Mobile Shelter

The purpose was simply to ensure that ordinary people wouldn't easily fall behind during the convoy's journey.

After riding in those vehicles for a long time, ordinary people took it for granted that they were their own and even tried to drive them away when they left.

Although ordinary people contributed some supplies when those vehicles were purchased, it was only a small part of the purchase price. The bulk of the cost came from the official members like Lu Ziye.

That's why Lu Ziye became so angry when he heard about it.

Ultimately, those ordinary people who were not thinking straight and wanted to drive away in the RVs after leaving the team mysteriously disappeared.

Lu Ziye originally planned to lend the empty heavy-duty RV to the newly joined Awakened.

However, after discussions among several official members, it was ultimately decided to first arrange for the older members of the Chengfeng team to drive in shifts for the time being.

The convoy was running low on supplies, and given the obviously dangerous secret realm ahead, they had no other choice.

Perhaps because he had experienced it many times, when exploring the secret realm, Lu Ziye no longer cared about the ordinary people in the caravan as much as before.

When the convoy entered the area covered by the secret realm, the originally gloomy weather suddenly turned into a light rain.

The constant dripping of water against the car window made it even harder to see the distant scenery in the already dim environment.

"The rain is too heavy here, and we can't see the flooding situation on the road ahead. We'll have to trouble you, Dong Qi, to drive over and scout the way first."

Dong Qi did not refuse Lu Ziye's arrangement, since of all the vehicles present, only Dong Qi's own car had amphibious capabilities.

After his assigned car became the lead car, Dong Qi did not let his guard down and, as planned, kept his speed to around 30 miles per hour.

But to Dong Qi's surprise, the muddy road was full of potholes when he first entered the area covered by the secret realm.

However, the deeper they went into the secret realm, the better the condition of the roads became. If it weren't for the heavy rain obscuring his vision, Dong Qi would have known long ago that the roads on the ground had changed from muddy dirt roads to smooth asphalt roads.

Fortunately, although the rain was getting heavier, tests showed that the downpour outside was just ordinary rain.

It could even be said that the water quality of the torrential rain in the secret realm was cleaner than the groundwater quality outside.

Therefore, after the others in the convoy learned of this situation, they began to use various water storage containers to collect the rain.

Although Wang Xiaoai, who has the ability to create water, joined the team, it was impossible for everyone in the team to have free access to water with just one water-type ability user.

Therefore, compared to the heavily polluted water sources outside, everyone immediately began collecting the relatively clean water they encountered.

Of course, collecting rainwater did not affect the normal operation of the vehicle.

Due to the heavy rain, Dong Qi was unable to launch drones to survey the surrounding area, and the detection effectiveness of radar was also greatly reduced.

Fortunately, even after being weakened, the radar, though unable to detect accurate information, can still provide vague intelligence.

Therefore, Dong Qi disregarded the danger and headed towards the area where a cluster of buildings was located, based on the information detected by the radar.

When his car arrived at the area where the building complex was located, Dong Qi couldn't actually see the specific details of the buildings ahead due to the heavy rain.

In other words, Dong Qi had no idea where the main entrance to the building in front of him was.

However, with such strong defensive capabilities, even if Dong Qi couldn't find the building's entrance, it wouldn't prevent him from driving into the building.

With a loud bang, the car crashed through the brick wall and entered a building.

Once the car entered the building, Dong Qi realized that he was lucky this time; the building he had entered was actually a huge warehouse.

At this time, only one corner of the warehouse was piled with some items, while the rest of the area was empty.

Most importantly, the warehouse has a ceiling height of about 20 meters, and it is a common steel structure warehouse.

Therefore, not only medium-sized vehicles like Dong Qi's signature car, but also large vehicles like heavy-duty RVs in the fleet, do not feel oppressive when entering the warehouse.

After the other vehicles filed in through the opening Dong Qi had made, no one rushed to get out and talk. Instead, everyone remained cautiously inside their cars.

"Something's not right about this secret realm."

"Of course. When we were outside, it wasn't raining inside the secret realm. But as we entered the secret realm, the deeper we went, the heavier the rain became."

And you didn't notice, despite the heavy rain outside, there weren't any areas on the road with serious flooding.

After hearing Yin An say this, everyone followed the direction he pointed and looked at the wall that Dong Qi had crashed into. Looking out through the hole the vehicle had entered, they saw that although it was raining heavily outside, there was no water accumulation on the ground.

After hearing Yin An's explanation, Ji Yunting subconsciously retorted, "If there's no standing water on the ground, it can't be because the drainage system here is better."

Moreover, this is a secret realm, and we cannot assume that this secret realm is a technological secret realm simply because we see a warehouse that is a steel structure warehouse that was once common.

