My Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Levels Up Infinitely!

by Stayrr

As disaster was about to strike, a group of survivors transmigrated into a desolated world and were challenged to a game of survival. From terrifying acid rains, to endless natural disasters, the heavens burn while the earth scorches, radiation is rampant, and nobody is spared from the dangers of this hellscape. The only way one survives is by building a shelter and slowly upgradin

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Chapter 441: Facing His Fears Directly, Traversing the Sea While Five Kilometers Under!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The world inside books was exceptionally wonderful.

These books were gifted to Su Mo by the leaders of the official shelters. The knowledge within had been painstakingly written and arranged carefully for him.

Thanks to the bonus that multiplied Su Mo's attributes by twenty times, coupled with the special ability of the magic carpet that increased the recovery rate of his mind power, Su Mo was now frighteningly efficient when it came to studying and researching!

He was careful to keep his mind power above 60%.

At ten at night, Sun-chaser caught up with the Tundra fleet, who had set out earlier that day. Su Mo had also completely finished reading the first book, which was about introductory biology!

The Tundra Fleet had left at nine in the morning.

Su Mo had not departed until six in the evening.

There was a nine-hour difference between his and the Tundra Fleet departure times, but he managed to catch up to them within four hours.

This was despite the fact that the Tundra fleet still possessed the 60% attribute bonus from Hope One!

Su Mo did not choose to intrude on them. He stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the fleet from a distance. The ships in the fleet had already let their anchors down.

From where Su Mo was, thanks to his excellent eyesight, he could see that

Lu Yongyi was making his rounds among the survivors in the raft fleet below after the first day of their journey was over.

These survivors were like lion cubs that were no longer protected by a male lion. Their morale was slightly lower, but they were also uncontrollably excited about the journey ahead.

From time to time, a cheer could be heard from where the rafts were, after which silence would return.

"This is great! At this rate, one year or so, after the time given to us to rest and recuperate is used up, the combat power of the humans will be fully restored!"

Su Mo committed this peaceful image to memory and nodded, filled with emotions. He walked along the bow of the boat back to his bedroom to start studying again.

Under the control of the OS, Sun-chaser was like an assassin under the cover of the dark. It silently and stealthily left the area where the fleet was located.

No one knew that Su Mo had come, and no one knew where Su Mo's destination was.

While the game was paused for the update, humankind was thrown back to the primitive era; they lost all means of communication with the outside world.

This also happened to be the perfect opportunity for them to improve themselves!

Su Mo read until three in the morning. It was only after the OS issued a prompt that Su Mo rubbed his eyes, turned the lights off, and quietly lay down on his simple bed.

Covered with the magic carpet, this bed was not too different from the one in Hope One's captain's quarters.

Thanks to the attribute bonus of the God of the Ocean title, he did not experience the effects of the Sun-chaser's pitching and rolling.

The sea breeze gently blew past as the waves lapped lightly.

Gradually, Su Mo became sleepy, after which he fell asleep.

The night was a long one.

Since he had exerted himself greatly the previous day, Su Mo had a long night of rest and only woke up at ten in the morning.

Rays of light seeped through the curtains in the bedroom, illuminating the books on the table.

'The sounds of sea waves constantly lapping outside could be heard.

Fumbling around, Su Mo took out a glass of psychic energy water as usual and drank it. After that, Su Mo slowly got up, pushed open the door and walked out.

The sound of the ocean breeze was very loud today.

After the game started updating, the weather on the wasteland no longer remained the same all day.

Large clouds floated around in the sky, and the whistling sea breeze made rattling noises as it passed through the gaps on the Sun-chaser's deck.

At the edge of the horizon, a gloomy black storm cloud could be seen; wind and thunder seemed to be brewing within.

"Oh, this weather is quite realistic. Nice!"

'The size of Sun-chaser's deck, although incomparable to Hope One, was still sufficient.

Su Mo did dozens of push-ups easily, exercising his slightly stiff body.

After that, he went inside the cabin to check the remaining distance between the Sun-chaser and the designated location.

During the previous night, the OS executed the plan very well.

At this point in time, the Sun-chaser's battery was at 100%. It could maintain cruising speed for 72 hours continuously.

As displayed on the screen, he was only 300 kilometers away from the ruins.

Given the boat's current speed, he would arrive on time at two in the afternoon!

This was an hour slower than predicted, but it was still within an acceptable range, which was very pleasing.

After a few more clicks, Su Mo set his mind at ease.

He washed up, took out some rations, and cooked them over the fire.

This process was something Su Mo was very familiar with; he had lived alone for a long time after all.

After his meal, Su Mo found that he still had three hours left. He went back into his bedroom to continue reading, taking advantage of the remaining time to complete the book on introductory biology.

From the structure of the human body, to the function of each part; from detailed points such as certain surgeries, to how the potential of the human body could be unlocked... This introductory book covered a wide range of topics. It was written in a way to gradually guide its reader and help the reader

figure out their next step.

Su Mo, however, was clearly not an average reader.

It would be exceptionally difficult for the average person to thoroughly master a particular discipline, especially since they possessed no talent in studying and research, no magic carpet, and had no psychic energy water to nourish their mind power.

This also limited the rapid progress of humans in most disciplines.

'They would already be in their forties or fifties after absorbing all the knowledge of previous generations; there would not be much time left for them to create or discover something new.

And even if they could create or discover something new, they could only advance the discipline by a miniscule amount; they would usually not be capable of bringing about significant change to the discipline.

Therefore, after realizing that his learning speed was frighteningly fast, Su Mo immediately determined the direction that he would take.

Everything!

He would study every discipline there was!

"Tsk. If adenosine triphosphate is the only direct source of energy that powers muscle activity, I'll have to find a way to convert adenosine diphosphate into adenosine triphosphate so that energy can be provided consistently, after which the energy can be released through the hydrolysis of adenosine

triphosphate."

"T wonder whether it's possible to use or attach external apparatuses to the human body to replace or complement their weaker equivalent biological counterparts? One might not be able to fully replace all the components of the human body, but if 30% of the human body can be replaced and outfitted

with these, it can enhance a person's performance in the battle by two, no, several times!"

Slowly turning the pages, whimsical ideas popped into Su Mo's mind one after the other, which he then stored in his memory.

These ideas might contain elements that had yet to be proven scientifically, or might not even be feasible given the current levels of science and technology, but Su Mo paid no heed to such constraints.

Imagination had always been the driving force behind human progress.

If he did not dare to imagine or dream big, then he would have already stepped onto the path toward definite failure before even beginning.

{Captain Su Mo, the distance to the designated location is less than 30 kilometers. Estimated time of arrival is 22 minutes.]

By the time Su Mo came back to his senses, it was already half past one in the afternoon.

At this time, the operating system asked Su Mo.

[Turn on Active Scanning Mode?]

"Turn on Active Scanning Mode."

"Prioritize avoiding all living creatures. Analyze the surroundings and detect any points of abnormality!"

[OS has received your command. Corresponding mode activated.]

The specific location of the ruins was marked on the map.

The building corresponding to that mark had already disappeared from the wasteland countless years ago.

During that period, the ruins were located in the mountains, not in the ocean.

Centuries had passed since then.

The mountains were gone and the land had also disappeared. Only the endless ocean remained.

This location was deduced by the operating system, which had analyzed the map itself.

The specific location was within a 30-kilometer radius of this point!

The ruins had been destroyed in an attack, which made its location even more difficult to find.

Su Mo sat on the stern of the boat, holding the map while carefully surveying the surrounding ocean. He was not anxious and waited patiently.

At two in the afternoon, the operating system arrived at the designated location.

At fifteen past two, the operating system had completed scanning nearly 20% of the ocean area within the perimeter.

At forty past two, about 40% of the terrain in the perimeter had been scanned.

At half past three, the operating system completed the scanning of 60% of the area!

'The remaining area was getting smaller and smaller, but the operating system still had not found anything.

Just when Su Mo was about to go down into the ocean personally, Oreo, who had been lying at the bow of the boat, reacted!

"Woof! Woof!"

"Woooo00000!"

"Stop, stop here!"

Since becoming a deity, Oreo had become increasingly lazy. She had not moved an inch ever since she got on the boat.

Right now, observing Oreo's reaction, Su Mo's face instantly lit up in glee and stopped the boat.

"Here?"

"Woof!" Oreo nodded her head.

"Good! Operating system, activate Alert Mode and avoid all passing creatures in this area, and wait for me here!"

"Oreo, you can wait on the ship first. Wait until I go down and check things out before you dive in!"

Su Mo decisively dove into the ocean like a fish. After he entered the water, he glanced around with ease.

The effects that came with the God of the Ocean title were far more terrifying underwater than they were above the surface of the ocean.

It was as if Su Mo had arrived home. The ocean had now become the environment Su Mo was most comfortable with.

He could breathe freely underwater without any restrictions.

In other words, if the effects of the card persisted, he could stay underwater all day without any problem.

He would not be burdened by the water pressure even if he dove to a depth of a hundred meters underwater.

He exerted force from his legs and, in the blink of an eye, he dove a hundred meters into the ocean.

Here, the sunlight that shone down from the sky could barely be seen, and the ocean became slightly dark.

The sight of the dark depths further down was so terrifying that most people would feel dizzy simply by looking at it.

Even if Su Mo was much more courageous than before, he still felt his scalp turn numb.

"The tall mountains on the map are about a thousand meters in height, yet up till now, I still haven't found them."

"This means that I still have to continue going deeper. Ah, let's do this!"

To overcome his fear, he would have to face it head-on.

Even though Su Mo was spooked by the dark depths, he still steeled himself and dove deeper.

In the blink of an eye, he had gone four hundred meters deeper.

Here, the light from above was now completely imperceptible. It was completely dark under the ocean!

The world record for the furthest depth covered by free divers was 116 meters.

The record was 332.35 meters with scuba diving gear.

Unaware that he had broken the world record by a large margin, Su Mo continued to dive down into the depths of the ocean.

He had already felt somewhat fearful when his surroundings were barely visible.

Now that he could not see anything, he could only feel himself swimming downward. If he closed his eyes, it was almost like he was swimming blindly in a pool.

Five minutes

Ten minutes.

Twenty minutes.

'As he dove further down, he gradually lost all concept of depth. Since his physical strength had not deteriorated, he could only judge the distance covered by counting the passing minutes.

According to his speed of two hundred and sixty meters per minute, he was.

5200 meters underwater!

The pressure here had reached a staggering five thousand tons per square meter!

Were it not for the powers supplied by the title of the God of the Ocean's oracle, he would have been crushed to pieces within seconds.

When Su Mo reached this place, his heart leapt when he touched hard rock.

Even though he could not see what the object really was, he maneuvered around the surface of the object carefully, and constructed a mental image of the object and compared it to what was on the map.

'That mental image told Su Mo that.

This was where the ruins were located!

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Chapter 442: Terrifying Technology, Cyberpunk Expeditionary Army!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Launching a rocket while being five thousand meters underwater was a feat that was impossible given the current levels of science and technology on Earth.

On Earth, there was no energy source powerful enough to propel the rocket upward with so much force that it could dispel the terrifying water pressure and still soar into space after that.

There was also no material strong enough to ignore the crushing water pressure while maintaining the structural integrity of the rocket.

Unless

Divine power was involved!

Su Mo did not prepare the tools he needed for excavation, so he swam back up to the surface after discovering the place. His mind raced as he weighed the pros and cons of the matter.

"There are two options."

"The first one is to use the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card to change the terrain and push these mountains back above sea-level to form a new floating island."

"However, that means I'll have to invest a Legendary-quality card into this matter even before I've managed to locate the God of the Ocean. This is quite a great expense and risk."

"The second option is to use... The God of Cooking's authority to create a kind of food that contains a large amount of energy."

"Food?"

"As long as it contains enough energy, and as long as the external structure of the rocket is strong enough, I'll launch it even though it'll be from five kilometers underwater!"

Before actually seeing the rocket in its entirety and preparing for the launch, Su Mo decisively chose not to read any books on aerospace knowledge.

He did not want his imagination to be bound and, on the other hand, he wanted to act boldly!

The process of diving down was slow, but he swam back up to the surface within just a short period of time.

After twenty minutes, Su Mo could finally see the light from up above again. He started swimming even faster.

Phew!

Wow!

It was as if a prisoner in jail for decades had been released.

He had only spent half an hour in the depths of the ocean, but it felt like he had been down there for years.

Once he reached the surface, he could not help but gasp for air. Looking at the Sun-chaser floating on the surface of the ocean, his smile was undeniably bright.

It was at this moment that Su Mo also made a decision.

He was going to use the God of Cooking's authority!

'The game was updating itself right now. There might still be some supervision measures in place, but they would certainly be much weaker than before.

At this point, he was like a man stuck in the depths of the ocean.

If he did not seize this opportunity to see what was up there on a higher level, a future opportunity would be hard to come by after the game fixed its bugs and loopholes.

He might not even have a chance at all in the future!

"Oreo, can you handle the water pressure five thousand meters underwater?"

'The God of the Ocean title did not give him the authority to grant abilities to other people.

Su Mo returned to the Sun-chaser and took out some pre-prepared small items, which he started to assemble.

The previous group buff bonus provided by the game when the Five God Incarnations descended had restored some of Oreo's abilities.

Su Mo was not sure how much it had recovered but, at this point, Oreo nodded firmly, indicating that she had no problem withstanding it.

"Okay, let's go down together later and explore these ruins!"

Su Mo felt the same sense of excitement and apprehension brewing that he had felt the first time he took Oreo along with him to explore the mysterious ruins of Liangfang Town.

After storing the last item in his storage space, Su Mo's heart suddenly surged with endless pride.

The next second, after he once again lingered and looked at the brightly lit sky above the surface of the ocean, he, along with Oreo, leapt down!

Splash!

The splashing sound that he made when he jumped into the water was quite loud, but it was almost inaudible under the cover of the surrounding waves.

Before Su Mo could issue a command, Oreo surprised him.

Oreo shook her head and instructed Su Mo to swim over and lie on her back.

After Su Mo did so, Oreo transformed into a giant wolf that was over three meters in length, just like that time when she had transformed in front of the kobolds' castle!

This time, Oreo's body was more streamlined and her muscles were much more pronounced.

Rays of black and white-colored divine light gleamed under her glossy coat of fur, circling repeatedly on her skin before they disappeared underneath.

Vibrations rippled unceasingly from her limbs.

"Woof!"

A low, loud roar echoed, creating waves upon the surface of the water.

In the blink of an eye, before Su Mo could react, Oreo's giant tail, which was over a meter long, started to rotate like a spiraling propeller.

A powerful propulsion force was generated. With it, the distance that they could cover in a minute increased from two hundred meters to

A thousand meters!

Even with the God of the Ocean title, Su Mo was still slightly shocked by this force.

Less than five minutes after diving downward, Oreo slowed down. They already arrived at the mountains!

Buzz.

'Without waiting for Su Mo to take action, an orb that had a radius of three meters rose up around Oreo's body, draining away all the surrounding water, thereby blocking the water pressure from affecting them.

"Damn, isn't this a Water Repelling Bead?"

"Is Oreo already so powerful?!"

This was Su Mo's first time seeing such a god-like ability up close. A hint of shock appeared on his face.

However, after seeing the slight look of pain on Oreo's face, Su Mo moved quickly. He took a light stick out from his storage space and knocked it on his body.

Boom!

A flash of light instantly appeared five thousand meters underwater!

'The seawater made the light appear less bright but, thanks to Oreo's barrier, everything within thirty meters of them was clearly visible.

It felt like they were excavating the ruins of Atlantis.

Between these mountains, they scrutinized their surroundings carefully while diving down and swimming around.

In terms of material composition, these mountains were no different from those above sea-level.

They traversed the first mountain, and then the second.

'When the first light stick ran out of fuel, Su Mo opened his storage space to retrieve a new one, but was surprised to find that.

The map inside the storage space had magically lit up!

"This is..."

Su Mo pulled the map out. Looking at the map, which shone even brighter once it was taken out, Su Mo had a guess.

The next second, as he turned around, the light of the map weakened a bit.

When he turned southward, the light became even weaker.

However, once he turned to the northwest, the light was almost as bright as his light stick. This was a miraculous sight.

"Umm... Let's go in that direction and check it out!"

Following the direction of Su Mo's finger, Oreo exerted force from her tail, and they shot out toward the distance.

"Stop. To the west!"

"Now to the south."

"To the west."

Su Mo quickly adjusted the direction they advanced in using the brightness of the map as a guide.

'The brightness of the map also gradually evolved from light stick-level to lighthouse-level.

The light did not pierce Su Mo's eyes as he was protected by Oreo.

However, this light was so bright that it made their surroundings, within a hundred meters, as bright as day!

It was as if Su Mo was only twenty-three meters deep underwater.

Before the light could become even brighter, a collapsed man-made building finally appeared in Su Mo's line of sight!

"There's a pile of rubble here. The stones are cracked more evenly, and there is no shortage of large stones present."

"It seems that this is the real location of the ruins!"

Su Mo felt happy as he had finally discovered the ruins. He immediately leapt down from Oreo's back and swam toward the pile of rubble.

According to the description written on the map, a battle had taken place here. This pile of rubble was most probably the outer area of the ruins.

If the stones in the periphery had cracked so evenly, some form of structural support must have existed.

Chances were that it was either the main entrance or a secret door!

Currently, Su Mo could lift as much as five tons easily.

Coupled with the attribute boost from the title of the Oracle of the God of the Ocean, he could easily lift those boulders even though he was underwater.

'A few moments later, after some searching and moving, a passage blocked by debris appeared in front of Su Mo.

The passage also seemed to lead to the interior of the mountain.

"The map is responding stronger here, so this seems to be the right place."

"As for the debris, it's not a big problem!"

Su Mo had Oreo come over and shrink the scope of the protective shield. He placed the map in the middle so that it could light up his surroundings.

In the depths of the ocean, Su Mo instantly transformed into a humanoid excavator and violently got to work!

He picked up the rocks that could be moved by hand and threw them backwards violently.

He smashed the stones that could not be moved with an excellent-quality pickaxe that he pulled out from his storage space.

The quality of these stones was only average.

How could Su Mo's excavation be stopped?

Only ten minutes had passed, but he had already cleared twenty meters of the passage by brute force.

Here, the debris started to take the form of large stones, which was evidence that there was some sort of structural support inside.

"It seems that the expeditionary army's progress is not at all inferior to that of the Blazelanders. They might even be stronger!"

"To be able to construct such a building inside the mountain, they must have regained their ability to manufacture and utilize mechanical equipment and machinery!"

Su Mo struck with his pickaxe on a boulder once again. Looking at the stones that became more and more complete the further in he went, Su Mo's body worked hard, and his mind was deep in thought.

Ina few moments, the area around Su Mo was cleared, and ocean water rushed inside, driven by the terrifying water pressure. It was just like how water would rush into a clogged toilet that was cleared.

Su Mo was in no hurry to enter. He waited until the ocean water had filled the space inside. He then gestured toward Oreo, and they advanced together through the gap.

'The interior was different from the long tunnel he had been expecting. After passing through the gap, they were greeted by a confined space that was about 30 meters in length and 15 meters in height.

After the influx of seawater, Su Mo could clearly see that there were some particles floating about in the water.

Obviously, the objects inside had been crushed into pieces by the water pressure!

Su Mo picked up some of the pieces that were not crushed and examined them carefully. His gaze immediately turned serious.

He was not unfamiliar with these things.

It was the remains of body tissue of those crazy creatures in the Liangfang Town ruins!

These creatures could not feel pain and did not possess consciousness. They could even use some perverse attacks that were against the rules of physics.

Even 5,000 meters under the ocean, some of their body parts that still had skin and membrane on them were as hard as iron, and were not completely dead.

"Could it be that these crazy creatures were the ones that attacked these satellite ruins?"

Keeping this discovery in mind, Su Mo slowly swam downward.

Su Mo saw a door on the lower side of the wall near the inner part of the confined space.

This door was not constructed out of ordinary steel, but seemed to be a bit like the alloy that the door in Magoo's shelter was built from.

He was in no hurry to study how he could open the door. He summoned the system and slowly scanned it.

Agreen light flashed, and a properties panel was displayed.

[Grade 9 Rhenium-Tin-Niobium Tri-Alloy Gate (Operating normally)]

[Description: A protective gate that incorporated a high-strength alloy in its construction. Possesses unimaginable impact resistance. Its front side can withstand the impact of a one-megaton TNT explosion. Cannot be broken by ordinary means.]

{Open: Use the secret key and enter the correct password to open.]

[First Upgrade Method: Change the ownership authority of the gate. Key in the host Su Mo as the sole owner of the gate's authority in the base's intelligent operation system. Host will have the right to open and close the gate. (3040 survival points required)]

[Second Upgrade Method: Corrosion. The system has detected that the object held in the host's hand is highly corrosion, and can cause irreversible damage to the alloy. Collect enough (25kg) of the object and use it on the key connecting joints of the gate to corrode it. (1985 survival points required)]

(Comment: It's more advanced than you can imagine! ]

"Holy sh*t, this... Are you sure that the Expeditionary Army is from Year 99?"

"This is a f*cking cyberpunk expeditionary army! D*mn it!"

Su Mo examined the properties panel displayed by the system. After confirming repeatedly that this gate could indeed withstand the impact of a one-megaton explosive blast...

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He froze!

Chapter 443: Bloodline! A Conversation Between Parallel Universes!

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It was known that the energy released by the explosion of one ton of TNT was about 4183 megajoules.

Effective kill radius = C*explosion equivalent"1/3.

'The C in this equation represents the proportionality constant, which is generally taken to be 1.493885.

According to this equation, when one million tons of TNT exploded, the effective kill radius would reach a horrifying seven kilometers!

Not to mention that its effective fragmentation area would also be an appalling one hundred and fifty square kilometers!

Humans had found it extremely difficult to control such a terrifyingly destructive weapon after its invention.

Even in theory, the person who invented this weapon would not have been able to create a "shield" strong enough to resist the damage of this weapon.

Humans still needed to rely on the power of the Earth itself. They hid inside the mountains, underwater, or even underground, just to shield themselves from the destructive power of this weapon.

However, after looking at the gate in front of him, Su Mo's eyes lit up!

Inadvertently, he had found something that humankind had been searching long and hard for.

A' shield"!

"For the time being, I can only see that the expeditionary army has studied the use of materials very extensively. The specific details will have to wait until I enter the room and scan my surroundings."

"As for the secret key and password needed to open this gate… I can only give it a try."

After reading the information displayed on the panel a few more times, Su Mo's heart settled down. He reached for the map that was wrapped in the mysterious protective bubble and brought it over.

The next second, when the map approached the gate, a weak suction force emerged.

A gap opened in the silver-white alloy gate out of thin air that sucked the map inside completely.

Wow!

Without the map, the ocean turned pitch black again.

Just as Su Mo was about to pull out a light stick and continue his search, the entire door suddenly lit up with a bright light, as if activated by some switch.

Miraculously, the light was not blinding, but was extremely soft instead, giving people the impression that they had just arrived home.

Rumble.

Aseries of vibrations came from the bottom of the ocean. Despite being five thousand meters underwater, and under thousands of tons of high water pressure, this series of vibrations was slow, but extremely steady.

"Hello, this is the Captain of the 13th Army, Su Deben."

"This is the Super Vision Eye Satellite Base, the site of the Nine-four-five Plan."

"It was detected that you have successfully put in the corresponding secret key. Please follow the hints on the secret key and key in the correct password."

"You have three chances. After the three chances are used up, the gate will be locked for thirty days!"

'When Su Deben had left this secret trump card behind back then, he probably guessed that the Expeditionary Army would not be able to make it here to carry on his legacy.

Considering the importance of this base, he did not set any self-destruct conditions, and only made it so that the gate would be locked for thirty days.

Ina sense, this was an expression of goodwill.

Su Deben left an opportunity for other players to enter the base and inherit his legacy!

"Password."

"The map did not say anything about a password though. Is the password the time they arrived at the wasteland during Year 992″

'A panel popped up on the gate for Su Mo to key in numbers.

For his first chance, Su Mo thought about it for a moment and finally keyed in the numbers provided in Magoo's diary that pertained to the Expeditionary Army's time of entry into the wasteland.

Sizzle.

He failed!

Obviously, that was not the correct password.

"Tch, this is troublesome. If there's really a password specifically for this gate, I definitely won't know it. I'll have to try something else."

It would only take three thousand survival points for Su Mo to corrode the gate and enter.

Su Mo did not panic despite only having two chances remaining but, once again, he calmly keyed in a password.

This password was based on the number of words in each paragraph on the map. There were exactly eight paragraphs, which meant that there would be eight corresponding numbers.

However, it turned out that Su Mo was still overthinking things this time.

With a sizzling sound, Su Mo failed once again. He had only one last chance left.

"Does this mean that there is no corresponding password stored on this secret key? However, this Su Deben clearly said that there is one…"

"Wait…"

Su Mo was recalling what was recorded on the map from start to end. A seemingly ordinary, but not negligible point leapt into his mind.

'The next second, no further attempts were made to test other codes.

Su Mo asked Oreo to open the protective bubble, after which he took out a knife for cutting vegetables from his storage space and tried to slice a small wound on his pinky finger.

Scrape scrape

After he received the attribute bonus, his skin had become extremely sturdy. He could only cut white lines on his skin despite trying multiple times.

