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 181: A Mere Pseudo God, Dared To Bark In Front Of Me!

Humans would never allow themselves to be taken down without a fight. The foundation of the official shelters was not something ordinary people could fathom.

After 20 days of growth and development, and two or three visits into the ruins, humans had acquired various strange technologies and items.

If humans were given a little more time, perhaps a hundred days, then humans would not be like ants in this wasteland, only able to stare helplessly at the starry sky.

The dusty underground shelters were opened, and a variety of strange objects with strange shapes were taken out one after the other.

There were some ordinary items like toothbrushes, and also some oddball devices like sensors and satellite receivers.

There were even many weird technological devices that Su Mo had never seen before. They were all laid out and frantically used to probe the giant phantom god in the sky.

"Chief, what kind of weapon do we have to fight against such a monster?"

"Try harder! Even if it doesn't work we still have to give it a shot! Who will be able to stand up to it if Su Mo is dead? Who would have the courage to stand up?"

"Analyst, have you judged the energy levels of the monster in the sky? What kind of weapon is needed to defeat it?"

"Analyze it! F*cking analyze everything. Humans may only have one chance to do this. If we can't figure it out this time, it will be us who will be facing it directly next!"

"Go, add Su Mo as a friend and ask him what he needs. We will provide it unconditionally!"

"Unify all the official shelters, gather all the weapons together, and try to attack the giant phantom god in the sky!"

It was undeniable that the official shelters, which had fully completed their disaster resistance preparations within 20 days, had terrifying strength and ability.

In just five minutes, through constant communication, several shelters had revealed their weapons arsenal; and there were some familiar ones from the civilized era…

Guns, artillery, and even small-scale anti-aircraft missiles!

Numbers were a form of power. Compared to Su Mo, who could only gather a small number of items at a time when entering the ruins, the ruins exploration of these large-scale shelters involved teams of over a hundred people, so they would naturally bring back more things.

It was just that none of these shelters had posted any news or information on the chat channels, leading most people to think that these so-called official shelters were in equally precarious situations.

After uniting all the official shelters, all of them attacked the sky with their weapons at the same moment!

"Launch it! Shoot it! Use all the weapons we have to attack that giant phantom in the sky at all costs!"

"Open fire!"

Bullets were flying everywhere, there was heavy artillery bombardment, and anti-aircraft missiles were launched…

For a while, all the people in these shelters raised their heads with hope, looking at the last "struggle" of humankind.

Unfortunately, when the first anti-aircraft missile reached an altitude of several kilometers high, it suddenly disappeared…

Everyone was surprised to find that the night sky was no longer the night sky, and the blank space was no longer blank.

After entering the sky, the so-called human weapons were like rocks falling into the ocean, disappearing without creating any waves.

Without the relevant technological advancements, relying on individual portable weapon systems, it was difficult to even break through the five-kilometer altitude mark.

"Our weapons have entered an unobservable dimension. As long as we can figure out this dimension, maybe we can find…"

"The way home!"

Countless crazy scientists stared at the cracks in the sky religiously, and there seemed to be countless equations floating in their eyes.

Various conjectures in the world of physics seemed to have been verified at this time.

However, when the last anti-aircraft missile launched disappeared in mid-air again, even the soldier who had launched it sat down on the ground, looking in despair at the huge and expanding giant phantom in the sky.

The way home?

Faced with such a terrifying enemy, how would humans return home, and how long would it take for them to even find the method to return home…

The first wave of resistance was over, and the audience in the live broadcast room was still accumulating, from 3 billion to 3.5 billion, and then to…

Four billion!

Except for those who were still struggling in the blizzard, almost all the surviving humans had entered the live broadcast room.

They endured the cold and the threats of death and gathered beside the windows of their shelters where they could see the outside world.

They looked at the sky while watching the live broadcast.

In everyone's eyes, the disaster brought by this giant phantom god far exceeded the so-called "blizzard".

The notification prompts of the game panel sounded one after the other. Sitting on the city wall, Su Mo found that the level of the airdrop reward he would receive had been upgraded to the gold level, but he retained a solemn and expressionless expression.

In Su Mo's vision, the giant phantom god had already condensed into a tangible form. As the diamond-shaped gem broke, the eyes of the giant dog head moved, its gaze seeming to possess intelligence.

At the same time, an imperceptible green light that no one else could see appeared from Su Mo's eyes.

The speed of this green light was extremely fast and, in a few breaths of time, it had enveloped the giant phantom god, and then quietly returned to Su Mo's body.

The white-robed kobold, who had fainted after being beaten up by Su Mo, woke up at this time. He looked at the giant phantom god that had formed in the sky and frantically knelt on the ground.

"The ancestor god…the ancestor god is here!"

"I, Boswell, am a warrior of the Heavenly Dog clan!"

Looking at the white-robed kobold kneeling on the ground, and the "pretentious" kobold ancestor in the sky, Su Mo's lips showed a hint of sarcasm.

In front of Su Mo's eyes, a bright attribute panel lit up, displaying information that no one, including the so-called Heavenly Dog Ancestor God, could observe.

The Heavenly Dog Ancestor God thought it was being mysterious, but its mysterious veil had been torn apart by the power of the system.

[Heavenly Dog Ancestor God (Pseudo God Incarnation)]

[Description: During periods of disaster, the spatial barriers are weakened and, by utilizing certain flaws in the doomsday world, the divine power of the pseudo god can be summoned in ???? regions. After choosing to take the initiative to start the sacrificial ritual, Boswell must sacrifice two thousand kobolds to summon the phantom of Heavenly Dog Ancestor God.]

[God's real name: Gray Cize]

[God's strength: Demigod (Nuclear bomb grade)]

[Current status: Avatar (30% strength, with many limitations and weaknesses)]

[Limitation 1: The Heavenly Dog Ancestor God cannot appear indefinitely, with a maximum duration of 60 minutes.]

[Limitation 2: The Heavenly Dog Ancestor God is not a spiritual entity. It has a physical form after it descends. If the strength of an attack reaches a certain level, damage can be caused.]

[Limitation 3: The Heavenly Dog Ancestor God can only attack a single target, and may only attack once, with the method of attack being physical in nature.]

[Weakness 1: The central forehead of the Heavenly Dog Ancestor God is its weakness. After being crushed, the pseudo god will be destroyed.]

[Weakness 2: The attack of the Heavenly Dog Ancestor God takes 3 minutes to condense.]

[Comment: Facing such a weak enemy, you need to unequivocally establish humankind's prestige. Believe me, at this moment, you are the "god" of humankind!]

The fear of the unknown is a type of fear.

Once he discovered what the so-called god truly was, Su Mo's palpitations, alongside his fear, disappeared instantly.

An illusory voice resounded faintly between heaven and earth, seeming to scatter from the sky and spread throughout earth…

"Familiar… a familiar breath…ah!"

"Human, do you know what the sin of blasphemy is?"

The thunderous question blasted into Su Mo's ears, and the white-robed kobold also turned around, eager to see the fear, panic, and look of defeat on Su Mo's face.

Unfortunately, it was wrong. Su Mo was not only unafraid, but raised his hand and pointed the iron electric spear at the sky with a relaxed face.

"What a bullshit god, daring to bark like a madman in front of me!"

"Noisy to the extreme!"

"How dare you!" Before Su Mo could finish speaking, the white-robed kobold could no longer bear the anger in its heart and tried to rush forward to interrupt Su Mo's words.

Unfortunately, after the weak kobold lost the ability to release fireballs, its close combat ability was not worth mentioning. Before it even got close, it was swept away by a swing of Su Mo's spear and flew into the distance, its fate unknown.

When the giant phantom god in the sky saw Su Mo's actions, its expression also held a hint of anger.

"Human, you deserve to die!"

The horrified eyes of everyone in the world bore witness, as the giant phantom god slowly raised its palm, before pushing it down slowly across the distant starry sky.

Although the palm was not big, from where Su Mo was, it was comparable to the sky falling.

To take the land as a reference, the size of the palm was around the size of the entire basin.

Seeing the angry giant phantom god, Su Mo chuckled lightly. Focusing mentally, he summoned the system and jumped to the creation page.

A small card bearing the image of a truck adorned with colorful camouflage patterns lay quietly in the card tray and, as Su Mo tapped on it, it shattered into pieces.

"A mere pseudo god. With your trashy abilities, you actually think you're worthy of showing up in front of the human race?"

"Today is the day I slaughter a god!"

Su Mo's voice was filled with calmness.

His voice was also full of "arrogance" and "confidence"; something no one else could understand at this moment.

The four billion humans who were watching the scene play out via the live broadcast could not comprehend why Su Mo could remain so calm before such a terrifying attack.

"Almighty Su, run! As long as you escape from its palm, you can still live on. Don't just stand there stupidly!"

"His palm spans over ten kilometers in size. How can he run away from that?"

"Humankind is going to perish, where are our strong men? What about our cultivators? Why, why can the foreign races possess this kind of power?"

"Against such an enemy, what can we humans do to resist? How… shit, look everyone, what is that?!"

"Fuck, is this not…"

The palm was still falling slowly but, at this time, everyone's attention was attracted by a certain message on the comments screen.

From their skyhigh viewpoint, they could see…

From the edges of the horizon, a small camouflaged truck slowly drove out. Compared to the huge giant phantom in the sky, it looked unremarkable.

On that small truck was carved a combination of letters and numbers that Huaxians, and even the whole world, was familiar with…

DF-17!

Chapter 182: Dongfeng Missile Launcher Truck! Mission To Slaughter A God!

Whoosh!

Seeing the green and white camouflage patterns on the truck, the disaster resistance channel exploded with chatter even before the missile was launched!

"Dongfeng, f*ck you! Has our Dongfeng god arrived?"

"Really? Shit… Almighty Su has developed to the point where he has guided missile vehicles? Isn't this outrageous?"

"China's Dongfeng missile? F*ck, are we even from the same world? Did we arrive together?"

"Giant God: I quit. I'm reporting this as a bug. I'm retreating from the game. Hanging up, I'm hanging up!"

"But the missile launcher requires a series of supporting equipment to operate. There's no radar or even anyone around to help him. Can he even launch this missile?"

"Compared to gods, are Dongfeng missiles useful?"

Countless comments flooded the screen instantly and, even with the automatic screening function of the game panel, the comments screen had been turned upside down.

Everyone could not see what anyone else was saying, but it did not prevent these excited players from continuing to go to other channels to vent their excitement.

Even people who were normally silent could not help but ask on the comments screen what "Dongfeng" was.

What is "Dongfeng-17"?

Among the knowledgeable people, especially those in the official shelters of Huaxia, seeing the Dongfeng missile on the broadcast screen at this time felt like seeing a ghost.

"Why does Su Mo have this thing?"

"I don't know. How could he have it when we don't even have one? It's unreasonable."

"Hurry up and find me the relevant technical personnel, and immediately inform Su Mo of Dongfeng's series of launch procedures!"

After the initial shock passed, the top leaders slapped the table with excitement, and countless orders were quickly passed on.

At the same time, while listening to the ticking sound of friends being added from the game panel, Su Mo watched the huge palm slowly descending above his head.

Su Mo smiled at the sky as he stood on the castle wall, before jumping directly off the five story-castle.

Things were different from when he had jumped off the castle with the hang glider. This time, under the watchful eyes of those in the live broadcast room, he jumped straight down without any equipment.

However, before the players in the live broadcast room could react, a magical scene occurred…

The missile truck had already arrived under the castle walls, and it seemed to sense that Su Mo had jumped off as the truck's cockpit spontaneously emitted a misty green light.

By the time the green light scattered, Su Mo was already firmly seated in front of the missile launching console.

"My goodness, Dongfeng has this kind of smart technology? When did it gain such a magical function?"

"No way, no way, Almighty Su can actually launch the missile?"

"The package will never be stored away, only delivered. Same-day delivery across the world! Dongfeng Express always completes its mission!"

"F*ck, is Almighty Su even a mortal? Is he going to challenge a god?"

"Is this a person? Is this a person? Is this a person?"

"Fire! Blasting it to bits would bring forth a brilliant world and bright future! The destiny of humankind will be shouldered by missiles!"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was at its peak.

Even the bitter winter could not extinguish the excitement that arose in the hearts of every citizen, which had almost reached boiling point.

'My body is not cold anymore!'

'I won't tremble anymore!'

'I have to go out and fight a mythical race!'

This hot-blooded temperament, inherited over the course of evolution, made all the surviving players in the wasteland feel as if they suddenly possessed unmatched power, and that a spark had been lit in every part of their bodies, causing them to become uncontrollably excited.

After he jumped down from the air and got into the truck, he saw the foolproof, simple console panel in front of him and the countdown number beside it.

Su Mo's killing intent gushed forth, and he grabbed the lever in front of him.

There were 2 minutes and 15 seconds before the Heavenly Dog's attack arrived.

However, the time it would take to launch the Dongfeng missile was even shorter!

It only required 32 seconds and, just 15 seconds after launch, the missile's velocity would increase to an unbelievable speed. At that time, it would be difficult for the Heavenly Dog to escape the missile's pursuit.

"Dongfeng-17…"

"Baby! Please work!"

Exhausting all his strength, Su Mo tightly grasped the lever and pulled it down with a shout.

In an instant, on the front windshield, a huge map display appeared.

On this map display, 99.99% of the area was completely greyed out.

However, Su Mo could see a huge red dot that encompassed the remaining 0.01%.

Holding the lever with one hand, Su Mo quickly used his other hand to navigate the map display, locking on to the image of the Heavenly Dog in the sky that simply screamed "I am the target".

It was effortless to lock on to such a huge target, taking Su Mo just three seconds to complete.

The target was the diamond-shaped object in between the Heavenly Dog's eyebrows.

"Target locked: Heavenly Dog Pseudo God"

"Target distance: 1800 kilometers"

"Start time to full speed: 38 seconds"

"The estimated time till impact at full speed: 14 seconds"

The data began to appear rapidly line by line like flowing water. The 3D model diagrams on the windshield were also quickly constructed.

"One thousand eight hundred kilometers, the power of Dongfeng-17… is not enough!"

"But…"

"I have the system!"

Seeing that there was still one minute and fifty-eight seconds left before the Heavenly Dog's attack, Su Mo summoned the system and the attributes of the Dongfeng missile truck emerged.

[In use: DF-17 Ballistic Missile Truck (Rare)]

[Description: The missile truck carries a tactical hypersonic glide-boosted, near-space ballistic missile, equipped with a HGV warhead. It is an all-weather, unsupported, penetrative hypersonic weapon that can accurately strike targets at medium to short range.]

[Upgrade direction: Power (3000-2000000), Range (250-1800000), Warhead replacement (nuclear warhead: 7800000, hydrogen warhead: 14400000)…]

Seeming to know that Su Mo's survival points were not enough to upgrade any of its general attributes, the system simply displayed cheaper upgrade options.

These options did require a fixed amount of survival points, but only required that one reach the minimum threshold, after which the attribute could be increased according to the number of survival points invested.

"System, put all my survival points into the power. Fill it up!"

After glancing at the balance of more than five thousand survival points, Su Mo yelled his instructions.

In the instant he did, the most terrifying green light in history began to erupt.

The huge emerald light beam passed through the windshield above the dashboard and shot straight into the sky.

This light pierced the clouds, pierced the darkness, and even pierced the spatial cracks created by the Heavenly Dog pseudo god.

The green light that symbolized hope was unmatched!

The green light that represented humankind broke through the obstacles!

At this moment, Su Mo was still the very same Su Mo but, suddenly, it did not seem that way for the Heavenly Dog. It initially thought that it had everything under control, but when it saw this soaring beam of light, a sense of great terror dawned upon it, a feeling that the Heavenly Dog had not felt in a long time.

There seemed to be a voice that was frantically telling it: Danger! Run!

How could this be? He was a weak being from the human race, why did it feel such an ominous sense of fear from him?

"Could it be…"

Before it could continue its train of thought, Su Mo's survival points had all disappeared and, inside the missile truck, Su Mo pulled on the lever next to him, and released the launcher.

Pong!

A soft noise echoed from the quiet missile truck. At the center of the main console, a small iron box popped out, revealing at the bottom…

A red button!

The button slowly glowed red, flashing rapidly as if it was breathing.

Looking at it, Su Mo took a deep breath before pressing the button!

"Dongfeng missile target has been locked."

"The coordinates of the locked target have been entered, and the estimated time before impact is 48 seconds."

"3..2..1, launch!"

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The moment his palm touched the button, he felt as if he controlled the authority of heaven and earth.

An unprecedented sense of strength filled Su Mo's heart.

Before Su Mo could reminisce on that wonderful feeling, the missile truck began to vibrate violently, and his foot that was stepping on the brake also felt the forceful feedback as the truck's body shook.

For the first time since arriving from Earth to the doomsday wasteland, Su Mo felt what a real "technological" weapon was like!

Compared to guns and the heartless cannon, only the Dongfeng missile was worthy of the sentence:

"Weapon of justice!"

As the spectators watched, the launch frame of the Dongfeng missile was raised and, at the same time, sparks were flying out from the tail of the missile.

The next second, guided by the green light, the Dongfeng missile flew forth like a sharp arrow, aimed directly toward the giant phantom god in the sky.

"F*ck, it launched! Our Dongfeng missile can be fired!"

"I feel proud to be Huaxian!"

"Can this missile penetrate the defense of this giant god?"

"My goodness! Look, this giant god is trying to run away. He is scared, he is anxious, he wants to run away!"

"If he runs, I'll chase him. He is doomed!"

Without waiting for the missile to reach its maximum speed and altitude, the invincible Heavenly Dog pseudo god…

Was escaping?

The fallen palm was quickly retracted and, at the same time, the cracks in the sky began to disappear quickly.

The Heavenly Dog Ancestor God, whose figure originally filled the sky, suddenly shrank by more than one-third within a few breaths of time.

Besides that, everyone could see the undisguised look of panic and fear on the face of the Heavenly Dog at this moment.

This kind of expression was familiar to almost everyone because, these days, they encountered life-threatening situations and experiences countless times in the wasteland.

"Can the Dongfeng missile actually kill this god?!"

"F*ck, he's afraid of death! Kobolds have their giant gods, but we have Almighty Su!"

"Almighty Su is always our god!"

"After this disaster, I will personally set up a shrine for Almighty Su. For the rest of my days in the wasteland, I will worship Almighty Su!"

"As long as I'm alive, I want to visit the shelter of Almighty Su, even if it's just for a look!"

Everyone looked at the giant phantom god in the sky who wanted to turn his head and escape, but it was hopeless because it moved too slowly.

On the wasteland, the cheers of human beings exploded!

This included the team who was sitting outside the kobold castle, whose blood had started to boil as well.

The Dongfeng missile had turned despair into hope!

Su Mo had quelled the horror!

Watching the dazzling trail of fire in the sky that outlined the trajectory of the missile, Su Mo smiled indifferently. He opened the truck door and stepped out.

The second his feet stepped on the ground, the missile truck behind him seemed to fade into the distance, disappearing in the same fashion it had appeared.

He regretfully glanced at the empty space where the truck once stood, before turning his gaze toward the "shooting star" in the sky…

"This war… it's time to draw it to a close."

Boom!

Before his sentence ended, the Dongfeng missile found its target; it collided with the space between the Heavenly Dog's eyebrows amidst the night sky and disappeared.

One second…

Two seconds…

Three seconds…

When everyone started panicking and wondering where the missile had gone, the next moment… It was daybreak!

It was different from the light that appeared when the Heavenly Dog descended. This time, at the far end of the horizon, a fireball like the sun rose slowly and hung in the sky.

Boom!

Pong!

Shockwaves exploded forth one after the other, as if Superman was punching holes in Earth's atmosphere.

Behind the sun, the diamond-shaped substance between the eyebrows of the Heavenly Dog shattered in an instant.

Successive explosions like fireworks lit up the sky, forming somewhat of an aurora.

The spiritual light fell and, between heaven and earth, there seemed to be thousands of dogs crying, but also the sounds of rejoicing and relief.

It was not only the human race that felt the unspeakable atmosphere of repression from the descent of the Heavenly Dog. All the other clans in the wasteland also trembled, and it felt as if the world, and even life itself, was coming to an end.

No matter how many kilometers apart, or how far the distance was, the moment the Heavenly Dog exploded, all the powerful creatures in this wasteland felt endless fear rising in their hearts.

God had fallen?

Su Mo killed a God?

No one knew the answer, and even when everyone wanted to continue communicating on the disaster resistance channel, there was a buzz of static, and the disaster resistance channel was closed!

At the same time, the prompts from the game panel popped up like crazy, echoing the ears of every surviving human!

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Chapter 183: Gold Level Disaster! Worldwide Welfare!

Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong…

There were not a lot of game prompts in the past but, at this moment, one after the other, prompt notifications were playing between heaven and the earth.

Standing in front of the ruined castle, Su Mo did not immediately open the game panel to check. Making quick strides up the castle's uncollapsed stairs, he quickly rushed to the fifth floor.

In the sky where the Heavenly Dog had been shattered, there was a card flashing with golden light, gradually floating downward.

The card did not descend slowly, reaching Su Mo by the time he arrived on the fifth floor.

This card was his reward for killing a God. Su Mo resisted the urge in his heart to immediately check its attributes. After placing it into the storage space, he stomped on the ground heavily and walked over to the white-robed kobold that lay paralyzed on the ground.

"Bastard, where is my sister?"

"Where did you hide her?"

After the Dongfeng missile shattered the Ancestor God, the white-robed kobold was stunned into silence.

After hearing Su Mo's words, the kobold suddenly rushed up to him as if it was seeking death.

However…

With a light kick, the white-robed kobold flew back at an even faster speed.

Snap!

It hit the ground, and the pain from it felt from both the front and back turned the white-robed kobold's eyes clearer. Once again, Su Mo asked the same question, causing the kobold to tremble and raise its hand.

"Human, you came to find your sister? You didn't come to attack our kobold castle?"

"Nonsense, I came for my sister, so don't give me some gibberish excuse. Where is she?" Standing on the viewing platform and looking at the ruined castle before him, Su Mo's heart surged with murderous intent.

It seemed that the white-robed kobold realized that Su Mo was serious. As it lay on the ground, it was in total disbelief, eyes full of endless regret.

"You slaughtered more than two thousand kobolds for a sister!"

"You have destroyed the supreme god of a race for the sake of a human being!"

"You… Why didn't you tell me? If you were here to find your sister, we could talk it through! Why, just why?"

Howling and crying!

Paralyzed on the ground, the white-robed kobold was seemingly suffering a grievance from the heavens at this time, with drops of tears gushing onto the scorched city wall like spring water.

"Hold on, you'd better make things clear. More than half of the kobolds were killed by you. What does it have to do with me?"

"Also, as soon as I arrived, I mentioned that I was looking for my sister. You didn't believe me and continued to call on your ancestor god to descend and serve its own head on a silver platter!"

"By the way, what kind of lousy god was that? I don't know why such a newbie came to show off. Of course I would slaughter it along the way!"

Hearing the sorrowful cry of the white-robed kobold, Su Mo interrupted him "righteously" and stated his reasons articulately.

Unfortunately…

To the tear-stained kobold, these three sentences were like arrows through its heart, causing it to tremble endlessly.

More than half of the kobolds were killed by me…

Descended only to serve its own head on a silver platter…

Slaughtered along the way…

Although these three arrows were invisible, they firmly dug into the heart of the white-robed kobold.

Clutching its chest, blobs of blood spilled forth from the corner of its mouth, before spewing out like an opened faucet.

In the blink of an eye, its scarlet blood had formed a small puddle on the ground.

Su Mo tried to poke it with his spear and, when he didn't get a response, even after smashing its hand, he flicked his spear and ended its life with a single blow.

"His psychological endurance was not much better than Kento Maeda!"

Seeing that Su Chan's avatar on his friends' list was still lit up, Su Mo was almost 100% sure that this was indeed a "misunderstanding".

However… so what?

Since everything ended in an acceptable manner, it was all good!

"Once this disaster ends, Sis will obtain some points. At that time, I will be able to contact her directly!"

Recalling the rules for issuing disaster points, Su Mo's anxiety was slightly relieved.

When he withdrew his spear tip, a surprising scene took place. After the white-robed kobold died, it turned into white light. As the white light dissipated, a treasure chest emitting golden light appeared in its place, leaving no trace of the corpse of the white-robed kobold.

"This…this is!"

The moment the white-robed kobold died, a few more game panel notifications popped out again.

He immediately opened the game panel to check the messages. In Su Mo's memory, a small detail emerged.

"The white-robed kobold, as the supreme leader of the kobold tribe, unexpectedly left behind a treasure chest in this way after dying."

"Doesn't that mean that…"

"The mutant chameleon I killed the first time was also the leader of a race?!"

In fact, after such a long period, Su Mo already had his suspicions about the treasure chest that he obtained from killing the chameleon back then.

It was a silver treasure chest and the things he had obtained from it were great.

Even if he didn't consider the most critical psychic energy water, and the pet egg that gave birth to Oreo, the energy bike design blueprint, and the other miscellaneous items were all rare treasures.

The same death animation, the same white light…

Focusing mentally as he stood on the castle wall, Su Mo called up the backlog of system messages he had ignored, which inundated him almost instantly.

[Record: A gold-level disaster has been detected and the current iron-level disaster "blizzard" has been forcibly replaced. All players are requested to prepare for the disaster.

[Record: This disaster has been officially renamed "The Disaster of the Giant God"!

[Record: The disaster is approaching, and the player "Su Mo" has been detected to be within the scope of the disaster. Please escape as soon as possible!

[Record: The gold-level disaster, "The Disaster of the Giant God", has been forcibly defeated by the player "Su Mo", and the disaster is over.

[Record: It has been detected that the completion rate of the gold-level disaster is 100%, and the first-level gold-level disaster rewards have been issued.

[Record: The recipient of the disaster rewards: All players.

[Record: Dear respected player "Su Mo", as the only "God Slayer" in this disaster, please choose this disaster's welfare reward distributions!

Six panel messages popped up at once. Although there were still many messages below, because of the selection box, the remaining notifications were temporarily inaccessible.

"Welfare? Reward distributions?"

After going through the message on the game panel several times, Su Mo smiled and lightly tapped on the welfare panel with his finger.

"This is an unexpected surprise. After killing the kobolds, everyone will be able to receive the rewards, and the game panel is even giving me the ability to decide the reward. This is interesting!"

The welfare panel was not unfamiliar at all to Su Mo.

This panel displayed not only the grass raincoat that had resisted the acid rainstorm during the first disaster, but also some primary level items that had disappeared from the manufacturing panel.

At the bottom, Su Mo even saw the pancakes, gnocchi soup, and even the oiled noodles he had made in the shelter previously.

After swiping around, he saw that there were only three welfare items to choose from. He looked at the white sun that had emerged in the distance and stared at the snow that covered the ground. Su Mo pulled off his mask and took a deep breath of the very cold air.

At the same time, his finger tapped on the panel, selecting his choice of the welfare items!

…

"Mom, I'm so hungry. Will we have food tomorrow? Brother Su Mo is so amazing. Can we find his shelter and join him?"

Somewhere in a nest, after watching the whole live broadcast, a mother and daughter hugged each other tightly, sharing their limited body warmth.

The blizzard disaster had passed, but the cold continued.

Without the interference of the game, the weather seemed to have returned to normal. Due to the accumulated snowfall, the temperature fell to even more terrifying levels.

Hearing her daughter's words, the mother in her forties shook her head first, and then nodded helplessly. After touching her daughter's dry hair, the mother trembled and took out the last piece…

The last piece of tree bark!

Seeing the bark, the daughter's mouth immediately began to secrete saliva but, looking at her mother's weak face, she shook and lowered her head.

"If we could join Su Mo's shelter… it would be great!"

Seeing her daughter's obedient and sensible behaviour, the mother muttered to herself, seemingly able to imagine the world her daughter dreamed of.

A blast of cold wind blew past, and the plant fibers that covered the buried nest fluttered in the wind.

After the blood from all the excitement faded, reality set in once again, and they were faced with the cold weather, and… the approaching clutches of death.

There was no flame to keep them warm, and the consciousness of the mother and daughter began to fade but, just as the two were about to slip into unconsciousness, a crisp clanging noise suddenly sounded in the nest!

The mother struggled to open her eyes, looking vaguely in the direction of the sound…

"Torches, pancakes, gnocchi soup… so good, so good!"

The mother's voice began to grow softer and, even though there was an unbearable scent assaulting her nose, she shook her head, her eyes full of emotion.

"It turns out that such a scene would appear just before dying. Hahaha!"

Drops of tears gushed slowly from the corner of the mother's eyes, her consciousness quickly faded, and bits of darkness began to cloud her mind.

However…

Just as the mother was about to close her eyes, she saw her daughter excitedly grab the pancake and place it in front of her eyes. She was mumbling something about being saved.

"Lei Lei, you can have it. Mom is not hungry, mom is…"

"Huh?"

In an instant, the mother suddenly reacted. This was not an illusion.

The two bowls of fragrant gnocchi soup were still exuding heat, and the big pancakes the size of a human head were still very soft. Those two fire torches would continue to burn for 12 hours as long as they were ignited. Neither wind nor water would be able to extinguish the flames…

All this was not an illusion!

"Eat quickly, Lei Lei. You must be starving already. Hurry up and eat it while it's hot."

The warm torch was ignited. She did not care to check where these things had come from.

They brought the gnocchi soup to their mouths, and the mother and daughter drank heartily. With the fullness brought about by the hot food, both of their faces were filled with happy smiles.

[Record: …

The prompt notification of two game panels slowly sounded. This time the mother and daughter were no longer shocked or excited. Instead their faces carried a trace of "devotion" that had never been seen before during the civilized era!

As dawn broke over the wasteland, the two of them knelt on the ground spontaneously, and began to call out Su Mo's name…

…

Somewhere in another nest, a dozen children who were around the age of seventeen or eighteen hugged each other for warmth. After experiencing Su Mo slay the god, even after the live broadcast was turned off, these children were still very excited and kept conversing with each other about the feeling in their hearts.

"Almighty Su… I want to become a person like Almighty Su!"

"Why don't we try to find Almighty Su's shelter? Let's join his team!"

"Come on, we're a bunch of bones. If we can't find food tomorrow, I'm afraid we will all die here!"

The moment someone spoke of death, even though they were just children, it was inevitable that the atmosphere would turn silent.

In the civilized era, these children would have only been high school students. Having them suddenly face a life and death crisis was cruel indeed.

"If only…"

"If only what? If only a mouthful of food and water was given and then, after that, a Dongfeng missile as well? Are you…"

"Brother Meng, look!"

"What is there to look at?"

When the child who was called Brother Meng turned and looked around, he was stunned!

Not far from everyone, there were more than ten piping hot bowls of gnocchi soup on the ground, accompanied by a dozen pancakes. There were also bundles of torches…

Brother Meng was stunned!

The others were also stunned!

The next moment, all the children rushed to the place where the food was, like hungry tigers coming out of the cage.

They did not care that the gnocchi soup was a little too hot, gulping it down ravenously.

Especially the soft pancakes, they made their empty stomachs feel instantly full.

"It's Su Mo, no, it's Almighty Su! This is the disaster relief reward issued by Almighty Su! This was from Almighty Su!"

"F*ck! It's really Almighty Su, awesome!"

Listening to the game prompts in their ears, for a while, the idols in these children's hearts were no longer those illusory cartoon or novel characters.

In their minds, a superhero with an upright body, wearing gray-black armor and daring to point an iron spear at the giant god suddenly appeared!

…

In the large shelters…

In the lone wolf shelters in the wilderness…

When more and more disaster rewards were distributed, whether it was the World Channel or regional channels, the topics being discussed were only pancakes, gnocchi soup, torches, and…

Su Mo.

Chapter 184: Legendary Card, Stealing The Day And Changing The Light

"What a magical way of appearing. The method of distributing goods seems to be a bit more advanced than that of the distribution of the gold light beam."

Standing on the edge of the castle wall, he looked at the three objects slowly appearing in front of him. Su Mo felt curious and wanted to reach into the cracks from which the objects appeared.

However, it was as if his hand had hit a solid wall, and there seemed to be an invisible film protecting the cracks from foreign objects.

After trying a few more times without success, Su Mo could only suppress his curiosity and record this method in his diary.

The speed at which the three items were delivered was not slow and, within a few seconds, the cracks began to dissipate slowly.

Below the castle walls, the people who had received their welfare rewards cheered and ate happily at this time, completely forgetting that, before this, there had been a battle that could have destroyed mankind in this very same spot.

Seeing the group of people eating so happily, Su Mo also felt the pangs of hunger. He leaned against the wall, brought the gnocchi soup to his mouth, and slowly drank.

In such cold weather, a bowl of gnocchi soup could be called a "calorie bomb". Not only did it provide sufficient energy, but it also warmed the body greatly.

After drinking, Su Mo looked at the red and white sun that had begun to emerge over the horizon. He shook his arm to loosen up and placed the remaining pancakes and torches into the storage space. He continued to check the information on the game panel.

[Record: The gold-level worldwide welfare disaster relief has been distributed to a total of 4198322247 people.

[Record: The second disaster has ended. The cumulative death toll at the end of this disaster: 688291048 people.

[Record: The death and injury rate of players is far below predictions. Rating: Good. The next arrival of humans has been automatically postponed. Arrival rules have changed.

[Record: All major regional channels will be re-integrated. After the disaster, channels with less than 1000 people will be automatically integrated.

[Record: It has been detected that the degree of completion of the gold-level disaster is 100%, and the secondary gold-level rewards will be issued. Rewards are being randomly drawn…]

[Record: The draw is successful, and the third disaster attribute has been automatically modified…

[Record: You can enter the upper right corner of the game panel to view the latest forecast of the third disaster.

[Record: It is detected that the player "Su Mo", who opened the secret trading realm, has completed the second special task. The wood-level secret trading realm has been automatically upgraded. Current level: Iron-level. Please check the specific update function before opening.]

Whoosh! Eight game panel prompts that all players could see came one after the other.

The simple text revealed a lot of information.

"The next arrival has been automatically postponed? Changes in the arrival rules?"

At first glance, Su Mo accurately caught sight of the prompt that he was most concerned about. Unfortunately, the game panel only gave a general overview, and he was unable to check for any specific details.

As for the upgrade of the secret trading realm at the bottom, after seeing the two familiar characters at the front, Su Mo dumbfoundedly touched his head.

"So… when the secret trading realm was opened, it was the result of the mutant chameleon I killed for the first time?"

Thinking about it, among all the special monsters he had killed, only this chameleon seemed particularly suspicious.

However, right now there was no evidence to prove what the chameleon was carrying, so Su Mo had no choice but to give up thinking about it. He clicked back to the game panel and started to review the information regarding the third disaster.

Similar to the first disaster, the countdown to the next disaster was only five days away, seemingly very urgent.

However, the "disaster" which was about to arrive in five days was quite different from the previous two disasters.

First of all, instead of being a fearful blood-red, this disaster was colored green, that seemingly represented hope.

This color was well-matched with the color of the game panel, and it did not give him the same uncomfortable feeling of pressure like previous disasters did.

Focusing mentally, Su Mo tried to tap on the disaster information interface.

The next moment, the disaster information panel popped out, and he was greeted by something he had never expected to see in the game panel. Standing on the castle walls, Su Mo burst out laughing.

[Countdown to the next disaster: 5 days]

[Disaster event (Welfare disaster): Plants grow vigorously]

[Disaster information: The disaster lasts for three days and, during this period, all categories of plant will enjoy the bonus. According to the seed grade, growth effects of different levels can be obtained. They will be immune to any negative impact brought about by the environment.]

[Speed: Normal: 50 times, Good: 200 times, Excellent: 400 times, Rare: 1000 times, Epic: 5000 times]

"Sure enough, the game world isn't solely limited to just passively surviving disasters one after the other."

"Compared to Magoo's era, some variables…have already appeared!"

The terrifying blizzard did not take too many lives and, because of the distribution of worldwide disaster relief welfare, Su Mo believed that most of the people who were straddling the line between life and death would be able to hang in there until the next "catastrophe" arrived.

Regarding this disaster…

It was worthy of the name "welfare disaster"!

It would not be difficult to get ordinary seeds. Take spring wheat as an example, a crop that the northern provinces preferred to grow.

From planting to germination to harvesting, it would only take about 90 to 110 days.

In addition to the immunity the system provided, any negative effects brought about by the environment, like insects, cold, etc, could pretty much be ignored during the planting process. Even if the land was not fertile enough, the harvest would still be gratifying.

