Chapter 63: Return to Jinhai, Who is the Beauty in This Video?
With his parents and many others watching, Zeng Shen drove away from the village with Xiao Ai in the motorhome.
"No. 1, destination: Haoyun Community, Jinhai City."
After driving for a while, Zeng Shen released the gas pedal and switched to the intelligent automatic driving mode.
"Yes, planning the fastest route for the owner. Estimated arrival at Haoyun Community in Jinhai City is three hours and forty-one minutes. The toll station for Jin Tie Expressway will be reached in twenty minutes," reported the No. 1 Divine Energy Vehicle.
Upon hearing this, Zeng Shen immediately said, "No. 1, we won't take the expressway this time. Stick to the old town roads."
"Yes, owner. Re-planning the route now. Estimated travel time is eight hours and forty-five minutes to Haoyun Community, turning onto Baisha Road in ten minutes," reported the vehicle.
Xiao Ai, puzzled by the change of plans, asked, "Master, aren't we in a hurry to return to Jinhai?"
"Because tonight, I want to test more of this motorhome's features with you," Zeng Shen chuckled.
In truth, Zeng Shen did want to return to Jinhai sooner. However, the expressway section had already been triggered before. If he went back that way, each danger alert would only yield 10 survival points.
On the other hand, taking the old roads, though slower, could trigger more new danger alerts and earn a lot of initial survival points.
Sure enough, soon a danger alert sounded, followed by a cheerful notification:
[The host swiftly traversed a ravine occupied by exotic beasts, survival points +1000.]
"Not bad, just a little while out, and I've already earned another thousand survival points. I wonder how many initial alerts I'll trigger tonight," Zeng Shen mused aloud, checking his survival points.
[Survival Points: 26,200]
"Only seventy thousand more to activate the Purple Card Lottery Wheel," Zeng Shen thought, closing the survival panel. He was about to ask Xiao Ai something when he received a voice message from Li Yuqing.
"Honey, are you coming back tonight or tomorrow?"
"Had some drinks tonight. I'll head back once the alcohol wears off in the morning," Zeng Shen replied.
"Oh, drive safely tomorrow. Once you're back, we'll go to the abandoned hospital to record the video," Li Yuqing said.
"Okay, dear."
After chatting with Li Yuqing for a while, Liu Miao also sent a message asking when he'd return to Jinhai.
"Tomorrow," Zeng Shen answered.
Liu Miao quickly replied with a voice message: "Tomorrow? I'll be going to the provincial capital to see my grandfather. The doctors say he's improving."
"Let's go for some boiled clams when you get back," Zeng Shen suggested.
"Sure."
...
Four hours later, on a dark forest road, a massive motorhome sped through the secluded path. From a high vantage point, one might have been startled to see no one in the driver's or passenger's seat.
Meanwhile, in the motorhome's resting area, Zeng Shen lay on a soft bed with Xiao Ai, discussing his plans for building a shelter.
Xiao Ai listened and responded, detailing the equipment needed for the future shelter and how she planned to store the manufactured pre-cooked meals in the vacuum-preservation storage within his divine realm, ready for consumption two years into the apocalyptic disaster.
As they talked, Zeng Shen gradually fell asleep, his mind slipping into fatigue. The system notifications that had echoed in his ears quietly ceased as he drifted off.
Seeing her master asleep, Xiao Ai covered him with a blanket, dressed, and sat in the driver's seat. She took out a notebook and began typing the shelter requirements her master had mentioned.
In fact, Xiao Ai had already considered and memorized these shelter requirements. However, she intended to create a backup to guide the secretaries or personnel recruited later to focus on the master's specified needs when the project commenced.
...
At 3 a.m. the following morning, the No. 1 motorhome parked in a spot beside the gate of Haoyun Community. Feeling well-rested and full of energy, Zeng Shen awoke and immediately checked his survival points.
[Survival Points: 40,640]
Seeing the number, Zeng Shen felt elated. Taking the old roads had paid off, netting him a substantial 18,040 survival points overnight.
In those eight hours on the old roads, he'd triggered 18 new danger alerts, earning 18 initial survival points.
These eight hours' gains surpassed his efforts in Jinhai, where he would laboriously accumulate survival points all day, outpacing those efforts by four or five times.
"I wonder if I've encountered any intelligent species," Zeng Shen pondered, opening the system log.
The 18 initial alerts included encounters with exotic beast lairs and divine territories, but none related to intelligent species.
"It seems discovering intelligent species isn't easy. It requires thorough exploration and research of an area," Zeng Shen sighed, closing the system log.
He opened the motorhome door and headed towards the community elevator, when a warning alert sounded.
[Warning! Warning! This apartment is extremely dangerous, occupied by a Tier 3 Cursed Deity and its followers. With the host's and followers' current strength, you are no match. Leave immediately to avoid enslavement.]
Ignoring the warning, Zeng Shen quickly went upstairs, intending to take a shower and change clothes.
As he approached the door, it opened.
Xiao Ti appeared in a thin nightgown.
Seeing her, Zeng Shen remembered he hadn't gained divine tier experience in three days and decided to postpone his shower.
After a stormy night, Zeng Shen didn't venture out to earn survival points early in the morning as usual. Instead, he took out the Rule Red Card—
The Wormhole Tracking Card.
Focusing his mind, he set the bedroom as the main track point, then went downstairs to set the secondary track point in the motorhome's resting area.
This way, he could sleep in the motorhome at night, allowing the No. 1 Divine Energy Vehicle to drive him to other cities or rural areas automatically.
He could trigger various initial alerts to earn survival points.
Come morning, when he woke up and wanted to return to Jinhai City, he could simply activate the Wormhole Tracking Card to instantly return to his bedroom.
Thinking about this, Zeng Shen couldn't help but laugh.
With survival points no longer hard to earn, just a night's sleep yielding plenty, he could spend the day focusing on finding intelligent species or high-potential exotic beasts, ultimately recruiting them as his followers.
...
When Zeng Shen drove the motorhome to the Ling Gathering Building, he sent a message to Li Yuqing, notifying her of his arrival downstairs.
Soon enough, he saw Li Yuqing in a golden dress, wooden sword in hand, leading Liu Tongtong, who wore a scanty Su Daji costume, towards him.
After three days apart, Zeng Shen found both women even more alluring.
Once Li Yuqing settled into the passenger seat, she said, "Honey, our video isn't getting much traction now."
"And we're not gaining many followers," Liu Tongtong added.
"I know. I checked Douyin while at home, and the traffic has indeed slowed," Zeng Shen replied, chatting with them as he drove the motorhome to the abandoned hospital.
When the motorhome stopped at the hospital entrance, Li Yuqing looked at Zeng Shen, slowly taking out her phone to show him a video. "Honey, who is this beauty in the video?"
Zeng Shen glanced at the screen and was taken aback.
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