ocean-life Chapter 29 Sequence 2: Rock Armor Kai
Chapter 29 Sequence 2: Rock Armor Kai
"What is this?" Xu Si asked knowingly.
The little girl was carrying a battery that Wang Hu had brought from the factory. Xu Si also had one; he upgraded his knife along with it.
The little girl's eyes were all smiles, as if she knew she wouldn't leave empty-handed this time.
"Did your dad tell you what you need to replace it with?" Xu Si really does need this.
The little girl was stunned, her mind going blank for a moment.
He then looked in the direction of his own car, but did not see his father.
"Hurry up! If you don't speak, Brother Dao won't want you anymore!" Xu Si said sternly, wanting to tease the little girl.
"I'll change it to anything!" The little girl clutched the hem of her clothes, almost bursting into tears.
As Xu Si watched her thin body trembling slightly in the night wind, his mischievous amusement vanished instantly, leaving only a heavy, bitter feeling.
He clicked his tongue, stood up, walked to his pile of supplies, picked out a few large potatoes with few sprouts from the remaining 30 jin of potatoes, took two packs of compressed biscuits and a small bottle of water, and walked back to put them in the little girl's arms.
The little girl hurriedly tried to cover herself with her clothes, her eyes narrowed into slits.
After thinking for a moment, he took out a piece of gauze from the pile of supplies and put it in. He had noticed when he talked to Wang Hu earlier that his shoulder injury had not improved and had not been properly bandaged.
He did this only to prolong his life by a couple more days.
"Here, change your battery. Is that enough?"
"That's enough! Thank you, Brother Dao!" The little girl wanted to bow to Xu Si, but the supplies were about to fall, so she could only express her gratitude verbally.
Fearing Xu Si might change his mind, she clutched the supplies tightly to her chest, turned, and stumbled towards her family's car, crying out, "Daddy! Daddy! Brother Dao gave us so much food!"
The sound was particularly loud in the gradually quieting camp.
"At least you're human!" The little girl poked half her head out from the passenger seat of the pickup truck at some point.
In the back seat of the Mengshi vehicle, Xiao Luo turned over and fell asleep with a smile on his face.
Xu Si looked at the small figure, bent down and picked up the heavy battery, which was icy cold to the touch.
He weighed the options in his mind and decided to get the knife upgraded next time, maybe even two more, which would significantly improve the battery life of his knife.
He walked back to his "evolving" car, which was covered by curtains, placed the battery beside him, and lay down again.
Counting down the final countdown, I wasn't sleepy at all.
【00:37:54】
【00:37:53】
……
The camp fell completely silent, and even Su Su went back to rest. Only the occasional faint sound of the night watchmen moving around could be heard.
Perhaps a long time had passed, or perhaps not, the notification sound that Xu Si had been waiting for finally rang in his mind.
Vehicle fusion upgrade complete!
Xu Si perked up and, without thinking twice, immediately got up and pulled back the curtains that had been drawn all night.
As for the old man's car that was placed next to it, it has long since disappeared.
What appeared before me was a completely brand-new vehicle!
[Current Vehicle: Custom-made enclosed-cabin hybrid four-wheeled mobility scooter]
Xu Si's eyes lit up instantly.
The "knife" in front of us has been completely transformed.
The body is exactly the same as a scaled-down version of the Range Rover, so it's no exaggeration to call it a narrow victory for the Range Rover.
The next small compartment still retains some of the typical features of Xiaodao delivery vehicles, with a solar panel on the roof that Xu Si deliberately preserved.
The body structure is more robust and sturdy, and the paint has a matte, deep black metallic texture.
There used to be only one seat, but now there are four, and he is now a man with a passenger seat.
Xu Si eagerly opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat, and the car's infotainment system lit up instantly.
Although the seats maintain the quality of a delivery vehicle, they offer surprisingly good support. The steering wheel has a solid grip, and the instrument panel clearly displays the fuel level and battery level.
Although the fuel tank capacity has not been expanded to 200 liters, it is still 40 liters higher than the maximum capacity.
In other words, the electric vehicle upgrade has indeed increased the upper limit of fuel tank compatibility.
With a 100-liter fuel tank and a 70Ah battery capacity, the range of one to two thousand kilometers is not a problem when the tank is full and the battery is fully charged.
He started the vehicle, and the motor emitted a barely audible hum, the hybrid system running smoothly.
He tried to take control; the steering was agile, the power response was quick, and the enclosed cockpit kept out the chill of the night wind.
"Now it finally looks presentable."
Xu Si didn't even realize that he had never driven a car before, but when he got in and started driving, he was surprisingly adept at it and didn't feel any sense of unfamiliarity.
Xu Si leaned back in his chair, feeling an unprecedented sense of security wash over him, and he fell into a deep sleep amidst his excitement.
I slowly woke up amidst a commotion.
"Brother Dao, you've really upgraded your equipment in just one night! You're driving a Land Rover now!" The little girl's envy was undisguised.
When Xu Si opened his eyes, he saw Fu Xiaojian, Tashan, Xiao Luo, and Jiao Jiao pointing and gesturing around his car. Even Su Su, who hadn't been practicing her boxing, was watching from the side, her eyes gleaming.
"Brother Dao, you're awake! I've been watching the supplies for you! Nothing's missing," Xiao Luo said shyly, scratching his head.
Xu Si then woke up with a start. He had slept so soundly last night that he had completely forgotten that his supplies were still piled up on the ground!
"Little Luo, you're the only reliable one!" Amidst envious glances, Xu Si quickly loaded the pile of supplies on the ground into the trunk of the Land Rover, which had narrowly escaped defeat.
The trunk space isn't very big, about the same as a food delivery vehicle, so it seems his scavenging business isn't going to stop yet!
"You're really not a Mechanic? Or perhaps a Miracle Merchant?" Fu Xiaojian asked skeptically.
"Brother Shan, you've reached Sequence 2?"
Ignoring these jealous guys, Xu Si's gaze fell on Ta Shan.
"Hmm, a lucky promotion, Sequence 2: Rock Armor Kai."
Tashan grinned and patted his even more solid chest hard, making a dull "thump thump" sound.
His already tall frame seemed to have grown even more imposing, and his skin had a subtle, rock-like sheen, giving him a sense of steadiness like a mountain.
"Thanks to you, otherwise Su Su and I would have really been in deep trouble this time," Xu Si said gratefully.
"I also have to thank you guys. Without you, I probably wouldn't have been able to advance this time! Rock Armor's defense is at least 50% stronger than before. If I run into that jerk again, I can just take a bath in there, and..."
As he spoke, he reached out and demonstrated on Xu Si's car body, and the car body he touched was instantly covered with a layer of rock-like shell.
"It can coat anyone or anything I touch with a layer of stone skin armor, but the duration is rather short, only three minutes!"
"Amazing!" Xu Si exclaimed sincerely, this was simply divine skill.
The core characteristic of the Stoneborn is Stone Skin. Advancing to Sequence 2 brings about a qualitative change, and this ability is extremely important for the team.
If he and Su Su had this layer of stone skin, they wouldn't have been completely powerless against the rotten Moon Swamp.
Moreover, if Tashan were to hold a strange creature, wouldn't it be able to petrify it directly?
This is practically Medusa!
Xu Si was even more eager for promotion.