"This time it must be the planting of wheat as the staple food. After all, the time needed is short and the harvest is high."

In terms of staple foods, one has to choose between rice and wheat. However, once he considered the six-month maturity period of rice…

Almost instantly, Su Mo made up his mind about the crops to be planted during this disaster.

Aside from that, looking at the growth rate of the different grades of seeds during the disaster, a bold idea appeared in Su Mo's heart.

"If the secret trading realm still opens before the disaster strikes, this time, humankind will be able to accumulate enough supplies for one or two years!"

After slaughtering the Heavenly Dog and bringing about so many follow-up benefits at once, he could not help feel happy.

He turned off the disaster information panel and looked at the horn that was still flashing in the upper right corner. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and lightly tapped on it using his mind.

In an instant, many messages poured out again.

[Record: It has been detected that the completion rate of the gold-level disaster is 100%. The gold-level third reward (individual) is being randomly drawn…

[Record: The draw is complete. 1,000,000 disaster points have been obtained. Distributing…

[Record: Scanning, scanning, scanning…

[Record: The disaster completion rate was 100% and was completed by a single person. The rewards are being automatically upgraded…

[Record: Upgrade completed, one million disaster points have been replaced by the "Stealing the Day, Changing the Light" (Legendary) card.

[Record: The gold-level disaster rewards have been distributed…

[Record: It has been detected that the player "Su Mo" has won a race war and killed all the kobolds. The reward is being determined…

[Record: Congratulations to the player "Su Mo" for destroying the core shelter of the race "Heavenly Dog clan", gaining 2500 disaster points.

[Record: Congratulations to the player "Su Mo" for killing the Heavenly Dog High Priest Boswell and gaining the divinity of the Heavenly Dog*3 (Pseudo).

[Record: Congratulations to the player "Su Mo" for killing the true god of the Heavenly Dog clan, Gray Cize, and gaining the divinity of the Heavenly Dog*1 (True).

"No, give me back my one million points! I don't want cards, I want points!"

Nine crackling messages fell like rain.

Seeing that the game had replaced the 1 million disaster points without his authorization, Su Mo issued a righteous protest!

However, whether the game panel even heard it or deliberately ignored it would forever be unknown. The light flashed and all the prompts disappeared.

At the same time, an illusory card fell out, exuding a "colorful light" that Su Mo had never seen before!

"Is this the "Stealing the Day, Changing the Light" card? Even if it is a legendary card, it is probably not worth one million points… F*ck!"

Before looking at the card attributes, Su Mo was still muttering, thinking about the loss of one million points that had flown away.

The next second, when the attributes of the card appeared…

Su Mo's mouth widened into a shocked "O" shape!

[Stealing the Day, Changing the Light (Legendary)]

[Description: Its whole body is made from the luxurious and unusual "Blood Dragon Wood" and carries the lifelong skills of the first generation legendary thief, "Bai Zhan Tang". After long periods of "divine power" nourishment and accumulation, the legendary card possesses incredible power and utility. It is recommended to use with caution.]

[Special ability:

[Stealing the Day: After use, automatically generates a "new" identity, with gender, face, voice, body shape, size, etc, options… and many other basic attribute modification permissions. Creates a brand-new game panel, brand-new game identity, and can be developed to bind a second "core shelter", with the following prerequisites and conditions:

Shelters are not restricted to fixed objects.The upgrade route of the shelter will be altered to a certain extent according to the binding.Able to continue binding new secondary shelters to the main shelter.]

[Changing the Light: After possessing a new identity, you have the authority to switch identity once every 7 natural days. You can switch between the primary and secondary identities at will. Authority can be accumulated and the maximum accumulated number of times 3.]

[Comment: Robbing houses, killing people and setting fires. Wandering through rivers and lakes, and… pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger!]

"F*ck!!!"

"This is too cool!!!"

The moment he saw the exaggerated card attributes in front of him, he instantly forgot about the loss of the one million disaster points. This was indeed much more valuable than the points in Su Mo's heart!

Whether it was generating a new game identity or switching identities, that was not his main focus when looking at this card.

Reading through all the descriptions, in the feature of Stealing the Day, Su Mo spotted a bug-level attribute:

Binding a second core shelter!

Moreover, this binding was not the same as before, which could only bind underground or above-ground shelters.

If Su Mo was willing, as long as he used this card, Earth Tiger could become his second core shelter, with a new upgrade route different from that of the Underground Shelter!

The value of this kind of balance-altering card could not be measured simply with points!

"Oh right, there was another card that popped out from the Heavenly Dog!"

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Chapter 185: Mountain And Sea Painting Scroll, The Light Of Day Came!

The legendary-level "Stealing the Day, Changing the Light" card truly brought many surprises to Su Mo.

Thanks to that, Su Mo became even more curious about the card dropped by the Heavenly Dog.

Summoning the storage space, he took it out from the spot where it had been kept.

There seemed to be nothing special about this card from the outside.

It neither had the colorful light exuded by the previous "Stealing the Day, Changing the Light" card, nor the faint golden light exuded by the game card.

Before examining its information, all that could be there was only a faint aura of the mysterious starry sky that shrouded it.

Reaching out with his hand, Su Mo caught the card.

As his rough fingers touched the card's material, the star power around the card seemed to sense Su Mo's hand, curling upwards to wrap around it.

His rough hand transformed at a speed visible to the naked eye, baptized by the star power of the card and becoming extremely smooth like a baby's tender skin.

"What a magical ability, it directly transformed the condition of my skin, and even the wound on my palm has been healed!"

The small cracks between his thumb and index finger, and the small scars he accumulated during his daily activities; all of them disappeared at this moment.

The process repeated itself when Su Mo moved the card over to his left hand, the star power once again enveloping and transforming his other hand in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the transformative power of the card, Su Mo was surprised and, pulling open the gap in the combat uniform, pushed the card in and stuck it on his body.

Instantly, he felt a sense of peace of mind as if he had returned into his mother's warm embrace, and everything on his body seemed to gain vitality and began to itch.

"Ah, it feels so comfortable!"

The feeling of transformation was so comfortable that Su Mo could not help but groan while standing on the castle wall.

Unfortunately, after three to five seconds, the star power of the card retracted and the magical feeling disappeared.

After removing the card, Su Mo immediately felt a big difference in his physical condition.

Usually, the continuous drinking of psychic energy water would help him recover quickly but, while very few hidden injuries were left on his body, it did not mean that there weren't any.

Especially from the giant fireball's blast impact, where Su Mo had been smashed into the concrete floor. Even though he had not looked at the wound, Su Mo instinctively knew that it was another heavy bruise.

However, the injury had been completely healed by the card. All the discomfort and pain had been taken away by the mysterious star power, and the only thing left behind was a strong "body"!

Ding~

The system also analyzed the attributes of the card in a timely fashion and, before Su Mo's eyes, the property panel suddenly popped up beside the card.

[Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll (Unique)]

[Description: A card that stores all the divinity and divine powers of Gray Cize, the Heavenly Dog God. The divinity and divine power cannot be actively extracted. This card's abilities are divided into passive and active categories. Long-term usage of passive abilities will slowly consume the power stored in the card. After using the active ability, the card will disappear completely.]

[Special ability:

[Mountain and Sea (Active): After using the card, you will gain the ability to adjust the locations of the wasteland mountains and rivers once, including but not limited to, rivers surrounding the wasteland and the barren mountains that span the north and south of the wasteland, regardless of any terrain. Upon use, according to the user's wishes, the one-time development process will be completed.]

[Painting Scroll (Passive): Cards that store divine power and divinity have incredible powers. When they are placed in close proximity to another object, that object will automatically absorb the divine power and undergo a series of incredible and magical changes.]

[Currently known changes:

[Humans: Healing injuries]

[Comment: Take and release, and Taihang rises from the ground. Breathe in and breathe out, and the Yangtze River and Yellow River run through the universe.]

"This is the only card in existence and, while it does not have any rank, its attributes are probably better than…"

"It's even more terrifying than "Stealing the Sky, Changing the Day"!"

Looking at the comment given by the system, Su Mo took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.

Although he had some expectations regarding the gains from killing the Heavenly Dog, after seeing this card, Su Mo understood that…

A horse would not gain weight without extra fodder during the night, and a man would not become wealthy without working hard!

To directly open up a river or a mountain, what was this concept?

If Su Mo was willing, from the easternmost end of the wasteland to the westernmost end of the wasteland, a row of mountains could arise from the ground.

Similarly, rivers and oceans that did not exist in the wasteland could be directly generated in one breath using the power of this card.

"If that is not necessary, the passive ability of this card is magical as well. Being able to heal wounds rapidly makes it equivalent to a mobile medical cabin."

"Carrying it around is equivalent to having a portable supply of blood!"

Carefully placing the card into the storage space, he glanced around the crumbling castle that no longer had the protection of the kobold god's divinity. Su Mo walked forward slowly.

The golden treasure chest dropped by the white-robed kobold was still shining on the ground. It was extremely attractive. Stepping beside it, Su Mo opened the storage space and threw it in.

Beside the white-robed kobold, Su Mo also saw the staff it used to cast the fireballs from before.

After a quick glance, he found that it was the divine object of the kobold race. Su Mo was delighted and quickly put it in the storage space as well. He would get a closer look later, and try to study how to use it.

At this point, the final battle with the kobolds was finally over.

All the gains from this battle had also been received, and there were still 21 minutes before the countdown to the second disaster ended.

Glancing at the fifth floor of the castle, where he had lost his life, Su Mo shook his head with emotion. He then sprinted down the stairs.

With each step he took, countless grey stones fell off the damaged stairs.

By the time Su Mo arrived on the first floor, the remaining half of the castle behind him could no longer maintain its integrity and collapsed downward.

Accompanied by the destruction of the kobold race, the castle had followed its owners into eternal slumber on this wasteland.

Dust was everywhere, and snow was flying about.

As he walked out of the ruined castle, everyone in the small team that was lying in front of the castle, including Zhong Qingshu, cast their eyes upon him.

Different from the previous admiration, this time, in everyone's eyes, Su Mo saw a trace of…

Awe!

They were not only awed by his power, or by his actions, but they were also in awe of the unknown!

Some small parts of the castle continued to collapse, and the materials stored in the materials room also fell to the ground.

Looking at the team of people whose eyes were glistening with anticipation, Su Mo took off his mask and smiled kindly at them.

"Brothers, this battle, we…"

"Have won!!!"

Su Mo's sentence ended and everyone in the team cheered in unison.

These people's eyes were not only filled with the joy of surviving, but also with hope for the future!

Obviously, they had read through all the disaster rewards, including the details surrounding the next disaster!

"There's no hurry. The supplies in the castle today, including all the treasure chests dropped by the kobolds outside the castle, I, Su Mo…"

"Will not take any of them!"

"These are what everyone deserves for their hard work. Similarly, I have a special reward for all of you!"

When Su Mo announced that he would not take any of the loot, the cheers in front of the castle turned deafening.

An unspeakable aura of a "leadership" burst forth from Su Mo. At this moment, in everyone's eyes, Su Mo seemed to be wrapped in a layer of light.

Looking at him, they could not help but want to serve him with their lives!

Walking to Chen Shen's side and looking at the bloody wounds on his body, Su Mo smiled gently, and the magical Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card appeared in Su Mo's palm from a hidden angle.

Holding the card, Su Mo gently touched Chen Shen's body, and a little bit of star power found a target. Under everyone's gaze, it wrapped around Chen Shen and, in a few breaths of time, Chen Shen's seriously injured body was suddenly healed and refreshed.

"This…"

"F*ck…"

Seeing Chen Shen's transformation, everyone was stunned. All of them had their mouths wide and did not know what to say.

Before everyone could express their shock in words, Su Mo repeated the process and began to treat them one by one.

For this group of people who volunteered to help him in this time of crisis, for all of the wounds they suffered, Su Mo treated them fairly and did not have the slightest intention of saving the divine power of the card.

When he came to the final person, looking at Zhong Qingshu who was pale from excessive blood loss, Su Mo solemnly said softly, "Thank you, this time I owe you a life, though… you owe me two lives from before, so this is to offset it…"

"Ah~ Go away, damn it!"

The starlight's massage was extremely comfortable. Zhong Qingshu first groaned softly, then turned her head away afterward in "annoyance and anger".

After jumping off the kobold castle together previously, there seemed to be an invisible connection between the two, which was beyond simply having a good impression of the other person.

If he was to describe it in words, perhaps the words "revolutionary friendship" would be appropriate.

"Would you consider moving to my shelter?"

Su Mo said those words as an afterthought but, after looking at Zhong Qingshu's blushing face, he acted as if nothing had happened.

On the other hand, after Zhong Qingshu heard those words, she nodded at first, but then shook her head.

"Next time, it's not time yet. Your younger sister has yet to be found. The people in the shelter in the west are still waiting for us. When everything is settled, we can consider uniting everyone again."

"You really won't consider it?" Staring at Zhong Qingshu's bright eyes, Su Mo had a hint of teasing in his expression.

On the World Channel, god knows how many people were thinking about moving into his shelter.

Similarly, countless young girls yearned for love. Every night, they regarded Su Mo as their dream lover.

After waking up, wishing that they could boldly express on the World Channel how they had a wonderful night with Almighty Su.

Such a "rare" opportunity in the eyes of others was placed in front of Zhong Qingshu. Even Su Mo did not expect Zhong Qingshu to refuse.

"We are not that far away and are all neighbors in this area. Don't use your charm on me! It's useless!"

No woman could refuse a man with high capability and good character.

Zhong Qingshu could not either.

However, at this moment, Su Mo had yet to locate his sister. Seeing Zhong Qingshu's determined look, Su Mo fell into deep thought and temporarily gave up on the idea of continuing to pull her over.

If his sister was thousands of miles away, after the next welfare disaster, Su Mo's journey to find her could last several months.

If that happened, it would be quite irresponsible of him to pull Zhong Qingshu over and run away by himself.

"Well, I will keep this promise for you. If you wish to come over, I will always welcome you!"

Helping Zhong Qingshu get to her feet, Su Mo watched as the sun was about to rise in the distance, heralding the end of the second disaster.

Su Mo walked up slowly to high ground, opened the friends' panel, and waited quietly.

Time passed slowly, as every minute and every second ticked by, He watched the time displayed on the panel reach the final 59 seconds.

Su Mo simply sat down, took a deep breath, and calmed down.

Ten seconds…

Five seconds…

Three seconds…

At six o'clock, the bell rang on time after the disaster.

At the same time, the disaster points had also been distributed on time. Without checking exactly how much he obtained, Su Mo stared at the top of the friends' panel patiently.

Sure enough, in less than two seconds, a new avatar suddenly appeared on it.

It was his younger sister Su Chan who had accepted his friend request.

At this moment, the sun in the sky rose from the horizon as well, and began to vent its "depression" from being absent for two days!

Ding dong ~ Su Chan's message came over.

Looking at the message and raising his head, he felt the warm rays of light from the rising sun. Su Mo burst out laughing!

This time…

The light of day had "finally" arrived!

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Chapter 186: Got In Touch Finally, The Truth Was Revealed!

"Hey, brother, you were so cool!"

"Wait, are you even Su Mo? You are my brother, Su Chan's brother, right? It's only been a few weeks since we last saw each other, but somehow you've become pretty awesome it seems."

Seeing Su Chan teasing him, Su Mo's heart that had been hanging in a lurch finally settled down.

"My goodness, it seems that this little missy here also watched the entire live broadcast, so your situation shouldn't be too terrible…"

While calming himself down, Su Mo asked the most important question!

"Where are you?"

From the Underground Shelter, he had marched through the blizzard at night to the kobold castle and destroyed the pseudo god and the Heavenly Dog clan.

These were incidents that happened in the course of a single night but, to Su Mo, this night felt as long as several months.

On the other hand, Su Chan did not immediately reply the message. Su Mo waited over a minute but, when he was starting to get anxious, the prompt of a video call rang.

He raced to pick up the call, watching the screen in joyful anticipation.

Buzz, buzz~

The harsh static sound somehow also seemed beautiful at this time, as Su Mo continued to savor every second.

After three to five seconds, the screen gradually turned clear, and Su Chan's adorable face slowly appeared on the screen.

At the same time, observing at the shelter that was in her background, Su Mo also felt a trace of…

Familiarity?

"Bro, you were so cool! No, no, next time my classmates come to visit, I must tell them how amazing my brother is!"

Su Chan had just arrived at the wasteland. She had yet to experience the harsh survival conditions of this world; lacking food, clothing, and water.

At this time, apart from being a little pale due to fear, her mental state was far better than others who had been living in this wasteland for the past 20 days!

"Don't you know I was worried sick, and here you are instead testing your brother's mental limits!" Seeing Su Chan's excited look, Su Mo rolled his eyes and spoke resignedly.

Those who had not experienced survival in the wasteland naturally would not know how difficult it had been for the people in this land.

Therefore, it was inevitable that there would be differences in terms of mentality.

"No, I'm smart! No one knows that we are siblings. I didn't mention it to anyone!"

Seeing Su Mo's anxious look, Su Chan was shocked. She immediately began to explain and narrate her experience of being teleported over to the wasteland.

As part of the second batch of humans who were transported here, things did not occur the way Su Mo had imagined; they did not have to accept the test of life and death right away.

Because they were absent during the first 20 days of development, when the second batch arrived, compared to the first batch, they were given a choice and, at the same time, a privilege.

The choice was the location of the individuals' arrival.

Upon arriving in this environment, seeing the name of her elder brother, Su Mo, as a selectable option, Su Chan decided to put her location next to Su Mo without hesitation.

A light flashed and, when Su Chan woke up, she found that she was already standing in the middle of the blizzard.

It was freezing cold.

The whistling of the north wind.

Face with this harsh weather, her quick thinking and decisiveness led to her choosing to construct an underground shelter.

At the same time, the privilege granted to each person was different.

As the "lucky ones", the humans who arrived in this second batch either received resources, weapons, or some temporary buffs.

Like 6h of cold resistance, 12h of hunger exemption, or a one-time right to use a vehicle.

There were many different kinds of privileges. From Su Mo's point of view, Su Chan's privilege was a blessing to her character. It may have seemed useless but, in truth, it was one of the "best" privileges:

Second-time teleportation!

In addition, during the second teleportation, the factors selected during the first teleportation would still affect the outcome.

Possessing such a "life-saving talisman", Su Chan was not aware that Su Mo was making his way toward her. As she waited in the underground shelter in the extreme cold for 10 minutes, the kobold castle in the distance became the only viable choice…

To ask for help.

If it turned out to be an enemy, she could directly use her privilege to teleport again.

With the safeguard in mind, what unfolded afterward was logical. Su Chan, a human, stood before the kobold castle and shouted.

The kobolds, who had already tasted defeat and frustration at the hands of Su Mo, would naturally not just leave things be. They marched out of the castle to Su Chan's shelter.

Realizing that she could not run away, Su Chan decisively activated her second teleportation privilege.

A light flashed and, when she could see again, she had arrived at the outskirts of the shelter that Su Mo had just seen, a scenario that was infinitely more preferable than that of the kobold castle.

Even though she was not given preferential treatment, under the leadership of the guards, Su Chan was placed in a partially occupied room and stayed there.

On the way to the room, the anxious Su Chan immediately tried to find and send Su Mo a friend request after figuring out the various functions of the game panel, hoping to explain the situation to him.

However, as she entered the room, she was stunned to find that all the people were hugging each other in the room as they watched the shining scene in front of them like a movie.

On such a cold day, they were still thinking about watching a movie?

With all kinds of doubts in her mind, Su Chan took a closer look and was surprised to find that the protagonist in the movie was none other than her brother…

Su Mo!

'My goodness, my brother is on the live broadcast? Four billion people around the world are watching him?'

After verifying that this Su Mo was different from the past, the clever Su Chan immediately resisted the impulse to tell the people around her that she was Su Mo's sister.

She even made her own decision to change her surname to that of her mother's and told everyone that she was Yang Chan.

"As expected of my sister, such a smart girl! Big bro here gives you a thumbs up!"

Seeing Su Chan, whose face seemed to be waiting for his approval, Su Mo laughed and gave his compliment without hesitation.

In a sense, Su Chan's actions were the best means of "self-protection".

The title of Su Mo's sister had become a heavy crown to bear after tonight.

Being in someone else's shelter would bring her an unimaginable amount of trouble once her identity was revealed.

"Of course! But brother, please try to find a way to come over and pick me up quickly. Everyone in this shelter has to work twelve hours a day, and I'm going to become a zombie very soon!"

Seeing Su Mo laugh, Su Chan looked behind her cautiously, before taking two steps forward again, her expression sorrowful as she grumbled.

The style of the Su family was to work hard and never complain.

It was not that Su Chan could not accept such manual labor.

Rather…

It was because, despite having such an awesome brother like Su Mo, she still had to perform menial labor in someone else's shelter.

Hearing what his younger sister mentioned, Su Mo frowned and looked at the shelter behind Su Chan. He racked his brains and began to think about where he had seen this shelter before.

"This shelter you are in is very familiar to me. Do you know its name?"

Before Su Mo's sentence ended, Su Chan replied excitedly, "Really? My shelter seems to be called… Tun…Yes, it's called Tundra Shelter. Bro, are you familiar with it? Is it near your shelter?"

"Tundra Shelter?"

"Yes, yes, that's the name! Look at the ground under my feet, it's all moss!"

Whoosh!

Seeing his sister jumping up and down, and looking at the familiar building behind her, at this moment, there were thousands of "damn its" echoing in Su Mo's heart.

"Damn, it's the Tundra Shelter?"

"Why did fate place my sister there?"

The strange architectural shape, and the iconic moss under her feet, were all trademark features of the Tundra Shelter.

At this moment, in Su Mo's mind, the building complex also matched the scene from the time when he had watched the live broadcast of the Tundra Shelter back then.

Shen Ke was there, and also the military, as well as some people who Su Mo hated very much…

Ying family!

Ying Tianlong!

Seeing Su Mo's heavy expression in the video, Su Chan, who was still wearing an excited look, realized something in an instant, and her face turned pale.

"Bro… Brother, don't tell me that… this shelter belongs to your enemy…"

"You are my blood brother, don't scare me like this!"

Seeing Su Chan teary-eyed face, Su Mo snapped out of his thoughts and shook his head, with a trace of seriousness on his face.

"The Tundra Shelter is an officially established one. It is very reliable in terms of safety and organizational discipline. It should be safe to stay in it for now!"

"But this shelter should be quite far away from my current location. Even if I want to come over, you have to be mentally prepared that it would take me at least one month!"

Hearing that they were not Su Mo's enemy, Su Chan sighed in relief. She obediently listened to Su Mo's words while checking around to see whether anyone was coming.

"In this shelter, there are indeed some of my enemies present. They are the Ying family!"

"The Ying family?"

"Yes!"

Hearing Su Mo's heavy tone, Su Chan tilted her head and pondered for a while, before saying with some uncertainty, "Brother, about that… the Ying family you mentioned seems to have been chased away by the boss of the Tundra Shelter a few days ago."

"I heard it from the gossip last night. At that time, half of the people here followed Ying… Ying Tianlong, and went to build a new shelter, and most of the supplies here were divided evenly."

"There is no Ying family in the shelter now!"

After speaking, Su Chan was still worried so, after saying a few words, she hung up the video call and went to verify the information.

On his side, Su Mo's expression became weird after listening to the news from his sister and he stared blankly at the dark screen for awhile.

After learning that Shen Yitian had been killed by Ying Tianlong previously, Su Mo vowed to kill Ying Tianlong.

However, given the situation at that time, he had no evidence nor influence. If he relied on just the so-called "No. 1" title and rushed to tell Shen Ke that her brother-in-law was killed by Ying Tianlong, he would be provoking discord.

When Su Chan said that the Ying family had been chased away, Su Mo suddenly felt that the world had calmed down.

"Sure enough, the people in the Tundra Shelter are not fools. However, it's a pity that… the old dog Ying Tianlong is not dead yet!"

Her video call rang again and, after hearing Su Chan's confirmation, Su Mo became relieved immediately.

"Since the Ying family is not in the shelter, then things will be easier. Su Chan, you must memorize my next words clearly!"

Seeing that Su Mo was going to "assign tasks", Su Chan's head nodded like a chicken pecking on rice, her face displaying a clever expression that indicated that she would take everything he said to heart.

"First of all, in the Tundra Shelter, or in any situation, you can't expose our relationship, including our friendship in the game. After this, delete me from your list of friends. I will find a way to contact you as soon as possible. Remember, do not let anyone know that I am your brother!"

"Second, in the Tundra Shelter, since everyone has a task assigned, just do what the others do. Don't throw tantrums or expect special treatment. This is not Earth. People die here! Including your brother; I have been on the verge of death several times!"

"Third, while tasks involving menial labor are fine, when danger approaches, whether its an invasion of foreign mythical races, mutant creatures, or any other dangerous elements, you must hide far away from them. Don't succumb to curiosity and try to join in the fun! Cherish your life and wait for your brother to come to rescue you!"

After he finished talking about the three most important rules, Su Chan nodded her head frantically when she saw Su Mo's brows furrowed, indicating that she had remembered it all.

"You're just nodding randomly. Repeat to me what I just said!"

Feeling uneasy, Su Mo asked Su Chan to repeat everything. After repeatedly confirming that Su Chan had memorized what he said, Su Mo's expression calmed down. He asked, "Do you have 100 disaster points now?"

After the sentence ended, Su Chan nodded and directly allowed Su Mo to view her game panel.

Su Mo took a glance; there were 112 points remaining. Compared with the first disaster, the public reward was much better this time around. Most people should be able to open the most basic storage space function.

"After you are asked to be marked, all your game panel functions will be monitored! Including storage space and chat messages!"

"But don't worry too much. Stay in the shelter obediently. When the time comes, I will provide you with material support through other means."

"As for the strength of the Tundra Shelter, you don't have to worry about it. I will also help them in other ways. Wait for me and, when the time comes, brother will come to you!"

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Chapter 187: Absorbing the Powers of God Gray, Fulfilling the Promise!

Even without Ying Tianlong, that old dog, Su Mo remained confident about the strength that the Tundra Shelter possessed.

An official shelter such as theirs would definitely be secure and have certain capabilities in terms of management and ability.

Given the assurance of the next welfare disaster, if he wanted his sister to remain safe in the Tundra Shelter and await his rescue, he only needed to make some small arrangements, and the Tundra Shelter would then be able to advance rapidly.

Furthermore, with Su Mo as a firearms dealer, the combat ability of the Tundra Shelter would be raised to a level where it could protect itself for a short period of time.

"After 24 hours, I will be able to scan for your location again. At that time, I will quickly settle the matters here, and then come find you."

"Remember, your life is of the utmost priority. Don't let our parents end up attending your funeral!"

The conversation between the siblings was very direct and straightforward.

There was no depressing mention of life and death, nor was there heart-wrenching and lung-tearing crying. Although Su Chan was a high school student, she was one of the top students at Fudan University Affiliated High School and was extremely mature and intelligent.

Su Mo nodded. He repeated his instructions again. After Su Chan nodded solemnly to indicate that she had remembered everything, he hung up.

He took another look at his sister's profile picture and then looked at the message in the inbox, filled with a sense of unwillingness…

The next moment, Su Mo did not hesitate further. He focused mentally and tapped on the delete button.

With a flash of light, Su Chan's profile picture disappeared from his friends' list…

The game panel was still the same game panel, and Su Mo was still the same Su Mo…

However, from this moment on, his highest priority target had appeared in this vast wasteland!

"Su Chan, wait for me! Soon I'll be able to let everyone in the world know that you are my one and only…"

"Sister!"

After taking a deep breath, Su Mo closed the game panel. There was no longer any hesitation left in his heart, and his iconic cold expression returned.

In the ruins of the kobold castle, the team continued to search for resources. Even Zhong Qingshu joined them.

Kobolds might have looked down on some of these resources, but they were precious resources to the human population.

From food to weapons, and from weapons to tools, every time a resource of similar quality was unearthed, the castle ruins were filled with cheering from time to time.

The kobold castle had become a thing of the past.

Death, and life, both intersected here.

Similarly…

Hope was also born here.

Looking at the busy group, Su Mo shook his head, his eyes filled with emotion.

To the refugees trapped in such a chaotic wasteland, as long as there was food and water, they would be willing to work for others.

In such an environment, driven by the need to survive, people were the easiest to control.

Su Mo silently took two steps back. Under the light of the rising sun, Su Mo started to retrace his steps and route from last night.

Walking past the crater created by the white-robed kobold, and after walking a further 400 to 500 meters, Su Mo finally saw the snowboard that Chen Shen and his team had made yesterday.

The location of the fireball's explosion was very far from this area, so it was unaffected.

Following the footprints on the ground, Su Mo walked around and easily found Oreo, who was sleeping soundly in a small pit.

At this moment, Oreo had already returned to her normal size. She did not look as impressive as the three-meter wolf she had morphed into yesterday.

As if sensing the scent of Su Mo, Oreo slowly opened her eyes and saw the approaching feet.

"Woof?"

"Go to sleep, go to sleep. Sleep more if you're tired. We've already won, so we don't need to fight anymore. We won't need to at all in the future either!"

Feeling sorry for Oreo, Su Mo picked her up. Seeing the exhaustion apparent on Oreo's face, Su Mo took out the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card and gently placed it on her.

And…

The next second, something unexpected happened!

The black card that was emitting starlight seemed to have found its owner and started to spew out star power crazily.

The violent light lifted Oreo, who was lying in his arms, upwards into the air.

As if sensing the threat, the snowflake symbol between Oreo's eyebrows appeared without any stimulation, erupting with blinding white light.

Similarly, the dark light relied on the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card to continuously erupt, not backing down.

One, and then two seconds passed. When the dark light around Oreo was about to solidify, the snowflake symbol finally gave up and moved aside from the center of her forehead.

With a flash of light, the symbol on Oreo's forehead changed…

Oreo was smiling foolishly with her tongue out…

Huh?

Something doesn't seem right!

Compared to the snowflake symbol, this bland symbol was extremely lacking.

Unfortunately, Oreo did not have a mirror to look at. Although she felt that something strange had appeared between her eyebrows, she could only look around curiously, unable to actually see the new symbol.

The symbol flashed for three seconds before being cut off, and the power surrounding Oreo slowly disappeared.

Holding Oreo, who had fallen from the sky, Su Mo opened the game panel curiously and brought up Oreo's attribute panel.

[Pet Name: Oreo

[True Name: ???

[Status: ??? (Personality has been permanently fixed)

[Creature Description: A gentle wasteland creature. As a mutated husky that has inherited many different bloodlines, after inheriting the divinity of Gray Cize, it now possesses incredible suppressive power, allowing it to have supreme status when facing its own kind. At the same time, its bloodline has been upgraded and the upper limit of its potential has increased exponentially.]

[First Ability: Adaptation (Demi-God): A special biological bloodline and powerful divinity that allows this creature to have terrifying adaptability; being able to perfectly adapt to any harsh weather or environment. When it fights in a disadvantaged environment, its combat power will increase by a certain extent.]

[Second Ability: Fate (Demi-God): A powerful biological structure. After injecting the power of divinity into it, this creature now has the ability to see through the fog of destiny for short periods of time. This ability is a passive skill and cannot be used actively.]

[Third Ability: Snow (Follower): In cold weather, as a devout follower of the Arctic Queen, this living creature can gather the power of ice and snow into its body and expand its body size, which correspondingly improves the physical quality of its body.]

[Fourth Ability: Oreo? Race? (Pseudo God): This creature has the right to create its own race.

[Current Status: A Pseudo God without any power (0%)

"Wow, Oreo turned into a God?"

Looking at Oreo's exaggerated description on the attribute panel, Su Mo rubbed his eyes and was shocked when he realized that there was still no change in her attributes.

The Heavenly Dog Pseudo God, while it was only a Pseudo God, was not something Su Mo could have dealt with if its strength had not been restricted and if the system had not detected its weakness.

The colossal shadow of a god, the destructive power of a nuclear bomb, a gigantic leap in life order…

After Oreo absorbed the Pseudo God's divinity, as long as he could replenish the energy, it would mean that… Su Mo would have the power of a Pseudo God on his side.

"Woof!"

"Awoooo!"

On the snowy ground, before Su Mo could continue pondering about the subsequent changes that had taken place, Oreo became anxious.

She tried to figure out what was on her forehead but, as she turned around, she could only see her tail. After repeating this action several times, Oreo became so angry that she bit her own tail. A look of resentment appeared on her dog face.

"She inherited godhood, but not the intelligence of a god!"

Seeing that the lively Oreo was still an "idiot", Su Mo laughed loudly. He took out the remaining biscuits and fed them to Oreo.

Together with Oreo, who had eaten her fill, Su Mo returned to the castle ruins where, by now, the team had basically cleared out all the supplies and resources.

Of course, the most important treasure chests had been collected by everyone and stacked in a pile together.

It was a pity that less than 10% of the kobolds dropped treasure chests, as most of the kobolds had been killed by the white-robed kobold. After the extinction of the kobolds, Su Mo realized that there were fewer treasure chests on the ground than during his previous outing with explosives.

There was not a single silver chest, and there were only 11 bronze chests. The remaining treasure chests were mostly wooden and iron chests, which were not worth much.

"What a pity, but I had no choice back then. It was good that no one died!"

Hearing Chen Shen's report, Su Mo nodded. Then he changed the topic and asked everyone the question that they wanted to hear the most.

"Are you interested in joining my shelter?"

Before he could finish his sentence, everyone, including a few older uncles, nodded their heads like chickens pecking at rice. Their faces were filled with anticipation.

"Yes! Yes! Brother Su, not just us, even people on the World Channel, if you ask, I guarantee that 99%… no, 100% of the people would want to come and join your shelter!"

Chen Shen's gaze was fervent. Among all the people, he was the bravest and the smartest. He was also the one that Su Mo thought the most highly of.

After Chen Shen said that, the others started to share their opinions.

In conclusion, there was only one sentiment.

They wished that they could run away from the shelter in the west and move to the Underground Shelter overnight!

However, after everyone said those words, they turned their hesitant gazes to a single person in the front row. There seemed to be something that they could not say.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Su Mo smiled and looked over kindly.

Chen Shen seemed to have mustered up his courage. He coughed and started to share everyone's thoughts.

"Brother Su, the situation is like this. Although everyone wants to join your shelter, after we leave, there won't be many men left in the shelter to the west. Most of them there are women and children. Seeing that the next disaster happens to be a welfare disaster, everyone is thinking of going back to the shelter to help them grow some food. It could be considered as us repaying the kindness to the shelter that took us in."

"But don't worry, Brother Su. When we come back, we will definitely bring more than half a year's worth of food over. We will not let you worry about us at all!"

After saying that, everyone, including Chen Shen, turned their gazes over nervously. They were afraid that Su Mo would get angry and take back his offer.

"What a bunch of simpletons."

Seeing that everyone was sizing him up, Su Mo praised them in his heart.

Even though Su Mo had a grasp on the characters of these people after a number of experiences together, he could not help but feel touched.

"Alright! Join my shelter later. I'll keep this promise."

After making a solemn promise, everyone cheered when they saw Su Mo's determined face under the mask. They quickly packed up their bags and prepared to return.

Seeing how busy everyone was, Su Mo took two lazy steps back while basking in the sunlight. He started to tidy up and prepared to return to the Underground Shelter.

"So, are you going to look for your sister after this disaster?"

While packing up, Zhong Qingshu came over and took the snowboard from Su Mo.

"Yeah, I already know where my sister is. After the welfare disaster, I should be setting off…"

After a moment of silence, Su Mo chose to believe Zhong Qingshu.

As friends who had gone through trials and tribulations together, the friendship between them had something extraordinary; especially in the desolate wastelands, it became something even more treasured.

"Well… before you leave, if there's a chance, I want to ask you for a favor!"

"Oh?" Su Mo put on a curious expression. He looked at Zhong Qingshu's pretty face and listened intently.

"I might have discovered a… secret of this world?"

Tilting her body, Zhong Qingshu mysteriously said words that could only be described as "earth-shattering"!

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Chapter 188: Wonder of the World, Time Currency

"A… secret of the world!?"

When he heard Zhong Qingshu's words, Su Mo, who was cleaning up the mess on the ground, raised his head.

With regards to this world, more and more people were taking the time to study, analyze, and explore its boundaries.

