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 121: Fight! Alone With Just A Spear!

The distance from the Deep-sea Shelter to the saltpeter mining camp was about 60 kilometers.

As he traveled along the way, whenever snow would land on the windscreen of the car, Su Mo would at first regularly wipe it away with his hand.

In the end, it didn't take long for Su Mo to spend 95 points to install an automatic wiper upgrade.

Now, every time snow landed on the windscreen, as long as the handle was gently pressed, the wiper would start to work. "This is comfortable!" expressed Su Mo.

"Sure enough, survival is the primary driving force. Even if the survival points become fewer, it's okay as long as it helps me to avoid further suffering!"

At this time, the system panel was floating beside the car window, as if luring him, tempting Su Mo to continue to spend his remaining amount of survival points.

Alloy armor… Four-wheel drive, twelve-speed transmission system… Basic artificial intelligence driving… Firepower weapon window… Super-tempered glass… Thousand-horsepower engine… Jet-type nitrogen accelerator…

Looking at the diverse options on the upgrade panel, Su Mo, who had long been influenced by the enticement of consumerism, felt a surge of "impulsive purchase" surface.

All it took was to will his mind to agree, and both the car's strength and comfort could be comprehensively improved. Faced with such temptation, very few people could withstand it.

"Shoo shoo! When I get rich in the future, I will get all of you one by one. Don't run away!"

After forcibly removing his gaze from the panel, and seeing the upgrade direction panels given by the system disappear, Su Mo was relieved.

In the endless snow, there were no entertainment facilities and no navigation system. Looking at the upgrade direction of the system while driving, Su Mo had felt impulsive, but—

Survival points need to be spent in the right place.

At present, the base had no long-distance travel needs at all. On the contrary, in terms of development, he was about to invest a lot of survival points.

Regarding the heavy snow, the drawbacks were not confined to just the slippery road. After hearing another muffled noise echo from underneath the chassis, Su Mo hurriedly got out of the car and checked things out.

Due to natural disasters, originally visible obstacles on the road were covered underneath the snow. The vehicle stumbled along the way, often hitting some small, but very scratching stones on the chassis.

If it was the old buggy car from before, Su Mo would never have dared to drive it out in this kind of weather.

After careful inspection, Su Mo was fortunate to find that there was only an obvious bump, and the chassis had not been damaged.

Even so, Su Mo observed that the remaining distance was only about four kilometers. Looking at the undulating slopes, Su Mo eventually decided to park the Earth Tiger in a nearby pit.

It would not take long to walk this distance on foot, and it would be safer and more concealed.

On snowy slopes, if one wanted to move forward quickly, one would need to use both hands and feet to climb.

Fortunately, Su Mo was wearing a combat uniform, so he did not encounter any embarrassing situations while doing so.

After stumbling and walking along for almost one kilometer, Su Mo found a higher gentle slope, and he took out the fine iron electric spear while climbing up the slope with effort.

Looking at the camp covered in heavy snow in the distance, Su Mo took out the binoculars and patted the lively Oreo beside him.

"Oreo, turn on your sixth sense and see if we are in any danger today!"

Hearing Su Mo's words, Oreo stood up straight, and her two smart little ears began to move up and down.

After three to five seconds, Oreo shook her head, indicating that there was no danger.

"Good dog!"

Su Mo touched Oreo's head and gestured to her to be on guard on one side. Su Mo began to carefully observe the movements at the saltpeter mining camp at this time.

Compared with the "super" camp that he saw last time, although the kobolds had rebuilt the camp gate on top of the big pit after a day, Su Mo immediately found a loophole at a glance.

"I don't know whether the lack of danger is because I'm not planning to seek death or whether it's because no one here can threaten me!"

The kobolds in the camp were very casual at this time, and there were no signs that they had just experienced a major defeat.

From a rough estimate, the number of kobolds in the camp at this time was about 80, which was much less than before.

On the white snowy mountain slopes of the mine, there were still more than 20 human beings who were slaving away to mine the ores.

"There are only 9 kobold mages this time, and the rest are kobold warriors. I wonder what happened…"

After patting the heating device on his waist and feeling hot air warm his body, Su Mo slid down gently.

Any conspiracy, or art of war that Su Mo deduced that they might have in mind; all that vanished after seeing the camp's current arrangement.

Given such small numbers, a simple attack would suffice!

Now there were 7 explosive crossbow arrows remaining in the storage space. The amount was quite sufficient to deal with kobolds!

On the snow-white ground, Su Mo was like an extremely experienced hunter, steadily approaching the camp in a half-crouched posture.

While the front gate of the camp had been rebuilt, the front tower had not.

Only the sentry towers on both sides remained standing.

Sneaking in through the blind corners of the kobolds' sentry towers on both sides, Su Mo silently reached the front door.

The weather was cold, and all the "noble" kobold mages would naturally not stand in the snow like the warriors to watch over them.

Except for a kobold mage who was patrolling the base, the other eight of them were sitting in a wooden house near the center, close to the fire.

Moving along the walls, Su Mo cautiously reached the back of a wooden house and replaced his arrows with the excellent-quality, high-speed arrows.

At the same time, he placed the explosive arrows aside.

Without aiming too carefully, he waited until the solitary kobold mage walked into a blind spot of the sentry tower. After taking a short moment to predict the distance, Su Mo released a deadly shot at a range of fifty meters.

The high-speed arrow swished into the head of the kobold mage like a cunning viper.

Hearing a slightly heavy thud on the ground, Su Mo's expression showed a flicker of joy. At the same time, he continued to crouch down and quickly replaced his crossbow arrows.

With such a scattered camp layout and gaps in their patrol routes, Su Mo felt as if he was playing a game. Being unscrupulous in the enemy's territory and not worried about being discovered at all.

Su Mo pressed in the crossbow arrow, and the automatic winding sound of the crossbow buzzed, indicating that the explosive crossbow arrow had automatically pushed to the forefront position by the winding device.

After the kobolds on both sides of the sentry towers turned their heads toward another angle, Su Mo did not even think about it and directly shot an arrow at the wooden house where the eight kobold mages were sitting at the fire.

Swish!

Boom!

Real men never watch the explosions!

At the moment the explosive arrow was shot, Su Mo rolled away from the spot and arrived at another corner of the wooden house.

This blind spot was facing away from the tower on the right, but happened to be within the sight of the kobolds on the tower on the left.

Looking at the flustered look on the kobold warrior's face on the sentry tower, as well as the wide-opened mouth, Su Mo's mouth curled into a faint smile under the mask of the combat uniform.

An unreasonable exploding crossbow arrow swished over toward the kobold in the sentry tower.

A wailing sound accompanied the explosion, and broken pieces of sawdust flew through the air, scratching against the combat uniform and armor with a rustling sound.

"The wailing voice of the kobolds is such a sweet sound!"

There were three arrows left in the crossbow, and Su Mo did not conserve them at all, shooting them directly into the cluster of kobolds in the camp.

An explosion violently detonated, the arrow created a sea of flames enveloped by yellow clouds.

Compared to TNT, which would require a detonator to explode, the instability and toxicity of yellow picric acid explosives happened to be the best properties in these early days of the doomsday wasteland!

Su Mo licked his lips and pressed in five new crossbow arrows before temporarily putting the crossbow in its activated state back into the storage space.

With a thought, the fine iron electric spear and pistol appeared in Su Mo's left and right hands.

The pistol was inserted into the weapon pocket on the side of the combat uniform. Holding the spear in both hands, Su Mo, like a god of war, kicked open the wooden door of the nearest wooden house.

The kobold inside had been awakened by the explosion. At this time, the kobold was still crawling and grabbing at its weapon from behind the door, planning to put it on and go out to fight.

At that moment, a huge impact came from the door and, with little resistance, the spear-wielding kobold warrior was knocked straight back into the house.

"Huh? Still want to resist?"

Su Mo looked at the kobold who had fallen on the ground, still looking for its spear, and casually stepped forward and thrusted the spear into the kobold's heart, before pulling it out fiercely.

The dark-brown blood suddenly sprayed out from the wound, spurting about a foot high after being pierced by the spearhead.

Several consecutive explosions sounded like the roar of the Thunder God, exploding across the high slope of the camp.

Outside the wooden house, the kobold camp that had been calm at first, suddenly turned "lively".

The kobold warrior, who was still monitoring the humans' mining, saw explosions everywhere in the camp, and there was fire everywhere as well…

When Su Mo walked out of the wooden house, he was expecting that all the kobolds would team up against the enemy.

However, what Su Mo saw instead was that the immediate reaction of these kobold warriors was actually…

To escape!

Moreover, they escaped quickly!

Several doors to wooden huts were opened. Some kobold warriors did not even bother to hold their weapons or put on leather armor. They simply ran away naked and crawling.

On the other sentry tower that remained standing, the kobolds standing guard had turned two steps into three steps, quickly getting off the sentry tower and dashing toward the direction of the distant castle without looking back.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo, who was standing at the door, was stunned.

Regardless of the situation, Su Mo would naturally not let go of the opportunity to defeat the failing enemy.

While the kobolds were running away, he thought that he would be able to kill a few more.

Immediately, Su Mo seemed to enter a killing mode, and attacked the chaotic kobold teams at the camp.

No kobold could counter the powerful, electric-powered spear.

Each swipe and thrust would reap a life, or sometimes two if the enemies were too close to each other.

Covered by plumes of smoke, the wailing of the injured kobolds became louder. Some of them had been caught up in the explosions, while others had been wounded by Su Mo with his spear.

The camp seemed to have suddenly become a slaughterhouse, the smell of blood mixed with the smell of charred dog meat soared into the sky!

Seeing this bloody scene, even if they could not see past the cover of the smoke or make out the number of people that were fighting inside, the human slaves who were standing on the hillside and holding stones could sense the tragedy unfolding inside the camp.

All the slaves looked at each other dumbfounded, not knowing if they should flee or stay at this time.

Was the lion clan attacking again?

Should we run?

There was no one in command, and no one willing to take the lead. All the slaves who had lived in numbness every day were stunned for some time.

They did not know what to do.

After decades of peaceful life in the civilized era, no one had come to tell them where they could go when faced with such natural and man-made disasters.

In the days of blizzards and disasters, when the weather or situation turned bad, the kobolds had a place to escape to, but not them.

This camp, this seemingly "sturdy" shelter and its buildings, was their home and their escape route.

Standing on the hillside, everyone stared at the smoke clouds arising from the camp and listened to the wailing of the kobolds.

Gradually, a trace of "liberation" surfaced in the eyes of one person, and then another.

They had already run away before. This time, they had lived "enough"!

However, as they continued watching the kobold warriors rushing out of the camp, the smoke gradually dissipated.

Behind the escaping kobolds, a familiar figure that everyone hoped to see appeared.

"Human? And there is only one person?" Everyone looked at each other, their eyes full of shock.

Coming out of the smoke, and chasing the fleeing kobolds, Su Mo's appearance gradually became clear.

A shiny silver armor, and a black and shiny spear.

"Zhao Zilong?"

One of the Huaxia people took the lead and shouted, and half of the Huaxians out of the approximately twenty people, suddenly became excited.

Loud shouts of cheers rang out on the hillside as they saw the image of the famous "general" of ancient China. Due to the effect of long-term cultural influence, the hearts of all Huaxia people inexplicably surged with pride!

As the saying goes:

In the old days, there was the battle of Changban, where Zhao Zilong charged seven times through the ranks of the Wei army, causing them to tremble in fear.

Today, there was the battle of wasteland, where Zhao Zilong, alone with just a spear, charged at the kobolds who were holding their heads in terror while scurrying away!

The excitement of the Huaxia people made people from other countries next to them scratch their heads. Looking at such an exaggerated scene, even a Javanese with a death wish could not help but tremble at this time, "Sh… shall we run?"

As soon as the Javanese's voice echoed, the young Huaxian standing next to him shouted with heat in his eyes, "Run? Where the hell do you want to escape to! This is our strongest in China!!!"

When this sentence erupted, people from other countries were shocked. In the wasteland, the strongest in China was so invincible?

Looking at the kobolds who were still fleeing, the Huaxia people suddenly summoned their courage and chased after them, using the stones they had picked up to smash at the kobolds viciously.

Even four of the women did not cower either, venting their anger from the past days of slavery on the kobolds.

All of a sudden, the humans' "anger" was burning on the hillside of the camp!

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Chapter 122: Lu Bu? General, We Implore You To Take Us In!

The angry human beings, once their inner fighting spirit had been aroused, no longer feared death. With less than a hundred kobolds remaining, how would the kobolds be able to beat them?

Not to mention that there was a figure like a god of war behind the kobolds, rapidly wiping out the sources of trouble.

Facing this kind of death mill, without the command of a kobold mage, ordinary kobold warriors would not even think of fighting back at all.

They could only run!

They could only run faster!

In a situation where the humans were chasing and killing, they did not need to run the fastest, but rather only needed to run faster than the other kobolds to survive!

Kobolds were also monsters with intelligence, and they naturally knew what death would mean to them.

Following the defeat at the camp, the number of casualties among the kobolds continued to rise as the humans continued their assault. As they felt the outpouring of warm blood from the bodies of the kobolds, the humans went even crazier.

The anger and frustration from the prolonged experience of captivity and harsh labor, while being treated like beasts, was finally vented and released on the kobolds.

Gradually, after the humans had furiously slain the kobolds around them, they began to look toward the camp for more kobolds…

At that moment, the main load-bearing beam of the central wooden house burned down, causing the building to collapse with a crash. It was only then that people realized:

The kobolds who were in the camp had already been killed!

A sudden weakness emerged from everyone who had exhausted all their strength!

They sat down limply on the blood-red snow. Some raised their heads and laughed, some roared and wept bitterly, and some knelt, recalling and remembering unknown things from the past.

Standing in the middle of the camp, Su Mo looked at the "liberated" humans sitting on the ground with a quiet expression, and did not speak.

Once the first human joined in on the massacre, the outcome of this ethnic war was already set in stone.

Human beings had never lacked natural combat ability. What they lacked was a "king" who could lead them forward into battle!

An incapable soldier was just a soldier, but an incapable commander would create and cultivate a team of incapable soldiers.

Under the control of Kento Maeda, the fierceness and resistance in everyone's hearts had been obliterated.

However, under the encouragement of Su Mo, everyone managed to reclaim the wild and ferocious nature that belonged to the advanced creatures.

Looking at the young man who fell to the ground less than five meters away, Su Mo walked over slowly.

In the eyes of the young man, Su Mo first saw a trace of fear, then a trace of panic, and finally Su Mo saw another emotion:

Passion!

The enthusiasm of admiring the strong!

"You are good! You did a great job! What is your name?"

The fine iron electric spear in Su Mo's hand was still dripping with blood, and half of the spear was covered in sticky splotches of blood.

The originally bright silver armor had been completely dyed blood-red, and he looked like Shura that had come out of hell; extremely frightening.

If he was placed on Earth, looking like this, even the words "killer madman" were not sufficient as a description!

However, when such a character suddenly stood by your side, praised you, and asked your name, this "kind" expression and "kind" language…

There was a smile on the young man's face that looked uglier than crying. He trembled and stammered, "Ge…General Zhao Zilong, I…My name is Chen Shen!"

'"Did you travel through the Three Kingdoms era?"

Hearing Chen Shen's words, Su Mo's face under the mask was a little surprised and then, after taking a look at his current outfit, it suddenly dawned on him.

"Well, perhaps you can look at things that way, but… my name is Lu Bu!"

Shaking the spear in his hand forlornly, Su Mo did not explain his identity.

There was simply no need to!

Not only was it unnecessary, but the heroic image in the hearts of the Huaxia people was the pillar of their persistence.

In such a large camp, it was impossible to not have any temporary storage supplies.

Seeing that everyone had collapsed on the ground, Su Mo got up and started looking for the stored supplies of the kobolds.

Slowly and gradually, the victims recovered their strength and chose to gather together.

Everyone's faces were scared and curious.

Watching Su Mo walk through the burning array of buildings, they wanted to go up to him and talk. However, they were unsure of Su Mo's temper, and could only stay in place and watch.

The cold day did not extinguish the flames in the hearts of these people.

Instead, as time passed slowly, and when Su Mo got closer…

Swoosh!

In front of Su Mo's eyes, everyone knelt, including the foreigners. They all bowed their heads down on the ground religiously.

"Thank you General Lu Bu for saving our lives. We have nothing to repay you for it. We can only use our lives to promise that we will follow Lord Lu Bu to fight against the world."

"Your subordinates will not fear death and will always serve the lord!"

These remarks were very verbose, and they were deliberately recited from the lines of the drama TV series.

The middle-aged man in front said it very awkwardly, but after he finished saying it, everyone else said in unison, "General, we implore you to take us in!"

"My lord, please show us mercy!"

More than twenty people knelt to the ground, speaking such contradictory, but appropriate, remarks.

The words did have the flavor of the "Three Kingdoms".

Under the mask, the corners of Su Mo's mouth twitched unconsciously, and he almost laughed when he looked at the frenetic expression on the face of the Huaxia people in front of him.

My God!

What the hell are these people doing!

Do they really think that I am Lu Bu who came across from the Three Kingdoms?

"Ahem! I am not the Lu Bu of the Three Kingdoms you imagined, I am also a Huaxian, get up!"

A short distance away, Su Mo's words fell onto everyone's ears.

However, these people still knelt on the ground, as if saying that, if Su Mo did not take them in, they would not get up.

"My goodness, you won't get up?"

Putting away the spear, Su Mo did not even look at it when directly drew the pistol from his waist, flicked his finger to open the safety mechanism, and shot a bullet at the sky!

The violent roar of the gunshot was like a heavy hammer that seemed to strike everyone's chest.

The next moment, everyone scrambled to their feet, huddled together, and looked at Su Mo timidly.

"I want to know, where is the person named Ying Xiong? I'm looking for him!"

With a pistol in his hand, everyone could feel the malice in Su Mo's words!

Seeing tSu Mo's previous act of shooting without saying a word, everyone was afraid, and no one dared to speak up.

After ten or twenty seconds, seeing the atmosphere sinking, Su Mo could not help but raise the gun again. Before pulling the trigger, the young man who had just spoken to him stood up.

"Ying Xiong… Ying Xiong was still in the camp before, but might have escaped with the kobolds?"

The lad looked around, but as he did not see Ying Xiong's face, he spoke those words thoughtfully.

Hearing this, Su Mo nodded and motioned him to continue.

At this time, the others also seemed to have found their voices and said frantically, "I saw Ying Xiong, he ran off in that direction!"

"When he ran away, he didn't wear his pants!"

"Yes, yes, he shouldn't have run far. This kind of weather is too cold, and he certainly won't make it far without eating or drinking!"

"Ying Xiong is rubbish. He killed a lot of people! He is not human!"

Hearing these people's words, Su Mo's eyes flashed with killing intent. With a wave of his hand, the charged old phone appeared in his hand.

Su Mo turned on the old device and adjusted it to the human network.

As expected, beside the big green dot now, a small dot was fleeing quickly.

After calculating the distance, according to the map proportions, Ying Xiong should be about two kilometers away by this time!

Should he chase him or not?

Pondering, Su Mo looked at these refugees with disheveled and fearful faces, and looked at the surroundings around them that had become a scene of fiery destruction.

Decisively, Su Mo said, "I have a task for all of you now. Gather all the resources, materials and saltpeter and place them at the center of the camp grounds. When I come back, if anyone dares to escape with the resources, I will kill them."

After speaking, Su Mo did not care about the reaction of these people at all.

Seeing the remaining battery reading drop on the old phone, Su Mo turned on the electric booster boots and sprinted off quickly.

Ying Xiong must die!

No other outcomes were allowable. If he let this person go, Su Mo would not be able to sleep well!

"Dare to scheme against me, Ying Xiong is just an appetizer. If I find that Tundra Shelter one day, Ying Tianlong…"

"You will have to pay the price!"

Stepping out of the camp in a few steps, Oreo also rushed out from the snow on the side of the camp, and ran forward with Su Mo!

With the advantage of electric boots, the gap between Ying Xiong's red dot and Su Mo's green dot was constantly closing on the mobile phone map sensor.

When they were 500 meters apart, at a glance, Su Mo saw Ying Xiong running on a high slope in the distance!

"This rascal, you can run pretty fast huh!"

When he found him, Su Mo did not hide his murderous intent. He turned off his mobile phone and rushed forward.

Oreo was already catching up at an even faster speed. In the snow, she was as fast and as scary as a cheetah.

"Woof! Wooo aaw~"

The barking of Oreo between running made Ying Xiong turn his head.

Looking at Su Mo garbed in scarlet armor in the distance, like a demon god, Ying Xiong panicked and started to crawl quickly over the hillside with his hands and feet.

It was a simple problem when one experienced a chase, nothing to be concerned about.

When Oreo caught up with Ying Xiong, the outcome had already been destined!

She did not rush up to hold Ying Xiong down, but instead chose to continue running ahead Ying Xiong "slyly".

After running in front of Ying Xiong, she quickly kicked her hind legs against the ground.

The snow was dislodged, making the already slippery snow more difficult to climb.

In addition, Ying Xiong, who was in a panic at this time as he was escaping, accidentally slipped on the ground, causing Oreo to laugh in her barks.

Before Ying Xiong got up, the dull thud footsteps echoed behind him.

These footsteps seemed like those of a giant walking.

Every step seemed to cause the earth to tremble under him and, at the same time, he could feel the anger of the pursuer!

The panicked Ying Xiong wanted to get up and continue running, but the fear in his heart made him unable to muster even a bit of strength.

As he anxiously tried to get up, he fell back into the snow again.

This time, before he could continue to get up, a faint voice sounded behind him, accompanied by the scent of blood soaring to the sky.

"Want to continue running? I'm curious to see how fast you can run back to Ying Tianlong?"

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Chapter 123: Interrogation! The Story Of The Camp

"Huh…huh…."

Having spent time chasing the fleeing Ying Xiong, Su Mo's breathing under the mask was a bit heavy. Every breath was like a whale swallowing, loud and heavy.

Since he upgraded the anti-viral properties of the combat uniform, the mask could effectively block harmful components in the air.

At the same time, it still had certain effects on normal breathing.

It had still been okay before, but now that Su Mo had been climbing up and down, and chasing all the way, he was suddenly struck with the feeling of hypoxia.

However…

The heavy breathing sound that resonated in Ying Xiong's ears sounded like a beast frightening their prey before eating; it was extremely terrifying!

The heavier Su Mo breathed, the more he looked like an evil spirit from hell coming to claim his life.

"Ying Xiong!"

Hearing a sudden shout, Ying Xiong, who was still lying on the ground, was so frightened that he sat up quickly.

Before Ying Xiong could react, an emotionless cold iron was placed against the back of his head.

Even if it was the first time he had felt its shape, having seen this exact scene in films, television dramas, and on the internet, Ying Xiong knew what it was…

"Su Mo… Su Mo… Don't kill me. The person you really want is Ying Tianlong! It has nothing to do with me!"

With a tearful voice, Ying Xiong placed his hands above his head and stood up slowly.

Too panicked while he was escaping, Ying Xiong did not even have time to put on his pants, only his underwear.

In this weather, a cold wind blew upon him, causing him to tremble.

"I know, I know!"

"I know it has nothing to do with you. There are no debts without creditors, no hatred without cause. I just want to settle things with Ying Tianlong!"

Retracting the pistol, Su Mo patted Ying Xiong on the shoulder "kindly", and his tone was no longer cold, even making it seem like it was all a misunderstanding.

Hearing Su Mo's words, Ying Xiong finally dared to turn around.

However, just looking at Su Mo made him fall back onto the ground again, his legs trembling uncontrollably.

The armor was stained with crimson splotches of blood. In the cold weather, the blood had already solidified, no longer dripping.

The originally transparent mask had also turned bloody.

Where the mask was exposed, there were two cold and dark eyes that could be vaguely seen inside!

The smell of blood, and the spear in his hand…

For an instant, Oreo whimpered twice, revealing an expression of disgust.

Ying Xiong, who was sitting on the ground, was so frightened that he peed his underwear, and a yellow stain appeared under him.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not here to trouble you. The design drawings of my shelter were revealed to you by Ying Tianlong?"

With the spear in his hand, Su Mo squatted down, looking directly at Ying Xiong.

This scene was extremely strange.

Looking at Su Mo's eyes, Ying Xiong stammered and replied while he trembled, "Yes! He told me about it. That old bastard was the one who set me up. I didn't mean to be hostile to you, Almighty Su. It was Kento Maeda… He plucked up a great deal of courage and dared to go against you!"

"From beginning to the end, I was honest and dutiful… Even when they asked me to go to your shelter yesterday, I didn't dare to go…"

As he spoke, Ying Xiong his words were choked as he cried.

The tears in his eyes spilled forth, and with snot and tears he began to accuse Maeda of the crime.

"Almighty Su, ever since Ying Tianlong told me the details, I knew that this was the way of no return. Ying Tianlong didn't have the guts to provoke you. He could only start these things behind your back. I would never dare to. Kento Maeda kept forcing me, I…"

"Didn't Maeda say that he would share the spoils with you when he found the treasures?"

"Huh? That's an injustice. It was a unilateral promise by Kento Maeda. I never thought that way!"

Realizing that he could not sneak his lie through, Ying Xiong looked panicked. Su Mo suddenly laughed.

This laugh was unrestrained.

Echoing throughout the mountains and forests, the trees and leaves rustling!

At the same time, without any hesitation, Su Mo directly picked up the spear and pierced it into Ying Xiong's left leg!

Ah~

A wailing scream burst out of Ying Xiong's mouth when the tip of the spear plunged into flesh.

The convulsing, severe pain almost instantaneously made Ying Xiong's forehead sweat.

Su Mo did not pull out the spear, but coldly lifted the mask off his face, revealing the young but fierce face underneath.

"Next time…"

"When I ask a question, give me an answer…"

"If any answer you give is a lie, you can give up on your other leg. However, these legs…"

"Can still last four sentences."

Without the cover of the mask, Su Mo's expression was full of malice. When he glanced at Ying Xiong's crotch, Ying Xiong shuddered instantly.

"The first question is, how did Maeda get on with the kobolds, and why would the kobolds believe him?"

This question was very basic, and it did not involve any important or difficult knowledge.

Before Su Mo's voice ended, Ying Xiong immediately shook his head and spoke immediately, "When I joined the camp, Kento Maeda was already there, Maeda…hiss…"

Listening to Ying Xiong about to start talking nonsense, Su Mo gently twisted the spear, and the sharp pain instantly made Ying Xiong sober.

"Kento Maeda… his starting location was… in the saltpeter mining camp. That gunpowder could increase the power of spellcasting… He was the one who experimented on that and told the kobolds."

"After the kobolds got their hands on the gunpowder, they relied on their 100-strong squad to defeat a total of 400 rat men and received a second opportunity to use the portal."

"This time they sent over two thousand people and brought a large number of supplies. They built a castle in an instant, and Kento Maeda became their loyal lackey!"

Ying Xiong said these words quickly and without pause. At this speed, even if there was a false statement inside, it would not have been important, so there was a high probability that the words were true.

Doing two things at once, Su Mo took down all the information mentally and continued to ask, "The second question is, how many people were still in the kobold camp? Why are there only nine mages left in the camp this time?"

"I know the answer to this question! I know! Don't pierce me!"

Su Mo was like a stern teacher, and Ying Xiong was like an obedient student.

If it was not for the spear in Ying Xiong's leg oozing with blood, this place could be called a harmonious classroom scene. Su Mo even thought he had the gift of a teacher!

"There were about 2400 people in the kobold camp. The last time they were seriously injured outside the castle, their numbers were left with less than 1500. After going out with Kento Maeda though, they started the summoning again, and this time nearly a thousand people came over."

"However, most of the people who came over this time were warriors, and there were very few mages who could cast fireballs. As a result, there weren't enough mages in the camp today!"

"Where are the rest?"

"They are on their way to kill the lion people!" After speaking timidly, Ying Xiong broke out in a painful cold sweat.

However, looking at Su Mo's expressionless face, he still held his breath as much as possible and did not dare to make a sound.

"I am very satisfied with the answers to these two questions." A bottle of psychic energy water appeared in Su Mo's hands from the storage space.

Seeing Ying Xiong's look of eagerness, Su Mo pulled out his spear from his leg. He unscrewed the bottle cap, tossed it into the air and poured it out.

A magical scene appeared. Ying Xiong, who had almost fainted in pain because of the pulled spear, after drinking about two hundred milliliters of the psychic energy water, seemed to have been injected with anesthetics. A happy expression appeared on his face.

The bloody hole that was still bleeding on his leg seemed to be clotting at this time, and the blood flow became extremely slow.

"Delicious, it's delicious, please give me more! I don't want to die!"

Seeing the desperation to live in Ying Xiong's eyes, Su Mo showed a satisfied expression. He shook the remaining three hundred milliliters of psychic energy water in his hand and asked the third question.

"The next question, if you answer it well, I can let you go, and I can even give you the rest of this bottle of water. I can even guarantee that no one will pursue you for trouble again."

Hearing the first half of Su Mo's words, Ying Xiong was still immersed in the wonderful taste brought by the first taste of psychic energy water.

After hearing the second half of the sentence, Ying Xiong immediately reacted, nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Who revealed the design of my shelter to you? Who was involved in the process of designing it? What is the relationship between you and Ying Tianlong, and how did he tell you?"

The three questions came out like a cascading waterfall, and left Ying Xiong stunned.

Soon afterward, Su Mo repeated the question. This time, Ying Xiong nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood.

"Ying Tianlong is the son of my grandfather's cousin. He is currently the leader of the Tundra Shelter. It hasn't been easy for our branch ever since we were separated. At their branch, their situation has been relatively good, being grouped with several dozens of people."

"In the first place, Ying Tianlong got in touch with those of us who were already distant relatives. He wanted to bring everyone together to build a shelter and fight against the disaster together but, in this wasteland, everyone did not know where they were, so they could only put it aside at first."

"Then when Almighty Su, you broadcasted for the first time, I was surprised to find that the location of your shelter seemed familiar, similar to our current terrain. I told Kento Maeda about this matter, and I also shared it in a private message to the family clan."

The carrot and stick approach was always the best way to get others to lower their defenses!

If Ying Xiong knew that he was bound to die, maybe he would have brought these things with him to the grave.

Now, Ying Xiong, who had not been honest even when a spear pierced a bloody hole into his leg, started to speak the truth under the temptation of the psychic energy water.

These details that were given, when thinking about it, Su Mo thought that they were worthy of further scrutiny.

He nodded, motioning to Ying Xiong to continue.

"I don't know how Kento Maeda verified that Almighty Su's shelter was nearby. Anyway, on the night when the kobold team went out to search for resources, Maeda looked for me excitedly, saying that he had found Almighty Su's shelter location. He invited us to attack and obtain the so-called "treasure"!"

"Of course, after learning about the location of Almighty Su's shelter at that time, several people we knew agreed that the right way was to seek refuge from you. However, two of them were strangled by Kento Maeda and Marshall's subordinates and died in the camp."

"Since then, everyone has been forced to board the pirate shi, and I could only pretend to flatter him. However, it was just the following morning that, by coincidence, Ying Tianlong also messaged me, saying that he knew the loopholes of Almighty Su's shelter, and that a hand grenade would have sufficient power to raze the shelter to the ground!"

At this point, Ying Xiong's face showed a damned look, as if all the coincidences under the sky had all been gathered together.

"After that, I told Maeda Kento about this matter, and Almighty Su already knows the rest of the story, so I don't need to say more!"

Looking at Ying Xiong's longing eyes, Su Mo raised the water bottle in his hand again and poured out another hundred milliliters.

The psychic energy water, seemingly shining with a blue hue, and mixed with an inexplicable fragrance, made people extremely enticed by it.

Taking advantage of this gap, Su Mo said, "Then who made this design? Was it Shen Yitian alone, or was there participation from your people?"

Ying Xiong spoke unconsciously, intoxicated, "It was two people, no, it was three people to be precise. The top students from our two families played a role in completing the design of the shelter together."

"Shen Yitian didn't see the loopholes inside?"

"He could see then!" Ying Xiong said with a strange expression on his face.

"With Shen Yitian's level, why wouldn't he be able to see such obvious loopholes? Of course he did!"

"Where is he?" Su Mo said coldly.

"He's dead!"

Chapter 124: I Promise, You Will Definitely Die

"He's dead?"

Ying Xiong's words were like a bolt of lightning that struck Su Mo. Su Mo, who at first doubted Shen Yitian, was immediately stunned.

He still remembered the unsmiling and extremely professional Shen Yitian when they first met.

After talking about some details, he did not even stay for a while. He left with an umbrella and hurried away to complete the design…

Such a serious and rigid senior scholar had died just like that?

"Dead! He knew too much, and was going to cause trouble, so Ying Tianlong killed him immediately. I don't know how he died, those in our family are secretive about this matter anyway, and we never spoke too deeply about it…"

Su Mo frowned, listening to Ying Xiong's words, thoughts filling his mind.

According to his previous guesses, even if Shen Yitian was not the main participant, he was an accomplice.

Shen Yitian created the design with his own hands, but turned a blind eye to the defects of the design. This was not the ethics that a professional engineer would have.

Yet…

"Are you sure that he has been killed by Ying Tianlong?"

"He must have killed him. Before the accident, he also specifically notified the people below to cooperate. I don't know the details, but he must have done it!"

Ying Xiong said those words very confidently. Su Mo thought for a while and felt that Ying Xiong would not lie about things that had nothing to do with his interests.

However, a sad emotion surged from Su Mo's heart at the same time.

If Ying Xiong was right, then Shen Yitian's death was probably caused by the design he commissioned.

Had it not been for the commission that night, Shen Yitian might still be alive and devoting himself to revitalizing the Tundra Shelter.

Such a principled scholar, such a respectable person in the face of life threats, had been mutilated by own kind just like this?

In the winter weather, even with the combat uniform to keep him warm, Su Mo only felt cold all over.

Looking at Ying Xiong, who was paralyzed on the ground, Su Mo's gaze turned firm, as if he had decided on something. Then he retracted the spear into the storage space.

"Want to drink this?"

Su Mo gestured with the psychic energy water in his hand; there were still two hundred milliliters left. Su Mo's expression was very strange, looking like a creepy uncle trying to deceive a little girl.

This time, Ying Xiong responded even faster than before. He nodded again and again, his eyes full of the desire to be fed.

"If you want to drink this… Dial a video call to Ying Tianlong, I will say a few words to him. When the time comes, the water is yours, and the broad road of freedom ahead will also be yours!"

When the water bottle containing the psychic energy-water was moved to the left, Ying Xiong's eyes followed to the left, when it moved to the right, Ying Xiong's gaze followed it to the right.

The blue light changed with Su Mo's gesture, like a deadly poison, exuding its unique charm.

He thought Ying Xiong would still struggle with this matter, but the reality is…

Ying Xiong acted without thinking, summoning his game interface, indicating that there was no problem at all.

"Ying Tianlong is a beast, even if Almighty Su would like to call and scold him, I wouldn't mind. Having such a beast relative is also a shame to Ying Xiong."

While speaking, Ying Xiong patted the snowflakes beside him angrily, cursing and swearing, as if indicating a stance and vowing to sever the relationship.

It's a pity that the motions of his action were too big and affected the wound, which left him trembling in pain.

Standing beside Ying Xiong and watching his performance, Su Mo was expressionless.

On the contrary, it was the first time he got to look at someone else's game interface, which made Su Mo extremely curious.

Ying Xiong endured the pain and focused mentally, summoning his game panel.

A message suddenly echoed in Su Mo's ear.

[Record: The player "Ying Xiong" wants to share his game interface with you. Do you want to accept?]

At the same time, even though Su Mo did summon his game interface, his blue panel also popped out, sending out a prompt with connection options.

Confirming that there were no problems, Su Mo silently accepted.

In the air, illusory fluctuations flashed, and a screen that belonged to Ying Xiong suddenly appeared in his line of sight.

This screen was different from Su Mo's sky blue, but it flashed a green that suggested there was no danger.

