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 211: Come! Eat And Drink As Much As You Want

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Having just been transported to the wasteland, Zhong Qingshu had yet to develop the appearance of a worry-free scholar.

Apart from working together these days, during their breaks, Zhong Qingshu had vividly described her first day's experience in the wasteland to Su Mo.

On the first day, she did the same things as Su Mo. However, Zhong Qingshu did not have the system, so she ended up starving for a whole day, thirsty and hungry.

She only got her first bite of food when she went out hunting the next day; no longer being able to stand the situation.

Her first bite of food at that time almost made her cry with emotion.

However, the Zhong Qingshu in the ruins of time would not have the same experience as the one in the main world!

Looking at Su Mo riding a luxurious cross-country motorcycle, with an automatic rifle slung over his shoulder, her little face was filled with unimaginable shock.

After observing the chats on the World Channel and regional channel for a day, she already had an understanding on what was going on in the world around her.

Just like what had happened in the main world, this world was a mirror image of the main world that had been reset, as if someone had hit the replay button.

Everyone was a cooperating actor, with Su Mo as the only anomaly in this reconstructed timeline.

"He... he is a hu...human??"

Seeing that Su Mo was getting closer, Zhong Qingshu heart issued ten thousand "d*mn its".

A bunch of swear words nearly made their way out of her mouth, held back by the sole question of whether this was an appropriate situation to speak such words.

The closer he got, the more prominent the M-1 rifle slung over Su Mo's shoulder looked. It made Zhong Qingshu quiver with anxiety.

At the same time, she could finally see Su Mo's features clearly.

It's a human!

A human with an extremely terrifying level of strength!

This conclusion made Zhong Qingshu involuntarily hide away, closing the door of her wooden house shut, leaving just a small crack open.

"Please don't enter my shelter, otherwise...otherwise I will call the police!"

"The wasteland is not a place outside the law, so please...please obey the law!"

Listening to Zhong Qingshu's trembling voice, under his mask, Su Mo burst into laughter.

When he first saw Zhong Qingshu, this young lady was already able to tangle with over a dozen kobolds, and she was extremely brave.

Who would have thought that she, who had just arrived in the wasteland, behaved like a little girl?

"Hello, nice to see you, Zhong Qingshu. I am your old friend, Su Mo!"

Su Mo squeezed the brakes and turned off the motorcycle engine. He placed the M-1 rifle back into the storage space in a flash.

As he did all that, Su Mo also pulled down his mask, revealing a handsome face that exuded endless confidence.

First impressions are very important when meeting someone for the first time. His eyesight, that had been strengthened by the psychic energy water, spotted...

Zhong Qingshu's relief after seeing the face under the mask.

If the face under the mask was one with a rugged beard and scars, Zhong Qingshu would probably have run away like Kento Maeda.

As for the problem of being strangers... Su Mo glanced at the luxurious supplies in his storage space, before smiling slightly, his confidence increasing even further.

'Was unfamiliarity a problem?'

'I have "money", okay!'

The ruins of time would only exist for a few days, after which they would collapse and disappear forever.

Therefore, Su Mo's style of doing things was also different from usual. He completely "followed his heart" and acted in a manner that made himself 100% "comfortable"!

Su Mo waved his hand and pulled out a 500ml bottle of water and a crispy golden pancake from his storage space.

The current Zhong Qingshu had no food or drinking water.

Seeing what Su Mo was holding, she was taken aback. Then her face showed an even more vigilant look than before.

"Oh dear, my goodness, you wanna fight me?"

Looking at the former scholar's worried expression, Su Mo, who had been suppressing himself so far, could no longer control the expression on his face.

"Zhong Qingshu, I will put these things here. I will be living next to you for these few days. We will be neighbors from now on!"

Putting the pancake and drinking water on the wooden floor next to him, Su Mo slowly took a few steps back, and then pushed the cross-country motorcycle to the side of Zhong Qingshu's shelter. He took out the turtle armor core he obtained and chose to create a shelter.

It was not his first time creating a shelter, so the process was a familiar one to Su Mo. As he would only be staying for a few days, he simply chose to build a wooden house above-ground!

After three to five seconds of booming noises, a wooden house rose from the ground.

The location of the wooden house happened to be next to Zhong Qingshu's wooden house, and the two houses formed a perfect straight line.

"You..."

"What do you mean by you? My name is Su Mo, and I will be your neighbor from now on!"

He waved his hand. Looking at Zhong Qingshu's bewildered expression, Su Mo felt happier in his heart.

The simple wooden house could naturally not be compared with the luxurious Underground Shelter.

Even though he would only be sleeping here for a few days, Su Mo set up a torch and went to collect wood and materials for him to start working.

On the barren wasteland, Su Mo was very familiar with things. He did not need to worry about the mutant beasts that most people on World Channel were terrified of.

In Zhong Qingshu's eyes, this very "arrogant and domineering" behavior brought an inexplicable sense of security to her.

Having such a powerful and strange person by her side, to a certain extent, relieved the panic of having just been transported to the wasteland.

On the other hand, as a veteran survivalist in the wasteland, coupled with his training and equipment, Su Mo's woodworking skills had vastly improved.

With an excellent-quality axe, cutting shrubs and branches was like cutting melons and vegetables. It did not take long for Su Mo to collect enough wood and plant fibers.

"Well, if there is no charge for production and manufacturing, things are much more convenient than when using the workbench!"

Looking at the small wooden bed, headboard, bedside drawer, dining table, and two stools that slowly appeared in front of him, Su Mo nodded in satisfaction.

As for the bedding...

Su Mo took a look at the items currently on sale in the trading market. At the price of just three 500ml bottles of water, Su Mo purchased a brand new luxurious bedding set. He did not even try to bargain with the seller on the World Channel.

"All it only took was 1.5L of water for me to obtain such comfortable bedding. It's a real profit!"

The soft bedding was extremely soft and comfortable to hold. Even though there was no special ability bonus, it would allow him to sleep in satisfaction while he was here.

At this moment, Su Mo forgot about the hardships he had been through when he first arrived at the wasteland.

"The blizzard hasn't arrived yet, and the prices are still so low. As long as I have drinking water, it is equivalent to having billions of people working for me."

Su Mo laid out the bedding and looked at the darkness outside. He went outside the wooden house and continued to build a defensive circle.

In the other wooden house, Zhong Qingshu temporarily ignored the panicky reminders everyone was sending out on the World Channel...

Because Su Mo provided food, water, and security!

Were it not for the fact that she was stuck in the wasteland, her current situation was just a person on vacation. Even the dangers of the night did not feel threatening any longer.

"Su Mo... Is there a Su Mo among the people I know?"

Racking her brains, Zhong Qingshu sat on the ground adorably, holding her head and carefully recalling all her friends who were surnamed Su before being transported over.

From Su Shi in her elementary school textbooks to the Asian sprinter Su Bingtian...

After careful recollection, Zhong Qingshu was convinced that she had never seen or heard of Su Mo's name before.

She opened the World Channel and watched as other people clamored for a bite of food and a cup of drinking water. Countless people were struggling on the verge of death, as if they were about to perish.

In contrast, she was staring at the thick pancake outside her shelter's door and at the 500ml bottle of water.

Touching the back of her head, Zhong Qingshu could no longer tell what she was doing.

However, the burning sensation from the absence of food in her stomach was real, which became even more pronounced when she smelled the fragrance of the pancake.

Her stomach was twitching!

Her throat was protesting!

Seeing the busy figure walking between the bushes and the small wooden house, Zhong Qingshu suddenly gave up. With a puffy face, she sat on the edge of the wooden house angrily, unscrewed the bottle cap, and began to drink it.

Gulp… gulp...

Sweet mineral water poured down her "feverish" throat. At this moment, a two-yuan bottle of water seemed infinitely precious.

Hmm... the water was so fragrant, so it must not be poisonous!

After drinking half a bottle in one go, Zhong Qingshu opened her eyes contentedly, her throat no longer feeling parched.

Then she saw Su Mo standing quietly in front of her.

"Did you finish it? Do you want to drink some more? I still have some here!"

Clank!

Before Zhong Qingshu could be shocked or shy, with a thud, three boxes of water bottles fell neatly onto the ground, causing the wooden floor to vibrate.

"Drink as much as you want. There's more where those came from!"

Su Mo smiled and nodded. Looking at Zhong Qingshu's blushing face, Su Mo returned to his wooden house in satisfaction and continued working on clearing out the surroundings.

In the main world, he did not have many opportunities to "defeat" Zhong Qingshu, but here, in the span of a few minutes, he had caught her off guard several times. Naturally, he felt quite good about it.

Similarly, after seeing Su Mo's exaggerated generosity, Zhong Qingshu held her head in her hands momentarily, then shook her head in embarrassment.

However, this entire time, her hands were tearing off pieces of the pancake and stuffing them into her mouth, as she washed down the food with water.

Even if there were no side dishes, it was enough for Zhong Qingshu, who had been living in fear for a day, to eat contentedly.

There was originally half a catty of pancakes, and two-thirds of it was eaten before she stopped herself.

"Hey, do you want to eat some? Otherwise, I'm going to finish it!"

Shaking the pancake in her hand, Zhong Qingshu yelled out.

"Eat as much as you want. Don't feel shy, I still have some here. If it's not enough I'll make more for you!"

Looking at Zhong Qingshu's expression, Su Mo took out a bag of flour and put it on the ground with a smile on his face.

Dong!

A cloud of white flour sprang out of the small slit in the bag, floating freely in the air.

Under the night sky, the flour seemed to merge with the surrounding moonlight and everything turned silent.

Silence...

In the famous words of the poet Xu Zhi Mo, "Cambridge is silent tonight"!

When faced with the rich man of the wasteland, Zhong Qingshu lost. She lost thoroughly, and was thoroughly convinced!

Others were unprepared and worried about being attacked by creatures at night, but when she looked at Su Mo in the distance, who exuded a sense of strength and security...

A special kind of "emotion" appeared silently in her heart...

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Chapter 212: Tracing The Source, The Search For Chameleon

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"Oh, my sleep was pretty satisfying. The weather in the early days of the wasteland was really good!"

The morning sun shone through the cracks in the wooden house, illuminating the walls and floor.

He inhaled the sweet scent of the morning air, which was full of oxygen, before stretching and sitting up in bed. He habitually opened the system panel.

For the first time since arriving at the wasteland, the eight o'clock timer did not herald the announcement?of the system's daily reminder.

This was bad news, but also good news.

"It seems that the system's timeline follows that of the main world, and the time he spent in the ruins of time would not be counted."

Rubbing the blue-gray stubble that had been growing on his chin, Su Mo nodded slowly.

The time spent in the ruins could not be used to obtain survival points.

Similarly, as long as he could obtain sufficient time currency, he could use it to offset the time flow penalty between the ruins and the main world.

"Today's task is to..."

Su Mo closed the system panel. As usual, Su Mo opened the chat panel and was about to jot down his tasks for today in his diary. However, he suddenly slapped himself hard on the head.

"Why would there still be tasks to complete when I'm already in the ruins? I can just do whatever I want, hehe!"

Su Mo lifted the blanket and stretched his limbs in satisfaction. Opening the door, Su Mo stepped out lazily.

Oreo was not around to guard his temporary shelter so, before going to bed yesterday, Su Mo had to busy himself clearing the area around the wooden houses.

A neat row of wooden fencing had been erected around his and Zhong Qingshu's wooden houses to ensure that mutant monsters would not find their way in at night.

While he had been busy with that, Zhong Qingshu, who remained vigilant at first, gradually eased up, even coming over to help Su Mo move things from time to time.

In this current setting, he did not possess the magical recovery abilities of the psychic energy water, so both of them were exhausted and had to return to their respective shelters to lay down and rest.

There was luxurious bedding on one side, with a sturdy and wide bed, and...

There was a bare wooden floor on the other side...

As soon as he exited the door of his wooden house, Su Mo ran into Zhong Qingshu, who was guarding her front door with two dark circles under her eyes. She seemed to be hesitating about something.

"Ah!"

Seeing Su Mo, Zhong Qingshu was taken aback, taking a small step back.

"Why are you nervous? I said that we are old friends. Didn't I tell you last night?"

"You confessed to me, and you have been chasing after me, but I haven't agreed to go out with you!"

Su Mo shrugged as he babbled nonsense in a serious manner, leaving Zhong Qingshu stunned momentarily.

After a few seconds, Zhong Qingshu realized that Su Mo was teasing her, and her smiling face immediately blushed in exasperation, "Rascal!"

"Hehe, do you want me to be a rascal?"

Putting on an intimidating expression, Su Mo made Zhong Qingshu take another step back and burst into laughter.

In the ruins of time, he did not need to worry about anything. He could act as he liked and, so long as he possessed sufficient strength, he could do whatever he wanted.

Ignoring Zhong Qingshu, who was lost in her own thoughts, Su Mo went straight to the trading market.

Spending only six or seven bottles of water, this time, he bought dozens of units of iron, as well as some basic food supplies.

With the materials in hand, it would not cost him any disaster points to create the items he wanted. Sitting on the stool he made, Su Mo picked out a number of things, and spontaneously started to make many different items.

After acquiring the materials, items that would be considered a luxury in the wasteland started appearing in front of Zhong Qingshu's dumbfounded gaze, one by one.

Iron stove...

Iron pot...

Two large ceramic bowls, one iron grill, one iron table...

One after the other, these "useless" household items were manufactured and littered the ground of their small fenced courtyard.

Su Mo had not been able to enjoy many of these things yet in the main world, but he now had the opportunity to make use of these "luxuries".

Su Mo took out the beef he bought and began to take out various bottles and cans of spices from the storage space and season the meat.

"Hm, first I'll cut the beef into small pieces, and then marinate it with cooking wine. I'll add flavor using onion, ginger, and garlic, and then toss in some barbecue sauce..."

"For soup, let's make seaweed egg soup today!"

The taste of food was mostly derived from seasoning used to make the meal. As long as the right type and quantity of seasoning was used, even if there were mistakes in the cooking process, it would still taste somewhat palatable.

For a gluttonous character such as Su Mo, the meals he made were naturally extremely delicious and appetizing. As the smell of seaweed egg soup started to spread, a handful of cumin was sprinkled on the golden beef skewers, and the fragrance it produced...

Growl!

Zhong Qingshu's stomach growled just like Big Spark and Little Spark's!

Although Su Mo's focus was on cooking the food, Zhong Qingshu could not help but feel ashamed, wanting to find a hole to bury herself inside.

The delicious food was not the problem, the terrible thing was the process of sitting and waiting.

Watching the meal slowly take shape, and smelling the aroma as it slowly cooked...

That kind of feeling was both amazing and torturous!

However, Zhong Qingshu had forgotten that feeling since being transported over to the wasteland. Even before that, the people of Earth had been consumed by their preparations to deal with the incoming asteroid.

Everyone had been on tenterhooks for the past few months. How could they have tasted such delicious food? One could be regarded as wealthy in those days if they could eat fast food everyday.

"That... can I have one of those?"

She observed as Su Mo took out the beef skewers and placed them over the chili noodles, the fragrant oil bursting out.

The impact of delicious food made it hard for Zhong Qingshu to hold back anymore!

"That's right, you don't need to be humble with me!"

There were ten skewers, and Su Mo generously handed them all over, gesturing for Zhong Qingshu to eat first, as he continued roasting more for himself.

This small kindness garnered Zhong Qingshu's affection.

Su Mo had received his fair share of admiring gazes in the main world but, at this moment, Zhong Qingshu's hidden gaze seemed to be filled with a different meaning...

"Could it be that I really chased after him?"

...

The two ate a full and satisfying meal.

Su Mo made the remaining chunk of beef into skewers as well, storing it away into the storage space.

The seaweed egg soup was also devoured by these two people, despite the portion being sufficient for four to five people.

Rubbing his round belly, Su Mo simply sat on the ground with his back leaning against the chair, enjoying the gentle wind of the wasteland comfortably.

On the plains of the Candlelight Shelter, the grass grew taller and the warblers flew higher. Relaxing in such an environment, the fatigue and tension he felt over the past few days began to dissipate.

On the other hand, Zhong Qingshu did not take time off.

After she finished eating, she carefully tidied up the cooking stove and collected some of the leftover seasoning.

She then scraped off some remaining egg at the bottom of the pot, and put them aside to preserve them.

This behavior reminded Su Mo of the poverty-stricken and cautious behavior everyone had during the first few days after being transported to the wasteland.

"Hmm, what was I doing on the second day? Wasn't it..."

"The chameleon!"

Recalling the past, he remembered the chameleon that brought him great fortune in the main world.

After experiencing life in the wasteland for a month, Su Mo understood the true value of the treasure chest he obtained from the chameleon back then.

Psychic energy crystal! Pet egg! Blueprint design!

In order to achieve a similar harvest to that one treasure chest, Su Mo had to destroy a kobold shelter with a population of over two thousand kobolds, which was something that was difficult even for Su Mo.

It was suspicious that a chameleon with a combat power of only 5 could drop such a treasure chest.

"According to the time, I should be upgrading the Japanese Oak Spear right about now, waiting for the opportunity to go hunting at noon!"

While trying to remember all the details, Su Mo stood up.

Since there was time now, it was better to go to the Underground Shelter to examine where the chameleon actually came from.

"Zhong Qingshu, I'm going out. Do you want to come along?"

"I don't...no, I'll go!"

Watching Su Mo take out the rifle and sling it over his shoulder, she observed the surroundings that seemed calm for now, but held the potential for danger. In the end, Zhong Qingshu's decision was a straightforward one!

Staying with Su Mo, she did not need to worry about eating, drinking, or safety.

It was reassuring having such a super "bodyguard" alongside her, despite his strange behavior and her questions about his background. At the moment, she could only act according to her instincts!

Feeling Zhong Qingshu straddling the back seat of the cross-country motorcycle and hesitantly holding on to the rear handle bar behind her, Su Mo twisted the accelerator mischievously, and the motorcycle rushed forward.

"Ah!"

Zhong Qingshu, who had not grasped the bar firmly, instinctively leaned forward and hugged Su Mo's broad back in panic.

"Hehe, hold on tight. Don't fall!"

Feeling the warmth of her body behind him, Su Mo's heartbeat could not help but speed up a little. Squeezing the accelerator in his hand, the motorcycle continued speeding forward with a roar.

A trail of yellow dust was left in their wake.

His powerful dynamic vision, coupled with the improved sense of balance he acquired through training, meant that he could safely handle the motorcycle at high speeds.

Traveling this way, Su Mo easily avoided all the obstacles in his path while being observed by Zhong Qingshu's attentive eyes.

"I have driven down this section of road many times. This spot here is the farmland that we are about to build!"

Slowing down, he looked at the great plains in front of him. Su Mo muttered those words to himself, regardless of whether Zhong Qingshu could understand the context and meaning behind his words.

His previous attempt to convince an inhabitant of the ruins of time, that the world that they lived in was fake, had already failed once.

This time, when communicating with Zhong Qingshu, who had a super high IQ, Su Mo did not intend to tell the truth directly, but rather tried to plant the seeds of "hope" in Zhong Qingshu's heart in this timeline.

"Here there will be a large kobold castle in the future, but it will be destroyed later on as well!"

"This is a natural saltpeter mine. We can also find sulfur later. We can easily create black gunpowder and develop explosives..."

"This is Magoo's shelter... By the way, his shelter is a level five one. He was a human being from Earth as well, and he was also a player who participated in this game world before we did..."

"Here, this is my shelter, Su Mo's shelter. Remember it well!"

Su Mo pointed at the open space with pride on his face, ignoring Zhong Qingshu's weird gaze. He made a mark on the location of the Underground Shelter.

For the mark, Su Mo drew a funny-looking dog head of Oreo.

As he retraced his steps from those days, using the location of the Underground Shelter as a guide, he found, in the bushes in the distance, the chameleon sitting naively on the tree branch.

It's position had not changed even the slightest bit from his memory!

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Chapter 213: gendary Level! The Mystery Of The Chameleon!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Wait here. Don't come over yet. There is a difficult mutant creature over there, so I will go over and observe the situation."

Su Mo raised his rifle and released the safety mechanism. Hearing what Su Mo said, Zhong Qingshu was shocked when she saw that Su Mo did not look like he was feigning it. She took two steps back.

In her eyes, if Su Mo, who was holding a rifle and wearing a full set of equipment, found it difficult, it must be a "tough guy".

Facing such a monster, she would escape if she could.

"Hey... Pay attention to your safety!"

Seeing Su Mo cautiously moving over, Zhong Qingshu could not help but yell as she hid behind a small tree.

Su Mo smiled and did not pay attention to the terrified Zhong Qingshu behind him. His entire focus was on the chameleon.

Compared to the first hunt, Su Mo observed the situation more carefully this time, and at the same time became more frightened.

"It turns out that this chameleon was not an ordinary monster. It hasn't moved for such a long time... Is it performing some kind of ritual?"

When he killed the chameleon in the main world, Su Mo had not known about foreign races and their battles.

After discovering it through the monster illustration handbook and finding out that it was a monster, he stabbed its heart with his spear before the chameleon could even react.

This time, in the ruins of time, after observing the painful appearance of the chameleon, Su Mo restrained himself and continued to wait for further changes.

The small tree under the chameleon seemed to slowly surge forth with imperceptible light that then poured into the chameleon's body.

Every ray of light would cause the chameleon to tremble with pain, but it could not move its body and escape the tree.

Time passed minute by minute...

When the sun began to shift to the west, the chameleon finally began to transform.

Starting from its ugly head, the dead skin began to fall off its body.

At the same time, some yellow spots light gushed out from its body and circled around its body as it continued to transform.

A pair of thin, fleshy, wings grew out of the chameleon's body and spurted blood as they were stretched open into the air.

Two horns began to protrude from its head, looking like two small bumps, as its head elongated into a "horse-like" shape.

"This...this is...!"

The more the chameleon transformed, the more frightened Su Mo became. He felt fear from the bottom of his heart, followed by a sense of relief of having dodged a calamity in the main world.

Observing a creature's transformation from a close distance, and watching it slowly evolve into another creature, this was a kind of horror that was difficult to express in words.

The chameleon's evolution process continued, so Su Mo tried to use the monster illustration handbook to scan it again.

This time, there was no information displayed on the chameleon in the monster illustration handbook. Even though the monster was still right in front of him, the monster illustration handbook had evaluated it as something else altogether.

"Thankfully I didn't make a wrong judgment. I'm afraid I just got lucky during that first hunt!"

Calming his beating heart, Su Mo laid on the ground and quietly approached the little monster that was still undergoing its transformation process.

When he was fifty meters from it, Su Mo focused his thoughts and summoned the system to identify its attributes, which popped up shortly after.

[Abyssal Dragon (Gold~Legendary)]

[Description: A chameleon that possesses a complete abyssal dragon bloodline. Has intermediate intelligence and high physical strength. Such a monster shouldn't have been born within the first year of the wasteland, but because of the unique use of the ??? item, the chameleon was used as its carrier, and the ??? ritual was carried out, swallowing the chameleon and forcing the initiation of the reincarnation and metamorphosis process.]

[Rebirth]

[Reincarnation (69%): Gold]

[Reincarnation (21%): Platinum]

[Reincarnation (11%): Epic]

[Reincarnation (3%): Legendary]

[Current Status: As it lacks energy, its rebirth speed is abnormally slow. Before the completion of the advancement, it does not have control over its body.]

[Comment: Young warriors will slaughter the legendary dragon, but a warrior who truly knows how to play... will ride the legendary dragon!]

"F*ck! Who would have thought that an ordinary chameleon would turn out to be a legendary dragon that was in the process of reincarnating?"

"Who would believe this sh*t?"

Wiping his eyes, he repeatedly confirmed the information displayed on the attribute panel in front of him. Su Mo finally discovered the truth behind his suspicions.

Without mentioning the first day, over the course of a month, the wasteland had spawned various foreign mythical races that were on the ordinary spectrum, like kobolds, rats, taurens and lions.

However, Su Mo had not heard of any higher-dimensional races in the wasteland.

Some humans even thought that such creatures did not exist, and that these humanoid creatures encompassed the entirety of the foreign mythical races.

Now, looking at the giant dragon in front of him, Su Mo's heart was trembling.

"It turns out I became a dragon slayer on my second day in the wasteland!"

"It's no wonder Oreo, a super wasteland creature with multiple bloodlines, could appear in the treasure chest rewards from that one hunt."

The reality was very "sobering", while the ruins were full of "surprises".

All the mysteries near the Underground Shelter were revealed, one by one, during this replay by Su Mo.

Whether it was Magoo's shelter core or the legendary dragon in front of him, they were all unimaginable treasures in the main world.

"The legendary dragon's rank is already at the golden rank as soon as it was born, and its level of strength is extraordinary. However, it should be impossible for it to evolve to the legendary rank!"

The system panel indicated its lack of energy. Since the system had no problem scanning god-level creatures, a legend-level creature would pose no issues for it either.

The rewards for killing the gold-ranked dragon were certainly rich, but compared to the legendary-ranked dragon...

Looking at the few god-level cards in his backpack, Su Mo smiled slightly. However, just as he was about to withdraw, his eyes fell upon the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card.

A bold, but crazy, idea suddenly appeared in Su Mo's heart.

"A lot of energy is stored in the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card. If I can provide enough energy, then maybe..."

"If this dragon can evolve to the legendary rank. At that time..."

"I might even obtain... a legendary treasure chest!"

Su Mo slowly exhaled. Looking at the painful and immobile dragon in the distance, the cogs of Su Mo's mind spun rapidly, and his muscles began to tighten and twitch involuntarily.

In Su Mo's eyes, the Abyssal Dragon had turned into a living treasure chest. It only required some proper...

Boom!

Then it could be harvested like cutting leeks!

"Zhong Qingshu, come over here and do me a favor!"

Gesturing for Zhong Qingshu to come over, Su Mo was incomparably excited and began to quickly take out packs of explosives as he kept an eye on the motionless chameleon.

As he had rushed out in the wee hours of the morning, aside from the large amount of ammunition, he only carried with him thirty catties of explosives.

To deal with this Abyssal Dragon, thirty catties would not be enough...

Su Mo gritted his teeth, but once he thought of the legendary treasure chest that might net him another legendary card, he no longer hesitated...

2680 survival points disappeared from his points reserves.

The amount of explosive packs on the ground began to expand visibly, increasing from the original 30 catties to 300 catties!

At the same time, a five-minute, ten-minute, and three-minute time fuze?was placed on the ground.

If he used a full three hundred catties of explosives at close proximity, even if it was a legendary creature, the resulting explosion would still kill it instantly.

"This is a pack of explosives. You have seen the amount here. The explosion radius is about one kilometer, so we have to make it past that distance if we don't want to die or be seriously injured."

"Your task is very simple. This is the lead wire, you take it!"

Looking at Su Mo's serious and cautious expression, and then at the creature lying on a tree that looked like the dragon from the movies and TV dramas, Zhong Qingshu's face turned pale, and she instantly understood what the explosion was for!

Without too much hesitation, after steadying herself, Zhong Qingshu nodded heavily and clenched her small fist.

Her behavior and reaction to this task left Su Mo somewhat surprised. Yet somehow, he had also predicted and expected this behavior from her.

Staring at Zhong Qingshu's anxious face, Su Mo nodded and passed her the three fuzes.

"Remember, three threads, red, white and yellow; red for ten minutes, white for five minutes, and yellow for three minutes."

"Once I ask you to light it, do so immediately. Don't hesitate, and just follow my instructions!"

The turmoil in the wasteland over the past few days cultivated Su Mo's decisiveness in the face of danger!

This kind of determination was usually not eye-catching, but in the eyes of people who had just been transported to the wasteland, he shone brightly like a Super Saiyan.

Watching Zhong Qingshu obediently take the fuzes and prepare them for ignition, Su Mo ran back quickly, rode the cross-country motorcycle over, and placed it in an accessible location in advance. As long as he left the engine on, he could escape at a moment's notice!

All the preparations were ready. Su Mo summoned the system, and once again looked at the attributes of the Abyssal Dragon. Su Mo tiptoed gently toward the dragon.

"Be good. I'm here to help you level up. I have no ill intentions!"

"Don't move, don't move. Grandpa Su Mo loves a good grandson like you!"

The moment Su Mo appeared, the dragon locked gazes with him. However, because it was unable to move, it could only watch as Su Mo approached it slowly.

"Hu… Human, go away. Otherwise...die!"

The white-robed kobold could speak human words so, when the dragon spoke, Su Mo did not find it strange. Rather, he felt happy about this turn of events.

If it could speak that meant that it could communicate...

And if it could communicate, that meant that it could be fooled!

"I, the great king of the human race, Su Mo, am here to help our great partner from the Abyssal Dragon family level up to the legendary level."

"I beg the king of dragons to protect my human race after your advancement!"

Speaking nonsense, Su Mo's footsteps were not slow. In a flash, the distance between them was less than 20 meters.

At this distance, Su Mo could even see the mysterious and complicated patterns on the wings of the dragon.

"You...you can't help me. Go away, go far away, otherwise..."

Abyssal Dragon's intermittent sentence had not yet finished before Su Mo's hand flashed, revealing a card. The dragon was immediately stunned into silence!

It was the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card, which stored all the power of the Heavenly Dog Pseudo God. Even though Oreo had absorbed the divinity, there was still a substantial amount of energy remaining!

At the very least, other legendary dragons would not be able to absorb even one percent or one-thousandth of it!

This kind of energy made the dragon, who originally had a violent look in his eyes and anger in his words, gape. It instantly turned into a child looking for some candy~

"Give it to me! Give it to me quickly! Give it to me, and I will protect your human race for thousands of years!"

"The Abyssal Dragon will always be a friend of the human race!"

"Zeta will always be a good friend to the king of the human race, Su Mo!"

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Chapter 214: Flying Ceremony, An Epic Level Treasure Chest!

Under the temptation of the abundant energy contained in the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card, the dragon's greedy expression could be seen at a glance.

"In Western fantasy works, the depiction of these monsters is rather appropriate. They really are just a group of greedy creatures that do not care about life or death."

Different from the positive image of dragons in eastern fantasy works, dragons in western fantasy works were mostly evil villains.

They had an incurable obsession with treasures and, depending on the situation, were either extremely shrewd or extremely stupid.

The same could be said to be true for the Abyssal Dragon named Zeta!

Looking at the Abyssal Dragon, Su Mo slowly took a few steps forward, reaching the ten-meter mark.

Right now, Su Mo could easily pull out the Type-80 machine gun and shoot the dragon until it became a sieve, sending it to hell to slowly repent of its greed.

However… the gold rewards would likely not even reach one-thousandth of the value of a legendary level reward!

Seeing that the Abyssal Dragon was still unresponsive and unable to move, Su Mo let out a sigh of relief and continued moving forward.

