Chapter 37: Just Passing Through

A dense array of mineral water suddenly appeared before Cheng Shuili, neatly arranged; some were placed on the carriage floor, some on the table beside the window.

Another row, perfectly aligned, was stacked on the back of a sofa.

Surprisingly, none fell.

Cheng Shuili: "......"

Now that's good.

Now we won't be short of water for months.

Immediately, a small popup appeared before every player.

【Player Junzi Jian, Player Tuoba, Player Chou Zhiji...... and 54 others!】

【Actively reported a player, disregarding their own human identity, willingly siding with the system! Betraying trust, petty behavior! Should we blacklist with one click?】

Now the regional channel is lively again.

【Junzi Jian】: I reported it, why was it announced before the review result came out?

【Shen Jingbing】: I can't take it, really, hahahaha, I'm rolling on the ground laughing!

【Jing Shenbing】: So happy, you should go to the village entrance and have a sip.

【Mongolian】: Huh? What does it mean? What's really going on?

【Men Sheng Fa Da Cai】: I didn't intend to speak, but this outcome is truly unexpected, ha. I think I understand a bit: in short, the system is fishing for enforcement. It exploits jealousy and gambling weaknesses in human nature; it writes 'report' on the surface, but in reality it's a fundraiser!

【Xiao Hu】: Oh~ I get it, meaning there's actually no 'report' function? After pressing that report button, does it just give five bottles of mineral water to the reported person?

【Xing Rong】: Haji system, I admit you do have some tricks!

【Qing Shan Yuan Xing】: Besides fundraising, it's elimination.

He only said a brief line, and then a well‑meaning person voluntarily added details.

【Re Xin Chang】: The system sent every player a popup asking whether to blacklist with one click. In this survival world, without bartering you basically can't survive; this is the system urging us to isolate those people together.

【Zheng Yi Ren】: Serves them right.

【Doufu Xiao Tiantian】: Isn't the crime that severe?

【Zheng Yi Ren】: No illness upstairs, huh? They could stab you in the back at any moment, and you still say the crime isn't that severe?

【Ke Nan】: Case solved, this little sweetie is also on the list, at the very bottom, easy to find! Alright, I've blacklisted them first!

【Dian Zan Xia】: The person upstairs lives up to the name! Like!

【Junzi Jian】: @Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji, you must have slipped money into the system, right? This makes no sense! How could a report function turn into a fundraiser?

【Tuoba】: Exactly! We clearly clicked the report button, so how does the system arbitrarily change it to give water? This is definitely a backdoor operation!

【Shen Jingbing】: (Screenshot of Junzi Jian's earlier comment) Now you know you're being blamed? Hilarious, the system has already judged you as treacherous petty people.

【Junzi Jian】: We're doing this to maintain game fairness! The damn system doesn't check data but instead slanders the reporters?

Cheng Shuili watched the messages flickering in the regional channel, a cold smile curling at the corner of her mouth. She typed deliberately, each word like a blade:

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: @Junzi Jian, @Tuoba, did you get something wrong? This isn't those pay‑to‑win games you played, where spending 648 makes you a big shot.

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: Here the system is god, the rules are iron law! What are you, daring to question the system's judgment? Dare to question me?

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: What, you're so broke you think the whole world should beg with you?

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: Oh right, now you're blacklisted across the whole zone, no one accepts your trade offers, and later when you beg for food nobody will give, feeling good?

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: At this point I'll quote that timeless maxim.

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: If you're weak, train more! If you can't afford to lose, don't play!

After Cheng Shuili finished the last line, she clicked the blacklist button on the popup, and the regional channel instantly became peaceful.

【Shen Jingbing】: Damn, how is it this line, I can't forget it, I really can't forget it.

【Jing Shenbing】: Can't forget it etched on me.

【Shen Jingbing】: Oh, baby, you're so heartless.

【Zheng Yi Ren】: Flirt in private chat, otherwise I'll give you a Junzi Sword blacklist package.

【Yun Che】: Support Zheng Yi Ren!

A flood of support for Zheng Yi Ren poured in below.

Cheng Shuili smiled, wanting to examine the leaderboard rewards closely, yet reluctant to waste time on the road.

After a moment of hesitation she decided to floor the accelerator, and check it at night.

Today is the first day after the Newbie Protection Period ends; she must study carefully what differences now exist compared to during the Newbie Protection Period.

The highway no longer shows its original asphalt hue, only a vast expanse of white snow; the snow keeps falling, and the whole world is reduced to the sound of wind, snow landing, and the creak of wheels crushing the snow.

The surface of the supply crates is also covered with a layer of white snow; fortunately the crates are raised, otherwise they'd be hard to spot.

Cheng Shuili now parked the vehicle very close to the supply crates, because the heater inside the car has a three‑meter reach outside.

Putting on and taking off the polar cold‑weather suit back and forth is truly uncomfortable.

She remained as cautious as ever, wielding a baseball bat in one hand and a dagger in the other; the bat pried open the supply crate, and the dagger went in for a wild stabbing.

Although so far, the stabs have only hit air.

Today's supplies are as plentiful as yesterday afternoon, but the variety is noticeably richer.

Or rather, it's strange.

Cheng Shuili opened two wooden supply crates, and a bird flew out alive; Cheng Shuili had just stabbed the air twice, and it flapped its wings and flew away in the opposite direction.

Cheng Shuili: "......"

Besides that, there was a pack of spicy strips, a pack of intact, edible compressed biscuits, and a box of broken mineral water bottles......

Cheng Shuili really didn't know what to say; now wasn't the time to speak.

She stood before the supply crates, pondering how to deal with this pile of junk, when a roaring vehicle sound came from behind.

Cheng Shuili's ears twitched slightly, the baseball bat in her hand turned gently, but she didn't turn around immediately.

She leisurely bent over, picked up the empty spring‑water bottle and slipped it back in, her movements as casual as picking up fallen leaves in her own backyard.

How can it still be running in such a dilapidated state?

Cheng Shuili couldn't resist giving the case of mineral water bottles a kick, and the empty plastic bottles rattled.

The engine noise grew closer, and from the snow came the crunch of tires rolling over packed snow.

Only then did Cheng Shuili lazily turn, slinging the baseball bat over her shoulder.

She narrowed her eyes against the swirling snow and saw a modified off‑road vehicle slowly approaching, its roof‑mounted searchlight cutting a blinding beam through the white curtain.

From inside the off‑road vehicle, the person could see from afar that in this icy snowscape, someone was standing beside a strange‑looking vehicle, wearing only big underwear and a short‑sleeve shirt.

That combination was truly bizarre.

Either they're terrifyingly strong, or they're beyond help.

The off‑road vehicle's door opened, and a tall woman in a fur‑trimmed leather coat jumped out.

Su Rui raised both hands above her head to show she meant no harm: "Don't be nervous, I'm just passing through."