Chapter 113: Let's Not Mention This for Now; We'll Discuss It When Someone Comes Over

The fortifications were reinforced three times in succession, consuming a considerable amount of materials.

A fourth reinforcement was completely unnecessary. The various materials had already piled up to more than ten thousand units each.

At this point, the defensive formation had reached a shield capable of withstanding one hundred thousand units of energy, covering an area with a radius of five kilometers.

Early the next morning, Lin Mu’s convoy departed.

Sitting in Shu Yi’s vehicle, Anna kept glancing back at the town behind them, her eyelids twitching uncontrollably.

The little town that had once stood there was now completely gone. All the houses had vanished, and even the small pond in the town had been torn out.

“Um… have you always been like this?”

The corner of Shu Yi’s mouth twitched. “Actually, it wasn’t this bad before. We would usually leave quite a lot behind. I don’t know what happened this time.”

If she remembered correctly, the towns in the early days of the Blazing Hell had never received treatment like this.

Who knew what had changed?

Sitting in the passenger seat, Anna said gloomily, “Do you know that on our planet, there is a race called the Tabuk? They’re a demi-human race. They have a particularly loathsome trait: wherever they go, they leave nothing behind. Anything they can carry away, they take. Anything they can’t carry away, they destroy.”

Ahem, ahem!

Shu Yi nearly choked to death on her own saliva.

Isn’t that exactly what we do?

“I advise you not to say things like that, especially not in front of Lin Mu. Otherwise, you’re finished.”

Anna glanced at the collar around her neck and let out a deep sigh.

Alas, she was going to be trapped here for the rest of her life.

Wait!

Anna’s eyes suddenly lit up. “What is the average lifespan of your people?”

On her planet, humans lived an average of only forty-five years. Only cultivators could extend their lifespans.

“Well, if they don’t suffer from illness or disaster, probably a little over eighty,” Shu Yi replied after thinking for a moment.

Anna’s eyes brightened.

In other words, she could leave in sixty years?

Considering that her own lifespan exceeded five hundred years, that was still acceptable.

Her mood improved instantly. What were a few decades? They would pass in the blink of an eye.

A cheerful whistle escaped Anna’s lips.

Shu Yi looked at her in surprise. Why had she suddenly become so happy?

Although Shu Yi did not recognize the tune, she could still sense Anna’s good mood from its lively rhythm.

Shu Yi shook her head and continued driving.

Inside Lin Mu’s vehicle, he drove with one hand while examining a notebook in the other.

He had brought along every notebook from the office, hoping to find some valuable information among them.

Sure enough, he had found two that seemed useful.

Unfortunately, he could not understand them at all.

The first page of the notebook in his hands read:

Manual of Battle Aura Cultivation — The Aphanos Family

To someone who had never encountered such a thing before, it was no different from a book of incomprehensible scripture.

Lin Mu thought for a moment, opened his Modification skill, and tossed the book inside.

“Modify it into a device capable of cultivating automatically.”

Ding! Unable to modify.

Sigh. Fine.

“After finally obtaining a cultivation manual, I can’t even cultivate with it.”

He glanced at the detailed explanation of magic and found that he could not understand that either.

Lin Mu could not help wondering how those people who transmigrated into Western fantasy worlds managed to cultivate. None of this made any sense to him.

Could it be because he had no teacher?

That seemed to be the only explanation.

“Master, are you hoping to cultivate?”

Lin Mu looked at Unit 001 in surprise. “What? Do you have a way?”

“I cannot be certain, but I can assist Master in analyzing the material. I do not know whether it will be effective.”

“Then give it a try.”

Lin Mu held no expectations at all. He handed both notebooks to Unit 001.

Then he opened the chat channel to see how everyone else was faring.

The moment he saw the number displayed at the top, he knew that things were not going well for them.

Ninety-eight million.

In just two days, more than sixty million people had died.

What had everyone been through?

“Brothers, save me! Can someone pull me into their convoy? I’ll teleport over right away! Who would believe that a group of armored people riding horses could reach speeds of one hundred and forty kilometers per hour?”

“Help! Our convoy has been surrounded by ogres! We can’t get away! Who’s ever heard of five-meter-tall ogres? This is insane!”

“Is everyone suffering this badly? Then I feel much better. I’ve run into a twenty-meter-tall mountain giant. I think I’m already dead.”

“What’s a mountain giant? I ran into a dragon! No, more precisely, a Western lizard dragon—and it breathes fire!”

“…”

Lin Mu rubbed his chin. Why was everyone so miserable? How had they managed to encounter such bizarre creatures?

He could not help wondering what he would do if he ran into them.

Hmm. Aside from the lizard dragon, he could probably handle the others.

Thinking of it that way, the problem did not seem too serious.

“Crackle… Brother Mu, a lot of people in the chat channel want to join the convoy. Should we take them?”

Shu Xin’s voice came through.

Right. How had he forgotten about that?

He hurriedly said, “Shu Xin, discuss this with Zhao Jin. Remember, they must have good personal qualifications. The mandatory requirement is that their vehicle core must have reached Level Six. You two can discuss the remaining details yourselves.”

“What about the collars?”

Lin Mu thought for a moment. “Don’t mention that for now. Let them come over first.”

Those who obeyed would be fitted with collars. Those who refused could simply be left behind.

No one knew how long they would have to remain here. If they could obtain some resources, even a little would be worthwhile.

Was that cruel?

They were all going to die anyway. They might as well die with some value.

He then opened his mailbox. At the very top, one person had sent him thirty-three messages.

When Lin Mu saw the sender’s name, a faint smile curved his lips.

Didn’t you refuse to join? Why are you sending messages now?

He opened them and found that the person had sent roughly two messages every hour. There had also been several requests for voice calls.

At first, the messages merely asked whether he was there. Later, they became direct pleas for help.

The most recent message had been sent an hour earlier.

“Our convoy agrees to join. Please contact us.” —Jiang Han

Unhurriedly, Lin Mu opened the convoy rankings.

The Qin People’s convoy had only twelve vehicles left, and a large portion of its resources was gone as well. Their situation appeared to be rather miserable.

Lin Mu calmly placed a voice call.

It was answered instantly.

“Hello.”

“Lin Mu, our Qin People’s convoy agrees to join yours. Please let us come over.” Jiang Han’s voice was hurried.

“Of course. Leaving one convoy and joining another comes with a waiting period.”

Zhao Jin had been able to join so quickly because of the invitation letter.

But Lin Mu no longer had one in his possession.

“I have a special item—a Convoy Teleportation Scroll. If you tell me your coordinates, I can come over immediately.”

Jiang Han had wanted to use it when they encountered the earlier crisis.

He simply had not been willing to part with it.

There was only one scroll, and he had no idea where the random coordinates he entered might send him.

What if it was into the water? What if it was inside a volcano? What if there were other enemies waiting there?

“Coordinates? Where do I find those?”