CHAPTER 200: CHAPTER 198 VEHICLE MODIFICATION COMPLETED

Regarding Azus and others’ intention to seize his refuge, and even control him personally, Chen Xin was naturally unaware and did not even know that his refuge was being monitored.

But even if he knew, Chen Xin would probably not consider it worth his attention.

With the current thickness of 300mm nickel-chrome alloy armor steel door at the main entrance, even a modern army would need heavy firepower to blast the door open.

Such heavy firepower doesn’t refer to heavy machine guns or rocket launchers, and mortars are inadequate as well—it would require genuine heavy firepower, at least armor-piercing bullets fired from the main cannon of a main battle tank.

Don’t think it’s exaggerated; during WWII, the front armor thickness of the main turret on Bismarck battleships was 360mm, the Hood battlecruiser turret was 381mm, and the Missouri battleship turret was 495mm...

You could say Chen Xin’s door is equivalent to battleship-level defense during WWII, where battleship turrets had the thickest armor on the ship, and only other battleship main cannons could penetrate them.

Even with the advancement of modern military technology greatly improving cannon penetration, penetrating 300mm homogeneous nickel-chrome alloy armor steel is not achievable by ordinary caliber cannons.

Moreover, such large-caliber heavy artillery is only equipped by frontline main combat forces in major military powers, like the top five in Blue Star. Even second-line forces would likely lack such heavy firepower, let alone special police or armed police.

Therefore, a few terrorists don’t concern Chen Xin in the slightest.

Even if they could initiate suicide bomb assaults, tying explosives to fearless infantry and blowing up the door, the two twin Maxim at Chen Xin’s entrance are not for decoration.

Though the ammunition supply isn’t vast, with assistance of automatic targeting, taking down three to five hundred people isn’t a problem.

To put it bluntly, considering the current defense capability of Chen Xin’s refuge, even combined efforts of city district special police and armed police couldn’t succeed in storming it.

The best result they could achieve might be leaving a few bullet marks on Chen Xin’s refuge door with heavy machine guns.

With such defense, Chen Xin naturally wouldn’t worry about his safety issues, giving him time to devote to transforming his vehicle.

After Li Yulong delivered the car parts and other related materials, Chen Xin’s vehicle transformation plan smoothly proceeded.

This vehicle now no longer resembles the former SUV and could be said to be completely two different vehicles.

If not for the system-provided information-state concept obfuscation technology, no one would think this bus-sized vehicle was transformed from an SUV, as they have no resemblance at all.

The 12-meter-long body rests on a segmented track chassis, with a dual-row, triple-proof driver’s cabin atop a four-meter-long track, while the back living cabin has a six-meter-long track underneath.

Originally, Chen Xin planned for a single continuous track, but after upgrades, it transformed into such a segmented setup, which he accepted, as he wasn’t a professional and couldn’t distinguish whether a single track or segmented track performed better.

The vehicle’s overall skin uses 9mm thick steel plates with armored protective plates on key parts. The chassis can withstand attacks from landmines or grenades, and only large-caliber anti-material sniper rifles could penetrate the frontal driver’s cabin glass.

Snow camouflage coated on the surface serves as the best disguise in the dark snowy terrain, and the vehicle’s propulsion from triple 200KW output power isotope thermoelectric batteries makes it exceedingly difficult to detect.

The infrared night vision device in the driver’s cabin makes it possible to drive without headlights, effectively preventing the vehicle from being spotted.

Additionally, the car is equipped with a radar unit that Chen Xin couldn’t identify, capable of detecting all moving objects within a radius of 5 kilometers, along with four military drones, two of which come with machine guns as weapons.

A hidden 12.7mm caliber tri-barrel rotary machine gun tops the vehicle, equipped with high-explosive incendiary armor-piercing bullets, against which nothing but main battle tanks can withstand such firepower.

As for the interior, the living cabin follows a luxury RV setup, including a fully functional kitchenette with an induction cooker, microwave, sink, washing machine, dishwasher, and cabinets for storing ample kitchenware.

The vehicle’s separate wet and dry restroom is like typical home restrooms, only sans bathtub.

Carefully designed two 2.1m×1.8m double beds and two 0.8m×1.8m single beds can comfortably accommodate at least six adults, and it wouldn’t be an issue squeezing in eight people.

