vrcanaries Chapter 22 The legendary Wuling is finally in hand!
Chapter 22 The legendary Wuling is finally in hand!
Before Su Chen could take his second step, a faint hissing sound came from deep inside the convenience store.
He turned around.
The rat carcass is melting.
A halo appeared around the edges of its gray-black body, which quickly became transparent and then dissipated as particles of light starting from its tail.
Su Chen went back to the convenience store and squatted down.
The live chat exploded.
[It's melting away! The body is disappearing!]
Did you lose anything?
[Wait a minute... isn't this the F-class monster that Marcus from the US struggled so hard to defeat?!]
[Su Shen finished it with one shovel.]
The difference is so vast it's incomparable. One is fully armed and fighting like a boss, while the other casually smashes it with a shovel, and doesn't even deserve to live afterward.
[James: Our players have a solid strategy. Netizen from DaXia: Your solid play is F-level; we play like that too, just cleaning up the trash.]
……
In the US livestream room, James lowered his head and took a swig of beer.
The translation assistant flipped over the top trending comments on Da Xia's bullet screen in real time. His facial muscles twitched, he slammed his beer can on the table, and didn't reply.
Three seconds later, the rat's corpse completely disappeared.
Two fist-sized, dark red chunks of meat remained, their surfaces covered with a thin, fluorescent film.
A notification popped up on Su Chen's panel.
[Received: 2 pieces of F-grade mutant rat meat]
[Note: Rat meat can be safely consumed after cooking; it restores a small amount of health and provides a feeling of fullness.]
cooking.
Su Chen weighed the two pieces of meat in his hand; they were firm and quite heavy.
There was no fire source available, so he couldn't handle the situation on-site. He opened his backpack and stuffed the rat meat into a hidden compartment on the side of the main compartment, separating it from the bread cans.
The barrage of comments is still going strong.
[Marcus from the US treats F-class enemies like a siege, while Su Shen casually swattes one down without even lifting an eyelid.]
[Thirty times stronger physique, crushing F-rank, no doubt about it.]
[Calculate the extent of LeBron James's current psychological trauma.]
Su Chen stood up and scanned the convenience store. The shelves were empty, the counters had been searched, and even the corners had been checked.
It's time to go.
He had just lifted his foot when he stopped again.
He only looked through the right drawer of the cash register.
The drawer on the left was stuck tight; he had skipped it before when he tried to pull it open but couldn't.
Su Chen walked back, gripped the edge of the drawer with his five fingers, and used three-tenths of his strength.
"Creak—"
He yanked the drawer out, splintering wood along with it.
The drawer was empty except for a few yellowed receipts.
Su Chen pushed the receipt aside.
There's something stuck at the very bottom of the drawer, wedged in a crack in the wooden board.
He sculpted it.
lighter.
Metal casing, old-fashioned roller ignition, the paint on the casing is polished to a shine.
Su Chen turned the roller.
"Snap—"
A cluster of orange-yellow flames leaped out and burned steadily.
The live stream room of Da Xia instantly went wild.
[Fire! Fire!]
[A lighter! He has a fire source! The rat meat can be roasted!!]
[This is real ransacking! While others just rummage through things and leave, Su Shen doesn't even leave the bottom of the drawers untouched!]
Lin Xiaotang leaned forward halfway in the studio.
"A lighter! Su Chen has found a source of fire!"
Zhao Mingyuan tapped the table with two fingers.
"Fire is one of the top three core resources for wilderness survival. It can be used for cooking, keeping warm, repelling insects, and even making simple weapons."
He leaned back.
"This gas station has far exceeded our expectations."
The comments section erupted in celebration.
[Let's take stock of what we got: an outdoor backpack, three bottles of mineral water, two bags of bread, four cans of food, two pieces of rat meat, and a lighter! Just pop into an abandoned gas station and we're done!]
[Convenience store area completely cleared out! See what happens next!]
Su Chen put the lighter in his pocket, fastened his backpack, and walked out of the convenience store.
He walked through the hall and stood in front of the half-closed iron door.
He squeezed through the crack in the door.
