The city dungeon of Death Racewalk is dim, yet the cycle of day and night is still discernible.
Roughly estimating, it's about five or six in the afternoon now.
In a little while, it will be dark.
Su Yan put away his smile, realizing the seriousness and urgency of the issue.
For young people, staying up all night might not be a problem, but two nights, three nights... or even a whole year?
That's simply impossible!
Everyone is human, not cultivators, how can they truly not sleep?
Su Yan quickly thought: perhaps they could take turns keeping watch with the servants, resting in a safer street area.
But the problem is, the core requirement of Death Racewalk is to keep moving without stopping!
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Stop, and you die!
Who can keep walking while sleeping?
That's just a joke!
It's much harder than sleeping with your eyes open.
Su Yan remained silent, his gaze sweeping over the chat channel interface hanging nearby.
He saw several users complaining about similar issues, as night approached, everyone realized this problem.
The first day of the Endless Road has already lasted more than half a day.
Those who have survived until now are mostly either somewhat skilled, have drawn good cards on their first pull, or have strong personal qualities.
But even combined, these people couldn't come up with a good solution; no one could solve the dilemma of "rest."
Su Yan saw one idea after another being thrown out in the chat area, but users testing these methods all received racewalk warnings, leading to dead ends.
Of course, it's possible someone found a solution, but they have no reason or obligation to share the information.
"Do you have any good ideas?"
Su Yan asked Jing while watching the chat channel.
Jing shook her head: "Not at the moment, I've been watching these users' exchanges while Master was fighting."
"The ideas I thought of, they've all tested, but all failed."
"So far, I only have one last idea, but I think it might not work either."
"Tell me."
Su Yan smiled: "As long as you can think of it, I'll try it, experiment to gain true knowledge."
"The core logic of Death Racewalk is 'don't stop,' and other users' tricks have all received warnings. I boldly speculate: racewalking is a user's own behavior and cannot be interfered with by external forces."
Jing paused, speaking softly: "And there are ways to become stronger in the Endless Road, which are the six types of cards."
"So, does the power of the cards belong to the user? Is the help provided by the cards to racewalk allowed by the mechanism?"
"If allowed, then servants also belong to the cards..."
Jing looked at Su Yan and said: "...having servants create a tool, you sit on it, and the servants take turns pulling the tool, does that count as 'racewalking'?"
"Uh... isn't that a bit too much of a loophole?"
Su Yan was stunned, rubbing his chin hesitantly.
No wonder Jing couldn't guarantee this method would work; it sounded a bit too much like a loophole.
"But it's worth a try, I see many people haven't drawn servants, so they probably haven't tried this method."
Su Yan decisively called Old Chen over, quickly crafting a simple steel plate stretcher with his team.
Wang Dachui, Da Hu, and other strong servants tied thick ropes around their waists, moving forward to push the steel plate stretcher.
Su Yan seized the opportunity, flashing onto the stretcher without moving.
"Hmm? It seems to work?"
Su Yan smiled, just as he was about to sit down.
Suddenly!
A scorching pain surged from beneath his feet.
[Warning! No user is allowed to stop during racewalking!]
[Stop, and you die.]
"Damn!"
Su Yan cursed, jumping off the stretcher in pain, forced to walk forward himself.
"Jing, this method really doesn't work, the mechanism doesn't allow loopholes."
Su Yan looked helplessly at Jing, while Da Hu and Wang Dachui and the other servants were confused, wanting to help but not knowing how.
After all, whatever they could think of, Jing could think of too.
"Try again."
Jing wasn't surprised, instead raising her hand to call Da Hu, gesturing to Su Yan: "Master, let Da Hu carry you for a few steps."
"As long as the warning appears, just jump down, nothing will happen, it'll just hurt a bit."
"Alright."
Su Yan shrugged, not particularly afraid of the warning's pain, willing to give it a try.
With that said.
Da Hu bent his knees and leaned forward, and Su Yan quickly jumped onto his back.
"Hey!"
