Mobile Shelter

Besides these standard mechanical creations, Dong Qi also had his eye on some other items, but because the difficulty of obtaining contribution points was still uncertain, he could only wait and see for the time being.

After Dong Qi closed the exchange interface, he then opened the task claiming interface.

The first thing you'll see is the war mission, which everyone in the forward fortress must participate in; there's absolutely no way to escape.

After all, once the war mission begins, it means that the forward fortresses will be surrounded by a massive number of White Walkers.

There was a long distance between the forward fortress and the human defense line, and even if one wanted to escape, it would be almost impossible in the face of the endless White Walkers outside the fortress.

Despite the fact that the White Walkers cannot fly, giant White Walkers appear on the battlefield every time a war begins.

When the giant White Walkers spot flying units on the battlefield, they will grab nearby White Walkers and use them as projectiles to smash into those flying units.

When Dong Qi saw this, he didn't pay much attention at first, since even ordinary airplanes fly at altitudes of several thousand meters.

Even if a giant White Walker is incredibly strong, it cannot smash an ordinary White Walker in its hand to such a height.

But when Dong Qi truly understood the situation on the battlefield, he realized that if no flying machines appeared during the war, both ordinary and giant White Walkers would obediently attack the forward fortresses from the ground.

However, if flying vehicles appear on the battlefield, whether large or small drones, they will lure the giant White Walkers to grab ordinary White Walkers nearby and use them as projectile weapons.

The giant White Walkers didn't care whether the ordinary White Walkers they threw could hit the flying units.

In the ensuing battles, they will all be transformed from melee units into ranged projectile units.

Now the White Walkers are honestly attacking from the ground, making it quite difficult for the forward fortresses to defend.

Once those giant White Walkers are converted into ranged attack units, it will be even more difficult for the forward fortresses to defend.

Therefore, there are basically no aircraft in any of the forward fortresses.

Even the highest-ranking officer of a forward fortress would not leave by aircraft after the outbreak of war.

Furthermore, one of the clearest rules in the forward fortresses is that anyone with a real military rank, even a private, must adhere to the rule that if the city stands, the man stands; if the city falls, the man dies.

Those like Dong Qi who choose to hold honorary military ranks without actually holding them do not need to comply with this rule. However, if the forward fortress where he is stationed is destroyed, the honorary military rank he has already obtained will instantly be reduced to zero.

However, there are no restrictions on those warbands without military ranks. Even if they leave the current forward fortress, they can go to other forward fortresses to continue earning contribution points.

Contribution points can be earned through three main categories of tasks: war tasks, daily tasks, and logistics tasks.

War missions only appear during major wars, and although each one is accompanied by heavy casualties, those who survive usually make a fortune.

Therefore, the post-war period was also the time when many time travelers applied for the return journey most frequently. Fortunately, for some reason, as long as someone applied, the process was not delayed.

Daily tasks are not ordinary tasks like running errands or delivering letters.

These are also combat missions, such as routinely clearing out White Walkers around the fortress, investigating the White Walker activity around the fortress, etc.

Even daily missions are mostly related to combat, but they are much less dangerous than war missions.

As for logistics tasks, these tasks are time-consuming and laborious but don't earn much contribution points. However, even though the rewards for completing each task are not much, they are much safer than the other two types of tasks.

Furthermore, it was on this computer that Dong Qi found out how the fortress recorded the number of White Walkers killed by an individual.

The formula for calculating the number is quite complex, so only those who have a contribution recorder can receive the mission reward for accumulating kills.

The so-called contribution recorder is not actually a precision instrument, but a recorder and locator.

Therefore, in the event of a large-scale battle, although the fortress will not provide timely support, satellites in space can take pictures of the ground from space.

Logistics tasks are very troublesome. Most of them are not complicated, but they take a lot of time to complete and the rewards are not very high.

Most of the tasks that seem to offer a lot of contribution points are actually traps.

You're eyeing their reward, while they're eyeing the deposit you handed over.

Fortunately, there are also forums on computers that remind newcomers to be careful not to fall into pitfalls.

Furthermore, because of the covetousness of the Others, the fishermen in the city dared not go too far, for fear that the Others would become enraged and go mad, dragging the entire fortress down with them once the war began.

Of course, most people will stop making a fuss after experiencing a loss once and understanding the situation.

After learning the information, Dong Qi immediately took out his identity card from the device.

