On this escape highway, vehicles reign supreme!

Sizzle—!

That teeth-grinding scraping sound started again, like someone was scraping someone's back teeth hard with a rusty iron spoon.

Lin Hui, who was chewing on the delicious mutton, froze instantly.

He put down his chopsticks, and the ease in his eyes vanished instantly.

The car's heater was still blowing, but the air seemed to freeze.

"On the left side, near the car door."

Lin Hui held his breath and quietly walked to the driver's seat.

He saw a face through the side window of the car.

Or rather, it used to be a face.

It was a humanoid creature, clinging desperately to the driver's side door.

Its skin was a deathly grayish-white, like pork that had been soaked in water for a long time. There were no pupils in its eyes, only a murky, pale white. Its mouth was split open to its ears, revealing a set of jagged, sharp teeth covered in black mucus.

It seemed to sense the heat and the presence of living people inside the car; that terrifying face was pressed tightly against the glass, its nostrils flaring as it greedily sniffed.

[Ding! Monster detected.]

[Analyzing target data...]

A red data box popped up in Lin Hui's mind.

[Target: Strength-type Zombie (Tier 1)]

[Strength: 30] (Note: 5 for healthy adult males, 10-25 for professional boxers.)

Agility: 5 (Note: 5 for a healthy adult male.)

[Physical Fitness: 30] (Note: 5 for a healthy adult male.)

[Review: This is a hungry Tier 1 zombie. Its claws can easily tear your flesh apart.]

"Strength 30?"

Lin Hui's eyelids twitched violently.

Its speed is the same as that of an adult male; it's not one of those slow-moving zombies.

Comparable to top professional boxers?

Lin Hui looked at his own physique and couldn't help but gasp.

This means that if I were to encounter this outside the car, I wouldn't even have a chance to fight back.

And this is only a level 1 zombie.

It seems the monsters in this world are very strong!

Before Lin Hui could recover from his shock, the zombies outside the car window seemed to have lost patience.

"roar--!!"

It let out a hoarse roar, raised its claw, which was as hard as a withered tree branch, high, and then slammed it heavily onto the car door!

Bang!

The 3-ton RV was shaken violently by the impact!

Lin Hui quickly gripped the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the car door.

The once sturdy metal door was now dented inwards, with a hole the size of a fist!

Three deep claw marks were clearly visible, and the rolled-up edges of the sheet metal revealed the metallic sheen underneath.

[WARNING! Vehicle is under attack!]

[Assessment: Barely defended. Although not penetrated, the vehicle structure is suffering damage!]

Lin Hui took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"This Level 1 civilian RV is basically just a 'tin can.' If this monster keeps taking things apart, that door won't last a minute before it's torn apart!"

"Once the car door is breached, I will surely die in that cramped compartment facing this monster with a strength of 20."

"Fight back? Or flee?"

At that moment, Lin Hui suddenly remembered the fourth point of the survival rules.

In this world, even ordinary monsters are difficult to defeat, but each one drops a relatively large amount of resources.

With this thought in mind, Lin Hui gritted his teeth and quickly reached for his waist.

There was an axe-gun tucked there.

This is the weapon he just traded with someone using all-purpose gasoline.

【Name: Axe Gun】

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Average]

Ammunition: 3/9

[Description: Melee combat includes slashing, ranged combat includes shooting; the downside is extremely high recoil!]

Lin Hui gripped the handle of the axe-gun tightly; the cold metallic touch calmed him down slightly.

But he neither fired a shot nor opened a window.

He hesitated.

"Will this shot kill them?"

"Most importantly, I have to roll down the car window to fire."

"In the split second I rolled down the car window, was my bullet faster, or its claws?"

Lin Hui glanced at the monster's claws, which gleamed with a cold light, and then looked at his own not-so-strong arms.

forget it.

A real man never fights monsters with bayonets.

Especially when you have a "cheat".

Why should I use my weaknesses to attack its strengths?

Lin Hui murmured to himself, put the axe back into his waistband, and gripped the steering wheel with both hands.

"That's it! I can ram them with my RV!"

Snapped!

Lin Hui abruptly released the handbrake and quickly shifted the gear into Drive with his right hand.

He slammed his foot down on the accelerator pedal, which had been modified by the [Infinite Entries] modifier!

"Get...out of my way!!"

boom--!!!

With double the power, the engine roared like thunder!

The entire RV resembled an enraged rhinoceros, its four wheels violently rubbing against the frozen ground, kicking up clouds of ice and mud.

The zombie clinging to the car door clearly hadn't expected the metal lump to suddenly riot.

The immense inertia caused its body to swing violently backward, but its sharp claws had already embedded themselves deeply into the metal of the car door, and it was hanging on the car!

