Mobile Shelter

Chapter 70: Facing a Choice Again

Seeing the dark green liquid staining the sea surface, Dong Qi knew without anyone reminding him that the battle below the surface must have been extremely fierce.

After all, even when facing those mutated marine creatures that climbed onto the deck, the garrison had already abandoned melee combat and directly used firearms to quickly eliminate them.

When Dong Qi subconsciously opened the data panel in his mind, he noticed that the progress of collecting unknown energy had reached more than 700.

Previously, Dong Qi could only gain a fraction of a point in progress for each mutated marine creature he killed. This sudden increase of over one hundred energy points means that he needs to kill a considerable number of mutated marine creatures. If Dong Qi were to rely solely on himself, it would take an unknown amount of effort.

Dong Qi's greatest wish is to be able to acquire energy points easily without having to do anything, simply by carrying the device.

However, through this method of energy collection, Dong Qi attempted to define this energy value as soul energy, since he would gain something regardless of whether an awakened being died or a mutated creature died.

However, the name on the data panel in my mind did not update. It should be noted that the data panel that appeared in my mind was not an external system as in traditional novels.

Instead, it's a customized layout built in Dong Qi's mind based on his own understanding. So although there are data-driven displays on it, the actual content displayed is all within Dong Qi's understanding.

Since the name on the data panel has not changed, this means that in Dong Qi's subconscious, although the unknown energy is related to the death of living beings, it should not be the soul energy that dissipates when a living being dies.

At this moment, Dong Qi suddenly remembered the first time he killed an enemy. Of the people he killed, only one was an Awakened One, and the others were ordinary people.

When I opened the data panel afterward, although I obtained energy points, it was only from killing the Awakened ones, while the ordinary people who died did not provide any energy.

Therefore, the location energy value should be unrelated to the soul that dissipates after death. After all, vehicles can also gain energy value with each upgrade, and this energy value is completely unrelated to death.

Just as Dong Qi was pondering what exactly energy value was, the missile launch ports on the deck suddenly opened, and dozens of missiles were launched rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, they plunged directly into the sea surface where the giant tentacle had appeared.

As missiles continued to explode in the sea, the distant seawater gradually turned dark green.

Dong Qi subconsciously opened the data panel again and saw that the energy value had increased by nearly 100 points.

It seems that the energy Dong Qi gained after the death of the giant mutated marine creature was much higher than the energy gained after the death of an awakened person.

However, it might just be because the awakened one who died had only just awakened his abilities, so the amount of energy dissipated after his death was so small.

However, Dong Qi is not a researcher, so he will not delve into the specific details.

After this experience, Dong Qi no longer felt disgusted by the frequent attacks from those mutated marine creatures; instead, he was quite delighted.

He hopes that after this escort mission ends, he can accumulate at least 1,000 energy points so that he can use his ability to materialize thoughts to obtain a basic magic weapon. After integrating it into his natal vehicle, he can upgrade it again.

Up until now, Dong Qi still hasn't figured out what type of magic weapon he needs to fuse for his next advancement.

According to the original plan, Dong Qi was prepared to choose a space-related magic weapon when he was promoted, so as to expand the interior space of his vehicle.

To be honest, even now, Dong Qi has no regrets about choosing this vehicle as the natal item for the Treasure Forging Technique.

Although the initial space inside the car is not large, it is barely enough in case of an accident.

If the goals of binding the Treasure Forging Technique and upgrading superpowers had been separated from the original goals, and one had chosen their own villa as the target for the superpower's effects.

Although you gain an extremely spacious interior, it will be very troublesome to go out and obtain upgrade materials later, even though the cement, sand and gravel needed for building upgrades may not be scarce.

But this was only during peacetime. In this special period, putting aside the transportation issues, where would Dong Qi get so much money to buy upgrade materials?

The reason why Dong Qi's car was able to upgrade so quickly was not because of the materials obtained from free purchases.

Not to mention that Dong Qi's zero-yuan purchase campaign dealt a heavy blow to Pengcheng Heavy Industry.

Not to mention the materials needed for the next upgrade, Pengcheng, a non-heavy-industry third-tier city, can meet those needs.

As for choosing weapons, armor, or even accessories as one's natal items, as in the world of cultivation, not only are they inconvenient to carry, but they are also not very useful before they are upgraded to magic treasures.

Needless to say, weapons are a different story. Choosing firearms requires equipping them with bullets, while the practicality of choosing melee weapons is not as good as that of ordinary firearms.

Armor is an even more impractical choice. Concealed armor cannot protect all vital organs (such as the head), while full-body armor is somewhat conspicuous when worn in public.

As for accessories, there's not much to say. They might become very powerful signature items later on, but in the early stages, it's really difficult to get through the initial period.

Not to mention that most accessories would require various gems as upgrade materials to upgrade. Although the amount consumed during the upgrade may not be large, the purchase price alone would far exceed that of other raw materials.

Therefore, at this time, for Dong Qi, who was originally an ordinary person, choosing a vehicle as his destiny item may not be the best choice, but it was the most suitable choice for him at that time.

Subsequent experiences proved that Dong Qi had not made the wrong choice. In just two or three months, including a period of special natural disasters, Dong Qi's natal car still improved to its current level.

Although his upgrade progress is currently stalled by acquiring magical artifacts, Dong Qi is still very satisfied with the upgrade speed of his previous natal chariot.

Having found a way to acquire energy, and predicting that after this mission ends, he will likely have enough energy to use the manifestation of thought.

Therefore, Dong Qi should now consider the specific categories of the magical artifacts he will manifest next.

Now that he had found a way to expand the interior space, Dong Qi temporarily abandoned his previous idea of ​​incorporating storage magic items.

The current focus is on enhancing the all-terrain capability of vehicles by integrating flying artifacts (such as flying boats) to give them true flight and navigation abilities.

As before, choose a magical artifact with special functions (such as the Hundred Refinement Furnace) and endow it with a special ability.

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Subsequent route selection

1. Improve the all-terrain capability of your main vehicle.

2. Add special functional items to your vehicle.

Please comment on either of these options. If there are any suitable items, I will add them to the artwork later.

The deadline is no later than March 10th, and the specific development plan needs to be finalized within the next two days.

Of course, the outline has already been determined, and both options will appear later regardless of which one is chosen, so now it's just a matter of determining the order in which they appear.