Mobile Shelter

Chapter 156 First Encounter with the Secret Realm

After listening to Lu Ziye's analysis, everyone realized that if what appeared in their minds was true, then as awakened beings, they were indeed completely bound to the original will of Blue Star, sharing both glory and loss.

However, on the other hand, there are always tall people to handle big problems. For them at this stage, the most important thing is to follow the beacons in their minds and reach the safe zone that appears in their minds alive.

Just as everyone was deep in thought, someone on the radio spoke up quietly: "We used to say that all roads lead to Rome, but some people are born to live in Rome."

I used to say this as a joke or to mock myself, but who would have thought that it would actually appear before my eyes now?

If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have refused when my friend invited me to go to the Northwest. If I had gone with him, maybe when the safe zone first appeared, I would have been in one of the safe zones.

Hearing someone's regretful murmur on the radio, the others in the convoy did not gloat over his remorseful words.

"Alright, stop wallowing in self-pity. You've already awakened and gained superpowers, making you many times stronger than ordinary people who haven't awakened them."

Besides, you know the situation in Kyoto city. We're already incredibly lucky to have left Kyoto early, so what's there to complain about?

Not to mention, if the information in their minds is true, with the safe zone as a fallback option, who would still go out and risk their life? Everyone would want to stay obediently in the safe zone.

Although we will face all sorts of dangers in the future, this can be seen as giving us a chance to burn our bridges.

If we can reach the safe zone alive, we will surely be much stronger than those awakened ones who have been waiting in the safe zone for a long time.

At this point, they are not worth relying on at all, to put it bluntly.

If we are ambushed, we might be injured by gunfire, but if we are prepared, we should each have ways to deal with firearms.

Our awakened superpowers are not like those firearms, whose damage and power are fixed from the moment they are used.

As time goes by, our superpowers will continue to grow stronger in the battles to come. Perhaps when we finally reach the safe zone, even those gun attacks will not pose any threat to us.

As for more powerful missiles, everyone isn't stupid. In the current situation, some missiles will definitely remain in the safe zone, but not too many.

Don't think that we can fight against the whole world by ourselves. Don't forget, not to mention the entire Blue Star, just in Great Xia, there are far more awakened individuals with superpowers than just a few of us.

Hearing Lu Ziye's encouraging words on the radio, Dong Qi didn't know what the others in the convoy were thinking, but for him, Lu Ziye's words didn't arouse any interest.

However, with Lu Ziye's constant encouragement on the radio, the team's initially somewhat negative and subdued atmosphere gradually became more excited.

To be honest, Dong Qi still admired people like Lu Ziye. No matter how dangerous the situation, they could effectively boost the morale of their team. Perhaps this is what people often refer to as leadership power.

For some reason, the convoy seemed to have returned to peacetime as it traveled. Although it rarely encountered other vehicles on the road, it was also no longer attacked by other insects.

But as soon as they park, all sorts of insects will burst out of the ground and rush toward where they are, seemingly without regard for their lives.

If Dong Qi were traveling alone, not only would his car completely seal off any odors inside, but it would also not attract any insects lurking underground.

Even if those insects attack the vehicle, with its current body defenses, even if those insects are given ten days or half a month, they will not be able to cause the slightest damage to the vehicle.

However, at this time, although the other vehicles in the convoy had all undergone various modifications, most of the modifications were either to enhance vehicle mobility, improve vehicle range, or strengthen vehicle body defense.

Basically, no one would choose it, as the vehicle body sealing capability is rarely used.

After all, to completely seal off a vehicle like Dong Qi did, it would require significant modifications to the vehicle.

Although the convoy cannot stop for rest for the time being, fortunately, the convoy has just started on the road, and most of the vehicles have more than one passenger. Once the driver feels tired, the driver can be replaced immediately.

However, if the security bureau is not far from them, they can grit their teeth and persevere, and make it to their destination without stopping.

But everyone knew that it was virtually impossible for them to reach the safe zone in the short term.

Therefore, the most important goal for the convoy now is to find a rest area where they can park without being bothered by those insects hiding underground.

Faced with those ubiquitous insects hidden in the soil, the only parking and rest areas that people can think of now are simply two places.

One is an urban area where the ground is completely hardened with cement mortar, especially the city center. In that area, there is not only a crisscrossing subway network, but also underground floors of various buildings.

So although those insectoids are everywhere in the wild, once they enter the city and are blocked by concrete, it is unlikely that those insectoids will be able to break through the soil as ubiquitously as they are now.

