, and he immediately said to Gin without any hesitation, "Brother, come and see what this game panel looks like and how to operate it..."

Gin didn't stand on ceremony and went straight over to take a look. Bourbon, Shuichi Akai, and Tsutomu Akai, who were equally curious, also gathered around and began to observe the game panel controlled by the Wind Guardian...

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The next day, when the large-scale dungeon was about to begin, the eight people were fully prepared. They had equipped themselves with sufficient weapons, including the equipment provided by Gin and the others, so as to deal with various problems. Then they drove the car directly into the dungeon entrance.

They assumed that the large-scale instance they had entered was similar to the initial stages of ordinary instances, with no major disasters, but that the cataclysmic destruction and catastrophic scene would only be revealed later, when the instance's exit time was up.

The only thing they needed to be careful of was fighting for vehicles with other survivors. Little did they expect that as soon as they drove in, they would experience a terrifying scene: the ground shook violently, and the car swayed wildly from side to side.

Was it an earthquake?

"Fasten your seatbelts!"

"Hagiwara drove to a flat area and parked. We needed to get out of the car and wait for the earthquake to end."

"No, it's not an earthquake, it's an explosion!"

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Living on an island nation, they immediately thought an earthquake had occurred when they entered the first scene of the large-scale instance. They kept telling each other and calling out to each other. Matsuda even forgot that Gin was right next to him and called out Hagiwara's real name instead of his code name.

From yesterday until this morning, when they were exchanging information about the game and reality with Gin, they hadn't forgotten this point. Even when Kazesei and Morofushi Kagemitsu specially prepared a sumptuous meal to treat them, they addressed each other by their code names. But now, they couldn't care less. -_-||

Having only experienced one earthquake at the scene of the earthquake, Kazehoshi Mori hurriedly grabbed her seatbelt. Just then, a slender arm reached out and held her firmly in its embrace.

The familiar scent of tobacco and the steady heartbeat eased her tension, because she knew it was her brother's embrace, and with him there, she felt safe...

At the same time, Hagiwara parked the car and quickly said to the others, "Quick, this is the back of a building, which can help shield us from the blast. Everyone, hold on tight to your seatbelts to avoid being injured by the aftershocks."

As he spoke, he glanced at Feng Xing Shou and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was being protected by Gin and had not been harmed.

So the group stayed in the car, holding onto their seatbelts to keep themselves in place, until another impact hit their vehicle, causing it to shake violently. Only after the shaking completely stopped did they recover...

"Is this a large-scale terrorist attack? How come we encountered such a massive explosion right away?" Relieved, Matsuda looked around the car through the window and saw that the glass of the building that had been intact in front of them just moments before was now shattered.

Strangely, despite the massive explosion in broad daylight, not a single person escaped from that building. What happened? Did everyone perish inside? He frowned upon seeing this: "Something seems amiss."

Morofushi Kagemitsu, who was also observing the surrounding information, continued, "Hmm! It's strange. There are vehicles and such around, but we haven't seen a single person since we entered this instance."

"It seems this instance is still in Japan. Please check the dates to confirm the exact year." Gin, however, paid no attention to these unusual circumstances. Instead, he looked around and then reminded everyone.

Upon hearing Gin's reminder, they took out their phones and exclaimed in surprise, "The date is September 24, 2012."

"A large-scale replica was actually made in Japan in 2012, and it was located near the city center of Tokyo."

Looking at their phone messages, the group exchanged glances, then looked around and, finding no one else nearby, suddenly asked Bourbon with a somewhat serious expression, "Did you receive any messages on your phones?"

"The information above doesn't show the details or scope of this terrorist attack." Upon hearing Bourbon's words, Morofushi Hiromitsu was the first to look down at his phone and immediately noticed the reason for Bourbon's serious expression.

Upon hearing the two's reminder, the others noticed that their phones had not received any similar text messages. Seeing this, Feng Xingshou asked in confusion, "Does Japan notify its citizens of a crisis here via text message?"

“Yes! Generally, we will notify the public to avoid areas where danger may occur.” Matsuda replied, then looked at Hagiwara beside him.

Hagiwara looked puzzled and said, "The shockwave from that explosion just now didn't seem like a small-scale, assembled bomb."

