Chapter 39 Unlocking the Trading Area
Matsuda glanced at him speechlessly. This car enthusiast couldn't resist anything new related to cars. No wonder his family owned a car repair shop. But... as he said, the junior schoolgirl's luck was undeniable.
She managed to drive away with most of these expensive RV features, which are now very popular for motorhome travel. He wished he had that kind of luck too! Officer Sang, who had never won anything before, felt both envious and frustrated. o(￣ヘ￣o＃)
"Mmm!" Not only was Hagiwara eager to try, but Kazehoshi was also very excited. After all, she could only look at other people's RV interiors on online videos and never thought that she could own one herself. So she was naturally very excited at this moment.
So after agreeing, she immediately chose to use these blueprints and began processing them. As she worked, about 30 seconds later, the Mazda model, which didn't look much different on the outside, reappeared in front of the three of them.
The three exchanged glances and, with perfect understanding, opened the car doors and got in. As soon as they were inside, Feng Xingshou couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! It's become even more spacious! The living room even has a driver's seat and a table!"
"It's truly hard to imagine."
"This must be a real-world application of folding space technology!"
Not only Kazeki, but Hagiwara and Matsuda were also very surprised, because after getting into the car, what came into their view was a small living room of about 5 square meters in front of the left side of the sofa bed.
In the 'living room' there is a height-adjustable folding table with folding lines, which can obviously be folded or even lowered. It is currently in the unfolded and raised state, and it looks to be about half a square meter in size, with a height of about 1.23 meters.
There are two high-end-looking driver's chairs with buttons on both the front and back sides of the height-adjustable folding table. Matsuda recognized that these chairs were very similar to a new RV massage chair that Zhongzhou Guoxin released last year, and they might also be driver's massage chairs.
It can be used as a safety seat while driving, with a seat belt, and the massage function can be turned on during rest or while driving to massage the body and prevent stiffness and soreness during the journey.
With the addition of a liftable folding table, which can be lowered to the same height as the seats, and then covered with a mat stored in the cabinet, it can form a single bed of about two meters, which can be said to be the standard feature of high-end RVs.
However, unless it's a Class B or Class A motorhome, very few vehicles have enough space inside for 5 square meters to accommodate such facilities, since the interior space of a motorhome is generally too cramped.
Of course, what amazed the two was not only the mini living room, but also the kitchen on the right. This five-square-meter kitchen space may be small, but it is fully equipped with everything needed: a sink for washing vegetables and dishes, a small countertop, an induction cooker, a diesel stove, cabinets, cupboards, and a utensil rack...
It can be said to have everything you need. The kitchen counter and stove area are paved with ceramic, which is fireproof and waterproof. The rest of the space is also very well-designed and has a somewhat exquisite appearance. It is just missing a range hood and a car refrigerator. With these two items, it would be ready to use.
Moreover, there is a very thin folding door along the edge of the kitchen, next to the car door. After pulling it open and sliding it along the track on the ground, it can separate the entire kitchen from the living room and sofa bed area, forming a separate small kitchen space. This is probably a design to prevent kitchen fumes from dirtying other parts of the car!
Behind the kitchen was the bathroom. The three of them opened the door and went in to take a look. Five square meters was considered spacious in the car. The shower area and toilet were separated into wet and dry areas, and the floor and walls were all tiled.
However, I didn't see a water heater. I only saw a shower hose extending from inside the ceramic wall, connected to a shower head hanging on a bracket, and below it was a faucet with hot and cold water indicators...
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Similarly, the status of the water tank cannot be directly viewed, but there is a display menu on an electronic screen panel in the living room, which shows the water heater switch, water temperature, and water tank level.
Instead of the grey and black water tanks found in typical RVs, it directly displays the amount of waste decomposed today in the waste decomposition bin. These two features, which are common in RVs on real planets, are handled directly here through the waste decomposition bin.
Finally, Feng Xingshou also couldn't find the main air conditioner unit. Instead, he found exhaust vents resembling exhaust fans in the center console area at the front of the car, and in the rear kitchen, living room, and sofa bed area. These were probably where the air conditioner would input hot or cold air...
After inspecting the upgrades inside the car, Hagiwara and Matsuda, two car repair and dismantling experts, carefully examined the changes inside and outside the vehicle. They quickly found a water tank pipe inside and outside the car, with a retractable water pipe inside each.
Place the water pipe into the water storage container, press the water supply switch, and it seems to have a water pump function inside. It will automatically pump the water in the storage container into the water tank until it is empty or the water tank is full, and then it will automatically stop. It can be said to be very automatic and convenient.
The locations of accessories such as the water tank, air conditioner, and garbage bin were also found. However, these accessories were all located in the space expansion area of the vehicle chassis. In addition, they also found a considerable trunk space underneath.
The interior space expansion was probably completed yesterday when the chassis was upgraded. However, due to the limitations of current vehicle technology, they didn't realize the need to check the specific condition of the chassis until they were looking for the location of the water tank and other parts.