Why did the game, that sent all humans to this wasteland, choose this timeframe when Earth's disaster was imminent? Why did it have to set up some strange rules in this place?

All kinds of questions were discussed on the World Channel every day. Even Su Mo, who was constantly busy every day, was no exception to this.

In the eyes of others, the science fiction-like game panel, the intricate functions, and the mysterious and high-risk, high-reward mechanics of the game, all conveyed certain meanings and alluded to the secrets of the world.

However, only Su Mo knew that aside from the game panel, the system that he possessed was much more mysterious and powerful!

Upgrading items!

DF-17!

Analyzing the Heavenly Dog Pseudo God!

Various wonderful functions, together with the abilities displayed by the different-colored lights, made Su Mo eager to explore the secrets of the world more than anyone else.

"Yes, I know you've entered the realm of the ruins before, and I believe you know that there's a time difference on both ends. This is especially true when your actions affect the ruins, where this feeling and time difference will become even more obvious!"

"Have you managed to figure it out? Time!"

"Time?"

The level one is at tends to determine the kind of people one interacts with, which often meant that individuals of similar levels would interact with each other.

Facing Su Mo and looking into the eyes of the "world's number one", Zhong Qingshu took her time and tried to guide Su Mo's thought process.

He tried to figure out the uniqueness of the ordinary word "time". From the smallest unit of time, to the entire human civilization's definition of time, to the Mayans' prophecy, and even all other miscellaneous information that he had unintentionally read…

Su Mo thought about it slowly, while Zhong Qingshu remained calm. She waited quietly for Su Mo to complete his thought process.

"Time… time… what exactly is time? Who defined it, and who proved it?"

The more he read into the word, the more he pictured the words in his mind. The word "time" seemed to take on a different form.

Time was a parameter that humans used to describe the motion of matter or the process of events. To determine time, one had to examine a pattern brought about by changes in the cycle of matter that were not affected by external influences.

Moreover, time is one of the seven basic physical volumes in physics. It is the eternal motion of matter, the continuity of change, and the performance of sequence.

Modern cosmology theory believed that there was no such thing as time before the Big Bang. "Always moving forward" also meant that the progression in time was always positive.

"Let me remind you, do you know about the theory of relativity? You can think about it from that angle."

"Relativity …?"

Su Mo had a headache when he heard Zhong Qingshu mention the term.

He studied in university when he was still on Earth, but he had only read books related to relativity in the library, so his memory was not that fresh.

"I remember…"

Using his memory framework, Su Mo took out a small bottle of psychic energy water and slowly drank two mouthfuls. As he recalled the contents of the theory of relativity, he connected it with what he had seen and heard over the past few days.

Einstein proposed in the theory of relativity, that time, space, and matter cannot be explained separately.

Time and space formed a four-dimensional space, forming the basic structure of the universe.

Time and space are not absolute in terms of measurement. Observers measure the flow of time at different relative speeds or different space-time structures.

The general theory of relativity predicted that the gravitational field produced by mass would create a distorted space-time structure.

For example, the time passing on the clock near a body of mass (e.g. black hole) was slower than the time passing at a place far away from the body of mass.

"The time in the realm of the ruins passes much faster than in the wasteland. In other words, the wasteland's time progresses much slower than that of the ruins…"

"If we alter or affect the ruins, it's the same as us intervening in the timeline. In the other world, we become real. After returning to the wasteland, it would be the same as projecting ourselves again…"

"Doesn't that mean that the wasteland is built on a black hole, or that we're living inside the black hole, and the ruins are the means to escape from it? Or does that mean that the black hole can easily allow wormholes to be torn open inside it which allows us to enter other spaces?"

Su Mo shook his head and tossed all his weird thoughts to the back of his mind. He looked at Zhong Qingshu's smile and scratched his head.

"No, it's overthinking it."

"In the ruins, time is not a measurement of the three-dimensional motion's effect on people's senses, nor is it a measurement unit that marks distance. Time is a type of energy!"

"In the ruins, no matter how big of an impact we make, as long as we do not bring anything that does not belong to the wasteland along with us when we return, we will not need to use "time" energy to teleport. On the other hand, the more things we bring along, the more time currency we need!

In the conversation with Brother Feng Zi earlier, both of them had been caught off guard, so they did not notice the difference.

Spring passed and autumn came every year. In a hundred years, one could witness birth, old age, illness, and death. In a thousand years, one could lament the change of dynasties. In ten thousand years, one could see the changes in the cosmos.

At that moment, after being reminded by Zhong Qingshu, Su Mo realized why the wasteland always emphasized the word "time".

Periodic disasters had strict time rules.

The opening and closing of the remains had strict timelines.

And…

"Yes, time has become a currency in the wasteland. We can pay using this currency to achieve a series of unbelievable effects."

"Payment. In the blink of an eye, the saplings on the ground will turn into towering trees."

"Payment. Even if you wreak havoc in the ruins, and enter and exit three times, you can ignore the rate of time difference."

"Payment. Perhaps even… the myth of "immortality" can be achieved!"

Compared to Su Mo's own speculation, Zhong Qingshu had obviously made a detailed guess and even captured the key evidence relating to the subject. At the same time, she was very straightforward!

"So, you found a way to obtain the currency?"

After saying that, Su Mo looked at Zhong Qingshu's small face and could not help but have a headache. He sighed with "worry" for his intelligence.

Zhong Qingshu was like a clever little fox. She did not directly invite him to help her obtain the currency. Instead, she beat around the bush.

First, it led Su Mo to think about time, and then it guided him. Finally, when Su Mo realized the importance of the currency, she threw out her "bargaining chip".

Su Mo only wanted to say:

"Well done!"

Time currency was like a supreme temptation, but fraught with danger and challenges.

Even though he knew that it might be risky, Su Mo was still confident that, with the help of the system and his growing strength, he would be able to attempt it.

"When the time comes, I'll call you when the ruins open. We'll go in together and obtain the currency. You get seventy percent and l'lI get thirty, okay?"

"No problem, it's a deal!"

Needless to say, entering the ruins to explore was definitely a risky endeavor. Su Mo would definitely become the main fighter.

However, Zhong Qingshu's intelligence would play a huge role as well. Coupled with the simple "revolutionary friendship" between the two of them, Su Mo agreed without even thinking.

Having achieved the most important thing, Zhong Qingshu tilted her head and thought about it for awhile. Then, she seemed to have thought of something funny and smiled brightly.

"Then I'm leaving?"

"Go then. I can't make you stay anyway!"

Hearing Su Mo's faint voice, Zhong Qingshu raised her head and rolled her eyes charmingly. Then she turned around and walked toward the team that had already packed up.

Watching Zhong Qingshu leave from afar, even her dull hair seemed to float and wave beautifully in the distance.

"Su… Big… Brother, we're going back! If you have any instructions, just send us a message!"

After cleaning up, Chen Shen stood beside the handmade snowboard. He cupped his hands like a loudspeaker and shouted. The others also raised their hands and waved.

"Be careful and travel safely!"

Waving his hand, he saw the excited group leaving. After they disappeared into the horizon, Oreo nimbly crawled out and dug her paws into the ruins.

"Let's go, Oreo. Everything has been taken away. There's nothing good for you to dig up anymore!"

With half a foot into the ranks of Godhood, Oreo still did not have any sense of self-awareness. She had already lived most of her life like a mongrel on a farm.

Hearing that, Oreo pouted and walked out. She wagged her tail unhappily.

"Let's go, let's go. Don't be unhappy. I'll prepare a feast for you when we get home. Let's celebrate!"

Squatting down and rubbing Oreo's head, Su Mo absorbed a wave of Oreo's luck. He stood up and walked forward.

Under the morning sun, the shadow of a man and a dog stretched out endlessly…

This time, he was no longer lonely!

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Chapter 189: Quality Upgrade, Excellent Excavator

The journey home through the wasteland became extremely long without Oreo pulling the snowboard.

Su Mo had to rely on the strength of his feet to travel a distance of a hundred miles, trodding slowly, as he had to avoid hidden objects hidden below the deep snow from time to time.

Walking and stopping like this until noon, Su Mo had traveled half the distance.

To maintain such a pace, Su Mo had to keep consuming psychic energy water to recover his strength.

"Not sure how Earth Tiger is doing either. I was rushing last night and I didn't shut the garage gate!

After having a bit of pancake and drinking a few gulps of water, Su Mo once again continued his journey after recovering his strength.

At times like this, the necessity of a good vehicle was clearly exhibited.

No matter whether it was traveling back and forth, or looking for his sister, he had to find or create a vehicle that could traverse any terrain as soon as possible.

"The next vehicle should be designed with terrain adaptability in mind. Otherwise, the situation with Earth Tiger will repeat itself in the future."

Dragging his slightly heavy steps, Su Mo's heart was filled with a type of "respect" for Kento Maeda and the other dead enemies who had previously walked the entire night, in the harsh wind and snow, to get to his shelter.

The saying rang true; as long as one was motivated, the road beneath their feet would not matter!

Still, before Su Mo could cheer up and continue to stretch his legs, three abrupt game panel prompts suddenly rang in his ears.

[Record: The "Small single-arm excavator" card in your storage space has been unlocked. Please check and use it soon.

[Record: The vehicle in the card is brand new when first summoned and has a full fuel tank.

[Record: A copy of the corresponding user manual is attached. Happy gaming!

"The excavator card's countdown timer has elapsed? I can use it now?"

This time's happy gaming announcement came just in time.

He opened the game interface. Seeing the three consecutive unlocked notifications on it, Su Mo was happily surprised and hastily dug out the excavator card from his storage space.

Compared to its previously unpleasant appearance, after the countdown timer had elapsed, it was no longer emanating the green light that indicated a good-quality item, but instead the blue light that indicated an excellent-quality item.

It was obvious from just one look that it was an extraordinary item.

"It seems that, due to my brilliant performance during the second disaster, the game panel upgraded the card's quality for free? Does this count as a hidden benefit?"

"Moreover, the vehicle already has a full tank of fuel at the start. That's reasonable too… after all, if the second batch of arrivals drew a single-use vehicle card, it would be playing dirty if they didn't have the fuel to operate it."

Compared to the system, the game panel was a lot more generous.

Not overthinking things, he glanced at the terrain nearby and came to a gentle slope. Su Mo rubbed his hands together slightly, and the excavator card in his hands suddenly shattered.

Flash!

Boom!

A golden light that was a foot high instantly burst forth from the shattered card, before spreading over the snowy ground like flowing water, covering part of the surface.

The golden light was like a magic cloth in the capable hands of a magician, slowly spreading upwards.

At the same time, the golden light slowly revealed the "peerless beauty" of the small single-arm excavator!

The strong steel arm, tracked wheels, luxurious and high driver's seat, as well as the large, eye-catching, characters etched on the body of the vehicle:

No. 1!

"Amazing. The game panel sure likes its bells and whistles, giving me such a high-profile decorative add-on for an excavator!"

Unlike the usual dirt-yellow color of most excavators, this excavator was full of character and also symbolized the honor of the world's number one.

The large, black-and-white, No. 1 print did not only look good, but it also made the excavator seem forceful and compelling.

While the game panel's description said that it was a small excavator, by Earth's standards, it actually wasn't all that small.

Curiously, Su Mo once again opened the new excavator's properties and was instantly delighted with what he saw.

[Small single-arm excavator (Excellent)]

[Description: A small diesel backhoe excavator, produced using heavy machinery, with trench-end excavation, trench-side excavation, straight-line excavation, curved excavation, angled excavation, ultra-deep trench excavation, and trench slope excavation.]

[Total machine weight: 25,500kg]

[Machine specifications: Upper width (3045mm), total height (4255mm), total width (3190mm), track length (3640mm)]

[Bucket digging force: 175kN]

[Bucket capacity: 1.3–1.5m3]

[Rated power (kW): 147/2100kW/rpm]

[Movement speed (high/low km/h): 10.4–15.8 km/h]

[Climbing ability: 70%/35]

[Special ability:

[Speedy movement: Its upgrade to excellent-quality gives it more engine power and horsepower. When the excavator is moving at full speed, it automatically boosts its maximum speed by an additional 30km/h.]

[Powerful: Its upgrade to excellent-quality gives it arm strength and doubles the bucket's digging force!]

[Immortal: Damage received by the machine will gradually recover after the engine is turned off.]

"Not bad, not bad. After upgrading it to excellent-quality, regardless of whether it's the digging capacity or the machine's basic properties, all of them have increased dramatically.

"And of the extra special abilities, the speedy movement ability is simply too useful!"

The heavy and solid structure of the excavator meant that, even equipped with a powerful engine, it was not much faster than the average human's walking speed.

Even if a normal excavator was driven at full speed in rabbit gear, it could only reach speeds about ten kilometers per hour at most.[1]

However, with the addition of the current special abilities, as long as it was driven at full speed, it could reach speeds of up to 40 km/h. Compared to the Type-99C tank's speed of 60km, it did not differ too greatly!

Oreo also seemed to be very curious about the big vehicle that had just appeared.

Staring at the vehicle's body that was painted similar to her own black-and-white color palette, Oreo's face was full of pride. With light steps, she leaped into the excavator's bucket.

Lying in the bucket, it was as if Oreo had returned to her mother's "cradle", and her doggy face revealed an extremely blissful smile.

"A dog that likes to lie in an excavator bucket?"

Seeing Oreo lay down, expressing that she was going to stay inside the bucket today, Su Mo burst into laughter.

Having received transportation equipment, Su Mo's worries regarding his return journey to the Underground Shelter lessened, and he patiently circled and examined the excavator.

On the excavator's right side, there was an adjustable handrail.

Grabbing the handrail, he stepped onto the step bar at the bottom and, using his arms' strength, pulled himself up beside the excavator's driver cabin.

The key to the vehicle was already in the door.

Turning it, the cabin door swung open to reveal the sophisticated interior layout.

"As expected of the airdrop reward for being the world's number one. Every detail seems to have been thought out, and even the interior layout is not bad."

The real leather seats had cushions that exuded comfort with just a glance, and the dashboard was also made of patterned solid wood.

The excavator was basically equipped with everything that was necessary, and even a bit more.

If this had not been an excavator but rather a sports car, based on the level of specifications provided, the game panel would have probably arranged for it to be constructed from carbon fiber.

Sitting in the seat and feeling the soft, but sturdy support beneath him, he tried adjusting the seat's angle. The angle reached the point where his entire body could lie down halfway, in which Su Mo discovered some interesting observations:

The driving experience of the excavator was actually better than that of Earth Tiger, and its field of vision was also much wider.

Sitting in such a vehicle, not only did he feel a sense of security, but also a sense of power, something that Earth Tiger could not provide!

"I have to pull up the handle to operate the excavator's arm…"

Half-lying in the seat, Su Mo picked up the user operation manual beside him and started seriously analyzing the excavator's usage methods and features.

It was just like Lanxiang's advertisements that featured close to a hundred sets of advanced equipment from all over the world for student practice, with no charges for the first month of trial lessons.

After looking through the user manual properly once, Su Mo was shocked to discover that operating the excavator was really not that difficult!

It was even simpler than driving a manual car, excluding the interior workings of the machine.

In terms of practical applications, its specific operation was divided into four actions, which were the boom, stick, bucket, and rotation.

Just these four actions pretty much covered all the excavator's functions.

Following the instructions, Su Mo first turned the ignition then, when he heard the excavator's engine rumbling, he took hold of the handle on the right.

"The handle on the right has two uses: the bucket and the boom. Moving it left and right lifts would retract the bucket, while moving it front and back would lift and lower the boom. There are another two handles that can only move the arms themselves, as well as for moving the chain tracks as well."

Reading out the words from the instruction manual, Su Mo forcefully pushed the handle forward.

Suddenly, Oreo—who was still been resting in the bucket and basking in the sun—looked down in shock as if not understanding why the distance between her and the ground had suddenly grown.

Next, Su Mo tried pulling the handle, and the bucket that had risen earlier gradually lowered down.

"Woof! Woo woo woo! Woof!"

After being let down, Oreo fled from the bucket with a face full of fear. After that, when she saw Su Mo's wicked smile in the driver's cabin, she suddenly rushed back up with lightning speed.

"Ah? Still want to play?"

Seeing that Oreo seemed to have rediscovered the same joy she had while sitting in the buggy's back seat, Su Mo was starting to have fun too and began testing out these functions one by one according to the instructions.

While the excavator was easy to use, it was difficult to operate with precision.

After all, the bucket was not the same as an arm. Relying on the two handles on the left and right, it was extremely difficult to control and manipulate accurately.

Fortunately, there were no traffic laws in the wasteland and no large buildings.

Even if he occasionally made a mistake while operating it, there was no instructor to nag and berate him.

After testing it out for half an hour and becoming familiar with its operation, Su Mo did not wait any longer. He lifted the bucket and, after signaling for Oreo to sit tight, he increased its speed to the maximum.

This big guy of an excavator did not have a gas pedal.

The excavator mainly relied on knobs and rods to control the flow of the pressure pump, and the throttle was equivalent to the master switch next to the water meter, with the pump control system and the handle being similar to the faucet.

As clouds of black smoke were emitted, the heavy chain tracks began to slowly move forcefully over the snowy ground.

As Su Mo shifted the gear into rabbit gear, the excavator no longer ground forward slowly but, propelled by an indescribable force, the chain tracks seem to be invigorated by a mysterious force and pushed the heavy excavator forward quickly.

"Woof woo!"

In the bucket, feeling the cold wind blow by, Oreo stood up excitedly and let out a domineering, wolfish howl!

[1] An excavator's speed gear that is quick and suitable for flat surfaces.

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Chapter 190: Survival Points Pass Ten Thousand! The Third Function Update!

Growl, growl, growl…

On the icy winter ground, Earth Tiger's wheels would slip and spin out of control on these kinds of roads, but the excavator's tracks would not!

The tracks were composed of various linked teeth segments that provided ample traction on any surface it traveled on. It kept the excavator securely on track and prevented it from slipping and sliding in the icy snow.

"Earth Tiger doesn't feel as good when compared to the excavator!"

Aside from the lack of storage space, in the wasteland environment, the excavator was pretty much a bug-like existence.

Even Oreo was very satisfied with her exclusive spot in the bucket and kept howling non-stop.

Sitting in the excavator's driver's cabin, Su Mo's thoughts started becoming lively.

'With the excavator, I can take advantage of this upcoming welfare disaster. Perhaps I can rely on the strength of this machine to excavate 10 mu or even 20 mu of land!'

Welfare disasters only indicated that the plants' growth rate would increase and not be affected by natural disasters.

During this disaster, humans would still have to complete a series of actions, such as fertilizing, loosening the soil, shoveling snow, and irrigating in order to ensure a harvest.

Those people who dug a hole in the ground, threw seeds in there, and then simply hoped for a harvest, in the end…

They might have see roots and leaves sprouting, but they likely would not successfully germinate the fruit of the harvest!

"My five mu of Black Soil Land must be cleared out, but I can't depend solely on this five mu of land to harvest sufficient food."

"This time, one year—no… I have to accumulate at least two years' worth of food supplies to feed twenty people. Only then can I ensure that I won't be embarrassed later on."

The spring wheat harvest could probably reach around 800 to 1000 catties. Adding on the fertility of the Black Soil Land, achieving 1100 catties per mu was not impossible.

Five mu could then yield about 5000 to 6000 catties of food.

If the welfare disaster lasted three days, if he used just regular seeds, their growth process would be shortened by 50 times and he could only plant one cycle.

If the seeds' level could achieve good-quality, the growth process would be sped up by 200 times and he would be able to plant about three cycles in three days!

If the seeds were excellent-quality, that was an even more frightening prospect—he could plant up to six or seven cycles.

Of course, these numbers had not taken into consideration harvesting, plowing the ground, replanting, fertilizing, watering, and the series of such chores.

If these actions were included, he could plant two cycles of the good-quality seeds, and three to four cycles of the excellent-quality seeds.

"Since I have an excavator, I can save on both time and effort spent on the first tilling and intermittent tilling of the seeds."

"As for the rest, without sufficient mechanical assistance from machines, I can only rely on people."

"The work efficiency of a single person is nowhere close to enough, so why don't I just…"

"Rent it out?"

A bold thought suddenly appeared in Su Mo's mind. The shelter in the west had close to a hundred people.

These hundred people comprised mostly women and children who could not perform physical labor like tilling. That was why Chen Shen and the others would bring up the topic of going back to help with the farming process.

As for the other tasks, in reality, because they were more dexterous, women could actually plant even faster and better than men.

"What they lacked was the strength to turn the soil. Because the soil over there is fertile, even if it can't be compared to my Black Soil Land, it can still produce quite a good harvest."

"I might as well lend them my excavator. I'll provide the seeds and the machinery, and then collect rent. Compared to me planting all by myself, this would definitely be much more cost-effective."

If tens of mu or a hundred mu could be tilled in one go at their shelter and all that land used for sowing, not only could they plant a larger variety of crops and achieve having diversity in their food supplies, but they could also achieve an excellent win-win situation.

"Being around Zhong Qingshu for a while, it looks like this brain of mine is getting sharper too!"

Patting the steering wheel, Su Mo was delighted.

He had thought through the general idea. As for the specific details, including rent, seed level upgrades and other such matters, Su Mo still had to consider those thoroughly.

After recording all these into his diary, Su Mo stared at the little hill of the Deep-sea Shelter that was already starting to appear in the horizon and honked the horn, his mood lifting.

He had gone out twice at night. The first time, he got a laser tool, a core component of the laser manufacturing machine, that allowed the shelter to proceed down the pathway of creating firearms.

The second time, he obtained something even more terrifying. A divine card, a legendary card, and a golden treasure chest that still laid unopened in the storage space.

These accumulations of wealth could never be measured by time.

Most wasteland humans could spend their entire lives and never witness such a mysterious and extraordinary card, but…

Su Mo had done it!

He had flawlessly achieved the perfect outcome!

"Deep-sea, I'm back!"

The small hill covered in snow seemed to tremble and vibrate, as if welcoming Su Mo back to his own territory.

Reaching this point meant Su Mo was safely within the borders of his own kingdom.

Not rushing back home yet, Su Mo drove the excavator around, patiently cruising toward the direction where Earth Tiger had been blown away, searching for it.

While there had not been much snow piled up as he traveled over the flat plains earlier, the same could not be said for the basin, where the snow had built up significantly.

Without any obstacles to impede it, the strong wind had propelled Earth Tiger hundreds of meters across the ground, before finally coming to a crashing halt in a row of bushes.

"Oreo, stop! We have to do stuff now!"

Calling for Oreo to hop out of the bucket, and staring at Earth Tiger that was still lying upturned on the ground, Su Mo began to operate his excavator for the first time ever.

After manipulating the controls for some time, the result was gratifying.

Aside from half of the car's paint being scraped off by the bucket, and accidentally losing the left side mirror, Earth Tiger had been righted succesfully.

"Since Earth Tiger has a name, to be fair, I'll give you one as well then. I'll call you…"

"King Kong!"

After quickly naming the excavator and seeing the name appear on the vehicle panel, Su Mo laughed out loud twice, then climbed out of the excavator, driving Earth Tiger back first.

After this battle concluded, there was plenty of time to make future arrangements. Before he had enough supplies to upgrade Earth Tiger, it was more convenient to use the excavator.

Returning back to the base, Su Mo was not frantic either and drove leisurely.

When he could see the open gates of the Underground Shelter in his field of vision, as well as the figures of Big Spark and Little Spark who were already waiting at the doorway, Su Mo stomped on the gas to speed up.

Big Spark and Little Spark had been lonely and snuggled up quietly, awaiting Su Mo's return.

However, when the sounds of Earth Tiger's roars traveled over, Big Spark and Little Spark were startled!

Flapping their wings, they did not wait for Su Mo to park the car and hopped up immediately, flying affectionately into Su Mo's arms and expressing their concern.

"Okay, okay! I just went out for one night. Don't act as if I've been gone forever."

"You two hung out with Oreo too long and learned how to watch the door, huh? Not at all behaving like a chicken!"

The obedient Big Spark and Little Spark had been completely influenced by Oreo's "naughtiness" through repeated interaction and exposure.

After enjoying Su Mo's embrace for a good few minutes, Big Spark and Little Spark reluctantly jumped down, cooing as they cleared the way for the car's entrance.

After parking Earth Tiger into the garage, Su Mo rushed back to the excavator's side and drove it back as well.

Compared to Earth Tiger, the excavator that was around four meters high could not fit into the garage at all, so Su Mo could only give up and park it near the shelter.

Calling Oreo into the garage, he glanced at the "fire-red" sky outside, and the irrepressible feeling of exhaustion finally flooded over him.

He had not slept for an entire night and had traveled for hours on foot; not to mention that he had undergone a ife and death situation, killing off the pseudo god in front of the four billion people in the live broadcast.

It was this unending excitement that had kept Su Mo's adrenaline up and kept his mental state at its peak.

Now that he had returned to his own little nest, he felt a sense of security as well as the pangs of hunger washing over him.

Su Mo took off his damp combat uniform, closed the garage gate, as well as the main stone door, and then returned to the third floor.

He took some food out, boiled water in the pot, took a shower, and cooked porridge, cherishing the minor joys of an ordinary life.

Compared to the people in normal shelters who had to work twelve hours, while they did not have to run around fighting enemies at the frontline, they had lost the right to enjoy such ordinary joys in life.

"Ah—ss—!"

Lying comfortably in the bath barrel, Su Mo looked at Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark, who were also cozily relaxing beside him.

With a thought, Su Mo excitedly looked at the survival points that he had received, but yet to read through today.

[Doomsday Calendar Month 1, Day 24]

[Ordinary people have ordinary joys in life; the strong have the pride of the strong. It's an honor to have you bravely take the first step on the path of the strong. (Survival points 100)]

[A night without sleep. Your mental state has been affected, but you feel that it was worth it. (Survival points 10)]

[For some reason, your sixth sense has been slightly strengthened and your consciousness has become sharper. (Survival points 50)]

[You were very angry but, at that key moment, you still didn't lose your sense of reason. You know what you have to do very clearly. (Survival points 100)]

[You successfully recruited more than "ten people" with combat ability. You've formed your prototype team. (Survival points 100)]

[You started the first "thousand people" war between humans and foreign races. You won very cleanly and nobody from your small team was hurt. (Survival points 500)]

[Under the gaze of four billion people, you successfully completed the live broadcast and received epic-level treatment and respect. (Survival points 500)]

[You successfully killed ??? level enemies. The weak winning against the strong is something to be celebrated, but because you used the system's power, the survival points have been reduced. (Survival points 10000)]

[Scanning host survival environment. Survival points evaluation in progress. 335 survival points gained today.]

…

Total calculation: Survival points 16195

Survival points remaining: 16195

[It has been detected that your total remaining survival points exceeds 10000 points. The Doomsday Survival System is officially entering an update.]

[Update progress: 1.0%… 5.0%… 20.0%… 100%]

[The Doomsday Survival System has been updated with a third function. You automatically receive one prize draw function.]

[May the host live longer in the doomsday world and become even stronger.]

"Giving me ten thousand points in one go and opening a third function?"

Seeing the update notification prompts that popped out of the system panel, Su Mo was a little dizzy.

He was not dizzy from bathing, but rather dizzy from "happiness"!

This adventure was worth it!

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Chapter 191: Great Determination! The Talent Of The Strong!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The very first upgrade unlocked the second function of creation at 1000 survival points.

Su Mo had thought that unlocking the third function would still take quite a bit of time. He had not thought that it would be opened so suddenly!

When he killed the pseudo god using the DF-17 that he drew using the prize draw function from unlocking the creation function, he received ten thousand survival points despite the reduction due to having relied on the system's assistance.

"The kobolds sure were a treasure trove—both the second and third functions were opened thanks to their bodies!"

The moment he thought of the kobolds who had been exterminated, Su Mo could not help rejoicing.

Having such a strong enemy around the shelter was both a danger and an opportunity.

Silently focusing, he laid in the bath barrel and the system panel once again appeared in front of him.

The foggy panel of the third function was still slowly manifesting at this moment, but Su Mo was not in a hurry. He quietly watched the panel, waiting for the download progress to increase gradually.

As Su Mo kept watching, the progress bar reached 100% and a phantom wave flashed, revealing a new function on the system panel.

"Let me see just what kind of good thing this third function is..."

"Uh? Training ground? What's this function?"

Looking at the third function that had just appeared, Su Mo was stunned.

The system's first two functions were upgrading and creation. Based on this trend, the third should have continued to trend of developing the object and items.

However…

Now a completely different function seemed to have been generated.

As a great youngster from the 21st century, Su Mo could roughly guess the effect of the function just from the name.

However, as if the system was afraid Su Mo would not understand, another phantom wave flashed, and a prompt sounded.

[The free trial scene is being automatically drawn...]

[The drawing is completed. The host is welcome to enter the trial field to experience the new function.]

With this free opportunity and the thought of boldly trying new things, Su Mo decided to enter without hesitation after moving into a comfortable position.

Whoosh!

Waves of dizziness washed over him. As his vision turned dark, once Su Mo opened his eyes once again, he was greeted with a vastly different set of surrounding scenery.

The high-end technology appeared in simple ways as usual.

The new scene had no bells and whistles at all, and this scene was not at all foreign to Su Mo either. He could even say that it was familiar to him.

"So the training ground is the same venue I entered to accept the Yue Family Spear technique last time. It can help me learn skills quickly!"

Seeing a familiar figure start to appear in front of him, as he thought of how he had been mercilessly chased and beaten by the figure, Su Mo let out a loud laugh.

In the training ground, he could freely learn skills without having to worry about getting injured.

At the same time, when the outside environment held nothing but dangerous and life-threatening elements, it was much more efficient than doing morning exercises every day!

"Big Brother, I won't let you off this time!"

Taking a look around and noticing that the figure had completely manifested, Su Mo picked up the spear beside him and made the first move to attack.

Fairy Asking For Directions!

White Rainbow Across The Sky!

One after the other, the Su Family Spear techniques were used! Compared to the first time he learned the Su Family Spear technique, after becoming familiar with it and practicing it again and again, he no longer had the awkwardness from when he first learned the technique!

Faced with Su Mo's vicious attacks, the beginner figure was unable to resist at all, only being able to slowly parry the attacks. Occasionally, it would even be forced back by the force of the spear landing on its body.

"Yes, yes, again!"

A hearty battle could quickly relieve any pressure built up in his heart.

Without his stamina being used up, Su Mo tirelessly crossed hands with the figure.

Ten minutes…

Half an hour…

As the time dragged on, Su Mo became even more familiar with certain moves!

As he once again beat the figure to the ground by sinking his strength into the "Round Sunset On The Yellow River" move, he glanced at the one-minute countdown that suddenly appeared. Su Mo did not hesitate anymore and started a storm of attacks.

Pierce, smash, jab, flick!

After the system's upgrade, the Su Family Spear techniques were the most suitable spear technique for him and, with every single move, Su Mo could feel his body stretch and relax to the extreme.

These two contrasting attributes in turn created terrifying lethal force and a combat radius that was difficult for an enemy to discern.

Sooner than he could realize, the figure was once again beaten to the ground, and even the spear in its hands was tossed to the side.

This time, Su Mo was merciless. He jabbed straight at the figure's heart and, with the burst of bright red blood, the training session ended!

[Congratulations to host Su Mo for successfully clearing the first level of the Su Family Spear technique!]

[The reward is being randomly drawn…]

[Successfully drawn: Pewter alloy spear (a reward that will only be given when the first level is successfully passed)]

Three phantom words floated on top of the stage. After Su Mo had seen them, they suddenly shattered, and fog once again blocked his vision.

When his vision cleared again, Su Mo realized with shock that he was already back inside the bath barrel, and even the water beneath him was still warm!

"Time! The system has even mastered powerful abilities related to time."

"I spent at least an hour on that stage but, in reality, only an instant passed in reality!"

After understanding that time was a form of currency, the more Su Mo studied the mysterious system, the more he felt that it was not something simple.

With the ability to construct something like "ruins" and the ability to control the flow of time, it was like a game system that could be autonomously controlled.

As the system's only player in the game, Su Mo could play with any function by paying the so-called "survival points"!

On this point, compared to the game panels of everyone who had been arrived on the wasteland, he was at least better off by a few levels!

At the same time, while Su Mo was deep in thought, the third function slowly displayed its attributes.

[Training Ground]

[Description: It can simulate any training-related scene based on the host's needs, including and not limited to (one-day trip to the Waterdrop spaceship, a war against aliens, commanding the Helicarrier to invade Asgard, transforming into Ultraman Tiga to fight monsters, as well as… riding a Gundam into a cosmic battlefield and other such fantasy scenes)] (TN: Waterdrop is from a science-fiction trilogy by Liu Cixin)

[Fees: The survival points required will be adjusted according to the strength of the simulated scene.]

[First fee reduction tip: When the host has equipment or weapons related to the simulated scene, the survival points requirement will drop by a certain percentage.]

[Second fee reduction tip: When the host successfully clears the threshold of certain skills and reaches their peak, the host will automatically obtain the opportunity to undergo a designated experience for free. (Duration: 1 hour)]

[Third fee reduction tip: By paying a certain amount of "time currency", the required fees can be reduced or exempted. Based on the amount paid and the intensity of the simulated scene, the required survival points will decrease.]

[Hint: All interpretation and pricing rights for this training ground belong to the system. Trades will be fair and there will be no haggling!]

Compared to the creation function that had appeared previously, the training ground introduction this time was particularly detailed.

The system even kindly gave out three tips for reducing the cost as if it was afraid Su Mo would retreat in the face of the high survival point requirement.

"So, the system isn't set in stone either. After I discovered time currency, it sensed that as well and added it in for me!"

After the system verified that there really was a "time currency", as described by Zhong Qingshu, Su Mo's mood instantly lifted greatly and he started looking through the scenes that could be simulated before him.

10000 survival points was not an insignificant amount, but neither was it an incredible amount.

The cost of simulating the most basic first level of the Su Family Spear Technique from earlier was only 100 points for an hour-long session.

The second level's price quintupled—he needed 500 points to enter an hour-long training session.

"Um, the price isn't too expensive. Comparing its effectiveness, it's still within an acceptable range!"

Skipping past the Su Family Spear Technique's second level, Su Mo looked at the other options.

[K-1 Pistol Training Level 1: Unlimited bullets. Target distance can be adjusted at will and live creatures can be simulated for moving target practice (1h, 100 points)]

[M-1 Automatic Rifle Training Level 1: Unlimited bullets. Enemies can be simulated in basic-level scenes at will for combat training (1h, 100 points)]

[Excavator Driving Level 1: Unlimited fuel and unbreakable. An expert will instruct, and a famous teacher will teach. (1h, 100 points)]

[Programming Training Level 1: Top-notch teachers will instruct you and an expert will personally tutor you. Just by sacrificing some hair, you can become stronger (1h, 100 points)]

…

[Mark 50 Nano-tech Suit Training level 1: Unlimited energy, unlimited weapons. Enemies can be simulated at will for combat training (1h, 3600000 points)]

[Liberty Gundam Interstellar Combat Training level 1: Unlimited energy, unlimited weapons. Any fantasy scene can be simulated at will for combat training (1h, 10800000 points)]

…

"Great! This is too cool, isn't it? Excluding those that I can't afford and can only watch, the basic 100-point sessions can turn me into an all-around genius!"

Human lives were short. All their lives, if they wanted to master something to its limits, they needed "shocking" supreme talent.

Now, however…

With levels for him to train, as long as he paid some survival points, it was equivalent to having unlimited time!

Whatever guns, whatever parkour, whatever programming—as long as he paid enough survival points and had enough patience, he could become an almighty monster beyond the understanding of others.

And among these elements, the most important "patience" was the one Su Mo lacked the least!

"I don't have an amazing talent in combat, nor am I supremely intelligent, but luckily… I have ample patience and determination!"

Compared to success, Su Mo enjoyed the improvement that failing over and over again brought far more.

For someone with such determination, failure was not scary. What was scary was having only one chance!

Now that the system had given him such a precious opportunity, Su Mo was definitely not going to let it pass. With a thought, 100 survival points were automatically deducted, and he entered a deep simulation.

M-1 Automatic Rifle Training!

Excavator Driving Training!

Wilderness Parkour Training!

Solo Wasteland Survival Training!

…

Sitting in the bathtub, Su Mo tirelessly went through six whole training sessions before wearily exiting.

Even if these simulated training sessions did not involve physical strength, a night without sleep, coupled with hours of training, made Su Mo's current energy reach its absolute bottom, and his mind turned extremely groggy.

