Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

"I want that sailboat!" Su Mu said, pointing to the faded car ornament.

"Here you go." Ling Hao picked it up and handed it to Su Mu. "You can exchange it for a bottle of water."

"..." Su Mu was speechless, but still picked up a bottle of water and gave it to Ling Hao.

"This thing's faded." Cheng Jun looked at Su Mu, somewhat puzzled. "What do you need it for? You might as well get a watch."

"I have a watch now." Su Mu smiled and held out his hand for Cheng Jun to see. "I mainly bought it for its good meaning."

"May everything go smoothly!"

"Sigh, actually I really want a watch." Cheng Jun clicked his tongue and sighed, "But it will burst into pieces when I transform."

"I'd like a small nightlight," An Xin said, looking at Ling Hao. "What will you give me in exchange?"

"A bottle of water." Ling Hao handed the solar-powered nightlight to An Xin.

After exchanging them, An Xin looked at Su Mu and said, "Let's hang this on our car; it'll save some electricity at night."

"This is good." Su Mu nodded.

"No." Yu Yao was immediately a little frustrated. "An Xin, me, what about me?"

"Why are you always thinking about Su Mu now?"

"We have a night light in our RV," An Xin said, blushing slightly. "It's redundant to put it in our vehicle, so we might as well put it in Su Mu's."

"Hmph!" Yu Yao turned her head away and said unhappily, "Then you have to ask me first. Only if I say no can you give it to her."

"Okay," An Xin said, as if coaxing a child, "Next time I'll definitely ask you first."

"Don't be angry!"

"That's more like it." Yu Yao said with a smug look on her face.

After distributing the items, everyone sat together and chatted for a while before getting up to go back and rest.

Su Mu returned to the off-road vehicle, placed the supplies on the middle row seat, and took the sailboat to the trunk.

After locking the car door, he moved swiftly and entered his personal space.

He held the faded sailboat in his hands, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes. "I never expected to find such a rare item."

"Let me see what this little boat is all about."

After saying that, he took out a dagger, made a cut on his fingertip, and a few drops of blood fell onto the small boat.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, a faint golden light flashed across the small sailboat, and the faded areas on the hull regained their previous luster.

At the same time, Su Mu also established contact with the small boat.

This small sailboat can grow larger, and when used as a real boat, of course, the larger it becomes, the more energy it consumes.

"It really is a good thing." Su Mu exclaimed, admired it for a moment, and then placed it on the shelf where vegetable seeds were kept.

His gaze then fell on the dagger at his waist. He took the Tang sword and said, "Come on, let me see how big you can get after you devour the Tang sword."

When he placed the Tang sword in front of the dagger, a miraculous scene unfolded: the tip of the dagger transformed into a mouth, which began to devour the Tang sword piece by piece.

Just like the snake in the game, it bites at you, one bite at a time.

In less than a minute, the meter-long Tang sword was completely devoured by this dagger, and then it even symbolically let out a burp at the end.

But the dagger didn't get much bigger; the blade length increased from twenty centimeters to thirty centimeters, not even doubling in length.

"You eat way too much," Su Mu said, pouting, quite annoyed.

Suddenly, the dagger's discontent echoed in his mind: 'Am I eating too much? It's clearly because the materials you gave me were too low-grade!'

"There's plenty more here." Su Mu was speechless. That Tang sword was something he'd transformed from a car axle, yet this dagger said the materials were too low-grade. He placed the dagger on the pile of steel he'd secretly collected nearby. "It's all yours. Eat slowly."

After putting the seeds down, he returned to the seeds and selected several vegetables, including tomatoes, cucumbers, bok choy, carrots, and peppers, and began preparing the land to plant them.

Planting is simple; just press a small hole with your finger and drop in two or three seeds.

The only troublesome part is land preparation.

After a flurry of activity, it was half an hour later before all the vegetable seeds were planted.

As he stood up and stretched, his movements froze when he looked at the dagger again. A look of shock flashed in his eyes. The huge pile of metal materials had been completely devoured by the dagger.

However, it has grown quite a bit, a little longer and wider than the previous Tang sword.

"No." Su Mu walked over, feeling a bit annoyed. "There's such a huge pile of metal materials, and you're only this small."

The dagger over there—or rather, what should be called a Tang sword now—muttered, "I can grow bigger too, but I just haven't."

"Otherwise, how could you possibly lift it?"

"I should thank you, right?" Su Mu picked it up. It wasn't heavy, but it felt noticeably different, as if it were extremely sharp.

"You're welcome." Tang Dao conveyed a joyful mood.

"Let me give you a name," Su Mu sighed softly, paused for a moment, and said, "How about you call yourself Little Knife?"

"Not very good." Tang Dao immediately expressed his dissatisfaction. "I want to call for Big Sword."

"It's not as good as Little Knife." Su Mu couldn't help but chuckle, then suddenly remembered the nice team name Ling Hao had suggested. "Then how about this, you'll be called Flowing Light from now on."

"That's a great name!" Tang Dao, also known as Liu Guang, immediately cheered with joy.

"Master, what about me?" At this moment, the emotions of the sailboat echoed in Su Mu's mind, "I want a name too."

"You?" Su Mu glanced at the sailboat, squinted and pondered for a moment, "From now on, your name will be Dream Chaser."

"Riding the waves, chasing our dreams!"

"Great!" came the excited little sailboat. "Haha, I have a name now!"

This Dream Chaser is different from the Flowing Light; it doesn't need to devour to grow. It can simply be placed there, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, and growing slowly and naturally.

Therefore, when he goes out, he should place it on the dashboard as a decoration. This way, it can not only be used to deceive people, but also allow it to grow on its own.

Su Mu didn't linger in the portable space. He took Liu Guang and chased his dream back to the off-road vehicle.

He had just lain down when he sensed movement outside and quickly sat up. "Who's there?"

"It's me." An Xin's voice came from outside. "I thought you were asleep, so I didn't wake you."

"What's wrong?" Su Mu unlocked the car and let An Xin get in.

"Here, take this." An Xin held up the small solar-powered nightlight that emitted a faint white light. "It can also help you light up your car."

"It's so late, you can give it to me tomorrow." Su Mu took it, feeling a little sorry for him. "Aren't you cold?"

"It's nothing." An Xin shook her head and chuckled. "The main thing is, I want you to see something."

"What is it?" Su Mu was taken aback.

"It's my hairpin," An Xin said, taking it out of her pocket.