Mobile Shelter

Although mechanical wolves and simulated scouts are extremely well-suited for searching such areas, their abilities are useless if there's nothing inside the buildings.

Although the industrial park wasn't very large, it contained quite a few buildings. Coupled with the persistent torrential rain outside, even with the mechanical guards' high search efficiency, they hadn't managed to search all the buildings in Dong Qi's assigned area in five hours.

With the mechanical protection of his natal car, Dong Qi was able to search through about thirty different factory buildings.

Although they did not encounter any enemies, they also did not find any large quantities of supplies that Dong Qi would be interested in. However, the mechanical guards did find a number of scattered supplies during their search.

Dong Qi recorded the location of these supplies so that if the ordinary people in the convoy were willing to search this area, they could find the supplies more quickly.

When Dong Qi returned to the garage where the convoy was temporarily stationed, Lu Ziye's team had not returned, but Wang Xiaoai's team had.

Dong Qi looked at the entire exploration team, except for Wang Xiaoai, who were all injured. Although they still looked energetic, the dense wounds on their bodies were quite shocking at first glance.

Dong Qi got out of the car and walked over to the group. He casually took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, distributed them to the people around him, and then asked, "Brothers, have you been attacked? Would you mind telling us about the enemy?"

As the saying goes, cigarettes pave the way and wine build bridges. After seeing Dong Qi arrive, those people first offered him cigarettes before asking him questions.

It's important to understand that while cigarettes weren't yet considered ultra-luxury items at that time, they were still a relatively scarce commodity.

Therefore, when Dong Qi asked, those people did not hide anything and directly said, "Actually, we also cannot confirm what exactly attacked us."

Upon entering some buildings, just as we stepped into the lobby, we felt as if we had been attacked, with numerous wounds appearing on our bodies.

Although the wounds were not deep, their sheer number made us hesitant to venture deeper into the buildings.

Fortunately, Xiao Ai's water-based superpower has healing abilities. Although the effect is not very strong, it is enough to clean the wound and accelerate its healing.

As you probably know, we are different from you. Although we are also Awakened, we rely entirely on the contribution rewards we receive after completing the Destruction Realm.

Therefore, because our bodies are constantly being strengthened, we have a strong ability to recover, so the injuries we suffer are not too serious for us.

The reason we're all injured right now is because we withstood that unknown attack, testing each building in our assigned area to determine which buildings we could enter without being attacked and which would be dangerous.

Seeing the slightly smug smile on the other person's face, Dong Qi was at a loss for words. People who cultivate their bodies are indeed a bunch of masochists.

Just as Dong Qi turned around to ask Wang Xiaoai for help, Lu Ziye and the others returned to the temporary camp.

When Dong Qi saw that Kou Hai's clothes had also been reduced to almost nothing, he realized that this kind of inexplicable attack must be quite common in this secret realm.

However, the mechanical guards that I sent into the building to search did not seem to have suffered the attacks that the other party mentioned.

Based on the current findings, Dong Qi guessed that the mysterious attack was either only aimed at ordinary creatures with mortal bodies, or that the attack was relatively weak and could not break through the defenses of the mechanical guards that Dong Qi had dispatched.

When Kou Hai got closer, Dong Qi noticed that Kou Hai's clothes were damaged, but there were no wounds on his skin. Therefore, Dong Qi guessed that the second possibility was more likely.

Once Lu Ziye approached, he took the initiative to ask, "Judging from your appearance, you must have also been attacked by some unknown force within the building. Have you discovered what attacked you?"

"No!" *N

Hearing their unanimous reply, Lu Ziye turned his gaze to Dong Qi.

Upon noticing Lu Ziye looking at him, Dong Qi immediately said, "I did not suffer the kind of attack you mentioned during my exploration this time."

However, I remained seated in the car the entire time. Perhaps it wasn't that I wasn't attacked, but rather that the attacks didn't breach my defenses.

Lu Ziye did not press Dong Qi for details, since everyone in the team already knew about Dong Qi's situation.

After learning that the others had been attacked during their exploration, Dong Qi asked curiously, "Did any of you enter the buildings to explore, whether you were attacked as soon as you entered or not?"

"No, because we discovered this special situation, so we specifically changed several buildings to conduct the experiment."

We then marked the interiors of the buildings in our assigned areas. If a more in-depth search of the buildings is needed, we can send ordinary civilians into the non-attackable sections to collect supplies.

Looking at the hand-drawn map that Wang Xiaoai took out, Dong Qi knew that the intelligence those people brought back from their mission was of no use to him.

Then Dong Qi turned his questioning gaze to Lu Ziye. Compared to Wang Xiaoai's seemingly perfunctory actions, Lu Ziye had actually found several buildings that Dong Qi found quite interesting.