Eight meters…

Five meters…

Three meters…

Closing the distance, Su Mo cautiously glanced at the Abyssal Dragon's longing gaze and then began to look at the blood oozing from its skin all over its body…

"Poor dragon, it doesn't even have scales…"

Su Mo stretched out a hand and touched it…

His actions did not make the dragon angry. On the contrary, after realizing that Su Mo was not attacking it, it lowered its guard significantly.

"Hu…human, the Abyssal Dragon is willing to form a friendly alliance with you as long as you present me with this card"

"The Abyssal Dragon will always protect his friends!"

The immobile dragon could hardly contain its undisguised greed. Occasionally, killing intent leaked from its gaze and it was still speaking nonsense. Su Mo removed the pretense from his face in an instant after pulling off his mask, his expression cold and merciless.

"Okay, Lord Dragon, but before that, we need to carry out the flying boom welcome ceremony of the human race."

Su Mo turned back to the vicinity of Zhong Qingshu and, moving back and forth, all the explosives were placed under the dragon by using the storage space.

Uneasy, Su Mo picked up the dragon, which was currently the size of half a person, and placed it in the center of the explosives.

Throughout the whole process, the poor little dragon looked dazed and did not understand what Su Mo was doing.

However, the next segment was the part it desired the most.

After making sure that everything was prepared and the three time fuzes were all linked, Su Mo took out the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card and gently attached it to the dragon's body.

Whoosh!

The gray and black starlight sensed the connection between the two objects and, like a charger plugged into a socket, the energy began to flow and surge out of the card, gradually transferring over to the body of the dragon.

This energy infusion made the Abyssal Dragon tremble uncontrollably, and roars of comfort buzzed from its throat.

Summoning the system, Su Mo saw that the probability of the dragon advancing to gold level had filled up after just a few seconds of energy infusion. Su Mo decisively shouted, "Ignite the fire, ten minutes!"

Crackle!

The second after Su Mo's voice ended, Zhong Qingshu, who looked tense and fully focused, lit the fuse.

The ten-minute red lead wire began to slowly burn, and a section of the lead wire began to deflagrate.

Time fuzes could be used in many situations.

However, Su Mo's usage of it in an actual battle like this was unprecedented!

The Abyssal Dragon, busy absorbing the energy, did not notice the approaching burning lead wire in front of it.

It was swimming in an ocean of energy, and a refreshing feeling burst forth like a tide, enveloping every part of its body.

"Ah~ha~ com…comfortable!"

"All… redemption, must die!"

As the dragon repeated and spat out the word "comfortable", the progress bar on the system panel rose quickly.

In less than two minutes, the platinum level advancement bar was also filled up, and the gold level bar disappeared entirely, with the dragon now at the lowest level of platinum.

"It's moving too quickly! Light up the five-minute fuze, hurry!"

The dragon's rate of absorption was too fast, and there was still more than seven minutes remaining for the ten-minute fuze. It was unable to keep up with the speed of the dragon's absorption and advancement.

Fortunately, Su Mo had already made three levels of preparations and, as the five-minute lead began to deflagrate, time became increasingly urgent.

He had to match the timing of the dragon's absorption and advancement, while leaving himself about a minute and a half to escape. Time management was crucial for this operation to succeed.

When three hundred catties of explosives ignited, if he was within 300 meters, it would be fatal.

If he was within 700 meters, the vibrations and shockwaves from the explosion would injure him seriously.

One kilometer away was the safest distance!

42%…

51%…

The epic level progress bar was soaring upward as the energy infusion continued. The energy in the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card was still sufficient, and the starlight on the card had not reduced at all.

At the same time, the dragon's body began to undergo earthshaking changes, and a pair of yellow wings had completely grown out.

When it fully expanded its wings, it was approximately 1.5 meters wide.

As it absorbed more energy, solid black and red dragon scales began to form on the surface of the dragon's body.

"Light up… the three-minute fuze!!!"

Its evolution speed and direction far exceeded Su Mo's estimation but, fortunately, things were still under control.

After the three-minute lead wire was ignited, Su Mo began to use tricks as he observed the progress bar.

Since there was insufficient time for the dragon to reach the legendary level, the epic level would suffice!

Su Mo lifted the card back and, before the dragon could be angry, Su Mo put it back again to continue the energy infusion.

He repeated this process and, each time when the dragon was about to roar in anger, Su Mo always put back the card in time. Although the energy supply was intermittent, there were no problems.

Epic progress 100%…

Legendary 11%…

Feeling the abundance of energy, this greedy dragon did not stop at the epic level, and continued to make strides toward the legendary level!

Once the beginning of the advancement had started, it could not be stopped. If the energy infusion stopped and the Abyssal Dragon wanted to complete the evolution process at the epic level, it would still take awhile for it to complete the transformation, and it would still be stuck in the state of being unable to control its body.

"Enough! Zhong Qingshu, let's go!"

After pulling off the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card and putting it into the storage space, Su Mo retreated decisively and ran toward the motorcycle.

"Hey…human, power, come back!"

The dragon, who was still enjoying his hot spring spa, suddenly found that the energy source had disappeared. As it stared at Su Mo who was running away, it was momentarily unable to figure out what had happened.

Zhong Qingshu acted smartly. When she noticed Su Mo running over, she pushed the motorcycle upright and pushed the stand back into its riding position.

Once Su Mo stepped onto the motorcycle, Zhong Qingshu got on as well. Su Mo revved the engine and twisted the accelerator!

Buzz…Boom!

Woo woo woo woo!

The power output of a cross-country motorcycle was not big, but its torque was something else entirely.

As he pushed hard, the front of the motorcycle tilted upward and, after the rear wheel slid across the ground for a while, it landed heavily on the ground once more and sped away.

In just three seconds, relying on Su Mo's excellent control, the indicator on the motorcycle's speedometer exceeded 100!

Using this speed his familiarity with the basin and its surroundings, Su Mo had the confidence to escape successfully!

The dragon behind him started to roar frantically and angrily as he watched Su Mo running away.

However, because of the abundance of energy, it had begun to advance to the legendary level, and it was left with no other choice than to continue its process of advancement.

"Huh…what is this…"

Listening to the hissing sound coming from its rear, the dragon opened its eyes curiously and looked at the yellow thread of sparks that was approaching it.

The flickering sparks did not seem to contain any power and, were it not for its rapid approach, the dragon would not have even bothered looking at it.

"Damn human, really cunning. When my evolution is complete, I must…"

Without sufficient energy, there was no hope for it to advance to the legendary level.

Just as the dragon was cursing and ready to end its evolution process at the epic level…

The sky…

Turned bright!

The bright light rose momentarily and, before it could react, a roar loud enough to be heard from dozens of miles away shook from underneath it.

Explosion!

Boom!

Shockwave!

The explosives of human beings, at this moment, possessed enough power to rival the "forbidden curses" of the foreign mythical races!

As the explosive energy compressed and imploded, the dragon did not even have time to roar; it lost consciousness and was completely decimated into nothingness!

The land was crumbled with the explosion, and nearby stones were blown to smithereens!

Feeling the constant vibrations behind him, and seeing the rubble and debris falling from the sky, Su Mo could not but whistle in excitement as he sped across the wasteland.

Warriors often walked on the edge of the blade.

Even in the ruins, it was no exception.

Only those who were bold enough could obtain the richest harvest in every battle.

Su Mo rode the motorcycle until they were about two kilometers away. After a chic and elegant flick, the motorcycle came to a halt.

Raising his head, a terrifying yellow mushroom cloud appeared in the distant horizon in front of him.

The compression of heated air, coupled with the yellow poisonous smoke released by the picric acid explosives, was a spectacular scene that could fascinate anyone who was watching.

"This is the power of technology!"

Taking off the mask and smelling the scent of gunpowder in the air, Su Mo's eyes were full of emotion.

Holding on to Su Mo's waist and looking at the mushroom cloud in the distance, Zhong Qingshu's thoughts were simple.

"What a terrifying explosion, hehe. That monster is dead for sure!"

Such an explosion was unlikely to be seen in modern warfare. The pure explosive energy accumulation and superimposed kinetic energy meant that the efficiency of such a weapon would be insufficient for most modern combat situations.

However, it was enough to deal with the situation in front of them!

"The monster we encountered just now is an epic level dragon. Killing it will result in an epic treasure chest dropping!"

Seeing Zhong Qingshu's befuddled expression, Su Mo patted his head and began to brief her on various concepts regarding wasteland while they waited for the smoke to clear.

"The level of monsters is divided into… the level of items is too…"

"When encountering ordinary monsters, we should first…, encounter this kind of monster…"

Zhong Qingshu tried to remember everything he was telling her and was left deep in thought. Su Mo nodded in satisfaction as he twisted the accelerator and rushed to the scene of the incident.

After the gunpowder smoke dissipated, a swath of the surrounding basin had sunk even further.

At the center of the explosion, about a hundred meters away, a deep pit had been created by the explosion. There was still some poisonous gas lingering inside it.

However, none of these could attract Su Mo's attention…

Because, at the center of the explosion, there was a treasure chest shining with a scarlet light. At the moment, it was dazzlingly bright!

"The ruins are probably the most mysterious place in the wasteland world!"

He stopped the motorcycle and gestured for Zhong Qingshu to wait there. Su Mo put on his mask and touched his rapidly beating heart as he strode toward the treasure chest.

Currently, the highest level treasure chest that he had ever obtained was only gold level!

Compared with the one in front of him, the difference was a whole two levels!

These two levels were not the difference between wooden treasure chests and bronze treasure chests, but rather the gap between heaven and earth!

The corpse of the giant dragon had disappeared. When he walked closer, he forcibly resisted the urge to open the treasure chest right there and then to evaluate the items in it. Su Mo kept it within the storage space.

So far, the gains in the ruins of this trip had been more than a hundredfold.

Even if he did nothing and spent the next few days on vacation, his strength would drastically improve after returning to the main world.

"I only have one card to bring things out, so I'll have to choose between Magoo's core and this epic treasure chest."

"The answer is obvious…"

Looking at the two items in the storage space, Su Mo made a decision in his heart without hesitation!

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Chapter 215: I Can Give You Everything You Want!

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Magoo's shelter core was a level five one and, as long as it was integrated into a formed shelter, it could immediately increase the area of the shelter by ??50 cubic meters.

Moreover, the mermaid clan's water ability attached to Magoo's core could also be transferred to the main shelter through sacrifice.

In addition, it was possible that the shelter's core held some secrets or even some rare items. He might even discover objects similar to the diary that would reveal the future development trend of the game world!

If such a core could be brought out to the main world, it would naturally be extremely valuable!

However, after seeing all kinds of magical cards, Su Mo had a clear understanding of the value of an epic-level treasure chest.

This unexpected treasure chest was more precious than Magoo's shelter core, and could increase his combat capabilities immediately!

Thinking along these lines, Su Mo was already certain about his choice of item to bring out!

"Future, present, past..."

"Divulgence of Heaven's Secret, the main world, the ruins of time..."

While walking back, looking at Zhong Qingshu's nervous expression in the distance, Su Mo pondered on the connection between the three.

When the game relocated everyone here, it did not clearly state the purpose of the relocation, or even the "main task" that all players would have to complete.

As everything was still clouded in mystery, Su Mo could only use these details to infer the connection between the three.

"For the people in the ruins of time, I am a person from the future."

"Then, for the creatures that may exist in the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret, I am a person who traveled from the past into the future."

"But both the future and the past are derived from the main world. The two places I arrived at after being transported over were both near the Underground Shelter. Could it be that the coordinates of the Underground Shelter act as an anchor point in time and space?"

Su Mo balled his fist. Although he had not figured out the connection between the three, Su Mo had found the connection between the future and the past.

Whenever he entered an alternate space or world, he spawned near the Underground Shelter every time!

In the process of teleportation, the shelter acted as an initial anchor point by using its coordinates.

Such a setting provided room for manipulation.

If he could change this anchor point according to his imagination, the next time he entered the ruins of time, he would spawn Zhong Qingshu's shelter instead!

"Or I could use Magoo's shelter core to build my shelter here in the past!"

"And bring back the epic treasure chest to enhance my strength in the main world!"

As for the secrets that may exist in Magoo's shelter core, Su Mo would not miss this chance. Since he could not take it back with him, he could simply use it here.

After finalizing his choice, he let go of the remaining distracting thoughts, and his steps became lighter.

Of course, this behavior also relieved Zhong Qingshu, who was still standing in front of the motorcycle in the distance.

In the short span of two days, after being inexplicably transported to the wasteland world, she had experienced both starving and fear.

If Su Mo had not appeared at night, she would have gone to bed hungry and thirsty.

The next day, before she had time to adapt to the rhythm of the wasteland, she followed Su Mo on his hundred-kilometer journey. She participated in a life and death situation, and enjoyed a grand show of "fireworks".

Experiencing this kind of stimulation, this surging freedom, how could she calm herself down?

"Problem solved?"

"Problem solved!"

Hearing Su Mo's affirmative reply, Zhong Qingshu raised her head happily, and let out a long, soothing sigh.

"It's so dangerous. Does this place have all kinds of monsters?"

Zhong Qingshu quickly absorbed the previous knowledge, and then began to ask questions like an inexperienced toddler.

Smiling, Su Mo got on the motorcycle and turned on the engine. While riding toward the new Candlelight Shelter, he explained things patiently.

If he could re-enter these ruins again next time, the seed of "hope" that was Zhong Qingshu might take root. She might be able to use the resources left behind by Su Mo to build a true "shelter" in the past!

Both of them had a discussion session. Other than the ruins of time and the secrets of the main world, Su Mo explained everything.

"The acid rain is a form of nerve acid, which does not harm structures and the land. As long as it is mixed into flowing water, its toxicity will disappear."

"The second disaster will be a blizzard with a temperature of minus 20 degrees and a level 12 storm rating!"

"The third disaster is a great flood, with a forty-meter high peak water level!"

In the backseat, while hugging Su Mo's waist tightly, Zhong Qingshu's mouth opened into an O shape while she rested her head on Su Mo's wide back, feeling his powerful heartbeat!

"If there is a flood, then won't we have to place our shelter on high ground in advance? Won't our current location be flooded?"

After experiencing Su Mo's greatness, she naturally believed 100% in Su Mo's prophecy and was also 100% worried.

Whether it was the terrifying blizzard from Su Mo's words or the flood with a peak water level of 40m, both these disasters were more than enough to wipe out half of the human race in an instant!

"Don't worry, we can talk about future disasters at a later point in time. Maybe there will be a solution at that time!"

Zhong Qingshu nodded obediently when she heard Su Mo's words.

However, she did not know, and she would never know that…

The true meaning of Su Mo's words was that when he entered the ruins of time next time, he might be able to find a real solution to these terrible disasters.

The cross-country motorcycle sped along the wasteland.

After passing many familiar points in Zhong Qingshu's mind, the two lonely wooden houses appeared at the end of the horizon.

Despite only having stayed there for one day, Zhong Qingshu still felt the joy of returning home from the bottom of her heart when she saw the two wooden houses surrounded by fences.

"Hehe, what do you want this place to be like? Do you want it to be surrounded by the sea?"

Looking at the endless plains, Su Mo stopped the motorcycle and parked it on the hillside. He looked at the beautiful scenery below.

No acid rain, no blizzard.

The plains were full of grass that was as tall as half a person, and the land was also a healthy color of black and yellow. Looking at it, there was hope to be found everywhere.

"It's pretty good here. If it's possible, it'd be great if there's a small river behind our house, and a hill overlooking it not far away"

"Of course, considering the possibility of a major flood, it would be better if there is a big mountain tens of kilometers away. When the flood comes, we will move up there, and when the flood subsides, we will return here!"

Sitting in the backseat, Zhong Qingshu, who had not fully experienced the terrors of the wasteland, was like an innocent little girl. While waving her hands, she happily fantasized about how to build her shelter.

"Oh right, we have to plant a lot of trees; apple trees, peach trees, and even build some grape racks to cultivate grapes. I will take care of them myself!"

"We will open up ten acres of land by the small river, and plant food and various vegetables at that time!"

"If it's possible, I would also like to have a dog, two chickens, a kitten, a cow, and two sheep!"

It was said that men and women think differently.

When building a shelter, men think about how deep their shelter should be, how much concrete should be used to reinforce the walls, how perfect the structure and design should be, and even where to deploy defenses and where to place dozens of machine guns to prevent the incursion of enemies.

Even if they obtained an ordinary object, they would think about how to add it to the shelter's defensive arsenal to improve its safety!

Women were very different. In their eyes, the shelter should be a paradise, a big private manor!

In the manor, there would be two or three small attics, with creeks, mountains, fruit trees, and farmland in the surroundings.

When a disaster struck, everyone would flee and survive the catastrophe together.

If there was no disaster, they would live a simple and beautiful life, taking the wasteland as their second home.

"That's it? Is that all you want?"

After getting acquainted, and feeling that Su Mo was completely harmless and protective, Zhong Qingshu also lowered her guard. She boldly imagined her future life with a stranger who she had only known for one day.

Hearing Su Mo's words and feeling Su Mo's radiant self-confidence, Zhong Qingshu narrowed her lips.

"That's not a lot? Can you move two mountains over? Or can you open a river for us?"

"We don't even have a fixed source of water right now. If we want to drink water, we have to kill... Yes, kill those foreign races, and look for water in the treasure chests they drop!"

After being transported over, due to the exhaustion of the day's activities, up until four o'clock in the afternoon the next day, when the sun was the hottest, most people who had not yet found water were already on the verge of death.

According to Su Mo's memory, on this night alone, there were at least 10 million humans who died due to the lack of water.

Seeing that Su Mo was not speaking and quietly thinking, Zhong Qingshu suddenly realized that she might have said something wrong. She quickly opened the World Chat channel and pointed it out to Su Mo.

"Look, most people's lives are much worse off than ours. There are so many people asking for water."

"With less than one hundred milliliters of water, we can buy so many materials, which can be used to completely strengthen our shelter's defense."

"And we can still go..."

Seeing that Su Mo was still being silent, Zhong Qingshu was slightly anxious. While comparing their situation with others, she also made suggestions.

However, sitting in the front seat, Su Mo pulled over and got off the motorcycle. Looking at the terrain in the distance, he "roughly" interrupted Zhong Qingshu's comforting words!

"No! We have water, and we also have mountains. I can give you everything you want!"

After finishing speaking, looking at the doubt apparent on Zhong Qingshu's face, Su Mo summoned the storage space, and a gray-white card floated out.

The next moment, starlight burst out from the card.

Faced with such an instantaneous burst of power, even the sun in the sky had to hide from its power!

Between heaven and earth, light was lost, and the sky suddenly darkened. Like a total solar eclipse, the entire wasteland was plunged into darkness.

At this moment, the humans who were fighting monsters, and the humans who were hiding, waiting for the monsters to reveal their flaws, were all surprised to find that the originally ferocious animals suddenly stopped moving as the sky darkened. They lowered their bodies to the ground, not daring to move.

Puff!

In a deep pit somewhere in the wasteland, a cheetah that had been entangled for a long time suddenly fell on the ground and stabbed itself to death on a spear. The man below raised his head curiously and saw the most unforgettable supernatural scene in his lifetime.

An illusory image of a huge dog head gathered in the air and occupied two-thirds of the sky. The sky full of stars was used as the background, flashing, as expressions of panic were reflected on every human's face.

"The abyss is a candle, and we are the flames. Only by jumping down can we light this dark abyss and reach the other shore of salvation!"

More and more power gathered around his body. Zhong Qingshu's mysterious words from before echoed in Su Mo's mind.

"Candlelight, candlelight. I am the flame. A single spark can ignite the fire of hope for humankind!"

"Let's call this place Hope Plains from now on!"

Boom!

Boom!

Just after his voice ended, a louder rumbling sound than before suddenly exploded across the wasteland.

The transformation process...began!

Chapter 216: Earth-shaking Transformation, Hope Shelter

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The earth trembled!

Rumbled!

After the name "Hope Plains" was shouted out, the ground beneath their feet seemed to form a connection with the dog head in the sky, causing tremors and oscillations in their surroundings.

At the same time, the shape of the dog head completely condensed in the sky, as if it was communicating with heaven and earth. Su Mo's vision suddenly went dark.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in another space!

"This...this is a bird's eye view of the wasteland?!"

Similar to when he had entered the space with the first-level resource modification card previously, a small light suddenly appeared in the endless darkness.

When Su Mo walked over to the bright spot, he suddenly found himself in a long corridor.

"It's the Shifting Skies and Still Earth Model! The Doomsday Wasteland is exactly the same as the Shifting Skies and Still Earth Model from ancient Chinese philosophy and cosmology!"

By using the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card, Su Mo had temporarily gained a bird's eye view of his current surroundings, which surprisingly aligned with the ancient Chinese belief of heaven being a dome covering the square earth.

Except for a small part of the map, which contained lush greenery and was covered in vegetation, most of the terrain seemed to be gray-white land that had seemingly been exposed to terrifying amounts of radiation. Even from his perspective, it was difficult to locate any bodies of water on the map.

The next second, just as Su Mo was about to take a more detailed look, a torrent of information rushed out from the map and was transmitted into Su Mo's mind.

"Such huge swath of land only occupies one-tenth of the wasteland continent. Just within this one-tenth of the continent, countless humans and foreign creatures were distributed."

"The transformation is limited to this one-tenth of the wasteland continent. With this amount, I can create a river that runs through the north and the south."

"Alternatively, I can also choose to create an underground river and make a well that may be several million kilometers deep, storing trillions of tons of fresh water."

"There is only one chance given the limited energy. However, creating a river does not preclude me from creating the surrounding mountains as well."

His memory now contained general information about the map in front of him, as well as how to use the special ability to create the rivers and mountains.

After a while, Su Mo finished digesting all the information, and the map began to unfold slowly.

The transformation method was not difficult. Based on his newfound information, the total original total energy of this card was 10000 points. After deducting the energy absorbed by the Abyssal Dragon for advancement, there were still 9980 points remaining!

Each action would consume a corresponding number of points. The more drastic the modification, the more points consumed.

As for the overall direction and method of transformation, this would naturally be decided by Su Mo!

Su Mo stretched out his hands. As if sensing Su Mo's thoughts, the map's perspective changed naturally and depicted the sky above Hope Plains.

Here, from an odd top-down perspective, Su Mo could see himself and Zhong Qingshu, frozen in time.

With just a thought, everything within a hundred miles would appear in his mind naturally.

As Su Mo tried to observe things further away, he found that the energy points began to be consumed rapidly, and hurriedly retracted his gaze.

"It seems that points are not required to scan locations I have previously explored, but when I exceed those parameters, each square kilometer requires a point to scan!"

Just from that slight observation, hundreds of points on the panel had disappeared. On the upside, Su Mo managed to memorize the surrounding 300 kilometers of terrain.

"How fascinating, this space is more like a four-dimensional space. Standing here, I can control time and space!"

Poking the ground with his finger and looking at the sunken ground beneath it, Su Mo smiled and played around.

The time allocated for modification was three hours. Looking at the terrain below, Su Mo did not rush and started to build at a leisurely pace!

First of all, Su Mo focused on the topography of Hope Plains. To create a proper foundation, he gently compacted and flattened the uneven surfaces nearby.

At the same time, he solidified and raised the foundation under the two wooden houses by mixing some stones into the soil.

The raised foundation covered an area of 50 square kilometers, occupying a large portion of ?the Hope Plains.

The base of dozens of players in the area were all dug out by Su Mo, and neatly placed a distance away, congregating them into a small gathering spot.

Within the scope of the base foundation layer, as soil and rocks from other places were moved in, the terrain started transforming into something visibly strange.

As this place had been created out of thin air, it seemed incompatible with its surrounding area.

"The 40-meter-high base foundation has been completed, so the next step is to transform the surrounding environment."

Su Mo increased the terrain's height by 40 meters, so even if it encountered a flood, it would not pose a problem to the shelter.

Su Mo raised the three sides of the surrounding terrain vertically. As he focused his thoughts, three steep mountains rose from the ground to enclose the surrounding terrain.

These three mountains were impassable, with little to no room to set foot on.

On the one remaining side, Su Mo created a gentle mountain slope.

Other than a pathway that went straight through the middle of the mountain slope, there was no other way to reach the raised base foundation.

"Now that the base foundation and mountains have been formed, next up is water!"

Regarding the formation of water bodies and channels, Su Mo had already previously thought through some ideas, so he did not hesitate too much. A pit that was to be the wellhead appeared, measuring about one mu in diameter.

At the periphery of the pit, there was an approximately one-meter long opening, toward which four winding rivers ran through from within a 20-square-kilometer radius.

After reconnecting the ends of the rivers to the wellhead, Su Mo took some time to admire the partially formed masterpiece before him. Then, he began the final process of refining his transformation.

He flattened unnecessary terrain, created undulations in places where there should be ups and downs, and used some energy to set up some natural stone barriers.

In the vicinity of the two wooden houses, he used his hands to clear ten mu of land.

Of course, Su Mo had not forgotten the importance of the warehouse.

On the fifty-square-kilometer base foundation, he create a stone mountain that housed an interconnected cave network, which would serve as a warehouse.

The Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card could form mountains and rivers and, despite Su Mo's lavish transformations, it only consumed 700 energy points after completion.

"There are more than nine thousand points left. All these points will be turned into water sources!"

Focusing his gaze on the one-mu pit, Su Mo clenched his right fist and channeled all the card's energy in an instant.

Then the world became dark again. When Su Mo opened his eyes, he had already returned to the world in the ruins of time.

In the sky, the sun had jumped out again.

It was as if the image of the dog's head that appeared from before was all an illusion, coming and going in an instant.

"What...what happened just now!"

The transformation had not yet started. After experiencing the dramatic changes in the world, Zhong Qingshu looked nervous and hurriedly ran behind Su Mo, ready to flee with Su Mo at any time!

"I just made a wish. I wished for Zhong Qingshu's dream to come true!"

Seeing Su Mo's smirk, Zhong Qingshu looked embarrassed. She was just about to refute his words but, before she could say anything, the ground underneath her feet suddenly began to vibrate wildly.

The earthquake increased in intensity from level three to level eight or nine in just a few seconds.

Except for the plains where the two were standing, other places seemed to be undergoing heaven's judgment, shaking and vibrating visibly.

Countless cracks on the ground formed, before being forcibly restructured and reshaped by a mysterious power.

Holding the steady Su Mo tightly, Zhong Qingshu's eyes were full of shock and confusion!

Before her very eyes, the foundation on which the wooden houses were built began to rise up naturally.

One meter, two meters...

Soon it became difficult to see the top from the ground below, and mountains began to spring up again around the surrounding terrain.

These mountains closely surrounded the rising plains, like loyal guards guarding the three cardinal directions around the plains.

This change was even more shocking than what one could find in movie and TV scenes.

Gurgle, gurgle...

Zhong Qingshu swallowed her saliva fiercely, looking at Su Mo with disbelief and a complicated expression on her face.

She was searching for a similarly shocked expression on his face, or at least a semblance of confusion or bewilderment.

However... She could find no such thing!

Su Mo's expression was as calm as a cucumber!

It was as if everything that was happening in front of him was unable to sway his cool demeanor even the slightest bit.

"This… is your doing?"

"No, this is what you wished for. I'm just helping you to realize it."

"Let's go. Get on and I'll show you around!"

Smiling, Su Mo looked at the terrain in front of him that had been completely transformed by him. As the creator of this scene, he felt a strong sense of omnipotence in his heart.

If he could reuse the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card every time he entered the ruins of time then, after a few times, this wasteland continent would surely undergo a terrifying transformation.

By then, this place would no longer be a wasteland full of despair, but another home full of hope.

Zhong Qingshu was obediently sitting on the backseat of the motorcycle, hugging Su Mo even tighter, and the look of dependence on her face became even more obvious.

With such power, he could realize all sorts of unrealistic dreams with a wave of his hands.

No girl could refuse such a romantic dream, even Zhong Qingshu!

As he rode the motorcycle and observed the surrounding impassable terrain around him, Su Mo became even more satisfied.

Taking a few turns on the self-created mountain road, Su Mo quickly arrived at the top of the raised plains without much effort.

Once he reached Hope Plains above, the surrounding 50 square kilometers of terrain suddenly turned smooth.

As he glanced around, he could see the cave warehouse in the distance, and the rivers winding across the ground.

"Wow, we have a river now. We have enough water!"

Su Mo parked the motorcycle by the river, watching as Zhong Qingshu dashed off the vehicle with surprise etched on her face. She rushed into the river, jumping happily, Su Mo was also full of emotion.

He had not even seen a river in the main world since being transported over from Earth. He hadn't even seen a river as clear as the one before him on Earth.

This was a real natural river, a river of life that had not been polluted in any way since it was born out of the void.

With it in his possession, before the blizzard disaster arrived, he would have ample water supply to trade for resources.

The materials and resources that billions of people could gather would result in a terrifying harvest that he could not fully imagine!

"Let's go to the shelter and check out the surrounding environment!"

The depth of the four small rivers on Hope Plains, were half a meter, one meter, two meters, and five meters respectively.

Walking along the half-meter deep river where Zhong Qingshu was currently located, he could see the two small wooden houses that were standing next to each other.

Behind the wooden houses was a wide and fertile plain, which had been cleared and tilled in advance by Su Mo, ready for sowing at any time.

In front of the wooden houses, there was a small bare open space that had been set aside to plant saplings.

Seeing the scene before him, even Su Mo fell in love with it at first sight!

"Compared with the Underground Shelter, the place here provides more peace of mind. It is a powerful feeling brought about by having invincible strength!"

The theme of the Underground Shelter was "living", while the theme of the Hope shelter was "enjoyment".

Looking at the excited Zhong Qingshu he gestured to her to enjoy the surrounding area first, and then he rode over to the water source.

The source of the freshwater was behind the cave warehouse, bound by a powerful force that did not conform to the rules of physics.

The water here was no longer pure blue in color, looking instead like a terrifying black abyss.

Beneath this, Su Mo had put in a full nine thousand energy points from the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card.

As for exactly how many water sources were produced by these energy points, even Su Mo would never know.

However, he at least knew that it would not be a problem to supply everyone in the doomsday world for decades, if not hundreds of years.

"In the real world, because of the blizzard disaster, people no longer lack water. Even if they possess so much fresh water, they can't sell them for a good price."

"But in the ruins of time, at this point in time where everyone has just been transported over here for two days, it is possible for the name Su Mo to resound through the wasteland once more!"

Sitting cross-legged beside the water source, Su Mo directly opened the trading panel with a smile on his face. He started performing a series of actions that he would have only dreamt of previously!

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Chapter 217: Crush The Market, Worldwide Harvest

In the evening, despite the interference of the "special effects" of the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card, Brother Feng Zi's large-scale vegetable culture medium appeared punctually on the trading market.

Unfortunately, without Su Mo's involvement at this time, the quotes he received from other people were roughly the same as those he received in the main world, and there were no magical items that could treat or alleviate his injuries.