Ying Xiong was also the first to discover that his panel had changed to this color, and his facial expression had a hint of "shock" that was imperceptible to Su Mo!

"Dial to Ying Tianlong, what are you doing in a daze?"

Seeing Ying Xiong's blank expression, Su Mo reproached him.

Ying Xiong hurriedly shrank his neck and began to make the call.

Beep… beep… beep…

After sharing the interface, even the chat messages between Ying Xiong and Ying Tianlong could be viewed simultaneously. Before the call was connected, Su Mo browsed through it several times while directing Ying Xiong.

The information it contained was very simple, roughly the same as Ying Xiong's words, but a little bit different in details, which was fine.

"No answer? Keep calling!"

Ying Tianlong seemed to be busy, this time the phone rang for four or five seconds, before being hung up in a hurry.

Directing Ying Xiong to continue dialing, Su Mo patiently waited as he listened to the beeps.

However, after waiting till the fourth call, Ying Tianlong, that old dog, still hung up and even hung up faster than before.

"Good! Very good, tell Ying Tianlong, tell him that you've gotten my treasure! Ask him if he wants it!"

Su Mo sneered and watched as Ying Tianlong's call came in after Ying Xiong sent the message. Su Mo learned and copied what he did and he instructed Ying Xiong to hang up his call.

Su Mo only had Ying Xiong connect the call after hanging up five times in a row.

The picture flickered and, as the signal stabilized, Ying Tianlong's face appeared on the screen.

It was not the first time Su Mo saw this brute, but he still remembered his looks from a glance.

Not because of other reasons, but because Ying Tianlong's face was far too recognizable.

A knife scar slid along Ying Tianlong's left forehead to the bottom of his right cheek and chin.

Nonetheless, his entire face seemed to have been scalded by hot water and had wounds everywhere. The twisted skin and mucous membranes, after recovering, combined with that smiley face, would make people feel nauseous at first sight.

"Ying Xiong, have you obtained Su Mo's treasure? What is it, tell your cousin, what is it that makes his life so comfortable?"

At first glance, Ying Tianlong's eyes gleamed and he did not notice the paleness on Ying Xiong's face due to the blood loss.

He also did not notice Oreo, who was standing in the corner of the video, in the ice and snow in Ying Xiong's video background.

Su Mo signaled Ying Xiong to flip the video. On the screen, Ying Xiong's face suddenly disappeared, being replaced instead by Su Mo's smiling face.

"Ying Tianlong, it's our first proper meeting. My name is Su Mo, I am glad to make your acquaintance!"

Seeing how Ying Tianlong's face turned black in the video, Su Mo's smile gradually widened.

At the same time, because of Shen Yitian's death, the anger accumulated in his heart made Su Mo's eyes look as if they had been lit on fire.

"Hahaha, how can your old dog-face be so ugly. No wonder you can live in the doomsday world. Turns out that you were relying on your dog-face to scare away the monsters, right?"

"The things I like are very vulgar, but they do make me happy. You are also very vulgar, but you are nothing. Did you actually think that you could possibly obtain my "treasure" through these people? Huh? Did burning your head turn you stupid?"

While Ying Tianlong was stunned, Su Mo spoke extremely quickly, creating a classic one-sided conversation online.

With the distance between the two of them, it was unrealistic to deal with Ying Tianlong now.

However, while people may be useless at some things, they couldn't possibly stand by and just do nothing!

"Young man, you don't know…"

"I guess you are going to threaten me now, and say what you can possibly do in the future. Tsk, Ying Tianlong, you are not a three-year-old kid. What can your threats do to me? It's not even certain whether you will make it past the current disaster safely, so just shut your dog mouth and don't just speak bullshit words all day long."

As a keyboard warrior in games, if a shameless person like Ying Tianlong could not be subdued, Su Mo would naturally not have made this video call in vain.

In the video, Ying Tianlong's old face displayed no mood changes.

However, from the tightness of the muscles under his neck, Su Mo still noticed the restlessness in his heart.

"Anxious now? Come on, what do you want to say?" Su Mo made an expression of spreading his hands, taking the initiative to hand over the right to speak.

"Su Mo…"

"Ying Tianlong, don't worry. You won't need to wait long. When I see you the next time, you will die! I promise!"

"I promise!"

When Ying Tianlong uttered his name, Su Mo, whose hands had been hanging by his waist, brutally interrupted his speech.

At the same time, he drew his pistol abruptly and shot Ying Xiong in the forehead without looking at him.

The fierce bang, accompanied by Ying Xiong's scream and Su Mo's smiling face, was engraved in the video image.

Su Mo saw that Ying Tianlong finally could not help himself, looking shocked and probably filled with a load of cuss words that he had yet to spit out.

When the video ended, Su Mo stopped maintaining his facial expression and laughed out loud!

"Ying Tianlong, sooner or later I will let you know the fate of those who scheme against me…"

Su Mo solemnly put Ying Tianlong on the kill list on the private message channel that held his records of the doomsday world, and looked at Ying Xiong, whose face still had an expression of disbelief next to him. Su Mo's eyes were cold.

No matter how sweet the words Ying Xiong were, and no matter how rhetorical they were…

Shen Yitian had still been murdered by Ying Tianlong because Ying Xiong revealed the location of the base!

He mutilated compatriots, betrayed the human race, and leaked the design. If he were to add up each of his wrongdoings, he should have been shot back and forth countless times.

It was considered merciful for Su Mo to end his pain so simply, without letting the other humans in the camp vent their anger on him.

After turning him over, under Ying Xiong's body, Su Mo found his safehouse core.

It was damaged and no different from the ordinary person.

"After mixing with them for so long, and being a dog for someone else, he never even made any progress or improvements. This kind of person still wanted to play the role of schemer; even without me, he would one day play himself to death."

Su Mo called for Oreo. For Ying Xiong, Su Mo did not want to spare the time to dig a hole and bury him. He directly summoned the shovel to crush the top of the snow and pressed the whole body underneath.

"Be a good person in your next life!"

Turning his head to glance at Ying Xiong's half-exposed corpse, Su Mo turned his head and left.

Retracing his footsteps, this time, when Su Mo headed back, the trip was very smooth.

The road was familiar and, within ten minutes Su Mo returned to the mining camp.

During this process, he even wiped off most of the blood on his body using leaves and cleaned off the dried blood on the spear with snow.

Without the bloody aura and violent image, he suddenly looked a little more kind and refined.

From a distance, Su Mo first turned on the old phone to observe the positions of the humans, before using the binoculars to confirm that there were no problems. Slowly, he walked out of the shadows.

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Chapter 125: Above Wasteland, Below Hell

For the first time, he looked at the whole saltpeter mining camp from the rear angle.

Su Mo once again felt the mighty power of nature.

With the existence of saltpeter mines like this, if they could be continuously mined and only used for ammunition, it would take decades to deplete!

Looking down from the saltpeter hillside, most of the buildings in the camp had been burned even more after a further half an hour.

Some of the small houses were completely burned down, transforming into piles of smoking firewood that continued to release their last embers of heat on the ground.

The air above the camp had been distorted by the fire, and waves of heat were billowing by.

Walking toward the sea of fire, Su Mo was surprised to find that the snow in the camp had already begun to melt, causing the ground to become slippery.

When he stepped inside the camp grounds, the ambient heat made it seem almost as if winter had transitioned to spring.

Looking at Kento Maeda's safehouse core in the storage space, he found that the option to assimilate it was now available. Su Mo walked briskly and arrived at the center of the grounds.

The position in the center had been hurriedly cleared out in a circle, covering an area of about four to five hundred cubic meters.

At the same time, a small amount of supplies were piled up on the ground.

The first item that caught his eye were the large chunks of saltpeter ores. Like the ones he snatched before, these saltpeter ores were also extremely pure.

As long as these saltpeter ores could be brought back, at least 500 catties of picric acid explosives could be produced!

Near the saltpeter ores, there were scattered piles of food in bags, and some treasure chests obtained by killing the kobolds earlier.

Other than a small group of humans sorting things in place, most of them were still rescuing and collecting supplies from the fiery surroundings.

Occasionally, there would be a burst of exclamation caused by the crackling sound of the wood breaking.

Without disturbing the people who were arranging the supplies, Su Mo circled around the camp and set fire to the remaining houses one by one to ensure that there were no supplies left for the kobolds when they returned.

Because of the dense camp layout, within a short while, the violent fire spread to all the houses, assisted by the light breeze. The flames fluttered in the wind.

After trying and unlocking all the safehouse cores one by one, Su Mo sat in the shadows with satisfaction and waited while the refugees carried and collected the supplies.

Su Mo had his own plans for where these people would go.

At the same time, however, Su Mo also had to determine their personalities.

The kobolds' would probably take a day or so to return. Therefore, even if there were supplies in the camp, they would only be enough to last a day or two.

They would need to wait for the next squad of kobolds to return and support them, and restock the supplies.

This could be seen from a small amount of supplies found in the camp.

Slowly, everyone returned to the center of the grounds, staring at the "large" amount of supplies placed on the ground, their eyes brightening.

They had not had a full meal for many days. Two days ago, they were attacked by the lion people and fled in every direction. When they finally returned to the camp, they were once again captured for mining.

The group of people had hardly rested, running around in the snowy weather of the wasteland.

Protests of hunger came from their stomachs, and saliva dripped out of their mouths.

The supplies on the ground were extremely tempting. Although they knew that these supplies belonged to the mysterious "Lu Bu", they did not stop their greedy eyes.

"How about… everyone divides these materials and just leaves. Pick a direction and go all the way. We can always find a human gathering point."

"Yes, let's divide these supplies. Anyway, in this world, we won't live for many days, so why bother feeling miserable and hungry!"

When the first person took the lead in speaking up, the others soon followed up with each other.

However…

While everyone spoke up more fiercely than the next person, when it came to actually touching these supplies, no one dared to do it.

Sitting in the snow, and listening to their rumbling stomachs, everyone looked at each other sullenly and, at the same time, a lightheadedness that was different from hunger and cold emerged.

It was not that Su Mo had left such an imposing image that they did not dare to take anything, nor was it because these people had retained the moral concepts of the civilized era.

Despite everything… Even if they took something, where would they go?

The camp that they had depended on for survival was now in ruins and burnt to ash, and the kobolds who "protected" them had all retreated.

These supplies were enough for them to eat for one or two days.

However, what would happen next?

The blizzard disaster was approaching and, beyond that, further rounds of disasters would strike. There was no place to hide from the disaster. Taking something now was equivalent to cornering oneself into a dead end.

"Shen, do you think that Lord Lu Bu would allow us to join his shelter?"

A middle-aged man asked, his hand on Chen Shen's shoulder and his face full of anxiety.

The question did not solely belong to him, but was representative of the feelings of all the Huaxia people present.

If it had been a foreigner who came today, then they would naturally not have such a strong desire to join the other party's shelter…

However, after hearing the name Lu Bu and that he was also a Huaxia native, a sense of comradeship took root in the hearts of the Huaxia people, and they could not help but feel closer to the vicious stranger that they had never met before!

At the same time, after their experiences with evildoers like Ying Xiong, there was a large weight hanging over the hearts of these people. They did not know whether this person would be as cruel as the others!

"Don't worry uncle. He is so powerful that he should not be the same as the others before. Besides, compared to a bastard like Ying Xiong, how much worse can he be?"

When he said this, everyone was speechless.

Yes, in this desolate, disaster-ridden world, how much worse could it get?

If it had been an ordinary survival scenario, people like them would have some measure of strength. Relying on their hands and farming, they would be able to eke out their survival.

However… There were periodic disasters occuring.

To take them in, one would have to bear their resource consumption and living needs as well. Furthermore, because of the disaster, they could not go out to work either…

The refugees, who were originally excited about killing a bunch of kobolds, suddenly felt their spirits plummet, and everyone sat on the ground quietly in deep thought.

Until…Su Mo walked out of the shadows.

When the refugees, who were still sitting in a daze in the center, noticed Su Mo, they were stunned and at a loss.

Compared to the blood-red crimson armor from before, Su Mo now looked like a "normal person" at least.

Except for bits of uncleaned blood stains in the crevices of the armor on his body that reeked of blood, he did not seem as frightening as before.

Looking at the supplies on the ground, Su Mo first nodded in satisfaction before calling out loudly to the crowd, "Chen Shen, come out! I have something to ask you!"

Being called over by Su Mo, the young man had a surprised expression. He stood up quickly and walked over.

"General Lu Bu, what are your orders?"

"Call me Brother Lu, there's no need for these nonsensical words anymore!" Greeting Chen Shen, the two walked to the high ground, observing the fire burning below.

After a while, Su Mo spoke again, "Where do you all live?"

The houses burned by the sea of fire were either occupied by Kento Maeda and the traitors, or by the kobolds. He had not yet seen the place where these refugees lived.

Hearing Su Mo's words, Chen Shen had a trace of sadness on his face, "Brother Lu, come with me!"

The hillsides of varying heights were full of exposed saltpeter mines.

Following Chen Shen all the way, and after making a few turns, Su Mo caught sight of several nests covered with plant fibers.

These nests had not been neatly cleaned up, and when the grass covering above was lifted, an unspeakable stench surged out.

Even with a gas mask on, Su Mo could not stand the smell.

There were a total of three nests and, according to the previous number of people, it seemed about right.

"How many of you are there, and where are the people from before? Where did they go?"

Opening the first nest, Su Mo tried to take a step inside to look around, and at the same time interrogated Chen Shen who was behind him.

"They are all dead. Those who were slow are all dead. There are not many of us left. Before this there were more than 30 Huaxian, now there are only eleven left, and they belong to my Chen family…"

When Chen Shen said this, he was very relaxed, as if it was a chicken that had died, without any emotional expression of grief or anger.

Su Mo was a little silent. He knew it was numbness.

To have stayed alive for so long, one would naturally lose sight of certain things. If one saw death too often, one would naturally also become numb to death!

Stepping out of the first nest, Su Mo opened the second one and went in.

However, after entering this time, Su Mo's expression suddenly sank.

His aura and movements changed slightly as well, bursting out with an even more shocking aura than before.

In the corner of the nest, a woman was holding a baby who was still swaddled in cloth. She looked at Su Mo who had just walked in and shrunk backwards.

She seemed to be very afraid of Su Mo snatching her child. Seeing Su Mo's aura explode, she moved and turned the child at an angle, exposing her back to Su Mo. At the same time, she turned her head, expressing an imploring look.

"Why?"

"Why is there a baby?"

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Chapter 126: Depart, Planting The Fire Of Hope!

"Why is there an infant?"

Su Mo asked while gritting his teeth, but he was also afraid of disturbing the woman and the child inside, so he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and whispered.

Chen Shen behind him was taken aback. He hurriedly said, "Brother Lu, don't be angry. She was already about to give birth before crossing over. With the help of Doctor Song, the child was born in this camp. The child was not directly transported here…"

Listening to Chen Shen's explanation, Su Mo closed his eyes and went silent.

After a while, Su Mo turned around and walked out of the pit. He opened the shed of the third nest.

Fortunately, in the entire camp, there was only this one mother and child pair.

"What do all of you usually eat?"

Walking down the hillside, and looking at the supplies on the ground, Su Mo's tone was no longer heavy and cold.

Without waiting for Chen Shen to answer, the person who was still sitting paralyzed on the ground pointed to the nearby supplies and whispered, "We usually eat bark and grass roots, and then they will give us some muddy water. After boiling, everyone can still eat enough to barely survive."

"Then there will be an extra meal every four days. Potatoes. Each person gets half…"

Potatoes?

Su Mo lowered his body and sliced open the bag on the ground. Sure enough, the bag was filled with potatoes.

Occasionally, there were a few potatoes that had sprouted, but had not rotted away.

Su Mo was very familiar with potatoes. When he planted vegetables in the culture medium for the first time, Su Mo had considered planting potatoes, but finally chose to give up the idea.

When he was on Earth, based on the movie "The Martian", almost everyone knew to grow a lot of potatoes; they were filling, delicious and people could survive eating them.

Therefore, in most of survival scenarios, once there was insufficient food, the number one solution proposed was:

Plant potatoes!

Compared to other crops that require constant care, potatoes are hardy, and the starch inside can provide a lot of calories and nutrients. They would indeed be the best crops to grow in this environment.

Plus its high yield output of several thousand catties per mu made it seem like the most perfect and wonderful food source.

The reason why Su Mo gave up on planting them was straightforward and realistic…

Energy conservation; the exaggerated yield and nutrition value of potatoes came from the fertility of the land it was planted on.

On ordinary barren land, the potatoes grown would be small and the yield would be low. Without proper fertilizer, the harvest would be greatly reduced as well.

History has also taught us that, if you grew a lot of potatoes, all it took was one disease and it would be game over.

"Cook them! Cook all the potatoes and have a full meal first!"

There were about one and a half bags of potatoes on the ground, if they were distributed to everyone, basically everyone could get two or so.

Although some potatoes had sprouted and may have produced solanine, in this environment, everyone would not think twice after hearing Su Mo's words.

Loud cheers rose from the center of the camp, but everyone did not get into action immediately. Instead, the group of grateful people bent down and bowed before they started performing their duties.

Some people looked for a pot, and some built the fire. A group of people went toward untrodden ground and collected handfuls of slightly clean snow.

Every refugee who passed by Su Mo had joy etched on their faces, rejoicing at the prospect of soon having a big meal.

Two potatoes per person…

"So this is the simple happiness of ordinary people in the Doomsday world?"

Looking at these people, Su Mo suddenly understood why, from ancient times to the present on Earth, even several catastrophes had failed to exterminate human beings.

"Perhaps I am a decisive person, but I… am not a cold-blooded person, at least, not yet!"

Su Mo just stood quietly in the middle of the camp.

Seeing the busy people around him, Su Mo even briefly considered bringing all these people back to the base to live in a small camp.

Humans are always lonely.

Even if he was accompanied by Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark, returning to life within a social circle after half a month, a sense of collectivism that had previously disappeared returned.

It was an inexplicable feeling.

Looking at the smiling faces of his fellow humans, Su Mo could not stop smiling.

"However, my current base has not solved its food problem at all, and I don't have enough trusted individuals to manage these people. If they rebel, I will have no way to counteract it!"

Looking silently at the Doomsday rules written in his private message channel, Su Mo's heart that had just warmed up gradually turned calm.

Anger makes people lose their minds.

Excitement does that as well!

Until the character and style of doing things of the opposite party were confirmed, no stranger could step within three kilometers of the shelter except for family members.

Otherwise, they could only be the enemy!

Standing in the corner, Su Mo, in a state of contemplation, was like a sculpture and the words "do not come close" were carved on his face.

Of course, there would not be anyone who would come to bother him at this moment.

The mother from the nest walked out, assisted by the group. The baby in her arms seemed to feel the cold outside and cried.

All the men formed a circle spontaneously, guarding her in the middle, and walked over to the center of the camp.

The scent of the salt evaporating from the water, the round potatoes, and the vigorous firewood burning below piqued her curiosity.

On her dark face, her dead eyes slowly recovered a trace of expression at this time.

When she saw Su Mo standing in the corner, a glimmer of expectation appeared on her face.

The firewood was still burning and the water had begun to boil. The potatoes bobbed up and down like a dangling boat in the water.

All the refugees seemed to be possessed as they stared intensely at the white steam emerging from the pot and the flickering flames below.

Looking at the baby, and then at the longing faces of these hope-starved refugees, Su Mo's gaze finally came to a halt over the pot that had not boiled yet.

He summoned the remaining 200ml of psychic energy water and opened the lid, watched as the psychic energy water slowly poured into the pot.

A fragrance different from that of the potatoes diffused out and surprised all the refugees!

No one could refuse the taste of psychic energy water!

As long as it was their first time smelling it, almost everyone could feel the desire for this smell within their genes!

Watching Su Mo put the lid over the pot, a complex emotion surfaced on these people's faces.

They were used to seeing the ugly side of human nature, so when there was a person who was a little more normal, in their eyes, he was no less than an angel.

"This would be the reward for helping me collect saltpeter!" Su Mo said silently in his heart. While walking away from the camp, he said loudly, "I will come back later, divide four of these potatoes to the mother and child. If anyone dares to snatch it, do so at your own risk!"

Su Mo was used to the food he made in the shelter. Potatoes could not bring the slightest change in Su Mo's taste and mood at all.

Everyone watched in awe as Su Mo followed along the path he had come, and then walked out the gate. His lonely figure gradually disappeared.

"He is a good man!"

Someone from the group said such a sentence, and the others all nodded and agreed!

However, as the fragrance in the pot became more and more intense, everyone turned their eyes back and stared enthusiastically inside the pot.

…

"Oreo, do you think I should care for these people? Obviously, I have the ability to do something…"

Walking on the snow, Oreo ran over affectionately, rubbing Su Mo's trousers with her head.

Hearing Su Mo's words, Oreo raised her head, her eyes full of curiosity and perplexity.

Woof!

Woo!

Immediately, when she could not figure it out, she showed a humane smile and straightened her chest.

"You mean I'm great?" Seeing Oreo nodded repeatedly, Su Mo laughed, then shook his head again.

"You're wrong, I am not good. If I was good, I would have brought everyone back to Earth!"

Stopping his steps, Su Mo turned his head and looked at the camp where the fire was still visibly burning behind him.

This flame could become the flame of hope, or it could also become the fire of hell that consumed everyone.

After a moment, Su Mo's eyes gradually became firmer.

He walked all the way back to where Earth Tiger was parked, lit a fire, and drove the Earth Tiger out.

On the way back to the camp, Su Mo estimated the time and drove slowly.

The noon sun shone upon the car window and Oreo laid lazily on the passenger seat, smiling with satisfaction from time to time as the terrain undulated.

When he drove to the entrance of the camp, Su Mo honked the horn and startled all the refugees, who were still eating potatoes inside.

Seeing Earth Tiger, a trace of disbelief first appeared on the faces of these refugees, before turning into relief.

"Bring me all the saltpeter and the treasure chests!" Su Mo yelled while resting his arm on the edge of the car window.

The refugees, who were still eating, got the order and hurriedly put down the hot potatoes in their hands and started to work.

The saltpeter ores were moved to the front of the car and were moved into Earth Tiger's storage space by Su Mo.

The treasure chests obtained from killing the kobolds were also stored in the storage space of the game panel by Su Mo.

After all the things were moved over, Su Mo shook his head under the mask when the refugees tried to pass some potatoes to him.

"Chen Shen, come here!"

The young man came over. Before Su Mo could speak, Chen Shen said timidly, "Brother Lu, are you leaving now?"

Su Mo was silent for a while, not answering directly. Instead, he reached out his hand and touched Chen Shen's head, looking faintly forward, "Remember, walk along this path, and continue to the west for fifty kilometers. There is a shelter for humans there. Take all the remaining supplies and go. Live on!"

After speaking, Su Mo slowly released the brakes and Earth Tiger began to lurch forward.

The snow chains left huge tire marks on the ground as they gradually drove the car forward.

Hearing what Chen Shen conveyed, all the refugees had their eyes full of awe and hope. They stood at the door and watched Earth Tiger as it left.

These people stood blankly until Earth Tiger disappeared, no longer visible at the end of the horizon.

Suddenly, an exclamation "woke" everyone up, "Look, what's that?"

The others followed the direction of this person's finger, looking on curiously. There seemed to be a pile of colorful objects lying in the haystack at the entrance of the camp.

Everyone walked over quickly and, in the haystack, they found the cotton-padded jackets that Su Mo had collected from before that had been stained with blood and had yet to be cleaned.

On the cotton-padded jackets, there were two stacks of pancakes, and a piece of paper was sandwiched between the pancakes.

Everyone looked at Chen Shen. Chen Shen was no longer timid and walked up quickly, picking up the paper between the pancakes. After a glance, he could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes, "Brother Lu said that joining the shelter in the west is a test for us. If one day he thinks that we have passed the test, we can join his shelter!"

"Brother Lu… he… is a good person!"

Swoosh!

Once again, no one proposed, and no one spoke. All the refugees spontaneously knelt on the ground in the direction where Earth Tiger had left.

Kowtow! The refugees thanked Su Mo with their bows!

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Chapter 127: Like A Sky Full Of Stars When Scattered, The Lion People And Kobolds' Tug-of-War!

"Snowflakes drifting, the north wind whistling…"

As he hummed an off-key Yi Jian Mei tune, with one hand holding onto the steering and maintaining a speed of about 20 yards per second, Su Mo leisurely drove toward the south (T/N: A Spray of Plum Blossoms by Fei Yu-ching).

This direction led to the Lion people's base camp.

Based on Kento Maeda and Ying Xiong's words, the lion people should have already met the kobolds in battle awhile back.

Of course, the kobolds' current strength was definitely a bug-level existence in this land.

Su Mo still needed to see for himself what these two neighbors' interactions were like before the disaster struck.

He opened the window, and the faint cold breeze naturally blew into the car. Su Mo stuck a hand outside the car, feeling the "beauty" of the wasteland!

After running around for days, he had finally dealt with all the troubles near his shelter aside from the kobolds and lion people.

At least he would not have to worry about backstabbing from his fellow species in the short-term.

As for Chen Shen and his party heading toward the west shelter, Su Mo was not very worried either.

As laborers, they were unafraid of hard work and did not complain. They could endure hardships and were good workers.

As fighters, they had just experienced the trials of war. Each of them had more or less accepted the cruelty of the doomsday world and were warriors who get into combat positions at a moment's notice.

No matter which angle one looked at it, these people were core assets that a shelter needed the most. Even a small shelter would not reject the addition of these people.

As for the note he left, it was Su Mo's first time feeling things out and testing the composition of that shelter in the west.

When this snowy disaster ended, Su Mo would start trying to contact his fellow humans.

When that time came, he would pretty much know this shelter's level of "friendliness" from Chen Shen and his party's condition.

If they were friendly, everyone would be fine and unharmed. They would make deals and form alliances.

If they were unfriendly… Su Mo glanced at the saltpeter in Earth Tiger's storage space and smacked the car horn, revealing a smile that revealed that everything was under control.

The car drove along slowly.

After Earth Tiger crossed over the terrible, uphill road that led to the lion people, he finally arrived at the plains.

Compared to where the Underground Shelter was, these plains were even snowier and more delicate.

Endless white snow covered the area as far as the eye could see. Undoing his safety belt, Su Mo slowly got out of the car and looked toward the distance.

"A timely snow promises a good harvest! After this snowy weather is over, this land won't be so barren anymore, and maybe… I can try planting crops outside too!"

There was five times more nitrogen content in snow than in rain. Nitrogen could provide protein to plants and promote plant growth.

If there was less snow, there would indeed be a risk of frost damage. On the contrary, a large amount of snow like this could prevent heat loss and help maintain the temperature of the ground.

Without modern agricultural methods such as pesticides, soil sterilization and natural predators, heavy snow was the most feasible form of pest control.

Looking at the boundless snowy plains before her, Oreo hopped out too and rolled around happily on the snow.

She chased something completely non-existent ahead of her for a while, and then chased and bit at her own tail.

Because she could not bite her own tail, Su Mo saw Oreo gnaw on her hind leg like she was working off some of her energy.

Su Mo instantly felt his body relax—the road ahead was bright!

"Ah! Wasteland! I came!! I saw!! I conquered!!!"

He released a loud roar that shook the snow off some of the bushes and trees next to him. On the plains, the echoes gradually faded away into the distance.

With the reduced pressure, Su Mo felt incomparably relaxed when he thought of the large number of cores in the storage space as well as the future prospects of the Underground Shelter, as if his heart was bathing in a hot spring!

"Thankfully, I've dealt with Kento Maeda and damaged the kobolds again before the disaster. As for the lion people…"

He fished out his old phone. After switching to the lion people's signal, the little dots of the lion people were like stars that covered the sky on the phone screen, scattered all over the wilderness.

These positions were very much like…

Guerilla warfare!

Before the battery power dropped completely, Su Mo hurriedly switched back over to the kobold signal.

The little dots that were the kobolds were gathered in the southwest area, seemingly maniacally chasing after a group of lion people.

Based on the size of the dots, these chasing kobolds exceeded them by at least a whole 500 people, which was extremely terrifying.

Chirp…

The phone battery consumption was almost at a rate of 2% per second. Before Su Mo could switch back to the lion people, a low battery prompt popped up, and then the screen went black.

"Tsk, this power, this battery—enough! When I open the technology tree, I'll connect a core battery to you!"

He did not know what this old device was made from either—the battery could be removed at will within the ruins, but once he stepped out of the ruins, it was almost as if the back was welded on, leaving him no way to open it at all.

Su Mo summoned the storage space, put the phone back in, and started driving Earth Tiger again.

The roads on the plains were good and had fewer obstacles that knocked against the chassis. Without much effort, the car quickly already reached within four to five kilometers of the Lion people's base camp.

If he moved further forward, he would leave large tire marks in the surrounding area of the Lion people's base camp and would very likely expose himself.

Driving the car to higher ground, and after checking the surroundings a few more times, Su Mo climbed to the top of Earth Tiger.

Standing firm, Su Mo stretched his hand out toward the void. Light flashed, and a pair of binoculars appeared in his hand.

Observing the situation at the Lion people's base camp clearly from this distance, about 4km away, was indeed a little difficult with binoculars that only had 5x zoom.

After observing for a while and realizing he could only vaguely see traces of a big battle inside, in addition to not being able to get any other news, Su Mo began to focus and summoned the system.

The binoculars' property panel popped out.

[Lens-type 5x Zoom Binoculars]

[Description: Refracts the light that passes through the lens and converges it through a small hole to form the image, which is then transmitted through the magnifying lens.]

[Function: 5x zoom]

[First upgrade option: Upgrade the prism structure, enhance the light transmittance and image quality, increase the zoom factor, and slightly increase the size of the binoculars. Survival points required (120)]

[Second upgrade option: Change the structure of the binoculars. Adds counterweight, focus wheel, tripod, rangefinder and equatorial mount. Greatly increases the observation distance. Survival points required (1980)]

[Comment: Its power in your hands would not lose to Yukikaze's binoculars!] [T/N: Yukikaze is a character from Kantai Collection]

"As expected, things like binoculars have simple structures—the upgrade options are either to make it portable or to make it larger, thicker, and stronger!"

Su Mo gnawed his teeth. After analyzing the pros and cons of the two options, Su Mo made up his mind and mentally selected a different upgrade direction.

This time, he realized that increasing the 5x zoom to 10x only required 35 points.

Without any hesitation, Su Mo's confirmed the selection, and green light shone out and began to modify the lens in the binoculars.

The powerful system could even create things out of thin air, so this small matter was naturally not difficult for it.

A few seconds later, the green light retracted and Su Mo could clearly see 10x on the scale, although its outer appearance had not changed.

This time, when he brought the binoculars back in front of his eyes, the 10x zoom allowed him to see at least some details, although he still could not say he could see the Lion people's base camp very clearly.

After sweeping a glance over the camp and looking at the various traces of battle nearby, Su Mo was shocked.

"Tsk, seems that the kobolds had a lot of pent up anger!"

The Lion people's base camp, which was originally a village, had now been razed to the ground by the kobolds' fireballs. There were charred pieces of wood that had not been fully burnt everywhere.

The large logs that surrounded the camp had all disappeared as well, and the entire camp was empty. It looked as if it had been robbed by bandits.

As he continued to patiently observe the charred ruins, he saw some mutilated corpses of lion people, scattered among the desolation.

The village had originally been a patch of gray-brown land, but now it had been dyed dark red. It was very frightening.

As for the most important thing in the clan, which was the lion people's core shelter… It had already turned into a large pit.

Even if he did not personally walk to the front of this pit, Su Mo could imagine the dozens of Kobold Mages standing before it and bombarding the inside.

"These great bastards! The kobolds seem to have gone mad!

"Still, it's true that such a loss can only be recovered through violent war. With the gunpowder developed by ol' dog Kento Maeda, the strength of the kobolds completely overpowered the lion people, who were also of alien race, and completely broke the balance."

After observing for a while and making sure that all traces of the battle, as well as the messy footprints on the ground, were recorded in his diary, Su Mo packed up his binoculars and jumped off the roof of Earth Tiger.

The kobolds wanted to fight the lion people?

Then let them fight!

After all, based on the information displayed on the old phone's map scanner just now, the lion people's current formation was not something the kobolds could do anything about.

After spreading themselves out, an individual lion person's combat abilities would completely crush a kobold. They were only at a disadvantage when it came to group battles.

This meant this battle between the kobolds and the lion people was destined to be prolonged.

"When this disaster is over, I'll find an opportunity to wipe out these alien beasts, but for now…

"Oreo! Time to go home and sleep!"

Patting the roof of the car, Su Mo made an enthusiastic expression.

Oreo, who was still rolling about in the snow beside him, got up quickly, poised herself, and then jumped into Su Mo's arms.

Caressing the affectionate Oreo, Su Mo turned and got into the car.

As Earth Tiger's engine began to roar, a burst of black smoke came out and its wheels began to roll steadily.

A moment later, as a breeze blew by, the traces on the ground could no longer be seen clearly anymore…

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Chapter 128: The Man Standing At The Top Of The "Marsh" Food Chain

Clunk, clunk…

On the way home, even though he heard the constant sound of the gravel scratchin against the chassis, Su Mo was not annoyed at all. On the contrary, he was enjoying it.

Especially when Earth Tiger swerved unsteadily and he heard Oreo's joyful barks, Su Mo became even happier.

This time, after driving Earth Tiger back, he really did not plan to go out again in the short term.

Without the enemies who had been prancing around behind his back these past few days, the area within a radius of a few tens of kilometers had been completely cleared and was very safe. There weren't any urgent matters to deal with either.

This kind of hard-won time for development was precisely the best time to strengthen his foundation and nourish his strength!

He would not be busy going out for a long time. As for the Earth Tiger he was driving, Su Mo had his own ideas to modify it.

The level of comfort definitely had to be improved. The ride was too bumpy and the car was empty too; the front passenger seat was still an iron plate.

As for raising the chassis, installing collision-resistant beams and putting strobe lights, and even adding a few weapon options… These modifications could slowly be done over time.

Still, these upgrades would have to be implemented in the future only after the planning and development of the base had been done properly.

"Oreo, this owner of yours is in a good mood right now, so I can agree to a small request and help you upgrade something you want!"

"What do you want?"

As he drove, Su Mo had fun despite the surroundings by talking to Oreo, who sat quietly beside him.

Unfortunately, although Oreo could understand human language, could interact with hundreds of beasts and was a natural translator, there was no helping it… she could not speak human words!

"Woof, woof, woof!"

Hearing Oreo's excited barks, Su Mo was helplessly at a loss for words. With one hand holding the steering wheel, he patted Oreo's doggy head with the other.

As he did not understand animal language, Su Mo could only guess.

"Upgrade your food bowl?"

"Woof!" Oreo shook her head!

"Then give you a feast or something delicious?"

"Woof?" Oreo continued shaking her head.

"Okay, I got it. I'll go back and arrange a small bed for you to sleep in at night?"

"Woof!!!"

This time, Oreo was finally pleased. Her big dog head nodded so rapidly it looked like a rattle drum, and her face was full of joy.

"Heh, so you, you little tyke, want your own little safety kennel too. Seems that I was negligent!"

Having guessed Oreo's thoughts, Su Mo was a little happy and also very emotional at the same time.

Day after day, Oreo laid on the freezing stone floor at night and, over time, Su Mo forgot to arrange a kennel for her.

As more time passed and the weather got colder, the stone floor naturally was not as comfortable to lie on anymore.

"Alright! I'll make one for you, Big Spark and Little Spark when we get home!"

Everyone said that a youth's first performance car was a Lian Dong Yun… (T/N: a rental car)

Now, however, seeing that the Deep-sea Shelter was getting closer and closer, Su Mo wanted to stand up and stomp on Earth Tiger's gas pedal!

As the sense of security and feeling of reaching home set in, the joyful sensations even made Su Mo want to scream and shout.

Pressing the horn along the way and listening to its harsh buzzing sound, Su Mo actually felt it was incomparably dear.

Just like how a conductor would give a long ring to express their regards upon seeing ordinary people waving next to the train tracks!

