Mobile Shelter

Chapter 37 Publicly Revealing Superpowers

As Dong Qi was about to arrive home, he saw two cars parked in front of his house in the distance. Before his car could get close, he saw several people climb over the wall of his yard.

The courtyard wall of Dong Qi's house is not much different from the courtyard walls of most ordinary villa areas. It is only a little over one meter high. This wall can only keep out honest people, not scoundrels.

Perhaps because the car was parked in front of Dong Qi's house, the people in that car saw Dong Qi's car and honked their horn before Dong Qi could even get close.

Upon hearing the other party's horn, Dong Qi realized that they had spotted him and had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue driving.

As soon as Dong Qi's car approached, several fully armed men got out.

Upon seeing this, Dong Qi immediately had a bad feeling.

Before Dong Qi could figure out a response, one of them came over and knocked on the window.

Before Dong Qi could even lower his car window, he heard the man say, "It's me. You don't need to get out of the car. Give me the keys, and I'll open the door."

Dong Qi recognized the voice as Dong Hao's, so he handed the key to the courtyard gate to him directly.

After learning that Dong Hao was here, Dong Qi knew that these people should all be members of the investigation team, so he had a rough idea of ​​why they were here.

When Dong Qi drove his car into the underground parking garage, only Dong Hao and Captain Gao entered the basement; no other members of the investigation team followed.

As soon as Dong Qi got out of the car, he saw Dong Hao and Captain Gao take off their helmets and hoods.

Before Dong Qi could even ask what had brought the other person to him, Dong Hao couldn't help but ask, "Where have you been these past few days, and who fixed your car?"

Seeing the worried look on Dong Hao's face, Dong Qi knew that the other party was genuinely worried about him, so he began to explain:

"Although we have a lot of supplies at home, most of them are either frozen goods or staple foods. If we can't get enough vitamins in the long term, ordinary people will get sick in no time."

As you know, just past the toll station to the west is X County, where there are grape plantations, fruit processing plants, and canned yellow peaches.

"I went there this time just to see if I could get some canned fruit."

"Did you get it?"

Upon hearing Captain Gao's sudden question, Dong Qi said helplessly, "Even if I have money now, I can't spend it, so I brought a lot of things as barter items."

Logically, I was carrying staple foods, which should be in high demand, but for some reason, several groups of people refused to trade with me.

Upon hearing Dong Qi's words, Dong Hao, who was very familiar with Dong Qi, showed a look of doubt on his face, while Gao, who had only met him once, believed Dong Qi's words.

The reason why Captain Gao did not question the veracity of Dong Qi's words was that although most ordinary people felt that in this special period, after suffering from this special disaster, this year's grain harvest would inevitably fail, so grain was very precious at this time.

However, people of slightly higher status, like Captain Gao, knew that the Great Xia people had a habit of hoarding grain, having experienced three years of nationwide famine, which led to the construction of grain reserve warehouses in every region since then.

Every year, the newly received grain is given priority to be sent to the grain reserve warehouses, replacing the old grain. Grain warehouses in various places maintain a reserve of grain to supply the local population for three years.

Of course, this matter was known to anyone with a little status, since the location of this open granary was very conspicuous.

In addition, there are hidden war reserve warehouses in various places that store large quantities of supplies.

If the grain depots store unprocessed grains, then the war reserve warehouses store emergency food supplies with extremely long shelf lives.

Therefore, even if the Great Xia Dynasty suffers a complete crop failure for one or two years, at most it will only result in a shortage of supplies and the need to tighten its belt, but it will not fall into the state of nationwide famine again.

However, whether it is the grain reserves in the granary or the supplies stored in the war reserve warehouse, the purpose is to prevent famine. The food stored there is basically the staple food to suppress hunger, and there is a great lack of supplementary foods such as canned food to supplement vitamins.

Therefore, during this period, ordinary people might have felt that food was very precious, while canned fruit was just a luxury item that could be disregarded.

But those who truly understand the secret know that in this period, grain is actually very easy to obtain, while supplementary foods like canned fruit are the rarer items.

Dong Qi was unaware that his fabricated explanations to cover up his whereabouts had not aroused any suspicion from Captain Gao.

Although Dong Hao didn't quite believe Dong Qi's explanation, he didn't press the matter further after seeing that Captain Gao didn't question it.

However, after seeing Captain Gao wink at him, he could only helplessly continue asking, "Who fixed your car? And why weren't your tires affected by the snow?"

Although he didn't know why the investigation team would come looking for him, Dong Qi knew that this would definitely attract their attention when the team members saw that his car could drive normally in the gray snow.

However, Dong Qi had already made preparations to reveal that he was an awakened being who had gained superpowers.

After all, although he had a good relationship with Dong Hao, and the other party had agreed to help cover it up and not report it.

But no matter how secret something is, once a second person knows it, it will eventually be known by others as well.

Since he had already prepared to reveal his special ability, Dong Qi stopped hiding it and said directly, "Since you all want to know, I won't hide it from you anymore."

Hao-ge actually knows that I am an Awakened One, and that the superpower I awakened is actually related to this car.

My special ability allows a vehicle to become a single unit, similar to a digitized mission in a game. When attacked, the attacked area will not be damaged immediately.

Therefore, even though snow and ash are highly corrosive to tires, my superpowers won't have a significant impact on my vehicle.

Both Captain Gao and Dong Hao are around the same age as Dong Qi, so they can easily understand the abilities of Dong Qi's superpowers.

Without waiting for Dong Hao to speak, Captain Gao asked directly, "Does your ability work on all objects, or only on vehicles?"

Upon hearing Captain Gao's question, Dong Qi said helplessly, "It only works on my car. My ability has a unique effect and can only work on one item. Once selected, it cannot be changed."

When I first gained my superpower, I only knew it could only affect one object, so I thought I'd test it on my own car first. If I had known earlier that it couldn't be changed after use, I definitely would have gotten a better car.