Mobile Shelter

Just as Dong Qi had guessed, the battle in the distance was progressing with the giant mutant growing stronger with each passing moment.

Not only did the Awakened Ones who wanted to sneak up on the giant mutant from behind not get close, but even the giant combat robots that originally held tower shields were forced back by the giant mutant's attacks, and were knocked out of the giant mutant's maximum attack range several times by the giant energy palm.

If this battle continues in this stalemate, the official convoy will probably have no choice but to make a strategic retreat.

Perhaps sensing that the official convoy was at a disadvantage on the distant battlefield, Lu Ziye stopped worrying about other issues and directly said to Dong Qi, "Brother, I won't say any more of those big words. Just do me a favor, okay?"

Since Lu Ziye had already said that, Dong Qi could no longer change the subject, so he stopped rambling.

Amidst everyone's confusion, Dong Qi casually snapped his fingers, and a complete electromagnetic cannon turret suddenly appeared on the roof of his vehicle.

Previously, when Dong Qi used the electromagnetic cannon to attack, the electromagnetic cannon simply manifested two cannon barrels at the required locations.

This time, although it was just Dong Qi casually snapping his fingers, the entire electromagnetic cannon turret appeared completely on the roof of his vehicle.

What was originally a casual, less than two-second energy-focused firing process turned into a blinding light, illuminating the entire barrel section by section from the end of the cannon.

Not only the gun barrel, which was gradually becoming gleaming, but even the body of the electromagnetic gun became incredibly dazzling.

Even though there was a long distance between the Wind Chaser team and the temporary camp, the light emitted by the electromagnetic cannon after it was charged still caught the attention of the official team.

Dong Qi wasn't the kind of anonymous hero who would quietly lend a helping hand. Now that he had decided to take action, even if he couldn't gain any real benefits, he at least wanted the official convoy to know who had helped them.

After all, in movies and TV dramas, there are often plots where the protagonist silently helps others, but the villains take all the benefits.

Dong Qi is not the kind of person who does good deeds anonymously. Since he has offered his help, he must let the other party know who is helping them.

Once the electromagnetic railgun was fully charged, Dong Qi didn't cause any trouble when it was time to fire.

Two cannonballs, gleaming with dazzling light, streaked across the night sky like shooting stars. In the blink of an eye, one of the projectiles pierced directly through the giant mutant's forehead.

The other bullet not only pierced the giant mutant's throat, but also severed its cervical spine.

With its head suddenly tilting to the side, the giant mutant's relentless attacks abruptly ceased.

After the giant mutant's attack stopped, the giant combat robot did not stop in sync with it as in movies and TV shows. Instead, it took advantage of the moment when the opponent's attack stopped and quickly approached the motionless giant mutant.

As the giant robot approached the giant mutant, it pulled a long sword from its tower shield, forcefully slammed the shield into the ground, gripped the sword with both hands, and with a powerful cleaving motion, slashed directly at the motionless giant mutant.

When the giant mutant stopped fighting, Dong Qi assumed that the electromagnetic cannon he had just fired had killed it.

However, when Dong Qi opened the data panel and found that the value of the source energy had not increased, he instantly realized that the other party should not be dead.

But knowing this information doesn't mean we can notify the combat personnel on the ground.

However, having already decided to lend a hand, Dong Qi would not give up halfway.

The giant robot's heavy slash with both hands, wielding swords, did not directly split the giant mutant in two. Instead, the long swords in its hands got stuck in the giant mutant's neck.

Just as the giant robot was about to retract its long sword and slash again, a bloody hole suddenly appeared in the abdomen of the giant mutant, and an octopus-like monster jumped out.

Then, eight tentacles tightly embraced the giant robot's body, meaning everyone was relatively far away from both.

Otherwise, if anyone gets close, you can hear the 'crunching' sound of metal being chewed.

It should be noted that the metal on the surface of the giant robot is a special alloy developed after the natural disaster. Because of the awakened one's superpower, this alloy surpasses the ordinary alloys developed before the natural disaster in every aspect.

In particular, its self-defense capabilities are several times greater than the strongest alloy researched before the natural disaster.

Even so, after being grabbed by that octopus-like monster, tiny cracks gradually appeared on her body surface as the teeth inside the monster's tentacle suckers gnawed at her.

Fortunately, the battlefield was not only filled with giant combat robots. The awakened ones who originally wanted to approach the giant mutants from behind were also very vigilant and approached the giant combat robots.

Naturally, he had also clearly seen the huge wound on the giant mutant's abdomen, as well as the monster that was currently hugging the giant combat robot.

Those Awakened Ones who were sent to ambush the giant mutants were all Awakened Ones who had awakened abilities capable of causing widespread destruction.

After all, when facing such a large enemy, a highly penetrating attack with a small kill area will not cause much damage to those large enemies.

