Highway Survival for All: My RV's Infinite Evolution

at the same time.

More than 100 kilometers away from this ruined city, in a desolate wasteland.

"Rumble, rumble—"

The earth trembled like muffled thunder, rolling in and shattering the thick fog.

A massive, heavily armored convoy of steel vehicles, exuding an extremely terrifying and oppressive aura, is speeding headlong toward the ruined city with unstoppable momentum.

The convoy was surrounded by over a hundred fully armed Tier 6 armored vehicles. And in the center of the convoy, three Tier 7 vehicles, resembling steel behemoths, stood guard!

The lead vehicle was a Tier 7 super tank, comparable in size to a land cruiser. Its two thick cannons pointed straight to the sky, exuding an aura of death.

Inside the command room of this super tank.

Seated in a leather seat was a middle-aged man with a cold and arrogant demeanor. His silver hair was neatly combed, and he wore a smart naval uniform, like a king inspecting his territory.

This person is none other than one of the top three strongest individuals in the Freedom Alliance, codenamed—[Mercury]!

On the huge screen in the command center, an interrupted video was playing on a loop.

The scene is frozen several tens of minutes earlier—a black mecha, resembling a demon god, cleaved Japan's strongest warrior, Genichiro Ashina, in two with a single sword strike!

This video was the one that was transmitted when Genichiro Ashina started his live stream. But after that sword strike, the live stream signal was completely cut off.

"Lord Mercury," a subordinate stood respectfully to the side, "Genichiro Ashina should be dead."

Mercury swirled the wine in her glass, a cold light flashing in her eyes: "That Chinese player's mech is indeed quite interesting. Genichiro Ashina's death was not unjust."

Mercury downed his glass of red wine in one gulp, a cold smile playing on his lips: "No matter how strong a mech is, it's still just a lump of iron. Can it withstand the saturation firepower of a heavily armed vehicle?"

"Pass on my orders! Full speed ahead, target: the ruined city!"

"If that mech has been destroyed by the Japanese players' firepower, bring back the wreckage. If he's still alive... I'll capture him alive! I'll force him to reveal the mech's origins!"

Just as Mercury was full of confidence and preparing to "harvest" Lin Hui.

"Beep beep beep..."

The communicator in the command center rang; it was the voice from the vehicle that was scouting ahead.

"Lord Mercury, we've spotted something ahead! A dozen or so lone players without vehicles are blocking our path. The leader is holding a [Mid-Grade Starstone]!"

"They said they were willing to offer this intermediate-grade Starstone to you, in exchange for a chance to board the train, receive protection, and join the alliance."

"Want to use a mid-level starstone to board the train and seek refuge?"

Mercury touched his meticulously styled silver hair, his eyes slightly narrowed:

"This Misty Land is very strange. How could a group of people survive in the wild without any vehicles? And they even possess a rare mid-level Star Stone. They must be extraordinary."

Without the slightest hesitation, he issued a cold order into the communicator: "No need for words. Open fire and kill them all. That intermediate-grade Starstone is ours too."

"Yes, sir." The subordinate on the other end of the communicator respectfully accepted the order.

next second.

[Mercury] faintly heard bursts of gunfire and screams coming from the front of the convoy.

Just one minute later.

"Bang bang bang".

The tank's armored door was knocked on. A figure arrived beside Mercury's vehicle and shouted, "Lord Mercury, the cleanup is complete, and the Starstone is in hand!"

Mercury glanced at the monitor screen in the command room and confirmed that the person standing outside the door was none other than his trusted subordinate "Ilias," whom he had just spoken to. He then pressed a button to open the vehicle's door.

The heavy air pressure door slowly opened.

A young man with slightly curly black hair and deep-set eyes strode in. He wore a respectful smile and held a stone that shimmered with starlight aloft in both hands.

"Well done, Elias."

Mercury was overjoyed. With this Starstone, he was one step closer to upgrading his vehicle to level 8. He strode forward and reached out to take the stone.

however.

Just as Mercury's finger was about to touch the Starstone!

A sudden change has occurred!

Elias, who had been all respectful, suddenly broke into an extremely strange grin. He sprang up with a speed that seemed inhuman!

"Bang!"

Elias crashed headfirst into Mercury's arms, his hands gripping Mercury's shoulders like iron clamps, the immense force knocking this top expert to the ground, pinning him firmly to the floor!

"Damn it! Are you crazy?!" Mercury roared in shock and anger, trying to break free.

But he was horrified to discover that Elias was incredibly strong, and... his arms were as hard as steel!

Then, the most terrifying thing happened.

"Sizzle..."

With a chilling sound of flesh tearing apart, a thumb-sized, dark brown beetle covered in barbs suddenly crawled out of Elias's palm!

The brown beetle was incredibly fast, disappearing in a blur as it burrowed into Mercury's skin along his arm!

"ah--!!!"

Mercury let out an extremely shrill scream, its eyes bulging out instantly and filled with bloodshot veins.

"Protect the adults!"

The other Sentinel players inside the vehicle were terrified by what they saw. They immediately drew their weapons and began firing wildly at Elias, who was clinging to Mercury!

"Bang bang bang bang!"

A hail of bullets instantly riddled Elias's back with holes. Elias twitched a few times, then collapsed dead onto Mercury's body.

Several guards quickly pushed Elias's body aside and helped Mercury up.

"Sir! Are you alright?!" The adjutant, covered in sweat, looked at Mercury anxiously.

The veins on Mercury's face bulged, and his features were contorted in extreme pain.

however.

The pain lasted for less than three seconds.

Mercury's expression suddenly froze. Then, all the pain in her eyes receded like a receding tide.

He slowly straightened up, tidied his silver hair that had been messed up, and his expression returned to its usual aloof and cold demeanor.

He glanced at Elias, who was lying on the ground, his body mangled beyond recognition, his eyes devoid of any human emotion.

"I'm fine."

[Mercury] looked as usual.

He turned his head and glanced at the monitor screen in front of him. A strange brown compound eye light flashed deep within his originally gray eyes.

"Something's weird up ahead."

Mercury issued a completely opposite order without hesitation: "We're not going to the City of Ruins. Turn around and rendezvous with the other teams in our alliance."

"this……"

The subordinates exchanged bewildered glances. Just moments ago they were so confident they'd tear the mech apart with their bare hands, why the sudden change of heart?

But seeing Mercury's icy gaze, his subordinates dared not disobey in the slightest and could only bow their heads and obey.

"Yes, sir."

With the sound of tracks turning, the massive convoy drew a huge arc across the wasteland, abandoning its journey to the ruined city and heading deeper into the mist.

Unbeknownst to anyone, beneath Mercury's towering military uniform, a faint brownish, insect-like pattern was quietly spreading beneath his skin, near his heart...

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P.S.: Dear readers, I've been blowing my nose all day and am not in good condition, so there will only be three updates today.

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