Mobile Shelter

Chapter 16 The Pinnacle of Mortal Weapons

Because of the power outage, Dong Qi didn't know whether the appliances he had turned off in advance would still be usable after the power was restored.

Fortunately, the frozen food stored in the freezer in the basement of the house only softened slightly and was not completely thawed, so it did not spoil.

The reason I checked the ordinary appliances in my home first is not because I don't care about my personal belongings.

Instead, on the way back, the closer one gets to their house, the stronger the connection becomes with their natal item. Before even arriving home, they are already completely certain that their natal item is intact after the impact of the EMP.

While most of the officials were still hiding in the underground space, Dong Qi went directly to several parking lots in the city.

In terms of vehicle density, the suburbs are far less dense than the city center.

Although Pengcheng is only a third-tier city, it has a considerable number of cars, and traffic jams are common in the city center.

Although most people made preparations before entering the underground space, due to time constraints, most vehicles still could not be properly secured.

At this time, apart from the main roads in Pengcheng which remained open, the sides of other smaller roads were basically filled with various vehicles.

Dong Qi ignored the vehicles parked on both sides of the road and went directly to various parking lots.

After a busy day, Dong Qi's natal item underwent intermediate enhancement and directly reached the level of advanced enhancement perfection.

At this stage, even if Dong Qi's natal artifact directly devours a large number of ordinary vehicles, the resulting improvement will be negligible.

At this point, the most important thing is to fundamentally improve your own destiny.

Specific improvement methods have already come to mind, and there's more than one.

The way to improve one's superpowers is very simple: quantitative change leads to qualitative change, although the enhancement gained from consuming ordinary vehicles is negligible at this point.

However, as long as enough vehicles are consumed, a qualitative change can still occur, but it requires massive resources.

Alternatively, one could use the Treasure Forging Technique to devour a magical artifact or a rare and precious material, gradually improving one's abilities in a holistic way.

Whether he advances through awakening his special abilities or through the Treasure Forging Technique, the result is the same for Dong Qi. Therefore, choosing any method to upgrade will not have any impact on him.

Therefore, the two upgrade methods are not a choice between two options; both methods can be pursued simultaneously.

However, in reality, although the upgrade requires consuming a large number of vehicles, there is still hope for the future.

Compared to magical artifacts and rare treasures that are hard to find, cars, which are readily available everywhere, require a huge quantity, but with patience, one can eventually gather enough for the upgrade.

My specialty: light passenger vehicle.

Rank: Mortal Artifact

Body frame: Advanced reinforcement (100%)

Powertrain: Advanced Enhancement (100%) (Hybrid)

Electrical Equipment: Advanced Enhancement (100%)

Other equipment: Unenhanced (0%)

Manifestation of ideas

Number of occurrences: 1

Unknown special energy value: 60.1

(Each manifestation consumes a minimum of 100 energy points, with no maximum limit.)

Originally, I wanted to rely on the ability to materialize thoughts to see if I could find other ways to obtain magical artifacts, but at this time, although the energy value was already more than half, it was still some distance from the minimum consumption required for each use.

At this point, the energy value of 60 points allowed Dong Qi to temporarily understand the energy absorption pattern.

Your natal item has completed its first enhancement, granting you ten energy points.

Your natal item has been upgraded to intermediate level, granting you 20 energy points.

Your natal item has been upgraded to a high level, granting you 30 energy points.

According to the normal pattern, as long as Dong Qi's natal item is successfully upgraded to a magic weapon, Dong Qi will gain at least forty energy points.

It's a pity that the ability to materialize thoughts cannot be borrowed or used; otherwise, I would like to follow the example of the two sages of the prehistoric world and make a grand vow to borrow or use thoughts.

In any case, the priority is to raise the level. As for the extra interest required for the loan, that doesn't really matter.

At this moment, Dong Qi was sitting in his car, thinking about which parking lot to go to next, when he suddenly saw several people appearing not far ahead.

Now, only Dong Qi's life-bound possession remains in the entire parking lot, while all the other vehicles have long been devoured. Therefore, Dong Qi, the only survivor, becomes very conspicuous.

Those people clearly hadn't expected that there would only be one car left in the entire parking lot before they arrived.

So at this moment, someone said with some dissatisfaction, "I told you that there are so many cars parked on the side of the road, we could just pick any one and move it, but the third brother insisted on coming to this parking lot."

Now look what's happened! There's only one car in the entire parking lot, and there's someone inside! What are we going to do now?

Hearing his companion's complaints, the third brother was not angry at all. Instead, he said with great pleasure, "Are you stupid? That sounds nice. You can just grab any car on the roadside."

We've already tried it before. Although we can easily open the doors of those cars parked on the side of the road, we can't start those cars at all.

Even though there's only one car in the parking lot right now, look at the person sitting in it, and look at where it's parked. It's obvious that the car can still drive normally.

Compared to those useless junk cars, we've found a great car here.

What's more, and most importantly, this vehicle is an Iveco, so not only can all of us sit inside, but we can also take all this stuff we just got our hands on with us.

After saying that, the third brother patted the large bag he was carrying.

Upon hearing what the third brother said, the others immediately realized what he meant.

Then, the group of people simultaneously loosened the bags they were carrying and walked towards Dong Qi in a seemingly slow but actually quick manner.

Although Dong Qi was sitting in the car, which was roughly in the middle of the parking lot, the other people were at the entrance and exit of the parking lot.

However, the three enhancements to his natal item also resulted in three additional boosts to Dong Qi's physical attributes.

Furthermore, the group hadn't deliberately lowered their voices during their conversation, so Dong Qi had heard their entire exchange clearly.

Seeing the group approaching, he immediately realized that they had come with ill intentions.

As the group prepared to approach, they seemingly casually dropped the packages they were carrying, leading Dong Qi to guess their purpose in getting closer.

With the idea that it's better to strike first than to be caught off guard, he activated his personal artifact before the others could disperse.

Having undergone three enhancements, this natal item can now instantly increase the vehicle's speed to its maximum.

Furthermore, having reached the pinnacle of mortal artifacts, its defensive capabilities and impact force during travel far exceed the imagination of ordinary people.

Those who were rapidly approaching did not expect Dong Qi to react so quickly and decisively.

Their intention in approaching was to kill and seize the car, but they never expected that Dong Qi would have the same idea as them.