Road Survival: My RV is a Moving Castle

Life is like a journey, death is like a return journey.

Welcome to the highway survival game!

A mechanical female voice came from the distant horizon. Song Chiyu rubbed her dizzy head and suddenly opened her eyes.

What survival game?

She blinked incredulously, thinking she was dreaming.

What comes into view is an asphalt road about 10 meters wide, stretching forward, where the sky and earth meet at the end, so far away that the end is not visible.

On both sides of the road stretched an endless wilderness, with sparse patches of low-lying plants growing on the sandy ground, their yellowed leaf tips showing signs of stunted growth in the dim sunlight.

Song Chiyu stood alone on the wide highway, completely bewildered.

Half a minute ago, she had just finished a busy week of work and finally had time to rest in the single room she rented for 800 yuan.

Just as I was about to close my eyes and go to sleep, I was woken up by the system's voice. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in this desolate place.

A warm breeze blew by, and the warm touch stuck to her skin like glue.

She was extremely uncomfortable from the heat.

At that moment, the mechanical female voice sounded again.

[The highway survival game has officially begun. Please prepare yourselves. Game instructions are as follows.]

[First, all players aged 18-68 worldwide enter the road survival game, and every player starts in good physical condition, with all major diseases eliminated.]

Second, each player's initial supplies are: a vehicle, a personal wristwatch, a 500ml bottle of mineral water, and an axe.

Third, vehicles can only travel in one direction on highways. They can be upgraded and customized, but cannot be disassembled or left the highway. Note: Please cherish your vehicle; it will be your best companion!

Fourth, treasure chests are randomly scattered outside the highway. These chests are divided into five types: low-tier, mid-tier, high-tier, premium, and rare. Opening a chest may yield resources for survival, but it may also reveal unknown dangers. Please open chests with caution!

Fifth, please return to your vehicle immediately after dark. The night holds unknown terrors; the highway is your temporary safe zone. Please do not leave your vehicle at night.

Sixth, different levels of disasters will spawn in the game at any time. The first seven days are a protection period for players. Please take advantage of this time to upgrade your vehicles to withstand the disasters.

[Games are life; death in games is real death. Please try your best to live!]

After struggling to process what the system had just said, Song Chiyu quickly accepted the setting of this game world.

She plays a lot of infrastructure-building and development games.

Although she wasn't an expert at this type of game, she was still familiar with the basic operations and processes.

Suddenly, a golden light descended from the sky, tearing through the thick clouds and crashing down in front of Song Chiyu, startling her.

Tiny specks of light scattered in all directions, and then a pink rocking horse came into view.

There was also a watch, water, and an axe next to it.

Song Chiyu blinked, and when she saw that the so-called vehicle was actually a rocking horse, she was stunned.

That's it?

Starting with a rocking horse?

It's not what she expected. At the very least, it should be an electric scooter.

It's like starting in hell mode!

After standing there frozen for a moment, Song Chiyu reluctantly accepted this low-budget start.

The moment my hands touched the watch and the rocking horse, two mechanical voices sounded one after the other.

"Beep! Vehicle bound."

"Beep! Bind watch."

The once ordinary rocking horse emitted a faint blue light, but remained ordinary afterward.

. . . . . .

What is she expecting?

However, the watch on her wrist emitted a pale blue light, and then a beam of light shone from its center, just right for her to see.

The screen displays the time and weather: 12:23, 32°C, sunny, Day 1 of survival.

Below are four modules: Messages, Channels, Trades, and Vehicles.

The message interface is completely clean; there's nothing there.

Upon opening the channel, the top of the screen displays "China Region 108, 100000/100000".

At this moment, the screen was constantly being flooded with chat text and various voice messages.

【ah? ? ? 】

Where am I? Have I been transported into a game?

I thought I was done for. I'd been bedridden with cancer for months, and this was the first time I'd ever felt so comfortable. Thank God! Thank you, game!

[Why is everyone so deserted? It's terrifying! I want to go home! I want to go home!]

(Voiceover) [Heavenly Bodhisattva, please save this child! There's a huge, spotted rattlesnake staring intently at me from the side of the road, and I'm too scared to move.]

At least you have little snakes to keep you company, but I have nothing here. Not even a grasshopper, let alone a snake.

(Voiceover) [Hey guys, do you want this snake?]

Does everyone start with a kiddie ride? Or am I the only one who starts with one?

Me too! I was just cruising around in my Xiaomi Suqi when I suddenly found myself here.

【Ugh, I'm on a kiddie ride too! What the hell is a kiddie ride? Where do I sleep when it gets dark?】

[I want my tonic rocking horse back, and give me back the Mercedes my mom gave birth to.]

My Audi A8!

……

Seeing that the discussion was going off-topic, Song Chiyu decisively turned off the channel.

Players now start with the same vehicle: an upgradable rocking horse.

In other words, everyone starts on the same footing.

So, whether you survive or die depends on your efforts and luck.

However, for Song Chiyu, there was no difference between surviving in a survival game and surviving in the real world, since she was always alone.

She lost her parents at a young age and left the orphanage after becoming an adult. She worked while studying and has been working for two years now.

I don't have many friends, and I'm used to being alone.

Clicking on "Transactions" suddenly brought up a description.

[Trading: Players can exchange resources with others in the trading section. Rules are user-defined, and all members of the channel can see the exchange. It can be refreshed, and there are no transaction fees, so trade with confidence.]

It's actually similar to a certain exchange, except here it's about exchanging resources for resources.

The last "Vehicle" interface displays the vehicle's attributes and description.

Vehicle: Rocking horse (upgradeable)

"Note: Without me, who will treat you like a child anymore?"

"Attributes: Level 1 vehicle, pink, no battery required, no charging required, human-powered riding."

“升级：塑料：0/30，布料：0/20，升级卡：0/1，暂未达到升级条件。”

"If you leave me, who will treat you like a child?"

Upon seeing the description of the rocking horse, Song Chiyu wanted to give it an 8.5 out of 10, because she was a little speechless.

That's outrageous, it even started singing.

Can't survival games be a little more realistic?

However, since the system gave them a non-movable rocking horse as their starting vehicle at the beginning, there must be a reason.

Song Chiyu looked around and immediately spotted a dilapidated box about the size of a bedside table about 5 meters away from the road.

That is……

Is this the treasure chest the system mentioned?