The temperature in the bath was still warm and suitable. Oreo, who had been lying in her own personal bath barrel, still had her eyes shut in enjoyment.

Nobody noticed Su Mo's change. Only Big Spark and Little Spark's gaze at Su Mo burst with light as they cooed curiously.

Examining the familiar scene around him, Su Mo lifted his hand. Sensing the new memories in his head, his face was exuberant!

"This moment today is the moment when my destiny really changes!"

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Chapter 192: Thousands Of Miles, Mysterious Map

"Huh…huh…"

"The brother in front, slow down, this is my first time piloting a Gundam. I am still unskilled. Wait for me!"

"Ah! Damn it! My Gundam!"

With an exclamation, Su Mo sat up directly on the bed, his forehead was sweating profusely. The sheets under him were also wet.

Touching the sweat on his head, Su Mo leaned on the bed's backrestand picked up the cup of psychic energy water next to him. He slowly took a sip of water, calming his mood.

In his dream, he was a super-soldier piloting a Gundam across the universe and fighting the so-called "gods".

However, as soon as he took over, he had to fight, and no one taught him how to. Before Su Mo familiarized himself, he could only watch as the enemy's attack arrived and ended him.

He picked up the old phone and turned on the standby button. Looking at the time displayed on it, Su Mo rubbed his already puffy eyes in amazement.

He returned to the shelter at noon yesterday and simulated six training sessions. After eating, Su Mo, who was so sleepy that his scalp went numb, fell into a super deep sleep almost immediately.

This sleep was long enough to be called "lengthy"!

The time on the old phone showed that it was already nine o'clock in the morning of the following day!

After calculating, Su Mo realized that he had slept for nineteen hours!

The pancakes from before were all piled up on the ground. With food provided, Big Spark, Little Spark, and Oreo did not disrupt his sleep, and they played quietly on the second floor of the base.

Propped up on the bed, Su Mo got dressed and got up.

The most difficult period had passed and, even if the air conditioner was not turned on, the temperature reading in the shelter was around seven or eight degrees because of the scorching sun.

He put on a cotton-padded jacket, which was suitable and comfortable in such an environment.

After sitting and resting for around half an hour in the living room, he was only left with a slight headache and an empty stomach from the long period of sleep.

"It seems that I'll have to keep an eye on my condition the next time I enter the training ground. At that moment, I did not feel anything because of the excitement, but the deprivation of vitality afterward is too serious!"

The psychic energy water and the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card could treat physical trauma, but could not do the same for mental and spiritual exhaustion.

When a large quantity of memory floods into the brain, and it cannot fully process the information, it blocks and limits the effectiveness of certain brain functions until the brain digests all these memories and transfers them into long-term memory storage, alleviating the mental strain and exhaustion.

"Today's task is…"

"To find a way to construct a cold storage area for in the shelter, clear the snow covering the five mu of Black Soil Land, turn over the soil, and take some time to mine and collect some saltpeter ores!"

The saltpeter ores in the shelter had all been used up. After the previous night's battle, the ammunition reserves for all the bullet calibers were below 1000 except for the 5.56mm. The 7.62mm bullets had all been used up, and the replenishment of his ammunition reserves was urgently needed.

Su Mo planned to drive his excavator over to the saltpeter mine to commence work.

"Do things by yourself, and get enough food and clothing!"

Su Mo picked up the pancake on the ground and took two bites. After that, just as he was about to select the items to load in the storage space, he saw the pointer in the corner of the storage space.

"Oh right, 24 hours have passed, I can check the little sis's location!"

The sudden surprise swept away Su Mo's exhaustion.

He quickly took out the pointer, silently recollecting various information and data on Su Chan, and watching as the green progress bar in the information slot slowly filled up. Su Mo stared at the arrow that was spinning around with anticipation.

Since this was not the first time he searched, Su Mo was already familiar with the process.

The first step was to determine the direction. About this, the pointer did not dawdle and quickly gave him the direction!

"It's a coincidence that the Tundra Shelter and the kobold castle are in the same direction, and so closely aligned too!"

The direction indicated by the arrow was still northwest but, under the pointer, a number marked with distance was slowly appeared as well.

300 kilometers!

500 kilometers!

1000 kilometers!

2000 kilometers!

…

As the distance indicated got farther and farther away, Su Mo's expression became extremely bitter!

The traffic environment on the wasteland was no better than the civilized era!

On Earth, even if it is tens of thousands of kilometers or even 100,000 kilometers away, Su Mo was confident that he could reach it quickly by relying on the developed transportation network.

However… Things were different in the wasteland!

After surpassing two thousand kilometers, the required distance would take additional time, and even had to be doubled or even tripled according to certain conditions.

Including the complicated terrain, the impassable mountains, and locations where vehicles would have difficulties navigating, all of these stood in his way of wanting to quickly reach the location of his sister.

"If there is a horrible flood that encompasses the entire wasteland, maybe I can use a boat and quickly travel to the vicinity of the Tundra Shelter!"

In Magoo's diary, there was a flood after the blizzard.

If there were no mistakes, according to the amount of snowfall this time, it was likely that the disaster after the welfare disaster would be a flood.

Su Mo calmed down the commotion brewing in his heart as the distance number indicated on the pointer gradually began to stabilize.

After three to five seconds, the number fluctuated rapidly within a general range, before finally freezing at…

12872 kilometers!

Thousands of miles away in the truest sense!

"Twelve thousand kilometers!"

What was this concept of distance? Huaxia's landmass spanned 5,500 kilometers from north to south, and 10,000 kilometers was almost equivalent to traveling from south to north, and then back again.

If one set the capital as the center, this distance could even cover half the Earth.

"It's too far away. If I just rely on ordinary transportation methods in the wasteland, I would need to travel for 24 hours a day without sleep, and the journey would last for 20 to 30 days!"

"Not to mention that this distance only considered straight-line distance. After including the twists and turns, I am afraid it will become even more difficult."

Su Mo clenched his fist tightly and looked at the green number on the pointer. Su Mo was feeling distressed in his heart, and he could not help but feel a little vexed.

He must go no matter what.

However, the way to get there was the main difficulty at present.

Before Su Mo could continue to dwell on the subject, his gaze dropped on a pile of miscellaneous items on the ground. As the pointer flashed, some items on the ground also flashed.

"Huh, what is that?"

The light on the pointer seemed to be invisibly connected to an object on the ground, and the connection became more obvious as Su Mo watched.

Crouching down, Su Mo cleared away the pile of miscellaneous items curiously. After rummaging around for a while, he caught the thing that was linked to the pointer.

"This is…"

"Kento Maeda's map??"

The two maps were previously obtained from Maeda's storage space.

The small one was a structural drawing of the kobold castle. It was very useful when he used it to invade the castle for the first time.

As for the larger map, when Su Mo looked at it for the first time, he noticed that the complicated patterns recorded on it were unusual.

However, after he looked through it for a while and still did not understand the markings, Su Mo could only put it away in the storage space.

At this time, under the attractive force of the pointer, the green light began to blur quickly and passed through the invisible connection onto the map.

Gradually, the complicated patterns began to become clear, and a direction and location suddenly appeared in the upper right corner of the map!

"This… seems to be a treasure map? Or is there an important secret buried there?"

The location on the map was roughly in the same direction as the Tundra Shelter, but a little closer at 9400 kilometers away.

On the map, the gaps in the complicated patterns emerged along with the respective numbers, filling up the map. It gradually transformed into a readable map.

Aside from that, there were two rows of Huaxia characters marked on the lower right corner of the map.

"A Huaxian??"

"No! The person who drew this map should be the same as Magoo, a Chinese from the parallel world who participated in the game!"

The familiar text, map labeling method, and markings on the map, stunned and shocked Su Mo.

Huaxians liked to bring their belongings with them after death in their "tombs".

This practice had been passed down since ancient times and had been preserved until modern times.

Closely examining the map and the tiny words imprinted, Su Mo began to identify every word…

"The 1999 Expeditionary Army… the 13th Army… Commander Su Deben… was ordered to perform a secret mission…"

"Eye of Supervision… The satellite base has been completed… The mission has been completed…"

"The base has been invaded and I have activated all the defense systems. The enemy is unknown, the enemy is unknown! I repeat! The enemy is unknown!"

"The enemy is too strong, I have activated the self-destruction mechanism and prepared the escape capsule. The enemy has been destroyed, but we have countless dead and wounded!"

"This map outlines the structure of the bloodline base map… To any Chinese who has obtained this map, please turn over the map to the nearest expeditionary shelter for the hope of mankind!"

"Fight!"

After the markings reached this point, they were suddenly interrupted, and the handwriting that followed was no longer legible. There was something like smudged ink blocking the font below.

"Is this an encryption method?"

The marked fonts on the map were extremely gorgeous and beautiful, and each stroke of the Chinese characters was filled with magnificence.

In these annotations, even if Su Mo could not see the person who had written this with his own eyes, he could vaguely infer the fierceness of the war based on the text.

With a thought, the system automatically jumped out and. as expected, the attributes of the map popped out.

[Mysterious map ???]

[Description: A map recording an abandoned satellite base. The source is unknown and the security level is unknown. Please act wisely when choosing to explore.]

[Upgrade: Decipher the encrypted text (200)]

[Comment: There may be a major secret contained in the abandoned base!]

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Chapter 193: New Variety, Psychic Energy Crystal Tomatoes

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Sure enough, the system can decipher the encryption method of this map!"

Seeing the option to decipher the encryption method for 200 points, Su Mo did not hesitate and directly chose to decipher the encryption method!

He did now know how Maeda obtained this map but, according to the previous examinations of the map, Maeda himself might not have known what secrets this map hid.

Of course, the complicated patterns in the map looked like a mysterious treasure map from a movie or TV series, which was why Kento Maeda cherished it.

According to the previous brief introduction on the map, although Su Mo did not know what kind of disaster this precious satellite base had encountered, it was worth the price with an escape capsule that might be intact!

It was a satellite!

If this big guy was still active, it meant that the mystery of the wasteland would be unveiled. Similarly, he could also detect and transmit information from thousands of miles away without ever leaving his shelter!

Sensing Su Mo's will, the system swiftly deducted the 200 survival points and started to quickly decipher the encrypted information.

He did not know what kind of encryption technology was used on such an ordinary paper map but, after waiting for four to five minutes, the paper shook and the smudged black ink fell away, revealing the handwriting that was covered underneath…

These handwritings were a bit smaller than the tiny words from before. When he looked very closely at the words, Su Mo could barely distinguish the character strokes.

"Fortunately, the person who recorded this map thought that the encryption would suffice and did not set up any contingency security methods."

After distinguishing that the words were still in Chinese, Su Mo gave a long and relaxed exhalation of breath.

Walking over to the workbench on the third floor, Su Mo turned on the light above. Under the light, Su Mo began to examine the newly-revealed words carefully.

"The Eye of Supervision… the project has reached the third phase. The first and second phases were successfully launched...the flight status and propulsion efficiency were good..."

"The first phase rocket successfully reached the stratosphere and passed through the middle layer. When it approached the edge of the atmosphere, it encountered some kind of "resistance". The game panel notification prompt appeared, and to enter the next domain..."

"God's signature????"

"Is required???"

"When the second phase rocket was launched, it entered the stratosphere, and without the approval and signature required, it was not allowed to proceed further and exploded immediately."

"Remember and take note, before accumulating "God's mark", do not impulsively light the spark of the third phase..."

Except for a few incomprehensible letters, Su Mo read out all the Chinese characters that he could understand and finally pieced together an ambiguous message.

"God's signature, next domain, spark of the third phase?"

"What do these mean?"

Su Mo went to find a notebook. On it, Su Mo slowly wrote out the three keywords, carefully thinking about the deep meaning that they conveyed.

If the person who drew this map was right, a total of three rockets were manufactured and launched in three phases.

The first one exploded on the edge of breaking through the atmosphere, and the second one exploded directly in the stratosphere. These two times, each was shorter than the last, but the discovery was the same.

The signature of God was needed!

"Could it be that the sky or outer space is the so-called land of the gods, and human beings can't enter unless they receive permission?"

Sarcastically laughing, Su Mo thought of the fate of the Heavenly Dog pseudo god. There was no trace of awe in Su Mo's heart for the so-called gods.

Including his Oreo, they were all gods now!

"If I can get to this base, maybe I can rely on the system to learn about more things that they haven't detected. After the upgrade conditions are met, the rocket satellite may still be successfully launched!"

However, the satellite base was still almost ten thousand kilometers away, so Su Mo could only bite the end of his pen, and jot down the distance and direction, before storing the paper away in an enclosed space in the workbench.

On the way to pick up his sister, he would only need to take a slight detour to reach this satellite base.

Killing two birds with one stone; Su Mo would naturally not let go of a place where such a big secret might be hidden.

"There's no hurry. I need a suitable opportunity. At least I will need to wait till I have 30,000 to 50,000 survival points before it is possible to even consider repairing such facilities!"

Su Mo threw the doubts about the satellite base to the back of his mind. His head was finally no longer dizzy and, taking brisk steps, Su Mo walked to the second floor.

In the daylight of the crop culture room, Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark were playing happily around the culture medium.

Sensing Su Mo's arrival, the three of them ran over affectionately, especially Oreo, who was pulling on Su Mo's trousers, her head expressing her interest toward the culture medium.

"My goodness, so diligent. Having some ideas regarding my tomatoes?"

The tomatoes that hung on the vines had begun to take shape. Amidst the mostly green fruits, there were occasionally one or two red fruits.

Looking at the little ones' gazes, after thinking about it, Su Mo was also a little hungry, so he grabbed the three of the ripest tomatoes and picked them off the vine with one hand.

As soon as these natural, pollution-free tomatoes left the vine, they immediately emitted a fresh fragrance.

Along with the fragrance, there were also game notification prompts that suddenly popped out in front of Su Mo's eyes.

[Record: It is detected that the player "Su Mo" has cultivated a new variety of Solanaceae, and the player's level of gardening has been automatically promoted to the elementary level. Please keep up the good work.

[Record: It is detected that the player "Su Mo" has cultivated a good-quality tomato, and the player's gardening level has been automatically promoted to the elementary (advanced) level. Please keep up the good work.

[Record: Would you like to upload the attributes of the new Solanaceae variety? Upload the attributes for free testing and the "New World" reward.

Three game prompts came subsequently, one after another.

Looking at the still unripe tomatoes, and after looking at the prompts on the game panel, Su Mo suddenly felt that the saying "one can search high and low only to find it when one least expects to".

"Hahaha, is it possible that this tomato can be improved with just the irrigation of psychic energy water?"

Su Mo mentally tapped on the "confirm" button. Before the new tomato attributes were scanned by the game, the "New World" rewards were issued first.

[Highly Nutritious Huaxia No. 1 Large Tomato Seeds (Good)]

[Description: A tomato variety with a relatively long growth cycle, cultivated by ???. Tastes very good and has a high level of water retention. It provides most of the required high-level nutrients and is a very precious resource of the doomsday wasteland.]

[Reserves: 5000 tomatoes]

"Developing new tomatoes and being rewarded with old tomatoes. Is the game trying to trick children, huh?"

Looking at the attribute panel, Su Mo was verbally complaining about it, but he was full of joy in his heart.

After calculations, 3000 tomatoes could be planted per mu of land, so these 5000 tomatoes could fill almost two mu of land!

As for the final harvest numbers, those would be even more terrifying. He would not be surprised if he reaped, 15 thousand catties of tomatoes from the harvest.

"No, this time I have to plant a large number of tomatoes in the black soil. I have to figure out a way to preserve them too. This kind of nutritious tomato is simply invaluable."

After calculating the appropriate numbers and profit, Su Mo decisively chose to abandon part of the area that had been allocated to plant spring wheat and switch it to tomato seedlings instead.

At the same time, the game panel's scan of the new seedlings also popped out. Just by looking at it, Su Mo felt he had encountered a stroke of luck.

[Psychic Energy Crystal Tomato (Good~Excellent)]

[Description: A new variety cultivated by the elementary-level (advanced) gardener "Su Mo". The current tomatoes have not entered their period of maturity, so their grade has been reduced from excellent to good, but their powerful effects have still been more than 80% preserved! Psychic energy tomatoes are rich in more than 95% of the nutrients needed by humans. Once eaten, it will produce incredible effects. However, it is difficult to cultivate and requires continuous irrigation with "psychic energy water" and "crystal fertilizer" for seedling cultivation, so the planting value is not high.]

[Special ability:

[Tonic: Psychic energy crystal tomatoes are rich in nutrients needed by the human body, which can relieve physical and mental fatigue.]

[Water water water: The juice condensed inside the tomato contains a small amount of psychic energy. A single tomato a day can meet 30% of the human body's daily hydration requirements.]

[Light and agile: Insufficient level. Locked]

"Ss, the tomatoes I cultivated myself are far more terrifying than the highly nutritious tomatoes awarded by the game!"

There was a huge difference between the two. Even though the latter had been carefully cultivated and bred, in terms of rank, they were also suppressed by the special abilities of his psychic energy crystal tomatoes.

"It's a pity though that, according to the requirements and attributes of such tomato seedlings, I am probably the only one who can cultivate them, and the scale of cultivation will always be limited by my psychic energy water production!"

Su Mo shook his head and looked at the psychic energy water that had been stored in two tanks. Su Mo still felt that the psychic energy water was in limited supply.

Lowering his head, he put a tomato in front of Big Spark and Little Spark and gave one to Oreo for her to enjoy by herself. Seeing the three salivating gazes, Su Mo smiled, brought the tomato close to his mouth, and slowly took a small bite.

In an instant, the juice gushed frantically from the broken skin, hitting and moisturizing his slightly dry mouth.

Sweet!

Fragrant!

Refreshing!

With a bit of a sour aftertaste!

These were the complex tastes that exploded in his mouth upon consumption.

It was sweet, but not cloyingly so. After carefully tasting it, the deliciousness could make people bite their tongues.

Before the fragrance continued to erupt, the entrance of the sour taste whetted his appetite spread and made him eager to take a second bite and continue to taste this hard-earned delicacy!

It was over all too quickly; before Su Mo had time to reminisce about the deliciousness of the psychic energy crystal tomatoes, the tomatoes in his hand had all disappeared completely.

"It's so fragrant. If such tomatoes were on Earth, I am afraid that there would be droves of people lining up to buy them. This is no longer a delicacy in the conventional sense!"

On the ground, Oreo was still licking the remaining juice, and Big Spark and Little Spark were squinting their eyes happily, enjoying the last little bits of flavor.

The psychic energy crystal tomato had surpassed biological barriers. From humans to animals, everyone was impressed by its amazing flavor.

"Oh right, if these tomatoes have such magical effects, I can also check on the attributes of my Chinese cabbage and garlic!"

With anticipation, Su Mo reached out and touched the Chinese cabbage and garlic sprouts, and the game notification prompts continued to sound sweetly!

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Chapter 194: Advanced Level, Hardworking Gardener!

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[Record: It is detected that the player "Su Mo" has cultivated a new variety of Cruciferae, and the player's level of gardening has been automatically promoted to the intermediate (primary) level. Please keep up the good work.

[Record: It is detected that player the "Su Mo" has cultivated excellent-quality Chinese cabbages, and the player's level of gardening has been automatically promoted to the intermediate (medium) level. Please keep up the good work.

[Record: Would you like to upload the attributes of the new Cruciferae variety? Upload the attributes for free testing and the "New World" reward.]

...

[Record: It is detected that the player "Su Mo" has cultivated a new variety of Liliaceae, and the player's level of gardening has been automatically promoted to the intermediate (high) level. Please keep up the good work.

[Record: It is detected that the player "Su Mo" has cultivated excellent-quality garlic, and the player's level of gardening has been automatically promoted to the advanced (primary} level. Please keep up the good work.

[Record:?Would you like to upload the attributes of the new Liliaceae variety? Upload the attributes for free testing and the "New World" reward]

...

[Record: It is detected that the player "Su Mo" is the world's first player who has traversed to the wasteland and successfully been promoted to the advanced level of a profession skill from scratch, automatically triggering the launch of the profession rankings.

[Record: As the first player to trigger the profession rankings, the player "Su Mo" will automatically receive the starting reward… Drawing…

[Record: Congratulations to the player "Su Mo" for winning the title "Hardworking Gardener"!

Boom!

The prompts on the game panel were like the autumn wind sweeping through the fallen leaves, coming in wave after wave, Su Mo was stunned.

From the level of an inexperienced gardener to becoming an advanced (primary) level gardener, Su Mo probably only needed...

Three minutes?

Besides that, in those three minutes, he even had the time to taste the tomatoes…

"This is it? This is it?"

"Relying on the plants cultivated by the psychic energy water, I have been directly promoted to the rank of an advanced gardener, which is outrageous!"

After uploading attributes of two new types of plants, and receiving the two bags of the New World seed rewards, Su Mo still looked dazed. He stared at the shining title above his head.

The "Hardworking Gardener" was exuding a gratifying "green" color as it hung above Su Mo's head.

When Su Mo moved to the left, the title also moved to the left. When Su Mo moved to the right, the title still stubbornly followed him along!

Looking at the green color on the top of his head, he realized that Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark were sitting by the side laughing. Su Mo gritted his teeth angrily.

"My goodness, you want to pick a fight with me?"

Su Mo tapped to open the game panel and, while scanning the attributes in an inconspicuous place, Su Mo saw a new small function:

Title!

It had been over 20 days in the wasteland, but not yet a month. Everyone else was still struggling on the brink of life and death and had no time to promote their profession skills aside from Su Mo, who used psychic energy water.

Not to mention that the requirement to start the leaderboard required one to start from scratch and get promoted to the higher ranks.

Focusing his thoughts, Su Mo tapped on the title function. The interface started to change, and two new big labels appeared.

Title...

Title rankings...

Their functions were very simple, the first one displayed the titles he owned, and the second was the ranking of different types of titles.

Su Mo first tapped on his title column, in which Su Mo not only saw the bright and diligent "Hardworking Gardener", but surprisingly also the...

God Slayer!

[God Slayer]

[Description: The first player to kill the god of a race in the wasteland. A symbol of glory!]

"Not bad. God Slayer fits my style, doesn't it? What does a gardener title even count for! It's outrag..."

Before Su Mo's sentence ended, his eyes widened instantly as he tapped his finger on the gardener title and swallowed back the words he was about to utter!

[Hardworking Gardener]

[Description: It is a top advanced-level title that can only be obtained by becoming the first person to progress to the level of an advanced gardener. Owning it means you have hope!]

[First title function: The green color symbolizes hope, and looks fashionable and gorgeous. It naturally attracts the favor of "goddesses".]

[Second title function: When planting while wearing this title, a portion of physical strength will be restored according to the consumption level. The more energy is consumed, the more will be recovered.]

[Third title function: When planting while wearing this title, planting bonuses will be added according to the amount of "attention and effort" invested (when 30% of attention and effort is invested, the probability of planting good-quality crops is increased to 50%. If 60% of attention and effort is invested, the probability of planting good-quality crops is increased to 100%. If 90% of attention and effort is invested, the probability of planting excellent-quality crops is increased to 50%. If 100% of attention and effort is invested, the probability of planting excellent-quality crops is increased to 100%).]

Seeing this terrifying attribute bonus, Su Mo's eyes glowed almost instantly, as if he had encountered a priceless treasure.

"If you want to live a good life, how can there be no green on your head? I have turned on this title, and even Jesus can't take it away from me!"

The title of God Slayer had a cool factor, but compared with the Hardworking Gardener, the practical value of the two was incomparable!

The third function of the title alone was a form of destiny. Even though Su Mo cheated on the advanced-level gardener title, he could now rely on his skills...

To grow excellent-quality crops and create the best source of seeds!

This kind of ability was just like cheating; to the point that it was simply unreasonable. As long as he was focused enough, he could receive the corresponding bonus!

With an elevated mood, he exited the title interface and tapped on the title rankings.

At this time, only the list of master gardeners was available for selection among all the leaderboards.

The number one on the list was naturally Su Mo, but there were no empty spaces below either. The top 100 rankings that could be displayed were all filled up.

In addition, among so many people, Su Mo was stunned to discover that the percentage of Huaxia people among them turned out to be more than 80%, which was extremely impressive.

After looking at it for a while, he did not find any acquaintances, so Su Mo quit and went to the world panel to observe the wave of views and comments regarding the list at this time.

When he got in, he found that...

The World Channel had flared up!

"The great god of gardening, your followers are here to pray to you sincerely. Please grant me the power to activate my DNA lineage!"

"We Huaxians are indeed good farmers, but Almighty Su is outrageous. It's only been god knows how many days, and his level is already this high?"

"What the hell is this? The second-ranked person is still at the primary (high) level now, while Almighty Su is already at the advanced level. It's incomparable!"

"I want to ask everyone online if there is a list for jerking off. As an experienced jerker here, I want to be on the list!"

"Although I am not as powerful, with my skill, I could still be ranked in this wasteland. Why does the square dance leaderboard still refuse to appear?"

"Go look at the rules. You must be promoted to the advanced level after coming to the wasteland to open the leaderboard. If your level was originally high it's useless!"

"Whoever remembers that Su Mo once bought a culture medium in the wasteland, raise your little hands for me to see!"

"I would like to pay a high price to purchase high-quality seeds cultivated by Almighty Su!"

"Everyone, go and have a look. We Huaxia people have all received a buff. This is opened by Almighty Su, isn't it just awesome?"

"F*ck???"

Even with the automatic filtering system of the game, there were also a large number of people discussing the new gardening rankings.

As the only person who triggered the list, looking at the information displayed on the comments screen, Su Mo curiously exited the World Channel and went back to the initial interface. He saw a status logo similar to a buff in the upper right corner.

[Planting Talent Buff]

[Description: The planting buff activated by the player "Su Mo" can be enjoyed by all humans. The effect lasts for a natural day. In addition, the buff time of all Huaxian people with the same origin as the player "Su Mo" will automatically extend until the end of the next disaster.]

[Function: Blessed Soul (During the buff period, the efficiency of gaining planting experience*300%, the yield of planted crops*25%, the level of planted crops will increase by one level according to the level of the planter.)]

"Everyone can enjoy the buff for a day, but only the Huaxian people can enjoy it until the end of the disaster. Not bad!"

"The more buffs, the better. Everyone can accumulate enough supplies to survive the next disaster!"

Looking at the description of buff, Su Mo was very pleased.

According to the current level of danger, if there could be one less death for the people from Earth, then the rate of new arrivals would be similarly reduced.

In this case, if more Earthlings were kept alive, that meant that he could complete better and more diverse categories of trade in the middle and later stages.

Similarly, the human race would also have a greater right to speak in the wasteland, and maybe even dominate this land.

While Su Mo was thinking, the two excellent-quality crops cultivated with psychic energy water finally revealed their attributes.

Compared to the big tomatoes, these were even stronger!

[Psychic Energy Cabbage]

[Description: A new variety cultivated by the advanced (primary) level gardener "Su Mo". The psychic energy cabbage inherits the excellent taste of the cabbage plant family and is also substantially enhanced. The maturity period of the psychic energy cabbage is short. It takes about 15-20 days to harvest, and only a small amount of psychic energy water is required to keep the cabbage growing vigorously. This is the ultimate fantasy food in the doomsday wasteland!]

[Special ability: Delicious (Just plain delicious, nothing else. After tasting it, all delicacies will not be comparable.)]

...

[Psychic Energy Garlic]

[Description: A new variety cultivated by the advanced (primary) level gardener "Su Mo". During the growth of psychic energy garlic, a new growth route was outlined through the use of psychic energy water. As the garlic's growth level progresses, the garlic seedlings will stop growing while the garlic heads will continue to grow. After the garlic sprouts retract, the garlic will enter its mature state. The unique growth route brings about excellent "special abilities" and is a natural treasure for strengthening the body!

[Special ability:

[To be strong, eat garlic! (After eating this garlic, according to the growth level of garlic, a certain degree of strength enhancement is obtained when training.)]

[I... I'm going to blow up! (After eating this garlic, the recovery time will be reduced by a certain extent for a short duration, and you will have a stronger desire and max "combat" power when it comes to "certain" activities.)]

[Fresh breath, double the combat power! (After eating three heads of garlic at once, doubles the power attribute for one hour but, after the duration elapses, the is a certain percentage chance of encountering a backlash and gaining a negative condition.)]

Compared to the cabbage, the terrifying psychic energy garlic possessed three top-level super attributes. Su Mo was stunned for a while.

"Is... is this garlic derived from the route of Popeye's spinach?!"

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Chapter 195: Opening The Treasure Chest, Fourfold Gains

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Over the past few days, except for watering the plants, the crop culture room was the abode of Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark.

Even Su Mo did not notice that the height of the garlic sprouts was lower than the previous few days.

Now that he was examining them, and comparing them with the garlic sprouts from his memory, Su Mo was surprised to find that the sprouts had been shortened by at least two or three centimeters.

At this rate, in another week, these garlic sprouts would usher in the harvest of his first ingredient.

"The garlic sprouts are retracting back into the garlic. Could it be that with bald heads their effects can become even stronger?"

After ruffling his disheveled hair that had not been trimmed for over 20 days, Su Mo endured his greed and gluttony and decisively left the crop culture room after looking at the exaggerated properties of the garlic and cabbage.

For now, these two plants were far from reaching their mature state. Even for the cabbage, he had to wait a day or two before they could be properly harvested.

"Garlic is a strategic resource. If used correctly, they can be life-saving during critical moments!"

The doubled power attribute effect that could be used during certain life or death moments was similar to the effects of the "strong pills" detailed in martial arts novels.

As for the negative effects that were stated later, Su Mo directly ignored them.

"I would not be able to eat three heads of raw garlic but, if I can find a way to marinate them into sweet and sour garlic, paired with some buns..."

Swallowing the saliva in his mouth, Su Mo went to the command operations room to observe his surroundings. After confirming that there were no changes outside, he opened the stone door and the garage gate one by one and stepped outside.

Without the constraints of the blizzard, the weather in the wasteland would always be as hot as summer.

After more than one day of high temperature, the loose snow in the basin had completely hardened. Under these conditions, even Earth Tiger could travel steadily.

"It's usually not cold when it snows, but cold when it melts!"

"But in this 20-degree weather, somehow even the melting snow is not cold!"

The melting of snow on the ground would usually be accompanied by a slow drop in temperature due to the additional heat required to evaporate the melted snow. During this period, it was easy to lose body heat to the surrounding cold air.

However, it was different in the wasteland. In the span of a single day, the temperature of 20 degrees below zero could return to 20 degrees above zero. The temperature difference of forty degrees could overturn the cold of melting snow.

The mighty King Kong was still parked in front of the gate of the Underground Shelter. Looking around, Su Mo climbed up the slope of the Underground Shelter and came to the high ground above it.

He cleared out a small area, before summoning the storage space with a trace of reverence and anticipation. He took out the treasure chest that was wrapped in a layer of golden light.

This was the golden treasure chest that he obtained from killing the white-robed kobold. It was also the first golden treasure chest that Su Mo had ever seen, and the first known golden treasure chest in the world.

At this moment, staring at the treasure chest, Su Mo couldn't help himself from chanting religiously, trying to garner a wave of luck from his earlier promotion to advanced gardener in the morning.

"Spirits of the sky and land, and ancestors of the Kobold race, today I bring the unfilial god, Oreo, to apologize to you!"

"Give me more good things, otherwise I can't afford to raise Oreo!"

"Open!"

After finishing the chant, Su Mo squatted down quickly and opened the first golden treasure chest in his life as the sun jumped out of the clouds.

He lifted the lock, pulled out the lock cylinder, unlocked the big lock, and pushed open the chest.

Su Mo completed each step slowly to ensure that there would not be any disgraceful actions.

The golden chest was also very powerful. As Su Mo gradually opened a gap, a ray of light no less bright than the sun in the sky burst forth from the inside of the chest.

Firefly lights dared to outshine the moon for glory!

The treasure chest dared to compete against the bright sun!

Within a few seconds, Su Mo had pushed open the chest completely, and a rumbling sound seemed to echo over the horizon, and then resounded in his ears.

Countless rays of light exploded from the chest instantly but, despite the cascading sound, the snow on the ground did not even tremble even a little bit.

However, when the light disappeared, and he saw the four objects on the ground, Su Mo became immediately ecstatic.

"Psychic energy crystal! I knew it!"

"There's another psychic energy crystal in this golden treasure chest!"

Su Mo could not identify the other three items without the help of the game panel. However, when it came to the most important treasure of the wasteland:

Psychic Energy Crystal!

Su Mo had never stopped dreaming about it.

Even using the system's creation function, this thing could not be made. It could only be obtained from treasure chests, which is why it took so long for Su Mo to obtain a second piece.

"This time the psychic energy crystal can't be used indiscriminately. It must be used in the most strategic place to maximize combat effectiveness!"

Psychic energy crystals could be used to open up psychic energy upgrade directions that were completely different from other directions. After paying survival points, a series of extraordinary effects could be achieved.

The more survival points paid, the more gains it would bring!

The chests always produced fine products.

After reaching the gold level, ordinary food and supplies would no longer be produced in the chest.

Like the four things that he obtained today, other than the psychic energy crystal, there was a key left on the ground, a pet egg, and an unpopular weapon shining with purple light.

Carefully placing the eye-catching crystal into the storage space, Su Mo looked at the three remaining items on the ground. With a thought, Su Mo simply used three disaster points to obtain the most detailed identification information regarding these three remaining items.

[Versatile Key (Excellent)]

[Description: It can open the "doors" and "levels" of any unowned shelter. The key image is just a visual representation and does not correspond to a particular locked door.]

[Number of remaining uses: 3/3]

...

[Unknown Pet Egg (Combat): Drip a drop of the player's blood on the eggshell to incubate a pet with unknown combat abilities.]

...

[Three-pointed two-edged sword (Rare)]

[Description: A cold weapon made of rare alloys and high-energy materials. The weapon has high toughness and hardness ratings. Due to the addition of ??? material and ??? material, it possesses terrifying power beyond the scope of regular cold weapons.]

[Weight: 38-200kg]

[Special ability:

[Adaptation: (Automatically adjusts its weight according to the strength of the host, but has upper and lower limits that cannot be exceeded).]

[Blessing: (While wielding the weapon, the strength and vigor of the user automatically increases by 20 kilograms. A special ability brought by ??? material.)]

[Sturdy: (When colliding with other objects that do not exceed the capacity of the material of the blade, it cannot be destroyed or damaged).]

"Aha, three-pointed two-edged sword?"

The effect of the versatile key was easily understood. When entering a shelter with no owner, it could be used to access locked and restricted locations.

As for the pet egg, Su Mo was even more familiar with it because Oreo came out of it.

However, the three-pointed two-edged sword had a distinguished background.

Speaking of this weapon, the first thing he thought of was the famous God Erlang, Yang Jian from myths and legends.

However, this weapon was used by God Erlang while fighting against the Monkey King to smash the mountain to save his mother. Against the golden staff Jingu Bang, they were both on par with each other. It was a first-class artifact.

In reality, it was something that would be a waste to abandon, but would not hold significant value either when facing the enemy.

In a certain martial arts movie on Earth, the shortcomings of the three-pointed two-edged sword were exposed. For attacking, it was not as good as a moonblade, for controlling it was not as good as a trident and, for stabbing, it was not as good as a spear.

"Forget it, I am not Yang Jian, so there's no use in thinking too much about it anyway. I'll just use it as a spear for my Su Family spear technique."

Even if it was an excellent-quality cold weapon, it still did not deviate from the scope of conventional understanding.

Except for the additional strength brought by the question marks in the second ability, the other two were easily understood.

Su Mo tried to pick up the three-pointed two-edged sword on the ground and, as his arm exerted force, a green vein burst out visibly on his arm, and the weapon was successfully picked up.

At the same time, a warm current came from the weapon and passed through to his arm.

"Not bad, after adding 20kg of strength, the feeling of using the 38kg weight option of this weapon feels comfortable!"

In ancient times on Earth, it was naturally better when weapons were heavier.

The so-called battlefield combat was about large, forceful strikes, striving to kill the enemy in a single strike without getting caught in the enemy's siege and numbers.

In modern times, as wars were not started easily, cold weapons gradually expanded to include more advanced techniques, striving to achieve the best results through different movements.

Inspired, while holding a three-pointed two-edged sword, Su Mo stood on the top of the mountain and heartily performed the complete set of the Su Family Spear Technique.