If this secret realm is a product of the magical realm, then the fact that no puddles formed on the ground during the heavy rain could actually be normal.

While everyone was still discussing and verifying the few clues they had,

Suddenly, several figures quickly passed through the hole in the wall and entered the warehouse.

But the agile figure entered the hole in the wall, quickly approached the convoy, and then disappeared from everyone's sight.

Therefore, everyone was still in the car and did not get off. So even if they saw those figures entering the convoy, it was difficult to find where those figures were hiding because their vision was limited while sitting in the car.

Before Dong Qi and the others could react, several tall figures entered the warehouse through the hole in the wall.

Upon entering the warehouse, the tall figures immediately noticed the convoy of vehicles that seemed out of place inside.

Upon seeing the convoy in the warehouse, the tall figures immediately raised their weapons.

The weapons those people were carrying resembled double-barreled shotguns, except that compared to the shotgun calibers commonly seen before the natural disaster, the barrels of those double-barreled shotguns were thicker than the barrels of ordinary rocket launchers.

However, when those tall figures swept their gazes over the miscellaneous vehicles in the convoy, the leader was clearly taken aback for a moment, then waved his hand and made a gesture.

Upon seeing the captain's gesture, a member behind him immediately put down his weapon and then took out a cube-shaped machine.

As the person performed a series of actions, the red and green indicator lights on the block mechanism in their hand lit up simultaneously.

When the captain saw the indicator light on the instrument, his face immediately turned ugly. Then, the tall captains took the lead in lifting up the raincoats that were covering their bodies.

Then everyone realized that the tall figures hidden under the raincoats were actually robots with identical appearances.

The only question is whether the other party is a pure robot or a human wearing a full-body exoskeleton.

However, looking at the seamless metal shell on the other person's body, and then at the rough-looking weapon in their hand that resembled a double-barreled shotgun, it just felt a bit awkward.

Dong Qi saw the other person's gaze sweep over his own car, then over the modified heavy-duty RVs, and finally, after spotting the miscellaneous vehicles, he began to wave.

The most likely reason the other party did this was that they saw the people inside the car through the window.

The other party must have followed those agile figures who entered the warehouse earlier, so they are probably not the other party's target.

However, upon seeing the passengers in those unlicensed vehicles, they immediately instructed the team members behind them to conduct inspections, indicating that the other party's accusations were not unfounded.

Why did the other party's gaze only change when they saw the generic car? Logically speaking, when entering a new area, the first thing you should see is the most obvious landmark.

Among the entire Chengfeng fleet, the most conspicuous vehicle is undoubtedly the massive heavy-duty RV.

When the other party's gaze swept over the heavy-duty RV, there was clearly no reaction. So why did they immediately take different actions when they saw the generic vehicle?

What makes a motorhome different from a regular vehicle? This difference shouldn't be in terms of function or power direction, but rather something that can be seen at a glance.

Based on this clue, Dong Qi quickly figured out the general reason.

Whether it's Dong Qi's signature car or those heavy-duty RVs, the most noticeable difference between them and ordinary vehicles, based solely on visual observation, isn't their size, but rather their windows.

Because whether it's Dong Qi's signature car or the heavy-duty RV in the fleet, the glass used is not only bulletproof glass, but also one-way glass that prevents peeping.

This means that people inside the car can see the outside environment normally, while people standing outside the car cannot see what's happening inside through the windows.

The windows on ordinary cars are not one-way windows, so people standing outside can actually see inside the car.

The other party must have made the gesture after seeing the passengers on the bus, and then arranged for professional personnel in their team to conduct an inspection.

Although Dong Qi saw that the two lamps that came up together were lit, he did not know what those two lamps represented.

Just as Dong Qi was wondering what the other party would do next, an SUV was suddenly and inexplicably overturned before anyone could react.

Then several long, slender monsters that looked like long-tailed lizards easily tore apart the car body with their claws.

Just as the monsters were about to attack the people inside the vehicle, the metal figures that had entered the warehouse later raised their weapons and opened fire without hesitation.

When the other party raised their weapon to attack, Dong Qi assumed that with such a large caliber gun, the ammunition used must be solid ammunition.

But unexpectedly, the bullets fired from the double-barreled shotgun were not solid bullets, but two orange-yellow orbs of light.

The ball of light initially flew at a slow speed in the air, but as time went on, its speed increased.

The monsters that were tearing apart the vehicle did not immediately dodge after seeing the double-barreled shotgun attack. Instead, they greedily stuck their heads into the car, picked up the passengers, and then tried to escape quickly.

However, the monsters were unaware that all passengers wore seatbelts while the car was in motion.

Therefore, although the monsters picked up the passengers from inside the vehicle, they were unable to pull them out.

