Mobile Shelter

After leaving the housing management office, Dong Qi thought for a moment and decided to follow their advice and choose a house near the parking lot if he wanted to change his residence in the future.

But for now, let's remain calm, since the Starfire Flying Boat in my sea of ​​consciousness is about to be upgraded.

It's unclear whether it was because Dong Qi completed his patrol missions too quickly, but when he went to claim the patrol missions again the next day, there was a cooldown period.

You can only accept one patrol mission within three days, and you cannot accept patrol missions on the same route.

This regulation didn't affect Dong Qi much, but for those shady teams who specialized in taking over patrol routes in the South District, it was like the sky had fallen.

Those who leave the fortress to go out on missions are not only the teams that take on patrol duties, but also many small teams that specialize in hunting White Walkers.

Although it seems that each person can only get 100 contribution points per day, the hunting teams composed of ordinary people can basically only hunt a few hundred ghouls per day at most, so on average each person can only get a little over ten contribution points.

The battle groups composed of ordinary people mostly hunted in the relatively safe southern region.

Therefore, compared to the other patrol directions, the patrol mission in the South District only has five check-in points, but its security level is much higher than the other three directions.

Most importantly, there is not just one patrol team that receives and carries out patrol missions every day. Although the check-in points for other patrol teams in the same area are different, they are still operating in the same area. Therefore, if any accident occurs, they can find someone to help.

Seeing that he could not take on new patrol missions, Dong Qi also looked down on the 100 contribution points he could earn from hunting White Walkers.

After all, Dong Qi had experience earning over 10,000 yuan a day, and the whole process was relatively easy for him, so he naturally looked down on the hunting operation that only earned 100 yuan a day.

Although small gains add up, for most people, when faced with such a situation and income is too low, it's really better to find a place to lie down and rest.

Including today, Dong Qi has only been at the forward fortress for three days. Yesterday, he unintentionally spent a whole day completing the patrol mission, and last night he only took a brief stroll around the fortress.

Therefore, after learning that he could not continue patrol missions for the next two days, Dong Qi did not rush to find other missions. Instead, he continued to wander around the forward fortress, wanting to learn more about the situation there.

Yesterday, after visiting the most important mission hall and going to the housing management office in the evening to learn about the living situation here.

Today, Dong Qi chose the Logistics Support Department as his target. Although all the computers in the forward fortress could open the logistics exchange interface and see the real-time exchange prices of all exchangeable items.

However, Dong Qi still went there personally, wanting to understand and experience the material exchange situation firsthand.

Compared to the magnificent mission reception hall, you can't directly collect supplies here. You can only select the supplies you want here, then get an exchange ticket from the counter, and go to a designated supply point to exchange them.

Of course, the entire exchange process can also be done online, but because there are always those time travelers who don't believe in online processes, that's why we specially set up an offline material exchange point here.

After learning that the online and offline redemption processes were the same, Dong Qi randomly picked a computer in the self-service computer area of ​​the lobby, inserted his card, and turned on the computer to check the list of goods to be redeemed.

When Dong Qi sat in front of the computer and looked at the card slot for his resident card below the monitor, he suddenly remembered that if he rented a house with a computer, he could indirectly save on the internet fee for a little bit of contribution points per hour.

Besides the various types of mechanical creations he had seen before, what Dong Qi most wanted to learn about were weapons of mass destruction.

But when Dong Qi saw the exchange prices of those weapons, he did a quick mental calculation and realized that using those weapons to attack the White Walkers would only yield unlimited contribution points for hunting them, unless it was during a war.

Under normal circumstances, even if all the White Walkers gathered together, the daily contribution points they would earn would be less than what the leader could earn by exchanging for powerful weapons.

Therefore, although these items seem to be freely exchangeable, the reality is that those who exchange for these weapons have no intention of using them during wartime.

It was at this time that Dong Qi learned why there was a cap on the contribution points each person could earn from hunting White Walkers during peacetime.

This aims to eradicate the practice of farming contribution points outside of wartime at its root. Only during wartime, with the limit on hunting White Walkers lifted, will using these powerful weapons be considered cost-effective.

In the resource exchange interface, there were quite a few things that Dong Qi liked. Not to mention, those special alloys made Dong Qi quite envious.

After all, all the equipment modules in the Starfire Flying Boat now have the potential for unlimited upgrades due to the changes made back then.

However, to Dong Qi's dismay, upgrading the grade still required consuming a large amount of metal.

Although he was somewhat tempted by the items on the exchange interface, Dong Qi finally managed to pull the resident card out of the card slot and leave the exchange area with great difficulty.

That very night, the Starfire Flying Boat in Dong Qi's sea of ​​consciousness was upgraded again. The length of the Starfire Flying Boat, which had been upgraded to more than 20 meters the previous time, had now increased to more than 30 meters. However, the height of the Starfire Flying Boat did not increase much and remained at only about eight meters.