“But we were attacked as soon as we came in. If you hadn’t been quick-witted, we might have been finished as soon as we entered. What exactly happened? Is this kind of danger everywhere in this large dungeon?” No matter how hard Morofushi Kagemitsu thought about it, he couldn’t believe that such a thing could happen in the real world.

Tsutomu Akai calmly reminded everyone: "Don't forget, so far, we haven't seen a single human being. There are stray dogs and cats on the street, but no one is around. This seems to prove that something is wrong here."

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“Indeed, it seems that people knew this danger would occur and left this place that should have been a gathering place for people.” Shuichi Akai has conducted research in Japan for many years and has a good understanding of the population distribution in Japan.

As he spoke, he operated his phone, checking the information available on it. Others were doing similar things, but after a while, when he saw the information uploaded to his phone, his expression turned somewhat grim.

Seeing his expression, Akai Tsutomu, who had been silently observing the surroundings, immediately asked with a serious expression, "What's wrong? Have you discovered some serious information?"

"Japan's official website announced in black and white that a super-massive solar storm would reach Earth in 5 hours, urging all citizens to find shelter deep underground."

According to expert predictions, this solar storm is highly likely to cause fatal burns from solar radiation to life forms located more than 40 meters underground; it is necessary to find places at a depth of less than 40 meters.

Only then could they possibly save their lives. Hearing Akai Tsutomu's question, Akai Shuichi nodded solemnly and then told everyone the information he had seen on the Japanese official website.

Only then did everyone realize why they hadn't seen anyone on the surface; they had all hidden underground...

Feng Xingshou was already sensitive to the date 2012. After hearing what the Akai father and son said, a worried suspicion appeared in her mind. She thought for a moment and looked at her brother: "Brother, do you have any way to find information about China through a Japanese mobile phone? Like trending topics, news reports, or something?"

She wanted to know if there were any good solutions in Zhongzhou Kingdom, whether ordinary people like herself had a chance to survive such a crisis, and whether she was the Wind Star Guardian from another parallel world, the Wind Star Guardian from this world, or perhaps the Wind Star Guardian from both worlds.

"I'll give it a try!" When Gin heard what Feng Xingshou said, he knew what she was thinking. He also wanted to know if his fat pig had survived when the danger occurred, so he immediately took out his phone and started operating.

He was born between 2014 and 2015, and his phone was perfectly suited to the current era. In addition, he had lived in Zhongzhou for quite some time, so it was very easy for him to use.

It was quickly discovered that as early as three days ago, the Central Continent had noticed that the solar wind ejection was far beyond the normal level, and had calculated how dangerous it would be if it encountered Earth. Furthermore, before the actual solar storm arrived, a small wave would strike first, which would cause considerable danger to Earth...

Disregarding the enormous economic losses, the government immediately issued a public announcement and halted construction and production. With the full strength of the nation, it devoted itself to transporting its own people, providing them with the secret national constructions hidden deep underground and the naturally formed deep underground caves.

When this news first came out, countries around the world ridiculed Zhongzhou for making a mountain out of a molehill and exaggerating the situation. However, after two days, when the crisis was imminent, it was too late for countries to react. Japan only managed to notify its citizens of this news at around 4 a.m. last night.

The explosion just now was probably a natural explosion caused by all the flammable and explosive materials on Earth's surface that were directly impacted by the advance small solar storm, as speculated by experts on Zhongzhou News.

Hearing Gin's explanation, Kazesei Mamoru breathed a sigh of relief. She knew her country well; with three days to mobilize national resources to transport and relocate people, not all, but certainly most, would be saved. She shouldn't be that unlucky...

Feng Xing Shou said while thinking, "Our large-scale dungeon this time should not be limited to Japan, but the entire Earth. I estimate that all the survivors in the game are scattered in various countries around the world, facing the crisis of the solar storm together."

Only when we return to the road to survival from this massive instance before the solar storm truly and completely descends upon this world will we be considered to have officially weathered this massive instance crisis.

Therefore, we must, within five hours, gather any resources we can currently collect, and also find the exit from this large instance.

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“No wonder we can’t see any boundaries when we’re here, with such a vast view. It turns out the boundaries of this world might extend to outer space. What a grand scheme! No wonder this survival game is full of cutting-edge technology.” Bourbon’s words were full of sarcasm.