"Deep-sea! I'm back!"

Driving the car to the entrance of the basement on the first floor, Su Mo quickly rushed up to the second floor, pulled out the winch, and started to turn the mechanism.

The heavy door began to open. When it was all pulled up, he gave it a slight tug, and the winch fell into place with a click.

The motor-pumped oil well was still working diligently, emitting rumbling noises.

Even if nobody was around to monitor it, it was still steadily producing the two items Su Mo chose.

As it had not been collected for two days, the diesel and toluene reserves in the pumping well had been refilled again!

The diesel had reached 135L with the additional 23L that had not been brought back the last time.

The toluene had also filled up from nothing; to around 6kg, a sizable amount.

He touched the outer shell of the motor-pumped oil well that looked like it was from a science fiction setting, and glanced at the diesel in the storage space. Su Mo was temporarily not too worried about the energy problems that might arise.

Coal and oil—these two things were the most accessible and convenient energy sources on Earth.

This was even more so for the humans in the wasteland!

With the super sci-fi motor-pumped oil well equipped with modular technology, as long as it was set up, various petroleum derivatives could be continuously produced without requiring other corresponding technological trees.

With an excellent machine like this, any shelter that obtained it could develop explosively in a short period of time no matter what shelter it was.

However, Su Mo still used diesel and toluene the most when it came to the current Underground Shelter.

The former provided energy and power, and the latter created explosives.

"The diesel engine is definitely the best choice at the moment, but seeing as the shelter has the ability to control wind, if there really are no restrictions and limits, I can consider making a simple wind generator!"

He did not know exactly where Huang Biao and his party procured a 300kw power generator either.

It was fortunate that the storage space at the time had not been reduced too greatly yet. Otherwise, large items like that would definitely not have been carried around with them, and they most probably would have found a place to hide it.

"Based on the efficiency of the current diesel engine, it's enough to supply the base. Even if another air conditioner came along, there would still be energy to spare."

It was not that Su Mo did not want to upgrade the generator so that it became more convenient and usable, but there was no such need at the moment.

Even if the oil well produced other products, without shelters trading and exchanging resources, it would not be used efficiently enough.

The diesel was good stuff though. Based on Su Mo's rough calculations, it had a fuel rating of at least 35. As for something that had a fuel rating higher than 50, as there were no labs in which they could be tested for now, he did not know exactly what the limits of the oil well were.

"After I go home this time and upgrade the Underground Shelter, I'll move you there at once!"

After caressing the oil well, Su Mo went down the stairs and arrived at the basement door on the first floor. He pulled the garage door open.

Starting the Earth Tiger, he skillfully reversed into the garage. When it stopped in the center, Su Mo pulled down the garage door and went back to the second floor.

No matter how good the Deep-sea Shelter was, it was still Magoo's shelter.

After closing the second floor's door and turning the winch back in place to lock it, Su Mo slid down the snowy slope in a flash.

Turning on the electric booster on his boots and taking large strides, Su Mo excitedly ran toward the Underground Shelter.

When Oreo, who had been standing behind him on the hill, saw Su Mo run off secretly, she barked twice and hastily chased after him.

A man and a dog ran through the plains without a care in the world.

Thanks to the gradual increase of his power, along with humans' great ability to adapt to foreign environments, before a new disaster hit the wasteland, Su Mo had already become the overlord at the top of this little "marsh's" food chain!

As Su Mo sprinted along, he ran out of breath and simply pulled down his mask, deeply breathing in the slightly icy air.

Even with the armor covering his body and pearls of sweat soaking his clothes, Su Mo was not aware of it.

At first, Oreo had been chasing him from behind but, after running half the distance to the shelter, it had become Su Mo who was chasing from behind.

With a rousing chase, the few-kilometer journey back home became short and cheerful.

In less than ten minutes, Su Mo had returned to the familiar entrance of the Underground Shelter.

"Nice!"

After patrolling the surroundings once to make sure there were no traces of any creature activities nearby, he opened the main door and moved Oreo in. Shaking off the snow, Su Mo swaggered inside.

The door was then closed. The light disappeared, and the hallway became pitch black again.

However, with the darkness also came…

The green safety 1 number that kept floating over Su Mo's head!

Then Oreo pushed open the entrance and turned on the lights. Brightness shone from the inside.

Su Mo started taking off the bloodied armor he had on him as well as the combat uniform, which had been smeared with blood to the point it was unrecognizable.

If he wanted to use these two items again, he had to scrub them well with water first.

He tossed the armor into the storage space and put the combat uniform at the door. Without the restraint and weight of the two outer layers, Su Mo felt like he was floating in decreased gravity as he walked around.

Taking off his hoodie and pants, Su Mo teasingly spoke to the air. "Wind, come give your Master Su Mo a massage!"

…

"Ahem, if the wind here could be a little quicker, that'd be good!"

After he said this, the wind speed began picking up and quickly dried off the moisture on the clothes. Not too long later, not a trace of dampness was left.

Putting his clothes on, Su Mo—who was so hungry that his stomach rumbled—hurriedly raced to the supplies storage and grabbed some food, starting to get tonight's meal ready.

Most of the food in the base was raw. Very few were half-finished products.

Taking out a carton of milk, Su Mo gulped it down as he lamented, "Sigh, I should've left myself a couple of unleavened pancakes. I didn't think my brains would've been so overwhelmed that I left every piece behind!"

Smacking his head, though Su Mo was complaining, he could not stop a blissful smile from stretching over his face.

With the supplies in the base, he only needed to spend a little bit of time to produce a few woks full of those pancakes.

It was the saltpeter ores and treasure chests obtained from the kobolds that were the biggest gains of this trip!

With more than fifty kobolds dead, he had gotten a pleasing harvest of about 4 bronze treasure chests, 6 iron treasure chests, and 11 wooden treasure chests.

Since there were already enough cores to expand the size of the Underground Shelter, Su Mo did not plan to keep these treasure chests any longer.

These dead objects would not become more valuable if he left them alone. Opening them and turning them into "productive" and "combat" power was their best usage.

With a thought, the pitch-black storage space automatically opened.

Su Mo's thoughts turned into a large invisible hand that fished out all the treasure chests he obtained through battle earlier, and he began the exciting process of opening treasure chests!

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Chapter 129: Furnace! Resources Overflowing!

As the treasure chests were removed from the storage space, they scattered all over the floor. The dim storage area was immediately lit up by the glow from the twenty-plus treasure chests.

There were a total of twenty one treasure chests, and the loot they were carrying shone in their respective colors, a preview of the different tiers that those colors represented.

Who knew what the chests were made of; no matter whether it looked like wood or bronze, the surface would feel completely smooth like flawless jade.

"Looks like it's still the same, I'll start with the wooden chests first to try my luck…"

Other than the twenty one chests, the whole living room also had a shining wall comprising hundreds of treasure chests. It gave Su Mo the feeling of being a 'billionaire'.

He planned to open them slowly but, with a wave of his hand, Su Mo had already opened 11 of the wooden chests at once.

Once the wooden chests slowly faded away from being opened, Su Mo could finally see the loot from the wooden chests.

"A pirated CD of 'X Sea Fortress'? D*amn, who would pirate this kind of "good" film? These people are terrible! I'm gonna give them a bad review!"

"Two bags of 100g turnips, a bag of seaweed. Hmm, these are good for eating!"

"PVC pipe? These were great for fighting during high school. Perhaps it would be good to make water pipes out of them if needed. Nice!"

"A bag of yeast, d*mn…these will allow me to begin the era of baking!"

…

Everything in the wooden chests were loose items. After arranging the loot from the eleven chests, Su Mo received a total of: Yeast x1 , Turnip x2, Seaweed x1, Kiss Kiss Brand Prawn Sticks x1 , Pirated CD x1, Ab Wheel x1, Isotonic Drink x1, and 1 meter of PVC pipe.

These things were not really better than the previous session of loot opening.

But for wooden chests, it was natural that such junk would be obtained from them. As long as they were not children's toys or…*cough cough, "dolls", Su Mo could accept them and say: Okay then!

Wooden chests were meant to be used to get rid of bad luck; the worse the loot was, the happier Su Mo became!

After moving everything over to the side, Su Mo took the iron chests and placed them in front of him.

Compared to wooden chests, Su Mo had prior experience of better loot from the iron chests. Looking at the chests in front of him, Su Mo could not help but keep repeating:

"Please don't have anything good, please don't. Keep building that pity score up!"

He placed his hands on the iron chests and opened them in one go.

After opening everything, Su Mo gathered all the items and started tallying:

3-meter long Bull Brand extension cord, Rice (3kg) x1, Maize seeds (2kg) x1, Lao Gan Ma Chilli Sauce 500g x1, a not-so-sharp dagger x1, two 50cm long steel rods (φ12X12, durability of 400E) x1.

"Good! Good!"

The items in the six iron chests were all "pity building". There wasn't anything that was worth shouting about.

Finally, Su Mo slowly let out a breath of anticipation. He held his quickly-beating heart, took the bronze chests, and placed them in front of him.

Ever since transmigrating to the wasteland. Su Mo had only seen four types of treasure chests up until now.

The most valuable one was during his first excursion, when he defeated a chameleon, it dropped a silver chest; and also when he first met with the kobolds, after defeating the mage, it dropped a silver chest as well.

The loot from the silver chests were good, but that did not mean that lower-tier chests would not have anything good either.

Just like the blueprint for creating godlike equipment like the workbench; it had been obtained by Su Mo from opening an iron chest.

Naturally, modifications to the workbench required complicated modules and resources, but it could not cover up the possibility of obtaining good items from lower-tier chests.

"Heaven and Earth are Suchness, Impure Qi disperses, the Center of the Cavern, Mysterious Void , Dazzling bright Great Origin."

"The Eight Directions' Mighty Spirits, Enable me to be Suchness, Ling Bao's talisman commands , Universal announcement in the Nine Heavens"

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"Bronze treasure chests, open!"

After chanting the Purifying Heart Spirit Incantation, Su Mo opened his eyes.

Even though the game notifications came late, following the activation of the bronze treasure chests, a magnificent sound rang in Su Mo's ears.

[Record: You activated Bronze Treasure Chest x4

[Record: You obtained Furnace Blueprint x1

[Record: You obtained Crucible (Good Quality) x1

[Record: You obtained Plain Flour (25kg) x1

[Record: You obtained Random Resource Card (Tier One) x1

[Record: You obtained White Rabbit Brand Milk Candy (588g) x 1

The game notifications came flooding in like water.

Hearing this, Su Mo was stunned and had a glimmer in his eyes. He stared at the game interface, shocked.

"Furnace! Crucible! Resource card!"

"It can't be that, I, Su Mo, can have EX-rank luck one day as well?!!"

Seeing the blueprint, the crucible that was even larger than a cauldron falling from the sky, and that shining resource card that floated in the air, Su Mo was stunned!

Compared to these three things, the flour and milk candy could stand aside.

What was a furnace?

On Earth, many sandbox games contained this great item.

Without hesitation, the overjoyed Su Mo immediately grabbed the blueprint that did not look like much and looked at its property panel.

[Furnace Blueprint]

[Description: Module Type Technology. It can be used in wondrous ways. When paired with other modules, it will have even more miraculous functions.]

[Modules required: Crucible module, Iron Felt module, Toolbox module, Strong Reduction module, Strong Reaction module, Storage module…]

[Usage : Upgrade, Downgrade]

It was a simple introduction. There were many modules required and, together with the simple two-word description of its function, the furnace did not look very outstanding at all.

If he did not know about module technology and had not seen its bug-like effects on the workbench and oil well, Su Mo would still be able maintain his composure regarding this blueprint.

But now…

With a rumble, the blueprint of the furnace disappeared into the air, and was replaced by a new interface!

He clicked on the furnace icon and, suddenly, a stream of information was transmitted.

Compared to the previous memory transmission, this time, it was much more relaxing. The game interface only mentioned the materials required to craft it.

"It's difficult… the workbench was fine and didn't require much. Forging this furnace requires so many rare earth resources and copper…"

The workbench only needed some wood, glass, circuit boards, wires, and other common items.

However, this furnace required a large amount of copper and iron resources. It also required zinc, tin, lead, nickel, and cobalt; these five common elements.

As for the rest, such as Cerium, Praseodymium, Lutetium, Samarium, and Erbium; these five rare-earth elements, Su Mo had only heard of their existence on Earth.

He could even call out the names of these rare elements. It was only because Su Mo liked to read Popular Science articles, so he could barely recognize them.

"This is difficult. It should not be a problem to gather all seven of the common elements, but I have no clue on how to obtain any of these rare earth elements. I can only try my luck and purchase them directly from others!"

There was a mysterious voice telling Su Mo that, as long as he could forge the furnace, his productive and combat abilities would increase exponentially.

However, these resources could not be gathered in a short amount of time.

Even if he used the System to create these elements, the price tag would still be very high. Some elements even required 2,000 survival points to exchange for just a mere one gram.

Shaking his head, Su Mo recorded all the requirements needed into his third private message channel, which was used to record resources. He then started to study the resource card that was still floating in the air.

The Resource Card was different from the Virtual Coupon that the Kobold squad had dropped previously. It could only be seen, but not touched.

When he reached out to touch the card, he felt like he was holding a credit card. It was solid and reassuring.

After sizing up the structure of the card, Su Mo pulled up the Random Resource Card on the game interface.

[Random Resource Generation Card (Tier1)]

[Description: After using it, you can randomly create a random resource node within a shelter (Current Range: 7500m diameter).]

[Resource Rarity: Level 1]

[Resource Storage Space: Level 1]

"Hmm, what a magical card. It can create resources out of thin air. This is good stuff!"

Touching the card, Su Mo suddenly thought of the sulfur ore not far from the Underground Shelter and the gigantic saltpeter mine.

These things had appeared where they should not have been.

At the same time, there was no natural environment that matched their normal production environment.

It was like… they just appeared out of thin air.

Now, looking at the introduction of the card, Su Mo suddenly understood how these resources appeared.

"Could it be that Magoo used Resource Cards to create those resources? Or could it have been someone else who used the Resource Card?"

The Resource Card did not specify what level one resources were, nor did it describe how many level one resources were able to be produced at one time.

The current plan was to try it out and see how effective it was.

He placed the card into the storage space. Just as Su Mo was about to use it, his eyes drifted to the three Virtual Coupons floating in the corner.

"Eh, isn't this the Resource Duplication Coupon that I obtained last time?"

With a thought, the three Coupons flew to the center of the storage space.

Su Mo looked at the attributes on it and tried to throw the resource card in. As expected, an illusionary notification popped up.

[Record: Do you want to use Resource Duplicate Coupon to duplicate it?

The three Resource Duplication Coupons that he had obtained earlier could not be used on illusory items like the Storage Space Expansion Coupons.

This time though, he could duplicate the Resource Card.

Su Mo chose to copy one.

After the Duplication Coupon disappeared, another card slowly materialized beside the resource card.

The two cards had the same stats. With a backup card in hand, Su Mo did not hesitate and chose one of them to use.

With a flash, the card disappeared.

Standing on the ground, Su Mo leaned against the wall silently, his hand on the bag beside him.

One second… two seconds…

Three seconds…

After the card was used, time seemed to have slowed down. After ten seconds, Su Mo was disappointed, thinking that this Tier One Resource Card was of no use…

Boom!

A noise that sounded like it could split heaven and earth rang throughout the area and into Su Mo's ears.

It was like an earthquake outside. Even though he was five meters underground and had a stone wall that was several meters thick, Su Mo could feel it—

The entire shelter was shaking.

Ashes floated down from the ceiling of the shelter.

The terrified Oreo was barking in the living room, and Big Spark and Little Spark echoed with clucking sounds.

At the same time, the long-awaited game notification finally appeared.

Opening the game interface, Su Mo was stunned! His face was filled with disbelief!

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Chapter 130: Resources! A New Way to Generate Energy!

[Record: Random Level 1 resource node has been created near the main shelter, "Underground Shelter". Please enter the newly-created function to check.

"The Tier One Resource Card actually activated a new function?"

Su Mo looked at the new function that slowly appeared on the game interface in shock.

When he first saw the game interface, there were only five options: attributes, chatting, trading, crafting and items.

But now, a new option appeared after the final segment.

Resources!

Unlike other small functions like the Monster Illustration Handbook, the Resource Function was located directly above the game interface, and was on the same row as the other five main options!

This also signified the importance of the resource function in the game interface.

"Could it be that, in the future, everyone will need to focus on resources…"

"What is the purpose of the invading alien races?"

Kobolds… and lion clan.. and the rat clan that I've never seen before, and even the other fantasy creatures that others have mentioned in the World Channel.

These creatures did not come here with the same purpose as humans, which was to survive.

This was a cruel war between races. They would undergo the baptism of natural disasters in the wasteland at certain times. What on earth was attracting these strange creatures to come here to die?

It was never Su Mo's style to worry unnecessarily.

If the sky collapsed, there would naturally be someone taller to hold it up.

Shaking his head, Su Mo recorded these uncertain speculations in his private message channel. He took the load off his mind, and he completely let go of his worries for the future.

His consciousness turned into an illusory finger that tapped on the resource function.

A panel that was different from other game functions popped up.

This interface was very strange. It was not a simple description of how many resources there were. Instead, it was a map that could be moved with a thought.

The topographic map was flat, and it was not big at the moment. It was exactly the same as the 7.5-kilometer range mentioned in the game interface.

On the map, Su Mo saw the changes in the terrain, and the resource function had even thoughtfully marked out the resources within the shelter's surroundings.

"Hmm, this yellow one should refer to the sulfur mine?"

Underneath the Underground Shelter, there was another yellow mark. As Su Mo tapped it, the map suddenly changed to 3D mode.

With that, the entire picture of the sulfur mine was revealed, and an attribute panel appeared beside it.

[Sulfur Mine (Level 2)]

[Mine Status: Large amounts of mining have been done, but there is still a small amount of ore left.]

[Mining Value: Half-star (Maximum Value: One and a half stars)]

[Special Ability: None (Two-stars to unlock)]

[Mining Difficulty :Extremely Low-level]

[Current Reserves: 26 tons]

The function of switching perspectives was to allow the user to switch between a vertical plane and a three-dimensional view.

The sulfur mine was originally a squarish cube that was buried underground. However, after mining, it had transformed into an extremely irregular shape.

Unsure of the disaster that followed, the sulfur mines were now compressed into a triangular shape.

The lower he went, the more sulfur mines there were.

"Hmm, what did I create with the random resource card?"

After looking around, Su Mo still could not find the resource that had been added following the earthquake.

However, in the upper right corner, Su Mo suddenly noticed something that looked like a small horn.

He clicked on it and, after a few seconds, he was left with a pleasant surprise. Su Mo returned to the initial interface and changed the view to 3D.

As expected, a magical substance that seemed to be flowing slowly appeared at the center of the Underground Shelter.

The substance seemed to be formless and colorless. There was only a little yellow mixed within and, due to the flow, Su Mo overlooked this place when he first inspected it.

"What a weird looking substance. Is this a liquid or gas?"

At the same time, his consciousness grabbed at the mysterious object and squeezed it. At the same time, a message appeared.

[Geothermal Resource (High-temperature Steam) Level 1]

[Mining Status: Pristine, not yet mined, at its peak.]

[Mining Value: 2 stars (Maximum Value: 2 stars)]

[Special Ability: I'm going to crack. (When there's more than 50% in storage, the mineral veins will recover 0.2% of the total reserves every day. If the mineral reserves drop below 50% of the total, the ability will disappear.)]

[Mining Difficulty: High]

[Current Reserves: 500 tons]

"Geothermal resource? High-temperature steam? Why does that sound so familiar?"

Su Mo mumbled this familiar term and tried to remember where he had seen it before.

TikTok? Station B? Hupu?

When he thought of something, Su Mo liked to think back from the beginning. By searching from the original memory point, he could slowly bring out the corresponding memories.

"I think it was from a Q A? Oh yes! From Zhihu!"

At the thought that it was from Zhihu, gradually, a stream of information began to appear in Su Mo's mind. The stream of information also gushed out like a geyser.

When he first saw the term geothermal resource, it had not been a personal question. Instead, someone had raised this topic amidst a heated argument.

Su Mo remembered the question very vaguely, but he could still remember that they were discussing the principle of nuclear power plants.

Nuclear power plants generate electricity through nuclear power.

The core equipment was the nuclear reactor, which heated up water to produce steam and turned the energy from atomic fission into heat.

The steam pressure pushed the turbine to spin, and the heat turned into mechanical energy. Then the turbine drove the generator to spin, turning mechanical energy into electrical energy.

Therefore, the act of burning the boiler would naturally not be accepted by the netizens.

At that time, someone had already started to argue. Why would a nuclear power plant use such an 'ancient' method to generate electricity? Was this a joke?

Sure enough, not long after, a big shot posted a theory below and proposed the current successful method of generating electricity, which was geothermal resources.

After entering the 21st century, the mining of coal and oil became more and more rampant. When technology reached a bottleneck and couldn't advance toward 'controllable nuclear fusion', the main focus of the exploration was to use renewable energy resources.

Among all the resources, geothermal resources naturally became the center of attention. Due to their high energy efficiency, they gradually developed to become more efficient.

In certain areas with sufficient geothermal resources, heating was already being used to its fullest extent. Although the effect was not fully satisfactory, the cost was low.

As for geothermal power, the first step was to convert heat into kinetic energy, and then convert kinetic energy into electricity.

There were three types of geothermal resources used for generating electricity: water and heat resources, ground pressure resources, dry lava rock resources. The last two had not improved even before transmigration. Only the first type, water and heat resources, gave rise to an entire complete branch in the technology tree.

Underground hot water needed to be separated from steam first. The water then had to be discharged so that steam could enter the steam turbine. This system was called the Flash Steaming System.

Among them, the reason why geothermal steam energy was the simplest to make use of was because geothermal steam was both a medium and a source of energy, so this step was omitted.

The famous Yangbajain Geothermal field in Tibet had been operating for over 40 years. It operated more than 6,000 hours a year and generated more than 120 million watts a year.

This fully demonstrated the advantage of this resource.

"Geothermal resource. It's good, but it's too difficult to mine them to generate electricity at this current stage!" Su Mo looked at the ball of steam in his hand with envy, and a sense of helplessness welled up in his heart.

The deeper one went underground, the higher the temperature was, but the depth of the "heat source" was directly related to the development cost.

The key to using geothermal technology were wells and injections, and the cost of drilling was also a constraining factor.

In addition to the high technical requirements for drilling deep, the terrain also put important restrictions on the choice of wells.

With the help of the system, it was not a problem to reach the hot steam area that was located about five kilometers underground. However, the amount of survival points consumed was not something that could be sustained at this stage.

Of course, most people did not know the cost of drilling down 5 kilometers.

Huaxia had over 5,000 drilling rigs, and they were currently located in the northern part of Tarim. Furthermore, the cost of a well was estimated to be in the range of hundreds of millions.

In addition, that was only because there were thousands of meters of salt rock in the area. If the "butter-like" soft salt rock was replaced with hard rock, the cost would be exponentially higher.

Walking over to the generator, Su Mo called up the property panel of the diesel generator. This time, there was indeed a new pathway option to upgrade the generator.

[Diesel generator]

[Efficiency: 300kw (300 degrees/h at full load)]

[Oil consumption: 230 grams per kilowatt-hour (82L/h at full load)]

[Description: A diesel generator produced by the Siemens Conglomerate in Jiangsu, Wuxi. The circuitry is intact and can be used normally. The damage is negligible.]

[First upgrade direction: Change the core components of the generator. Increases the power supply of the generator and reduces the power consumption of the generator. Survival points required (1680).]

[Second upgrade direction: Change the production method of the generator. Change energy source to bioelectric power, increases conversion efficiency, and reduces the wear and tear of the circuitry. Survival points required (6500).]

[Third upgrade direction: Drilling a five-kilometer underground well with a shaft. Changes the structure of the generator to a geothermal generator, greatly increasing the efficiency of the generator. Survival points required (36,800).]

"Wow, do you think I'm stupid? With 36,000 survival points, would I choose to upgrade to geothermal power? I might as well find a psionic generator to upgrade instead!"

This was the first time the system had given him a quotation of survival points required that was more than four digits. It was five digits, and the first number was a three. This left Su Mo stunned for quite a while.

With so many survival points required, even if he did not spend for a year, and saved everything, he would not be able to accumulate that many survival points.

"Sigh, if only I could add in materials and reduce the price!"

"Hmm?"

As he sighed, a bold idea suddenly appeared in Su Mo's mind.

According to the upgrading difficulty, these expenses must have been spent on drilling through the well, but Su Mo remembered the consumption when he had opened the escape route.

When creating something out of nothing, the system's expenditure would be terrifying but, when digging holes, the cost could be reduced without limit.

After trying to open the materials list for the third upgrade, Su Mo said, "Oh joy!"

Among the required materials, 5000 units of iron ore were needed, and each unit cost 3 survival points. 2000 units of copper ore were needed, and each unit cost 5 survival points.

Excluding these, by providing a generator, the points could be reduced by 500, with an upper limit of six possible input additions.

Providing an ordinary drill would reduce the points by 500 as well. Providing a Diamond Head drill would reduce it by a whopping 2000 points!

The higher quality the drill, the better the reduction of points would be, with the maximum being a 4,500 point reduction.

In the best case scenario, if all these reductions were accumulated, the cost of upgrading the generator would be reduced to just 4,300 points.

If we can find the other things that we've never even heard of to add to it, the final tally would only amount to…

"2,000 points! As long as I have 2,000 points, I can have a generator that generates at least 350 watts of electricity per day. Also, due to my special ability, as long as I stop on time or upgrade the generator, it would be equal to…"

"Perpetual motion machine!"

Su Mo slowly said the words that only a folk scientist would say. His eyes burned as he looked at the resource cards in his storage space.

"Iron ore…"

"Copper ore…"

"I still have three cards, and I have more than a hundred treasure chests waiting to be opened! I have a chance to get them all!"

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Chapter 131: A Huge Battle, and A Plan for a New Territory!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As he muttered the names of the two resources, Su Mo finally understood the reason why Magoo had chosen this location to become a shelter.

The huge saltpeter mine, which produced an incredulous amount of saltpeter, was at least level three according to its star rating. It was most likely not the doing of Magoo.

However, whether in terms of location or quantity, Su Mo was certain that this level two sulfur mine was definitely created by Magoo!

As a soldier, Magoo was not considered old. Based on the information exchange of that era, the technology and knowledge that he could come into contact with mostly came from things that he was familiar with or from others.

A rough outline gradually formed in Su Mo's heart.

The reason why Magoo chose this location to build his shelter was probably because he had seen such an expansive saltpeter mine. Then, he probably thought that as long as he had sulfur, he could prepare gunpowder.

Therefore, after obtaining the thermal weapon machine and stumbling upon the sulfur mines, Magoo had used the thermal weapon machine to create large amounts of ammunition and sold them in exchange for other resources.

Unfortunately, Magoo was not a firearms dealer, but rather just part of the ammunition production line.

He did not manage to excavate any copper mines, so when he was making bullets, he had to pay huge tax amounts to players with copper mines.

This was why he was not able to accumulate enough wealth.

"Looks like my luck is pretty good! If I can create a copper mine with the resource card and repair the thermal weapon machine, I can directly produce bullets and sell them continuously as a firearms dealer!"

The level of the treasure chest that the Resource Duplication Coupon came from was just wooden, so Su Mo had not known if it could replicate a higher level card than itself.

However, at that moment, looking at the resource card that had been duplicated, Su Mo's eyes were filled with wild thoughts, and he started to think about the pros and cons.

The increase in productivity brought on by the resource card was very direct.

At this stage, as long as he could gather a variety of resources near the shelter, then?he could directly shout "Woohoo! It's time for take off!"

Staring at the duplication coupon, he was hesitating on whether to use it or not. Su Mo's eyes studied the random words on the card.

Su Mo slapped his head and suddenly understood!

"How could I have forgotten about this! I still have more than a hundred treasure chests. If I open those treasure chests, I might be able to get other better cards to duplicate!"

With there being a Random Resource Generation Card, it was hard not to predict that there would be a Fixed Resource Generation Card later on.

If he could directly receive a fixed copper or iron ore Generation Card from the treasure chests, even if the production level was not high, it would still be able to increase his growth rate.

"Today… No! Tomorrow morning, I'll start researching how to upgrade the shelter. When the space has been expanded, I'll open all the treasure chests in one go!"

Walking to the shining wall of treasure chests, Su Mo's eyes flashed.

If there was an endless stream of resources, the barren land would no longer be as empty as it was when it was in Magoo's time.

Copper ores, iron ores, and even rare earth ores, as well as other resources; with the activation of the Resource Card, this piece of barren land would become the richest place in this wasteland, becoming a fertile land that everyone envied.

The new resource function opened the door to a new world.

Even though he was stuck inside the Underground Shelter, Su Mo only felt the urge and motivation to do everything now.

After carefully placing the cards in the storage space, he went to the supplies storage. Su Mo multi-tasked and started to prepare dinner.

"Kobold… Lion clan… I have to get rid of them as soon as possible. Otherwise, with so many resources appearing around me, these monsters will definitely come to raid them. However, it doesn't matter if they do snatch them. If there are ores, I'll rob them after they mine some. It would be the same as if I had mined them myself."

"Hm. Since I've gotten yeast now, let's ferment some dough today and make some steamed buns for later."

Su Mo picked up the bag of flour that had just been opened and a small bag of yeast. He went to the stove and started to prepare the dough.

Steamed sweet buns were a specialty dish of the Northwesterners.

In the past, he hadn't had any ingredients, so naturally he hadn't been able to enjoy them as much. He had enjoyed eating steamed sweet buns and drinking soup along with it, but now that he had the yeast powder to make the dough, it was easy for him.

He took out a bit of yeast and some white sugar. He mixed the two with warm water and poured them into the flour. He kneaded them until the point where the 'three signs' were apparent: his hand no longer had flour sticking to it, the basin as well, and the dough was taut and shiny.

He could just put the dough aside and let them rise.

At the same time, he took out some rice and lit the firewood under the stove. He used the hairdryer to heat it, and the congee was cooked beautifully.

With the addition of the psychic energy water, the rising process of the dough was sped up.

In just half an hour, when he realized that the dough structure passed the "window pane" test, Su Mo skillfully took out the dough, divided it and kneaded the pieces into the shape of a steamed buns.

He put them into the steaming pot at the side and covered the pot with the lid. Within half an hour, the steamed buns and rice porridge were freshly cooked.

"Hiss… The steamed buns steamed with psychic energy water are too fragrant. I can smell the fragrance even through the lid!"

Swallowing his saliva, he estimated that it was about time to take them out. He lifted the lid of the pot and looked at the big white steamed buns on it. A sense of happiness surged through him!

Of course, when Su Mo turned his head to the side, the trio of pets could not help but start crying out in hunger. They could not wait to 'share' the steamed buns inside.

Returning to the supplies storage, Su Mo took out the seaweed and vegetables.

He scooped the porridge into the trio's bowls and tore some buns into smaller pieces and threw them into the bowl as well.

Seeing the Big Spark and Little Spark eating so happily, Oreo, who was lying on the ground, started barking greedily too. Su Mo himself couldn't help but start to salivate.

He tore open the steamed bun, added some seaweed strands and squeezed the pieces tightly together!

With one bite, Su Mo bit off a third of the bun. The solid exterior texture of the steamed bun contrasted with its soft interior texture; mixed with the salty and spicy taste of the seaweed strips, the flavors exploded in his mouth almost instantaneously.

The stimulating taste and smell made sweat appear on Su Mo's forehead immediately.

He took another bite. Before the taste in his mouth dissipated, he blew on the fragrant and sweet rice porridge beside him and gulped down half a bowl.

At a time like this, Su Mo felt that… even if he were to get the geothermal resources, he would not be as happy as he was now!

The dopamine secretion brought on by consuming the delicacies had completely exceeded the original products. It was so stimulating that it made him feel dizzy.

Three bites to finish a bun, and four to finish a bowl of rice congee.

Su Mo ate until his stomach started to protest. When he really could not eat anymore, he stopped.

"Wow, this is the first time I've realized that a normal home-cooked meal on Earth could be so enjoyable. I was so busy then and I lost out on many opportunities for happiness!"

Rubbing his bulging belly, Su Mo sat on the ground. He leaned against the stone bench behind him and stared blankly at the ceiling.

After the crazy waves of dopamine surged, they would slowly disappear, and what would be left was just a void.

Naturally, humans would enter the legendary period of "reflection".

It was only at this time that most people would jump out from the confines of their heavy shells and think from the perspective of God.

"If this continues, it looks like my previous plan will be completely overturned!"

With a wave of his hand, Su Mo's hand-drawn map slowly flew out of the storage space and landed on the ground. He then pulled out the resource map on the game interface.

Taking out a pen, Su Mo began to seriously modify the data, making the terrain markings on it more precise. He also marked the amount of resources available on the map.

Apart from the sulfur mine and the newly-discovered geothermal resources, there was a whole basin. At the very least, according to the current view, there was a piece of land that seemed to contain fossil fuel below the shelter.

He did not know whether this resource was naturally generated or not. Even after trying, Su Mo could not see the attributes.

However, this also indirectly showed that it was completely possible to move the oil well over!

"Initially, I thought that this was just an ordinary survival game. Now, it feels like a real-time simulator that requires you to build a city…

"Wars of the World!"

On the upper right hand corner of the map, Su Mo used his wrist strength to write these four words!

If he wanted to develop his technology quickly, he would need resources. The most basic ones were copper ore, iron ore, coal, wood, oil, and then ranging all the way to higher-level geothermal and various rare minerals.

If these things were fixed spawns on the map, it would be fine if only one of them existed. Everyone could share it together and there wouldn't be any conflicts over them.

However, the problem before him had suddenly changed!

Resources were not only available on the map, but could also be generated near the shelter's territory through the resource card.

As a result, those without resources became poorer and poorer, and those with resources became richer and richer. Over time, there would naturally be waves of competition.

Outsiders would fight for resources, and the humans would also fight amongst themselves for resources.

"If I want to transform this barren 'Great Depression' into a rich 'Su Mo's Basin', not only will I need a lot of resource generating cards but, most importantly…"

"Martial force!"

Chapter 132: A Desire For Military Force! Trade For Ancient Martial Art!

"Military force…."

Repeatedly chanting these two words, Su Mo thought about the plans for the future he had previously and was a little surprised.

A few days ago, he was still a gentle and meek citizen from Earth, thinking about how to survive in this cruel wasteland.

Tens of days later, he was now considering using military force to protect his interests and development.

This transformation of mentality was not unpleasant.

At the same time, thinking about it, it was extremely reasonable!

In the beginning, after arriving at the Doomsday wasteland, people would always hold the mentality of a citizen; thinking about how to survive, how to live more comfortably, and how to withstand the next disaster.

With a mental state like that, there would not be any inclinations toward fighting for hegemony. At most, everyone would only be occupied with thoughts of how to protect themselves better.

Now that he had met the basic objectives of his development plans, and with the accumulation of so many advantages from before, with the system's help, Su Mo was fully qualified to start having new ideas!

"If military force is to be used, then it is not logical for me to guard such a huge territory alone. Even with the help of my father, the family would only have two combat personnel. To strategize within a distance of tens of kilometers and battling against hundreds of people, our numbers would be far too few. It definitely won't work!"

Before the development of technology, the size and numbers could still influence the balance of battle.

For example, if there were a group of kobolds without the leadership of a kobold mage, perhaps if there were forty or fifty warrior kobolds in the attacking group, Su Mo could use his advantages and equipment to defeat them without fear at all.

However, if those forty or fifty kobolds were increased to four or five hundred kobolds, even if Su Mo was a robot, he would not have the courage to challenge the army of kobolds.

"To develop science and technology, upgrade the science and technology tree, and establish factories to increase production yields in a sustainable cycle; these all require a large number of people."

"To guard a territory, protect its resources from others, and have sufficient strength to deter the enemy; these too require a large number of people."

