Chapter 273 Days of financial hardship, forced to travel...
When the thermometer inside the car read minus thirty degrees Celsius, the raging blizzard finally stopped.
But the cold is still intensifying.
In the extreme cold of minus forty degrees Celsius, the soft snow froze into a hard layer of ice.
The energy consumption of "Youyou" brand RVs has begun to rise dramatically.
Originally, parking in the same spot only required consuming ten level-one crystal cores per day. Now, even if the vehicle remains stationary, it needs to consume one hundred level-one crystal cores per day. If it were a level-two crystal core, it would require twenty to maintain basic vehicle operation.
Lu Nange took all the crystal cores out of her spatial storage.
After counting all the crystal cores, everyone discovered that the existing reserves could only last for a maximum of thirteen days.
Lu Nange: "With these level-three crystal cores, the RV can last for another half a month on top of the thirteen-day lifespan..."
Outside the car window, Lu Beiye's Golden Shield ability had long since frozen into a crystal-clear ice sculpture.
The sound of ice crystals shattering was exceptionally clear as he raised his hand to retract his supernatural power.
Only the "Youyou" brand RV, under the maintenance of crystal core energy, has its body covered as if shrouded in a transparent protective film.
Despite the freezing weather outside, the car windows remained spotless, like a warm, isolated island cut off from the apocalypse—as long as the crystal cores continued to grow, this sanctuary could continue to exist.
Chi Yanzhou slid the RV guidebook next to the door: "The guidebook says the vehicle can drive on ice, but if you're driving and traveling... the crystal cores will only last for fifteen or sixteen days at most."
Lu Xici: "If I'm going to die either way, I'd rather die on the road."
Lu Nange looked out the window at the vast, white ice field and nodded: "Then...shall we continue forward and see?"
Lu Beiye: "Wherever my sister goes, I'll go..."
Gu Wan: "Me too, wherever Nan Nan goes, I go..."
Luo Xingyou raised her hand: "+1..."
Wen Qing then raised his hand: "+1..."
Gu Qi: "My mindset has always been to take it one step at a time, and if things really don't work out, I'll die halfway through..."
He Zhuo jumped up from the sofa: "We're just killing time anyway! We can at least see if any zombies are still alive in this freezing weather."
Lu Xici: "Don't worry, with zombies' incredible adaptability, they weren't roasted into jerky in extreme heat, so how could they be frozen into ice sculptures in extreme cold?"
"Ice sculptures? Zombie ice sculptures?" He Zhuo slammed his fist on the table. "Isn't that just an ATM? Smash one and it drops a crystal core! Is there really such a good deal?"
Shi Xu: "Even tofu has brains, why don't you have any?"
Gu Wan: "With a brain like yours, even zombies wouldn't eat you!"
Shi Xu and Gu Wan spoke almost simultaneously. He Zhuo exclaimed, "You two...you two have fallen in love again?"
Gu Wan: "He Zhuo, I'll fight you to the death to clear my name..."
顾晚押着贺灼一顿猛揍："你见过谁家好人会爱自己的大侄子？"
A side of the narrative... [So tired, can't this world really delete me?...]
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Before setting off, Chi Yanzhou used his ice-type ability to pile up the ice shards left behind after the golden shield shattered on both sides of the road.
The glistening icicles reflected a cold light under the headlights, clearing a path for the RV.
The group stood scattered in front of each car window, their palms faintly shimmering with various colored supernatural lights.
Everyone was on edge, prepared to deal with the possibility of the vehicle skidding or overturning at any moment.
With the engine's deep roar, Lu Xici gripped the steering wheel tightly, carefully controlling the speed at around forty miles per hour.
The tires made a slight creaking sound as they contacted the ice, but the vehicle remained surprisingly stable.
Half an hour passed, and the view of the ice field passing by the window remained unchanged.
The dashboard showed everything was normal, and my tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
The ice surface is much friendlier than I expected.
As Lu Xici drove, he whispered to Chi Yanzhou in the passenger seat, "Nannan's car seems tailor-made for us."
