6: Chapter 6: Metal Exoskeleton Conversion Blueprints - Upgrade Your Motorhome!

Before Chen Chen could withdraw his dagger.

A shrill roar came from inside the abandoned sedan.

The sound was sharp and ear-piercing, completely outside the scope of human capability.

"Bang!"

The rear windshield of the sedan was shattered by a massive force, and countless glass shards splashed in all directions.

A monster covered in mucus, with a body slightly smaller than a normal Aberrant but with extremely developed limb muscles, burst through the window.

Agile-type Aberrant.

Due to the close proximity, and the fact that the monster was in a berserk state just after completing its mutation.

The effect of Shen Wanxing's [Monster Ignore] trait was forcibly broken.

The monster's eyes were blood-red, locking onto Chen Chen, and it kicked off the roof of the car, lunging straight at Chen Chen's face.

Those two sharp claws covered in barbs aimed straight for Chen Chen's eyes.

If an ordinary person encountered such an ambush, they would be torn to shreds in the blink of an eye.

Chen Chen had long been prepared.

He had calculated Shen Wanbing's ten-second countdown clearly.

Facing the monster lunging at him, he did not retreat.

Applying force to his feet, he tilted his body slightly to the left, dodging the monster's fatal lunge at an incredible angle.

In the split second they crossed paths, Chen Chen gripped his dagger tightly with his right hand and, from bottom to top, thrust it along the monster's eye socket deep into its brain.

He twisted his wrist with force.

Brain matter mixed with black blood gushed out along the blood groove.

The monster's body slammed down at Chen Chen's feet, twitched twice, and then died completely.

Triple kill complete.

[Killed Low-level Aberrant * 2, Agile-type Aberrant * 1.]

[Congratulations to player Chen Chen, level increased to Lv.1!]

[Obtained Free Attribute Points: 6 points.]

The system's notification sound rang in his mind.

"My Constitution is enough for now, but my agility needs to keep up..."

Chen Chen brought up his personal panel and added all 6 attribute points to "Agility."

In this world fraught with crises, strength determines the lower limit, but speed and reaction nerves determine the upper limit.

As long as you can dodge all fatal attacks, you are immortal.

[Current Agility: 16]

With the points added, Chen Chen felt his body become even lighter.

Chen Chen shook the blood off his dagger.

Inside the carriage, Shen Wanxing gripped the corner of the blanket tightly.

Having witnessed Chen Chen dispose of three monsters as if he were chopping melons and vegetables.

Her inner sense of unfamiliarity toward this man gradually transformed into awe.

[Ding! Detected deepening of karmic relationship with a confidante.]

[Shen Wanbing: Lv.1 (Progress 80%).]

[Shen Wanxing: Lv.2.]

[Congratulations to the host, Shen Wanxing's exclusive trait has been upgraded!]

A blue light screen unfolded before his eyes.

[Trait Effect: [Charm Protection/Monster Ignore (Lv.2)] — Monster visual blind spot range shortened to 2.5 meters. New effect: Can actively activate "Absolute Stealth" status once daily, lasting for five minutes; during this period, active attacks not exceeding five times will not break the stealth effect.]

Chen Chen took another look at the panel.

The utility of this trait after the upgrade was maxed out.

Five minutes of Absolute Stealth was equivalent to giving him a divine skill for five kills.

The three Aberrant corpses on the ground were weathering at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a pile of grayish-white powder, leaving three glowing items in their place.

Chen Chen bent down to pick them up.

The agile-type Aberrant dropped a scroll with a parchment texture; it felt rough to the touch, and a complex mechanical structure diagram was drawn on the surface.

[Basic Vehicle Armor Upgrade Blueprint * 1]

The other two low-level monsters dropped two blue crystals the size of a fingernail, with a faint light flowing inside, warm to the touch.

[Basic Vehicle Core Fragment * 2] (Note: Five fragments can synthesize one Basic Vehicle Core, used for vehicle upgrades).

Stuffing the blueprint and fragments into his pocket, Chen Chen turned and walked toward the deep blue sedan that had crashed into a boulder.

The front of the car was severely deformed, the hood was curled upward, the water tank was ruptured, and it was hissing and emitting white smoke.

A system prompt box popped up on the right side of his retina.

[Unowned vehicle (damaged) discovered, disassemble?]

