Only I can make them stronger

"It would be great if you could provide some reference information."

Hearing this, Shana and Luo Qi looked at each other, and then the latter shook her head and said, "Not yet, but if I find anything along the way, I will let you know in time."

"That's good."

"Then, can you please tell me where our initial destination is this time?"

"In [Highway Town], it is a certain distance away from the Shia City-State, so we need to hurry."

"Highway Town?" Luo Qi frowned slightly. She had no impression of such a place.

Shana sighed slightly and said:

"In the southwest, closer to the [Western Front], if I remember correctly, all the wilderness nearby is..."

"Level 4 plus danger zone."

39. Product of the last era

At eight o'clock the next morning, Y arrived at Qianshi Office on time - driving a large armored off-road vehicle that looked exactly the same style as her bulky and heavy mercenary uniform.

"What a big car!" Luo Qi was checking whether the gate was locked, and when Liya saw the off-road vehicle with a dark gray matte coating and thick armor plates, her eyes lit up with excitement.

The style of this car is very wild, which somehow suits her taste.

"Come on up, hurry up and get going, and try to reach the danger zone where Highway Town is located before this evening."

"Luoqi, go ahead first. We'll sit on the outside and be ready to deal with any emergency at any time." Shana opened the car door and said.

Luo Qi, who was wearing a tight reinforced skirt, nodded, got on the car first and sat in the middle seat.

She also had a very clear understanding of her own positioning. This time she followed the team mainly to comfort An Ke, who was likely to lose her temper. As for other aspects, her greatest role would be to try not to cause trouble to the other fighters.

Afterwards, the other three people wearing standard combat uniforms and long windbreakers also got into the car, protecting Luo Qi in the middle.

Accompanied by the roar of the engine caused by the operation of the rational element, the off-road vehicle started and drove towards the outside of the city with a group of five people on board.

……

"This vehicle is equipped with semi-automatic firepower, a strong shock-absorbing device and a physical element stabilizing force field are set up inside, and the external coating is a special anti-detection coating that inhibits physical element feedback. The overall configuration is already a C-level or higher alert armed vehicle.

Moreover, it is equipped with at least three layers of D-grade alloy armor plates on the outside, and its tonnage is far beyond the driving regulations in the city. How did you drive it to our door?"

Shana looked around at the environment inside the SUV, and the more she looked, the more surprised she became.

Although this car is not as comfortable as those luxury cars designed for pleasure, and does not have any extra furnishings inside, anyone who has been a mercenary can quickly see its value.

Based on what Shana had observed so far, this car would probably be able to travel through a level five danger zone without any lag.

An ordinary mercenary may never be able to get a vehicle of this level even if he works hard until his death.

And generally speaking, in order to prevent the occurrence of armed violence, such vehicles are absolutely prohibited from entering the city.

"After all, he has been a mercenary for so many years, so he must have some connections~" However, Y did not directly answer Shana's question. He just blinked at Xia Ye in the co-pilot seat and asked:

"Is Xia Ye sitting comfortably? I borrowed this car from a friend with great effort. I even paid her 10 Skyhawk Limited Edition Mixed Premium Spices and Vegetable Cans for it!"

"Then you are a very generous friend." Shana narrowed her eyes and said indifferently.

Considering the difficulty of cultivating land in Hill Continent, the canned vegetables the other party mentioned are indeed very valuable in the market.

But compared with the value of the car itself, it seems a bit trifling.

She didn't intend to believe everything Y said... There seemed to be some strange mist shrouding this woman, which made her subconsciously want to be on guard.

"Well... apart from being a bit of a glutton, he is indeed a nice person... I'll introduce him to you guys when I have the chance."

But Y always looked as if he was completely oblivious to the hostility in other people's words. He just kept looking at Xia Ye beside him while driving calmly and talking.

"The reason why we have to spend a lot of money to borrow such a car is mainly because of the special environment around Highway Town, which is the so-called [Highway Area] wilderness."

"Highway area?" Xia Ye, who had not joined the topic until now, turned his gaze away from the scenery outside the car window with some curiosity when he heard this word.

This name, which was quite consistent with the naming style in his previous life, made him quite curious.

"Yes, it is called a Level 4+ Danger Zone. The core reason is its unique environment and ecological composition."

The name of the Level 4+ danger zone was actually given by the public.

The mutually recognized hazard zone classifications in the city's official database basically only refer to the local physiological concentration, environmental characteristics and biological composition.

According to normal classification standards, the danger level of the wilderness around Highway Town would only be rated as level four.