As Lu Nange walked towards the cockpit, a smile played on her lips: [It's definitely custom-made; I wonder where 'Youyou' got this cheat code for her.]
The RV drove smoothly on the icy road.
The crowd huddled by the window, their eyes meeting only glistening ice sculptures—frozen trees, ice-covered vehicles… but not a single living creature in sight.
They appear to be the last signs of life in this vast, icy world.
Throughout the journey, everyone stayed inside the car because, despite wearing thermal clothing that could block most of the cold, exposed skin could still be instantly frostbitten.
Fortunately, the "Youyou" brand RV's air circulation system was constantly running, keeping the enclosed cabin at a comfortable temperature and with fresh air, so there was no discomfort even without getting out of the vehicle...
What should have been a day and a night's journey took three days and three nights on the ice before the outlines of buildings on the outskirts of Ji City finally came into view.
On the ice by the roadside, several zombies were clearly visible.
Their chests and abdomens were torn open, their congealed, blackened entrails dragging outside their bodies, scraping against the ice with a piercing sound as they staggered along.
Their bare feet were already frozen to the ice, and every step felt like tearing at their flesh, yet they were completely unaware of it.
He Zhuo suddenly grabbed the car window, his eyes twitching: "Holy crap? What kind of joke is this? The trees are frozen solid, and these guys are still walking barefoot on the road? Is that scientifically possible? Is that reasonable?"
Lu Nange glanced at him sideways: "Brother Zhuo, why do I hear envy, jealousy, and hatred in your tone?"
"Hey..." He Zhu clicked his tongue, "I just think their vitality is truly 'survival of the fittest.' Apart from being ugly, smelling terrible, and disgusting, their daily lives consist of eating and wandering around... They don't seem to have any worries... Even their deaths are so straightforward, 'bang,' the crystal core is taken away, dust to dust, ashes to ashes... Aren't they living much more purely than us?"
Gu Qi: "Why don't you go down now and let them bite you? Experience the life of lying down and doing nothing?"
He Zhuo immediately waved his hand in disgust: "No way! I'd rather die right now than become that ugly and smelly thing... No, even if I die, I'd rather keep my handsome face intact."
Everyone: "As expected of... the most beautiful girl in Beijing."
He Zhuo wiped away imaginary tears, moved: "My own brothers and sisters understand me best..."
Shi Xu stared at the figures swaying as they moved towards the RV: "They're all level one zombies. Should I just blow their heads off?"
Lu Nange nodded gently: "Let Zhizhi use her vines to bring the crystal core back, then we won't get out of the car and freeze."
The little tree-man, wearing a sweater woven by Wen Qing, vigorously shook his wavy hair: "Chirp chirp chirp..."
[Master, I'm not afraid of the cold, watch me...]
As the RV approached the city entrance, the roar of its engine attracted even more zombies.
They emitted hoarse "hoarse" sounds as they slowly gathered towards the vehicle, leaving messy trails on the ice.
Chi Yanzhou observed their movement speed and turned to the group, saying, "Their speed has slowed down considerably compared to before."
Lu Nange: "It seems even they can't withstand the extreme cold."
Dozens of zombies had already surrounded the vehicle.
Lu Nange and Shi Xu exchanged a glance and simultaneously launched a mental attack.
The heads of the zombies exploded one after another, and the splattered putrid liquid condensed into dark red ice crystals in the air before it even hit the ground, clattering and clanging as it hit the ice surface.
Several small vines peeked out from the window, darting across the ice surface and pulling up crystal cores one by one, dragging them back.
After cleaning, the forty-seven level-one crystal cores were piled on the cabinet behind the cockpit.
He Zhuo: "The wealth is indeed on the way. Shall we continue towards Ji City and slaughter all the zombies in the city?"
Gu Qi gave him a cold glance: "One second you want to become it, the next you want to slaughter its entire clan."
Gu Wan: "Ha, men..."
He Zhuo grabbed a cushion: "...I'll fight you two siblings to the death!"
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