Echoing the sweeping motions, the terrifying weight of the weapon caused strong winds that whistled in the wake of each motion from time to time.

After finishing a set, feeling invigorated, Su Mo simply performed another set until sweat dripped from his forehead. Then he slowed down and stopped.

"Sure enough, it is a treasure. The adjustable weight option that goes up to 200kg is enough for me to use it for a long time and, even when exoskeleton armor is invented in the future, I can continue using it!"

The risk of close combat with cold weapons was extremely high, but this did not mean that Su Mo would give up on close combat.

In his wild imagination, if he piloted the Gundam while holding a weapon that weighed hundreds or thousands of kilograms in his hands to perform the Su Family Spear Technique, it would not matter if he faced a pseudo god or not; all would fall and easily be killed in his wake!

Oreo also rushed up to his side at this time, looking at the three-pointed two-edged sword in Su Mo's hands, her eyes filled with doubts.

Then she shook her head again with optimism, leaving all her worries behind as she ran happily around Su Mo.

Su Mo was in a good mood and, after playing with Oreo for a while, he smiled and walked down the hill, the depression in his heart lifted.

The form of the wasteland had changed abruptly, but the living conditions of mankind were improving day by day.

With the impending welfare disaster, it was very likely that humans would not have to worry about food and water for a long time.

The development of actual advanced human technology could then slowly unfold after everyone's basic necessities were met.

Taking advantage of the blazing sun and the clear sky, Su Mo did not stay idle. He drove Earth Tiger out, tied it firmly to the back of the excavator with a few ropes, and drove out.

The smooth icy and snowy surface did not pose any problems to the excavator, which pulled Earth Tiger from the front. The two vehicles soon arrived at the saltpeter mining camp.

Su Mo untied the ropes and, using the excavator, made quick work of the snow-covered saltpeter mine, filling Earth Tiger's storage space and his own storage space with saltpeter ores.

It was four o'clock in the afternoon when the two vehicles, full of saltpeter ores, returned to the shelter.

"With these saltpeter ores in hand, I can resume the production of ammunition again!"

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Chapter 196: Sky-High Seeds! Crazy Market

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The off-white saltpeter ores were extremely pure, and it was not difficult to unload Earth Tiger with the convenience of the storage space.

It didn't take long before all the saltpeter ores were transported to the second floor's safety warehouse for storage.

Based on the efficiency rate of his previous manufacturing process, the amount of saltpeter ores collected this time around could produce tens of thousands of bullets, which would greatly alleviate the issue of the shelter's current empty ammunition reservers.

Clapping his hands in satisfaction, Su Mo went down the stairs and returned to the first floor.

"The next task is to develop all five mu of the Black Soil Land that was generated, and plant a batch of vegetables before the disaster!"

Time waited for no one, and every day of a big disaster would be a torment, and everyone would live with fear.

However, when faced with a welfare disaster instead, the time one had to prepare was completely insufficient, seeing that one had to perform a series of basic tasks in order to reap the benefits of the welfare disaster.

Su Mo brought up the diesel oil reserves in the shelter. After filling up King Kong, he drove with Oreo on board and both of them headed for the Black Soil Land.

The thick layer of snow would provide the ground with natural nutrients and moisture.

Maneuvering King Kong, Su Mo shoveled the path with the excavator's bucket as he went along and smoothly opened a dirt road from the shelter to the Black Soil Land.

On the snowy ground, a four-kilometer-long straight line appeared between the two destinations, which looked spectacular when contrasted with the snow-white surroundings.

At first, Oreo sat in the passenger seat as she curiously watched Su Mo control the bucket as he worked.

Later, Oreo barked, indicating her desire to get out of the car. After that, she ran behind King Kong happily all the way.

After practicing the various maneuvers based on the expert's instructions in the training ground session, Su Mo had become more skilled in controlling the big guy.

Without much effort, he arrived at the Black Soil Land that covered an area of ??about five mu.

Even if it was covered with snow, he could still see parts of the black soil exposed on some of the higher slopes.

Su Mo got out of the vehicle and began to estimate how much work he had in store, before returning to the vehicle and kicking off the excavation process.

The days in the wasteland were short but fulfilling.

Without the threat of an enemy or disaster looming in the background, most humans were surprised to find that, compared to before, not only were they not idle, but they had become even busier instead!

Whether they were lone wolves, in small shelters, or even in large shelters.

Almost like clockwork, all humans had spontaneously busied themselves clearing out a piece of fertile land in preparation for the arrival of the upcoming welfare disaster.

As for seed prices on the trading market, those had been raised to sky-high prices at this time.

Su Mo still remembered that, when he exchanged for seeds the first time, he only had to offer a bottle of water in exchange for a variety of different seeds as, at that time, seeds were useless in the eyes of others.

Those seeds could neither be eaten nor planted by the majority of humans, and they were not even as valuable as a unit of stone on the ground.

This was also the reason why Su Mo managed to purchase it at such a low price.

However, now that the news of the upcoming welfare disaster had spread, and everyone received the planting buff, seeds had become the hottest commodity, prices continuing to soar without end.

What, a small packet of tomato seeds for a large piece of bread? You don't care whether I'll take it or not? Unless I am stupid, I wouldn't... Okay okay, I'll buy it, you black marketeer!

What, you want to trade one kilogram of spring wheat seeds for a gun and 50 bullets? Are you crazy? Okay, okay, I'm the one who's crazy!

Any seeds with nutritional value were being snatched up by the market.

Even some fruit tree seeds that would take a few years to mature were not spared by these "irrational" players. Once new seeds were released, they would be swept away by the large shelters.

The seed market had entered an extremely vicious cycle. In the eyes of some speculative people, this was an opportunity to manipulate this large market and gain unimaginable materials and profits!

Moreover, in this process, the status of the Huaxia people was blossoming and steadily rising!

As long as there was a shelter where there was a Huaxian, even if the person in charge was of another race, when they saw the Huaxia person at this time, their eyes would shine without exception!

With the buff, every Huaxia person was an incomparable treasure that could increase the shelter's productivity during this disaster by three, or even five, times!

Clearing out land? No, no, those jobs can be left to others!

Turning over the ground? No, no, these can also be reserved for others!

All the Huaxians were surprised to find that, in the entire process of planting, they were only required to do one thing!

Throw the seeds into the dug pit and then bury them with a shovel. That was it!

This sudden change in status made these people confused at first, but when some clever people awakened, a wave of worshipping the god "Su Mo" once again set off on the wasteland.

Of course, Su Mo, who was working hard while this trend was going on, was not aware of this.

Even if he knew, he was only one person in the face of a multi-billion dollar market. He was still too powerless to maintain any order at all.

However, what Su Mo did not expect was that, far away in the Tundra Shelter, Su Chan did not truly follow his instructions to keep a low profile...

...

"Sister Shen Ke, the Su Mo that you mentioned, is he so amazing? I think many people in our shelter are worshipping him in the morning! It's as if..."

"As if Su Mo is already dead! It's such a grand spectacle!"

With her mouth squeezed, Su Chan followed Shen Ke around like a worm, constantly chattering.

"Young lady, don't let the others hear you, otherwise big sister won't be able to protect you. I will have to let them poke your spine before this matter is settled!"

"Su Mo… Su Mo is the hero of us Huaxians, and also our lucky star. You have just arrived here, so you don't understand anything yet!"

Shen Ke said those words earnestly after hearing Su Chan out. She turned around resignedly, her finger gently poked Su Chan's head.

"Sister Shen Ke, don't you like Su Mo too?"

Looking at the appearance of Shen Ke, Su Chan's mouth widened and made an exaggerated expression, which immediately made Shen Ke apprehensive.

"Don't speak of such nonsense. Su Mo is the hero of the Huaxians, and of course he's my idol! We have never seen each other, so how can I say that I like him!"

Seeing Shen Ke trying to cover things up, Su Chan touched her hand to her head with a thoughtful look and ??laughed.

'Brother's charm knows no bounds!'

'Hmph, but big bro looks down on me too much. He has become the world's number one person himself, but he wants me to act as a nameless person!'

'I also have the skills to support myself, okay!'

Su Chan followed behind Shen Ke. After a while, the two came to a fenced open field with an area of ??about two to three hundred cubic meters.

At the center of the field, there were some small animals captured by humans.

"Here, it's all yours!" Shen Ke pointed at the animals, and showed an expression of "waiting to watch a performance".

The next moment, before Shen Ke's slightly shocked eyes, Su Chan's body seemed to glimmer with light.

The little animals that were originally jumping around in the field seemed to have perceived something. They ran over and gathered together obediently.

Among these animals, there were herbivorous mountain hares, a hopping silly roe deer, and three or four lazy mountain goats.

Usually, after being caught, these animals would turn a blind eye to the blades of grass blades and the tender stems collected for them by humans.

However, at this moment, under Su Chan's guidance, all the animals received instructions and began to happily eat the leaves of grass piled on the side.

This astounding scene flashed before Shen Ke's beautiful eyes.

"That's amazing, there are people with such great luck!"

"Receiving an ability to be proficient in animal language from an ordinary treasure chest, and attracting these animals by character. The shelter's animal breeding plan can finally be started!"

...

"Oreo, don't you understand what I said? I said, go back and bring me a shovel!"

"That's all!"

After clearing most of the snow on the black ground, Su Mo sat on the ground and gestured toward Oreo, who was sitting beside him.

Even though Oreo had the intelligence quotient of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old human, at this moment, the difference in their thought processes made her turn her head, expressing doubt with her big eyes.

"Woof?"

"Woo?"

"Okay, okay, I know you only remember things when it comes to food. I will go back and get it myself. I can't count on you!"

Su Mo took out the psychic energy water and drank a few sips to regain his strength. Looking at Oreo's naughty appearance, Su Mo had no choice but to walk back to the shelter to get his tools.

The layer of snow had been all removed.

He just needed a shovel to handle the corners, before using the excavator's bucket to turn over the ground, and the land would be ready for planting.

After going back and forth, the arrival of the evening sky heralded the completion of his work.

Driving the excavator and looking at the neat black ground behind him, Su Mo smiled with satisfaction.

It was due to the assistance of mechanical power that he could cover so much land in just one day and even mine for saltpeter ores in the meantime.

For other shelters, it would be difficult to complete such a large amount of work even given two or three days!

Su Mo drove the excavator back to the shelter and parked it outside. He closed the garage gate and the stone door in turn. After having a simple dinner, Su Mo busied himself preparing ammunition again. He also studied the details of the cooperation for tomorrow with the shelter in the west.

His rushed efforts today made Su Mo thoroughly aware of how difficult it was to plant a piece of land.

Without including the process of clearing snow and plowing the ground, it was a troublesome thing to clean up the debris on the ground with a shovel. Besides all these, one had to think about digging holes, controlling plant density, planting, harvesting...

Su Mo was getting a headache!

"Although I am a child who grew up in a rural area, I have never planted land before. If I start from scratch, it is better to outsource it directly. Then I'll be able to earn big while passing on some of the profits to others."

Su Mo prepared the nitric acid and sulfuric acid and turned them into guncotton, which was a very familiar process to him by now.

Taking advantage of the preparation period of the first batch of guncotton and the process of cooling and solidification, the details of a general trading cooperation agreement slowly began to take shape in Su Mo's mind.

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Chapter 197: Selection of Seeds, Historic Collaboration!

"To travel thousands of miles to pick up younger sis, I must first have enough ammunition. Only ammunition can guarantee my safety while traveling!"

"Therefore, during the first batch of planting, I should start thinking of ways to plant cotton, and strive to get enough raw materials to make lots of bullets and explosives!"

Other types of plant seeds on the market were being swept away by the large shelters. There were even dozens of shelters that had spontaneously formed a major alliance in this chaotic market to purchase and resell a specific seed type.

However, there were a few plant seeds that were still in a state where no one cared about them!

Among those were cotton seeds!

In the early stages, when everyone did not have enough to eat, planting cotton without transportation facilities and market demand was equivalent to economic suicide! Plus, sowing cotton without sufficient moisture was difficult.

"If no one buys cotton seeds, that would be a bargain for me. I can plant large amounts of cotton. Besides guncotton, I can also make clothes."

"When everyone's first set of clothes is almost worn out, perhaps I'll be able to bring some to the trading market and sell them."

After suppressing his speculative imagination, Su Mo did not go directly to the trading market to purchase seeds, but secretly jotted this entry down in his diary.

Now was still not the craziest period for the seed market!

"If I had a million points, I could sweep the goods from the market without hesitation, but I only have around three thousand, so I still have to hold back for now."

Looking greedily at the market transactions for a while, and finding out that 1kg of cotton seeds was being traded for 100g of food, Su Mo resisted the urge to buy them directly and turned to study other crops.

As the welfare disaster approached, until the last minute ticked over, the difference in seed prices would never reach its extreme limits!

If a large number of cotton seeds were purchased, the transactions would surely be discovered by those with intention, and these "financial ghosts" would intervene in the market and drive up the prices frantically.

On the contrary, if a large number of goods began to be moved at the last minute, the "funds" in these people's hands would already be fully occupied. That time would be Su Mo's showtime!

In addition, the craziest seed prices on the market were the three familiar varieties on Earth.

Potatoes, spring wheat, and… rice.

Among the three, the most prominent spring wheat had reached a sky-high price of one catty of seeds being traded for ten catties of food. With the addition of express delivery charges, it was prohibitively expensive for ordinary people.

"The price of spring wheat is too high. It is impossible to plant large amounts of spring wheat. At this point, I just want to plant a large number of plants and harvest them."

"Only the last road left belongs only to me!"

Such a market was unexpected even for Su Mo.

The more humans that survived, the harder it would become to predict the market based on human resources.

Su Mo continued to peruse the prices of all the plants to make sure that he remembered and familiarized himself with each of them. Then he closed the game panel automatically.

In his diary, Su Mo began to consolidate the current seed reserves in the shelter:

The "strong disaster-resilient" version of wheat seeds from the first prize draw when he gained the Deep-sea Shelter, totaling 25kg.

High-yield, low-disaster-resistant dry rice seeds, totaling 50kg, were obtained from opening the dozens of bronze treasure chests.

The New World rewards for his three new plant varieties, from which he received a total of 5,000 high-nutrient Huaxia's No.1 large tomato seeds, 500g plump and juicy Chinese cabbage seeds, and 15kg of high-yield garlic seeds.

Currently, these seeds were all the shelter had as seed reserves. Five acres of black soil land was more than enough to grow these, but it would be a little stretched if he were to cooperate with the shelter in the west.

However, it wasn't as if there was no way to deal with the situation at all, just that there were still risks associated with it!

"As long as I can plant excellent-quality crops when the welfare disaster commences, I can use the new seeds obtained from the harvest and perhaps set aside a large number of excellent-quality seeds to plant the next day to expand the production level on the third day."

"But it's still too risky!"

"In the best-case scenario, I can obtain the "time currency" that Zhong Qingshu mentioned in advance so that I can try cultivating them before the disaster strikes."

It takes 100% effort to grow excellent-quality crops. Su Mo was not clear about the exact requirements, but it would not be a simple matter to devote a hundred percent of himself to this simple mechanical task.

As for upgrading, Su Mo tried to scan the seeds with the system, but found that the seeds were just like the ordinary equipment from before. After the system failed to recognize them, Su Mo had to give up this path.

"I can't be impatient, after preparing enough ammunition tonight, tomorrow I will drive the excavator directly to the shelter in the west for a face-to-face negotiation!"

"We would be bound together for both good and bad, so I hope they can understand this truth too!"

Calming down, Su Mo observed the growing pile of guncotton. Then he moved the stool aside, turned on the laser manufacturing machine, and put the materials into the machine.

Sufficient power, good materials, and a complete production line…

The identical bullets were carved with Su Mo's unique mark, and they popped into the collection bucket and were neatly arranged.

Seeing that more and more 7.62mm bullets were being manufactured, Su Mo laid on the chair in front of the workbench and closed his eyes.

The sound of bullets popping into the box was jarring, it could even be said to be noisy.

However, it was precisely this kind of sound, that was full of "power" and "strength", that brought more ease than silence in the doomsday wasteland.

…

The moon set and the sun rose.

When the sun's rays appeared on the horizon for the first time, Su Mo's biological clock, trained over the many days in the wasteland, woke him up gradually.

From lying on the chair to lying on the table, his unnatural sleeping posture had obviously caused Su Mo some back pain, but he was extremely comfortable on the inside.

Two large buckets with 6000 rounds of yellow-orange bullets were in displayed front of him.

The scent of heated metal had yet to dissipate as well!

After inhaling it greedily once, he beckoned for the lion clan's wind ability to clear away the dust and smell, and the three underground floors felt clean and fresh again.

Su Mo took out the psychic energy water and drank it. Stretching his waist, he stood up and walked up to the second floor.

Ever since she inherited the divinity of the Heavenly Dog, while Oreo had no changes in her IQ, she had become more and more humanlike.

When she found out that Su Mo was sleeping, she did not bother him mischievously. She even acted more like a parent, bringing the noisy Big Spark and Little Spark to the second floor to play among themselves.

After routinely checking that there was no danger within a kilometer's radius near the shelter, Su Mo opened the doors of the shelter one by one and returned above-ground.

The sky was clear and the breeze was refreshing.

The morning sun brought warmth to all people, the blue sky and white clouds blended peacefully, and the cold weather seemed to be gradually receding.

If not for the white snow covering the land, it was hard to imagine that there had been a terrible blizzard that could have wiped out half of mankind just a few days ago.

The dirt path leading to the Black Soil Land was slightly moist under the nourishment of the melting ice and snow.

"Okay, very good. Such moist land is good enough for planting, and every plant can receive enough water and nutrients!"

Lowering his body, Su Mo turned over some of the soil with his hands and found that some plants had not completely died in the cold winter and were re-germinating. The feeling of joy was spreading inside Su Mo.

After the barren basin was moisturized by the snow, the cracked ground began to heal. It became hard to notice its previous barren state.

Except for lots of sand and rocks, it was not any worse than the fertile plains in the west.

Stopping and going along the way, Su Mo walked to the end of the dirt road that had been opened up.

Looking around the pleasing Black Soil Land of five mu, Su Mo returned along the path he came from. It was 8am when he arrived back at the shelter.

[Doomsday Calendar Month 1, Day 26]

[You cleared a dirt road leading directly to land resources in front of the shelter, developing a transportation route. (Survival points 30)]

[Lying on the chair, you had a good night's sleep, and your overdrawn mental exhaustion has been completely restored. (Survival points 10)]

[You have uncovered a certain secret, but have not completely solved it. The satellite base awaits your exploration. (Survival points 20)]

[You have bred three brand new varieties of plants and received a lot of rewards. You are very happy. (Survival points 200)]

[You have successfully achieved the world's first and highest glory and opened the profession rankings. Among all the wasteland humans, your prestige is spreading across the world. (Survival points 1000)]

[You were successfully promoted to an advanced-level gardener. The path of gardening is getting wider and wider. (Survival points 500)]

[Scanning host survival environment. Survival points evaluation in progress. 341 survival points gained today.]

…

Total calculation: Survival points 2101

Survival points remaining: 17976

As a standard "web resource expert", Su Mo felt a burst of happiness from the bottom of his heart when he saw the survival points counter approaching the 18000 mark!

According to the standards specified by the system, the fourth function should be activated when he collected one hundred thousand survival points.

At present, there were no pressing demands for the shelter, so Su Mo simply decided to save them up. When it became necessary to use the survival points to expand the combat ability or productivity of the shelter, he would invest in it and strive for greater benefits.

"Before the welfare disaster strikes, my survival points should be able to break through to about 20000. I can finally be free of the most difficult days from the early stages!"

From hanging by a thread in the early days, where every single survival point counted, to now having close to 20000 survival points, whether in terms of his mental or physical state, Su Mo had achieved an amazing level of growth!

From being just an ordinary company employee on Earth, a low-level white-collar worker with a monthly salary of 30000 to 40000 yuan a month, to becoming an idol worshipped by billions of people in the wasteland.

Having undergone this transformation, Su Mo was satisfied with his achievements thus far!

"It's time to contact the shelter in the west. Before the next disaster strikes, my stand-alone game will finally be connected to the LAN!"

Swallowing the last bite of his pancake and drinking some psychic energy water, Su Mo focused mentally, and the game panel quietly emerged.

The friends' list containing hundreds of people popped up. In the list, he found Zhong Qingshu's avatar. Su Mo smiled indifferently and then dialed the first friendly phone call that could be recorded in the history of the wasteland!

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Chapter 198: Seven to Three Division! The Remaining Lion Clan!

Beep~

Beep~

Beep~

The video call that came with the game panel was very realistic; the closer the distance between the two parties, the better the signal, and there would be less noise before the call.

When talking with Zhong Qingshu in super close range previously, there were no sharp noises. Before the fourth beep sounded, Zhong Qingshu's pretty face appeared on the video screen on the side of the game panel.

"Wow, you're working in the field this early. So hardworking!"

Looking at the background behind Zhong Qingshu, Su Mo raised his brows, pretending to be surprised.

It was eight in the morning. On the rugged plains and snowy ground, it seemed that all people from the shelter were out, and everyone was working hard in the fields.

There were people clearing out the snow, and some were digging pits. Other than a few people who were in charge of keeping watch, it seemed like everyone else had a shovel in their hands, working with eyes full of enthusiasm and…

Hope!

"Of course. We plan to take advantage of the welfare disaster even more now to be able to live more comfortably in the future. Everyone is working hard for their future. We've already been working since five o'clock in the morning!"

Putting down the shovel, Zhong Qingshu raised her sleeves and wiped the sweat from her forehead while replying slowly.

Elegant and timeless.

Even though she was holding a shovel in the field, Zhong Qingshu's unique aura could be seen; she stood out amidst the crowd.

However, looking at the poor efficiency of the hard-working and busy refugees behind her, Su Mo did not want to continue joking around and went straight to the subject at hand.

"Can you make decisions for your shelter? Would you like to cooperate? I have an excavator, which can help you save a lot of effort. I can also provide excellent-quality seeds and critical planting technology!"

"By the time the crops are ready for harvest, we will divide it proportionately. It will be a lot more than what you will obtain on your own."

When it rains, it pours!

Su Mo's words were like a bolt of thunder from the sky, hammering deeply into Zhong Qingshu's head.

Yesterday, while Su Mo was asleep, the first round of land clearing had already commenced at their shelter; they were all preparing for a fruitful day of early planting work.

However, even if the idea was beautiful, reality was cruel.

The scene from their imagination did not appear in reality; the snowy ground was more difficult to clear than they thought; since commencing work, hundreds of people had failed to clean up the five mu of land.

The first reason was that most people had never undertaken such heavy tasks before, and their hands were covered in blisters after working for a while.

Secondly, it was because the accumulated layer of snow was too thick. Everyone had not been eating enough or wearing clothes that were warm enough every day. Their strength was weak and their physical strength reserves were empty. If Chen Shen had not brought some food back, someone would have fainted due to exhaustion on the ground yesterday.

Given such conditions, even the few old men in the shelter who had planted fields before as a livelihood were very helpless.

There were no cattle to plow the fields, and there were no tractors or other mechanical equipment to assist them. Faced with the harsh land and weather conditions, their manpower seemed powerless.

This was also one of the main reasons why most people starved to death in ancient times.

Since they could not finish the work in time, they could only get up early the next day to continue. Even Zhong Qingshu, who was on guard duty, handled fieldwork personally and joined the farming group.

At this time, suddenly hearing that Su Mo had an excavator, Zhong Qingshu's shock could not be concealed!

"Excavator? No way, are you kidding me?"

Facts speak louder than words, so Su Mo walked over and stepped outside the garage gate, allowing the strong "King Kong" to be reflected in his video screen background. Suddenly…

As Zhong Qingshu connected the call to others, the west shelter exploded!

"F*ck, Brother Su has an excavator? Damn, how did this thing appear? How is this reasonable?"

"Could it be that Almighty Su has a plug-in to import resources? This is too abnormal! When will my modifier arrive?"

"Brother Su, please rent us an excavator. When harvest arrives, you can take eighty percent of the harvest and I'll take twenty!"

"Collaborate! Collaborate! Brother Su, we'll depend on you for everything!"

Except for the few people who had been through life and death situations with Su Mo in front of the kobold castle who dared to make fun of him, the other refugees also had excitement lingering in their eyes, but could only whisper and take secret glances at the camera from time to time.

This included the four prison guards, who were shocked to see Su Mo's confident face on the video screen and the huge excavator behind him.

Seeing that his intended effect was achieved, Su Mo nodded calmly. Zhong Qingshu on the other side also understood Su Mo's thoughts very well and turned off the shared connection.

"What say you? Can we collaborate? If you're willing to, I will drive the excavator over later!"

"My machine will be responsible for the work of excavating the cultivated land. I will pay for the fuel, as well as the seeds needed. I can provide the technology for the corresponding crops as well."

"When harvest arrives, I will divide half of the crops among the previous brothers, and a seven to three ratio for the others."

Su Mo talked calmly, but the effect of these words was the complete opposite.

Listening to Su Mo's words, even if Zhong Qingshu recognized him as a strong individual, she was shocked by Su Mo's generosity at this time.

With the price of seeds on the market right now and the benefits brought about by the excavator, even if Su Mo asked to divide to harvest with a nine to one ratio, the people in the shelter would already be cheering wildly.

However, when she heard Su Mo's decision of dividing the harvest with a seven to three ratio, Zhong Qingshu did not even think about it and directly responded.

"Okay! I will send someone to pick you up, we'll finalize the details of the cooperation today!"

After exchanging a few words and then watching the video call hang up, Su Mo's heart was lifted. The joy in his heart was hard to contain, and he laughed.

A nine to one ratio division would certainly be fine.

Even if he wanted to be more generous, setting an eight to two ratio would be considered the greatest favor to these refugees.

However, the reason why Su Mo set a seven to three ratio was in consideration of sustainable development.

"All the refugees want to grow edible food. If I want them to grow cotton, they will be unhappy. Now, with the division of seven to three…"

"All of them would be willing to work for me!"

"This year, this wasteland, this doomsday world, is simply a paradise for capitalists. No… I should say…"

"It's a paradise for the strong!"

Without rules, fists would rule, guns and bullets were the truth, and one's reputation was like an ID card.

Seeing the deep excitement in the eyes of all the refugees, Su Mo had more even confidence in the upcoming cooperation.

"Then, all I have to do now is to send the excavator over and see if anyone knows how to operate it. If not, I will find a smart person and teach them how to use it."

After clarifying what was to be done at this stage, Su Mo returned to the shelter and began to prepare himself.

One should never intend to harm others, but should always remain on guard against the harm others might bring.

Putting on the combat uniform, Su Mo brought 1000 rounds of 7.62mm and 500 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition with the corresponding guns.

These weapons were not only the best tools for self-protection in the wasteland, but they were also the best way to deter other people with ulterior motives.

In terms of diesel fuel reserves, King Kong's current fuel tank size was 400L. After filling up the fuel tank, Su Mo picked up the previous tank and took out 200L of diesel to carry with him as a power supplement.

In terms of tools, Su Mo selected more than a dozen defective shovels that had been made previously and put them in the storage space as rewards for the outstanding performers among the refugees.

Before he left the shelter, Su Mo picked two red tomatoes that had a slight hue of green and put them in the storage space.

Everything was ready, so Su Mo put on the dark silver armor and boots.

After checking all the weapons once again and making sure that there were no problems, Su Mo set off on together with Oreo on the long road to the wasteland once again.

With the special ability bonus, the 40km/h speed of King Kong was not slow, especially considering its large size; it even looked unusually fast.

Su Mo watched the Underground Shelter fade away in the distance in the rearview mirror.

Looking at the vast expanse of whiteness in front of him, Su Mo pulled off his mask. Oreo was lying comfortably in the bucket of the excavator, as both of them traveled along the familiar route.

After passing the Deep-sea Shelter and the saltpeter mining camp, they passed the ruined kobold castle. From a distance, Su Mo could see his old acquaintances again:

The lion clan!

Compared with the impressive lions from before, the current number of the lion clan members now was less than forty.

Su Mo rolled down the glass window and took out the M-1 rifle. He began to fire accurately, taking the lives of these remaining lion people.

Bang!

Bang bang!

The rhythmic gunshots continued to echo through the wasteland. After undergoing special training in the system's training ground, Su Mo's marksmanship had become even more terrifying.

Within 100 meters, even if he did not try to shoot accurately, he would never miss a shot.

Within ten seconds, more than a dozen bewildered lion people fell.

The Lioness observed Su Mo, who was still dealing out death from the driver's seat.

She seemed to recognize Su Mo's identity and was suddenly frightened and screamed. The other lion people were also frightened and they rapidly retreated.

As they retreated, the Lioness's staff continuously waved in the air, summoning one small cyclone after another at the feet of the remaining lion people.

"Hahahaha, it's karma. They must have seen the end of the kobolds. These lions are also scared to death."

As speed was their race's natural advantage, the lion clan easily escaped. It would be impossible to chase after them with King Kong.

It was different from the past, where the lion people would pull away to a safe distance to observe the enemy.

This time, the lion clan simply fled into the horizon. Their speed did not slow down. It was as if there was a scourge chasing after them!

"Fun, enjoyable!"

Watching all the lion people escape, Su Mo happily drove King Kong over to the place where he had slaughtered the other lion people. He picked up the four wooden treasure chests on the ground in satisfaction.

With the Underground Shelter at the center, within a two-hundred-kilometer radius, all the established foreign races had been cleaned up.

The rest were just poor clans like the lion people.

They could not farm, nor did they possess such a concept in the first place. Faced with the welfare disaster that humans could enjoy, the mythical races could only watch in frustration.

Naturally, the gap in power would become even larger as the disaster progressed.

"Oreo, let's go! You can't eat this kind of humanoid creature in the future. This is the rule of our Su family!" Su Mo yelled after seeing Oreo moving around the lion people's corpses.

The scared Oreo quickly lowered her head, and cleverly returned to her bucket.

They got on the road again and, once they arrived at the plains, the road became smooth and flat.

After a while, the shelter entered Su Mo's field of vision. Hundreds of people were gathered in front of the shelter!

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Chapter 199: Shocking! The Rumored "Su Mo"

"Brother Shen, is… is Almighty Su the same as the rumors? Does he kill without blinking and does his body tremble with excitement when he smells blood? Every day before going to bed, does he has to slaughter more than a dozen foreign races before being able to sleep peacefully at night?"

"Chen Shen, he… this Su Mo, I heard that he did that for living on Earth… that he was a super killer who took on bounties, and that the person who was targeted would definitely die!"

"Yes, he is also an almighty soldier. He can operate a guided missile launcher, he can shoot ten rings with his eyes closed, and he is also a super gardener. I heard that he's Yuan Longping's pupil. He can drive any sort of vehicle, penetrate walls, fly, dig through the ground, and manipulate bugs!"

"What all of you are talking about, Almighty Su is the Dragon King! He is the only Dragon King of Huaxia. With a single order, thousands of soldiers would be called to quell all the dissatisfied mythical races in just one day…"

"Su Mo is a werewolf, he will transform into a wolf king under the full moon, and all foreign races must bow their heads as his courtiers."

"Stop talking nonsense, in my opinion, Almighty Su is Pangu, since the beginning of the world…"

"Big brother Su is here!"

As time passed in front of the shelter, no one dared to disclose the news of Su Mo's collaboration under the strict regulations of the four prison guards, the group of brothers, and Zhong Qingshu.

However, at the same time, when the world's first person was just next to their shelter and was about to come over to seek cooperation, the crowd was simultaneously surprised and panicked.

What was pleasantly surprising to them was that, as long as they could latch on to Su Mo's "spaceship" from the rumors, even a fool could traverse the universe and create a bright future.

What left them panicking was that news about Su Mo on the World Channel was simply too scary. Especially because everyone heard and saw were all different because of the intelligent screening function of the game panel.

All kinds of weird, and apparently problematic, news about Su Mo's various actions and exploits seemed to have become the norm.

However, accompanying the announcement that "Big Brother Su is here" from Chen Shen, all the refugees shut their mouths in a flash and, with awe in their eyes, they stared at the "behemoth" that appeared on the horizon!

Regardless of what the rumors had described Su Mo as, or what terrifying exploits he had achieved, those were all merely words.

At this moment, the words they have read and heard transformed into something that could be seen with their own two eyes, and the resulting shock was even more exaggerated!

"An excavator… it truly is an excavator. In addition, it's a medium-large excavator, but this speed…"

Amidst the crowd, an old man stood up involuntarily with a shocked expression on his face. He looked at the excavator running across the wasteland at a speed of close to forty-five kilometers per hour.

"This excavator's speed is even faster than a car. Can this even be called an excavator? Am I seeing things correctly?"

As the old man stood up, two more middle-aged persons came out and stared at the excavator. Their jaws were about to fall to the ground!

Looking at the other persons' puzzled eyes, the three of them started to discuss their observations heatedly.

More than ten seconds later, everyone knew the difference between the normal speed of an excavator and the current speed at which Su Mo's excavator was approaching. This time, the eyes of everyone in the crowd, including the four prison guards, were tinged with an indescribable sense of "awe"!

…

"O! RE! O! Later, when you get out of the bucket, stand guard at the side. Try not to let these people notice your trail!"

Seeing that he was approaching the shelter, Su Mo opened the window and shouted out his instructions.

After receiving the news, Oreo nodded slyly. As Su Mo slowed down, she jumped down from the bucket and quickly disappeared amidst the snow.

"Hehe, so obedient!"

Su Mo watched as Oreo made a vigilant posture in the distance. After she lowered her head and disappeared into the snow, Su Mo's heart jumped and he quickly adjusted his condition.

The smile on his face quickly transformed into his iconic cold expression in just a few breaths of time.

His originally non-aggressive body posture tightened up instantly. Like a cheetah ready to pounce, an unspeakably horrific aura was quickly spreading.

Su Mo increased the excavator's speed to the maximum, squeezing the two gear levers. Looking at the people who greeted it, King Kong roared along the way.

Da da!

Da da!

The chain tracks ran over the heavy ice and snow, and there was a loud noise coming that echoed like background music heralding the scene of his arrival. When Su Mo stopped the vehicle and alighted with the M-1 rifle in hand, everyone below looked at the charming curves of King Kong foolishly.

"Big brother Su, You are finally here! Brother Su, we missed you so much!"

The others who did not know Su Mo's character did not dare to come into contact with him. However, the several Huaxians who followed Su Mo to the kobold castle came up enthusiastically at this time.

Alongside them, Chen Shen also walked up. Lowering his body slightly, he stood by Su Mo respectfully and began to report the situation.

"Brother Su, these are all the people in the Candlelight Shelter. Including us, there are a total of 124 people."

"The oldest is 51 years old, and the youngest is 17 years old. Among us, there are 37 men and 87 women."

"Among all the men, there are three who can operate excavators. One of them is a master who has been operating it for almost ten years. The other two are not bad either, and they are all good helping hands on the construction site."

"Regarding the rest of the women, Brother Su, you don't have to worry. They are very motivated. Except for the fact that everyone has been hungry for many days and has very little energy, I can vouch for them in all other aspects!"

Chen Shen was worthy of his name. In terms of statistical reporting, he was quite detailed and clear.

At the same time, the simple report also gave Su Mo a preliminary understanding of the crowd in front of him.

"Where are the prison guards? Who are the four?"

With a cough, Chen Shen's heart felt numb looking at Su Mo's cold eyes, and he quickly pointed at the four men standing in front of the crowd.

The four prison guards, all of them did not seem to be young.

Judging from their faces, the youngest was someone about thirty-five years old, maybe even a little older.

The four of them looked righteous, and all of them looked at Su Mo. Although their scalps were numb, they were still able to withstand the pressure in their hearts to barely raise their heads and "look up".

'Such… such a strong aura of oppression!'

In the three seconds when their eyes met, it was either that the cold rifle in Su Mo's hands, or Su Mo's eyes that were without a trace of emotion, that terrified them. When Su Mo looked away, the guard on the far left already had sweat rolling off his forehead.

"Very good. Can I have an introduction?"

After making sure that every prison guard was given the "killer stare", and no one dared to confront him, Su Mo's temperament turned friendly, as he smiled and patted Chen Shen on the shoulder. The cold image on his face disappeared.

Hearing Su Mo's words, the tense atmosphere suddenly loosened, and the people next to them who did not dare to make any noises began to speak smilingly.