However, everyone in the convoy knew that the situation in most cities was probably similar to what they had seen from the drones of Kyoto's urban area.

The city was now occupied by the mutants, and anyone wanting to stop and rest in the city would inevitably have to fight them.

Fortunately, based on the information in my mind, I can also obtain the source by killing those mutants.

The source obtained is like consuming the flesh and blood of a giant mutated marine creature, which can also rapidly enhance the strength of one's own superpowers.

Moreover, the addiction that developed from long-term consumption of giant mutated marine creatures can be gradually eliminated by continuously using the source.

Besides, the source has more than one use; other uses need to be verified by the people themselves.

Dong Qi was unaware of how useful the source material would be to others.

But for Dong Qi, the greatest role of the source is to provide energy for the manifestation of ideas.

In theory, as long as Dong Qi obtains enough primordial energy, he can directly use the power of thought manipulation to materialize a star destroyer.

With a single shot, whether they were alien creatures or visitors from another world, they were all reduced to ashes by the power of the main cannon.

Besides being able to rest and repair in the city, the other area where the convoy could park and repair was the special area created by those visitors from other worlds.

Although those mutated insects will also attack creatures in special areas, at least within the area covered by those special areas, those insects can only attack directly from the ground.

Unlike in the wild, they cannot stay underground indefinitely; they only emerge from the ground when they are ready to attack.

However, putting aside the fact that no one knows the location of those special areas, the fact that Earth is now expanding and growing means that the original map is no longer accurate.

Fortunately, Earth is an expanding planet, so although the map has become inaccurate, it still retains some reference value.

With the help of the car radio, the team members easily reached a consensus.

Next, whether it's a special area or the originally planned supply cities, they will choose to enter directly.

Firstly, to alleviate the fatigue of long-distance driving, and secondly, to try and verify how much benefit killing those hostile creatures could bring to oneself.

Listening to the excited discussion on the car radio, Dong Qi suddenly thought of the figure who had never been absent from any battle since he joined the team.

The reason that guy was so actively involved in the battle was probably because he already knew the specific uses of the essence obtained after killing those mutants.

Thinking of this, Dong Qi decided that he would no longer stand aside and watch the show when he encountered those mutants. After all, even if he gathered enough vehicle upgrade materials, he would still need a lot of primordial energy to manifest, as well as consumables required for advancement.

As midnight approached, Lu Ziye, who was leading the way for the convoy, finally discovered a rather unusual area.

The reason why Lu Ziye believed that the area ahead was special was probably because of the secret realm mentioned in his mind.

That's because he had lived in Daxia for so long and had never seen a building in Daxia that looked like the Colosseum in ancient Rome.

Furthermore, judging from its appearance alone, the once entirely stone building was now severely weathered.

"That building ahead should be the secret realm I mentioned. We've been driving for quite a while now, and not only do we need to rest, but our vehicles do too."

So I decided to enter the secret realm to rest. If you don't want to follow the convoy, you can continue along the route.

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Upon hearing Lu Ziye's decision over the radio, and seeing that the car at the front of the convoy had adjusted its direction and was heading directly toward the building, they realized that the decision was being made.

Most of the vehicles in the convoy adjusted their direction accordingly, but two vehicles did not adjust their direction and continued to proceed along the original planned route.

Not long after, it broke away from the convoy and left on its own.

Lu Ziye, who was at the very front of the convoy, was unaware of Dong Qi's understanding of the situation, but Dong Qi, who was hanging at the back of the convoy, witnessed the entire process firsthand.

However, even if Lu Ziye was unaware of this situation at first, Dong Qi was not the only one who saw those two cars leaving the convoy.

But the car radio was silent at that moment, and no one mentioned the matter. It was as if the two people had never appeared, and no one spoke of them after they disappeared.

When the convoy approached the building, they discovered that there were many mutated insects roaming around in the area about 100 meters away.

Although all those mutated insects were roaming on the ground, none of them were lurking underground.

However, one insect would occasionally break through the ground, causing the number of insects roaming in this area to increase continuously.

Just as the convoy was wondering whether to continue approaching after seeing this situation, a group of tan-colored figures suddenly rushed out of the building.

In order to observe the situation more closely, Dong Qi and the other team members unanimously launched their drones again to observe the scene up close.

Only after the drone got closer could Dong Qi see the details of those earthen-yellow figures.

Those figures had the rugged appearance of Western Europeans, but upon closer inspection, one could tell that although they looked remarkably lifelike, they were not actually alive just by looking at them.

