Mobile Shelter

Dong Qi turned on the vehicle radar, which he hadn't used for a long time. Perhaps it was because Blue Star had awakened its original will, or perhaps it was because Blue Star had expanded in size. In any case, the underlying physical rules had changed.

The scientific instruments developed based on the fundamental physical rules of Earth are unlikely to function properly even if the electromagnetic pulse is eliminated.

The reason why those high-tech instruments were unusable was because they were damaged by electromagnetic pulse interference. Therefore, as long as an awakened person with repair capabilities is found, those damaged electronic instruments can still be repaired.

However, after the volume of the blue planet expanded several times, some fundamental physical rules changed. They were not completely reversed, but the most basic quotients underwent some subtle changes.

For most ordinary consumer electronic devices, this might only result in slightly increased power consumption or a reduced lifespan.

However, for those high-end devices, even a slight change in the input can cause the entire instrument to malfunction.

Just like radar, no matter what method radar uses to scan, once the base anchor changes, the radar will inevitably become unusable.

Fortunately, the radar was installed on the back of the car and had become completely integrated with it. Therefore, the radar installed on the car at this time also had the same adaptability as most spirits.

Therefore, the radar, which was originally unusable, gradually began to return to normal.

However, due to the adaptation and adjustment period, the scanning range of the vehicle radar has not yet fully recovered, but in the absence of interference, the scanning range has reached a distance of about one kilometer.

With the help of radar, once the vehicle enters the city, the intelligent hub can display detailed information about the surrounding area in real time, just like entering a foggy area in a game.

The reason Dong Qi didn't rush into the city was because he needed to wait while the drones he sent out searched for the city's landmark buildings.

Then, anchor points are used to determine his current location.

After comparing the map with the actual location, the intelligent hub can generate a real-time map of the city.

They can also create an offline navigation system, which will make Dong Qi's movements in the city much easier.

Although this process seems very troublesome, it does not require Dong Qi's personal involvement; the intelligent central hub only needs to collect and compare the data.

Therefore, Dong Qi only needs to wait a little while before he can enjoy the ripe fruit.

As Dong Qi expected, within just half an hour, the display on the center console showed the offline map of the city.

Then, focusing on the vehicle in question, the system displays the surrounding environment on an offline map in real time.

With the map in hand, Dong Qi no longer hesitated. He located the city's central square on the map and immediately drove there.

After all, most wartime reserve supplies are not stored in remote and hard-to-find locations, but rather near landmark buildings such as city center squares.

After all, the conditions for activating such supplies are the fall of a city or the city being plunged into some kind of special disaster.

Although the supplies stored in warehouses cannot be used during earthquakes and floods, the amount of supplies stored there would definitely be enough to meet the minimum survival needs of a million people for a month in the event of a city lockdown or a city turning into a battlefield.

Therefore, as long as Dong Qi finds the wartime material reserve warehouse in this city, he will definitely be able to obtain an unimaginable amount of materials.

With this goal in mind, Dong Qi no longer cared about the supplies in small shops or supermarkets.

As the vehicle entered the city, perhaps other convoy members had already passed by, so some mutant bodies could be seen sporadically on the road.

When facing mutants living in the city, the best way to kill them is to smash their skulls.

This method of killing is actually very similar to the way zombies are killed in movies and TV shows. However, compared to the zombies in movies and TV shows, mutants with heads may be slightly more intelligent than ordinary wolf packs and know how to fight in cooperation.

As the vehicle ventured deeper into the city, it began to encounter sporadic attacks from mutants.

The laser tower on the top of the car also began to show its power.

Even a relatively weak laser tower scattering ray can kill an unevolved ordinary mutant that has never evolved.

Since the vehicle's radar is already functioning properly, as long as there are no obstructions, the mutants don't need to get close at all. In fact, before the mutants even notice the vehicle approaching, they are directly eliminated by the lasers fired from the laser tower.

Looking at the originally congested two-lane and four-lane roads, after the Blue Star expanded in size, those originally narrow and congested streets have now become very wide.

Just as Dong Qi was curiously observing his surroundings, he suddenly heard several loud roars coming from afar.

Upon hearing this sound, Dong Qi originally intended to send a drone to investigate the situation over there.

But before Dong Qi could send the drone away, the image on the center console display of his car left him both amused and exasperated.

Looking at the slow-moving red dots around his vehicle on the real-time map, Dong Qi was surprised to find that he had unknowingly walked into a trap set by the enemy.

Upon realizing this situation, Dong Qi immediately ordered the drone hovering above the vehicle to investigate the surrounding area.

