MMB Chapter 87 The Wax-Melting Messenger
Chapter 87 The Wax-Melting Messenger
Xu Si glanced at her and deliberately lowered his voice: "Not only can they eat cars, they can eat people too! They especially target talkative little girls."
Jiao Jiao jumped back half a step with a "whoosh" and hid behind Su Su who had just walked over, peeking out half her head, but she still didn't admit defeat.
"You dare? Don't you want to avoid this weird drop? I advise you to show me some respect! Otherwise, I'll renege on my debt!"
The little girl suddenly realized that she was now the one in debt, and she was the boss.
Su Su patted her head helplessly, but her gaze fell on the RV that was being slowly swallowed up, and a hint of surprise flashed in her cold eyes.
She could feel the aura emanating from the scarlet SUV steadily increasing, becoming heavier and more oppressive.
"Knife's abilities... are becoming more and more unpredictable," Tashan muttered to himself.
Fu Xiaojian's eyes were complicated; his pioneering instincts made him wary of everything "unknown" and "change".
However, the abilities Xu Si displayed were clearly beyond his comprehension.
Perhaps only that miracle merchant can compare to him.
The RV melted in just over ten minutes, but the upgrade of the [Wax Melter] took a full four hours.
Finally, the notification that the upgrade was complete rang in Xu Si's mind.
Vehicle upgrade complete!
[Current Vehicle: Wondrous Object - Molten Wax Messenger (Fortress Mode)]
[Ranking of Oddities: 2611]
[Enhanced Feature: Mimicry]
Description: Driving comfort and convenience can coexist; unleash your imagination to shape it into your new home.
New Feature: Space Expansion
Description: Everything I have is everything you have!
[The price: Loyalty! Loyalty! Loyalty! Loyalty!]
[Evaluation: It's now a tough nut to crack, capable of hiding its true nature, enduring hardship, and even disguising itself! (Note: Don't let it go hungry!)]
[The Wax-Melting Messenger]'s ranking has risen again, jumping more than a hundred places!
And a new feature has been added.
Currently, the [Wax Messenger] possesses five traits: Chalk Bone Armor, All-Terrain Adaptation, Mimicry, Painful Mark, and Spatial Expansion.
This is the item with the most unique characteristics among all of Xu Si's rare items, which is enough to demonstrate its value.
Xu Si eagerly opened the car door, and sure enough, the interior space had undergone a dramatic transformation.
The originally somewhat cramped cockpit has become spacious and comfortable, with even a rest area in the back row that is big enough for people to lie down. The seat material has also become softer, with a warm and smooth feel unique to wax.
With a thought, the layout inside the car began to assemble freely according to his ideas, sometimes forming a flat, large bed that could comfortably accommodate two or three people.
Sometimes they would set up a large table so that he no longer had to squat on the rocks to eat his lunch.
Sometimes it transforms into a large sofa, and even the car body can change at will.
He also mischievously created a tank cannon barrel, but unfortunately, it couldn't fire ammunition.
"The upgraded mimicry can not only mimic external structures, but also perfectly mimic internal structures, and its spatial expansion is also very practical."
Xu Si nodded in satisfaction, which meant that the comfort of his vehicle, on which he depended for survival, had been improved by an epic margin.
Night fell again, and the newly joined Shao Bing and others were also assigned to night watch duties, taking turns with Ta Shan, Su Su, and others.
With Jiao Jiao's [Radiant Follower] sequence, the team members maintained a good level of condition.
Jiao Jiao seemed to have found the joy of taking advantage of others, and would hang around Xu Si whenever she had free time.
Xu Si closed the car door and let her go. After all, the feeling of being "treated" wasn't bad, and it did subtly accelerate his digestion of the sequence enhancement drug. His sequence was improving slightly every day.
The next morning, as the blood-red sun rose, the convoy set off again.
Guided by the worker ants, the convoy sped towards the edge of the swamp.
The upgraded [Wax Messenger] offers an exceptionally comfortable driving experience.
The fully enclosed seats made him so comfortable that he wanted to stay there forever.
Last night, lying on the 1.2-meter-wide bed, he felt more relaxed than ever before.
