Chapter 60: Extreme Heat 1
In reality, by the second day, these players’ satiety and cleanliness had dropped to 20%, and their health to 60%.
Those who could still hold on were already considered tough. Many who had points had already bought and used meal packages, but those without points were simultaneously hungry, sick, and anxious.
If they couldn’t clear the next round of the game, only death awaited them!
The forum had been extremely toxic these past two days, but Chu Yian hadn’t paid much attention. She just sat quietly in her small space, sleeping, exercising, and waiting for the next game to begin.
[This Round’s Game: Extreme Heat]
[Game Content: Abnormal stellar activity has caused super high temperatures across Water Blue Star. Players need to safely survive 20 days in the game.]
[Initial Funds: 2000 coins]
[Initial Supplies: ID card, 1 set of clothes, communication device]
[Current Total Players: 6,100,281,921]
This round of the game only required safely surviving 20 days, with no mention of escaping anywhere. As Chu Yian was teleported into the game, a wave of heat instantly washed over her.
The sound of car horns nearby made her suddenly realize she was standing in the middle of the road.
So hot!
Chu Yian looked at the Shopping Mall not far away and quickly ran towards her target. The air conditioning inside was blasting, and a wave of coolness made her feel a little more comfortable. At this moment, electronic devices on display for sale in the Shopping Mall area were playing the news.
[Due to the recent high temperatures, two cases of heatstroke fatalities have occurred in this city. The city has issued a high-temperature warning, with outdoor temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. Citizens are advised to take precautions against the heat…]
Chu Yian watched the news while enjoying the air conditioning, but before she could finish, the news switched to brightly colored dance footage.
She glanced at the employees inside, then stood up.
With temperatures already over 40 degrees Celsius right at the start, she wondered just how ‘extreme’ this round’s extreme heat would get.
She bought two bottles of mineral water at the Shopping Mall, then found a restroom and eagerly opened her treasure box.
[A yo-yo that glows in the dark]
[Note: Will be retrieved after this round of the game]
[Good Item’s Inner Voice: The same good item as Blazing Teens, letting you shine brightly under the envious gazes of your peers.]
What Blazing Teens?
What yo-yo?
She hadn’t expected to get a children’s toy from the treasure box this round. Speechless, she put it back in the box. She didn’t need to wait for it to be retrieved after the game; she’d return it now.
This round started a bit poorly; she couldn’t escape the fate of having to work hard for money.
To make money, she had to sell Grandpa Treasure Box.
With outdoor temperatures at 40 degrees Celsius, she still had to brave the blazing sun. Chu Yian found another place that bought gold and this time pawned it for 30,000.
Nearly a thousand catties of gold only sold for 30,000; the boss was still very shady. However, Chu Yian knew she was even shadier, so she took the money without a word and quickly left.
She had been playing the game for so long that she had gained experience, and the first thing she always did was choose a place to live.
This round was about high temperatures, and Chu Yian’s first thought was a basement.
Basements are good; basements are warm in winter and cool in summer.
Chu Yian went straight to a real estate agent, telling him she needed a house with a basement. The size wasn’t important, as long as it had a basement, and the total rental price couldn’t exceed 5,000.
That afternoon, they went to view houses.
The agent was sweating profusely, and Chu Yian was equally hot and sweaty, but the houses he showed her all had some flaws and weren’t what Chu Yian envisioned.
“girl, I have one more place in the suburbs that might meet your standards, it’s the last one,” the agent said, wiping the sweat from his face. “If you don’t like this one either, then there’s really nothing else.”
Chu Yian nodded.
She would go see it. If she really couldn’t find her ideal house, she would settle for one of the ones he had already shown her.
It was too hot.
She also needed to prepare other things and couldn’t spend too much time on the house.
Chu Yian got into the agent’s car and drove all the way to the suburbs.
The location was a bit remote, with few surrounding houses, about thirty minutes from the City Center.
This house was clearly a self-built one, with two stories above ground and a decent-sized basement below. The courtyard walls were made of cement bricks, and the main gate was a large red iron door. It was a bit old inside and out, but it was more private and secure than a fence.
Once the gate was closed, no one would know she was inside.
Besides these, there was also a river behind the house, with a row of trees planted along the riverbank.
Not only were there trees by the riverbank, but there were also two large trees in the house’s courtyard, with dense shade, making it cooler than other places.
“This house belongs to a couple. It was only built a few years ago, and it has all the facilities,” the agent introduced. “However, they’ve gone to work in another city and won’t be back until Chinese New Year, so they want to rent out the house.”
“If you want to rent it for a short term of one month, that’s also possible. Including the agent fee and deposit, the total will be 5,600 yuan.”
“This is the place.”
Chu Yian walked around inside and outside the house, and after listening to the agent’s introduction, she immediately decided on the place.
Sign the contract, pay the money.
The agent finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his trip hadn’t been in vain.
“Big brother, please wait!”
Chu Yian got the key and saw the agent about to leave, so she quickly grabbed his car door. “Since you’re going back to the City Center anyway, could you give me a ride?”
She was really thick-skinned, but it meant she didn’t have to spend money.
Chu Yian successfully hitched a ride back to the city with the big brother. It was now five in the afternoon.
The sun hadn’t set yet, and the weather was still scorching.
She rushed to a car rental agency and looked at a car that was spacious and performed well. However, when she went to rent it, she suddenly realized she didn’t have a driver’s license!
In an orderly society, driving without a license would lead to being handcuffed.
So, even if she could crash big trucks into zombies, operate a tractor, and single-handedly spin an Aston Martin, she couldn’t drive away a Chery QQ from the rental agency today.
Only the ‘old man’s joy’ (a type of low-speed electric vehicle) was suitable for her.
However, the space in the back of the ‘old man’s joy’ was too small. The time already wasted going back and forth between the city and suburbs was enough; if she couldn’t take back a lot of things at once, the next twenty days would be a waste.
Chu Yian moved from the 4S store to other shops, shifting her gaze from 4-wheeled vehicles to 3-wheeled vehicles.
She found the vehicle she needed!
A fuel-powered cargo tricycle. Although its speed was slower than a car, it was faster than the ‘old man’s joy.’ And the space in the back was very large, with a cargo bed 2 meters long, 1.5 meters wide, and 50 centimeters high. Without a roof, things could be stacked higher.
Chu Yian immediately set her sights on this vehicle named Foton Wuxing.
