It's important to know that since entering the racing survival game, almost everyone has followed the rule of heading east. The term "due east" has been deeply imprinted in the minds of every adventurer, and very few people look back to the west.

So much so that when he and Xi Xi took the elevator to the top floor yesterday, they subconsciously explored the east direction first before spreading out in all directions.

“That’s right.” Xi Xi gazed at the distant mountains and slowly said, “However, I’ve already wandered around this area for a long time, but I still can’t see what’s different about this place.”

Could it be... that this is just a simple scene for a painting? Is she overthinking it?

Li Jinshao paced back and forth, the inexplicable feeling in her heart growing stronger.

It's as if the truth is right in front of you, but it's blocked by an invisible barrier that you just can't break through. This feeling is really frustrating.

After exchanging a glance, the two opened each other's photo albums again, carefully flipping through each picture, but still had no clue.

Li Jinshao simply stretched out his hands and magnified the photo on the light screen until it matched the actual mountain range, like a film negative. He kept adjusting the angle and position to align the painting on the light screen with the actual mountain.

Because the light screen becomes semi-transparent in bright sunlight during the day, when the mountains in the painting blend perfectly with the real mountains, it creates a visual effect that is both real and illusory.

Apart from the turbulent, dazzling starry sky in the painting, the rest is simply flawless.

Even the road that winds its way to the transfer station in the distance connects perfectly with the starry waves in the painting, like a perfectly natural scroll.

Li Jinshao stared intently at the scene before him, her eyes sharp, and suddenly seemed to notice something. She quickly summoned Xi Xi.

He asked Xi Xi to adjust the light screen to another similar but not exactly the same painting, overlapping it with his own light screen.

Although Xi Xi was somewhat puzzled, she did as instructed. When the light screens of the two overlapped, an amazing scene suddenly appeared before her eyes!

The two paintings are almost identical except for the starry sky.

However, it is precisely those subtle differences that create a wonderful phenomenon—the different positions of the stars cause the direction of the waves in the Milky Way to change accordingly when drawn.

It is precisely these intricate differences that cleverly form a complete route, resembling a "map"!

The real-world highway is vertically projected onto the light screen painting, perfectly connecting with the ripples of the ocean waves, linking all the stars together to form a clear one-way route!

Xi Xi and Li Jinshao were both dumbfounded. Almost instinctively, they wanted to take a screenshot to save it. After a series of operations, they realized that they could not save the complete route map after the "triple superposition" with a screenshot of their personal light screen, nor could they use the light screen camera while opening the album.

Xi Xi had no choice but to call Chu Zhiqin over.

After Chu Zhiqin found the right angle and took a picture of the triple-layered "route map," Xi Xi and Li Jinshao finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned off the light screen.

"Luckily we found each other..." Li Jinshao wiped the sweat from his forehead. Even though the mountain climate was a bit chilly, he was still sweating nervously. "This route map really can't be solved without at least three people working together!"

"It's so well hidden!" Xi Xi looked at the photos Chu Zhiqin had taken with some emotion. Apart from the tidal patterns, she never expected that the painting contained such an important secret. "Who would have thought of superimposing a light screen... How did you come up with that idea?"

Li Jinshao waved his hand and told Xi Xi about his past experience of repeatedly exposing film due to a work mistake, "I just suddenly thought of it on a whim..."

"So what kind of route map is this?" Chu Zhiqin zoomed in and out, carefully examining the hard-won map, and whispered, "It looks like an escape route..."

Xi Xi and Li Jinshao suddenly fell silent, both looking at her.

Feeling bewildered by the look, Xi's mother awkwardly said, "When we were little, the village's drainage system wasn't very good. Whenever there was a flood in the summer, each household would arrange an escape route like this... It's quite similar; they all just drew it casually like this."

“This is usually the main road at the village entrance…” Chu Zhiqin explained to Xi Xi and Li Jinshao while gesturing, “Also, look at the stars at the junction of this road, they’re probably for navigation, maybe there’s some landmark, or maybe some kind of shelter…”

"So, the road at the very bottom represents the east gate exit of the transfer station?" Xi Xi turned to look at the east gate not far away and asked thoughtfully.

“It’s possible.” Li Jinshao pushed up his glasses, paused for a moment, touched the newly grown stubble on his chin, and said with a hint of worry, “If that’s the case, we must hurry on our way.”

"Look, the distance from the east gate of the transfer station to the first star is not short, it can even be said to be quite long!"

"If the stars represent shelters, and yesterday was the start of an earthquake cycle, then excluding today, we only have 5 days left to travel!"

Xi Xi nodded, adding in strong agreement, "The inn is extremely expensive, and we probably can't wait until this period is over before setting off. It's safer to get on the road as soon as possible."

After saying this, Li Jinshao bid farewell to Xi Xi and Chu Zhiqin, deciding to return to her room to pack her things and set off as soon as possible.

That makes sense, but Wei Chenghao's beat-up car hasn't been repaired yet, and Xi Xi is really unwilling to give up at the last moment.

Coincidentally, Chu Zhiqin was also reluctant to pay for three nights' accommodation, so the mother and daughter finally decided to wait until the RV was repaired and the vehicle was upgraded before setting off immediately.

"Sigh, I'm really afraid we... will be too greedy and try to swallow an elephant," Chu Zhiqin said while picking up some food.

In an effort to recoup their costs, the mother and daughter ordered a huge spread of food at the restaurant that evening, and didn't stop until they were stuffed.

The thoughtful Chu Zhiqin also specially selected a lot of food that Aura and the little white duck could eat, packed them up one by one and prepared to take them away.

Xi Xi went to the extra mile and packed a generous portion of barbecue and lobster as a late-night snack.

The crayfish tasted really good, but unfortunately the barbecue was just average, like a regular oven-baked product, far inferior to the truly delicious barbecue with a rich charcoal aroma that she had personally cooked on a barbecue grill before.

“It’s okay. At worst, we can stop using automatic constant speed driving. We can take turns driving on the highway, one during the day and the other at night.”

Back in her room, Xi Xi gently comforted her mother, trying to recall the various needs she had during the great flood in her previous life, and then summoned the magic brush.

Since it's all water, then without having gathered all the materials needed to craft high-level equipment, basic waterproof gear such as waterproof clothing, waterproof shoes, and inflatable boats are definitely essential!