'These white marks would quickly disappear if he did not apply more force onto them immediately.

Luckily, after repeatedly slicing for 20 or 30 seconds, a droplet of blood was finally squeezed out from a tiny cut, staining his fingertips.

"If I'm not getting it wrong…"

After thinking in silence, Su Mo looked at the input device in front of him that required a password. Without hesitation, he directly pressed the drop of blood onto the confirmation button.

Whew.

Although Su Mo had not keyed in anything at all, and this input device was only an ordinary electronic device, the drop of blood disappeared instantly when Su Mo's fingertips touched the confirmation button, as if it had been taken away.

The confirmation button, which was beige in color, also displayed one scarlet word.

Success!

In Su Mo's line of sight, eight digits slowly began to float up into the input device screen.

One after another, as if analyzing the composition of the drop of blood, the color of the confirmation button would lighten as each number lit up.

'When four digits had lit up, the red color became blurry.

Fearing that the drop of blood was not enough, Su Mo continued cutting himself immediately, and once again coated his fingers with some blood.

The analysis progressed much faster this time. In just under twenty seconds, the last four digits were all lit up.

"password has been keyed in correctly. I'm glad to meet one of my kind in such a situation. Please tell me your name and your identity."

A pleasant notification prompt sounded.

'Who knew how long ago and how far away their parallel universe was, but now they had been linked to Su Mo's thanks to a little blood!

With a crack, a light green aura lit up, and the gate opened steadily, even though it was five thousand meters underwater.

Su Mo did not manage to answer the question, as seawater rushed inside through the open gate. Su Mo called Oreo over, and they entered through the narrow entrance.

As if the gate had magically sensed Su Mo entering, it began to slowly close.

There was a rumbling sound of water being pumped out and, soon, more than two-thirds of the accumulated seawater inside the room had receded.

When Su Mo felt his body lighten, he realized that.

He was standing on a steel floor with his feet on the ground!

"Welcome, fellow human being from Earth. Please tell me your name and your identity."

The AI repeated itself, seemingly devoid of emotions.

This time, Su Mo did not hesitate and said aloud, "I'm Su Mo, an ordinary office worker!"

'As the words echoed, the passage fell silent once more.

As the AI processed his identity, Su Mo began to carefully survey the interior of the passage that was illuminated by light.

Unlike the high-tech look of the gate outside, all the facilities inside could be considered fairly normal.

Although the level of technology was certainly much more advanced compared to the technology in Year 99 on Earth, at least from where Su Mo came from, it was still within the realm of human understanding.

In the room, there was no high-end "foreign" equipment that looked advanced or futuristic.

"Oh? Su Mo, your identity is very special."

"According to my database, an ordinary office worker should not be able to find this place."

"However, your body signals tell me that you are not lying."

"Excuse me, can you briefly describe your intentions in coming to the Super Vision Eye Satellite Base?"

The voice spoke once again.

This time, Su Mo did not answer honestly. He shook his head at the camera in the corner.

"Won't you invite me in? Standing outside and talking is not the Huaxian way of hospitality."

"Um…You're right! Please come in!"

"Please forgive me for being direct. You are the only living creature I have seen in over 3,700 years and, miraculously, you also have a 91.35% genetic similarity to our leader, Su Deben. According to biological ancestry, the two of you must be very closely related."

"Of course, I am not saying that the leader, Su Deben, is part of your family. I'm merely analyzing the relationship between the two of you from an objective point of view."

"You can call me Little Ai. Ai as in "artificial intelligence"."

Su Mo had a lot of experience dealing with programs.

'When faced with this kind of "artificial intelligence" with established conditions of judgment, Su Mo counteracted the situation efficiently and regained the upper hand.

As Little Ai opened the door on the inside of the passage, it rambled on and on like an old aunty.

"Oh?"

"Su Deben and J are related. This is not strange at all. We both have the same last name, Su. We may have had the same ancestor dozens of generations ago!!"

Su Mo sounded like he was joking, but his body was constantly on edge as he walked with Oreo in tow.

Luckily, nothing attacked as Su Mo walked all the way down the passage through the gate, and entered the second section of the passage.

The road into the mountain was not straight. The passage alone had as many twists and turns as a ball of yarn.

This design allowed for segmental defense when faced with an enemy attack. It also ensured the maximum and absolute safety of the main center.

However, those who had to walk this path would find the experience extremely unfriendly!

It took Su Mo five minutes to dive down five thousand kilometers underwater from the surface of the ocean and reach this base.

However, he had walked through seven gates and eight passages in the span of ten minutes since he arrived at the main entrance.

After arriving here, the end of the passage was still not in sight. It was quite a despairing sight.

"Dear Little Ai, how long is this passage? How about you open all the doors so that I can move faster?"

Little Ai: "Huh, dear Little Ai? That's a good name, I like it."

"Mtr, Su Mo, there are still 2.8 kilometers until you reach the main section of our base. We have constructed a nine kilometer-long circling corridor in our base. It can effectively resist more than 99.9% of enemy invasions. It's a masterpiece designed by architectural expert, Mr. Kang Hui. Relying on this

defensive measure, we can use a variety of weapons that we have already set up to defend ourselves. This is to ensure an absolute sense of security."

Little Ai's voice could be heard everywhere.

In this base, every speaker and every camera was under its control.

Hearing that only the final two kilometers or so remained, Su Mo immediately accelerated his pace.

Another three to five minutes passed. When Su Mo's sight was no longer hindered by the circular passage, he could see that the core section of the base was finally.

Inclear sight!

Chapter 444: Su Deben, the Mystery of the Wasteland!

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Every technological advancement of humankind was accompanied by a rapid leap forward in their rate of productivity.

After the discovery of fire, humans could cook food, mold pottery, and smelt iron.

After humans discovered how to use steam power, they harnessed this magical energy and used it to power machines and vehicles that could carry tens of thousands of tons.

After the discovery of nuclear fission, humans could produce and extract energy more easily and efficiently, leading it to be used as an excellent source of energy.

Before Su Mo was transported over to the wasteland, it was predicted that humankind would have to be able to successfully develop a method to contain and control nuclear fusion if they wanted to completely resolve the global problem of energy shortage. Controlled nuclear fusion could be used to

expand the rate of productivity and push human civilization forward.

As Su Mo walked inside, he made a bold guess about this mysterious base, which he suppressed within his heart.

After entering the room and seeing the facilities inside, he was relieved.

'The Expeditionary Army had not been able to develop controlled nuclear fusion.

Although they had developed material science to new heights, they were still no different from the humans on Earth of Su Mo's generation in terms of methods used to generate energy.

According to Little Ai, the size of the main room was about one million three hundred thousand square feet.

The height of the ceiling was about 25 meters.

Which meant that this room occupied over two thousand acres of this space, which was comparable to the size of a university campus.

This room was considered extraordinarily huge. One could not see how far it stretched into the distance.

As soon as Su Mo entered, even before he turned his head, he saw the main objective of this trip

Arocket!

In the center of the base, there was a blue-colored pillar of light that was about thirty meters in length, and it was so tall that it reached the ceiling.

"Mr. Su Mo, this is the main energy room of our base. This one pillar of light can support my operation for… Two hundred and thirty-five million years!"

"How does it work?"

"Um, I can only tell Mr. Su Mo about that after you obtain the requisite authority!"

Once Su Mo stepped inside the chamber, a yellow pointer appeared on the floor, guiding Su Mo all the way inside.

This was not some sort of novel technology or anything. A drone-like device was broadcasting the light down from up above.

With each step, a few of the lights in the base would light up, almost as if welcoming Su Mo's arrival.

And when he walked all the way to the innermost area and sat in front of a computer that occupied a large amount of space, the lights inside the whole base lit up the room as bright as day!

"Mr. Su Mo, please follow Little Ai's instructions to authenticate your authority~"

"Mr. Su Mo, you need to put on this helmet. Little Ai will present the final test set by Chief Su Deben. As long as you pass the test, you will obtain the highest level of authority over this base!"

It was a bright silver pilot's helmet with a full oxygen mask and computerized interface.

Dozens of wires snaked all the way from the helmet to the rear of the computer, connected to some kind of huge power supply.

If one excluded the wires, this apparatus would look just like those virtual reality helmets described in online novels and comics.

However, with the addition of those wires, anyone who put it on would look like a patient with a terminal brain disease who was undergoing his final treatment!

Su Mo did not immediately follow Little Ai's instructions and put it on. He summoned the system, focused on the helmet, and started to scan its properties.

Although he currently did not have access to this base, the base was ownerless as everyone was dead. Su Mo could inspect the properties of anything inside.

[Image Transmission Analysis Helmet (Degree of completion: 34%)]

(Description: This is a simulation helmet made with good materials but with crude technology. After connecting the helmet to the power supply and activating it, the helmet can simulate bioelectric signals through the computer connected to it. The signals will be transcoded and sent to the wearer's brain,

so as to simulate the corresponding image in the wearer's mind. However, as the technology has not been fully developed successfully, there are drawbacks and limitations that have resulted in the low level of realism of the images simulated. A large amount of energy is also required to power its

calculations.]

[Safety level: Good (Thanks to the quality of the materials, the side effects of using the helmet can be ignored, and the only function of the helmet is to transmit the images)]

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{Comment: It looks great, but it's all fake! The epitome of trying to break through the existing technical barriers, but having gone at it in completely the wrong way!]

"Hmm? So this helmet can only simulate 34% of the images?"

Rubbing his chin, Su Mo's eyes took on a hint of curiosity.

Since the system was updated, the data returned by the system's analysis had also changed to a certain extent.

The only thing that hasn't changed, however, were the system's caustic comments.

"Technical barriers", "gone the wrong way"… This comment was in line with what Su Mo had noticed, which was that everything in the base seemed a little strange.

However, when he thought about the level of civilization in his own world before he had been transported here, Su Mo could not help but smile.

For the system, this helmet was nothing special.

However, for the current group of humans from Huaxia and the other countries on Earth, this was undoubtedly a treasure.

Even if it could not guide them toward the correct path, it could greatly accelerate the pace of their development!

"Mr. Su Mo, please put on the helmet, otherwise Little Ai can not connect to the screen and activate the authority authentication process for you!"

'As Su Mo was deep in thought, Little Ai's voice rang out again.

This time, Su Mo did not hesitate. He immediately sat down, adjusted the helmet a little, and silently put it on his head.

Su Mo knew that this helmet was absolutely not something ordinary when he put it on. From the outside metal, to the inside lining, especially when it came to the innermost layer, in a certain aspect, it felt more comfortable than even the magic carpet.

It felt like he was soaking in a warm bathtub. Before the process even started, Su Mo already relaxed into the chair comfortably.

Crackle.

The sound of electricity crackling could be heard, and with it came a wave of tingling sensations. Su Mo fell into a trance momentarily, after which the world in front of him began to blur.

He was slowly deprived of his vision of the outside world, and then white pixel dots began to quickly appear within his line of sight.

This particular feeling was completely different from activating the system's training ground function, yet it gave Su Mo a wonderful feeling. He felt like human civilization was slowly moving forward.

The speed of bioelectric signal transmission was not fast.

Su Mo directly closed his eyes and began to enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by water.

It was only when he was starting to feel sleepy did the signal finally finish transmitting, and Little Ai's voice rang out again.

"Mr. Su Mo, how do you feel at the moment? Do you want to get used to it for a while longer before activating the authority authentication process?"

"No, I feel fine. Just turn it on!"

'Once you opened your eyes

In the distance you could see fragrant green grass and an endless prairie.

In front of you, there was a flowing stream and dense shrubbery.

A few small birds flew through the air, chirping noisily.

Fat swimming fish jumped up from below the water and swam around happily!

Although the system had nothing good to say about the technology behind the helmet, the technology was surprisingly great according to what Su Mo was seeing in front of him.

When he saw the images, it felt like he was actually there. He could not walk, but the images were so realistic that he felt relaxed.

"Okay. Authority Handover Mode has been activated. Please wait patiently."

After those words, the world turned silent again.

Su Mo did not try to walk. He just sat on the grass, quietly looking into the distance.

By the time he reacted, a person was already sitting beside him.

"Hello Su Mo, I'm Su Deben. It's nice to meet you in this environment."

Su Deben's facial details were extremely blurry, almost like a faceless person.

Seeing him extend his hand, Su Mo also followed suit.

In the emptiness of the simulated space, their palms clasped together, transmitting the feeling of body temperature that seemed to vaguely exist.

"Nice to meet you, chief!"

At first, Su Mo thought that the test left behind was a hurdle.

However, he now had another change of heart.

His interest in chief Su Deben had visibly increased.

"Before we start the handover, you can ask me a question."

"Oh, by the way, my virtual image that you are seeing now is not an artificial intelligence as you understand it. This is me using… Umm, a certain item from the game to leave my real memories behind. In other words, you can completely think of me as a living person!"

Su Deben scratched his head. After he said these words, the blurry facade on Su Deben's face dissipated, and gradually his facial features could be seen.

Thick eyebrows, big eyes, thick lips. The standard appearance of an honest man.

"A question?"

Su Deben nodded. "Yes, any question."

Su Mo said, "If I may, I would like to know what exactly was the objective of the expeditionary army? Was it to overthrow the rule of the game?"

This question had been troubling Su Mo for a long time.

Through Magoo's diary, he had seen some hints, but there was no more evidence to corroborate his judgment.

At this moment, Su Deben opened his mouth. Su Mo did not try to hide anything, and immediately asked this question.

"Objective.

Su Deben slowly sighed, and he looked somewhat wistful.

"What was our objective…. Huh, it's strange, this question is obviously very simple, but why does it feel like it's evoking many strange emotions?"

Su Deben rambled on. As he continued to reminisce, more and more details became visible on his face, until the scars on his face began to appear as well.

"On February 5, '99, the Nasa Defense Squad violated protocol by responding to an extraterrestrial civilization's broadcasted message, revealing the coordinates of our planet Earth, which was in the 626th Universe."

"At 11.58 pm on the same night, the fleet of the extraterrestrial civilization arrived at the edge of the solar system and, within thirty-five seconds, managed to lock on to Earth's coordinates."

"At 1.09 am the following day, the aliens, who claimed to be the Gilead Clan from the Hongsheng Nebula, descended into Earth's orbital altitude and announced their intention to start a planetary war."

"According to the rules of the universe, after proposing a planetary war against equal dimensional-class beings, the initiator has to give the other party a year to prepare, or they will be attacked by living beings from a higher dimension."

"Therefore, we only had until February 6, 2000! This period of time would be our last moments on Earth!"

Su Deben spoke in an organized and clear manner.

He omitted as many garbled interjections as possible and expressed the information in the most straightforward language, describing the situation vividly.

"Within a week, we formed a defense corps as well as an expeditionary army corps from scratch."

"The defense corps was responsible for defending against the Gilead Clan in Earth's orbital altitude."

"While the expeditionary army corps was in charge of…"

"Invasion!"

After uttering that word, Su Deben's face, which was already clearly visible, displayed a hint of helplessness.

But in the end, that helplessness turned into regret as well as indignance.

"Invasion?"

"You came to the wasteland to invade? What is the relationship between this game and all of you? By what means did you arrive at the wasteland?"

A barrage of questions spilled out one after another. After hearing Su Deben's words, Su Mo's heart was flooded with waves of horror.

A terrifying thought popped out in his mind.

However, in the face of his continuous questioning, Su Deben just smiled and wiggled his index finger.

'The meaning was self-explanatory.

"Let's start? I will tell you everything I know when you pass the test and obtain authority over the base!"

"Sure!"

"Come on!"

Chapter 445: Cheating, The Expeditionary Army That Went The Wrong Way!

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Huaxian children had been tested too many times since they were little.

When they were little, they had midterm exams and final exams each semester.

'When they grew older, they had high school entrance exams, college entrance exams, and exams for their postgraduate studies.

Even after they left the ivory tower to join the working world, they still had to undergo tests in the form of interviews.

Although Su Mo was a little uneasy about Su Deben's test, he still maintained his composure and presence of mind very well.

He was still an ordinary office worker from planet earth.

However, among the billions of people on the wasteland, he was also.

Almighty su!

As the test for the handover of authority finally started, Su Deben's figure started to disappear slowly, and the whole peaceful world around him collapsed into pieces.

'The test that used Virtual Reality technology clearly was not a simple question and answer exam.

Compared with the training ground function provided by the system, this time, thanks to this technology, Su Mo experienced a real "dream".

In this dream, he saw a prosperous and bleak.

Earth!

He called it prosperous because in each city center here, there was a hundred-meter-tall energy beam that was even larger and longer than the base.

Under the illumination of this beam of light, the city looked busy, and was full of cars flying in the sky.

This city was full of high-rise buildings and exuded a post-modern vibe.

On the other hand, he called it bleak because, although the city was large and looked novel, only a handful of people could be seen walking on the road outside.

With so few people around, this city lacked a human' feel!

Su Mo tried to control his body and, after going down to the street, he saw the expressions on these people's faces.

Blank looks and numbness!

Su Deben's voice sounded in Su Mo's ears.

"The scene you are looking at now is that of the fifth day after the invasion of the Gilead clan."

"Two days earlier, all the cities issued a ban. Aside from authorized residents, nobody is allowed outside and should await further instructions at home."

"at this time, our defense and expeditionary armies had already been established. There are only a few law enforcement officers left in the city. The closest army to this city would take three hours and eighteen minutes to rush over here."

"Right now, the first problem given to you to solve is…"

"Get everyone to protest! Make everyone leave their homes and destroy this system!

"You have three chances to start over. Every time you start over, you will return to this exact time and place."

"The fewer attempts you use, and the quicker you solve it, the higher your score!"

Whoa!

Su Deben's voice ceased. Su Mo, who had still been stuck seeing things from the perspective of a bystander, suddenly felt light.

It was as if he had been freed from the shackles that constrained him and had regained control over his body.

Even though the degree of completion rating of the helmet was only thirty-plus percent, at this moment, the surreal experience in front of Su Mo was not at all inferior to the experience of the system's training ground function.

As it had insufficient technology and computing power, the satellite base outside, that measured two thousand mu in size, began to echo with thunder-like roars.

Oreo was startled by the sound and started walking back and forth next to Su Mo, her body on full alert. Her eyes held traces of suspicion and confusion.

Countless fans and servers started to run, frantically performing data collection, data analysis, and feedback.

Every minor change in Su Mo's brainwaves was collected and analyzed using computing power, which was then transmitted back to his brain as physical sensations.

'The best indicator that could reflect these changes was the energy beam in the base center that was visibly dropping with each passing second!

After a minute, the energy beam had fallen by 30 centimeters!

If these thirty centimeters were used to run the base's basic operations, from what Little Ai said, it would have been enough to sustain the base for more than ten thousand years.

However, at the moment, it was sucked in through the computing servers and transformed into a huge amount of energy to support the authorization test being simulated by the helmet.

"It actually needs so much energy to operate…"

"Leader sure is… Wait, what happened!"

Controlling the energy, Little Ai occasionally observed Su Mo's movements while it controlled the robot to walk over the base and cool down the computing servers.

However, what it did not notice was that the height of the energy beam at the center of the base had fallen by more than three meters!

Moreover, the rate at which its height was decreasing was still increasing rapidly.

Every second, it seemed that several centimeters of energy would be evaporated inside the tube, and the endless supply of energy was quickly siphoned away like lightning.

Furthermore, the computing power in the base had reached 99% now, and it was about to reach its critical limits.

"No, I have to quickly lower the temperature or the base will explode!"

It could see white smoke already rising from many of the machines.

Although Little Ai was an artificial intelligence program that did not understand emotions, it still activated the highest danger level protocol for the first time to deal with the situation.

Immediately, it shut down dozens of servers, leaving only the last one active to keep the main computer running.

It also regulated the central energy beam, fixing it at a maximum energy extraction rate of 15cm per minute.

It halted the power supply too.

In other words, although this test had only started 10 minutes ago, it was already ending.

The screen rotated.

In the virtual reality world, the scene constructed by Su Deben was dispelled thanks to Little Ai's actions.

Only the last bits of energy and computing power were left, barely keeping the virtual reality world running.

Su Mo, who was controlling his virtual character, once again lost control and returned to the zone in which he was up above and looking down from the third-person perspective.

However, unlike previously, the world below was currently.

Full of people!

"This is impossible! You actually used this kind of method to get past my level settings."

Su Deben's figure appeared, floating high in the sky, his face full of undisguised shock.

According to his original plan, the test comprised three elements.

The first was to test the individual's comprehension.

Incite everyone to leave their homes and come out to protest. Three chances.

This was a question that was full of traps.

His character possessed nothing, just some random stuff and his basic identity. Even if the defense team would take three hours to get here, it was still not enough to accomplish this terrifying feat.

Blow up the energy beams? Stop joking around. Leaving aside whether the explosives could be bought, even if it could be bought, the energy beams' defensive measures would be sufficient to withstand it.

Hijacking and waylaying the law enforcers? That was even more impossible. In this world, Su Mo did not have the 20 times bonus to his physical attributes.

Like regular people in this world, he was very weak and powerless.

Given these conditions, there was only one road to success for the test taker.

To give up!

Only by choosing to give up on this level could one truly enter the next.

'The second test was the true test.

In the end, Su Mo managed to achieve this feat in his first try.

This clearly did not make sense.

"Nothing is impossible. Doesn't Leader Su Deben agree that us being on the wasteland in the first place is the most nonsensical thing?"

"Or in other words, isn't it wondrous that the two of us could meet here using this method?"

Su Mo quietly stared at the surprised Su Deben in front of him.

He knew that this move had shocked not just one person, but the "thousands of people" that had created this thing back then!

He had cheated!

After the test started, Su Mo had only done two things.

First, he found a place that he could go online.

Secondly, using the programming knowledge he learned before, he wrote a very simple attack program.

'The purpose of this procedure was to gain control of the city.

It was naturally impossible with Su Mo's programming skill, but he had the system!

Without any heartache, after the program was successfully written, Su Mo chose the most expensive upgrade option!

A full 21 thousand points!

According to the system's description, after such an upgrade, not only could he control the city, he could control the virtual reality world as well.

The energy beam looked as stable as Mount Tai, but it was actually the biggest constraint to human development.

'The reason everyone could stay peacefully at home was that there was enough energy for them to enjoy their long-awaited vacation.

However, only by cutting off this source of energy would this test be defeated!

'Taking advantage of the upgraded program and the computing power of the servers in the base, Su Mo even went to the bar in his spare time and bought a cup of coffee.

This coffee was very bitter, but when he drank it, it was very sweet!

Su Mo was not a pedantic person. He naturally knew that if he did not get the highest score in this test, he would have to spend a lot of time and points on revisions.

Instead of this, it was better to make the first move the last one.

"You're not bad. Really, this ability of yours has obviously surpassed my scope of understanding. No, it has surpassed 'our' scope of understanding."

"This test didn't have a correct answer at first, but you obtained a correct choice just by relying on your own abilities."

"I think there's no need to continue with the next tests either!"

Looking at the rioting crowd below, Su Deben shook his head. The loneliness on his face disappeared. It was replaced by relief and relaxation!

The image rotated, the virtual world shattered, and they had once again returned to the beautiful great plains.

Seeing Su Deben sit down, Su Mo sat down as well.

"This doesn't make sense."

Su Mo nodded. "It indeed doesn't make sense!"

Su Deben said, "However, you're right. The fact that we even came here in the first place is the most nonsensical thing. That we can meet despite coming from different space and time continuums is also nonsensical."

"Everything in this world seems to make sense, yet everything is beyond our control, leaving us at a loss."

"Seeing a lot of these things that surpass my scope of understanding, my nerves have become numb too. Thank you, Su Mo, for showing me something new."

Pointing to his own head, Su Deben smiled in relief.

However, he then changed the subject.

"Tve changed my mind now. You can have the highest authority in the base. Everything here belongs to you."

"However, just like before, you can ask me questions. Three questions this time."

"after the three questions, you'll have to find the rest of the answers to your remaining questions by yourself!"

Holding up three fingers, Su Deben widened his eyes.

He wanted to see the expression on Su Mo's face change but, unfortunately, Su Mo was still smiling broadly.

"You're not angry?"

Su Mo shook his head. "No, I already know the answer!"

"Oh?"

Seeing Su Deben's face full of curiosity, a trace of a smile pulled at the corners of Su Mo's mouth, his knuckles rapping on his knees.

"It's unbelievable that you guys could create something like this, but now I finally understand…"

Before he finished speaking, in his heart, Su Mo finished the sentence silently.

"You guys went down the wrong path!"

After saying those words, Su Mo's face was full of smiles.

Su Deben was no longer smiling and had instead put on a stern expression.

"You're sure?"

"Tm sure!"

"Let it go. This is too fake and it's getting even more unreal. This isn't the road that we humans should take. There's no use in lying to ourselves!"

Pointing to the plains around them, and then pointing to his own helmet, Su Mo finally pointed to Su Deben himself.

He implied something, but did not say it.

"alright, you have indeed passed my test!"

"As you wish!"

Chapter 446: A Gift, A Precious Three Skills!

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Fake things, no matter how well they were designed, inevitably still had critical flaws.

If one really wanted to craft an elaborate deception that was difficult to detect, every detail from the very beginning had to be considered.

During this process, it was very easy for things to go wrong when human error was factored in.

However, if it was replaced by an artificial intelligence program that only recognized logic, the end result would be excellent.

