Chapter 1: Trapped in the Game

(Brain shop, if you don't need yours, you can sell it to me; I want to eat it!)

On a morning filled with thunder and rain, Zhu Zhiquan was at home playing games.

"Ha, so annoying! Why are these pig-teammates all like the Calabash Brothers, one comes and one gets stunned!" Zhu Zhiquan lamented.

"Forget it, I'd better see what new games are out lately." Zhu Zhiquan opened the market to look for a game that caught his fancy, when suddenly a pop-up window jumped out and blocked his view.

Zhu Zhiquan curiously checked the content on it: "Do you want an exciting survival experience? Do you want to change your destiny? Come to Endless Survival and you can experience a real life."

Zhu Zhiquan felt it was interesting, so he clicked to enter. As soon as he entered, there was a disclaimer; Zhu Zhiquan didn't even look at it and clicked "Read" to enter the game.

Just after entering the game, he saw a wide road and a young girl dressed quite openly. Beside her was parked a Tricycle. Just as the girl was about to say hello, the Game System sent out an announcement.

"Hello, players. From now on, you are officially surviving in the game. At this moment, you have no connection to the outside world. You have only one goal from here on out: Survive!"

"At the beginning of the game, you will have a Tricycle and be assigned a teammate. Seven days later, a trial will appear on the map. To pass it, you must collect Material Boxes on the road to improve yourself."

"One last thing to remind you: silently recite 'Personal Panel' in your heart to view your information."

The announcement ended, and the girl reached out her hand and said, "Hello, my name is Zhao Yuxin, what about you?"

Zhu Zhiquan did not choose to shake hands with Zhao Yuxin, but instead scanned her with his gaze, while answering in a slightly trembling voice: "I... I am called Zhu Zhiquan."

"Zhu Zhiquan, okay, I've remembered you. From now on, we are teammates!" Zhao Yuxin pulled her hand back and revealed a sweet smile. "Looking at you, you don't usually deal with people much, do you? Don't be afraid, Big Sister will take care of you!"

Zhu Zhiquan: "............"

Zhao Yuxin turned to look at the Tricycle. Above the Tricycle floated a button to view upgrades. After Zhao Yuxin clicked it, the button turned into a panel.

Name: Rusted Tricycle v0

Maximum Speed: 10 km/h

Introduction: This is a dilapidated pedal-powered Tricycle. Due to structural issues, the fastest it can move is ten kilometers per hour.

Upgrade Requirements: 5 units of metal, 20 units of wood.

One could see that this Tricycle was covered in rust, and there were some gaps on the driver's seat and the flatbed cargo area; it made a creaking sound when someone stepped on it.

"What a crappy car! Little brother, this car... you're fast, that's fine too."

"Sit tight." As Zhu Zhiquan pedaled the Tricycle, the wheels made a squeaking sound, and the Tricycle moved forward along the road.

Zhu Zhiquan pedaled the tricycle while checking his Personal Panel.

Name: Zhu Zhiquan (No screen name set yet)

Physique: 5 (0%)

Strength: 6 (0%)

Speed: 6 (0%)

Health: 100%

Talent: None

Profile: The average attribute value for people from Blue Star is 6. Although you have practiced Muay Thai and the use of various weapons, making it easy for you to kill some small and medium-sized predators, unfortunately, your strength has declined due to your years of playing games.

Just after Zhu Zhiquan finished looking at his panel, Zhao Yuxin sent over her own attribute panel.

Name: Zhao Yuxin (No screen name set yet)

Physique: 4 (0%)

Strength: 3 (0%)

Speed: 3 (0%)

Health: 100%

Talent: None

Profile: The average attribute value for people from Blue Star is 6. A fresh graduate who likes to be stubborn. Although her academic grades are quite good, these attributes... one look and you know she is a big lazybones.

"Little brother, send me your attributes to see. If you don't want to, then forget it. Oh right, don't believe the profile of this crappy Game System." While Zhu Zhiquan was still looking at Zhao Yuxin's attributes, Zhao Yuxin said from the side.

When Zhu Zhiquan sent his attributes to her, Zhao Yuxin felt a bit awkward, but she had already said the words; how could she lose heart at a time like this?

So she still stubbornly said: "Yo, not bad! Higher than Big Sister's attributes! But, I have a lot of confidence in my strength! When the time comes..."

Zhu Zhiquan ignored Zhao Yuxin's chatter and studied the System Panel while pedaling the tricycle. Currently, there were only four items in the System Panel: World Channel, Friend Channel, Teammate Information, and Personal Panel.

Among them, Teammate Information could only view the teammate's status; the specific panel required the teammate's consent.

Zhu Zhiquan checked the World Channel; in the upper left corner, it read 3000/3000. The messages inside were scrolling by rapidly.

Huahua: "Wow, I'm paired with my roommate, I'm so happy!"

Station Master Who Loves Iron: "To be fair, this game is quite interesting, and the realism is quite high. It can even make people feel the temperature!"

"Little brother, stop the car!" Suddenly Zhao Yuxin asked Zhu Zhiquan to stop. Zhu Zhiquan hurriedly braked and looked at her with a puzzled face.

Zhao Yuxin jumped off the car and opened a treasure chest with gray graffiti on it. A white light flashed, and the treasure chest turned into a loaf of bread and a bottle of water.

Zhao Yuxin returned to the Tricycle, handed the water to Zhu Zhiquan, and said: "Little brother, pay attention to the road when driving! If you're tired, let me drive."

Zhu Zhiquan took the water, nodded slightly, and started pedaling the Tricycle again to get back on the road.

After an hour of driving, the two of them had already opened four or five treasure chests, obtaining a total of 7 units of wood, one loaf of bread, and two bottles of water.

At this time, Zhao Yuxin was already a bit impatient. "Although this game is indeed very good, this road has nothing but treasure chests, it's too boring! Ha~ Little brother, I'm leaving first. My WeChat ID has been sent to you; remember to add me after you log out."

Having said that, Zhao Yuxin intended to exit the game, but she looked for a long time and couldn't find where the exit button was. So she asked Zhu Zhiquan: "Strange, little brother, do you know how to exit this game?"

Zhu Zhiquan shook his head, and Zhao Yuxin had no choice but to open the World Channel to ask. Just as she wanted to speak, she was told by the Game System that she had to set a screen name for herself before she could speak.

"Forget it, let's see what everyone is talking about first." So Zhao Yuxin looked at the World Channel.

Little Orange Who Loves Sugar: "This game is so boring, has anyone found the exit button?"

A Jiuba Zhougong: "No, I've been looking for half an hour and haven't found it!"

Huahua: "I haven't found it either. My roommate and I have been looking for a long time; could it be that we can't get out!"

Little Princess Who Loves Milk Tea: "Really? Don't scare me! I'm very timid!"

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Zhao Yuxin swallowed a mouthful of saliva and patiently searched for a way to exit the game. Zhu Zhiquan in the driver's seat also lacked the patience to continue driving and searched for a way to exit along with Zhao Yuxin.

At first, Zhu Zhiquan thought Zhao Yuxin was teasing him on purpose, so he did not pay attention when Zhao Yuxin asked him about the exit button, but only now did he discover that this game actually had no exit button!

At this moment, he also panicked and hurriedly searched for a way to exit the game with Zhao Yuxin.