After thinking about it, Su Mo took out the little psychic energy water that he had left in the storage space and listed a liter of it for sale. He half sold and half gifted it to save Brother Feng Zi.

"Since I haven't traded with anyone here before this, I don't know if Feng Mengyue's rare glass panel has been sold…"

After browsing the trading market for a while, Su Mo immediately found out the current market situation and the price trend of various items.

Not enough time had passed since everyone had been transported over to the Doomsday Wasteland. Even if there was a tutorial, most people could not obtain enough water to drink. They could exert themselves in their struggle to live on despite being on the verge of dying of thirst.

Of all the items and materials on the trading market, the number one item desired by all players was water!

Whether it was fresh water or muddy water, as long as it could be drunk, as long as they could survive past their current desperate situation, these people would accept it all.

Of course, many people had not been able to find rare items. They could only use whatever little resources they had, hoping that someone would look at the tatters they listed for trade, to obtain the life-saving sip of water.

"Iron blocks, wood blocks…most of them are ordinary objects!"

After a round of browsing, most of the "rare" items in the consciousness of ordinary people were mostly at the good-quality level, and there were only a handful of excellent-quality items. Focusing his thoughts, Su Mo began to start something that would only have happened in a fantasy realm.

A round of trading!

Massive trading!

As far as items with attributes were concerned, no matter how many items were listed, even if the price was two liters of water or three liters of water, as long as they exceeded normal-quality, they would all be bought up mercilessly by Su Mo.

All of a sudden, the freshwater spring began to be absorbed and transferred by the game panel.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…

Su Mo could not see the depths of the well in front of him but, seeing the dozens of tons of water that appeared in the trading system in the game panel instantaneously, Su Mo smiled.

As the only dealer who had a source of water in the wasteland, this deep well of spring water was an unimaginably terrifying treasure!

No one could refuse the temptation of fresh water, and no one could calm down when faced with such a large-scale acquisition of items.

This was the truth.

No matter where everyone was, lying in their shelter at night while they looked at the trading market and chat channels, without exception, this turn of events suddenly became a sensation!

The World Channel and regional channels turned into a mess instantly!

"Someone is sweeping all the goods. D*mn it, this is too ridiculous, right? I saw several items that cost four or five liters of water bought within seconds!"

"Just now I looked through and found that there were 2239 items of good-quality level and above. Now, there are just 340 items left. F*ck! There are only around 300 items remaining!"

"It's over, it's all been bought out. All items above the good-quality level have been bought out. No matter how many liters you listed the item for, it will be bought in an instant!"

"Who is that? Is there a bug in the trading system? Have these items have been confiscated?"

"Su Mo, there is a player named Su Mo, who is frantically sweeping goods. He's crazy, completely crazy!"

"I don't know and I don't dare ask, but I beginning to believe in love again!"

Mountains of items piled together began to appear in the open space near the spring. In the blink of an eye, the originally gray and black land was slowly covered with various items that seemed to flow down from the hill.

Under the shining starry night sky in the wasteland, these items each shone with their own unique color. It shone so brightly that the night sky above was also stained with a hint of color…

"It's only this much. Perhaps I overestimated the progress of humankind in the wasteland. However, I can't be too late, otherwise it will become difficult to complete the task in the end!"

Su Mo bought nearly 3000 items of good-quality level and above. Su Mo smacked his lips and felt no satisfaction in his heart.

If such a harvest were in the main world, he would have been so happy that he could float. Unfortunately, in the ruins of time, these items would not contribute to his combat capabilities in the main world, at least not in the short term.

"Next up, I'll buy food, iron blocks, copper blocks, and various rare metal resources!"

Seeing the sensation in the chat interface, Su Mo waved his hand and directly set the game panel to trade an iron block for 200ml water, and a copper block for 300ml water. Rare metal ore resources would be traded at different rates according to the type, starting from 500ml and up to 5L. Thus another round of frantic acquisition commenced.

As for food, the prices were even more terrifying. For vegetables and fruits, they could be exchanged at a rate of three times their weight. For meat products, they could be exchanged for five times, eight times, or even ten times as much!

A 200g slab of beef could be exchanged for 1L of drinking water. At such prices, even players who intended to hold onto their supply of meat immediately opened the trading panel for fear of missing out!

A light flashed, and the game panel began to absorb and transfer spring water from the well again.

In the trading items column of the game panel, the amount of fresh water supply began to rise wildly ton by ton and, in the blink of an eye, it had risen to 5000 tons!

However, this scary figure was actually not that much if one were to consider the current human population in the wasteland.

At the price of 2000 units of iron per ton, 10 million units of iron could be purchased with just 5000 tons of water.

Whoosh, whoosh!

As soon as the transactions were listed on the channel, an unimaginable rush began and notifications of successful transactions continuously rang in Su Mo's ears.

At this moment, no one cared about Su Mo's sudden appearance, or where he got so much water.

Almost every person out there, as long as there were mines around them, without exception, rushed out into the darkness of the night.

The towering and solid mines were like shining golden treasure chests at this time.

If they put in the effort, perhaps they could earn half a day's worth or even one week's worth of water!

Everyone was afraid that the water deal would suddenly end, and that Su Mo would stop acquiring more resources and items.

Therefore, driven by the price and a sense of crisis, their speed and productivity rate were amazing.

Work hard and work madly; the pickaxes in everyone's hands had already turned into rapid shadows, and the continuous sound of mining could be heard all over the wasteland.

Such prices and such quantities, how could it not make people go crazy!

"Will our water transaction end soon?"

As the harvest continued to roll in from the trade transactions, unknowingly, Zhong Qingshu had also appeared by his side.

Seeing Su Mo's ever-growing pile of "treasures", Zhong Qingshu's eyes were shocked. However, after seeing the act of God in the afternoon, she had already acquired some level of "immunity" to the surprising things that Su Mo did.

"Don't worry, everyone in the world currently depends on us for their water supply, and we have enough for them to drink for hundreds of years!"

Hearing Su Mo's response, Zhong Qingshu's face was filled with surprise.

"Really?"

"Really! Also, hurry up and help me move these items into our warehouse. You don't need to worry about the iron blocks."

After receiving the order, Zhong Qingshu quickly left with a happy smile on her face. Looking at her, Su Mo began to buy iron blocks, completing the plan he had made before.

Acquiring 10 million units of iron blocks may sound exaggerated but, after spending hundreds of survival points to merge them into the three surrounding mountains, Su Mo was surprised to find that not even two of them had been fully filled up.

"No, I have to urge these people to quickly collect more. At the very least I have to transform all these four mountains into iron mountains!"

The cost of replacing objects in the system was very cheap, which was why Su Mo dared to exchange materials in this way.

After adjusting the price of the iron blocks to 500ml and the copper blocks to 1L, the acquisition speed finally picked up speed.

Who would dare to imagine that a single action from Su Mo would result in hundreds of millions of humans around the world picking up their tools and working hard in the mines like "mad dogs" at this ungodly hour?

Who would dare to imagine the effect of this one person, and how his water supply supported hundreds of millions of people.

The acquisition process took less than an hour, and all the people who went mining were surprised to find out that they had secured enough water to last them till the next month.

Some big families of four or five people, or even six or seven people, had saved up enough water to last them three to five months.

Shock appeared on everyone's faces. Only then did they discover that the originally dark mines had been illuminated by hundreds of thousands of human torches.

The mountains were glowing, and the plains were no exception!

Seeing that the iron and copper blocks had filled the four mountains, Su Mo clapped his hands with satisfaction, and then replaced the listings with new materials.

Trees!

A large demand for trees.

Not units of wood, but rather trees with roots, even if the roots were small!

In addition, Su Mo would purchase those trees for an unprecedented one hundred liters of water each!

One hundred liters of water for a tree sounded crazy, but what occurred after was even crazier.

In less than ten minutes, more than 3000 small trees were uprooted and traded; appearing on the ground beside Su Mo. Then, with the system's assistance, all the small trees were transplanted into Hope Plains.

Hope Plains, which was originally covered by only weeds, suddenly turned into a tropical rainforest.

"The valuable items have been purchased, and almost all the basic materials have been, so next…"

"One should preserve their dignity if they're nobody and promote social welfare if they are somebody. I, Su Mo, said this sentence before, and it's finally going to be fulfilled now!"

Su Mo took a deep breath and expelled the stale air from his lungs. Looking at the trading panel that was empty at this time, Su Mo made the craziest move since crossing into the wasteland:

Gifting water!

There were no conditions. There was no need to take out any items. As long as you were Huaxian, you could receive a limited daily supply of three liters of water for free!

As long as you were human, no matter which race you were, you could also receive a limited daily supply of 500 ml of water.

According to the rules of the game panel, Su Mo set up these trading parameters and the offer would last for fifteen days!

Within this period, after midnight every day, the supply of water could be obtained!

Whoosh!

The moment the transaction was listed on the trading channel, the air seemed to vibrate. In Su Mo's ears, it was as if crazy cheers were resounding all around!

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Chapter 218: Never Has The Flowery Path Been Swept For A Guest; From Now On, The Wicker Gate Would Be Opened Just For You

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Su Mo is giving out free water. As long as you are Chinese, you can receive three liters of water daily for free!"

"Foreign people only have 500ml. Good, this is the way. As long as they aren't dehydrated to death. I'm proud that he's Huaxian. If this were me, I would not give them even 5ml, let alone 500ml!"

"The god of water, Su Mo, has so much water. We Huaxians have Su Mo, are there any natural disasters that we can't survive?"

"Su Mo, call him Almighty Su! This is a true god. No doubt that this action will save more than tens of millions of people!"

"By the way, did Almighty Su find a river? There are rivers in the wasteland?"

"What river can supply so many people with water? Are you stupid? Look at the quality of the water you received and then talk."

"Our Huaxia is too strong, and these foreign gods can't copy it. Oh, Almighty Su, god from Huaxia, may I ask, is it too late for me to join Huaxia now?"

"Are there any Huaxians willing to trade the water that they can't finish? I am willing to use materials in exchange for water, I am willing to use labor in exchange for water. I am about to die of thirst!"

...

After Su Mo's listing of water on the trading market launched, the World Channel blew up even before the first disaster arrived!

The game panel probably did not understand why, on this ordinary night, there were billions of messages delivered every few seconds.

As this was happening,?at Hope Plains, Su Mo's game panel was not idle. He madly drew thousands of tons of water from the spring every minute, transferred it onto the trading market, and distributed it to various places.

According to the current population of five billion people on the wasteland, the water provided by Su Mo in one day alone would be as much as three million tons.

After fifteen days, it would add up to 45 million tons.

As he sat next to the well, he watched as the game panel absorbed a huge amount of water over the course of an hour, before finally completing the transaction listing.

However...the well seemed to still be at the same level from when he started, without the slightest change in water level. It was as if the water that was pumped away previously had not been sourced from this well at all.

"The water converted from more than 9,000 energy points may have formed a terrifying large body of water underground. If it leaks out, I am afraid the consequences will be much more dire than the flood disaster!"

Su Mo stood up and stretched his limbs. Looking at the various materials that had been piled up into a mountain around him, his heart calmed down.

The ecstasy of living out his fantasy, the satisfaction that came from the feeling of seemingly conquering the world, at this moment, all those feelings had transformed into his peace of mind.

Those humans who had died in the main world due to lack of water would have their fates completely changed in the ruins of time.

They may die in the hands of foreign races, or under the knife of someone from the same race, but at least at this moment...

The name Su Mo had brought hope to too many people, like candlelight, igniting every dark and deserted heart!

"Oh man, it's not easy to be a hero. It feels better to go back to the main world and continue being a powerful ordinary person!"

In the World Channel, messages of worship still filled the comments screen.

Compared to the main world, Su Mo had taken even less time to be deified by the human inhabitants of the ruins of time. In fact, it only took an hour and a half to complete the task.

In the progress bar of the main task on the game panel, the completion rate of the task at this time had exceeded its limits, reaching a terrifying 120% rate of completion.

Once the first acid rain disaster was over, Su Mo could return to the main world with the time currency completion rewards.

Without stopping, Su Mo thought about the issue of storing everything he had accumulated. He began to wander slowly along the mountain of food.

However, just as he passed the corner of the well, he saw Zhong Qingshu sitting in front of the mountain with an expression that seemed to be both crying and laughing at the same time.

The visual impact of the mountain of food swept up his heart in waves, and this feeling was even more apparent for Zhong Qingshu.

The big mountains of food encompassed about 45 square kilometers of space, and the shortest pile was seven or eight meters high.

The tallest was over ten meters high!

Countless humans in the wasteland dreamt of having meat and snacks for enjoyment. Now, boxes of compressed food, just like roadside garbage, were piled up the open ground.

Zhong Qingshu, who had just been starving the day before, was shellshocked.

Sensing that Su Mo was coming over, Zhong Qingshu turned her head numbly, with a trace of confusion in her eyes.

"Su Mo... are all these ours?"

Safety, drinking water, and food had all been acquired in one day, and in a one-time serving that would last them decades.

Even with Zhong Qingshu's courage, she was also left frightened at this time.

The materials collected by billions of people were concentrated on one person. Even if had only been a day or so, the results had been scary enough.

"Yes, it's all ours. These potato chips, you can eat a packet or throw a packet!"

Looking at Zhong Qingshu's naive appearance, Su Mo laughed loudly. He picked up a pack of potato chips that had fallen beside him and ate it happily.

His mission was completed, and he would enjoy the next five days as a vacation.

As the pressure of completing the task no longer weighed on his mind, he chuckled as he looked at Zhong Qingshu who was still in disbelief. Then Su Mo lowered his body, picked her up, and simply carried Zhong Qingshu on his shoulders.

"Don't look at those things anymore. Even if the sky and land are endless, we can explore them on another day. Let's take the day off, and we can continue discussing things tomorrow."

Being placed on Su Mo's shoulders by Su Mo, and watching the mountains of food disappearing in the distance, Zhong Qingshu's eyes were full of confusion. After realizing her situation though, she immediately blushed.

However, this time, she did not put up any resistance, and she did not have any words to say either. She just lay on Su Mo's broad shoulders quietly, her eyes twinkling with a trace of shyness.

After putting her on the motorcycle's backseat, Su Mo got on and twisted the accelerator!

"Hold on tight, let's go!!"

Speeding across Hope Plains that belonged to the two of them alone, Su Mo shouted, and all the gloom of the wasteland over the past few days seemed to be swept away.

If he could still return to the ruins of time in the future, relying on the resources he had accumulated, the ruins of time would turn into his back garden.

Along the way back to the two wooden houses, they observed the changes in the surrounding area. Su Mo lifted the fence gate with confidence and parked the motorcycle inside the compound.

Throughout the process, Zhong Qingshu hung behind his back like a clingy kitten.

"Oh dear, she could even fall asleep like this. She must be exhausted!"

Seeing Zhong Qingshu's defenseless posture, Su Mo was startled and, at the same time, he could not decide whether to laugh or cry.

Only in an extremely safe environment could someone sleep so sweetly.

Even though she had not eaten dinner and was tired and nervous the entire day, she did not care and fell into a deep sleep right on Su Mo's back.

As for the changes of yesterday and today...

Zhong Qingshu had been very vigilant yesterday; she was about to die when Su Mo entered her house.

Today, she had turned compliant and had full trust in Su Mo.

Wiping the gray and black dirt stains on Zhong Qingshu's face, he sighed and watched her sleep. He opened the door of his wooden house and placed Zhong Qingshu on the soft bed that he made.

The big bed was covered with luxurious bedding. It was many times more comfortable than the wooden floor and, because of yesterday's sleep, it still retained the Su Mo's scent.

As soon as Zhong Qingshu was placed on the bed, her tensed-up body immediately relaxed, and the corners of her aggrieved mouth slowly relaxed.

"It's...troublesome. Why don't things happen according to the playbook?"

Touching the back of his head and looking at the sleeping Zhong Qingshu, Su Mo was slightly dejected. He opened the door and walked out.

However, from an angle that Su Mo could not see, Zhong Qingshu's mouth curled up slightly, showing a relieved smile.

Su Mo had never dealt with a situation like this; having a girl in his bed. At this time, while the bed was occupied by someone, Su Mo could only ride his motorcycle and return to the food mountain and begin to work.

When he designed the placement of the well and the warehouse, he had naturally considered matters regarding transportation.

Therefore, in the two places, Su Mo had deliberately created a downward pathway that had simple stone guide rails.

It only took him a little more effort to create a few small rail cars to transport resources and materials into the warehouse.

The sky had darkened but, with the fire torches from the game, and the fact that Hope Plains was now extremely safe, Su Mo was not worried about the darkness around him. He sat on the ground and started to build the small rail cars manually.

After the eight little rail cars were constructed and connected, he placed them on the guide rails. After confirming that they could be successfully moved to and fro, it only took two hours before the mountain of food was transported into the warehouse by Su Mo.

At the same time, Su Mo also carefully sorted them into categories.

"Meat can be stored for a long time, but it needs to be processed. Things like rice noodles can also be stored for a long time."

"As for these snacks, we can eat them as soon as possible!"

There were too many things, and Su Mo did not have a weighing scale, so he could only temporarily record the number of materials by estimation in a small notebook, and then let Zhong Qingshu take care of things slowly afterward.

After doing all this, he rode the motorcycle to patrol the surroundings of Hope Plains. After affirming the safety of his surroundings, Su Mo rode back to the small courtyard of the shelter.

After solving the problems of dinner and washing up outside the wooden house hastily, he looked at the shelter gates that were closed on both the left and right sides of both the wooden houses.

Between being a beast and becoming a human being worse than beasts, Su Mo struggled. He finally followed his nature and walked to his hut!

"It's just within the ruins, just within the ruins, it's not the main world..."

Su Mo kept meditating in his heart. Feeling his heart beat nervously, Su Mo slowly opened the small door, and then walked in under the light of the stars.

Inside the room, there was a gleam of light and, on the small bed, Zhong Qingshu's pretty face seem to glitter.

Should he wake her up…

As he was thinking, Su Mo lowered his head to look at Zhong Qingshu on the bed, and was then stunned.

Zhong Qingshu was crying?

What had happened?

She did not shed a tear even after being injured by a kobold, yet now she was crying?

Curiously, Su Mo went closer and found that Zhong Qingshu was indeed crying.

Her delicate little face was turned sideways, and tears flowed down her white cheeks. It made Su Mo feel distressed when he saw it.

"Could it be a nightmare?"

Touching his head, and then looking at Zhong Qingshu's trembling appearance, Su Mo stretched out his hand. When he was about to wake her, Zhong Qingshu woke up.

"Su Mo!" Zhong Qingshu was tearful and pitiful. She opened her eyes to see Su Mo standing behind the bed. She suddenly jumped into Su Mo's arms and hugged him tightly.

Su Mo was originally standing next to the bed. After being hugged, Su Mo could only sit on the bedside for the sake of his waist.

He had never dealt with a situation like this. At this moment, he froze on the bed and could only hug Zhong Qingshu mechanically, unable to say a word.

"Su Mo, are you going to leave soon? Are you going to return to your world?"

"Don't leave, don't leave me. Take me along, okay?"

Her words startled Su Mo, who was still thinking about how to comfort Zhong Qingshu.

Zhong Qingshu knew that he was leaving? How did she know?

The bug in the ruins of time was finally discovered by Zhong Qingshu?

Seeing Su Mo's stunned expression, Zhong Qingshu did not speak anymore. Instead, she kissed him slightly fervently.

All the words that were in Su Mo's throat were suppressed.

The night was charming, and the wooden house was pleasantly warm.

On the lonely wasteland, a man and a woman shared their body warmth.

…

After a while, looking at the woman with a blushing complexion before him with blurred eyes, Su Mo leaned forward, with the corners of his lips slightly raised.

"Are you sure you want me to be here?"

"Will you reject me? Almighty Su~~~"

With a sweet smile, Zhong Qingshu asked in a honeyed voice, blinking as she spoke.

"Well, I admit, I like tonight."

Su Mo put aside his serious side and pretense, revealing the true nature of a man.

Even if it was not in the ruins, in the main world, if one encountered such a thing, could he still be called a man if he was not impulsive?

Zhong Qingshu, who got an affirmative answer, immediately abandoned all her usual restraints and attacked him again on this fateful night.

...

The spring water in the cave was endless, and the tadpoles in the stream competed for the upper reaches.

As he looked at Zhong Qingshu, who lay charmingly in his arms, a hint of red on her face, Su Mo paused and nodded gently.

At this moment, looking at the woman in front of him, a heavy sense of responsibility competed with the waves of happiness in his heart.

"This is my woman, the one I want to protect!"

"Ruins of time… Wait for me… I will be back!"

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Chapter 219: Clearing Without Injury, Leaving!

Night and day reversed, and the sun arose once more.

When sunlight once again touched the ground, Hope Plains welcomed its first baptism of light after its transformation.

Sitting at the front of the bed, hugging Zhong Qingshu, who was lying in his embrace like a cat, Su Mo's heart was full of emotion.

"You're awake? I'll go make something tasty for you!"

Seeing Zhong Qingshu slowly open her eyes, Su Mo caressed her head dotingly, embarrassing the lady.

In just two short days, the relationship between the two had had progressed leaps and bounds, and they had achieved their first "big life milestone".

Adding on the fact that the two of them were both beginners with absolutely no experience…

Um…

When the day turned bright, they both became embarrassed.

"Uh-huh…

Zhong Qingshu's voice was like the chirp of a lark, thin and faint, not at all possessing the independent streak she had in the main world.

In the ruins of time, with Su Mo at her side in this environment, Zhong Qingshu did not have to forcefully "arm" herself.

With the weapons and supplies they possessed, and even the environment transformed to protect their surroundings, nothing could shake the indestructible Hope Plains for at least the next three disasters.

After putting on his clothes and momentarily gazing at the small bed full of stories behind him, Su Mo pushed open the door and walked out.

Fresh!

Carefree!

Comfortable!

This was what Su Mo felt after breathing in the air of the modified Hope Plains.

Many trees were transplanted, guaranteeing an oxygen-rich environment and a soothing and temperate climate in their surroundings.

Also, coupled with four winding rivers, the air was rich in moisture.

Without the pollution from industrialized machinery, a gulp of fresh air into the stomach felt like getting his lungs a comfortable massage, sweeping away any depression.

After 30 to 50 push-ups and pull-ups to warm up, Su Mo pushed open the fence gate. The world outside looked endless.

Riding the cross-country motorcycle through this empty wasteland with nobody to bother him, he could only describe this feeling with one word: great.

Walking into the warehouse that stored the special supplies, Su Mo started looking through his gains.

Because the transactions had occurred continuously, Su Mo had not yet managed to look at many of the items, simply storing them away as they were being exchanged for countless liters of water.

Upon closer inspection now, Su Mo was surprised by the abundance of supplies and resources he obtained.

There were three or four generators—in both medium and small sizes, induction cookers, ovens, rice cookers, and various other cooking appliances. Su Mo also received quite a few boxes of lightbulbs, bundles of wires, and even range hoods and air ventilators.

Just these alone comprised the two or three hundred good-quality items gathered outside.

Walking further inside, there were countless other household appliances. As long as they set things up properly, the shelter could be restored back to the time of the civilized era.

"Nice! If things keep going like this, my Hope Shelter will soon become even more advanced than the Underground Shelter!"

In the Underground Shelter, although there were two types of transcendent blessings, the amount of electricital items in the shelter could not compare at all to the Hope Shelter, which had more than two thousand of such various items.

Not long after, after retrieving a set of house appliances and food from the supplies warehouse, Su Mo started assembling a kitchen setup to make breakfast.

In less than half an hour, as the fragrance of the bread spread from the toaster oven, the sounds of footsteps finally came from the quiet wooden house.

Following the scent, Zhong Qingshu ran out with bare feet. Her smooth, jade-like feet stepped onto the soil and, in a couple of moments, she had hopped in front of the toaster.

"Smells so… good. We even have a toaster oven now?"

With the roar of the generator, the buzz of the oven, and the howl of the induction cooker, there was a lot of noise in their surroundings.

However, in the wasteland that had lost all the hustle and bustle of civilization, it was a most blissful sound.

Seeing Zhong Qingshu's frantic appearance, Su Mo patted her head dotingly, and then produced a full set of tools to start making breakfast.

Between two large, toasted slices of fluffy bread, there was Chinese-style lettuce and cucumber, meatloaf that would be fried in the wok, and sauce that had psychic energy water added to it.

Mixing it a little, the smell was so fragrant that people could faint from its scent.

Yesterday's exercise had used up too much of their strength. They ate as they cooked. It was only after the two of them finished a portion sufficient for four people that they sat down in satisfaction.

Without any worries regarding survival and missions, a leisurely day like this was something almost impossible to experience in the wasteland.

Having been anxious for about a month, Su Mo—who currently sat beside Zhong Qingshu—who had been as tense as a bowstring, could not help but relax.

"How did you discover that I wanted to leave?"

Turning his head, and staring into Zhong Qingshu's clear eyes, Su Mo asked her curiously.

Last time, he had tossed the proof straight into Kento Maeda's face, but because of some inexplicable power, not only did Kento Maeda not believe that his own world was fake, he instead thought that the world Su Mo was from was the fake one.

Zhong Qingshu could actually circumvent this causal influence?

"I don't know. I just felt very strange. There was a weird sense telling me you wanted to leave. I didn't think you really would!"

It could only be said that a woman's sixth sense was even stronger than Oreo's.

Tilting her head to think about it, Zhong Qingshu also could not understand why she would suddenly think that Su Mo wanted to leave last night.

"Then if I don't come back, wouldn't you be a widow?"

"No, I won't. That weird sense also told me that you'd still come back. Or do you take me for a fool?"

Rolling her eyes at Su Mo, Zhong Qingshu shifted into a more comfortable position and laid in Su Mo's arms, acting coy.

"Will I come back?"

After seeing the strong influence of Oreo's sixth sense, Su Mo also started to somewhat believe in this vague sense of premonition.

Seeing the pretty girl acting coy and adorable, Su Mo could not help but become tongue-tied and rubbed Zhong Qingshu's head adoringly.

…

After flirting for a whole morning and taking a relaxing afternoon nap, the two got to work and packed up the items and supplies they received from yesterday's trading.

During this, Su Mo once again used up four complete shelter cores because he felt that not using them would be a waste, and built four cellars to store some of perishable items.

For example, some meats were alright, and there was not much of them, but the very fresh vegetables would have been doomed. Without appropriate storage methods, they would rot in less than a week.

"Pack up these rare items first. If it's food, we don't have to worry about that for the time being.

"In these few days, if we can trade our vegetables, then do so. Trade them for some useful equipment!"

After muttering to himself a while and making decisions, Su Mo decided to adjust his strategy, and the two people's working speed increased again.

They rushed to categorize all the special items, organize them neatly, and put them back into the warehouse before sunset.

Among these items, most of them were electronics that were far from being able to be used by other people at the moment.

At the same time, there were also some items that had special abilities. However, most of the things did not have much practical value at the current stage.

"It's a pity that the ruins of time doesn't have things like computers either, or we could use these things and increase our level of security!"

Playing with the security cameras in his hand, and once again checking that all the things had been categorized and recorded, the two of them tacitly got onto the motorcycle and returned to the shelter, resuming their blissful lives.

For three consecutive days, time passed by quickly.

On the first day, Su Mo waited near Underground Shelter during the wee hours of the morning, waiting for the ruins from before to appear.

It was a shame that things could not repeat in the ruins of time and those ruins did not appear; it was as if this function had been abolished.

This unfortunate event also dispelled the ideas Su Mo had of wanting to use the ruins of time to re-enter the ruins of time in this world.

Without this important matter to deal with, the rest of the time, during the day, the two of them either packed things up together or did as Su Mo personally instructed.

While teaching Zhong Qingshu the Su Family Spear Technique, he also guided her on how to use the M-1 rifle, disregarding the price of the bullets used for her target practice.

Survival in the wasteland, as well as the simulated training sessions by the system, had already brought Su Mo's close combat abilities and gun techniques to even greater heights, so instructing a newbie like Zhong Qingshu was no issue at all.

Compared to the main world, the current Zhong Qingshu had not yet seen blood. After teaching her for three days, Su Mo noticed that, although Zhong Qingshu learned very fast, she still lacked that final "ingredient" of real combat.

Because he wanted to leave, regarding the shelter's future development, rather than the preservation of supplies, what Su Mo most urgently desired to achieve was the strengthening of the combat strength and readiness of the shelter.

There were no rules in the wasteland; whether for survival or actual combat as well. As they spent the final day together, before the acid rain disaster arrived, Su Mo brought Zhong Qingshu around everywhere at a leisurely pace.

As expected, without Kento Maeda and Huang Biao, some other Kento Inoue, Kento Yamakami, Zhang Biao, or Wang Biao would appear…

After these people had had enough to drink, they saw and coveted other people's supplies. Thinking that there were no rules, they could be evil to the bone and kill and steal as they pleased.

Unexpectedly, after they bumped into the "passionate" duo and experienced a bout of rigorous justice, not only did it allow Zhong Qingshu to practice her martial arts, it also allowed them to gather enough damaged shelter cores to transfer the motor-pumped oil well.

He destroyed Magoo's shelter and fused it into his own secondary shelter.

Having experienced it once before, Su Mo was already familiar with the process.

When the oil well had been moved into Hope Shelter, with the help of the various items and materials he had acquired, Su Mo only had to spend 1000 points to resolve the energy issue and fix the oil well in the ruins of time.

Along with that, because of the destruction of the Deep-sea Shelter, Magoo's core could be fused as well.

Excited, Su Mo eagerly chose to fuse it.

Unfortunately, what was revealed had not been the "secret" Su Mo wanted.

The most valuable thing inside had been a bullet design blueprint that, in Su Mo's eyes now, was very ordinary.

Two regular wooden houses, one big and one small, stood above the ground.

Below Su Mo's wooden house, there was even a cellar designed to resists disasters. The cellar door was the alloy door he obtained from the Deep-sea Shelter.

The surroundings of the wooden house had been covered with sharp spike traps by Su Mo. The moment any stranger went inside, they would die without a doubt.

On the ground of the small courtyard, two solid drainage pipes made of pure iron led directly to the nearest water source, ensuring that any rainwater would not accumulate due to the terrain.

At night, on the cusp of the acid rain disaster's arrival, the two of them sat on the roof, staring at the pitch-black, starry sky. They were silent, quietly waiting for heaven's judgment to arrive.

Still, this atmosphere was not maintained for long. With the suggestive movements of Su Mo's large hands, the silent atmosphere was broken.

"You're sure we don't have to reveal the news of the Nerve Acid Rain?"

Looking at Su Mo's confident smile, Zhong Qingshu looked slightly worried, a vacant expression on her face.

"Absolutely. With enough drinking water, humans aren't that foolish. Everyone is doing great. Before they discover what the thing is, who would go do something stupid as going outdoors in the rain?"