Roar!

'As Su Deben's words rang out, the world around Su Mo once again started cracking.

After that, Su Mo came back to his senses again but realized that he had returned to the base.

He was still wearing the helmet on his head.

'The light in the base was still gentle.

The energy beam in the distance shone blue, and there was something new about the rocket too.

This time, looking at the scene laid out in front of him, Su Mo did not take off his helmet, but shook his head instead.

Boom!

As he shook his head, the base collapsed!

'The energy beam that was tens of meters high collapsed into ruins in what seemed like a few seconds.

Although there was a new rocket standing inside the base, there were many rust stains all over it.

'The computing servers around him, and the scene in the distance, seemed to have been swallowed by darkness, collapsing one after another.

Aside from the AI Little Ai's constant shouting about what was going on, this seemingly real world collapsed abnormally quickly.

It might have taken ages to build this place, but it only took fifteen seconds to destroy it.

Its bright appearance disappeared.

'What was left was only.

Scars!

The place Su Mo was at now was a room about 200 square meters in size.

At the entrance of this room, there were three treadmills. Currently, Oreo was still dumbfoundedly standing on the treadmill on the furthest left, her doggy face looking blankly around.

'The room's interior was densely packed with various instruments piled up all over the place in a mess.

The place Su Mo was seated at now was the center of an instrument that looked like an electric chair.

In this place, through the glass window in front of him, he could clearly see the rocket behind it as well as the code name marked on the rocket.

Phase Three Ignition!

Screech, screech, screech

'The sound of rusty iron grinding against each other could be heard from the corner.

An old robot with various wires hanging from it appeared from the darkness.

It walked very slowly. Compared to the garbage robots researched on Earth, it seemed to move with much more difficulty.

However, finally, it still managed to arrive in front of Su Mo with firm steps.

"Su Mo… Good day. This scene in front of you must have disappointed you, isn't that right?"

There was a clear, small voice that belonged to Su Deben, which could be heard from the robot's throat.

'The sound in the beginning still had some stray noises mixed into it.

However, by the time it enunciated the word 'disappointed', it had returned to normal. It had clearly been well-maintained.

"No! This is our normal standard! How could I speak of disappointment?"

Seeing the worn-out robot's empty eye sockets, unknowingly, in Su Mo's mind, the magical feeling he had when he first discovered Magoo's ruins arose.

"Ha ha ha, it has been a long time since I've heard that."

"But I'm still very curious, how exactly did you find out that all of this was fake?"

Seemingly very confident in his own skills, Su Deben stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his bald head with great difficulty.

The robot had no expression, but from his voice, Su Mo could still hear an undisguised sense of curiosity.

"If I said I was just faking it, would you believe it?"

"No!"

Su Mo relaxed his hands. "Fine then. How I noticed it was…"

He extended his hand and snapped his fingers. In the dark room, the lights started to tum on.

He clapped his hands again, and the cleaning robot in the room started moving slowly and clumsily navigated around the obstacles on the ground to clean up the dust.

'Walking around the robot, Su Mo stood up.

With every movement he made, countless changes occured in the base, almost as if it was an extension of his own arm.

It was as if Su Deben was the guest and Su Mo was the host instead.

"The program you wrote? It successfully hacked into our program kernel?"

"No. How could this be? Before you guessed that we were fake, you had no way of pinpointing…"

Shaking his head, Su Deben stared at Su Mo like he was a god that descended upon the land, he quietly evaluated the rocket from behind the glass window.

Su Deben was stunned.

"Haven't I succeeded right now?"

Smiling lightly, he got the doors at the side to open and activated the escalator to the bottom of the rocket.

Su Mo smiled as he left the room, leaving only echoes of his voice behind.

'The Expeditionary Army was indeed strong, but they had indeed gone down the wrong pathway!

It was undeniable that their virtual technology had already reached heights beyond the wildest imaginations of humans back on Earth.

However, they were still using the computer core processors from the 21st century!

Starting at the gate, the Expeditionary Army had laid out an elaborate "lie".

After entering the gate, this powerful virtual reality technology was activated!

The nine-kilometer long passage was just a psychological ploy to constantly deepen Su Mo's acknowledgement of the base's authenticity.

At that time, if he did not question just how far in this base was, the simulated Little Ai also would not have notified him of the remaining distance of 2.8 kilometers.

From the start to finish, Su Mo and Oreo had been walking on the treadmills.

Naturally, even with Oreo's ability, there was no way to detect what lay ahead.

'Then, when they entered the base, by connecting the helmet to the virtual reality world, it strengthened the psychological suggestion that the base was real.

All of it was closely linked.

'Tm telling you plainly right now that what's coming next is fake.'

With this, one would naturally think that the stuff before was real.

However, unexpectedly, both were fake!

In reality, what Su Mo did was step off the treadmill and sit in the testing chair.

In this chair, the simulated reality would be even more powerful and realistic.

However, nobody would have thought that the small program that Su Mo wrote to take control of the virtual reality world would actually evolve into a bug that could take control of the entire operating system!

'When the control interface popped up when he returned to the scenery of the endless plains, Su Mo knew everything!

'How terrifying. If this technique is used on the battlefield, it could really be a true silent killer.'

'Unfortunately, I don't have the computing power to support it. Without the invention and innovation of the underlying hardware, this thing would just be like an inflated balloon, which can be popped with a simple poke!

'If I want to rely on this thing to deal with high-level civilizations, I'm afraid that it will be cracked in an instant!'

As he processed his thoughts, Su Mo walked down the steps of the escalator to the bottom level where the Phase Three Ignition rocket was.

This rocket was rusted all over on the outside, and many holes could be seen on its surface, revealing the circuitry inside.

However, the bottom of the base where the rocket was stored was quite well-preserved.

Based on the little mechanical knowledge he obtained last night, Su Mo basically managed to figure out the age of this base.

Between ten to fifteen years!

'System, identify this rocket's properties. There's no need to display the upgrade options!"

As he focused his thoughts and moved back slightly two steps, seeing the green light shine out, Su Mo's expression was determined.

'Then, just like usual, before a second was up, the rocket's properties panel slowly appeared.

[Phase Three Ignition Rocket (Damage level – 67%) (Energy shortage – 42%)]

(Description: The rocket utilizes a two-and-a-half stage configuration. Its components include six boosters, stage one cores, stage two cores, payload fairing, small satellites and a launch escape system for the capsule. It has an excellent payload capacity and is strong enough to escape the Earth's gravity

and successfully reach orbit.]

[Basic properties:

[Rocket Length: 76.85 meters; core diameter: 3.89 meters; launch mass: 198 tons; exterior shell material: grade-six iridium alloy]

[Escape Tower Rocket: 9.19 meters long. It consists of a nose cone, a counterweight section, 6 pitch control motor, 2 jettison motors, 2 main launch escape system motors, and an aft skirt.]

(Fairing: …]

[Stage two core: …]

[Payload capacity: 62 tons (Current payload: small monitoring satellite 987kg; fuel: 23.52 tons)]

[Comment: If God has closed your door, you would definitely be given a chance to fly out the window!]

Line by line!

The properties of the rocket were extremely complete!

It was so detailed even in terms of the parameters, state and defects of each counterweight and core component.

It was not an exaggeration to say that, in terms of familiarity with the rocket's current state, even Su Deben might not be as knowledgeable as him now!

'As he was not yet looking to upgrade the rocket, after opening the game panel and looking at the time, Su Mo once again went up the escalator and returned to the room.

Su Deben was still sitting on the floor in despair.

Seeing him come back, this robot did not display much of a reaction. He still drooped down, staring at the floor, thinking of something unknown.

Choosing not to bother him, Su Mo pulled over a chair and sat in front of the console, and started slowly operating it.

Thanks to the program he wrote, in a sense, he had already obtained the highest authority.

This was an even more terrifying level of authority than even Su Deben's. It was equivalent to Su Mo becoming the master of the base.

Trying out various functions, he stared curiously at the various images that were displayed before his eyes.

However, outside his field of vision, the robot sitting on the floor slowly regained consciousness and stared blankly in his direction.

It was like the busy Su Mo had returned home.

His movements were skilled, and his face was full of confidence.

Like a child that had gotten a new toy, a very interested smile occasionally appeared on his face.

"Su Mo…"

Hm?"

Hearing an unfamiliar voice sound behind him, Su Mo turned his head back curiously to look at the robot.

"You are?"

The robot stood up. "'m Lu Kuan, the chief scientist of the satellite base. It's really shocking to see you in such an environment!"

"Lu Kuan? What about Leader Su Deben?"

Seeing the robot's clumsy movements, a trace of enlightenment appeared in Su Mo's mind, but he still asked anyway.

"Leader Su Deben has entered standby mode. As you can see now…"

"Uh, how do I explain this? Before we died, using certain techniques, we stored our complete memories into a container but, in order to save resources, we shared one body. When someone is using it, the others will enter standby mode to decrease the use of energy. After this person has finished using it,

the body will be vacated for others to use it."

"Don't worry, let me finish speaking!"

"In the base, there are three technologies that we have developed from our wasteland research."

"The first is the Hyper Alloy Smelting technology."

"The second is Split Consciousness Uploading technology.

"The third is Virtual Reality technology."

"We can give these three technologies to you, but we have a condition!"

Compared to the "dishonesty" that belied Su Deben's honest appearance, the chief scientist Lu Kuan was much more sincere as soon as he appeared, introducing himself directly.

An interested expression arose on Su Mo's face. "Oh? What condition?"

"Bring us with you!"

Chapter 447: The Beast In A Human's Clothing, Lu Kuan's Surprise!

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"Get you guys away from here?"

"That's right! Get us out of here, away from this wretched place!"

The robot that Lu Kuan took control of nodded profusely.

Such a ridiculous request made the old machine rattle.

"How do you know that I can get you out of here?"

"L know that you can for sure!"

Just like how he interacted with an intellectual person like Zhong Qingshu, Su Mo and Lu Kuan's interaction became somewhat interesting at that moment. Lu Kuan was different from Su Deben—he knew how much calculating and hacking power a skill was needed to hack his way into the virtual reality

technology in just under ten minutes.

At the same time, he examined the base's current situation. Knowing how much prowess it took for a human and a dog to dive five thousand meters below sea level and withstand that amount of pressure, he had a new understanding.

Simply put, both of them were no longer one-dimensional creatures to Lu Kuan!

"Tell me about these three types of technology, then. I'm intrigued!"

Su Mo gestured to Lu Kuan to sit as if this place was his own turf.

His actions did not make Lu Kuan feel uncomfortable. As a matter of fact, Lu Kuan surged with happiness.

Lu Kuan manipulated the robot to sit down clumsily, and both of them were looking eye-to-eye once more.

"The hyper alloy smelting technology is a technology that we obtained from studying a particular foreign race that was very good at making weapons and armor for a long time. Besides, we spent a lot of manpower and resources to improve it. We've now achieved 300%, or even 500% better than the

foreign race's standards.

"With this technology, we can obtain super elements that are available only in the wasteland and then use certain techniques and technologies to incorporate those elements into desired objects.

"For example, the robot that I'm inside of right now might look frail with its rusty exterior, but there is more than meets the eye.

"You can test the strength of this robot yourself, Su Mo!"

Su Mo observed as the robot extended its metal hand, so he curiously put his hand on it and gave it n unassumingly strong squeeze.

'As Lu Kuan mentioned, the hardness and strength of the robot were terrifying.

Even if he used 70% of his strength, he could not dent the robot even a bit.

However, when Su Mo used 120% of his strength, he felt a pricking sensation on his palm because of the law of action and reaction.

"My goodness, this alloy really is something. It has very shocking strength indeed!"

After he tried pinching the robot's little joints, Su Mo also realized that they had the same toughness. That made him click his tongue in awe as he sat back down.

However, what Su Mo did not know was the turbulent feeling inside of Lu Kuan's heart after he squeezed him!

On a dashboard out of Su Mo's sight, the counter inside the robot recorded a terrifying number.

'When Su Mo first gave it a squeeze, the force that the robot picked up was.

3.82 tons!

Then, when Su Mo used 120% of his strength, the data suddenly became 9.994 tons!

The world record for the limit of a human's grip had been retained at 195kg.

Atypical male city dweller would have a grip strength of around 40 to 70kg.

Meanwhile, Su Mo had a grip strength that was almost 10 tons

This was neither seen nor heard before!

With data like that, Lu Kuan understood something—

Even though the man before him had a similar blood makeup to his own race, his body was not human!

Even a ferocious T-Rex would be nothing more than just a little chicken in front of this man!

Thankfully, he had a robot body instead of flesh and blood right now.

By suppressing the reaction in his robotic body, Lu Kuan was able to control his surprise very well, so he did not reveal his current emotion.

"The most important concept of the hyper alloy smelting technology isn't to increase our hardness and toughness, instead, it helps us to develop a lot of subdivisions in materials science to some degree.

"For example, in the past, we wanted to send a rocket to space with good heat tolerance, toughness, and high power. We needed to use certain ceramic materials to reduce the load so that it could reach cosmic velocity.

"However, now we can completely disregard the ceramics and replace it with a stronger hyper alloy. Not only can we fulfill all of those requirements, but we can also even make it stronger than the ones before.

"Besides, a mech armor that easily weighed one to two tons can now use alloys like this to reduce its weight to about 300kg. Thus, cut down on the use of resources."

"We can use the hyper alloys to make rifles to get something more durable and a scarier firing rate!"

Lu Kuan's finger tapped at the air and an azure-blue screen slowly appeared.

Following his explanation, a video showing the marvels of the technology researched by the expeditionary army started playing on the screen.

'As expected, this particular technology opened up a new avenue for humans, removing the biggest drawbacks of developmentally stagnant technology.

With this very technology, space flight, military aspects, chemical industry, biology industry, and other areas of expertise could enter an era of rapid development.

"With this technology, we can make hundreds of thousands of metal armies and even build an indestructible fortress of steel. Even if a small meteor were to come crashing down, it can't…"

"Hold on just a second. Since this thing is so strong, there's no way that you only made one robot, right?"

While Lu Kuan started to revel in his awe and describe everything excitedly, Su Mo paused for a while before deciding to interrupt him.

After he did that, the entire conversation became awkward all of a sudden.

Lu Kuan, who was talking non-stop just a moment ago, was now stammering as if he was a little lady whose lies were just exposed.

Su Mo straightened his back and said, "Just tell me how hard it is to manufacture this thing!"

Lu Kuan replied, "Oh! This… actually, Su Mo, manufacturing this thing isn't difficult at all. We even have the manufacturing device kept in good condition inside our base. The devices used to collect super elements can still be used if we maintain them properly. However, the biggest problem about this

thing is still… the energy source!"

"Electricity?"

Lu Kuan laughed bitterly as he shook his head slowly. "It's more than just that. Electricity can help us reach the desired smelting temperature, but we need something that can increase the temperature to fifty million degrees Celsius within half a minute. Besides, we need this energy to be sustained for at

least ten minutes.

"There is just one slight, awkward problem. Even though we've achieved a breakthrough in material science through research, the materials for our conductive wires aren't developed just yet. Based on what you said, if we use electricity, we'd need at least 12 wires connected to the device and each wire

would need to be at least… fifteen meters wide!

"And this is before we even consider the energy requirements for this. Once we factor that in, the amount of instantaneous electricity that we need would just be ridiculous even for just manufacturing a Level 5 alloy."

Lu Kuan was very detailed in his explanation.

Conductive wires were always a tough problem to solve.

Everyone knew about Iron Man's arc reactor, force-field materials, and nano-particles in his suit.

However, very few people knew that the conductive wires were the real treasure in the suit!

Given the suit's size, a typical wire would have overheated to achieve an effective transmission of the massive surge of energy, consequently ending up melted.

However, that suit defied the rules in that regard—even a superconductor might not even be able to do that.

'As Su Mo thought about it, he then nodded and replied, "Then, how did you guys manufacture the alloy in the past?"

Lu Kuan, "Previously, we managed to open up a waterfall in a mountain range with a height of a thousand meters. We then used the energy from the waterfall to generate electricity and cooled the wire with liquid nitrogen to minus 196 degrees, creating the ideal environment.

"As for the cables, we used 81 superconductor cables to transmit 900000 MVA in a short amount of time.

"However, because of this, we only managed to make a few Level 9 alloy. With that logic, that means that there should be Level 10, Level 15, and even Level 20 alloys!"

Lu Kuan was afraid that Su Mo might not believe him, so he manipulated the robot and played him a video.

That video showed a single cycle of how the alloy was made.

Since the manufacturing system required thousands of programmed robots to maintain the workflow, a single manufacturing cycle would require a shocking amount of energy!

"Aren't there other energy sources that you can use?"

"No. I mean, we haven't found any yet. Our Ember base has only existed six years and nine months on this wasteland, so there might be some other things that we haven't discovered. At the very least, we don't have the capability to discover it yet!"

Lu Kuan miserably turned off the video. He noticed that Su Mo did not say anything, so he kept to his silence and waited.

To a scientist, the more fascinating an object was, the more likely they were to attract the attention of a scientist.

The rarer an object, the more it was able to unlock scientists' imagination and research abilities.

Technology on Earth developed slowly because humans had reached a bottleneck in terms of progress and they just could not find anything else. However, on this wasteland

Lu Kuan was full of anticipation as he waited for a surprise that this beast of a man might give him.

After noticing that Su Mo went silent for three to five minutes without saying a word, Lu Kuan tentatively attempted to ask Su Mo another question.

At the same time, a somewhat familiar yet unrecognizable water bottle appeared in Su Mo's hands.

It looked familiar because the packaging of the bottle was very similar to the one he recognized.

Yet, it was unfamiliar because he sensed a weird emotion the moment Su Mo opened the bottle cap.

Hold on, this was

Lu Kuan trembled violently as he stared at the light blue liquid inside the bottle in disbelief!

"I feel thirst, my god! I sense something delicious!

"What is this? How is it creating such a strong attraction in a robot's body that even I can't resist?!

"Tm clearly just a…"

Lu Kuan stood up suddenly and stared at the liquid inside the bottle. He did not bother thinking about whether the robot body was done recovering or properly maintained; he strode toward Su Mo.

As he charged toward him, Lu Kuan stumbled and fell to the ground. Yet, that did not stop him from crawling frantically in the same direction with a yearning expression on his face. All he wanted was to take a closer look at the real form of this object.

This mysterious urge gave him the feeling of being human' again.

Amidst all the chaos, it also showed him.

Hope!

Lu Kuan's actions grew more and more uncontrollable as his agitated emotions drove him. The robot crawled like it had run amok, fumbling furiously on the ground.

All of a sudden, a pair of hands that had a ten-ton grip strength rested on his shoulder.

Like an eagle that captured a small chick, Lu Kuan stood up just like that.

The psychic energy water bottle had been placed in front of him!

At that very moment, he wanted to burst into tears!

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Chapter 448 Parasitism, Symbiosis, Alternative Longevity!

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"My God, it's incredible! Such a highly active energy source actually manifests in this form and, the most amazing thing, is that it has no molecular structure! Su Mo, do you know what kind of discovery this is? It is no

exaggeration to say that if I can bring this substance back to Earth, I can win the 100-year Feng Bujue Award!"

Sitting in front of the analytical device in the room, he looked at the data that was displayed on it, even though he was controlling the robot, Lu Kuan was trembling involuntarily.

This was his reaction when he was extremely excited!

However, Su Mo, who was sitting to the side, was interested. "Feng Bujue Award? Are you referring to the Nobel Prize?"

Lu Kuan turned his head, "Nobel? Oh, I forgot about the fact that we are not from the same space and time continuum. However, the global prize that all scientists want to get their hands on, in your space and time

continuum, seems to have been set up by a foreigner?"

"Anyway, that's not important. Come and see. According to common sense, if there is no interaction force, the atoms cannot be aggregated, so it cannot form matter."

"There are two exceptions to this limitation. The first are metals, and the second are noble gasses."

"Because noble gasses are inert substances, their gas molecules are a single atom. In contrast to metals, almost all the electrons in metals are free electrons, and metal atoms rely on the interactions between these free

electrons and all the atomic nuclei to form a stable state of matter."

"Of course, there is also another case, where the electron degenerate matter of a white dwarf is compressed by ultra-high gravity until the distance between the atoms breaks through the last electron orbit, which is

equivalent to all the atomic nuclei being soaked inside the groups of electrons. In this state, further compression will form a neutron degenerate state of matter, that is, the state of matter on a neutron star."

Fearing that he was using too many technical terms for a layman to understand, Lu Kuan tried his best to simplify the explanation, and used small gestures with his hands to try to help Su Mo visualize the subject

matter.

"But now, look, this is amazing... the psychic energy water, it actually formed matter with a single atom without any electron attraction. This is simply incredible, and is definitely not whatever dark energy that you

mentioned!"

Su Mo was surprised. "Isn't it dark energy?"

Lu Kuan nodded, "Indeed. Although dark energy is mysterious, it is speculated that it accounts for more than 68% of mass-energy. It's something that accelerates the expansion of the universe and is composed of

particles that do not emit electromagnetic radiation. It will never behave in such a way."

"This psychic energy water may be one level higher than dark energy!"

The detection response from the instrument had almost reached an extreme state, and the whirring of the cooling fans could be clearly heard.

Through the small centrifuge, more and more atoms were thrown out, hitting the walls of the glass tube.

Like a meteor that was bursting brightly, all kinds of beautiful and mysterious light spots flew up and down.

The specific attributes could not be calculated, but within the maximum range of the instrument, Lu Kuan successfully obtained the data he wanted.

"Phew, it's really an amazing discovery!"

"As you guessed, this thing really can't be used as a direct energy source, and it's even more difficult to find a device that can isolate its specific effects. It's even more difficult to handle than the dark energy that we

obtained! However, this thing, as long as we fulfill the most basic conditions, it can directly play an incredible role! For example, when we manufacture super alloys, we can add some of this into the mix and it will cause

the properties of the alloy to undergo incredible changes. It's very likely that the overall quality of the alloy will increase by up to two levels! Of course, I guess this thing can also give superalloys other properties, but

without real experimental conditions, this is still an unknown factor!"

Scientists would never lie.

Yet surprisingly, Lu Kuan stated his own guesses one after another.

From this point, one could clearly see the shock brought by the psychic energy water, and the preciousness of the energy contained within it!

"Don't worry about this. When we build the required infrastructure, we will study on how to improve the alloy's quality."

"Tell me about the other two technologies?"

Lu Kuan nodded, "Okay, among the remaining two technologies, the second is the split conscious uploading technology, which is what you are seeing on me right now. The human brain is composed of countless

neuron combinations, and an unimaginable amount of synaptic transmissions occurs between them. Even the mysterious aliens' technology would face difficulties in analyzing it. This is the supreme secret of biology,

and it is also a crucial condition for the universe to break through dimensions. Relying on our own technology, it would be impossible to copy these things, strip our consciousness out, and still retain our thinking

ability, memories, potential, and other brain functions like I have currently, so we took advantage of our unique circumstances! You should know... about the wasteland Gods, right?"

After hesitating for a while, Lu Kuan asked carefully. At the same time, he looked up at the sky, as if he had a sense of lingering fear toward the subject.

Su Mo nodded.

Lu Kuan then said, "Very good, come with me and look at the carrier we rely on. You should be able to understand then!"

He waved his hand and pressed a few buttons on the panel, after which a secret door in the room opened, revealing the cabin that was infused with white mist.

A gust of wind blew past.

The exhaust fan had started running, and a large amount of the white mist was sucked out into the hole where the rocket was stored.

After most of the white mist dissipated, Lu Kuan walked forward, and Su Mo followed behind him.

The two entered the cabin one after the other.

Unlike the huge outer room where the various devices were placed, the cabin here was only forty square meters in size.

In the center of the cabin, there was a glass box that looked like a transparent coffin. It had several energy pipes transporting substances in and out of it. Plus, the things inside it were also very simple, and even very

familiar!

"This is an foreign race's body from the Slime race. Don't underestimate this body and judge it based on its ugly appearance just because it looks like..."

"Cough cough, ahem, in short, as long as this thing has energy, it possesses the special ability to infinitely reproduce and regenerate cells. don't know what kind of power this ability comes from, but we have

successfully used it to parasitize our own brains, and have obtained almost the same attributes."

Clicking on the button on the glass box, the slime's body gradually came apart, revealing the glowing pink human brains inside.

Without the skull, these brains looked chilling and gave people goosebumps.

However Su Mo, who had just learned biology, was lying on the top of the glass box with great interest, and looked inside 'with a passion to learn'.

"I guess this must be your brain!"

Su Mo said with a smile, pointing to one of the nine brains inside, which was neither the largest nor the smallest.

Lu Kuan was startled, "Hey, how did you know?"

Without answering Lu Kuan's question, Su Mo chose to maintain a sense of mystery.

Of course, it was impossible for him to tell Lu Kuan that he obtained his information through the system's appraisal.

As he spoke, in the information given by the system, Lu Kuan's brain did change a little.

Lu Kuan's brain (no skull version) (Excellent)]

Description: This is a human brain with an IQ of 162, which holds a large amount of knowledge and, through some magical parasitic method, the lifespan of the brain has been greatly extended, and it has the ability to

transmit signals to the machine to operate it. During such operation, the computing power consumed by the brain will require double the energy. Long-term operation of the machine will reduce the brain's lifespan.]