But behind the word "plus" there are usually some unknown components that are difficult to identify, or the remains of people who died there are buried there.

Many people who thought it was a Level 4 danger zone and went there without hesitation suffered great losses, or simply lost their lives. Over time, private assessments of it will become slightly different from the official ones.

This information was the explanation Shana gave to Xia Ye after hearing the strange name "Level 4+ Danger Zone" yesterday.

But since she herself didn't know much about the local environment in the highway area, when she heard Y mention it, she pricked up her ears and paid attention.

"The reasons for the formation of the highway area are still unknown, but it is generally accepted that the area was like that long before the nearby Western Front was established."

"There are even rumors that a large part of the reason for the establishment of the Western Front was to defend against threats from the highway area."

"Threat? So what is it like there?" Y talked for a long time but didn't give a detailed description of the highway area. Instead, this foreshadowing made Xia Ye even more curious.

"There are highly urbanized road facilities and architectural styles there. Apart from the fact that they are occupied by Devil Beasts, their appearance is basically the same as the roads between cities that have existed in some historical records."

“That’s why it’s called the Highway District.”

"But... there shouldn't be such a thing as a road in the wilderness, right? After all, the distance between cities is too far, and because of the existence of the Devil Beasts, there is basically no meaning for it to exist, unless..." Xia Ye, who had a higher vision and rich experience from his previous life, immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Unless it appeared long before the wilderness..." Y smiled and glanced at Xia Ye, his eyes full of admiration, "Xia Ye is indeed worthy of you, you quickly grasped the key point."

"You mean, those buildings in the highway area were built long before the outbreak of the elemental element that caused drastic changes on the continent!?" Based on the history of the Hill Continent told by Luo Qi, Xia Ye put forward an incredible guess in his mind.

After the element overturned the entire world, the wild environment of Hill Continent has remained in a highly harsh state.

Many of today's cities were built bit by bit with countless corpses and sweat. How could anyone have the leisure to replicate a section of highway?

"But how is it possible that something can still survive in the world after the explosion of the rational element?" After hearing this, Shana finally couldn't help but want to join the discussion.

"That's not necessarily true." At this time, Luo Qi, who had been listening to them quietly, suddenly spoke:

"There are indeed some things that exist in the world now, but they come from before the outbreak of the rational element."

40. Transformers?

"It seems that Miss Luoqi is also quite knowledgeable about the history of Hill Continent?" Y pursed his lips and glanced at Luoqi through the rearview mirror.

"I once had a rough understanding of it." Luo Qi responded indifferently.

The auras of these two women are both calm and mysterious. Therefore, in the same carriage, although neither of them showed any extreme emotions, a subtle sense of tit-for-tat quietly rose in Xia Ye's heart.

"In short, no matter what, the environment there does have some unique mystery, which makes people feel that it is somewhat out of place with the ordinary wilderness." Seeing this, Y just shrugged and continued.

"Of course, this is not the key to the problem. The key lies in some of the monsters that exist in the highway area."

"To some extent, they are man-made products."

"Artificial...monster?" Hearing this, Xia Ye looked at the trunk.

Of course he brought Xiaojiu along on this trip, but in order to pass security checks when leaving the city, Xiaojiu stayed in the trunk in a state of suspended animation.

"No, it was once a man-made product that was influenced by the rational element and became an autonomous unit similar to the Devil Beast." Y tried to explain with more clarity and precision in his wording.

"Shit! Are you talking about...something like Transformers?" After Xia Ye tried hard to understand, he felt that this was what Y meant.

"Transformers? What is that?" Y looked at Xia Ye with her bright black eyes, an interested expression on her face. It seemed that she was very interested in something she had never heard of.

"Ummm...they're Autobots that can move on their own...or Mecha Warriors?" Xia Ye realized that he spoke too quickly and explained with a frown.

"There seem to be some differences, but they should be similar in essence." Y tilted his head and thought for a long time before answering in a very cute way.

The two people's confusing communication suddenly paused as they were trying to understand what the other person said.

"Rational energy is a very wonderful thing. Theoretically, without any purification, processing or absorption, it can even be regarded as a living energy." Luo Qi spoke again, showing her extraordinary knowledge and communication skills.

"I think what Ms. Y meant is that these man-made products, after being affected by the physical element, although they have inorganic body materials, can show low-intelligence autonomous actions similar to those of Devil Beasts, right?"

"Isn't that... a bit similar to the Remnant?" Xia Ye remembered the spell-like dead person they encountered in the last mission.

