Mobile Shelter

As Dong Qi ignited the fuel and set the entire square ablaze, the zombies that had been cleaved in two by the laser beams were gradually consumed by the flames.

Looking at the increasing values ​​on the data panel in his mind, Dong Qi knew that if he wanted to obtain Origin Energy by killing zombies, he could only accumulate it through quantity; killing a single zombie would not yield much Origin Energy.

At this moment, the entire square was filled with the acrid smell of burning zombies. Fortunately, the interior and exterior of his vehicle were isolated, so Dong Qi, who was sitting inside the vehicle, did not have to endure the smell.

Dong Qi sat in the car, watching the raging flames burning in the square.

Perhaps because of the stench of burning corpses, even though there was a lot of commotion in the square, zombies from other areas did not converge on it.

After the corpse oil was completely burned away by the flames, the originally fierce flames began to gradually die down.

However, many skeletal remains remained on the ground, and the scene here was almost identical to that in a horror movie.

However, the environment here was not important to Dong Qi. He directly ran over the bones on the ground and patrolled the area around the square.

Under normal circumstances, most city center squares have underground spaces, but the entrances are usually not located in the center of the square, but rather in the surrounding area.

Therefore, Dong Qi did not drive his car directly into the center of the square, but instead circled around the square looking for an entrance.

To Dong Qi's dismay, however, he found several entrances to the underground space, but they were all pedestrian entrances.

At this time, Dong Qi could not take his natal chariot into his body for nourishment, so he had no choice but to find a passage that could accommodate the passage of his natal chariot.

Fortunately, his vehicle was still a light commercial vehicle, not a large heavy-duty RV, so Dong Qi spent some effort to find a relatively large passage leading to the underground space.

It has a robotic arm that acts as a mechanical foot, so even the steepest slope will not affect the passage of the vehicle.

When the car finally entered the basement, it was just like the food street I had seen before. This floor was full of independent shops, each about ten square meters in size.

However, unlike the last time when all valuable items in those shops were looted by the survivors, this time Dong Qi's simulated scouts still managed to find quite a few things in the shops.

Unfortunately, due to improper storage over a long period of time, almost all of these items have expired and spoiled.

Fortunately, there was a recycling station in the farm space, so even these spoiled foods could still be extracted for some residual value by Dong Qi.

However, these things were not of high value and not worth Dong Qi wasting his time here. Therefore, Dong Qi released the five mechanical wolves in the mechanical space and relied on them to explore and draw a map of the underground floor.

After the five mechanical wolves split up, the images captured by the head cameras of the mechanical wolves were all transmitted to the intelligent hub on their respective vehicles. The intelligent hub then directly displayed the map detected by the mechanical wolves on the screen.

Therefore, the screen on the center console at this moment displays an image similar to that in a strategy game, where soldiers are sent to explore an area shrouded in the fog of war.

The reason why those mechanical wolves were able to complete the function of drawing maps in real time was actually due to the most inconspicuous device on their main vehicle.

Whether it's drones, mechanical wolves, or even shield guards, four-armed swordsmen, or simulated scouts, these unmanned machines are equipped with basic intelligent modules.

However, in most previous battles, tactics were coordinated and arranged by the intelligent central hub.

The reason why the intelligent hub can communicate with those mechanical guards in real time is actually due to the rare signal communication base stations.

This device was installed by Dong Qi a long time ago. The reason it rarely appears is that although it is frequently used, it is mostly used behind the scenes.

Just like the wireless router in most households, it is usually placed somewhere in the house and basically no one pays attention to it unless there is a problem with the home wireless network. Otherwise, very few people will move it.

The function of the signal communication base station is to enable the intelligent central hub on the vehicle to communicate with the mechanical guards in real time.

Therefore, most of the time, even when Dong Qi is upgrading the equipment on his car, he will subconsciously ignore the signal communication base station.

However, signal communication base stations actually play a significant role in a vehicle's safety. As the level of signal communication base stations is upgraded, not only can their anti-interference capabilities be improved, but their coverage area can also be expanded, and the penetration of signals can be enhanced.

However, for Dong Qi at present, the coverage area of ​​the un-upgraded basic signal communication base stations is already sufficient.

Therefore, barring unforeseen circumstances, Dong Qi is unlikely to upgrade this device in the short term.

However, if the vehicle is upgraded and merges into a new form, such as a large spaceship like a spaceship, then the coverage area of ​​the unupgraded signal communication base station will definitely not be able to meet the needs of normal use.

However, this matter will not have much impact on Dong Qi in the short term. Therefore, since there is no urgent need for it, Dong Qi can put it aside for the time being and upgrade these devices later when he has enough upgrade materials.

As the mechanical wolf figured out the situation on the first underground floor, the intelligent hub drew up a complete map of the first underground floor.

To Dong Qi's utter surprise, there wasn't a single zombie in the underground level.

However, through Dong Qi's deliberate manipulation of the mechanical wolf to randomly enter the surrounding shops for investigation, it was discovered that all the shops had some spoiled food.

Therefore, Dong Qi could conclude that, compared to the survivors he had encountered on the first basement level, there were no traces of other survivors' activities here.

When Dong Qi carefully examined the map of this floor, to his utter surprise, the mechanical wolf had actually found the route to the parking lot.

Dong Qi originally thought there was no subway here, so this underground space was just a simple leisure area for eating, drinking and having fun.

But when the mechanical wolf found the way to the parking lot, the thought that was about to resurface in Dong Qi's mind.

Since the thought had resurfaced in his mind, in order to clear his mind of distractions, Dong Qi still drove his beloved car to the underground parking lot.

When Dong Qi drove to the underground parking lot, the environment there made his eyes light up.