Included knowledge:

Astronautics (11% – Interstellar Age. Surpasses the level of knowledge on Earth. Cosmic human junior-level.)

hysics (83% – Information Age. Surpasses the level of knowledge on Earth.)

Biology (49% – Information Age. Elite Earth scientist-level.)

High-Energy Chemistry (68% – Information Age. Top scientist-level.)

Literature (14% – Steam Age. Postmodern poet-level.)

Special Ability:

arasitism (The brain is attached to the slime's body in a special way.)

Absorption (Through parasitism, the brain can absorb the proliferation and regeneration ability of the slime's body, delaying the aging and death of neurons, increasing their lifespan.)

Symbiosis (As a result of long-term parasitism, the slime and the brain have formed a connection, so when the slime's body is severely injured, it will simultaneously cause trauma to the brain, resulting in irreversible

damage.)

[Remaining lifespan: 658 years]

(Intense thinking 100%. ..36800%, strenuous exercise 65%...1298%, mood swings 58%...699%, ..., daily communication 11%...65%, daily activity 6%...18 %, sleep 0.00003%)

[Comment: Increased longevity! Ah, the brain is shaking!]

The human brain had a lifespan of about 100-150 years.

Yet now, Lu Kuan's brain had a terrifying 658 years of remaining lifespan!

Even if performing various activities would exacerbate the reduction of his lifespan, it still could not alter the fact that they had obtained a form of increased longevity!

"It's a pity. I don't know when this method can be fully completed. Although it was successful, it was not completely successful either."

"This is Leader Su Deben, this is my assistant Ji Yang, and this is our great biologist Zhuo Junfan, this is Yan Xiaqing, who specializes in medical research..."

Lu Kuan sounded like he was introducing his family members.

Although these brains did not look any different in terms of appearances, he was still able to recognize and call out their names accurately and instantly.

After introducing them, he said, "The third technology, virtual reality, is the innovation we have developed by relying on current technology."

"We have successfully safely removed the brain, figured out how these neurons work and how to stimulate them to achieve different effects. As such, we took some time to study how to stimulate our own brains to

produce more realistic illusions."

"This virtual reality technology might seem to be useful in deceiving other creatures' brains, but in fact... we can only deceive our own!"

With a snap of his fingers, a virtual blue screen appeared in the air.

At the same time, under Lu Kuan's special manipulation, Su Mo saw a few parts of Lu Kuan's brain suddenly jump slightly.

"These parts are the points that we want to stimulate this time. After stimulation, the corresponding illusions will be generated."

"This function is very useful, and it is quite good to assist oneself in work. Even if you want to relax, you can create a fake world and have fun in it. However, if we want to deceive the foreign races, we have to get our

hands on their brains and their experiences, and fine-tune it gradually from there. How troublesome!"

"No, it's very useful, it just needs... some directional adjustments!"

Interrupting Lu Kuan's speech, a smile appeared on Su Mo's face.

Of the three technologies, from the beginning to the end, he placed the highest value on this virtual reality technology.

Even after listening to Lu Kuan's explanation, he still thought the same way!

He had used the training ground provided by the system and had seen the actual virtual reality in action.

So, the Expeditionary Army might have gone down the wrong pathway, but he...

Would never go wrong!

"Lu Kuan, listen to me. Virtual reality should not be used for combat, nor for relaxation."

"Its true worth lies in..."

"Learning!"

Like a thunderbolt, he looked at Lu Kuan's brain in the glass cabinet. As it suddenly twitched, Su Mo could no longer hold back the joy in his heart, and burst out in laughter!.

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Chapter 449 Level Up! Psychic Energy Shuttle Rocket!

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Modern civilized society placed labels on everyone unconsciously.

Perhaps they were busy working-class employees who would find it difficult to change their lot in life.

Perhaps they were idle hooligans who did not have a clear path ahead of them.

These labels had not been truly dispelled by the advent of the Doomsday wasteland.

Even though everyone had arrived at the wasteland, these unconscious labels had still not completely faded away yet!

As arenowned scientist from a well-to-do family, Lu Kuan had been either in contact with extremely intelligent geniuses, or elders in positions of power, ever since his talents had been revealed.

Thus, all this while, he had been wondering how he could use this virtual dimension to best serve his own interests.

What use would ordinary people have for this technology?

Could they speed up the progress of development of civilization? All they could do was probably waste precious energy.

However, Su Mo, who had been exposed to the system's training grounds, knew exactly how much impact this thing would have!

Lu Kuan stood behind him, still pondering the idea he had brought up just now.

Su Mo smiled faintly and patted the robot on the shoulder before slowly walking out of the room.

Before this, he had been wondering where he could recruit top-notch scientists to help strengthen the territory's foundation for the development of science and technology.

However, Su Mo had found them now!

Other than Su Deben, all the eight other members could be said to be the best of the best in their respective fields.

ff he could create the alloy and connect their brain nerves to it, eight "god-like and legendary" monsters would appear in his territory!

"Are you thinking of launching the rocket? That's impossible!"

"Although the exterior of our rocket is constructed from a super alloy that is resistant to water pressure, it's been laying around for such a long time that the phase three ignition rocket has been damaged in multiple

locations because it was not maintained properly. Moreover, there aren't any extra materials that can be used to fix it!"

"There isn't enough energy for you to launch it once more. You were too late!"

No one knew what Lu Kuan was thinking about as he once again controlled the robot and walked over to Su Mo, who was patiently fine-tuning the rocket's parameters, before speaking to him in a slow, controlled

voice.

He was speaking the truth.

Ever since the phase one and phase two ignition rockets had failed to launch for reasons as silly as not having God's signature...

Everyone in the base, whether it was Su Deben himself, to the lowest level employees, had been overcome by the feeling of despair.

To accomplished scientists like them, this reason was even more difficult to accept.

Thus, after the base was attacked, no one bothered to take care of the rocket anymore despite surviving the attack. Hence, things had ended up the way they were now.

"Lu Kuan, how about we make a bet?"

"What bet?"

"If I can fix this rocket, successfully launch it, and successfully return you..."

Lu Kuan interrupted him. "No ifs. As long as you succeed in launching it and fulfilling our wishes, we will be happy to assist you in your growth and development until the very last drop of our blood runs dry!"

He spoke those words with absolute conviction and sincerity, and did not stumble over his words even once.

The failed rocket launch had become a mental demon that plagued everyone's minds. If they could not get rid of that demon, they would never be able to rest peacefully.

"Alright! Just watch me then!"

He pressed the last button and watched as various installations in the rocket's cavity began to function in an orderly manner to perform a self-analysis of the rocket's overall condition.

Su Mo stood up and stared deeply into the robot's empty eye sockets before walking out of the room.

Lu Kuan did not spend his time idling around either. He slowly walked over to the glass window and lowered his head.

He was switching.

Although he was extremely curious as to what methods Su Mo would apply to achieve this impressive feat, he still gave the others a chance to come out and catch a glimpse of Su Mo's honor and glory.

All of them who had been left behind knew how difficult it was to fix the rocket. They also knew how difficult it would be to replenish its energy supply.

However, to them, this man named "Su Mo" radiated confidence from his entire being almost blindingly!

"System, list out all the methods I can use to upgrade the rocket. Anything that consumes less than... sixty thousand points will do!"

After his last round of points accumulation, his survival points had almost reached the 110,000-point mark!

However, considering the fact it had cost over twenty thousand points to upgrade and take control of the entire base's operating system and program, he only had 87 thousand survival points remaining now.

He had to conserve some of these points as a precautionary measure for his "battle" against the God of the Ocean.

Thus, Su Mo could only spend most, but not all, of his fortune on the rocket.

Lights flashed around him, after which the system panel displaying the possible rocket upgrades popped up.

Phase Three Ignition Launch Vehicle (Damage level: 67%) (Energy shortage: 42%)]

Description: The rocket utilizes a two-and-a-half stage configuration. Its components include six boosters, stage one cores, stage two cores, payload fairing, small satellites and a launch escape system for the capsule.

tt has an excellent payload capacity and is strong enough to escape the Earth's gravity and successfully reach orbit.]

First Upgrade Method:

Heavy Launch Vehicle: Repair all damage to the rocket's exterior shell, and upgrade it to a certain extent to make it more lightweight and durable. In terms of structure, it triples the number of boosters to 18, effectively

providing six times more power than before. Comprehensively upgrades all power output modules and optimizes the rocket's speed. However, this design will require ten times the amount of energy due to the

additional boosters and power. (46520 survival points required for upgrade. Energy required: 125800).

Second Upgrade Method:

Falcon Space Rocket: Reconstructs the broken and damaged parts of the rockets, modifying its shape to that of a spacecraft and optimizes it for space travel. After the shape modification, the boosters and cores will be

reconstructed to a certain extent to provide additional power while taking into account the energy output required for the capsule to re-enter the atmosphere, with the goal of creating a reusable spacecraft.

However, due to the modification of the rocket's overall shape, it is lacking in terms of pressure resistance and is better suited for short-distance launches. (35250 survival points required for upgrade. Energy required:

28600).

[Third Upgrade Method:

Disposable Space Rocket: Dramatically reduces rocket's size, lowering its internal payload capacity and reducing its energy requirements. Substantially reduces material loss suffered from launch failures, allowing

those materials to be used for subsequent launches, while maintaining the structural integrity of the materials and their pressure resistance. However, said rocket will have its facilities and usable space compressed

according to the ratio of its size reduction. This includes the removal of the re-entry capsule entirely, which means that it can only be used to launch satellites. (21900 survival points required for upgrade. Energy

required: 15000)

Fourth Method Four:

sychic Energy Shuttle Rocket: Combines all the above-mentioned advantages, integrating these functions and fusing them with the psychic energy crystal, creating an unimaginable transformation of its outer

structure, allowing it to ignore external pressure below a certain level.

ts interior structure will also be altered radically after fusing with the psychic energy crystal.

Due to the influence of psychic energym the re-entry capsule has a 100% probability of success for re-entry. Additionally, after choosing this upgrade method, the rocket's "shuttle" features will ignore any speed

limitations and most other rules and restrictions.

However, since this design involves the power of psychic energy, the energy required will also increase fiftyfold. (60000 survival points for upgrade. Energy required: 795000)

Tsk...

Although the system now offered much better upgrade methods after being updated itself, the requirements had also changed drastically.

Su Mo could not help but inhale a sharp breath of air as he read through the first option to the fourth, before returning back to the first option again.

Among those four upgrade methods, the third one was immediately eliminated as he needed the rocket to be able to transport humans and make the return trip.

The first method was also eliminated as it consumed too much energy and focused its upgrades on power, which was one of the elements he needed the least.

That left him with only the second and fourth upgrade options.

Method two would cost him the least and, although its ability to resist external pressure was considerably weakened, it was still the most cost-effective choice.

Method four cost the most. Not only would it use up all of his allocated survival points, but it had an energy requirement of close to 800,000, plus...

Su Mo waved his hand, and a dark blue crystal appeared in his palm.

He had not been able to find another one of these even since he received this crystal, even though he opened hundreds of gold treasure chests.

The probability of this thing appearing was odd.

At the start, it was so easy to find that one would appear even from a silver treasure chest, but now, it was almost impossible to even catch a glimpse of them inside an epic gold or platinum treasure chest.

However, without a doubt, this crystal was, in a sense, more precious than Hope One, and perhaps even more precious than anything else that Su Mo possessed other than the system itself!

Even epic-quality tools were nothing compared to it.

"I was going to save this crystal for later when I had enough survival points to use it to upgrade the shelter."

"But now..."

"If there's a chance of failure with the re-entry capsule by using the other upgrade options, I have to choose this one. Everything will be too late if I wait for something to actually happen before making this upgrade!"

After conducting a cost-benefit analysis, Su Mo soon concluded his thoughts.

Having points to spare was nice, but he had to be alive if he wanted to use them.

Based on the descriptions, if he upgraded to the psychic energy shuttle rocket, it was highly probable that the godly boundary would not stop him, and he would be able to locate the God of the Ocean as well.

All these costs would be justified as long as he managed to locate the God of the Ocean!

"I choose... the fourth upgrade method!"

From an angle not visible from the glass window above, Su Mo walked forward and gently affixed the psychic energy crystal into a gap in the rocket.

The moment he finished speaking, sixty thousand survival points were instantly deducted, and they transformed into streaks of green light that shot towards the phase three ignition rocket in front of him.

When you looked at the rocket from below, it was almost like viewing a tall building from below, which was a rather daunting experience.

However, the green flashes of light began to slowly blur its exterior until it looked as gentle and as supple as light reflecting off a puddle.

The lights formed circles around the rocket, slowly traveling outward from where the psychic energy crystal had been placed. They met each other at the tip of the rocket before traveling back down to where they had

come from.

The upgrade was simple as ever, but it also proceeded in a rhythmic manner.

When the ten-second fusion period came to an end, the rocket's exterior finally could no longer withstand the repeated heating and reforging.

All of the interior parts floated out slowly, as if they had been summoned, and began dancing in midair.

Su Mo watched all these changes take place with great interest.

However, behind the glass window, Su Deben, who had just assumed control of the robot, was so shocked that he fell to the ground.

The next second, Su Deben intelligently chose to relinquish control and return control to Lu Kuan, leaving it up to Lu Kuan to determine what sort of technique was being used here.

When Lu Kuan assumed control, he did not fare much better than Su Deben.

Seeing the parts floating about in midair, he looked like he had seen a god as he stood in front of the glass window and widened his eyes instinctively.

As the robot's vision system zoomed into focus, he noticed a familiar-looking glow coming from the parts.

"Is that... psychic energy?"

"Su Mo owns something that can bind it to a physical object?"

o one answered his question. Other than Oreo's excited panting, the only sounds that could be heard in the base were the creaking sounds of the parts slowly transforming.

Five minutes later, which was also the longest time the system had ever taken to complete an upgrade, it was finished.

With all the parts upgraded, the rocket began reassembling itself quietly under the guidance of the system's green light.

tt was different from the rocket's previous design, which had looked rather outdated previously.

At this moment, the psychic energy shuttle rocket could be described as...

Looking like something straight out of a sci-fi scene! .

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Chapter 450 Ragnarok, Return Of The God Of Cooking!

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Numerous science fiction novels and films had always had a strange fascination with spacecraft.

The structure of the spacecraft is equivalent to humans taking a huge leap into the age of interstellar travel and skipping the rocket development phase.

According to the technology tree, rockets were the benchmark of interstellar travel and it did not take into consideration the advancement of the spacecraft!

The more powerful the rocket was, the more powerful the spacecraft was as well before the issue of power source was resolved!

Su Mo had initially thought that the rocket would look like how it was before, in its cylindrical shape and soaring into the sky.

Everyone was staggered tremendously when the real thing manifested itself.

Su Mo walked briskly up the stairs to his old spot which was fifteen meters away, a platform where he used to detect issues in the center part of the rocket.

He was able to observe the upgraded rocket in its entirety from where he stood.

ts entire design was similar to the magnified version of an eagle!

Each side of the eagle wings had four conspicuous propulsion cylinders which were emanating psychic blue-colored light.

The top of the rocket, resembling the eagle head was a huge piece of glass that looked spectacular like a piece of art.

Every jut and pit was a masterpiece.

Every angle and every minute detail were pleasing to the eyes.

Little specks of blue-colored light burst from the outer rocket shell and disappeared, leaving an air of mystery behind.

This was like a sacred artifact bestowed by the heavens which involved the use of the Interstellar Age's state-of-the-art knowledge!

tt was considered impossible to create such an aesthetic masterpiece with the current technology.

evertheless, it stood right in front of Su Mo and Lu Kuan.

it had truly materialized!

"Amazing! How could such an amazing transformation be possible? What kind of power made this?"

Lu Kuan stumbled on the stairs as he rushed down to admire the rocket from above whilst standing near Su Mo.

Lu Kuan rushed down once more to the bottom of the rocket and caressed the outer shell of the rocket with his robotic hands.

Exquisite.

Smooth.

Just like the skin of a young girl.

Even though he was a robot, he could feel the power of the upgraded psionic rocket through the data displayed on the sensor!

The strength of the outer shell was in accordance with the settings he made using the evaluation mechanism.

It was made of Level Eleven Superalloy!

"This is unbelievable. Did the game gift you this power?"

Lu Kuan whilst watching Su Mo amble down the stairs, continued to feel around the bottom of the rocket in an attempt to seek the entrance into the rocket.

"Not really, but you can interpret it in that way!"

Su Mo shook his head and moved forward whilst watching the anxious Lu Kuan. He placed his palm on the sensor button beneath the rocket.

A burst of blue-colored light enveloped Su Mo's arm in an instant.

The mechanical door to the rocket cabin opened outwards once the blue-colored light disappeared.

"Goodness. How much more amazing can this be? How the f*ck could this be created by an Earthling?"

The robot system Lu Kuan had was still using the most primitive wire connection mode.

He ran back hurriedly to extend his wires when he felt his wire was not long enough.

He tagged along with Su Mo. Both of them had faces filled with intent curiosity and looked like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden. [TN: Grandma Liu is a character from the novel, The Dream of Red

Mansions. This metaphor is describing someone who has not seen much of the world.]

The lowest part of the rocket was where the most important rocket propellant tank was.

The fuel tank was empty at that moment since the rocket was not launched in segmented stages.

One could enter the warehouse of the spacecraft by heading upwards.

If one advanced upwards, one would reach the activity area for passengers which was at least 160 square meters!

The captain's quarters at the peak of the rocket was also the return cabin that could return to Earth.

This was the most sturdy section of the entire spacecraft.

There was also a small hiding spot for electrical power that could separate itself once it detected there was no more power supply below before returning to Earth.

"This is the rocket we designed. My signature was personally engraved on this button."

"That's not right, this isn't our design…"

Lu Kuan immediately took a few steps forward as he stepped into the captain's quarters and inspected a corner.

He saw traces of ember there.

"This is your design, but I have made certain enhancements."

Su Mo who was sitting on the command chair, shrugged and pressed the launch button.

Even though the rocket could not be launched up into the sky, it was still able to complete a self-assessment without any issue by using the prior power supply.

Besides the change in the small portion of the rocket control system, the entire design of the rocket was still Lu Kuan's.

With permission granted, it only took Su Mo a few minutes to familiarize himself with this so-called dummy-proof control system.

As for the self-assessment being displayed on the screen, bursts of green-colored light began to light up except the power source, indicating the spacecraft had passed its tests of functionality.

"Su Mo, this power source is impossible…"

"Umm… alright. I trust you'll be able to take care of it, but it won't be in such an unexpected way, will it?"

Lu Kuan leaned over from his co-pilot seat and changed his statement from "impossible" to "trust".

Su Mo could not help burst out laughing at this sudden change.

Su Mo leaned back in his chair and spoke slowly: "it is pretty simple to solve the power source issue, but before doing that, I will need to solve your issue!"

"Our issue?" Lu Kuan asked curiously.

"Yes. The issue of how our base can defend us from the most powerful attack!"

Lu Kuan immediately straightened up upon sensing Su Mo's serious tone.

"The door of the base is made up of Level Nine Alloy and is able to defend itself against a megaton explosion, while the entire structure of the base is… made up of Level Four Alloy!"

Lu Kuan scratched his head thoughtfully, then said: "We have never expected it to turn out the way it is now when we were constructing it."

"If we're talking about defense alone, the entire base is not considered strong and has a few weak points. The shelter may collapse as a result of the ten thousand tons explosion. However, we are well-protected by the

five thousand meters worth of hydraulic pressure. It will be difficult for attacks to reach here, and even if someone managed to attack us, it will not pose too much of a threat."

"However, you don't need to worry about being attacked by the enemy when the rocket is launched. The rocket is made up of Level Eleven Alloy and hence, the safest place in the entire base. If an enemy can destroy

the rocket, we will eventually die even if we hide!"

Su Mo stood up and said: "In that case, let's move all of our good stuff into the rocket including the chests of brains!"

"Huh?"

"The attack we are about to face can be something unimaginable. If we aren't able to protect the base, will launch the rocket immediately. We will die if we stay behind."

"Wouldn't it be better to stay in the rocket? If nothing happens, I'll spread the word before you leave. If something bad happens, we'll make our escape."

Lu Kuan finally understood this time.

He nodded in agreement with Su Mo's plan.

Although he felt that it was impossible for this place to be attacked or for the base to be destroyed, he chose to hold his tongue.

Questioning your superior and going against their wishes was not a good habit to have.

Moreover, Su Mo's plans were for the sake of keeping everyone safe.

He was not doing it for himself, but for those who were only left with their brains.

They moved the items bit-by-bit. After making room for the chests of brains, the smaller-sized research instruments were moved into the rocket.

Besides the fuel tank, the other parts of the rocket were filled up with various equipment in an instant.

The spacecraft still had very limited space, even after Lu Kuan divided the bigger instruments into multiple sections.

"Don't sweat it. We'll prioritize the move of the virtual reality equipment into the spacecraft. If we couldn't fit the equipment made of superalloy in the spacecraft, we'll leave them here."

Su Mo was adept at making decisions then.

The equipment made of superalloy could not be utilized at once even if they were brought to the base.

These items would need to wait until the base was filled with an adequate power supply before they can be put into good use.

However, the virtual reality equipment was different. This equipment could be put into use immediately and would enable every human being on this spacecraft to have an insatiable yearning to learn more.

There was none to rule out when it came to choosing between the two.

"There's also the centrifuge, liquid dispenser, and the simple separator. These items don't seem to be able to fit. Should we leave them behind?"

"Leave them be!"

Since the production equipment was also left behind, these items would make it to the list of equipment being left behind as well.

It would not be difficult to recreate the equipment as long as the person had relevant skills and sufficient materials to work with.

They continued to move the equipment till the dawn of March 13. More than 10 hours have passed after they have entered the ruins, and everything has been moved into the rocket except the chests of brains.

They worked non-stop and decided to launch at 1am the next day. Su Mo left the base in a hurry and returned to the surface of the ocean.

There was no form of communication with the Sun-chaser One and Hope One which were five thousand meters beneath the ocean. Su Mo would also not know whether they would be in deep water.

He put on his Bluetooth earphones after surfacing from the ocean.

The Sun-chaser One was swiftly guided by the signal and moved towards him.

Su Mo climbed onto the ship and cleaned up. He then laid in the cabin and soon fell into a deep sleep. Oreo followed suit.

The battle on the next day was extremely crucial.

It was best to keep their spirits up for them to be clear-headed in times of crisis.

It was a quiet night.

They slept until eight the next morning. Su Mo climbed out of bed to turn the ringing alarm clock off.

The Sun-chaser One sailed full speed ahead at a distance of three hundred kilometers when the clock struck nine.

This was to prevent the possibility of being attacked by the game and causing damage to themselves.

Meanwhile, this was also to prevent the crowd of curious onlookers from gathering when the rocket was being launched, or else the identity of the Sun-chaser One would be exposed.

After they have cleaned up and done with work, Oreo tagged along with Su Mo into the ocean without having their breakfast. They headed straight towards the base.

Unlike his prior experience, Su Mo then had the upper hand over the base and before he could go near, the doors have already opened.

Glug glug!

The doors closed and the pumping device was activated. Half a minute later, the second set of doors opened slowly after the water has been pumped out.

"Huh? This smell…"

The aroma of the freshly toasted bread wafting through the air made Su Mo quicken his pace.

It did not take long for him to slow down once again.

Su Mo saw a robot in a pristine all-white toque and uniform, frying sunny-side-up eggs in the room.

Unlike yesterday, the rusty surface of the robot has been removed and had a brilliant shine after being sanded.

There were more details in the face of the robot. It was more expressive and did not look as emotionless as before.

The joints of the robot were greased with lubricating oil as it moved up and down.

The robot turned, smiled at Su Mo, and said: "Hello, Su Mo. This is the first time we've met. I'm Yan Xiaqing!"

Su Mo recalled her name all of a sudden and said: "I know you. You're that…well-known, no, you're that medical expert!"

He approached her. They shook hands even though there were gender differences.

Shortly after they had their breakfast which was prepared by Yan Xiaqing, and were getting ready, the power supply was disconnected temporarily by the chests of brains.

Su Mo carried the three-ton chest, placed it at its designated area, and reconnected it to the robot.

"Su Mo, I'm Lu Kuan. I'll help you test the rocket and make preparations for the rocket launch, is that alright?"

"Great!"

Lu Kuan seemed to know what Su Mo wanted. He quickly came up with an excuse and scurried towards the captain's quarters to commence operations.

Once Lu Kuan was seated in the cabin's quarters and the door was about to close, Su Mo headed over to the power supply room.

He leaned against a wall in the corner.

Su Mo was still himself.

However, he was not the same as before.

The sacred aura of perfection with a tinge of peculiarity as well as the divine aura naturally emanated from his body.

Oreo, who usually lazed around, was on the alert as she began to doubt Su Mo.

However, it was very soon before Oreo fell on her face once again.

She could tell that Su Mo was quite different from how he looked in the past. His body was filled with a frighteningly huge amount of strength.

The amount of strength he was having, had no limits. Once unleashed, it would bring about earth-shattering consequences!

"Ragnarok!"

"It's time for the game to make a move!"

Asmile was playing at the corners of his mouth as he heard Lu Kuan reporting on the completion of the test and was given the prompt to launch at any time. Su Mo immediately straightened up!

An explosion occurred in the next second!.

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Chapter 451 Using Authority! The World Behind The Glass!