Shaking his head and pulling Zhong Qingshu into his embrace, Su Mo stared at the rapidly gathering clouds in the night sky, before lifting his body lightly, and leaping down from the roof.

He did not know whether he had sensed things falsely but, after entering the ruins of time, Su Mo felt that, compared to his previous physical fitness, he had become much stronger.

Especially in regards to his body's vitality and durability—he had improved many times over.

It was always Zhong Qingshu who could not take it anymore and asked him to stop, and Su Mo would still feel like he had strength left unspent.

After reconfirming that there were no issues with the drainage facilities on the ground, he shut the doors and windows and looked out at the already falling rain.

As if accepting the fact that Su Mo was about to leave, the two of them tacitly began the final act of madness.

On the damp, rainy night, the bedroom was on fire…

A bird that flew from god knows where stood beneath the roof to avoid the rain. When it heard the rhythm of movement in the house, it started chirping along as well.

The reeds on the banks of the river were pale green, and the silvery dew condensed into droplets.

The green grass was lush, and the white mist blurred.

Just like how Kong Rong had let his older siblings eat the pear, the best was left for his little brother.[1]

…

The rainy night was very long, but no matter how long it was, it still progressed according to the movement of the hours, minutes and seconds.

Holed up in the shelter, a day's time went by like flowing water. By the time the two of them realized it, it was already a new day.

The golden sun was already streaming in the sky above, waiting for the last cloud to leave.

Because there was enough water, humankinds' combat strength and rate of development were even stronger here than in the main world, and the resources that could be obtained were even more terrifying.

Most humans had already rushed to implement disaster resistance measures before the acid rain came. The others also had their own methods to defend against the disaster.

Aside from a few hundred unlucky folks who perished in the acid rain due to other reasons, all the remaining humans who had avoided the disaster without injury now fervently stepped out of their wooden houses and pits to look up at the sky…

They were grateful for Su Mo's kindness and honored Su Mo's contribution. They worshipped Su Mo, who had become a water god to them.

However, what they did not know was…

As the acid rain disaster was coming to an end…

Su Mo's time to leave the ruins of time was finally coming as well!

[1] Kong Rong was a moral tale that told of Kong Rong leaving the bigger pears for his older siblings out of respect.

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Chapter 220: Bond, 120% Reward!

"Are you going now?"

Standing atop Hope Plains, they looked at the land that had undergone the baptism of the "rain"; the soil had become even darker and lush, jade-green, trees were growing in the distance.

He could not tell by Zhong Qingshu's voice if she was sad or calm.

"Uh-huh. My mission's finished for now. I have to go!"

"With the guns and ammunition I've left behind for you, along with the plans we made for the shelter's future direction of development, I believe there should be no problems in the short term."

Before the reward for having gone through the first disaster had even been released, and even before the game panel went through an update to version 1.0, the game panel was already urging Su Mo to quickly leave this world.

Hurried beeping sounds would chirp in his ear every three or four seconds.

The game's mission panel revealed a jade-green progress bar that indicated a 120% completion rate, meaning that Su Mo had already successfully completed the mission of saving enough humans upon entering the ruins of time this time.

The final five-minute countdown in the top right corner was the time allocated by the game panel as a "reward" after considering many factors.

"If the next mission…"

"Shh!"

With no declarations of love being as eternal as the sea and mountains, or promises to never change, Zhong Qingshu's gently pressed her red lips against Su Mo's, stopping Su Mo's words from coming.

By the time this intoxicating and delicate kiss had ended, when Zhong Qingshu's arms loosened, Su Mo had already vanished from the land.

Aside from the trace of his fragrance lingering in the air, Su Mo was like an foreign visitor who had never really "existed".

"Next time, you'll definitely return!"

Summoning the game panel and hearing the many notification prompts that suddenly rang in her ears, Zhong Qingshu smiled sweetly, without a trace of sadness in her eyes.

She believed that Su Mo would definitely come back!

No matter what the cost!

This was her intuition, and also the belief that her subconscious had been conveying to her.

…

[Record: Congratulations to player "Su Mo" for completing the ruins of time mission. Mission completion rate: 120%.

[Record: Congratulations to player "Su Mo" for surpassing the mission's requirements. The reward is being calculated and multiplied.

[Record: Congratulations to player "Su Mo" for activating the self-chosen reward function. Please open the game panel to make your own decisions and choose your reward.

Standing in the void of space, Su Mo curiously evaluated the mysterious grey substance around him that looked both tangible and endlessly distant at the same time.

Just a second ago, the two of them had still been warmly embracing and kissing each other.

The next second, Su Mo had been sent to this space, and his posture had not even changed much.

This kind of silent transportation method was so advanced that there was no warning or sensation at all. It was also something that only the mysterious game panel could do!

Seeing that Su Mo had no reaction, the sound once again echoed from all around him, repeating the previous statement given to him.

"Choosing my own reward item, huh. That's new too…"

With a thought, he focused mentally. The game panel slowly appeared and displayed a choice between three items.

[Record: Player "Su Mo" has received 100% of the time currency reward. The reward will be issued automatically after the reward selection process is over.

[Record: Player "Su Mo" can use the excess 20% completion rate to select a reward. Only one reward can be selected and the choice cannot be changed after the selection. Please make the decision yourself.

After the short notification prompt, a 360-second countdown appeared in the selection panel's top right corner.

"Three reward options, huh…"

He was not rushed. After quickly examining the shapes of the three items, Su Mo started checking out the properties from the first reward option.

[Item transfer limit 1: One item from all the received items can be brought out from the ruins of time.]

"It's definitely a good thing to be able to bring more items out, but since I have the card from before to bring out the epic treasure chest, there's no harm in missing out on this reward!"

The items he received in the ruins of time were mostly of the good-quality level. The occasional excellent-quality level items were also just useless trash.

Items of such quality were gradually increasing in the main world currently. There was no need at all to waste this reward option on these items.

Sweeping his gaze over to the second reward option, the property panel appeared before his eyes.

[Time currency (30 days)*1: 30 day's worth of time currency. Possesses unbelievable effects and an extremely high price.]

"Another time currency reward, and it's 30 days' worth!"

After seeing the first reward option, although Su Mo had been mentally prepared, he was still slightly surprised by the second reward option.

Thirty days' worth of time currency was too useful at this stage of the game. As long as he had two or three of them, it would be enough for Su Mo to nurture sufficient seeds during the upcoming welfare disaster.

Still, nothing could have prepared him for the surprise he felt when the third reward option was revealed.

Su Mo's gaze was a mixture of ecstasy and seriousness.

Without hesistation, after checking and confirming that there were no issues with the reward's properties, Su Mo instantly selected the third reward option. With a flash of light, the game panel disappeared.

[Record: Player "Su Mo" has chosen "Bond" and will automatically be bound to the current mission's ruins of time.

[Record: When you next enter the ruins of time, player Su Mo will only be able to arrive at the bonded ruins to carry out the second mission.

[Record: Congratulations to player "Su Mo" for completing the mission. The reward has been placed in the storage space.

[Record: The flow of time in the ruins of time cannot be offset by time currency. Time spent this time: 1680 minutes.

[Record: Returning. Target: Candlelight Shelter. Counting down… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…

After choosing the reward, the game panel's notification prompts roared like a series of explosions.

Before Su Mo could examine everything in detail, once the countdown ended, his vision darkened, and he experienced the sensation of the world turning upside down in his head.

This kind of violent transportation was a far cry from the gentle experience he had just undergone.

It felt as if he was tumbling around in a washing machine. In just a few short seconds, it felt like his guts were all going to be wrung out.

If Su Mo's body had not been sufficiently strengthened, or if he had just been a regular person, he probably would have died on the spot.

Fortunately, the game panel was still a little humane. After a few seconds, the violent movement finally lessened by a few degrees, and the darkness started to fade as light began to enter his vision once again.

Using the ground for support, Su Mo shakily sat up and wearily opened his eyelids.

Not far from him was the familiar Candlelight Shelter. Sitting on familiar ground, Su Mo was in a trance as he observed the foreign yet familiar Hope Plains.

"I've come back, huh…"

Producing a bottle of psychic energy water, he slowly gulped it down. When the mess in his head finally dissipated, Su Mo began to exert himself to stand to his feet.

This hill was the only high place on Hope Plains.

Standing here, he could see most of the surrounding land.

In his vision, Su Mo saw the excavator currently working hard in the field as well as…

The dense group of civilians in the Candlelight Shelter.

"I can't use time currency to offset the time spent in the ruins of time, but that's fine. Seeing that the elapsed time is just around 28 hours, the situation is still within acceptable limits.

"As for the time currency I received…"

Sucking in three large, deep breaths, and feeling his lungs return to normal, Su Mo shifted his attention and opened the storage space, examining its contents in detail.

The time currency in the storage space was very eye-catching. Like the cards and coupons, the currency did not take up space in the storage space. Instead, it floated in the darkness outside the space, swimming around slowly like a fish.

"One day's worth of time currency is just like a regular coin, but now I actually have three currency items that exude even brighter colors. I'm rich!"

Strongly suppressing his inner excitement, Su Mo concentrated his thoughts to collect the currency items to check out their property panels clearly.

Among the tens of currency items floating about, the most were still normal one-day currencies.

He counted them. There were a total of more than thirty. Totaled up, it was more than a full month.

The second type of currency item had a slightly brighter bronze color. It appeared to be of higher quality and grade compared to the one-day currency items; and its time value reflected that as well, quintupled to five days' worth.

He had a total of ten of this currency item. Totaled up, it was fifty days' worth of time.

The even brighter copper-colored time currency doubled the value of the previous bronze ones, being worth 10 days. Three of these ten-day coins totaled up to a month's worth of time.

Removing these, the Se Mo was left with the last three currency items. With a trace of expectation on his face, Su Mo smiled and examined the property panel of this final currency item.

Each of these was a month's worth of time. Added together, that was a full three months of time, or 90 days!

Adding up all the currency together, Su Mo now had 200 days' worth of time currency.

Not only did it largely surpass what Su Mo had hoped to receive, but even after deducting Zhong Qingshu's portion and the amount set aside to cultivate seeds, there would likely be still plenty of time currency remaining.

"Entering the ruins of time this time around was the right choice. It's a pity that I don't know when the next time would be."

Having placed too much emphasis into this chance to enter before the upcoming flood, it seemed that if he wanted to enter the ruins of time again, he would have to wait until the arrival of the fifth disaster.

Shaking his head, Su Mo tossed all the distracting thoughts to the back of his mind and rearranged the clothes he had on him. He took out his rifle and swaggered toward the crowd.

In the distance, when the first person noticed Su Mo's figure, cheers instantly swelled.

Chen Shen and the others, who had been supervising the work, threw their tools down and rushed to Su Mo's side, starting to urgently express their concerns.

Compared to the ruins of time, the main world had a tad more noise and smoke.

However, this atmosphere was completely broken when Zhong Qingshu appeared.

"You're back? Did you get it?"

"Uh-huh! Not a bad harvest!"

Seeing her familiar, pretty face, unconsciously, Su Mo's gaze turned gentle.

This gaze startled Zhong Qingshu, but she did not reveal any odd expressions after that. Instead, she nodded her head meaningfully and quietly stepped to the side.

No matter whether it was the version of her in the ruins of time or in the main world, they were both so smart they made his heart hurt. He could not feel any disgust for her at all.

After giving another round of greetings and reassurances to the refugees, Su Mo shrugged his shoulders and took a deep long breath before walking over to a tree, standing under its shade alongside Zhong Qingshu.

"My gains were decent this time—a total of 200 days. Based on our agreement, I'll give you 30. Take the excess as a gift."

Previously, he had spent fun nights with her in the ruins of time, but now he had to act proper.

Seeing Su Mo's uneasy appearance, laughter burst from Zhong Qingshu, and she used her small fist to lightly knock Su Mo's shoulder.

"Hey, why are you acting so weird now after entering the ruins once? Something's not right. There's something really wrong with you!"

She scrutinized him and, just as Zhong Qingshu was about to press the subject further, Su Mo produced the time currency, and she was unable to tear her gaze from the coins at all.

The mysterious currency attracted the gazes of everyone who could see it, as if it contained some sort of magic.

"This is a 30-day one. I have the same amount in one-day coins too. Which one do you want?"

"Definitely the 30-day one. You take the one-day coins and use them when you need to!"

Nodded joyfully, Zhong Qingshu took the coin and put it into her own storage space, smiling.

Following the interruption of the time currency, Zhong Qingshu also "seemed" to have forgotten the previous matter and began to inform Su Mo regarding the huge changes that had taken place in their surroundings over the past 28 hours.

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Chapter 221: Going Home! Three Directions of Spring Wheat

"It's now the morning of the 28th day. Altogether, you've been gone about one and a half days.

"If you can't use time currency to offset the time difference in the ruins of time, you'll have to be very careful the next time you go in and investigate the problem with the time flow!"

Hearing the information Su Mo provided about the ruins of time, Zhong Qingshu's face was at first surprised, but then she patted her chest with a sense of lingering fear and muttered to herself.

"It's lucky that you were the one who entered the ruins. Otherwise, if it was me facing such a perverted task, I definitely wouldn't have been able to accomplish it."

"Still, only you could have ensured the survival of all those humans living there!"

Even if Su Mo had purposely hidden a lot of the details and only vaguely described what the world in the ruins of time looked like, as well as the requirements to clear the mission in the ruins, Zhong Qingshu had already guessed most of the details.

Saving all of humankind.

It sounded like a romantic and very noble heroic mission.

However, if this mission were really assigned to someone other than Su Mo, unless that person possessed truly great luck and strength, they definitely would not be able to finish it within a few days.

"It was still okay. There definitely are other ways to resolve the mission. It's just that I chose the most straightforward one."

Seeing that Su Mo did not want to speak further, Zhong Qingshu wisely did not continue asking and started talking about the hard work that Candlelight Shelter's inhabitants had put in after Su Mo left.

After receiving King Kong, even though they lacked Su Mo's inspiration, the refugees still meticulously followed the previously made plan and exceeded expectations by completing the second day's mission.

After a day of land reclamation, another 90-plus mu had been reclaimed. Together with the previous amount, they had reclaimed a little over a hundred mu of land.

Moreover, most shockingly, the land was not only reclaimed, but the refugees even assigned their own people and manually plowed the land a second time, picking out the stones and weeds.

Fighting for their own survival, everybody was naturally incredibly hardworking. They kept working until nine in the evening, before being forcibly instructed by the four "extremely helpless" prison guards to rest and eat.

"Good people! There probably isn't a team out there as enthusiastic as ours!"

After chasing the last person, who was reluctant to leave the soil, back to his room, the four prison guards huddled together, shocked as they stared at the beads of sweat forming on each other's heads.

However, this was still far from over!

Over 70% of the people had eagerly left their rooms at 5 in the morning, before even the sun had risen. They yelled as they picked up their tools and dashed out into the fields amid the dimly lit sky to clear out their own part of the land.

When the three excavator operators got up, they were stupefied!

Tens of people had forcefully used manual labor to plow five or six mu of land in the morning, with just the hoes in their hands!

"In other words, they only have to work until this time tomorrow to have completed the 200 mu we previously agreed upon?"

Hearing Zhong Qingshu's words, Su Mo's eyes looked dazed.

This… The farming combat spirit in every Huaxian's DNA had been activated by a buff. It was simply far too terrifying!

According to the time, it was currently the morning of the 28th.

The 29th, and then the 30th.

The moment 12 midnight passed on the 30th, the welfare disaster would begin and would last throughout the three days of 31st, 1st, and 2nd.

Based on how things were progressing, he would have to enter the secret trading realm to trade things the day before the disaster, and the airdrop rewards would be sent out too, so the time Su Mo had to cultivate excellent-quality plants was actually less than two days.

"Uh-huh! We can tidy up all this land tomorrow. Once your seeds arrive, we can plant them all at once before the disaster arrives."

Taking out her notebook, Zhong Qingshu carefully drew a bird's-eye view map that corresponded with the farmland they had reclaimed.

Although the drawing was a little crude, one could tell that the land was the shape of a neat square. Within that square were countless smaller squares, divided into around a hundred or so areas.

Each person was responsible for their own area, and then Su Mo would be paid

"rent" according to the average value.

If their planting did not go well and they harvested less grain, but still had to pay a large rent sum, there definitely would not be much grain left for them.

On the other hand, if they prepared accordingly, and surpassed the average value, they could take more for themselves and save the extra rations!

Driven by this kind of personal motivation, some people might have slacked off in the civilized era, but in the Doomsday Wasteland, it greatly increased everyone's enthusiasm to perform instead.

"Alright. Since you've already made a plan on your side, I won't interfere. As for the seeds, I'll think of a plan."

In order to operate King Kong over the past few days, pretty much all of the diesel reserves that had been saved in the shelter these past few days had been used as fuel.

If the final harvest was poor, that would be a big loss indeed!

Feeling a sense of urgency, Su Mo lost the inclination to continue chatting with Zhong Qingshu. After hastily ending the conversation, he instructed the workers to drive King Kong over.

The distance of the fields to the Underground Shelter was about a hundred kilometers. If he were to travel back there on foot, he did not know which day of what month he would arrive.

While everyone gazed at him respectfully, Su Mo stepped up into King Kong's backseat and instructed the workers to follow the path.

The excavator still had to be used for work, but giving him a ride along the way was not a problem.

With the special ability to recover daily, any damage to the excavator could basically be offset by the daily repair value.

Sitting in the backseat, and taking advantage of the long-distance journey, Su Mo began to close his eyes and rest.

After half a day's work, once the operator announced their arrival, the Deep-sea Shelter had already appeared in his field of vision.

Furthermore, in the distant horizon, Su Mo even saw the familiar Moore and Oreo, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Okay, you can let me off here. Hurry up and go back. Work well. Your role is vital to our success!"

Patting the operator's shoulder and sensing his excitement, Su Mo smiled. Standing on King Kong's step bar, he hopped down.

In the distance, Oreo clearly saw Su Mo's figure in the distance.

Howling and woofing at the same time, she ran over.

Moore also patted his own bear head and walked over, hugging his stomach.

"Alright, alright. I only left for a day; why are you both acting so pitiful!"

Based on the ruins of time description, Moore and Oreo had fallen into a void, where the time that passed relative to the outside world was just one second.

However, Su Mo could enter the ruins of time and escape the exclusion and limitations of the outer world's ruins.

The two little ones could not. The moment it hit the two-hour mark, they followed Zhong Qingshu and were teleported out of the ruins.

Luckily, Oreo's sixth sense was strong nowadays. When she sensed that Su Mo was not in danger, she took Moore with her, and the two of them crossed the plains from the entrance of Candlelight Shelter to travel back.

For two consecutive days, the stubborn Oreo sat on the hill in front of the Underground Shelter; no matter whether it was day or night, staring into the distance.

The hungry Moore could only sit dejectedly at the side, hoping in his heart that Su Mo could hurry back.

He hugged the dejected Oreo and heard Moore's stomach growling, chuckling at his embarrassed expression.

The long-lost feeling of returning home flooded his heart.

After telling Zhong Qingshu a bunch of nonsense and going through Oreo's "lecture", Moore had sufficiently recognized his error.

Seeing this adorable big guy's performance, Su Mo was tickled pink. He patted Moore's shoulder, then walked forward as he held Oreo.

Having received Su Mo's forgiveness, Moore's mood turned much better. He hastily chased after them, smiling foolishly as he skipped along.

No matter whether it was a golden house or a silver house, none could compare to being greeted by one's own dog at home!

With his two small companions in tow, the sadness he felt at leaving Hope Shelter in the ruins of time also lessened somewhat.

The sturdy alloy gates and the 15-meter tall hill—although it was not as wide as Hope Plains, it brought about a sense of safety and security that was hard to put into words.

Pushing the gate open and sensing the slightly murky air, Su Mo waved his hand and activated the wind of the lion clan. In the span of two or three breaths, the murky air cleared up.

"I was wondering why you two little guys wouldn't go in. So you couldn't open the gate!"

Seeing Moore's curious expression, Su Mo simply took them outside again and demonstrated how to open and close the gate.

Though the clever bear warrior had low EQ, his IQ was not lacking.

After Su Mo demonstrated it once, he could do the same and quickly stepped up to complete a series of actions that could be considered very complicated for other animals.

"Huh, it seems Moore isn't just a warrior. He'll be a good helper for everyday work too!"

Glancing at Moore, who could not take his hands off his new toy, Su Mo smiled, opened the stone door, and walked in.

Time was running out, so he hastily made a rather luxurious lunch for himself and the four hungry little ones…

Su Mo quickly moved all the seeds to the workbench and started carefully investigating methods of growing higher-quality crops.

Planting was a craft, especially if one wanted to cultivate seeds of the right variety and direction—that was an even more difficult task.

He calculated that, according to the requirement of 4,000 catties of seeds on 200 mu of land, he had to prepare and plant close to four mu of land in order to gather enough seeds.

"4000 catties is a big problem!"

At present, the base only had the 50 catties of high-quality disaster-resilient spring wheat seeds he had received from the prize draw.

Steeling his heart while glancing at the extremely terrifying prices currently on the trading channel, Su Mo gritted his teeth and forked out the money to buy six different varieties of spring wheat seeds.

He bought one catty of each. Based on the market price, Su Mo had to pay ten times the amount of food in weight.

For just these six catties of seeds, he had to fork out 60 catties of white flour. Including the delivery fees, it was a great loss.

"Everyone says that I am monopolizing the market. Now I know what it's like to have someone else monopolize the market."

Seeing the six bags of seeds that appeared before his eyes, Su Mo's head hurt a little, and he summoned the system to check out their properties.

Six different types of seeds, in addition to the types of seeds Su Mo had previously received, could be divided into three different directions.

The first direction was naturally the high-yield direction that everybody on Earth was familiar with. One of the varieties, called Early Spring 6, had an incredible average yield of 1320 catties per mu.

Of course, this kind of high-yield crop was also a double-edged sword. While the production quantity was increased, the taste of the wheat was sacrificed. Once it had been processed into flour, the taste of the food products developed from it was much worse than other varieties of wheat.

The second direction was the disaster-resistant direction. These kinds of seeds had more balanced properties. Its yield could basically be maintained between 900-1000 catties per mu, and its taste would not be too bad. Adding in its strong disaster-resistant abilities, quite a few people chose to plant this variety of crops.

The third direction was the least popular one on the market at the moment, the kind that the least number of people planted.

This variety of spring wheat was called Beautiful Spring 2. Its yield was just a little over 700 catties per mu, but on its property panel, it was clearly labeled as delicious.

This property of being tasty and delicious was naturally not welcomed by humans who were still fighting for food and warmth at the moment.

Still, in the hands of most wheat traders, the price of this kind of wheat was not too different from the other varieties.

"The variety… We should definitely head toward the high-yield direction. The more wheat produced, the better!

"As for the crops being disaster-resistant, if they can be crossbred, that would be even better!"

The moment he thought about crossbreeding, Su Mo shook his head helplessly and tossed the thought to the back of his mind for now.

Crossbreeding a new variety was something to be done by true, great experts. A half-hearted guy like him was far from being able to achieve such things.

"I have a title and a buff. I can only try planting the first round of crops and observe the effects. Dragging it out longer isn't much of a plan either!"

After considering it for a long time, Su Mo got himself ready to stand up and take the seeds for an experiment in the fields but, as he opened up the storage space, he spied the epic-level treasure chest lying obediently in the corner instead.

The epic-level treasure chest that shone with golden light seemed to have healing abilities, instantly turning Su Mo's slightly sour mood into a happy one instead!

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Chapter 222: The Story Of Zeta, Epic Level Equipment!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"My goodness, how could I have forgotten about this good thing. This head of mine is really...!"

Counting from the day he received the epic treasure chest, four days had passed.

After experiencing the initial ecstasy and suppressing the unbearable itch to open it in the ruins of time, Su Mo had calmed down and left it at the back of his mind after the initial excitement. After that, he devoted himself completely to the construction and nourishment of Hope Shelter.

At this time, a sense of excitement came from Su Mo's heart again as he was reminded of its potential.

Focusing his thoughts, the epic treasure chest slowly reappeared from the void, falling like a feather.

When it fell on the ground, it did not make a sound at all. It was a very strange scene.

Of course, other than the golden light it exuded, and the occasional appearance of the abyssal dragon's mysterious and unusual illusory image, its structure was the same as that of a normal treasure chest.

"The first gold-level treasure chest, and the first epic-level treasure chest. This is the best symbol of my strength that surpasses everyone!"

Su Mo sighed and stroked the mysterious lines on the epic treasure chest. After taking a deep breath, he picked it up and placed it on the workbench.

Many weird things could be obtained from the treasure chest. From all kinds of electrical devices with magical properties, to cards with strange energies and abilities.

Without exception, all these things were beyond the scope of human technology and belonged to a mysterious realm that had not yet been explored by humankind.

Putting his hand on the lock and looking at the treasure chest that flashed with golden light, Su Mo quickly muttered a prayer in his heart and unlocked the chest.

Buzz...

No longer bound by the shackles of the lock, the epic treasure chest also seemingly sensed Su Mo's wishes and began to tremble slightly on the workbench.

Rays of light radiated from the gaps in the chest, and the entire third floor of the Underground Shelter began to flash with an orange-yellow light.

Decisively, Su Mo used both hands to remove the remaining safety measures and opened the treasure chest.

Whoosh!

The sky was full of light, and a deep roar resounded!

This was the first time he was opening an epic treasure chest, and various peculiar scenes seemed to play out before him. These scenes began to evolve rapidly in front of Su Mo's eyes.

...

"I am a legendary dragon. I was born into a powerful Abyssal Dragon family. My name is… Elliston Zeta!"

The orange-yellow light was not blinding as it shone into his pupils, but was very comfortable instead.

The next moment, Su Mo's vision was thrown into a daze, and it was as if he had arrived at another world.

After his perspective changed, he experienced a series of fantastical scenes. Through the unique first-person and third-person viewpoints, he was led through the strange set of scenes recorded in the epic treasure chest.

It seemed that, starting from the epic level treasure chest, all these treasure chests would have a very close connection with the character they were obtained from.

When Su Mo opened the treasure chest, he could see a series of images flashing by, recording the evil life of the dragon Zeta.

The living conditions of the Abyssal Dragons were not as extravagant as Zeta described, and the environment in which they lived was not as beautiful as he imagined.

Even compared to the wasteland that was constantly baptized by disasters, the difference was huge.

Faced with gray-black floods and a sky without sunshine, they would be harassed and attacked by various enemies from all directions every cycle.

The young Zeta joined the hunting team in his early years because of his low talent. He followed the other warriors of the Abyssal Dragon family to invade the surrounding tribes of other monsters.

Usually, joining the hunting team at Zeta's young age meant that he would be cannon fodder and sacrificed tragically.

However, somehow, a stroke of mysterious luck sheltered him and kept him alive despite the constant dangers. After obtaining a piece of treasure by luck, Zeta started his path of rapid growth.

As time gradually passed, Zeta's bravery in battle allowed him to accomplish many great achievements in the invasions.

In a battle, he risked his life and sacrificed a wing to rescue his teammate bravely, and his reputation for fighting talent and loyal temperament gradually spread.

With the passing of days, Zeta's status became higher and higher, and he gradually retired from the frontlines into a more administrative and strategic role.

In the eyes of the younger generation of dragons, he was a lowly, humble, but powerful elder who loved his family. What he liked most was to support the little dragons who were also born from such "lowly families".

It was such a dragon who looked perfect among the people that had planned things for half a lifetime.

He wanted revenge!

The subject of revenge was neither the Ligers, who often invaded the dragons, nor the vultures or ghost eagles flying in the sky, but...

The Abyssal Dragon Clan!

It was said that people's jealousy and resentment were often manifested in the people closest to them and that people's resentment would also come from the harm done to them by the people closest to them. The Abyssal Dragon clan was no exception to this statement.

Because of the psychological trauma of his childhood and the fear of death caused by aging, Zeta wanted to avoid dying just like this, so he had been investigating and making plans to go to the "Land of Redemption".

Status, money, and whatever it took, in the last years of his life, Zeta finally found a way to salvation...

Sacrifice!

To sacrifice all the others in the clan, turning them into energy to open the portal to the "Land of Redemption".

In the middle of the night, after the Abyssal Dragon clan was attacked, Zeta, as the most respected elder in the family, took advantage of the void left by the others. He designed a magic circle and personally sacrificed all his clansmen to open the teleportation portal.

After he left, the Abyssal Dragon family was destroyed. In this terrifying abyssal world, the story of the Dragon family had also become a fantasy tale that could only be heard among the nearby tribes.

...

As he traversed through the bizarre space tunnel, the story engraved on the epic treasure chest also began to come to an end at this time. With a flash of light, Zeta arrived at the outside world and slammed into the body of a chameleon.

What happened next was familiar to Su Mo. Zeta, who had just betrayed the clan and sacrificed everyone's lives, before he had time to experience his new life, he had been blown to pieces by Su Mo.

A brilliant display of fireworks transported him directly from the abyss into "heaven".

Amid the thunderous roar of fireworks, the glow began to disappear gradually and the three items stored in the treasure chest revealed their true colors.

With the introduction of the story, Su Mo had a slight idea of what items might appear from the treasure chest. Still, after his gaze landed on the items, the inevitable sense of excitement flooded his heart.

"It is worthy of the title of being an epic treasure chest. The things inside are also linked to the character engraved on the treasure chest."

The first watch-like item in the treasure chest was the main reason why Zeta could rise from an obscure nobody to a "big boss" in the Abyssal Dragon family.

Slowly stretching out his hand and carefully buckling the watch on, making sure that there were no mistakes in the steps according to his memory, Su Mo began to quickly click on both sides of the watch.

Left, left, bottom, right, bottom, left, back...

After entering the cumbersome password, with a squeak, the shape of the watch began to change. Controlled by Su Mo's mind, it transformed into a ring inlaid with a large ruby.

Then, after Su Mo focused his thoughts, the system panel also displayed the attributes of the ring.

[Mind-Ring (Epic)]

[Description: The rumor comes from ancient Chinese mythology. It was formed by Yinglong's mind and possesses incredible power. While wearing it, your mind and willpower will be strengthened when encountering setbacks and defeats in life. The invisible power will alter the magnetic field around you, causing you to encounter more "blessings" naturally.]

[First Ability: Faith (Passive. After wearing this ring, the energy emitted by the ring will blend with your magnetic field and actively regulate your endocrine system to ensure that your body performs to the best of its abilities at critical moments.)]

[Second Ability: Concentration (Active. After wearing this ring, use your other hand to press the energy source of the ring for three seconds and silently think of what you want to do. In the next two hours, your thought processes will change and become more rapid, adjustments to your level of focus and attention will also be implemented where necessary.)]

[Third Ability: Luck (Passive. After wearing this ring, your luck will increase. This effect will change according to the wearer.)]