After several quick attempts and realizing that it was impossible to pull the person out of the car, he looked up again and saw the orange-yellow ball of light in the air gradually accelerating. Only then did he get up and try to escape this dangerous area.

But their greedy actions just now directly ruined their chance to escape.

In addition to the double-barreled shotguns in their hands, the metal figures also took out several grenade-like objects from their waists.

Before anyone could react, he quickly pulled the safety pin off the grenade and threw it over.

The enemy moved very quickly. Before anyone could react, the grenade, though it didn't hit the monsters directly, did hit the overturned vehicle.

Just when everyone thought the grenade explosion would trigger a chain reaction of explosions on the car, they tried to drive away from the area.

After the grenade exploded, there was no intense flame. Instead, ice crystals appeared on the vehicle after the explosion. Then, just as the monsters were about to escape, a sudden ring of extreme cold swept across a large area.

Apart from the area at the center of the grenade explosion, the entire warehouse suddenly turned into a cold storage room, and before anyone could react, the indoor temperature suddenly dropped to freezing point.

Those monsters might very well be cold-blooded creatures. After the ice ring appeared, their originally agile bodies seemed to freeze instantly. If it weren't for the fact that you could see their eyes moving inside their sockets, you might have thought that the monster had been frozen to death.

Although a sudden drop in temperature can freeze the opponent's body, it can only freeze the opponent's body and cannot kill them.

But don't forget the orange-yellow orb that the double-barreled shotgun fired earlier. Although the orb started flying slowly, after this period of acceleration, its speed is now close to that of an average person jogging.

Under normal circumstances, the speed at which this orange-yellow orb of light travels would make it difficult for it to hit the opponent's agile figure.

However, the opponent was frozen in place due to the low temperature, so even though the orange-yellow light sphere was not flying fast, it could still easily hit the stationary target.

When the orange-yellow orb of light came into contact with the frozen monsters, it sucked them directly into the orb of light, just like a Poké Ball catching Pokémon.

After the monsters entered the orange-yellow orb of light, the orb immediately began to shake. As the shaking speed increased, just when Dong Qi thought that the orange-yellow orb would disappear without a trace, like a Poké Ball in a game, he was about to be caught.

Unexpectedly, the orange-yellow orb that was originally floating in mid-air quickly shrank to about the size of a coin. Instead of falling directly to the ground, it flew back to the Metal Squad.

After confirming that the monsters had been captured, the person who had been holding the special machine immediately used it to scan the monsters without waiting for the captain to ask.

After the machine scanned the metal figures and only the green light came on instead of the red one, the metal figures relaxed slightly.

He then placed the double-barreled shotgun behind his back, without any visible straps or anything similar. Once the shotgun was behind him, it was firmly fixed to his back.

Then, without warning, the other person simply removed the helmet they were wearing, and everyone realized that the other person was probably a human wearing an exoskeleton.

The opposing team's captain first strode towards the overturned vehicle, briefly checked the condition of the passengers inside, and after discovering that everyone inside was dead, he said with some regret, "It's a pity, they're all dead."

Although Dong Qi understood what the other person was saying, he keenly noticed that the other person's lip movements were completely different from those in Chinese.

Through comparison by the intelligent central processing unit, it was discovered that the mouth shape of the other party when speaking was completely different from the mouth shape when pronouncing most mainstream languages.

In other words, even though you and the other person don't speak the same language, you can communicate without any problems in the secret realm.

Amidst the wary gazes of the crowd, the captain left the overturned vehicle and then walked towards another car.

When the passengers saw the man approaching, some of them were terrified and wanted to drive away, but before they could escape...

The other party had already arrived at the vehicle. Perhaps seeing the terrified faces of the people inside, the other party did not take any drastic action, but instead politely knocked on the car window.

He then spoke very gently: "I am Li Qiang, the captain of Yunrui Squad. I am responsible for clearing out the alien beasts that have appeared in this abandoned factory. It seems that you are alien humans."

Rest assured, we not only have no ill intentions towards you, but we will also protect your safety, after all, we are all of the same human origin.

After speaking, the other party very kindly took a few steps back, indicating that they had no ill intentions.

After seeing the goodwill shown by the other party, the people in the car did not get off immediately. Instead, they cautiously contacted Lu Ziye directly using the radio.

"Captain Lu, you must have heard what they said. What should we do now?"

Upon hearing their questions, Lu Ziye thought for a moment, then took the initiative to get out of the car.

The captain had been standing not far from the vehicle, waiting for the people inside to answer, but when he saw Lu Ziye get out of another car, his smile widened.

This smile doesn't seem like the smile one gives when seeing a companion; rather, it's the smile that appears when seeing more prey.