Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
Violent flashes of light were emitted while Jiang Liushi’s minibus was undergoing its transformation.
20%…40%…60%…
Three hours later…
A thunder-like sound came from the ground and a strange futuristic vehicle, or more precisely a war fortress, appeared. Its silver-gray shell emanated a metallic luster. The tires at the bottom could be retracted, turning it into a ship. The new model could actually traverse land and sea!
The second and third form had merged with the main body, creating a large vehicle that weighed 200 tons. It was simply massive!
‘The Combined Base Car Model has been successfully created. Does the host want a presentation of its abilities?’ transmitted Starseed.
Jiang Liushi raised his head, trying to calm down, and answered, ‘Yes.’
‘Combined Base Car Model: mobile base car, Level: Battle City
Space configuration: bedroom…’
When Starseed mentioned bedroom, Jiang Liushi immediately magnified the interior scene of his MCV. As the angle of view changed, Jiang Liushi noticed that the MCV had three floors. On the first floor were the living room and kitchen. On the second floor were two gorgeous and spacious bedrooms. And on the third floor was the war room.
The war room was the upgraded version of the gunner room. The war room had four sides, in which circular cubicles that could open, rotate and provide support were located. In each cubicle, guns and ammo could be stored for the gunner or combatant, and there was even a place to place the gun make the shots steadier and more accurate. Some places in the war room were empty.
Starseed transmitted to Jiang Liushi that the empty spaces were upgradable and new functions had appeared after the MCV’s upgrade. In addition, there was a new room, the main control room. Inside the main control room, only one seat could be seen. It was equivalent to the position of the captain on a spacecraft.
Jiang Liushi could not only clearly see the interior and exterior of the mobile base car, but also all the conditions before and after. Moreover, under the command of Jiang Liushi, the main control room could also directly open all kinds of laboratories, including the biological, energy extraction, and plant breeding research laboratories. These lit laboratories indicated that they were functioning.
However, there were several gray rooms, and only on one of them, a name could be seen – Military Factory System. Gray represented that the laboratory had not yet been constructed, but if the name was visible, it meant the construction conditions had been met. It was equivalent to obtaining a building permit.
Jiang Liushi recovered and found himself sitting in the main control room. ‘Woo! This MCV is a complete fortress! Great! Life, battle, and research all can be achieved here!’
Jiang Liushi had thought about it more than once that in the future his MCV could reach the size of a large safety zone, which he could drive wherever he wanted in this post-apocalyptic world. In the future, except for land and water, it could even be possible to traverse the sky. The world was extremely large, and nothing could stand in their way. As long as the MCV belonged to them, the world would belong to them.
A part of Jiang Liushi’s dream had already been realized. The MCV had already opened the way to creating a large security base.
‘Show me the weapons,’ said Jiang Liushi. The muzzle of the air cannon and the fuel-type flamethrowers were all hidden under the outer casing of his MCV.
‘Optional Weapons Upgrade: Air cannon and Fuel-Type Flamethrower…’
‘Optional Equipment Upgrade: Storage Space and Collision Ram…’
‘Optional Weapons: Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb and Laser Gun…’
Jiang Liushi could add another air cannon and fuel-type flamethrowers on the other three sides of the mobile base car. But what piqued Jiang Liushi’s interest was the electromagnetic pulse bomb.
When a nuclear bomb exploded, an electromagnetic pulse was generated. Nuclear weapons were by far the most powerful weapons created by mankind. At the moment of a nuclear bomb’s explosion, huge energy would be released.
The electromagnetic pulse would spread instantaneously in all directions. The electromagnetic pulse could be applied to electronic systems, electronic equipment, and communication systems to generate high instantaneous voltage and current, which would burn and interfere with those devices. If the electromagnetic pulse was strong enough, it could even cause large-scale damage directly in the ionosphere of the atmosphere, and solar flares could achieve similar effects.