From the outside, the Xinghuo Flying Boat hasn't changed much, except that it has changed from resembling a high-speed train head to an enlarged version of a high-speed train head.

When upgrading Dong Qi's equipment modules, he did not hesitate and the first general equipment module to be unlocked was the Hundred Refinement Furnace.

The reason for unsealing the Hundred Refinement Furnace was that Dong Qi saw a lot of metal debris on the ground during his previous patrol.

Although the metal fragments were very fragmented, they could yield a considerable amount of metal if collected together.

Of course, the closer you get to the forward fortress, the more fragmented and scarce the scattered metal becomes on the ground.

Needless to say, among those who left the front-line fortress, there would certainly be people who would collect and reuse materials, much like scavengers.

After all, during each war, the forward fortresses would consume an incalculable amount of weapons and ammunition. Even the metal debris left after the bombs exploded was not a small amount after each war.

It was only after his natal chariot disappeared that Dong Qi discovered that the function of automatically absorbing surrounding materials had actually been transferred to the Hundred Refinement Furnace.

Furthermore, compared to other sealed devices, the Hundred Refinement Furnace has one more crucial function.

That is, once the corresponding materials for manufacturing mechanical items are obtained, they can be manufactured directly through the Hundred Refineries.

Simply put, the Hundred Refinery Furnace, combined with the intelligent central hub, is no longer a simple 3D printer, but an industrial-grade fully intelligent machine tool capable of rapidly producing any device.

The reason for unlocking the robotic arm is even simpler; it's not to compensate for the Starfire Flying Boat's melee weapon.

After all, compared to the size of the Starfire Flying Boat at this time, the unlocked mechanical arm, including the end mechanical claw, is at most a little over four meters long.

Therefore, at this point, the robotic arm can only perform some auxiliary tasks for the Starfire Flying Boat.

Although it loses its melee combat ability, its ability to appear anywhere at will makes it a very competent support item.

In the following days, Dong Qi also saw other missions with good rewards in the mission hall, but his military rank was far below the requirements to accept those missions.

Therefore, Dong Qi could only continue to take on patrol missions. However, since he had already taken on patrol missions in the North District last time, this time Dong Qi could only take on patrol missions in other directions.

Apart from the five patrol checkpoints in the south, there are only seven checkpoints on the east and west sides. After all, if we continue to extend outwards, it would be easy to enter the patrol areas of other forward fortresses on both sides.

It was only after completing this patrol mission that Dong Qi realized that even though he had collected all the rewards from the sign-in points, he had only earned a little over two thousand contribution points.

This seems to prove the saying that sometimes choice really is more important than effort.

After all, sometimes when you make a choice, you've already locked in your ultimate potential.

Although Dong Qi spent some contribution points every day during this period, since they were all used to buy small items, his resident card still had about 15,000 contribution points remaining after these few days of spending.

After completing the second patrol mission, Dong Qi did not rush to find other missions, but continued to wait for the next upgrade of the Starfire Flying Boat.

According to Dong Qi's estimate, the accumulation from his previous experience with his main vehicle should be enough to quickly upgrade the Starfire Flying Boat to around level five.

The Level 5 Starfire Airship is no longer considered an ordinary vehicle. Even the iconic heavy-duty trucks and motorhomes of the former Wind Chaser team can be parked inside the Starfire Airship with ease.

Dong Qi stayed in the forward fortress peacefully for a whole week. During this time, apart from completing his patrol missions, Dong Qi really did just wander around the forward fortress every day.

Aside from the areas that required permission to enter, Dong Qi had roughly explored the entire forward fortress.

What impressed Dong Qi the most was the city wall of the forward fortress.

To this end, Dong Qi even spent some contribution points to directly upgrade his honorary rank from private to private first class.

Military rank (Private, Second Class, Private, Sergeant, Sergeant, Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Senior Colonel, Major General, Lieutenant General, General, Marshal)

(This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.)

It cost Dong Qi 6,000 contribution points just to be promoted to private first class.

To be promoted to major general, one needs to contribute billions of dollars.

If you rely solely on daily tasks, you could never earn that many contribution points, even if you died.

Only during wartime, facing the endless, surging armies of the Others, would they be truly vulnerable.

At that time, because the daily cap on the contribution points gained from hunting White Walkers had been lifted, capable transmigrators like Dong Qi were able to quickly accumulate massive amounts of contribution points.

The reason why most forward fortresses were able to stand firm during the war was largely due to powerful time travelers like Dong Qi.

To be honest, it would be difficult to hold out until the end of the war with only the weapons and ammunition in the forward fortresses.

Dong Qi wasn't just idly wandering around these past few days; he actually gathered quite a bit of intelligence during that time.

