Surviving on the highway, I have a best friend who was reborn.

Chapter 29 The Little One Upgrades
[Qian Yue: Family, I'm back alive!]

[Chen Yi-hsun: Coming back alive +1]

[Chi Chengxuan: Wow, so many people! Weren't there supposed to be 10 players after the server merge? How come there are only about 7 online now?]

[Meng Xiujie: It seems like quite a few people were eliminated in the PK tournament map.]

The entire server was filled with messages celebrating their return alive, while Yuanqiao secretly ate a spicy hand-shredded rabbit in the driver's seat.

[Pomegranate: Pomegranate Weapon Shop is now open! Click on my profile picture to welcome me. Today only, all items are 9% off!]

[Chen Wei: Why do we have to pay for a prominent store display position? This system is really unfair.]

Player Chen Wei has been banned from speaking for 1 hour.

[Hua Xinyan: Attention everyone, the next natural disaster is related to rain!]

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The free market has been updated.

Each player's simple link-based trading method became an online shop model, which Yuanqiao directly named [Yuanqiao General Store].

The message that flashed by in the lobby just now had a nickname that I didn't recognize. It mentioned a natural disaster and rain, so I guess the cold snap is almost over.

Unused warming items, such as mini heaters or hand warmers, can be listed in the general store and traded for Yuanjing (magic crystals) or energy batteries.

Remembering the blueprints for the Class A protective suit, I ate some hand-shredded rabbit and then stood outside the car for a while to get rid of the smell.

Enter the blueprints into the manufacturing station in the carriage. Currently, it can manufacture 40 vehicle air conditioners, 36 Class A protective suits, and 64 primary condensers.

We won't make cotton-padded clothes anymore, as other players can also sell them. We'll use the cloth and fibers to make protective clothing.

[Grade A protective suit: Effectively blocks acid rain corrosion, provides a high level of protection, and can isolate toxic gases]

Yuanqiao stopped clicking the crafting button and opened the system panel to check the conditions for upgrading the vehicle.

[Tier 4 Vehicle Upgrade Materials: Energy Battery x150, Iron Block x200, Glass x150, Rubber x100, Yuan Crystal x180, Gold Coins x200]

Aside from Yuan Crystals, you have enough Yuan Bridges for other supplies, so you can save the 5% off vehicle upgrade supply card for later.

Yuanqiao is lucky; her talent skill allows her to gain gold coins without effort, so she currently has 706 gold coins.

Upgrading vehicles is only a matter of time, and the probability of other players getting golden chests is very small. Currently, there are only a few ways to obtain gold coins.

You find a golden treasure chest and open it to get gold coins.

The online store has its eye on recyclable materials.

Disassembling a golden treasure chest guarantees 5 gold coins and 2 pieces of wood.
And the polluted monsters that randomly drop from treasure chests.

Players who have just passed the beginner stage generally have less than 50 gold coins, while some wealthier players have around 200 gold coins.

This has slowed down the pace of vehicle upgrades.

Players can only trade by bartering. The resources in the shop are very expensive; even the most basic piece of wood costs 50 silver coins, so no player is willing to buy basic resources from the shop.

I once saw Chen Wei complaining in the lobby that he spent silver coins to buy a bottle of mineral water in the mall, but the next day he opened treasure chests all day and didn't get any water.

Therefore, he firmly believes that he has found a hidden rule in the game and warns everyone not to buy scarce resources in the store.

Before setting off, Yuanqiao used a crafting table to make 30 primary condensers, 30 Class A protective suits, and 10 vehicle air conditioners, which he then hung in the shop.

The condenser is used to exchange for the basic materials to make these three items; the air conditioner is used to exchange for blueprints and energy batteries; and the protective suit is made with 20 elemental crystals per piece. I just don't know if elemental crystals are particularly rare.

We set off a bit late today, at 7:1 am, so we still had about an hour left in our lucky cycle.

