A technomancer's journey in an apocalyptic world

Chapter 23: Departure (Part-3)

Two short burst later the birds were dead as Ryan heard a few clapping he pulled back the bolt as the empty cartridges flew out of it and new rounds took it its place, he turned towards them as he gave a mock bow.

[Host Killed Tier 0 life form gained 1 blood point and 1 soul.]

[Host Killed Tier 0 life form gained 1 blood point and 1 soul.]

Ryan's brow twitched at that as Michalina spoke curiously, "Is something wrong brother?"

"Nothing just that those two only gave a single blood points each it is so frustrating."

"How many do you need?", a question came from his side making Ryan even more depressed.

"I need approximately six hundred blood points."

"Ouch you have my sympathies.", only for Ryan to glare at her as she continued nonchalantly, "So what is the highest you have received so far?"

Ryan frowned at the question as he replied with a sigh, "The highest I have I received so far was Two hundred and Twenty Five courtesy of the Lion creature."

Michalina's jaws tighten as she spoke, "I hope you are not planning on trying to kill some dangerous enemies?"

Ryan waved of her concern as he spoke, "Of course not why would I act like a suicidal fool, I know my limits."

Lieutenant Grace smiled at that as she spoke, "Michalina you do not have to worry about him about dying from some dangerous creature though seeing him not using the safety of his weapon it is a different story."

Ryan flushed red in embarrassment as everyone within earshot giggled at that even his sister he quickly turned the safety on.

"Hey Ryan I have a question to ask of you.", as the laughter subsided, Lieutenant Grace spoke again drawing Ryan's attention who at first send a glare before he gave a small nod of confirmation making her continue, "I have noticed that the weapon carried by both Captain Zhan and you has a star is there any reason for that."

"Those stars are there for a reason, the more number of stars a weapon has the better would its quality be, it starts from zero stars to all the way to five stars, but as it increases so does the requirement for it to be used as well as the resource needed for it also increases slightly not to mention the chances of creating one is also much lower as such I have avoided creating starred weapon too much though I believe it might change in the future."

Grace nodded in understanding as more questions came to her mind, "What would happen if you fail to create an item?"

"I will lose the resource that was needed to create them."

Grace nodded in understanding before a comfortable silence descended amongst them as they toured through the village while Ryan went from one car to next as he studied them as if he was looking for something he spend a few extra minutes in front of a truck and a bus as if he was contemplating something with his eyes closed for a moment.

"So many marvels of the modern society and all of them are gone for good.", one of them remarked making others sad for a moment before Ryuu replied back with a smile, "They might be gone for the moment but like a phoenix they would rise from their ashes of the civilization anew."

"Well I have decided on how to proceed to with it, though we might not have to haul all the cars I will have to make multiple trips to carry the parts that I have broken apart and then re-forge them into something new."

"So brother which one do you want to take apart first."

"I will start with the one nearest to our base and slowly move to the one further away with the truck and the bus later on, and if I am not wrong except those two I will have to dismantle around four cars that are still intact."

It had taken Ryan three whole days and lots of traveling to finally tear down the four cars as well as a couple that was nothing more than scrap but still they would provide him with some form of resource for him to work with, but now he was left staring at the large semi truck and the bus, looking at them he inwardly let out a small chuckled at that, 'It seems that I would be working with the favorite vehicles of apocalypse fan it would have been even more better if it were a school bus but still how interesting, "

The Black color semi truck was parked without any trailer attached to it while the front of the semi was a bit slanting which worked well for him, 'I will have to remove the electronic parts, the lights among many things and specially the engine as it would be useless to me, I have no way of getting any form of use from them after all who would provide me with any kind of fossil fuel.'

Grace looked at Ryan as he once again raised his hand a soft yellowish glow came from it as the engine broke apart and seemed to be sucked into his hands, he had done this to the others that he took apart and it was fascinating to watch she had approached him wanting to know more and still remembered how the dejected Ryan had complained that he could only harvest a quarter of the resources even at the very best using the method the rest was lost.

Grace watched as he ran towards the bus and did the same her sisters have started calling the ability of Ryan, 'Eating' and she whole heartedly agreed with it as it was exactly what it looked like Ryan simply hovered his hands on top of any material and they broke and disappeared in blink of an eye.