It was assumed that after the accident, the other survivors would choose to drive away from the area.

But Dong Qi never expected that as soon as he entered the underground parking lot, it would be filled with vehicles of all kinds.

Seeing that most of the parking spaces were already occupied, Dong Qi couldn't help but smile with delight.

Next, Dong Qi drove his favorite car around the underground parking lot with great familiarity.

Whenever my car passes an underground parking space in the parking lot, the cars that were originally parked there and covered in dust instantly disappear.

At this moment, Benmingche was drawing a map of the parking lot while arranging for the mechanical wolves to continue exploring the space.

Now that the parking lot has been located, the strategic material warehouse that may exist might also be hidden in some inconspicuous corner.

With the addition of the mechanical wolf, the completeness of the map displayed on the center console screen has been significantly improved.

Faced with such a good thing, Dong Qi naturally wouldn't say anything.

With the addition of the mechanical wolf, Dong Qi quickly found the entrance and exit connecting to the ground, as well as the passage to the next level.

According to the information relayed by the mechanical wolf, the entrance and exit of the underground parking lot are quite far from the food street.

It seems that the reason Dong Qi couldn't find the passageway to the underground space around the square was because the entrance and exit of the underground passage were not around the central square, but rather at a distance from it.

That's why Dong Qi didn't find the vehicle entrance, but instead used a mechanical claw to force his way through the human-shaped passage into the underground space.

Perhaps because it is located in the city center, the underground parking lot is filled with a huge number of vehicles.

Although Dong Qi had already collected all the upgrade materials for his vehicle, don't forget that he had also obtained the crafting information for common land and water vehicles.

Therefore, as long as Dong Qi collects enough manufacturing materials, he can directly manufacture a new vehicle.

Although the vehicles produced are all ordinary vehicles, they do not have any special functions.

However, when manufacturing vehicles, Dong Qi can use better alloy materials, so the newly manufactured vehicles will definitely be much stronger than those produced on the original assembly line.

Therefore, Dong Qi went to great lengths to collect all the vehicles in the parking lot. However, on the other hand, at this time, the task of collecting vehicles was basically delegated by Dong Qi to his personal car.

Therefore, in the following operations, even without Dong Qi manually collecting them, the natal vehicle can complete the task of collecting vehicles according to the orders issued by the intelligent center.

Most importantly, compared to Dong Qi manually collecting the vehicles, as long as the smart hub is given permission, the smart hub can automatically collect the vehicles much faster than Dong Qi manually operates.

Since it's an efficient and easy method, Dong Qi naturally wouldn't force himself to do it manually.

With all the vehicles on the first basement level taken away by Dong Qi, he drove directly into the second basement level.

Compared to the first basement level, where there are very few empty parking spaces, the second basement level, although many parking spaces are occupied, still has a lot of empty spaces.

Similar to the first underground level, the main vehicle is responsible for collecting vehicles on this level, while the mechanical wolf is responsible for exploring the entire underground space and accelerating the mapping speed of the intelligent hub.

If your vehicle doesn't have an intelligent control center, it can collect data on the mechanical wolf's exploration of the parking lot in real time, just like in a strategy game, and display the mechanical wolf's location directly on the screen.

An ordinary person would have no idea that this underground parking lot is special.

According to the data collected by the mechanical wolf himself, there was a shadowy area on one side of the parking lot in the newly drawn map displayed on the screen.

According to feedback from the mechanical wolf, the footage captured by the camera shows this shadowy area as if it were an ordinary wall or partition. Under normal circumstances, most people would not notice anything unusual about this area.

After all, most people who park here can't remember the difference between the first and second basement levels, or the different terrain in some overlapping areas.

However, Dong Qi was not in a hurry to go there to investigate the situation. Instead, he continued to collect all the vehicles in the parking lot at the same pace as before.

After Dong Qi had collected all the vehicles from the parking lot, he looked at the empty parking lot and felt a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of mixed emotions, including regret and reflection).

After finishing this task, Dong Qi immediately drove to the unusual area and then drove around the shadowy area.

After circling around the map, no unusual locations were found.

However, this underground parking garage only has two levels, and this area on the first underground level is a normal parking space.

However, this area on the second basement level appears as a large shaded area on the map.

Therefore, there is no doubt that something fishy is going on in this area. Even if there are no war reserve warehouses inside, there must be other problems.

Although he didn't find any other problems the first time he followed the map around the area, Dong Qi had a gut feeling that he had indeed found the right place this time.

During the second lap, Dong Qi set up low-speed automatic driving, while he himself kept a close eye on the walls surrounding the shaded area.

Logically speaking, even if the shaded area is a warehouse for war supplies, a vehicle access route is definitely needed to transfer large quantities of supplies.

Otherwise, if the massive amount of stored supplies were to be moved by manpower alone, it would probably take an extremely long time.

To Dong Qi's utter surprise, even after staring intently at the wall and circling around it for so long, he still couldn't find anything unusual.

Therefore, Dong Qi, somewhat unwilling to give up, simply arranged for the four-armed swordsmen to directly attack the walls surrounding the shadowy area.

If, after the attack, the area surrounding the shadow turns out to be reinforced concrete, Dong Qi will simply accept it; after all, no one will know about his actions at this point.

But if Dong Qi finds the problem, then it will be a good thing for him.

Dong Qi's persistent and meticulous work soon led to new discoveries.

Compared to the other walls, which were made of reinforced concrete and straw, the four-armed swordsman discovered that one wall produced a metallic sound when attacked.

Without careful observation or direct touch, the metal wall looks almost identical to the surrounding reinforced concrete walls, and it is difficult for the average person to distinguish between them with the naked eye.

Now that Dong Qi had discovered the trickery, the next steps were naturally quite simple.