Doomsday Base Vehicle

Doomsday Base Vehicle (Upgradeable): Length: 10 meters - Width: 5 meters - Height: 5 meters.. \nCOM

This base vehicle has two forms and can switch freely between them.

Note: A large amount of spiritual energy will be consumed after every form switch. Please choose the deployment location carefully to avoid wasting spiritual energy.

1: Safe Zone Form. Once deployed, the base vehicle can transform into a 100-square-meter all-metal mobile fortress. It can withstand light weapons (assault rifles, pistols, slashing attacks from cold weapons). After sustaining damage, it slowly repairs itself by consuming spiritual energy. Once the Safe Zone is deployed, it can automatically absorb spiritual energy.

2: Armed Driving Form. Once retracted, the base vehicle can transform into a heavy truck for travel. Maximum passenger capacity: 10. Maximum speed: 200 kilometers per hour. Defense is reduced by 50% while driving, and spiritual energy is continuously consumed.

Doomsday Base Building: ??? Not unlocked.

A base vehicle!?

And one that could deploy a Safe Zone and absorb spiritual energy!

Once Lin An came back to his senses, his heart surged with wild joy.

He had never expected that recruiting Wen Ya would trigger the Team Function under the Savior Template.

And the team even came with functions similar to a Party Scroll, allowing him to check Loyalty and prevent teammates from betraying him.

That was quite good.

In his Previous Life, every Party Scroll or Slave Contract had been sold at an astronomical price and required massive amounts of supplies to exchange for.

An item that ensured you would not get stabbed in the back by your own people was something every Player dreamed of.

Although checking Loyalty was not as binding as those items, it was more than enough.

As long as he noticed a drop in Loyalty, Lin An could prepare accordingly and would not have to worry about getting stabbed in the back.

This saved him the trouble of searching for and exchanging for those rare items in the future.

He had to admit, this reward was simply too generous.

Lin An's heart burned as he looked toward the light screen again.

Within it, a jet-black armed heavy truck brimming with futuristic technology slowly rotated.

There were faintly visible weapon mounting points all over it, though no weapons had been installed.

At the bottom of the light screen was a three-dimensional image of a metal module resembling a factory building, pieced together from sealed alloy steel plates and giving off an immense sense of security.

His heart pounded wildly.

After being reborn, Lin An had rarely experienced such emotional fluctuations.

Yet at the sight of the Doomsday Base Vehicle, he could not help but feel unbearably eager.

About a year after the Doomsday Game descended in his Previous Life,

the entire world had been divided into the Four Major Regions and Sixteen War Zones.

Survivor Players from every country banded together and lived in Safe Zones controlled by forces large and small.

And Safe Zones were the foundation upon which Players survived!

A Safe Zone in the Doomsday Game was not merely an area that defended against Zombies.

The Safe Zone Lin An had wanted to establish earlier had only been a place to stay.

He had never imagined that he could establish a Safe Zone capable of absorbing spiritual energy at such an early stage.

A true Safe Zone could strengthen the power of Players and Awakeners.

After the apocalypse broke out, not only did large numbers of Zombies appear,

but Earth was gradually contaminated by a kind of energy.

People called it spiritual energy.

Animals and plants would gradually become corrupted by spiritual energy, mutating into all kinds of powerful Demon Beasts or rare natural treasures.

Players, meanwhile, could gradually strengthen their bodies by absorbing spiritual energy.

Though the process was extremely slow, it was safe.

If an Awakener was too weak to kill mutated Zombies and level up,

then the best method was to absorb spiritual energy, increase their strength, and then form a team to kill mutated Zombies.

And the only way to extract spiritual energy was through the Safe Zones in the Doomsday Game, which drew free-floating energy from the air.

Therefore, without a base vehicle, there was no way to extract the spiritual energy drifting through the air.

And establishing a Safe Zone capable of extracting spiritual energy required a rare special item.

This item was called a Safety Token and could only be obtained through missions issued by the System.

These missions were often extremely difficult, time-consuming, and labor-intensive.

They could not be completed without a team of over ten thousand people or the cooperation of hundreds of Awakeners.