A short corridor leads to a spacious hall.
Repair workshop.
A third of the roof had collapsed, and sunlight poured in through the gap, illuminating the oil stains on the ground and the scattered wrenches and jacks.
Su Chen's gaze swept across the workshop and stopped in the very center.
A bread truck.
The car body was rusted and mottled, and there was a dent in the front bumper.
But all four tires are still there, and the frame is intact.
The live chat was instantly flooded with comments.
[A car!! A car!!!]
[The tricycle can be honorably retired!!!]
[Holy crap... this car model looks so familiar!]
Look closely at the front of the car! That grille!
[Holy crap—a Wuling Hongguang?!]
The DaXia livestream room went completely crazy.
[Wuling Hongguang!!! The nation's must-have car!!!]
[科普：吴凌宏光，后轮，手册，手册，盖载七人，实载——得知得之。后座便便成变板车的，空间利用企顶的国产极顶！]
[The biggest advantage of this vehicle isn't speed, but space and load capacity! The cargo bed of Su Shen's previous tricycle was so small; with the Wuling's rear cargo bed fully extended, it can hold at least five times that space!]
[Furthermore, the Wuling has a simple design and is easy to repair if it breaks down! It's perfectly suited for outdoor survival scenarios like Su Shen's!]
Have you heard of the "Akina Mountain Speed King"?
Zhao Mingyuan looked at the rusty bread truck on the screen and leaned forward slightly.
"Wuling Hongguang".
Lin Xiaotang took over the conversation.
"There are millions of these vehicles in China. They are robust and easy to maintain. Most importantly, they have a lot of storage space. Su Chen used to store all his supplies in the cargo bed of the tricycle, which more than doubled its loading capacity."
Su Chen walked around the car once.
The chassis was not severely rusted, the exhaust pipe was still intact, and the suspension system, although aged, was not broken.
He opened the driver's side door.
"Crunch—"
The car door opened smoothly.
Su Chen sat down inside.
The steering wheel, instrument panel, and gear shift lever are all there.
His attention fell on the lower right side of the steering wheel.
A key was inserted into the ignition hole.
The barrage of comments exploded again.
[The key! There's a key!!]
[The Chosen Car!!!]
[Start the engine quickly! If it can start, drive away immediately!!]
Su Chen gripped the key handle with his right hand and turned it one notch.
The dial lit up.
Su Chen's gaze was fixed on the fuel gauge.
The pointer is at the very bottom, and the red light is on.
No oil.
The chat was quiet for a second, then erupted in a cacophony of wails.
[Empty! Not a single drop!]
[You're giving me hope only to throw a bucket of cold water in my face, aren't you!]
Having a car but no gas is like having a gun but no bullets!
Su Chen took out the key, put it in his pocket, and got out of the car.
Without any hesitation.
Gas stations never lack fuel.
He walked through the back door of the workshop and went out.
Outside was a paved concrete ground with a tin awning against the wall. Under the awning were five or six rusty iron barrels stacked, and next to them stood a manual oil pump.
Su Chen walked towards the iron bucket.
Halfway there, he suddenly stopped.
From the dark corner of the right-hand awning, a gray shadow shot out!
Grade F mutant rat!
At the same instant, another gray shadow darted out from behind the iron barrel on the left!
Two of them, attacking from both sides.
【Double-sided sandwich!!!】
[Watch out, Su Shen!!!]
Su Chen did not retreat.
The one on the right arrives first.
He shifted his right foot slightly, turned his body slightly, and with lightning speed, grabbed the rat by the scruff of its neck!
Use all five fingers to exert force!
"Click!"
The crisp sound of bones breaking.
The mouse's scream got stuck in its throat, and it instantly went limp.
The one on the left has already pounced on us.
Su Chen didn't even look. He swung his left hand backhand, and the back of his hand lashed out like an iron whip!
"Snapped!"
A loud bang.
The rat was blasted apart mid-air, turning into a cloud of blood mist. The bits of flesh crashed against the iron barrel with a loud metallic clang before sliding limply to the ground.
It took less than a second.