Mobile Shelter

Chapter 127 Return to the Great Xia

After thinking about it for a while, Dong Qi finally decided to stay in the island nation for the time being.

The main reason is actually to obtain some nuclear fuel from the island nation to replenish the energy reserves of my own car.

After deciding to stay here, Dong Qi began to consider which type of upgrade item his natal car needed to be fused with this time.

If we follow the original plan, we should have chosen to integrate space-related items for the upgrade, which would have greatly expanded the interior space of the vehicle.

However, after the rear compartment was expanded by spatial abilities, the need to integrate spatial items is no longer a necessity.

Because he had been trapped before, Dong Qi now needed to think about which type of item would be the most suitable to fuse with.

In fact, Dong Qi had also considered modifying his vehicle to give it all-terrain mobility.

This modification is not about integrating the item into the upgrade process, but rather about adding extra equipment to it before the upgrade.

Dong Qi originally wanted to install several mechanical power arms on both sides of the vehicle so that it could be moved when encountering terrain where the tires could not pass.

Furthermore, if the vehicle encounters a situation similar to the one before where it is bound by seaweed, it can rely on a robotic arm to remove the seaweed wrapping around the vehicle body.

However, although Dong Qi's idea was good, in reality, let's not even talk about how to obtain six to eight robotic arms of suitable length and size.

Even if a suitable robotic arm is obtained, how can it be installed on the vehicle itself?

To integrate the robotic arm into the vehicle during its upgrade, a simple and crude external attachment is definitely not an option. Not only must the robotic arm be fixed to the vehicle, but it must also be fully connected to it.

In other words, even before merging with the vehicle, one can directly control the robotic arms to perform tasks while sitting inside the vehicle.

On the other hand, to freely manipulate multiple robotic arms simultaneously, intelligent devices are still needed for assistance.

In other words, even if Dong Qi finds a suitable robotic arm and hires professionals to install and debug it, he still needs to install an intelligent central control unit in advance in order to freely control those robotic arms.

Fortunately, Dong Qi had already obtained the military command center, although it was only small and had been destroyed by EMP.

However, finding someone to repair it is much simpler than getting a fully functional smart hub.

With Masako Suzuki by his side, Dong Qi continued his search along the coastal area.

At this point, the coastal area was completely covered by seaweed, and the route Dong Qi chose was one that the island survivors could only encounter by venturing deep into the seaweed thicket.

Therefore, Dong Qi did not encounter any other island survivors during the rest of the journey. Even when Dong Qi found the nuclear power plant built by the sea, he did not meet any other people along the way.

Upon arriving at the nuclear power plant, Dong Qi discovered that the number of mutated marine organisms gathered there was significantly greater than in other places.

In fact, Dong Qi was unaware that the mutation of those marine creatures was partly due to river wastewater.

It is said that river wastewater will pollute the sea, but apart from the Great Xia, other countries have actually been secretly discharging wastewater into the sea for a long time.

However, the sewage pipes of other households are mostly buried deep in the seabed, and under normal circumstances, they would not be discovered by others.

In fact, the island nation had been discharging pollutants into the sea for a long time, but before that world-famous accident, it was done quietly, and no one else knew about it.

When the power plant accident occurred, the previously clandestine operations were exposed to the world, and the previously hidden tricks could no longer be used after they were exposed.

That's why they pretended to seal it with water tanks, but this self-deceptive act ultimately couldn't last long.

Ultimately, driven by self-interest, they brought their previously clandestine operations into the open.

Although such behavior may be condemned by others, so what? Saving face will only cost you money.

We can't sacrifice money just to save face.

Before natural disasters strike, those marine creatures can only passively absorb nuclear energy in the deep sea.

But after the disaster struck, they gained the ability to crawl and followed the original sewage pipes to find the power plant. In order to evolve faster, they settled in the power plant.

Looking at the many mutated marine creatures lurking not far away, Dong Qi was momentarily at a loss as to how to proceed.

Although the electromagnetic railgun possesses formidable offensive capabilities, Dong Qi was unaware of the exact location of the power plant's buildings.

If Dong Qi were to use an electromagnetic cannon to clean up the area directly, he feared that he might accidentally hit the reactor. If the reactor exploded, the area could very well become a nuclear explosion site.

Although Dong Qi felt that his vehicle, at this moment, should be able to withstand the damage from a nuclear explosion at medium to long range, and be immune to subsequent radiation damage.

However, Dong Qi did not want to conduct the experiment himself unless necessary.

After thinking for a long time, Dong Qi finally decided to honk the horn first and make some noise.

Try to see if you can lure out a group of mutated marine creatures that are entrenched inside a nuclear power plant by using loudspeakers.

If those mutated marine creatures can be attracted out, Dong Qi can deal with them however he wants without causing any damage to the nuclear power plant.

Despite repeated horn blasts, the mutated marine creatures entrenched in the nuclear power plant completely ignored Dong Qi.

Just as Dong Qi was getting a little irritated, Suzuki Masako, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly whispered, "What if those mutated marine creatures don't have hearing?"