"This is the hunting captain of the Candlelight Shelter, Qi Qin. Yes, his name is the same as the singer. Captain Qi's martial arts are very amazing. He once faced three lion people evenly. He is the number one in terms of individual combat power in our shelter!"

Hearing Chen Shen's praise, the guard on the far left, who was called Qi Qin, smiled awkwardly and greeted him.

"I'm overwhelmed by such praise. To see Almighty Su today, I learned that there are higher mountains beyond the mountain, and that there are always better people. I'm Qi Qin, I am willing to follow the command of Almighty Su and join the battle to protect humankind!"

The eye contact just now, the slight adjustment of muscles, and the change in combat posture, made Qi Qin fully aware of what a "master" truly was.

From his experience in the army, only a few soldiers could emit such terrifying pressure on others during the combined martial arts contests.

After experiencing it from the young Su Mo, Qi Qin immediately put away his pride and became the first person to swear allegiance in the Candlelight Shelter.

With Qi Qin taking the lead, the two on the left and the far right followed suit. Before Chen Shen could introduce them, they stepped out and started talking, "Hello, Almighty Su. I am Hong Kangcheng. I lived in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, 49 this year… I used to be a soldier, and then I was made the team leader of a security company for a while. I am currently the resource supervisor of the Candlelight Shelter and am mainly responsible for the matters regarding food in the shelter."

"However, I'm quite useless as the supervisor. Everyone not eating well or dressed well, as they only receive one meal of porridge daily. It's been only twenty days and everyone is already starving like this. I'm embarrassed that Almighty Su has to see this."

This man on the far right was the oldest among the four and seemed to be the most reliable but, according to his speech, in Su Mo's heart, he had been labeled as an "honest person".

From the address of his home to his age, he also mentioned that there were still a few people left in his home as if it was a common chat about home. It was not until the man on the left coughed that Hong Kangcheng realized and laughed embarrassedly. Under Su Mo's kind gaze, he retreated.

"Hello, Almighty Su. I am Pei Shao. I am currently the farming supervisor of the Candlelight Shelter. Yes, it is okay if you find it funny; this position was just assigned."

"Our life is bitter, and though we are obviously sitting on a fertile plain, there is no way to effectively open up this land."

"If it weren't for you, after today, I would go down and conscientiously want to use this unlucky soul to apologize to those who have high hopes for me! Thank you for coming to the Candlelight Shelter today to rescue these poor people. Since you came to the Candlelight Shelter, if it is your order, I, Pei Shao, will be the first to rush to the forefront!"

The words of the three of them were more ruthless than the other; it may be that all their edges and corners had been polished off during the civilized era. In the face of Su Mo's unquestionable strength, each of them spoke straightforwardly without beating around the bush.

After the introductions, seeing the three colleagues "surrender" one by one, the man standing in the middle had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk out.

His age was the youngest among the four and, at the same time, in terms of status, he was the strongest.

"Hello, Almighty Su. I am Wu Feiguang. As a Huaxian, your great name has been like a clap of thunder to one's ear, and now it is even more convincing to see you in person."

"The Candlelight Shelter was established on the third day of the Doomsday calendar. It lasted 24 days. It grew from nothing and developed to more than 100 people. As the head of the shelter, Feiguang can only watch as everyone starves every day and night! After this disaster is over, it will be hard for us to overcome the next disaster!"

After he spoke, Wu Feiguang was frank and simply brought out the illusory image of his shelter's core. At the same time, he took out a piece of talisman paper, lowered his head, and spoke respectfully, "I hereby request Almighty Su to take charge of the Candlelight Shelter!"

"We implore Almighty Su to become the host of the shelter!" After Wu Feiguang finished speaking, the other people gradually realized what was going on and immediately repeated Feiguang's words in unison with surprise etched on their faces.

Hundreds of people yelled at the same time, forming a grand scene. However, after hearing Wu Feiguang's words, Su Mo frowned and observantly captured the information revealed in Wu Feiguang's words.

"So, in saying this, you are aware of what the next disaster will be?"

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Chapter 200: Infinite Hope! Undying Heart!

The illusory image of Wu Feiguang's shelter's core was larger than that of ordinary shelters Su Mo had encountered, and a ray of light representing a "transcendent blessing" could also be seen emanating from it.

At the top of the turtle armor, under Wu Feiguang's deliberate manipulation, hundreds of entwined silk threads could be seen, connecting with the heads of the shelter's population.

Of course, when Su Mo took a closer look at the silk threads, Zhong Qingshu's was not included.

"Yes, big brother Su, I was the one who opened and received this talisman but, in the hands of Leader Wu, it exhibits a different attribute."

"During the blizzard disaster, the next disaster reflected on the talisman paper was a big wave and all landmass…"

"Disappeared overnight…"

Whoosh!

This incident was originally top-secret information in the Candlelight Shelter, and there were only a few insiders who were aware of this.

Other than Chen Shen and Wu Feiguang, even Qi Qin, the Candlelight Shelter's hunting captain, only knew bits of information, and Zhong Qingshu had also been kept in the dark.

At this moment, when everyone heard Chen Shen's words, even with strict disciplinary measures in place, there was an uproar among the people.

"A flood! If there is no land, what should we do? Our surroundings are basically flat plans and there are no mountains, so we can only wait for death!"

"Build a ship, hurry up and build a ship, otherwise the next disaster will arrive and we will all die!"

"First there was a blizzard and now, after the snow melts, there is going to be a flood. Is mankind going to perish?"

…

"Silence!"

Seeing that the voices of the people were getting louder and louder, and that everyone was getting more and more flustered, Wu Feiguang turned his head and yelled.

The following scene showcased the legitimacy of the effort that the four people undertook to build and manage such a "huge" shelter. Hearing Wu Feiguang's instruction, everyone immediately shut up like it was a conditioned reflex.

"At ease, attention, eyes left! From left to right, everyone, count off!"

Even though they had a thousand things to say in their hearts, after reporting their count, the crowd calmed down.

"Why are all of you panicking, even if the sky is falling down, Almighty Su will hold it up. Did you forget how we survived the last blizzard?"

"Who did we count on? You? Or you?" With his finger, he swept across the most ferocious middle-aged men who had just yelled out earlier. Wu Feiguang's expression became cold as he looked at these people lowering their heads in shame.

"The shelter has its own rules and, if you don't wish to abide by these rules, you can go your separate ways. You can tend to your own concerns and leave me to my affairs."

"Stand to my left if you are willing to live with Almighty Su. If you don't want to live and wish to die, or if you want to escape by yourself, stand to my right!"

Listening to Wu Feiguang's outburst, the people looked at each other with dazed expressions and, shortly after, they took a very synchronized step…

To the left!

No one wanted to die. After traversing and experiencing over 20 days in the doomsday wasteland, those who had survived or joined the shelter were those who had the determination and will to live!

Hearing Wu Feiguang's words, and looking at the well-equipped Su Mo and the huge excavator behind him, everyone recovered from their stupor and cast their expectant eyes on Su Mo's face.

'A group of smart people. No wonder they can form such a team in the doomsday wasteland with such great management skills.'

Under the mask, Su Mo raised his chin slightly, affirming Wu Feiguang's "performance" of uniting everyone.

Seeing that Su Mo did not respond, Wu Feiguang sensibly and respectfully handed the talisman paper to Chen Shen.

"Big brother Su, this is the piece of talisman paper. The brothers don't know how to use it, and they can only judge things from the image on the talisman paper. The last time it showed snow, and this time it shows a flood. As for the welfare disaster… it didn't show!"

Following Chen Shen's words, Su Mo cast his gaze on this magical talisman paper.

Sure enough, in Chen Shen's hand, water patterns flashed across the yellowed talisman paper.

Through the talisman paper, Su Mo seemed to see a flood covering the sky and earth, swallowing all the unknowing creatures that were still on the land.

Human beings were running and fleeing, mutant creatures were wailing, and the desperate foreign races were also feeble and struggling on the line of life and death.

This flood was just like Noah's Ark in the Bible, and it could even be traced back to modern movies. It was just as terrifying as the flood in the movie 2012.

When the nest is overturned, no eggs would stay unbroken.

Before Su Mo could see what the ending of the flood was, the scene stopped abruptly, and Chen Shen's face appeared in his sight again.

"Big brother Su, take this talisman. The brothers are really afraid that looking at it too much will affect their mentality. With the blizzard, everyone could still survive by relying on clothes and torches. However, when this flood comes, if we don't have tangible anti-disaster measures, I'm afraid…"

As he was speaking, Chen Shen handed over the talisman paper in his hand, and traces of terror still shrouded his eyes.

Since ancient times, every major flood recorded in history has always had disastrous outcomes for humankind.

Flood not only represented an irresistible force of nature but, even after the flood subsided, there would also be food shortage crises and epidemics on a massive scale.

Had it not been for the welfare disaster triggered by Su Mo this time, it is likely that, after the blizzard and flood disasters, humans…

Would not exist!

Su Mo took the talisman paper in Chen Shen's hand and resisted the desire to use the system to scan it. With a thought, Su Mo kept it in the storage space.

Fear would ferment over time and, similarly, courage would multiply with the number of people!

Looking at the hundreds of pairs of eyes with expectant gazes in front of him, Su Mo lifted his mask, revealing a young but heroic face underneath.

Although it was not the first time they had seen Su Mo's avatar in the "add friend" interface, at this moment, seeing the real person, everyone was left in a trance.

He was too young; perhaps the oldest estimate would only be about 24!

His age did not match up to his achievements. Whether it was his combat strength or various abilities or equipment at his disposal, they were all matters that were beyond everyone's imagination.

Seeing the four prison guards step back sensibly to stand with everyone, Su Mo smiled then turned around, and jumped up onto the King Kong's step bar and stood there.

"I know that everyone is very afraid of the impending flood, fearing that our homes will be wiped out in an instant under the disastrous torrent."

Although it was his first time speaking in front of so many people, at this moment, a wave of pride rushed out of Su Mo's heart!

These things had to be done regardless of whether he was leading ten people or hundreds of people!

If the number of people was low, then he would take on the matter himself, regardless of its gravity and scale!

If the number of people was high, then he could divide the manpower and overcome the matter by taking it on bit by bit!

The people underneath were still silent, especially while Su Mo was speaking, even Zhong Qingshu's beautiful eyes flashed, seeming to discover a different side of Su Mo once again.

"I want to ask everyone present… Who knows when the next flood disaster will arrive? Is it in 3 days, 30 days, or 300 days?"

To raise the spirit of an army, one could not just write a blank check. First, one would have to start from the source of everyone's fear and eliminate the despair.

Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, the people who were jittery and a little desperate were immediately awakened by Su Mo, and they sheepishly rubbed the backs of their heads.

Yeah, what was the big deal about the impending flood?

What if the flood comes after dozens, or even hundreds, of days?

According to the previous standards, had it not been for the welfare disaster, the interval between each disaster would become progressively longer and longer.

If there was one month, or even two months, with the food harvested from this welfare disaster, it would not be a big problem to survive through the flood disaster period!

Su Mo glanced at the hundred-strong crowd, whose sense of desperation was gradually dwindling. The four prison guards were also shocked.

It was a difficult topic, so they could only hide the news to prevent fear from spreading.

However, hearing Su Mo's words, hope for everyone's future had awakened, and the indomitable spirit also surged in their hearts to overcome the flood!

Without waiting for them to react, Su Mo silently formed a fist with his right hand and, watching the expressions of the people, his next words were roared out like a battle cry.

"We are the human race! We have wisdom and we have hard-working hands! As long as the disaster does not come tomorrow, we will live on today!"

"When the blizzard comes, we will build warmer rooms and heating facilities!"

"If plants grow wildly, we will open up more land, plant more crops, and accumulate supplies for several years at once!"

"When the flood comes, we will build dams, move to safety, and build boats!"

"What kind of disaster could beat us, and on what basis can we be defeated? As long as hope is present, everyone here can live well and wait until we return to Earth!"

"Infinite hope! Return to Earth!" Seeing that Su Mo had ended his speech, Chen Shen was the first to stand up. He stood in front of the crowd, raised his arm, and shouted. His face was full of enthusiasm.

"Infinite hope! Return to Earth!"

"Infinite hope! Return to Earth!"

The courage of the remaining refugees was also awakened at this time. All of them looked excited as they raised their arms above their heads and began to cheer loudly.

This lasted for a minute. The voices did not diminish, but rather became louder. Standing on King Kong's step bar, Su Mo stretched out his hands and gestured slightly in the air.

Immediately, all the people stopped cheering and began to work in earnest.

"Okay! Immediate attention and action!"

"Now, can the three people who can drive the excavator step forward?"

The three middle-aged men whom Chen Shen had mentioned before stepped forward and stood in front of the crowd.

"The three of you, take turns operating the excavator. Today's goal is to try and clear up 50 acres of land for me. Do you have the confidence to accomplish this?"

Fifty acres was not a small number. If they had tractors and rotary tillers, this number would naturally not be a problem.

However, the excavator was a construction machine after all, with only the huge bucket being usable for clearing work. This was a test of skill and aptitude for the drivers.

"Yes! Almighty Su, we have the confidence!"

A middle-aged man in his thirties responded loudly almost instantly, and the other two also shouted after, unwilling to stay behind.

"Okay, that's what I've been waiting to hear. Come up and get in the vehicle. Prepare yourselves to operate the excavator, and don't waste time."

"The others, according to their previous assignments, carry out the first batch of fertilizer composting preparations. Don't stay idle and start moving."

Su Mo jumped off King Kong's step bar and watched as everyone started to disperse, rushing to their respective posts. Su Mo nodded in satisfaction and stood to the side, lazily leaning against the tree beside Zhong Qingshu.

"Not bad, Almighty Su~"

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Chapter 201: Manipulated A Bug Again? Information About The Ruins!

Zhong Qingshu's accent was easily recognizable, especially when she was relaxed; exuding the unique temperament of a Jiangnan woman.

As Su Mo walked over, she got up and gradually straightened her body, before saying teasingly,

"Stop, stop. Is there any progress on the search for the ruins or on the whereabouts of the time currency?"

When it came down to business, Zhong Qingshu immediately became alert. She gestured for Su Mo to come with her further away, leaving the noisy crowd behind.

Once they had traveled far enough, the two stopped.

"It's hard to say with certainty. The appearance of the ruins is too unpredictable. Even up till now, I haven't managed to source any news about the appearance and disappearance of the ruins. I feel that it's not that everyone is being secretive about this, but rather that no one has the time or ideal conditions to observe the phenomenon."

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there is someone in the know hiding the information and not sharing it."

As she was shaking her head, Zhong Qingshu glanced around with an alert expression, then gestured with her hand. A small compass appeared in her hand.

"I obtained this compass from the previous ruins. According to my preliminary judgment, it has a certain reference value. Take a look!"

After finishing speaking, Zhong Qingshu stretched out her hand that was holding the compass, and a magical scene appeared.

After Zhong Qingshu shook a little harder, the initially stable compass arrow suddenly started turning frantically, seemingly inspired by a certain something.

A compass would only react like this when it encountered strong magnetic fields.

"This is?" Su Mo took the compass into his hand in doubt.

When he did, without Zhong Qingshu's explanation, Su Mo felt a strange power that seemed to be gradually increasing, as if it was beckoning for something to come.

"It won't take long. It may be tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. Before the disaster, the ruins will appear again. This will be our last chance to enter it before the next disaster!"

"Last chance?"

As Su Mo was alone in his shelter, even with the aid of the World Channel and regional channels, his information gathering and network paled in comparison to these large-scale shelters.

The existence of the game panel's automatic filtering system meant that a large amount of possibly vital information would never reach him, having been screened out based on the game panel's judgment of his preferences.

This was a common major problem faced by all the lone wolf shelters in the doomsday wasteland!

"Let me be frank with you. According to the information I received, every time we survive a disaster, or are about to encounter the next disaster, the gateway to the entrance to the ruins will become weaker. When the time is ripe, that gateway can be opened, revealing the entrance to the ruins that we see."

"Each disaster corresponds to a chance to enter the ruins. Among these, welfare disasters do not count toward the number of disasters survived required to upgrade the shelters, and will not have the other collateral effects of normal disasters."

"Weirdly enough, this welfare disaster doesn't seem to be included in the disaster cycle of the entire world, as if it had been…manually added. It's a semi-finished product, and it doesn't match perfectly with the current game system."

Although he knew that coming into contact with more people meant that he would likely receive more useful information, hearing Zhong Qingshu's words at this time, Su Mo still felt that he had benefited substantially.

For a long time, Su Mo had countless doubts regarding the strange ruins that would appear near the Underground Shelter.

However, during his explorations there, he had never met or communicated with anyone in the ruins!

While his dominion over the basin region certainly increased his sense of security, the effects of living and operating in seclusion would gradually take its toll.

"So, the disaster this time is a bug and we are benefiting from it?"

As the "humanoid bug creator" himself, Su Mo rubbed his forehead at the implied conclusion, a stunned expression on his face.

"Yes, this opportunity to enter the ruins has been obtained from this unexpected disaster. It seems that the interval between the appearance of the ruins has indeed shortened. However, if we miss this round and wait until the next time the ruins reappear…"

"It would be too late. I have a hunch that, if the next disaster is a flood, the duration of this disaster would probably be calculated in months!"

It takes time to communicate with fools, but it takes brains to communicate with smart people.

Time passed as they were speaking, and the rate at which the arrow was turning on the compass had already increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After exchanging more information about the ruins and the wasteland world with Zhong Qingshu, Su Mo ended the day's pleasant intelligence-gathering session when he felt that his brain capacity was beginning to reach its tipping point.

"Okay, this won't be a big problem. If the ruins open, I will come over immediately!"

Seeing Su Mo's "tired" expression, Zhong Qingshu covered her mouth and snickered. Retracing their steps, the two of them returned to the field.

The drivers, who had many years of experience operating excavators, surpassed Su Mo's half-baked level easily.

Five acres of land had been completely leveled and turned over after a few rounds; the same acreage that hundreds of people had not been able to successfully excavate in a day. Now the plains were covered with fertile soil everywhere.

Hundreds of people were leaning over in the soil at this time, using shovels to dig out the weeds as much as possible to prevent those weeds from competing with the crops for nutrients and space, which would cause the harvest to reduce.

The men were working hard with the shovels, while the women stood on the hillside, crushing melting ice and snow into balls, and placing them into the dug out holes to provide moisture.

Everyone was working in full swing, including the four prison guards who also took off their clothes and joined the group.

Sweat dripped from their foreheads.

Dust and dirt was smeared on their bodies.

No one complained about the hard work or of tiredness. Even the 17-year-olds followed the adults' example and worked diligently.

"This is a heartwarming scene. Seeing everyone working hard together on physical tasks like this is something you would only glimpse during our parents' generation. I didn't expect to witness it in the doomsday wasteland."

Speaking these words, Zhong Qingshu's eyes were full of emotion.

"Su Mo, you are not a member of a big family? I have never heard of any super-soldier families in Huaxia?"

"I am not, and it's not true, so don't talk nonsense!" Su Mo took off his mask and denied her words repeatedly after hearing Zhong Qingshu's curious question.

"There are too many possibilities in the wasteland. What we can see and observe is only the tip of the iceberg. It is very possible that, unbeknownst to us, somewhere out there, countless powerful individuals are accumulating strength. Every new change resets the board, and the ones who can adapt and survive will be the eventual winners."

"This includes me. I might just be someone with better luck than others in the wasteland. Of course, there are probably many ruthless characters who haven't shown up yet, lurking in the shadows."

Given the size of the population in the wasteland, coupled with factors such as treasure chests, ruins, special items and other variables, there were far too many uncertain elements present to reach a conclusion based on their limited knowledge.

It was entirely possible that someone could receive a sudden burst of luck, and obtain heaven-defying items from ordinary treasure chests, forever changing their destiny.

It would also be possible that someone in the ruins, like Zhong Qingshu, would find something that others couldn't and develop and strengthen themselves at an unimaginable rate.

In the early stages of the doomsday wasteland, the main theme of survival would always play out.

However, in the later stages, there would be those who moved beyond that initial goal and progressed toward the ultimate goals…

To figure out what this world was!

What was hidden behind the game panel that each of them possessed?

And… how to return to Earth?

"It's true, but it's also useless to think so much about things. We won't necessarily survive the next disaster. If we don't prepare accordingly, more than half the people here will probably die."

Shrugging her shoulders, Zhong Qingshu put out her tongue mischievously. She changed the topic and instead delved into the difficulties they were facing at present.

Judging by the current situation, barring any surprises, the next disaster would be a flood of epic proportions.

Su Mo's earlier speech could inspire the morale of ordinary people, but for intelligent people like Zhong Qingshu, who also happened to have excellent combat capabilities, it was lacking in substance.

"I'll have to assess the severity of the flood disaster. If the inundation depth is 20 to 30 meters, then no one will be able to escape it. If it is 5 to 10 meters, there might still be a chance to turn things around."

"There is a hill near my shelter, which is about 20 meters high. If things become difficult at that time, the Candlelight Shelter can move over there."

The hardness of the iron ore hill was considerable, and it was unlikely to be affected or damaged by the flood.

In addition, the iron reserves in the shelter were still sufficient. For the time being, Su Mo had no plans to mine this resource point.

However, Zhong Qingshu discovered another meaning from his words.

"Then what about you? You're leaving soon to find your younger sister?"

"When the time comes. If it is confirmed to be a flood, it will just make things easier for me to travel and save me a lot of effort."

A round trip of over twenty thousand miles…

Relying on Earth Tiger, god knows how long it would take to reach the Tundra Shelter, but if there was a flood, things would turn out differently!

A boat could travel in one direction indefinitely after the installation of an unmanned driving system. Even if Su Mo was asleep, the boat would continue forward unswervingly.

It would likely take less than a month for Su Mo to complete this extremely long journey to the vicinity of the Tundra Shelter.

This disaster could possibly destroy all the creatures in the wasteland, but it would also be the best opportunity to pick up his sister.

Seeing Su Mo's mood dampening, Zhong Qingshu stood beside him for a while, before joining the hardworking refugee group in the field.

The weather was hot.

The sky was cloudless.

They worked tirelessly until noon. By that time, Su Mo generously handed ten pancakes to the cook to add to everyone's meal.

These simple workers only needed an extremely simple meal to be convinced.

By the time it was evening and the sun was about to set, over 50 acres of arable land had been cleared by the group.

At a glance, it was an extremely grand sight!

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Chapter 202: Crazy Farming, The Yield Of Six Figures!

"Okay, okay. It's a wrap, so let's call it a day. Everyone come back!"

The cleared out fields had already become a "safe" zone, but the darkness of the night still shrouded everyone's hearts with fear. Without electrical lighting, the innate fear of the unknown would haunt their thoughts and imagination.

If their vision was hindered by darkness, their combat abilities would be reduced by two-thirds. Even if they encountered a weaker foreign race, it would be difficult to win.

Therefore, including the Candlelight Shelter, most shelters stopped working once the sun began to set.

Including the time taken to inspect their tools and surroundings, their journey back to the shelter would coincide with the sun setting over the horizon and the onset of darkness.

After a while, Qi Qin shouted out instructions, and everyone returned from the fields one after the other. They found their positions after counting off and sat on the ground.

Their faces were covered in soil, and their clothes were stained with sweat. Despite that, after sitting on the ground, no one complained about how tiring the work today was. On the contrary, everyone shared with the people around them about how much they had dug, how many crops they could grow, and how much food they could produce.

During the discussion, some people with farming experience stood up and shared their experience and knowledge with everyone.

The simple people of Huaxia would always have various ways to relieve the distress in their hearts when faced with disasters.

Looking at these people, Su Mo, who had been under the sun the whole day, also found some solace in his heart.

Supervision was not a simple job.

Especially since some of these refugees were office workers or clerks in the city before arriving at the wasteland.

They possessed neither the knowledge or skill to perform such rough work and, even with the guidance and supervision of others, unexpected obstacles and dangers would often occur.

For example…

Someone who did not know how to properly swing a hoe struck down and almost lost his feet!

Another frequent occurrence was when people put too much force into digging the shovel into the ground, and not having sufficient strength to pull it out afterward.

Some outrageous people even used firewood to boil water. When a crosswind blew past, it singed their eyebrows, frightening them.

In these cases, Su Mo was naturally obliged to go up and help.

He spent the entire day solving such issues here and there. Although he did not personally work the fields, compared to fighting against kobolds and lion people, this kind of painful yet happy farming experience still made his whole body feel sore.

However, the benefits were obvious.

After working together for a day, all the refugees, who received all kinds of inadvertent help from Su Mo, got to know the "Su Mo" that Chen Shen was talking about better.

There was less "awe" from hearsay, and more "admiration" toward his strength.

Of course, the strongest prevailing feeling was still respect.

"Oh dear, Su Mo is so much younger than me. If I call him Almighty Su, it feels too distant, but if I address him as big brother Su Mo, I feel like I'm overstepping my boundaries. What should we call him?"

Sitting on the ground, a simple-faced man was discussing this topic with the people next to him in a naive manner. As he asked, he glanced at Su Mo, who was standing on the mountain ridge.

"I was dwelling on this as well. Do you think that what Leader Wu said in the morning can be done? Letting Almighty Su lead our shelter when the time comes…"

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged woman giggled. It was as if joining the shelter led by Su Mo was the greatest happiness one could have in the wasteland.

"In my opinion, this is also one of the tests given to us by Brother Su Mo. Whoever performs well can join him. If anyone is seen to be lazy, they will probably be kicked out. No matter whether it is for yourself, to survive, or to… You know, everyone should work hard!"

"Of course, of course!"

"That goes without saying. If anyone is lazy, I will be the first to call them out!"

Bickering, chattering, and idle talk, were also some of the few pastimes of refugees in the wasteland.

Compared to the civilized era, everyone was working hard. Every industry had been reset, and it was difficult to make achievements. Each day progressed in the same manner as the last.

In the doomsday wasteland, as long as you are willing to work hard and exert yourself physically, you would be able to reap the gains and change your life for the better!

The process of developing and growing things from scratch had its own charm, bringing a sense of fulfillment and achievement at the end of every day.

Of course, at this moment, Su Mo did not remain idle either. After watching everyone gather and counting their numbers, he walked slowly to the center of the group.

His figure was illuminated by the headlights of the excavator and, gesturing with both his hands, the crowd quieted down and the chatter quickly disappeared.

For a while, no one spoke. Only the rustling wind blowing across the field and tree branches on the plains could be heard.

"Very good! Everyone performed very well!"

"Standing here today, I observed everyone's efforts and the hard work of every talent who wants to survive in this wasteland. I am very pleased that everyone has such a mentality!"

"Hence, I sincerely call upon everyone here to raise their hands in applause; for yourselves, for the team, and for tomorrow!"

After he finished speaking, Su Mo took the lead and began to clap. The refugees around him were all excited, and the thunderous sound of applause echoed.

Ten seconds later, as Su Mo gestured with his hands once more, the applause stopped, and Pei Shao, the farming supervisor, walked up.

"Today is… the 26th day of the doomsday calendar, and it is also the second day of planting and clearing out the plains. There are still three days before the disaster!"

"Families, compatriots, and all the people here in the Candlelight Shelter, I want to report a gratifying piece of data to everyone, and Leader Su…"

"On the first day of working the fields, the Candlelight Shelter excavated three acres of land."

"But today, we greatly surpassed yesterday's record!"

"Our record today is…"

"Seventy-three acres!"

After he revealed the shocking figure, cheers started to echo in his surroundings and, as he looked at the data report in his hands, Pei Shao's eyes began to water, as tears began to fall.

"Seventy-three acres… If we can plant the fields with crops and spring wheat, we can achieve a harvest of 50000 catties of grain!"

"According to our average rate of consumption, 50000 catties of food is sufficient for all of us to eat for more than a year."

"As long as we can achieve this harvest, we won't have to worry about grain for next year!"

After choking out the numbers on the paper and reporting today's record, with the help of Wu Feiguang on the side, Pei Shao retreated.

The disaster would last three days.

Normal-quality spring wheat could only be planted and harvested once during this period.

If the efficiency of field clearing remained the same, about two hundred acres of land could be cleared for planting. Even including Su Mo's share, the food left for these refugees would be sufficient to survive over a year.

As the largest shareholder here, the amount of food he would accumulate as an individual was simply unimaginable!

However, one of the biggest problems at the moment that Pei Shao, the half-baked farming supervisors, had missed was…

Seeds!

How could one plant 200 acres of land without seeds!

The planting volume of spring wheat was generally between 7-10 kg. Based on the fertility of the land in the plains, the planting volume must reach 10 kg in order to achieve the harvest's maximum potential.

Calculated based on 20 catties per acre, 4000 catties of seeds were needed for a single planting cycle of 200 acres.

Accumulating such a large amount of seeds was a tall order; even for someone like Su Mo who had massacred two thousand kobolds.

'I will have to think of something when it comes to the seeds. We can't just waste the opportunity given by this welfare disaster!"

Despite the concerns weighing on his heart, Su Mo continued with the next encouragement session, as he hastily took out the ten shovels he had prepared earlier in the morning and distributed them one by one according to the list submitted by Chen Shen.

Of course, using items to buy the hearts of the people was an extremely effective method. The gazes of the ten refugees who received their shovels had completely changed at this time. If anyone dared to say something bad about Su Mo, they would be the first to rush over and teach those people a lesson!

After nodding and giving out a few orders, Su Mo watched everyone disperse. After everyone returned to the Candlelight Shelter, Su Mo headed over to King Kong.

Amidst the dark night, between heaven and earth, a black and white shadow swiftly appeared and leaped into the cockpit.

It was Oreo, who had been hiding unnoticed all day, fulfilling her guard duty faithfully!

"You must be hungry. Good girl, I will make some good food for you when we get home!"

Except for that time at noon, when Oreo showed up by herself and cleverly took away a piece of pancake, she had maintained a patrol route around the fields, keeping an eye out for potential signs of danger.

Dogs were always humankind's best partners.

This saying rang even truer when it came to the doomsday wasteland!

Looking at Oreo's honest smile, Su Mo's distressed mood improved significantly.

Su Mo opened the door, pushed the handle, and King Kong slowly retraced its route back to the Underground Shelter.

When he hit the excavator's speed limit, a yellow light lit up and the vehicle's speed immediately tripled thanks to its special ability!

Difficult the first time, easier the second.

Driving the hardy King Kong, Su Mo ignored the smaller obstacles along the way, forcefully running them over and crushing them.

King Kong's tracked wheels gave it excellent off-road capabilities that far exceeded that of a small car. He sped home and, by the time he returned to the Underground Shelter, he was stunned to find that the return trip had taken ten minutes less than the morning's journey.

"I hope that the ruins that Zhong Qingshu mentioned will appear tomorrow, otherwise… there might not be enough time!"

After parking King Kong, he glanced at the wasteland's night sky that was illuminated by the moon and sparsely scattered stars. With heavy steps, Su Mo slowly entered the Underground Shelter.

The lights came on, and the garage gate was closed behind him.

Different from the fire torches in the Candlelight Shelter, night in the Underground Shelter was no different from daytime.

Brightness flooded in every corner.

Su Mo changed out of his armor and combat uniform and left them in the garage to dry. After opening the stone door, Su Mo went straight to the crop culture room.

As expected, in the culture medium, the three Chinese cabbages in the middle had matured!

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Chapter 203: Talisman Paper Evaluation, Punishment Disaster!

The scent of the fresh Chinese cabbages filled the room with fragrance.

Even from five meters away, Su Mo could smell the refreshing fragrance.

"It's so tempting. Truly worthy of the description of its special ability!"

Salivating in anticipation, Su Mo's troubles regarding the lack of seeds was temporarily pushed to the back of his mind.

Delicious food is medicine for the soul!

The fragrance became even stronger when he plucked the cabbage and picked it off the ground; seeming to suddenly burst forth with an even more tantalizing scent.

Oreo, who was running around wildly, playing with Big Spark and Little Spark, suddenly paused and drifted toward the psychic energy cabbage when she sensed the smell.

"Woof! Woof woof woof!"

"Coo coo coo!"

Seeing Su Mo in a daze in front of the culture medium, the three of them suddenly became anxious and began to circle around Su Mo's legs.

"Okay okay, I'll prepare a meal for all of you right now!"

Awakened by Oreo's hurried barks, Su Mo brought the cabbage over to the iron stove in a few hurried steps.

There were many ways to cook cabbage but, when he smelled such sweet cabbage, the dish that came to mind was a famous one:

Boiled cabbage!

A famous Sichuan dish, this dish did not inherit the traditional "spicy" and "fragrant" elements of Sichuan cuisine!

Instead, it was mainly based on fresh fragrance and nourishment of the vegetable, using simplicity to bring forth complex flavors in a way that challenged the stereotype of Sichuan cuisine that had accumulated for over a hundred years.

The original version of boiled cabbage required good chicken as the base of the broth to increase the flavor of the cabbage.

Today, however, he had an extremely delicious cabbage, so such a step was not necessary. As the aroma in the pot increased in intensity, even Su Mo felt somewhat eager.

"How could a simple cabbage soup like this be so fragrant? It's totally worth the effort cultivating it!"

During the day, Su Mo ate pancakes and drank snow water like the refugees. Now, smelling this alluring fragrance, his stomach began to twitch in anticipation.

As for the three little ones, the scent had completely overpowered them and they were lying on the ground, twitching as if the soup was their sole reason for living.

After simmering the soup for another three minutes, the cabbage inside the pot dissolved into the soup, and Su Mo tossed in the remaining cabbage into the pot.

An unimaginable refreshing fragrance began to assault the senses of every creature in the room!

Su Mo took the pot off the stove and turned off the heat. He took out the bowls, and poured out the soup in portions.

Despite having a tiring day, Su Mo's actions were stimulated after smelling such good food, completing the four actions in quick succession.

He summoned the lion clan's wind ability to cool down the cabbage soup to a point where it became ready-to-drink, and then picked up the bowl on the stove and gulped it down in one go.

"S…so good!"

The cabbage soup did not have any extra seasoning. Even so, its base taste was fresh, elegant and compelling.

He savored the taste of the cabbage soup melting into his palate. The soup was thick, fragrant, and refreshing; it was not greasy at all.

The extravagant flavors and sensations contained in this bowl of cabbage soup was not something ordinary people in the doomsday wasteland could imagine.

Could anything smell so fragrant?

Not wanting to waste a single drop of this soup, the remaining large pot of cabbage soup, which was enough for five people, was quickly wiped out like a parking lot being torn up by one big tornado, and three small tornadoes!

Watching the last drops dripping out of the pot into the bowl, and the remaining soup in the bowl, Su Mo carefully took out a piece of pancake, tore it, and dipped it into the cabbage soup.

"Ah! So comfortable!"

As he yelled contentedly, Su Mo slumped lazily onto the sofa.

The tiredness of daily life would always dissipate quickly when he returned to the Underground Shelter.

Su Mo looked at the bare ceiling, and then at Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark who were still licking at the spilled cabbage soup on the ground. Su Mo smiled slightly, feeling calmer and less anxious about the future.

With a thought, the talisman he received from Chen Shen in the morning appeared before Su Mo and began to float down slowly.

As it drifted down, the talisman didn't seem to have recovered, still displaying the countless waves symbolizing the flood.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

In the shelter, the water ability belonging to the mermaid clan began to resonate with the waves on the talisman. The whole shelter vibrated and it felt as if the shelter was on a small boat in the middle of a lake, trembling slightly.

"Is this a treasure of the mermaids?"

A complicated shining pattern appeared, and the shelter's turtle armor appeared automatically without Su Mo's summon.

A blue silk thread intimately wrapped around the talisman, playing around with the talisman as if it was meeting a relative.

"The transcendent blessings in the game can be upgraded like this?"

Su Mo forcibly suppressed the water ability's desire to swallow the talisman. After unsummoning the shelter's core, Su Mo grabbed the talisman and used the game panel to try to identify it.

As expected, the game panel did not react at all when faced with such a strange item, acting as if this item had no appraisal value.

This was also the reason why Chen Shen and Wu Feiguang were unable to figure out how to use the talisman after obtaining it.

Su Mo closed the game panel and, with a hint of anticipation, summoned the system to evaluate the talisman.

The system initially did not seem to respond either but, after several seconds, an illusory panel suddenly appeared in front of Su Mo.

For the first time ever, Su Mo saw a progress bar appear on the identification panel.

"Since when is a progress bar required for evaluation? What the hell is this?"

