Highway Survival: Caught a female driver stealing supplies

Chapter 142 The Scorching Highway, Day Six!
at this time.

The last team remaining in the Central Mall instance collapsed.

I thought it was a good thing that there were no zombies on the tenth floor.
But when they went downstairs, there were five level-five zombies guarding the door on the first floor!
Two teammates died trying to escape the instance.
[Ding! The system has detected that most teams have fewer than five members. The system will add more members to the teams that are short of players.]

the other side.
After returning to the delivery truck, it was already 6:30 PM.

The outside temperature reached 57 degrees Celsius.

There are three and a half hours left before the highway is closed for maintenance.

If they catch up on their progress, they can also pass through two resource points.

After resting for a while, the twin sisters went to the driver's seat to prepare to drive.

Chen Rang then used air conditioner blueprints and tire blueprints to create ten finished products.

It was subsequently posted on the trading channel.

"A finished air conditioner requires 500 rare materials, and a tire requires 500 rare materials as a vehicle core."

"Ten units of each item are in stock, first come, first served."

As soon as the message was sent out, many buyers contacted Chen Rang.

"Holy crap! This guy's loot from the dungeon is pretty good! Ten air conditioners?!"

"I don't know what to say except to be envious."

In just two minutes, Chen Rang had sold all the air conditioners and tires.

An hour and a half later.

The courier truck arrived at the resource point.

Ahead is a white resource box.

Nothing dangerous.

Chen Rang asked Da Huang to open the resource box, and they obtained twenty iron ingots.

After returning to the delivery truck, Qiao Xin drove on.

It's 8:20 now.

We can catch the last resource point just in time.

The two women had no time to rest and immediately drove on along the highway.

After driving 200 kilometers, the guaranteed purple package was refreshed.

It appeared in the delivery area of ​​the delivery truck.

Su Meng had already used her wish-granting skill today, so she directly opened this package.

Upon opening the package, I found a 0.4 x 0.4 cm workbench inside.

Chen Rang stepped forward to check the item information.

Iron Ingot Generator (Purple Item)

[Description: A machine capable of producing iron ingots, consuming no energy, with a lifespan of one year]

[Special: After starting the machine, it will automatically produce 60 iron ingots per hour]

"Producing iron ingots?"

Chen Rang frowned, surprised.

Sixty iron ingots per hour, that's 1440 iron ingots per day.

"This means I'm now completely free of iron ingots!"

Currently, there are no other channels for consuming iron ingots besides vehicle upgrades and manufacturing.

Harvesting over a thousand iron ingots a day is more than enough; compared to other resources, it's a complete surplus.

Chen Rang stroked his chin, pondering for a moment.

Since there's an iron ingot generator, can other materials also be manufactured using this machine?

If they could obtain resources directly, they wouldn't even need to travel by road!

Chen Rang imagined himself lying in bed, and his mind wandered.

But when he thought of his own talent, the plan fell through.

You won't receive your package if you don't travel on the highway.

"It would be awesome if we could drive a driverless car," Chen Rang murmured.

He then got up, placed the iron ingot generator on the balcony, and started the machine.

【Time: 9:50 PM】

[Outside temperature: 58 degrees Celsius]

Qiao Xin parked the delivery truck in front of the resource point.

Ahead is a green resource box.

She put on a heat-protective cloak and got out of the car alone to open the box.

[Ding! Congratulations to the lucky winner for opening the green resource box and obtaining food resources]

[Obtained 100L gasoline, 5 cans of pork, and 10 500ml water resources] After putting the food and gasoline into her system backpack, Qiao Xin returned to the delivery truck.

Jiang Yue and Su Meng had returned to their bedroom and were preparing to sleep.

After taking a shower, Chen Rang sat on the sofa in the living room in his pajamas, calculating the materials needed to upgrade his vehicle to level seven.

Qiao Xi was using the bathroom, and Qiao Xin felt it wouldn't be appropriate to suddenly go in, so she took off her cloak and sat in the living room to wait for her sister to finish her bath.

Feeling the warmth beside him, Chen Rang slightly raised his eyes and looked at Qiao Xin.

He asked, "Are you hungry?"

Time was tight in the afternoon, so the group continued driving without having lunch.

As their physical condition improved, their need for food decreased a little. Jiang Yue and Su Meng said they weren't hungry and went back to their bedroom to prepare for sleep.

Chen Rang wasn't actually very hungry, but he felt something was off about missing a meal.

After hearing what Chen Rang said.

Qiao Xin also raised her eyes and looked over.

Her clear eyes were like stars adorning her face.

“I’m not hungry.”

"Uh okay."

After saying that, Chen Rang got up, stretched, and continued, "If you want to eat, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles too. We'll have to make them anyway."

"Can I...can I eat this?" Qiao Xin asked softly.

Chen Rang shrugged: "Of course, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles too. I'm too lazy to cook anyway, and my cooking is pretty bad."

"However," Chen Rang first chuckled self-deprecatingly at his own cooking skills.

Suddenly, she changed the subject and said, "However, my noodles are delicious."

"Hmm?" Qiao Xin pursed her thin lips and tilted her head to look over curiously.

His eyes involuntarily lowered as he scanned the area.

Chen Rang followed her gaze downwards and coughed twice.

"I meant down there, not down there. How did you become so bad?"

Chen Rang smiled bitterly.

Then I went to the kitchen and started working.

Hot water is readily available; you can just get it from the water dispenser.

So the noodles were cooked very quickly; in less than five minutes, Chen Rang brought both bowls of noodles to the table.

Then, he waved to Qiao Xin, signaling her to come and eat noodles.

Upon seeing Chen Rang's actions, Qiao Xin immediately understood.

She walked over with small, quick steps.

Going slowly is fine too.

These were rare moments of leisure for the group in the apocalypse.

Qiao Xin ate the noodles in small bites, constantly putting them into her mouth.

Seeing how much she enjoyed her food, Chen Rang felt very satisfied and then took a bite himself.

"The taste is alright," he commented to himself.

It wasn't exactly delicious, but it was edible.

Qiao Xin bit off the noodles in her mouth.

She replied softly, "I think it's delicious."

The next day.

Day six on the scorching highway.

【Time: AM: 6:00】

[Outside temperature: 59 degrees Celsius]

[Regional channel number: 17345]

The system also sounded a prompt at this moment.

[Ding! The current time is 6:00 AM. The main road maintenance is complete and restrictions have been lifted. Survivors can continue to travel on the road.]

A fragrant aroma of food wafted from the kitchen.

Jiang Yue was wearing an apron and cooking in the kitchen.

Qiao Xin sat in the driver's seat and began her morning's journey.

Su Meng and Qiao Xi sat on the sofa chatting about everyday things, their laughter filling the air.

Chen Rang woke up from his bed with a deep, lion-like roar.

(End of this chapter)