Zhang Chen counted his loot.
[Survivor Detector]: Can detect the specific location and number of survivors in the same city. It disappears after use.
[Rare · Giant Armored Transport Blueprint]: Consume [Giant Carapace] * 100, [Intact Mutated Insect Wings] * 200, [Mutated Gene Fragment] * 150, [Evolution Gene Fragment] * 20, [Steel] * 1000kg, [Energy Convergence Crystal] * 500 to create [Giant Armored Transport].
[Giant Armored Transport]: A massive, semi-living entity with a sturdy carapace, highly likely to be unrecognizable to mutated creatures. It can accommodate 50 people, move autonomously, and requires energy crystals to operate (a vehicle invented by the progressive faction).
[Talent Crystal Detector]: Upon use, it can detect the location of Talent Crystals in the current city. If there are no Talent Crystals in the current city, it can be used continuously until a Talent Crystal is found, after which it will automatically be destroyed.
[Uncommon · Progressive Faction Weapon Repository]: Allows storage of all energy weapons, equipment, robots, and vehicles produced by the progressive faction, with a maximum capacity of 200 items.
Currently possesses All-Tech Blueprints: 1, 4, 6, 7, 11, 19, 23, 27.
Giant Armored Transport?
Isn't this the new version of a bus in the apocalypse?
The leader who possessed this blueprint would definitely be reluctant to spend 500 Energy Convergence Crystals to build a vehicle.
500 Energy Convergence Crystals are enough for a high-level awakened person to advance from Stage 2 to Stage 3.
The role of a strong individual in a camp is definitely much more important than that of a bus!
However, Zhang Chen didn't lack Energy Convergence Crystals.
He glanced at the number of Energy Convergence Crystals in the lower right corner: 29353.
Nearly 30,000 remaining.
Upgrading requires 100,000, so 500 isn't a big deal.
With the transport vehicle, he could lead the 99 clones behind him on a long journey.
Zhang Chen directly spent materials and 1000 [Energy Convergence Crystals] to craft two [Giant Armored Transports].
In an instant, two massive, docile beetle-like vehicles appeared on the ground.
From their heads to their bodies and abdomens, they were all covered in thick carapaces.
Their heads had two large, dark eyes, which served as the cockpit, allowing visibility of the outside.
The beetle's abdomen was designed like a transport plane.
The abdomen and back carapaces separated, allowing people to enter from there.
The interior emitted a pale yellow light, with small windows similar to airplane windows next to each seat.
From here, the outside scenery could also be viewed.
This would prevent the interior from feeling too stuffy.
Zhang Chen stored the two giant [Giant Armored Transports] into the [Uncommon · Progressive Faction Weapon Repository].
This weapon repository was a pale yellow ring that could be stored directly in the storage space.
Zhang Chen tried to put the [Automatic Sentry Turret] and [Combat Mech] into the [Progressive Faction Weapon Repository] as well.
However, only the [Automatic Sentry Turret] was successfully stored, while the Combat Mech indicated that it did not belong to the progressive faction's vehicles.
Indeed, combat mechs were likely manufactured by the world's original technology.
They truly did not belong to the progressive faction's weapons and equipment.
The current progressive faction weapon repository showed 20/200.
Each of the 12 [Automatic Sentry Turrets] occupied one unit of space.
The [Giant Armored Transports], due to their large size, each occupied 4 units of space.
Great, that saved a lot of space!
The items dropped by mutated creatures in the new stage of the apocalypse were things never seen before.
They had already occupied a lot of storage space.
Now, things were a bit more relaxed.
Ding! Current Storage Ring is Level 8, upgrading to Level 9 requires:
Storage Ring Fragments: 11352/10000, Energy Convergence Crystals: 28353/200!
Upgrade conditions met!
Proceed with upgrade immediately?
Upgrade Immediately!
Upgrade Successful!
Congratulations, your [Storage Ring] has been upgraded from Level 8 to Level 9!
Storage capacity expanded from 168 to 192 slots!
[Portable Manor] unlocked!
[Portable Manor]: A small manor composed of a small castle, warehouse, farm, garden, and city walls. Anyone authorized to enter the manor can perform actions such as planting, fertilizing, and harvesting on the farm.
[Spatial Farm] Level 1 upgraded to Level 2: Fertile land immune to pollution, current area 5 mu. Crops planted in the Spatial Farm will naturally grow and mature with the passage of time outside the space!
Storage capacity Level 9 to Level 10 requires:
Storage Ring Fragments: 1352/20000, Energy Convergence Crystals: 28153/1000.
Zhang Chen did not immediately take out the portable manor.
It was more important to travel now.
After eating, he hoped to reach the next city before nightfall today.
It wouldn't be too late to summon the portable manor and visit it properly when staying overnight there.
After all, Zhang Chen would have plenty of time to spare once it got dark.
He might as well make the most of the daylight!
Zhang Chen looked at the map.
The Interface City was still over 500 kilometers away from the next walled city, Bengkou City.
This city was situated between two large rivers, like an isolated island.
In the early stages of the apocalypse, this would have been an excellent sanctuary.
But now...
Zhang Chen had witnessed the strength of aquatic creatures.
He suspected that Bengkou City, situated between two large rivers, might not be much better.
He hoped the monsters in the water couldn't climb walls and that it remained a safe zone.
If that were the case, Zhang Chen had a high probability of encountering native inhabitants in this city!
Zhang Chen checked the route.
For safety reasons in the apocalypse, there was only one underground tunnel connecting Interface City directly to Bengkou City.
He could only pray that this tunnel was still passable!
Before leaving, Zhang Chen used the [Talent Crystal Detector].
Ding! No Talent Crystal energy fluctuations have been detected in this area. Please try another area!
It seemed this place had indeed been scavenged by someone.
Not only were the [All-Tech Blueprints] gone, but even the resource crates containing Talent Crystals had been looted.
Would this person be in the next city?
Zhang Chen rode Er Pang, holding Bai Wei, and headed towards the underground tunnel indicated on the map.
The 99 clones moved extremely fast, following closely with uniform strides.
Soon, the main force disappeared into the streets.
About ten minutes later, Zhang Chen arrived at the entrance of the underground tunnel.
It looked very similar to underground tunnels on Earth, with a path leading directly from the surface underground.
There were tracks on the ground, indicating that transportation similar to subways once ran between cities.
There were no lights in the tunnel, it was pitch black, like a giant fierce beast opening its bloody maw, patiently waiting for prey to enter voluntarily.
Just as Zhang Chen was about to rush in.
Suddenly, a train with flashing lights and windows covered in red bloody handprints slowly emerged from the tunnel.