"To upgrade shelters, develop stronger anti-disaster technology and structures also requires massive amounts of survival points and materials; these also require a large number of people to achieve."

Analyzing each statement one by one, Su Mo's affairs were all jotted down into the diary.

If civilization had already been established, and the home ground was still Earth with a functional government leadership, Su Mo naturally would not have such thoughts.

Unfortunately, after arriving at the wasteland, human beings were left in a precarious situation and the government had disintegrated. If one wanted to live in this doomsday wasteland and establish themselves by their own power, then one had to have a schedule and plan of action!

"I should first find myself some candidates and wait until father arrives to help me advise on these matters; he analyses people very accurately. By then I would be in charge of external combat and the scramble for resources, while father could lead people to build and develop territories. While waiting for me to collect resources for upgrades, he could be in charge of managing the internal affairs!"

"In this wasteland, I will use the advantages gained over this period to expand as much as I can. Before becoming the strongest, I cannot relax even for a day!"

At this moment, Su Mo was very thankful that he was not alone in the fight.

At least in hindsight, the situation would be more reliable with the help of his family rather than entrusting his back to a stranger in the doomsday world.

Once again making sure that everything had been recorded down, Su Mo took out the steamed pot of buns and put them aside. He extinguished the firewood and started training.

The body is an asset.

Especially in the doomsday wasteland, he could not afford to skimp on training it even just a bit.

Without the development and innovation of mechanical technology to cover for the weaknesses of the human body, physical training and development became paramount; the stronger one's body became, the greater their chances of survival.

"The speed of my training is still too slow. To begin with, the process of increasing physical fitness is something that improves over time. Perhaps I am being too impatient."

Over the past few days, the increase in strength had been minimal and not as satisfying as the substantial increases he gained after entering the ruins twice previously.

Su Mo could not help but feel a bit anxious.

"To speak of personal combat abilities, I only have a set of basic grappling moves. To beat the kobolds, this would still be considered passable, but its usage would be less viable against someone with physical strength similar to mine!"

While doing push-ups and burpees to strengthen his cardiovascular system and increase his lung capacity, Su Mo thought about the different combat options he had.

The grappling moves were easy to use, especially once you captured the essence of a maneuver. If they were used flexibly and in combination, it did have the ability to be lethal.

However, grappling was different from those ancient martial arts, which were all about killer moves. The essence of grappling centered around the concept of "suppression".

When used against the enemy, there were very few killer moves.

When he fought the enemies earlier this morning, Su Mo could feel the slowness in his actions and thoughts in his head when faced with many kobolds.

Su Mo found it more efficient to hold a spear in his hand and stab them indiscriminately rather than using any skills.

This delay in reactions and thoughts was very dangerous, especially in battle, where indecisiveness could lead to a lost opportunity or even being killed by others.

"Should I search the trading channel for marksmanship or ancient martial arts skills to practice?"

As soon as the thought emerged, it instantly began to grow wildly in Su Mo's heart.

Su Mo stopped working out after he thought about it carefully. He found the idea to be indeed feasible!

There were many fake martial arts styles on Earth. Many people thought that there were no genuine martial arts that existed but, in fact, there were many wonderful people who really did possess them.

They would not show their faces in public, but in certain places, depending on the family or the martial arts school, real "killer moves" were passed down from generation to generation.

Ordinary people would normally not have access to these people, nor would they be able to understand their true abilities.

However, with the current situation in the wasteland, everyone was connected by the World Channel, being the primary platform for communication.

Furthermore, everyone was working hard every day just for a morsel of food. Perhaps someone possessed such useful skills but lacked food, and they might consider making an exchange?

The more he thought about it, Su Mo excitedly opened the World Channel as he looked at the big white steamed buns that were still warm on the chopping board.

After thinking about the wording, and editing the order of the words, Su Mo's message appeared on the World Channel.

[Su Mo: Looking to purchase a combat technique. Requirements: Can be successfully learnt and practiced, has high lethality and is an inherited technique. Preferably a spear or marksmanship technique, though fist techniques are welcomed too. Not techniques that are used to strengthen the bodies of elderly people! Open worldwide. If you are interested in sending me a private message, feel free to add me as a friend. Replies on the World Channel will not be entertained!]

After sending the message, Su Mo took one glance at the scrolling speed of the World Channel screen, before choosing to send the message once more.

At this moment, most people on the World Channel first noticed an extremely dazzling "No. 1" title sign, and then after seeing Su Mo's name clearly, the World Channel went into a frenzy!

These days, every time Su Mo appeared on the World Channel, he would bring up a topic for discussion by the people.

The last time was a warning against evildoers, which disappointed many people who were hoping to trade for something.

However, this time, after seeing Su Mo's message about trading, this group of people instantly became energetic, and the scrolling speed of the World Channel screen suddenly increased rapidly.

[If one doesn't understand, one can just ask. What kind of combat technique? I, Mona, Chongyun, Keli, Wendy, and Master Lu played thieves. I feel my abilities are good!]

[Almighty Su, I have a secret combat technique that has never been disclosed. 365 postures, each of which can make your "enemies" never want to stop. Now if you want to buy it, I will give you a method to strengthen your kidneys. Guaranteed that you can take off happily at night every day for 365 days!]

[Su Mo, lad, I am the head of the Hunyuan Xingyi Tai Chi School, Ma Guobao. Traditional kungfu speaks of strength and accomplishes great tasks with little effort. Even more than two hundred catties of British strongmen can't hold against a single finger of mine. If you ask whether I can represent traditional kungfu, then the answer is no. However, if you want to learn martial arts, I have the unique Ma-style Tai Chi Fist Technique, as well as the lightning five-strike, which has never been passed down to others. If you are sincere, add me as a friend and we will chat privately!"

[The 145th generation descendant of the Yang Family Spear came to visit… Uh, if you have to ask what the Yang Family Spear Technique is, then I can only say that my surname is Yang! The technique I am using is the Yang Family Spear!"

[I have a pistol. Does Almighty Su want to exchange something for it? It's useless for you to learn kungfu. Outside seven steps, the gun is fast and, within seven steps, the gun is even more accurate and fast. If you buy my gun, who dares to show you kungfu? You will be able to destroy him right away!]

[It's almost the year 9012. Are there still people who don't know that kungfu is made up to deceive people? You ask me if I believe it? If you give me food, I will believe it, if you don't give it to me, I won't believe it.]

…

There were many talented people on the World Channel, and all kinds of information flooded forth like a tide, refreshing on the screen rapidly.

Once they had passed the most difficult period, most people were just trying to have some fun amidst the hardship, at least on the chat channel, and things were much less hostile than before.

When it comes to setting trading conditions, Su Mo was smart enough to directly set the threshold for offers.

Only those who actively added him as a friend for private messages would be chosen to make a deal.

After the update, adding strangers required points. Those who wanted to beg or talk nonsense would be rejected before reaching this threshold.

There was no private message for the time being, but Su Mo did not panic. He sat on the stone bench and waited patiently.

Not everyone would stay on the chat channel all the time to check the news, but Su Mo believed that as long as one person in a gathering spot or shelter saw it, everyone would quickly learn about the request through word of mouth.

The advantages from earlier did not only bring Su Mo the convenience of walking ahead of everyone, but it also brought with it a lot of other advantages.

This was the benefit derived from strength and the added value brought about by status and glory.

Sure enough, after a while, the game panel notified him of incoming friend requests. Opening the panel, and after taking a closer look, Su Mo laughed.

"Sure enough, everything… is under control!"

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Chapter 133: Terrific Deal, Trading Steamed Buns For Spear Technique!

After a short interval, the friend requests for private messages gradually became active.

Su Mo emptied some unrelated private message requests into the recycle bin. Looking at the small red number on the upper right, Su Mo patiently waited.

In the blink of an eye, the number changed from 1 to 3, and continued to rise steadily. Almost every few seconds, new requests would appear.

"It's no wonder that, in the ancient times on Earth, those aristocrats or overlords, and even those heroes, all valued fame so much."

"Even in this doomsday wasteland, reputation is also important!"

Seeing the rapidly increasing numbers, Su Mo was full of emotion.

If he had been just an unknown person today, his message on the World Channel would have been submerged in the flurry of messages in seconds.

However, with the honor of being the number one person in the world, and having the title of the strongest disaster-resistant shelter, his words were law.

Countless people crazily pursued Su Mo to obtain a sliver of interest or profit that might have slipped past his fingers.

Seeing that the number of friend requests finally exceeded ten, Su Mo started to open the private message panel to check the information in these people's applications.

[Zhang Tianzhi: I'm the sixty-seventh generation descendant of the Wing Chun martial arts school, and possess great skill. Although Wing Chun is not that strong in actual combat, it is effective in small-scale combat situations. If Mr. Su Mo is willing to join our school, I could pass on the knowledge of Wing Chun.]

[Dong Bo: Yellow Flower Spear technique; with a long spear, wielded as if painting, stirring waves like a dragon and attacking like diving geese. No matter if you are fighting monsters or fighting people, you can take the initiative. We can talk about the terms in detail.]

[Sun Ruijin: Thunder Spear technique; to draw the spear with the agility of wild horses, reflect blows like a mirror and entangle enemies like pythons in the trees. It can be light or heavy, fast or slow. If Mr. Su Mo can pay respects to our ancestors with the three prayers and nine bows, the skill can be passed on from us to you.]

…

If he had never seen the messages, he would have never known. Su Mo was shocked when he saw them.

These masters of ancient martial arts were very verbose about their abilities, so they wrote down the characteristics of their techniques as much as possible in the friend request, and named their requirements at the same time.

Su Mo was not particularly resistant against the tradition of three prayers and nine bows before being accepted into a school. However, what he was afraid of was that the other party might continue to have requests under the pretext of brotherhood and sisterhood of the same affiliation of martial arts.

If he did not give in to their requests given their nominal brotherhood relationship, Su Mo, who had tasted the benefits of fame, was wary that it would damage his reputation in the wasteland.

If he did give in to their requests, if these people kept begging like bloodsucking worms, it would cause him endless headaches.

Without approving the friend requests of these people, Su Mo continued to wait patiently.

After waiting for half an hour, there were still no changes in the number of requests.

Just as Su Mo was about to choose from one of the previous requests, a new request was received.

Just looking at the introduction that accompanied the request, Su Mo gave up the idea of continuing to wait in an instant and simply accepted the request.

On the private message panel, the other party's avatar slowly appeared, flashing with a bright light.

In the chat panel, the introductory message of the friend request was simultaneously displayed in the first few lines.

The wording was very simple.

[Yue Fa: Descendant of Yue Family Spear technique, former head of the 13th Division of the Armed Forces, champion of the Army's 7-year military competition. Killing skills will only be passed on to individuals of pure-heartedness.]

Simple sentences like these were much more reliable in Su Mo's eyes than those who had boasted about their skills from before.

The ancient martial arts were described magnificently, and sounded as magical as the miraculous movements of the universe and the Nine Yang Divine Skill described in the martial arts novels.

In fact, to put it bluntly, these techniques on Earth were variants of fighting techniques.

The people who developed these techniques had spent their entire lives studying how to use the shortest time and least effort to destroy the enemy. They were techniques that specialized in posture, force, and killing.

Besides, after so many generations, the power and reputation of each style were not determined just by the exaggerated words used to describe the technique. The strength of a technique was proven not by its fanciful description or great reputation, but rather by its end result.

Ancient martial arts techniques without any record of results were like the reflection of moonlight in the well, flowers floating on the water, the master himself not understanding it, let alone passing it on to others to practice.

Successfully adding Yue Fa as a friend, Su Mo was still in deep thought when the other party's video call came in.

"Huh? Why does everyone have to video call for all kinds of matters in the wasteland these days? It is not very friendly to someone with social anxiety like me!"

Looking at the video invitation with a headache, Su Mo had to accept the call for the sake of the Yue Family Spear technique.

Buzz~

The familiar electric current hum sounded and, on the opposing video screen, a man with an ordinary face, but a sense of firmness and righteousness, appeared.

If thrown into a crowd, the appearance of the other party would have easily been submerged.

However, Su Mo did not dare to look down upon him at this time.

"Hello?"

Grumble…

"Hmm! Hello Su Mo!"

Yue Fa's reply was very simple but, when he spoke, a groaning sound came from his belly embarrassingly.

In an instant, Yue Fa, who had still been wearing a stern expression, broke his pretense, with a trace of embarrassment present on his face.

"This… I already know your character, Su Mo. I just want to ask you three questions…"

"Please ask!" Keeping the words to a minimum to maintain his facial expression, Su Mo did not lose his posture, sitting on a chair with a firm disposition as well.

The Yue Family Spear Technique had both a name and a reputation. Su Mo was not surprised by Yue Fa's test.

In the video, after Su Mo uttered the words "Please ask!", Yue Fa burst into a shout, his eyes gleaming.

"Answer me!"

"Do you have a history of committing crimes?"

In an instant, it was as if an endless murderous aura gushed out from across the screen and struck at him.

Seated upright, Su Mo yelled out the word "No" loudly and clearly, his blood still surging from the constant fighting with the kobolds over many days. .

"Do you regret that you have killed your kind?"

Concerning this question, Su Mo did not hesitate either and once again replied, "No".

Hearing Su Mo's first two firm answers, a trace of "gladness" appeared on Yue Fa's face.

Just when Su Mo thought that the questioning session was coming to an end, the next second, the sensation of a furious beast attacking came through the screen.

At this moment, even Su Mo could not bear the magnitude and threatening aura of Yue Fa's sudden technique.

As if benefiting from the fidelity of the video call on the game panel, at this time, in front of Su Mo, it looked as if Yue Fa was right in front of him in an attacking posture.

This feeling was very astonishing, but also very strange.

Su Mo told himself in his heart that this man could not attack him through the screen, but his body's reaction could not be hidden, trembling at the experience!

"Answer me! Have you ever killed innocent people?"

When the momentum accumulated to its highest peak, Yue Fa finally could not hold back his energy, and he burst out with a loud voice that shook Su Mo's eardrums.

It was hard to imagine that this kind of sound could be made by a person who had not been eating properly.

"No! My behavior is upstanding and upright. I do things with a clear conscience. Good is good, evil is evil; distinct and clear cut. This is the truth for me now and it will always be the same way!"

Su Mo got up in the same way and took a defensive fighting posture, resisting the threat from Yue Fa, while slowly spitting out his answer.

In the next second, with an uncontrollable smile on Yue Fa's face, the two of them relaxed their postures at the same time, and the tension suddenly eased.

"Who would have thought that Su Weiyi, that old fella, who had never done anything major in his life, had taught his son quite well!"

Yue Fa waved his hand in a lonely manner as if remembering something, his expression showing nostalgia and sentimentality.

Hearing this, Su Mo was taken aback.

"Do you… know my dad?"

Su Weiyi, Su Mo's father.

He was also a well-known engineer in the army, but because of his age, he switched over to a clerical position.

Years later, his father retired and went to sea to do business and started to enjoy life with his mother.

Regarding the military career of his younger days, Su Mo had only heard of it when his father boasted about it while drunk.

Su Mo was surprised when he suddenly heard his father's name coming out of someone else's mouth!

"Huh, your dad was the one who watched my martial arts competitions in the audience. I know him? Were it not for the time that he came to me to learn some self-defense moves, I would not have known him!"

Yue Fa looked arrogant, but there were a lot of emotions in his tone as if he was missing their interactions from those years.

After a while, smacking his lips, Yue Fa continued to speak, "Su Mo, lad, I won't involve you in my friendship with your dad. About my Yue Family Spear technique, you can name a price yourself. I, your Uncle Yue, have not eaten a full meal for over ten days."

After saying this, Yue Fa could no longer bear the sourness in his stomach. He swallowed the saliva in his mouth, and looked at the steamed buns behind Su Mo in the video with light in his eyes.

Had he passed the test?

Hearing Yue Fa's words, Su Mo was overjoyed. Just now the Yue Family Spear technique shown by Yue Fa was but a posture, and the threatening aura that came out from that alone was enough to suffocate him.

This kind of good stuff, if he could learn a few moves, he would never be at a disadvantage anymore in close-quarters combat in the future!

After thinking for a while, Su Mo smiled while looking at Yue Fa's "hungry" gaze, and said tentatively, "How about this? I will be fully responsible for the courier fee for the next transaction. For items within 12 kg, flour, rice, whatever you want to eat, I will make it for you on the spot and send it via express delivery!"

The weight of the materials, 2 points for every 3 kilograms, divided into multiple transactions, with 8 points for express delivery costs; to others at this stage, this was a huge sum of money, but for Su Mo, it was not worth mentioning.

He had received 632 points previously, plus the subsequent 500 points for destroying the Lion people's shelter, so the balance he had on hand was still a lot.

Yue Fa, who was on the opposite side, heard this and could not help himself anymore. He shouted directly, "Fine! Enough, enough! Just send me all the big white steamed buns behind you first, and you can convert the rest into raw rice for me."

It was a transaction that made both parties very "satisfied" and was quickly completed in a harmonious atmosphere.

Watching the steamed buns and rice enter the storage space and then disappear, the words "Successful Transaction" slowly appeared floating up after.

There was a flash of light, and a booklet recording the Yue Family Spear technique appeared in Su Mo's hands.

Without opening it, Su Mo focused his attention on the booklet in his mind. The next second, he looked at the attributes that appeared on the booklet.

Su Mo was shocked!

"This thing can also be upgraded?"

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Chapter 134: Spear Technique Acquired! The Second Plan

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

[Yue Family Spear Technique (Excellent)]

[Description: A set of spear techniques from the Yue Family martial arts style, which was passed down by Grand Marshal Yue, full name Yue Fei. The Yue Family Spear has unique techniques and is known as the "king of spears"; its techniques are simple in action, drawing in and controlling the enemy with every move, and killing with a single strike. The offensive techniques are thrust, pierce, stab, sweep, and flick, while the defensive techniques are standard; whirl, hook, parry, and deflect. Yue Family Spear technique integrates both defense and offense in its movements. Defending by attacking and fortifying while attacking, so that the enemy has no opportunity to fight back.]

[Killing move: Solitary smoke in the desert, sunset over the river]

[First upgrade direction : Reduce the loopholes of the Yue Family Spear technique. Slightly increases the power of its moves, and slightly reduces the difficulty of learning and using the technique. Survival points required (220)]

[Second upgrade direction: Match the Yue Family Spear technique with a body forging method. Improves the Yue Family Spear style and matches with the host's combat abilities, greatly simplifying the difficulty of learning. Survival points needed (580)]

[Comment: Hey! Stop thinking about upgrading to the level of divine cultivation. If you have the time for that, isn't it better to find an automatic spear?]

Traversing to this world, and having experienced so many strange things, Su Mo certainly held some desire toward the legendary divine cultivation technique.

"The two upgrade methods can greatly reduce the difficulty of my learning and practice. Although I can't upgrade it to the divine level of martial arts or cultivation, it is still reasonable!"

Touching his head while looking at the comment given by the system, Su Mo's words were righteous and stern.

Even if he could not upgrade it to a divine cultivation technique, so what? After looking at the pros and cons of the two upgrade methods, Su Mo chose the second one without hesitation.

Only with combat effectiveness could one do more things and obtain more survival points.

Naturally, Su Mo calculated the investment.

580 survival points were deducted, and a burst of black light was slowly released from his body, attracting the booklet in his hand, as it slowly floated into the air.

Even without any wind, it moved automatically, and the booklet began to slowly turn its pages under the guidance of the black light.

At the same time, the original clear ink strokes, under the stimulation of the black light, seemed to be possessed and floated up from the pages.

The text constantly trembled and rearranged themselves while the pictures were repeatedly distorted, as if dancing.

The black light scoured the booklet over and over again, as if baptizing it; injecting new life into the Yue Family Spear technique.

In Su Mo's vision, the "Yue" in the "Yue Family Spear technique" on the cover of the booklet began to deform, slowly turning into the very familiar "Su"!

"Su Family Spear technique?"

Before Su Mo's voice ended, the booklet suddenly burst out in dazzling light, as if it had found its home, rushing straight into Su Mo's mind.

Complex messages began to be generated automatically in his mind.

Compared to the memory transmission method of the game panel, the system's method was extremely crude. In an instant, Su Mo seemed to have arrived at a martial arts arena.

In front of him, an illusory figure held a spear and nodded at Su Mo, who looked bewildered. Then, without talking nonsense, the system directly began to showcase the improved Su Family Spear technique.

The figure performed the motions rapidly, moving gorgeously and freely, back and forth between opening and closing stances.

Even if it was Su Mo's first time seeing the rumored spear technique, he could feel its beauty and fluidity. As for whether he could understand it, Su Mo simply said, "Good, good! Once more!"

'To arrive at a martial arts arena, even if I can't understand it, I'll just watch it as a show, eh? Just have fun!'

The insider knows the ropes, while the outsider just comes along for the ride. Su Mo did not understand the use of these moves, so he simply sat down and applauded.

However, the next second, the figure seemed to be provoked by Su Mo.

The originally hollow eyes suddenly seemed to have a hint of life.

At the same time, the figure vigorously threw the spear in his hand in Su Mo's direction.

"Hey! Really?"

Su Mo looked at the long spear that had fallen in front of him and noticed that another spear had appeared in the hands of the figure, and the figure was rushing over in strides. Its posture made Su Mo scream in fright, and he picked up the spear and ran away immediately.

A wise man does not fight when the odds are against him. Su Mo did not know what would happen if he was defeated in this realm, so he had to lower his head and escape.

During the period of chasing and fleeing, the figure remained two steps behind Su Mo, stabbing the spear from time to time at his waist and then at his buttocks.

"Goodness gracious, if this can be tolerated, what else cannot be? Humiliating me this way... you're doomed!"

He could feel that the figure was still performing its wretched actions, Su Mo turned around "furiously", replacing his usual fist motions with the spear, and was about to use moves from his regular combat style.

However, before Su Mo could attack with the spear, subconsciously, his movements were slowly altered by muscle memory, and streams of information were constantly transmitted.

Spear Knee Strike?

Dragon's Tongue?

Rising Phoenix Sun!

Two Poles Division…

More and more information was being transmitted as Su Mo fought against the figure, and the moves were gradually becoming more familiar to him. Compared to his previous combat style, it was several levels better.

After finishing the first round, Su Mo had gained new insights. Then the second round commenced.

While defending, Su Mo even caught the opportunity to counterattack from time to time.

After the third round had ended, just as Su Mo had been eagerly gearing up to fight, as if a trance had ended, his eyes suddenly became clear. In front of him stood the wall of the Underground Shelter.

The booklet containing the Su Family Spear technique in front of him suddenly lost its ability to float and fell to the ground with a muffled noise.

Squatting down, Su Mo picked up the booklet and began to browse through it under the light.

The cover of the booklet had turned brand new. On the pages, the Su Family Spear technique was as if dragons were flying and phoenixes dancing...

In the booklet, Su Mo carefully looked through the moves inside. Starting from the first move "Spear Knee Strike", the next moves were exactly the same techniques that he had performed during the three rounds in the martial arts arena just now.

There seemed to be muscle memory hidden in Su Mo's body of every move and every style.

Looking at the pictures on the booklet, Su Mo felt that it was more reasonable.

"It turns out that the system's so-called 'greatly simplifying the difficulty of learning' means this? I thought that I had to learn it slowly by myself."

This time he tried practicing the spear technique again in reality. Although it was a bit jerky, every move was able to be performed to a basic level, and he could be considered a "beginner" in the technique.

Su Mo tried practicing a round of the technique, and a rush of heat seemed to gush from his lower abdomen, flowing to all parts of his limbs.

His ligaments, that were originally stiff from sitting on the ground for a long time, gradually felt sore as they were slowly stretched apart.

"My body is too stiff. It's not too bad though, this spear technique can stretch the ligaments and improve my flexibility!"

The booklet was carefully placed in the storage space. Su Mo was very satisfied with today's gain.

The shelter's development, material collection, and personal combat ability; these three lines went hand in hand.

With excitement, Su Mo practiced the technique repeatedly. After a few rounds though, Su Mo stopped; his ligaments protested strongly, indicating that if he were to continue practicing, they were about to split open.

Seeing that it was getting late, after some light movements to cool down, he returned to the workbench. Su Mo began to quietly plan the construction route of the shelter.

The low temperature of minus 20 degrees accompanied by the blizzard was indeed dangerous and fatal, but it was not that human beings could not survive in such an environment.

In history, Stalin, who was exiled six times, was exiled to a small village near the Arctic Circle and lived there alone for five years.

For five years, he lived in a simple wooden house, lived on the resources obtained from the activities of hunting and fishing, and survived a hard life in Siberia with the weather being close to minus sixty degrees.

At the same time, it was this kind of environment and experience that created his steel-like will!

"The current base plan must include two floors. To match the one floor reparated here from the Deep-sea Shelter, this floor must also be 220 square meters."

On a large piece of paper, Su Mo made his designs and began to conceive them by drawing.

The food and supplies from so many treasure chests cannot be stored given the size of the current storage area.

Even if he were to farm relentlessly after this, he also needed a cold storage facility to keep food fresh after harvesting, and to minimize the deterioration of food resources.

"Build a large-scale cold storage facility!"

On the upper right side of the paper, Su Mo wrote these words. At the same time, he drew a circle with a pen, and put an emphasis mark on the front.

With the instantaneous creation function of the safehouse core, the construction of the cold storage facility did not require a construction team, nor any digging by himself, which was extremely convenient.

As long as the thought was prompted in his mind, he could just put down the core of the safehouse, and the cold storage facility would be constructed.

"I need to open up an underground space for this cold storage facility. The initial area will be set at 100 square meters. When the time comes, it will be sealed directly. I will find a way to build a passage directly to the main shelter and install a door."

"The materials used in daily life will be stored in the outdoor storage area. After the temperature drops in the cold storage facility, the door will be closed to maintain the temperature inside, which will be used to store large amounts of food and objects that should be kept away from high temperatures."

With these thoughts, a brief structure began to take shape on the paper after a few strokes.

Compared to the food storage space in the current shelter, it was inevitable that the area of ??the cold storage facility had to be greatly expanded if a large-scale shelter was to be built in the future.

In this setting, it would be a bit troublesome to place it in the shelter. It would be better to open a separate underground shelter and try to link it up.

"Also a garage for this a new underground space has to be opened and connected to the Underground Shelter through the passageway as well."

Next to the words cold storage facility, Su Mo wrote down the word "garage".

There was no computer, so naturally there was no CAD drawing software. To create a qualified design blueprint, after the previous incident with Shen Yitian, Su Mo could only patiently figure out a solution by himself.

Besides, Earth Tiger and other future vehicles would certainly not be constrained to just one, so a large underground garage would be necessary.

However, there was no rush at this stage. He could first create a 100 cubic-meter space to park Earth Tiger.

When larger vehicles were added in the future, new plans could be made.

Suddenly having a new floor plan and two modules independent of the shelter gave Su Mo a headache.

Despite the issues, Su Mo continued to draw for over an hour, a simple first draft slowly emerging on paper, comprising two additional modules, with a two-floored design.

It included the kitchen, the wet and dry bathroom areas, and a toilet.

Additionally, in the space on the second floor, Su Mo specially partitioned some space to build a gym for training as well.

"It's all over the place. I don't know whether the system will recognize my design!"

With an uneasy mood, Su Mo focused mentally and looked at the drawing.

"System, system, this is the design blueprint of the shelter."

...

"This is the shelter's design!"

After several moments of silent chanting, it seemed as if the system was annoyed by the chanting, and an illusory interface popped up!

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Chapter 135: Upgrade! Lv2 Underground Shelter!

[Shabby Design Blueprint of Shelter]

[Description: A inadequate shelter design blueprint designed by the inexperienced architect "Su Mo". Contains large and small architectural errors, 42 common sense engineering violations, 7 major defects, and 89 architectural violations. There are 27 minor defects, the planning is extremely unreasonable, most of the area is wasted, and the construction cost is huge. It is not recommended to directly proceed according to this plan.]

[First upgrade direction: Refactor the design of the shelter blueprint, greatly reduce common sense errors, retain the original design concept, and greatly improve the building's disaster resistance. Survival points required (120)]

[Second upgrade direction: Make amends for the defects of the architectural design, modify common sense errors in the design blueprint, retain design concepts, add water and electrical planning and transformation. Greatly improve the rationality of the design blueprint. Survival points required (300)]

[Third upgrade direction: Search for designs with the highest similarity to the architectural design as a blueprint reference, overrule the design concept, carry out reasonable planning, and slightly improve the use of space, disaster resistance, and comfort properties. Survival points required (280)]

[Comment: In designing this blueprint, your thought process has greatly exceeded your intelligence.]

"Sure enough, my way of thinking is good!"

Looking at the three options given by the system, Su Mo stood up from the workbench, rejoicing while adjusting his stiff neck.

If he had commissioned the shelter's design to others, it would cost fewer survival points. However, when he thought about the troubles that happened previously, Su Mo immediately dispelled this dangerous idea.

After all, it was the house he lived in. Spend more money and do less work. It was safer and more secure. There was absolutely no loss!

Putting the blueprint down on the table, Su Mo did not choose to upgrade it immediately. After moving to the crop culture room to look at the darkening sky outside, Su Mo began to wash up and prepared himself for bed.

Tomorrow was the day of his harvest from the arduous work he had done today.

Establishing the core of this shelter and relocating the second floor of the Deep-sea Shelter, both were important matters.

Su Mo sat on his small bed and turned on the heating pad. Before the bed warmed up, Su Mo, who had been exhausted from the day's activities, immediately fell asleep.

In the daylight hours of each day, Su Mo wished that he could double that time and spend them.

His life was the same as a stand-alone game, having a full schedule every day, and constantly completing one task after another.

Even in his dreams, Su Mo often had nightmares of being suddenly attacked by someone or of a monster coming to siege his shelter.

At this moment, all those burdens suddenly disappeared.

Dreamless, Su Mo slept extremely well and even produced slight snoring noises.

In the middle of the night, Big Spark and Little Spark, who were extremely afraid of the cold, slowly clambered onto the soft, quilt-like bed, both of them lying on either side of the bed.

Except for the sound of Su Mo's breathing, and Oreo's occasional saliva drooling and mouth moving as she dreamed of delicious food, the stable Underground Shelter was extremely quiet.

Even though he had an extremely standard biological clock, after waking up, Su Mo did not get up immediately, but rather changed his posture and fell asleep again happily.

Time was passing slowly…

Su Mo stayed in bed until about 11 o'clock. When he heard Oreo's movement running around in the living room in hunger, Su Mo woke up leisurely from his sleep.

The long sleep brought numbness to the brain, and a feeling of chaos came along with the headache.

He fumbled around for the psychic energy water cup on the bedside table, in a daze, Su Mo took a sip.

Suddenly…

His head no longer hurt!

His feet were no longer numb!

He felt energetic too!

The magical psychic energy water, just like mercurochrome, could take effect immediately after consumption, quickly alleviating the negative state of the human body.

Supporting himself on the edge of the bed, Su Mo adjusted his shoulders. He then stood up, put on his clothes, and walked into the living room.

The sunshine from the crop culture room was heating up and, with the slow flow of the wind, there was a gradual warmth spreading through the shelter.

Su Mo went to the command center and switched on the old TV.

He began to routinely check for danger outside the shelter.

"Oh, it's extremely sunny today. The weather is really good. It's a good time to start construction."

Turning the mechanical controller in his hand, the picture on the old TV began to change, raising the angle of view. The earth was quiet, and the wind stopped.

If one could look at the world in a calm state and set aside the anxiety that was caused by the impending blizzard in four days, it almost felt like winter was about to pass; spring was coming, and everything was about to recover.

"Without counting today, there are four more days before the blizzard arrives. I wonder how the others are preparing!"

After turning off the TV, Su Mo opened yesterday's system harvest panel to check the survival points while washing up.

[Doomsday Calendar Month 1, Day 17]

[You took a very comfortable hot bath and feel that your luck has improved (Survival points 15)]

[You have upgraded your vehicle "Earth Tiger" and the vehicle's environmental adaptability has become stronger (Survival points 15)]

[You caught the human who had schemed against you and interrogated him for a small amount of useful information (Survival points 15)]

[You suppressed your anger and successfully made your enemy feel anxious (Survival points 100)]

[You burned down a camp of a hostile race and seized a small amount of supplies, which greatly frustrated the morale of the hostile race (Survival points 200)]

[You experienced a "bloody" battle in an enemy camp (Survival points 30)]

[You have aroused the spirit of resistance among your same kind and helped them find a way forward. You are very pleased and do not feel ashamed of what you have done (Survival points 100)]

[Addition of a small resource node near your shelter (Survival points 20)]

[You have obtained an excellent technique which greatly enhances your strength in close combat and makes you feel more secure (Survival points 200)]

[Milestone: Wasteland driving distance exceeds 500km (Survival points 100)]

[Milestone: Wiped out more than 10 your own kind (Survival points 50)]

[Scanning host survival environment. Survival points evaluation in progress. 242 survival points gained today.]

…

Total calculation: Survival points 1087

Survival points remaining: 2304

"Great!"

"Finally broke through to 1000 survival points in a day. The next goal…"

"5000 points!"

With enough water, it was easier for Su Mo to wash up. Seeing the survival points income, Su Mo's heart was filled with emotion.

Some time ago, even 100 points a day was a huge sum for him and it took a day or two to collect that amount.

Now, his points grew by a thousand points in one day. This development speed was not unpleasant.

"After the meal, I will start to upgrade the shelter. Everything is ready, only waiting for an auspicious time!"

Su Mo took out the rice, put it on the pot and steamed it. After hastily finishing lunch, he sat in the shelter, and quietly waited for the arrival of noon.

When the time had almost arrived, the dark storage space opened up in front of Su Mo, and all the safehouse cores fell on the floor like balls.

The game prompt sounded simultaneously:

[Record: It is detected that the player has a complete safehouse core and meets the assimilation conditions. Do you wish for it to be assimilated?

This time, without any hesitation, Su Mo selected the core of Kento Maeda and confirmed it silently in his heart.

The turtle shell that belonged to Kento Maeda shattered and turned into a water-based substance that slipped from Su Mo's palm and fell on the ground.

Boom!

The entire shelter seemed to be kneaded by a big hand, trembling in waves. As the prickling sound ended, the base was larger than before, visible to the naked eye.

The area of the Underground Shelter shown on the game panel had also increased from 140 to 150 cubic meters.

At the same time, on the floor of the living room, all of Maeda's belongings were sorted into categories, neatly arranged according to their original storage locations in the core.

At this moment, there were 12 leftover damaged cores from the battles of Kento Maeda and his team.

Su Mo counted seven of them, summoned the game panel, and used all the seven cores at once.

Suddenly, a chemical reaction between the cores and the area seemed to have begun in the shelter, and a tremor that was even more terrifying than before hit.

Standing on the floor of the living room, Su Mo noticed that the objects around him were gradually moving.

The stone bench was moving away, and the sunlight in the crop culture room was also moving away into the distance. Even Oreo who was sitting at his feet began to drift away as the area expanded.

Everyone stood still, but the area was expanding in size.

With a thought, the attribute panel of the Underground Shelter opened automatically, and the new 220 cubic meter area suddenly appeared on it.

[Underground Shelter (Main)]

[Level: lv2]

[Description: A shelter made of thick and heavy rocks. It has two low-level transcendent attributes, which can resist extremely strong external impacts and small disasters. Being in this shelter will make you feel more secure]

[Space: 220 (1st floor: 4.2m high)]

[Completion: 100%]

[Facilities: Psychic energy water well, large scale vegetable culture medium, ventilation and lighting, three-section corridor defense…]

[Transcendent Ability: The water of the Mermaid clan, the wind of the lion clan]

[Currently available permissions:

[Rebuilding: (Rebuild the layout of the shelter and automatically generate partition walls. Number of uses: once. Please adjust carefully)]

[Connecting: (Maximum distance of Lv2 shelter connection: 200m. After connecting through the game panel, the attached cabin will be automatically share the attributes of the main shelter)]

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Chapter 136: Lv3 Conditions, Constructing The Third Floor!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Compared to the sky blue of the Deep-sea Shelter, the faint green of the main shelter's interface was always so gratifying. Moreover, it symbolized nature, life, and hope as well.

