Mobile Shelter

Chapter 108 was discovered

Dong Qi had long known that such bloody conflict was inevitable on this trip to the island nation.

Previously, when passing through the borders of South and North Korea, even when encountering foreign survivors, the two sides would only pass by each other and exchange cold glances, never engaging in any direct negotiations, and naturally never encountering such a situation where someone was actively seeking trouble.

But his swift and decisive counterattack showed that Dong Qi felt no pressure and showed no mercy in the face of these uninvited guests.

He was never the type to react to others' moves or strike back later. Whenever he sensed that the other party was about to make a move, he would immediately unleash his strongest attack to swiftly eliminate any threat.

More importantly, Dong Qi knew perfectly well that the group the radar had locked onto could not possibly be a single gang; there must be spies sent by other forces to monitor them, and these people might not have made up their minds to take action against him yet.

Even so, he would not show any mercy.

To prevent future troubles and to be on the safe side, Dong Qi always adhered to the principle of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free," annihilating all those involved, whether they were masterminds or informants.

He was a ruthless man who killed without regard for the consequences. After eliminating all threats, he had no interest in cleaning up the battlefield or looting the spoils. He drove off in his chariot without stopping at all.

It wasn't until Dong Qi had already sailed away from the third island and arrived at the territory of the fourth island that the group of survivors who had sent out spies to monitor him discovered that the people they had sent out had completely lost contact and were nowhere to be found.

By the time they finally found the scene of the battle, a long time had passed. Even with a burning desire for revenge, they couldn't find Dong Qi anywhere and could only swallow their anger.

Compared to the third island, the fourth island's situation is vastly different.

Although the third island was abandoned by the island nation's government, it has the advantage of being vast in area. The seaweed has only spread to the coastal area, and there is still a large safe area in the center of the island where humans can move around, which is still under human control.

However, the fourth island is small and surrounded by the sea. More than 90% of the island's land has been completely covered by wildly growing seaweed, turning it into a paradise for mutated creatures.

Despite the harsh environment, Dong Qi paid no attention to it.

After confirming that the electromagnetic railgun could efficiently clear seaweed from the ground, and given his previous substantial gains in the Third Island Heavy Industrial Park, he, with his considerable wealth, didn't care at all about the energy consumption of firing the railgun.

With blinding blue lights shooting out of the sky and roars echoing across the sea, electromagnetic cannons swept across, instantly blasting and vaporizing the dense seaweed. Dong Qi, controlling his vehicle, carved out straight and unobstructed roads through the boundless sea of ​​grass.

Although firing the electromagnetic cannon would inevitably damage the shipyard's machinery, Dong Qi had only one purpose for this trip—to collect the metal needed to upgrade his vehicle.

Whether the equipment was intact or not was meaningless to him; as long as he had the metal materials, everything else was irrelevant. The entire looting process went relatively smoothly. The only thing that annoyed Dong Qi was the mutated marine creatures lurking in the seaweed.

These monsters would suddenly appear without warning, rushing towards the car like madmen, tearing and ramming at it in turn.

No matter how hard these mutated creatures exerted themselves, they could not leave even the slightest mark on the alloy shell of the vehicle.

However, their repeated harassment slowed down Dong Qi's collection progress and disrupted his rhythm.

Initially, Dong Qi wanted to activate the radar to locate the mutated creatures in the seaweed patch in advance and avoid them.

But once he actually activated the radar, he discovered that this strange seaweed could interfere with all scanning signals. The radar, which had always been invincible, was now completely ineffective and could not detect any trace of the monster hidden in the sea of ​​grass.

However, this minor trouble was nothing to Dong Qi and would not affect his overall plan at all. At most, it would just require a few more electromagnetic cannon shots to clear out the small fry.

While Dong Qi was focused on scavenging metal in the seaweed-covered shipyard, he was completely unaware that the survivors trapped in the narrow crevice of the fourth island had already keenly noticed the unusual activity.

Compared to the other three islands of the island nation, the survivors who remained on the fourth island were extremely unlucky.

The first and second islands are directly controlled by the island nation's government, and a large official survivor base has been built in the central area, with relatively complete supplies and security.

Although the third island was abandoned, it still had a vast safe zone; only the fourth island, due to its small size, now had only a small open space in the center that had not yet been swallowed by seaweed, while the rest of the island was completely covered by seaweed, turning it into a dead end.

On open land, even an ordinary person with a weapon can kill a lone mutated marine creature; but once inside a dense thicket of seaweed, even an Awakened with enhanced physical strength would have no chance of crossing it alone.

No one knew how many bloodthirsty monsters lurked in the sea of ​​grass; venturing in recklessly was tantamount to suicide. Trapped in the central area, the survivors tried every possible way to break out, but all their attempts ended in failure. Their first thought was fire, since seaweed is a plant, and fire should be the best way to subdue it.

To their despair, these mutated seaweeds, when exposed to high temperatures, would spray large amounts of viscous liquid from their leaves. Although the amount of water sprayed by a single plant was limited, the dense seaweeds spraying simultaneously extinguished the raging fire in an instant, and the fire attack plan was directly ruined.

Some suggested using long poles to harvest seaweed remotely. While this method is safe, it is extremely inefficient. It might be okay for gathering wild vegetables, but to think that it could be used to create an escape route is simply wishful thinking.

Moreover, this method can only cut the above-ground stems and leaves, but cannot damage the underground roots and stems. In just one night, the cut seaweed will grow back wildly and return to its original state.

As for forcibly breaching the Grass Sea by force, that's pure fantasy. No one dares to gamble on the number of mutated creatures in the Grass Sea; once surrounded, they would be devoured until nothing remains.

Thus, these survivors, seemingly trapped in a safe zone and not lacking food and drink in the short term, were in reality prisoners in a cage, having completely lost their freedom.

Moreover, the seaweed continues to spread inland, and before long, this last remaining safe zone will be completely swallowed up by the sea of ​​seaweed.

At that time, they will truly be helpless, with no one to turn to for help, and will only be able to sit and wait for their doom.

Because they were in dire straits, the continuous roars and bursts of blue light coming from the direction of the shipyard instantly attracted the attention of all the survivors.

The awakened members of the team immediately used their supernatural abilities to investigate, tracing the source of the movement, and quickly located Dong Qi's strange, destined car.

When the survivor who had been exploring saw the car moving through the seaweed with ease, as if it were nothing, and effortlessly clearing a path, he was instantly moved to tears, as if he had seen the only hope for escape.

Unfortunately, the central area was far from the shipyard. Even if they found Dong Qi's trail, they could not immediately cross the dangerous seaweed thicket to meet him. They could only watch anxiously and secretly devise a countermeasure.