Six hours into the start.

Su Yan had pushed the progress of this round of the racewalk to more than halfway. By his estimation, the progress bar was about seventy percent complete.

The Endless Road had no end, but this round of the racewalk did.

What would happen when the progress bar reached the top?

Would it be a powerful monster, an even more exaggerated Zombie Tide, or perhaps a message of reward and celebration?

Su Yan wasn't sure, so he slowed his pace, needing more time to think, deduce, and analyze.

Of course, Jing was also helping with the analysis.

As a servant, they could see what Su Yan saw, observe the racewalk progress, and view the chat channel information.

They also knew the reasons behind the Endless Road, their existence as card products, and other such information.

It sounded unbelievable, but it was the truth.

According to Jing's deduction, whatever lay at the end of this road meant that Su Yan would inevitably have to start a new racewalk, which aligned with the fundamental logic of the Endless Road.

And this new path would undoubtedly be more dangerous, more insane, more terrifying.

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Thus, Su Yan had to consider a question: With my current strength, I can sweep through the zombie hordes in Stage 1-1, but what about on a more advanced path? Can I still sweep through them?

Uncertain.

He wasn't a beta tester, nor was he someone reborn with knowledge of the future. The road ahead was unclear, so he had to be cautious.

With this in mind, Su Yan decided not to rush to the endpoint. He started to backtrack.

While leading his servants, he carefully searched every building, trying to pry open locked structures, clear out collapsed ruins, and collect anything useful.

At the same time, he observed the chat channel, sifting through the flood of terrified, complaining, and pleading messages to extract any potentially useful public content.

And indeed, Su Yan found a useful piece of information.

Someone had publicly complained on the chat channel: "I thought I could walk back and forth in the Starting Zone and survive a few more days, so why are zombies still appearing?"

"Wasn't it said that there would be at most one zombie within 50 meters of the Starting Zone? Those previous messages were all lies!"

"If I hadn't reacted quickly, I would have been infected by a zombie!"

After this message was posted, some people joked, "Well, you're not dead, are you?" "Only the living have the right to chat," "Can't even kill a second zombie? You're truly useless."

But others, based on this information, tried to deduce a possibility: "Does this mean... this damn Endless Road has a monster respawn mechanism?"

With this speculation made public, many users began to take it seriously, mostly those lingering in the Starting Zone.

Some users, who had good luck with their first pull or started with abundant resources, were attempting to reach the endpoint, hoping to escape the threat of the Death Racewalk and explore more unfamiliar areas.

Only the cautious and timid remained in the initial area, and this information was closely related to their situation.

If monsters could indeed respawn... wouldn't that mean no area was safe?

As everyone paid close attention, more people provided corroborating answers within the next hour: "They really do respawn! The second zombie has appeared!"

"I've already encountered the sixth one here; I just didn't mention it. I'm just here sniping lone zombies."

"Damn it! Are you really trying to kill us? The initial safe zone is no longer safe? Are you forcing me to leave?"

More and more people confirmed this speculation, and as everyone paid close attention and dug deeper into the information, an even more terrifying piece of intelligence was revealed.

"...I've been in the Starting Zone for a few hours now, and I've basically confirmed that not only does a respawn mechanism exist, but there's also a progressive respawn mechanism."

"My analysis: A mysterious force will intelligently determine if a user stays in a certain area for too long, and the number of respawning monsters will increase."

"For example, in the initial safe 50-meter zone, after killing the first zombie, monsters will respawn within an hour. This 'one hour' limit is the respawn standard for 'user presence' in this area."

"If the user doesn't stay, monsters won't respawn... Of course, this isn't guaranteed; I haven't tested it yet."

"But if the user chooses not to leave after the monster respawns, the next respawn time will be shorter, and more monsters will respawn until the user leaves the area."

A smart person posted this information, causing the entire regional channel to explode.

"What a joke! Wasn't the rule that 'not stopping' would prevent respawns? How come I didn't stop, and monsters still appeared?"

"Respawning is great, respawning is the best. I'm not afraid of these zombies anyway. I even think there are too few monsters for me to earn enough Blood Coins for gacha."

"The strong get stronger, and the weak must die? What kind of logic is this! Not even allowing a corner to survive, isn't this a death sentence! Can someone think of a solution?"

"Hey? You just realized the Endless Road is a death sentence? Laughable, the weak should die early and reincarnate, stop embarrassing yourself, do you think others will help you?"

"Buddy, you'd better pray you never need to ask for help; everyone is researching the mechanism to brainstorm ways to survive, not for you to be sarcastic here."

"You want a piece of me? Come on, join my racewalk, let's team up, dare you?"

The chat channel was particularly chaotic, with people arguing, analyzing, sharing, a complete mess.

Su Yan glanced at it, getting a rough idea: "The existence of a respawn mechanism is definitely a good thing for me!"

"I can fully utilize my current 'crushing' advantage, earn enough Blood Coins here, and then move forward."

"I think other capable users probably have similar thoughts to mine, right?"

"Although some people analyze that the mysterious mechanism is unlikely to easily leave loopholes for us to exploit, we should definitely make good use of the rules we can currently take advantage of."

Su Yan stroked his chin, waved his hand grandly: "Let's go, let's head back and find a place to walk back and forth."

At the very least, we need to test the practical effects of this mechanism.

As for why strong people aren't rushing forward... who the hell would be eager to constantly tackle advanced paths! Do you really think it's like playing a game where you can restart if you die?

If possible, Su Yan would actually be willing to stay on this beginner's path for a lifetime; he had no interest in the Endless Road ahead.

The servants also saw the chat channel content, and Jing guessed Su Yan's thoughts, softly reminding him: "Master, perhaps we should choose a suitable location and make some arrangements."

"What arrangements?"

Su Yan looked at her, and Jing suggested: "Traps, automated killing, automated Blood Coin farming."

"Eh? Eh eh eh!"

Su Yan was taken aback, his eyes lighting up: "I told you, what's wrong with N Cards? N Cards can be very useful, okay!"

To be honest, Su Yan hadn't thought of this for a moment.

Since staying in one place without moving would cause monsters to respawn continuously, setting up traps in advance would mean continuous harvesting, wouldn't it?

Why bother fighting manually when you can enter the industrialized era of the Death Racewalk!

Su Yan believed that smart people would have thought of this too, but no one would say it.

Without a reminder, many people might miss a rare opportunity to accumulate Blood Coins easily and relatively safely, just like that user buddy who kept killing the same zombie in the initial safe zone.

Although it's a bit slow, it's safe and easy, with very low threat.

Different users, different minds, naturally come up with different survival strategies.

But one thing is certain: there's strength in numbers, and brainstorming can lead to survival.

Even the smartest individual will have oversights, but a group's oversights are bound to be minimal.

"Let's go, let's get to work!"

Su Yan raised his hand energetically, turned around, and left.

He counted his servants, the more he thought about it, the more feasible Jing's suggestion seemed. Although his servants' abilities couldn't truly achieve industrialization or automation, setting up a few traps was still very doable.

No choice, with scouts, hunters, laborers, strategists... it's practically a small army!

In this day and age, who still plays solo survival! We're all about group warfare!