Upon seeing the giant combat robot's current state, the awakened ones did not hesitate to use their superpowers.

The first awakened one to make a move possessed a fire-based ability similar to Ji Yunting's. The enormous fire cloud not only enveloped the octopus-like monster but also the giant combat robot that was being held by the monster.

Despite the scorching flames, the monster did not loosen its grip on the giant combat robot's tentacles. On the contrary, the monster's grip on the giant robot's tentacles tightened even more as the flames burned.

If an ordinary human were faced with this situation, they would probably either be burned to death or have their bones broken by that monster.

But the monster was holding a robot, so it didn't react much to this kind of binding attack.

Everyone knows that the larger the range of a supernatural attack, the greater the energy consumption when using it.

Therefore, the fiery cloud enveloping the monster, while burning its skin red, did not actually kill it, nor did it even cause it to loosen its grip on the giant combat robot's tentacles.

Following the first Awakened One's attack, the next few Awakened Ones also took turns making their moves.

Even though the awakened ones were exhausted and the monster was covered in wounds from their attacks, it still did not loosen its grip on the giant combat robot's tentacles.

Not only that, the tiny teeth in the suction cups on the giant combat robot's tentacles, which restrained the robot, continued to gnaw at the metal even as the robot itself was subjected to repeated attacks.

Just when the awakened ones were at a loss with the monster, a thick laser beam struck the monster directly in the head.

As the laser focused on the monster's head, it soon burned through the monster's skull. With a slight tremor of the laser beam, multiple charred wounds appeared on the monster's body from the laser's attack.

When Dong Qi saw the changes in the primordial energy on the data panel in his mind, he stopped the laser beam attack.

To Dong Qi's utter surprise, killing this giant mutant granted him over 100,000 units of primordial energy once again.

After obtaining this primal energy, the distance to a million primal energies is now only less than three hundred thousand.

If this number were placed in the past, it might have been an astronomical figure for Dong Qi, but now...

As long as a large secret realm can be successfully destroyed, even if Dong Qi does not deliver the final blow to the core of the secret realm, as long as his contribution ranks in the top three, he can still obtain a considerable amount of primordial energy.

Even if the Wind Chaser team were to return to that city and encounter mutants of similar strength again, killing a few more would be enough to replenish the remaining source energy.

After confirming that the mutant had been killed by Dong Qi, the other members around them turned their attention to Lu Ziye again.

Noticing the gazes directed at him, Lu Ziye hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Now that we've left that city and have gathered enough supplies, there's no need for us to go back. After all, a good horse doesn't turn back to eat the grass it already grazed."

Although the others had some reservations about Lu Ziye's decision, no one dared to object.

The reason for this situation is that a considerable amount of supplies were collected in the city beforehand. Although there was no shortage of supplies, everyone returned with a full load.

Therefore, when everyone heard Lu Ziye's order, they reluctantly agreed and no one objected.

As the size of Earth continued to expand, all the highways, provincial roads, and national roads that had been built at great cost had now disappeared without a trace.

If it weren't for the tiny alien life forms that, along with torrential rain, seeped into the earth, making the outside world extremely desolate except for a few plants that were highly adaptable and had already undergone mutations.

As for the numerous migrating caravans, since Awakened Ones can directly sense the direction of the safe zone, as long as there is an Awakened One in the caravan, there is no need to worry about getting lost.

In fact, simply driving is quite boring. If it weren't for the intelligent central autonomous driving system, Dong Qi would probably have hired one or two full-time drivers like the other regular members of the fleet.

Because of the jokes Ji Yunting had made in the past few days, the convoy didn't feel bored during the journey, as there was something to enjoy.

Despite the pleasant conversation on the radio, the official members of the convoy who witnessed Ji Yunting's demeanor that day could all guess that the courtesan Ji Yunting had brought out from Mingshu Pavilion was no ordinary woman.

However, since Ji Yunting did not bring up the other party, others did not feel comfortable probing.

After all, everyone knows that finding a suitable excuse to mock Ji Yunting is just someone who's bored and looking for fun.

However, if the topic is steered towards the courtesan, it's not just about being bored and looking for fun; it's about humiliating her.

Therefore, the other team members also knew what was important. Even if they wanted to joke around, the other party would only be Ji Yunting himself, and there were limits. They wouldn't go too far, since everyone was just looking for some fun when they were bored.

These past few days, after entering the farm space, perhaps having learned from Ji Yunting's experience, Dong Qi did not immediately drag Bai Zhi and Bai Rui to practice yoga. Instead, he wanted Suzuki Masako to use her supernatural abilities to probe the twins' thoughts.

Masako Suzuki's awakened superpower is useless in combat, but it has shown great ability in logistics.