[Comment: The premium chicken soup ring from another world… You deserve it!]

"It was with this piece of equipment that the dragon Zeta could persevere and accomplish his achievements despite the repeated failures and setbacks. It is worthy of an epic rating. All three attributes are very practical."

Looking at these attributes, Su Mo beamed with happiness and the anxiety caused by the seed crisis dissipated significantly.

Of the three abilities, two of them were passive, and the only active ability seemed to be useless at present, but if it were to be paired with other things...

Like Su Mo's gardener title!

As long as he used the second concentration ability, he could adjust his mental concentration as needed, thereby triggering the effect of the title and cultivating high-grade seeds.

"There is a buff, a title, and now there is a mind ring. The matter regarding the seeds is finally seeing some progress!"

Taking a long and soothing breath, he calmed down the excitement in his heart and took out the remaining two items simultaneously. He summoned the game panel to display their property bars.

[Accessory Item Adaptation Coupon (Rare)]

[Description: Select a design blueprint currently owned by the player "Su Mo". Converts the chosen design blueprint into another design blueprint of the same origin.]

[Number of uses: 1/1]

...

[Material Substitution Card (Excellent)]

[Description: When synthesizing materials required for construction, if the materials are insufficient to match the amount listed in the design blueprint, using this card allows the player to replace the material with other materials of the same quality level.]

[Number of uses: 1/1]

"Well, one piece is rare and the other piece is excellent. Not a bad harvest!"

With a mind ring in his hand, Su Mo looked at the remaining two unremarkable items. He did not choose to use them immediately and kept them in the storage space.

Time was running out. He needed to take advantage of the good weather to go out and farm.

With the mind ring in his possession, it was perfectly possible for him to experiment with cultivating the first batch of crops to obtain the high-quality seeds.

Then they could be mass-produced the next day, and the surplus could be brought to the trading market and traded for a batch of materials!

After sorting out the required materials and checking that there were no enemies around the shelter, Su Mo took all the seeds with him.. He took out the hoe with the best quality and the best properties, opened the door, and enthusiastically trotted toward the black soil land.

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Chapter 223: Plan, Intensively And Carefully

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Farming is a job that sounds simple but is difficult to execute perfectly.

This was especially true for large plots of land where, if there was no concept or understanding of farming in one's heart, a person could easily be overcome by the feeling of not knowing where to start.

Sitting on the ground and feeling the warm sunlight above his head, Su Mo took out the psychic energy water in the storage space and took a sip.

Then he handed the remaining water bottle to Moore, who was also sitting next to him. After watching Moore drink it happily, Su Mo displayed a smile of "friendliness and kindness".

"Moore, does your master treat you well?"

"Yes! Moore is eating well, drinking well, and is very happy." After hearing Su Mo's words, Moore patted his chest and stood up.

Oreo, who was lying next to him and warming herself in the sun, rolled her eyes in disdain toward Moore's behavior.

What a bootlicking bear!

However, before Oreo could fully express this sentence, she found herself squealing in delight after hearing Su Mo's next words.

"Since you're eating so well, you have to properly play the role of a bear warrior. Here, take this hoe. You can plow the black soil land for us!"

Su Mo righteously handed the hoe to Moore and, looking at Moore's stunned expression, Su Mo stretched out his hand and patted Moore's furry back.

"Hurry up! If you do a good job, I'll add an extra meal for you tonight!"

Hearing about the extra meal, Moore finally recovered. He excitedly picked up his hoe and started working fervently.

The job of turning the ground was simple and only required physical strength. For the bear warrior, as long as he imagined the black soil land to be an enemy standing in the way of his meal, he would easily be motivated.

Seeing Moore's rapid work pace, Su Mo nodded in satisfaction. He began to separate the seeds and carefully arranged the planting plan.

Spring wheat was a regional crop, and not all places were suitable for planting spring wheat. Its different varieties and different regions often resulted in large yield gaps, and its average yield per mu was about 1000 catties. In China, only some areas can grow spring wheat.

As the soil in the wasteland had been moisturized by the snow, it had created an environment conducive to the growth of spring wheat.

Since this was his first planting experiment, Su Mo decided to plant a pound of seeds within a fixed area to study the relationship between the grade of the seeds and the output.

While Moore was still working hard to plow the land, he looked at the black soil that had been plowed.

After finding the most fertile piece of land, Su Mo began to work patiently.

In the training ground function provided by the system, unfortunately, there was no such bizarre training program as farming.

Therefore, Su Mo could only try to find his way around by summing up the experience of all the people commenting in the World Channel.

"The moisture level during the seeding process should not be too high, lest it affect the sowing process and number of seeds you can plant per mu of land."

"The seeds should be mixed well, and each wheat seed should be thoroughly mixed with water to avoid moisture leakage."

"After the seeding process is completed, the wheat needs to be air-dried a little."

Sitting on the ground, he separated a catty of disaster-resistant wheat seeds and took out some psychic energy water and small pots to ensure that each seed on the ground could fully absorb the nutrients of the psychic energy water.

The sun in the wasteland was scorching hot. When the psychic energy water began to evaporate a little, Su Mo quickly poured all the seeds into the pot and started the second step of the process.

Before sowing the seeds, intensive plowing is required, which not only enhances the soil's fertility, but also breaks in the bottom of the plowed soil in order to achieve the gold standard of being deep, fine, aerated, level, firm, and moist.

To put it in a nutshell, the soil should be tilled deeply and, after plowing, thoroughly raked until the soil is leveled and firm, leaving the top layer of the soil loose and the bottom layer moist.

It seemed easy enough when he first heard it, but Su Mo had a headache when he actually had to implement it himself.

Fortunately, this process did not require a high level of technical expertise. After spending some time, he reached the final step of the process.

As the primary food source of one-third of Earth's population, wheat was not difficult to sow. One only needed to be careful in controlling the density of seeds sowed and the distance between each planted seed in order to ensure the healthy growth of the wheat.

"Phew, I am afraid that the grade of the harvested seeds will not be high this time around. Since I had to keep the overall process, strategy and method in mind the entire time, not even one-tenth of my focus was on the planting process itself. It would be difficult to rely solely on the buff to increase the grade of the seeds."

Standing up, he looked at the leveled soil below. Su Mo then hesitantly pulled out a one-day coin from the storage space.

He flicked his fingertips, and the coin fell to the ground in front of him. The soil trembled and rumbled slightly, and then the coin began to disappear gradually and merged into the ground below him.

At the same time, the land seemed to be affected by some kind of magical force and began to change colors.

"The way time currency functions is peculiar. I have no clue about how it works!"

The game panel could not identify the black soil in front of him, so Su Mo focused his thoughts and summoned the system instead, which automatically appeared and began to scan the properties of the land in front of him.

After it finished scanning the ground in front of him, a surprising property display panel popped up.

[Black Soil Land – Crop Planting Field – Spring Wheat]

[Farmer: Su Mo]

[Planting area: 32 square meters]

[Cultivation category: Anti-disaster Star II]

[Crop grade: Good]

[Crop attributes: Able to resist low temperatures up to minus 20 degrees and resist high temperatures up to 40 degrees. Able to resist pests below the 5th degree, resist plant diseases below the 8th degree, is immune to the effects of nutrient competition from similar plants, is immune to…]

[Estimated crop yield: 1225 catties per mu (Not the final value. Affected by several man-made conditions, as well as natural factors such as weather.)]

[Estimated crop maturity duration: 82.3 days (Not the final value. Affected by a series of factors such as land, fertilizer, weather, etc.)]

[Comment: I can't say that it is very bad, so I can only say that it is so-so.]

"Great."

"I manage to grow good-quality crops even with this kind of haphazard planting method. I'm truly a genius at farming!"

The word "Good" on the property panel gave Su Mo a pleasant surprise, though he conveniently ignored the comment given by the system!

Who would have seen a first-time farmer cultivating good-quality crops!

Of course, it may just have been due to the addition of psychic energy water, but that was not the only factor involved.

The fertility of the black soil, seed model selection, weather, and having both the excavator and Moore plow the land...

It was only through the stacking effects of all these factors that such good-quality crops could be cultivated, despite Su Mo's inexperience.

"Well, the multiplier for good-quality crops is 200 times, which means that in just over ten hours, the crops can immediately be harvested."

"Without the assistance of machines and equipment to harvest the crops, we can only rely on manual labor. The time taken to harvest one mu of land is probably about 5 hours. Including rest time, a single person can only be responsible for the harvest of two mu of land, and will have to work for 11 hours without sleep."

"If things are done in this manner, it would be too exhausting for more people, and the harvests from the subsequent days would be affected. In the best-case scenario, only one and a half rounds of harvesting can be carried out over the next two days..."

With a shovel, Su Mo quietly pondered the situation while standing in the field. He began to calculate the specific output of the excellent-quality crops boosted by the buff and bonus.

Including the time required for harvesting, and plowing the ground between planting cycles, it would be three days of arduous work. With the help of King Kong, two cycles of planting should not be a problem.

If the average harvest was 1000 catties per mu of land, with the 200 mu of farmland, his portion of the collected harvest would be about 280000 catties per cycle.

With that many catties of wheat, the task of processing the wheat into flour was not something Su Mo could undertake alone, even if he was given a few years.

He either had to find a way to build an automated production line, or he would have to take out 10% to 20% of the collected harvest and use that to continue hiring the refugees from the Candlelight Shelter to assist with the crop processing.

After calculation, the flour extraction rate of wheat is around 75%. After the 420,000 catties of spring wheat, harvested from two planting cycles, were processed into flour, only 84 tons would be left!

With the current appetite of humankind in the wasteland, a normal human could consume about one and a half catties of flour a day. If that person did more work, this amount would increase to two catties.

Everything was calculated according to the worst-case scenario. After some calculations, Su Mo tallied up the final value.

If the three-day welfare disaster's crops were focused all on spring wheat, the flour produced from the processing of the wheat would be sufficient for 240 people to eat for a year.

Conversely, if the number of people in the shelter was around 10-15 people, it could last for eight to ten years.

This number sounded exaggerated but, after Su Mo's thought things through, the option was immediately ruled out!

"Not enough! Even if the shelter does not need to be expanded in the future, this tiny amount of flour is insufficient!"

"The hard currency in future transactions will be food. No matter whether it is used to replace things or to travel long distances, the value of food will not depreciate in the long run."

"Besides, I must set aside enough time to plant other things, otherwise, with a diet intake that consists solely of flour, after a year, everyone will be short of vitamins and die!"

Su Mo directly rejected the idea of ??only planting good-quality spring wheat. Looking at the field below, Su Mo simply sat down and began to slowly recover his energy.

There was only one chance. The types of crops he chooses to grow must be nutrient-rich, convenient, and simple to store, and the yield must not be too low.

Therefore, among all the crops, his final decision was to follow his original plan.

It consisted of four crops in total.

The first was to produce thousands of catties of the hunger-alleviation crop, spring wheat.

Secondly, he would grow cabbage, which was rich in carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, crude fiber, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other trace elements.

Thirdly, soybeans, a high-quality vegetable protein source. It was very easy to preserve and had a shelf life of a few years.

Fourthly, carrots, which were known to have a medicinal value similar to small ginsengs. It protects the organs and tissues and prevents various diseases.

In addition to these four, it was necessary to plant a batch of cotton so that he could produce smokeless guncotton. He would save them for the mass production of ammunition in the future.

If there was additional time, Su Mo wanted to try planting apple seeds, that would grow in about three years, to see if they could grow fruit.

Finally, in the black soil land, Su Mo intended to purchase a large number of medicinal plant seeds to ensure that he had a large and abundant reserve of medical supplies in the shelter.

With so many crops waiting to be planted, he had to keep sight of the original goal. Choosing the more convenient good-quality seeds for planting would naturally waste a vital opportunity.

"All the crops must be upgraded to excellent-quality, with the 400 times multiplier, to ensure that my plan is carried out as scheduled!"

Confirming the plan, Su Mo now had a direction for the quality of the crops.

Sitting on the ground, Su Mo began to slowly reflect on possible improvements to his planting process earlier. At the same time, he began to simulate each step mentally to achieve the best possible result.

As his mind focused on the simulations, Su Mo spent hours in contemplation until the sun above his head had moved westward. Su Mo suddenly opened his eyes. He picked up the shovel and the high-yield wheat seed bag next to him. His eyes became extremely focused.

At the same time, the Mind Ring on his finger began to emit a misty light, allowing Su Mo to enter a state of heightened concentration!

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Chapter 224: Resource Replacement, Seeds Obtained!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Mo had always been a detail-oriented and focused individual. While his character archetype was not one of a typical genius, it allowed him to maximize his potential and make the most out of every opportunity that came his way.

At this moment, the Mind Ring had a multiplicative, rather than additive, effect on Su Mo, allowing him to enter a heightened state of concentration.

Even Su Mo was unaware of how much effort he was putting into the task, as his mind was solely focused on the work at hand.

Concentrating, he stared at the soil below and the shovel in his hand; and he immersed himself in the process.

The black soil land was still the black soil land.

Yet somehow the black soil land was not the same black soil land.

With each motion of his shovel, Su Mo could accurately distinguish the distribution of the layers of soil. He could feel where the points of resistance were and where more strength needed to be applied.

When mixing the psychic energy water with the wheat seeds, Su Mo could feel whether its shape was full or not, or whether there were any defects, as he touched every seed with the palm of his hands.

This special feeling was not related to his skill, but instead was something often spoken about by people on Earth...

A master craftsman's spirit!

He focused on doing one thing at a time, performing each step meticulously and the extreme limits of his ability!

At this moment, the surrounding scenes between heaven and earth seemed to fade from Su Mo's eyes. The noises Moore made from plowing the ground were completely isolated.

Except for the land and the seeds in front of him, there was no other thing that could draw Su Mo's attention!

The Mind Ring that could regulate and adjust the brain's concentration levels was not something that could be explained or achieved with the current levels of human technology.

The deeper his concentration became, the more terrifying the power of the Mind Ring seemed to Su Mo.

Oreo, who was lying on her stomach, also felt the change in Su Mo's state. She stood up vigilantly and began to briskly patrol their surroundings.

Toss, close, cover, pat...

Su Mo kept repeating these mechanical actions and, soon, he had covered the 30-square-meters patch of land. When Su Mo's hands finally stopped working, he suddenly snapped out of the heightened state of concentration.

"I didn't know that focusing and concentrating could be so amazing. I ended up discovering some details that I usually don't pay attention to!"

Reminiscing on the experience in his mind, and looking at the land that had been planted and leveled, Su Mo's eyes glowed with a lingering sense of satisfaction.

He had only planted 30 square meters of land so, despite entering a heightened state of concentration, the consumption of energy was still within an acceptable range.

Sitting on the ground, he took out a bottle of psychic energy water and sipped it slowly. Feeling his burning brain slowly calm down, Su Mo smiled and took out a one-day coin from storage space again. He flicked it at the black soil below.

The coin dissolved and the land shone once more. When the time acceleration process was completed, the system scan revealed new information on the property panel.

[Black Soil Land – Crop Planting Field – Spring Wheat]

[Farmer: Su Mo]

[Planting area: 31.5]

[Cultivation category: Early Spring No. 6]

[Crop grade: Excellent]

[Crop attributes: The yield rate of this crop has been greatly increased, while the taste of these crops has been slightly decreased. The shelf life of these crops has also been slightly increased.]

[Estimated crop yield: 1870 catties per mu (Not the final value. Affected by several man-made conditions and natural factors such as weather.)]

[Estimation of crop maturity duration: 78.1 days (Not the final value. Affected by a series of factors such as land, fertilizer, weather, etc.)]

[Comment: How bold a person is or how large the land is… If you know, you know.]

"Damn... the yield rate of the excellent-quality high-yield spring wheat has reached 1870 catties per mu!"

Looking at the numbers stated on the panel, although Su Mo mentally prepared himself, he still ended up being surprised by the final outcome.

How could one describe the magnitude of achieving a yield rate that was almost 1900 catties per mu?

It was a full 40% higher than the previous good-quality crop!

Also, excellent-quality seeds received a 400 times bonus multiplier, meaning that it would only take four and a half hours for the wheat to progress from germination to harvest!

"My goodness, excellent-quality seeds are outrageous. I wonder what effects the rare and epic seeds will have!"

Licking his dry lips and looking at the black soil below, the huge boulder that had been pressing down on Su Mo's heart was finally lifted.

As long as he could cultivate crops with similar yield rates, only two mu of spring wheat needed to be planted to meet the demand of the Candlelight Shelter's first planting cycle.

When the second batch of seeds was sowed, they could conveniently use the first seeds harvested to make duplications!

"Since I can plant excellent-quality seeds, what I need to do now is to expand my output!"

Glancing at the black soil land again, Su Mo became more familiar with the scope and usage of the time currency and how it reduced the crop's maturation process.

The object of the time currency was not a single crop, or a specific piece of land, but rather a whole object.

If one were to use Javascript as a metaphorical comparison, time currency was an object-oriented consumable.

Based on the rules of the time currency, the black soil land was a single-use resource card, so these five mu of farmland would actually be counted as a whole object.

On this "whole object", no matter what Su Mo planted, the bonuses would be equally applied.

Therefore, to maximize the use of his resources, he had to plant all the five mu of land and save enough seeds for all the crops at once.

However, doing things this way would require him to buy enough seeds to sow the entire five mu of land, which would be very expensive.

Su Mo tapped to open his diary and began to review the exchangeable supplies he had left in the current shelter.

Initially, he had 240 catties of flour remaining.

In exchange for six catties of seeds just now, he had spent another 60 catties, and now his flour supply was down to 180 catties.

Two mu of land would require 40 catties of seeds, which equated to 400 catties of food in expenses. Including the other required seeds, he would need at least 800 catties of food as initial start-up capital to make full use of this magical black soil land.

"A gap of over six hundred catties... This is difficult!"

In the trading channel, Su Mo had realized that although his prices may have been a little inhumane, it was far better than the prices set by others. This was also the reason why everyone was excited when it came to trading with Su Mo on the World Channel.

However, the group of people who joined together to hype up the price of spring wheat seeds had not learned from Su Mo's example at all.

They completely killed the chickens to get the eggs!

He would not squeeze all the food supplies from the hands of these refugees who were struggling to survive on the wasteland. This was his vow.

"I either have to use the psychic energy water to exchange for food, or try my luck at the lake to see if any carps survived the blizzard disaster."

There were many valuable things in the Underground Shelter, from small household appliances with special attributes to the unique super legendary cards.

However, the only thing that he did not have was the basic material that everyone seemed to need most.

After some consideration, Su Mo decisively gave up on the idea of ??trading psychic energy water. After he returned to the shelter and brought out the fishing net, he drove Earth Tiger out.

After a few days of warmth in the wasteland, most of the snow had solidified into ice.

With the snow chains on, as long as he did not drive too fast, Earth Tiger would be able to make its way along the icy path.

It took about half an hour to travel twelve kilometers and, in the distance, a lake covered by a thick layer of ice appeared in his field of vision.

The nervous Su Mo opened the car door and stepped out.

The next second, Su Mo was thrilled to find the carps swimming about leisurely in the lake.

"Sure enough, the previous blizzard did not affect the carps that lived at the bottom of the lake. The matter regarding collecting food supply for trading is finally seeing some progress!"

Excluding the 240 carps he had caught previously, there were still at least 200 of them in the lake at this time.

Besides that, among the remaining carps, the smallest weighed about three catties, and the larger ones weighed as much as four to five catties. They could be used as the initial capital for the acquisition of seeds.

The thickness of the layer of ice was about two or three meters, but that did not pose a problem to Su Mo, whose physical fitness had now been strengthened in all aspects.

Su Mo took out an excellent-quality iron pickaxe and hacked "violently" along the edges of the layer of ice.

Every time the iron pickaxe produced a critical hit, a small piece of ice would crumble into powder. When a critical hit was especially forceful, the entire layer of ice would crumble, creating an open channel between the world above and the water below!

After breaking a layer of ice around five or six square meters along the lake, he looked down at the carps that were eager to see the surface again. Su Mo smiled and returned to Earth Tiger to retrieve the electric shock fishing net.

Fish frying!

It was the most annoying method for anglers, but it was also the most time-saving method in the Doomsday Wasteland.

The great flood would arrive soon, and Su Mo did not intend to let go of any of the carps that were still alive in the lake. After several rounds of fishing, all of them were caught and retrieved.

The total number was 254!

If he calculated the amount by weight, it was 827 catties!

"Great, these carps have made a valuable contribution to my seed acquisition efforts. Resource cards such as these would surely become a need for humankind in the future."

After smashing all the fishes to death with the iron pickaxe, Su Mo did not wait any longer as he looked at the exaggerated prices of various seeds on the trading channel. He started buying up the seeds on the spot.

First, the wheat seeds were purchased. The high-yield Early Spring No. 6 breed was purchased, and 400 catties of fresh fish were exchanged with 40 catties of seeds.

Following that, he purchased the ordinary high-yield and disaster-resistant cabbage seeds at a price much cheaper than the wheat. The cabbage seeds required to plant a mu of land were only about 150g, which he obtained by exchanging 50 catties of fresh fish.

The amount of soybean seeds needed for a mu of land was about 7 catties. Because soybean seeds were hard to obtain and, due to their long shelf life, their price was even slightly higher than that of spring wheat. Su Mo spent 100 catties of fresh fish for the seeds!

When it came to carrots, one mu of land required about 300g of seeds. Because of its rich nutritional value, it was sought after by "wealthy" households. Su Mo had to spend another 70 catties of fresh fish to get enough for one mu of land.

So far, all the four crops used for planting had been purchased. A total of 620 catties of fresh fish was spent, with a remaining balance of 207 catties.

Looking at the remaining fish, Su Mo planned to leave behind 17 catties for his meals. He then spent all 190 catties to exchange for all kinds of strange seeds.

Among them were five or six kinds of fruit seeds, cotton seeds that were enough for 200 mu of land, and various other kinds of plant seeds.

Su Mo also bought some medicinal seeds that interested him, such as ginseng, crassulaceae, cynanchum paniculatum, xuejian herb, solanum nigrum, and so on.

Because they could not alleviate the urgent food supply needs of the wasteland's population, these seeds did not cost him much.

After spending all his "money" satisfactorily, Su Mo looked at the pile of seeds that had appeared on the ground. He clapped his hands and drove away after storing them in Earth Tiger's storage space.

"This group of inhumane "economists" is playing with the seed market by hyping up the prices. Since there is no supervision on the wasteland, I'll take care of it!"

"They're hindering my development plans for my shelter and getting in the way of my goal of returning to Earth. When the secret trading realm opens, I will show them how meaningless it is to hoard the seed supply, and what it means to crash the market!"

Looking at the slippery surface of the ice, Su Mo's eyes flashed repeatedly.. His grip on the steering wheel tightened.

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Chapter 225: Merged Prompts, Super Reward!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Since ancient times, no matter what natural and man-made disasters human beings suffered from, the Earth had never united in the face of disasters.

It was only in the fantasies of countless novelists on Earth that one could see human beings strive toward the same goals and intentions before a disaster.

Of course... These fantasies were either on paper or only appeared in movies.

Humans are individualistic creatures. When faced with disasters, their survival instinct drives them to prioritize themselves above others. Simply speaking, in order to survive, one did not need to be fastest, just faster than those around them!

They would do everything within their power to "exploit" and "plunder" other refugees' property to strengthen themselves.

Using some despicable means to control the market prices, these allied coalitions made the lives of refugees in the wasteland even tougher.

This kind of behavior, in Su Mo's opinion, had to be punished harshly.

"These short-sighted people are judging this world and its disasters by Earth's standards."

"In their opinion, these ordinary people are just leeks to be harvested!"

"But this time... if most people don't accumulate enough food to survive for at least half a year, there won't be any survivors remaining after the flood."

"By that time, there will be no human population to speak of. Whether it is searching for precious items, or gathering enough basic materials to build scientific and technological buildings, all this would simply become impossible!"

Earth Tiger's speed was very slow on the icy terrain. Oreo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also felt Su Mo's murderous aura and barked unsettlingly.

Su Mo reached out his hand and ruffled the soft fur on Oreo's head. His killing intent calmed down slightly.

Before this, an individual's strength was insufficient to deal with these allied coalitions. Even if they encountered such a thing, they could do nothing but watch.

Now...

Things were completely different!

Su Mo already had the means to control such beasts.

By the time the car drove to the edge of the field, Su Mo's mind had constructed his next plan of action.

The plan was not complex. He only needed to do a good job farming, which was the most critical and core step. If he was successful, the remaining steps would proceed smoothly without a hitch.

Seeing that it was still early, and Moore had only plowed half of the area. Su Mo simply sat in the car and closed his eyes to rest for a while.

Once the sun was hidden behind the cover of the dark clouds in the sky, he got out of the car again and carried the seed bag to begin his work.

Planting seeds that would germinate into excellent-quality crops required his full and undivided attention. After the ability of the Mind Ring was turned on, the planting process became extremely smooth.

They worked until the sky turned completely dark. It was only when Su Mo started feeling dizzy that he stopped.

At this time, the two mu of wheat had been planted under extremely ideal conditions.

In addition, Moore had plowed the entire area. He only needed to plant the other three mu of the land tomorrow, and he could use the time currency to ripen the crops immediately.

Standing on the field with anticipation, Su Mo flicked a one-day coin at the soil.

As expected, the system once again displayed the properties of the black soil land. Su Mo put on a satisfied smile on his face.

After verification, the spring wheat planted on the two mu of land were all of excellent-quality, without exception. They had an average yield of up to 1850 catties per mu.

Two mu of land could produce 3500 catties of wheat!

According to the bonus multiplier of the excellent-quality seeds, the subsequent cycle would yield sufficient seeds for Candlelight Shelter's planting needs as long as Su Mo could produce 2000 catties of seeds in the first cycle.

Su Mo yelled to Moore, who was on duty near the wheat field in the distance. Seeing Moore, who looked as if he had just woken up from a dream, Su Mo laughed at the hilarious scene.

Bear Warriors were tough!

They could even sleep while standing!

Earth Tiger was unable to carry all three of them inside, so Su Mo instructed Moore to lie down on the roof of the car. Driving Earth Tiger, Su Mo slowly traveled back to the shelter.

Planting two mu of excellent-quality wheat was a terribly exhausting task but, overall, it was still within his physical and mental limits.

Due to the stacked bonus of buff and his title, as long as his level of concentration and energy reached 50%, the seeds would be promoted to excellent quality.

This was the most labor-saving and efficient method.

Arriving at the shelter, Su Mo took off his sweat-drenched combat uniform and clothes. Shirtless, Su Mo took out the remaining carps and cooked some hearty Sichuan dishes.

Boiled carp!

The red peppers were floated within the soup, and the spicy taste stimulated every creature standing that stood in front of the pot.

Once the carp was in the pot, and the hot vegetable oil was poured over the minced garlic and cabbage leaves, the taste and fragrance of the dish reached its peak.

These magical crops and vegetables brought Su Mo's cooking to unimaginable heights.

The bear warrior beside him was already fascinated by the fragrance. When Su Mo poured the fish into the small bowl, Moore ignored the heat and crouched down beside the bowl, and gobbled up his food.

Su Mo used a dozen catties of fish to make two large pots of this dish. He also cooked a large pot of rice as well.

However, this was all cleanly consumed by their huge Underground Shelter family.

Even the remaining rice grains in the pot were picked up one by one by Moore with its bear paw and swallowed into his mouth.

"The food made by master… is better than that of the best cook in the Lightning Bear clan. It's so delicious!"

Su Mo and four little ones, including Big Spark and Little Spark, laid contentedly on the ground after the meal, all of them staring up at the ceiling in a daze.

Hearing what Moore said, Su Mo raised his eyebrows with interest.

"Oh? Moore, do you remember your Lightning Bear clan?"

Moore was stunned when he heard Su Mo's question. He patted his head suddenly and said in surprise, "Oh yeah, I haven't been to the Lightning Bear clan before, why are there some memories that don't belong to me appearing in my head?"

"Oh no, is Moore going to be taken away!"

A bear as tall as a person and a half was lying on the ground, its face terrified and pale. However, Oreo was gloating beside him, taking pleasure in Moore's misfortune. Su Mo helplessly touched his forehead.

With Oreo around, Moore was completely turned into the second fool of the family.

"Don't worry, maybe it's the inheritance of your Lightning Bear clan?"

According to the western fantasy stories on the Earth, Su Mo hazarded a guess.

Aside from humans, who passed on their inheritance through handwritten records, pictures, or videos that were preserved and spread by human scholars, these foreign clans engraved their memories in the minds of their younger generation clan members as a method of inheritance, including the Abyssal Dragon clan.

The memories of awakened differed according to the talents of each clan member.

However, when Moore started to cry and recall the various Lightning Bear clan delicacies in his mind, Su Mo had no choice but to stand up and leave this difficult task to Oreo to resolve.

Oreo naturally knew that she had done something bad. Seeing Su Mo's glare, she hurriedly fled with her tail tucked between her legs.

"It's much more convenient to get along with pets compared to humans."

"Whether it is Moore's combat power and productivity, or Oreo's detection ability, or even the fertilizer produced by Big Spark and Little Spark, they are all rare finds in the Doomsday World."

It was still early but, as he had exhausted his concentration and energy while planting, Su Mo felt sleepy even while he was sitting at the workbench.

He drank two mouthfuls of psychic energy water to wake himself up.

He took out the different kinds of seeds he had bought during the day and began to carefully sort them.

Planting bad seeds would not only affect the survival rate of that single plant, but would also affect the growth and vitality of the nearby plants to a certain extent.

The process of seed selection had to be done very carefully.

After a lot of picking and choosing under the bright light overhead, Su Mo found that he had worked till 11 pm. On the right side, the seeds for planting tomorrow had finally been chosen.

After quickly washing up, Su Mo soothed the four little ones and walked over to the small bed. He soon fell asleep.

Utterly exhausted, his sleep was a dreamless one.

Su Mo slept extremely comfortably despite the world around him heating up over the arrival of the welfare disaster.

The shelter was abnormally quiet, providing Su Mo with a very comfortable sleeping environment.

Opening his eyes, the fatigue from the day before had completely dissipated and his mind felt clearer.

"After using the Mind Ring to increase my concentration, it feels like my brain is more active compared to yesterday. It's almost as if..."

"I am exercising my brain?"

When the magical ring was paired with the human body, mysterious things became possible. After just one day of use, Su Mo could already perceive some progress.

After getting up and having breakfast, the long-lost system notification prompt finally sounded in his ears.

When he arrived back at the main world yesterday, it was past eight o'clock. For some unknown reasons, no notification prompt about survival points was issued.

At this time, as if clamoring for his attention, a multitude of notification prompts appeared.