After learning that Dong Qi needed to collect metal to strengthen his vehicle, Lu Ziye and his group would make a point of noting down any buildings with a lot of instruments or devices they encountered.

To be honest, most companies in industrial parks, except for those related to metal processing, rarely keep raw metal materials in their own warehouses.

However, the fact that those companies did not stockpile metal raw materials does not mean that they had few metal materials.

Because the equipment used in most enterprises is basically made of metal.

Dong Qi collects metals regardless of their age or condition. As a result, the machines that were originally used for production in the company have become the most suitable metal materials for Dong Qi to collect.

However, on Lu Ziye's side, although they had Kou Hai, an explorer who could withstand those attacks, he was the only one in the entire team with this ability.

The others, after numerous tests, were unable to locate the source of these attacks, leaving Kou Hai, who was now only one person exploring, to make very slow progress.

After the three teams returned to base and met up, they encountered completely different problems.

After piecing together all the issues discovered by the team members, they can now roughly conclude that the perpetrators of the inexplicable attacks they suffered were most likely not intelligent beings.

Furthermore, the enemies' attack power is not strong, so those attacks are only frightening on the first contact. However, if you know that the attack power of those unknown attacks is so low, and you keep your mind calm and don't panic, even an ordinary person can barely cope with it.

Just as Dong Qi said, those things don't have much destructive power, so as long as you are fully armed, or even wear steel armor, then that kind of unknown attack will definitely be ineffective.

Just as Dong Qi and the others were about to discuss their next move, Wang Xiaoai, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly spoke up: "Have you noticed that rainwater has already flooded into the warehouse?"

Upon hearing Wang Xiaoai's words, the others immediately turned their attention to the hole that had been smashed open in the warehouse.

At this point, everyone could see that there was already a considerable amount of water at the entrance of the warehouse.

Upon seeing this, Kou Hai said somewhat dismissively, "Those puddles aren't necessarily from outside; they're more likely rainwater that got on our feet when we came back."

Although what Kou Hai said was common sense, Wang Xiao'ai, who possessed water-based superpowers, trusted her own superpower perception more than common sense.

However, Wang Xiaoai did not argue with Kou Hai. Instead, to everyone's surprise, she used her superpower to control the water at the entrance.

Under Wang Xiaoai's control, some rainwater did rise into the air from the puddle at the entrance, and was then thrown back outside by Wang Xiaoai.

However, some water remains standing, and nothing has changed.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoai spread her hands. Although she didn't say it explicitly, everyone knew that there was something wrong with the puddle.

Without anyone else speaking, Ji Yunting snapped his fingers, and several huge fireballs crashed directly into the puddle of water.

As several fireballs approached the doorway, the puddle of water, for some reason, flowed very quickly to another location, perfectly avoiding the fireballs that were about to hit the ground.

Seeing this scene, it goes without saying that everyone was certain that Wang Xiaoai's perception was correct.

Since a direct attack could be dodged, Zheng Huo quietly made a move, firmly pressing the puddle of water to the ground.

To everyone's surprise, as the puddle of water was flattened, the originally slightly murky water suddenly changed color.

Looking at the water that had turned completely black, it goes without saying that the monster hiding in it must have been injured.

Needless to say, after the water changed color, Wang Xiaoai discovered that she could control it again using her water-based abilities.

Therefore, before anyone else could speak, Wang Xiaoai took it upon herself to throw the puddle of black water directly outside.

Seeing Wang Xiaoai's reckless actions, the others all felt a sense of unease.

Just as they had guessed, after the black puddle was thrown into the downpour, its original dark color gradually began to fade. In less than half a minute, the puddle not only returned to its original murky state, but its volume also increased considerably.

Compared to before when no one paid attention to the situation at the entrance, now everyone's attention was drawn to that area because of Wang Xiaoai's sudden action.

Because of this, everyone witnessed firsthand that some of the accumulated water seemed to be flowing by itself, slowly seeping into the warehouse little by little.

Seeing this, Ji Yunting suddenly said, "Old Yin, cooperate."

After hearing Ji Yunting speak, Yin An did not answer immediately. Instead, a large pit suddenly appeared on the ground at the entrance of the warehouse, and all the water that was about to flow into the warehouse fell into the pit.

At the same time, the fireball released by Ji Yunting crashed directly into the pit.

Previously, the ground was relatively flat, allowing all the water to flow freely and change position. Now, all the water falls directly into the pit.

Several fireballs filled the crater completely; let's see how the stagnant water can avoid this attack.

To everyone's surprise, the fireball crashed into the pit and, as if absorbed by something, disappeared without making a sound.