Today, I went out to gather intelligence on the fortress, and it really cost me a lot of contribution points.

On the way back, Dong Qi kept repeating that during non-war periods, one could gain one contribution point for every ten White Walkers killed, with a daily limit of one hundred contribution points for killing White Walkers.

While the contribution points gained from killing White Walkers during the war remained unchanged, the cap of 100 points was removed. Instead, the contribution points were based on how many White Walkers one could kill.

When Dong Qi returned to his dormitory and sat down with the other official members of the team to share intelligence that evening, he discovered that many people, like him, had gone directly to the mission hall to obtain information.

As they chatted, the topic naturally turned to the choice of how to return to their posts. Apart from Dong Qi, Kou Hai and Liu Yi both applied for honorary ranks on the spot and were directly awarded the rank of private.

While the others did not apply for honorary ranks like the three of them, they actually preferred this method of return.

After all, there are too many instabilities involved in forming a warband.

Furthermore, from Liu Yi's words, everyone learned the greatest advantage of having a military rank during wartime.

That means that as long as their military rank is raised to the corresponding level, they can spend contribution points to directly rent high-powered offensive weapons.

Although renting weapons or buying ammunition both require spending a considerable amount of contribution points.

But in reality, when faced with the overwhelming army of White Walkers during the war, anyone who could rent high-powered weapons never suffered a loss.

Although choosing an honorary rank would bring many benefits, under Lu Ziye's leadership, many members of the Wind Chaser team ultimately chose to join the battle.

In such battles, the saying "many hands make light work" is not just an empty phrase.

Perhaps due to the different choices made by the team's official members, a slight rift has emerged among them.

After the meeting, Dong Qi didn't think much of it, but the next morning he went straight to the mission hall and received the mission to go on patrol.

This task is not complicated and the reward is generous. If it weren't for the last restriction, even if it were an official task, Dong Qi would think it was a scam to trick people out of their deposits.

The only restriction to accepting this mission is having a vehicle that can travel at speeds exceeding 80 miles per hour.

If this restriction had been in place before the natural disaster, it wouldn't have been difficult for any car on the street to reach a speed of 80 km/h.

However, on the front lines, not to mention the difficulty of acquiring vehicles, even if you own your own car, if the vehicle's armor is not strong enough, it is very likely to be destroyed by artillery fire halfway there.

Compared to the late payment fees paid to the authorities, the losses caused by the vehicle damage are the most significant losses for them.

The ground outside had already developed various problems due to the long-term fighting.

Not only were there fragments of weapons hidden on the ground, but also the hard bones of the White Walkers' bodies.

There are also those White Walkers who deliberately lie in ambush underground, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

In short, patrol missions are largely dependent on luck. If you're lucky, the journey will be smooth and you won't encounter any accidents. But if you're unlucky, your vehicle is likely to be damaged as soon as you leave the fortress.

However, this mission is actually the most suitable mission for Dong Qi, who owns the Starfire Flying Boat.

After all, the Starfire Flying Boat has no tires and floats in the air throughout the patrol, so it will not encounter accidents due to various ground conditions.

Secondly, precisely because the Starfire Airship patrols in the air, its patrol speed is faster compared to other vehicles.

The patrol mission is actually very simple. You just need to place the device you are given in the passenger seat and the camera will automatically record the entire patrol process.

Patrols aren't just about running around randomly; you need to go to several designated checkpoints to take photos. The more checkpoints you visit, the more rewards you'll receive after the patrol mission ends.

All areas surrounding the fortress require regular patrols in shifts to prevent sudden attacks by the White Walkers.

Dong Qi was unaware of the unspoken rules of patrolling on his first mission. Normally, patrolling the area in front of the human defense line is the safest.

The opposite direction is the direction from which the White Walker army came. Even outside of wartime, when patrolling, one will often be attacked by large groups of White Walkers.

Although killing White Walkers while patrolling also earns contribution points, it is less than the contribution points earned from hunting White Walkers.

If there is even the slightest carelessness, and the White Walkers were to launch a sneak attack and damage the vehicle, the resulting losses would be irreparable.

After all, the vehicles attacked by the White Walkers were not like the vehicles that had minor scratches and scrapes before the natural disaster.

Vehicles that have been attacked by the White Walkers generally need to be sent back to the factory for major repairs.

If the vehicle can barely make it back to the fortress, that's fine. But if it breaks down in the wilderness, then the vehicle is essentially totaled.

