Brain Storage ~ Happy Reading, Starting with No Brain ~
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Xia Sanfu was a 20-year-old high school graduate who had repeated two grades. She had just been freed from the examination hall. Her life was ordinary but full of simple happiness.
She could not imagine what the people at the pinnacle of human civilization were worrying about, nor did she know that they had actually contacted alien civilizations with such arrogance!
By the time she found out, the Galactic Empire had already unilaterally broadcast a challenge to the entire Blue Star.
"The current 7-star civilization, the Galactic Empire, issues a war invitation to the 0.7-star civilization, Blue Star. According to the Cosmic War Law, a higher civilization cannot directly use military force to invade a lower civilization. Therefore, a survival battle will be conducted in the form of a gambling agreement."
"That is, from the effective date of the agreement, all humans on Blue Star aged 18 to 55, except those without capacity for action, will be digitized and put into a survival game to fight against the environment and Abyss Species."
"If Blue Star can complete the clearance, Blue Star wins. The Galactic Empire will resurrect all humans who died in the game and assist Blue Star in raising its civilization level to 1, establishing intergalactic diplomatic friendship."
"If no one completes the clearance, the Galactic Empire wins. Blue Star will become a subsidiary planet of the Galactic Empire, and the Empire will have absolute control over Blue Star."
"The Cosmic Court is invited to enter the venue..."
"The Cosmic Court announces: The Galactic Empire has used its compulsory power against Blue Star, and Blue Star cannot refuse the gambling agreement."
"The Cosmic Court announces: Now randomly drawing the survival game mode."
"The draw is complete. Relevant personnel from Blue Star will be digitized and enter the Road Survival Game in 10 seconds!"
"Countdown begins!"
"10, 9, 8, 7..."
Xia Sanfu spent three seconds doubting if she was having mental problems, and then three seconds calling her parents, wanting them to take her for a check-up at the hospital.
Before she could even utter a "Hello," a blue light suddenly enveloped her, and she instantly lost consciousness.
"Ding dong ~ Hello player, welcome to the Road Survival Game. The following are the game's Precautions :"
"1. The map will be updated every thirty days. This month's map is the Storm Forest. Please try your best to survive."
"2. The road is relatively safe. Unknown dangers exist off the road. Tread carefully."
"3. Resource treasure chests will appear by the road. Open them, and you may obtain supplies or encounter crises."
"Barrier-free listening and reading mode has been activated. All encountered languages and texts will be automatically converted into the language and text system you are familiar with. Please silently say 'game panel' to enter the novice tutorial."
Xia Sanfu subconsciously said "game panel" silently, and a virtual light screen popped up in front of her. An arrow sequentially pointed to the sections on the light screen, accompanied by a voice explanation—
These were player personal information, forum, communication channel, and rankings.
The personal information section displayed:
ID: H008154088
Player Name: Xia Sanfu
"The above information is public and viewable by everyone. The following information is automatically confidential unless the other party has special means of inquiry. This tip will only appear once."
Body Development Value: 3 / 10 (Trash, barely not crippled)
Brain Development Value: 8 / 99 (For human aptitude, barely excellent)
Battle Points: 0 (Start your journey, rookie)
Combat Level: Level 0
Accumulated Mileage: 0
Points: 0 (Mileage 1:1 conversion to points, can be spent at the Service Area)
The forum, communication channel, and rankings showed that they had not yet reached the activation conditions, and there was no sign of the so-called Service Area.
She carefully looked at the two development values, which specifically referred to body development value and brain development value.
For example, 3 / 10, 3 refers to the potential that has already been developed, and 10 is the maximum potential value of the human body.
Looking at the panel again, the arrow turned into a turntable: "Please player draw the vehicle gift package."
On the turntable were various vehicles such as bicycles, tricycles, electric bikes, motorcycles, minivans, cars, SUVs, commercial vehicles, RVs, and even a blank space, meaning no vehicle.
Xia Sanfu's heart sank. In her ordinary life, she had never picked up a single cent or won a single prize.
No matter what, the current situation was strange, so she decided to go along with it for now.
Xia Sanfu clicked the turntable, and it spun rapidly, bursting into a shower of fireworks: "Congratulations, player, you have received a mountain bike, with a complimentary ordinary cycling set."
