I started on a rocking horse and relied on watching ads to dominate the highway survival charts.

A strange white light enveloped Huo Yunzhi.

Ten seconds later, only empty vehicles remained on the once-empty driveway.

"Where have you brought me?"

When Huo Yunzhi opened her eyes, she found herself in a vast expanse of white snow with five strangers, and in the distance, an endless pine forest.

The game rules will now be read to all players.

The system's voice came unexpectedly.

First, the Snow Fox is a rare individual with a pure white body and bright blue eyes. If you encounter a Snow Fox with red eyes and a sad expression, please leave immediately without hesitation.

[Secondly, there are vengeful ghosts acting as hunters in the forest. They automatically identify any creature within a 50-meter radius as prey. Please do not attempt to kill them; simply try to escape their detection range and run away.]

Third, if you are lucky enough to encounter a red fox out foraging for food, you can hand over a snow fox and receive a cloaking cone. If you kill a red fox, you have a chance to obtain snow foxes handed over by other players.

[Fourth, the current temperature in the snowfield is 10℃, and it is dropping by 5℃ every half hour. Please take precautions to keep warm. The campfires along the way can be lit for warmth, but they will attract hunters, so please use them with caution.]

Fifth, the instance only lasts for thirteen hours. Players must obtain five Snow Foxes within the specified time and evacuate safely. The cabin is the evacuation point. Before evacuating, please ensure you have captured enough Snow Foxes; otherwise, the game will be lost, and the system will immediately eliminate you.

[The game's scoring is based on the time it took for players to escape. Now, players, begin the chase!]

As the system announcement faded, the players turned their attention to the people around them.

Huo Yunzhi glanced coldly over them; including herself, there were four men and two women in total.

"Gentlemen, the rules of this instance are not very friendly, so I suggest that everyone act alone." The tall man in the trench coat spoke first.

"I disagree. It's precisely in times like these that we should unite."

Another young man, dressed smartly, clearly disagreed with his suggestion.

"That's right, it's too cold here. If we spread out, it'll be easy for something to happen, and we'll get picked off one by one by the hunters. I suggest we all keep our supplies together and share resources."

As the bespectacled man echoed this, his eyes kept glancing towards Huo Yunzhi.

Is he eyeing her coat?

Huo Yunzhi glared back without flinching.

The game has only just begun, and you think you can take away supplies with this kind of excuse? Dream on!

Noticing Huo Yunzhi's unfriendly gaze, the bespectacled man coughed lightly, his fist pressed to his lips, and then awkwardly looked away.

"I only have one question: if we don't split up, who should we send out first once we've caught enough snow foxes?"

Huo Yunzhi originally intended to act alone, but judging from the current situation, everyone except the man in the trench coat seems to be inclined to act in groups.

It is not easy to peacefully break away from the main force.

So she asked a very practical question.

The bespectacled man and the energetic young man looked at each other, neither of them having considered this question.

"These things are negotiable," the middle-aged man who had been silent until now said.

"Discuss?" Huo Yunzhi scoffed. "To believe you so easily, relying so heavily on lofty moral standards and extreme self-discipline in cooperation, is utterly foolish."

Huo Yunzhi stopped wasting words with them and turned to leave.

The man in the trench coat who spoke first watched Huo Yunzhi's departing figure and then turned and left in a different direction.

"Friends, you're leaving like this, so please be careful." The middle-aged man's words were full of hidden meaning.

"Thank you for your kind words. I hope we can all get out of here alive." The man in the trench coat's smile remained unchanged.

Huo Yunzhi didn't even turn her head, nor did she pay any attention to them.

Once inside the forest, Huo Yunzhi found herself alone and relaxed, stretching comfortably.

Finally, I can get some sunshine!

Driving on foggy highways these past few days, it feels like seeing the sun is something from a past life.

After resting for more than ten minutes, Huo Yunzhi opened the system light screen again and began to carefully read the rules again.

There are five rules for this game, two more than in the previous server area.

This shows that this game will be extremely difficult, and the mortality rate is likely to be very high.

After all, these rules don't even specify the total number of snow foxes.

The worst-case scenario is that there are only ten... or even five snow foxes in this snowfield.

In this game, a large portion of the participants are destined not to be able to complete the final evacuation.

Huo Yunzhi couldn't help but recall the man in the trench coat who had suggested splitting up earlier.

"Could he have already figured that out the moment he heard the rules?"

If that's the case, she's really matched with a formidable opponent.

Thinking this, Huo Yunzhi had no time to dwell on it any longer and started walking deeper into the forest.

Prepare to strike first and find a few snow foxes.

Soon, she found a series of footprints in the snow.

Huo Yunzhi followed the footprints for more than ten minutes and finally found a snow fox in an open snowfield.

Its entire body is snow-white, with a fluffy tail and glossy fur that makes you want to give it a good rub.

Like many girls, Huo Yunzhi's favorite thing in life is furry things.

Huo Yunzhi held her breath and carefully moved to a position fifty meters away from the snow fox. Then, taking advantage of the snow fox's lack of awareness, she suddenly accelerated.

The snow fox was very alert and fled quickly two seconds after Huo Yunzhi began to act.

Unfortunately, she was still a bit slower than Huo Yunzhi, who was wearing a custom-made outfit and had attribute bonuses.

A few minutes later, Huo Yunzhi steadily pressed the snow-white snow fox onto the snow.

[Congratulations to player "Crayon Shin-chan Eyes" for successfully capturing 1 Snow Fox, which has been added to the system inventory.]

After successfully capturing a snow fox, Huo Yunzhi also assessed its speed and combat capabilities.

Over the next hour, Huo Yunzhi repeated the process and captured four snow foxes in the forest.

However, after searching for more than half an hour, she still couldn't find the fifth snow fox.

The temperature had dropped by twenty degrees, and the once bright and sunny sky had turned gray and hazy, with occasional light snowflakes falling like fine salt.

Although this temperature drop was still within the acceptable range for Huo Yunzhi's suit, searching for prey became difficult starting with the fourth snow fox.

This further confirms Huo Yunzhi's conjecture.

The number of snow foxes in the forest is limited.

It's estimated that they're now all in the hands of other players.

Huo Yunzhi pursed her lips and opened the system screen again.

This time, she focused her attention on the third rule.