Upon hearing what Suzuki Masako said, Dong Qi immediately realized what she meant.

Logically speaking, most marine creatures, although they do not have obvious ear organs on their bodies, actually have their hearing organs hidden inside their bodies, and can hear the surrounding sounds through the vibration of seawater.

Ultimately, however, fish need seawater as a medium to hear the sounds around them.

By this time, they had already landed. Having lost access to seawater, it would probably need to undergo another round of evolution to get rid of the seawater and hear the surrounding sounds using the air.

Therefore, the fish that actually lived in the nuclear power plant could not hear the horn that Dong Qi had just pressed.

Realizing he had been busy for nothing, Dong Qi, somewhat angry, subconsciously opened the car window, wanting to spit on the other person.

As soon as the car window was opened, the mutated marine creatures that had been wandering aimlessly in the nuclear power plant stopped in their tracks and then all turned their gazes toward the direction of their car.

Then, as if receiving some kind of signal, all the mutated marine creatures rushed towards Dong Qi.

Upon noticing the abnormality, Dong Qi instinctively wanted to close the car window, but when the window was halfway up, he released the window button.

Although it didn't go as planned, we still got the desired result.

As the mutated marine creatures rushed towards Dong Qi, Dong Qi immediately maneuvered his vehicle to move a position.

Once the mutated marine creatures are attracted out, Dong Qi can adjust the direction of his electromagnetic cannon to shoot towards the sea.

As a group of mutated marine creatures gathered and rushed towards his vehicle, Dong Qi slowly retreated to make way for them.

Once the mutated marine creatures gathered together, the projectile encountered no resistance whatsoever after leaving the cannon barrel.

The two projectiles fired in quick succession carved out two paths through the group of mutated marine creatures, but the death of their companion did not instill fear in the other mutated marine creatures.

As the mutated marine creatures drew closer, Dong Qi adjusted the electromagnetic cannon's firing angle and fired again.

With the continuous firing of the electromagnetic gun, only a handful of mutated marine creatures were able to get close to the vehicle.

Upon realizing this situation, Dong Qi stopped wasting his reserves of alloy to manufacture electromagnetic projectiles and instead stepped on the gas and rammed into it.

Even with a body enhanced by absorbing nuclear energy, it couldn't withstand the impact of its destined vehicle for even a second; it was sent flying the instant it touched the ground.

After cleaning up the mutated marine creatures that had been attracted, Dong Qi activated the windshield wipers to clear the windshield before driving his car into the gate of the nuclear power plant.

Because he hadn't closed the car windows to attract the mutated marine life inside the nuclear power plant, Dong Qi noticed something amiss as soon as he got close to the plant.

Not only Dong Qi, but even Suzuki Masako, who was sitting in the passenger seat, noticed the problem.

Dong Qi then immediately closed the car windows, completely isolating the interior from the outside.

"There must be a problem with the equipment here, causing a leak of radioactive materials. No wonder it's attracting so many mutated marine creatures to inhabit this area."

"Should we still go in?"

"Go in, why not go in? We came here to find nuclear materials. Since there's been a leak, it means we didn't come to the wrong place."

After hearing Dong Qi say this, Suzuki Masako didn't say anything more. Anyway, at this time, no matter what Dong Qi wanted to do, as long as he didn't abandon her, she would choose to follow him.

Although it has been confirmed that the surrounding area is filled with radiation, this radiation is not only harmless to the vehicle, but the All-Encompassing Furnace can directly absorb the radiation to obtain energy.

Dong Qi didn't intend to just take away the nuclear fuel stored here when he entered the nuclear power plant this time.

Once inside the nuclear power plant, although they no longer used electromagnetic railguns, they directly used the vehicle itself for forced demolition.

With the vehicle's frame reinforced to level 20, even if it were to crash head-on into a wall, the passengers inside would only feel a slight jolt.

No matter how thick the walls of a nuclear power plant are, they cannot stop the car from moving forward.

After a thorough search, Dong Qi not only found the special material warehouse storing uranium rods, but also the regular material warehouse storing replacement metal parts.

As the core of nuclear power plant power generation, Dong Qi naturally did not overlook nuclear power generation equipment either.

However, after absorbing this nuclear power generation equipment, Dong Qi never expected that what he obtained would not be a basic metal alloy, but rather skip the intermediate metal alloy and directly obtain some advanced metal alloys.

Sure enough, equipment capable of withstanding the high temperatures of nuclear energy must be made of materials that are not ordinary metals.

By the time Dong Qi left the nuclear power plant, not a single intact building remained.

Having acquired a large amount of energy reserves, Dong Qi did not intend to stay in the island nation any longer; it was time to return to Great Xia.

After all, in a place where you don't know anyone, it's almost impossible to find a suitable mechanic to fix everything on the car.

Even the most skilled mechanic would probably only be able to fix one or two items if they wanted to repair everything on the car.

To repair all that equipment, we still need to rely on those awakened individuals with repair-type abilities.

By this time, it was already known that the vast majority of the awakened individuals on the island nation's side had already pledged allegiance to the island nation's court.