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What sort of power lay in having authority?

What was the source? What were its limits?

Su Mo was beset by many difficulties ever since he obtained the Food Authority.

He had once speculated by using this authority, he would obtain God-like abilities, much like in the mythological stories of Huaxia.

He attained a new level at every turn.

He also speculated the different dimensional change and the sense of detachment as a three-dimensional living being he would experience through this authority.

As of now, Su Mo achieved enlightenment after utilizing this authority!

"Amazing. This is how the three-dimensional world operates, no wonder we can never escape from the limitations of the rules!"

Su Mo eased up while going through the void.

However, numerous strange images were projected onto his retina.

Unusual shapes of 0 flashed past, followed by a large number of 1 in the dense mixture.

Subsequently, numerous symbols began to resonate with the numbers which appeared prior at the same frequency.

Everyone knew that the world of programming was filled with calculators which could distinguish the structures of 0 and 1.

Complicated instruction sets were constituted by using these two simple numbers only.

This was the reason why calculators were able to comprehend the value of the items keyed in.

The basic level of the three-dimensional world had a lot in common with the numbers 0 and 1 in the coding world.

However, the three-dimensional world was not made up of the numbers 0 and 1 only, it involved the merging of dense basic logic by iteration.

The entire world began to evolve and the rules were continuously perfected along the way with the use of this logic.

Similar to developing a game, more details were required to be filled up and more code blocks were grouped to constitute a rich and diverse parallel universe.

People who lived in this world were just like the game characters.

They were able to lift up their swords as well as other unusual game props.

They were able to deduce the rules behind such happenings and gradually developed game props and swords.

However, the three-dimensional human beings were unable to understand the coding logic behind these game props to create something out of thin air.

"This is definitely an ability that only a four-dimensional living being can possess!"

"In their eyes, this ability is similar to how we can understand coding, but for us who are living in the three-dimensional world…"

"This is an absolute cognitive barrier!"

Although the authority of the God of Cooking was driven, Su Mo still lacked in such basic knowledge!

Similarly, even if you could see through thick frosted glass, you could not get a clear vision.

He had to get his hands on more forms of authority for the thickness of the glass to be reduced until…it disappeared!

"It's alright not to be able to see the opposite side of the world clearly. If 1 am to use it once, the game will surely detect something unusual."

"I have to prepare myself for a quick escape!"

After spending some time operating it, Su Mo realized the way he was using the authority to peek into the "opposite side of the world" would not cause the game to respond in kind.

Needless to say, the game might have been updated which caused the surveillance authority on the Wasteland to weaken temporarily.

However, Su Mo knew very well as an observer who was aligned with the same direction.

Comparing his distance, the game was closer to the opposite side of the world.

If he has used his authority, no matter more or less, the game would surely take heed.

He put a halt to his intentions in retrieving the items using his authority.

Su Mo strode forward and headed straight to the captain's quarters as his gaze swept over the storage room on the rocket.

"If we can get the energy in place, what is the shortest time to launch?"

Lu Kuan lowered his head and typed away. He then replied, "once the energy is in place in thirty-five seconds, the self-assessment takes up twenty-five seconds and we can launch in ten seconds after the

self-assessment is completed."

"That's not enough. Can we forgo the self-assessment and launch immediately?"

Lu Kuan shook his head and said, "we will still need at least fifteen seconds as we need to reserve some time for the ceiling to open up. We can't just launch whenever we want to!"

"Alright then, let's prepare for launch. Once the energy is in place, just launch regardless of any danger involved!"

"Understood!"

After settling the rocket launch matter, Su Mo strode to the energy center as he watched the panel lit up with green-colored lights.

Approximately fifty seconds later, Lu Kuan went to him with an update.

The rocket could be launched immediately once the energy was in place!

One last thing was needed before everything fell into place.

Su Mo did not wait around for the last thing and he took something out slowly as he faced the void.

An item the size of a walnut gave out a deep purple-colored glow in his palm.

Energy Walnut (Epic Level)]

Description: A super walnut was filled with a huge source of energy. It was said that these walnut trees bloomed and fruit once every nine thousand years. It would only mature in eighteen thousand years, but as this

legend was passed down for too many generations, this became something unusual and rarely spotted in the universe. There were not many who knew of its existence. Note: The energy in the walnut can be easily

converted into other types of energy supplies. It not only can be used within a living being, but it can also be used in vehicles, weapons, defense tools, and many other areas.]

Quantity of Energy: 3p]

Supply Method: Access Function]

Energy Recovery: Unable to recover (Energy diminishes after usage)]

'Comment: Ginseng Fruit (x), alien world version of a back scratcher ()]

This walnut might only be of Epic Level.

However, the pure energy in it was much more powerful than those of Legend Level that could terrify anyone.

Su Mo threw it into the energy center at once after he extracted it from the void. He shouted, "launch it now!"

it was obvious he was being watched.

Although Su Mo had no idea how far it was, he suddenly had a feeling Doomsday was approaching.

Even though it sounded terrifying, nothing befell him eventually. He was fortunate to be well-protected by the Deep Sea and had a perfectly disguised system.

Su Mo heaved a sigh of relief once Lu Kuan began the countdown to launch.

"Ready… 3."

"2…"

"La"

Boom!

The ceiling of the base opened.

The bottom of the psychic energy shuttle rocket spouted blue flames, which produced a strong thrust that propelled the rocket upward.

The speed was not affected the slightest no matter how thousand tons of pressure from the Deep Sea were exerted.

"Is it done?"

"Did the game discover my existence?"

Su Mo was delighted to watch the base below him gradually disappear from view. The fear and the unsettled feelings he had diminished.

As he was about to say something, the feeling of being watched was dozen times more frightening.

Unlike the last time, the system appeared this time!

[Warning!]

[Warning!]

[Warning!]

'An unknown enemy was detected attempting to gain access to the host information. Would the host like to have a shield? This shield would require 1200 survival points!]

An unknown enemy was detected attempting to gain access to the exact location where the host was using the authority. Would the host like to have a shield? This shield would require 658900 survival points!]

'An unknown enemy was detected attempting to track the host's previous location. Would the host like to have a shield? This shield would require 7200 survival points!]

Similar to a maggot in a tarsal bone, Su Mo was deafened by the ear-splitting noise of the dozens of bright red-colored prompts.

A total of six different pieces of information required shielding. Without considering the most expensive second selection, the other five selections would require more than ten thousand points!

The system did not prompt for such a high amount of payment during the previous game assessment.

Su Mo shuddered at the sight of these huge numbers. He immediately agreed on the five selections except for the one with the base location.

Empiricism cost him his life!

This was a game tactic used by the players on the Wasteland.

o one could open fire within the limits of rules.

However, the Gods believe the game could perform unscrupulous attacks and inevitably destroy everything.

ff Su Mo had not made preparations earlier, he would have fled with Oreo.

He would not be able to bring along the chests of brains and the equipment in the rocket!

"Lu Kuan, what is the distance between us and the surface of the ocean?"

"There's another two thousand and one hundred meters. Two thousand meters. Wait, what's that?"

Su Mo reverted to his first form and sprinted to the captain's quarters while roaring.

Lu Kuan who was seated at the co-captain's seat, also roared as though he saw something unbelievable.

Su Mo covered his head and rushed into the room while ignoring Lu Kuan who was shouting. He quickly sat on the captain's seat and glanced around.

After the slight delay, the rocket was now eight hundred meters away from the surface of the ocean.

An estimated three seconds was how long it would take the rocket to hit the surface of the ocean.

Through the defense test module of the psychic energy shuttle rocket, they were able to see a powerful explosion right above the surface of the ocean.

If they did not change their direction or come to a halt, there would be a collision.

When that happened, even if the rocket's outer layer was made out of Level Eleven Alloy, it would not be able to withstand the damage brought by this level of power.

Su Mo stared at the different types of data on the screen and for some reason, he had a strange feeling of familiarity.

Su Mo reacted in the next second.

The game used the authority to stop him!

Should he escape or go for it?

Su Mo was left with only seven seconds to make a decision.

"Don't change course. Go for it. We need to move ahead to survive!"

He clenched his jaw under immense pressure and forced himself not to look at the handlebar next to him.

Su Mo's eyes swept the data panel and looked out the glass window.

At that moment, they were only one hundred meters away before hitting the surface of the ocean.

Light scattered through the bottom of the water.

Seconds later, the rocket shot upward from the water and soared into the sky, emitting tail flame.

At that moment, Su Mo could see the attack he was about to face.

It was also at this moment the grim look on his face disappeared while he heaved a sigh of relief.

A huge, light gray-colored hand was circling above the ocean.

As the rocket shot upward, the huge hand came crashing down.

Something incredible happened.

The surface of the psychic energy shuttle rocket lit up with a bright flash of blue-colored light and went through the huge hand without any issue. The rocket did not slow down.

The rocket was exempted from getting attacked according to the rules!

The huge hand from below did not come chasing after them. Instead, it smashed onto the surface of the ocean, causing the entire surface to collapse and plummeted several meters down in an instant.

"What the f*ck… What the f*ck was that? Was that an anti-gravity attack or a proton attack?"

"Damn, that was f*cking scary!"

The attack could still be clearly seen from the video feed in the spacecraft.

The ocean region that was attacked had a shapeless void.

This void was not formed from the ocean water that was squeezed out at the sides.

Rather…whatever was below just vanished!

It was a fifty-kilometers range with five thousand meters worth of deep ocean water that evaporated in an instant.

Nothing came out of the base that was built with Level Four Alloy as it was annihilated from the Wasteland during the attack.

The game might not release much, but once it did, its power was staggering.

There was no doubt that even if Su Mo was at the bottom with Level Eleven or Level Twenty Alloy, there would still be no alternate ending.

"Damn, he is surely a rich and grouchy dictator!"

He was still in shock as he wiped the cold sweat away from his forehead while looking at the fast-approaching clouds in the sky.

Su Mo finally could not withhold his excitement and burst out laughing uproariously as he stood up.

No matter how disappointing and vexing the game was, this round was still considered…his victory!.

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Chapter 452 Parallel Universe, The Condition For Dimensional Upgrade

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No one knew whether humans on the Wasteland have done such crazy things in the past.

Su Mo believed he was the first human to face attacks from the game and was still alive!

The power of attack from the huge hand had exceeded the imagination of all three-dimensional living beings.

n simple terms, it was similar to the act of destroying a data vault.

Within five hundred kilometers and at a depth of five thousand meters in the ocean from where the huge hand fell, the data was wiped clean without a trace.

it was as though they never appeared in this world and there would be no trace of these things anymore!

Such attack carried traces of 'dimensional reduction attack".

tt was fortunate.

The upgrade of this psychic energy shuttle rocket was considerably the right thing!

evertheless, the launch gave Su Mo a glimpse into a different perspective!

The wonders of psychic energy!

He would not in the slightest be affected by the rules within the three-dimensional space after having that magical power.

Although Su Mo did not understand the theory behind this, he knew very well that once he created batches of psychic energy instruments or psychic energy buildings, the threat from the game would be significantly

lowered!

When the time comes, even if he had to face the challenge head-on with the game, he would not need to fear and would even achieve victory.

Of course, this plan would have to wait until he owned a large number of psychic energy crystals.

It was a wonderful illusion for now.

"Lu Kuan, are you seeing this? This is our enemy from now on!"

"Are you excited and can't wait to work overtime to discover the source of such power?"

Su Mo leaned back on the captain's seat comfortably in a relaxed manner and started joking.

Lu Kuan stopped checking the data upon interruption.

Lu Kuan turned his head while smiling bitterly and replied, "Su Mo, to tell you the truth, the greatest acknowledgment for people like us is probably our self-awareness."

"When we were younger, my dad told me to work hard and be grounded. My teacher also told me that scientific research is similar to chewing our meals, one mouthful at a time and that it would be impossible if I

wished to gain weight excessively in a short period. As I aged and had students on my own, I too have told them that scientific research is similar to walking in the dark. One might fall, got lost or fall back. As long as

they have a strong determination, they will be able to forge ahead till they lose their lives!"

"To be frank with you, this energy is something we humans are not able to figure out!"

"It gives me the feeling that it is a mighty entity and not a mass of intelligence. It is of high value and seems a little unreachable to any average man!"

Lu Kuan's tone of voice was not laced with much dejectedness as he spoke while pointing to his chest.

It was shocking to know how close his hypothesis was to reality!

There was only one person who could have full control of the authority.

According to the current discoveries, there was only one portion of authority each in such a huge three-dimensional universe.

If ordinary human beings wanted some control, each person had to be given their planet, own universe, own world, and own tribe!

Or else, it would be impossible!

It was difficult for a four-dimensional living being to achieve such.

This was not about one person gaining power. People related to him would also be able to savor the reward and hence, the common prosperity.

Such a state was invisible and intangible.

These would not discourage him or be provoked for a genius like Lu Kuan as it was never taken into consideration.

However, for Su Mo…this was the way forward!

A sudden silence fell over the cabin as Su Mo did not reply.

Although the lower section of the psychic energy shuttle rocket was emitting noise, an eerie silence descended over the cabin.

According to the height marker, the distance between the rocket and the Wasteland was twenty thousand meters!

This was where the Heavenly Dog Pseudo God was previously located.

Su Mo roamed about that area.

"The sky of the Wasteland is different from the earth's since the Wasteland isn't spherical, hence we don't have to attempt to leave the orbit. We just need to soar!"

"As long as we move in this direction, in 4 hours and 15 minutes, we will arrive at the…region of the Gods!"

There was a switch in the robotic voice nearby as Lu Kuan with a troubled heart was replaced by Su Deben.

Su Deben was a strong-minded leader.

Although he was a little scared as well, he was much better compared to the rest of them.

He did not know how to operate the machines and he suddenly noticed all settings have been changed to Autopilot by Lu Kuan. He jumped down from the stool in a jiffy and sat on the floor. He then grabbed a bottle of

lubricating oil and chugged it down.

Glup glup!

From the sound of it, anyone would have thought that he was drinking alcohol.

"Su Mo, since you have already established an agreement with them, I won't hold back anymore. Don't you have a lot of questions before this?"

"Well, let's take this opportunity to have a good chat. I do not wish to leave any regrets at the end of my life!"

After two failed launches, Su Deben was hopeful on the success of the last launch. However, he also understood this was a sliver of hope!

Although the man whom he shared the same surname with, had countless remarkable qualities, however, nothing could be done when faced with the indescribable mighty force.

Su Deben turned his chair and looked Su Mo straight in the eye.

He placed the bottle of lubricating oil aside and rose to his feet.

Both of them shook hands.

"Let's reintroduce ourselves. Hello Su Mo, I'm Su Deben, the human expeditionary force from Yanxia, the earth of parallel universe number 626."

"Hello, Iam Su Mo from Huaxia on earth!"

Both of them announced their highest rankings this time.

Su Mo guessed as much, it was shocking to know the satellite base was located where the expeditionary force was.

Su Deben was no ordinary captain.

"No hurry, do listen to my story. This story may overturn your current understanding of the game and your perception of us, humans!"

Su Deben sat down once more, leaning against the wall, and started reminiscing with his head tilted up.

"Our earth is located at number 626 of the parallel universe, which was named by the game "Butterfly Space". We have yet to know the reason, but I am definite that only earth has a parallel universe!"

Su Mo asked, "only earth has it?"

Su Deben nodded and replied, "yes, the entire universe may be vast and endless, but only the earth has multiple space overlaps which formed a complicated parallel universe!"

"This means only living beings on earth have the possibility of undergoing multiple dimensional upgrade."

Clang!

Although Su Deben's voice was not loud, as it echoed around the room, Su Mo was shaken to the core.

Dimensional upgrade.

Before this, Su Mo thought he was the only one who knew about this, but now…

"Dimensional upgrade is no secret, any physicist would be immensely interested in this topic, and since talents from a parallel universe are vastly different, it's only natural that geniuses that have different

understandings of dimensions will appear. Our Butterfly Space was fortunate to have birthed two geniuses."

"The first one was Lu Zhe, Lu Kuan's father. He has successfully found many-dimensional upgrade possibilities with a large amount of evidence. With this evidence, we achieved exponential growth in certain areas

during these past fifty years and the second genius was involved in the growth as well."

"Su Xuelin, my father!"

Su Deben was lamenting as though he was reminiscing about the past.

Being in the same generation as Lu Kuan with both their fathers being geniuses of the same generation as well, it was like the wise men gathering together.

"The civilization of the foreign land I told you about does not exist. This news was nothing but fake news we have curated to shift the contradictions in human society."

"When technology development stopped, the capacity development of our interstellar was stunted as well. The earth will experience increased stress over the course of the rapid growth of the human population."

"At that time, led by major scientists with the likes of Lu Kuan's father, all-powerful individuals across the globe gathered together to discuss ways to solve this problem."

"Your father was the one who came up with this dispute?" Su Mo asked.

Su Deben nodded and replied, "even though my father's research wasn't into dimensions, but about parallel spaces, he had a brilliant idea in which he managed to convince one-third of the people present to join his

team and achieved breakthrough development in a five-year stint."

"Subsequently, my father found Lu Zhe and joined forces in dissecting the area of parallel spaces and dimensions. They managed to create a route to the foreign world in the end."

Su Deben was done with his story and everything was made clear.

A bunch of crazy scientists found the route to the foreign world and they wished to seek breakthroughs there as well.

This foreign world happened to be…the world of Wasteland!

"After establishing the portal to the foreign world, the game mysteriously found us."

"He enables us to explore the foreign world in times of need and this helped us to resolve many problems."

"Besides, the game is equipped with technology that could help to improve the skills of humans and machinery."

"I'm sure you could have guessed what happened after that…"

The robot resigned at the thought of making that decision in the past which he regretted.

Su Mo being an astute observer, asked, "since you can establish a portal to come over, why can't you find your way back?"

Su Deben shook his head and said, "if it was under normal circumstances, we could have returned easily even if the resources were exhausted."

"However, our intention to return opened up Pandora's box!"

"When we came over, all we needed to do was to insert the coordinates of the Wasteland to complete the teleportation. However, as we were about to head back and after connecting the coordinates that we've

established on earth, a strange thing happened. Not only could we not return, but the game has also sent another batch of humans over, and the place of origin for these humans just so happened to be the earth as

well!"

"This is the paradox of parallel spaces. When we leave our earth, the imprint we left on the earth will disappear, and only others can try to open the connections."

"So, we've found this batch of humans and managed to open a new portal…however, the new portal did not lead us to our earth, but…"

Su Deben paused a moment.

"We, the people from Butterfly Space are to be blamed for the mistakes made. The rest of us who were left behind will need to spend the rest of our lives…on the path to atonement!".

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Chapter 453 If It's Possible, Please Let It Shine One Last Time!

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Life was just a movie.

Some people were destined to meet.

Although Su Mo had few speculations concerning the origins of the expeditionary force before he made his way to the base, he was still shocked after listening to Su Deben's story!

He had always wondered why humans would appear at the Wasteland all of a sudden and had never expected that it was because…humans betrayed each other?

Was it because the game exploited opportunities after humans opened the 'portal', causing humans to be abducted and brought over to this place?

"Everything is a cycle. We think we're in control until we aren't and that's when we have lost it!"

"Look at this…please!"

Su Deben did a waving gesture after realizing the disappearance of the virtual reality and continued his story whilst scratching his head.

"Su Mo, what I will be saying next may sound bizarre, but it did happen!"

"We, humans used to be Gods on this piece of land!"

"When we came into this world with the help rendered by the game, we managed to create a virtual world and made every one of us the 'players'!"

"We were not the kind of players that only had a few game panels and limited power. During that time, we could respawn at certain places on the Wasteland immediately after we died, just like what happened during

the fourth natural disaster!"

Su Deben muttered a modern word under his breath.

His uncontrollable shaking made it obvious that he was emotionally overwhelmed even though he had robotic body parts.

"It was a golden age for us, humans at that time. All of the other foreign races were fearful of us. We were not afraid to die and not afraid of sacrifices either."

"Billions of humans would follow one man's lead and rally as soon as he commanded."

"However, it was also at this most glorious moment that the game went…out of control!"

Su Mo, who was listening intently reacted immediately.

"Hmm? Out of control? Unable to respawn?"

Su Deben nodded and replied, "yes, we lost our ability to respawn in one night and had to face the attacks from the aboriginals that led to this downfall."

"More than half of the human Gods have fallen in the battle within three days and the survivors were scrambling to return home through the portal."

"However, as you have known, the other end of the portal was not our earth and we could not return!"

"Those sins are unredeemable until now!"

"On the 21st day of the 12th month in the year 2012, the bunch of crazy expeditionary force Gods attempted to open the portal 6896 times as they were seeking the path to the Butterfly Space. They failed in finding it

and hence, this triggered the happening of the worst massacre in history!"

"Many of these portals were still unexplored, but for some portals, once opened, a huge bunch of excited humans would clamber in to explore."

"Unfortunately, there were no survivors and the world was destroyed!"

Su Deben was huffing and puffing after he said it all in one breath.

This was not physical fatigue, it was more of feeling depressed.

Admitting one's mistakes and reliving the horrible massacre that happened years ago was torture.

"Do you mean the reason we could enter this world was that someone discovered the portal you opened years ago and provoked a change in the rules?"

Su Deben nodded strongly and replied, "yes!"

"There are different types of the time differences between different earths and the Wasteland. When you're here for a year, it may mean you're only spending one day on your earth. The current Terrestrial Time is the

first day of the first month in year two thousand!"

"If it was not for you guys who had voluntarily discovered the portals and entered, the last batch of survivors on the Wasteland could have perished and the game could take this opportunity to abduct a new batch of

humans to continue with their plans."

Their current altitude was forty-eight thousand meters high according to the dashboard.

Nevertheless, there was still light and clouds.

However, after listening to what Su Deben had said, Su Mo felt as though he could see the light.

"After that great war, we as survivors divided ourselves into three groups."

"The first group chose to maintain their identity as players, continued their activities on the Wasteland, and secretly helped new players who were the cream of the crop to reduce the injury rate and fatality."

"The second group gave up on their identity as players. They became ordinary human beings and used science and technology to discover the secrets of the Wasteland and figured out ways to close all portals!"

"The third group consists of human Gods. All of them left this world and went somewhere else beyond our sight and continued to work hard. We have not seen them for at least ten years!"

"The place that we're heading to now is the place we suspect where the third group is currently at and we're going to seek their help!"

"You should know the reason we have failed by now!"

Su Mo nodded and asked, "because we are no longer a God?"

"Yes, being a God is like an entrance ticket. You're qualified to make an entrance or else you will…boom!"

Su Deben guffawed while he mimed something that looked like fireworks being set off and proceeded to rummage through the odds and ends.

He felt a sense of lightness he had never experienced after pouring his heart out.

He also felt a sense of hope on the eve of his death as he observed the cloud changes through the observation window.

Moments later, Su Deben fished out a rock from the pile of random things and returned to his seat next to Su Mo.

"Su Mo, my father was once the God of Light, and was in control of the power of the light!"

"Unfortunately, he fell into the darkness just like the rest of the Gods at the end."

"He passed this last thing to me before he left. If it's possible…please let it shine one last time!"

After passing the rock over, Su Deben closed his tired eyes and dozed off while leaning against the wall.

The connector between the robot and the glass brain box released a cracking noise which signified the disconnection.

Before crossing the barrier, Su Deben mentioned he was not afraid, but he was still not bold enough to face his inner demons!

ot everyone could be a monk who renounced worldly pursuits.

The more one knew, the more fear of death one would have!

it was a pity Su Deben returned too soon.

ot only did he not see the shocked Su Mo who rose to his feet, but he also missed the vibrant white-colored glow from the rock as soon as it was placed down!

Authority!

tt came knocking on the door despite such a situation!

"This… is this the Authority of Light?"

Su Mo was deep in thought when Su Deben handed over the rock.

When Su Mo snapped back to reality, he rose to his feet in shock as soon as he saw the appraisal system.

Holy Rock (0.46% Wasteland Operational Authority)]

Description: Stars shine the brightest on the darkest night, a speck of dust is visible under a beam of light. Darkness signifies one-to-one. Light signifies one-to-many. When in possession, you will be the brightest

existence amidst the darkness, and even small specks of dust would not miss you. If you have decided to bring light to all men, please hold on to it firmly.]

Current Authority: 0.46%]

Authority Interpretation: Light]

Authority Power: If you choose to take on this Authority, you are given one chance to modify the Light attributes once every 15 days on the Wasteland. You are allowed to change the effects of the light rays as you

please. (The number of times is not cumulative and will be recalculated after every usage. The increase in Authority will bring about the reduction in cooldown time.)]

Penalty 1: By wielding this authority, you will be labeled as an "Old God" and will be blocked by the game. You will not have access to any functions of the game panel. (Unless your Authority level is 51% and above)]

Penalty 2: By using the strength modification power that comes with the Authority, you will be the center of attention. The more power is used, the higher the chance you will be found.]

Penalty 3: Once you are found, your Authority will be taken away, and you will be flagged in the game. The number of disasters in the area within your range of five hundred thousand kilometers will be increased by

five hundred thousand times.]

Comment: Men are like trees. The higher they grow towards the sunlight, the deeper the roots have to grow into the soil.]

Although the Authority of Light is 0.46% only and comparing it to the Authority of the God of Cooking, it still has a valuable attribute!

Su Deben's father had indeed left him with something good.