Thus, many Small Safe Zones in his Previous Life were Safe Zones in name only; in reality, they were merely branches of Medium Safe Zones.

They had no Safety Tokens and no ability to extract spiritual energy. They had simply built some defensive facilities.

The man Tang Wan had been willing to betray him and offer herself to before his rebirth had been the leader of one such Small Safe Zone.

And the Players in these Safe Zones could only earn the right to cultivate by periodically handing supplies over to Medium Safe Zones.

It was only the second day since the apocalypse began. As long as Lin An recruited three more teammates, he would obtain the Safe Zone that all Players dreamed of.

This was undoubtedly a surprise beyond all surprises.

And what he had obtained was not an ordinary token for establishing a Safe Zone.

A base vehicle capable of moving and deploying a Safe Zone was worth several grades more than a Safety Token.

Lin An's steps became light with delight, while Wen Ya behind him could only grit her teeth and barely keep up.

"W-Wait for me..."

The cold wind howled, and Wen Ya was nearly knocked over by the icy gusts.

Hearing her voice, Lin An turned around and realized that he had pulled nearly a hundred meters ahead of her.

As he waited for Wen Ya where he stood, Lin An suppressed the joy in his heart and quickly adjusted his state.

Although he wanted to claim the reward for the Team Mission immediately, his priority was still to increase his strength, kill the Stitcher, and save An JingTian and An Xia.

Not only were those two the only people he cared about now, they were also people worthy of trust.

An JingTian had been a Scout, and his basic attributes were much stronger than those of an ordinary person.

If he could become an Awakener in the future, he would become a great help to Lin An.

Although the Team Mission was simple, Lin An had no intention of casually recruiting people.

The Team Function Panel had a limit on its number of members. Though that limit seemed likely to increase after upgrades,

joining the team granted attribute bonuses, and members could not be replaced.

Naturally, he had to choose carefully.

An JingTian, An Xia, Wen Ya.

Including himself, there were already four people.

One more to go.

Lin An's gaze turned thoughtful as he rapidly searched through his memories for a candidate.

Four Emperors Six Kings.

There had been ten peerless powerhouses in the China War Zone during his Previous Life.

The four Fourth Order Awakeners were known as Emperors, each ruling over hundreds of millions of people.

The six Third Order Awakeners were known as Kings, each ruling over tens of millions.

And Lin Jiang City had one Third Order King whose strength was still quite weak at the moment.

If Lin An could recruit him while he was still weak, it would be a great help when establishing his own force in the future.

"Um... I still don't know your name."

"What should I call you from now on?"

Wen Ya ran the entire way, not daring to delay Lin An's time.

She stopped in front of Lin An, panting heavily as she carefully asked.

"Lin An."

"Call me whatever you want."

Lin An did not care about forms of address, nor did he have any perverse tastes.

In his Previous Life, many Awakeners recruited subordinates, even slaves.

They would make their followers call them Master.

"Then I'll call you Lin An, or Captain."

"You should be the same age as me, right?"

"I'm twenty-four. I just graduated from college this year."

Hearing that, Lin An glanced at Wen Ya. He was also twenty-four this year, so they really were the same age.

"Fine."

Wen Ya was gradually getting used to Lin An's coldness and continued asking,

"You still haven't told me why you wanted me to join."

"And you seem... different from the rest of us?"

Recalling the immense strength Lin An had displayed, Wen Ya grew curious.

"I asked Li Zhiping before. He activated the Player Template just like I did."

"My Strength is 3, and his is 4."

"How much do you have?"

Lin An nodded. After thinking for a moment, he decided not to hide anything.

"First, I asked you to join because you're a Mutant."

"Mutants can provide me with Mental Strength. You can think of it as something that increases my strength."

"People like you are extremely rare. Once someone discovers you're an Awakener, others will fight to claim you."

"So don't reveal that you're a Mutant in front of outsiders."

"Second, I'm an Awakener. Unlike ordinary Players, I have another panel in addition to the Player Template. My strength is roughly..."

"Five times yours!"

Wen Ya's heart jolted.

Five times?

Wasn't that basically a superhuman?

"Third, my Strength is 12 points."