Seeing the new features expanded after the shelter level was upgraded to lv2, Su Mo nodded in satisfaction. At the same time, he tapped on the small question mark that appeared behind the level banner, selecting it in his mind.

This question mark did not appear during the last upgrade, but only did during this upgrade.

[Underground Refuge Lv3 Upgrade Preview]

[Condition 1: The main shelter should have already survived at least three disasters and, when the disaster ends, the durability of the shelter cannot be less than 50%. (Automatically entering the position of top ten in the world 1)]

[Condition 2: The overall area of ??the main shelter should be more than 200 square meters, and should have a complete living support system (bedroom, kitchen, bathroom...)]

[Condition 3: For underground shelters, the above-ground buildings must reach lv2, and the underground buildings must also reach lv2]

[Condition 4: For above-ground shelters, the underground buildings must reach lv2, and the above-ground buildings must also reach lv2]

[Condition 5: Pay 1000 disaster points to upgrade]

[New feature preview: Sanctuary (within a 3-kilometer radius of the main shelter, when a person that owns a core enters the territory, under the condition that the core level of said person is not higher than the main shelter's level, he/she will be regarded as one. Disaster level will not be increased. Quota of people: 5)]

[New feature preview: Submerge (the shelter submerges five meters deeper underground. Number of uses: 1)]

"Hey, it takes so many conditions to get to level 3, especially condition 3. Isn't this a restriction specifically aimed at pure underground shelters?"

The new feature regarding the sanctuary that would be provided upon reaching level 3 was not very practical for Su Mo.

On the other hand, to submerge five meters deeper, this new feature piqued Su Mo's interest very much.

In addition to the current five meters, the shelter would be able to submerge a total of ten meters. With the help of the thick stone walls, even if an atomic bomb were to strike, as long as it was not dead center, Su Mo would not have to be worried about the shelter when he was underground, where only shockwaves would be felt.

"It is a must to upgrade to level 3, but it has to be planned carefully. 1000 disaster points are required. That requirement alone is extremely tricky!"

Pondering the conditions stated, Su Mo tried to understand the meaning of these functions.

First was the new function of the shelter that allowed the base to accommodate five strong players of the same rank.

At the same time, this function also made it clear that one could be added to the shelter without needing anyone to leave marks, avoiding the awkwardness between groups of stronger individuals.

As for the above-ground and underground buildings reaching the second level, stated in conditions three and four, it showed that the game panel wanted to influence the direction of development of everyone's shelters.

"The second-level's ability is connecting, which ensures that the above-ground and underground can develop simultaneously, paving the way for reaching conditions 3 and 4 to achieve level 3. One of the third level's abilities is providing sanctuary. These conditions were made to expand the number of people in the shelter. If this trend continues, would the fourth level encourage rallying around and uniting everyone as one?"

"No! Although Magoo raised his shelter to level five, he chose to be alone from beginning to end, so... how is his shelter level five?"

Looking at conditions 3 and 4, Su Mo suddenly thought of Magoo's upgrade route.

Magoo's shelter could be seen through the attribute interface as an underground shelter, but his Deep-sea Shelter has no above-ground buildings at all, even the second floor for entering and exiting was also inside the hill, which was regarded as an underground building as well.

Since Magoo was able to reach the fifth level, it proved that he had completed the third level and, incidentally, also passed the subsequent fourth level.

Su Mo tried to check the attribute panel but, unfortunately, the levels of the attached shelter were locked and Su Mo could not see the following upgrade conditions.

He tapped on the interface and found the description of the Deep-sea Shelter. Looking at the text displayed, Su Mo began to carefully analyze how Magoo avoided the strict requirements of the system and reached the upgrade conditions.

"Magoo's shelter was inside a hill, while mine is also inside a hill!"

"The first floor of my shelter is five meters underground, his shelter..."

"Huh?? Magoo manipulated a bug!"

With a flash of inspiration, a detail jumped into Su Mo's mind.

Judging from the description of the Deep-sea Shelter, the Deep-sea Shelter must have been built from the bottom up. This could also be seen from the layout of the first and second floors.

All the valuables were placed on the upper floor by Magoo, and the lower floor had been turned into a garage.

Strictly speaking, although the Deep-sea Shelter was an underground shelter, in Su Mo's opinion, it was not much different from an above-ground shelter.

Especially when entering the second floor, one would need to walk up the hill to enter.

This led to the fact that, in the judgment of the game panel, the top floor was deemed an above-ground building, and the lower floor was considered an underground building.

Using the connecting function of lv2, Magoo easily connected the upper and lower floors and took control of both the floors simultaneously.

"Smart! Magoo is really smart! Sure enough, when one survived up to the last 1%, one had to have something up their sleeves!"

Slapping his forehead after understanding the upgrade bug, Su Mo's mind came alive.

If he was without Magoo's guidance and wanted to achieve a lv2 level above-ground building, Su Mo would still be thinking about building one on the ground.

However, a brighter road had appeared!

Since Magoo did this and the system recognized it, that meant that there was no need to build the above-ground building.

He only needed to ensure that his buildings were, to some degree, above the ground!

"Three floors! I know how to build additional layers more efficiently now! Magoo did not build the floors from top to bottom, but from bottom to top!"

The current shelter only had one floor, and it was submerged five meters deep underground, which left enough space above it!

As long as a layer could be built on top of the shelter, the two would be superimposed and, through the connecting function, that layer would become the second layer.

Then, when the time came, the shelter could be upgraded and submerged again to build another floor above it, and the one standing above would become the third floor!

"It turned out to be built according to the principle of stacking bricks. It only needs to be stacked one by one. If there is enough depth and sufficient cores to submerge even deeper in the ground, even dozens of floors underground would not be a problem, let alone three or five floors."

"It seems that I had been misguided in my way of thinking before. I always thought about how to continue digging a hole five meters deep underground. It seems that I still don't understand the gameplay!"

Although his words sounded angry, Su Mo's face was filled with joy as he tried to figure out how to play the game.

According to the current submerging range of the shelter, as long as it could rise to level 3 and submerge again, the shelter could instantly become a four-story building after adding in Magoo's number of floors.

In addition to the above-ground buildings, it could even be counted as a five-story building.

Safehouse cores would be needed on each floor to expand them to 220 cubic meters, that would be five floors of 220 cubic meters which, when added up, totaled ??thousands of cubic meters of available space.

Not including the additional cold storage facility and other buildings.

As long as there is enough food, given such a large space, it would not be a problem to support a team of 100 people in an instant!

"Of course, some buffer space should be reserved above, for example... a garage can be built on the first floor!"

"Although the current hill is not large enough, I can expand it. As long as I get enough soil and add that in, it can be made into an air-raid shelter hill, reinforced with iron bars and concrete added into the structure. It would be camouflaged and practical!"

The huge and crazy upgrade plan came out of Su Mo's mind, and the accompanying inspiration also spewed out generously.

Although he was not an entry-level architect, nor had he undergone professional studies, for half an hour, Su Mo sketched out a simple prototype with a pen and paper on the table based on his whimsical ideas.

The first objective was to create a free-standing structure on the ground above the underground shelter, using a complete safehouse core and the principle of stacking bricks to stack a layer above the Underground Shelter.

At that time, the newly-appeared layer could be directly connected to the top, becoming the second layer.

Then the shelter would have two floors. The distance between the first floor and the ground would be exactly 0.8 meters deep.

After that, reparation of the second floor of the Deep-sea Shelter to become the garage of the Underground Shelter.

4.8 meters high, minus 0.8 meters after submerging, it would equal to exactly four meters. Hidden inside a ten-meter high hill, it could ensure safety and also easy access!

Moreover, such a height meant that it could be included as part of the Underground Shelter, using the connecting function to ensure an integrated defense design.

The garage could become an above-ground building that satisfied the lv3 upgrade requirement!

"As long as I pass sufficient disasters, and have enough disaster points, I can immediately upgrade the base to lv3, and aim for lv4!"

"It turns out that the greatest benefit of Magoo's shelter was not the transcendent blessings or reparation, but his diary and this advanced information!"

"With these, I can figure out the road ahead and come up with the best solutions!"

Su Mo took a long sigh of relief and looked at his designs for the shelter. While the designs were a bit disorderly, they were labeled neatly. Su Mo was in an eager mood and wished to upgrade it straight away!

"No hurry, I should pack my things and go out now. First, build a 220-square-meter floor above the Underground Shelter, and then pack all the good things in the Deep-sea Shelter on the second floor, before sacrificing it over!"

Calling out to Oreo, who was still resting, Su Mo stood at the door and began to put on his equipment.

Being able to farm wildly, and having enough resources to transform the base without the interruption of enemies, the joy was more than ten times, or perhaps even a hundred times, greater than playing those sandbox games on Earth!

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Chapter 137: Expansion! Attack On Hill!

"It's just right. I thought that the third-level alloy gate on the second floor of the Deep-sea Shelter was going to be wasted. Coincidentally, it can now be the main gate for my garage!"

As he was not going too far out, Su Mo only put on the combat uniform that he had not yet had time to wash. He came to the command center and hurriedly looked at the shelter's surroundings to confirm that there were no problems, before walking out toward the passageway.

After he turned the combination lock, he pushed open the thick stone main door.

The noon sun, like an overt thief, was blatantly stealing away the darkness in the passageway of the shelter.

The sky was cloudless and azure blue. If he ignored the fact that this was the wasteland, this place was as pure as the prairies on Earth.

Fresh air, cotton-like snowflakes.

Taking off his mask and breathing in the warm air he had been missing for a long time, Su Mo could not help but sigh.

"The weather is really good but, if this goes on, this loose snow will probably turn into ice!"

The snow at the entrance of the shelter had been frozen and hardened slightly, and there was even a thin layer of ice on it.

Stepping on it, to prevent the door from freezing and making it difficult to enter and exit, Su Mo took out the shovel and began to shovel the snow.

Working under the sun, Su Mo shoveled for an hour until all the snow in front of the shelter door had been cleared aside and a pathway had been opened.

Compared to the dim sunlight over the past few days, the sun rays today were extremely terrifying, and the outdoor temperature had also recovered to over 10 degrees. Wearing the combat uniform, there was a wave of warmth surging continuously.

If this weather could be maintained over the next few days, the human beings who still survived in the wasteland could seize this good opportunity and develop fiercely.

"The wood and stone reserves of the shelter are currently in short supply, and the large shortfall must be solved before creating new floors."

The big hole blasted by Marshall previously was still exposed to the wilderness.

There was plenty of time, Su Mo did not plan to buy these resources directly on the trading market, so he picked up scattered stone materials from the wilderness instead.

With the function of the storage space, the need for transportation was eliminated. It did not take long for 10 units of stone to be gathered.

Su Mo used 15 survival points for the construction cost, and a green light flashed before eliminating any trace of the previous gap.

Standing on the hillside with a mask to block the ultraviolet rays, Su Mo looked at the sun.

It was about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun in the sky was slightly hotter than it was at noon; it felt as if it was midsummer.

This abnormal sign completely violated the common sense principles of astronomy.

"I hope that everything won't develop in the opposite direction or become too extreme. I hope that such good weather can last until the last day before the disaster!"

After gesturing for Oreo to guard the surroundings, standing on the hill, Su Mo began to take out all the safehouse cores.

There were as many as 9 complete safehouse cores, including the damaged safehouse cores, subtracting the 8 from his previous consumption, and the cores from the storage space of Kento Maeda, the total number was:

35!

"A complete safehouse core is 100 square meters after being put down, and 12 cores are required to expand the area to 220 cubic meters. The reparation of the second floor of the Deep-sea Shelter requires 22 cores. That leaves just one for emergency use after all the upgrades!"

As the calculation was straightforward, Su Mo did not need to write anything down either. He took out a complete safehouse core, calling out the game panel.

A familiar prompt appeared but, compared to last time, there were several changes.

[Shelter:

[Option 1: Choose to place it above-ground. After connecting, a 120-square-meter stone house can be built, with good disaster resistance and excellent development potential.]

[Option 2: Choose to place it underground, which can be overlaid above the original shelter, forming a 100-cubic-meter underground flat layer with a height of 4.2 meters. After connecting, it will have strong disaster resistance and average development potential.]

The wooden house that was displayed in the beginning stages had now become a stone house, and the underground pit had also become an underground flat layer.

The original disaster resistance ability was weak and the development potential was extremely poor, but had now been strengthened when connected.

"Select Option 2. Generate an underground flat layer."

[Record: You have selected to generate an underground shelter. Generating terrain…

The turtle armor burst out with a red light, jumped out of his hands, and landed on the ground.

Along with the gradual increasing intensity of the light, the originally small hill was undergoing some changes compared to its previous height; being squeezed by the underground movements, it was still constantly rising.

Ten meters…

Eleven meters…

It took four or five minutes before the changes stopped.

When Su Mo examined it again, the hill, which was originally only five or six meters high, was now 13 meters high at its peak.

Standing on top, Su Mo looked down at the surrounding lowlands and looked toward the distance. Compared to the previous occasion, this time there was truly a feeling of overlooking the land despite the mere three-meter height increment.

"Surmount the highest peak to see all the mountains below you!"

"No, it should be…"

"There is no mountain in this world but, when you have placed numerous cores upon the land, that will become your mountain!"

Looking at the endless plains below, without knowing the reason why, a kind of pride was growing in Su Mo's heart.

In the era of civilized Earth, the price of a cubic meter of property in Shanghai was tens of thousands of yuan, and expensive locations could even reach six figures, which was hundreds of thousands of yuan at every turn.

At that time, no one dared to have the thought of having everything that one sees as one's territory.

Even the president of the fish pond from the Chinese television series once said, "I want everyone to know that this fish pond is contracted by you". Even he would not have the arrogance to dare say that he owns tens of cubic kilometers of territory.

This time, however…

"Ah!!!!"

Facing the open expanse ahead, Su Mo shouted, as if the world was in his hands, the powerful feeling amplified by the echo of his voice!

"Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark, this is what your king has built for you!"

Su Mo yelled again. Looking at the bewildered Oreo in the distance, Su Mo nodded in satisfaction, laughing while he looked at the evolved hill.

The originally small hill was a bit like a tomb, it was oval-shaped and covered the ground unwaveringly, sitting like an upturned large bowl on the ground.

After placing down the shelter for the first time and creating the drainage channel, the front was raised at a steep angle, while the rear slope was gentle.

However, after this placement, the 100 square meters of soil below had nowhere to go, so it was raised above the foundation of the hill. This made the hill look no longer like what it was before.

Compared to the gentle slopes of the Deep-sea Shelter, the mountain ledges of the Underground Shelter were steeper, especially in the front, which was close to a 90-degree vertical angle.

Looking from a distance, if a mighty gate could be built here, it would feel like the gate of the world was opening at this spot.

After observing things for a while, Su Mo slowly slipped down through the back of the hillside.

Oreo, who was standing guard in the distance, ran over curiously as well, tilting her head as she was looking at the hill.

After walking around the hill, Su Mo strode over to the main entrance.

The main door that was used for entering and exiting had moved up a little because of the heightened terrain, and the appearance inside has also slightly changed.

As Su Mo opened the door and walked into what was originally designed to be a three-sectioned passageway. As expected, a small opening was made on the side of the wall behind the second sectioned door.

Su Mo took out the flashlight from the storage space and walked into the small opening, as he examined the internal facilities curiously.

The inside of the underground level created was the same as the underground pit he created the first time, it was completely dark.

Stepping in, Su Mo shone the light into the space and touched the surrounding material.

Compared to the wood from before, this time, whether it was the wall, ceiling, or floor, they were built with the same solid stone as the first floor.

Focusing his thoughts, the attribute panel of the shelter naturally opened, revealing the new attributes.

[Underground Shelter (Main)]

[Level: lv2]

[Description: A two-story shelter made from heavy rocks. It has two low-leveled transcendent attributes and can resist strong external impacts and small disasters. Being in this shelter will make you feel more secure.]

[Space: 320 (first floor: 4.2m high, 220, second floor: 4.2m high, 100)]

[Completion: 100%]

[Facilities: Psychic energy water well, large scale vegetable culture medium, ventilation and lighting, three-sectioned passageway defense…]

[Transcendent Ability: The water of the Mermaid clan, the wind of the Lion clan]

[Currently available permissions: Rebuilding, Connecting]

"Sure enough, the game recognizes this upgrade method. Now the area has become 320 cubic meters, and my number of floors has also become two floors."

"Then next…"

Su Mo took out the 12 damaged safehouse cores in sequence and turned on the area upgrade function in the game panel.

After putting all of them into the game panel, as Su Mo's voice confirmed the action, all the cores began to dissolve.

This time, compared to the brutal collision before, the transformation was less violent, as if the force could not wait to be expanded.

The expansion of the newly-appeared layer was much more soothing, as it gently expanded and shook gently.

At the end of his line of sight, the walls began to slowly move back.

The progress maintained a very stable turtle speed and, as the walls moved back, the area began to grow larger.

Su Mo stood and watched for a while before realizing that it would take a long time for the area to expand, so he simply walked out of the small door.

"The previous layer that we've been living in would become the second floor, and the new one will turn into the first floor. After sacrificing the floor from the Deep-sea Shelter, I'll also have a garage for the shelter. It seems that the main door must also be remodeled!"

The current three-sectioned tunnel passageway directly to the second floor of the underground shelter, and there was a small door along the passageway on the first floor, which was very inconvenient.

According to the design of the Deep-sea Shelter, the Underground Shelter would also be connecting the three floors by stairs in the future.

So there was no need to design the entrance door this way.

As long as the door of the garage was upgraded, the defensive passageway would be set up through the stairs in the garage that extended down section by section, which would be safe and convenient.

Closing the passageway door, the hill was still creeping up slowly because of the expansion below.

With Oreo next to him, Su Mo walked in the direction of the Deep-sea Shelter.

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Chapter 138: Reparation, The Astonishing Power Of Levitation

It looked close, but the distance was still a little far to reach by walking. These were Su Mo's thoughts as he headed to the Deep-sea Shelter.

From a long distance, Su Mo watched the hill from the Underground Shelter disappearing over the horizon. Suppressing the feeling of insecurity, Su Mo quickly accelerated once again, increasing his pace to a steady jog.

"After the reparation this time, the Deep-sea Shelter will be completely useless. Including the gate on the first floor, and the winch that needs to be opened from the inside, it's all a bit wasteful!"

Thinking of this, Su Mo suddenly felt a little indecisive.

Although there was no problem in centralizing all the things and resources in one shelter, it was very wasteful to just abandon this level 5 shelter like this.

A lot of people still lived in broken wooden houses with leaks and holes everywhere, and here Su Mo was going to put the reinforced concrete flat floor into an idle state.

How shameful and wasteful!

"It's impossible to leave it idle. I must find a way to use all my resources."

Su Mo pondered as he jogged.

After traveling so many times on this road, there were marks of Earth Tiger's wheels on the ground that had not been erased. With Oreo leading the way, Su Mo multitasked in his mind and began to study how to maximize the usage of resources.

The most lacking things in the doomsday world would be food and water.

The issue of food could be researched and planted indoors in the main base.

When it was only Su Mo alone in the early stages, this would not be a concern. The food that came out of opening the treasure chests was completely sufficient to eat for half a year.

"There is no electricity in the Deep-sea Shelter. Even if I want to cultivate plants indoors, I can't do it without fluorescent lights to replace sunlight, so the idea of food production has to be passed over."

After crossing this out silently in his heart, Su Mo began to study the possibility of storing drinking water.

At present, the seven liters of psychic energy water per day in the base was completely enough for a day's drinking, and only 500 survival points were needed to continue to expand the well's output.

However, there were too many secrets about psychic energy water. Before researching and knowing clearly what was special about it, Su Mo made up his mind to not sell it if he could.

With the current existence of snow water in the trading market, the market price of psychic energy water was developing in two different directions.

In the hands of some "rich" groups who had succeeded in hunting and had a lot of good things in their hands, the price of psychic energy water was not expensive.

However, psychic energy water could instantly treat injuries. When medicines were short in the early stage, a few mouthfuls of psychic energy water might be able to save a life at a critical moment.

That was precisely the reason why these people were eager to keep raising the price of psychic energy water.

On the other hand, in lower-tier markets, for the "poor people" who were focused on basic needs, the price of psychic energy water was not within their acceptable range.

Besides, not only could they not afford the psychic energy water, but they were also unwilling to buy it.

Along with the heavy snowfall, ordinary water resources had become worthless.

There was snow everywhere and all it took was a little effort to collect and boil the snow and precipitate the impurities. They could then be stored in large quantities.

At least until the next water shortage crisis, water resources would no longer be the "currency" of transactions.

"Oh right!"

"I can think of a way to transform the Deep-sea Shelter. With the blessing of the mermaid clan, and the dirt from the outside world won't be able to get in."

"In the early stages, it can be used as a backup reservoir, and some clean snow can be stored inside. After it is frozen into a clean water source, it can be used as ordinary water!"

"I can also find a way to build a large water tank in the Underground Shelter, and take advantage of this opportunity to get more water, build a purifier, and connect it to a water pipeline. This would be equivalent to installing tap water facilities in the shelter!"

Slapping his forehead, Su Mo stopped in his tracks and took out the paper sheet with the design blueprint of the shelter. He looked for a blank space above and neatly wrote down the word reservoir.

The basic need of the human body is water, and most daily life activities require water.

In the future, during the development period between each disaster, to manage the large numbers of fast-growing vegetables and grains, a large amount of drinking water reserves would be needed for irrigation as well.

Whether it was the present or future, having a huge reservoir would be beneficial and harmless in every occasion.

As for the extra consumption and demand for safehouse cores, Su Mo looked at the remaining 8 safehouse cores still lying in his storage space and laughed.

Initially, the most lacking ones were the complete cores for the expansion of other modules. Unexpectedly, this had now changed to the damaged cores.

"In any case, the Underground Shelter needs to be constructed with two separate modules, one for water storage and the other for food cold storage."

Su Mo calculated the enlarged area without including the damaged cores.

The newly built stone modular room was 10 meters long by 10 meters wide, which was a flat floor covering an area of 100 square meters.

Calculated by adding 4.2 meters of floor height, the usable space of the modular space was 420 cubic meters.

The density of water was one gram per cubic centimeter, and one kilogram of water was 1000 cubic centimeters. Based on this calculation, a 100-cubic-meter reservoir could store a full 420 tons of snow water.

Of course, this was just an estimated amount based on the data. After removing the floor space of the water storage tank, and adding in all sorts of miscellaneous things, there would be at least about 350 tons.

For two shelters, it would add up to approximately 800 tons. He would not need to worry about water for a long time from just one reserve.

When the thoughts in his mind were cleare, while Su Mo was still considering the details of the pressure of the reservoir and other issues, the Deep-sea Shelter gradually appeared in his line of sight.

At one point, Su Mo had still been envious of Magoo's two-story shelter.

Now, thinking about how the Underground Shelter was about to become a three-story building, Su Mo could not help but get excited.

Su Mo climbed up the familiar hillside and once again looked at the nearby building structure with nostalgia. Without hesitation, he decisively pulled on the winch to move the gate.

"Big Brother Magoo…I will use your second floor first okay? It would be a waste to idly leave it here anyway!"

The reason why human civilization could live on this wasteland was that there were countless people like "Magoo" who were willing to leave their relics to later generations.

Touching the rising door, Su Mo said these words faintly; his gaze directed to the spot where Magoo's corpse was buried above the hill.

Facing the direction of where the corpse laid, Su Mo bowed repeatedly thrice to express his gratitude.

With this third-level alloy door moved to serve as the garage door, Su Mo would at least have peace of mind in terms of safety.

Following the stairs and coming to the first floor, Su Mo started up Earth Tiger that was parked orderly.

As Su Mo moved back and forth, the saltpeter ores stored in Earth Tiger's storage space gradually disappeared, while the piles on the second floor of the Deep-sea Shelter were growing!

Su Mo went back to the first floor and carefully checked whether there were any omissions.

Everything that could be removed and taken away, including rotten tables and iron railings, had been removed and put on the second floor.

Were it not for the fixed flooring, Su Mo even considered removing all the intricate-patterned floorings to bring them back.

Standing at the top of the stairs, he looked around and confirmed that there was nothing else to take away. Su Mo then clapped his hands and returned to the second floor.

Focusing his thoughts, the attribute interface of the Deep-sea Shelter slowly emerged in front of him.

He scrolled to the bottom, focused his thoughts, made a mental selection, and the reparation function of the Deep-sea Shelter instantly illuminated.

At this time, the attribute panel, which was originally an azure blue, was immediately enveloped by the color of monstrous blood.

The original clear water pattern also became strange at this time, as if there was a constant flow of blood in it.

[Record: Player "Su Mo" chooses to reparate the first floor of the Deep-sea Shelter (subsidiary) to the Underground Shelter.

[Record: Please select the number of reparated floors.

[Record: Please select the number of additional floors.

The upgrade notification appeared at the same time as a 3D image of the resource function. In this picture, the left side was the two-story structure of the Deep-sea Shelter.

On the right was the two-story structure of the Underground Shelter.

Su Mo tried to drag the second floor of the Deep-sea Shelter and placed it on the top of the Underground Shelter. A prompt rang out again:

[Record: Please confirm to reparate the second floor of the Deep-sea Shelter (Subsidiary) to the third floor of the Underground Shelter (Main)?

[Record: Please choose carefully, and the player must exit the selected floor!

"I wanted to enjoy the teleport transfer of the game panel at first, but now it seems that I can't get on this free ride."

Realizing that his little idea had been seen through by the game, Su Mo shrugged his shoulders and stepped out of the second floor's door. He stood under the hill, and silently confirmed the action in his heart.

In the next second, a small breeze began to blow outside the Deep-sea Shelter.

Before Su Mo could figure out where this breeze was coming from, an extremely exaggerated scene appeared!

In the distant horizon, a scattered golden light with unparalleled power appeared, picking up snow along the way and forming a long tail.

The speed of this ray of light was quite fast. Although Su Mo tried to trace its movements with his eyes, when he blinked, the golden light had already flashed over to the side of the Deep-sea Shelter.

In the next second, without encountering any obstacles, the sturdy concrete structure was easily cut in half, as if it was made of paper paste, separating the first and second floors.

In the process of cutting, although there was no sound, the impact of the snow that trailed behind the light still knocked Su Mo to the ground.

At the same time, the second floor of the Underground Shelter did not collapse directly after losing its connection from the soil beneath it. Instead, a soft light dragged the second floor and gradually levitated it, gradually separating it from the first floor by a distance of one meter.

With this spatial separation, the entire second floor was stained with a light golden yellow, and it was like an artwork that caught one's eye in the sky.

As he fell on the ground, Su Mo's mouth gaped at the completely unreasonable sight in front of him.

He thought that after choosing to reparate, the second floor would directly disappear like teleporting and be directly attached to the Underground Shelter.

However, as the second floor was lifted into the air by the strong currents of the wind and hung in the air, flying slowly towards the Underground Shelter, Su Mo could only be gobsmacked!

"Good gracious, it seems that the game is taking the black technology route! Could it be that this engine is anti-gravitational?"

"Could it be that this streak of light turned the second layer into an high-temperature superconductor, using magnetic levitation to generate buoyancy?"

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Chapter 139: Fusion and Upgrade! Superb Design Blueprint!

Watching the second floor slowly floating away and heading toward the Underground Shelter, Su Mo, who was standing under the hillside, blocked the dazzling light with his hand and kept gazing at the view.

This kind of feeling was very strange, as if a cooked duck had flown away on a whim by itself. It made him feel clueless.

After the second floor flew away, the hill of the Deep-sea Shelter became a bit "obtrusive".

"Fortunately, the game is still a bit conscientious, it didn't cut off the entire top of the first floor, otherwise it would have become an open-air shelter."

Climbing up the hillside and looking at the thin roof layer, Su Mo called out the attributes of the Deep-sea Shelter.

[Deep-Sea Shelter (Subsidiary)]

[Level: lv2 (the original level was lv5, but due to inexplicable reasons, it has dropped to level three. Currently locked, unable to upgrade)]

[Description: An underground shelter made of concrete, with excellent architectural rigidity. The alloy shelter gate can deny entry to people with "bad intentions".]

[Space: 220 (story height 4.2m)]

[Completion: 97% (a small gap is detected)]

[Facilities: Third-level alloy shelter gate]

[Transcendent Ability: Water avoidance (lv1)]

Su Mo was not surprised that the lv5 Deep-sea Shelter fell to the lv2 because of the reparation.

On the contrary, this information revealed a lot of problems.

"It seems that if a shelter is severely damaged, its level will be downgraded. This is very troublesome. In the future, when rare objects are collected, once damaged, it would be difficult to restore."

After writing down this important information in his diary, Su Mo stepped to the gap in the roof of the Deep-sea Shelter.

The gap was originally the stairs that led from the second floor to the first floor. Although the handrails were all removed by Su Mo, after being cut off at this time, the steps of the stairs were still retained. He could still go back to the first floor along the stairs.

"It's too much trouble. Before having enough materials, the construction of the Deep-sea Shelter will be put on hold until I have an abundant supply of survival points."

After this gap was closed, Su Mo might not be able to enter the shelter, and survival points would have to be spent to modify the opening method of the gate on the first floor. With that thought in mind, Su Mo shuddered and quickly walked through the gap, and drove the Earth Tiger out.

All the valuable things in the Deep-sea Shelter had been hitchhiked back to the Underground Shelter just now.

For a long time, this place would need to be closed until Su Mo could open it back up again.

Reaching back into the shelter, Su Mo put down the winch and got everything locked from inside. Then he walked out the stairs, concentrating his thoughts, and 35 survival points were spent.

Under green light, the opening that allowed entrance from the stairs began to "heal" slowly until it was completely sealed.

At this point, before Su Mo had enough survival points to rebuild this base, the Deep-sea Shelter would be perpetually submerged, creeping below this land.

Su Mo took out the shovel and began to slowly cover the soil on both sides of the Deep-sea Shelter while it was still noon.

Half an hour passed and the shelter was gradually covered. There were no longer visible signs of a shelter being hidden here. Su Mo tapped his hands and slid down the slope.

"Big Brother Magoo, do sleep peacefully here. I won't bother you for a long time, and I will be reporting good news to you when I come back next time!"

Standing in front of the Deep-sea Shelter, Su Mo gave a very standard military salute.

Beside him, Oreo, who was adorably confused, put her paws on her head as well, and saluted!

Upon ending his salutation, Su Mo laughed uncontrollably at Oreo, who was still saluting beside him. He then picked up Oreo and placed her in Earth Tiger's passenger seat, and drove off.

"Earth Tiger… finally has its own home!"

Patting the steering wheel, for the first time, Su Mo felt a little emotional.

After the reparation of the Deep-sea Shelter, it felt that something was missing in his heart and he was not used to that feeling.

However, when the alloy gate appeared in the distance, overlooking the front of the hill of the Underground Shelter, Su Mo let go of that little sadness and became excited.

"Finally…"

"There is a garage!!!"

Su Mo stepped on the gas pedal and Earth Tiger's speed suddenly picked up, letting out a roar, and transmitting the engine's force to the tires.

The fusion of the second floor of the Deep-sea Shelter left no trace or sound.

As they got approached, other than an extra door on the hill, not even a little bit of soil had fallen off.

The main door of the shelter that had been cleaned up was still neat and tidy, and there was no trace of dirt caused by the integration process that turned it into a three-story building.

Su Mo got out of the car and walked quickly over to the alloy gate.

As expected, it was still the same familiar door and familiar smell. Su Mo keyed in the password and pulled on the winch.

Looking at the familiar winch, for the first time, Su Mo felt extremely excited.

Even though the winch had been turned on multiple times, it had a completely different feeling in his hand at this time.

"This is my garage!"

With a yell, generating strength from his arms, Su Mo started to turn the winch quickly to raise the gate!

Rattle, rattle.

The winch made a squeaking sound every time it passed through a point until it reached the top with a humming sound. Su Mo pulled it down firmly, and the winch was fixed into place!

220 square meters of garage space, full of items.

The magical thing was that the oil well had already started to operate, rumbling and working tirelessly.

The white-greyish saltpeter ores covered the standing space of the garage, and the broken thermal weapon machine was lying against the wall; some fragments and pieces of items collected by Su Mo were on it.

Even some of the material garbage that had been placed in the corner previously was brought over by the game panel.

"What a magical ability, the previous wind only affected the outside world, and left everything on the second floor untouched!"

Walking into the garage, Su Mo was impressed.

Standing in this room, it seemed as if he had returned to the Deep-sea Shelter, and the familiar feeling washed over him.

Using the storage space to put away some of the saltpeter ores, Su Mo returned to the main door of the passageway. He opened the door and walked in.

Everything was ready at this time, except for that one last thing that could only be completed by the system!

Back at the usual floor where he lived, which was now the third level, Su Mo sat in front of the workbench, he took out the design blueprint and summoned the system.

Compared to the design blueprint he drew last night, Su Mo had modified the design once again. After adding two independent modules, it had changed drastically.

Seeing the system pretending to not notice and unwilling to admit this design, sitting at the table, Su Mo smiled, closed his eyes, and began to silently chant in his heart, "I was originally unwilling to expose my true strength, but in the end, I made a decision that went against my ancestors!"

"This is a design blueprint designed by architect master Su Mo…"

"This is the most powerful and subtle blueprint of a shelter in human history…"

"…"

"This is that design blueprint!"

Su Mo kept chanting until he began to believe that this design blueprint was awesome and, sure enough, the system recognized the "crown prince" status of the design blueprint, and it was grandly enthroned!

Chuckling and fiddling with the things next to him, Su Mo concentrated on studying the familiar "savage" attribute panel.

[A "Shameless" Design Blueprint]

[Description: Designed by Su Mo, the rumored 66th generation heir and master architect of the strongest architectural family, the "Su" clan. The overall picture is cleverly conceived, which fully reflects his nine-year compulsory architectural education. In terms of composition, the distribution of straight lines and curves are densely covered, seeming to hide some unspeakable "secrets", and the upgrade of this design blueprint seems to have attracted the attention of two strong players.]

[First upgrade direction: Garnered the attention of "Bookmate 2018117", this strong player is capable of reaching the sky and has an actual, high-leveled "hand-drawing" and master-leveled "digital-drawing" techniques. In this player's design, there are endless ideas. Space is utilized to the maximum. If you choose this, your shelter will be as if it were on a broad bright road. Survival points required (500)]

[Second upgrade direction: Garnered the attention of "Ming Xueyin", this strong player has a shocking ability, with quasi-high-leveled "digital-drawing" and master-leveled "concept of design" techniques. In this player's design, the comprehensive considerations of this player is something you would want to look up to. If you choose this, your shelter will be as if it were on a highway. Survival points required (500)]

[Third upgrade direction: Integrating the design concepts of two legendary masters, mixing the original design ideas of the design drawings, matching them with a certain degree of adaptability, and fusing the skills of the three masters: two true masters and a "truly" shameless master. Joint completion of the design blueprints. Survival points required (750)]

[Comment: Please be careful of the attention of the strong players in "SYQ". They may have good intentions and want to help you, or they may have vicious hearts, hoping that you will die from an unfortunate thousand-year curse.]

"Hmm, my design blueprint attracted the attention of people in the mysterious organization, SYQ? Is this the organization behind the game?"

Seeing that the upgrade directions were completely different from the previous ones, Su Mo sat at the workbench and carefully recorded the names of the two strong players in the diary, marking them with three emphasis signs.

At the same time, the mysterious organization SYQ was carved into Su Mo's memory and became an existence no less mysterious than the game panel.

"This first designer seems to pay more attention to the follow-up development and space of the shelter, and achieves all of this to the highest level. It is indeed what I need at present."

"The second designer is not bad as well. His super designing concept is what I need most now, and it can be combined with my design blueprint."

"So…."

"I will choose the third upgrade direction!"

Boom!

