Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 208: Car Viewing
The disc, now marked with a yellow line, began to rise slowly, accompanied by a rumbling sound from outside.

Everyone looked out at the same time. Luo Ping ran out first, leaned on the railing and looked down, shouting, "They're up! They're up!"

Everyone else followed suit, with Yao Wei walking last, carrying the dog in her hand.

When we reached the railing, the platform below had already risen halfway up. The platform was very stable, and the cars and drones were completely still. The rumbling sound was coming from below the platform.

Once the platform was fully raised and aligned with the outer corridor, the rumbling sound stopped, and the railings of the corridor leading to the door opened automatically.

At that moment, everyone was on the same level as the vehicles and drones on the platform.

These two pieces of equipment for the dog were enlarged to the maximum size in everyone's eyes, their outlines extremely clear.

That car was indeed a whole size bigger than Yao Wei's car, and it was so new that it made one's mouth water—in this world today, you can hardly find anything this new anymore.

The car is entirely black with a very rigid outline. Because the chassis is not low, there are two steps hanging outside the front door for people to step on to get in.

The door handles are slightly raised and have grooves inside.

There's a door in the rear carriage, and it's the same. Next to the door are windows, not very large for the whole carriage, but enough to provide visibility and light for the passengers.

The rear of the vehicle has two large doors; once fully opened, large items can be easily placed inside.

All the windows on the car inexplicably gave off a very sturdy feeling, which Lu Xi'an guessed was due to the use of some kind of anti-radiation composite material.

It wasn't just the windows; other parts were the same. This made Lu Xi'an want to go and test the sturdiness of the RV, but he only thought about it and didn't dare to take any action.

He was well aware of his current strength; if he damaged the car, it would be a greater loss than gain.

The drone, which was some distance away from the car, also looked much larger than the drone that the dog was currently controlling.

The two drones are structurally similar, both being square-shaped with four propellers, but they differ in color and shape, as well as in their condition.

Then there were two small cannons, one on the left and one on the right, below the drone. Lu Xi'an didn't know how much ammunition was stored here, or whether these cannons would be of any use.

If that were possible, that would be great. This drone could be used specifically to target Type C new humans in the future.

What Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei are most worried about right now is the Type C new humans; their uncontrollable pheromones are really too annoying.

If this drone proves effective, it will provide some countermeasures against Type C Newtypes in the future.

Luo Ping, Lao Shu, and Chai Xin all unconsciously looked at Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, seemingly convinced that the car and the drone belonged to the couple and that they would decide how to use them.

Then Yao Wei also looked at Lu Xi'an.

To others, the car and the drone belonged to her and Lu Xi'an, but to her, these two things belonged entirely to Lu Xi'an.

Because the dog belongs to Lu Xi'an.

But it's okay, Lu Xi'an is very happy to have such a good thing.

"Let's go in and take a look."

As Lu Xi'an spoke, he took the lead and walked around the railing, passing through the newly opened door.

Just as he reached the door, he suddenly remembered something and called out, "System, can the outer door be closed? Or is it completely broken and unusable?"

He was referring to the entrance to the outer passage, the door that had sunk deep underground.

He didn't know he had gained the highest level of access to Institute 923 before, but now that he does, he naturally wants to give it a try.

If that door is raised, it will be safe inside, and I won't have to keep worrying about the outside world.

You know, Yao Wei's car is still parked outside, and there are so many supplies on it. It would be terrible if someone took them.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he suddenly heard a loud "boom" coming from afar. Then Liu Hua and Tang Er both cried out in surprise, "Ah!"

Because of the distance, only he and Yao Wei heard the sound; no one else heard it.

"Should we activate the corresponding optical camouflage to disguise the outdoor sections?"

The system's voice came from the speakers.

Lu Xi'an found it quite interesting. It was as if, after traveling in this desolate world for so long, he had finally obtained a cheat system and was playing a game of communicating with a system, just like in online novels.

He asked, "Is it to disguise the view from above?"

The system replied, "Yes."

Lu Xi'an said, "Then let's put it into use."

The system paused briefly before replying, "Activation complete."

"What was activated? What's already activated?"

Luo Ping stared wide-eyed, turning his head to look at the passage behind him several times, completely puzzled.

"It must have been camouflaged from the outside, so you can't see the courtyard below when you look down from above."

Lu Xi'an replied to Luo Ping. He couldn't see anything from here either, but if he wanted to take a look later, he could go to the top of the building outside.

"camouflage?"

Luo Ping asked, "Like Lao Shu and Chai Xin?"

Lu Xi'an said, "It should be about right. Didn't the system just say it was optical camouflage?"

