Chapter 14: Doomsday Base Vehicle

"Doomsday Base Vehicle (Upgradable): Length: 10 meters - Width: 5 meters - Height: 5 meters."

"This base vehicle has two forms that can be freely switched between."

"Note: Each form change consumes a large amount of spiritual energy. Please choose deployment locations carefully to avoid wasting energy."

"1: Safe Zone Form - When deployed, the base vehicle transforms into a 100 square meter all-metal mobile fortress. It can withstand light weapons (assault rifles, handguns, melee weapons) and slowly repairs damage by consuming spiritual energy. Once deployed, it automatically absorbs spiritual energy."

"2: Armed Driving Form - When retracted, the base vehicle transforms into a heavy truck. Maximum capacity: 10 people. Top speed: 200 kilometers per hour. Defense is reduced by 50% while driving, and it continuously consumes spiritual energy."

"Doomsday Base Buildings: ??? Not unlocked."

A base vehicle!?

And one that could deploy a safe zone and absorb spiritual energy!

Lin Yi was overjoyed when he came to his senses.

He hadn't expected that recruiting Wen Ya would trigger the team function under the Savior template.

Moreover, the team came with functions similar to a team scroll, including the ability to check loyalty to prevent betrayal.

This was quite impressive.

In his previous life, each team scroll or slave contract was extremely expensive, requiring vast amounts of resources to exchange.

Being able to ensure that one wouldn't be stabbed in the back by their own people was every player's desire.

Although checking loyalty wasn't as strong as the binding effect of items, it was sufficient.

As long as he noticed a decrease in loyalty, Lin Yi could prepare accordingly without worrying about being backstabbed.

This saved him the trouble of having to search for and exchange these rare items in the future.

The reward was undeniably generous.

Lin Yi's heart raced as he looked at the light screen again.

On the screen, a jet-black, high-tech armored heavy truck slowly rotated.

He could faintly see numerous weapon mounting positions, though no weapons were currently installed.

At the bottom of the screen, a three-dimensional image of a factory-like metal module appeared, composed of sealed alloy steel plates that looked extremely secure.

His heart pounded furiously.

Since his rebirth, Lin Yi had rarely experienced such emotional fluctuations.

But upon seeing the Doomsday Base Vehicle, he couldn't help but feel an intense excitement.

In his previous life, about a year after the Doomsday game descended, the world was divided into four major regions and sixteen war zones.

Survivors and players from various countries banded together, living in safe zones controlled by factions of varying sizes.

Safe zones were the foundation of players' survival!

In the Doomsday game, safe zones weren't just areas to defend against zombies.

The safe zone Lin Yi had previously planned to establish was merely a shelter.

He had never imagined he could build a safe zone capable of absorbing spiritual energy so early on.

A true safe zone could enhance the strength of players and awakened ones.

After the Doomsday outbreak, not only did large-scale zombie hordes appear, but the Earth was gradually polluted by a type of energy.

People called it spiritual energy.

Animals and plants would gradually become contaminated under spiritual energy, mutating into various powerful beasts or rare resources.

Players could strengthen their physical bodies by absorbing spiritual energy.

Although this process was extremely slow, it was safe.

If awakened ones were too weak to kill mutated zombies to level up, the best method was to absorb spiritual energy to upgrade and increase their strength before teaming up to kill mutated zombies.

The only way to extract spiritual energy was through safe zones in the Doomsday game, which could extract energy floating in the air.

So without a base vehicle, there was no way to extract the spiritual energy in the air.

Establishing a safe zone capable of extracting spiritual energy required precious special items.

These items were called: Safety Tokens, which could only be obtained through system-issued quests.

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

They couldn't be completed without teams of over ten thousand people or hundreds of awakened ones working together.

In his previous life, many small-scale safe zones were safe zones in name only, actually just branches of medium-sized safe zones.

They had no Safety Tokens and no ability to extract spiritual energy, only some defensive facilities.

The leader to whom Tang Wan was willing to betray Lin Yi and offer herself in his previous life was the head of such a small-scale safe zone.

Players in these safe zones could exchange resources with medium-sized safe zones every so often for the right to train.

Now, just two days after the Doomsday outbreak, Lin Yi only needed to recruit three more team members to obtain the safe zone that all players dreamed of.

This was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise among surprises.

Moreover, what he obtained wasn't an ordinary token for establishing a safe zone.

A base vehicle that could deploy a mobile safe zone was worth several tiers higher than a Safety Token.

Excited, Lin Yi walked with a spring in his step, while Wen Ya behind him could only grit her teeth and struggle to keep up.

"Wait... wait for me..."

The howling cold wind nearly caused Wen Ya to stumble.

Hearing her voice, Lin Yi turned back and realized she had fallen almost a hundred meters behind.

. . . .

Waiting for Wen Ya on the spot, Lin Yi suppressed the joy in his heart and quickly adjusted his state of mind.

Although he wanted to claim the team quest reward now, the priority was to improve his strength and kill the "Stitcher" to save An Jingtian and An Xia.

These two were not only the only people he cared about now, but also people he could trust.

An Jingtian had a background as a scout, with basic attributes stronger than ordinary people.

If he could become an awakened one in the future, he would be a great help.

Although the team quest was simple, Lin Yi didn't plan to recruit people carelessly.

The number of people in the team function was limited, though it seemed it would increase with upgrades.

But as long as they joined the team, there would be strength bonuses, and members couldn't be replaced.

Naturally, he needed to choose carefully.

An Jingtian, An Xia, Wen Ya.

Including himself, there were already four people.

Just one more to go.

Lin Yi's gaze turned thoughtful as he quickly searched his memory for candidates.

