manynovel Chapter 129 The Night Before the Conquest
Chapter 129 The Night Before the Conquest
After a brief chat, the convoy's itinerary was finalized.
An hour later, when the system notification sounded, Xu Si opened his eyes, his scarlet star-like pupils flashing a faint light in the darkness.
[Current Oddity: Cloak of Concealment]
[Ranking of Oddities: 1623]
[Integrated Features: Optical Camouflage/Scent Concealment - Complete Stealth]
Description: Walking between reality and illusion, disappearing beyond existence, no one can discover you unless they are not human.
New Feature: Ambient Resonance
Description: The holder can briefly blend into their surroundings without physical contact or separation. The effectiveness and duration of this integration are positively correlated with the complexity of the environment.
[The cost: Remain unmoved by external gains or losses; prolonged wear may negatively impact your physical and mental health.]
[Comment: Shh—as long as you don't move, no one will find you. (Note: Please do not use it for strange things.)]
Xu Si smiled slightly.
Its ranking is more than a hundred places higher than its own vehicle.
Indeed, exotic foods are more nutritious.
Xu Si tested the ability to completely conceal himself, and his figure actually disappeared directly from the rearview mirror.
All his biological characteristics, including his scent, physical signs, heartbeat, and pheromones, disappeared.
As expected, he still preferred this kind of completely certain probability.
It's definitely more fragrant than if it's not completely fragrant.
Before dawn, darkness shrouded everything in the Gobi Desert.
Apart from the starlight offering a sliver of warmth, everything else felt so cold.
Xu Si quietly opened the car door and stroked the brand-new [Cloak of Concealment]. The gray-brown fabric flowed with an almost liquid texture on his fingertips, as if it could devour light.
With a slight thought, the cloak silently covered his entire body—in an instant, his figure in the car's rearview mirror rippled and faded like water, until it disappeared completely, even his breathing seemed to be absorbed by the fabric.
Completely hidden, truly deserving of its name.
He was going to try out the Tigers team.
At this moment, the camp of the "Tiger Convoy" was not completely quiet. The three smaller trucks attached to the back of the large truck had now been combined into one large truck. Energy-saving lights were on inside the large truck, indicating that the owner inside was not resting.
However, everything was obscured inside the carriage and could not be seen clearly.
Even Xu Si's star trails could not penetrate into it.
He was only about 30 meters away from the Tigers' camp and had not been spotted by anyone.
At this moment, he was almost the same color as the night, giving the impression that he was the night itself.
"Old Fu, how many have you reformed?"
Perhaps having finished negotiating all the terms with Wu Yue, Wang Yanhua returned to his own camp and began inquiring about the progress.
The full-scale cyborg program is about to begin.
"Three of them. This is a delicate task; we can't rush it."
Through the corner of the small truck that Lao Fu had opened, Xu Si witnessed a scene he would never forget.
One by one, headless cyborgs were hung from the ceiling of the small truck, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Fu Qiangmin was hunched over, his face showing almost obsequious respect, but deep in his eyes was a hint of undisguised fanaticism.
"Don't worry, Captain, everything will be sorted out by tomorrow night. It won't delay your important business at all!"
"That's good then. I'll go ask the Martial God Caravan for a few more. Our caravan might not have enough!" Wang Yanhua nodded in satisfaction, his shrewd smile looking particularly sinister at this moment.
He spoke casually, as if discussing acquiring a few tools, then turned and hummed a tune as he strolled toward the camp of the Martial God Caravan.
Xu Si's crimson star-like eyes narrowed slightly under the cover of the [Cloak of Concealment], taking in everything.
Those "suspended" bodies are less like cyborgs and more like monsters that have been brutally grafted together.
It was severed cleanly at the neck, the rough metal joint exposed, gleaming with a cold, metallic sheen.
The chest cavity had been opened, revealing a complex and intricate metal structure and pipelines, eerily intertwined with the remaining, lifeless organs and tissues, like some kind of industrial specimen that desecrates life.
"Is this what they call 'fully equipped'?" Xu Si sneered inwardly.
If it were last night, that "starburst" should have belonged to the Tigers team.
Xu Si silently noted all of this down, even though he had already suspected it.
But at that moment, I truly felt the evil in human nature.
He already thought he was cruel enough to the convoy of beauties, but he didn't expect that he was just a drop in the ocean compared to what he had done.
Did Wu Yue not realize that he simply chose to acquiesce, or perhaps... this was part of the deal in itself?
Human life is nothing more than a cheap bargaining chip at this point!
Xu Si did not act immediately, but retreated alone.
Making trouble now would be pointless.
Now that this scheme has begun, Xu Si will definitely lend a hand.
Silently, Xu Si's figure, like an ink droplet blending into the night, slowly retreated from the camp area of the Fierce Tiger Caravan.
He did not return to the "Conquerors".
Instead, using the [Cloak of Concealment] and [Star Trail] perception, he began to wander through the vast mine ruins like an invisible ghost.
He was observing, he was memorizing.
The exposed and concealed sentry posts of the Wushen team, and the structural weaknesses of the "train" carriages of the Menghu team.
As the blood moon sank in the west, a cold, crimson hue appeared on the eastern horizon.
Dawn in the Gobi Desert always arrives swiftly and without tenderness.
Xu Si finally returned to the camp and silently slipped into the "Conqueror".
The [Cloak of Concealment] is removed, and the garment reverts to an unassuming black windbreaker.
"Pack your gear, we'll leave with the other convoys after breakfast," the horn on Fu Xiaojian's Mengshi truck still sounded familiar.
Other car teams, including the Bull Car Team, the Magical Circus, and the Wantong Car Team, all made the same choice as the Xinhuo Car Team at this time—to stick together for warmth.
This tacit understanding doesn't even require communication.
Wang Hu silently inspected every vehicle in the convoy; he had repaired all the ones he could in the past two days.
More intricate work will likely require him to become more familiar with the sequences before he can repair them.
Su Su practiced a set of military boxing techniques passed down from Shao Bing on the open ground. She used to practice straight punches, but now it's different. With Shao Bing's training methods, Su Su is actually making the fastest progress.
Jiao Jiao yawned and climbed out of the pickup truck, rubbing her eyes. She subconsciously wanted to give Su Su a "recovery" buff, but Su Su shook her head and stopped her.
She needs to be more aware of the flow of every bit of power in her body.
Fu Xiaojian stood beside the Mengshi vehicle, his gaze sweeping across the camp before finally settling on the "Conqueror" parked quietly not far away.
"Hurry up, all of you!" Fu Xiaojian shouted.
"yes!"
After three days of rest, the convoy did not relax at all; on the contrary, it became even more efficient!
Some people have even started answering Xu Si's commands.
These are all changes brought about by Xu Si.
Before long, the "Bull Caravan" and the "Wantong Caravan" drove out of the mine ruins.
The Magic Circus was also ready. Little Xiao sat cross-legged on the elephant, looking this way, as if waiting for the train convoy to set off together.
"Let's go too."
The engines of the train fleet started up one after another.
Pickups, Mengshi, SUVs, buses, ambulances, and that dark red, menacing "Conqueror" slowly drove out of the camp, out of the mine ruins, and into the Gobi Desert.
There was no farewell, no reluctance, only vigilance and precaution.