It would be a shame to have lost it, but after reading the comment above, Su Mo finally understood the reason Su Deben had not been able to control that thing well up till now.

"The way I see it, the Food Authority could have been a gift left behind by the Creator Gods."

"Righteous thieves…"

"They're indeed for the good of all mankind!"

Su Mo changed to his second form while having the rock in his hand, and gently crushed the rock.

In an instant, a warm light enveloped his left arm.

The light seemed to have detected there were other forms of Authority in Su Mo's body.

Instantly, Su Mo's right arm lit up as well. It was the Authority of the God of Cooking.

The two different sources of power started to merge together in Su Mo's body.

With Su Mo as a carrier, the light crept up to his upper arms and met right at his chest.

It looked oddly elegant when the white-colored light was highlighted with a tinge of premium ash-colored light.

The 1% of authority Su Mo had, grew substantially to 1.46%!

On another hand, the game's Authority had permanently lost a few control abilities!

The game could no longer interfere in any Light-related disasters going forward!

"Not bad, the harvest is plentiful this round!"

"Not only do I have 8 research geniuses, a high-level authoritative army officer, and having the Light Authority…"

"Although I can't find the Sea God, this is still a big win for me!"

Su Mo looked at the crushed rock and contemplated before tilting his head back to swallow all of it.

With the enhancement of the two forms of Authority, although Yang Jian's body was of flesh and bones, there were already earth-shattering changes happening within.

There was no issue in digesting the crushed rock!

Subsequently, Su Mo took a rock and a chisel out of his storage space.

He made a replica of the Holy Rock, drilled a hole, strung it, and wore it on his neck carefully.

If he wished to obtain more than 51% of the Authority, the game would have a higher possibility of wreaking havoc in the latter days.

This important matter had to be taken to extremes..

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Chapter 454 Shuttling, the Nation of the God of the Ocean

"There's still half an hour left before we cross the obstacle avoidance component, Su Mo, should we do some preparations?"

Su Mo was writing and sketching in the pilot's seat. When called upon, he was intrigued and lifted his head. "For example?"

"For example, let's not focus on writing the will first. After all, even after we die, the will won't casually float back to the wasteland. We can try using psychic energy water to make some new particles and see if it can make changes to the barrier of the Gods. Perhaps we can prepare weapons too just in case there's a single chance of winning battles. We can even…"

"Uh, sure if you think that it's necessary!"

It was an hour before they were going to shuttle through the barrier.

Besides Su Deben, the curiosity of the researchers got the better of them in the end.

During this final period, Su Mo spared some time to get to know these researchers again. He started with the biologist, Zhuo Junfan.

At this final juncture, the others also tactfully gave up their seats for Lu Kuan.

Among the crowd, he had done the most research on aerospace-it was not an exaggeration to say that he managed to research 11% of aerospace in the Interstellar Age.

Needless to say, Lu Kuan was unwilling to admit defeat just like that!

"Sit back and relax. If you have the time to worry, why don't you step aside and look up into the sky with its limitless ceiling? You never know when you'll get the chance again!"

At this very moment, the psychic energy shuttle rocket had reached a terrifying altitude of 240000km!

The distance from the earth to the moon was only 360000km. As of now, the rocket had already flown through more than half of the distance to the moon. They could see clouds surrounding the rocket, along with the view of the sun that had yet to set.

As if there were some slow buffs getting stacked on the rocket, there were no problems in the rocket's self-test, nor was there any speed reduction.

Although the distance kept increasing, the surrounding scenery remained the same like evergreens. Oreo had been curiously leaning in to stare out the front of the window because of this.

For someone who observed this view twice, it took Lu Kuan a single look to evoke his innermost fear once more.

He stood there, struck silly in his reverie. A silly-looking robot and a large dog with black and white patches on her fur, blended in with the exterior and the sci-fi-esque interior. Su Mo raised his head and took a glance; he could not help but smile at the sight of this scene. In the tranquil sky, this smile of his was extremely obvious.

It was not until the last ten minutes that Su Mo put down the pen and paper that he had been using to plan things out. Then, he stood up and walked toward the window.

When he got here, the surrounding scenery finally changed a little.

Even while making judgments of his surroundings with the naked eye, Su Mo could still see the border a little.

As if the entire wasteland was put into a glass box, the highest the clouds on the edge could go was to the upper layer, and then be suppressed at the border. At long last, they could finally see the ten New Worlds that were previously seen in the Mountain and Sea painting scroll card.

"Those were once precious lands of this once prosperous and glorious world. Unfortunately, after the war, it had turned into a wasteland that no living creature could enter.

"Now that place is the epitome of Doomsday!

"Terrible radiation, collapsed land, thick electron clouds, and horrific disasters of an eruption frequency of 3rm, no creature would be able to survive there for more than seven days!

"Even if we were to enter wearing protective suits, it will still bring irreversible damage to the body!"

It was akin to the radiation zone in 7 Days to Die. Lu Kuan noticed the curiosity in Su Mo and stood up as he explained everything softly. "Oh? Radiation? Has a nuclear bomb blown up there before?"

Lu Kuan shook his head. "Yes, there were once more than twenty extremely advanced earth civilizations who formed an alliance. Then, they launched a large equivalent of nuclear bombs at that time, baptizing the wasteland. If this piece of land under our feet were not their launching site, I'm afraid that this place would've been severely affected too.

"After this, people who came here later, aren't allowed to carry weapons here. In fact, you won't be able to sense the shuttling before arriving here.

"It's a pity! These places used to have fertile land and hundreds upon hundreds of unimaginable wonders. No one expected it to be all destroyed in a day, especially this place. Even after three to five hundred years, it will still be hard for living creatures to survive on this forbidden land."

Through the high altitude, they could now see the clear border of the wasteland below.

It was as though they were looking at Earth while standing in outer space.

A long gray line twisted and turned as it wrapped itself around the bright area.

Compared to the larger gray region, this bit of brightness was incomparably obtrusive, giving it an unrealistic look.

"Look, that's the barrier we're shuttling through!"

With only five minutes left, Lu Kuan spoke up again.

As they were much closer this time, it was easier to observe the barrier of the Gods.

Just like the "protective film" that people used to wrap boxes with, this barrier was hanging upright in the air with an indescribable sense of incongruity. "This is very different from the Southern Heavenly Gates in Huaxia mythology. It looks like a fake one."

After making the joke, Su Mo stretched his limbs and stood up straight.

He had successfully switched back to his current form, no longer remaining in "Yang Jian" mode.

Due to the addition of Oracle of the God of the Ocean's identity, Su Mo intended to do a test when they first went on the obstacle avoidance component.

'If it works, it works. If it doesn't, then so be it!'

Since he had the psychic energy shuttle rocket's detailed characteristics, there was not a trace of fear in him when it came to facing the obstacle avoidance component. "It's three minutes now, shall we start with the preparations?"

Su Mo sat down slowly. "Sure! I may have some work to do outside the cabin once we have successfully shuttled. When the time comes, this place will be in your hands!"

Lu Kuan turned around and stared straight at him. "Su Mo, I kind of regret not writing that will!"

"Haha, it's not too late to make one now!"

"It's too late, I'm already wondering what kind of world lies behind that barrier!"

Lu Kuan cracked a smile as he turned his head back and began to concentrate on controlling the devices in front of him.

Right before they shuttled, under the pressure of life or death, he miraculously let go of his inner demons instead!

"Fine, just you wait and see!" Su Mo was not distracted-he placed his hand on the rudder and concentrated on the possibility of any unexpected situations that might arise.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Contrary to the peace and quiet below, after reaching this height, it seemed as though the wrath of the Gods had been aroused.

One after another, whirlwinds continuously slapped the surface of the psychic energy shuttle rocket, sending back thunderous roars.

Several bolts of lightning streaked across the sky too, striking the rocket directly and making crackling noises.

There was hail.

There was a rainstorm.

There were snowflakes.

All sorts of extreme weather evolved from each other here.

Due to such rapid change, what was clearly a minute felt like years to the human heart.

Fortunately, the materials of the psychic energy shuttle rocket's outer shell were exceptionally powerful. Apart from a little noise, they did not detect even half of the feedback of the vibrations. This put Su Mo's mind at ease.

"We're two minutes away…"

It was no surprise that they managed to overcome the horrendous weather. After that, Lu Kuan shouted once again.

Meanwhile, the surrounding environment transformed simultaneously.

Almost all of the light here faded away except for the blue light emitted by the psychic energy shuttle rocket itself, while the membrane overhead had disappeared.

It looked as if the rocket had fallen into a pile of mud and lost all contact with the outside world.

However, after experiencing this twice and noticing that the dashboard was working as usual, Su Mo felt relieved enough to not take over the controls.

"One minute away…"

Right after Lu Kuan spoke, the darkness disappeared and a familiar scenery reappeared.

This time, however, what appeared next to them was…

A starry sky!

"Choose one! Take your pick among these stars. We don't care anymore; we'll just collide with it!

"We've collided with these two before and we needed divinity for both. We have yet to try any of the others, so you decide!" said Lu Kuan quickly.

In the starry sky, countless gargantuan planets the size of stars were floating in it, each emitting a different glow.

Lu Kuan skillfully pointed to one of the planets emitting an earthy brown glow, as well as a planet with blazing flames.

Shifting his gaze toward the direction pointed out by Lu Kuan's finger, Su Mo also saw what the rest of the planets looked like.

At the moment, not many spheres were floating around here.

At first glance, it seemed like there were less than a hundred planets. They could count with their fingers on two hands the planets that were emitting a strong glow—there was a total of ten.

In descending order of their brightness, the rest of the planets were divided into different tiers.

The two planets that Lu Kuan had collided with before were the faintest of them all.

"Hold on, wait for my instructions!"

Hinting at Lu Kuan to not disturb him, Su Mo began the instructions once again according to the strange breathing method previously taught by the Fertile Soil Era God of the Ocean.

In the levels of space that Lu Kuan could not see, rays of aqua blue light exploded directly from Su Mo's body.

The rays of light then began to circle within the cabin!

The rays were very weak at first but after sensing the surrounding environment, they gradually grew brighter. Even without Su Mo's initiative to take control, the rays of light began to form an arrow themselves and pointed toward the left.

Following the arrow, Su Mo gestured toward the direction the arrow was pointing at immediately. Without any hesitation, Lu Kuan also pulled on the operating shaft and changed the direction of the rocket.

Twenty seconds later, the arrow pointed in another direction again.

Lu Kuan also followed suit.

As of now, they had skipped over twenty planets with the faintest glow and reached the planets that were grouped into the second tier based on their brighter glow.

The planets were glowing with a brightness that was inferior to the ones ahead. However, the contrast was stark when compared to the planets at the back. It was a shame that the arrow still did not stop there!

The arrow continued to provide Lu Kuan guidance to move forward; Su Mo's gaze was fixed on the arrow.

At this point, they had already skipped over most of the glowing planets in the second tier.

They had now arrived among the planets with first-tier brightness!

Immediately after leaving the front barrier, the arrow immediately adjusted itself slightly as soon as they passed through.

This meant that the final destination was not the ten big glowing planets ahead of them.

Little by little, the direction of the arrow became more and more precise.

Passing by all of the planets ahead, a star emitting aqua blue gas finally appeared right in front of the spacecraft. Coming here also meant that the true location of the God of the Ocean was inside!

"This?"

"Yup!"

"Alright, I'm charging in then!"

As soon as Lu Kuan thrust the shaft forward, the energy of the entire rocket began to jet violently, giving it a terrifying boost!

With this power, the planet that was still a little far away practically appeared in front of Su Mo's eyes in an instant.

In the next second.

Boom!

The psychic energy shuttle rocket crashed right into the planet like a madman.

It felt like the rocket was caught in endless obstructions, or a sticky confection was stuck to the rocket.

Different from previous bursts, although the psychic energy shuttle rocket slowed down, it still did not suffer any damage. Lu Kuan immediately became excited.

Controlling the robot's arm, he almost broke the acceleration lever to the maximum angle.

Su Mo, who had been maintaining the same breathing method while sitting next to Lu Kuan, adjusted his breathing rate to the fastest too.

Like a code, the blue light in the cabin pulsated more and more fiercely, eventually seeping out through the crevices to the outside of the rocket.

When the entire rocket was surrounded by a layer of glow, much like those planets, the obstructions that were exerted on the rocket from the external suddenly loosened.

Although the spheres still resisted the rocket somehow, they lost the biggest factor that prevented the rocket from advancing. This was especially so when the psychic energy shuttle rocket possessed such great power and the ability to shuttle!

Bang!

In the next second, it was as if a steel needle had punctured a balloon.

When the two people on the spacecraft reacted, a new world was already in sight!

At this moment, as the blue light on the spacecraft's outer shell dimmed, a piece of new information appeared in Su Mo's mind.

"This place is…"

"The Nation of… the God of the Ocean?"

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Chapter 455: Land of Death, The "Safest" Place!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"We got in! We actually got in! We didn't fail! We finally succeeded!"

"Su Mo, we did it!" He shouted.

After they felt the resistance holding back the rocket completely dissipate, they pulled the thrust lever back to its original position.

Lu Kuan excitedly stood up at once, and then sprinted toward the porthole window like a maniac.

A whole ten years of preparation had ended in two dismal failures.

No one could really understand how ruthless a blow to the psyche this kind of baffling failure was to Lu Kuan, who was someone who wholeheartedly believed in science.

Every night, the eight top scientists, including Lu Kuan, would ponder long and hard about which step had gone wrong, and which step had not been perfectly executed.

However, no one could have predicted that this would happen on such a normal, uneventful day.

In just two days, the inner mental demon that had perplexed him for ten or so years was actually destroyed by Su MO!

Humans, mere mortals, had succeeded in piercing through the barrier and had entered the chamber of the gods.

It really was a historic breakthrough; a development so incredible it was equivalent to moving from 0 to 1!

"Wait a moment! Don't be too happy yet. Look closely at what's below!"

Su MO soon followed Lu Kuan to the porthole window. He then began observing what was below.

What set him apart from Lu Kuan was that his face displayed no excitement, but instead expressed a sense of solemnity.

With the God of the Ocean's title, his eyesight had reached an extremely high level.

Just because Lu Kuan could not see it, it did not mean he could not.

"Hmm? Did we not succeed?"

After being cautioned by Su MO, Lu Kuan started examining and analyzing his surroundings, looking downward with a slight hint of confusion.

Slowly but surely, as the distance between the spacecraft and the ground drew closer, the scene in his vision became more and more clear.

His excitement quickly started fading.

It was just as Su MO predicted—Astonishment, puzzlement, and panic ensued!

"Why would, why even here…"

"It's not possible! Our nuclear bomb wouldn't have been able to reach such heights! It makes no sense that this place would become a Land of Death!"

Half an hour ago, both of them had just seen the other nine continents, which had turned into forbidden areas, from a high altitude.

Now, half an hour later, they had shuttled across this planet that, from its outer appearance, looked like it was covered in countless bodies of water.

Both of them had not expected that they would see that devastating scene once again.

The ground was cindered black, and no vegetation could grow on it. Sometimes, horrifying bursts of flames would flare up from underground.

The ocean carried a dark red tint from having swept up god knows how many living beings' fresh blood, appearing both mysterious and sinister.

Not only that, if one pieced these scenes together, with the dimmed sunlight, it would only be proper to call this place an infernal hell!

Toward a place like this, Lu Kuan was anything but unfamiliar. You could even say—it felt like home!

"Nothing's impossible. The god's dead, so even this place would become a desolate Land of Death!

"We came too late!"

After keceiving all the information, a bad feeling arose within Su MO's heart.

Nonetheless, he felt relieved after clearly seeing what lay below.

Before this trip, he had prepared himself for the worst possible scenarios.

The first scenario was that…

Within this unknown land lived the God of the Ocean who still possessed his full strength.

The game was searching for the God of the Ocean's location.

Su MO was searching for the exact same thing.

Both of them not only had the same goal, but also the same motives.

The game wanted the God of the Ocean dead, and Su MO also did not want him alive!

If the severity of the disaster was half a million times worse, the humans on the wasteland would stand no chance. Once it started, everyone would be engulfed and eradicated in a split second.

No one could afford for such a scenario to happen.

As such, once he met the living God of the Ocean, there would absolutely be no second outcome if they could not come to an agreement.

If that was the case, only one of them could walk away unscathed!

The second scenario was that…

The ??????? of the Ocean was still alive, but in a very bad state that caused him to enter a state of deep slumber, just like what the game said.

This scenario was neither the best, nor the worst.

If he faced a weakened God of the Ocean, he had both his title as

Oracle of the God of the Ocean, as well as the system behind him. Even if he could not come to an agreement, Su MO still had the confidence that he could emerge victorious in a battle against him.

Still, if he looked past both these possibilities, what he really hoped would happen was that—the God of the Ocean would be dead or gone!

This would be the best outcome and would be the one he most wanted to see come to pass.

The ??????? of the Ocean was still alive, but in a very bad state that caused him to enter a state of deep slumber, just like what the game said.

This scenario was neither the best, nor the worst.

If he faced a weakened God of the Ocean, he had both his title as

Oracle of the God of the Ocean, as well as the system behind him. Even if he could not come to an agreement, Su MO still had the confidence that he could emerge victorious in a battle against him.

Still, if he looked past both these possibilities, what he really hoped would happen was that—the God of the Ocean would be dead or gone!

This would be the best outcome and would be the one he most wanted to see come to pass.

It was a pity that, at this moment, he was still unable to verify whether the God of the Ocean had been sent to an early grave or if he had disappeared into thin air.

He looked at this desolate scene below and had a few guesses as to how things had transpired based on the information he already possessed.

"God is dead…

"Even if God is dead, this place shouldn't have become like this. This is clearly the aftermath of a nuclear bomb explosion."

"This place is hundreds of thousands of kilometers up in space! Our weapons couldn't possibly reach this place!"

The rocket did not have a landing module and could only maintain a cruising speed as it flew across the planet's skies endlessly.

Lu Kuan continuously repeated Su MO's words and felt stunned as he looked at the scene below them, which had become very clear.

"Lu Kuan, let me ask you. If you were a fugitive and wanted to hide, where would be the most suitable location?"

Lu Kuan stared blankly, "Hide myself?"

Su MO nodded, 'Yes, if you didn't want anyone to find you, where is the safest place you could possibly hide?"

This question seemingly had nothing to do with the previous questions.

However, as he glanced at the serious expression on Su MO's face, he tilted his head and fell into deep contemplation after temporarily allaying the shock he felt in his heart.

After a while, he slowly said, "If you're talking about concealing yourself where no one can find you, I'd definitely hide within the Land of Death. There's nobody around and it's deserted, so no one would normally come here. '

"If you're talking about the safest hiding place, however, I would stay put in the base. On the wasteland, no other location would be safer than a base built from Level Four Alloy!"

The two answers seemed contradictory at first but, after finishing his train of thought, he was startled by the possible revelation.

He looked down at the Land of Death below, and then at the interested expression on Su MO's face, he suddenly conjured up a daring thought, 'You mean? This is…"

Su MO nodded, "You're right, prepare yourself. I'll go down to check it out!"

The arrow condensed by the breathing method still steadily pointed down toward the blood-red ocean.

It meant that the God of the Ocean was residing right there.

Even if terrifying amounts of radiation permeated the area below, it had already cost him too much to get here. After considering all the factors, he could not find a reason not to go down there to explore.

"If you wanna go down, we have parachutes. It would not pose a problem!"

"Besides, the area below isn't the real Land of Death. We've already prepared protective suits that are highly-resistant to chemicals that were specifically tailored for situations like this. Based on a rough estimate of the intensity of the radiation—two hours of exploration should pose no issue."

They quickly returned to the dashboard. Lu Kuan fiddled around with it, and the data on the rocket's detection module steadily displayed itself.

The atmosphere here was no different than the one on the wasteland.

Putting aside the insane levels of radiation, regardless of what had taken place here in the past, you could even "treat" this planet just like the wasteland's Land of Death.

For humans wearing chemical protective suits that could block radiation, the world below just looked scary. It was unable to cause them harm.

The only tricky part was that the rocket was not like a spaceship.

Landing would be easy, but launching off again after that would be nearly impossible unless a new launchpad was constructed, with the rebuilt frames and everything.

If he did not prepare for that eventuality, any landing would mean being trapped on this world forever!

"Su MO! Going down is easy, but we don't have the equipment to bring you back up. '

'Our rocket is ultimately not a spaceship because it doesn't have modules for takeoffs and landings. If we could land, I would be the best candidate for exploration due to my metal body."

Lu Kuan tapped on the dashboard and analyzed more and more data, but eventually still shook his head in regret.

Although he also wanted to go down and explore the area below, the Land of Death could well become their "final place of rest".

The reality of the situation was that going down and coming back up after that was harder than ascending to the heavens.

"Wait a minute, how low can our rocket fly?"

When he was asked such a key question, Lu Kuan became dazed for a while, before swiftly saying, "Because our rocket's is really light, we can probably descend to an altitude of more or less eighty meters at the lowest. Any lower and we would run the risk of crashing!"

"That's enough. This is more than sufficient. You guys wait here for me!"

After learning of the eighty meters altitude limit, not only did Su MO not hesitate in the slightest, he straight away marched himself toward the utility room.

k!or Lu Kuan, this height would naturally pose difficulties. However, for someone like Su MO who possessed a magical flying carpet, it would not be a problem at all!

The ability to fly at a height of a hundred meters and for five minutes would not be enough for Su MO to scour the Land of Death fully, but it was definitely enough for him to fly down and back up again!

'Uhm? Do you have a plan on how you can get back up here?'

One could see Su MO confidently walk out of the utility room with the heavy protective suit.

After wavering slightly, Lu Kuan still chose to stay by Su MO's side and helped him put on the suit.

Furthermore, after putting on the suit, Lu Kuan brought out two more pieces of equipment.

"Su MO! Since you've decided to go down, you must have some tricks up your sleeve that we don't know about. If you have time though, this equipment is used to collect soil, while the other one is used to collect water."

"Although our current instruments are limited, a chance like this is hard to come by. If possible, bringing back some of the natural resources from this planet might just help us out a ton in the future!"

The solemn look on Lu Kuan's face prompted Su MO to nod heavily as he fit both collection instruments into his side pockets.

'Good! Go ahead and control the rocket's flight height and I'll go prepare in the rear. When I want to come back up, we'll communicate using this!"

Su MO fished out a backup set of his long-range Bluetooth headset from his storage spaces.

After verifying that there were no connection issues, Su MO passed the headset to Lu Kuan.

"Stay safe!"

"Believe in me'"

Farewells between men were anything but maudlin.

Lu Kuan saw the stern look in Su MO's eyes through the suit's helmet, and rapidly turned and sprinted toward the captain's quarters.

Only Su MO and Oreo, one man and one dog, were left behind.

"It's okay. You don't have to follow me. It's equally important to remain here. Later…"

He lowered his body and whispered a few brief words into Oreo's ears.

One had to refrain from harming others, but also had to stay on guard against those who might potentially harm you.

After leaving the rocket, if Lu Kuan and his group stepped on the pedal and decided to leave immediately, Su MO would be left to his own devices in the Land of Death.

A true man would not stand next to a collapsing wall. From the start, Su MO had prepared safeguards and contingency plans for anything that might happen.

"Woof! Ruff Ruff. '

'Okay, I promise you. If I were to fight, I'd definitely bring you with

He once again patted Oreo's head and prepared himself. He heard Lu Kuan shouting that he would soon successfully lower the rocket's altitude.

Hearing this, Su MO's eyes narrowed as he headed towards the rear large strides.

Other than the re-entry capsule, the rear hatch was the only other place connected to the exterior of the rocket.

Boom!

His arm strength exerted a pulling force greater than ten tons, so the hatch offered no resistance and opened easily.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In spite of the rocket's speed slowing down to the point of almost stalling, the view from this high altitude was still tremendous.

In an instant, whirlwinds violently swept in through the hatch.

bome radiation was mixed in with it, which was detected by Su MO's protective suit. As a result, the Geiger counter started to rustle. This radiation level was no joke; it was truly terrifying.

If the radiation levels were so high even at such a high altitude, one could clearly see what kind of devastation had destroyed this place in the past.

He took another deep breath and whipped out the magical carpet. Seeing the scene below, Su MO once again did not hesitate and descended bravely riding on the magic carpet. .

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Chapter 456 Meeting People From Home, Brings Tears to Both Eyes

One could only rise from the ashes after death.

The most dangerous place possible would naturally be the safest.

These two thoughts rang in Su Mo's mind after landing on the Land of Death.

Thanks to the magic carpet, he encountered no danger and successfully touched down on the ground.

He carefully sidestepped the untimely burst of flames from below, and stood atop a huge boulder. Su Mo started looking out far and wide to try to identify any existing abnormalities.

At this time, the Geiger counter on the protective suit had almost reached its limit, it almost felt like it would explode. It emitted constant warning noises.

Perhaps not enough time had passed since the bombardment, resulting in the high radiation levels that had yet to disperse.

Or...

Perhaps both the number and payload of the nuclear weapons used had simply been that terrifying!

After some contemplation, while Su Mo could not make an absolute judgment between the two possibilities, his heart and mind gravitated toward the latter.

This place right here was just as Lu Kuan had expected, it had suffered a terrible nuclear bombardment previously.

That resulted in this place being unable to recover its vitality up till now.

