Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

Su Mu's expression changed, and he quickly turned his arm and fired a burst of shots at the three strange creatures.

Swish swish swish ---

Seven or eight arrows flew out almost instantly, striking the strange creatures. Although his reaction was unsatisfactory, he only managed to stop two; the other one had already reached An Xin.

Perhaps because it was too sudden, An Xin didn't react for a moment and just stood there stunned.

Just as she was about to be ensnared by that eerie tentacle, Su Mu shouted, "Watch out!!"

With a sudden burst of speed, he charged towards her, and at the same time, Su Mu raised his hand and shot an arrow at the tentacle. A scorching blue flame instantly ignited, causing the tentacle to retreat rapidly, thus preventing An Xin from being swept away.

He came to An Xin's side and pulled her behind him. An Xin was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat and stood there for a moment, unable to come to her senses.

"An Xin!" Su Mu roared, "Make your move now!"

An Xin then snapped out of her daze, quickly composed herself, and returned to Su Mu's side to fight alongside him.

Su Mu then realized that shooting with his fist like this was straining his wrist, and it started to feel sore after only a short while.

As he changed the quiver, a thought flashed through his mind, and a blue light appeared on his hand. The crossbow with its arm guard also began to change rapidly. Three seconds later, the trigger mechanism reappeared.

While this way, the wrist won't be damaged, but you can no longer fire in rapid succession like before; you can only fire one at a time quickly.

He sighed inwardly; there simply wasn't enough time. Otherwise, he could have perfected the crossbow with its arm guards. Because only by designing it in his mind could he create the desired effect.

There were far too many strange occurrences this time, and most of them were medium to large-sized wandering monsters.

Cheng Jun's body was covered in gruesome wounds, and Ling Hao and Yu Yao were in no better shape, with multiple injuries and looking quite disheveled.

While using her pistol to kill the monsters, An Xin also had to raise her hand from time to time to cast healing spells on them.

Even so, it still doesn't have much effect.

Although the old wounds were healed, new wounds kept appearing. Moreover, An Xin's internal energy sequence was quite limited, so she couldn't use healing spells indefinitely.

"Su Mu, what do we do?" An Xin also realized this, her expression extremely solemn. "At this rate, we simply can't stop these strange creatures."

"I know." Su Mu sighed softly, he too could see the severity of the current situation.

Cheng Jun is now showing signs of physical exhaustion. If he can't hold on any longer, Ling Hao and Yu Yao will be even less able to withstand those strange creatures.

Without these three, he and An Xin would be even less able to resist these strange creatures, and in the end, they would all be destroyed by them.

Su Mu's mind raced as he tried to think of a way to break the deadlock.

After a moment, he seemed to realize something, and his gaze fell upon the purple essence of the strange creatures. By this time, they had already killed dozens of strange creatures and accumulated a considerable amount of essence of the strange creatures, but it was all concentrated among those creatures.

But perhaps we can rely on Cheng Jun to collect them.

If he can absorb all those sources of evil, he can increase his energy by at least several hundred points.

With the help of those energy points, perhaps...

Thinking of this, Su Mu glanced back at the convoy behind him. If he could use the outermost vehicles to deform them into a huge bowl-shaped shield, they could hide inside.

Then, by creating some firing holes in the shield, we might be able to gradually wear down those strange creatures.

His only concern was whether the transformed shield could withstand those strange attacks. Even if it could, how long could it last?

With that in mind, he quickly shared his thoughts with An Xin.

"Perhaps this is the only way for now." After listening, An Xin cast a healing spell on Cheng Jun and the others. "Why don't we discuss it with them?"

"Okay." Su Mu nodded.

An Xin looked at Ling Hao and the other two and said loudly, "Ling Hao, Su Mu has an idea."

"It's about collecting those purple light spots to restore energy. Then it transforms into a huge metal shield around our vehicle."

"With the help of that metal shield, we can continue our war of attrition against those monsters."

"What do you guys think?"

"How do we collect them?" Ling Hao turned around and glanced at Su Mu.

"I need Cheng Jun's help," Su Mu said loudly.

"I'm fine." Cheng Jun understood Su Mu's meaning and shouted, "If you have no objections, let's begin."

"Let's begin," Ling Hao said seriously. "Yu Yao and I will cover for you two."

"No need," Cheng Jun said. "You should go back to An Xin's place first."

"Don't let the strange thing get any closer to the convoy."

"Su Mu will need to buy time to use his energy transformation technique later."

"Alright," Ling Hao replied.

The three of them then quickly pulled themselves back from the strange group.

When Cheng Jun arrived at Su Mu's side, An Xin quickly restored his health. Cheng Jun grabbed Su Mu, held him protectively in front of him, and charged wildly towards the places where the source of the strange energy was present.

Su Mu raised his crossbow with arm guards, attacking the strange things that were hindering his collection while simultaneously gathering the essence of those strange things.

The two worked together very well.

Ling Hao and Yu Yao retreated to An Xin's side. With An Xin's pistol suppressing them, the three of them barely managed to block the strange creatures.

"How many bullets do you have left?" Ling Hao suddenly asked.

"Thirty rounds left," An Xin said, quickly changing to a new magazine. "That should last until Su Mu and the other guy come back."

"Let's hope so." Ling Hao's expression was unusually solemn. "Su Mu said he would transform the outer cars into metal shields?"

"That's right." An Xin nodded. "Are you worried that ordinary people wouldn't agree?"

"They dare not refuse." Before Ling Hao could speak, Yu Yao snorted coldly, "Anyone who refuses, just throw them into the monster's mouth."

"Not exactly," Ling Hao said in a deep voice. "What I mean is, those people are still in the car."

"We need to get them out earlier."

"Then let's wait for Su Mu and the other guy to come back." An Xin looked at Ling Hao, "Then you and Su Mu can go over."

"Okay," Ling Hao replied.

Less than thirty seconds

Cheng Jun led Su Mu through the strange horde, collecting most of the Origin of the Strange. This instantly caused Su Mu's Mechanical Heart energy level to surge from 72 to 452.

It was more than he had expected.

Cheng Jun, however, was in a much worse state. He barely made it back. He had dozens of new wounds on his arms and legs.

Seeing Cheng Jun's miserable state, An Xin couldn't help but tear up and quickly began to treat him.

Cheng Jun laughed and comforted An Xin, "It's just a minor injury, don't worry."

"Cheng Jun, you, Yu Yao, and An Xin, hold them off here," Ling Hao quickly instructed. "Su Mu and I will go back and set up the metal shield as soon as possible."

"You guys go ahead," Cheng Jun nodded. "We'll take care of things here."