The most crucial piece of information was about the portal of light they had entered through.

The White Walkers are not native creatures, nor are they creatures from this universe; they are transmigrators like Dong Qi and his companions.

When the White Walkers first appeared, there weren't many of them; only a handful would appear at a time.

The reason we are in this situation is thanks to those researchers who studied the portals back then.

In the researchers' studies, the portals that originally allowed passage through only one White Walker at a time suddenly expanded dozens of times inexplicably.

As the portal expanded, endless hordes of White Walkers flooded the planet like a locust swarm.

Then, just like in fairy tales, someone developed a technique to seal the portal, but this technique was not very stable.

After those brave warriors risked their lives to approach the portal and ultimately successfully completed their mission.

The portal through which the White Walkers appeared was not completely sealed off; it was merely shrunk considerably.

However, it is still larger than before the researchers touched it, and this sealing technology is not stable. Every once in a while, the seal will loosen and the army of White Walkers will descend.

The researchers didn't come away empty-handed while studying the portal; some geniuses even created similar methods to open portals to other human planes.

However, this portal is a one-way portal, which can only allow the other party to arrive at their plane, but they cannot go to the other party's plane.

The path home is real, but besides the explicit restrictions on the exchange interface, there is a hidden rule that no one knows: even if you successfully exchange, you can only use it when the great battle is about to end.

And most importantly, when you arrive at that forward fortress, you can only leave from that same fortress.

If the forward fortress where they first arrived was destroyed, it would be fine if it could be rebuilt successfully, but if it could not be rebuilt, then even if they obtained enough contribution points, they would not be able to truly return to their homeland.

After learning this information, Dong Qi understood that the people here wanted him and the other transmigrators to suppress them as much as possible.

To put it simply, this forward fortress was built entirely for transmigrators like Dong Qi.

Previously, Dong Qi wondered why such a fortress would be built deep within enemy territory. It turned out that the idea was to have time travelers like Dong Qi risk their lives to protect it during the war.

Furthermore, if Dong Qi were unaware of the intricacies involved, even if he successfully gained enough contribution points, he would still need to participate in another war if he missed the deadline, and during this war, he would have to desperately ensure that the forward fortresses would not fall.

Sure enough, some seemingly illogical settings actually conceal unknown circumstances.

Apart from Dong Qi, everyone else in the Wind Chaser team, whether they were Awakened or ordinary people, was also trying to learn about the forward fortress as quickly as possible during this week.

To be honest, having experienced the constant crises that could occur on Earth, although this place also seems to have deadly dangers, it is ultimately much better than Earth.

During this period, many people actually developed the idea of ​​wanting to stay permanently.

Of course, those who have this idea are just ordinary people. Awakened individuals like Dong Qi know that once they leave Earth for an extended period of time, their bodies will inevitably undergo some changes.

However, only awakened individuals like Dong Qi knew about this; the other ordinary people in the convoy were not informed.

The week ended, just in time for the team gathering that Lu Ziye had previously told him about.

This gathering was not held in Lu Ziye's room, nor was it limited to Dong Qi and the other official members; rather, it was attended by all members of the Chengfeng Racing Team.

Therefore, the location for this gathering was a restaurant that Lu Ziye had just found a couple of days ago.

This gathering was not much different from the one Lu Ziye had organized to bring everyone away from Kyoto.

But Dong Qi and the other participants from the beginning have gone from being small fry to becoming influential figures in the gathering.

The initial division of the gathering was good. In order not to affect the atmosphere, in the early stages of the gathering, everyone just chatted in small groups of friends.

It wasn't until the middle of the event that Lu Ziye turned off the soothing background music, took the microphone, and walked onto the makeshift stage.

The story is not complicated; it simply involves him leading the establishment of the Wind Chasing Battle Group.

Having spent about a week in the fortress, most of them now know how to return to Earth.

After learning the contribution points required to exchange for honorary ranks, most people were already in despair. They figured that even if they chose the honorary rank route based solely on their personal abilities, they would hardly accumulate enough contribution points even until they died.

Therefore, upon learning that Lu Ziye had chosen to form a battle group, he immediately joined, just as he had done when he joined the car team.

Some ordinary people who were tired of their nomadic life on Earth also chose to join the battle in order to integrate into the world more quickly.

However, some people not only refused to join the fray, but also left the banquet hall directly, seemingly wanting to sever all ties with the Wind Chaser team.

Dong Qi looked at the podium and merely stared coldly at Lu Ziye, who was leaving the banquet hall without saying a word to stop him or reprimand him.

I knew that those who chose to leave the banquet at this moment would be used as a warning to others, but I didn't expect Lu Ziye to do it.

After those people left the banquet hall, Lu Ziye clapped his hands and closed the door.