279: Chapter 279 Upgrade to Lv7: Sky Fortress

After living in this Paradise for half a month, Qin Lin started thinking about something.

Upgrading the RV.

He brought up the System panel and glanced at the inventory:

[high-grade crystals: 5/200 (Can be used for Lv7 and above upgrades)]

No, these were special high-grade crystals.

The actual upgrade Materials had long been sufficient.

Qin Lin looked at the Lv7 upgrade conditions again:

[Lv6→Lv7: aerial fortress]

[Required Materials: 200 high-grade crystals, 100 tons of rare metals, 10,000 survival points, 20 blessing points]

[Current: 303 high-grade crystals, 661 Intermediate crystal stones, 244 tons of rare metals, 20,269 survival points, 55 blessing points]

All exceeded requirements.

He hadn't upgraded yet, not because he didn't want to, but because he wanted to earn more survival points.

Now there were plenty of survival points, and in this Paradise, there were no disasters, no dangers, the sun was just right, and the breeze was mild.

It was the best time to upgrade.

Qin Lin took a deep breath and clicked the upgrade button.

[System Prompt: Confirm upgrade to Lv7? The RV will be unable to move during the upgrade period. Estimated time: 24 hours]

[Confirm]

[Upgrade Beginning]

The RV vibrated slightly, like a sleeping giant beast being awakened.

The light on the surface of the protective shield changed from pale blue to gold, then began to expand outward as if something were growing.

The lights in the living room flickered a few times and then became brighter.

Li Ying ran in from the grass: "What's wrong? What happened to the RV?"

Qin Lin said: "Preparing to upgrade to Lv7."

Li Ying's eyes lit up: "aerial fortress?"

Qin Lin nodded.

Li Ying turned and ran out, shouting loudly: "Everyone, come look! The RV is about to upgrade!"

Everyone gathered around, standing on the grass, looking up at the RV.

The RV was glowing.

It wasn't the faint light of the protective shield, but the entire vehicle body was glowing like a piece of warm jade, emitting a soft golden light from the inside out.

The vehicle body began to transform.

The original RV shape gradually disappeared, the steel plates extended outward, and the lines became tougher and smoother.

The roof opened, and something rose up.

It looked like an Observation Tower, yet also like an antenna.

The sides of the vehicle body unfolded like wings.

No, not wings, but decks.

The RV slowly rotated in the air, and with every rotation, the change became more significant.

The originally boxy RV turned into a streamlined vessel, its silver-white shell shimmering in the sunlight.

The front became pointed, like a sharp blade that could cut through any storm.

The rear expanded, adding two thrusters with blue flames flickering at the tail.

The vehicle body grew larger.

Not just a little, but a whole size larger.

The living room was pushed back significantly, creating new space.

The Observation Tower on the roof rose to its highest point, with transparent material on all sides, offering a 360-degree view.

Extending down from the Observation Tower was a circular platform, like an open-air deck.

Two massive wing panels extended from the sides of the vehicle, lined with blue energy lights that pulsed like breathing.

"Oh my god..." Lin Wanwan covered her mouth.

Han Yurou's mouth hung open, unable to close for a long time.

The paintbrush in Xu Xue's hand dropped to the ground, but she didn't pick it up.

Xia Qiuyan stood next to Xu Xue, looking up with her eyes wide open.

Zhou Lingling held Zhou Yueyue's hand; neither of them spoke.

Lin Xiaoyue hugged Lin Fang's arm, looking excited.

Li Ran looked at the silver-white vessel, and tears fell.

She didn't know why she was crying, but she couldn't help it.

Perhaps because this vehicle carried the fate of all of them, or perhaps because seeing it grow stronger felt like seeing their home become larger and safer.

Su Yuling held Qin Lin's hand; she didn't speak, but her fingers gripped tightly.

Su Yuran stood at the very front, holding her camera, but she didn't take any photos.

She just looked up at the vessel, her lips curling slightly.

Han Qing crossed her arms, a light shining in her eyes.

Li Ying was the most direct, shouting: "Holy shit, this is too damn cool!"

Han Yurou countered from the side: "Not as handsome as Brother Qin Lin."

Li Ying's face darkened, and she scoffed: "Look at what you've been trained into."

Han Yurou was defiant: "I'm happy to be trained."

...

The upgrade lasted for a full day and night.

The RV kept glowing, transforming, and growing.

Many patterns appeared on the silver-white shell; they weren't decorations but energy circuits, which the System said were used to conduct energy.

Beneath the Observation Tower was the cockpit, three times larger than the original Drivers Cabin, surrounded by holographic screens.

On the open-air deck on the roof, a railing was added, embedded with energy lights that could be used for lighting at night.

There was a lift opening in the center of the deck, leading directly to the cabins below.

The wing panels on the sides could adjust their angles; the System said they would improve stability and speed during flight.

The energy lights under the wing panels could change colors; Qin Lin checked the settings, and the default was ice blue.

The flames from the rear thrusters changed from blue to a faint purple; the System said this was a sign of increased energy purity, and the speed of Lv7 was 200% higher than Lv6.

"200%..." Qin Lin murmured.

The RV's upgrade from Lv5 to Lv6 had been a 50% increase, which was already startling.

This time it doubled directly; the title of aerial fortress certainly wasn't for nothing.

Most importantly, the material of the vehicle body had changed.

The System said that after adding special metal Materials, the shell's hardness increased fivefold, and the energy shield's strength increased threefold.

In other words, extreme weather that previously required full effort to withstand could now be endured with only half the energy.

Furthermore, a special space was added: the Void Storage Room.

An introduction popped up on the System panel:

[Void Storage Room: A special functional space that can absorb and store small-scale spaces]

[Current Status: Idle]

[Usage: Compress space and incorporate it into the RV's interior as a permanent auxiliary space]

[Restriction: Can only absorb ownerless, non-intelligent lifeform stable sub-spaces]

Qin Lin stared at this introduction for a long time.

A certain idea formed in his mind.

He walked out of the cockpit.

No, it should be called the Bridge now.

The new Bridge was located beneath the Observation Tower, a semi-circular space with a full curved holographic screen in front and a transparent skylight overhead to see the sky.

There were over a dozen holographic projection screens on the control console, controlled by gestures, far more advanced than the previous button-based System.

The living room had doubled in size, and the sofa had become circular, accommodating twenty people without feeling crowded.

A holographic projection table was added in the center, which could display the environment around the RV and its flight path.

The kitchen was upgraded to the "Smart Nutrition Kitchen Plus Edition," which supposedly could automatically prepare meals based on everyone's Physique and needs.

There was also one more bedroom, increasing from the original seven to nine.

Every bedroom had its internal space and temperature control Systems upgraded, and the beds had become larger.

The Medical Room had become the "Comprehensive Medical Center Plus," with an added "fetal monitor" that could monitor the health of a fetus in real-time.

When Han Qing saw this instrument, her eyes lit up even more than when she saw the RV upgrade.

"This is good," was all she said.

But Qin Lin knew that this one sentence was enough.