Mobile Shelter

Upon hearing Dong Qi's words, Captain Gao continued to inquire, "After you select this car with your special ability, are you able to enhance or upgrade it?"

"OK."

Upon receiving Dong Qi's clear answer, Captain Gao's face showed a look of regret. After all, compared to ordinary vehicles, if one could choose a vehicle used by the military, even an armored vehicle used for logistics, its potential would be much greater than the private car that Dong Qi had chosen.

"Could you tell me what abilities this vehicle gained after the upgrade, and how you upgraded it?"

Dong Qi had already prepared a response to the question asked by Captain Gao. After all, now that he had publicly revealed the effects of his superpower, these two questions would inevitably need to be addressed as well.

"Right now, I can only enhance the vehicle as a whole, mainly by improving its defense. Using special abilities to enhance the vehicle mainly consumes mental energy and requires some special metals."

When Gao Dui heard Dong Qi say that strengthening the vehicle would require metal, his attention instantly became even more focused.

The theft case in the industrial park has not yielded any clear leads to date, although all members of the investigation team have essentially assumed that the case is related to the Awakened.

However, the type of superpower acquired by the awakened individual remains a subject of endless debate, with no clues or concrete direction for investigation found.

That's why, upon hearing that Dong Qi's use of superpowers would consume metal, Captain Gao instantly found a clue to the case.

However, at this time, Captain Gao did not suspect Dong Qi. After all, according to common sense, if Dong Qi was involved in this case, he would not have provided him with such crucial information.

Once he had sorted out his thoughts, Captain Gao immediately pressed Dong Qi for details: "Could you explain in more detail how you consume metal when using your superpowered vehicle?"

"The main purpose of consuming metal is to give the vehicle the properties of different metals. For example, I used stainless steel to add the property of not rusting to the vehicle, and then used engineering steel to improve the vehicle's defense, and used rebar to improve the vehicle's toughness."

In any case, as long as you use your supernatural abilities to strengthen the vehicle using different types of steel, each strengthening will, based on the characteristics mentioned earlier, slightly improve the vehicle's performance. And this process will only strengthen the vehicle, never weaken it.

After hearing Dong Qi explain the effects of the superpower, the regret on Captain Gao's face became more and more obvious, but Captain Gao still continued to ask: "How much metal is needed each time the vehicle is strengthened?"

Dong Qi had already guessed that Captain Gao would ask this question, so he answered without hesitation: "A little is fine. Anyway, for the lowest level of enhancement, I only used one gram of gold bean to add the properties of gold to the car."

When I use my superpowers to enhance vehicles, it mainly consumes my mental energy. The metal consumption only serves as a catalyst; the actual enhancement consumes the most of my mental energy.

However, each time a vehicle is reinforced with a different type of metal, the consumption of mental energy will increase significantly when using a different type of reinforced metal next time.

And most importantly, the strengthening process cannot be interrupted and must be completed in one go. My current mental energy is no longer sufficient to meet the demands of the next strengthening.

Fortunately, I've already tried reinforcing this car with most common metals.

Dong Qi's words immediately thwarted Captain Gao's idea of ​​having Dong Qi demonstrate his supernatural abilities in front of him.

Team Leader Gao tapped the car body with his hand. The dull thud coming from the body, although not tested with professional instruments, indicated that the car had extremely strong defensive capabilities.

After learning the details of the car, Captain Gao decided to take it for himself.

Perhaps Dong Qi had guessed what Captain Gao was thinking at that moment, because before Captain Gao could speak, he continued, "After I used my superpower to select this car for enhancement, the car became something similar to a natal magic weapon in a novel. Even though I'm not in the car right now, I can control it remotely."

After he finished speaking, the car door opened automatically and then closed automatically. Then the headlights flashed a few times, and the vehicle maneuvered around in the narrow underground space.

Seeing the vehicle move nimbly, Captain Gao immediately realized that even an experienced driver wouldn't be able to make the vehicle perform those maneuvers so smoothly in such a confined space.

After realizing this, Captain Gao immediately abandoned the plan that had just formed in his mind, because he didn't want his vehicle to remain under the control of others.

As for murder and robbery, let's forget about that.

Because Dong Qi used the term "natal magic weapon" to describe the car, Captain Gao immediately understood the meaning behind Dong Qi's special remark.

That means if he dies, the car's special abilities will not only likely disappear, but the car might even self-destruct the moment Dong Qi dies.

Although no one can be sure whether Dong Qi's words are true or false, Captain Gao will not gamble on the truth of Dong Qi's words.

After all, Dong Hao was standing right next to him, and there were other members of the investigation team outside.

Although those people are now under his command and are relatively obedient, Captain Gao is very clear that the reason they are obedient is because they are following the order set by the imperial court.

If he is the first to disrupt this order, others will have a much lower respect for it in the future.

With his example serving as a warning, some people may very well disregard the rules when faced with the prospect of personal gain.

After weighing the pros and cons, and since they had already gained something, Team Leader Gao decided not to cause any more trouble. After chatting briefly with Dong Qi, he hurriedly led his team away.

When Dong Hao left, he gestured to Dong Qi to wait for him to come over that night, and then left with the rest of the group.

When Dong Hao came over alone that evening, Dong Qi finally learned why Captain Gao had brought the investigation team members to his house.

The last time we had a meal at Dong Qi's house, we used up a lot of Dong Qi's ingredients. This time, Captain Gao brought people over, firstly because he wanted to have another meal at Dong Qi's house, and secondly because he brought a lot of ingredients to make up for the consumption of the last meal.

Upon hearing the reason why the investigation team had come, Dong Qi couldn't help but feel curious. These members of the investigation team, who should have considerable power, couldn't find a suitable place to have a meal together.

This is what Dong Qi thought in his heart, and this is what he asked aloud.

"You know what the situation is like outside right now. Even if we go to those restaurants, it won't make a difference. The underground base is under strict management now. If we have a meal together and others find out, it will definitely cause more trouble. So after thinking it over, your place is still the most suitable."

When you arrived, you saw those people climbing over the wall into the yard. They had just discovered you weren't home, so they moved the groceries they brought into your yard first.

When I arrived, Captain Gao said, "These ingredients will stay at your place for now. If we don't come over for a get-together within a week, we'll give them all to you."

During the day, Dong Qi noticed the extra boxes in the yard and guessed that they were brought by members of the investigation team, so he didn't open them and left them in the yard. However, the temperature was low now, and the snow and ash didn't affect the boxes, so the food inside wouldn't be affected.