Those men held a scimitar in one hand and a round shield in the other.

When the figures approached the insects roaming the ground, the scene that unfolded was completely unexpected.

Just when everyone was guessing that the insects would actively attack enemies that approached them.

To everyone's surprise, even as those figures used their curved blades to cut off the heads of the insects, the mutated insects did not put up any resistance whatsoever.

Upon seeing this, the expressions on everyone's faces in the convoy instantly became complicated.

Before anyone else in the convoy could react, a figure suddenly left the convoy and rushed towards the battlefield not far ahead at a speed faster than the vehicles.

Before he could even get close, the insects that had been wandering aimlessly on the ground were all startled. Then, as if receiving some kind of command, all the insects turned their gaze toward the approaching figure.

Meanwhile, the tan-colored figures emerging from the building seemed completely undisturbed, hacking and slashing the mutated insects one by one.

But the insects seemed oblivious to the death of their kin, their eyes still fixed on the approaching figure.

Although everyone knew at this moment that the person who went there now was definitely a man of great skill and daring.

But before the mutated insects, who were standing there dumbfounded, could react, a large area of ​​insects, for some unknown reason, swayed and collapsed to the ground.

It was at this moment that a gentle female voice came from the radio: "My husband's awakened superpower is a kind of indiscriminately spreading toxin, which is very easy to cause accidental injury when used normally."

This time, the mutated insects happened to be gathered together, and there were no others yet.

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Before everyone could finish listening to the female voice's introduction on the radio, Dong Qi and the convoy members who were operating drones to observe the battlefield arrived.

Those figures who were originally slaying the mutated insects suddenly swung their round shields like Captain America from Marvel.

Before Old Li could react, several round shields slammed into him one after another.

Although it didn't kill Lao Li outright, it did leave him seriously injured.

Before Lao Li could react, as he fled back to the convoy, he saw several mutated insects that had somehow emerged from the ground and appeared beside him.

Before he was injured, even if the number of mutant insects increased several times over, they would not have posed any threat to Lao Li.

At this moment, Old Li was seriously injured by those round shields and was in a daze, so he did not notice the approach of those mutated insects at the first moment.

By the time Old Li regained his senses and realized what was happening, the mutated insects were already close to him.

Before Old Li could even cry for help, a worm's claw had already pierced his mouth.

Before anyone could react, the mutated insects that had approached Old Li swiftly and cleanly dismembered his body.

No one would have imagined that the Awakened One, who had just easily wiped out a region of mutated insects, would die silently and without resistance in the blink of an eye, thanks to the cooperation of both sides.

It's likely that Old Li never figured it out before he died; his actions just now could be considered as helping those earth-yellow figures alleviate the pressure of battle.

But instead of being grateful, those tan figures attacked him swiftly.

Upon seeing Old Li's fate, instead of feeling sorrow for his fate, the crowd recalled the events that had occurred to them.

Those who have gained superpowers are deeply imprinted with the original will of Earth, whether they are facing the life forms in those secret realms or those mutated creatures.

The relationship between the three parties is one of irreconcilable conflict, with absolutely no possibility of them shaking hands and cooperating.

Only then did everyone realize why Old Li had suddenly sped away from the convoy, why he had attacked and killed the mutated insects without any restraint, and why he had been completely unprepared for those earthen-yellow figures after entering the battlefield.

It can't be because that tan-colored figure has the appearance of a Western European.

Perhaps sensing Old Li's death, the gentle female voice on the radio suddenly became hysterical. Before the convoy could lower the volume, the frantic female voice on the radio abruptly disappeared.

Then everyone heard Lu Ziye's cold words on the radio: "Since he wants to leave the team and act alone, he must bear the danger of acting alone."

The purpose of the team radio is to allow everyone to share information when problems arise. It is not a channel for some people to vent their emotions. If you want to vent your emotions, you can do so in your own car without anyone else interfering.

Alright, as you all saw, both sides are our enemies.

The convoy has been traveling for so long; continuing like this will severely shorten the lifespan of the vehicles.

Furthermore, even if you feel this place is dangerous, you can avoid it and take a detour to leave.

But let's not even talk about whether we can encounter a similar secret realm again. Even if we do encounter one, who can guarantee that it will be safer than this one?

So now, listen to my order: all personnel willing to participate in the battle, disembark; other vehicles, slowly detour around this area.

Let's try this once first, and only give up if it doesn't work.