Those who awaken repair-type abilities do not possess strong combat capabilities, and their chances of surviving alone are not very high.

Dong Qi isn't like the protagonist in those overpowered romance novels who can just pick up a well-behaved and sensible beauty on the street, and this beauty happens to have awakened a repair-type superpower.

On this return trip, Dong Qi does not intend to retrace his steps.

Although we will still go to the third island, we do not plan to go through the fourth island this time.

This time, Dong Qi did not hesitate and went directly into the sea from the beach near the nuclear power plant, choosing to travel directly to the fourth island by both land and sea.

Through the previous encounter, Dong Qi already knew that the island nation's court was aware of his existence.

If we choose to travel by land at this point, we will inevitably be blocked by the island nation's government.

Despite the fact that this car has undergone so many upgrades, its defensive capabilities have reached the point where it can withstand missile explosions.

However, no matter how strong the defense is, if the opponent is smart enough, with repeated contact, they will find a way to deal with the car that is destined to be destroyed.

So at this point, if Dong Qi weren't stupid, he wouldn't choose to leave by land for further thrills.

Having already escaped from the fourth island, Suzuki Masako wasn't too surprised when Dong Qi drove into the sea.

The swaying and rocking sea voyage also gave Dong Qi a unique experience.

Sometimes, the swaying of a car body in the sea can give people an experience that is hard to get on land.

This kind of experience is difficult to have on a large ship unless there is a major storm.

But if a major storm were to occur on a large ship, one wouldn't be in the mood to experience this kind of flavor.

The smaller the boat, the bigger the waves, and the deeper the feeling.

The fully enclosed body of his car is like a submarine; even in the face of rough seas, it's just a bit of fun for Dong Qi, and it won't affect his safety.

When they finally arrived at the third island, it was completely covered by seaweed.

Those survivors who originally lived here and refused to submit to the island nation's rule all perished, except for a few who managed to escape with the help of the awakened ones.

At this point, Dong Qi did not choose to venture deeper into the fourth island, but instead went directly along the coastline of the fourth island to bypass it.

Landing will only be considered after the location of the shore-based nuclear power plant is determined.

Using the same method as before to clean up the nuclear power plant, Dong Qi killed all the mutated marine creatures that had taken up residence in the plant before continuing his looting.

To be honest, for some reason, the nuclear power plant near Daxia has a much larger stockpile of raw materials than the First Island nuclear power plant.

What Dong Qi was unaware of was that, with the advancement of technology, the difficulty of manufacturing nuclear peace messengers was gradually decreasing.

Before the natural disaster, the island nation had already purchased a special detonator from the United States. This device, once a uranium rod is inserted, can be used as a miniature nuclear bomb.

The Third Island is so close to Great Xia that even using rockets could cause damage to Great Xia's mainland.

Therefore, the reason why this nuclear power plant has such a large stockpile of uranium rods beyond its capacity is self-evident.

However, this also benefited Dong Qi, who obtained so many materials for free.

On the way back, Dong Qi hesitated. If he continued to return by the same route, he would inevitably plunder the American bases stationed in South Korea along the way.

But thinking that his car had already met all the conditions for the upgrade, he only needed to find someone to repair the unusable equipment on the car so that it could be upgraded immediately.

Compared to the uncertain gains at the US base, Dong Qi was more eager to upgrade his vehicle as soon as possible.

Therefore, without much thought, Dong Qi directly chose to travel by land and sea.

After all, as long as the car windows are kept closed the whole time, it won't attract attacks from those mutated creatures in the sea.

The entire return journey went very smoothly, without any unfortunate incidents.

The original plan was to land from Shanghai, but even with a compass to adjust the direction, the landing site somehow ended up being far off course.

It wasn't until Dong Qi left the seaweed-covered area and asked other people that he learned where he was.

However, since we're already back in Daxia, all we need to do is reach the research institute and find Peng Qi. He should be able to help introduce us to an Awakened with a repair-type ability.

However, Dong Qi was unaware that during the time he left Great Xia to scavenge for supplies in the island nation, significant changes had occurred in Great Xia.

As seaweed continues to encroach on coastal areas, any intelligent person could predict that the coastal areas would no longer be suitable for ordinary people to live in.

Therefore, under the arrangement of the imperial court, the vast majority of ordinary people began to migrate to inland areas.

Fortunately, the railway authorities brought out the long-lost ancestor of internal combustion engines. With the help of the maintenance-type superpower, the various minor problems of the ancestor of internal combustion engines were quickly cured by some awakened individuals.

With the help of the ancestor of the internal combustion engine, the speed of migration for ordinary people increased significantly.

The imperial court originally intended to temporarily abandon the coastal areas, but who knew that at some point, someone would suddenly discover that regularly consuming those mutated marine creatures could slowly improve the physical fitness of ordinary people.

Because of this discovery, the Great Xia immediately began hunting down those giant mutated marine creatures.

With the death of the giant mutated marine creature, the benefits of consuming mutated marine life were confirmed in the Great Xia Dynasty.

This discovery disrupted the court's original plan for the migration of ordinary people.