After checking the vehicle's condition, Hagiwara looked at Kaze, who was clearly surprised, and comforted her, saying, "It's good that we found it. This way, if it breaks down again in the future, at least we'll know where to go for repairs."
"Yeah! It's just... I didn't expect it." Feng Xingshou thought about how he had only looked at the area after upgrading the territory yesterday, without even glancing under the vehicle. He realized that he had been careless this time and that he must never overlook details in the future.
Seeing her regretful yet cautious expression, Matsuda could understand why a survivor who couldn't drive could survive well in this game. After all, being impatient and impulsive was a big no-no, and her ability to be careful and cautious was the key to survival in this game.
However, since the two weren't familiar with each other, he just smiled and didn't say anything.
"Oops, alright! Now that the car is upgraded, let's see what the newly unlocked trading area is like." Although he didn't mention it to Xiao Zhenping last night, he was actually very concerned about this.
After all, this is currently the only way to communicate with other survivors captured by the game in Earth 2025. He had even tried to open the car window to communicate with other racers during the race, but he could not open the window each time.
Feng Xingshou was taken aback: "What trading area?"
"Ah! I forgot to tell you, after the dungeon ended at midnight last night..." Matsuda told her about the game announcement from last night, and then continued, "We can't access your game panel, so we don't know what the unlocked trading area is all about."
"Hey! Let me see." Feng Xingshou quickly opened the game panel and found several notifications from last night in the message history. Then he entered the menu interface and, with the help of Hagiwara and Matsuda, quickly found and opened the trading channel.
The entire trading area is very simple, divided into two parts: My Shelf and Survivor Shelf. My Shelf has only one shelf, while the Survivor Shelf has many, with about 10 shelves of goods appearing on a single game page.
After that, besides the page options 1, 2, and 3, there's an ellipsis in the middle, and then...
Surprisingly, it then displayed over 700 pages as the last page, showing a page numbered 1, 2, 3...784.
Recalling the fact that there was only one shelf in "My Shelf" earlier, and that there are only 10 shelves displayed on each page here, Hagiwara speculated: "It seems that this trading area is only for survivors in this area to put up and display their goods."
"Hmm! Over 700 pages, which is still a few hundred short of the number of survivors announced after yesterday's race. Maybe there are still some survivors like us who haven't listed their items yet, or haven't noticed that the trading area has been unlocked." Matsuda had a similar thought.
Feng Xingshou, however, noticed something strange as he looked at the product display shelves: "Hey! Look, why are there so many English letters in the descriptions of these products? Is the English name of a drawing really that long?"
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"Let me see..." Hagiwara noticed after being reminded that the product image on the first shelf was not labeled with the product name, but rather with: "American race car driver Asya Deton, Earth, 2025.4.25, Survivor, Highway".
"April 25, 2025 is also the date I was captured by this game." Upon hearing Hagiwara's translation, Kazesei immediately realized the significance of the numbers: "Is he conveying information through product names?"
"It seems so. There are other people here trying to convey information through game product names." Matsuda started looking at the second product: "Bear Kingdom Pilot Mira, Earth, 25.4.25, Highway Survivor, Daytime Dungeon Battlefield."
Mexico, Earth, 25.4.25, Highway, Noon instance real gunfight, Night instance monster attack, Canada Jerry Kasto, Lina, Toka, were you also captured? India…”
As Matsuda translated the product descriptions line by line, which he could roughly understand or translate, the three of them were finally certain that this time the game's capture had not only targeted Feng Xing Shou from Zhongzhou, but also had victims in countries all over the world.
And it seems that everyone was captured by the game as a survivor on April 25, 2025. However, one thing was indeed unexpected for them, which was based on the product labels.
It seems that the dungeons that all survivors face during the day are different. Just from what they see, there are battlefield dungeons, gunfight dungeons, disaster dungeons, catastrophe dungeons, etc. Only the night dungeons are all the same: monster attacks.
Hagiwara summarized these situations as follows: "In short, the dungeons that survivors face during the day are all kinds of things, for reasons unknown. It seems that they are not divided by region, but rather classified according to some other factor."
"One more thing, it seems that there is a word limit to the product descriptions. I don't know if it's a coincidence, but none of these product descriptions have more than 25 Chinese characters after being translated into Chinese."
Perhaps the game's civilization script is similar to that of China, a type of script where many meanings can be conveyed through concise characters. Matsuda discovered this during the translation process.
Feng Xingshou was somewhat disappointed after hearing this: "Only 25 words are enough for a self-introduction, which can't convey much information at all. Moreover, registering in this way can only allow people in your region to find people they know, and it's impossible to have effective communication."
"Indeed, if we can't contact each other directly, this method of communication is too inefficient and not very useful! And as you can see, there's not much useful information in this information."
Almost no one provides information that enhances the survival rate of other players. For example, discoveries like the road that you, Hagi, discovered shortly after arriving, corresponding to real-world instance time, are more meaningful and could increase the survival rate of survivors. Matsuda explained this point.
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