But unexpectedly, just as the drone gained altitude, it was smashed by something that flew out of nowhere.

To be honest, after several upgrades, the drone's fuselage strength far exceeds that of ordinary vehicles.

Even so, after gaining altitude, it was directly destroyed by an unknown attack.

Fortunately, all mechanical guards that suffer fatal attacks can instantly return to the mechanical space for repair before their main bodies are completely destroyed.

Therefore, damaging one or two drones at this time would not cause Dong Qi the slightest heartache.

Perhaps because the drone suddenly increased its altitude, the other party guessed that Dong Qi had discovered their trap.

Therefore, the red dots that were originally displayed on the minimap actually began to shrink rapidly, trapping the car in the space.

As more and more mutants appear, the laser tower on the top of the vehicle begins to unleash its full power.

Originally a scattering type of laser cannon, it fired rapidly one after another. If you didn't get close enough to look closely, from a distance, the lasers fired from the top of the vehicle looked like a warrior wielding a steel whip. The laser cannons had formed a line, and in one sweep, they wiped out many mutants.

The ground was stained red with blood, and the charred corpses of mutants around them were like trash, carelessly and haphazardly abandoned on the spot.

Although the interior of his car was now completely isolated from external infiltration, just in case, Dong Qi would likely stay in the car no matter what happened next, let alone get out.

To be honest, Dong Qi suddenly felt a pang of heartache. Without obtaining the specific sound field information of the mechanical guards, using them as cannon fodder to scout and gather intelligence was simply impossible.

After all, although those mechanical guards could be repaired after being damaged, Dong Qi thought for a long time about how his cultivation level would stagnate due to the need to repair old equipment, and finally decided to keep those precious little guys away from the battlefield.

At this moment, the slowly moving vehicle is like a mobile defense tower in a tower defense game. Although it does not stay in one place, none of the monsters around it that want to attack it have come within 100 meters of it so far.

The scattering laser tower is indeed the best weapon for clearing out mobs. Although the energy consumption is a bit high, it doesn't pose much of a problem for the vehicle equipped with the Eternal Furnace.

Perhaps because the car had entered the city's second ring road area, the number of monsters that were originally very dense around it began to gradually decrease.

However, the reduced number of those mutants has actually increased their danger significantly.

Of course, that applies to ordinary people. At this point, the laser tower will finish off any mutants that cannot be killed with a single shot.

If one laser beam doesn't blow up the opponent's head, then use two or three. As long as there are enough lasers, those mutants that have become stronger will put on a fireworks show with their heads.

Seeing that the mutants still couldn't get close to their destined vehicle, Dong Qi stopped paying attention to these 'trivial matters'.

Looking at the somewhat dilapidated shops along the street, Dong Qi had no intention of going in to search for supplies, but he was curious about what was going on inside.

Unable to suppress his curiosity, Dong Qi released his mechanical wolf and simulated scouts to enter the surrounding street-facing shops and investigate the situation inside.

Through the display screen on the center console, Dong Qi saw the interior of the surrounding street-facing shops.

The dusty ground indicates that no living thing has entered this shop for a long time.

The chaotic interior suggests that the shop had been looted, though it's unclear whether it was the work of the migrating caravans that arrived earlier.

Just as Dong Qi was observing the situation in the shops along the street through the screen, his car suddenly accelerated instantly.

Although Dong Qi, sitting in his car, did not feel the push-back sensation from the instant acceleration, the rapid changes in the external environment were enough to alert him.

At this point, the vehicle was completely controlled by the intelligent central control system, which is why it was able to dodge the sudden attack in time when Dong Qi was distracted.

When Dong Qi saw that the sudden attacks were actually mutants falling from the sky, he was at a loss for words.

Before Dong Qi could react, he heard someone on the radio say, "Brothers, those mutants in the city are a bit abnormal. They seem to be too smart. They even know how to set up an array to deal with us."

"Even those weaklings..."

Sizzle sizzle...

Does it have to be this melodramatic? Once a crisis occurs, all sorts of unexpected events are bound to follow.

The surrounding mutants gave Dong Qi no chance to be sentimental. More and more mutants fell from the sky, and the ground behind his car was riddled with craters from their attacks.

Although it seemed that his car had dodged the attacks from the sky unscathed, Dong Qi, after regaining his senses, realized that his car was unknowingly moving towards the city center square area.

Although Dong Qi had already made a plan before entering the city, he was still somewhat annoyed by the situation where he was forced to move forward.

What Dong Qi didn't expect was that when he finally arrived at the city's central square, he would be surrounded by those mutants.

But when the vehicle finally arrived at the edge of the city center square, it was discovered that although countless mutants were gathered around the square, they did not enter the square itself, but stayed on the edge.