In a sense, the survivors are nothing more than corpses controlled by Rizen.

"Very similar! But the difference and the trouble is that these man-made products do not have a fixed physiological form, so they are... very difficult to kill." Y nodded and continued to explain.

"Only by completely destroying the structure of the elements that drive them can they lose their ability to act."

"So this has led to many people encountering these unconventional beasts on the highway, and they eventually died due to continuous high-consumption battles."

"The above is roughly all the intelligence I have collected about the environment of this operation... As for the remaining specific information, the source is really limited, so I can only investigate on the spot."

"It's already very impressive!" Xia Ye shook his head and gave a simple consolation.

Based on his personal first impression, he has always had a certain favorable impression of Y.

Even though Y's current behavior was quite mysterious, it was still difficult for him to show his suspicion to the other party as clearly as Shana did.

What's more, the situation in Hill Continent is different from that in the previous life. There is no such developed Internet, and there is no Baidu where one can freely access all information.

This kind of information about a far-away area with certain danger warnings probably took a lot of effort and cost to obtain, and he was already very satisfied with it.

"Xia Ye is a very warm-hearted person. It would be very fun to go on a mission with Xia Ye!" Y didn't know why, but he would always seize every opportunity to praise Xia Ye.

And judging from the appreciation in her eyes, it was probably a genuine compliment.

To Leah and Shana in the back row, this scene naturally seemed like an unknown vixen was openly showing her affection to Xia Ye, and Xia Ye didn't seem to be resisting.

But since they were all companions on the mission together, they couldn't get angry either. They could only turn to the window, one rolling her eyes helplessly, and the other gnashing her teeth.

…………

After the initial communication, the atmosphere in the car gradually became quiet.

A few hours passed. Leah, who was sitting in the back seat, was sleeping soundly on Luoqi's legs. Luoqi was also dozing off with her head down. Shana and Xia Ye were looking out the window with dull eyes, wondering what they were thinking.

With the strength of this armored vehicle, crossing the Level 3 danger zone is as easy as driving a bumper car in an amusement park.

The stronger Devilbeasts are too slow to catch up, while the more agile Devilbeasts will not dare to approach just because they feel the power of this metal behemoth.

With Y's superb driving skills and familiarity with wilderness routes, the group naturally would not take the initiative to run into the beast herd.

In addition, the stabilizing force field of the elements in the carriage directly isolated the complex and uncomfortable natural elements in the wilderness outside, so the first half of the journey was extremely smooth and comfortable, just like going out for a picnic.

But the scenery outside the window kept reminding them that it would soon be time to cheer up.

The familiar refractive atmosphere was becoming thicker and thicker, and the sky above seemed to be covered with a layer of bizarre colors. This was the manifestation of the rational element distorting their senses.

The fact that they were still affected like this in this car meant that they had entered the Level 4 danger zone with a higher concentration of physical elements.

The monsters in the Level 4 Danger Zone are basically all above Type 4, which means they have officially entered the mid-level strength. Almost every one of them has a combat power at least equivalent to that of a peak Level 2 Inhuman.

Although for Xia Ye and others now, the peak of the second level is most likely just a matter of beating weak opponents with a little effort.

But don't forget, the wilderness is dangerous because the number of monsters far outnumbers the number of capable humans.

Except for some powerful or special individuals, most of the time, Deinonychus will not attack independently.

For example...now.

"Wake up everyone, it's time to get to work." Y's calm voice sounded in the car. Although the volume was not loud, it was clearly heard by everyone. It instantly woke up Luo Qi and Liya who were dozing off, and also cheered up Xia Ye who was thinking outside the window.

Everyone's eyes were drawn to Y at the same time, and the latter gently tapped the physical element detector at hand.

On the blue display screen, a dozen flashing red dots were moving rapidly towards the direction of the vehicle.

"I'll leave it to you. Just do it in the car. I'll maintain the driving route."

"Quick victory."

41. Wild fighting style

"I'll be in charge of the main attack." Shana said without hesitation as she opened the skylight, stood up and stuck half of her body out.

Since Y decided to keep driving, it means that she judged this area to be not suitable for stopping and fighting.

As an old mercenary, although Shana is very unfriendly to Y, she will not compete with her at this time.

"According to the data on the rationale detector, this is a Type 500 beast group. If we can't kill them quickly, we'll try to delay their actions. I'll turn left about meters ahead and enter the stone forest to shake them off!"

"But the road conditions will be quite bad by then, so you better be prepared!" Y explained his plan while checking the map, looking quite experienced.