[Doomsday Calendar Month 1, Day 27 and 28 (Combined)]

[Your sleep quality is improving day by day, which drastically increases your work efficiency (Survival points 20)]

[A new partner joined your team, increasing your team's combat capabilities by leaps and bounds (Survival points 200)]

[You have entered a mysterious area, and there seems to be some sort of secret hidden here (Survival points 50)]

[You have entered the mysterious ruins of time and gained some insight into the secrets of disasters (Survival points 300)]

[You perfectly completed your mission in the ruins of time and surpassed the completion requirements of the mission (Survival points 1500)]

[You ended your vir… phase. Your life is one step closer to completion (Survival points 1000)]

[You successfully planted the first batch of excellent-quality crops (Survival points 300)]

[Milestone – Past, Present, Future. Your shadow has been cast over the three timelines, causing wonderful changes to occur (Survival points 5000)]

[Milestone – Prestigious Broadcast. You have conquered the past timeline and have been deified in the hearts of over four billion people. In their hearts, you are the omnipotent water god (Survival points 10000)]

[Milestone – Black Business. You have been swindled by the other party in paying more than ten times the original price for goods (Survival points 5)]

[Milestone – Sustainable Development (1). Your shelter now fulfills the three basic human needs of shelter, water, food, and shelter, forming a sustainable development ecosystem (Survival points 100)]

[Scanning host survival environment. Survival points evaluation in progress. 376 survival points gained today.]

...

Total calculation: Survival points 18851

Survival points remaining: 32147

Chapter 226: New Heights, Thirty-Two Kinds Of Machinery

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

30000 survival points!

Another historic breakthrough.

After recklessly thousands of survival points in the ruins of time, even if there were more than 10000 points remaining, Su Mo still felt a little distressed.

However, looking at the number of survival points he now had, Su Mo rubbed his eyes as he sat on the stone bench. He could no longer hide his excitement and laughed loudly.

The laughter was so hearty that even Moore on the side ended up smiling alongside him. Big Spark and Little Spark, who had just met Moore, looked at him with dazed expressions.

"Thirty thousand points... It seems that I really can become a rich man!"

The survival points awarded by the system were the best encouragement and proof of the effort he put in every time he went on an adventure, and every time he braved the dangers to achieve the impossible.

Similarly, every time he received a huge windfall of survival points, it also meant that the infrastructure and technology tree in the shelter could be improved even further.

"Relying on manual labor is not as efficient as using mechanical equipment. This time, I must accumulate a mind-blowing reserve of food supplies!"

Su Mo clicked on the creation panel and glanced at the various agricultural machines listed on it. After memorizing their approximate prices, Su Mo smiled slightly and closed the system panel.

It was not a critical moment, so using the creation function would be too extravagant. The best way to use the system was to upgrade his existing equipment.

As for this... Su Mo walked briskly over to the motor-pumped oil well.

As more and more machines in the base required diesel for fuel, the shelter's diesel reserves had continuously decreased on a daily basis, and there was an urgent need to increase its output.

The panel flashed. As the panel displayed the various attributes of the motor-pumped oil well, Su Mo generously spent 2000 survival points to double the output of the motor-pumped oil well.

This way, the daily diesel output would reach 90L, which was enough to fuel these machines and generate electricity in the shelter.

"While it is tempting to continue spending the survival points I have, my priority for today is still to sow the seeds first. After that, I can study how to make some mechanical equipment and tools."

Shaking his head to clear out all the distracting thoughts in his mind, Su Mo put all the crop seeds he selected last night into the bag.

After scanning the surrounding area with the old TV and ensuring that there was no danger, Su Mo brought his tools along and put on his combat uniform. He pushed open the garage gate and stepped out into the outside world.

At this time, early morning had just passed in the wasteland. The scorching sun had not yet covered the entire wasteland and the temperature had not yet risen, which created a conducive working environment for the wasteland's inhabitants.

After moving his body about, he saw Moore and Oreo following him from behind, and then the curious Big Spark and Little Spark following them from behind as well. After closing the gate, all of them set off toward the black soil land.

The unique characteristics of wild-feather chickens made it impossible for Big Spark and Little Spark to leave their territory.

However, after consuming Su Mo's unlimited psychic energy water supply, and receiving Oreo's teachings, the minds of the two chickens were getting smarter and smarter. They have gradually deviated from the nature of their species and become more courageous.

As Su Mo was walking in the front, the four children were playing in the back. From a distance, the scene looked extremely lively. It did not depict the dark atmosphere of life in the Doomsday Wasteland at all.

"Leaving Earth, humankind's strong adaptability has allowed us to familiarize ourselves in this wasteland in just one month. The sun, the moon, the sky, the Shifting Skies and Still Earth model, the monsters from various myths..."

"In ancient times, where did all the information recorded in books come from?"

Su Mo walked while thinking.

After using the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card to see the real Shifting Skies and Still Earth model, Su Mo also had more guesses about the appearance of some of the scenes that had previously only appeared in books on Earth.

It was just that these guesses could only remain guesses until he got his hands on more concrete information!

"Were it not for the frequent natural disasters, such a vast wasteland could easily be transformed in a few years by humans, and even become the foundation for humankind to develop more advanced technological wonders."

Looking at the intimate interaction between the four little ones, Su Mo began to feel emotional. His younger sister, who he had forcibly ignored in recent days, appeared in his mind.

Caring would cause chaos.

After the two agreed that they would only contact each other in the case of unresolvable emergencies, Su Mo could only glance at Su Chan's avatar, which was still lit up every day, comforting himself that his sister was doing well.

The distance between them was too far, and he could only travel to the Tundra Shelter once the flood disaster arrived.

Before that, Su Mo had to maintain his distance to ensure his sister's safety to the utmost extent.

"It won't take long. After this disaster is over, I can immediately build a super big ship that can travel thousands of miles!"

The design blueprint of the mini destroyer was still lying in his storage space. Once the disaster passed, the shelter would be upgraded to level four, allowing him to use it immediately

Piloting the mini destroyer to find his sister... Imagining this funny scene, Su Mo's worries dissipated significantly.

They walked on for a while longer, gradually approaching the black soil land. When they arrived, Su Mo's attention was gradually drawn to the field.

Two mu of wheat seeds had been planted, so next would be the planting of the other three crops.

However, compared to wheat, the cultivation of these seeds was much simpler and required less effort.

Once again, Moore took the shovel and rushed towards the remaining black soil land, tempted by the promise of an additional meal. He began to work hard.

It almost seemed like the powerful Lightning Bear warrior had unlocked some hidden farming genes in his blood.

Although the holes that Moore dug could not be called neat, they were decent enough to cultivate these low-demand crops.

After turning the Mind Ring on and concentrating, Su Mo followed behind Mooe and began to repeat his actions from the day before.

Big Spark and Little Spark. on the other hand, ran around the black soil land leisurely and began to peck and pull at the ground. From time to time, they would pull out a worm from the ground with their sharp beaks, feeling extremely joyful.

As for Oreo, she still maintained her elegant style, lying on the high ground overlooking the black soil land, watching and standing guard.

Time went by. They worked and rested as the day progressed. Before sunset, the planting had finally been completed.

Every small hole had been sowed and the crops growing within them bore witness to their efforts.

After planting the crops, the whole five mu of black soil land faintly shone as Su Mo tossed a one-day coin at the ground.

Under the setting sun, this bright light was extremely conspicuous, like a treasure emerging from the ground, attracting the attention of those around.

"All of these are excellent-quality crops, though this field would be even more spectacular if there were some rare-quality crops..."

"But one can't be too greedy. In my current state, I lack the ability to achieve such lofty heights."

After looking at the property panels of each plot of land with satisfaction, he stretched his sore waist. Su Mo then put away the hoe and traveled back home along with the four little ones.

Working in the wasteland, there was little to no time for relaxation when he got busy.

However, having such a fulfilling day in this disaster-ridden world could be regarded as a different form of happiness.

Reaching the shelter, Su Mo took out a box of instant noodles and used ten packets to cook dinner. In addition to the fragrant psychic energy cabbage he added in, the taste of the noodles was not bad at all.

After the day's hard work, the hungry Moore could not hold back his appetite when he smelled such food. He finished five packets by himself.

Su Mo ate packets, and the remaining two packets were eaten by Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark.

Eating instant noodles was also a type of simple happiness. After dinner, Moore, who had become Oreo's oldest disciple, took over the work of washing the pots and dishes and tidied them up meticulously.

"This... Oreo's methods are pretty effective. She's made Moore so obedient!"

After leaving Moore in her care the day before, Su Mo did not know how the two pets had resolved the situation. Su Mo was very curious about the tacit level of understanding between the two pets.

However, seeing as there was only one final day before the disaster arrived, there was no spare time for Su Mo to get into this gossip.

Sitting in front of the workbench and turning on the light above, Su Mo looked at the empty table. With a thought, the World Channel appeared automatically.

Now that the most important part of the whole plan had been completed, the other steps could finally be implemented as well!

It was the night of the 29th and, tomorrow, the night of the 30th, was when the disaster would arrive after midnight.

Once it arrived, everyone would have to work day and night to maximize the harvest so, currently, most people had begun to rest in order to accumulate enough energy and strength for the welfare disaster.

For this reason, more people than usual could be found chit-chatting on the World Channel tonight.

"Hey, hey, have you heard that Almighty Su bought seeds yesterday. Seems like he exchanged carps for seeds. Yes, it is Su Mo, the Almighty Su. How many Almighty Sus we have in Huaxia huh, are you crazy?"

"Huh? Yesterday I spent the whole day plowing the fields. I was so tired that I didn't even read the World Channel. I'm sorry, I'm outdated, outdated!"

"Those who don't know the news of Almighty Su, the Vatican has only 800 permanent residents. At the same time, Australia alone has 47 million kangaroos. If kangaroos decide to invade the Vatican, then every Vatican resident will fight 58,750 kangaroos, do you know? You don't know! You don't care! You only care about yourself!"

"It is said that Almighty Su will also start to plant crops on a large scale? But seeds are damn expensive. These profiteers are crazy!"

"Low EQ: godd*mn profiteers, high EQ: orphaned children."

"Speaking of which, since Almighty Su is getting involved in planting, could he knock down the price of seeds? The current price of spring wheat seeds is too expensive to cultivate."

"Let alone spring wheat, these dog profiteers have even increased the price of potatoes up to 8 times!"

"This is the wasteland world, but the current prices are the same as those in Cao County First Ring Road. I'm going crazy!"

...

After a few days, the enthusiasm of the people to worship "Su Mo" has finally died down but, in the World Channel, the topics of discussion had never decreased.

As a real person that everyone had seen, Su Mo did not have a fabricated divine identity, nor did he put on the air of a savior. This caused Su Mo's reputation among the people to become even more terrifying!

However, at this moment, most of the topics revolved around seed prices and planting. They were all discussing the behavior of these profiteers.

Looking at the waves of complaints, Su Mo smiled. In the chatbox, Su Mo typed out a few words. A line of beautiful Chinese characters appeared on the screen.

After confirming that it was correct, Su Mo mentally tapped on the "send" button.

[Su Mo: I'm buying the following mechanical design blueprints at a high price. It is not limited to the design blueprints from the game. It is also possible to submit hand-drawn designs of existing machinery from Earth. The handwriting is required to be neat, easy to understand, concise, and clear. There is no need to indicate the attributes of the engine, only the data of each composition is required.]

[Required machines: loaders, bulldozers, fellers, forklifts, cranes, concrete mixers, road rollers, rotary drilling rigs, tractors, sprinklers, harvesters, surface grinding machines... Each trade requires at least six design blueprints. If you have them, you can send me a friend request and message me privately to discuss the price.]

Su Mo listed a total of 32 types of various machinery, basically covering all forms of basic machinery, from large to small, and indicated the requirement for at least six design blueprints at the end of the message.

As soon as the message was sent out, the World Channel was whipped up into a frenzy.. In front of the screen, Su Mo showed a smile that indicated that he was in full control of the situation.

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Chapter 227: Script! I Will Cover All Of It!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"F*ck... Almighty Su is purchasing more than 30 machinery design blueprints. Did he f*cking open a military tank and weapons factory?"

"Did he play too much Command Conquer? Did he play too much Command Conquer?"

"Shut your mouth and immediately give me a free transaction after I finish counting down. 32 design drawings...40 seconds!"

"Does Almighty Su's house need a stone lion? I can be one!"

"Is Almighty Su is going to rebuild the cornerstone of human civilization? With so much machinery and equipment, as long as he has enough manpower and materials, would it not be a problem for him to build a large shelter that can accommodate tens of thousands of people?"

"Knowledge is power. Now I hate the fact that I only know the design blueprints for a forklift. Are there any brothers out there who want to compile our blueprints and trade?"

"I know the design blueprints for a mixer truck. Hurry up, let's join together to close a deal. If we're late someone else might end up getting the deal, and we'll be left without a single cent."

"Am I the only one wondering if Almighty Su's technology tree has improved again? He's advancing back into the era of semi-automatic machinery!"

...

One stone would stir up a thousand waves, and one word would create a thousand discussions!

Seeing the sudden change in direction of the discussion on the World Channel, and countless people who were beginning to group together to compile their design blueprints, Su Mo closed the chat channel in satisfaction.

Knowledge is power. This phrase had profound meaning even in the Doomsday Wasteland.

Without the ability to engrave memories like the foreign races, the knowledge buried in the minds of every craftsman was the most precious treasure.

The knowledge that had been developed by the advancement of science and technology over hundreds of years would greatly increase the rate at which the shelter developed once it could be applied.

However... Glancing at the notifications popping up on his friends list that numbered in the hundreds, Su Mo shook his head and placed his attention on the friends list.

When playing games with popular streamers, people often liked to send emails or add them as friends in order to join in on their streams.

Now it seemed that the human beings in the wasteland had become "rich". It only took a few points for them to add Su Mo as a friend, which was well within their affordability range.

As long as they were accepted as a "friend" by Su Mo, they would gain bragging rights among the people around them. In a sense, it was still a kind of honor.

Having other means in his mind, Su Mo watched the red dot pop up on the panel after waiting for more than half an hour. His mouth curled up in satisfaction.

The reason he set the threshold requirement of six blueprint designs was to not only accumulate blueprint designs, but also in anticipation of this moment.

Seeing Shen Ke's profile picture vibrating in his friends list, Su Mo tapped on the chat panel.

[Shen Ke: Almighty Su, we have collected six blueprint designs here, while other blueprint designs are still being collected. May I know if you have managed to obtain the blueprint designs that you were looking for?]

[Shen Ke: Almighty Su, we now have seven blueprints. What is the highest bid now?]

Just by looking at the text, Su Mo could "see" Shen Ke's anxious expression behind the game interface.

Su Mo had countless good things in his hands and everyone knew that.

With the population numbering billions of people, it would be difficult for them to get ahead, even if there was an information exchange channel set up between the official shelters.

In half an hour, the Tundra Shelter had, from scratch, collected seven blueprint designs. Considering the series of steps they had to take, such as finding people, drawing the blueprints, collecting, compiling, transferring, and so on, the feat was truly not an easy one to achieve.

"Hehe, the prey has taken the bait."

"A certain amount of intelligence is required in order to save the country without leaving any traces!"

The plan was still proceeding smoothly. Looking at the keywords that he had written down on the paper in front of him as he waited earlier, Su Mo cleared his throat and chose to make a video call.

From ancient times to the present, when it comes to closing deals, both parties have always chosen to go through the trouble of meeting up to discuss the details of the business deal.

This tradition had been passed down to this day, and people gradually understood why the ancients did it.

When the phone was connected and Shen Ke's familiar face appeared on the opposite side, Su Mo's face unconsciously twitched.

Su Mo's self-control was tested when he saw Su Chan's figure appearing in the corner of the video behind Shen Ke. It was inevitable that he would be shocked.

'My goodness, this little lass has made her way into the ranks of the opponent's internal division in just a few days!'

Seeing Su Chan leaving the room in a lively and clever manner, Su Mo was slightly relieved.

Seeing her behavior, it seemed that Tundra Shelter still did not know Su Chan's identity, but Su Chan just happened to be working with Shen Ke at the time.

She had not been caught to intimidate Su Mo.

Shen Ke also noticed Su Mo's strange reaction.

However, Shen Ke did not know that it was because he saw Su Chan. Instead, she thought that Su Mo was still checking out the quotes he received from other people on his friends list and started talking hurriedly.

"Almighty Su, we have currently collected seven kinds of blueprint designs, and the rest will be ready soon. We can reach an oral agreement first. When the time comes, I will use Tundra Shelter's credibility to guarantee the transaction. Once the remaining blueprint designs are found, we can provide them to you free of charge!"

Generous!

The person in charge of Tundra Shelter was not an ordinary person. Their strategic thinking was on point!

This was the point that Su Mo instantly thought about after hearing the meaning conveyed by Shen Ke's words.

As long as they obtained the trading opportunity, even if the things that followed were not profitable for the Tundra Shelter, trading this "useless" knowledge for materials would still be a big profit for them!

However...

"What are these seven kinds of blueprints? I still have to make a judgment call here, I believe you can understand my situation too."

Su Mo did not show an eager expression. From an angle that Shen Ke could not see, Su Mo's fist under the workbench was held tight, as he tried to control his expression from undergoing any obvious changes.

"Of course, of course."

Shen Ke nodded repeatedly. She lined up the paper on the table and began to slowly present the blueprint designs that the Tundra Shelter had already obtained.

"Because the welfare disaster is about to occur, the first blueprints we collected are the combine harvester, flour grinder, and rotary tiller. The blueprint designs have already been marked with the size of each component in detail. As long as you have some sort of machinery assembly line, it would not be difficult to produce these three things."

"The remaining four design blueprints are sprinklers for watering, a road roller for repairing roads, a simple forklift, and a harvester!"

After presenting the mechanical blueprint designs currently possessed by Tundra Shelter one by one, Shen Ke raised her head and looked at Su Mo nervously.

Shen Ke had not seen him in a long time. Seeing him now, Su Mo's image in her heart seemed to have donned an unknown majestic aura that he had not had previously.

Every word he spoke indicated that he was becoming more and more like a figure of authority, who was indifferent to his emotions and anger. Even so, he possessed a greater spirit compared to other figures of authority.

Fortunately, after seeing Su Mo nod in satisfaction the next second, Shen Ke took a long breath of relief. Her tensed body also relaxed.

"Is Almighty Su satisfied with these blueprint designs?"

"Very satisfied. These are the blueprints that I require at this stage. I agree to this deal!"

After confirming the details of the transaction between the two parties, Su Mo stopped beating around the bush and directly threw in the "deal" chip.

"Are you able to make the calls on the details of this transaction? If not, you can ask someone above you to come over!"

Once they got to the topic of trading goods, looking at Su Mo's serious expression, Shen Ke nodded. She got up and walked out quickly.

Following Shen Ke's camera perspective, Su Mo also vaguely observed the conditions within the Tundra Shelter at this moment.

It seemed the situation of the Tundra Shelter had finally improved significantly.

Kerosene lamps were sparsely distributed in several dark places within the shelter, making the Tundra Shelter appear more like a small village.

In the small village, because it was only eight o'clock, there were still many people sitting outside, enjoying the cool weather.

From the faces of these refugees, Su Mo saw the same look he had seen on the faces of the refugees from the Candlelight Shelter.

Hope.

Longing for the future.

The desire to live!

Looking carefully, Shen Ke kept walking and passed through a few small wooden houses to the largest wooden house in the center.

In the dark, this wooden house was the only shelter where a kerosene lamp had been lit indoors.

As she pushed open the door, he saw that the man sitting inside was no stranger to him. He was an "old acquaintance" whom he had met a few times in the past.

"Hello, Mr. Su Mo. I am Lu Yongyi, the current leader of the Tundra Shelter."

"It's a great honor for the Tundra Shelter to reach a deal with you again."

After driving off the old beasts like Ying Tianlong, the middle-aged Lu Yongyi seemed to be less plagued by worries, although he could still sense a trace of fatigue on his his face.

Although his physical condition was much worse than last time, his mental outlook had changed drastically.

Remembering this change in his heart, Su Mo nodded and talked about the details of the deal.

"I'm very satisfied with the design blueprints provided by the Tundra Shelter, so when it comes to trading goods from my side, what is the preference of the Tundra Shelter?"

"Preference?"

Looking at Su Mo's handsome and proud smiling face, Lu Yongyi felt dazed. Then he quickly reflected on his thoughts and nodded with a smile.

"It seems that Mr. Su Mo came prepared. I won't beat around the bush anymore."

"At the moment, the most lacking thing in the Tundra Shelter are crop seeds. To feed so many people, the previous reserve of food supplies has almost been exhausted, yet the seeds on the trading market are too expensive for us to afford, so... "

"Sigh..."

Speaking of crop seeds, Lu Yongyi first showed a trace of killing intent on his face, which then turned into helplessness.

The high price of crop seeds had not only made Su Mo uncomfortable, but had also made life difficult for other shelters.

This was true even for an official shelter like the Tundra Shelter, which had been at the top of the rankings once before. The welfare disaster was approaching, but they were at a loss and helpless, and could only look at the plowed fields and worry about the future.

"Lacking seeds?"

Everything was planned, and everything was proceeding according to his script.

At this moment, when the script was about to reach its climax, even though Su Mo was had mentally prepared himself, it was difficult to suppress the joy on his face.

Calm down! Control yourself!

As Su Mo's expression began to waver and look a bit weird, Lu Yongyi on the opposite side seemed to realize something and sighed again.

The intelligence they had received was that Su Mo had used a few hundred catties of fish to purchase seeds from the black merchants yesterday. However, he did not have a seed reserve.

At the moment, based on the huge population of the Tundra Shelter, which numbered close to 300 people, the number of seeds they needed was a massive figure.

Even if they were already desperately collecting things to exchange for seeds, their progress on this front was extremely slow.

However, what surprised Lu Yongyi and Shen Ke was that, after a slight pause, as Su Mo's face calmed down, and the following words blasted into their hearts like thunder...

"Your lack of seeds is not a problem to me."

"This time, regarding the seeds required for planting by the Tundra Shelter, I, Su Mo..."

"Will cover all of it!"

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Chapter 228: Manu??facture, All-Automatic Harvester!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"This time, regarding the seeds required for planting by the Tundra Shelter, I, Su Mo, will cover all of it!"

Generous!

Lavish!

It was a statement made by a rich man. In the Doomsday world, it was no less domineering than showcasing your country's all-encompassing weapons and military equipment!

In the entire wasteland, even the seed merchants did not have such courage to say such words!

The shocking words still hung in the air. After three to five seconds, Lu Yongyi finally awakened from his dumbfounded state.

This time, he did not care about keeping up appearances, nor about managing his expression.

On Lu Yongyi's face, he saw an expression of shock and disbelief that could not be concealed.

Beside him, Shen Ke also covered her mouth, looking as if she had lost her soul.

"Cover all of it!?!?"

"Great courage!"

"Mr. Su Mo! Do you know how many people there are in our Tundra Shelter, and how many mu of land has been plowed?"

"But do go into the details!"

Seeing Lu Yongyi's expression, Su Mo chuckled from the bottom of his heart. However, he could not help but have a certain understanding of the strength of the official shelters on the wasteland.

From a certain perspective, after a month of development, official shelters may not have performed as well as private shelters.

There were many people, but few soldiers.

There were many mouths to feed, and the material reserves were small.

This resulted in even the current Candlelight Shelter's condition being more comfortable than the state the Tundra Shelter was in.

"The Tundra Shelter has a total population of 292 people, and a total of 108 mu of arable land has been plowed!"

"A total of 11 animals can be fed and bred."

"In addition to tomorrow, in just a day, the Tundra Shelter can plow up 20 mu of land."

"During the three days of the welfare disaster, we can cultivate two planting cycles! The seeds needed for this are an unimaginable astronomical number!"

After some pause, Lu Yongyi's eyes were wide. He slowly recited the heavy numbers in his heart.

As he mentioned every large number, Lu Yongyi tried his best to speak slowly and clearly.

He wanted to see the fluctuations on Su Mo's face as he said the numbers to judge Su Mo's bottom line.

However...

In Shen Ke's eyes, not only did the confidence on Su Mo's face not diminish, but there was even a smile on his face?

"Leader Lu, don't worry. Don't be so serious. With so few people, I can cover all the seeds the shelter requires. This is not a problem."

Shaking his head and looking at the two people who were stunned senseless in the camera, Su Mo kept on speaking, "But I am not providing you with all the seeds to plant so many fields at once..."

"I can provide you with excellent-quality spring wheat seeds sufficient to plant one mu of land."

"It only takes four hours from germination to harvest, which will produce enough seeds to cultivate all the remaining fields for the second cycle of planting. As for how many cycles of planting that come after, that depends on your efficiency and speed!"

Excellent-quality...

Four hours...

Efficiency and speed...

Different from Lu Yongyi's accented large numbers. Su Mo's simple assessment of the situation seemed to deal a shocking blow to them, instantly destroying the "fragile" line of defense between the two parties on the screen.

Lu Yongyi's face began to tremble uncontrollably, and his mouth seemed to have lost control, convulsing continuously.

"Mr… Mr. Su Mo, this deal..."

"Don't worry, since I agreed to the price, I've given my word!"

Su Mo waved his hand and looked at the two shellshocked people on the screen. Su Mo smiled resignedly. They discussed the details of the follow-up deal in a daze.

Tundra Shelter sent over all the blueprints in advance. After Su Mo's initial inspection was completed, he would provide 20 kilograms of excellent-quality spring wheat seeds for planting tomorrow as scheduled.

As he was speaking, Su Mo also gave a detailed description of the attributes of the excellent-quality seeds.

When they heard about the average yield rate of 1800 catties per mu, the two looked completely dumbfounded. Su Mo then hung up and ended the video call.

Beep beep beep...

The beeping tone after the video call echoed back and forth through the central wooden house in the Tundra Shelter.

The screen was black, and the game panel had disappeared.

However, the two of them, including Lu Yongyi, were still dumbfounded. They did not seem to have recovered from the shock, It was as if 500 million yuan had just fallen from the sky.

Even Lu Yongyi, after being distressed for countless days and nights, seemed to feel his comprehension of reality fragmented by Su Mo's words.

This fragmentation of reality was not destructive, but rather a restructuring of his understanding of this world. In a sense, it had been reborn!

Looking at the still-dark sky outside, Lu Yongyi almost felt as if dawn had arrived and a sense of impatience began to arise in his heart, urgently awaiting the arrival of the following day.

Seeing that Shen Ke on the side was still entranced, like an old father, Lu Yongyi stretched out his big hand, which was rough and full of calluses, and touched Shen Ke's head.

"Sergeant Shen Ke, it's time to perform your duty!"

Awakened by Lu Yongyi, Shen Ke quickly recovered. She performed a salute in panic and rushed out vigorously.

The long nights in the wasteland were still long.

The darkness in humankind's lives continued.

However, looking at the fading shadow of Shen Ke outside the window, and looking at a small box on the table, Lu Yongyi's face was covered in emotions, as he put his hand on the box.

"Xinghuo, it seems that this time, I won't have to accompany you just yet."

"With the existence of someone like Su Mo, the flame of Huaxia will never be cut off in this desperate wasteland!"

Touching the outline of the simple wooden box, Lu Yongyi's eyes became firm once again and, at the same time, a decisive look surfaced. He shouted, "Assemble all the guards who are not on duty in the shelter, I have new instructions!"

"Go!"

"Yes, leader!" The guard outside the door responded, and the sound of his rapid footsteps leaving the house disappeared into the distance.

Watching the figure leave, he pushed the box to the corner of the table's drawer. He picked up the pistol in the drawer, and adjusted the clothes on his body, Lu Yongyi then strode out of the room!

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"Rotary tiller, combine harvester, forklift, sprinkler, flour grinder, cutter, road roller."

The seven blueprint designs were like a chant in his mouth, as they slowly appeared after being delivered from the trading channel.

Helping the Tundra Shelter to overcome their difficulties and to accumulate enough food and supplies to deal with the flood disaster was also, in a way, helping his sister. This would help make her life better before he could go over to the Tundra Shelter when the flood disaster struck.

However, outside of this, there were so many unexpected gains.

"The harvester, the rotary tiller, and the flour grinder, these three must be built quickly. The rest can be put on hold first!"

His survival points were limited, and prioritizing the equipment that would provide the highest increase in productivity was the best policy at present.

Su Mo put the other four blueprints into the storage space. Looking at the three blueprints left on the table, Su Mo summoned the system to begin the scanning process

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According to Su Mo's requirements, these three blueprints did not specify the engine model data and the various precision small parts.

Simple and concise, according to the various parameters on the blueprint designs, the things created were empty shells that could only be seen and not be moved.

This was also the main reason why, in just half an hour, the Tundra Shelter managed to collect seven blueprints.

After scanning the blueprints with the system, and confirming that there were no problems with their attributes, Su Mo began to build them according to the annotations with confidence.

Of the three machines, the parts of the combine harvester were the most difficult to deal with.

In 1831, McCormick designed and produced the first combine harvester that was towed by two horses.

Its harvesting efficiency exceeded that of a human laborer by 30 times, which was a breakthrough in the development of the combine harvester.

50 years later, Best designed and manufactured the first self-propelled combine harvester driven by a steam engine.

This was a historic leap forward for combine harvesters and one of the important steps in the introduction of machinery in agriculture.

This kind of combine harvester could harvest more than 50 hectares of farmland in one day.

Since then, self-propelled combine harvesters, driven by internal combustion engines, had become a staple in the agricultural industry.

It was exactly this model of combine harvester that was recorded on the blueprint design in front of Su Mo.

"Feeding wheel, threshing device, draft wheel, separation device, grain cleaning screen, fan..."

There were big secrets hidden in the small blueprint design.

He put the other two design drawings aside.

Su Mo walked outside the shelter and, after collecting some iron blocks, Su

Mo sat down began to study the construction of the combine harvester.

It was fine that the tools on the workbench could not be used to shape and connect the larger components, as the system could complete those functions simply by paying "a small amount" of survival points.

Based on the initial design, Su Mo was like a hardworking bee, producing every iron plate and transporting it up to the first floor of the shelter.

After paying a sum survival points, the two iron plates on the ground began to bond, gradually forming a whole, uniquely-shaped, plate.

Su Mo busied himself working on the project until it was almost midnight. When the last iron plate had bonded together by the system, the behemoth in front of him had already begun to take shape.

"Wow, master made himself a magical carriage?"

Looking at the combine harvester that was about the same height as King Kong, Moore, who was sitting at the side and appreciating the whole process, exclaimed sincerely with a gaping jaw.

Except for the missing engine and detailed parts inside, its appearance was quite impressive.

Su Mo felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment when he stepped on the step bar and hopped into the driver's seat of the combine harvester.

"This is the greatness of technology, and it can be created by simple manual labor!"

He admired the machinery he had made himself for awhile, and then leaped onto the ground with a spring in his step.

Looking at the empty shell in front of him, Su Mo began to focus mentally, summoning the system as he forced his imagination to think of it as a real combine harvester.