The system had identified and evaluated the Heavenly Dog Pseudo God in a matter of seconds, yet, at this moment, watching the progress bar increase from zero to one hundred at a gradual rate, a worried expression was etched on Su Mo's face.

"This talisman can predict future disasters and cannot be identified by the game panel. I am afraid that its origin and attributes far exceed my estimation!"

Su Mo, who was slumped over the sofa, straightened up nervously as the progress bar approached 100. He stared at the attribute panel.

99.5%…

99.6%…

99.8%…

99.81%…

…

The numbers progressed painfully and slowly, even tacking on a second decimal point as it neared completion, making the whole process drag on even longer.

As it was being analyzed by the system, the talisman in his hand began to vibrate, as if it was breaking free from its restraints.

"System, hurry up! I can't hold onto it much longer!"

The number on the system panel progressed at a snail's pace. As time went by, Su Mo was struggling to hold on to the talisman with two hands, as it vibrated with even greater intensity.

This kind of strange sight was completely beyond Su Mo's comprehension.

The system seemed to have heard Su Mo and, with a click, the progress bar finally reached 100!

At the same time, the talisman in his hand exploded after the analysis was completed!

"F*ck…"

Before he could say anything further, he was thrown backward by a powerful force, and slammed into the heavy stone wall, and passed out of consciousness.

Oreo, who was still licking the ground with Big Spark and Little Spark, seemed to have sensed something. However, the next moment, a blue light broke free and mercilessly knocked the three little ones out against the wall as well.

The hustle and bustle of the shelter quieted down, and only bursts of blue light could be seen reflected on the stone wall.

Following that, Su Mo's body twitched on the ground and he suddenly stood up, head tilted to the side, and stepped into the blue light.

…

"It hurts! This d*mn talisman is so powerful!"

While he was unconscious, there seemed to be countless streams of information violently pouring into his mind. Feeling pain all over his body, Su Mo opened his eyes hesitantly.

He was on the sofa on the third floor when he fainted. Now he found himself in the garage of the Underground Shelter.

Looking around, he could see all the facilities and furnishings in the garage intact and in place. Even in his dizzy condition, Su Mo could tell that his shelter had not been touched by outsiders.

"Oreo!!!"

"Little Spark!!!"

Lying on the ground, the pain at his waist was very severe. Su Mo tried to open the storage space but, realizing that there was no response, Su Mo could only lie on the ground and shout.

Unfortunately, nothing changed in the empty shelter.

"What's the matter? Is my game panel blocked?"

Su Mo tried to summon the game panel and the system again and again and found that there was no response. In this case, he tried not to think about what had happened and calmed himself down. He then began to try to move his body.

Putting an arm on the ground, and moving his painful body with all his might, he pushed open the heavy stone door with great difficulty. Along the stairs, Su Mo crawled down with labored movements.

The path was still the same as he remembered, and the Underground Shelter seemed to not have changed at all.

However, at present, the path seemed to have become longer than usual as Su Mo used his two hands to struggle to crawl forward. It took Su Mo five minutes to climb down the stairs and reach the second floor.

"The layer of dust is so thick. Could it be that a significant amount of time has passed?"

The presence of the three little ones in the spacious shelter usually added cheer to the environment, making it seem not quite as lonely.

However, it seemed that Su Mo was alone now, and the quiet Underground Shelter felt like a giant tomb. It was terrifying. Even the sound of breathing was amplified countless times at this moment, creating an uneasy environment.

Fortunately, when he reached the second floor, Su Mo was close to the psychic energy water well.

It took Su Mo another three minutes to crawl into the crop culture room. Looking at the empty culture medium, he saw that a small amount of psychic energy water was left in the tank. Su Mo's expression had a glimpse of joy. He greedily lifted the tank directly and lapped at the little bit of psychic energy water left in it with his tongue.

At this moment, Su Mo's body was akin to dry land receiving the nectar of the mysterious psychic energy water!

After taking about two mouthfuls of the psychic energy water, his painful body began to recover quickly. In the blink of an eye, his numb legs regained a sense of feeling.

At the same time, the game panel that had disappeared before jumped out immediately, flashing brightly.

Supporting his body over the side edge of the culture medium, Su Mo sat up and tried to focus his eyes on the game panel. However, all it took was one glance to send Su Mo's heart into a spiral of terror.

At this time, at the top right of the game panel, an unbelievable timer was displayed!

[Countdown to the next disaster: 00:21:35]

[Disaster event: World Extinction Flood (Punishment Disaster. High tide level: 35m, low tide level: 19m. Duration: 180 days)]

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Chapter 204: Clue, World Of Talismans!

"A flood… a catastrophic flood. The welfare disaster has disappeared and all that remains is this catastrophic disaster!"

The blood-red countdown was emotionless and threatening. Su Mo's heart twisted seeing the welfare disaster's green, hopeful, color replaced by this ominous red countdown.

He tried opening the game interface's chat function. When he realized the chat function had been sealed off, Su Mo could only turn his attention elsewhere and try to see if any other functions could be turned on.

Creation, locked…

Trade, locked…

Storage space, locked!

When he summoned the extraordinary strength of the Underground Shelter, nothing happened at all!

Having been used to the game panel's various functions, upon discovering that all the functions had vanished, Su Mo finally realized why so many humans chose to abandon the shelters created by the game and gradually distance themselves from the game panel's functions.

If one was overly reliant on the conveniences that the game panel provided, at key moments like this, they would be helpless in the face of disaster.

If not for the psychic energy water being able to quickly heal injuries, Su Mo would also only be able to lie on the ground and watch wide-eyed as the water flooded into the Underground Shelter and drowned him to death.

"Damn it, what exactly happened? Why can't I remember the days leading up to the disaster? Have I entered a completely different space?"

The memories in his brain seemed to have been forcibly pulled away. Just a second ago, he had still been on the third floor of the shelter, eating deliciously sweet boiled cabbage and summoning the system to appraise the talisman.

Then in the next second, he suddenly fainted and, when he woke up, he was suddenly faced with the arrival of a catastrophic flood.

"Could the disaster have happened in advance because I touched the talisman? Or have I been lying here unconscious for weeks?"

Feeling his body regain some strength, he grabbed the edges of the psychic energy water well. Su Mo tugged at the rope forcefully, and a bucket filled with psychic energy water slowly dragged up.

In his frantic state, Su Mo paid no heed to the sweetness of the psychic energy water at all. He laid beside the bucket and gulped down the clear water inside rapidly.

The strong effect of the psychic energy water could be compared to drugs, and because its energy was so special, its healing effects were almost instantaneous!

Unexpectedly, after drinking 300ml of psychic energy water, no major changes occurred immediately, hinting at the serious nature of his injuries. Despite that, it still hydrated his parched body.

"Is this the real world? Or is it a fantasy world created by the talisman?"

Sitting on the ground, he felt strength returning to his arms and legs. Su Mo's mind worked quickly, as he tried to recall the events that led up to this predicament.

However, with the pressure of the countdown weighing upon him, Su Mo was unable to focus and calm himself down; the blood-red numbers ticking down slowly in his mind!

"F*ck it! No matter whether it's real or fake, I must think of a way to leave quickly and climb the iron ore mountain. Otherwise, when the flood arrives, I'll have nowhere to run."

He rested for another five minutes, allowing his injured body to regain movement capabilities. Ignoring the need to gather supplies, Su Mo took large strides and dashed toward the first-floor garage while covering his head!

While his body was not at its peak state, he wasn't slow either due to his enhanced physical capabilities.

In a short while, he reached the first floor and turned on the lights on the wall. He could now see the first floor's condition clearly.

The floor, walls and ceiling were covered in a thick layer of grey dust, indicating a state of disuse and disrepair.

It was to the point that, when he looked carefully, he could see flecks of dust swirling about in the air that were kicked up by his vigorous movements.

Everything inside, including Earth Tiger, was covered in a layer of dust.

Based on the thickness of the layer of dust, the Underground Shelter seemed to be untouched for at least half a month.

Staring at the disaster countdown at the top right corner of the game panel, Su Mo was not in the mood to speculate about what had taken place in the Underground Shelter either.

Quickly moving forward, he pulled on the winch. With creaking sounds, the large gate of the garage slowly started rising.

At the same time, the rustling breeze of the wind blowing wildly against the tree branches outside, as well as the light of blood-red moon, crept in.

"This… this is the Underground Shelter?"

Before opening the door, Su Mo was one hundred percent certain that this was definitely the Underground Shelter, but when he opened the door and saw a completely foreign outside world, he started to doubt himself…

Dense trees populated the surroundings, whose tree trucks measured two meters in diameter at their thinnest, and seven meters in diameter at their thickest.

Different plants covered the previously barren ground, and the jade-green tree leaves shook in the wind. The lush green expanse stretched over the entire surrounding terrain!

If not for the blood-red moon in the sky, the current situation could have been described as a scene in a fairytale forest.

[Record: The World Extinction Flood Punishment Disaster will arrive in 10 minutes. All players, please prepare your disaster resistance measures.

[Record: Once again, all players, please be prepared!

The piercing game notification echoed into his ears. Su Mo continued to evaluate his surroundings as every second counted.

After turning on the lights and quickly identifying the path through the forest, Su Mo turned around decisively and rushed toward Earth Tiger.

Su Mo was grateful for his habit of always leaving things prepared. Currently, Earth Tiger's fuel tank was already full of diesel, and the key was in the ignition as well, allowing him to set off at a moment's notice.

"Although the game panel's storage space can't be opened, at least Earth Tiger's storage space is working and actually contains a lot of fast food!"

When he attempted to open Earth Tiger's storage space, there was a flash of light, and the storage space was opened.

Moreover, inside the space were supplies that Su Mo had no impression of at all.

Boxes of hardtacks were piled together, engraved with the brand of the civilized era. At the same time, there were a few boxes of unopened Yibao mineral water and Farmer's Spring mineral water mixed together.

With these, as well as sufficient energy reserves, Su Mo did not hesitate any longer; he only had nine minutes left on the countdown. He stomped on Earth Tiger's gas pedal, and the person and vehicle shot forward like an arrow leaving the bowstring!

With the bright headlights and the blood-red moon illuminating the way, night in the wasteland was as clear as day, allowing him to easily navigate through his surroundings.

Following the trampled path in the forest, after figuring out the route toward the iron ore mountain, Earth Tiger dashed forth with a roar.

He was racing against time, racing with life and death. Motivated by the ever-decreasing disaster countdown, Su Mo's driving skills seemed to receive a boost. He spent just five minutes completing a drive down a path that would usually be difficult to complete in twenty minutes.

The iron ore mountain still towered over the wasteland, 40 meters high.

This height was not quite enough to face the flood's high tide that would reach 38 meters at its peak, but considering the flat terrain that was within a 200-kilometer radius, this place had become the final and only hope for survival!

Su Mo carefully drove up the winding mountain road, as he inspected the completely different topography and terrain below.

The barren basin at the moment had already been transformed.

Everywhere the naked eye could see was pretty much completely covered in green trees. Even in the distance, there was a river that was five to six kilometers long, meandering through the forest.

"Just what exactly happened? Why is there such a big difference from my memory?"

As Earth Tiger climbed higher and higher, Su Mo's field of vision became even wider. At the same time, the height brought with it a sense of safety, gradually soothing the panic in Su Mo's heart.

After driving Earth Tiger up to the platform at the peak of the mountain, Su Mo hurriedly opened the car door and stepped out eagerly to observe just where the flood, that was two minutes away from happening, would come from.

Currently, the view from the mountaintop was extremely broad. Under the illumination of the blood-red moon, Su Mo was able to distinguish his surroundings clearly.

"It seems this place has already undergone the welfare disaster, which is why it's facing the flood disaster next!"

Aside from the few remote corners that still had a bit of snow left, most places were covered in trees and signs of plant activity; almost all the snow from the blizzard disaster had melted.

Based on this line of thought, the flood definitely was not the frightening result brought about by the evaporation of ice and snow.

"The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky?"

He had no equipment with him, just the big, bare stone platform and Earth Tiger. Su Mo had rushed here hastily and did not bring along any supplies to prepare any sort of disaster resistance measures, so he could only sit on the ground and quietly wait for the disaster to arrive!

It was different from the anxious waiting before the blizzard previously. Surprisingly, sitting on the high platform this time, Su Mo's heart quickly calmed down and he managed to pick up on details that he had not noticed earlier in his haste.

"If this truly was the real world, the game panel might be blocked, but the system definitely wouldn't be. Even the talisman couldn't stop the system from evaluating it, so how could this world possibly do so!

"Either the system is too strong and the thing that mimicked this world doesn't have enough energy to replicate the system, or this thing can't detect the system at all and has naturally removed it from existence in this world."

It had looked like the real world on the way here, but as Su Mo closely observed the situation and thought things through, many doubts began to surface.

Although this world had worked very hard to mimic what Su Mo was familiar with, the closer it looked to the real thing, the more it would expose the small flaws and differences, making this world feel neither here nor there.

From the weakness he felt, to the location the psychic energy water was placed; the various fast food items stored in Earth Tiger's storage space; and finally the path toward the iron ore mountain outside the forest—things had looked seamless, but it all went against a very important principle:

The development and possibilities brought about by the system!

"If outsiders were unaware of the system's existence, then this current situation would be the optimal solution, since everything was prepared for escape and survival."

"However, in reality, if I had the system, the supplies in Earth Tiger would absolutely not consist solely of food. The tank for psychic energy water would not have been placed in the corner either; it could fall over at the slightest push. This forest is even more unbelievable—how could I have planted such trees that can only be used for ornaments!"

Once he was 80% sure that this world was fake, Su Mo stared at the countdown patiently. He stood up with interest and looked into the distance.

10…

8…

4…

3…

2…

1…

The twelve o'clock chime sounded on time throughout the heavens and the earth. As the light of the blood-red moon suddenly flickered, turning the world darker, a surging wave suddenly appeared at the end of the horizon…

The catastrophic flood had finally arrived!

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Chapter 205: Retreat, Divulgence of Heaven's Secret

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The rushing flood was not fierce from the get-go, but the way it manifested was truly strange; seeming to appear soundlessly from underground.

"The water level now is about half a meter high. If I reacted quickly enough and had a boat, I would probably be able to ride the first wave and try to save myself."

Knowing that it was a simulated world, Su Mo sat atop the iron ore mountain without worrying. He watched the floodwater gradually reach the foot of the mountain, his mind spinning rapidly with different thoughts.

The world extinction flood sounded very intimidating, and was also a type of punishment disaster.

However, in reality, there was still a certain amount of leeway given for survival. As for whether or not one would survive, that really depended on one's own fortune.

"The water level is rising rapidly. In just a minute, it rose by close to a meter in height!"

As he was too high up, Su Mo could only make arbitrary judgements based on the height of the trees below.

Less than three minutes had passed from the start of the disaster till now, yet all objects that were below two meters in height had already been submerged underwater.

Additionally, the most horrifying thing was that the height of the water was still rising!

"If the water level continues to rise at the same rate, the first terrifying peak of the flood will occur at around 12.10am!"

With the game panel keeping time, even if he could not jot this information down in his diary, Su Mo could carve words into the ground as a temporary record of what was happening like he usually did.

He was able to observe this type of punishment disaster from a close distance. If such a terrible flood were really to happen in the future, his chances of survival would double with this experience.

"Eight meters, but it's still rising! Based on the current water level, even a wooden shelter constructed on relatively high ground might be on the verge of suffering at this point."

Soon, about a quarter of the iron ore mountain had also been submerged by the flood. Waves upon waves crashed against the mountain before being broken up and continuing to flow into the distance.

As for the wasteland's lush forest that had been there ten minutes ago, that was now nowhere to be seen. Even the towering trees were bent and twisted by the great force of the flood.

It only took ten minutes for the green expanse to turn into a world filled with muddy water.

At 12.10am, the water level finally stopped at 10 meters.

"It seems like my basin won't be the accumulation point for the flood. Based on the direction the water is traveling, the lower altitude area seems to be in the direction of where Sis is at!"

Humans strived to climb higher, while water naturally flowed downward.

The rushing flood did not leave trails in its wake. One could only see the pockets of land that remained unsubmerged as the flood raged throughout the wasteland world.

At the same time, because the flood encompassed the entire wasteland world, as long as one could find the right place in time, it was likely one would survive the initial flooding. Even a punishment disaster was not foolproof and without loopholes to be taken advantage of.

When the surface runoff arrived, the flow of the flood would increase and the water level would rise accordingly.

When most of the high-intensity surface runoff accumulated at the section of the outlet, the flow of the flood would increase to its maximum value—known as peak flow—and the corresponding highest water level would be called the peak water level.

The terrain of the basin land was of relatively low altitude compared to the surrounding plains but, at this moment, the flow of water on both sides did not actually converge into the basin, instead rushing off towards the northwest. This meant that the altitude of this basin was much higher than the terrain in the northwest.

If one could get into a small boat at this time, even without the aid of an electric motor, one could travel quickly downstream and greatly shorten the length of the journey!

"No!"

"The most terrifying thing about the world extinction flood wasn't its peak water level or even its force of impact. The terrifying part was that, based on the judgment of the game panel, only a flood that lasted for half a year was worthy of the term catastrophic!"

Even after the 180-day period, the flood would not magically disappear as rapidly as it appeared. Instead, it would remain on the surface until it slowly evaporated and the terrain changed, finally transforming into bodies of water.

This process was an extremely long one. If one were to insist on measuring it based on the human lifespan, the number would probably be measured in double digits or more!

A thirty-meter flood would require at least a few hundred years before the terrain gradually transformed, forming an ocean and revealing new landmasses.

At that point, animals and living creatures would start anew and begin to reproduce on this new landmass, while aquatic animals would also appear where the ocean was formed.

"If I had my Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll, I could try using its great power to change this land and create rivers and mountains…"

Shaking his head with regret and discovering that the storage space was still locked, Su Mo somewhat guessed the reason.

There was a high probability that the mysterious talisman was the one replicating this world in a different space.

The system had somehow managed to stimulate the talisman's potential, causing it to erupt with all of its energy at once, pulling Su Mo into this alternate world.

The talisman was probably capable of simulation, but perhaps such a simulation was too energy-consuming, so once it had been generated, it simply sealed Su Mo inside.

The system panel was even more mysterious. It was not that the talisman did not want to imitate it, but rather that it could not detect its presence at all.

"The question now is whether it was my "soul" that entered this land, or if my actual physical body was transported here as well!"

Touching the rough stone with his hand and exerting a little force, he could feel waves of pain from the friction between his hand and the rough surface.

This feeling was no different from reality.

If it was just his soul, then things would be just fine. If he could no longer handle the disaster, he could bang his head against a wall or simply jump into the sea and commit suicide to return to his own body.

However, if this involved his physical body, then he was screwed. Surviving for 180 days in this environment was extremely difficult with Su Mo's smattering of wilderness survival skills.

"Based on how much I'd eat daily, the crackers in Earth Tiger's storage space can definitely last half a year. As for drinking water…

"It would be sufficient as well!"

The floodwater was not seawater, so it was essentially still a form of freshwater. As long as it was slightly filtered and heated, it would still be potable.

Hence, Su Mo decided to wait and see as he lived on this small platform for a while, continuing to try and figure out the true meaning behind the talisman simulating this disaster in an alternate world.

The water level did not change further, and the light from the blood-red moon was quickly dissipating.

Feeling pain throughout his entire body, Su Mo stood up and moved his arms a little before returning to Earth Tiger and going to sleep.

With the situation already at this point, a stupid thing like committing suicide to try and see if he could return was not something that Su Mo could do for now.

Furthermore, the circumstances of the world were not to the extent where it could be considered dire just yet. It was entirely possible to attempt persevering through it while searching for a turning point.

The night passed soundlessly. The Earth Tiger was not a comfortable place to sleep and, by the time Su dazedly heard Oreo's barking and opened his eyes, the surrounding scene had turned familiar once again. Oreo's furry face also appeared within his sight.

"Have I returned?"

He tried to open the storage space and discovered that there were no restrictions. Additionally, there was no discomfort in his body. Su Mo was stunned.

He had left in a hurry and came back in a hurry too.

On the ground in the distance lay the fallen talisman. It had completely lost its initial luster and, aside from the tell-tale markings, had become no different than rough toilet paper.

Standing up and shaking his muddled head, Su Mo walked quickly towards the talisman and picked it up.

Now that the talisman had been activated by the system, its properties could finally be viewed from the game panel.

[Divulgence of Heaven's Secret (One and Only)]

[Description: The item that the kobolds received as a reward after they broke through the shackles of knowledge binding their race. However, due to its mysterious nature and difficult activation method, this talisman was not actually taken seriously. It was later found in the ruins by the player "Chen Shen" and its abilities were activated by the player "Wu Feiguang" under special conditions, allowing him to obtain the first level of authority to use the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret.]

[Current holder: Su Mo (bound)]

[Function: First and second levels of authority unlocked.]

[First level of authority: The Divulgence of Heaven's Secret has the power to break through the shackles of knowledge. Based on the current disaster and direction of development of the wasteland world, it can predict the events of the next disaster. The accuracy of the prediction depends on the level of influence that the player has on the world. (Current level of influence: 0.035%)]

[Second level of authority: If a situation occurs that would interfere with the judgment of the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret while it is predicting a disaster, it will automatically erupt with all of its energy, pulling the player into the prediction of the disaster event and conducting an on-site deduction. The intensity and timespan of the deduction simulation depends on the influence that the player has on the world.]

[Energy acquisition: The source of the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret's energy comes from the influence that the holder has on the world. The greater the influence, the greater the speed of its energy recovery and size of its energy reserve. On the other hand, when the player dies, the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret will automatically burst and change its holder.]

[Current energy: 0/9]

"Amazing—so there was still such a good thing within the ruins of the kobold castle..."

After examining its properties again, and selecting its subcategories to carefully review the introduction of each property, Su Mo's mind was set at ease.

He did not actually physically enter the deduction world, but rather the talisman simulated the world to a certain degree based on his current physical state.

The quality of the simulation was affected by his body; naturally, if his body was in better condition, then the simulation quality would increase accordingly. Of course, if his body was in poor condition, then the simulation experience would naturally be terrible as well.

When he entered it for the first time, Su Mo was unconscious; a state that was amplified by the talisman, so when he was pulled into the deduction world, he very nearly became a half-paralyzed, handicapped person.

As for the cost of death within the talisman's deduction world, it was not large, nor was it small.

During each deduction, a fixed amount of energy would be used up every hour. Once death occurred, all of its energy would be discharged immediately and would need to be reaccumulated.

This meant that even if Su Mo went into the talisman's deduction world, if he wanted to stay and investigate over a long period of time, he would have to ensure that his life remained intact.

"It seems that it'll be difficult for me to enter the deduction world again within a short period of time!"

After checking the talisman's energy recovery speed and finding out that, if no actions were taken, the recovery rate was only 0.01 a day, Su Mo could only suppress the impulse to enter the deduction world once more.

He checked the time and realized that the nine hours he had spent in the deduction world was equivalent to just nine minutes here in reality. Su Mo was relaxed as he washed up and returned to his small bed, resuming his slumber.

However, Su Mo's sleep was far from the peaceful rest that he had in the deduction world.

At five o'clock in the morning, a call from Zhong Qingshu rang. While he was still in a daze, the moment Su Mo heard Zhong Qingshu's words, he immediately awoke and jumped straight out of bed!

"Su Mo, hurry up and get over here! The ruins have begun to take shape!"

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Chapter 206: Born Warrior, Second Pet

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"How much time is left until the ruins form? Can you hold out until I arrive? D*mn, how can it choose such an inopportune time to appear?"

As he got dressed, Su Mo frantically asked in the chat.

Knowing that the next disaster was possibly a world extinction flood that would last half a year, Su Mo viewed this opportunity to prepare before the punishment disaster as incomparably vital.

Entering the ruins to obtain enough time currency to cultivate seeds was his top priority at the moment.

"Time-wise, it's not that urgent. The ruins have just appeared. Based on previous instances, it will take about an hour or two for the ruins to consolidate. I felt signs of its arrival yesterday, but I didn't think it would be at this time."

At five, the sun had not risen yet.

Hearing Su Mo's questions, Zhong Qingshu turned on her own video.

Behind her, a grey fog rolled between heaven and earth, visible despite the lack of light in the sky.

"It's a grey fog…"

Su Mo was very familiar with the color of the nearby ruins.

This fog was similar to the first time he entered Liangfang Town. Looking at it would give one the chills.

However, when compared to the black fog he encountered the second time entering Liangfang Town, it was the case of a little evil meeting a big one. There was no comparison at all.

"Okay, don't panic. Given my traveling speed, I should be able to reach before the ruins consolidate. We should have plenty of time, so just get things ready over there. I'll be there soon!"

Seeing Zhong Qingshu already dashing rapidly out of the Candlelight Shelter with her equipment, Su Mo's heart sank. He hung up as he comforted her.

The reason for the punishment disaster had not been found yet.

The method to obtain the time currency was also completely unknown. At this moment, he could only place his hope on Zhong Qingshu, believing that a genius like her had sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to decipher those problems.

On the other hand, if a fight were to break out, as the main combatant, Su Mo was not scared at all.

Walking over to the gym equipment room in the shelter—which currently also stored his firearms—he looked at the variety of sleek, polished guns arranged on the ground. Su Mo squatted down and picked up four M-1 rifles. He loaded the magazines one by one, and then put them into the storage space.

He picked up the Type-80 machine gun too. This time, Su Mo planned to bring them all. Moreover, before he put the Type-80 machine gun in the storage space, he attached the ammunition belt properly so that, when he opened his storage, he could start firing immediately.

"Mm, if it's explosives, I'll bring ten packs. I can't use this thing rashly in the ruins, otherwise I might end up exiting the ruins after the welfare disaster is over. If that happens, there will be no place for me to cry!"

After his previous experience exploring the ruins, no matter what sort of danger awaited, Su Mo would do his utmost not to damage or destroy things if it could be avoided.

Of course, if it was a matter of life and death, Su Mo would not be pedantic; he would definitely use it.

Strong guns brought with them a sense of safety that came with having long-range firepower. After checking through everything to make sure he didn't miss anything out, Su Mo thought for awhile, before going to the corner to put the new three-pointed two-edged sword that had never seen use into the storage space as well.

Having a large weapon in his hands brought a different feeling of strength, as a feeling of invincibility surged through his body. Su Mo smiled as the lingering fear from experiencing the world extinction flood yesterday instantly disappeared!

"Going into the ruins this time, I must do well. I have to get enough items to prepare and protect myself from the world extinction flood."

"Regarding the prediction of the punishment disaster that will happen, once I exit the ruins, I can try disseminating information in the World Chat and deepen my level of influence in the wasteland world. That will also allow me to obtain more energy for the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret and simulate even more realistic situations."

As he packed up the emergency supplies he had to bring, Su Mo kept muttering to himself.

Before this, he had kept all information to himself to protect himself and not attract too much attention.

However, things were different now. The Divulgence of Heaven's Secret needed the holder's level of influence to be substantial in order to recover and increase its energy reserves for future simulations. Su Mo needed more fame too to ensure that he could keep collecting more information and data!

As for the potential dangers that might occur, Su Mo glanced at the various supplies in the storage space and took out the combat pet egg he had obtained from the golden treasure chest earlier.

"Aside from Oreo… It's about time for the second pet egg to start supplementing my combat ability!"

Compared to working with the other humans in the wasteland, Su Mo was still more inclined to form a united front with his own pets.

Loyal pets would never betray him. They were the best companions for exploring the ruins!

The first time he entered the ruins, Oreo, who had just hatched from the pet egg, saved his life when encountering the bad black dog.

After that, during the second disaster, it was Oreo who had pulled him through the blizzard toward the kobold castle during his attempt to rescue his sister.

As for the new pet egg he had obtained, Su Mo did not plan to leave it idle any longer. He took it straight out of the storage space and placed it on the floor, preparing to activate it.

Oreo's pet egg did not come with any instructions for activation, but this one had its activation method clearly written out.

As for the type of pet he would obtain, countless types of aggressive animals flashed through Su Mo's mind as a drop of fresh blood slid from the back of his hand onto the pet egg.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

The pet egg did not shine with the same mysterious green light like Oreo's did previously.

On the contrary, it was just like a normal animal hatching, with cracks slowly spreading over the surface of the eggshell.

As more and more cracks formed, he could see that the pet egg was starting to quickly swell up like a sponge that had absorbed water.

It kept swelling until it reached the height of Su Mo's shoulder before stopping. After that, something else floated out from the storage space spontaneously.

"This is… the staff I picked up at the kobold's castle?"

After angering the white-robed kobold to death, Su Mo had picked up this staff off its corpse. While it was a pity that this staff could not supplement any of his shelter's existing blessings, it could at least store some pseudo-divinity.

When he saw the pet egg needed some of the so-called "divinity", Su Mo did not hesitate and summoned the game panel, taking out 3 units of pseudo-divinity as well as one unit of divinity.

"After entering the game panel, divinity seemed to have transformed into another form of consumable energy. Could it be that this pet egg requires a large amount of energy?"

Su Mo carefully put each unit onto the surface of the eggshell. When all three units of pseudo-divinity had been consumed, the eggshell started spinning around as if it was very pleased.

Then, before Su Mo could put away the unit of true divinity, the eggshell pounced up and sucked it into its body, transforming as the eggshell began to shatter into broken pieces that scattered across the room.

Wham!

Wham!

The large eggshell descended from the air and fell onto the ground, making a crisp, clear sound. At the same time, the remaining eggshell pieces crumbled into fine powder, revealing a majestic-looking creature in its place, standing upright.

Before Su Mo could further investigate the pet he had obtained, the creature suddenly walked over and made low noises from its mouth.

"Hu hu!

"Master Su Mo!"

"It can talk?" When he heard the slightly awkward but still Huaxian-accented voice, Su Mo's face was overjoyed, and he rushed over to it at once.

Only then did Su Mo clearly see what type of treasure he had obtained!

It had strong, thick arms and legs. Greyish-yellow fur covered the surface of its skin. Its face was like a dog's, with a large head and long snout, and its eyes and ears were both rather small. Its molars were large and well-developed—just looking at it, he could imagine its terrifying bite force.

Especially the five sharp claws that extended from each of its paws—he could immediately tell that this guy was not one to provoke.

"It's a bear?"

"No, Moore is not a bear. Moore is a brave bear clan warrior!"

Surprisingly, not only did the bear warrior Moore deny Su Mo's words, it even affectionately went up and pulled Su Mo into its arms, rubbing its bear head wildly onto Su Mo's face.

Even if he had already been mentally prepared for it, when such a large bear walked up to him, Su Mo still found it hard to suppress his body's instincts to resist.

Still, Moore's hugging strength was controlled particularly well. Wrapped in his arms, Su Mo actually felt a wave of warmth.

"Moore… hurry up and let go of me. We have to go out to battle now!"

"Battle! Moore loves battle!"

Hearing Su Mo's words, Moore the bear warrior looked happy and swiftly released him, following behind him with a face full of excitement.

Taking advantage of this gap, the game panel flashed and, before Su Mo's eyes, the pet egg's attributes as well as introduction were displayed.

[Record: Player "Su Mo" chose to hatch a Pet Egg (Combat).

[Record: The pet egg senses the presence of energy around it. It needs enough energy to progress past its infant stage. Will you provide it?

[Record: The pet egg has absorbed enough energy and successfully progressed past its infant stage. It now has human-like speaking ability.

[Record: Congratulations to player "Su Mo" for obtaining a lightning bear warrior—Moore.

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[Moore (Lightning bear warrior)]

[Status: Growth period (personality has already been set, influenced by the player "Su Mo" – 87%)]

[Creature Description: A strange race that possesses a gentle personality, but enjoys fighting. It is normally hardworking and very obedient toward the master's instructions. As a warrior from the lightning bear race, Moore naturally has super-strong combat awareness and extraordinary physical abilities. He can adapt to combat in any terrain and is a natural humanoid weapon.]

[Likes: Su Mo, food]

[First Ability: Natural warrior: Moore's strong latent talent gives him the ability to fight in any terrain. He can adapt to all complicated terrain types including, but not limited to, swamps, oceans… Furthermore, despite being in different environments, Moore's combat abilities remain unaffected.]

[Second ability: ??? (Yet to be unlocked)]

[Third ability: ??? (Yet to be unlocked)]

[Comment: Such a violent warrior is a naturally good helper when you explore the wasteland world. Appreciate him, love him, and… feed him!]

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Chapter 207: Candlelight Ruin, Jump!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Moore, Moore, Moore... Why do they all have such weird names?"

Looking at the bear warrior who was one head taller than he was, Su Mo touched his forehead with a helpless expression, and then reached out and patted Moore's head.

It was the first time he touched such a huge bear. Moore's fur was not as rough as he imagined.

After receiving nourishment from the pseudo and true divinity energy, Moore's fur became silky and extremely smooth to the touch. It was as though he had just taken a shower with shampoo.

"Master Su Mo, Moore wants to go out to fight. Moore can help you fight!"

Moore seemed to feel that Su Mo did not believe in his fighting power, and felt a little mad, slapping its bear paw on its chest loudly.

The noise immediately attracted Oreo, who was still playing with Big Spark and Little Spark on the second floor.

"Woof!"

Seeing the tall bear warrior, Oreo was not afraid at all. She laid on the floor growling, ready to pounce at any moment!

Her loyal actions made her seem more intelligent than Moore, who only cared about fighting.

"Chill, Oreo. Let me introduce to you, this is our new partner, Moore!"

Putting his hand on Moore's shoulder, he saw Oreo's tense muscles slowly relax, and slowly let out a sigh of relief.

There was a relationship of trust between pets and their owners.

However, the relationship between pets and pets was not definite. For example, the relationship between Oreo and Little Spark was better than her relationship with the gluttonous Big Spark.

If these two combat-oriented pets did not like each other, it would be difficult to manage if they went at each other uncontrollably when Su Mo was not present.

"Moore likes her. Moore likes partners that are loyal to his master!"

Leaving Su Mo's side, the bear warrior Moore walked over with a surprised face and squatted down on his front paws in front of Oreo, who still maintained a slight defensive posture.

At this point, Oreo and Moore's heads were finally at the same level; Moore's was even lower because of his body structure.

Moore's polite greeting etiquette made Oreo smile and nod. Now the two pets had been introduced to each other!

"That's great! We are all partners in this shelter who will fight battles together!"

"Without further ado, there is a tough battle to be fought today!"

When dealing with pets, it was necessary to treat pets the same way as one did children and to speak as simply as possible in a "childlike" manner.

With Moore joining their family, Su Mo's confidence in exploring the upcoming ruins increased exponentially.

With such a warrior by his side, even the Tibetan mastiff from before would not be a worthy opponent. Moore could kill the Tibetan mastiff with just one terrifying swipe of his bear paw.

Su Mo gathered his things and rushed out quickly to start up King Kong's engine!

Watching Moore choosing to lie in the bucket with Oreo, Su Mo's gaze focused slightly, and he directly pushed King Kong to its maximum speed from the get-go.

The roar of burning diesel in the engine burst forth, resounding across the wasteland.

Billowing black smoke was emitted from the rear and, as King Kong traveled across the wasteland rapidly, it left a trail of exhaust.

As it was Moore's first time traveling using such a modern vehicle, he did not dare move while lying in the bucket, his whole body trembling.

The fact that a huge hunk of metal could achieve such speeds was completely beyond its comprehension.

Seeing Moore's condition, Oreo, who was sitting beside him, laughed loudly. Buffeted by the strong wind, the trio made their merry way across the wasteland.

Su Mo followed the trail of "destruction" laid out by King Kong yesterday. As the sun slowly rose in the distance, Su Mo became even more familiar with the road, allowing him to pick up the pace even further.

After passing through the ruins of the kobold castle, a shroud of black fog became visible in the distance.

This black mist blocked the warm sunlight of the rising sun. At the same time, it blocked the vision of any living creatures that wanted to pry into its secrets.

"What does the thickness of the black fog represent? Does it represent danger?"

"However, the last time I entered, it was still the same set of ruins and the same location. It stands to reason that the level of danger should not change."

Even though he was sitting in an excavator that was four meters tall, Su Mo still felt the insignificance of human beings before the power of nature as he observed the black fog that covered the sky in the distance.

"These natural disasters are just a driving force to promote the development of humankind."

"But to find out the truth of this world, and what we will encounter in the future, it's likely that we will have to slowly research and explore these strange ruins."

There were too many wonders in the wasteland world, coupled with scenes and situations that would normally only exist in science fiction works.