Upon realizing this situation, Ji Yunting, somewhat skeptical, wanted to release the fireball again, but was stopped by Lu Ziye beside him.

"Dong Qi, send a drone over there and see what the situation is like inside the crater."

Faced with this unusual situation, Lu Ziye did not send anyone to investigate. Instead, he cautiously chose to use a drone to approach and investigate.

Just as Dong Qi was arranging for his vehicle to launch the drone, a huge arm covered in black slime suddenly emerged from the pit.

Before anyone else could react, several more arms covered in black slime clung to the edge of the pit.

Just as everyone was ready for battle, a fleshy ball covered with many pitch-black arms suddenly jumped out of the pit.

Seeing the fleshy ball fly out of the pit and jump towards them, Kou Hai reacted much faster than everyone else present this time.

Even Dong Qi didn't notice that Kou Hai had somehow obtained a huge box, and then directly shoved the box into the monster's body.

Because of Kou Hai's quick reaction, the monster not only didn't get close to them, but was instead knocked away by Kou Hai's attack.

Seeing the monster crash directly into the wall behind them, the others immediately snapped back to reality.

A sharp spike suddenly appeared on the ground where the monster fell, and the monster's body suddenly became heavier, causing its falling speed to increase suddenly.

In the blink of an eye, the monster was pierced through the body by the earth spike.

The attack was still not over, compared to the multiple fireballs Ji Yunting had released earlier.

This time, the flames appeared directly on the monster's body. As the flames appeared, the black liquid on its body surface evaporated continuously under the scorching heat of the flames.

However, as the liquid continued to decrease, a disgusting musty smell suddenly appeared in the warehouse without anyone noticing.

When everyone smelled this scent, their minds went blank for a moment.

Although everyone reacted quickly, the musty smell in the warehouse continued to intensify as the flames blazed.

Everyone present wasn't stupid; they all knew the source of the musty smell.

Dong Qi decisively controlled his vehicle to extend all its mechanical arms, flattening the mechanical claws at the ends of the arms, and then immediately began to rotate at high speed.

The six mechanical claws that were originally gripping objects instantly transformed into six industrial-grade high-efficiency fans.

With the appearance of the fan, the musty smell that had just appeared in the air was blown out through the hole that had been broken open.

And with the wind fanning the flames, the fire, accompanied by six enormous fans, intensified, making the flames scorching the monster's body even more intense.

What no one expected was that, as the flames intensified, the monster covered in flames seemed to gradually adapt to the flames on its body.

The body, which had been writhing wildly from the intense heat of the flames, gradually calmed down.

Meanwhile, the many arms on the body, which were pierced by the earth spikes, were also exerting force at the same time, trying to get the body away from the earth spikes.

Upon seeing this, two more earth spikes rose from the ground in order to control the monster.

As the saying goes, a triangle is the most stable shape, so the three earth spikes that pierced the monster's body met exactly inside its body.

"Old Ji, you can't keep burning it like this. Why don't you put out the fire first?"

Sensing that the vines growing outside the warehouse were becoming restless, Liu Yi directly instructed Ji Yunting to extinguish the flames burning on the monster's body.

Although he didn't know what Liu Yi wanted to do, since the other party had already spoken, out of trust, Ji Yunting immediately extinguished the flames on the monster's body.

After the flames on the monster's body went out, Liu Yi's companion vines, like arrows released from a bow, pierced directly into the monster's body.

Then the entire vine gradually entered the monster's body, and when the entire vine was completely inside the monster's body...

The sticky black liquid that had been covering the monster's body was gradually being drawn back into the monster's body.

The arms, which had initially been struggling erratically, gradually stopped waving and began to shrink little by little.

Not only were the arms shrinking, but the monster's entire body was also beginning to shrink, and its originally moist surface was gradually becoming dry and cracked.

Seeing the monster's transformation, everyone simultaneously looked at Liu Yi with a meaningful gaze.

Liu Yi noticed the gazes of the people around him, but he didn't seem to care much and didn't offer any explanation.

While they were still observing the monster lifted up by the earth spikes, no one noticed that the entrance to the warehouse through the hole had been filled with water.

Although Wang Xiaoai noticed the anomaly in time and immediately spoke up to warn them, it was too late.

The water that entered the warehouse transformed into bizarre monsters within seconds.

And while transforming, it kept running in the direction they were in.

Faced with this situation, Yin An was the first to react and immediately dug a large pit in the ground in front of the monsters.

After the monsters fell into the pit, the cracks in the ground were immediately closed.

Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for any living being to survive Yin An's attack.

But the enemy they encountered this time was clearly not an ordinary creature. The ground, which had originally closed up, began to slowly gush water upwards, like a newly dug well.