Chapter 2125 Highway Survival 21

Su Yan and Cai Qian walked into the store together.

"Welcome to the Hero Alliance shop. Please come over and check your reputation points." A middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit led the two to a facial recognition machine to check their reputation.

Hero Alliance?

She remembered that she hadn't used the faction token yet, so how did she become a Hero Alliance?

Cai Qian was the first to face the machine, and with a beep, the result was immediately available.

"Player Tomato is currently 100 Hero Alliance reputation points, which can be used to purchase resources with less than 100 reputation points."

"Huh? When did I get reputation with the Alliance of Heroes? How come I didn't know?"

The middle-aged man explained, "It's likely that the player completed a Hero Alliance quest without their knowledge, and thus gained reputation points."

"Oh, I see."

Cai Qian stepped aside, and Su Yan took the opportunity to enter the recognition range.

"Beep, player Su Yan's Hero Alliance prestige is negative, and he is unable to purchase any supplies. Please leave this shop within ten seconds."

"Fuck!"

Su Yan: "..."

The middle-aged man immediately changed his attitude, gesturing for the man to leave and saying, "Please leave this store immediately, or you will be forcibly removed in ten seconds."

When she's speechless, she can actually laugh. Su Yan scoffed and left the store.

It makes it seem like she came in to buy something. Wasn't she just curious and came in to take a look?

But what exactly did she do to deserve such a low reputation? Anyone who didn't know better would think she dug up the ancestral graves of the Hero Alliance.

Cai Qian was also completely bewildered, watching Su Yan turn and leave, not knowing what to do.

Seriously, can't the big shots stay even a second longer?

But what did the big shot do? He got negative reputation. He must have blown up the Hero Alliance's headquarters to get that score.

At the same time, Su Yan and Cai Qian noticed the system announcement from three minutes ago.

Highway system announcement: "Congratulations to player Su Rui for unlocking faction mode. From now on, players can accumulate faction reputation by completing faction quests. Having faction reputation will grant you the protection of your faction and allow you to purchase supplies from the faction's shop."

Players can choose to join either the Hero Alliance or the Prodigy Clan; the two factions are naturally opposing factions. Within the safe zone, players of opposing factions are green-named and cannot attack each other. Outside the safe zone, players of opposing factions are red-named and can attack each other.

"Killing players of the opposing faction will earn you reputation, and you can also loot their dropped equipment and supplies. Reputation points can be used to purchase items from the faction shop."

Neutral players cannot purchase any items from the reputation shop. Faction battles will be held every five days, lasting two hours each. Players are encouraged to find the NPC and join their desired faction as soon as possible.

Highway system announcement: "Congratulations to player Su Rui for becoming the first player in the entire region to join the Hero Alliance. Su Rui will automatically become a Hero Alliance Elder and will receive 100,000 gold coins, 100,000 Hero Alliance reputation points, and the right to use a residential land within the Hero Alliance."

Su Yan: "Su Rui has activated faction mode? Then why isn't she the leader of the Hero Alliance, and why doesn't she have a chance to be resurrected?"

999: "Perhaps her token is a lower-level token. Just like treasure chests are graded, tokens might also be graded."

Su Yan: "Oh, with conditions like these, she actually dared to start a faction. She really wants to be in the limelight no matter what."

Given Su Rui's intelligence, it's impossible that she didn't know what activating a faction meant, yet she still did it.

Sure enough, the regional chat channel exploded again.

Tomato is Tomato: "Holy crap, holy crap, they've turned on faction mode! Does this mean that if you just walk down the street, you might end up as an enemy player?"

Passerby A: "This game is designed to make us kill each other, leaving us no way to survive."

Honest man: "Shouldn't we blame that Su Rui? Why did she have to activate faction mode? Do you think our lives are too easy?"

Half a cigarette: "That's right, Su Rui, come out here. Why did you activate the faction mode? How can you be so selfish, stirring up conflict between humans for your own selfish desires?"

6 Ears: "Damn, what a vicious game! Is driving and entering dungeons no longer enough to satisfy the speed at which humans die?"

Highway traffic police: "I'm exhausted every day, and I don't know who I can trust anymore."

I want to live another five hundred years: "Damn it, what's going on? Has Su Rui lost her mind? Why did she start a faction? Is she bored out of her mind?"

Chinese Potato: "Could this Su Rui be a spy sent by the Japanese side, hoping that our Chinese people will die sooner?"

Duo'er: "I suspect so, or maybe he's just obsessed with money and would do anything to make money."

Unlucky player: "Damn it, I'm not joining the Hero Alliance anyway, I'll remain neutral."

Clouds and Mist: "While being neutral can help you avoid faction battles, neutral players can't buy supplies from reputation shops, and I've noticed that most of the shops on the roadside are faction shops."

The meaning of the phrase "clouds and mist" is quickly understood by clever people. Although neutrality can avoid faction warfare, neutrals cannot purchase resources. If they cannot buy it themselves, others can, which puts them at a disadvantage in terms of survival.

Moreover, even if you don't join a faction, you may still be targeted by other players, which doesn't mean that not joining a faction guarantees absolute safety.

All I can say is that the reality is what it is; if you don't join, someone else will. It's an inevitable trend.

Road games always find a way to force people to do things the way they want.

When Su Rui saw everyone's discussion, she thought she would become the center of attention, someone that everyone envied and looked up to. However, she did not expect to receive a lot of criticism.

This wasn't what she had imagined, and now she was starting to regret it.

Cai Qian walked over to Su Yan and looked at him anxiously, asking, "What should we do? Should we join a faction? My game panel says I can join the Hero Alliance and that I should go find the NPC Xie Xun to join."

Su Yan calmly replied, "I did not receive any notification to join a faction."

Based on Su Yan's negative reputation in the Heroes' Alliance, he probably wouldn't have joined it; in fact, he'd likely already formed a blood feud with the Heroes' Alliance long ago.

Sure enough, when the faction map was divided, the map that Su Yan had driven through before all belonged to the Hero Alliance, and the Night Demon Owl she killed was a pet raised by the Hero Alliance.

Cai Qian: "In that case, I won't rush to join. I'll see how things go first."

Su Yan: "Mm."

Although she wasn't in a hurry to join a faction, Cai Qian still went back to the store and bought some supplies.

For example, car repair cards, gas cards, and crash protection shield cards.

She had already used her car's crash protection card before, so if she encounters danger again, her car won't be as durable.

She had just checked and found that the reputation shop offered a one-day trial, so she could buy it now that she had reputation points.

If you don't join the group today, you'll have to buy it tomorrow, so buy as much as you can now.

Although you can try it out for one day, not everyone can buy it. After all, some people don't even have enough reputation points, so they can't afford it even if they want to.