Buzz...

Buzz...

After being summoned, the system scanned the combine harvester at high speed. After three to five seconds, a brand new attribute panel was displayed!

"Sure enough, such an upgrade will save you 'money' when compared to creation!"

Su Mo clenched his fists and looked at the attributes displayed by the system, he was extremely excited.

[Combine Harvester (Extremely damaged)]

[Description: A combine harvester built by the unqualified mechanic "Su Mo".]

[Attributes: None]

[First Upgrade Direction: Strengthen the combine harvester: Completely repair the combine harvester, strengthening the tolerance of the crawler, and strengthening the materials of the feeding wheel and the threshing device. Slightly increases its harvesting efficiency, slightly increases its threshing efficiency, and slightly reduces its fuel consumption. Survival points required (9120)]

[Second Upgrade Direction: Separate the combine harvester: Completely repair the combine harvester, increasing its fan power, and improving the design of its separation device and the grain cleaning screen. Greatly enhances its separation efficiency, slightly reduces its threshing efficiency, and greatly increases its fuel consumption. Survival points required (11350)]

[Third Upgrade Direction: Psychic Energy Harvester: Evolves the combine harvester in the psychic energy direction, increasing the efficiency of the harvester in all aspects. In the process of harvesting, there is a very small probability to directly upgrade the quality of the harvested fruit or crop. Survival points required (18500), Psychic energy crystal required*1]

[Comment: Mechanic () DIYer (?)]

Chapter 229: LCD Dashboards, Brand New Harvester!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Even the cheapest of these three upgrade options requires 9000 points... However, is this a problem?"

It was still the same familiar system panel and upgrade direction options; other than the extra psychic energy upgrade direction option that appeared due to the his possession of the psychic energy crystal, the other options were ones he could find in ordinary upgrades.

As for the points required, he glanced at the large number of basic materials next to him, not feeling anxious at all. He began to move materials into the input section to reduce the upgrade cost.

At the moment, the main body of the combine harvester had been completed. What was left was the engine, control panel, transmission shaft, and other small parts that contained the essence of human innovation.

He might not have the required technology, but there was a no shortage of materials in the shelter!

Iron: I'll fill it up for you.

Copper: I'll give you as much as you want.

Su Mo even brought a container of diesel and put it next to the combine harvester.

As for the remaining bits and pieces, he glanced at the prices of various electronic products on the market and tapped to select the remaining flour reserves in the shelter.

Su Mo began to trade quickly.

First of all, he purchased the various necessities for the interior of the vehicle, such as batteries, tires, wheels, and other small things. There was no demand for such things at present, and the probability of this receiving these miscellaneous items from treasure chests was not small.

Therefore, there was still a lot of inventory in the trading channel.

After the "treasure hunting", the remaining flour reserves started to dwindle, as more odds and ends started appearing on the ground as well.

Two LCD panels, a broken engine unit, and a malfunctioning speaker...

There were a variety of items. After buying these things, without counting the disaster points charged for the courier fee, the flour reserves in the shelter were nearly empty.

"My goodness, if I can't harvest enough food this time around, based on the shelter's?daily food consumption rate, we will be faced with a food shortage crisis in less than a week!"

After Oreo's evolution, and the addition of Moore, the gluttonous bear warrior, the current food consumption rate of the inhabitants of the Underground Shelter was at least eight catties of flour a day. Not to mention that Su Mo's daily increasing appetite had not been included yet.

Fortunately, after adding these items into the input section, the survival points requirement of the first two upgrade direction options finally plummeted to a reasonable number.

The cost of the strengthening upgrade direction had dropped from 9120 points to 5900 points, whereas the cost of the upgrade direction that focused on separation and collection dropped from 11350 points to 7120 points.

As for the cost of the third psychic energy direction, it remained unchanged at 18500 points.

Without overthinking things, looking at the first two items, Su Mo immediately made his choice.

The welfare disaster only lasted three days, so speed at which the combine harvester worked was a farm more vital element. Even if the efficiency of the collection and separation functions suffered as a result, harvesting speed was still his paramount priority.

At this point, just some basic calculations were sufficient to tell the difference between the two options.

"I choose... the first upgrade direction!"

Su Mo selected the first option. As he stared at the empty shell of the combine harvester in front of him in anticipation, 5900 survival points disappeared like flowing water.

Then, the long-lost emerald-green ray reappeared in the Underground Shelter.

Compared to the usual "violent" upgrade process, it seemed that after spending the largest amount of survival points ever, the upgrade process had finally become more refined.

It was as if it had merged into the night breeze, transforming the machine silently and gently.

Touched by the green light, the materials on the ground began to float up into the air, dancing in the wind as if they possessed life.

The hard iron and copper blocks also began to melt into various strange shapes, slowly attaching themselves to the shell of the combine harvester, vibrating slightly as they did so.

Gradually, as more and more materials disappeared, the combine harvester was also covered with a thick green film. It became difficult to see what "secret deals" were going on inside.

"Huh? This seems to be the first time that such a thing has happened during an upgrade!"

Seeing that the green beam of light had already dissipated, but the green film on the combine harvester still remained, Su Mo curiously walked up to it and tried to poke the film with his hands.

However, touching it felt just like the crack in the space when the three welfare items were delivered previously; extremely firm.

Fortunately, after about half a minute, the green film began to gradually shrink inward and slowly disappeared. A brand new combine harvester had finally been completed.

As the green film disappeared, the giant machine in front of him revealed its new look.

The originally varied colors of the iron sheets and its previous dilapidated appearance were no longer visible now that the combine harvester had been fully assembled.

On the silver-white painted surface, three long lines stretched from the front of the vehicle to the back, and a huge "Su" character was printed on the side of the combine harvester's door.

The gear used for harvesting in front was shiny and sharp; it looked extraordinary.

"Is this... the power of the system? It seems that if you have money, you can create whatever you want!"

Once he examined the originally missing interior parts, Su Mo felt that the 5900 survival points had been well spent, and...

Su Mo felt the power of the system's upgrade function!

The quality of machinery could always be determined by the precision of its construction, as poorly constructed parts could result in high maintenance costs and higher margins of error during operation.

If the combine harvester had maintained the shape of the handmade shell from before, even if it could be operated, it would not last for long and its design limitations would impede the progress and efficiency of its output.

Looking at the current combine harvester, the upgrade process had done a very good job at this point. Every joint and corner of the vehicle seemed to exude a sense of mechanical beauty.

"Its exterior looks magnificent, but I wonder how the driving and operating experience will be like?"

With a smile, Su Mo walked over, pulled open the door of the vehicle, which had a large "Su" character printed on it, and sat inside.

After adding the wolf skin that he had obtained from hunting, and the various materials he had found, although the driver's cabin was not luxurious, it was a whole lot better than Earth Tiger's barebones interior.

Among these, the two huge LCD dashboards on the central control panel of the harvester were the most attractive to Su Mo.

Whether it was Earth Tiger or King Kong, they were designed with the simplest and most extreme mechanical structure in mind, avoiding the addition of any electronic devices in the construction.

Although their design guaranteed durability in the wasteland, they also lost out in terms of technological augmentations and assistive aids that would have improved their functionality and ease of operation.

"Could it be that spending 5900 survival points resulted in the creation of a complete set of electronic control systems?"

Su Mo nervously sat in the driver's seat. As he fired up the combine harvester for the first time, turning the key, its engine began to rumble.

Boom!

Boom!

When the third rumble of ignition and combustion sounded, a cloud of thick black smoke was ejected from the unique single-cylinder diesel engine of the combine harvester, filling the garage with the strong smell of diesel.

Beep… beep… beep...

The ignition was complete, the battery was switched on, and the indicator on the dashboard started to rotate as it began its self-cheking process. At the same time, the two huge LCD dashboard panels displayed a huge logo.

Su!

It was the same familiar Chinese character. When the word Su appeared, the LCD dashboard also completed its self-checking process, and two brand new operation panels popped out.

"F*ck, it built a simple electronic control system for me. Those 5900 points were well worth it!"

At present, there was no computer programming control system in the shelter, and no specific technology tree to expand the vehicle's electronic system. To complete a milestone leap at the expense of so little survival points was a huge gain.

Su Mo tried to control the panel's functions with his fingers. After a while, he finally understood the functions of the two dashboard panels.

The dashboard on the left was used to control the harvesting function. After clicking on the button above to automatically lower the header, the front end of the crop divider would drop to a level 5-10cm above the surface of the field. It could also control the harvesting speed.

When all this was set up, the dashboard would light up in green. At this time, pushing the main gear lever would make the machine start harvesting.

The dashboard on the right was responsible for the subsequent collection functions. At present, the grain receiving platform of the harvester was still in a vertical state.

Only once the entire platform was lowered down would the grain auger be pulled into the "open" position, and the grain bag would be hung on the grain bag hook. The button on the dashboard could adjust the efficiency and direction of the collection.

With these two dashboards, it was possible for a single person to operate the combine harvester.

"Well, being able to control thing like this saves me a lot of trouble, but tomorrow's harvest will still have to rely on manual labor."

The garage space was not large. After trying out the other functions on the control panel, Su Mo nodded in satisfaction and turned off the engine.

At the same time, the property panel of the combine harvester was displayed, revealing its true form.

[Micro Combine Harvester (Good)]

[Description: A combine harvester created based on a blueprint design by the unqualified mechanic "Su Mo". Although it is small, it has a complete set of functions. All of its functions have been integrated into its semi-intelligent control system, and it can be used to good effect in the field of agriculture.]

[Harvesting efficiency: 20000(30 mu)/60mins]

[Fuel consumption: 2666(4 mu)/1L]

[Special Ability: Efficiency Conversion (Increasing its fuel consumption improves harvesting efficiency. Every time its fuel consumption doubles, the harvesting efficiency also doubles, with an upper limit of three times. The higher the magnification, the higher the probability of damage to the harvester.)]

[Comment: When overclocking...please remember to fill up its water tank!]

"One mu of land takes about two minutes to harvest. While this speed is not slow, and not too different from the ordinary small combine harvesters on Earth, it is insufficient to harvest the 200 mu of land near the the Candlelight Shelter!"

If it retained its original rate of harvesting efficiency, a cycle of harvesting for 200 mu of land would take more than six hours. He also had to factor in the time required to cool down the machinery to prevent overheating, which brought that number up to eight hours.

If there was no welfare disaster, this rate of harvesting efficiency would still be acceptable. However, considering his plans for four or five planting cycles, this was clearly lacking.

"Currently, the diesel reserves in the base are not enough. Even after I've upgraded the oil well, the amount is far from sufficient. I have to find a way to get obtain diesel?elsewhere."

There were still 72 liters of diesel reserves in the shelter. Once he collected tomorrow's portion, he would have 90 liters, which was enough to use the combine harvester's special ability once.

As for more higher multipliers, as well as the fuel consumption of his other machines, it would be too extravagant for him to rely on disaster points to acquire sufficient supply.

It might be a good choice to take out some materials to trade in the secret trading realm!

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Chapter 230: Preparation, The Last Busy Day

After figuring out his plans to solve the diesel shortage, and recording it in his list of required materials, Su Mo returned to the third floor.

Once the problem of the combine harvester was solved, dealing with the two blueprints that were still on the table became much simpler.

For the rotary tiller, he only needed to construct the rotary tiller shaft based on the only structure of the tractor. This did not require much technical expertise, and the same could be said for the flour grinder.

The blueprint design he received was for an inclined rotary tiller shaft, and Su Mo completed the shell structure on the workbench by two o'clock in the morning, without much assistance from the system.

"The workbench is easy to use, but is challenging to make create larger items with. After this disaster is over, things would become more convenient if I build a cutting machine."

As for the blades in the rotary tiller shaft, he could only rely on the system to slowly assemble and connect the smaller parts together with the shell structure.

Fortunately, he still had an abundant supply of copper and iron blocks from his previous trades. In terms of materials, he did not encounter any major problems.

Time passed by gradually, and Su Mo instructed Moore to carry some of the things up and down for him.

When the iron blocks he had prepared were used up, the last part of the rotary tiller was finally finished.

Next, he would just need to wait until tomorrow and exchange some items in the secret trading realm that could reduce the cost of the survival points required. After that, the rotary tiller could be completed, becoming an important part of his mechanized farm equipment arsenal.

"Master Su Mo, Moore is so sleepy. Moore wants to sleep!"

They had planted the remaining three mu of land, negotiated a deal, and rushed the construction of the rotary tiller and combine harvester overnight. This kind of work efficiency could not have been achieved by such a small workforce even during the civilized era.

Moore, who had been working the entire day, reached his limit. After arriving on the second floor with Su Mo, he muttered a few words and laid down on the ground, immediately falling asleep.

Looking at the sleeping bear warrior, Su Mo could not decide whether to laugh or cry. After using the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card on Moore, he wandered back to his small bed.

Looking at his task list for the next morning in the diary, Su Mo massaged the back of his waist with emotion.

"Doing farm work may not be as dangerous as fighting, but it sure is challenging in its own way."

"It's likely that after this experience, all the human beings in the wasteland will become good farmers upon their return to Earth."

His mind was filled with various thoughts as he flopped down onto the bed. Before he even had time to scan through the comments on the World Channel, a wave of fatigue overwhelmed him.

Enduring the exhaustion of both his mind and body, Su Mo used the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card on himself and drank a small cup of psychic energy water. He immediately became drowsy and fell into a deep sleep within a few minutes.

This kind of mental exhaustion was far more tormenting than physical exhaustion.

However, after recovery, he encountered the same phenomenon that increased his physical and mental tolerance gradually.

During sleep, the cells in his brain quickly regrouped and reorganized to ensure that his body would not appear abnormal the next day.

The misty starlight power of the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card, and the blue light spots created by the psychic energy water, also constantly roamed around his body, producing various kinds of energy that were required by the human body.

This night, Su Mo slept very deeply; the sound of his heavy breathing rippling back and forth on the third floor of the empty Underground Shelter.

The faint white moonlight cascaded down the glass window on the second floor, illuminating the four little ones who were sleeping on the second floor.

If one gaze traced the path of the glass window to the top of the shelter, they would be able to see the bright moon and sparsely distributed stars in the sky, depicting a very different kind of beauty on the rugged wasteland.

This was a place of despair.

This was also a place where new life was born.

Countless seeds had been sown on the plowed land one after the other today, waiting for the arrival of the welfare disaster to sprout and thrive.

However, the owners of these seeds were destined to have a sleepless night tonight!

Carrying with them the anticipation of tomorrow's harvest, even after a tiring day, these refugees lay in bed only to realize that they were unable to fall asleep!

They had worked hard all day and were exhausted from all the work, yet they somehow had a bout of insomnia?

It sounded incredible, but the excitement and anticipation that they had for the future, suppressed the protests of their exhausted bodies. All sorts of thoughts and imaginations were running through their minds, one after the other.

They have been starved for a month. After eating consuming their daily food rations, if they got hungry again, they could only opt to collect bark, grass, roots to alleviate the feeling of hunger.

They had all been used to the days where food was never in short supply, as long as they had money, but when they suddenly arrived at such an environment, it was inevitable that everyone would go through an uncomfortable and painful adjustment period.

However, this situation would change after tomorrow.

No matter what kind of crop it was, as long as it was edible, with the bonuses from the welfare disaster, all they had to was carefully cultivate them for a day or two, and they would be able to reap a harvest that could alleviate their urgent food needs.

By then, the food crisis that had been oppressing the inhabitants of the wasteland would be solved, and their maddening pangs of hunger would be quickly satisfied.

"Roasted vegetables, fried vegetables, boiled vegetables…"

"Unleavened pancakes, big white steamed buns, noodles…"

"Chinese cornbread, lotus root soup, stir-fried wild vegetables…"

Every shelter had planted different crops, and the food dishes that appeared in their imagination were completely different.

As they swallowed the saliva that had rapidly been secreted, they could only endure the emptiness in their stomachs throughout the night. When morning sun arose, most people were still awake; they had only rested with their eyes closed.

However, this tiredness could not defeat the spirit of these humans who had been living in the wasteland for a month.

When the time came, everyone ate a shabby breakfast and quickly rushed to their fields to continue farming.

Of course, Su Mo, who had fallen asleep in the shelter, was unaware of all this.

In his relaxing dream, there were 10000 mu of fertile land near the Underground Shelter. Several small winding rivers, like those that were in Hope Plains, slowly bubbled along. It seemed like paradise on earth.

A plump fish that was swimming along the river was caught by Moore, who was lying next to the stream, making struggling flopping noises.

Oreo was still lying on a high slope with Big Spark and Little Spark, where she could sun herself. She was lying lazily, looking at the scene of the harvest below.

On the ground next to the river, countless sweet melons and fruits were everywhere. The branches of the various fruits on the tree were bent and hung low due to the weight of the ripe fruits.

Picking the fruits at will, the flavor intoxicated his tastebuds, making him feel extremely satisfied and happy.

Ding ding ding…

As the big clock hung on the wall of the gym reached its set time, it began to make a harsh sound.

Su Mo was awakened from his sleep by the alarm, and his consciousness gradually returned to his body.

"What a satisfying dream!"

With a sigh, Su Mo opened his eyes. He had matched the alarm's timing to his biological clock, which he had developed and maintained while living in the wasteland.

"After sleeping for six hours, my mental strength has fully recovered. It seems that the brain can indeed be trained!"

Su Mo touched the back of his head, which felt a bit chilly, to confirm that he had not lost his hair. After that, he drank a large mouthful of psychic energy water and got up to walk over to the living room.

Different from the fresh smell of the Hope Shelter, the slightly dull air in the Underground Shelter felt a little more real.

After taking two greedy breaths, he picked up the spear and performed a set of warm-up movements of the Su family spear technique. Su Mo then went to the second floor.

Animals generally preferred places bright and windy spots.

Therefore, the third basement floor was Su Mo's alone, while the four little ones were lying on the ground of the second floor.

Seeing Su Mo approaching, Oreo woke up and flopped about intimately, circling around him.

Moore, who had fallen asleep exhausted yesterday, was still breathing deeply and heavily as he continued his deep sleep.

After strolling around and confirming that there were no abnormalities near the Underground Shelter, Su Mo rubbed his hands together and returned to the workbench. He began to carefully study the tasks he had to complete on this final day before the disaster.

"The collection of seeds is the most important task I have today. It will not only be used in the secret trading realm, but the Candlelight Shelter has to plant them before dawn arrives to avoid wasting any sowing time."

"As for the combine harvester and the rotary tiller, these can wait. When the time comes, I can arrange for people from the Candlelight Shelter to come over and pick them up. They can be used before the second planting cycle is completed tomorrow."

The wheat harvested by the combine harvester would lose its outermost layers. Wheat belonged to the category of fruits, and losing this external layer would cause a lower survival rate of the crops planted during the second planting cycle.

Only by harvesting the wheat manually and carefully protecting the outer layers of skin could the seeds be preserved intact and used for the second cycle of planting.

Therefore, whether it was the first harvest of the black soil land or the first harvest of the fields near the Candlelight Shelter, both would require manpower to harvest carefully.

Of course, after the first batch of seeds had been collected, they could begin to use modern machinery to increase the speed and efficiency of harvesting.

As for the seeds of the cabbages and carrots in the black soil land, he would need to wait until they bloom and bear fruit before he could remove the seeds and harvest the plants.

As for soybeans, they were the simplest ones to cultivate. They would only need to wait until the fruit was fully grown. After harvesting, they could be used for sowing.

"Five mu of land… there's so much for me to do that it's unlikely that I will finish collecting the harvest in time. Then this task…"

"I will pass it to Moore!"

He quickly filled in the name of Moore, who was still asleep, in the harvest column, before starting to make arrangements for other tasks going forward.

There were still four hours before the secret trading realm opened.

There were still ten hours before the airdrop arrived.

Including the time for ripening and harvesting, every second of this last day before the disaster mattered.

Su Mo walked over to the material warehouse and took out all the remaining flour, and two cabbages. As was his usual practice, Su Mo made a large pot of noodle soup that was sufficient for them to eat throughout the day.

The scent of psychic energy cabbage filled the air and, by the time the gluttonous Moore had followed the scent to the kitchen, a new day had officially kicked off!

As he was constrained for time, a sense of anxiety and impatience seemed to hang in the air.

After breakfast, Su Mo traveled to the black soil land along with the four little ones. When he looked at the ground beneath his feet, the anxiety in Su Mo's heart finally eased a little.

"This land is finally ready for a bumper crop!"

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Chapter 231: A Time Leap! Massive Harvests!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Black soil was formed under colder conditions when surface vegetation died, and the decayed matter eroded over a long period of time, evolving into humus.

This sort of soil was extremely rich and high in organic matter. It was also fertile, light and airy, and world-famous as the best soil for cultivation—so much so it had been dubbed the "grain storehouse".

As for the patch of black soil near the Underground Shelter, it was at its prime the minute it emerged. In addition, the large amount of snow it was buried under meant that even fertilizers were not needed to satisfy the nutritional needs of the seeds growing across all five acres of the land.

Of course, the crops in the fields needed water to grow, so replenishing their water supply in a timely manner was extremely necessary.

After calling Moore, Su Mo set out with him, one walking in front of the other, to spread the snowflakes they had individually collected in a thin, even layer over the ground.

Once he had ensured that every inch of the soil had enough water, Su Mo only needed a thought, and his storage space opened of its own accord.

After subtracting the thirty days he had given to Zhong Qingshu and the three days he had previously used up, he currently had a balance of 167 days' worth of time currency left in his storage space.

This was entirely more than enough time for him to plant the seeds in the vegetable field!

He pulled up the properties panel that the system had created. The panel showed that the four different crops had different maturation times as well.

The ones that took the longest were the soybeans. It would take 85 days before they reached their harvesting period.

Next was spring wheat, which took 80 days. Carrots took 60 days, whereas Chinese cabbage took the shortest time—only 58 days and they could be harvested.

These varying times meant he would have to use the most cost-effective method. Su Mo picked out two thirty-day time currency coins, as well as two ten-day coins and one five-day coin.

"Moore, I have a task for you after this.

"Do you see those two plots of land? Your task, later on, is to carefully use a shovel and dig out what's planted underground."

Su Mo produced a shovel. As he showed Moore how to painstakingly dig the plants out from beneath the soil, the bear's eyes gleamed with intelligence as he nodded rapidly.

As far as a lightning bear warrior like Moore was concerned, he might not be able to understand the twists and turns of human ways, but he could pick up things several times faster than a human if you demonstrated directly for him.

Moreover, after getting used to his identity as a farmer and learning from Oreo's example, Moore had already begun considering himself the leader of planting!

When he heard that they were going to go harvesting now, he was naturally excited beyond measure. His ursine head bobbed up and down repeatedly as he tightened his bear paws' grip on the shovel.

After directing Oreoas well as Big Spark and Little Spark to leave the field, Su Mo turned and grasped at what seemed to be thin air. Several coins landed leisurely on his palm.

These coins of various colors radiated different colored beams of light according to their individual quality.

As the tips of his fingers moved slightly, parallel to the ground beneath him, Su Mo waited no longer. Standing on a high slope, he decisively tossed down the first thirty-day time currency coin.

Bang!

A crisp popping sound burst forth from between his fingers. As if he had triggered some rule between heaven and earth, the same sound reverberated from the entire patch of black soil.

What, exactly, was time?

Even before transmigrating, no one could give a definite answer to this question. All they had were theoretical speculations.

Su Mo was filled with curiosity as well about these sorts of arcane matters.

A sound drifted to his ears as if the soil was cheering and weeping all at once. Curious, Su Mo gazed at the spot where the coin had landed.

The brilliant, golden coin was light as air. There was nothing unusual in its arc of descent, and it immediately melted into the black soil the minute it came into contact with the ground.

In an instant, a pale golden film spread across the entire five acres of black soil.

This film was not a physical, weighted thing. Instead, it was like a protective cover that shielded the soil and all the seeds within it.

However, before Su Mo could go down and explore, the golden film began melting spontaneously. In an instant, it had completely adhered to the surface of the ground.

Following that, the entire plot of black soil and the seeds planted within it began to undergo rapid changes, as if a fast-forward button had been pressed.

It was a very peculiar sensation. Staring at it would make one feel as if they had entered an alternate world.

In this world, Su Mo could stand back and be an observer, watching as the sun rose and set repeatedly.

He had an unobstructed view, watching the color of the earth change rapidly.

At the same time, under the effects of the time currency, several bright emerald-green shoots tenaciously broke through the soil that covered them and emerged into the open.

One minute, thirty days.

It felt as if Su Mo was the Creator as the sun rose and set every two seconds. The visual impact brought about by this peculiar experience was terrifying!

"Fast-forwarding time in games can be achieved by just pushing a button, but when you do it in real life as well, it feels…

"It feels amazing!"

Like playing a game using a cheat plug-in, when Su Mo tossed down another thirty-day coin, changes finally began occurring within the earth itself.

The sweet smell of plants began wafting through the air.

"This is… the process of flowering and pollination.

"The time currency is so considerate when speeding up all the processes—it even sped up this part of it. That means…"

"My patch of black soil has been cared for assiduously for one whole month!"

After this coin had fallen, the Chinese cabbages and carrots were ready for harvest. After Moore had carefully dug out his first Chinese cabbage according to Su Mo's instructions, his movements became much brisker.

Every time he dug down with his shovel, he would bring up an emerald-green Chinese cabbage. Laid out neatly on the ground, they looked very pleasing to the eye.

Upon coming closer, it was even possible to see seed packets blooming with flowers amidst the soil that had been turned over and brought up while digging for the Chinese cabbages.

"Be careful and don't ruin the tops!"

After giving Moore this admonishment and seeing that there was not much time left for planting, Su Mo decided to join in the vegetable harvesting. He rapidly began turning over the black soil.

The fact that there was a human on one end and a bear at the other, coupled with the fact that it was easy to dig up vegetables buried underground, resulted in the bear and the human only using an hour to finish harvesting two acres of land.

Of course, if they had not had the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll to help them recover from their physical exhaustion and replenish their psychic energy water so they could overcome the trance-like state brought on by such mechanical repetitive labor, they would have needed an entire barrel of water just from the several thousand times they bent down from the waist.

Su Mo waited until they had finished harvesting all the Chinese cabbages and carrots and for Moore to move all the plants to one side before he began the ripening of the remaining crops one last time.

This time, he took out the two ten-day coins and the single five-day coin and tossed them into the vegetable plot.

A surge of light burst forth as the soybeans and spring wheat on the ground rapidly began fruiting. There were plump kernels and fat bean pods on every plant as the sweet smells of harvest rose from them.

One hour ago, the wheat seeds had been "slumbering" in the ground.

One hour later, it had undergone transformative growth and become something qualified to be food!

Although he had already been startled at the Chinese cabbages and carrots, Su Mo still found it difficult to suppress his shock when he saw the large kernels on every wheat stalk.

The smell of ripened wheat wafted through the air and into his nostrils with the wind. It was an amazing, one-of-a-kind experience.

It looked like a golden-colored carpet that had popped out in an instant from the dark soil—a divine sight to see.

Even Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark, who were still standing on the slope, were stunned.

The very next second, watching the three animals race down eagerly, Su Mo could no longer suppress his excitement as he walked into the wheat field.

"Oh my god, every kernel of this is money!"

As he walked into the field and brushed the large, plump kernels, a feeling of contentment and happiness spontaneously welled up in his heart.

Every excellent-quality seed was a most valuable treasure in the wasteland.

If he brought this to the market and people saw it, he would trigger an unprecedented stir.

As he pursed his lips and thought about the surge of resources that the base was about to experience, his physical tiredness diminished slightly.

"Should we use a shovel to… dig up this plant?"

Glancing at Moore, who was standing beside him and scratching the back of his head, Su Mo laughed and shook his head as he retrieved two sickles that he had prepared beforehand from his storage space.

'If there's no food, we will grow our own!

If the technology does not exist, we will invent it ourselves!'

As long as he still had two hands, the wasteland would not be able to stop him from progressing.

Harvesting this piece of land that was even more precious than gold was merely taking the first of many resolute steps!

"How am I supposed to cut with this thing!"

A trace of gratification appeared on Su Mo's face as he swung the sickle in his hand and observed the intent expression on Moore's face as the bear earnestly sought to learn.

Although the previous pet egg had been branded as aggressive, Su Mo was now utilizing it in areas of production.

However, this had not affected Moore's combat abilities.

After Su Mo had instructed him and showed him hands-on how to store the wheat after it was cut, Moore immediately began working.

What was more, he worked at a frighteningly swift pace!

If an average person's harvesting speed was 1, and they could only harvest an acre of land per day…

Then Su Mo, whose efficiency had gone up to 5 after his body had gained substantial strength, could manually harvest between five to six acres of land per day.

In terms of numbers, if he did not take into account the times he used the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll to regain physical strength and psychic energy water to replenish energy, his efficiency could be upped to between 7 or 8.

However, Moore…

He was probably at 20 from the start!

The structure of the bear's limbs ensured he could swing the sickle steadily and accurately each time, and there was basically no need for him to grasp the ears of wheat by their tops.?He only needed a single stroke, and three or four kernels of wheat would separate from the stalk and fall onto the ground.

Moore was like an emotionless grass-cutting automaton. Su Mo had not even reached the end of the wheat field to start harvesting before Moore had already finished cutting down one-tenth of the wheat in just a few short minutes!

"What a terrifying lightning bear. His physique truly makes him an amazing farmhand."

As Su Mo clicked his tongue and saw how energetically Moore was working, he did not dare dawdle any longer and began working as well. The two of them put in effort together and at least managed to harvest all the wheat from two acres of land before ten o'clock in the morning.

They also took the opportunity to collect all the soybeans and place them neatly beside the pile of wheat.

Panting, both human and bear sat down on the slope to catch their breath.

Thankfully, after this round of harvesting, they could use automated tools to complete all the subsequent stages. The tiring work had finally been completed!

"Moore, hang on for a while longer. Come pull these kernels of wheat off their stalks. After today you'll be able to have a good rest."

Su Mo retrieved a water bottle as large as a human head, filled with fresh psychic energy water, and passed it to the bear.

Moore took the bottle and chugged down every last drop of its contents. Energy coursed through him once more as he labored hard beneath the burning sun.

They worked until about eleven-thirty.. When the last batch of plants had been transported back to the shelter by the storage space so they could be stockpiled there, Su Mo was finally able to heave a sigh of relief.

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Chapter 232: The Contract Rules Of The Iron Level Realm

"I've finally caught up at least, but time is so tight this last day. Hopefully, after this disaster is over, the cycles will be a bit longer, otherwise, I'll be so busy and exhausted every day—where would I even have the time to quietly sit down study the technology!"

Up until now, of all the people he had encountered in the wasteland, Su Mo had, so far, not yet met anyone with genuine scientific research ability.

Therefore, without considering using the system to force the advancement of the existing technology tree, one month had passed and the development of the technology tree in the shelter was still slow.

