[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to adventurer Xi Xi for completing the wanted manhunt mission]

Liu Yuping: "Wow, I'm still cleaning the sand off the car's air filter, and they've already finished issuing arrest warrants."

Luo Siyuan, "Ping": "Ox..."

Zhang Zhichen : "Uncensored/High-Definition/Street Screenshot, Private"

Cheng Xu (Xiao Ji): "With the sandstorms so rampant these past few days, the only one who can still do a mission at the same time is my sister Xi!"

Li Zhuguo (from the novel "The Fierce"): "Putting everything else aside, although she's a bit of a shrewd businesswoman, she's certainly capable..."

Wanhu : "The goddess's leg hairs are back again..."

Liu Huyuan (Ping): "Who gave her the power to pursue and arrest? Those who know, know."

Zhang Zhichen : "Uncensored/High-Definition/Street Screenshot, Private"

Lin Hao (Xiao Ji): "Yeah, if everyone hadn't given her survival points, would she have survived this long?"

Zhou Tingting (Ji): "It's not a good way to put it. They didn't steal or rob anyone; it was just a voluntary transaction."

Wan Sigang (fierce): "She often engages in monopolistic transactions. Can't you bunch of leeks see that? She uses 'low prices' as a pretext to seize market share."

Liu Yunyan (Xiao Ji): "Then you should go too! Nobody's stopping you! Why can't you make a living? Is it because you don't want to?"

Zhang Zhichen : "Uncensored/High-Definition/Street Screenshot, Private"

Ai Shanshan (Ping): "Do I just want to know what exactly that car with the wanted poster stole?"

Zhongsi : "You're not alone! I also want to know the specific methods used!"

Chu Kai : "I'll knock your horse @Zhang Zhichen, can you please stop selling porn on the public screen? Nobody wants to watch those old white men."

Luo Siyuan (Ping): "Hilarious, surely no one would actually fall for this scam and buy it."

Ju Xiaoqian (Ping): "I was fortunate enough to be here today, but I have to say, those old perverts, Bi Lei and his gang, were truly an eyesore..."

On the public chat, everyone was discussing the wanted poster, with varying opinions, and occasionally, uncensored photos of the few troublemaking white men were also posted.

However, Xi Xi, who is involved in both of these matters, is currently frantically filling out the team reunion application form.

After hearing the system notification that "the reward will be mailed by Granny You personally, please wait patiently," Xi Xi put the wanted poster out of her mind.

[Game notification: Application submitted... Ding! Verifying adventurer's party information...]

[Ding! Two adventurers have been detected to belong to the same household registration. Do you wish to merge them into one unit and share all resources?]

"Merge into one unit? What does that mean?" Xi Xi asked the self-service machine next to her with some confusion. "If we don't merge now, can we merge later?"

: "To merge into one unit, the team members are combined into one vehicle after a comprehensive evaluation based on their vehicle class."

For example, two Tier 1 vehicles can be combined into one Tier 2 vehicle, two Tier 2 vehicles can be combined into one Tier 3 vehicle, one Tier 1 vehicle and one Tier 2 vehicle can be combined into one Tier 2.5 vehicle, and so on (note that the tiers are not necessarily integers).

: "If you decide to forgo the merger this time, you can apply for the merger again at the next transfer station."

Xi Xi pondered for a moment, and this "Merge" sounded no different from "Vehicle Upgrade Rune"... She continued to ask, "What are the vehicle levels on both sides?"

: "It has been detected that Adventurer Xi Xi's vehicle is at level 3 and Adventurer Chu Zhiqin's vehicle is at level 1. Combining the two will result in a level 3.25 vehicle."

Xi Xi nodded. She finally understood that she had used two , which was why her car had been upgraded from level 1 to level 3.

One Tier 3 vehicle is equal to two Tier 2 vehicles, and one Tier 2 vehicle is equal to two Tier 1 vehicles, so one Tier 3 vehicle is equal to four Tier 1 vehicles. The combination of Tier 3 and Tier 1 vehicles naturally results in a Tier 3.25 vehicle.

As Xi Xi was deep in thought, she suddenly realized a crucial issue that she had never considered before.

Before she received the vehicle upgrade scroll from Xue Shi, her car was already a Tier 2 vehicle, and normally it shouldn't be able to be directly upgraded to Tier 3. After all, Xi Xi had seen the Xue family's car, which was undoubtedly a Tier 1 vehicle.

This means that after they parted ways, Xue Shi's car was upgraded!

The vehicle in the vehicle companion token was no longer the cramped four-seater car she had first seen, but an upgraded Tier 2 business van!

Xi Xi gasped, realizing that the Xue family's despicable acts against others were not limited to Granny You. However, Granny You happened to be an NPC with influence; if it were an ordinary player…

Her heart sank, and then she couldn't help but let out a cold laugh. Xi Xi rebuilt her mental defenses; having survived the apocalypse, there was truly nothing she couldn't bear now.

[Two adventurers have been detected to belong to the same household registration. Should they be merged into a single unit and share all resources?]

"Yes." This time, Xi Xi didn't hesitate.

Xi Ma's Class 1 vehicle was ravaged by a sandstorm and was completely unrecognizable.

Even with Sheji's funding for repairs, it can only be restored to the standard that can be applied for, making it the worst of the Class 1 cars, and it is still in a terrible state.

In this sense, being identified and merged as a Tier 1 vehicle is already considered to have exploited a loophole in the game system, which is quite lucky.

Although Xi Xi wasn't a gaming pro, she had a lot of gaming experience. She must understand that if a game allows team play, then playing together as a team is definitely more advantageous than playing alone, especially when the team members are acquaintances from the same household or related by blood.

My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!