Putting aside other aspects, Masako Suzuki's skills, although initially it seemed she could only communicate without barriers with intelligent beings.

However, after confirmation by Masako Suzuki, this barrier-free communication was entirely due to the effects of her internal supernatural abilities.

Therefore, Dong Qi deduced that this ability could not only communicate with those animals without barriers, but also be used as a lie detector.

Unless one has received extremely rigorous professional training, even if the other party does not say it, as long as there is any impure thought in their mind, they will be immediately sensed.

Of course, it can only sense and vaguely understand the general meaning, so Masako Suzuki is much stronger than ordinary lie detectors.

Dong Qi handed Bai Zhi and Bai Rui to Suzuki Masako, hoping that Suzuki Masako could discern the true thoughts in the two people's hearts.

To be honest, when Dong Qi first saw the twin sisters at the auction who looked exactly alike but had completely different temperaments, he felt a strong desire for them for some reason.

However, due to the many things that have happened these past few days, I have been putting off going to the farm to exercise.

Therefore, their initial high spirits gradually dissipated.

Having regained his senses, Dong Qi still harbored a strong possessive desire for the two sisters, but his enthusiasm was less fervent compared to when he appeared at the auction.

During this period, Dong Qi did not mistreat the two of them; he neither imprisoned them like criminals nor treated them differently.

Actually, there were a few times when the other party wanted to offer themselves to him, but for some reason, whenever Dong Qi was about to break free from his desires, he would think of Ji Yunting's listless appearance when she got out of the car that day. Therefore, Dong Qi really didn't want to practice yoga with these two sisters for a while.

Perhaps due to the road conditions, the convoy maintained a speed of around 60 km/h even while driving through the empty wilderness.

As the convoy continued forward, a few days later, the surroundings were no longer an empty wilderness, but a huge wall could be seen in the distance.

Upon seeing the wall in the distance, the group excitedly said over the radio, "Do you think behind that wall is a camp built by the survivors at this time, or a secret realm, or perhaps the city that fell back then?"

The three different scenarios represent how they react when they get close.

As the convoy approached, and as it drew near the wall, people noticed numerous scratch marks on the lower sections of the wall.

Dong Qi was not a professional researcher, so he naturally could not determine the nature of the organism that left the scratches by looking at the scratches on the wall.

However, the dense claw marks on the city wall indicate that the number of monsters surrounding and attacking it must have been considerable.

When the convoy arrived at the area where the city gate was located, everyone saw that the city gate was not completely closed.

Upon seeing this situation, Yin An immediately got out of the car to investigate first, while Dong Qi decisively released the drone from the mechanical space.

As the knowledge base of the intelligent hub gradually becomes richer, the current intelligent hub is also evolving towards strong intelligence.

The intelligent control center is now able to directly take over and manage some highly repetitive tasks.

However, drone operation requires a large number of personnel and resources to deploy drones for area reconnaissance in a timely manner.

Not only that, but now, the drones that were originally stored in the convoy have also been damaged one after another while on missions.

If the malfunctioning drones are able to return to the convoy, Xu Yinuo will be able to repair them directly.

The real danger is that an accident might occur mid-flight. If the distance to the convoy is too far, no one would be willing to leave the convoy to retrieve the item.

Having obtained all the data on vehicle manufacturing, and after it was stored in the intelligent hub, the vehicle now has the ability to manufacture cars.

Now, Dong Qi wants something more: the complete technology to manufacture drones or mechanical wolves.

This wish may be difficult to fulfill at this time, but in any case, things can be accomplished by human effort.

Yin An ended his investigation and immediately shared the information he had gathered with the others.

There are indeed many creatures roaming the city, and judging from the frequency of their movement, there is a high probability that those things in the city are zombies.

This means that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the area behind this high wall should be a secret realm.

If there really is a secret realm behind the wall, they should be able to gather a lot of supplies in the city as well.

The reason zombies are so terrifying is that even if the protagonist has a gun, he won't carry many bullets when he goes out.

If you stand next to a close-in weapon system (CIWS), no matter how many zombies are around, as long as you have enough ammunition, those zombies will fall in droves like wheat being cut down in front of the CIWS.

While the Wind Chaser team does not possess attack weapons with a very high firing rate, similar to close-in weapon systems, they do not have such weapons.

However, both Yin An and Ji Yunting possess the ability to attack over a wide area. Therefore, as long as they are not facing the zombies among the Corpse Brothers, other types of zombies will not pose a significant threat to the members of the convoy.

Footage captured by drones inside the city shows zombies everywhere on the city streets.

The drone launched a probing attack, and the moment the gunfire rang out, several zombies approached the area where the drone was located.

The zombies were unaware that the drone that had caused the commotion was not on the ground, but was hovering in mid-air.

The test just now confirmed that these zombies roaming the city have very strong hearing, but almost no vision.