As he watched Moore, who gradually picked up the courage to stand up and look around in the bucket, Su Mo smiled slightly and let go of his worries.

In Moore's eyes, the mysterious excavator was a machine that defied comprehension. Even though he was sitting in it, he could still not understand what it was and how it worked.

This black fog was similar. Standing outside, Su Mo still felt that the black fog contained vast secrets and things beyond his imagination. In reality though...

It might just be a case of insufficient knowledge and understanding! Something that could be rectified by more frequent explorations.

King Kong traveled across the wasteland rapidly and, as he approached the location specified by Zhong Qingshu, he summoned the game panel to instruct Chen Shen to pick up the excavator at the ruin's entrance. After that, Su Mo continued driving toward the ruins.

From a distance, he could see Zhong Qingshu was already waiting outside the ruin, clutching several weird-shaped tools in her hands.

Hearing the roar of the excavator, Zhong Qingshu, who was still deep in thought, was startled and cast her gaze toward the sound.

The next moment...

She saw a huge bear head that was smiling widely appear!

"Huhu!"

"Woof!"

After seeing Zhong Qingshu, Moore yelled in excitement, making Oreo beside him bark along as well.

Before Su Mo brought the excavator to a halt, Moore hugged Oreo and jumped out of the bucket; with a skilled backflip, they both landed firmly on the ground.

"Miss...Miss Zhong, my master Su Mo likes you. He wants to sleep with you and have lots and lots of children with you!"

"By the way, he called your name in his sleep. Oreo heard everything!"

"Moore can help to take care of your children. Moore likes playing with children the most!"

As soon as they stopped, Moore spat out "human words" one after the other without stopping. The scene stunned Su Mo, who was still in the vehicle.

Seeing Moore betray her so honestly, Oreo covered her face, forcibly breaking free from Moore's arms, and slipping quietly to the side.

Moore, who did not realize his mistake at all, was still speaking words he heard from Oreo with his mouth wide open, listing them out one by one.

"Hehe, in our shelter, I heard that there are very delicious Chinese cabbages and meat. Moore's favorite food is..."

Pang!

After receiving Su Mo's violent punch, Moore turned his head around aggrievedly. Noticing Su Mo's "vicious" expression, it hid away and cried out to Oreo.

"Uh, this is a misunderstanding, and its IQ is also a misunderstanding! Don't mind these little details!"

Seeing the undisguised look of understanding in Zhong Qingshu's eyes, Su Mo felt his scalp go numb. He quickly changed the topic.

"How long have the ruins been open for?"

"Not long, about half an hour. Also, it was not stable at the beginning, but it has just begun to fully consolidate, so we can enter!"

Taking out the compass from yesterday, Zhong Qingshu shook it slightly. This time, the pointer did not move after trembling slightly.

The magnetic arrow pointed firmly in the direction of the ruins, although what the arrow was pointing to exactly remained unknown.

"This is the direction in which we are going. In theory, only this location will be able to lead us to clues regarding the time currency."

At this moment, Zhong Qingshu no longer concealed anything as she directly pointed out the direction the two of them needed to take.

At the same time, she put her hand into her backpack and pulled out another familiar object.

"If you can enter the actual ruins of time, relying on this thing, you should be able to overcome critical situations."

"What about you?"

"Me? My strength is insufficient. I will only be cannon fodder if I enter the actual ruins of time. I'm not as good as you!"

After mutually expressing humility, Su Mo picked up the object Zhong Qingshu handed over and put it into the storage space with a heavy expression. Then he took out an M-1 rifle and handed it to Zhong Qingshu.

Compared with close combat weapons, the long-range aspect of guns was still more straightforward and convenient for girls.

Everything was ready. Su Mo glanced at Chen Shen and his group, who had rushed over to pick up the excavator, and nodded. He called out to Moore and Oreo who were wrestling at the side.

Three big silhouettes and one small silhouette held their hands together. Facing the black fog covering the ruins, they rushed in steadfastly.

Boom!

Before stepping into the ruins, the morning sun had risen, and the sky was full of clouds.

After stepping into the ruins, the whole world seemed to be crying and howling, as if they had stepped into the abyss of despair.

In the darkness in front of him, there were only a few illuminated candles to ensure that people who came in could observe the surrounding environment.

"Have we entered the ruins?"

Seeing that Zhong Qingshu was behind him, together with Moore and Oreo, who were still looking around, Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

The ruins were completely different from Liangfang Town. One was a small civilized village, while the latter was like the gates to hell.

The entire site was in the shape of a funnel. At the edge of the entrance there was a stone platform where everyone stood, and they could see that there was only a steep path down the cliff.

If not careful while walking, they could easily fall into the endless abyss.

"Are we going to walk down this valley?"

Even though Su Mo was brave, feeling the cold wind blowing out of this bottomless pit, and seeing the cliff path that was the width of a single person, his heart still trembled.

Bottomless...

Extremely dangerous...

Darkness...

When these three terrifying factors were added together, they could produce qualitative changes that were beyond the simple sum of their addition.

Even the bear warrior Moore, who could adapt to all terrains, felt his legs weaken at this time, as he stood on the side of the platform, carefully checking for other ways to descend.

As for Oreo, she used her evolved special ability for the first time, her little ears directed below, trying to listen for something unknown.

"No, we are going to jump from here!" Seeing Su Mo's cautious stance, Zhong Qingshu smiled and shook her head.

"Jump?"

"Yes!"

Chapter 208: Time Travel, Back To The Past!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ss!

Seeing Zhong Qingshu's extremely firm expression, Su Mo unconsciously took a small step back.

'To jump down from this height… Isn't this equivalent to eating arsenic on your birthday? Does she not want to live anymore?'

"Don't be confused by the illusion in front of you. The first time I descended slowly down that cliff path. When I did, I found out that there is a second world here!"

"By the way, do you know why the name of the shelter is called Candlelight?"

Looking at the direction indicated on the compass, Zhong Qingshu moved forward slowly, leaning toward the position pointed by the pointer, and whispered to herself.

"The abyss is a candle, and we are the flames. Only by jumping down can we light up this dark abyss and reach the other shore of salvation!"

Slowly exhaling, she examined the compass's direction again and took one step forward before turning around. After taking another two steps backward and facing forward again, Zhong Qingshu stopped and motioned for Su Mo to come over and observe.

"This is the only point. After jumping down, we have to pass through this entrance to reach the entrance to the ruins of time. After entering through the entrance, you will obtain the time currency after completing the task..."

"Do you dare to enter?"

Standing in front of the empty abyss, the words uttered by Zhong Qingshu bounced off the walls of the cliff continuously, transforming into a long echo.

"How did you find out this information?"

Looking at Su Mo's cautious expression, Zhong Qingshu chuckled and did not answer this question. To Su Mo's consternation, she waved her hand freely...

She actually...

Jumped!

"Hey!!!"

The darkness underneath swallowed her so fast that Su Mo did not have time to see exactly where Zhong Qingshu was going. The black mist covering the abyss once again permeated the space.

Su Mo summoned the game panel and quickly tapped onto his friends' list, staring at the small green dot in front of Zhong Qingshu's name.

As long as the green dot was lit up, it meant that the person was still alive.

Once the green dot turned gray, it would mean that that life had come to an end, and the person would vanish into eternal nothingness.

One minute passed.

Five minutes passed.

Even once ten minutes passed, Su Mo's firm heart was still shaken when he noticed that Zhong Qingshu's green dot was lit up.

"Could it be that this is truly the entrance? Otherwise Zhong Qingshu would have had no reason to be so courageous!"

After looking at it again, making sure that Zhong Qingshu's green dot was still lit up, Su Mo pulled Moore and Oreo over.

"Oreo, is there any danger below?"

Although Oreo's active skill to detect danger had become a passive skill, its power had not decreased but rather increased; transforming into a detection skill that worked under any circumstances.

Looking into the abyss, Oreo shook her head suspiciously, indicating that she did not feel any sense of danger.

Looking at Oreo's behavior, Su Mo steeled himself!

"When we jump down later, you two hold on to me tightly. Be careful not to let go!"

Seeing the two nod in affirmation, Su Mo's was determined. Grabbing Oreo and Moore, he jumped off the cliff into the darkness.

The howling sharp wind.

The beating sound of their hearts.

The whirring sound created as they passed through the air.

There were countless sounds echoing all around them. At the same time, before Su Mo could thoroughly examine this unprecedented experience...

His feet touched the land!

After jumping off the cliff, they seemed to arrive in a completely different world.

Here, there were birds and flowers, and a few butterflies were flying over the flower fields, chasing the little bees in front of them.

There were gurgling streams, winding along the ground, providing moisture to every flower that was blooming beautifully.

However, when Su Mo looked at them carefully, all these sights disappeared altogether.

Instead of the flowers, he saw Zhong Qingshu, who had jumped down earlier, standing in the distance with a smile on her face.

Although the high platform had lost its illusion, it still maintained the same shape as the dark abyss above.

However, the biggest difference between the two was that this place was bright!

Including the cracks on the cliffs down the canyon, standing atop this platform, Su Mo could see things clearly.

"Amazing isn't it? When I first came in, I was really scared too!"

After saying this, Zhong Qingshu shook her head in resignation.

"You can open the game panel and see what the notification prompt says now."

"Notification prompt?"

Hearing Zhong Qingshu's words, Su Mo was puzzled. He focused and summoned the game panel.

The next second, the light of the game panel automatically lit up, like Zhong Qingshu had said, a notification prompt had appeared on it.

[Record: Player "Su Mo" entered ??? ruins.

[Record: The ruins here block all game panel functions except the storage space, so please explore carefully.

"Huh, the ruins don't have a corresponding logo on the game panel?"

With all the game functions blocked, while Zhong Qingshu was looking elsewhere, Su Mo took the opportunity to summon the system panel, which quietly emerged.

'Fortunately, my system is not blocked.'

Looking at the colorful functions of the system, as well as the stash of over ten thousand survival points remaining, the panic of having suddenly arrived at the strange ruins subsided significantly.

Both of them looked around and, after repeatedly searching the area for a few minutes, the two returned to the center of the platform.

"I was lucky to be able to enter this place last time. This time I entered using this compass, so it was not a problem, but there's no way to find the next entrance."

After she finished, Zhong Qingshu handed over the compass in her hand.

The compass that was originally steadily pointing in one direction steadily had been damaged; its brass pin had been twisted and its interior had become a mess.

Looking at it, he knew that he needed to find a way to repair the compass, and that it would take more effort than it did to enter the place where they were standing!

So, this was the problem. Zhong Qingshu could only bring him up to this point in the mysterious ruins. Regarding the problem of getting further, both of them have to explore and see if luck was on their side.

Of course, if they could not get further inside, there was nothing to be worried about. They would be thrown out by the ruins when the time came.

'This isn't the correct line of thinking. Since this compass can guide the way, do I have any objects that can locate the entrance to the next level?'

Staring at the broken compass, Su Mo's mind worked rapidly.

Summoning the storage space, he began to quickly search the pile of miscellaneous items to see if any objects could potentially help him locate the next entrance.

In the pile of miscellaneous items, he had arranged the items from most valuable to least valuable.

Stealing the Day, Changing the Light… Nope!

Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll… Did not work!

Even the Divulgence of Heaven's Secrets… did not work!

All the objects were mentally examined by Su Mo and thrown aside one by one. Soon, there were only a few objects remaining.

Suddenly... In the corner, Su Mo spotted an object he had obtained, but not tried out yet...

The versatile key!

This key could unlock all kinds of levels and doors, as long as the place was unowned.

According to this description, the entrance of the ruins could possibly be categorized as a level.

"If it works, exchanging a single use for the opportunity to enter the ruins of time would be a big gain!"

Without waiting any longer, Su Mo went over to the platform and retrieved the versatile key from his storage space.

The brass key looked ordinary and unattractive but, as Su Mo placed it against the inner wall, something magical happened!

In clear view, the key turned into a puddle of yellow water, and was suddenly sucked into the wall, disappearing.

Then, a mysterious yellow door appeared out of thin air on the platform.

Dong!

A dull sound reverberated across the platform and, as it echoed across the valley, it seemed to herald the opening of a world!

Zhong Qingshu, who was still examining the ground further away, turned around in shock.

In front of her eyes, the brass-colored door suddenly opened, revealing a world that exuded endless white light.

"The... the ruins directly opened?"

Zhong Qingshu looked dazed and Su Mo, who had used the key, was also a little stunned.

After all, this was the first time Su Mo had used this kind of key. It was also the first time he had seen such a strange scene.

Shaking his head to express that he was not clear with the situation, Su Mo saw Oreo nodding quietly at the side. With a heavy heart, the M-1 automatic rifle appeared in Su Mo's hand.

"There's not enough time. If I don't enter now, we'll have to wait until god knows when."

"I will go in with them. You stay here and wait for me. If time runs out and you are thrown out, it doesn't matter. I will be back on time!"

Su Mo quickly gave her a few instructions. Watching Zhong Qingshu nod in affirmation, Su Mo no longer hesitated. He instructed Moore to carry Oreo while he held Moore himself. The three of them flashed into the door of light.

After they left, calm was restored on the large platform again. The brass door closed with a snap, slowly disappearing between heaven and earth.

On the big platform, Zhong Qingshu was left dazed.

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[Record: You have entered ??? duplication. The duration of the current duplication would last for ???. The exit method of the current duplication: Death or completion of the mission!

[Record: An unknown device is detected and is requesting a connection. Would you like to accept the connection?

As soon as he stepped into the door of light, a world full of yellow sand appeared before him.

Looking at the familiar sights around him, he noticed that Moore and Oreo had disappeared. Su Mo was stunned.

"Am I back at the Underground Shelter?"

Su Mo was naturally familiar with the basin that he had been living in for a month.

He even recalled the placement of the stones near the Underground Shelter very clearly.

Aside from the fact that the high slope, created by upgrading the Underground Shelter multiple times, no longer existed, it was no different from when he first arrived in the doomsday wasteland.

In addition, the book that appeared next to him also corroborated Su Mo's evaluation.

"The duplication wants me to start from scratch?"

Su Mo tried to summon the system. Seeing that there were still tens of thousands of survival points in the system panel and the rifle was still slung over his body, Su Mo picked up the book.

Familiar introductions and familiar rules; after flipping through the book, just like it did before, it transformed into a turtle armor that would construct the shelter.

Except for the fact that Su Mo had changed and became stronger, this world seemed to have been reset and had returned to its original state.

[Record: An unknown device is detected and is requesting a connection. Would you like to accept the connection?]

The prompt on the game panel sounded again. After thinking about it, Su Mo did not choose to refuse this time around and tapped the "Accept" button mentally.

There was no imaginary burst of light or massive connection ceremony.

After the connection, the biggest change was that the previously locked functions, most of them suddenly became accessible!

"Manufacturing functions are accessible, chat functions are also accessible, trading functions are also accessible. What exactly is this place?"

Seeing all the functions light up, Su Mo curiously tapped into the World Chat channel.

The game panel's automatic filtering system once again screened the flow of information in the chat channel, but when Su Mo saw the messages, he was shocked!

"Wasn't I just in the shelter a moment ago? How am I suddenly in this hellhole?"

"There's a lion next to me. Help! It's got its eyes on me!"

"The end of humanity has come. Haha, everyone will die!"

"Does everyone else also only have one shelter that you can construct?"

Familiar dialogue, and even familiar names.

Without waiting for Su Mo to continue checking, a mission prompt notification that had never been heard of before announced itself.

[Task: Ensure that more humans survive the first disaster (Novice disaster: Acid Rain)!]

[Task Reward: Time currency reward. Reward amount depends on the degree of task completion!]

[Record: It is detected that you have automatically accepted the task, and prize draw chances will be rewarded*3.

[Record: Would you like to use the prize draw?

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Chapter 209: Make Up For Regrets, The Core Finally Appeared!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"I've returned to the time when I first arrived in the doomsday wasteland!"

Looking at the task prompts issued by the game panel, and the nearby unclaimed basin, Su Mo was overjoyed and quickly explored the other functions.

At this time, not only were there no fees for the manufacturing items on the manufacturing function panel, but the items that could be called bugs were still there. Even the transaction panel did not require any disgusting "courier fees"!

Compared to the real world that was currently preparing for the welfare disaster, this world in the ruins of time was simply "paradise"!

"Oreo and Moore are stuck in an eternal space but, as long as I can leave, it is equivalent to one second of time to them..."

The game panel was very user-friendly and indicated this information on the other side of the task prompt, relieving Su Mo of his inner worries.

Entering the ruins of time, it seemed that as long as he could complete the task, everything would be easily resolved, so there was no need to worry about the rewards and safety in that case.

However, if the task could not be completed, everything would come to an end, and he would naturally not have to worry about that outcome either.

Su Mo glanced at the task request again. After memorizing it, he summoned the prize draw panel.

Different from the previous prize draws, the award items this time around had been slightly adjusted.

As the roulette wheel spun around, Su Mo not only saw the various time currency rewards, but also incidentally saw an almost insignificantly tiny red slice on the roulette wheel.

It was so small that the label for that prize had to be hung on the side. It was apparent how small the chance of winning it was.

"Ss... the red reward is 100 years of time currency. Doesn't this mean that as long as I can obtain it, I can directly increase my lifespan by 100 years?"

The red reward was the best. Compared to the 100-year reward, all other reward items became inconspicuous.

After looking at it for a while, Su Mo felt his heartbeat getting faster, and his blood pressure rose rapidly. He simply covered his eyes, selected his three draw chances, and clicked on the "draw" button.

Whirl, whirl.

The roulette wheel began to spin rapidly. Su Mo resisted looking at what was being drawn, waiting until all three draw chances were used up. After the sound disappeared, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes and looked at the reward items he had drawn.

The first item he received was from the yellow section that occupied half of the roulette wheel.

As the largest section of prizes, the items in the yellow reward were very ordinary, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they resembled items from a garage sale.

Su Mo tried to open the reward module, and found a cross-country motorcycle filled with gas; a pretty decent reward.

The oil barrel that refueled King Kong before he left was still inside Su Mo's storage space at this time. It had a full 100L capacity, which would be enough for this motorcycle to run thousands of kilometers.

The second item still failed to break out of character and had landed on the yellow section of the roulette wheel again. After Su Mo opened it slightly disappointedly, two coin-like items popped out.

"F*ck, is this time currency?"

After looking at the attributes, Su Mo, who did not care about it at first, was shocked.

[Time currency (One day)]

[Description: Mysterious currency that contains the secrets of time. Has an unknown appearance, powerful functions and high resale value.]

[First function: After usage, the player's lifespan increases in tandem with the number of currency days. This function ignores the physical condition of the player, forcibly increasing his/her lifespan.]

[Second function: Carrying it with you will offset the equivalent time penalty listed on the currency.]

[Third function: Using it on other objects or items will automatically assign different time-related bonuses based on the properties of the item or object it is being applied on.]

[Fourth function: Insufficient currency level. Function currently locked…]

...

[Resale value: 20 survival points/piece (One day)]

The appearance of the time currency was unremarkable. Its appearance was almost the same as that of a rusty coin picked off the side of the road, with the only tell-tale sign of its uniqueness being the mysterious pattern that occasionally revealed itself on the coin.

As for functions, the time currency only had three functions at the moment, and the remaining dozens of functions were currently locked.

"One piece is one day, and two pieces are two days. If I want to cultivate seeds, this amount of time currency is insufficient!"

Su Mo shook his head and kept it in the storage space. He turned his gaze to look at the final item he had drawn.

It was a purple item that occupied about one-tenth of the roulette wheel. Not bad!

Seeing that he wasn't lucky enough to draw a reward from the most important red section, Su Mo was not too annoyed either. He chose to open the purple reward item.

In the next second, a card flew down from the crack in space and fell into Su Mo's hand lightly.

The attributes of the card were also displayed simultaneously.

[Item Realization Card (80% completion rate)]

[Description: When the main task completion rate exceeds 80%, you can choose any item to bring out of the ruins with you.]

"If I achieve an 80% rate of completion, I'll be able to bring out an item. Can I bring this turtle armor I'm holding with me?"

"I still have many turtle armors back in the shelter though, so this is basically..."

"F*ck, how did I forget about Magoo's turtle armor. In this world, it may still be around somewhere!"

Looking at the attributes of the card, and the turtle armor in front of him. Su Mo, who originally thought that the card was useless, suddenly remembered an important thing.

In the real world, the turtle armor from Magoo's shelter had been missing since he found the shelter.

Even after the kobold castle was destroyed, Su Mo could not locate Magoo's shelter core there either.

Currently, since he had time-traveled back to the past, it was completely possible to take advantage of the undiscovered Deep-sea Shelter now and open it ahead of schedule to take away the core inside.

"If I can find Magoo's shelter core, this 80% completion rate must be achieved!"

"I'm afraid that Magoo's shelter core represents the greatest known wealth that I have missed out on."

Thinking of Magoo's level five shelter core, and the possibility of recovering the secrets behind his hundreds of days of survival in the wasteland, Su Mo's heart beat rapidly.

Su Mo put away the card and spent some time orienting himself. Shortly after, he got onto the cross-country motorcycle, and revved the engine!

Twisting the throttle, the cross-country motorcycle sprang forward like an arrow loosed from a bowstring, leaving a cloud of yellow sand and smoke in its wake.

A familiar path, and a familiar location.

The journey from the basin to the Deep-sea Shelter was a short one. Su Mo could have simply walked there with his eyes closed, instead of riding a motorcycle.

Three to five minutes later, the two-story Deep-sea Shelter appeared in front of him, and an unspeakable sense of comfort suddenly poured out.

Humankind would always experience countless regrets in their lifetime.

It could be a small fault, a sudden impulse, or even a regret caused by not having enough courage.

Su Mo spent many nights pondering on the location of Magoo's shelter core.

However, at this time, looking at the intact Deep-sea Shelter, Su Mo still overestimated his level of calmness.

"I hope...the core is still inside!"

Su Mo took out a pack of explosives. Just as he was about to detonate it, he noticed another unexpected benefit of being in the ruins of time.

As long as he could complete the mission and return to the real world, all the items he used in the ruin would be replenished.

Which meant that even if he used this pack of explosives in the ruins, as long as he completed the task, it would automatically be recompensed to him upon exiting; an extremely convenient arrangement.

If it was anyone else entering the ruins, this might not be a major factor...

However, for Su Mo...

Glancing at the few terrifying objects and items lying in his storage space, Su Mo suddenly felt 100% confident in accomplishing this task!

"Big Brother Magoo, your friend Su Mo is here to disturb you again. Forgive me. If I can return to the parallel universe, I will help you deliver the letter."

Su Mo respectfully bowed to the door twice, before placing the pack of explosives against the corner, but away from the load bearing pillar. He then slowly lit the fuze.

Crackle... crackle...

The sound of the fuze burning broke the quiet atmosphere. After taking another quick glance to confirm that there were no problems, Su Mo withdrew to a distance of 50 meters and lay down on the ground to watch and wait.

Although a pound of explosives was quite powerful, it was insufficient to cause significant structural damage to the Deep-sea Shelter unless it was placed close to the load-bearing pillar.

By now, Su Mo had extensive experience in using explosives, plus he was very familiar with the structure of the Deep-sea Shelter. He had 100% confidence regarding this matter!

Boom!

The one-minute countdown ended, and a thick plume of yellow smoke rose into the sky. The smoke was slowly blown away by the wind near the Deep-sea Shelter and drifted away into the distance.

Where the dense smoke had dissipated, a big hole that a person could crawl through had appeared!

Although it was not the first time that the Deep-sea Shelter had been damaged, this time, it felt different.

With his body in peak condition, Su Mo spotted a small tree nearby and quickly grabbed some branches and the materials required to make the fire torch.

The fire torch was still on the list.

Manufacturing did not cost anything, so he could be as wayward as he wanted.

With a pinch of his hands, the wood and plant fibers disappeared, and a torch that he had not seen for weeks in reality appeared in his hands again.

Su Mo took out the lighter and ignited it, before carrying it into the shelter with a swagger.

As soon as he entered, the first thing that caught his eye was Magoo's corpse.

This time though, the corpse was whole and the bones had not been damaged at all, as it was propped up against the wall. It seemed like Magoo had died of dehydration.

In addition, beside Magoo's skeletal hand, Su Mo saw...

A core!

The core was huge, to the extent it covered half of his body. Above the turtle armor core, the mermaid clan's water ability was flowing continuously, releasing its magic power.

"I gambled correctly! Magoo's core is really here!"

Every cloud has a silver lining.

He had somewhat given up the hope of ever finding Magoo's shelter core. Who knew that fate would allow him to find the core in this way. The process was simply tortuous and bizarre.

Su Mo tried to open the shelter core. When he received the notification prompt that required him to possess a complete shelter core and to destroy the Deep-sea Shelter to merge with his own, Su Mo did not rush things and placed Magoo's shelter core into the storage space.

Of course, with so many things inside, there was not enough storage space left for such a large shelter core. Su Mo was still in a good mood, so he waved his hand and spent 800 disaster points to increase the capacity of his storage space by another four cubic meters.

The crowded storage space suddenly became a lot more spacious as the upgrade light flashed.

Su Mo had now fulfilled a wish that had been kept inside his heart for the longest time. After looking at the remaining items and thinking for a while, Su Mo simply exited the Deep-sea Shelter after temporarily filling in the gap with soil.

"After being transported here, I remember that the first acid rain disaster claimed the lives of approximately 150 million people."

"Most of these people died of thirst and starvation, and very few of them were attacked and killed by mutant creatures."

"So all I have to do is to provide enough water for everyone and gain sufficient standing and influence to ensure that this group of people listens to me obediently and survives as much as possible."

"Of course, the current drinking water crisis has yet to erupt, so it's not yet time for me to provide them with water."

Figuring out a few subtle points mentally, he noted that the hour was still early as he looked up at the bright sky. Su Mo burst out laughing, and rode the cross-country motorcycle into the distance.

If others were to enter the ruins of time, it would probably be considered a test of their survival capabilities.

However, for Su Mo, who was decked out with formidable equipment and items, the ruins of time was simply an opportunity to make up for lost regrets!

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Chapter 210: Hello, Do You Remember Me?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"It's a pity that Oreo isn't here, otherwise wouldn't she be barking along happily with me?"

Feeling the wind passing him by as he zipped along, Su Mo felt very comfortable riding a cross-country motorcycle across the wasteland.

To him, this was a rare opportunity to relax his body and mind.

The ruins of time sounded dangerous, and Su Mo had thought the same way before actually entering.

However, Zhong Qingshu would never have expected that, after coming to the ruins of time, Su Mo was feeling a sense of freedom and relaxation that was far more comfortable than a spa session worth several thousand yuan!

Su Mo rode the motorcycle while identifying the landmarks along the way. Without much effort, he found his way to the saltpeter mining camp.

Just along this ten-kilometer stretch of land alone, Su Mo could see that three shelters had already been established.

The mess that Huang Biao and his party left behind after attacking was longer there, so this time, when Su Mo drove past these people at high speed, they were shocked senseless!

"Hey buddy, did you manage to bring a motorcycle along when you were transported over? That's awesome!"

A distance away, Su Mo saw that someone was yelling. He turned toward that direction and rode over leisurely.

This person had been killed by Huang Biao and his party in the main world before Su Mo even came into contact with him. When he did search the ruins of his shelter later, it had been destroyed by others and nothing was left behind. He was a pitiful person.

Feeling some emotion for this unfortunate neighbor who had passed away near his shelter, Su Mo arrived next to him, handing him a pancake and a bottle of water.

"Take it and eat...Remember to stay alive!"

Carrying a rifle, and wearing a pitch-black combat uniform and armor, Su Mo's image left an indelible mark in the eyes of the ordinary people he passed by.

The man stood there stunned in front of his wooden house until Su Mo revved the engine and left.

He was confused as to how Su Mo had such "exaggerated" equipment when everyone else who was transported over had nothing of the sort!

...

"Huang Biao and his party are probably located somewhere in this direction."

Su Mo tried to recall Huang Biao's directions on the map. According to the signs on the ground, Su Mo adjusted his course and continued to observe.

He did not wander around long before he found Huang Biao, who was advancing carefully on the wasteland.

Huang Biao did not choose to put down his shelter's core in the main world and, naturally, he did no such thing in the ruins of time either.

"Hello, Brother Biao. Do you remember me?"

From a distance, Huang Biao was at first overjoyed when he saw Su Mo riding a motorcycle, but quickly changed his mind after seeing the rifle.

In his heart, although Su Mo was not exhibiting any hostility, there was an inexplicable sense of fear that made his heart uneasy.

"Who...who are you?"

"I'm Su Mo. Brother Biao, don't you remember me?" Looking at Huang Biao's confused expression, Su Mo stopped the motorcycle and removed his mask. A hint of joy was shown on his face.

"???"

Huang Biao searched his memory and found that he really could not remember who Su Mo was. A black muzzle was placed against his head.

"Brother Biao, you were the one who attacked me in your last life. In this life, I think it's fair that those roles are exchanged instead!"

Su Mo smiled as he looked at Huang Biao's horrified expression. He slammed Huang Biao's head with the gun, knocking him to the ground. Su Mo then unlocked the rifle's safety and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang!

The bullet's terrifying kinetic energy pierced Huang Biao's head.

Until he died, Huang Biao did not know what he had done wrong. Perhaps in his dying consciousness, he was contemplating the truth of Su Mo's statement...

"This kind of person, no, this kind of beast, shouldn't be left alive even in the ruins of time!"

After he caught the scent of blood in the air, Su Mo's face flashed murderously. Then he put on his mask again and got back on the road.

Since Huang Biao was here, his other accomplices would not be far away.

Without much effort, after a fan-shaped search along the surrounding three-kilometer area, the five people who attacked the shelter back then were all killed by Su Mo, becoming the first humans to die in the wasteland.

After confirming that he did not leave out any of his targets, he took one more glance at the man with glasses who had fallen behind him. Su Mo pulled down his mask and got back on the road again.

His destination this time...

Was in the direction of the kobold camp!

Kento Maeda's spawn point was near the kobold camp.

However, the current kobolds had not yet obtained gunpowder. For the time being, Maeda had yet to accomplish this task, and the battle between the kobolds and the rat people had also not taken place.

As Su Mo possessed Kento Maeda's very own diary, his search for the man was even easier than it was looking for Huang Biao.

In the distance, Su Mo saw Kento Maeda, who was running away carefully in the wilderness.

"Hey, Kento, Kento. Here, here. Don't run away, your buddy is coming over to help you!"

Standing on the hillside while looking at Kento Maeda in the distance, Su Mo yelled at him with enthusiasm.

Kento Maeda, who was still running below, was shocked. Seeing Su Mo standing on the hillside waving at him, he was utterly confused.

"Huh? Do...Do you know me?"

"Yeah, I know you. I'm Su Mo, and we are old friends. You sent me a lot of good things. Kento bro, you forgot?"

Su Mo smiled as he walked down the hill. Looking at the bewildered Kento Maeda, Su Mo put away the M-1 rifle into the storage space.

Maeda was stunned by Su Mo's behavior.

"I... I haven't seen you before..."

Seeing Maeda's bewildered look, Su Mo laughed. He then pulled out a familiar item from his storage space.

Kento Maeda's handwritten diary!

Taking advantage of the ample time he had, Su Mo wanted to conduct an experiment. An experiment that could test the rules of the ruins of time.

"Here, take it. This is your handwritten diary. Give it a read!"

As long as he completed the assigned task, everything would be restored back to its original state. Hence, Su Mo was not worried that Maeda would destroy any secrets that were still hidden in the diary.

Picking up the diary, Maeda did not know how to react. However, when he flipped open the first page and saw the familiar font, he immediately had a trace of caution on his face. Then when he started reading the second page, his cautious expression turned horrid.

Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead onto onto the paper.

The first day...

The second day...

The pages of the diary were quickly flipped through one by one by Kento Maeda. Seeing something that seemed to be his own personal notes, the word "impossible" repeatedly came out of his mouth.

Clang!

Turning to the page about the ninth day, he finally saw Su Mo's name written in the diary. Maeda seemed to realize something and suddenly raised his head.

"I, you, I killed you, no..."

"You killed me?"

"You killed yourself!" Seeing that Kento Maeda had begun to lose his mind, Su Mo shook his head and said regretfully.

"To be honest, although I killed you once, I am still curious. Can you tell me if the person in the diary is really you, and why you had the confidence to try and kill me?"

Seeing Su Mo's arrogant words, his indifferent expression, and his terrifying set of armor, Kento Maeda did not hesitate and immediately tried to...

Escape!

He ran. He ran crazily and desperately!

Maeda's running speed was very fast, covering a distance of one hundred meters within just 14.5 seconds. On the wasteland terrain, this could be regarded as an almost superhuman performance.

The rolling yellow sand was kicked up by his frantic steps. The horror of facing this life and death situation drained all the potential stored in Maeda's muscles.

However, looking at the figure rapidly running away from him, Su Mo shook his head regretfully. He turned around and got back on the motorcycle.

"It seems that the ruins of time are a self-contained ecosystem, and everyone will not doubt the authenticity of the world in which they live."

"But who would be able to tell the truth between reality and an illusion?"

Twisting the accelerator, he hung behind Kento Maeda all the way. The distance between the two was maintained at about 300 meters.

Seeing Maeda's pace gradually decrease, Su Mo also lowered his own speed and slid forward.

"Let...Let… me go, I, I'll be your slave… I'll work like a horse for you..."

Maeda was out of breath after all that running. Watching Su Mo approach was like observing a cat catching a mouse. Maeda Kento yelled as he collapsed on the ground in despair.

Kento Maeda's appearance right now did not reflect the strategizing, careful, and shrewd villain written in the diary.

"Too bad. Be a good person in your next life!"

After repeated experimentation, he discovered that Maeda really could not figure out that this world was an illusion. Su Mo smiled faintly and took out his rifle.

Bang!

A bullet was discharged, and blood spurted out.

After killing the villain who almost plunged the Underground Shelter into a crisis, Su Mo's heart suddenly felt refreshed. His soul seemed to be nourished, and all the regrets he had about this before were erased.

"Time... is such a good thing to have."

"As long as you have time on your side, you can fix the regret by going back to the past. It's said that there is no medicine for regret but, with the power of time, you can turn any regret into a satisfying ending!"

"Unfortunately, what happens in the ruins of time can't affect the outside world. I guess this could be considered as a time duplication for my own rejuvenation and peace of mind!"

Su Mo took out the two units of time currency from the storage space. Pinching them in his hands, and looking at the corpse of Kento Maeda on the ground, Su Mo seemed to touch an invisible boundary.

If this boundary was broken through, humans might be able to get their hands on even more advanced technology, entering a new technological era.

If it could not be broken, then the existing technology could only be maintained and developed slowly.

"Each disaster is a hurdle. After crossing this hurdle, a disaster can be transformed into a priceless opportunity in the hands of the strong!"

Two shots were fired again to make sure that Maeda was really dead. After that, Su Mo left.

After coming to the ruins of time, it seemed that Su Mo would be able to fix all the regrets he left behind in the main world. As long as he completed the task, he could exit the ruins and return to the main world.

"There are still four days before the disaster strikes. Where should I go during this time?"

The strong wind blew through his hair. Watching the darkening sky, Su Mo did not feel the same tension he had when he first arrived at the wasteland.

The darkness is not a terrifying thing. Instead, the scariest thing is not having enough strength.

"I don't know if Zhong Qingshu..."

"Oh right, I can go visit Zhong Qingshu to play!"

Thinking of Zhong Qingshu who was still waiting outside, Su Mo face had a funny expression. After identifying the direction the Candlelight Shelter was in, he rode toward it.

The Candlelight Shelter only comprised the small team of four prison guards on the first day; the others had yet to join for the time being.

However, from the casual chats he had had with Zhong Qingshu, Su Mo knew the location of Zhong Qingshu's spawn point.

That location was the flattest place in the entire plains, and the four prison guards later moved there together with the rest of the team.

He had traveled along this road many times in the main world. Although there were no longer any tire markings on the road, Su Mo could find his way by using the setting sun to navigate his surroundings.

Gradually, when the sun had set and the motorcycle's headlights illuminated the distance, Su Mo finally saw the outline of a warm cabin not far away.

Under the light of the torch, a woman cautiously exposed half of her face, quietly looking at the approaching Su Mo.

With his good eyesight, Su Mo could immediately identify the woman's face clearly from a single glance...

It was Zhong Qingshu!