In 1963, America had conducted an aerial nuclear explosion experiment 400 kilometers above an island in the Pacific Ocean. As a result, hundreds of alarms in Hawaii thousands of kilometers away from the island were all out of order, and the lighting transformer was burnt down. Interrupted, the electronic communication system had failed, the street lights on the island had gone out, and the alarm had sounded…Even Australia, 5,000 kilometers away, had been affected.
Jiang Liushi knew that the electromagnetic pulse bomb was also known as the second atomic bomb! Now that it was possible to add an electromagnetic pulse bomb to his MCV, Jiang Liushi could not even imagine how destructive it would be.
As for the laser gun, it was a superconducting energy storage device used to store super-strength current, converting it in a high-intensity laser beam. The huge energy carried by the directional emission laser beam was terrible!
‘If I can equip my MCV with all these weapons, then it will become an impregnable mobile war fortress,’ thought Jiang Liushi in excitement.
The newly-formed MCV’s level was rated as a Battle City, but the mobile base car was not complete. Only after constructing all the labs and activating all the projects could it reach the level of a Battle City.
Next, Starseed gave transmitted more details. ‘The whole process has been completed. The host can name the MCV. Are you ready?’
Upon hearing that, Jiang Liushi was stunned as he didn’t expect that it was possible to name it.
‘Shi Ying,’ said Jiang Liushi.
Suddenly, on the MCV’s front, two words appeared. They were written with a powerful brushwork-style and heavy ink, shining on the silver-gray body. It was very smooth and conspicuous. And it didn’t seem to be sprayed with paint, but it was integrated with the body as if it should be there.
‘Optional Item: Turn on the camouflage mode of the mobile base car.’
“Really?” Jiang Liushi felt it was amazing. The current mobile base car was indeed too eye-catching. ‘ The minibus’ form should not work. Then, on the minibus, it should be disguised to something as close to its height and size,’ t hought Jiang Liushi.
Naturally, the shape of the vehicle used for camouflage also needed to be scanned. Jiang Liushi launched his MCV. As soon as he stepped on the gas pedal, Jiang Liushi was filled with excitement. It was the first time for his new MCV to be driven. When he launched it, Jiang Liushi felt like he had launched a monster. The roaring engine sound was just like a monster’s roar. The 200 tons monster rushed out immediately, its tires crushing the ground.
The new MCV ran on the road, crushing the cars in its path. The new MCV was like a wild rhinoceros. The zombies in the area were shocked when they saw gargantuan metallic monster rushing their way.
They were too small before the MCV. It easily squashed all of them like flies. Jiang Liushi was quite excited with it, and the fear brought by the mysterious group lessened considerably.
…
‘Wagons, scan: failure. Freezer truck, scan: failure…scan: failure…’
The mobile base car traveled all the way, automatically scanning countless vehicles, and the outcome was the same.
‘City tour bus, scan: successful.’
“Uh?” Jiang Liushi revealed a trace of surprise and hurriedly looked around.
His gaze immediately locked a blue vehicle parked on the road. It was a large double-decker bus!
‘It’s like an enlarged version of the original minibus,’ thought Jiang Liushi.
Of course, it was still different and seemed a bit weird. But compared to the original shape of the new MCV, the tour bus was pretty good. Moreover, the tour bus was similar to the minibus, and Jiang Liushi was satisfied with it. After all, the minibus had accompanied him for a long time. As a result, Jiang Liushi would like to commemorate it.
“That’s the best choice.” Jiang Liushi decided happily.
Starseed got the order and immediately began to scan. Soon, a double-decker bus replaced the new MCV. At the same time, Jiang Liushi decided on painting it gray. The words Shi Ying replaced the numbers on the license plates. In this world, the numbers on license plates held no meaning.
‘Model: Mobile Base Car, Name: Shi Ying (Level: Battle City, Camouflage: Double-decker Bus)’
Jiang Liushi touched his chin and thought, ‘Is it more attracting than the minibus?’
He wondered how his teammates would react after seeing the new MCV, but he suddenly stopped. Ying had sent him a message – Peach was awake!