After his voice trailed off, it was no longer a green light that emitted from his body, but a crack was suddenly opened in front of Su Mo's eyes.

There was neither a gust of wind nor a surging wave in this rift, but rather… two blueprint designs flew out lightly.

The next second, the blueprints fell on the table. Before Su Mo could pick them up and look at it, a light that could be called the most terrifying in history, gushed out of Su Mo's chest.

Lowering his head, Su Mo stared at the dangerous red light, which was like a solid beam of light, completely bombarding the two design blueprints on the work table.

Torment!

Great horror!

Red was always the color of warning. Even though there was no high temperature, Su Mo felt uncomfortable inside when he looked at this beam of light.

It was unknown from which sacred source that these designs fell out from the crack. After being bombarded by the red beam for three seconds, gray-black smoke emerged and gradually dissipated into the air.

The red light retracted the next second, and the green light that symbolized hope slowly emanated again. The three design blueprints began to merge slowly, taking less than a minute before the green light retracted itself as well.

A design blueprint was lying quietly on the table. Even without the help from the system, it was glowing with a blue light!

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Chapter 140: Second Reconstruction, Prototype of the Super Shelter!

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"My goodness, this design blueprint comes with special effects. Wake up! Should I add some background music for you to liven things up!"

Touching the blueprint on the table, Su Mo looked at it curiously.

This was the first time that an item could continue to glow after the system had upgraded it.

This blue was not the aqua-blue of the Deep-sea Shelter, nor the cloudless sky-blue outside.

If one had to find a similar term to describe it, it could only be silk-blue!

Magnificent! Elegant!

Even before Su Mo opened the design blueprint to read the contents inside, just looking at the neatly and densely packed straight lines on the design blueprint, one could feel a unique sense of beauty that the designer wanted to convey.

Yes! A good design blueprint would be pleasing to even the laymen's eye!

In the new design blueprint, it was not only a pure 2D design drawing, but a 3D deconstruction drawing had been attached next to the blueprint, as well as the pressure point locations of the overall shelter.

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There were six load-bearing pillars cleverly situated in the shelter's design, as if supporting the sky.

After construction, these load-bearing pillars would exist in the form of partitions, which would not be obtrusive. On the contrary, it could divide the area of ??the shelter well, making the shelter feel luxurious.

"The scent of home!"

Through the 3D structure plan, Su Mo could almost see how the new three floors would be arranged in this way.

Especially with the precise measurements as small as a centimeter marking out every corner and line.

Touching the blueprint, even if Su Mo did not understand architecture, he could still compare the design blueprints to the ones he had seen on Earth previously.

"If one were to say that my design was to go slanting forward and pursue the ultimate single attribute, then after the upgrade of the system, it is more to reduce the loopholes and neutralize the defects of this basic structure!"

Su Mo flipped the design blueprint to the other side.

On this page of the design blueprint, the images of the furniture needed in the shelter and their sizes were drawn.

"How thoughtful. Even if this design does not have the function of a game panel, I could actually try to build it with my own hands. This is simply..."

"Blueprint designing for dummies!"

The transition from the shameless-style blueprint to the dummies-style blueprint; Su Mo could say that he was extremely satisfied with the outcome.

Focusing his thoughts, Su Mo did not hesitate to pay when he found that, before importing the design blueprint into the game panel for analysis and reconstruction, some points for identification were needed!

Gorgeous silk blue light flashed and, when the blueprint was scanned by the game panel, it jittered again and again, as if it was very happy.

A detailed description that was different from the system panel jumped out in front of Su Mo.

[Shelter Design Blueprint (Rare)]

[Description: A blueprint detailing the design of a three-story shelter, with excellent size ratios and scientific design concepts. It is a great achievement in terms of space utilization, convenience and safety. Beyond perfection. According to this design, it has strong impact resistance, strong warmth retention, strong defensive properties, and perfect expandability.]

[Facilities:

[First floor: Garage floor (third-level alloy gate, shooting ports, bombing ports, isolation passageway, disinfection passageway, storage cabinet, work desk, automatic elevator, emergency exit stairs...)]

[Second floor: Resource floor (rotary-encrypted heavy stone door, motor-pumped oil well, crop culture room, psychic energy water well, energy distribution center, living supplies storage, supplies warehouse...)]

[Third floor: Living floor (micro command and operation center, micro research center, master bedroom, second bedroom, third bedroom, gym, study room, kitchen, dry and wet separated bathroom, weapons and equipment warehouse...)]

[Overall: Reserved routes for a complete electric network, a complete water pipeline system, complete natural gas pipeline system, complete network cable system…]

The dense data was like ants that had crawled all over the game panel.

It was only with the analysis of the game panel that Su Mo could comprehend the awesomeness of this design.

The straight lines of various colors interspersed in the shelter were the locations of various water pipelines, electrical wires, and natural gas pipelines that were reserved in advance.

Through the one-time reconstruction function, the entire shelter could be completely transformed using this design blueprint.

"It's a bit troublesome. For this reconstruction, it looks like the stairs are okay; they can even be remodeled into stone stairs for free. It's just the elevator, it seems that it will be hollow and idle for a long time!"

Refactoring was just to implement all the plans as much as possible according to the design blueprint. The game panel would naturally not be merciful and include good things like elevators, electric wires, and water pipelines. He would still need to follow up with the system to slowly upgrade these features.

"But it's okay, the base is really poor now, and there are not many iron ores left. In the next transaction, I must exchange for enough materials to ensure the development of all the resources of the shelter!"

This kind of complicated blueprint design had a lot of details and lines. Even if he was to make a copy of it, Su Mo estimated that it would take three days to draw even 90% of the original design.

Touching the design blueprint and looking at it adoringly, Su Mo came to the living room and turned on the recording function of the LCD TV. He then recorded all the front and back sides of the design blueprint.

In the current situation,?he could only record this design blueprint first, and then slowly make a replica of it when he had time.

When the number of shelter floors increased, he could continue to upgrade the shelter based on this blueprint design without having to redraw the design and spend extra points.

After repeatedly recording for one minute, Su Mo turned off the LCD TV after checking every detail and went over to the living room. Su Mo decisively clicked on reconstruction to enter this familiar function.

After spending 15 disaster points to import the design blueprint, the rare-level blueprint design seemed to have turned into streams of light and disappeared into the shelter.

Then, on the game panel, the blueprint design was successfully loaded, showing all the planning structures and specific details.

During the previous reconstruction, Su Mo had manually adjusted the wiring method because it was not given on the design blueprint.

This time, after three to five seconds of loading, Su Mo smiled and confirmed after seeing densely packed lines.

The capriciousness of rising and falling.

If Su Mo were to confirm it, this familiar space would be gone forever. What would replace it would be a "super" shelter comprising the three upper, middle, and lower floors.

A sensation of slight tremors came from under the ground as if a pair of invisible hands were touching the shelter's foundation.

In the three-floored building, with increasing shock and dizziness, Su Mo simply sat down and held Big Spark, Little Spark, and Oreo in his arms, quietly waiting for the subsequent changes to happen.

In his line of sight, everything in the shelter except the four of them seemed to have lost their sense of gravity and floated slowly in the air.

However, magically, the opened rice bag and noodle bag did not spill out their contents.

The TV hit the wall and bounced back gently without being damaged.

At first, the surprised Oreo who saw all this magic barked and howled, wanting to float along and play.

The next moment, when all the objects suddenly began to accelerate, Oreo, who was afraid, hurriedly shrank her head back in.

With the navigation of the game panel, the psychic energy water well, which was still on the floor, rose from the ground and hit the ceiling, passing through the concrete magically.

The same happened as well for the large vegetable culture medium, a wave of fluctuations flashed by and the culture medium became blurred, gradually disappearing in place as it collided with the wall.

The ventilated lighting window, from which scattered sunlight was still streaming, began to creak and move, slowly leaving the third floor, following the culture medium.

Under the careful planning of the design blueprint, there were undulations, and the critical threshold design appeared on the large flat ground.

Suddenly, just when Su Mo thought that the transformation was over, when everything was no longer moving, a loud noise exploded.

Then, a continuous rumbling sound began to echo throughout the shelter.

The solid stone wall broke and was bound by the magical power of the game so it would not collapse immediately.

Six sturdy load-bearing columns appeared in the shelter along with partitions, firmly dragging against the falling ceiling and stabilizing the foundation.

All the useless stones seemed to be washed away by the tide, gradually turning into a fiery red liquid, and flying towards their position.

Threshold… Door frame… Ceiling… Water pipeline… Wire network...

All basic designs began to take shape. At the upper right corner of the third floor, a virtual stone staircase with a sense of primitive beauty also began to magically descend.

Sitting in the three levels that seemed like they were controlled by the power of gods and ghosts, with his arms around the three little ones, Su Mo cautiously watched the changes around him and silently recorded what he saw in his diary.

Such a transformation was definitely beyond the scope of basic technology.

At the very least, making gravity disappear, and having things float up and pass through walls, definitely involved knowledge at the quantum level.

"The unknown technology or force that was placed in everyone's game panel has high-dimensional technology that is beyond Earth's ny god knows how many years!"

One by one, all the theories were written down in Su Mo's diary.

In this other world, all scientific speculations that were floating about on Earth had been verified by real objects.

The more data that was recorded, the more help one would have when it comes to climbing the technology tree of this type of technology in the future.

When Su Mo finished writing them down, all the transformations had finally come to an end, and no further major changes ensued.

Three to five seconds later, a melodious upgrade notification sounded.

[Record: The Underground Shelter was successfully reconstructed. The time spent on this reconstruction: 32 minutes and 18 seconds!

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Chapter 141: Opening The Treasure Chests! Huge Gains!

Without lighting here, the third floor of the shelter was now completely dark.

Rubbing the back of his hand, Su Mo opened the storage space and took out the flashlight inside.

He switched on the flashlight to illuminate the dark space. Bringing the three little ones with him, Su Mo walked up and arrived at the newly-changed second floor.

The various partitions were positioned like a maze, and the sunlight shining from the crop culture room on the second floor could not directly illuminate the entire space.

Su Mo found the stairs that led upward and, after climbing ten flights of stairs, they came to a passage.

At the end of the passage was the rotary-encrypted main door of the previous three-sectioned passageway.

Su Mo keyed in all the numbers and the bolt automatically retracted with a click.

He then put the handle of the flashlight in Oreo's mouth and signaled for Oreo to continue illuminating the place, as he began to push on the heavy door.

As the door opened, a trace of light came in.

He pushed until the space was wide enough for a person to walk through sideways. Seeing this, Su Mo could no longer hold back the excitement in his heart and leapt forward.

In front of his eyes was…

A bright and expansive space!

The gate of the basement was still open, and the three-color camouflaged Earth Tiger was parked quietly in front of the basement.

The garage was expansive and arranged neatly, with many stone-constructed facilities and features making their appearance in the basement as well.

Part of the floor had been modified to include a repair bay, with elevated side platforms and a sunken center, that allowed him to park the car on it and work on the chassis from underneath.

There was another huge stone table standing in the corner of the basement. Next to it, there were two stone benches made according to Su Mo's body measurements, and also a table for placing tools.

On the back wall, there were large and small storage compartments designed like a bookcase, separated by symmetrical stones.

At the moment, all the storage compartments were filled with treasure chests, which looked ever radiant and beautiful.

At the same time, running along the corners on both sides of the wall, Su Mo also saw the lines reserved for the shooting and bombing ports that were to be installed in the center of the garage ceiling.

Although there was no standing room, the space for network cables had been reserved along the walls; as long as the intelligent defense system was activated, the guns could be remotely controlled to suppress uninvited guests who entered the gate. It was…

An extremely perfect garage!

'Exactly what I wanted!' In his heart, Su Mo gave the garage a perfect score!

As the first defensive perimeter of the base, the importance of the garage could not be understated.

In the event of an hostile assault, the enemies would have to spend a lot of time studying and deciphering the lock encryption of the heavy stone door.

At this time, the guns positioned in the two shooting ports could cause immense damage.

Then the remotely controlled basement gate could also be lowered, and the individual bombs placed in the bombing port, such as grenades or tear gas, would surely leave unforgettable memories for the incoming intruders.

"Then the first step now is to set up the wiring for the lights!"

Except for the sunlight streaming in to illuminate the garage, after the two underground floors were remodeled, the original wires had been abandoned and decommissioned, so they needed to be reinstalled.

As for the wires he had traded from Shen Ke, after two uses, there was only less than a meter left, which was not enough for this purpose.

"No wires, no problem!"

"What does it mean to have treasure chests in hand? It means that you'll never have to panic!"

Su Mo drove the Earth Tiger inside and then took out all the treasure chests from the storage compartment and placed them on the ground.

Su Mo divided them into categories; wooden treasure chests, iron treasure chests, and bronze treasure chests, these three types!

There were 45 bronze treasure chests, 55 iron treasure chests, and 52 wooden treasure chests; a total of 152 treasure chests!

Just by looking at the number of treasure chests, Su Mo could already imagine the huge amount of resources would emerge shortly.

"There are so many treasure chests that, even if they were opened by an unlucky person, a lot of good things could still be obtained. I, Su Mo, have changed my fate against the heavens…"

"Let's start from here!"

There were so many treasure chests that Su Mo no longer prayed superstitiously.

He took out a bottle of psychic energy water and drank half a bottle. When his mood calmed down, Su Mo stood in front of the wooden treasure chests and began to unpack the boxes in batches.

What is happiness?

It is when the long drought meets the morning dew! Meeting an old friend in a foreign country! The first night in the bridal chamber! When one is awarded the gold medal!

However, at this time, Su Mo just wanted to say…

Happiness is when you open treasure boxes till you get cramps!

He opened fifty-two wooden treasure chests without stopping; repeating the movements of squatting down, unlocking the locks, and opening each treasure chest.

Repeating this over fifty times, coupled with the excitement of his racing heartbeat, this kind of happiness would be unbearable for ordinary people!

Once all the wooden treasure chests were opened and disappeared from the ground, Su Mo began to look at the massive harvest from the 52 chests.

On the game panel, it seemed that there were too many boxes opened at once, so the items were also classified into three categories.

[Weapons: Not-so-sharp dagger 1, not-so-sharp fire axe 1, 9mm bullets 25 rounds, 7.62mm bullets 10 rounds, nunchaku 1, prop spear 1]

[Resources: 2kg of Lusheng Peanut Oil 1, Master Kang Spicy Beef Noodles 1 (Large bag 12 packs), Jia Duo Bao Herbal Tea 1 (Box 12 cans), salt and pepper 1 (200g), Farmer's Spring mineral water 1 (Box 24 bottles), Wahaha beverage 1, Vitality Forest Sparkling Water 1, Green Arrow Chewing Gum 1, Resource Duplication Coupon (Wood Grade) *1]

[Miscellaneous items: PPR water pipe 12 meters, Tenda 100M wireless router 1, Screaming chicken toy 1, Architecture basics book 1, Mechanics basics book 1, Computer basics book 1, The Three-Body Problem book 1, Baixue refillable ink fountain pen 3, GF personal hygiene products 1]

Line by line, all the opened items were listed and appeared on the ground as Su Mo finished reading it.

Items as small as a book, and as large as a spear…

"Damn… this is so cool!"

After browsing through all the item information, and looking at a large pile of items scattered across the ground, Su Mo almost fainted with joy!

A box of instant noodles, a box of Jia Duo Bao, a bottle of mineral water; these kinds of things were opened from the wooden treasure chests. It was a frenzy!

As for the three books, they were exactly what Su Mo needed most now.

In the 21st century, most people had long abandoned books and turned to more convenient virtual mediums such as instructional short videos or websites. After all, one could just search for a lot of things with simply a click using Baidu on Earth.

However, in the apocalyptic wasteland, every book was the crystallization of the wisdom of human civilization. Only by mastering this basic knowledge could one have the capital to slowly push forward the progress of science and technology.

"Could it be that, because my new home was remodeled today, my luck has improved? I didn't even receive one wasted item from the wooden treasure chests!"

Taking advantage of his vigor, he moved all the items into the corner of the garage using the storage space, before moving all the iron treasure chests over.

There were more iron treasure chests than wooden treasure chests. They were unusually heavy. There were fifty-five of them neatly arranged in front of him.

Following the same procedure, Su Mo repeated the motions and opened all the iron treasure chests, before beginning to check his harvest once again.

[Weapons: Sharp kitchen knife 1, fancy melon hammer 1, thick copper rod 1, butterfly golden helmet with good defensive properties 1, ordinary crossbow arrow 15, blade 1 (box)]

[Resources: 15kg of rice 4, 25kg of high-gluten flour 3, Arowana noodles (1kg) 12, 4kg of fresh beef 1, 6kg of fresh mutton 1, Yibao mineral water 2 (box 24 bottles), Storage Space Expansion Coupon (0.5m3, bound)1, 5kg of fresh mangoes, 5kg of fresh apples, 2kg of fresh Kyoho grapes]

[Miscellaneous: Far East Cable National Standard Wire 125m 1, PPR Water Pipe 45m 1, Small Generator 50kw 1, Small Generator 80kw 1, LED Ceiling Light 3, LED Wall Lamp 2, LED Bulb 15, Electronic Parts 5 (units), glass 4 (square), brand-new bedding 3 (bed), wool carpet 5 (square), high-end fabric sofa 2 (units), Aofeng gaming chair 1 (units)]

[Design blueprints: Ground thorn trap design blueprint 1, wooden fence design blueprint 1, swing design blueprint 1, sentry tower design blueprint 1]

[Cards: Tier One random resource generation card 1, Tier One designated resource modification card 1]

The harvest from the fifty-five iron treasure chests suddenly appeared on the garage floor after Su Mo examined his inventory.

Piles of items suddenly filled up the 220-cubic-meter garage space.

The two single-seater fabric sofas, and the black and red gaming chair were particularly eye-catching.

Next to this, there were reels of wires and a 45-meter-long water pipe that had been placed outside the garage.

Two generators with power capacities lower than 300kw were sitting in the corner.

Looking at the bag of noodles, and the piles of fresh fruits on top of the bags of rice, Su Mo felt dizzy, really dizzy!

The tension, anxiety and surprise from opening the treasure chests; this kind of feeling was like buying a lottery ticket from a roadside stall. You knew there was the possibility of winning the lottery, but instead of the prize being three or five yuan, or even a few hundred yuan, it ended up being up to five million yuan!

Such excitement! How could this not make one's face flush and one's whole body tremble!

Even if he was prepared, Su Mo fainted "happily" on his new fabric sofa.

The soft fabric sofa was like cotton, and very comfortable to lie down on.

Su Mo reached out his hand, plucked a bunch of grapes, and sent them into his waiting mouth with eyes shut.

Su Mo chewed on the plump Kyoho grapes, feeling the fresh juice from the grapes erupting in his mouth, with bursts of fragrance pouring out…

At this moment, he just wanted to rest; to just lie amidst his belongings and rest!

Even if he didn't open the bronze treasure chests, these things were enough for the base to take a "big" leap in development!

"No!"

"All in one go! There are also bronze treasure chests. I will open them all now while my lucky stars are still aligned!"

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Chapter 142: First Phase of Transformation, Firearm Blueprints!

After opening more than a hundred treasure chests consecutively, looking at the 45 bronze treasure chests in front of him, Su Mo did not have the patience to open each of them one by one.

The feeling of opening treasure chests consecutively was too good!

Furthermore, Su Mo was surprised to discover that the chances of getting good items were higher when treasure chests were consecutively opened than when they were all opened one by one!

If his hands were faster, it was very likely he could open two or three treasure chests simultaneously and perhaps receive the same item; stacking them all up at once.

For example, if a water pipe that was only 10m in length was opened from a treasure chest, but another three simultaneously opened treasure chests were all also 10m, the accumulated result would be a little shocking.

"I feel a little like a veteran in opening chests now. Since I roughly receive something good every ten consecutive draws, that probably means a miracle won't happen if I draw just a single one, right?"

While his mouth complained about the cumbersome process of opening treasure chests, Su Mo's hands worked quickly.

He had blown up two to three hundred of the kobolds' elite warriors and mages to bits in one go. A harvest like this would be hard to replicate even for shelters with close to a thousand people.

Even if it was possible, when it was divided among everyone, there would not be too many resources to go around actually.

Now, however, these hundred-plus treasure chests were all for Su Mo's self-consumption. Having all these accumulated by one person was simply terrifying.

"This luck of mine is a little weird. Quite a few cards have already appeared, but why haven't I seen anyone talk about this on the World Channel?"

Opening treasure chests was a repetitive activity.

As he worked, Su Mo contemplated certain things in his mind.

After opening so many boxes, no matter how dumb Su Mo was, he still noticed that his luck seemed to be just that little bit better.

Especially today's chests—he pretty much did not receive any useless items at all.

In comparison, the luck of others on the World Channel was not as good.

When most of them opened treasure chests, they would beg and pray on the World Channel, but the effects were still worryingly poor. Getting a pen from a bronze treasure chest, a pair of pants from an iron treasure chest—such situations were not uncommon.

"Is it because the title of the world's first shelter has a hidden property bonus, or is it because my luck is really this good?"

Since he did not have accurate data on his as well as others' treasure chest items and conditions, Su Mo could only suppress these thoughts and keep these questions hidden within his heart.

Treasure chests made of bronze were not heavy. Aside from the locks being troublesome to undo, the other steps were simple; it was a physical undertaking.

Absorbed in thought, Su Mo only realized that all the bronze treasure chests had been opened when his hands were empty.

Setting aside his thoughts, Su Mo excitedly opened the game panel to see what terrifying rewards these higher-level bronze treasure chests brought.

[Weapons: 7.62mm bullets x25, 5.56mm bullets x30, 9mm bullets x30, 80,000-volt rechargeable stun baton x1, standard refined iron saber x6]

[Resources: 50kg of flour x3, Mengshui brand canned starfruit x1 (box: 500g x 12), 50kg of high-yield, drought-resistant rice seeds x1, salt x1 (big bag: 250g x 6), gasoline x1 (20 liters), iron x20 (units), copper x20 (units), switch x15 (units)]

[Miscellaneous: Military-grade load-bearing steel cable x20m, hemp rope x1 (15m), cloth x1 (10m), toolbox x1, anvil x1; Haier 50L small freezer x1]

[Blueprints: Workbench blueprint x1; gravel road blueprint x1; M-1 automatic rifle blueprint x1; 5.56mm bullet blueprint x1; Type-80 machine gun blueprint x1]

[Cards: Level 1 Resource Reserve Recovery Card x1]

"Nice! The items previously were all resources, and this time they're all blueprints! Bronze treasure chests really do give good stuff!"

Looking at the three firearm and ammunition blueprints floating above the bags of flour, Su Mo was very surprised and hurriedly grabbed them to examine them in detail.

Based on its name, the M-1 automatic rifle was another wasteland firearm. At the moment, he could only see that its appearance was similar to the M4a1 carbine developed by Colt, and that it had three firing modes: semi-automatic, 3-round burst, and fully automatic.

As for the 5.56mm bullet, this was very familiar and need not be explained in further detail.

The Type-80 machine gun was the most important thing that Su Mo paid attention to.

As a weapon that could fire a deadly hailstorm of bullets at a rate of up to 700 rounds/min, and with an effective range of more than 800 meters, if he could create this, it would definitely be his enemies' worst nightmare!

"Phew! Repairing the thermal weapon laser manufacturing machine had better be prioritized on my schedule quickly. Once such a gun is made, it will be the death of the kobolds."

Releasing a long sigh of relief, Su Mo input the three firearm blueprints. Seeing the three new columns that appeared in the creation panel and nodding, he then turned to look at the other good stuff he obtained.

The small Haier Brothers freezer and the special steel cable that was as thick as his forearm—these two things were not light. The special steel cable especially had many possible applications.

"With things being this way, I won't lack food supplies for the time being. I'll only have to keep sufficient supplies for about three months, and the rest can all be exchanged for other supplies!"

These hundred-plus bronze, iron, and wooden treasure chests produced a full 450 kilograms of flour and 120 kilograms of rice when opened.

With just these supplies alone, based on his current daily consumption, if he ate a little more thriftily, it could last him at least half a year.

With such a long timeframe, it would naturally be able to last until the harvest of his first crop of vegetables in the shelter and perhaps even the second batch of crops would have matured!

"I don't know exactly how much good stuff these people will have in hand when the secret trading realm opens either…"

Mumbling to himself as he stood up, he threw the leftover grapes over to Big Spark, Little Spark, and Oreo, then signaled for Oreo to stand guard at the door. Looking at the warehouse full of supplies, Su Mo felt uplifted.

A single person gaining as many resources as a large shelter would; this was already enough to complete the shelter's first phase of construction!

Dragging all the wires on the ground into the corner, Su Mo picked up one of the ends and faced the shelter wall as he silently summoned the system.

With the raw materials in hand and the wiring space reserved, only manual labor had to be completed, so the system charges were not expensive.

Laying out all the wires that were needed for the base, installing all the switches, and routing the wires required 112m of wiring and 85 survival points.

This price was absolutely the best of the best!

If it had been during the era of Earth, if one did not have ten thousand yuan to hire a senior electrician, ordinary people really could not handle such a complicated job.

Without hesitation, he took the switch and placed it on the ground. According to the system's description, Su Mo found the end of the wire and picked it up, sticking it into the wall. Facing the small entrance of the shooting port, he silently confirmed the action.

The next second, a green line shone. The wire stuck on the wall found the reserved space and burrowed into it as if it had gained sentience.

Section by section, the long wires greedily stuffed themselves into the wall like hungry snakes.

Unable to see the internal structure, Su Mo could only stand where he was and sort out the supplies on the ground as he watched the wires move about.

After about ten minutes, the remaining 13 meters of wiring was cut off and fell to the ground with a snap.

"The routing has been successfully completed?"

Su Mo stood up in excitement and walked over the wall, where a push switch was located.

After trying to fiddle with the switch twice, and finding that it was firmly fixed, Su Mo let go of his doubts.

The system's construction was much more reliable than the game construction. Although the game panel functions were comprehensive, the work produced was very crude.

Unlike the system that could make the switch feel like it had simply grown out of the stone wall.

"The routing is complete, and the switches have been installed. The next step is to install the lights—a total of 3 ceiling lights, 2 wall lights, and 15 light bulbs."

"Adding in the four lightbulbs that I installed previously, that's 19 bulbs!"

The ceiling lights had a simple design, but covered a large area. Su Mo estimated that they were at least one cubic meter in size!

The light tubes inside twisted about. He could tell how powerful the light was without even turning it on.

The wall lamps were long strips of 1m each. They could be stuck to the walls or hung directly in the air to act as an electric rod.

"For the ceiling lights… Since I have three stories now, I'll install one in the center of each story to illuminate the entire floor!"

Though the blueprint did provide the circuit routing, it was completely blank on the lamp design.

Taking out his notebook, Su Mo doodled and drew, starting to design the location of the lamps.

"First, the bedroom definitely needs a wall lamp to be hung for lighting. Then the research center needs a wall lamp too.

"The crop culture room needs a lightbulb too to ensure that, even when there's no daylight, I can still guarantee that the crops will grow normally by upgrading the lightbulb to mimic sunlight."

"Gym… Warehouse… Kitchen… Bathroom… I'll install a lightbulb for all these areas, otherwise it would be too wasteful."

For things like lamps, when he obtained better ones in the future, even if he did not get the system to do it for him, Su Mo could climb a ladder and change it himself.

After hastily setting all the positions, he held the ceiling lamp in his hand and silently summoned the system.

The manual labor charges this time were even cheaper; he only needed to provide 3 units of iron and 25 survival points to install all the lights.

With a wave of his hand, the 20 units of iron he had just received decreased by 3 units. At the same time, all the lamps began to float slowly along the open passageway.

The ceiling lamp that was to be installed in the garage flew to the ceiling with a smack. Then two iron frames firmly melded the lamp to the ceiling, ensuring that it would not fall off when shaken by external forces.

This time, the transformation was very fast. No complicated processes were involved. In just a minute, after the green light retracted itself from the passageway, Su Mo excitedly pressed on the switch.

Bam!

A bright light shone. The ceiling lamp above his head shone out with an intensity that would not lose to sunlight.

The dim corners of the garage were also illuminated, sweeping away the darkness!

"Nice! If I previously only had basic electricity, then now I can truly consider myself as having stepped into the age of electricity!"

With the large ceiling light, he did not have to worry about lighting problems even if he worked throughout the night!

Compared to other large shelters that were still using primitive torches for lighting, in just half a month, Su Mo had truly completed a "milestone" leap in the truest sense!

Turning off the ceiling light, Su Mo walked into the passageway, feeling unsettled.

After groping around for a while, he finally found the lightbulb switch at the entrance of the passageway.

After pressing it, the pitch-black passageway was also lit up.

This time, Su Mo finally had the ability to properly evaluate what the lower floors of the upgraded three-story shelter really looked like!

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Chapter 143: Big Change, A Luxurious Space!

With the addition of the garage defense perimeter, the three-sectioned passageway turned into a two-stage defense system.

Upon opening the stone door and walking into the first section, Su Mo passed through a disinfection passageway about five meters long. Su Mo raised his head and looked at it. As expected, a hole had been reserved for the installation of a disinfection nozzle in the future.

On both sides of the passageway walls, small, densely packed holes still remained. It only required the corresponding equipment and weapons installed to activate the defense matrix.

"There should be another door here, but it's an iron door in the blueprint. The game probably couldn't detect the iron, so it could only leave it empty for me."

Lifting his foot and turning a bend, Su Mo stepped over the threshold under his feet and descended down the ramp. The ramp on this section was probably a little over 3 meters, but less than 4 meters in length.

Once again going around a bend, he entered the final passageway.

This was the quarantine passageway. After undergoing disinfection in the previous passageway section, the temporarily disinfected items could be placed here and, after the quarantine process was completed, they could then be taken into the main housing space.

The quarantine passageway was not long; probably also about 5 meters. Based on the Z-shaped inclined design, though the passageway was 14 meters in length, the true depth was only four meters.

Pushing open the wooden residential door and descending a flight of steps, Su Mo went down to the second floor and turned on the ceiling light on the second floor along the way.

Instantly, the interior of the second floor, which had been pitch dark, lit up.

Pushing aside the stone door on his left side, a rumbling noise echoed. The motor-pumped oil well that had been transported over was already working inside.

The location of the oil well had been designed to be hidden. There was a recess in the upper part of the wall. Once the oil well was put there, the oil-pumping pipeline below became firmly connected to the ground.

With this design, not only could the oil well be placed on the second floor, but it also effectively reduced the vibration and noise created during the oil production process.

After closing the heavy stone door, Su Mo attempted to listen for the noise the motor-pumped oil well made while operating.

The sound was very obvious, but not piercing. At least, when he did not have his ear stuck to the stone wall, the noise and vibrations that traveled out were completely confined within an acceptable level.

Su Mo nodded in satisfaction and silently praised the comprehensive consideration of the blueprint after the upgrade.

Another section that had noise taken into consideration was in the open stone door on his right, where the diesel generator set was.

The huge 300kw diesel generator and lithium iron phosphate battery relied on each other as they sat quietly in the large energy distribution center, providing the shelter with electricity.

10 cubic meters should have been enough for this area in Su Mo's initial plans but, after upgrading, the system had increased it to 25 cubic meters to allow for future plans to expand the generator set.

After hearing the rumbling sounds when he turned on the generator, Su Mo closed the door once again and listened intently.

Like the motor-pumped oil well, the thickness of the stone door, as well as the angles of its inner walls, reduced the transmission and amplification of sound within its boundaries.

It could be said that it utilized the space and comfort level to its maximum potential!

Opening the stone door, Su Mo turned the generator off and waited for it to fully halt before stepping out and continuing his walk into the interior of the second floor.

The main purpose of the second floor was to store resources. Therefore, a large portion of the area had been repurposed into a warehouse.

Entering the safety warehouse that had been specially cordoned off by a stone door, Su Mo saw piles of off-white saltpeter and sulfur ores in their respective compartments.

The thick stone door cut off moisture, ensuring that, even if these dangerous chemical compounds were to have some sort of reaction, there would still be enough time for Su Mo to deal with it.

"The area of the safety warehouse should be the largest part of the second floor, with a total of 65 cubic meters. The remaining supplies warehouse should take up around 60 cubic meters!"

The regular supplies warehouse was an open space. Like the previous design, it had three different work divisions for daily use; living supplies, miscellaneous goods and weapons storage.

Walking past these rooms, he went over to the staircase that led downstairs. Directly opposite the staircase was the repurposed crop culture room.

Considering the ventilation in the base's third floor, it made sense for the crop culture room to be located here.

When the door was opened, warm sunlight spilled forth. It was still a familiar 50 cubic meters in size. The large vegetable culture medium was placed in the corner against the wall. Absorbing the sunlight, the leaves trembled slightly with happiness.

In the original vent, there was a stone pipe connected in the center that divided the air that poured in from above into two parts, before transporting it to the third floor.

Placed diagonally across from the culture medium was the psychic energy water well, which was concealed. A part of the wall was recessed inward, and the well was hidden inside, not affecting the use of space in the base at all.

Beside the well was the large tank that was used to store the psychic energy water. Wooden planks covered the top, preventing dust from entering.

"Heh heh, my daily work will be easier in the future. I can irrigate the ground directly with the psychic energy water."

Caressing the baby bok choy that had begun to blossom, and the garlic he pulled out, he then looked at the green tomatoes the size of a baby's fists hanging on the tomato vines. Su Mo felt overjoyed and could not hold back his laughter.

"The second floor's design is not bad. I'm satisfied that it's large enough to use. In fact, these defense passageways are completely useless. If someone really were to fight their way into here, I probably would've used the system to escape and would have been long gone."

Touching the little holes that protruded even from the culture medium's stone pipe, Su Mo was a little helpless but, at the same time, he was pleased with the system's thoughtfulness.

If they arrived at the location of the base's core, the issue of defense would pretty much be moot at that point.

If anyone had the ability to break through the obstacles at this stage and reach this place, they would have had to have a "hard carry ability" that even Su Mo would be frightened of!

However, at least for a year, Su Mo did not think a person with such a "hard carry ability" would be born.

The outside was protected by a stone wall that was seven or eight meters thick. Inside, there was the third-level alloy gate, heavy stone doors, and not to mention a heavy iron door that had not yet been built, but was already being planned for. With a defense like this, unless a large number of bombs were used, there was no possibility of breaking through.

If someone managed to enter the second floor, at this juncture, Su Mo would definitely run away without hesitation. He would wait until he subsequently investigated the enemy's situation before exacting his revenge.

Directly facing off with others in the base was too risky and needless.

"Still, if an outsider joins my shelter in the future, it can be used as a deterrent."

To save electricity, Su Mo returned to the exit and turned off the ceiling light, before walking toward the stairs to the third floor, full of anticipation.

If he were to speak of which floor of the three he was most excited about, in Su Mo's heart, it was still the third floor!

Compared to the previous two floors, this floor was the place he used to live in. Even if it was just a slight change, Su Mo would be able to perceive it easily!

After he pressed the switch, light shone out, and the gorgeous design of the third floor appeared in front of Su Mo's eyes.

Although most of the rooms, like the kitchen and bathroom, currently did not have the corresponding furnishings for proper use, this did not affect Su Mo fantasies about what it would look like in the future!

At this time, various partitions divided up the 220 cubic meters neatly. Compared to the previous large flat space, this design appeared extremely comfortable. Even if the space for activities was put aside, it still would not appear empty and make people feel lonely.

Even if a few people stayed in here, that would also be completely fine.

"Ah! System, you're so awesome, can't you just create a chick for me!"

With nobody to share this vast base with, Su Mo also felt a little panicked.

This feeling was the same as if playing a farming simulator—online play and solo play had naturally different feelings.

Shaking his head, Su Mo put aside any thoughts of picking up babes… ahem… meeting fellow humans, and started walking around the third floor to evaluate it.

First, he looked at the bathroom that had separate dry and wet areas. The previous wooden barrel that had been used for bathing had been moved in, and there was already a well-made drainage hole in the ground, positioned at a slightly lower height to the uneven ground.

