The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

He picked up the water glass next to him and took a sip: "One of my talents is that I randomly receive intelligence every day. It's similar to yours."

Lin Yuwei nodded. She was somewhat surprised, yet not entirely. After all, she had suspected something beforehand.

But can someone be this strong just by relying on that talent?

While I was thinking.

"The other one, you just saw it." Su Mu pointed to the wooden box on the floor, "Drops within the attack range will automatically teleport back to the cable car."

Lin Yuwei was stunned.

Automatic pickup.

She initially thought it was some kind of architectural effect, or that Su Mu had installed a special recycling device in the cable car. She never imagined it was also a talent.

Moreover, how come he has two talents?

More importantly, this talent can't explain why he's so strong!

"You... have two talents?" She opened her mouth, "You don't have any more, do you?!"

Just as Su Mu was about to continue speaking, the communicator suddenly vibrated.

He glanced at it and saw it was Zhou Zhenguo.

"Let's make a call first," Su Mu said.

Lin Yuwei nodded, swallowing her words.

Su Mu answered the call.

"Brother Su, did I disturb you?" Zhou Zhenguo's voice came through the communicator, and there seemed to be wind blowing around them.

"fine."

"Have you encountered any attacks over there?" Zhou Zhenguo asked. "There was a lot of noise on the channel just now, saying that many cable cars were being smashed."

"Yes, but it won't have a big impact," Su Mu said.

Zhou Zhenguo breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I called you to talk about the challenge token. The cooldown period ends first thing tomorrow morning, and a few of us guild leaders got together to ask if it would be okay to activate it tomorrow?"

Su Mu did not answer immediately.

Use the challenge order immediately after it expires for the highest return.

He was well aware of this.

However, previously, the challenge was based on a fixed level.

Now that we are taking the initiative to challenge, whether there will be any difference depends on other rules.

For example, based on the number of experience points gained within three days.

After all, my level has already reached 16, so it would be unfair to challenge me based on my level.

However, if we calculate based on the experience gained within three days...

Before Ash City existed, he had no trouble grinding monsters, but now the entire desert is terrifyingly empty, and without a suitable leveling spot, opening the challenge is risky.

Thinking of this, Su Mu couldn't help but ask a question.

"Brother Zhou, are the rules for the challenger the same as those for the challenged?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communicator.

"This..." Zhou Zhenguo hesitated, "The challenge order only lists the basic trigger conditions and reward settlement method, but doesn't specify the detailed rules during the challenge. I estimate it will only be updated after the official launch."

"That means there's uncertainty," Su Mu said.

"That's right," Zhou Zhenguo said. "So I don't dare to say anything definitively. Logically speaking, the challenger should arrange the opponent according to the challenged party's level and cable strength, but whether it's monster-hunting or a direct confrontation is hard to say, after all, we're still in the exploratory stage."

"So we still need to find suitable leveling spots," Su Mu said. "At least we need to ensure that we can gain experience during the challenge period."

"Okay, I'll have people search in different areas tomorrow," Zhou Zhenguo said. "We'll mainly look for places in the desert where monsters are concentrated."

"it is good."

Zhou Zhenguo added, "There's another thing: when the challenge is cooling down, we can also check the passenger data for other cable cars. We screened out the cable cars that are available for the challenge in advance."

Those with more than 30% fewer people than us have been ruled out; winning those challenges wouldn't yield worthwhile resource gains. I've selected some challenges with similar or even larger numbers than ours; I'll send them to you to take a look.

"OK."

The communicator vibrated, and a screenshot popped up.

Su Mu opened the image, which listed the cable numbers and basic data.

Lin Yuwei leaned closer, and Su Mu glanced at her before tilting the panel slightly towards her.

The two huddled together to look at the screenshot.

The data was listed in hundreds of densely packed entries, each labeled with the number of people on the cable, the median level, and the approximate region.

Su Mu's gaze swept from top to bottom, finally settling on a certain line.

He pointed with his finger.

Lin Yuwei looked in the direction he was pointing, and her eyes lit up slightly.

"This one," Su Mu said.

The total number of people on the Sakura Country cable line is nearly 10% more than that on the Su Mu cable line.

"Okay." Lin Yuwei nodded. "The number of people is just right, and the proportion of experts on their side is not high."

Su Mu smiled: "I knew you would choose it."

Lin Yuwei's ears burned: "I analyzed it based on data."

"Me too," Su Mu said seriously.

Lin Yuwei looked away and didn't reply.

Su Mu sent the selection back to Zhou Zhenguo.

Zhou Zhenguo quickly replied: "Received. I'll have someone focus on finding them tomorrow, and I'll let you know if there's any news."

"it is good."

The communication was disconnected.

Su Mu put away the panel, turned to look at Lin Yuwei, and said, "If I can't find a suitable leveling spot during the day tomorrow, I might go down at night."

Lin Yuwei frowned: "It's too dangerous at night."

"There's no other way," Su Mu said. "The challenge order can't be delayed. And tonight... well, I hope we can avoid being outside at night if possible."

Lin Yuwei looked at him, wanting to say something, but ultimately didn't refute him.

"Let's rest first," Su Mu said. "We have to start first thing tomorrow morning; the challenge will take three days."

"Um."

When the topic of rest came up, the two fell silent for a moment.

Su Mu's gaze unconsciously fell on the waterbed that took up most of the cable car.

Lin Yuwei followed his gaze.

The bed was huge, almost excessively so.

Su Mu coughed lightly, just about to speak.

"The bed is quite big," Lin Yuwei spoke first, quickly. "One person on each side, it should be fine."

Su Mu hummed in agreement.

Lin Yuwei turned around to get her toiletries, her movements somewhat stiff.

When she returned, Su Mu was already lying on the inner side. The waterbed rose and fell with his movement, making a soft "gurgling" sound.

Lin Yuwei paused for a moment before slowly sitting down on the outer side.

The waterbed was frighteningly soft; when she sat down, she sank in, the hydrogel flowing slowly beneath her, making those fine, bubbling sounds.

She froze.

Su Mu neither moved nor spoke.

But she knew he must have heard her.

She slowly lay down, pulled the blanket up to her chin, turned her back to Su Mu, and stared at the opposite wall.

My heart is beating very fast.

There was a large empty space between the two of them, as if there was an invisible river separating them.

The cable car was so quiet you could hear each other breathing.

Lin Yuwei hesitated for a long time before finally turning over to face Su Mu, but her gaze remained near his shoulder and did not go any further upward.

"You said before that you wanted to find your parents," Su Mu suddenly said.

Lin Yuwei paused for a moment, then replied, "Yes."

"Are there any concrete leads?"

She paused for a moment: "No. I've been gathering information about the area, but I can't find any concrete details."

"Take your time," Su Mu said. "As long as we're still in this world, there's always a chance to find it."

Lin Yuwei gave a soft "Mmm".

After a while, she asked softly, "What about you? Your family...?"

"My dad passed away a long time ago, and so did my mom." Su Mu's tone was very calm, as if he were talking about something that had happened a long time ago.