"God of the Ocean is really quite daring. If it were me, I would never have the guts to hide in this spot."

There were many signs.

In addition to taking in the scene before him, he thought through a few key findings. Su Mo had a concrete guess on the God of the Ocean's hiding spot.

It was similar to his childhood days, when his mom would try all that she could to stop him from sneakily playing video games.

It was similar to how she would put the gaming console in his school bag so that he would not be able to find it during the holidays, all the way until he had to go to school.

If the God of the Ocean wanted to conceal himself perfectly, he would have to hide in some place the game knew about, but would never explore.

Stepping off the boulder, he did not immediately search for the God of the Ocean's hiding spot. Instead, Su Mo first took out the instrument to collect some soil, after which he trotted towards the water's edge and used the other instrument to collect some water.

After collecting those samples, he wiped off the steam building up inside his protective suit and dived into the scarlet-red ocean.

In comparison with wasteland's ocean water, the water in this blood-red ocean was amazingly viscous, and had incredible resistance.

However, it did not cause Su Mo any trouble thanks to his immense strength. He kept on swimming deeper into the center of the ocean as fast as he could.

Once he got close to the center of the ocean, a "familiar" building appeared before his eyes. According to the info he obtained once becoming the Oracle of the God of the Ocean, this was once a residence of the God of the Ocean. It was where all the gods that governed the ocean assembled.

Years and years had gone by and, now, no traces of life could be seen in this place. The deserted building looked undeniably strange when set against the backdrop of the scarlet-red ocean water.

He continued to swim forward until he reached the stone steps of the building. He then steadied himself and went inside.

The miracle was that even though the ocean water outside surrounded the building, inside, it was like walking on land. It was somehow separated from the ocean water and was bone dry.

Even the Geiger counter had stopped issuing warning noises, indicating that all the radiation had dissipated within the building.

He took out a flashlight and scanned the surroundings using its light.

Su Mo slowly took off the helmet of the protective suit and greedily breathed in a mouthful of depressing, stagnant air. The next second, Su Mo made no movement whatsoever.

There was a faint blue flickering light lit up in the main hall, which automatically attached itself onto his body just like a shadow.

From his shadow, and then onto his legs, his body and then finally his head, the blue light felt like a complex scanner that leisurely inspected his entire body.

"What now? Are you gonna check to see if the game sent me? Do you think that I'm a spy?" He was enthralled by the light like a child. He even jumped up and down during the scanning process. He had accurately guessed what was going on and thus asked impatiently.

A drawn-out voice rang out with joy from within the main hall.

"Hahaha! I didn't think I'd be able to come across someone from home! Brother, don't be angry with me! Am I not just being careful?"

"What was that old saying? One can never be too careful. I've gone into hiding for so long, so I can't just let the old dog find me so easily!"

It was the first time he met a living, breathing wasteland authority "shareholder".

Hearing the fluent Huaxian being spoken, Su Mo was not even surprised. He even grinned a little.

re

He already was almost a hundred percent sure of the situation after confirming that this God of the Ocean's kingdom had suffered from a nuclear disaster.

If a nuclear bomb could be detonated here, there were only two possibilities.

Firstly, it might have been the game's doing.

The game could have directly launched a nuclear bomb here through some unknown method.

Su Mo immediately rejected this possibility as the evidence indicated that more than ninety percent of the wasteland's landmass had been blown to smithereens and turned into rubble. If the game truly had such power, it would make no sense for it to not somehow at least try to stop the destruction.

Hence, after excluding this possibility, there was only one other explanation. The place had been wrecked by the God of the Ocean himself!

"Hey brother! Come on in. I've not seen a living human in ages!"

After the echoes of this man's rich, thick voice stopped reverberating, a gap opened up unexpectedly in the main hall, which revealed a pathway leading downward.

Again, without any reservations, Su Mo stepped inside and headed downward.

After a while, as the flight of stairs came to an end, Su Mo saw a slightly empty room when he turned the corner.

Su Mo saw the other party and the other party saw Su Mo.

The difference was that Su Mo was a physical being, but the "thing" that was talking was-a bluish phantom!

"Hehe, I believe that it's the first time we're meeting. I'm Jiang Chu, a member of the Xia Kingdom of Tai Hang Universe No. 29!"

"Nice to meet you. I'm Su Mo from Huaxia. As for which universe I'm from, I'm not so sure myself..."

The phantom could not interact with a physical being like Su Mo, but once it stepped forward, both men's palms still clasped each other's "tightly".

Once he heard Su Mo's words, Jiang Chu still seemed happy, "Man, you're already a God and you still don't know which universe you're from? You wouldn't happen to be part of the recently summoned human faction, right?"

Su Mo replied, "Erm, it would be more accurate to say that it's been three months since I've been summoned over!"

Deng! He did not know how devastating the words "three months" could be until he saw Jiang Chu's abrupt, wide-eyed stare. He only reacted shortly after, "Ah, don't misunderstand. While I am also a God, I just got lucky and inherited some old brother's stuff and ended up succeeding his position."

Su Mo did not hesitate to transform into his alter-ego because he thought that Jiang Chu had misunderstood him.

The next second, an intense aura that could only be exuded by Gods spread out from Su Mo's body.

Moreover, two kinds of authoritative auras emerged from both his arms following his transformation, both radiating a strange and mysterious light.

This change only served to freak Jiang Chu out even more.

Not only did Jiang Chu not recover from his trance, but the look on his face also became even more exaggerated.

It was only when Su Mo lifted his hand and waved it in front of Jiang Chu's eyes that Jiang Chu came back to reality.

"Wow, brother! It can't be! You have more than 1% authority?"

Su Mo touched his head. "Yes, I do. I have food and light, so if you add it up, my authority reaches 1.46%."

"Hiss..." Jiang Chu abruptly took a sharp breath, and Su Mo could see a familiar expression in his eyes; one he had seen on the wasteland numerous times.

It was the state of astonishment that normal survivors could not hide when they found out about the progress of his development.

While others were living in wooden houses, he was living in a lavish underground shelter.

While others rode on wooden rafts, Su Mo rode on a steel destroyer.

At every turn, Su Mo developed himself faster than anyone could imagine, astonishing the people around him every time.

What he did not expect was that he would receive the same reaction when faced with a god of the same level.

He was not sure why, so he tried asking, "Big Brother Jiang, does having more than 1% authority result in some consequences, or is it just a large percentage to have?" Jiang Chu promptly nodded, "My god! It's not that. I just thought that you'd be a fledgling, but you ended up being a tycoon!"

"Quick! Come and sit down! You're a rare

guest!"

He waved his hand at the void, and a creaking sound could be heard as a chair slowly moved toward Su Mo from behind.

At the same time, another chair appeared under Jiang Chu's phantom existence.

After doing this, Jiang Chu kept going and, with a clap of his hands, cracks from the wall gave way to holes that spat out mechanical arms one after another endlessly, which worked together to place objects and items in front of them.

In the end, when both men sat down, fresh fruit, still dripping with water, appeared before Su Mo's eyes along with some small snacks that could have only come from Earth. Right after that came a sizzling hot plate of-roast chicken!

Su Mo looked into Jiang Chu's gleaming eyes and steadily picked up a piece to take a bite after the system confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it.

Incidentally, he picked up a bottle of cola and hastily chugged half the bottle down.

It turned out that the God of the Ocean was so warm and hospitable! He seemed more akin to the God of Food hosting a banquet as laid out the best dishes he could come up with!

The game would have lost its mind before it could figure out how or why two of its most "wanted criminals" could sit together so harmoniously in such a tiny room.

"My man Su Mo! Since you ended up here, you must also have come for my God of the Ocean's authority, right?"

Seeing that Jiang Chu opened his mouth once again and hit upon such a key point, Su Mo put down the chicken and nodded slowly.

Regarding this matter, Su Mo had never planned to keep his intentions a secret from the outset.

After he nodded, Jiang Chu raised his eyebrows and a touch of morbid curiosity flashed across his face.

"Tsk tsk! Compared with me, your courage and nerves are so much greater! Certainly worthy of being the chosen one!" "Chosen one?"

Jiang Chu saw the confusion on Su Mo's face and did not reply. He just shook his head and spoke to the void, "Old friend, aren't you gonna show yourself?"

This sentence came across as Jiang Chu speaking to nothing and no one. What Su Mo did not expect was that from the void that he spoke to, an unexpected vortex appeared as Jiang Chu's voice faded. From within this vortex, a talisman emerged, which floated toward him.

It was the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret talisman!

Even though Su Mo was not using his main identity, and despite not having storage space authority, this talisman could still break through the restrictions and arrive here directly.

Anyhow, this talisman appeared quickly, but also disappeared just as quickly. Within seconds, a green light from the talisman shot toward Jiang Chu's glabella before it disappeared once again into the void.

"Wow! Su Mo, you really are cruel!"

"Compared to us, you actually have the right to go head-to-head with the game!"

After receiving the green light, Jiang Chu's shock only grew as the words he said in passing resonated in Su Mo's mind.

Clearly, the green light had delivered a lot of information. Su Mo did not bear it in mind and understood the situation at hand, "The old man behind the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret talisman was one of our own?"

Jiang Chu stared and laughed, "Ha! The Old Man! Yes, he is one of us. We spoke of many fascinating things, but it also limited my achievements." "Su Mo, why don't I tell you a story?"

"He told me that you really wanted to know what this game is really all about!"

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Chapter 457 Origin, Lost in the Mist of History

What exactly was the game?

Before he came here, Su Mo had a few speculations, but it could have been anything really

Was it a high-dimensional civilization's entertainment broadcast channel for the masses?

Was it some sort of dimensional scavenger that had lost control?

Was it a smart system that developed self-consciousness and wanted to break free?

Was it a mad scientist's creation to destroy the world?

In the end, all these theories were debunked as more and more evidence and facts kept surfacing

He had only been on the wasteland for three months, plus another three months inside for God of the Ocean's group ruins, which added up to half a year at most.

The overall duration was too short. Amidst the constant rush for survival, Su Mo had not had any time to think or verify these theories.

It was only when Jiang Chu communicated with the talisman just now that something came to mind.

The game could merely be an exaggerated, worthless ruse created by humans. However, as Jiang Chu was about to get into the topic at hand, Su Mo did not hide his innate curiosity and prepared himself to listen to whatever Jiang Chu had to say.

"Before I tell you about the changes that have taken place over these brutally long years on the wasteland, I have to ask you a question first. Su Mo, do you know about the theory of parallel universes?"

Su Mo nodded, "I do know about it!"

Earth had no shortage of proponents for this theory.

Even renowned figures like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking participated in the discussion on the theory of parallel universes.

It began from the thought experiment of Schrodinger's cat, after which expanded into the realm of movie blockbusters and became a part of the world-building of many sci-fi novels.

A theory like this fulfilled many humans' fanciful imaginations and their thirst for the unknown.

Even without including math-related concepts like string theory and high dimensional studies, there were already two theories famous for incorporating parallel universes.

The first was the bubble universe theory.

In this universe, every bubble had a different cosmological constant.

Those who supported this theory primarily consisted of enthusiasts of immortality, fantasy and magic, and even top-tier "civilian scientists".

They fantasized that, in another universe that was exactly the same as Earth's, light no longer traveled at a speed of just 300000 kilometers every second, and the said universe's gravitational constant would be even greater than its electromagnetic force constant.

The bodies of humans who lived on this version of Earth would have much stronger cells and possessed endless power.

As long as they knew how to develop, humans could move a mountain with their bare hands and set off on interstellar voyages armed with nothing but their flesh and bones, regardless of technological constraints.

The second was M-theory. Based on the assumptions from string theory, our entire universe was just like a film or thin membrane, floating in a higher-dimensional space. Furthermore, in this space there would be other films or membranes corresponding to other universes.

Every membrane would be one side or face of the higher dimension, and this higher-dimensional world would be akin to a book.

The universe we lived in would be a page in this book, and there would be no communication or bridge between any two pages.

Those who supported this theory would normally be actual scientists and researchers.

There were very few among the masses who knew about it, resulting in this theory being not very well known.

Of course, outside these two theories, there were still the theories of the quantum universe, quilted multiverse, cyclic universe, holographic universe, and many more. "Then what do you think of the innumerable Earth space-time continuums? Do they count as parallel space-time continuums?" While Su Mo was pondering, Jiang Chu let out a grin and asked another question. Su Mo shook his head, "I think they don't count. Parallel space-time entails that, in other dimensional spaces, there are living carbon copies of each of us doing different things and having developed differently. In our case, almost every one of Earth's humans are different, and even things like history and countries are also different. Except for things like language that intersected to a certain extent, all other lines of development deviated into opposite directions and became wildly different!"

Clap!

"You guessed right! Sure enough, the basic concept that took researchers back then a long while to comprehend, you managed to crack just based on instinct!"

"This world really still needs geniuses like us to push it forward!" Jiang Chu laughed out loud while snapping his fingers. He then stood up and waved toward the void.

An aqua blue explosion of light appeared within the room following his gesture, which eventually transformed into something that looked eerily similar to a projector screen.

"The year I crossed over was around the year 2000 on Earth's calendar. Thus, I've been in this world for about—1800 years!"

"As someone who has transitioned from being an outsider to a participant, from a participant to an observer, and finally from an observer to a participant once more, I've seen the rise and fall of this wasteland world."

"Many of Earth's humans who arrived here thought that this world was special, an intersection of unlimited parallel space-time continuums, and the most magical place in the entire universe. They believed that this world was the eye of the storm that would bring about change, and that we humans would therefore be the chosen ones to lead all the others in establishing a new world order."

"In reality, our original status was lower than any pitiful mutant creatures on the wasteland. We were not even comparable to a single cell of their bodies!"

Wow! Accompanying Jiang Chu's explanation were dazzling images flashing on the screen.

With one look, Su Mo felt that he had come to the right place after all.

To break down the history of the wasteland, one had to ask themselves which part of the wasteland's history was the most mysterious and the most important. This was of course the period before the great war of the wasteland, as well what happened during the great war itself.

It was a part of history that not even Connie knew about! It fully documented the struggles of humans in line with the enormous changes to the wasteland! Right now, what Jiang Chu was showing him was this lost part of history!

"When we first got summoned to this world, the game had our backs! We had the identity of players and adapted to the environment like fish to water!

"In addition, we did not use our ability to revive to push the boundaries of this world. We actually obediently developed our own power and progressed in accordance with the missions issued by the game!"

A switch of the image displayed the exact moment Jiang Chu was summoned. The person on the screen was still an immature, young kid.

The location from which he emerged was not unfamiliar to Su Mo, it was one of the major cities he raided inside the God of the Ocean's group ruins. Based on the image displayed, he looked just like a normal native inhabitant. The addition of humans in frightening numbers to this grand, vast world had yet to cause much turmoil.

It was thanks to their hardworking nature and cavalier attitude toward death, in addition to their helpfulness (receiving missions), that humans quickly received a unanimous warm welcome from the native inhabitants on the back of their fine qualities. They got settled into a plethora of different industries and were employed in different fields of work.

With the passage of time, the status of humans changed when more and more people managed to climb to the top.

To be precise, it was when the first god from the human faction ascended that this "voyage of discovery" reached its absolute pinnacle!

"He was the first of our kind to become a god! The God of Bravery, Wei Jun!"

Ion

"It's funny to talk about! This man started out as just a normal guy, but he accepted an extraordinarily-rewarding mission from the game. As long as he died during an adventure while everyone was watching, he would complete the mission and receive the prize."

"What people couldn't take was that even though he participated in two hundred and thirty adventures, every time he was about to kick the bucket, he would miraculously survive for some unknown or ridiculous reason. These miracles could never have happened a second time, even if the situation was repeated ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand times."

"Over time, because he soldiered on and kept going on adventures, despite countless injuries and wounds all over his body, without fearing death or failure, his fame grew among the people. He obtained the favor of the preceding God of Bravery and ended up succeeding him as the first human God to ever exist."

The images displayed a jacket-wearing man that exuded none of the sense of majesty a god should possess. The amazing part was that, beneath where he stood, countless members of the populace were worshiping him to pray for safety and peace.

"Before Wei Jun's success, we humans could not do anything crazy to this world without the permission of the game's missions. As such, Wei Jun's success led to many of us seeing an opportunity for redemption!"

Jiang Chu continued speaking as the images on the screen changed again.

This time, the wasteland was no longer as peaceful as before. Some humans, who were self-conscious of their lower status, started feeling inferior and marginalized by Wei Jun's good fortune.

They started abusing their identities as players and initiated slaughters to satisfy their deepest and darkest desires.

The originally peaceful world started progressing toward war under the instigation of such people. The God of Slaughter, God of War, God of Desire, God of Terror, God of Malice, God of Death, God of the Undead, and God of Plague all emerged one by one…

More and more negative-attributed gods ascended, who started abusing humans' immortality to magnify the scope of their schemes.

They started to incite even more mayhem through war, and made sure that the whole world descended into chaos!

At the start, the native-inhabitant gods thought that it was just a passing trend; one that they could reasonably stop within their control.

At the end, when they were forced to react, the whole world had completely gone out of control!

"As such, this war was actually started not because of the oppression of the inhabitants of this world, but rather by our own selfish actions and desires?".

Seeing that the scenes on the screen had become more and more outrageous, Su Mo's eyes did not express much confusion, but instead clarity and understanding.

From a logical stance, this kind of thing had happened many times in the history of humankind, and the probability of it happening once again here was not small at all.

As they had their player identities, not everyone could restrain the dark and selfish desires. Of course, they knew that they were in the real world too, and not in some GTA game.

Wei Jun's success had stimulated their desires.

"Su Mo, I want to remind you of one thing."

"To the native inhabitants, creatures, and their Gods, we were the ones who started this war of blood and fire."

"For us humans, however, do you think we regarded this as a war?" Jiang Chu tapped the back of his hand and the images stopped at a statistical chart detailing the ratio of human gods.

On the displayed data, one could immediately see that the number of human gods had inexplicably grown exponentially within 20 years (wasteland time).

Especially during the final year, where human gods comprised 35% of the wasteland's gods. It was surely a miracle!

Su Mo shook his head slowly after dwelling upon and contemplating the meaning behind Jiang Chu's words, "No, since we could not die, it would be fair to say humans felt like they were just playing a simulation game." "Those native inhabitants who died were nothing but the game's NPCs, while the gods they worshiped were just the stronger versions of bosses among those NPCs."

"For human players, their deaths would be akin to data or numbers, it couldn't really be considered as a war!"

He factored in the perspectives and thought processes of the human players at the time.

From a different perspective, if Su Mo were one of these players, he most likely would have done the same thing, and used this "invasion" method to become a god.

He would become a god within this realm and enjoy the "immortality" it brought to him.

"Now that we've reached this point, can you guess the game's role?" Jiang Chu nodded and waved his hand again so the images continued playing on the screen.

The very next image displayed the moment when every human player was caught by surprise as they found out that they lost their most precious ability to respawn. Looks of panic could be seen on everyone's faces.

Including the human gods in the equation, all humans would now be standing on a level playing field as the rest of the wasteland's living beings, without any extra privileges.

The real war had just started.

"It couldn't be…"

Su Mo took in the images of the first-generation Expeditionary Army from their space-time opening up door after door into different space-times, along with the outpouring of human armies into the wasteland.

After connecting the dots from what Jiang Chu said, a horrifying speculation arose from the depths of his heart!

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Chapter 458 The Lost Controller, The World's Truth!

The game's position was full of contradictions. Sometimes, it would be ruthless, inflicting all kinds of punishments without mercy, taking away human lives from the wasteland.

At other times, it would distribute rewards and punishments fairly. Anyone who deserved a reward would not get a penny less than what they deserved.

In the long run, the game would only cause more and more humans to distrust it.

On the flip side, it also never changed its ways and executed its duties and responsibilities steadfastly. This was something that had been tried and tested many times.

Su Mo thought that those duties and responsibilities were like remnant commands from the game's creator or operator. These commands were absolute, and the game could only obey and modulate its actions within certain parameters.

What he did not foresee was that—his guess was correct!

"You guessed right! We humans aren't the masterminds of this universe or dimension." "Your world, my world, the world we currently reside in together with foreign races, plus the 6896 other Earths, all don't belong to us."

"They all belong to the game, and to the gamemaster." Jiang Chu spread out his hands to shut off the screen with a sigh of resignation.

The next second, a bottle of cola appeared in the grasp of his bluish phantom figure, which he poured into his stomach.

No one would ever accept the fact that their existence was merely a small piece of someone else's private property.

No one would also accept that the Earth and the universe they lived in were nothing more than playthings for the other party. In Jiang Chu's memory, when this scary reality became common knowledge, countless researchers nearly went mad.

They observed, reasoned, calculated, and simulated but, in the end, they all chose to give up. It was a fact and the truth! "The Earth we lived on was some parallel universe, it was just the gamemaster cutting corners and purchasing the same product in batches, creating planets of the same model."

"The universe we're in is also not a real one, but also a generic template that the gamemaster bought, which he then uploaded us into."

"The world we live in is real, but also fake and, because we were fooled from the outset, we lived our lives never being able to come up with a method of escaping or lifting those shackles."

"It was the suppression of the other dimensions that resulted in human kind suffering the greatest contempt!" "In the eyes of the beings of the higher dimension, we're just like ants locked up in an incubator, whose only purpose is to be observed and laughed at for eternity!"

Jiang Chu's words did not contain personal feelings nor attachment.

These words were spat out from his mouth like a documentary narration.

Even so, after his voice quieted down, the blood-colored water outside writhed about immediately while the ground erupted with bursts of flames.

Obviously, he had roused this world's wrath by exposing the hidden rules.

Fortunately, Jiang Chu was already dead, and everything he just said was part of an audio he had pre-recorded for Su Mo.

This strange phenomena outside ceased and everything became tranquil once again, avoiding the game's attention.

"How is it? Are you flabbergasted?"

"Back then, when I found out about this, it took me two hundred and twenty years before I came back to my senses!" Seeing that Su Mo was still seated in front of the table in deep thought, Jiang Chu turned off the pre-recorded audio and smirked.

"Indeed! Unexpectedly finding out that one's own world is someone else's plaything would be hard for anyone to accept", Su Mo smiled as he lifted his head.

His response left Jiang Chu in shock; it was as if he had just seen a monster. "It can't be! Su Mo! Don't tell me that you're already able to accept this reality?"

Su Mo raised his eyebrows, "No, it's only this way because before you told me, I had already guessed as much!"

Jiang Chu was stunned into silence. He could not understand how a depressing reality, that took him two hundred years or so to accept, had taken only a few minutes for Su Mo. This was despite the fact that he had already accepted that Su Mo was a genius.

Jiang Chu sat on his stool with a dejected expression on his face. Those who were a half-step quicker than others when it came to the affairs of the world were considered wise.

If they were one step quicker, they would be demons.

If they were ten steps quicker, they would be Gods.

For someone like Su Mo who was a hundred, or even a thousand steps ahead, he was an incomprehensible freak!

"What you're saying is that, in this world they created, it is fair to say that we will never be able to ascend beyond dimensions? And that all the information and data we have is just what that other party intends and allows us to obtain and see?"

Jiang Chu nodded. "Yes! Even though no one knows what happened to the gamemaster that caused it to lose control over the game, the administrator it left behind is still working its hardest to maintain the balance of the game."

Their roles were flipped. Su Mo was now the one who held the initiative and was asking the questions, while Jiang Chu was the one answering

What Jiang Chu did not realize was that Su Mo could accept it so quickly not because of his talent or knowledge, but rather because he had seen something from a higher dimension personally—the system!

It was the only way to crush the game, and perhaps even the gamemaster's existence. Since he possessed the system, Su Mo did not panic about his situation, but instead grew excited.

As a follow-up question, Su Mo asked again," If we want to change our fate and go beyond our dimension, we must first defeat the game administrator and obtain all his authority. Are you of the opinion that we will only be able to figure out how to escape this cycle after gaining the power to decide our own fate?" Jiang Chu replied, "Yes, we are now ants in an incubator. We must first be able to gain control of this incubator before we can even think about opening it and climbing out of the incubator."

"The game is our biggest obstacle. It is the incubator's intelligent operating system that abides by the rules and regulations that have been predetermined for it."

"If our population is too large, it will summon the "ant exterminator" and create meteorites, interplanetary collisions, epidemics, wildfires, earthquakes, plummeting global temperatures, floods, gravitational fluctuations, continental collisions, and other supernatural disasters to diminish our numbers. If our population is too low, it will initiate a series of proliferation measures and restore the environment in order to allow us to recuperate!"

"If those from the Butterfly space-time continuum had failed to open the portal to the wasteland, and then later open the portals to the other dimensions in the incubator, we humans on Earth would still be in the dark about the truth, waiting for extraterrestrial civilization to arrive like idiots!"

"Anyway, this is also the case of the game digging its own grave. It figured out that something was wrong and started revoking the authority of the wasteland's gods. However, the game had no way of outrightly massacring these gods, so it allowed us humans to become players. We logged in using our consciousness, and were given the ability to infinitely respawn and, through missions, obtain the wasteland's authority. In the end though, the game retrieved the authority by taking back the bodies we used as 'carriers' when we became players." "It's just that, when we humans accumulated authority exceeding 35%, it destroyed the game's equilibrium completely. As such, it had to hastily increase the number of living beings in this world, forcing it to level the playing field early. Once it got rid of our ability to respawn, we first-generation Gods, before our death, gave up our authority so that the humans from Earth who would come after us could inherit it. This was equivalent to us using our bodies and consciousness to obtain authority in a way that was even less under the game's jurisdiction!"