Therefore, when Dong Qi saw the other people who had taken on patrol missions, he was quite surprised to find that, unlike Dong Qi who was alone, the other people who had taken on patrol missions were mostly in small teams of five to ten people.

Putting aside the variety of vehicles used by these squads, almost every squad has a mechanic who is skilled in repairs.

Although those mechanics may not be able to directly repair damaged vehicles with their special abilities like Xu Yinuo, as long as there are enough spare parts, they can at least ensure that the vehicles can run normally.

When the other patrol teams discovered that Dong Qi was alone, they all showed curious expressions.

When Dong Qi summoned the Starfire Flying Boat in front of everyone, everyone was even more astonished.

Compared to those seasoned veterans who frequently take on patrol missions, Dong Qi's patrol area was naturally in the direction from which the White Walkers attacked.

And so, under the watchful eyes of the others, Dong Qi left the front-line fortress for the first time to carry out his first patrol mission.

Dong Qi originally thought that with the Starfire Flying Boat, simple patrol missions like this would be a piece of cake.

But Dong Qi never expected that he would be attacked by the White Walkers so soon after leaving the front-line fortress.

Dong Qi never expected that he would be trapped in an encirclement created by those mindless alien ghosts.

They saw the White Walkers suddenly leap out of the earth from all directions, immediately blocking all the roads for vehicles to leave.

Dong Qi had no intention of testing the White Walkers' attack power. Instead, he used the laser cannon to instantly eliminate the White Walkers around him.

The Others who were lying in ambush for Dong Qi never expected that their prey, who was surrounded by them, would suddenly have a laser cannon muzzle appear on the roof of the car, firing a laser and then performing a Thomas Flair.

In just two or three seconds, it cleaved the bodies of the surrounding Otherworldly beings in two.

Seeing that most of the White Walkers, separated at the waist, were still alive, Dong Qi realized that these White Walkers actually had such strong vitality.

Although the laser sweep just now looked cool, it didn't actually kill many White Walkers due to their powerful physiques.

Looking at the White Walkers crawling on the ground around him, still alive, Dong Qi abandoned his original idea of ​​finishing them off.

Both electromagnetic cannons and laser cannons possess unparalleled single-target killing power. However, when facing numerous creatures that lack a unified will, finishing them off after the battle becomes a very troublesome task if they cannot be killed in one go.

At this moment, Dong Qi began to miss his mechanical guards. If the mechanical guards were still around, they could have handled the tasks of cleaning up the battlefield.

However, the next upgrade of the Starfire Spaceship will only create two general equipment slots. To equip mechanical space, the Starfire Spaceship will need to acquire special cargo slots again.

Fortunately, when the Starfire Flying Boat is upgraded for the third time, you can freely choose which equipment slots to add.

There were about a hundred White Walkers around, of which about seventy were severely injured but not dead.

Dong Qi originally wanted to leave and continue patrolling, but after calming down a bit, he realized that even a mosquito's leg is meat, and besides, although it seemed like finishing off the enemy after the battle would be very troublesome.

However, Dong Qi can delegate this highly repetitive work to the intelligent central hub for follow-up tasks.

Although it still takes some time, this is Dong Qi's first time gaining contribution points.

It took a little time to kill all the heavily injured White Walkers, and in the end, Dong Qi only gained thirteen contribution points.

Don't be fooled by the mere thirteen contribution points; logistics tasks in the fortress typically only yield five to ten points.

Compared to the logistical tasks that would take most of the day, Dong Qi earned thirteen contribution points in less than an hour, which was already quite efficient.

Even so, Dong Qi still felt it was a bit troublesome. Looking at the Starfire Flying Boat, which still needed two more days to be upgraded, Dong Qi could only sigh helplessly again.

Looking at the corpses of Others scattered on the ground, as well as various missile wreckage, Dong Qi had not expected that the environment in this area was so harsh.

If the Starfire Flying Boat hadn't remained suspended in the air without tires, it's estimated that ordinary tires would have been ruined before the patrol was even over.

Along the way, Dong Qi was attacked by White Walkers from time to time. Sometimes it was a small group of White Walkers, and sometimes it was an ambush like the one he had been ambushed before.

Having only reached three patrol points, Dong Qi had already reached the maximum contribution points he could earn from killing the Others.

Fortunately, there is no upper limit to the contribution points gained from completing patrol missions, and the more distant the patrol point, the higher the contribution points.