Squeak-!

A sickening metallic tearing sound rang out.

"Aren't you going to let go?"

Lin Hui looked at the ugly face that was leaning against the window and roaring at him, his eyes cold.

"Then don't let go!"

One hundred meters ahead is the highway guardrail of this abandoned road.

Although it has been in disrepair for many years and is covered in rust, it is a solid steel railing!

Lin Hui showed no intention of slowing down; instead, he pressed the accelerator even harder.

80 yards... 90 yards... 100 yards!

Just as the front of the car was about to hit the guardrail, Lin Hui suddenly turned the steering wheel sharply to the right!

This is an extremely dangerous move.

If it were a regular RV, it would have overturned by now.

But this vehicle weighs 3 tons, coupled with Lin Hui's almost insane decisiveness.

The massive vehicle slid close to the guardrail, carrying a destructive force as it scraped past it!

The ghoul hanging on the left door was sandwiched between the RV and the guardrail!

"die!"

Bang! ! !

A deafeningly loud bang.

That was the sound of bones shattering and flesh exploding.

This was followed by a series of dense friction sounds.

Squeak—zzzzzz—!

The zombie's shrill screams had barely begun when they were abruptly choked back down by the immense impact.

Under the pressure of a 3-ton RV traveling at 100 km/h, the so-called "Strength 20" and "Constitution 20" are simply a joke.

At this moment, the ferocious zombie looked like a tomato being squeezed by a hydraulic press.

Large swaths of black blood mixed with bits of flesh instantly covered the left side of the car window.

Lin Hui could clearly feel a slight bump coming from the car body, the sensation of the wheels running over some kind of "foreign object".

[Ding! Killed a Tier 1 Strength-type Zombie!]

[Dropped Item 1: RV Reinforcement Blueprint (Lv.1→Lv.2) x1]

[Item Drop 2: Universal Fuel x1]

[Item Drop 3: A bottle of Sprite (500ml)]

Hearing the system notification, Lin Hui was overjoyed.

The rewards are really generous!

Lin Hui did not stop immediately, but continued driving for a while.

Finally, we stopped in a place that looked relatively safe!

"call……"

Lin Hui wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and, after confirming that there was no other movement around him, carefully opened the car door.

He held an axe in his right hand and a flashlight he had obtained from a resource box in his left.

A biting wind howled in at minus ten degrees Celsius.

Lin Hui tightened his clothes and began to observe the car's condition.

The outside of the car door was in a terrible state.

The once smooth metal door was now riddled with holes and had a long dent in the middle, caused by the railing scraping against it.

The glass and sheet metal were covered with black stains and indistinct, rotting flesh, which looked rather disgusting.

After a quick treatment, Lin Hui got back into the car and returned to the warm interior.

After calming himself down a bit, he took out the blueprints for upgrading his RV.

【Name: RV Upgrade Blueprint (Lv.1 → Lv.2)】

【need:】

【1. RV Lv.1 (Already met)】

2. Steel x 50 units (obtained by dismantling abandoned vehicles)

【3. Rubber x 10 units (obtained by disassembling tires, currently 7/10)】 (7 tire units have been included in the blueprint)

[Upgrade Effects: Full vehicle armor reinforced (defense increased to 40), increased interior space.]

Defense 40… Lin Hui’s eyes lit up.

That ghoul with a strength of 20 just tore the car door apart. If it had a defense of 40, then a monster of that level would be nothing more than a tickle to it!

Moreover, as long as you upgrade to Lv.2...

"The talent [Golden Affix per Level] will trigger again."

Lin Hui gripped the blueprints tightly, his eyes burning with fervor.

The first entry, "Infinite," already gave him the ability to avoid being caught by the gray fog in this apocalypse.

So, what will be the second golden keyword?

Just then, a message in bold red popped up in the [Regional Channel], interrupting Lin Hui's thoughts.

"Help!!! My car has broken down!!"

"Brothers... I'm Li Shuang, a print model. Please help me! I... I'll do anything!"

My coordinates are...

......

The player's system panel will update the player's coordinates in real time.

Lin Hui stared at the coordinates and found that the other party's location was not far from him, about three kilometers away.

However, he had no intention of rescuing the other party.

In the end times, the Virgin Mary will only hasten her own death!

Looking at the desperate words on the channel, Lin Hui closed the somewhat deformed car door tightly.

Lin Hui learned something from what he had just experienced.

"On this escape route, people are less important than vehicles."

"As long as the RV is strong enough, I can survive."

Lin Hui solemnly slapped the upgrade blueprint onto the dashboard, shifted gears again, and started driving.

Search for abandoned vehicles and collect steel and discarded tires!

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