Su Mo looked thoughtful and asked, "Then why would the game summon us to the wasteland to participate in this survival game?"

Up to this point, Su Mo had almost pieced together the entire picture regarding his speculation based on the earlier explanations provided by Jiang Chu.

After all the explanations and questions, it all circled back around to what the primary goal was for humans participating in the game. This was an unavoidable point. "This was the result of a thousand years of effort by the humans on the wasteland, and the compromise we reached with the game. In other words, it's the bug we worked ourselves into!"

Hearing the word "bug" come out of Jiang Chu's mouth, Su Mo was naturally happy.

Jiang Chu, who was still sitting opposite him, also finally shook off the shock caused by Su Mo earlier and started smiling again. "Just as I said before, when our population is too large, the game will activate reduction measures, whereas when our population is too low, the game will activate proliferation measures."

Su Mo nodded.

Jiang Chu continued, "As such, there is an incongruity in the rules!"

"When we're at war with the game to fight for authority, the mass culling of human lives would result in our population quickly reaching the lower limit of the game's settings. When that happens, according to the rules, the game must activate the proliferation measures to increase the number of humans to avoid our population decreasing past the point of no return, otherwise the game administrator would be punished, or perhaps the game might even be forced to shut down."

"However, just think about it. If it stopped fighting with us and helped us to increase our numbers again, wouldn't that be the same as changing his position from an enemy to an ally? That would give us the chance to obtain all the authority."

"Hence, the game had no choice but to negotiate and parley with us in order to protect its interest and avoid the destruction of the incubator."

Speaking of this, Su Mo involuntarily tightened his chest.

It would have taken immense human sacrifice to take advantage of this loophole in the rules and get to this step.

However, it would be the first time humans had achieved success in the war against the higher dimensions!

"This negotiation had three participating parties."

"First, the game; second, the humans; and third, the native inhabitants.

"All the native inhabitants surrendered because of the humans' crazy invasion. They had no way to fight back and gave up the 28% of authority they possessed to the game from the outset in exchange for the privilege to be able to bring their people to other planets, which were different compartments of the incubator, to survive."

"With the game's protection there, they would be able to proliferate and prosper. Their gods would also be protected by the game and continue to possess longevity." "We humans were naturally one of the warring factions, and we sought to make a bet with the

game."

Su Mo asked, "The main battlefield where this bet would be decided was the wasteland?"

Jiang Chu nodded. "Yes, it's the wasteland!"

"For this bet, we used the 43% of authority in our hands as a wager to gain the remaining 57%. We placed all the authority in a huge safe space. Everyone lost their authority at that moment and returned to the same starting line. Whoever could get 51% of the authority first would be granted the remainder and become the true owner of the incubator!"

"From that point onward, the real battle began!"

Jiang Chu once again glanced at the 1.46% authority flowing through Su Mo with great admiration, after which he continued, "We agreed that, on the wasteland, the game can continue summoning humans from other sections of the incubator, as well as other living beings, to fulfill the conditions for the game, including reduction measures such as disasters. Those who stood out and performed well would be rewarded with authority." "For example, if we humans who arrived with nothing could survive the disasters using our own ability, we'd obtain some authority."

"It was the same for the foreign races. They could send people to fight us for the authority rewards given out by the game."

"The only exception is that, if we humans relied on 80% or more of the abilities given by the game to survive the disasters, it would be recognized as them receiving the assistance of the game, which meant that the game could take their authority away."

"After such a long time, we humans only managed to accumulate 12.1% authority, while the game's authority has risen to 14.9% recently. Your 1.46% would help us bridge that massive gap! Awesome!"Jiang Chu gave Su Mo a thumbs up after saying all that in one breath.

Seeing the amazement on Su Mo's face, Jiang Chu thought that his overwhelming praise had worked wonders and enthusiastically prepared to continue showering him with more flattery.

What he did not see coming was the previously silent Su Mo speaking up abruptly, "Hold on! If we humans survive disasters using our own abilities, how do we check our authority…"

Jiang Chu seemed astonished. "Eh? Can't you check yours now? Oh, right! I forgot yours was obtained via a backdoor method from Bai Zhan Tang. If your other identity possesses authority, you just have to…"

Su Mo lowered his head and thought for a while as Jiang Chu uttered a spell rapidly.

Su Mo then swapped his identity without hesitation and started doing just as Jiang Chu instructed

The next second-boom!

Jiang Chu stared at Su Mo with so much surprise that his jaw almost hit the floor.

A more striking divine light than his previous 1.46% authority shone from-Su Mo's body!

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Chapter 459 The Fusion of Authority, A New Way to Use!

Once he heard the word "bet" come out of Jiang Chu's mouth, Su Mo had immediately made some speculations regarding the situation.

However, after Jiang Chu had finished telling the entire story, Su Mo put these speculations away.

The impact of the bet was still way beyond his imagination!

He suddenly understood why the game would specifically drag his consciousness into a separate space, and put in so much effort just to interrogate him.

He also suddenly figured out why the game would treat the humans below so well. It all came down to the fact that—they were lucrative sources of potential authority!

"My God, it can't be! This… Su Mo, are my eyes deceiving me?"

It was just like seeing an imaginary tale from Arabian Nights unfold before him.

Even though Jiang Chu was still firmly seated on his stool, the waves of emotion that engulfed his body were clear to see. He was dumbfounded!

The color representing food authority was khaki or ochre; while the color representing light was bright white.

When the two mixed together, it looked sort of like pale gold; the kind that brought forth feelings of solemnity and elegance.

At this moment, as Su Mo used up his last chance to switch his identity back to his real self, he uttered the spell exactly as Jiang Chu had taught him.

The divine light emanating from his real body's authority immediately illuminated the previously dark surroundings. It shone incredibly brightly! The classification of the power levels of authority on the wasteland stated that, if one's authority could illuminate their entire body, it would mean that one's authority had reached roughly 3%.

However, if one could illuminate their surroundings, that would be when their level of authority exceeded 5%. If they reached the point of shining brighter than the sun, that would mean they had achieved a whopping authority of 10%.

At this moment, this room within the palace in the blood-red ocean felt like it had returned to daytime again.

It also inadvertently meant that the authority in Su Mo's body had broken through the petrifying 5% mark.

"I don't know how, but this authority feels tangible. I can feel dense power throbbing within it!"

He curiously looked at the light radiating from his body, and then peeked at Jiang Chu, who currently had an absolutely stunned and listless expression on his face.

Su Mo raised his hand and instructed the system to appraise him.

The next second, a green light encircled his body and returned with a complete set of data after coming in contact with the light emanating from his body.

[Su Mo (Host)]

(Current physical state: Excellent]

(Current threat level: 0%]

(Information concealment level: Level 2 (1000 points)] [Physical attributes level: 69% – ordinary human-level (Current: 32% – interstellar human-level)]

[…]

(Authority possessed: 5.12% 1.46% (Both bodies)]

Since he had the attribute bonus from the Oracle of God of the Ocean title, Su Mo's physical attributes had surpassed the limits of ordinary humans and ascended to the level of interstellar humans.

The properties panel was as reliable as always. What was different from before was that the authority possessed data indicated an increase of 5.12% out of nowhere! This information was not displayed until he used Jiang Chu's spell. "That's interesting. The information concealment function can even hide my authority from the game!"

"It's no wonder the game was so depressed previously. It turns out that, based on my performances during every prior disaster, I would always achieve an excellent ratingaccording to the scope of the bet."

"What was weird about the whole situation was that, not only did the game not receive any reward for my performance, but it was also unable to detect the authority from my body!"

Once Su Mo recalled the interrogation session from back then, he immediately became happy that he used Ma Fei as an excuse to confuse and befuddle the game.

The next second, he tapped on the detailed description of the authority information, and the system displayed the breakdown of this 5.12% authority.

[Su Mo (Host)]

[Authority possessed: 5.12% 1.46% (Both bodies)]

[Authority composition: Rain (0.38%) Snow (0,22%) Bravery (1.12%) Harvest (1.09%) Ocean (1.63%) Fighting Spirit (0.68%) Food (1%) Light (0.46%)]

[Specific properties of Authority: …

[Authority combination: Current authority possessed can be used in combination to a certain extent.)

(Combination options: Rainwater Snow = Sleet (Weather), Harvest Food = Produce (buff bonus), Fighting Spirit Bravery = Indomitable (buff bonus)…]

(Usage method: Host can use survival points to activate these combinations. Cost depends on the scope of usage, influence, level, strength, and other factors.]

[Threat level: The default threat level after spending survival points is 0.]

[Help section: Tap to view]

Whoosh!

The long display panel unfolded and presented itself in full before Su Mo's eyes for the very first time.

The system was different from what he had imagined, in the sense that its capabilities were incredibly useful and powerful. Not only was the composition of the authority fully displayed, alongside their respective percentages and specific attributes, but the system also unprecedentedly listed down all the ways the authority could be used as well as their usage methods. Su Mo was different from the gods of the wasteland, so he scanned through the entire display panel and studied the use of the authority and help section, after which his eyes lit up.

The food authority was something that he had possessed for a long time.

However, he had only used it recently. Even then, just by using it for the one time, he had already felt the wrath of the game's murderous intent.

Had he not forked out tens of thousands of survival points to hide from the game's detection, even his corpse would have been pulverized.

An outcome this dire from simply using it once had made him determined to never use it again until he reached the threshold of 51% authority, or accumulated hundreds of thousands of survival points.

However, the current combinations of authority had given him new ideas!

While he could not use the authority in the same unbridled manner as he did to power the rocket, by spending survival points, Su Mo was able to use the system's combination options as much as he wanted.

From the perspective of safety, it was countless times better!

For example, if he combined Harvest and Food, he would obtain the buff of Bumper Harvest. If he spent 500 points, it could increase the yield of crops within an acre of land by 20%, and increase their growth rate by 10%.

If he spent 5000 points, the yield would be increased by 50%, and the growth speed by 30%. There would also be an increased possibility of increasing the crops' level via mutation.

If he combined Fighting Spirit and Bravery, he would get the Indomitable buff. If he spent 500 points, a small squad of a hundred people would have their pain perception reduced by 20%, and their physical recovery speed and morale would be increased by 10%.

If he spent 5000 points, their pain perception would be reduced by 50%, their physical recovery speed would be increased by 30%, and their morale by 50%!

These abilities would be a divine boon to a Lord of a simulation strategy game, and their effects would turn one's scalp numb.

What Su Mo valued most, however, was that he finally had the means to fight against the game!

"Su Mo! For real, this isn't just a surprise, it's terrifying!" "I admit that you are actually… far more talented than I am!"

One could see the smile on Su Mo's face grow wider.

When Jiang Chu came back to his senses, his face was flushed with a bitter smile that he had not had for hundreds of years!

He really wanted to open his mouth and say that, over these few thousands of years, the authority possessed by a single person had never exceeded 8%.

Yet in these three short months, Su Mo was on the verge of achieving what had taken others hundreds, or even thousands, of years of effort to accomplish.

In the end, he still could not bring himself to finish those words. Instead, he shook his head and brushed over that painful topic to talk about the matter at hand.

"I'm already at the end of the line. This God incarnation that I left behind won't last much longer."

"I still possess an authority of 0.22%. It's not a lot, but it's something I spent many years in hiding in order to preserve. I hope…"

"Take it as me begging you, but you definitely must do better than me! If even you can't succeed, then it'd be wasted by my side anyway!"

He commanded a mechanical claw to stretch out from within the walls, and a small palm-sized horn emerged in front of Su Mo.

Even through the outer shell, he could see ocean water splashing within, emitting a sky blue glow that was magical beyond words.

After accepting and looking at the horn for a moment, Su Mo silently held the horn in his hands.

It was the main reason he was here.

It would be too fake to act courteously now, so it was better for Su Mo to play the role of a valiant hero so that Jiang Chu could be relieved.

"Based on your current percentage of authority, we humans should, logically, choose to hand over all authority to you to see if we can surpass the 51% mark."

"However, the reality is…"

Jiang Chu shrugged. "Even if your authority reaches 25%, some stubborn old people would still decide against putting all their eggs in one basket, and not pass their authority to you."

"Why do you say this?"

"The bet from years ago limited the proportion of help humans could receive from others when facing disaster. It also disallowed the scenario of having millions of people pooling their resources into one person, as well as disallowed any cheating where humans from past generations helped the next to a huge extent. Of course, this is not about limiting the number of subordinates you can have under you, but rather just a strict algorithm that's still in place and working as intended."

"In reality, as long as you develop and survive disasters normally, there should be no issues." "What this rule's limitation resulted in was that humans' hard-earned authority, after all those years, would basically be obtained by various top geniuses from different space-time continuums putting their lives on the line. Behind much of the authority we obtained is the blood of those who sacrificed their lives for it."

"These sacrifices resulted in the birth of two factions. The first is our progressive faction, and the other would be the conservative faction. The conservative faction believes in dividing up the authority we had for safekeeping. Only when one person's authority could surpass 51%, when added up with humans' safely guarded authority, would they be willing to give it up. As such, you know-" Jiang Chu said all that casually while hiding the disappointment deep within his heart.

Su Mo nodded to show he fully understood Jiang Chu, and took over by saying, "Oh right! Since the foreign races sought refuge from the game, giving up their authority in exchange for benefits, then with our long human history, outside of these two factions, were there not any spies who pledged their loyalty to the game?"

Jiang Chu replied, "Erm, for this question, it would be unfair to say that there never were any spies, because they did exist, but it would also be unfair to acknowledge their presence as there never were any spies who were successful."

"The game cannot distribute rewards without basis. Even if you sought refuge from the game, it would not be able to give you a deity-level item that would shield you from disasters. These were the rules set by the previous gamemaster to prevent the different groups from colluding with each other to open the lid of the incubator. As a result, the game's attitude toward humans has always been more negative because, in its eyes, most humans possess no potential, and those that did have potential would not sell themselves out to the game. Plus, even though the foreign races didn't know about the rigidity of the game's limitations, we humans sure as hell did."

"In the end, after our confrontation with the game, we obtained a small yet integral advantage. Although the game's progress has indeed been rapid, we still have your 5%, which would put us a few steps ahead of it!"

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Chapter 460 A Great Haul, Fight For Tomorrow!

The explanation was given in simple terms.

Any minor questions about the wasteland that Su Mo still had were put aside once the conversation reached this point. He stopped asking about the conservative faction and instead brought up a very interesting point.

"Oh right, around the time of the third disaster, I entered some kind of ruins called the ruins of time that brought me back to the first disaster…"

After pondering about it carefully, Su Mo tried his best to describe the ruins of time in as much detail as he could, and then provided his speculations on what that place might be.

Hearing his description, the casual look Jiang Chu's face morphed into a serious one, which had a touch of cautiousness.

"I can guarantee you that those ruins are something that has never appeared before on the wasteland. It's impossible to return to the past. If not, we would have used the knowledge we have now to devise a way to obtain authority. Clearly the game has a hidden motive!"

"However, your speculation is probably not far off. About the details, I would need tocommunicate with the talisman!" Jiang Chu knew how important this matter was and could not risk making any mistakes.

Su Mo immediately opened his storage space to take out the talisman.

The talisman's energy had not yet been replenished, but as Jiang Chu activated it personally, a green light quickly broke out from above to engulf both the talisman and the two people next to it. After a while, the intensity of the light started to diminish and the talisman fell to the floor.

Su Mo picked it up gently and found that more than half of the energy that the talisman had accumulated had been drained.

Su Mo did not feel distressed at this moment. Instead, he quietly sat on the stool and waited for Jiang Chu to process his thoughts and give him an explanation.

"I've discussed it with the Old Man! Regarding this matter, if you get another chance to enter, you can try doing things like this…" Jiang Chu hinted at Su Mo to lean in closer to listen, after which he quietly recited a spell and gave Su Mo several methods to test the ruins. "Once you leave this place, don't act recklessly and alarm the enemy for now. Don't let the game put its guard up and, if you get the chance to enter again, perhaps you might even get to retrieve authority from the game's grasp."

Su Mo nodded as, according to the calculations regarding his own authority, it was easy to conclude the reason behind his massive amount of authority.

After such a long time on the wasteland, the only time that he used the game's help to achieve an excellent performance was during his journey into the ruins of time.

It was during this time that he used the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card to enact an unprecedented change on the wasteland. With that, the game had the chance to accomplish an unsavory acquisition of his authority.

Su Mo was thankful that he had discovered it now and not later.

"Right, Su Mo! Outside of authority, I have a lot of good stuff here for you to take away. Leaving it here would be a waste."

Jiang Chu's expression steadied, and he stood up and knocked on the wall a few times. A massive gap opened to reveal a hidden chamber.

He signaled for Su Mo to follow him and both of them, one at the front and one at the back, entered the hidden chamber.

The space inside was quite tiny, measuring about ten cubic meters, and everything it contained could be seen with a single glance. "This rice was an offering made to the gods. As it has not been nourished by divine power for a long time, the quality level has degraded a lot, but if you cultivate it carefully for a long time, you can restore some of its power." Jiang Chu was only a phantom and could not pick up the bag of seeds but, under his command, a mechanical arm moved to put the bag into Su Mo's hands.

At the same time, while the arm was picking it up, Su Mo got the system to appraise the rice.

(God's Blood Rice (Good)]

[Description: Based on the legends, this rice variety was watered and cultivated using God's blood and possessed incredible power. Anyone who consumed it would receive a substantial enhancement of their bodies' physique and obtain incredible abilities. However, because it has not been nourished by divine power for too long, the rice's current level has been downgraded from legendary-quality to good-quality.)

(Special Ability:

Supernatural Strength (Consumption of 100g of rice over seven consecutive days will enhance the strength of humans by 30kg. However, due to its level limitations, the power enhancement is ineffective for humans that possess the strength of 150kg or greater, and any repeated consumption after the initial seven-day consecutive consumption is ineffective.)]

[Restoration method: Blood Irrigation (Collect the blood of different species of living beings to cultivate the mother plant, which can improve the properties of the rice. The stronger the collected living species' blood, the greater the probability of improvement.)]

(Comment: Let the blood flow! Any blood type is welcome!)

Tsk!

Seeing the rice's properties, Su Mo still inhaled sharply even though he was not unfamiliar with such barbaric methods.

Although this thing would not drastically improve his body, it was still strong stuff for regular humans!

Once it was consumed consecutively for seven days, they would be rewarded with an increase in power of 30kg.

If someone with 120kg strength consumed it, he would immediately have his strength enhanced to the limit, possessing a supernatural strength of 300 pounds. For those weak survivors, it would transform their bodies' physique to that of strong warriors and liberate them from their previous frailty in one fell swoop!

Plus, this thing could be gradually restored to its previous level and would possess even more abilities. It was an excellent find!

Jiang Chu really was a veteran God; even his private collection was terrifying!

"Haha! Looks like you're satisfied with this thing. Not bad, I, Jiang Chu, still have the ability to impress the likes of you!"

Seeing Su Mo carefully hold the bag of seeds and place it in his storage space with such a cautious expression, Jiang Chu broke out into laughter and moved on to the second item.

"The first item was for you to develop the power of your subordinates, but this second item is specifically meant for you. See for yourself!" Jiang Chu said mysteriously while commanding the mechanical arm to pick something up.

Standing in midair, Jiang Chu started to chant loudly. After a while, the outer fragments covering this item started to crumble, which eventually took the form of a card shining with divine light.

(Cosmic Humans' Meditation Training Method (No rating)]

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[Description: This is a card imbued with the meditation training method of cosmic humans After using it, the user will automatically receive the complete training method.]

[Special Abilities:

Meditation (When meditating, mind power recovery speed is increased by 50%)

Comprehension (When meditating, there is a certain probability of gaining new understandings regarding complicated problems and seeing things from a different point of view)

Recovery (In the process of meditation training, the user's physical recovery speed will increase noticeably. The speed fluctuates based on the stored energy within the user; 10%-60%)

Growth (Long-term meditation training would result in slight enhancements in terms of mental capacity, allowing the user to think more deeply and clearly when faced with problems.)

[Comment: Calm down and you will see things more clearly!)

"As long as you practice this every day, even though we won't get the physique levels of the foreign races, our brains will still be enhanced."

"To a certain extent, it can even help us overcome our limitations of our IQs. A lot of scientific researchers from back then used this breathing technique and ended up creating all sorts of weird devices."

"It's just a shame that this training method can only be passed on through guided transfer using the card's power. If it was taught using words, humans with insufficient IQ would find it hard to understand and fully implement!"

Jiang Chu's remaining items were really interesting. These items could not explosively enhance one's power, nor would they disrupt the flow of things too greatly due to rapid development.

He had fully captured the essence of "limited assistance" within the scope of the bet's agreement.

These items would not affect the acquisition of authority later on no matter how willfully Su Mo used them. It could be said to be wonderful!

"Thanks, Brother Jiang!"

Jiang Chu waved his hand and let out a quiet laugh." Thank you, haha! Su Mo, I also have selfish motives. My god phantom can still survive for fifty more years in this palace. If… If you succeed then, at that time, you must remember Brother!"

Those who could become gods in that era would be the cream of the crop!

From Su Mo's point of view, these were Jiang Chu's unconditional gifts but, for Jiang Chu, this was a huge investment.

Since he gave up the authority he possessed, he was dead set on acting like the good guy until the end, forking out everything he had saved in one go to raise the stakes.

If this investment was successful, Su Mo would one day become the owner of the "incubator" and, given his position as an "investor', he would be revered as a founding hero. "Rest assured, Brother Jiang! If I really succeed one day, I definitely won't forget about you then!" Su Mo nodded, indicating that he understood what Jiang Chu meant, and solemnly made Jiang Chu a promise.

"That's enough, that's enough. Hey, you're the chosen one. I believe in you!" "For this last item, don't use it if you don't have to," Jiang Chu softly spoke as he walked to the rear and signaled for the mechanical arm to pick up a final item. "Back then, when I was still God of the Ocean, I paid a huge price to leave an oracle behind."

"This oracle is rather simple. Its general effect is to freeze all ocean water for about a month. The ocean water will remain frozen unless the game itself decides to intervene using its abilities."

"This thing has both pros and cons. I prepared it back in the day as a last-ditch resort. However, I didn't think that, once I placed it here, so many years have passed and I'd still have yet to use it. I now pass this oracle to you. You can use it to solve troublesome situations or to settle any critical emergencies!"

It was a simple yellow paper that looked ordinary

Once Su Mo heard what Jiang Chu had to say, he scanned the item using his eyes and verified that it really had such powers via the system. He felt startled and stored it away immediately.

This thing might have many limitations, but its ability was no less powerful than a one-time usage of authority. What was even better was that Su Mo did not have to pay a price to use it, and would not have to worry about being tracked down by the game.

When push came to shove, it definitely had the power to turn the tides!

On the other side, Jiang Chu had finished explaining and had given all that he had to give, lifting a huge burden from his heart.

He looked as if he had been freed from his obsession. His face looked a little less lost and had more of a gracious smile on it.

They both headed back out of the room and conversed amidst the lukewarm food.

Jiang Chu had thousands of years of experience to share, while Su Mo had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. It began from his earliest experiences on the wasteland, and went on to cover territorial development, the incessant development of technology, and finally the conflicts with the foreign races.

Jiang Chu hid nothing from him, and Su Mo crazily absorbed the information like a sponge.

They talked until their tongues ran dry, and it was not until he glanced at his watch that Su Mo suddenly realized that time had flown by; he had been there for seven hours!

"Hahaha, it's been a really long time since I talked in such a carefree manner. Okay, that's enough. It's not early anymore, so you should go back up before the game finds you." "There are no problems given your abilities, but there is one thing that Brother has to remind you about."

"The only reason why we humans could get away with betting against the game was not due to one person's individual strength. Since we chose this path to struggle against the game, we were destined to consolidate our forces as much as possible into one location to bring about a qualitative change."

"When you face difficulties, you should remember that there are still us old bones around, as well as the humans!"

Su Mo nodded. "I got it. Rest assured!"

Jiang Chu stood up vigorously, lifting his fist. "Good! It's a promise!"

"It's a promise!"

One human and one phantom bumped fists without any actual physical interaction. Once they saw their fists "touching", both men could not help but laugh out loud.

"I'll be leaving then?"

"Okay! I'll see you off!" Even though both parties knew this farewell might be their last, it still took place just as it would have on any other normal day. The only thing different was that Su Mo walked in front, while Jiang Chu followed from behind. Once he exited the corridor and entered the inner area of the hall, Su Mo waved toward the void, and the protective suit materialized out of thin air, which he then began to put on.

After he had put on the suit, the only part of the body that could be seen from the outside was Su Mo's face, covered by the helmet's visor glass..

"I am the Commander of the Blade Mobile Corps from the Human Empire of Taihang Universe No. 29, Jiang Chu!"

Clap!

Inside the hall, Jiang Chu stood upright and ceremoniously performed a military salute!

His eyesight was shining like flames.

"I am the Honorary President of the Alliance of Humanity's Future from the Human Empire of the Earth Universe, Su Mo!"

Su Mo also performed a military salute!

"Fight for tomorrow, fight for the human?race!"

"Fight for tomorrow, fight for the human?race!"

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