Chapter 1 Seeing Old Friends

Seeing the excited Gray Bear, Li Chenzhou couldn't help but shake his head and smile, a warm feeling rising in his heart. Although he had only stayed in the Duoluo world for a short time, it felt like a very long time to him.

He had made some acquaintances there, and even some he trusted, like Hu Tao and the others. But perhaps because they weren't from the same world, Li Chenzhou could never fully integrate himself into their group.

Now, back here, back in his own team, looking at Gray Bear, Duan Lei, Tian Ya, and the rest of the guys, he truly felt a sense of belonging!

Li Chenzhou's return also greatly excited Duan Lei, Fatty, and the others. Before, when Li Chenzhou and Gray Bear disappeared, although Li Chenzhou had left a message, it was still a spatial passage, and no one knew where it led.

No one knew if Li Chenzhou would ever be able to return. Even Duan Lei was constantly worried, but he forced himself not to think about it. In fact, the topic had become taboo within the team!

Now, Li Chenzhou was standing right in front of them, which put everyone's minds at ease. All along, Fatty and the others had been virtually invincible in this world, without the fear and despair that others in the apocalypse felt.

But they all knew that they owed their success to one person—Li Chenzhou. Without Li Chenzhou, they would be no different from any other survivors, and might have even died long ago, turning into hideous zombies.

Because of this, they not only felt gratitude towards Li Chenzhou, but also a dependence that they might not have even realized themselves. So, when Li Chenzhou was gone, although they were doing well under Duan Lei's command, they always felt a sense of unease.

Now that Li Chenzhou had finally returned to the team, Fatty, Tian Ya, Duan Xue, Duan Lei, and even Xiao Ya all felt a strange sense of relief…

"Sis! You stay here with Xiao Ya and the others, we'll go!"

Duan Lei quickly called out to Duan Xue, and then he ran towards the Mo Shi Sha Lu Zhe battle chariot. Having known for a long time that there was a battle chariot specifically for combat, he assumed this was it. Of course, Duan Lei wanted to hurry up and check out the chariot's performance!

Li Chenzhou, Gray Bear, Duan Lei, Tian Ya, and Fatty, a total of five people, all piled into the chariot. Without Li Chenzhou even saying anything, Duan Lei and the others summoned Xiao Lu themselves to inquire about the chariot's performance, and Li Chenzhou promptly granted them access.

This time, Li Chenzhou gave them all top-level access, without any restrictions. Anyway, he would soon exchange for even more powerful war fortresses. As for the chariot, if they wanted one, Li Chenzhou could even give them each one!

The Mo Shi Sha Lu Zhe battle chariot wasn't that different from the spatial chariot, except that the interior space was much smaller, and the weapons and defense were much stronger. Other than that, there wasn't much difference.

"How is it? Ready to go?"

A few minutes later, Li Chenzhou asked.

"Ready!"

Gray Bear was the first to answer, looking somewhat disappointed.

He was mainly interested in the chariot's weapon systems. After all, he was a former special operative, and coupled with a man's natural inclinations, he was most interested in various weapons.

But after learning about the weapons on the chariot, Gray Bear suddenly realized that while people could manually operate those weapons, it wasn't much different from the chariot controlling them automatically. In fact, if you put someone with poor marksmanship in charge, it would be better to let the chariot's weapons attack automatically!

That was the horror of a chariot specifically designed for combat. All the vehicle-mounted weapons, as long as a target was set, could attack automatically, and would also calculate the range. Especially the accuracy, within range, it was absolutely guaranteed to hit. It would even automatically calculate the wind direction and terrain, and other factors that would affect the shot.

An automatic fire control system was actually more awesome than Gray Bear, a professionally trained soldier. Gray Bear suddenly felt like he was kind of superfluous on this vehicle.

"Hahahaha! What's wrong, do you feel like you're not even as good as an artificial intelligence?"

Seeing Gray Bear's expression, Li Chenzhou instantly understood what the guy was thinking, and burst out laughing. Then he waved his hand and tossed a rather imposing weapon to Gray Bear:

"Here! You don't have to worry about the weapons on the chariot, this is yours!"

*Thump!*

Gray Bear caught the gun that Li Chenzhou threw over, and at the same time, the gun's information instantly flooded into his mind, and he was overjoyed.

This was a multi-functional light-beam gun, with multiple modes that could be switched. It could be used as a sniper rifle, a submachine gun, a light machine gun, or even a grenade launcher.

The only regret was that although the bullets fired by this gun were just light beams, they still required energy blocks, like magazines, and weren't unlimited.

All the light-beam weapons in the slaughter mall didn't have unlimited ammunition. Only those guns that used physical bullets did. The explanation in the gun's description was that because the light-beam guns were so powerful, they also consumed a lot of energy. There couldn't be a light-beam gun with unlimited ammunition, otherwise it wouldn't be scientific.

Li Chenzhou expressed considerable contempt for this. Physical guns that ejected shell casings like crazy every time they fired had unlimited ammunition, but when it came to light-beam guns, you give me this 'unscientific' crap?

If you really want to be scientific, explain to me where those shell casings come from! This was the end of the world, there weren't any junk collectors. Otherwise, Li Chenzhou could take an unlimited ammo handgun, fire it at the sky all day, and then sell the shell casings to make a decent living.

Besides Gray Bear, Li Chenzhou also prepared weapons for Fatty, Tian Ya, and Duan Lei. They were all suitable for them, both firearms and melee weapons. In addition, Gray Bear also had two melee weapons, one long and one short, for him to use as a backup.

Having obtained their new weapons, Duan Lei and the others were all delighted, and Li Chenzhou drove the chariot straight towards Lin Qiang's RV.

Lin Qiang had also already begun his new actions. After seeing Li Chenzhou's chariot rushing into the mountain village with overwhelming force, and incidentally wiping out several hundred of his puppet soldiers, Lin Qiang realized that his desire to get a chariot had basically been shattered.

Therefore, Lin Qiang had already begun to gather his troops, bringing them all back. With the two chariots in the mountain village, surrounding it wouldn't stop them from breaking out.

So, now Lin Qiang had only two choices: one was to retreat immediately, and the other was to concentrate everyone and launch a full-scale assault on the main gate of the mountain village.

However, Lin Qiang was hesitant, because he felt that if he launched an attack, his chances of winning weren't great. But to leave like this, after losing so many men, Lin Qiang was somewhat unwilling.

Just as Lin Qiang was struggling, Li Chenzhou made the choice for him. Watching the chariot rushing out of the mountain village gate, heading straight for him, Lin Qiang took a deep breath. He knew that he could only fight now…