Da Hu's knees sank, he shouted lowly, steadily carrying Su Yan forward.
Su Yan was on high alert, ready to jump down at any moment.
But after half a minute of walking, no warning appeared.
"Damn... damn! This works?!"
Su Yan was pleasantly surprised: "Isn't this also a loophole? How can this be allowed? What's the mechanism thinking?"
"It's different."
Jing breathed a sigh of relief, smiling slightly: "In the mechanism's view, the steel plate stretcher is a 'non-card tool,' and non-card materials theoretically aren't allowed to directly assist users in racewalking, only for combat or survival."
"But servants are different, in the mechanism's eyes 'servants' are 'cards.'"
"Since they are 'cards,' using cards to assist oneself in racewalking is in line with the mechanism's allowed racewalking logic."
"After all, it's the cards provided by it, and the cards themselves are part of Death Racewalk."
"Without a non-card tool like a steel plate stretcher as an intermediary, users directly enjoy the help provided by the cards, and since their own movement standard hasn't stopped, it's not a violation, so naturally, there won't be a warning."
Jing's explanation was straightforward, but Su Yan still didn't quite understand, frowning: "Racewalk, racewalk, I didn't even 'walk,' how is this considered racewalking?"
"Racewalk doesn't emphasize that users must walk with their own legs."
Jing smiled: "Just like at the start of the Endless Road, no user thought 'you can actually walk backward,' the mechanism didn't restrict users to only move forward."
"Similarly, the mechanism's warning is 'don't stop,' so how is 'stop' determined? Naturally, it's based on the user's 'movement status.'"
"Even if carried by a servant, the user is still moving, so it's not a violation."
Hearing this, Su Yan fell silent, jumping off Da Hu's back, pondering something.
Though it seemed absurd, the fact was, Su Yan could use this method to get through the night, even rest on the servants.
He felt that some core detail was being overlooked.
As an experienced gamer, Su Yan loved and excelled at exploring feasible paths within complex game settings, ideally understanding the setup to infer the planner's intentions and future actions.
Su Yan continued to ponder as he walked.
Moments later, a flash of inspiration struck.
Su Yan slapped his forehead: "Wait, if what you say is true... the core idea is that cards and racewalking are deeply intertwined. If the mechanism allows servants to directly help with competition, it shouldn't just be servants that can do this, right?"
Su Yan murmured: "If I were the planner, how could I only provide one way to 'racewalk rest'?"
"Moreover, resting while being carried by a servant doesn't seem like a proper way to rest."
"In other words: if I don't want users to rest and stop, I might as well block all directions, make them walk to death, or die of exhaustion."
"But clearly, the 'planner' doesn't want us to die of exhaustion, or die in such a trivial and uninteresting way."
"Thus, it can be inferred: the 'planner' must have left more 'racewalk rest' methods, so where are these methods?"
Su Yan pondered, suddenly looking up at Jing.
Jing heard Su Yan's murmuring, she smiled and nodded at him, seemingly affirming Su Yan's speculation.
"So... there are many ways to rest, but each cannot depart from one core: the mechanism allowed by the Endless Road."
"Then, the most extensively allowed and full of countless possibilities mechanism: only cards! Nothing else!"
Su Yan's thoughts became clearer, he fully understood.
"The answer lies within the cards!"
"Among the six card types, there must be a way for 'better rest'!"
"And most users haven't discovered it because they haven't drawn such a card yet!"
"So the most correct path in the first and second days of Death Racewalk is to draw your rest card as soon as you can adapt to the dangerous environment!"
"The seventh type of card is the Rest Card! Damn, I found the newbie guide!"
Su Yan laughed heartily, feeling a sense of satisfaction.
This feeling was like facing a completely unfamiliar hit game, yet being able to find the most correct development path on the first day of the game's launch with his brain.
And so-called game guides in every game are often published by those who love to ponder after their research.
So, a new problem arises.
Su Yan opened the altar, his gaze sweeping over the markings of the six card types.
"Where is the Rest Card hidden among the card types?"