In the center of the deserted city square, only one mutant exists.

Looking at the hunched mutant, Dong Qi felt a strange sense of familiarity for some reason.

Faced with this situation, Dong Qi did not follow the usual procedure to enter the city center square.

Instead, it directly withstood the attacks from the mutants falling from the sky, ceasing the original scattering laser cannon attack and switching to activating the cluster laser cannon.

The massive laser cannon fired a thick beam of laser light, then slightly adjusted the position of the laser nozzle.

A thick laser beam swept across, instantly annihilating countless mutants surrounding the plaza.

Perhaps they sensed the death of their companion, or perhaps they discovered Dong Qi, an enemy capable of threatening them.

As a result, the once quiet square suddenly became lively.

Dong Qi never expected that his attack would cause such a huge reaction.

Just as Dong Qi was about to repeat his attack, his chariot suddenly moved for some unknown reason.

The car that was originally parked at the edge of the square inexplicably went directly into the square.

As soon as the car entered the square, the chaos caused by the laser cannon attack vanished in the blink of an eye.

What surprised Dong Qi even more was that when his car entered the square, it was as if he had entered a closed building. The environment outside the square disappeared instantly and turned into complete darkness.

Just as Dong Qi was about to release the drone to try to explore the outside world, he heard a sound coming from the center of the square.

"Fight, or die."

Hearing those three words did not dispel Dong Qi's idea of ​​sending out a drone, so he immediately launched one.

But the drone was blown up in mid-air by an unknown attack as soon as it took off.

Fortunately, after the drone suffered a fatal attack, all the fragments turned into data and returned to the mechanical space. Otherwise, losing a drone at this time would have made Dong Qi feel heartbroken for a long time.

The electromagnetic railgun was already fully charged the moment the drone was destroyed.

Dong Qi wasn't the type to dawdle; he fired the electromagnetic gun immediately after it was fully charged.

Although the two sides were far apart, the moment the electromagnetic cannon was fired, the other side had already noticed Dong Qi's attack.

However, despite being able to detect it, the electromagnetic cannon on the vehicle, after being enhanced, has reached a flight speed of Mach 10 for its solid projectiles.

The moment the enemy saw the electromagnetic cannon fire, the solid projectile from the cannon had already struck them.

The opponent's somewhat hunched body, though prepared to dodge, was already severely damaged by the electromagnetic cannon before it could even make a move.

Seeing the basketball-sized hole that appeared on his body and the head on his neck that exploded instantly, the authority of his signature electromagnetic cannon's double shot continued to rise.

Seeing the hunched body, missing its head and chest, fall down like a sack, Dong Qi observed the unchanged environment around him. Needless to say, Dong Qi knew that the other party was about to undergo a second-stage transformation.

Dong Qi is not like those idiots in movies and TV dramas who just stand by and let their opponent transform.

At this moment, Dong Qi noticed that blood was continuously pooling around the hunchbacked body that had already fallen, and immediately arranged for several drones to carry C4 to drop it.

However, what frustrates Dong Qi is that in film and television dramas, whether it's the protagonist or the antagonist, the second-stage transformation always takes a long time.

The guy on the other side transforms at an excessively fast speed.

Before the drone carrying C4 explosives could even get close, the hunched corpse, like a mutated cancer cell, kept expanding, growing larger, and exploding, only to expand, grow larger, and explode again.

That small, hunched body suddenly became enormous in the blink of an eye.

However, looking at that body that resembled rotten flesh, Dong Qi really didn't know how to comment for a moment.

Well, since the drones carrying C4 have already been arranged, let them continue their previous mission.

Several drones carrying large amounts of C4 suicidally charged directly at the newly appeared monster.

Before the drones could even get close to the monster, its reaction speed was unbelievably fast; its enormous hand swept across and grabbed the drones carrying C4.

Just when Dong Qi thought the attack had failed and the electromagnetic cannon had already begun its second charge-up,

The giant hand that grabbed all the drones actually stuffed them directly into the shell that looked like rotten flesh.

To be honest, Dong Qi didn't expect such a dramatic turn of events to occur. Since it was fate, Dong Qi decisively pressed the detonation button.

Then hundreds of kilograms of C4 were detonated simultaneously, blasting the mangled body into countless pieces.

Seeing that the other party was completely dead, Dong Qi thought that the other party should be completely dead, but the right side of his car was suddenly attacked violently, and the entire vehicle was moved several meters sideways.

Dong Qi sensed a bald man with a muscular physique standing at the spot where his car had been, and instantly knew the source of that familiar feeling.