Four Emperors and Six Kings.

In his previous life, the China War Zone had 10 supreme powerhouses.

Four fourth-level awakened ones were called Emperors, each leading over 100 million people.

Six third-level awakened ones were called Kings, leading tens of millions.

Linjiang City had one third-level King, whose strength was still very weak at present.

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

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

"What should I call you from now on?"

Wen Ya had been running to keep up, not daring to waste Lin Yi's time.

She stopped in front of Lin Yi, panting, and cautiously asked.

"Lin Yi."

"You can call me whatever you like."

Lin Yi didn't care about titles; he had no particular preferences.

In his previous life, many awakened ones would recruit followers, even slaves.

They would have these followers call them "master."

"Then I'll call you Lin Yi, or team leader."

"Are you about the same age as me?"

"I'm 24, just graduated from university this year."

Hearing this, Lin Yi glanced at Wen Ya. He was also 24 this year, so they were indeed the same age.

"That's fine."

Wen Ya was gradually getting used to Lin Yi's coldness and continued to ask:

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

"Also, you seem... different from us?"

Wen Ya recalled the powerful abilities Lin Yi had displayed and was curious.

"I asked Li Zhiping before, he opened the player template like me."

"My strength is 3, his is 4."

"How much do you have?"

Lin Yi nodded, thought for a moment, and decided not to hide anything.

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

"Mutants can provide me with mental power, which you can understand as enhancing my strength."

"People like you are extremely rare, and once someone discovers you're an awakened one, you'll be fought over by others."

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

"Second, I'm an awakened one. Unlike ordinary players, I have another set of panels in addition to the player template. My strength is about..."

"5 times yours!"

Wen Ya's heart trembled.

5 times?

Isn't that like a superman?

"Third, my strength is 12 points."

"Um, it's actually..."

Lin Yi momentarily forgot that his attributes had been increased by 20% in the team function.

"14!?"

Wen Ya exclaimed in surprise, her eyes widening into ovals, unable to help but feel amazed.

14 points of strength.

No wonder Lin Yi could shatter a zombie's skull with one punch.

Lin Yi didn't pay attention to Wen Ya's surprise.

If Wen Ya knew that after exceeding the 10-point attribute limit, each point of strength increase equaled a 30% boost, she would probably be even more shocked.

If he encountered the Licker from before now, as long as he activated his strength burst, Lin Yi was absolutely confident he could kill it without needing to dodge and weave.

If he drank the potion as well...

He could even face it head-on.

"Your attributes should have increased too. This is one of the benefits of joining my team. You can check for yourself later."

Hearing this, Wen Ya hurriedly opened her player panel, her face full of joy.

When she saw an item in her panel that read (Savior Squad Member), her eyes suddenly froze.

Savior?

Wen Ya was puzzled. This title seemed to have a special meaning no matter how she looked at it.

However, since Lin Yi didn't actively explain, she didn't dare to ask casually.

Lin Yi's already strange image was now covered with another layer of mystery in her eyes.

Did she perhaps encounter an extraordinary being?

"Get on."

Lin Yi spoke indifferently without turning his head.

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

Lin Yi turned and straddled the motorcycle.

Wen Ya looked at Lin Yi's back, her gaze flickering as she sat on the back seat.

"Vroom!"

The motorcycle roared to life, the body shaking.

Amidst Wen Ya's startled cry, the motorcycle sped off.

The biting cold wind at high speed forced her to hold onto Lin Yi's waist.

Warm, secure.

Having not rested for a day and a night, her mind had been under high tension for a long time.

Holding onto Lin Yi, Wen Ya inexplicably felt a sense of peace.

The motorcycle drew a black line on the highway like a dark phantom.

A moment later.

Fatigue washed over her, and she could no longer stay awake, falling into a deep sleep.

Her hands unconsciously tightened their grip slightly.

Lin Yi noticed Wen Ya had fallen asleep and slightly reduced the speed.

. . . .

In the distance, at the end of the highway leading into the city.

Tens of thousands of zombies gathered, densely packed.

Over a thousand cars were wrecked together, with corpses and debris strewn everywhere.

At the center of the highway, atop a small mountain built from corpse remains, sat a boy.

He fidgeted impatiently with a severed arm in his hand, as if searching for something.

Finding nothing, he casually tossed the arm away, then began rummaging through the pile of corpses beneath him again.

"Not."

"This."

"One."

The childish voice stuttered.

Not far away, the gathered zombies surrounded the corpse mountain but dared not approach.

A circle of empty space.

As if the seemingly harmless little boy atop the corpse mountain instilled a strong fear in them.

"Clang."

A zombie at the edge of the horde stumbled into that circle of empty space, pushed by its companions.

It lost balance and fell, making noise with a scattered piece of metal.

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

"Roar!"

An invisible shockwave spewed from his mouth, instantly shattering that zombie.

The horde panicked.

The mindless zombies, under the boy's intimidation, displayed an eerie emotion.

If Lin Yi were here, he would surely realize.

This was the instinctive intimidation of zombies facing a mutated being above level three!

"Not."

"This."

"One!"

Anger and frenzy materialized into shockwaves that swept across the area.

In an instant, the surrounding zombie horde, along with the wrecked cars, was reduced to ashes.

The boy finally gave up his search and stood up straight.

On his small body, a black fragment was embedded in his chest.

Without wind, there was movement.

He slowly floated in midair, like a puppet walking through the void, pulled by invisible strings.

The boy's head stiffly looked around.

A moment later, he changed direction.

The remaining zombie horde at his feet also followed his direction.

The horde moved en masse.

Their target: the center of Linjiang City!