Next to the bathroom was the toilet that had already been set up. It was fully eight cubic meters—six for humans to use, two for Oreo. It was perfectly sufficient for daily use!

After this time's renovation, the research center was connected directly with the bedroom. It not only acted as a study room, but also satisfied Su Mo's desire to go to bed immediately after finishing work!

The command center was not large, but still took up a full 25 cubic meters of space. In the room, the LCD TV was situated in the innermost area, while the old TV was in the outer area.

Also, this place was even directly connected to the gym behind!

"This time, the weapons storage was placed in the corner of the gym. I can keep weapons nearby for practice and exercise. At the same time, there is a hidden door in the weapons storage that I can go through too."

Walking into the currently still very empty weapons storage, Su Mo groped around the wall before finding a slight protrusion that he pressed against heavily.

Sure enough, the stone gate that had looked firm and solid shuddered and opened inward, exposing a passageway.

Darting sideways into the bedroom, Su Mo looked at the stone door that had shut itself again behind him and ran his hands across it. It was sealed up perfectly, with nary a trace in sight.

"The game's biggest transformation this time is probably this two-way stone door. It's so convenient!"

"I can take my equipment directly from the second floor and keep a few life-saving or emergency equipment here. If someone comes fighting through here, I can just grab my stuff and run!"

Turning his head, he turned on the lamp inside the bedroom.

What was reflected was still the layout that he was familiar with. The small bed he had created was covered with a three-piece bed set of mandarin ducks, and two roughly-made bedside tables were on either side.

Lifting the up bed boards, Su Mo saw the newly remodeled escape route.

This time, the passageway was placed underneath the bed; very well hidden.

A U-shaped design had been adopted inside the passageway. Although the other exit was currently blocked by the system, the construction inside had not been completed yet either, so it could not be used at the moment.

However, he only had to spend around ten points to complete it. Then he would be able to directly lift up the bed boards and speedily leave the shelter from under the bed.

"The shelter only has one issue left!"

Taking a few deep breaths of slightly turbid air, Su Mo slowly went up the stairs to the second floor.

After the remodeling, not even an hour had passed, but because the shelter's third floor did not have a complete ventilation system, the air in the third floor had already become quite heavy and stale.

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Chapter 144: Blessing's Limit, The Mysterious Feather

"Due to the shelter being submerged even further, although the wind from the upper floor can be channeled down through the pipeline, stale air will still precipitate. Without a ventilation system, it might cause serious problems in the Underground Shelter!"

When creating an underground shelter for the first time, the game panel indicated that its development potential was poor.

One of the main reasons for that was that it would be extremely difficult to construct an underground air circulation system!

If ordinary people chose to be underground, they might not have needed to open the door for ventilation at first. However, it would be difficult to even build a window or ventilation system without mechanical assistance after a few months of development.

Therefore, during the first disaster, only Su Mo had chosen to go underground among the top ten shelters.

With the increase in the number of floors in the shelter, even Su Mo felt that the situation had become a bit tricky in terms of ventilation.

Back under the ventilation duct, Su Mo tried to summon the system to examine the properties of this duct.

[Underground ventilation device]

[Description: A simple ventilation device that is connected to the three underground floors through a stone pipe to achieve the purpose of air circulation. The current channel pressure is insufficient and the air circulation efficiency is low. In the long-term, this can easily lead to hypoxia, resulting in a burden on the brain. Upgrading is recommended.]

[First upgrade direction: Increase the volume of the ventilation duct. Increases the pressure of the ventilation duct, increases the circulation efficiency by a small amount, and increases the ventilation efficiency by a small amount. Survival points required (125)]

[Second upgrade direction: Install an electric circulation device. Greatly increases ventilation efficiency, greatly increases circulation efficiency, and slightly increases the overall energy consumption of the shelter. Electronic control system prerequisite. Survival points required (2100)]

[Comment: Take small steps. Haste makes waste!]

"Sure enough, the system has also detected the ventilation problem on the third floor. Staying in this environment, even if it is not life-threatening, one would suffer from anxiety and depression after some time!"

If the brain could not get sufficient oxygen over a period of time, it will gradually deteriorate, causing a reduction in thinking capacity and learning speed.

Su Mo had seen a large number of scientific documents about this matter on Earth.

Looking at the two upgrade directions given by the system, Su Mo began to think about the choices after taking a look at the remaining survival points.

"The first one does not solve the root cause. If more floors are added in the future, this would be a waste of money. It will not immediately solve the ventilation problem."

"The second is too expensive! I'll have to rely on getting enough survival points tomorrow if I want it. I have invested so many survival points at this early stage to the point I now feel a bit of a loss…"

Standing under the ventilation duct, Su Mo was caught in a dilemma.

On the first floor, the air in the shelter was controlled by the lion clan's wind blessing, which was very effective.

Now that the shelter became three-floored, and the blessing immediately lost its immediate effect.

"Make the wind flow faster in the pipe?"

After his voice ended, there was no trace of movement.

Maybe it was because the blessing was only lv1 or an issue with the lion clan's blessing itself. This kind of small-scale air regulation simply could not be done.

"If the blessing power is unlimited, I can find a way to use density to control the wind…"

"I'll have to test the limits of the blessing first and see if this power can be used infinitely, or if it is consuming something else that I can't see."

As he was thinking, Su Mo stepped out and returned to the first floor.

Su Mo tidied up his things and stood in an open space in the garage, before adjusting the wind blessing to its maximum and recording its duration.

The highest level of wind was blowing toward the outside of the garage, and all the snow at the entrance of the basement was blown up into the air.

The curious Big Spark and Little Spark cooed and spread their wings, flying into the violent air currents. They rolled, floated in the air and flew out.

Looking at the two little ones having fun, Su Mo did not stay idle.

Moving back and forth, he easily moved all the stored food supplies into the warehouse by using the storage space.

The extreme wind speed began to slow down as well.

Standing inside, Su Mo carefully recorded the decreasing rate of the wind velocity. After a while, the wind completely died down and returned to its normal state.

Su Mo tried to continue summoning the power of the blessing, but unfortunately there was no response.

"It seems that this is the limit of the first-level blessing! The continuous maximum wind output time is only about five minutes, and the weakening time is three minutes."

"It was expected that there would be limits when it came to the first-level blessing but, as long as this power is not sourceless, then there will come a day where it will be fully deciphered."

In the face of science, there would always be sources that could explain these extraordinary powers.

Although there was no equipment to detect the source of power, Su Mo could faintly feel that this power had gradually faded away from behind its mysterious veil.

The reason why these powers looked terrifying was that their release method was different from real-life objects and that, for the time being, humans could not understand them.

If he was to actually compare things, a large fan would not be inferior to this power at all!

After repeatedly summoning three to five times and realizing that the power of blessing would not recover in a short time, Su Mo simply left it behind and began to sort out the remaining things.

At present, all the circuits in the shelter had been completed, with only a few small locations left unconnected. At present, they were still vacant because he did not have sufficient wiring.

The dozens of meters of PPR water pipes for the water pipeline could only be temporarily stored, awaiting the completion of the design and planning of the construction of the water tank to be included into the design of the shelter.

A 50L freezer was placed on the second floor. After the power input of the shelter was connected to the generator, the freezer's temperature began to drop rapidly.

The 400Ah lithium iron phosphate battery purchased from before had gradually reached its load limit under the current shelter consumption conditions.

Excluding the electricity required for daily use of the lights, a normal 50L freezer would require a large amount of electricity when first cooling down, before stabilizing to about 2 kwH of electricity per day to maintain the temperature.

With 400Ah of power storage, just one full charge per day could ensure an uninterrupted supply of power under normal circumstances.

"It is still difficult to decide whether I should upgrade the battery to a larger capacity!"

After looking at the 500 survival points required for the expansion of the lithium iron phosphate battery, Su Mo's heart quivered and he quickly gave up the idea of upgrading.

At present, even small-capacity storage devices had not appeared in a while, let alone large-capacity storage devices.

This was a limitation of the level of science and technology, and also a problem that had not been solved for hundreds of years after the invention of electric power.

For example, what batteries stored was not electricity, but chemical energy, and what a capacitor stored was not electricity, but the magnetic domain energy generated by the capacitor medium.

Even at the famous Three Gorges Dam, the extra power generated will also be pumped and stored to convert the excess electrical energy into gravitational potential energy.

"It seems that I can only patiently wait for the secret trading realm to open to see if anyone is still selling batteries. When the time comes, creating a parallel connection can also temporarily relieve the electrical load!"

Seeing the massive amount of survival points needed for all the different upgrades, Su Mo was overwhelmed. He could only temporarily write down these thoughts and the material requirements.

On the other side, with a generator supplying power, the freezer rapidly cooled down.

Su Mo got up, threw in all the fresh meat, fresh fruits and all the noodles. He would not need to worry about these perishable food items for the time being.

Back in the garage on the first floor, Su Mo tried to summon the blessing power again.

This time, it finally reacted. After summoning the strongest wind, the speed increased slightly and, after three to five seconds, it returned to normal.

"It seems that the power of blessing is indeed maintained by an invisible substance, and it has to be slowly recovered after it is consumed!"

Since he could not afford the electric ventilation device, he could only test the limits of blessing. To solve the problem, Su Mo could only start to study methods to upgrade the blessing.

There were two ways to upgrade the lion clan's wind blessing. One was to increase the level of blessing; upgrading it from level one to level two.

The other was by reversion; upgrading it from the blessing of ordinary lion people to the blessing of the lion priest to improve the quality of the blessing.

The former only needed 800 points to upgrade, but the latter required 3100 points!

"The pace of development is too fast, and the number of days is too few. I'm unable to provide for such a high-level upgrade of the shelter with my current survival points."

At this moment, Su Mo finally understood what the system meant by haste makes waste.

Should he live on the second floor first? Or wait till there are enough survival points and then think of a way of settling the lower floor?

Su Mo summoned the core's turtle armor, looking at the transcendent blessing powers flowing above it. He clicked on the upgrade panel and pondered.

Like upgrading ordinary items, one could also add materials to upgrade blessings. In the upgrade level option, he only needed to add any objects with blessing power.

However, to upgrade the quality, it needed a divine item that was greater than the blessing's level to achieve it.

"What do I have that is greater than the lion clan's blessing quality?"

Thinking about all the things in the shelter and looking at the bunch of materials that were scattered about on the ground, Su Mo simply began to try them one by one.

Divine objects, definitely not food supplies, nor fabric sofas…

Su Mo began to try one by one with all the strange materials seized from the previous cores.

A kobold sculpture from Marshall's safehouse core… it looked promising?

Hmm..no response!

A stone that looks like a toy… a bit mysterious?

Still no response!

Notebook? no response!

…

All the things that were seized, Su Mo took the trouble to try one by one.

In the storage space, items were taken out one by one, but there was still no response and Su Mo put them aside.

When there were only three things left in the storage space, Su Mo felt disappointed and began to select them one by one.

These three items were: an inconspicuous map, a colorful feather, and Kento Maeda's diary!

The map was put in, but there was no response, and the diary elicited no response either.

A colorful feather that looked awkward! Naturally, there was no res…

"Damn… what is this?"

That last ordinary-looking feather suddenly gave off a colorful light when an exasperated Su Mo put it into the system's material input!

It looked as if there was a rainbow emerging from the feather, hanging right above the garage; looking particularly gorgeous.

At the same time, the two rays of light, representing the two transcendent powers, on the turtle armor on the ground were suppressed by this ray of colorful light, causing them to hide in the gaps of the turtle armor almost instantly.

"This is impossible… Kento Maeda had such a good thing in his hands?"

The lion clan's blessing that originally required 3100 upgrade points for reversion were reduced directly to 0 when the feather was locked in by Su Mo in his heart.

Besides that, the system also thoughtfully gave an alternative upgrade method.

[Wind: The Wind of the Lion Clan: Belongs to the branch of blessing under the "Wind" family. Excellent upgrade potential. Obtained by shattering the Lion God sculpture that was inherited by the lion clan.]

[First upgrade direction: Increase the blessing's level. Enhances the blessing ability, and expands the scope of the blessing. Survival points required (0, select material)]

[Second upgrade direction: Improve the quality of the blessing; reversion to lion sacrificial blessing. Slightly increases blessing attributes, and increases the blessing's potential. Survival points needed (0, select material)]

[Third upgrade direction: Sacrifice material. Randomly upgrades the blessing quality level according to the material's properties, changes the blessing properties, and increases the blessing's potential. Survival points required (300, select material).]

"Good gracious, what is the origin of this feather? How is it so valuable?"

Looking at the upgrade directions from the system, Su Mo looked dumbfounded and simply spent 1 disaster point to identify the feather's attributes in his hand.

The light of the game panel flashed, and the divine item was no longer concealed, revealing its true nature.

"It is called… the Rat God's feather?"

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Chapter 145: Circulation And Ventilation, Upgrade Complete

A colorful, gorgeous, and unusual feather. It had a very strange name.

When did rats start having feathers?

With this curious thought in mind, Su Mo began to look at the attributes below.

[The Rat God's Feather (Pseudo)]

[Description: It is rumored that the Rat God in hell had a single long hair on his chin. Over time, after divine nourishment, it became a symbol of the Rat God. Later, to worship the Rat God, the rat clan used a feather to represent the Rat God's long hair, which carried the Rat God's divine power. There used to be a trace of real divine power in the feather. After use, the rat clans's sacrificial ceremony regularly infused it to revitalize its divine power.]

[Restriction: Only the prayers of the rat people can awaken the divine power in the feather. The other races are required to abandon their racial identity if they desire to use it. Under the witness of the sacrificial ceremony, they are required to join the rat tribe voluntarily to use the power of the feather.]

[Function:

[Divine Power – Gluttony: The rat clan member that holds the feather can swallow more than twice its regular consumption of food for 24 hours and convert the excess food into temporary power gain.]

[Divine Power – Empowerment: Consume a little of the divine nature stored in the feathers to temporarily increase the visual acuity for selected creatures. The duration is 24h.]

[Divine Power – Blessing: Burning the feather in the core shelter will permanently add lv1 of the transcendent Rat God's blessing to the shelter.]

[Evolutionary Food…]

[Resale Value: High (400 disaster points)]

"This feather is worth more than the Lion God sculpture?"

Looking at the 400-point resale value at the bottom, Su Mo was stunned.

The complete Lion God sculpture, which had not been used even once, was worth only 300 points.

This feather, however, that had been passed around god knows how many people's hands, could surprisingly still maintain such a "high price".

"This feather should be a loot from the battle between the kobold and the rat clans."

"Unfortunately, it is still this same set of restrictions. Because Maeda had not joined the rat people, he could not use the first few functions. He couldn't burn the feather in his shelter and awaken the blessing either; it would have aroused the suspicion, or covetousness, of the kobolds!"

"However, the many restrictions that caused Kento Maeda to keep this feather, has now benefited me instead!"

When he first checked Maeda's core, Su Mo did not care about this feather at all.

Even without it, a nine or twelve-colored feather could be easily found, let alone a rainbow-colored one.

In small children's toy shops of Yiwu, a dozen of these feathers could be sold for just one yuan.

Unexpectedly, under the stimulation of the system, this feather burst forth with its original "light", making its value skyrocket.

"The feather can be burned and used directly to add the blessing of the rat clan, whatever blessing that may be. However, the rat people were exterminated by the kobolds. Comparing strengths, the rat clan was completely feeble, not even comparable to the lion clan. Just based on this reasoning alone, it is too big of a risk. This has to be passed on without consideration."

"If I choose the third upgrade option of the system, although the evolution of the blessing is still undetermined, it is a good thing based on the 300 survival points requirement listed behind it. However, there is still some risk with this method. If the attributes were of no current use to me, it would slow down the development of the base!"

"Then…there is only the last option left!"

Looking at Big Spark and Little Spark who were standing at his feet, their eyes were filled with longing. Looking at the feather in his hands, Su Mo no longer hesitated, saying with a smile, "I choose…the second upgrade direction!"

Although both of them were currently infused with so-called "pseudo divine power", the feather had been infused with real divine power before, so its rank was higher than the Lion God sculpture.

However, even if the sculpture's rank was suppressed, the feather could replace the 3100 survival point requirement to activate the reversion blessing upgrade of the lion clan.

In one fell swoop, he would obtain the lion clan's reversion blessing of the second level!

After his voice trailed off, a black light shone from Su Mo's body and went toward the colorful lights hanging on the ceiling.

With the addition of black light, the originally messy seven colors suddenly became neat.

The astonishing black was like a dye, and all the colors slowly morphed into cyan gradually.

Compared with the previous green of the lion clan, the cyan after the transformation was visible to the naked eye, and it was much richer.

After a while, the conversion was completed and the black light retracted. The green light swept forth again, like a large net, capturing all the rays and funneling into the core turtle armor on the ground.

Feeling the power of similar origin, the lion clan's cyan light on the turtle armor spontaneously drilled out, constantly trying to break through the shackles of the turtle armor, eager to reconcile with the rich cyan light above.

"What a magical power!"

"It can manifest this power in reality!"

Trying to pass his hand through the slowly descending cyan light, Su Mo firmly grasped the light, holding it in his hand like a liquid.

Although the hand holding the liquid could only move within the constraints of the green light, feeling the transcendent power grasped within his hand gave Su Mo a glimmer of hope.

"If there is a corresponding instrument, as long as I can collect this cyan liquid, perhaps I can decipher the magical mysteries behind these fantasy creatures!"

"When the time comes, what fireball, or wind magic… As long as I can simulate the corresponding frequency, maybe I could imitate it!"

Mysterious liquid, the possibilities of casting "magic", the cyan light of the system…

"This world is getting weird…"

Letting go of the liquid in his hand, and letting the green light carry on merging with the blue light below, Su Mo waited quietly.

The cyan light on the turtle armor, like a greedy child, ate gluttonously as the similar power sources merged and fused.

After the last gleam of light dissipated, the turtle armor became visibly larger, and the cracks on its back had also increased in tandem, making it look even more terrifying!

The poor blessing from the mermaids was frightened by the threat of the lion clan's light and was already hiding in the corner. Curiously, Su Mo opened the attribute interface.

[Transcendent attributes: Gale (lv1) – Growth potential: (Two stars)]

[Transcendent source: Blessing from a real lion priest, with weak wind control and autonomy. In the shelter, the player can control the "wind" according to the player's subjective wishes. Please find out the specific ways on how to use it by yourself.]

"Evolved from wind to gale, the potential has also increased from one and a half stars to two stars. The ability to control wind has been improved, and has gained the ability to be autonomous!"

Looking at the introduction on the attribute panel with surprise, Su Mo excitedly turned off the panel and began to try out the new blessing ability.

"How about having the wind blowing around my hand?"

After his voice ended, there was no response…

"Is it too difficult?" Seeing that such a simple instruction had no effect, Su Mo thought for a while and changed it to a more specific instruction.

"The wind follows along my hand, blowing up and down, left and right!"

At this time, a breeze gradually developed and began to blow in fixed directions in a cycle.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo had a hint of excitement in his eyes. He stopped the breeze and went directly to the second floor where the culture medium was.

Pointing toward the direction where the pipe traveled downward, Su Mo spoke clearly, "The wind blows continuously in this direction!"

Such a complicated instruction would be completely impossible for the first-level lion clan's blessing but, at this time, after the reversion upgrade, the lion priest blessing could do it!

The breeze rapidly descended down the hard stone pipe quickly and, after entering the third floor for a time, sucked air upward again, forcibly driving the stale air back up the vent with it; creating a cycle.

During this process, Su Mo was pleasantly surprised to find that although it was initially impossible to precisely regulate the duration of a cycle, after trying several methods, Su Mo finally found a way.

Breathing!

Kobolds were humanoids, and so were the lion people. Breathing was the common similarity between most creatures.

It was through breathing that Su Mo controlled the rhythm of the wind cycle to achieve the function of regular ventilation!

After setting up all the functions, Su Mo stood under the vent and waited quietly.

Using the stopwatch function on the old phone, Su Mo realized that, in about every three minutes, the wind would automatically circulate through the pipe once, bringing in the fresh air, and also sucking away the stale air from below on its way back up.

After three cycles, Su Mo returned to the third floor of the shelter.

As expected, the air on the third floor had become significantly fresher, and because of the circulation function, there was even a feeling of being in the wilderness.

"It's great, it only took a day to remodel the base. I can finally be relieved!"

After working for several hours, Su Mo was extremely satisfied with the results before him.

Back at the first floor, the sky in the world outside the shelter indicated the approach of evening.

Under the sunset, Oreo sat alone on the ground in the distance, watching her surroundings faithfully.

Big Spark and Little Spark were also curiously fluttering about in the icy snow world. Seeing Su Mo approach, they ran to his feet quickly; their needy eyes wanting his attention.

"Oreo, come home!"

Su Mo yelled and looked at Oreo, who was surprised. Watching Oreo rush back, Su Mo had an old father's smile plastered on his face.

Seeing the feather, Oreo's eyes widened and she darted forward, colliding with Big Spark and Little Spark in her impatience.

"Woof! Woo!"

Looking at the anxious eyes of the three little ones, Su Mo did not keep them in suspense. According to the usual proportions, Oreo enjoyed half of it herself, and Big Spark and Little Spark equally shared the remaining half.

Seeing them devour the now powerless little feather, he did not notice any changes in the three little ones. Nevertheless, he was not annoyed, turning around and arriving at the entrance of the basement.

Earth Tiger's interior was warm from basking in the sun for a day. After driving the car into the shelter, he glanced at the darkening sky outside and the dark clouds that had begun to envelop. Su Mo felt the same as the sky, his face full of worries.

Clank, clank! The alloy gate closed slowly and made harsh sounds. The last trace of darkness from the outside world was completely separated after the gate was lowered.

"Three days left…The blizzard is coming!"

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Chapter 146: Maeda's Diary, Massive Fire In The Sky!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Before this, even the crazy snowfall from before had not condensed dark clouds like today.

There was no weather forecast, nor the ability to predict blizzards. Relying on his instinct, Su Mo felt that something was wrong.

It happened to be another sunny day today. Some of the snow had begun to melt. Once the temperature dropped the following day, they would turn into solid ice.

At that time, even a well-equipped player like Su Mo would find it extremely difficult to go outdoors, let alone the others.

"I hope... the blizzard will arrive later, otherwise it will be a nightmare if things go on like this!"

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Putting away the worry in his heart, he drove Earth Tiger onto the high stone platform. Su Mo then crawled underneath to overhaul the lower chassis of the car.

From below, Su Mo could see the collision marks caused by gravel and stones during his previous trip.

"The chassis needs to be polished tomorrow, and it's best to reinforce the car as a whole. Otherwise, the car will simply become scrap metal after a few trips into the wasteland!"

After climbing out from the shallow recess, Su Mo directed the three little ones to enter the passageway door. He turned off the lights outside, closed the heavy stone door, and the world became quiet again.

To an extent, the daily activities he carried out provided a constant sense of security and familiarity.

Big Spark and Little Spark walked around the passageway curiously, cooing from time to time as if they had discovered a new world.

Although Oreo was also very curious, she insisted on walking behind Su Mo and guarding him loyally.

"Okay, okay! Don't have your guard up too much while we're home. Relax!"

Lowering his body, Su Mo picked up Oreo and strode forward.

After upgrading the shelter, this was the first time that the three little ones returned home from the outside. Naturally, they would be curious about the changes.

Inside the completely changed base, the three-story design, various partitions, and bright lights above.

All of these had a strong visual impact on wasteland creatures.

Putting Oreo down, Su Mo opened the freezer that contained the frozen food and cut out two catties of beef from it.

"Wasteland, Month 1, Day 17; an auspicious day. Today we have completely redesigned the interior of the shelter. Celebration meal: beef dumplings!"

"We'll have a luxurious meal today, I must pick two bulbs of garlic to celebrate!"

Ceremoniously recording this chapter in the diary, Su Mo felt happy and strode to the crop culture room with the "perfect" excuse.

Finding the two greenest garlic sprouts in the best growth state, Su Mo carefully stretched out his hands and uprooted them.

The time that had passed was too short. Despite the acceleration ability of the culture medium, the garlic was still about one-third smaller than the normal-sized ones, and the garlic cloves were also very tender.

However, for Su Mo at the moment, these were enough!

Smelling the earthy aroma of fresh garlic, garlic sprouts, and the smell of fresh vegetables, Su Mo's saliva flowed as he hurried back over to the stove.

He quickly mixed and rolled the flour, chopped the beef, and added various seasonings accordingly. Then he cut two garlic sprouts into pieces and added them to the dumpling filling.

While the water boiled, he made dumplings; Su Mo's hands operated quickly as he multitasked.

Wood fire did not boil water quickly. When the water in the pot came to a roiling boil, Su Mo looked at the dumplings on the chopping board and tossed them into the pot with a sense of accomplishment. At the same time, he poured some vegetable oil into the pot next to him and began to prepare the chili oil.

Smelling the scorching spiciness, and the sweetness of dumplings cooked in psychic energy water, Su Mo forcibly suppressed his inner desires and began to make the dipping sauce.

One catty of beef was sliced ??into thin slices, while the other catty was wrapped inside the dumplings. The chili oil had a touch of vinegar, a little soy sauce and some sugar to balance the flavors.

Picking up a cooked dumpling with his chopsticks, he dipped it into the sauce. The smell of the combination was amazing!

Putting it into his mouth, Su Mo bit into the dumpling skin lightly, savoring the taste. The next moment, the juice exploded in his mouth along with the dipping sauce, directly elevating his taste buds into heaven.

"Ah, it's delicious!"

Seeing that the three little ones were already frantically running around impatiently, Su Mo strained out all the dumplings and distributed them. Sitting in front of the stove, he took a bite of a dumpling and ate it with a piece of garlic. Su Mo was full of joy.

Eating meat without garlic cuts out half its fragrance.

At this time, the dumplings were served with garlic, with large slices of beef garnished with the dipping sauce. The taste and feeling were simply sublime.

The spicy dipping sauce, the chewiness of beef, the deliciousness of dumplings, and the bright electric lights overhead.

In the shelter, Su Mo seemed to have returned to the civilized world. It was as if he was sitting at home during the New Year, the whole family happily eating dumplings and watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Listening to Yue Yunpeng's crosstalk on the stage, complaining about magic acts that were full of loopholes, and the unforgettable night that would never be absent...

"There are three days left..."

Seeing the three little heads gorging themselves on their food, Su Mo shook his head, and the excitement he had from before disappeared.

Staring at the shape of dumplings, and thinking about the meaning of Chinese dumplings, Su Mo only felt a sour sensation coming from his eyes.

"I wonder how dad and mom are doing, and whether my little sister is eating well. There are four or five days left before the new year, sigh..."

These days, Su Mo had been forcing himself to remain busy to forget the current life and death situation of his parents and sister.

At this time, even though the delicious dumplings were still releasing their aroma, Su Mo felt a little bit dispirited and lost his appetite.

After ending dinner hastily and scrubbing off the stove, he took out the GF personal hygiene products that he obtained in the morning and washed up.

Even though there were electric lights to assist him in working through the night, Su Mo chose to return to the small bed. He turned on the lamp, and laid down quietly.

Oreo seemed to sense that Su Mo was in a bad mood too, as she ran over obediently and laid next to the bed quietly.

Human beings had emotions, which were beautiful, but also heavy.

Su Mo was not a person who was easily dismayed or frustrated. It was just that, at this moment, in this safe shelter, before the upcoming blizzard, he just wanted to rest well.

"They will come! Mom and Dad! Sister! They will definitely be here!"

Looking at the ceiling, Su Mo's gaze seemed to penetrate the wall and traveled out toward the sky covered by the dark clouds outside.

The icy cold wind gradually began to sweep across the wasteland, which was completely different from the large temperature drop during the day...

It was finally coming!

There were three days left. After midnight on that final day, the blizzard disaster would arrive.

These three consecutive days of blizzard would be like a sharp knife that slaughtered humans in the wasteland.

Sitting on the bed and feeling depressed, Su Mo also lost his usual desire to browse the World Channel before bed. He turned to take Kento Maeda's possessions from the storage space to examine them.

The feather in the daytime had solved his shelter's ventilation problem. Kento Maeda was like the selfless sun; even though he was gone, he was still giving out light to "warm" others.

At this time, among all the items, there were only three valuable things.

A hardback notebook containing his diary, and...

Two maps, one large and one small, what was recorded remained unknown.

Putting the maps aside, Su Mo sat up and began to look at this unique "diary" under the soft light of the bedside lamp.

In the civilized era, which serious person would write a diary?

However, after arriving in the wasteland, everyone seemed to have mysteriously caught this habit.

Like Magoo, Maeda also chose to write his diary in a notebook, and the handwriting was extremely neat.

With the aid of the game panel's translation function, the Japanese characters were directly translated into Chinese ones and displayed in front of Su Mo.

The diary began its records from the fifth day but, at the beginning, Kento Maeda carefully supplemented the records of the previous few days together with other important information.

Reading it carefully, the message on the pages seemed to have brought Su Mo into the perspective of God.

Before Kento Maeda traversed the wasteland, he used to be the boss of a boxing gym from Japan. He recruited some rogues to teach boxing in the gym and liked to bully people daily and commit crimes. Relying on the protection of the boxers employed under him, it was enough to survive in the backstreets.

Japan was not big, but the gap between the rich and the poor was quite big. The people who kept good company got better, and the people who kept bad company naturally got worse.

From the beginning, Maeda had written the words... "always a step quicker" more than once in his notebook

From a person who could control the gangsters under his boxing gym, to becoming a person living on the wasteland, gathering up a group of followers, Maeda also had a weak protagonist template.

Looking through the diary of the past few days, Su Mo read with a clenched fist about the reason why Maeda was able to mix with the kobolds.

There were only a handful of kobolds initially, about fifty people, and they were much weaker than the rat and lion clans next to them.

In such an environment, Kento Maeda perceptively discovered the huge potential of the fireball!

He chose to join the weakest force and brought the technology of gunpowder into the world of kobolds.

Sulfur... was beside the rat clan's camp.

At night, taking a huge risk, Kento Maeda managed to dig out a few catties of ores. It was this risky move that made the kobolds gradually believe him!

Madly creating gunpowder, crazily attacking when there was only a small number of kobolds in the early stages, Maeda led the kobolds and killed no less than 50 human beings placed nearby and finally met the first summoning condition.

At this time, the kobold clan, which originally comprised fifty people, suddenly expanded to 100; gaining the ability to challenge the rat clan of 400 people.

In their first battle, only 9 soldiers' lives were lost. The kobolds defeated the strong rat clan and obtained the super summoning opportunity, allowing 2,000 of them to be summoned over!

What is this concept?

Watching Kento Maeda express his shock more than once at the arrival of the alien race in his diary, Su Mo seemed to have been transported in his mind to the grand summoning ceremony, watching each kobold walk out one after another.

"It turns out that the castle was also summoned. Like I said, such a tall building, how could it have possibly been built in such a short time!"

"Huh? Maeda instructed Marshall to secretly record the structure of the kobold castle? Could it be that there is something valuable in the castle!"

Reading up to the seventh day of the diary, from what he wrote down when Kento Maeda summed up the gains and losses of that day, Su Mo took out two maps and did the guesswork.

The big map, judging from the crooked straight lines, was a hand-drawn map!

"My goodness, the structures and distribution of the kobolds in the castle had been figured out by these people!"

The records on the map were extremely detailed. Even if it was limited by Marshall's ability, and some places were not clearly stated, Su Mo could see the structure of the castle in detail.

Besides that, on the right side of the fourth floor, Su Mo also saw a place marked in red with big characters written on it:

"Treasure Room!"

"My goodness, this place should be the place used by the kobolds to collect treasures from the outside. According to this, it is very likely that the laser tool from the thermal weapon laser manufacturing machine is inside here, and the safehouse core that disappeared under Magoo's body may also have been taken back with them!"

After getting some clues about the two missing items, Su Mo's heart suddenly became excited. He kept the diary and the other map and began to study the weak defenses of the kobold castle.

Compared to the castle designed by humans, the structure of the Kobold castle was not complicated, and there were many weak points that were clear to the untrained eye.

"Unfortunately, it is as difficult as climbing the sky to enter the castle. Unless all the kobolds are moved away from the mountain, or if most of the kobolds leave the castle, perhaps then there would be a chance for me to enter!"

After looking at it for a while and suppressing the thought of directly breaking in, Su Mo felt a trace of sleepiness. He retracted the map, laid on the small bed, turned off the lamp, and fell asleep peacefully.

Beside him, Oreo sensed the recovery of Su Mo's mood. She went back outside assuredly and laid down with Big Spark and Little Spark.

However... their sleep was destined to not last until dawn!

When Su Mo was still fast asleep in the middle of the night, Oreo's manic barking resounded through the shelter and, in an instant, Su Mo was awakened.

"Is there an enemy?"

Oreo shook her head, but the uncontrollable mania on her expression was extremely obvious, and it seemed that something important was happening.

Getting up quickly and walking briskly to the command center, Su Mo quickly turned on the light, and then switched on the old TV, and started to check the shelter's surroundings.

Taking a look at the scene outside, Su Mo was stunned!

At the moment, the sky outside seemed to be burning. It was originally dark and late at night, but presently, half of it was reflected in fiery red!

It was exactly the sign of a massive fire burning in the sky!

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Chapter 147: Counterattack, Even Strong Winds Has A Path Home

"What's this situation, this location seems to be around the kobold castle…? Could it be that all the bushes are burning up?"

Su Mo took out some clothes from the storage space and quickly put them on.

When a "neighbor" was in trouble, help should be given from all sides!

Before going to bed at night, Su Mo had looked at the map of Kobold Castle. At this time, there was a terrible fire going on over there. Awakened in the middle of the night, he would probably not forgive himself if he did not go out and check on things.

Walking over to the workbench, Su Mo turned on the lights above and unfolded the hand-drawn topographic map from before. He began to inspect it carefully.

There was a low bush forest covering a large area just in front of the kobold castle, but this forest would be difficult to light up even if picric acid explosives were detonated there.

The main reason was that the shrubs on the front side were too scattered; it would be difficult to rely on one or two trees to spread the flames to the other trees.

In addition to the snow accumulated over the past few days, the shrubs would be extremely damp, so the thought of these front shrubs burning could be eliminated straightaway.

At this time, only the bushes around the castle were left!

In these two places, the bushes were densely packed, and the area was huge, it could be called a dense forest.

Even so, if one wanted to use a simple torch to light the entire forest on fire, other conditions had to be met.

"My goodness, is it possible that another cobra came to bully the ground-headed snakes that are the kobolds?"

He studied the map and marked X at several places that might have caused the fire. Su Mo began to observe the distribution of this battlefield.

There was an open space in front of the kobold castle, about 500 meters away. If someone attacked, this place would not be the first choice.

However, on the left and right of the castle, there were very lush bush shrubs, which usually helped the castle withstand the strong easterly winds.

The wind direction at this time…

Thinking along these lines, Su Mo hurriedly returned to the TV, adjusting the angle of view and zooming in on the leaves to observe.

After a while, Su Mo discovered that it was the northeast wind blowing at this time!

"It's not advisable to ignite a fire against the wind, so one can only go downwind to do so… According to this calculation, if the fire was to be lit, it must have been started on the left side of the castle!"

Excluding the right side of the castle, Su Mo began to focus on the topography on the left side!

There was a high slope behind the kobold castle and, if the other party had lit the fire on the left side, they no doubt wanted to use the northeast wind to blow fire into the kobold castle.

Taking a closer look, if kobolds wanted to defend themselves, they just needed to guard the front and right sides of the castle.

If an enemy was attacking, since the left was burning, they would have to break through and attack from the front and the right!

"Who's trying to find trouble with the kobolds? An unknown human shelter? The lion clan? Or is it an unknown race!"

With the data from the topographic map, Su Mo quickly planned out a driving route.

Along this road, he could go around and avoid any possibility of being exposed.

As long as he could arrive at the rear of the kobold castle, he would be safe. That was the side that no one would go to.

This position, whether in terms of concealment, vantage point, or mobility when an opportunity showed itself, held the most strategic value!