The vehicle's powertrain, suspension, and chassis all appear to have been upgraded.
It gave him, a complete novice to cars, an unprecedentedly enhanced driving experience.
However, he remained at the back of the convoy, a position that allowed him to observe the entire situation.
Ahead of him was Shao Bing's ambulance, followed by a bus and two SUVs. Fu Xiaojian and Su Su's car was still leading the way.
Shao Bing would occasionally glance at the most mysterious and eerie young man in the convoy through the rearview mirror.
"Soldier, that red-haired guy... he's really creepy."
In the passenger seat was a young man in his early twenties named Li Miao. He was a new recruit that Shao Bing had brought from the hospital and was also his assistant.
Shao Bing grunted in agreement, his gaze sweeping over the smooth, pristine body of the [Wax Messenger], which even faintly gleamed with the luster of bone. Compared to his own ambulance, which was constantly making strange noises, the difference was like an insurmountable chasm.
"Speak less, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make. Didn't your class monitor teach you that?"
Seemingly feeling that it was inappropriate to say such a thing in this setting and given their identities, Shao Bing added.
"This team is not simple, and that young man... is even more so."
"Understood, soldier."
Ahead, Fu Xiaojian's warriors slowed their pace, while worker ants quietly pointed southeast from his palm.
Su Su's pickup truck followed closely behind. Jiao Jiao leaned halfway out of the car window with her left hand, and a milky white halo flashed at her fingertips, brushing a faint "purification" on the rear of the Mengshi truck, dispelling some of the muddy stains.
After she finished doing all this, she subconsciously glanced at the scarlet figure at the back of the line in the rearview mirror, a sly smile unconsciously creeping onto her lips.
Xu Si naturally felt the subtle "gaze".
However, the waxed windows kept all prying eyes out.
He leaned back in the upgraded, comfortable, and spacious driver's seat, his star-like eyes slightly narrowed. The "star trails" spread out silently, encompassing the entire convoy and the surrounding area of several hundred meters.
The disturbances from the swamp were fading, and that unparalleled sense of control was slowly returning, giving rise to a feeling of security.
The convoy traveled for about two hours on increasingly solid ground. The withered, dark bushes ahead began to thin out, replaced by some low, twisted but tenacious drought-resistant plants.
The heavy moisture and humus smell in the air were gradually replaced by a dry, desolate wild wind.
"We...it seems we've really made it out of the swamp!" Jiao Jiao's voice came through the walkie-talkie, filled with unbelievable joy.
At the edge of the horizon, the seemingly eternal gray mist finally dissipated completely, revealing a vast, desolate Gobi Desert.
It's like the world of cowboys in American TV shows.
The crimson sunlight poured down without obstruction, dyeing the earth a dazzling ochre red, a stark contrast to the gloomy, sticky swamp behind them.
The fog was clearly divided at this point, perhaps due to wind resistance or the fog's inability to penetrate.
Fu Xiaojian let out a long sigh of relief, finally able to relax his tense nerves for a moment.
He looked down at the wooden worker ant in his palm; it was still stubbornly pointing in a clear direction, seemingly unchanged.
"Everyone stop the car and rest for ten minutes!" Fu Xiaojian ordered.
The convoy slowly came to a stop at the boundary between the swamp and the Gobi Desert, as if it were the dividing line between two worlds.
After the apocalypse, the common feeling for everyone is one of division.
The apocalypse is like a jigsaw puzzle.
The boundaries between the puzzle pieces are clear, and their trajectory is to jump from one puzzle piece to another.
The survivors got out of the car and stepped onto the solid, rough gravel ground. Many of them even knelt down excitedly and kissed the dry earth.
The constant dampness, cold, and sense of sinking in the swamp, along with the mental oppression, were finally dispelled.
Xu Si also pushed open the car door, jumped out of the "Melting Wax Messenger", and enjoyed the clear feeling of stepping onto the ground.
"Did you escape into the swamp from here?" Fu Xiaojian asked Shao Bing.
"No!" The place we're in seems to be a desert, even drier than this. Shao Bing grabbed a handful of sand and gravel from the ground and let it scatter freely.