At the same time, Feng Xing Shou's game panel suddenly popped up: [Game Announcement: Congratulations to survivor Feng Xing Shou for cracking the key elements of this large-scale survival game dungeon. Survival game information is now being released.]

This survival game's large-scale dungeon is called the Solar Storm Dungeon. It requires you to upgrade your vehicle to at least two stars within 5 hours. The more stars you upgrade, the higher your vehicle's level will be, and the richer the rewards you will receive from this large-scale dungeon.

Requirement 2: Try to collect all the resources in the dungeon. After the dungeon ends, the game will settle accounts with the survivors based on the value of each resource. Each resource can be exchanged for a certain number of points. The more game points you have, the richer the rewards will be. The minimum requirement is to accumulate 10,000 points.

After completing the above two tasks, the exit gate of the large dungeon will automatically open. If the dungeon cannot complete the above two tasks within five hours, the dungeon gate will be permanently closed, and the survivors will be trapped in this world of despair forever.

Upon seeing the game announcement, everyone fell silent for a few seconds. Then Gin sneered, "Heh, very good. It seems this game really does live up to what the records say, encouraging survivors in large-scale dungeons to fight each other."

To improve vehicle star rating and level, and as you guessed, this is a frugal game. It seems that it also wants to use the survivors' deployment to survive in this world that is about to be destroyed.

The game requires players to collect as many resources as possible from the entire world, and each item is worth a certain number of points. They can't leave until they have 10,000 points. It's a terrifying and greedy game.

"Fortunately, the exit from this game's instance has appeared, and the rules have been revealed. We don't need to blindly search for an exit that's nowhere in Japan or even the world anymore, which is a good thing." Faced with this situation, Feng Xingshou could only console himself.

At this point, Akai Tsutomu spoke up, "In any case, we are now at their mercy. Since they have made a request, we have no choice but to comply. There is no other way."

Upon hearing Akai Tsutomu's words, the group didn't say anything else. Instead, they began discussing how to collect some high-value supplies and make the most of their abilities within five hours.

Feng Xingshou spoke first: "Since the rules of this game are that the higher the star rating of the car, the richer the reward, let's go to a place with a lot of cars and collect enough of them to upgrade the star rating of our cars."

My backpack has a decent capacity, but it only allows for stacking of similar items. If we want to collect cars, we can only collect one type that has a relatively large quantity of all vehicles!

"Feng-chan, we can go to the car market, collect vehicles, and upgrade them at the same time. It won't take much time anyway," Hagiwara reminded her affectionately.

"Oh right!" I almost forgot, we entered the large dungeon directly in vehicles this time. Feng Xing Shou slapped his forehead a little embarrassedly, and then said, "Then, upgrading the vehicle will consume a lot of materials, especially when upgrading the vehicle to level 5 parts."

A lot of gold and silver are needed as materials for the vehicle. I estimate that upgrading the vehicle's star rating may also require more advanced materials, so we also need to collect a large amount of gold and silver.

Next are various survival supplies. I'm not good at that, so I'll leave that to you. You know Japan well and know where to find these things there.”

Upon hearing Feng Xingshou's words, Morofushi Kagemitsu and Bourbon exchanged a glance. Without hesitation, they immediately promised, "Leave the matter of Japan's silver and gold reserves to me. I know where to find them."

Since they'll be destroyed by the solar storm anyway, even if Feng Sang doesn't collect them, he might as well use them...

“I know where the largest car market in Japan is. I can provide that location. We can go there to collect cars first, then to the bank, and then to supermarkets and other places in various regions to collect regular supplies.” Hagiwara was very enthusiastic.

At this moment, Gin reminded everyone: "Don't forget, if the disaster in this world is a solar storm, from now until the next five hours, various dangers caused by solar storms will be constantly occurring all over the world."

Flammable and explosive substances aren't limited to the dangerous things we humans create; Japan also has a super explosive barrel, and Mount Fuji seems to have reached its limit in recent years.

“It seems we must carefully consider the timing and leave as soon as we are certain that the surface of Japan is still relatively safe, since our vehicles have not yet been upgraded to withstand solar storms.” Upon hearing Gin’s words, everyone nodded in unison.