Chapter 30 An Encounter with a Convoy? I'll Take It!

Buzz!
The cacophony of roaring engines filled Lin Mu’s ears.
He glanced at the rearview mirror and saw a car appearing in his field of vision.
Just as he was about to rejoice, another car showed up.
“Oh, two cars. Looks like my luck...”
The car to his side accelerated, followed by yet another behind, making it five vehicles in total.
Lin Mu’s cheerful expression froze—he’d run into a convoy.
He studied the mirror: a minibus, two sedans, a pickup, and an SUV.
Seeing this setup, Lin Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it wasn’t a tank or armored vehicle, he still had room to maneuver.
He hurriedly activated his enhancement skills.
“Side weapon equipment.”
[Unable to comprehend.]
“…?”
Lin Mu felt a headache coming on.
He’d thought the system had grown more intelligent, but apparently he’d overestimated it.
He glanced at the cars behind him, which were closing in fast.
Quickly, he opened the workbench, recalling that two days ago he’d unlocked free forging.
Indeed, he selected free forging—there were no fixed blueprints, meaning anything he could imagine could be forged here.
Without further ado, he envisioned a one-meter diameter saw blade.
[Unnamed 1]: Iron ingot x2
Lin Mu forged three on the spot.
He placed the three blades into the enhancement slot, with no time to ponder their suitability.
“Left-side vehicle weapon, best if it can retract when not in use, just like the front.”
[Saw blade attack weapon, insufficient power. Suggest building a generator or power storage device.]
Lin Mu’s lips twitched—couldn’t it just use the car’s internal power?!
He upgraded the wind turbine to permanent status, resolving to make all acquired devices permanent and construct them once this was over.
After building the wind turbine, he installed it on the car roof.
Modification information began to appear on his skill panel.
[Saw blade attack weapon]: Iron ingots x3, silver ingots x3, copper ingots x2, electronic components x3.
Seeing electronic components listed, Lin Mu winced.
They were his most needed material, and now he’d used some here.
“You five are done for. Just wait and see how I deal with you.”
With a flash of light, three saw blades were installed. Lin Mu realized he could control their direction and rotation speed.
Just then, an SUV overtook Lin Mu, cutting in front, while two cars blocked him from the sides.

Three vehicles slowly forced Lin Mu to a halt.
He curled his lips into a smile, “You really think you can mess with me?”
Three saw blades emerged from the car’s left side, reaching for the vehicles beside him.
Zzzzz!!
The blades effortlessly sliced open the right side of the neighboring cars, letting icy wind whistle inside.
Lin Mu hadn’t intended to destroy them outright.
After all, these weapons were improvised and not powerful enough for devastating damage.
“If only I’d made three rows side by side,” he thought.
He ignored the car ahead and focused on the second car beside him.
Slowing down, he extended the saw blade.
The sound of slicing continued ceaselessly.
...
“Boss Ba! That car’s got weapons! What the hell is that thing?!”
Inside the car with the gaping wound, the driver shivered uncontrollably—despite wearing clothes, the icy wind was unbearable.
There was no heating, and with minus seventy degrees wind pouring in, it was simply impossible to endure.
Zhang Ba was bewildered—what was that contraption coming out of the other car?
He’d never encountered anything like it.
Now the saw blade was slicing into another car—what to do?
“Mingzi, just hit the brakes and force him to a stop!”
“My car’s rear…”
“It won’t be damaged. His front’s just a lousy van.”
“All right.”
The SUV ahead slammed the brakes, colliding with Lin Mu’s vehicle, which then rammed into the SUV behind.
He was thoroughly trapped.
Lin Mu wasn’t surprised in the least; it would’ve been odd if they hadn’t done this.
Just as well—he seized the opportunity to smash the windows of the two sedans beside him, then drove a spear into the hood of the car behind.
In front, he wielded a long blade to shatter the rear window of the leading car.
All these actions happened in mere seconds.
“Boss Ba, my window’s broken.”
“Boss Ba, mine too.”
“Same here.”
“I… I seem fine.”
Zhang Ba looked at Lin Mu’s car with greedy eyes. He didn’t know why it had so many attack devices, but wasn’t this exactly the kind of vehicle he wanted?
“In that case, it’s mine. Grab your weapons. Let’s get out and take it by force.”
Under Lin Mu’s curious gaze, five men clad in thick clothing came to his right side, whispering among themselves.
“Boss Ba, I don’t think we can get this open.”
Skinny Monkey eyed the iron mesh wrapped around the vehicle, doubting his sanity.

“What sort of weird stuff is this?”
“What’s there to open? There’s glass. Just smash it.”
Skinny Monkey didn’t question it, grabbing an iron rod and swinging at the glass.
Lin Mu’s eye twitched—his windows had been upgraded and reinforced.
Forget iron rods—even bullets couldn’t break them.
Lin Mu moved to the passenger side, waving at the men outside.
“Boss, is he surrendering?”
Zhang Ba nodded, “He must be surrendering. Step aside.”
Skinny Monkey obediently backed off.
Lin Mu raised his brows. What did they mean, standing in a row like that? It was almost embarrassing.
The window slowly rolled down.
“Boss, he’s definitely begging for mercy…”
Skinny Monkey stared in terror at the object emerging above the window.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!...
Click!
The entire magazine was emptied.
He had no choice—with poor aim, he relied on volume.
Fortunately, all five were taken care of.
“Why did you insist on attacking me?”
He glanced at the five vehicles surrounding him, eyes shining.
A tremendous haul—an absolute windfall!
Half an hour later, only five snow mounds remained on the ground as Lin Mu drove away early.
Driving, Lin Mu checked the resources he’d just obtained from the vehicle cores.
The quantity was nearly a quarter of his total assets.
“Fantastic!”
He’d acquired fifty-three electronic components, resolving a third of his shortage in one go.
Seeing the bounty, he almost wished someone would try robbing him now—the more, the better.
At this moment, he held four Level 1 vehicle cores and two Level 2 vehicle cores.
Which meant he could upgrade again.
Lin Mu opened the vehicle core menu, and sure enough, upgrading was possible.
He consumed two Level 2 cores for the upgrade.
[Ding! Vehicle core upgraded to Level 4. Capacity: 4 occupants. Personnel teleportation function unlocked.]
Lin Mu stared speechless at the message. Personnel teleportation?
What use was that to him?
He should have guessed earlier—when the core displayed occupant capacity, the answer was already there.