Vehicles can drive autonomously, freeing up your hands. Yuanqiao heard that the advanced version of the intelligent driving system, when paired with a level 5 vehicle, can automatically collect treasure chests.

The feature is very appealing; the ability to keep transaction information displayed in the store for an extended period.

The wind on the highway was less biting, and Yuan Qiao, who had picked up the wooden treasure chest and quickly returned to the driver's seat, was a little restless.

Without TV, computers, or novels for entertainment, just watching the chat lobby is incredibly boring. Half a day has passed, and I haven't seen any messages from An Muya or Gao Leyu; I haven't added them as friends.

Yuanqiao, whose thoughts had wandered off somewhere, was brought back to attention by the squeaking of the baby.

After carrying the baby from the carriage to the driver's cab, I asked:
"What's wrong, Tuanzai? Are you bored in the carriage? But it's still very cold outside, so it's not a good time to go out and run around."

When it wasn't so cold before, Tuanzai would also be unable to resist going out to play. He would use his skill to run at top speed for a while and then wait by the roadside for Yuanqiao's vehicle to come over. He never tired of doing this.

"Master, upgrade!"

Is Tuanzai about to level up?

Yuanqiao opened the system pet panel:

[Pet: Swift Rabbit Cubs]

[Level: 1 (100/100) Upgradeable]

【HP: 200】

[Spirit value: 40]

[Skill: Sprint (Consumes 5 points of Spirit to accelerate running for 15 minutes)]

[Contractor: Yuanqiao]

There's an additional level experience display that can be upgraded. Tuanzai doesn't do anything else besides eating and sleeping.

"The experience points are full. What does the master need to do to level up the cub?"

"Advanced potion." Tuanzai couldn't explain it clearly, only expressing that he wanted an advanced potion.

Yuanqiao frowned as he searched the online store and soon found the product, reading the description.

[Pet Upgrade Potion: Skyworth Technology's latest painless upgrade potion. The pet egg research technology is now mature, and the pets bred from them can now grow, providing longer-term companionship and assistance to their owners. Price: 250 Gold Coins]

Are pet eggs man-made creatures?

Hold the rabbit in your arms, squeeze its rump, feel its body temperature, and click to buy.

The lucky aura had expired, and Yuanqiao wasn't worried about wasting time. He parked the car on the side of the road, picked up Tuanzai, and carried him to the sofa in the car compartment.

After watching Tuanzai drink the advancement potion, she stayed by his side to look after him.

Soon after, a hazy light shone from the baby's body, and the light slowly passed through the surrounding energy and formed a huge cocoon.

Huh? It's turned back into a pet egg?
After waiting quietly for more than an hour, the halo dissipated, and an oval pet egg, one size larger than the baby, stood upright on the soft sofa.

Motohashi touched the huge gray egg, which displayed:

[Pet Egg Upgrade Hatching Countdown 06:00:00]

Without any other explanation, Yuanqiao muttered to himself, somewhat speechlessly, "Won't all the little ones have to turn back into eggs and hatch again when they level up in the future?!"

Six hours isn't a long time; they should hatch by the afternoon.

Yuanqiao returned to the driver's seat and let the system drive, aiming to complete today's mileage task first.

Since there are no rewards for ranking high on the mileage leaderboard anyway, Yuanqiao had no desire to compete for that ranking. He just completed the basic mileage every day and opened more treasure chests if he wanted to.

After driving for about 5 kilometers, we finally saw the first silver treasure chest of the day. Yuanqiao was a little happy and got out of the car to pick up the treasure chest.

The system notified you that a friend request had been received.

Check the treasure chests as you open them.

Players Gao Leyu, An Muya, Xingguang, and Hua Xinyan have requested to add each other as friends.

Thank you so much for the monthly tickets from Caishen Pianya and Lan Gan Baobao! Thank you everyone for your recommendation votes! The new book has moved up two places in the rankings again, yay! I'll borrow Yuanqiao's lucky halo and put it on your heads!!
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