"Warm reminder: Since the player was forced to participate in the survival game, a 12-hour novice protection period mechanism has been triggered. During the protection period, the player has absolute safety assurance. Please try to collect survival materials and explore game mechanics during the protection period. After 12 hours, you will enter Storm Forest mode."
Xia Sanfu quickly surveyed her surroundings. This was a two-way four-lane road, in a state of chaos. Rusty vehicles and rotten garbage were hidden among the weeds. Looking around, dilapidated tall buildings stood everywhere, clearly a ruined city.
Looking at herself, her body was no different from her original body, but her clothes had changed to a white short-sleeved shirt and shorts, and her sneakers had become straw sandals.
Next to her was a black mountain bike. If it weren't for the wrong time and place, she would definitely praise its smooth lines and extremely valuable texture.
There was a gift box by the car. She untied the ribbon and immediately understood that this was the so-called complimentary cycling set.
She put on her helmet, fingerless gloves, and knee pads, then picked up the cycling backpack inside, put the goggles and air pump into it, carried it on her back, and hesitated, pushing the bicycle in place.
"Calm down, identify problems, solve problems."
Perhaps it was from taking too many exams; once she entered an exam state, Xia Sanfu strangely cast aside all worries and fears, her mind only left with the extracted key points.
12 hours, novice protection period, absolute safety assurance, supplies, gameplay, heavy rain.
This bike couldn't withstand any heavy rain. She had to find shelter and enough food, water, fuel, and weapons within 12 hours.
Points could be used as currency, but how far could she ride in 12 hours? She usually felt like lying down for half a day after riding for an hour, let alone now, she didn't even know where to buy things with points.
The time displayed on the game panel was around 12 PM, and the novice protection period countdown was 11:56:34.
This was a ruined city. In the abandoned piles, she should be able to find things that could be temporarily used.
Based on her life experience, she was currently on a main road in the city, and there was no shortage of shops on either side.
Xia Sanfu immediately locked onto a large shopping mall in front of her to the right and set off on her bicycle.
With a push of her foot, she felt the superiority of the mountain bike. Even with poor road conditions, it didn't matter.
That light and fast feeling, as free as the wind, even improved her mood for a moment.
Soon she arrived at the shopping mall. She hid her bicycle in a dilapidated clothing store.
The store was in a mess, as if it had been looted. Clothes hangers were scattered on the floor, and most of the clothes were gone, with only a few scattered pieces welded to the dust on the ground, unable to be shaken off.
Xia Sanfu took a steel pipe from the bottom of a clothes hanger and went to the front desk to search, only finding a few unfamiliar banknotes. She casually put them away, perhaps they could be used as kindling.
She leaned against the wall and carefully twisted open a door, feeling a little nervous.
With the light, she could see that it was a small warehouse inside, with not many things; it had been thoroughly looted.
Xia Sanfu's mood was slightly heavy, with a very bad premonition. She immediately searched the surrounding shops.
Indeed, whether it was snack shops, convenience stores, or restaurants, she couldn't find clothes or food. Even knives, air conditioners, and electrical equipment related to metal or other materials were gone.
This city seemed to have suffered an unprecedented disaster, causing all supplies to be completely plundered.
She walked further into the shopping mall, hoping to find something that had been missed.
In the dim shopping mall, the display cases were messy and empty. The dust on the floor was thick, leaving a footprint with every step...
Wait, footprints!
Xia Sanfu stared at the chaotic footprints on the ground, a great fear rising within her. Her hair stood on end. There was no dust on the footprints, indicating that someone had been active recently!
Were they players or NPCs?
Does this broken game even have NPCs?
Xia Sanfu bit her tiger's mouth and took a deep breath, quickly discerning the direction of the footprints. But there were so many footprints, everywhere, though she could barely make out that they were all going in one direction.
But it was clearly as quiet as a ghost town here. If there were so many people, why was there no sound?
Xia Sanfu walked along the wall, following the footprints, and saw that most of them led to the supermarket on the basement level. The dark, gaping entrance led to a place where light could not reach.
She slowly retreated, her thoughts struggling for a few moments. She tightened her grip on the steel pipe, deciding that caution was the best approach.