Chapter 87

Not long after the earthquake, Zhao Yuxin drove the tricycle into a karst cave, where there was an underground lake; Zhu Zhiquan shone his flashlight around and discovered many algae.

These algae were bright red, and touching them felt like a stream of hot air was flowing out.

Zhu Zhiquan scraped some of the algae off and put them on the trading channel, learning their name: Heatwave Algae, a type of algae that lives in high-temperature, high-humidity environments.

Seeing the Heatwave Algae, Zhao Yuxin immediately collected some and returned to the cabin to study them; Zhu Zhiquan reluctantly took over the driving, but after driving along the passage for less than two minutes, they encountered five monsters with steam rising from their backs.

These monsters were as big as a small car and had many tiny holes on their backs from which large amounts of steam were emitted; they looked somewhat like cows, but with tiger claws for hooves.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhiquan immediately got out of the vehicle and drew his Dingtang Sword to test these guys' strength; the strange monsters, seeing their prey stand out voluntarily, rushed over while steaming.

Swish, swish, swish!

Zhu Zhiquan killed all five monsters in just three moves, and they didn't even have any talents! Disappointed, he took out a skinning knife to dismantle them, obtaining five pairs of horns, five beast cores, five tiger claws, and two kilograms of Steam Cloud Beast meat.

"So this trash is called a Steam Cloud Beast," Zhu Zhiquan muttered, moving the loot into the tricycle before continuing on his way.

After driving along the passage for several hours, he checked the cabin; Zhao Yuxin and the Ice Cream Cactus were already asleep, so Zhu Zhiquan, wanting to ensure progress, drove for another hour before entering the cabin to sleep.

The next morning, Zhao Yuxin was the first to wake up; at this time, the Ice Cream Cactus was having fun teasing the Green-Leaf Burrowing Vine, and upon seeing Zhao Yuxin wake up, it immediately ran over and kept licking her face.

"Be good, stop licking; come on, baby, go drive the car and I'll give you ice cream, okay?" Zhao Yuxin said, holding the Ice Cream Cactus off with one hand to coax it.

"Hmm~" the Ice Cream Cactus let out a sound and went to the driver's seat to steer the tricycle forward.

Zhao Yuxin checked on Zhu Zhiquan's position, then flopped back down to continue sleeping.

While the Ice Cream Cactus was driving the tricycle, it encountered two players who had parked their tricycle on the side to rest.

When the Ice Cream Cactus passed by their tricycle, the two players saw its appearance through the glass and were immediately startled.

The thin player said in surprise, "Big brother, you say that these days even monsters can drive cars; this game is truly magical!"

His big brother nodded slightly in agreement, but upon seeing the cabin of the tricycle, he immediately revealed a ferocious smile and said, "A Zai, do you think this could be the tricycle of the two players wanted by the Black Mouth Gang?"

A Zai suddenly realized, "Now that you mention it, I remember; the wanted poster yesterday said that those two players had many strange plants on their tricycle.

And this tricycle has many strange plants; big brother, do you think if we kill them, the Black Mouth Gang will make us a squad leader?"

"Hmph, who cares! It just so happens we haven't eaten meat for days; if they really are the two guys from the wanted poster, they'll be perfect for improving our rations." Thinking of this, the big brother went straight into the cabin.

A Zai entered the driver's seat and slammed on the accelerator to chase after them; his big brother poked his head out of the window, holding an M16 assault rifle and firing into the air to signal the other party to stop.

"Hmm?" The Ice Cream Cactus saw someone chasing it aggressively in the rearview mirror and was so scared that it slammed on the accelerator to speed away.

Seeing this, A Zai also stepped on the accelerator to pursue; the big brother in the cabin aimed his M16 assault rifle, and if it weren't for the winding passage and limited ammunition, he would have opened fire long ago.

Suddenly, after passing a fork in the road, Zhu Zhiquan's tricycle stopped; the two players following behind were overjoyed and immediately pulled up, but a series of arrows pierced through their tricycle, and the two died on the spot.

Just moments ago, Zhu Zhiquan and Zhao Yuxin were awakened by the noisy roar of the engine; seeing that someone dared to chase their tricycle, they immediately had the Ice Cream Cactus stop the vehicle and let the Xunfeng Pea Shooter kill them once they got within a certain distance.

After the two players died, a blueprint fell out of the big brother's body, and Zhu Zhiquan picked it up to examine it.

Name: Biological Decomposition Staff Blueprint

Quality: White

Introduction: With this, you can increase the efficiency of biological decomposition; it causes little loss to physical life forms, but consumes more energy-based and soul-based life forms.

Materials: 7 units of wood, 1 unit of glass, 1 unit of Tier 2 metal.

Zhu Zhiquan immediately learned and crafted it; instantly, a staff with a wooden stick as the main body and a glass ball inserted on top appeared in his hand.

After making the staff, Zhu Zhiquan emptied the other party's tricycle of all useful supplies and then immediately upgraded his own tricycle.

A white light flashed, and the upgrade of their tricycle was complete; the exterior of their tricycle looked unchanged, but when Zhu Zhiquan started it, he found that the noise had been reduced significantly.

Name: Motorized Transport Tricycle v5

Top Speed: 40+3-1-1 km/h

Introduction: Some aging parts inside the vehicle have been cleared; now you can make your tricycle run faster, but this also means your vehicle is about to face a choice.

Upgrade Requirements: 6 vehicle components, 15 units of electronic parts, 40 units of electronic components, 8 units of chips, 20 units of Tier 2 metal.

"A choice?" Zhu Zhiquan turned to tell Zhao Yuxin with confusion; hearing that the tricycle had other upgrade paths, Zhao Yuxin couldn't help but show an excited expression; if it weren't for the fact that the Ice Cream Cactus needed soothing, she would have definitely made some bold guesses.

After telling Zhao Yuxin, Zhu Zhiquan drove the tricycle forward along the passage, while Zhao Yuxin stayed in the cabin to soothe the Ice Cream Cactus.

During this time, they encountered other players, some of whom recognized Zhu Zhiquan and his group and tried to take their heads to trade with the Black Mouth Gang, but unfortunately, they were all easily dealt with by Zhu Zhiquan.

Zhu Zhiquan drove for another distance when suddenly the game system announcement sounded: "Congratulations to all players for surviving to the third day; to urge all players to reach the surface by the seventh day, the rising speed of the magma has now increased by 20%.

At the same time, monsters will be randomly spawned behind each group of players; these monsters will chase you until 1:00 PM, please do not get caught.

Of course, you can also counter-kill them; if you can kill all the pursuing monsters, this system will grant you generous rewards.

The countdown begins now: 59 seconds, 58 seconds..."

Zhu Zhiquan slowly turned his head and asked Zhao Yuxin: "Ah Zhao, what are your stats at now? Send me a panel."

"Oh, okay." Zhao Yuxin sent her attribute panel to Zhu Zhiquan, "By the way, Ah Zhu, should I put the Miniature Plant Creation Array on the trading channel to sell?"

Zhu Zhiquan: "You can, but the plants inside shouldn't be too strong."

"Okay." With Zhu Zhiquan's permission, Zhao Yuxin first took the Ice Cream Cactus and some offerings to worship the Goddess of Protection statue; after obtaining 500 energy, she mass-produced the Miniature Plant Creation Array in the exclusive crafting interface.