They've struck it rich!

An hour later.

Chen Yu brought Deng Yuxin to the Boiler Room.

This was the heating station for the old residential area.

Based on his experience and logic from his previous life, functional, spacious, yet easily overlooked corners like this were high-probability locations for the System to drop rewards.

"The Power Distribution Room, the Garbage Collection Point, the Abandoned Vehicle Factory..."

Deng Yuxin sighed, "There wasn't a Treasure Chest in any of those three places!"

Chen Yu said calmly, "If they were that easy to find, they wouldn't be called Treasure Chests."

As he spoke, he had already stepped into the Boiler Room.

Deng Yuxin looked at the bottomless darkness behind the iron door, her voice trembling: "It's too dark..."

Chen Yu didn't stop walking: "If you want to survive, you have to go where others dare not go. Besides, didn't I tell you guys to pack Flashlights?"

Deng Yuxin gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, she jogged to catch up with Chen Yu.

At the same time, she pulled two out of her Backpack Space and handed one to Chen Yu.

The inside of the Boiler Room was larger than expected, filled with the smell of rust and engine oil.

Chen Yu used the Flashlight's beam to clearly see the internal structure—

Rusted boilers, piles of discarded parts, and collapsed iron tools.

Suddenly, Chen Yu noticed a box, the size of a suitcase and covered in a Bronze luster, standing silently in the corner shadow formed by the boiler and the wall.

"F-found it!"

Deng Yuxin exclaimed softly, her voice filled with surprise!

But immediately afterward, her expression changed drastically!

Because in the shadow next to the Treasure Chest, a squatting, grayish-white figure slowly turned its head!

Its movements were somewhat stiff, and its murky eyes glowed in the darkness!

Deng Yuxin instantly held her breath and quickly tugged at Chen Yu: "A Zombie!"

Chen Yu nodded: "I see it. Quite scary."

This was a "Hard-Skinned Zombie." Ordinary knives couldn't even scratch it, let alone kill it.

Deng Yuxin was stunned; she couldn't detect any trace of respect for the Zombie from Chen Yu.

"Keep the light steady, aim it at him."

After Chen Yu finished speaking, he walked up, holding the fire axe.

Deng Yuxin fumbled, and the light beam wavered.

"Don't shake."

Chen Yu hadn't even finished his sentence!

The Zombie let out a low growl and lunged toward the brightest spot of light!

Which was Deng Yuxin's location!

"Ah!"

Deng Yuxin screamed, nearly dropping the Flashlight and running away!

"Light it up! Don't move!"

Chen Yu commanded, then cut in from the side, bringing the axe down!

"Pfft!"

With a tearing sound, the Zombie's head was chopped off!

No matter how hard the skin was, it was useless against immense power!

With a full 100 points of constitution, comparable to the Hulk in reality, Chen Yu didn't know how he could lose... The Zombie's heavy body fell forward, kicking up a cloud of dust, twitched twice, and then was still!

The entire process took only three or four seconds... Deng Yuxin was dumbfounded. When the Zombie had lunged at her just now, her mind had gone completely blank!

Chen Yu shook his head: "Don't panic next time, or I'll have to punish you."

Deng Yuxin blushed, unsure whether the punishment referred to kneeling down as before, or... Chen Yu didn't pay her much mind, simply reaching out his hand gently.

[Grand Tutor Container] activated—

A comfortable current spread throughout his body.

The Hard-Skinned Zombie on the ground quickly shriveled up, as if its blood had been drained.

Killing those six people earlier, just the Death Aura alone, had allowed him to gain one free attribute point.

But this time, Chen Yu gained nothing.

He couldn't help but wonder: "Is it easier to level up by killing Awakened ones? Wouldn't that make me a Demon?"

In fact, if killing people granted free attribute points, Chen Yu would be the first to become a Great Demon.

But this conjecture was unlikely.

Chen Yu estimated that it was likely because... a few of those six people had decent Talent Levels.

All things considered, this Zombie was indeed weaker than them.

Chen Yu walked up to the Treasure Chest and gently touched it—

[building material treasure chest (Bronze)]

Description: A metal container, placed here according to certain established rules.

Effect: Contains a random combination of Basic Construction Materials, which can be used to upgrade Vehicles.

Of course, Chen Yu did not open it himself.

Because opening it himself would be a complete loss.

His red luan was right beside him, so naturally, he would have her open it.

"Yuxin, you open it."

Chen Yu beckoned with his hand, signaling her to come over.

Deng Yuxin was confused: "Me?"

Chen Yu nodded: "Who else? Come on, you open this box, there's a reward..."

Deng Yuxin waved her hands repeatedly: "I... I don't want a reward..."

Chen Yu was speechless: "If I tell you to open it, you open it, understand?"

Seeing Chen Yu insist, Deng Yuxin obediently placed her hand on the box.

The Treasure Chest lid silently slid open automatically, and a faint light circulated inside.

[Obtained: Wood x30 units]

[Obtained: Iron Block x15 units]

[Obtained: Parts x20 units]

[Obtained: Low-grade Energy Core x1]

The materials went into Deng Yuxin's Backpack Space, but she didn't keep them for a moment, immediately transferring them to the Public Backpack.

After doing all this, she blinked her big eyes and looked at Chen Yu, seemingly asking for praise.

But Chen Yu had no time to pay attention to that, because he had also received a notification... [red luan Identified: Deng Yuxin]

[red luan Number: 1]

[Connection Type: Subconscious Security Entrustment, Physiological Connection]

[Connection Depth: Lv.13]

[Current Effective Multiplier: 130 times]

[red luan Harvest: Wood x30 units, Iron Block x15 units, Parts x20 units, Low-grade Energy Core x1]

[Talent Return: Wood x3900 units, Iron Block x1950 units, Parts x2600 units, Low-grade Energy Core x130]

This string of numbers completely stunned Chen Yu!

We're basically rich!

In his previous life, he had never even seen a four-digit reward!

And this was only the second day of Road to Survival!

He already had over a hundred Energy Cores?

The subsequent Life Vehicle would be unbelievably magnificent!

"Chen Yu?"

"Chen Yu?"

Deng Yuxin waved her hand when she saw Chen Yu frozen in place.

She only put the construction materials into the Public Backpack, right? There was no need for such a huge reaction.

Deng Yuxin looked at the Public Backpack and suddenly noticed something extra... "Huh? Did the Class Monitor touch the backpack?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Deng Yuxin's words, Chen Yu immediately opened the Public Backpack as well.

He found that the arrangement was significantly different from before it was scattered... First slot: Bottled Purified Water x1

Second slot: Bottled Purified Water x1

Third slot: Empty

Fourth slot: Bottled Purified Water x36

Fifth slot: Compressed Biscuits x58

Sixth slot: Pork Canned Meat x28

Seventh slot: Cup Instant Noodles x35

...1—1—0—36—58—28—

It must be known that one slot can store 100 identical items.

When there were too many items, one could even tie them up into a bundle to exploit a bug.

Precisely because of this.

This arrangement seemed extremely deliberate under the rules of the game.

Why weren't the Bottled Purified Water items in the first, second, and fourth slots merged?

Why was the third slot left empty?