As far as Lin Xian could see, most of the vehicles did have some color smeared over them, though he could not tell whether it was paint or blood.
Human civilization was like that. After order collapsed, new forms of order could spring up spontaneously.
In the darkness, these fragile pockets of order were like faint flames, quickly drawing in groups left adrift in the apocalypse.
Anyone hoping to plunder others in an unknown environment also had to be prepared to be plundered themselves. The Oasis convoy they had encountered earlier, which had prepared to block the road and rob people as soon as it left the city, had immediately branded the entire convoy as thugs. People like that were destroyers of this new order.
"With so many of you gathered together, don't you have to worry about those monsters?"
Lin Xian asked tentatively.
"Oh, you mean the Spirit Purge Value Detector. That thing is a real hassle. It needs the power of red beans, and they're consumable, too. The Federal Phoenix Society previously released instructions for making a simple Harmonic Detection Device. They mentioned that it could scan an area to improve survivors' chances of staying alive. Some survivors who knew their way around mechanical components managed to make a few. Our Chasing Wind Team has one. It cost us quite a bit."
At those words, Kiki suddenly turned her wide eyes toward Lin Xian beside her and nudged him with her elbow.
"Hey, hey~"
Something stirred in Lin Xian's mind, and he glanced back at Kiki. Of course he understood the look she was giving him.
Mechanical Manufacturing?
Wasn't that his specialty? Why bother making one by hand? As long as he had the materials and blueprints, he could even bring its precision up to industrial standards!
"So