The carriage has a complete water circulation system, complemented by a water tank that can hold five tons of water and a water treatment filtration system, sufficient to provide adequate living water for six to eight passengers.

To ensure the vehicle could meet long-term survival needs in the wild, Chen Xin even set up a planting box with five layers of 0.2m×0.6m, capable of providing ample vegetables, along with a super large trunk at the rear, enough to hold food for six people for a month without any pressure.

And it was with this vehicle that Chen Xin finally had the confidence to return home and bring back his parents.

He believed that with this vehicle, he could handle the journey across four provinces, over more than six hundred kilometers, and successfully bring back his parents.

Of course, the cost of modifying such a luxury, high-performance armored RV was exceedingly astonishing.

If Chen Xin had not gathered a substantial amount of raw materials through Li Yulong and personally modified and processed a large batch of components, the survival points needed to upgrade such a vehicle would have been enough to upgrade one and a half shelters.

Even with sufficient materials, the two thousand five hundred survival points still left Chen Xin feeling extremely pained.

Yet he gritted his teeth and invested those survival points into it.

After all, this vehicle was to bring back his parents, and he now feared whether there was any flaw or shortcoming that might prevent him from successfully returning home.

Besides, no matter how much resources and survival points were consumed, Chen Xin was willing to spend them.

Now, with the successful upgrade and modification of the vehicle, Chen Xin felt it was worth the value.

"Finally, it’s completed! Ah Xin, your hands-on ability is really strong!" Ding Ning looked at the armored RV in front of her, full of admiration.

To her and Qin Lan, this vehicle was transformed little by little with their cooperation with Chen Xin, so seeing the upgraded armored RV, both Ding Ning and Qin Lan couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.

However, to Chen Xin, this seemed somewhat discordant, but to avoid revealing his biggest secret, Chen Xin still said to Ding Ning and Qin Lan, "Thank you both for your help. Without your assistance, it would have taken me unknown years and months to complete the modification of this vehicle by myself."

"Ah Xin, you’re too polite. Ah Ning and I haven’t done much, just helped a bit here and there; it really doesn’t count for much." Qin Lan shook her head, although from her perspective, she and Ding Ning indeed helped a lot, her personality made her feel like she hadn’t done much.

Chen Xin didn’t mind this, opened a door on the side of the vehicle, lowered the boarding ladder, and said to the two, "Would the ladies like to go up and take a look?"

Facing Chen Xin’s invitation and this mighty, powerful, and yet understated heavyweight armored RV, Qin Lan and Ding Ning exchanged a glance and couldn’t help but smile at each other before they both boarded the vehicle.

Because they entered from the middle of the vehicle, after boarding, what presented before them was a table surrounded by a circle of U-shaped sofas.

Chen Xin also boarded the vehicle at this moment and introduced warmly to them, "This is the living area where you can sit normally to eat or chat. Ahead is the driver’s cabin, and behind is the bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom."

While speaking, Chen Xin also lowered the table in the middle of the sofas, smilingly explaining to the two, "This table can be raised and lowered; once lowered, it becomes a double bed."

"A double bed?" Ding Ning looked at the table that was now flush with the adjacent sofa and said to Chen Xin, "It looks quite spacious; is it comfortable to sleep on at night?"

"I’m not sure about that. You’d have to try sleeping on it to know." Chen Xin could only smile, expressing his uncertainty about the question.

Compared to Ding Ning, who was more concerned about the living area, Qin Lan actively walked forward, passed a channel less than half a meter long, and entered the driver’s cabin.

Certainly, Chen Xin followed her, seeing Qin Lan curiously survey the various equipment around the driver’s seat, so he volunteered to introduce to her one by one.

Listening to Chen Xin’s introduction of the radar, drones, and night vision equipment equipped in this vehicle, Qin Lan couldn’t help but exclaim, "Really, Ah Xin, you’re impressive, this vehicle is already stronger than the armored cars used by our team."

"No choice! After all, I have to cross six provinces and over six hundred kilometers to bring back my parents. Without complete functionality on the vehicle, it’s impossible to finish such a long journey and return." Chen Xin could only explain it as a practical necessity.

However, after hearing Chen Xin’s words, Qin Lan only looked at him and asked him a question, "So Ah Xin, when do you plan to set off to bring your parents back home?"