Su Mo patted the table decisively. After remembering all the map routes in his mind, Su Mo put away the topographic map and strode toward the upper floor.

Oreo, who was still barking behind him, followed at a brisk pace, both of them preparing for the battle simultaneously!

Su Mo put on his combat uniform and armor.

Since he had not gone outdoors for a day, all the electrical equipment remained fully charged. After a round of inspections and confirming that there were no problems, Su Mo brought some supplies from the treasure chests along with him.

One standard refined iron saber, two K-1 automatic pistols, fully loaded, all the remaining crossbow arrows, and the 80,000-volt electric stun baton produced by the game.

He also took with him the hooked rope he made previously, and all the fifteen meters hemp rope that he received from opening the treasure chests. After thinking about it, he brought the twenty liters of fuel along as well.

While he was packing up his equipment, Su Mo also boiled some hot water and soaked two packs of instant noodles inside. He waited until the noodles were ready before taking them out and storing them into the storage space as food for the night.

Everything was ready. Not only did the fire outside not decrease, but it became even more exaggerated. Su Mo did not wait any longer and went straight to the first floor to open the basement door and drove Earth Tiger out.

"Sure enough, goals shouldn't be simply set. I had just mentioned that I would not drive you out, but here we are now departing for another journey!"

The days in the wasteland were so capricious.

Lowering the alloy gate back down and locking the winch back in position, he could hear the wind rustling in the middle of the night; mixed in with scattered snowflakes, it felt as if cold metal was scraping against his body.

Even with the protection of the combat uniform, Su Mo could not help but shiver after getting in the car.

Starting the engine and waiting for the car to heat up, Su Mo turned on the warm air switch of the combat uniform. After slightly more than ten seconds, his stiff body gradually recovered to its optimal condition.

"It's so cold. I wonder who the opponent is, being so daring as to attack the kobolds in this kind of weather."

After exhaling some warm air onto the windscreen and wiping the glass clean with a rag, Su Mo slowly shifted the gear into drive. He turned on the high beam lights and stepped on the accelerator.

Compared to yesterday's snow, after three to five hours of rapidly decreasing temperature, much of the ground had already been frozen into ice.

Driving on this kind of road, he could only keep the speed at about 20 yards per second because of the road and visibility conditions at night.

Driving slowly, Su Mo had to concentrate and give his maximum attention. After only half an hour of driving, Su Mo, who had not had enough sleep, felt a little tired.

This was exacerbated by the warmth from the combat uniform and the lack of air circulation in the mask.

Su Mo pulled the car over and removed the mask. He went outside to take a few deep breaths of cold air. After drinking a half a bottle of psychic energy water, Su Mo continued on the road again.

The fiery red hue cast over the distant horizon was like a guide; extremely obvious in the night of the wasteland.

Hundreds of acres of woods were burning and, even if it was still dozens of kilometers away, Su Mo clearly could see the smoke that gathered in the distance.

As he closed in, Oreo also activated her sixth sense, sitting beside him on the front seat, listening intently.

After a while, Oreo barked in a panic.

"What? It's very dangerous up ahead?"

"Woof!" Oreo nodded her head continuously when she heard Su Mo's words, and her face was anxious, as if she had seen something dangerous.

"Will I die if I go?"

There was a moment of silence, as Su Mo slowly and unwillingly asked the question.

At this time, Oreo put on a firm gaze, shaking her head fiercely; she barked toward the front twice.

The meaning of this was very obvious!

"Since I won't die, what could scare me? It's been delayed for so long, so even if I don't go in, I should at least take a look!"

Su Mo's character had always been a little extreme; when it was time to postpone things, he would do so, but when it was time to rush forward, he would not hesitate.

Even if Oreo indicated the risk of injury, Su Mo was fearless!

This road traveled in the direction of the lion clan's flatlands. After passing through the low-lying land, the road conditions improved and the car gradually picked up speed, increasing to 35, occasionally 40, yards per second.

Gradually, he drove out of the lion clan's flatlands and came to the kobold's high slopes.

At this moment, confronted by the scene before him, Su Mo could no longer suppress the shock in his heart and exclaimed.

"The lion people… could do this?"

Turning on his old phone, he could now see that there were lion people densely packed around the kobold castle.

All the kobolds were outside their castle at this time and forced to fight the lion people outside.

In the night, the horn of killing sounded.

Similarly, this was the last desperate resistance of the lion clan before the disaster struck!

"A disaster is coming, and the lion people knew, even if the kobolds didn't hunt them, what would happen if they had no shelter or supplies during the blizzard. It's better to fight to the death and give it their all with their lives in the battle against the kobolds, and try to complete the summoning ritual to change their fate."

"The most important thing is… can the lion clan's wind spell be used like this?"

Su Mo drove to the hill behind the kobold castle and he laid down in the snow, staring at the fire.

The familiar Lioness priestess stood at the periphery of the fiery scene, waving her staff repeatedly toward the flames.

Whenever a gust of wind fell into the fire, the fire would increase in intensity a little. The flames could be seen burning on the ground, and some of the burnt wood had been blown by the wind, reaching the front of the kobold castle.

If the kobolds did not come out to defend, in an hour or two, the kobold castle would set alight by this fire, turning it into a burning hell!

The agile lion people had an absolute advantage in mobility.

It was an opportune "time" for the lion clan because of the strong northeast wind and, with the "geographic" advantage of occupying the high ground, and the final trace of "bravado" and "unity" from a desperate race…

"If the kobolds only have these measures to fall back on, regrettably… the kobolds will lose!"

Uncovering his mask and smelling the acrid burning smell in the air, Su Mo's heart became calmer and his mind quickly processed his thoughts.

At this moment, on the watchtowers, the sentries had already gone down to fight, and the city wall was a chaotic mess.

On the front, on the left, and the right, there were both lions and kobolds locked in a desperate battle.

There was only the rear left… Because there was no door to the rear, even the lion people would not choose this spot for battle and, guarded by the stone wall, the kobolds also gave up defending the rear.

Putting the binoculars in front of him, Su Mo carefully observed whether there were any loopholes behind the castle.

However…

In the view of the binoculars, a figure suddenly appeared under the stone wall behind the kobold castle.

"Damn… There's someone who has the same intentions as me to forage for some gains?"

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Chapter 148: Taking Advantage To Loot, Breaking Into The Castle!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At the back of the castle, there were no bulges or protrusions on the wall. Without professional tools, it would be almost impossible to get in from here.

Were it not for the black color of the figure below that was clearly visible against the white snow under the castle, it would be difficult for Su Mo to spot at first glance.

The figure seemed to be looking at the castle wall, studying how to climb up this smooth back wall.

It took three to five minutes, but when Su Mo's eyes were a little strained, the figure finally moved.

Seeing what followed, Su Mo suddenly burst into laughter.

This "man in black" seemed to have opted for the same method Su Mo used before to attack the lion people's camp!

To dig a hole!

Does he intend to dig a hole under the kobold castle?

Seeing that the man in black had started digging with a shovel, even Su Mo felt a headache coming..

Without mentioning just how deep the foundation of such a huge castle was, could one dig through the frozen ground with just a shovel?

At this moment, the rear of the kobold castle could be said to be "quiet in the midst of trouble".

The speed of the man in black was not slow, so Su Mo simply continued to look around while lying on his stomach; helping the other person to scan the surroundings for movement.

The lion people, who had been hunted down for two days, somehow seemed to have more numbers than before. Su Mo wondered what miraculous incident they had encountered.

The kobolds were also wildly attacking in the night. Despite the presence of mages and gunpowder, the two sides were still fighting fiercely on relatively even terms.

Time passed by slowly, but the fire showed no signs of stopping at all.

While Su Mo was still observing the kobolds trying to put out the fire, Oreo, who was lying at his side, woofed softly.

"Huh? Damn! This person actually managed to dig a hole through?"

The black shadow worked hard for half an hour and, when Su Mo looked at the castle walls, half of the figure had miraculously disappeared into the hole. After lightly kicking against the ground, the rest of his body disappeared as well and slid into the castle!

At the same time, Su Mo could see the ground under the castle wall.

It was not the expected mixture of masonry and stone, or cement. Rather, the foundations of the castle seemed to be constructed with soil!

It was a structure that violated the common sense principles of mechanics and architecture. If it was caught by the system, it would have received numerous complaints and comments about its shoddy construction.

"They really didn't put too much effort into building this. If ??it's just mud under the building, how exactly was this constructed?"

Seeing that the figure was crawling in, Su Mo quickly took out the map drawn by Marshall to check the layout of the first floor of the castle!

The first floor was the living space of the kobolds, and most kobold warriors lived in the rooms on the first floor.

The design of these rooms did not have the beauty or aesthetic of a human castle. Most of the rooms inside were crowded together, placed haphazardly next to each other.

"No wonder Kento Maeda went to the kobold castle once and never wanted to return."

"This design, plus all the excretions of the kobolds in the castle, it would probably only take a week to ferment before it could directly kill people with its smell!"

Even though he had yet to enter the castle, looking at the map, Su Mo could faintly imagine what the inside of the castle smelled like.

Following the drawings and dimensions on the hand-drawn map, Su Mo found where the tunnel would lead to without much effort.

This location happened to be in the room of a kobold warrior.

According to the current chaotic battle conditions outside, the kobold warriors would have been dispatched in full force, and there was a high probability that there would be no enemies in the room.

The only tricky thing was that this room was inside the kobold castle. He would have to pass through six rooms on the way and pass through a 50-meter long corridor before he could reach the stairway that led to the second floor.

The second and third floors were where the kobold mages lived. The stairs from the second floor to the third floor were set on the castle walls, which was outrageous!

"I won't keep looking at this anymore. If I take too much time the black thief in front of me will have taken away all the good stuff. Anyway, I will take this opportunity to loot the burning castle. If I can't get up there, I'll just retreat back here and make further plans!"

With so many monsters around, Su Mo wanted to use the Dongfeng Missile to let the monsters know what justice from heaven looked like.

However, when he thought about how wasteful it was to use this kind of killer weapon on monsters with a combat ability rating below 5 points, Su Mo quickly dispelled this idea.

"Oreo, stay here and guard Earth Tiger, and wait for me obediently. If it is dangerous, run quickly and leave me behind!"

Su Mo smiled and ruffled Oreo's head. Oreo looked reluctant to part with Su Mo, but she could only obediently do as she was told. Looking at her expression, Su Mo slowly stood up from the ground and pulled off his mask, his gaze instantly turning firm.

He took out the two K-1 pistols and thrust them into the waist pockets of the combat uniform. He then took out the fine iron electric spear, and gently slid down along the slope of the hill.

Ice crystals had condensed on the clear white snow, and they made a crisp sound as they brushed against the armor.

The improvement of his physical fitness not only brought an enhancement of strength, but also a series of other invisible bonuses.

At the same time, the courage that Su Mo had to enter the tiger's lair alone was because of the increased overall coordination and the increased athletic ability that he now possessed.

Seeing that the tunnel was already in front of him, he rolled over, and his body instantly reduced the momentum of his slide. He stopped firmly in front of the hole.

Su Mo did not choose to crawl into the hole that had been dug, but walked quickly to a spot about five meters away, which was where the next room was located.

He then summoned the excellent-quality shovel from the storage space.

Su Mo did not know what kind of shovel the black thief had used, but the efficiency would not be as high as this super shovel built by the workbench.

During the first digging motion of the shovel, a light flashed, and the shovel activated a critical hit.

The originally hard and frozen soil became like tofu instantly, and that single motion created a large pit.

The black thief dug the pit for nearly half an hour. In less than three minutes, an even more exaggerated large hole had appeared beside the previous pit.

This hole's depth was around half a person's height, and one would only need to squat down to pass through!

Putting away the shovel, Su Mo took a few sips of the psychic energy water and rested for two minutes to recover his strength. After taking a look at the raging fire and continuous fighting outside, Su Mo squatted down and hurried into the pit.

Smelly!

Dirty!

Chaotic!

This was Su Mo's first reaction after entering the kobold warrior's residence area!

Even on one side of the room, kobold feces were piled up in the corner of the wall, with the distance from their straw mats for sleeping being only three to five meters away.

In the face of the pungent smell that could easily make one faint, the mask that could resist poisonous gas seemed to have lost the majority of its function.

"Even if this race possessed an early advantage, it is impossible for them to achieve victory in later stages."

"Although they have transformed into human forms and have humanoid bodies, they still maintained the habits of beasts in their dirty souls. Such creatures would never become the masters of the wasteland!"

Covering his nose and mouth with one hand, Su Mo tried to find his bearings. He first went over to the next room, which was the hole dug by the black thief.

As expected, at the entrance of the cave, a homemade animal trap was visibly placed.

If someone tried to follow behind through the tunnel from just now, they would be caught directly by the clamp and would have died on the spot.

"What a ruthless person. Looking at the quality of the trap, it is likely that he has some combat ability!"

If human beings wanted to survive in this wasteland, how could they not be ruthless?

Similarly, this was also the best way to judge a person's combat ability. Those so-called sanctimonious people, without a protagonist's halo, would not be able to survive even for a week in the Doomsday wasteland!

With this animal trap stuck at the door, Su Mo glanced outside the door and followed along the path with confidence.

The first floor of the camp was not complicated, and the black thief had also chosen to move forward.

Walking toward the stairs to the second floor, after passing by three rooms, Su Mo finally saw the first dead kobold.

This was a kobold who had been disabled and had one arm missing, which was why it did not rush out to fight against the lion people in this disaster.

However, at this time, an inch-long hole had been carved open in its neck, and blood was still pouring out.

Su Mo lowered his head and aimed the flashlight at the kobold's neck, carefully inspecting the wound.

"One-hit kill. The only wound was on the neck. The preliminary judgment would be the wound was caused by a sword or similar sharp object. The possibility of daggers cannot be ruled out."

"The wound did not penetrate deeply into the flesh, and there was no tearing of the skin tissue next to it. There are two possibilities..."

After days of fighting on the wasteland, Su Mo often reflected on his shortcomings after a battle, and had developed a preliminary sense for combat.

There was a lot of information revealed by this wound.

The wound was not deep; this meant that the black thief had a high combat awareness and effectiveness, causing the most damage with the least amount of strength, and the weapon was also very sharp. The other conclusion was...

Insufficient strength!

If it was Su Mo who used the sword, he could hewn the kobold's entire head off its shoulders with a single strike. It was impossible for him to create just such a small wound.

Keeping his doubts hidden within his heart, Su Mo did not wait any longer. He retracted the electric spear, and pulled out the electric crossbow and pistol!

If the opponent was a person with a high level of combat awareness, close combat would be too risky, and these two weapons were far from sufficient!

There were no dangers along the way. When the second staircase appeared in front of Su Mo, the number of kobolds that died along the way had exceeded nine!

Every attack was fatal. Every kobold's fatal wound was on the neck, which made Su Mo certain that the black thief was a master!

"Very good, I will let you be my hitman!"

A cold light flashed in his eyes, as Su Mo took brisk steps and climbed up the stairs.

After reaching the second floor, Su Mo quickly stepped into the room next to him and observed the situation on the second floor from the side.

To go to the third floor from here, he had to pass through a section of the castle wall.

There were a large number of kobold mages on the wall at this time. It would not be an easy task to break through!

Just as Su Mo was feeling puzzled, a fiery red fireball suddenly appeared in his vision and, at the same time, a kobold's scream was heard.

If Su Mo was not inside the castle, this scream would not have been heard outside, where shouts of killing and the howling wind prevailed.

The next second, the black thief appeared from the room where the fireball was launched.

"Okay! This time I'll see how you make your way to the third floor!"

Standing sideways against the doorway, Su Mo waited quietly and, sure enough, the black thief's actions did not disappoint Su Mo.

On the second floor, he found a way to go up to the third floor without going through the castle wall!

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Chapter 149: Break Through Defense, Laser Tool!

"Getting into the interior of the castle by digging a tunnel, then he manages to find the weak points of the castle structure and go directly through the ceiling."

"Why does it feel as if he designed the castle, and that this his home ground?"

Relying on Marshall's hand-drawn map, Su Mo thought that he would be more familiar with the castle than the black thief.

However, in actuality, the black thief seemed more familiar!

"Indeed, the ceiling on the second floor is so thin that it can be dug up."

"The fourth floor houses supplies though, so the ceiling is impossible to dig through. Let's see how he handles the next floor!"

He saw the black thief go through the hole in the ceiling and climb up.

Su Mo also moved quickly, he dug directly into the top of the room's ceiling with brute force.

"Hehe! You can go ahead and find the weak point of the ceiling slate and dig it up. I, on the other hand, have a high-quality stone pickaxe, so I can just smash the slab right through!"

Relying on the special attributes of the stone pickaxe, Su Mo's movements were not slow either.

Whenever a critical strike was triggered, a large pile of rubble would fall off, clearing the way until it was possible to pass through the hole. Su Mo then supported his body with both hands and smoothly climbed up.

"The direction he went up should be on the right side of the castle. My position is on the left side. The stairs that lead up to the fourth floor are in the middle so, to go up, I must either go up behind him or fight a life and death battle with the man in black!"

The treasure room was at the end of the fourth floor. Whoever arrived first would obtain more treasures than the second.

When he thought about the possibility that the core of Magoo's shelter and the much needed laser tool were there, Su Mo suddenly felt the intent to kill, so he directly raised his crossbow and rushed over to the stairs.

Judging by the opponent's skillful means of killing, in the wasteland, he ought to be a ruthless murderer that killed without blinking.

The chance of reasoning with this kind of person or becoming an ally was extremely small, so when they met, the two would have to compete!

The loser would have to offer his life!

The winner would be able to keep everything!

Su Mo's footsteps were fast, but the footsteps of the man in black were even faster.

When Su Mo had just turned the last corner and saw the stairs, he saw the man in black had jumped past the corner of the stairs and had rushed to the fourth floor. He was very familiar with the structure of the castle.

His purpose was also obvious, which were the stored supplies and treasures.

Taking a step forward, Su Mo remained cautious, but quickly caught up.

Before walking up the long stairs, he heard a constant rumbling sound from above.

Quietly turning sideways, Su Mo looked outside.

In his line of sight, the black thief who ran ahead was in trouble!

At this moment, fireballs were flying about on the fourth floor, and the black man's incursion had been discovered!

"Sure enough, the kobolds still had some manpower on the upper floors. Fortunately, the black thief was faster!"

The space on the fourth floor was not complicated, there were warehouses everywhere, and there was no room for kobolds to reside in.

At this time, the marked materials warehouse on the map was already close at hand and, as long as there was no obstruction from the kobolds, within three or five breaths, Su Mo could rush over to the treasure room.

Unfortunately, the dozen kobold warriors guarding the treasure room were already fighting the black thief at this time.

Four mages and twelve warriors; it was a fiery war on the fourth floor!

The cooldown period for a mage to release a fireball was about 20 seconds, and every time the four of them would choose to launch at the same time.

Even if the combat ability of the man in black was good, faced with this situation, it was dangerous.

There was once when he was almost hit by the tip of a kobold warrior's spear while avoiding a fireball.

"If it were me, even without my long-range weapons, these kobolds would probably not be able to survive a few moves. It seems that the combat ability of the black thief is not as terrifying as imagined!"

While looking at the battle, Su Mo imagined himself in the place of the man in black and simulated the fight in his mind.

In hand-to-hand combat, one has to fight more with less, pay attention to the surrounding environment, make accurate and decisive movements when engaging, and remember not to be dragged into prolonged battles.

The man in black made this mistake at this time.

His strength was too small, and he was using a steel knife. His attacks did not have the same reach as the kobold warriors' spear so, every time, in order not to get hurt, he could only find a way to dodge and counterattack.

"Should I take advantage of the dangerous situation to get rid of the black thief, or help him get rid of these kobolds first!"

As time went on, the situation changed. After watching the two sides fight for about a minute, the kobold had fired three rounds of fireballs in a row, and the winner had still not yet been determined. Su Mo could not help but feel anxious.

Holding the electric crossbow in his hand, he took aim at the man in black who was shuttling back and forth between the group of kobolds.

The arrow velocity of the crossbow was not particularly fast, especially when it came to moving targets in battle. If one wanted to hit the enemy, the first shot from range was vital. If he missed, then it would only cause the enemy to be vigilant.

Su Mo spent ten seconds trying to find an opportunity to release the arrow, but still failed to find the right timing and trajectory!

Just as Su Mo began to feel impatient, the man in black changed his movements, and a small ball appeared in his hand.

He slammed it to the ground fiercely, and a burst of black smoke rose. Even Su Mo could not figure out the battle situation inside.

In the next second, there was a black mist, and the kobold warlock was "blind" immediately, and he could only listen to the wailing of the kobold warriors coming from the black mist.

Within twenty seconds, the smoke began to dissipate, revealing the true content inside.

All the kobold warriors were destroyed!

However, on the waist of the man in black, a wound was also marked, it looked bloody and terrifying!

Without the protection of warriors, the mages could not keep a distance away, and naturally, they could only be slaughtered by the wounded man in black.

In a flash, seeing the man in black rushing into the treasure room, Su Mo was very agitated. He rushed over with his crossbow.

The door of the treasure room was a heavy wooden door with a huge diamond sign engraved on it!

Below the sign, the wooden door was opened to a gap for passing.

On the ground of the wooden door, there were bloodstains left by the man in black and the kobolds.

Since he saw the combat power of the man in black, holding a crossbow, Su Mo had no fear in his heart, and he slid into the treasure room.

The treasure room looked gorgeous and unusual outside, but after entering the wooden door, it turned into a slightly darkened room.

The oil lamp inside flashed, illuminating the materials on the ground.

"Hey, where's the black thief?"

The moment this thought flashed past Su Mo's mind, there seemed to be a strong gust of wind blowing past him.

Without thinking or hesitating, Su Mo rolled headfirst on the ground, and instinctively fired a shot blindly!

His reflexes made up for the lack of combat awareness. Even if the enemy had been a step faster, he did not expect Su Mo to react this quickly.

At the same time, the crossbow arrow that had been instinctively shot only caused the black thief to temporarily halt his attacks, but did not actually hit him.

Dropping the crossbow on the ground, Su Mo took out the pistol and shot directly at the man in black.

Between life and death, there existed a feeling of horror!

After experiencing the threat of a steel knife flying over his head, and facing this cruel and cunning enemy, Su Mo believed that there was no need to speak words.

However, the moment he shot, an explosion-proof shield was erected in front of the man in black, and the bullet ricocheted off it.

The convenience of storage space allowed humans to carry many large objects with them.

Only a small opening slit of the explosion-proof shield was exposed. Relying on the power of the K-1 pistol, there was no way to penetrate it in a frontal assault!

Confrontation!

Stalemate!

There was no way for both sides to attack the other, and neither of them wanted to be the first to initiate action and risk exposing a gap or loophole. Both parties looked at each other awkwardly!

"I only need food, and will leave after that. I can give you everything else!"

"A girl?"

Hearing the cold female voice of the black thief, Su Mo was taken aback.

Did women have this kind of combat ability in the wasteland? Are they so scary?

"What does it matter if I'm a girl. I only need food and can give you everything else. I only have two square meters of storage space as well, so you can take all the leftover food!"

Seeing Su Mo's surprised look, the person in black was a little flustered. She repeated the statement.

"Impossible! I will be the first to choose and you can take the rest after I've taken what I need." Pointing the pistol's muzzle at the explosion-proof shield, Su Mo quickly glanced around the treasure room.

On this trip, his only purpose was the two items—the laser tool… and the core of Magoo's shelter!

These two items were of utmost priority, and any kind of food or random item was irrelevant; even if he only obtained those two items, he would have already scored a massive gain!

After a while, seeing that Su Mo was not answering her, the black thief said again, "Are you looking for this?"

At the same time, a fair hand stretched out from behind the explosion-proof shield, holding a gleaming round object in her hand.

Just by looking at it, Su Mo could instantly confirm that this was the "laser tool" he was looking for!

Regardless of its size or shape, if this item was placed in the groove of the thermal weapon laser manufacturing machine, it would fit just right.

Before Su Mo could answer, the hand retracted itself and the laser tool disappeared from her hand.

"If you want this, then we can talk. As long as we can leave the kobold castle, I can give this to you!"

"Why should I trust you? If you give it to me first, then we can talk!" Su Mo rudely interrupted the black thief.

The atmosphere dampened again, with neither side willing to retreat, entering a stalemate.

For a while, it seemed that the shouting and killing outside had become quieter. The person in black became anxious and interrupted the stalemate with an embarrassing opening, "You should know that even if you kill me, you don't know the location of my shelter, and you won't be able to open my safehouse core. Why don't you take a step back?"

"My name is Carolla, how about you?"

The voice of the girl in black sounded very nice, but Su Mo remained unmoved, and retorted coldly, "Carolla? My name is Daryl!"

The girl in black looked like the invincible Carol from the Walking Dead, and Su Mo was not bad as well, holding up a crossbow, mimicking the wasteland's "Daryl"!

This cold joke suddenly made the black thief behind the explosion-proof shield laugh!

"Then what do you want? Why don't we just keep dragging our feet and wait for the kobolds to come back!"

Hearing the black thief's tone throwing a fit like a little girl, Su Mo showed a faint smile underneath his mask. At the same time, he changed the topic of conversation.

"I can let you have your turn first, but you can only take food, and you must do so at gunpoint!"

The pistol in his hand gleamed under the faint ambient light, seeming to emit a dazzling black light!

The cold gun barrel was as cold as Su Mo's tone, always occupying the commanding position in this treasure room!

In the end, "Carolla" still chose to compromise, holding the heavy explosion-proof shield, and starting to collect supplies in the treasure room.

The food items that were placed here were mostly things that kobolds did not like. However, they were also the food and supplies that humans most urgently needed.

Corn, potatoes, and some loosely packed rice, were piled up and scattered in the corner of the room.

There were many materials, but the person in black had only collected less than one-fifth of them before her storage space became full.

Then, under Su Mo's scrutiny, the shadow began to take out the unused items one by one, replacing the food on the ground.

A pot! Two pieces of iron! A shovel…

A bottle full of water and…

A weird magazine with exposed girls!

Watching the black thief pull out more and more weird things, Su Mo was about to fire off a sarcastic remark.

Unfortunately, before he could speak, crazy barking noises suddenly came from outside the treasure room!

"Oh no! They're back!"

Chapter 150: As I've Mentioned, No One Will Die!

The sound of kobolds barking sounded through the castle and it was obvious that they had found out about the dead kobolds on the lower two floors!

"Crap, damn lion people! I shouldn't have trusted them. They are just a bunch of beasts!" Hearing the black-clothed woman cursing under her breath, Su Mo also realized the seriousness of the matter.

At this crucial moment, the lion clan suddenly retreated due to some inexplicable reason, and all the kobolds had returned to the castle.

It had become an extravagant hope to return and leave via the original path they took through the excavated tunnel.

Turning to his side, Su Mo pointed his gun at the woman in black, adjusted his gaze, and looked out.

He could already see a kobold warrior coming up the stairs, rushing to the fourth floor, and barking loudly while looking at the kobold corpse on the ground.

At the same time, the barking also stirred a response from the kobolds down below.

For a while, the castle seemed to be shaking. Even if he did not judge their numbers by the sounds, Su Mo could guess that thousands of kobolds had returned to the castle.

Do you think that I am a rat in a hole?

Looking that the stupid dog at the top of the stairs who was still barking, Su Mo ruthlessly turned his muzzle toward the kobold warrior at shot it.

He would not miss from thirty meters away, and the kobold was left with a hole in its head, ceasing its annoying barking!

Sensing that the situation was not optimistic, the woman in black quickly retracted her shield and said anxiously, "What do we do? Can we still go back down the path?"

After being surrounded, the two had become grasshoppers on the same rope and, naturally, there was no need to start any conflicts with each other.

"Go! Go up!"

Su Mo wore a calm expression. He did not even take a second look at the food and supplies left in the room and quickly thought about how to deal with the situation.

It was impossible to get through the thousands of kobolds single-handedly. Even without a mage, the endless kobold warriors were like a meat grinder that could drag him down by exhaustion.

The only way now was to run up toward the wall, and see if there was still a glimmer of hope or opportunity.

Looking at the black-clothed woman who had retracted her shield and looking out, Su Mo gritted his teeth and directly took out the 80,000-volt stun baton from the storage space!

Pressing the switch, Su Mo had no mercy and hit the back of the woman in black.

Zap!

At this time, he slammed the stun baton into her back and she immediately dropped to the ground.

80,000 volts sounded terrifying, but it was a very small current and would not cause much harm to the human body. It could only cause the other party to faint temporarily!

However, the woman in black seemed to have strengthened her body before. After being stunned by Su Mo, although she fell to the ground, her consciousness was still very clear!

"Hey, has the stun baton failed?"

Looking at the resentful eyes of the black-clothed woman on the ground, Su Mo reached out and turned her over and, on her still twitching leg, he electrified her again.

This time, the woman in black became much more obedient, and her body was paralyzed for the time being.

He took out the hemp rope from the storage space and, looking at the horrified gaze of the other party, quickly tied a knot around her body and, at the same time, turned over the woman in black and tied her to his back with a dead knot.

"Remember, from now on, you owe me a life!"

The woman in black was not heavy, probably less than a hundred catties. Even if she was carried on his back, there was no feeling of difficulty with Su Mo's strengthened body.

Su Mo pulled the rope ends together and tied another knot again, confirming that it would not loosen halfway. Then he put the crossbow back into the storage space and, with a gun in one hand and a spear in the other, Su Mo quickly rushed out!

The thick hemp rope constrained his movements but, at the same time, his center of gravity was extremely stable because of the person on his back.

The electrified "Carolla" who was carried on his back was numb all over, her saliva drooling from the corner of her mouth. She was carried by Su Mo, who went out in a storm.

There was no outsider to stop him. Looking at the kobolds that were still rushing up from below, Su Mo covered his head, chose the right direction, and ran straight toward the fifth floor.

There were five floors in the castle but, if the tower floor was included, it would have six floors.

The entrance of the stairs on the fifth floor was in the upper right corner of the fourth floor, diagonally opposite the treasure room.

Turning on the electric power assistance of his boots, Su Mo ran quickly and rushed to the fifth floor before the kobolds had even reached the fourth floor.

However, on the fifth floor, there were also kobolds rushing down!

There were a lot of them, about 30 kobolds!

Su Mo turned around, and the black-clothed woman behind him was startled. Although she could not move, she saw the many kobolds.

At this juncture, not being able to move and only able to watch, a huge sense of despair flooded her heart!

There were so many kobolds that, even if two people fought together, they would not be able to kill them in such a short time, let alone a single person.

"Am I going to die?"

The moment when this thought came to her mind, but before she could continue to think about her last words, roaring bursts suddenly rang in her ears.

Holding two guns, Su Mo faced the kobold squad that rushed forward and showed no mercy. He shot eight times at the six kobold mages standing behind.

The power of the K-1 pistol was not great against an anti-explosion shield, but against kobolds without protective gear, it was simply a nightmare!

Saving four rounds of ammunition in each of the two guns for spare, he tucked them into his waist pockets. Grasping the fine iron electric spear, Su Mo kept silent and rushed forward directly.

The kobold warriors on the opposite side were still stunned by the slaying of the mages by Su Mo so, as soon as the two sides collided, they were defeated easily.

The electric spear was an extremely lethal weapon. With just a swipe, the six fighters in front of them were like fallen leaves; blown several meters away by Su Mo!

The remaining kobold warriors did not expect that creatures similar to them could explode with such force and, for a while, they retreated fearfully.

I'll take advantage of your weakness and kill you!

With the foundation of the spear technique in his body, Su Mo discovered that group battles were completely different from before.

Compared to his prior chaotic stabbing, these accurate and precise moves not only saved energy, but also hit the right place with every blow and caused the greatest possible damage.

Twenty kobolds were all slain by Su Mo in just four breaths.

Keeping all the treasure chests that were dropped into his storage space, and seeing that there was no obstacle ahead, Su Mo continued to dash forward.

Although Carolla, who was still stunned and hanging on his back, could not show a shocked expression, her heartbeat expressed her inner shock!

On the ground behind them, the heads of the kobold warriors were decorated with chrysanthemum-shaped holes and there were even several kobolds on the ground that had been directly hewn in two by the huge impact of his blows.

Of course, most of the kobolds did not die immediately. It was just that their spines had been broken and they could only lay on the ground wailing.

Seeing this, his terrifying combat power made her feel numb inside!

The whistling wind flitted in her ears and, compared to the restlessness in the days on this wasteland, despite being in the middle of the kobolds' den at this moment, a sense of peace unexpectedly and miraculously surged forth.

Unfortunately, her numb lips did not allow her to speak. In her view, the fourth floor's stairs quickly disappeared, and the fifth floor appeared!

"Damn it, I was wondering why the lion clan retreated. It turned out that the northeast wind was replaced by the southwest wind. The fire can no longer reach the kobold castle!"

Standing on the castle wall and looking at the brigade of lion people retreating in the distance, Su Mo's expression was incensed.

This kind of change in wind direction was just like fate playing a game with him. How could it change so quickly in such a short time?

"Can't… can't go down. We… die, let me… go!"

"Shut up!" Su Mo rudely interrupted the voice of "Carolla".

Standing on the castle wall and feeling the cold wind brushing past his face, Su Mo's heart thumped as he looked at the burning bush forest ahead.

The roars from inside the castle were getting closer and closer. Although there was no delay in the battle, they still caught up with them after all!

Taking heavy steps, Su Mo continued to move forward firmly.

Step by step…

When he stood on the tower of the kobolds, his steps halted!

Here, the height was at least about 30 meters above the ground!

If he fell from a height of thirty meters, even if he had a strengthened body, there was absolutely no possibility of surviving.

Unless today's game version suddenly changed to Assassin's Creed, and there was a bale of wheatgrass underneath, if he were to jump from here…

It would be game over!

The lingering snowflakes seem to rage even more in the high altitude, like a knife, scratching against Su Mo's mask and making rustling noises.

Behind them, kobolds were rushing up!

Having seen the tragic situation of their kind from before, the kobolds looked at Su Mo standing on the sentry tower, but they did not dare to approach for now. They only barked, waiting for the larger team to arrive and besiege him!

"Su Mo… let me go… let us run away from both sides and we might just be able to escape. There is hemp rope in my storage space. Let me go…"

The 80,000 volts' effect on the strengthened human body had gradually lost its effectiveness.

Listening to the woman in black behind calling his name, there was no shock evident on Su Mo's face. Instead, he became more peaceful.

"Who said we are going to die! Can these kobolds keep me here?"

Holding two guns, and looking at the kobolds in the distance, Su Mo did not rush; he just fired two shots.

The leading kobold was instantly killed, and blood spurted out of the big hole in its skull, scaring the other kobolds into retreat once again.

"Hahahahaha! With your ability, you want to catch me?"

Standing on the high platform, he felt that the wind speed had increased, and when the burning fire had been sufficiently doused, Su Mo smiled and stood on the edge of the tower.

"You're crazy! Let's go down and fight them. There is still a chance at life!"

Hanging from Su Mo's back and looking down at the snow-covered ground in the distance, she felt the high temperatures of the fading flames and panicked.

Unfortunately, Su Mo would not respond to her.

At this moment, there was only the sound of dogs barking between heaven and earth…

More and more kobolds began to assemble on the castle wall. At the same time, the large number of kobolds and Su Mo's inaction made some of the bolder kobolds dare to approach slowly.

The process of waiting for death was not wonderful, especially when she was still unable to move, tied behind someone else's back. Before she could continue to speak, a voice exuding endless confidence echoed in her ears.

"As I've mentioned, none of us will die!"

Turning around and glancing at the kobolds who were about to rush up, Su Mo took off his mask with a faint smile on his face. He fired the remaining two bullets without hesitation and hit the kobold mages who were about to catch up.

The very next moment, in full view of the woman in black, a huge yellow canvas with a triangle frame appeared in Su Mo's hands.

Facing the distant fire field and the ground more than 30 meters below, in the horrified eyes of all the kobolds…

Su Mo smiled freely and jumped out!

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