Ryan nodded at it with a satisfied smile on his face he had finished gathering the engines and after depositing them he would have 'Mana Syllktis', 'Mana Metatropas', 'Mana Docheo' and lastly an engine for the entire thing to move it would take some time to craft them even with the use of the production power of the base but it would give him some time to go over his plan and iron out any wrinkles in them.

The cabin of a semi-truck had been stripped apart, it was missing any and all form of glasses the doors were lying on the ground, the entire dashboard had also been ripped apart that was what Ciara found as she arrived to check on what his son was making he was a bit tight lipped at that and no matter what no one had been able to pry it off from him, to her the semi truck looked akin to a skeleton bereft of its flesh.

"Mom what are you doing here?", a surprised Ryan asked Ciara with a smile on his face.

"Just came to see you work, so what are you going to do."

Ryan simply smiled at her as he removed the wires and other things before he placed an engine inside it, to CIara the new engine looked as if someone had taken apart variety of other engines and put them back together by picking out the best parts, she watched as the holographic image floated in front of Ryan which he placed inside the truck as the real engine seemed to have been printed out, the car shook upon the weight of the engine slightly placed, her eyes narrowed as she watched Ryan install the engine, 'Interesting so now he knows how to install an engine, very very interesting.'

She watched as Ryan tore apart the back of the cabin as even more wires were ripped apart, he then went towards the fuel tank he tore it and replaced with something different, inside of the cabin he dug out small openings just behind the chairs and he installed two tall looking machines that seemed to fuse with the cabin seamlessly, the machines had vents that were exposed through the openings that Ryan created, a couple of pipes went from them to the rectangular tanks that had replaced the cylindrical ones from before.

A few hours later Ryan let out a huff as he stood in front of his creation which looked like a heavily damaged vehicle appreciating his handiwork as he spoke, "Well I am done for now though I think I will move it near the base along with the bus in tow, it will be better than moving up and down a few kilometers for even the smallest of things."

Ciara nodded in agreement before she spoke with a frown, "I saw you use many normal instruments like spanner and screwdrivers but why not your powers."

Ryan frowned at that as he spoke, "My power places things permanently as such if I were to place something and have to move it later on I would have to break the thing and in doing so I would lose it as I can only salvage a quarter of anything that I break."

"I see", Ciara was quite for a moment before she spoke with a smile, "Do you mind if I drive it to near the base."

Ryan beamed at her as he spoke, "No mom I would not though I would want to drag the bus along as well."

Ciara nodded as she barked out new orders towards her subordinates and a few minutes later she was sitting on a chair that Ryan had hastily got for her, along with Ryan a couple of her subordinates stood behind her as she tried to start the engine but no matter what she was unable to as she turned look back she was greeted by the sight of a blushing Ryan, "I think there is something that I need mom for it to start.", he finished with a laugh full of embarrassment.

Michalina stood in front of her overexcited brother, she had been flown here suddenly all she was told that an emergency had occurred and she was needed post haste upon arrival she was greeted by her overexcited brother who was standing holding a pair of wires, "What happened Ryan I heard there was an emergency."

Ryan gained a serious look as he spoke with a nod, "Of course sis there is a very dangerous emergency I need you to hold this pair of wires and send the strongest jolt."

Michalina quickly took the pair as she send as much electricity as she could master and soon with a roar the truck started, as Ciara's voice came to everyone's ears, "Get up all of you or I will leave you behind."

Ryan took the wires off of Michalina's hands as he climbed on the truck as it began to move forward, he then turned and frown seeing Michalina not moving from her spot stunned as she shouted out, "Big sis climb on I know you are stunned upon seeing my creation but it is not it complete, come on do not be shy climb on."

His words jolted her awake as she was brought out of her shocked state as she shouted out at the top of her lungs, "I AM NOT YOUR GODDAMNED BATTERY!!!!!"

Before she began to chase after the moving caravan as she let out a few swear words, she had thought many things when she heard about the emergency but not this, not the fact that they need someone to send a jolt to start a truck she felt cheated by a prank and from the looks it was her brother behind all this a smug faced Ryan came to her mind, 'When I get my hands on him I will make him suffer.'

It was time for the sun to set when the weird caravan of a partially destroyed truck with an equally devastated former civilian travel bus meant for long distance travel was towed near the base, the gigantic door of the base was swung open as it entered slowly into the base before it was parked waiting for the next set of operations done on it courtesy of Ryan.