Luo Ping exclaimed, "This system is amazing!"

Lu Xi'an thought to himself that although Luo Ping was somewhat educated, it seemed he was just someone who relied on the phrase "awesome" to get by. With the outer gate closed and the disguise complete, Lu Xi'an relaxed and looked at the two brand-new tools before him.

He walked to the car door and pulled the door handle, but the door was already locked. He could only pull the handle up a little, but the car door could not be opened.

As for the doors of the rear carriages, presumably the same applies.

He thought for a moment, then turned to Yao Wei and said, "Give me the dog."

Yao Wei reached out and handed the mechanical dog to Lu Xi'an. Lu Xi'an picked up the dog and used it as a car key, trying to see if he could open the car door while holding the dog at the door.

—Many car keys in my past life were like this.

However, the car door still wouldn't open.

Lu Xi'an slapped his forehead before he realized—without the dog powering it up, how could the car possibly have intelligent control? It must rely on a mechanical key to open.

There's something here.

Standing next to Lu Xi'an, Yao Wei suddenly noticed something. She reached behind the front cockpit and groped around, pulling out a transparent plastic bag.

Lu Xi'an glanced at it and saw two keys strung together in the plastic bag.

So that's where it was!

Lu Xi'an immediately took the plastic bag, opened it, took out the car key, tried to insert it into the keyhole on the car door, and turned it.

"Click——"

The car door opens.

"It's open! It's open!"

Luo Ping called out excitedly from outside, as if he were giving an unboxing presentation, which provided a lot of emotional value to the audience.

After hearing what he said, Lu Xi'an, who hadn't felt much before, was inexplicably pleasantly surprised by the door-opening operation.

Lu Xi'an got into the car and touched the steering wheel to get a feel for it.

Everyone else gathered at the doorway, craning their necks to look inside. Chai Xin couldn't see, so she begged Lao Shu to pick her up. Lao Shu was easygoing, and as soon as Chai Xin asked, he went and huffed and puffed as he picked her up.

Seeing that the old man was having a hard time, Yao Wei took Chai Xin from him and lifted him up a little higher.

Lu Xi'an turned his head and glanced at her, feeling that Yao Wei was holding her daughter or younger sister.

"You can see it from the passenger side, or you can go into the carriage from the back and take a look at the back."

He gave me a reminder.

With Lu Xi'an's permission, everyone walked around the front of the car to get a look at the passenger side first before heading to the back.

Luo Ping claimed that the older brothers and sisters should go first, since the dog belonged to them and so did the car. Lao Shu and Chai Xin nodded in agreement.

Yao Wei thought to herself that the car belonged to Lu Xi'an, but she didn't say it out loud. She went around to the passenger seat first, and the others followed.

Lu Xi'an ignored them and continued looking at the car. This car had a large central screen and an exquisite and luxurious interior, looking like a domestic car from his previous life.

The gear lever on the center console is an airplane gear lever. Looking at the markings on it, it's different from the previous one; instead of English letters, it has the Chinese characters for "Stop, Start, Reverse, Manual".

Um... it's an automatic.

Having driven Yao Wei's manual transmission car for so long, I don't know if I'll ever get used to driving an automatic.

The car has an engine hood, but it doesn't even have a generator, let alone an engine. I don't know what the engine hood is for.

He wondered if, to get the car moving, he'd have to put the dog under the hood at the front of the car? Could there be electrical connections there?

Thinking of this, he searched around in the car and found the trigger on the lower left side of the driver's seat. He pulled it.

"Click——"

The hood is sticking up.

Yao Wei and the others had just walked up when they saw the hood click open, and they all stopped to look. Then Chai Xin couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, it's huge!"

Lu Xi'an got out of the car and went to look at it from the front. It was indeed huge.

The front of the car, instead of being a power outlet, is a huge storage space that can hold a lot of things.

Lu Xi'an didn't know if this was a modified gasoline car, but in any case, it had such a large storage space and could also increase the safety of the driver's cab. In case of a collision, the long front of the car would act as a buffer, which was pretty good.

But if that's the case, where does the dog connect to the power source?
Lu Xi'an returned to the car with questions in mind and simply asked Gouzi, "Gouzi, where should you connect to this car?"

Without saying a word, the dog jumped onto the front control panel, turned into a box in the middle, and lay flat.

"Zi-"

The part of the control panel that held the "box" suddenly sank in, embedding the dog-turned-box completely within it.

In an instant, the car's dashboard lit up, and the large screen also lit up.

"Hello, fellow countryman, have a pleasant drive."

Suddenly, an electronically synthesized sound came from the car's stereo.

(End of this chapter)