"Disassemble." Chen Chen issued the command.

A white light flashed, and the entire sedan, weighing over a ton, disintegrated out of thin air.

The Power of Rules reshaped it.

It turned into a pile of organized materials scattered on the sandy ground.

[Obtained: Inferior Iron Plate * 20]

[Obtained: Universal Mechanical Parts * 10]

[Obtained: Basic Vehicle Core Fragment * 1]

Looking at the materials on the ground, Chen Chen was not in a hurry to store them in his storage space.

In the hands of others, these basic materials would at most be used to patch up leaky windows, but with him, there was a completely different way to play.

He walked back to the RV and knocked on the hard iron door with his bent fingers.

"Shen Wanxing, come down and get to work."

The door pushed open a crack.

Shen Wanxing lifted the hem of her silver backless evening gown, stepped in her high heels, avoided the bloodstains and monster ashes on the ground, and walked up to Chen Chen.

"Mr. Chen, what do you need me to do?" She consciously extended her fair hands, her wrists slender.

Chen Chen pointed at the pile of scrap metal on the ground and then spread the blueprint he had just obtained onto the hood of the RV.

"Touch everything."

Shen Wanxing nodded obediently, closed her eyes, and her fair fingertips first touched the pile of mechanical parts and the three core fragments.

Pleasant system notification sounds rang in succession in Chen Chen's mind.

[Detected that confidante Shen Wanxing triggered exclusive talent "Lucky Critical"!]

[Triggered double reward probability! Obtained: Universal Mechanical Parts * 20! Basic Vehicle Core Fragment * 6!]

"Synthesize." Chen Chen operated the system panel.

The five fragments dissipated and condensed into a complete crystal emitting a lustrous blue light.

[Obtained: Basic Vehicle Core * 1]

This woman has such a lucky touch.

Chen Chen crossed his arms and watched her continue the operation.

Shen Wanxing's fingers moved toward the pile of inferior iron plates.

[Triggered tenfold critical probability! Obtained: Inferior Iron Plate * 200!]

The white light surged.

What was originally just a small pile of iron plates increased tenfold, directly forming a small metal mountain half a person's height beside the roadbed.

Sunlight shone on it, reflecting a dazzling industrial luster.

Finally, Shen Wanxing pressed her fingers on that [Basic Vehicle Armor Upgrade Blueprint].

The system paused for half a second.

[Triggered 1% quality upgrade probability! The original item has undergone a qualitative change!]

[Obtained: D-grade RV Full Iron Plate Exoskeleton Modification Blueprint * 1!]

Chen Chen stared at the virtual panel in front of him, his breathing hitching for a beat.

A tiny probability of one percent, and she actually hit it.

In the survival game, the drop rate of blueprints is already low, and a quality-crossing upgrade is hard to come by even for a thousand gold.

He opened the details of the new blueprint.

[D-grade RV Full Iron Plate Exoskeleton Modification Blueprint: After use, installs a full-coverage iron plate exoskeleton for the RV, significantly increasing the vehicle's defense and adding a front bumper. Required materials: Inferior Iron Plate * 200.]

The required materials perfectly matched the quantity of iron plates that had just been critically hit tenfold.

This chain-reaction-like luck was unreasonable.

Chen Chen looked at Shen Wanxing.

She opened her eyes, somewhat apprehensive, unsure how she had performed this time.

"Well done." Chen Chen praised her for the first time, not sparing any compliments, "These hands of yours are more useful than the Jiangcheng money printer."

Shen Wanxing was stunned for a moment, and her fair cheeks flushed red.

Having spent years in the entertainment industry, she had seen plenty of flattery.

But on this wasteland highway where human life is as cheap as grass, a simple, crude affirmation was far more useful than false pleasantries.

"I'm just glad I could help," she replied softly.

A cold wind blew across the wilderness; she was wearing a thin backless gown, and her shoulders shrank.

Chen Chen took off his black windbreaker jacket, threw it over, and covered her head with it.

"Put it on, don't freeze to death; I'm still counting on you to loot chests every day."

The jacket still retained his body heat and the smell of dirt and blood.

Shen Wanxing hurriedly put on the clothes; the oversized jacket covered her hot figure tightly, leaving only a glimpse of her fair calves.

"Thank you." She lowered her head and pulled the collar tight.