"Mm, 14.4."

Lin An had briefly forgotten that his overall attributes had been increased by 20% through the Team Function.

"Fourteen!?"

Wen Ya cried out, her eyes widening into ovals as she clicked her tongue in disbelief.

Fourteen points of Strength.

No wonder Lin An could blow apart a Zombie's skull with a single punch.

Lin An paid no attention to Wen Ya's shock.

If Wen Ya knew that after surpassing the Limit Attribute of 10 points, every additional point of Strength equaled a 30% increase, she would be even more stunned.

If he encountered the Licker from before again, as long as he activated Strength Burst,

he was absolutely confident that he could kill it without having to circle around and wear it down.

And if he drank another Potion...

he could even face it head-on.

"Your attributes should have received bonuses too. That's one of the benefits of joining my team. You can check for yourself later."

Upon hearing this, Wen Ya hurriedly opened her Player panel, her face full of delight.

When she saw the line on her panel reading (Savior Squad Member), her gaze suddenly froze.

Savior?

Wen Ya was confused. No matter how she thought about it, that title seemed to carry some special meaning.

But since Lin An did not explain it on his own, she did not dare to ask casually.

Lin An's already strange image became even more shrouded in mystery in her eyes.

Had she encountered someone extraordinary?

"Get on."

Without looking back, Lin An spoke calmly.

Wen Ya came back to her senses and obediently followed behind him.

Lin An turned and swung himself onto the motorcycle.

Wen Ya looked at Lin An's back, her eyes flickering as she climbed onto the rear seat.

"Vroom!"

The motorcycle roared, and its body jolted.

Amid Wen Ya's cry, the motorcycle shot forward.

With the bike speeding along, the biting wind forced her to wrap her arms around Lin An's waist.

Warm. Reassuring.

She had gone an entire day and night without rest, her mind tense for far too long.

After wrapping her arms around Lin An, Wen Ya inexplicably felt a sense of peace.

Like a black phantom, the motorcycle carved a black line across the highway.

A moment later.

Exhaustion washed over her, and she could no longer hold on as she fell into a deep sleep.

Yet her hands unconsciously tightened around him.

Lin An noticed that Wen Ya had fallen asleep and slowed down slightly.

At the far end of the road leading into the city.

Tens of thousands of Zombies gathered in a dense mass.

Over a thousand cars had collided and piled together, with shattered corpses and wreckage scattered everywhere.

In the middle of the highway, a boy crouched atop a small mountain built from corpses and remains.

He irritably toyed with the severed arm in his hand, as though searching for something.

Finding nothing, he casually flung the arm away and began rummaging through the corpse pile beneath him again.

"No."

"Not."

"This."

"One."

His childish voice was halting and broken.

Not far away, the gathered Zombies surrounded the corpse mountain but did not dare approach.

A ring of empty space.

It was as if the harmless-looking little boy atop the corpse mountain filled them with intense fear.

Clang.

A Zombie at the edge of the Zombie Crowd was shoved into that empty ring by its companions.

It lost its balance and fell to the ground, striking a loose sheet of metal.

The boy abruptly raised his head, his eyes blood-red.

Roar!

An invisible shockwave burst from his mouth, instantly blasting that Zombie to pieces.

The Zombie Crowd fell into chaos.

Mindless Zombies actually displayed a bizarre emotion under the boy's intimidation.

If Lin An had been here, he would have immediately realized.

This was the instinctive intimidation that Mutants above the Third Order exerted over Zombies within a Zombie Crowd!

"Still."

"Not."

"It!"

Anger and madness became tangible, sweeping outward like a shockwave.

In an instant, the surrounding Zombie Crowd and the wrecked cars were reduced to ash.

The boy finally gave up searching and stood upright.

A black fragment was embedded in his chest, piercing his small body.

It rippled without wind.

He slowly floated into the air, moving through the void like a puppet pulled by strings.

The boy stiffly turned his head and looked around.

A moment later, he changed direction.

The remaining Zombie Crowd beneath his feet followed in the same direction.

The Zombie Crowd surged onward in a vast tide.

Their destination: the center of Lin Jiang City!