Invitation Card

In Jia Zhenghui's team, the other two girls were so scared they had wet themselves and were constantly retreating... Chen Yu naturally had no time to bother with them.

These two girls had no combat power and were pitifully cowardly; even if he ignored them, there was no way they could pass the mission for this station.

Chen Yu remained calm throughout. After binding Jia Zhenghui, he brought him to the iron gate... "No, really, don't. I'm begging you, brother..."

Jia Zhenghui's pig-slaughtering wails echoed, his face covered in snot and tears.

He could only struggle by twisting his body. "My ability is useful! A-rank Magic Voice! I can help you guys! Don't throw me in! I beg you, brother! I'll do anything for you!"

Chen Yu looked at Wang Mengmeng and gave her a look.

Wang Mengmeng caught the look, was stunned for a moment, and then understood the intent.

She stepped forward and spat, "Trash, go to hell!"

The moment the words fell—

Chen Yu suddenly pulled open the iron gate, and Wang Mengmeng kicked the "big zongzi" into the hall!

"No—!!!"

*Bang!*

The door opened and closed in one smooth motion!

One could clearly hear the sounds inside becoming even more frenzied... *Rumble!!!*

*Boom, boom, boom—*

*Clang! Bang!!!*

And of course, there was the highly piercing: "Wooooo~~~~"

"Don't come near me! Get away! Ah!! Help!"

"Help! Holy shit! Ahhh!"

"Wang Mengmeng! You bitch! Holy shit!"

Just over ten seconds later... the iron door was suddenly pushed open. Naturally, it wasn't Jia Zhenghui who walked out.

It was Li Mengyao, who had performed a great service.

Having just escaped the tower, she immediately collapsed from exhaustion and was supported by Zhang Wanyue and Deng Yuxin.

Drenched in sweat and panting heavily, she looked at Chen Yu and nodded vigorously.

Chen Yu asked calmly, "Where was the prototype machine hidden? Did the search go smoothly?"

Li Mengyao's voice was a bit raspy, and her body was still shaking uncontrollably.

"In the Main Control Room on the top floor. The way was full of those bugs. I didn't dare stop at all; I just had to grit my teeth and feel my way up. It scared me to death..."

"When I got it, I—I didn't dare hesitate and stored it directly into the Public Backpack. As soon as I did, everything below went into chaos. I almost thought I wouldn't make it out!"

As the girls listened to Li Mengyao's account, they seemed to feel her fear, each of them incredibly tense.

Li Mengyao swallowed. "Fortunately, an armless monster appeared in the hall. It was bright and hot, jumping around and screaming, which drew a lot of attention."

"Even though he was terrifying, he ended up being a huge help, giving me the chance to run out..."

Saying that, she looked at Wang Mengmeng and remarked, "That guy actually looked quite a bit like Minister Jia!"

"Uh..."

Wang Mengmeng coughed. "That person was Minister Jia..."

"?"

Li Mengyao was instantly stunned. "That armless, glowing, screaming guy was Minister Jia???"

Deng Yuxin leaned in. "Chen Yu threw him in there just to draw attention."

Wang Mengmeng also shrugged. "That guy thought we were easy targets. Well, as you can see, I can only say it's karma. No one escapes heaven's justice~"

Li Mengyao covered her mouth. "My god, isn't he... isn't he the one with connections at school?"

Zhang Wanyue said somewhat helplessly, "It's already the apocalypse; what 'connections' are there to speak of?"

Li Mengyao calmed herself down. "That's true. It just feels unbelievable. That guy used to call the shots at school, and he ended up so miserable..."

"Oh, right!"

She suddenly remembered something and pulled out a black card from her personal backpack. "Chen Yu, I found this in the room next to the prototype machine. It seems only a Vehicle owner can use it."

"A card? Only a Vehicle owner can use it?"

Chen Yu was taken aback and took the card.

[invitation card]

Description: A metal card shimmering with dark silver light. It seems to have a special resonance and interference authority with the Vehicle binding rules.

Effect: The Vehicle owner can invite any passenger. Once they agree, they will join your Vehicle queue. Remaining invitations: 1.

Warning: If the other party refuses, this card will still be voided.

"invitation card?"

Chen Yu murmured, "So early..."

In his past life, from what he remembered... the earliest he had heard of an invitation card was after the fifth station.

He hadn't expected to find one at the second station in this life.

"What's an invitation card?"

Wang Mengmeng looked over curiously.

Chen Yu explained, "If you see someone with a talent you like, you can pull them over."

Zhang Wanyue rubbed her chin. "It's actually that powerful? Can we add more people to our bus?"

Chen Yu didn't answer.

If everything went as expected, a new batch would have been automatically added after this mission anyway.

It was just that this invitation card allowed for free choice.

Deng Yuxin asked softly, "Chen Yu, what kind of talent do you think our bus is missing? We have food and drink, so could it be..."

"The more, the better."

Chen Yu spoke up directly, "Whether it's crayfish or bottled water, it's too singular. To live comfortably on Road to Survival, we naturally need to find more resource talents."

Deng Yuxin nodded. "That's true."

Chen Yu put the invitation card into his personal backpack, and then... *Hum—*

A wave of heat surged!

The girls were instantly startled!

They quickly turned their heads and saw Chen Yu holding a dark red metal ball!

The terrifying heat was radiating from that very ball!

Just being touched by this heat wave, the perceived temperature around everyone began to skyrocket!

From over thirty degrees below zero, it jumped to around zero degrees in just a few breaths!

Most absurdly, it continued to rise steadily!

The cold air was heated, forming ripples of twisting, rising heat waves!

[geothermal core prototype]

Description: An experimental device used by the Outpost to combat the deep cold. It forcibly constrains high-purity geothermal energy. Experimental issue: [Severely Imbalanced State].

Effect: Passively radiates heat. The holder can adjust the range of influence through a latch. The larger the range, the more internal heat the prototype machine consumes.

Warning: In a severely imbalanced state, heat consumption is accelerated.

"This... this is the prototype machine?!"

Wang Mengmeng was the first to cry out, her eyes wide!

Deng Yuxin looked at Chen Yu in pleasant surprise. "So warm! Can this really keep staying hot?"

Even the usually calm Zhang Wanyue remarked, "A metal ball the size of a volleyball can actually radiate such an exaggerated amount of heat?"

Chen Yu didn't reply to the girls. He wanted to take this chance to quickly test the adjustment and consumption... First, he gently turned the latch one notch counter-clockwise.

The humming sound decreased slightly, and the range of the heat flow noticeably shrank.

From a radius of about four meters, it became a radius of three meters.

But a three-meter radius was still too large for a five-person team; it was wasteful.

Chen Yu quickly turned it two more notches, and the radius became one meter.

That was more like it... He just didn't know how long this severely imbalanced prototype machine could sustain its heat dissipation.

Chen Yu put it back into his personal backpack.

The girls could naturally see it, but none of them raised any objection.

Even Li Mengyao didn't say anything.

Chen Yu smiled slightly and turned his head. "Let's go, find the second prototype machine."

"?"

Li Mengyao's expression was the first to change. "Huh? Chen Yu! You... don't even think about making me go in a second time!"