He had to do everything on his own, so naturally, any time he had for himself was also extremely limited. All he could do was to choose between his countless tasks to make things work.

However, what was gratifying was that Su Mo's efforts had not been in vain, and the piles upon piles of excellent-quality seeds were the best gift for all his hard work.

After working all morning and watching Moore bemoaning how hungry he was, Su Mo felt a surge of hunger as well.

Humans could not function properly on an empty stomach.

The faster one worked and the more energy one used, the more exhausted one would naturally become. Without sufficient food reserves, the body would become increasingly weaker.

After removing the seeds from the Chinese cabbages harvested that morning, Su Mo cut up three large Chinese cabbages, put them into the dough drop soup that they had not finished from breakfast, and made a simple dough drop cabbage soup.

The soup base was hearty, and the cabbage was fresh and tender. Even if they were used to eating Psychic Energy Cabbage, this was still a satisfying meal for five!

After lunch, seeing that Moore had fallen asleep and was snoring loudly, Su Mo reluctantly bestirred himself and went to the first floor to inventory the food supplies.

This time, the spring wheat harvest was much higher than expected.

Two acres of land had yielded a total harvest of 3829 catties, and there were over 20 catties from imperfect grains that had fallen onto the ground.

A little over 30 catties of Chinese cabbage seeds had been harvested; there would be no problem planting another 100 acres.

The yield for soybeans was quite good as well—a total of 350 catties. Calculating based on the premise that planting for one acre of land would require 6 catties, it was still possible to plant over 50 or 60 acres.

As for the remaining carrots, it was not clear whether their nutrients were being appropriated by other plants, or there was a problem in the selection and sowing of the seeds.

The yield was the least among the four crops. Only 29 catties of seeds had been harvested, which meant only about 20 acres of land could be planted.

"For breaking these evil merchants' line of defense, just the spring wheat seeds will be enough. As for the rest of the vegetable seeds, reserve them all for planting at the Candlelight Shelter to expand the shelter's reserves in the future!"

Su Mo rubbed his rough palm over the thick stubble that had grown on his face, then pulled up the plan he had previously prepared. He sank into deep thought as he read it through.

For the refugees in the wasteland now who were on the verge of starvation, the quality of food was not their main priority—it was the availability of food!

Chinese Cabbage? Carrots? How could they be full with those?

As for soybeans, those would fill them even less.

In the event of diarrhea caused by their diet, there were no medicines or medical treatments in the wasteland. They would lose their capacity to work after their illness and would stand a very high chance of dying.

However, as far as Su Mo was concerned, he had enough capacity to reserve some good things to improve his quality of life.

After spending some time on the inventory and packaging the seeds into smaller quantities, he also piled all the excellent-quality spring wheat seeds together. Once he had put the bags of seeds on the cart that he previously made and glanced at the clock that was showing almost noon, Su Mo unhurriedly made his way to the first floor of the shelter.

The trading ruins from last time had appeared in an extremely mysterious manner, with a beam of golden light transforming into a golden trading gate.

In the trading ruins, Su Mo, who had the authorization, had directly created Earth's Mystic City, fulfilling a small wish in the Doomsday wasteland.

Yet, this terrifying result was only the most second-rate of wood level ruins.

Among his rewards after the previous second disaster, Su Mo distinctly remembered this time that these trading ruins he had unlocked had been upgraded to iron level.

After advancing a level, Su Mo was excited about the new features that might appear in the trading market. Sitting on Earth Tiger's bonnet, he quietly waited for the time to commence.

The outside world was still covered with snow.

Except for the intense sunlight illuminating the heavens, which could make one feel a little dazed, the environment here was quite comfortable for living.

Just when Su Mo was feeling a bit sleepy from tiring himself out all morning, the anomaly finally occurred within some ten minutes or so!

It emerged in the same familiar manner, but this time the appearance of the golden light was significantly more impressive.

The light no longer radiated slowly from the horizon but gradually emerged directly from the air, loosely drifting in a "constrained" space.

Within this space, when the spots of light were densely packed enough to compete with the brilliance of the sky, a weak shock wave hit them from above. At the same time, an illusory matrix was imposed on top of the whole.

Boom!

A slight tremor reverberated from the ground. Following this, the golden gate that appeared in the air materialized completely, and a series of notifications began bombarding the ear.

[Record: The time for the disaster has been detected and the Secret Trading Realm will be opening soon. All players, please be ready.

[Record: It has been detected that the upgrade condition for the Secret Trading Realm has been triggered. Automatic advancement has begun…

[Record: The secret realm has been upgraded to iron level. For more detailed rules, please access the game panel to view them.

Like all players, after hearing the system prompt, Su Mo accessed the game panel right away without any hesitation.

The upgraded Iron Level Secret Trading Realm notification was more eye-catching than last time and took up half the entire game panel.

As Su Mo focused on the game panel, the text automatically expanded and jumped to the first line for easier reading.

[Disaster Welfare – Secret Trading Realm (Iron)]

[1. The current disaster welfare level is iron level, which has been triggered by the player 'Su Mo'. All players are urged to make greater efforts to trigger more benefits for humankind.]

[2. The Secret Trading Realm prohibits any show of force or violence. Coercive trade is prohibited, and behavior that violates an individual's will is forbidden. The game does not set judging criteria for any player. If the player is discovered violating these rules, they will automatically be extracted into the secret judgment realm to be investigated, and will immediately be obliterated.]

[3. Entry time based on the 24-hour clock: 12:00 – 16:00, four hours in total. There is no restriction on the number of entries during the secret realm's accessible period. Unlimited entries and exits are allowed.]

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[5. Jurisdiction of the Secret Trading Realm in each region will be issued on behalf of the game. The rights holder: the one with the most powerful overall abilities in the secret realm.]

[6. The Iron Level Secret Realm will automatically unlock 100 cubic meters of space for all players. This space can only be used in trading, and it may only be unlocked three times in the main world. After being used three times, everything in the space will be locked away. It may be unlocked again when the next Secret Trading Realm appears.]

[7. Contract restrictions state that during the transaction, buyers and sellers can conduct contract verification under the supervision of the game. Once the trading is completed, the contract conditions will take effect at the same time. This effect cannot be offset, therefore, please sign the contracts carefully.]

[8. The above rules do not represent all the rules in the secret realm, therefore, do not act rashly. The game is the final authority for all rights of interpretation.]

Two new functions had been added within the familiar rules.

The first rule was easy to understand. It was equivalent to an extra 100 cubic meters of space for trading and three opportunities to exchange a total of 300 cubic meters of items.

The second rule was a bit harder to understand, but after attempting to read the lengthy explanation below, Su Mo managed to understand the terms of use for the contracts.

Assuming two people were in a transaction, they could sign a binding contract in order to resell at a profit.

Once the transaction was completed, the item would be bound to the user. Unless both parties in the contract abolished the pact at the same time, the contract would last forever with the game as a witness.

With this mysterious game supervising, one could definitely trust the effectiveness of the contract!

"I guess I can dig up more information about how to use this function, but for now…"

After double-checking to make sure he had not missed out on any information, Su Mo's mouth twitched up in a faint smile, and he stepped through the illusory door right away.

The entire world seemed to reverse itself; the color faded from the sun and moon.

The snow-covered wasteland gradually disappeared from view and was replaced by… the Hope Plains, which had been created by the ruins of time.

Here, the streams flowed leisurely, trees grew verdant and lush, and the earth was carpeted with green grass about a foot tall. Everywhere, one could hear nature breathing.

Furthermore, the world in the Secret Trading Realm was still evolving as Su Mo added more details.

There were two small houses by the stream. Zhong Qingshu splashed around in the water with delight, "silently" shrieking goodness knows what.

At the mouth of the distant spring was a pond more than ten thousand meters deep, mysterious and strange.

In the cellar that had never once been tidied, countless materials tumbled out from the doorway, piling onto the ground. It was an extremely enticing sight.

Separated by a wall of light, the place Su Mo was watching began rapidly transforming.

It was like watching a movie with each scene played in slow motion.

From the time Su Mo came to Hope Plains to the developments mid-point—in the end, as the memories fractured, they froze on the image of Zhong Qingshu embracing the air.

"What a pity, I thought perhaps I would be able to use the Iron Level Secret Trading Realm to directly look into the ruins of time!"

Su Mo shook his head regretfully. As his thoughts changed yet again, the scene outside the wall of light shattered with a loud noise and faded into nothingness.

[Record: The Secret Trading Realm of channel number "001" has been opened, and the remaining access time is 03:59

[Record: You may now enter the Secret Trading Realm to purchase and exchange!

Time and space changed again. Su Mo had clearly stepped through the gate of light earlier, but now he was back to where he had been previously, one step away from it.

Looking through this gate, Su Mo could even use his excellent vision to vaguely make out the figures inside.

As soon as the ruins opened, a few people had already scurried through in delight. They stood on this green plain, taking stock of their surroundings curiously.

Since many people were still preparing supplies, the people who rushed in first had already started a lively discussion on the Regional Channel.

"Hey man, is this grass filling? I'm so hungry I could pass out. Could I eat this grass for free, please?"

"Damn, is this fairyland? There's a grotto on the side that's full of supplies. Does anyone know how to exploit a bug in an invisible wall?"

"Almighty Su, where are you? I've got something good, hurry up and exchange with me!"

"Hey you swindlers inside, wait for me! Don't finish off all Almighty Su's good stuff with your exchanges, I've prepared many things today!"

"…"

After their previous experience with the Secret Trading Realm, this time, everyone, including the shelter where they were located, had prepared batches of supplies. They all displayed excitement at being able to trade.

Su Mo did not wait any longer and immediately pulled up the storage space. He loaded in 1,000 catties of wheat seeds and stepped into the ruins.

On the Doomsday wasteland, the second trading session for humans began once more!

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Chapter 233: A Bombshell On The Market And An Epic-Quality Design Blueprint

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Upon stepping through into the ruins, both worlds were reversed.

The snowy wasteland disappeared, and the lush Hope Plains appeared.

Before Su Mo even had time to take in this amazing experience of suddenly being transported from point A to point B, he had already arrived in another world.

Since he had entered this place once already and the basics were already established, Su Mo was not sent to the grassy field to wait to be assigned but was transported straight to his own hut instead.

Moreover, this time the hut was obviously a huge improvement over the dilapidated little one from previously.

Every place the eye could see had been reinforced with heavy iron and even the doors had been replaced by large iron ones.

Originally, it was just a hut of no more than 10 ping in size, and could not really hold much. After this upgrade, it had doubled in size to 20 ping! (TN: Ping is a traditional Taiwanese measurement. 1 ping equals 3.305 square meters.)

Some elegant works of art like murals and vases had also appeared in the hut.

However, before Su Mo could continue appreciating his new decorations, he inadvertently looked up, only to find that...

The outside of his hut was crowded with people!

Just like the last round, all the newcomers who entered the ruins this time had all lined up on their own in several neat lines, under the guidance of the "veterans".

Everyone's keen gaze was focused on the window that measured around 80cm and on Su Mo behind it!

Fortunately, the newcomers were still able to suppress their fidgeting.

As for the ones who had made exchanges before, none of them bothered to conceal the "desire" that practically radiated from them!

"Good god, the way they're acting, if I didn't know better I'd think they wanted to rob me blind!"

After the new influx of players in the Regional Channel at the end of the second disaster, for the last few days—except for one hapless soul who had left for whatever reason—the remaining 999 people in the channel were all standing in front of the wooden hut.

This was Su Mo's first time being stared at by so many people. Even if he had already witnessed numerous major events, he still could not help clenching his fists, suppressing the urge to draw his weapons and protect himself.

Shifting his body slightly and pulling the chair in the room over, Su Mo sat down, and everyone below suddenly became excited.

Previously, everyone had been able to obtain pancakes, fresh fish, and tools with magical abilities from Su Mo in exchange.

It was these things that made the quality of life of everyone in the Regional Channel much better than that of other channels. They were more indomitable in their ability to resist disaster.

Correspondingly, these people gained an advantage. This meant that they could also collect better things and bring them to the trading market to repay Su Mo.

When they finally saw Su Mo sitting down, even though the majority of people there were still patient, a small handful could stand it no longer and began shouting loudly.

"Almighty Su, what good things do you have today? If we don't have enough to pay, we can quickly go back and get more!"

"Almighty Su, I have an excellent-quality design blueprint here, will you still accept it?"

"Almighty Su, do you still need iron—we've mined a lot of it again!"

"..."

Now that the first person had taken the lead, the rest were not to be outdone. The quiet atmosphere outside the door of the hut earlier had suddenly transformed into something resembling a noisy vegetable market.

Everyone was trying to get a word in for fear that all the good items would be snatched up if they did not speak up in time.

"Ahem… Please calm down and don't worry, everyone will get to trade something today…"

Looking at the lively scene outside, Su Mo—who had been alone in the wasteland for a month—could not help displaying the faintest trace of a smile.

Taking out the loudspeaker that the system had provided for free, he turned it on. As the loudspeaker blared, the "vegetable market" outside suddenly quieted down.

Previously when he entered the trading ruins, based on the number of people there, Su Mo had given each person a small piece of pancake to increase their desire for trade.

Naturally, this time was no exception!

"A welfare disaster is about to occur. I know what everyone is thinking about right now—that's right... The item to be traded today is exactly what you're thinking."

Wow!

As soon as he spoke, the refugees, who had quieted down, suddenly went into a frenzy again. In fact, they were even noisier than when they first arrived.

In this current environment, anything that was related to the welfare disaster at all would definitely be the seeds that had been marked up to sky-high prices.

This outrageous price was no longer ten times that of Su Mo's direct purchases.

Instead, due to the perversity of such people shamelessly raising the price of seeds again on the last day, the seeds had already gone up to 15 times their original price!

A full 15 times!

What sort of logic was this?

One catty of seeds required an exchange of fifteen catties of flour. Planting crops on one mu of land would require exchanging up to two or three hundred catties of flour.

Who could afford this?

In addition, these people shamelessly claimed that Su Mo, the first-ranked person in the current world, also needed to buy seeds, so what was everyone waiting for?

At that time, a lot of people had made a big fuss about this, but after discovering that Su Mo had not come forward to clarify matters, everyone gradually acquiesced to this fact.

However powerful Su Mo was, even if he was called Almighty Su, he was not the "Almighty". If he had not amassed any seeds previously, he would find it very difficult to have any seed reserves!

That was why this time, most of the people present did not harbor any hopes of being able to exchange their items for seeds.

Right now, after suddenly hearing what Su Mo said, it brought a completely different complexion to matters now that they had been given a ray of hope in their despair!

"Don't be anxious. Everyone line up, single file!"

This admonishment came upon seeing how everyone was cursing here and there in astonishment, frantically trying to squeeze forward to obtain the first seed.

Even several foreigners copied their example, rushing forward with great energy while spouting lame nonsense.

Fortunately, there were game rules in the Secret Trading Realm. After a few warnings over some suspected fights and Su Mo's yell, the jostling crowd abruptly stopped and began to line up obediently.

Although he had anticipated that the people below would go into a frenzy, when he saw the number of people who were behaving in that manner, Su Mo nodded in considerable satisfaction.

Gifts were a process of understanding the product.

There were about 15,000 grains of wheat in a catty of seeds. Once divided among everyone, there would be more than a dozen grains for each person.

Naturally, these were not enough for large-scale planting. However, given they were an excellent-quality strain, these seeds were like little sparks.

All one had to do was bury them in the ground, and after a while, they would ignite an awe-inspiring, raging blaze.

Under scrutiny, after Su Mo set aside a dozen seeds and handed them to the first refugee, the distribution event officially began.

However, this was far from the climax of the entire event.

When the first person used the game panel to identify the seed grade, that was when the event frenzy began!

Su Mo was selling seeds!

Excellent-quality seeds!

Seeds that could produce 1900 catties per mu!

Apparently, someone from the Secret Realm leaked these three momentous pieces of information. When taken with the seeds that were blatantly listed on the trading market...

It was as if a bomb had dropped in the World Channel, which had, up until then, been busily trading peacefully.

Things completely blew up!

As of now, the highest grade of seeds to appear in the wasteland was merely good-quality, and even that was less than one catty.

Furthermore, this was just a symbolic display of "muscle" for show, without any intention of trading at all.

Now that they suddenly heard Su Mo was actually selling excellent-quality seeds with a yield of up to 1,900 catties per mu, how could these people not go crazy!?

At this moment, an image surfaced in their minds again of a tall man who had faced down the Heavenly Dog Pseudo God with the Dongfeng Missile, fearing neither life nor death.

"Damn, Almighty Su is really taking drastic measures to deal with the situation. Once those excellent-quality seeds come on the market, I'll be the first in line!"

"Beg for seeds. Beg those bigshots with seeds to take pity on our children; they've been suffering for a month!"

"Those b*stards marking up the prices, come out now for a good beating!"

"He got a bargain for potato seeds, you've hoarded up wheat seeds, I have a large stock of corn seeds. We all have a bright future?."

"I declare here and now that I've never traded with black market merchants or swindlers. All my previous trades were with my brothers in Putian."

"Oh my god, I did some calculations. As long as we can obtain a hundred seeds, we can plant several mu of wheat by relying on what we can accumulate right before the disaster!"

"I heard that Almighty Su's Regional Channel is free of charge. You can get more than a dozen grains of seeds just by showing up. I'm speechless. I'm just utterly speechless right now."

"I am so envious… I'm turning purple."

"..."

The World Channel was experiencing a shakeup. The frightened black market traders were a total contrast with the refugees, who appeared to be celebrating Chinese New Year.

No one knew how many seeds Su Mo had in his possession, and no one knew how much these seeds would influence things.

Su Mo, who was at the center of the controversy, did not know that he had done something like this again.

Sitting in his hut and handing out the last of the seeds, Su Mo stretched and watched everyone's behavior with satisfaction.

Just like supermarkets held sales from time to time, when consumer demand rose, naturally good things would also start increasing.

What was more, this wave of publicity was not limited to the Secret Trading Realm. It was being promoted all over the world completely free of charge.

"I'm assuming everyone has gotten their seeds and seen their properties. I won't keep everyone guessing then. The first thing I wish to acquire is still design blueprints.

"Same as before, rare-quality ones first!"

The last time, he had acquired a seemingly useless design blueprint of a destroyer. Yet, it had become extremely valuable in the face of the upcoming flood!

Now that he had experienced the benefits, Su Mo announced the highest grade as soon as he came up.

However, in regards to the market that was beginning to go into a frenzy, Su Mo still underestimated the baseline and the probability of good items showing up.

"Almighty Su, there are no rare-quality ones, will an epic-quality one do?"

Waving the design blueprint he was holding, which glowed with orangish-yellow light, a robust man stepped out of the crowd, excitement written all over his face.

As he walked out, the crowd naturally parted to make a narrow path, enough for the man to pass through.

Everyone around the man immediately cast envious glances at him. Although they did not understand what epic-quality was, gaining the rights to trade first was still enough to cause envy.

As the man made his way forward excitedly, he kept his gaze on the expressionless Su Mo through the window.

After staring for three to five seconds, the man shook his head unobtrusively, then continued approaching Su Mo's window with a smile on his face.

"Since you're Almighty Su, I imagine you probably have quite a few epic-quality design blueprints. It looks like it's going to be difficult for me to sell this at a good price."

As far as the man could see, Su Mo had no response to the epic-quality design blueprint, which indicated that he probably had plenty of those items.

His own design blueprint could only be considered valuable, not unique.

But what the man did not know was...

At this very moment, Su Mo, who was sitting at the window, was inwardly so shocked that he was utterly shaken!

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Chapter 234: An Epic-Quality Computer!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

An epic-quality design blueprint?

Well, damn!

Was an item like this something a plain, ordinary, and totally unremarkable person could possess?

However, the epic-quality orange light would not lie, the envious expressions of the people around would not lie, and the man—who gave off all the vibes of being an easy mark—certainly would not lie either.

Even if Su Mo was not willing to believe that this was real, the moment he saw the blueprint, he still had a profound epiphany about what it meant to have a fast start that would let one keep going fast!

After being in the wasteland for so long, if he had not used the ruins of time to return to the past or used the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card to overpower Zeta the dragon to obtain the epic treasure chest—in fact, if he were to truly consider everything from beginning to end, this would be his first time seeing an epic-quality item.

Moreover, it was a blueprint that was even more frightening than the Destroyer blueprints from before!

"Almighty Su, could I sign a contract with you? This design blueprint is something my brothers and I were only able to obtain with great difficulty, so during the exchange, they would like you to bind the seeds to each individual. This is to prevent them from killing each other in the future if they get greedy."

Seeing that Su Mo's eyes were fixed upon him unblinkingly, the honest, diffident man rubbed his head awkwardly, speaking timidly as he passed the blueprint over with relief.

There were many ways to play around with a contract.

In just ten short minutes, someone would have already worked out a new way to use it.

As long as a binding contract was established during an exchange or a trade, even if the individual in question died, the ownership of the seeds would still belong to them.

With a binding like this, even if someone killed the owner to get the seeds, the seeds would not sprout even if they were planted—they would truly become dead objects.

Of course, since the contract was under game supervision and would be signed thereof, there would be no chance for breaches of contract where individuals bound their own items and prevented others from snatching them away.

The man's request was a result of all these various reasons put together.

After around three or four seconds, right as the man was about to panic upon noticing that Su Mo still had not moved, Su Mo extended both his hands.

Those large, powerful hands slowly grasped the blueprint; it was impossible to tell whether he had any interest in it or not.

As for his face… it was still cold as ice, revealing no traces of shock or any other emotions.

"I think this epic-quality design blueprint isn't much use. There's no trace of delight at all in Almighty Su's face. He's probably seen a lot of these things."

"He's already called 'Almighty'. You think he'd still be shocked by an epic treasure chest? What are you thinking!"

"I've heard rumors that there's a layer of epic treasure chests neatly laid out underneath the floor of Almighty Su's house, and the reason seems to be…"

"You dimwit, have you forgotten? Naturally, the reason is that epic treasure chests radiate warm light—it's more comfortable at night and not as piercing to the eye!

"Bullsh*t, I distinctly heard them say it was because Almighty Su's dog only likes to sleep on epic treasure chests, which is why he had no choice but to make a treasure chest floor!"

"Nonsense, it's clearly because…"

As Su Mo's shop window was occupied due to the exchange, the refugees at the back had nothing much to do and enthusiastically discussed various pieces of gossip from the World Channel.

Based only on the information they had, the "underground" shelter that these people described was becoming increasingly frightening.

For a while, it was a supreme underground structure with eighteen floors, then it was a secret military base with concealed nuclear warheads.

As they spoke, the topic inevitably came back to Su Mo's mysterious origins as well as their own shock when the Dongfeng God had previously shown up.

Bragging with a group of strangers was always fun.

The banter went to and fro. In these ruins designated 001, without Su Mo stopping them, they started becoming noisy again. The apathy evident in other trading ruins was nowhere to be seen.

If a video were filmed and sent out, no one would be able to tell that this was a gathered group of cold, hungry refugees at all!

"Don't make wild guesses. As long as a blueprint is above rare-quality, it can't be listed on the market—and even if this kind of design blueprint is listed, it's actually no use either!"

Seeing that Su Mo was still sitting in the shop and evaluating the blueprint, the foreigner who had previously traded the rare blueprint stood up.

"Oh?" Some of the veteran players from the Regional Channel naturally still remembered him. With curiosity, everybody's gaze shifted slightly to the foreigner's golden hair and blue eyes.

"I won't disclose exactly how much materials and what conditions were necessary for me to exchange my blueprint with Almighty Su previously!

"The epic-quality blueprint that man is selling now is a level higher than even mine from before. If you had such a blueprint, would you sell it so easily?"

Seeing the crowd's stupefied expressions, the foreigner randomly pointed to a few people and asked his question.

As he had expected, the people he singled out were all unanimous in their answers.

Even if they did not know exactly how valuable an epic-quality item was, it was two levels higher than excellent-quality, so it could not possibly be something average.

How could an item like that be sold—it might be just something that could turn things around for them.

"You see, you'd all be unwilling to sell it—but why is he selling it, and why did I sell mine? Do the two of us look like fools?"

Laughing derisively and seeing the confounded looks on the faces of everyone staring up at him, the foreigner continued.

"Design blueprints, design blueprints. As the name suggests, it's just a blueprint—a design on paper. It's just like when Almighty Su bought 32 types of machine blueprints.

"Do you know what materials you need? Do you know which technology tree you'd need access to so you could make the item in question? If you were given that blueprint, would you be able to wait a whole lifetime until you were actually able to create the item?

"Don't forget, you don't even have enough food to eat—but you're still thinking of making an epic-quality design?"

Pointing at a few people whose faces displayed obvious discontent and then seeing them deep in thought, the foreigner nodded in satisfaction.

"It's only Almighty Su who has the capital to do it. This kind of item only has value in his hands.

"If not for Almighty Su on our channel, even if you gave me this epic-quality design blueprint, I'd rather you give me a catty of seeds."

At this well-structured, logical speech backed up by concrete facts, realization "dawned" on everyone.

"That's true!"

"The logic holds water—a big nose like you really has a damn way with words!"

"In that case, wouldn't Almighty Su suffer losses then? What's the point of collecting this rubbish!"

"He would definitely suffer losses if he can't make the items in question. Anyway, if these things can be exchanged for a catty of seeds, then it's a straight profit!"

"This person is lucky too. Otherwise, if he met someone else, they would've given him something random and sent him on his way!"

The crowd's earlier enthusiasm was doused in an instant after discovering the true value of the epic-quality design blueprint, and a discussion broke out.

Of course, when the gossip at the back reached the ears of the man at the window, although it was somewhat harsh, it could not be denied that…

This was actually the truth!

Rare-quality blueprints and those above that level could not be listed on the market. It was a set condition that these items either had to be traded face-to-face or brought into the secret trading realm.

However, the problem was…

These items could not be sold!

There were genuinely no purchasers to be found for such items. The individuals who wanted them did not have a cent to their names, and the ones who could buy it were not willing to spend money on a piece of trash that could only be looked at but not used.

It was not certain if these bigshots could even survive until the next day. Although this epic-quality design blueprint was good, it was just like a drawing of a piece of flatbread—it could not be eaten and was completely useless.

"Almighty Su, this… I know this thing of mine isn't very much use. Take a look and see—maybe you can take pity on me and spare me a little something.

"My brothers have been hungry for days, and there are still over a dozen mouths to feed below. Please be charitable."

Inside the window, Su Mo's gaze was still scanning over what he had been handed as he checked out the properties of the blueprint. He seemed to be weighing something up.

His manner, which gave no hint of whether he was interested or not, was about to scare the man at the window into tears. The man's mental state deteriorated even further, particularly when the voices discussing outside got louder.

However… what he did not know was that, after evaluating the properties of the epic-quality design blueprint, Su Mo was utterly staggered!

Wow…

Like a watery glimmer, the properties panel shifted and undulated in front of him in a dimension the others could not see.

In this panel, the progress bar of the system appraisal was steadily going up. Each percentage seemed to be incomparably difficult as if it had met some kind of massive resistance.

'The last time something like this happened was with the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret talisman. Could it be that this design blueprint is also hiding some special properties?'

If this were viewed through the lens of the characteristics extracted by the game properties panel—and although this was an epic-quality design blueprint—the nonsensical thing was that…

The object on the blueprint was…

A computer!

Not only that, it was a clunky old desktop!

This kind of computer processor was old and run-down, and the display was a huge, clunky computer. It was most probably eliminated from the market back on Earth after the '00s and replaced with LCD screens.

Moreover, the design blueprint's creation requirements were very complicated. At a thought from Su Mo, the properties from the game panel's appraisal slowly popped out from the side of the system panel.

[Code 01—Storage-type Desktop Computer (Epic)]

[Description: The design blueprint contains the complete design process of Code 01—Storage-type Desktop Computer. After the design has been scanned and the materials provided, a high-speed electronic computing machine can be created.

[Creation: After using the design blueprint, the player can obtain a memory transmission and automatically deepen their understanding of the Code 01—Storage-type Desktop Computer creation process during their night-time slumber. At the same time, basic programming knowledge and design knowledge can be obtained as a bonus.

[Additional: Using the game or system to create the 01 computer, there is a very small chance (as small as 0.0001%) that it may contain memory with varying amounts of correlated knowledge.

[Limitation: All materials must be provided before this item can be created. Furthermore, once the creation process has been initiated, it cannot be exited. Once creation is complete, the materials cannot be used for creation a second time. Please choose carefully.

[Limitation 2: Needs a shelter upgraded to lv5

[Limitation 3: Needs 5000 Disaster Points

[Limitation 4: The created computer needs to be set in a fixed location and not transported around, or it will cause irreversible damage.

[Limitation 5: When creating the computer, environmental suitability must be an 80% match or higher before creation authorization can be obtained.

[Limitation 6: Finished computer x3 must be provided in the creation materials, and the computer quality needs to be excellent. Please pay attention to your collection.

[Resale Value: 1500 Disaster Points

"There are many limitations, and I don't see any highlights that might make it epic-quality. If you really want me to evaluate it…

"These functions are excellent-level at best!"

What a peculiar design blueprint. Who would have thought that creating a computer would still require three finished computers?

This seemed to be completely unnecessary!

However, complain as he might, when he saw that the system's progress bar was just about to slowly reach 100% and the orange light denoting epic-quality, Su Mo still chose to patiently wait for the appraisal process to be completed.

One second… two seconds…

The instant the progress bar jumped to 100% after five seconds, Su Mo eagerly focused his gaze as he stared at the panel that appeared in front of him.

However, with just this cursory glance and one more look at the man at the window who looked as if he were about to cry, Su Mo did not even give it a second thought. His booming voice resonated through the ruins.

"I'll take this item of yours. As for the price…

"Here's what I'll give you! 30 catties of excellent-quality seeds!"

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Chapter 235: Advanced Machine Tool, Exchange Complete

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Silence…

Utter silence…

The refugees who had been making noise this entire time fell dead silent upon hearing the words that came from the window.

Even the man standing outside the window seemed as if he had not regained his senses yet, staring dazedly at Su Mo's face.

"30 catties?

"Excellent-quality seeds…?"

To Su Mo, this price was a mere drop in the ocean, but to these refugees who had always gone hungry ever since arriving in the wastelands…

This was nothing less than winning the top prize of 50 million in a lottery!

As long as they could bring the seeds back to the shelter and plant them, in three days, they would not have to worry about eating or drinking for the next one or two years!

"Yes, this design blueprint is worth 30 catties!"

Wow!

This time, when Su Mo repeated his words once more as he sat inside the shop, the refugees outside finally reacted.

The furor began!

Like a wave, the noise started from the innermost levels and spread all the way to the outermost fringes, then doubled back.

At this point, there was only one thing that everyone was chanting over and over again in a slightly dazed, unhinged manner…

"Thirty catties…"

"Thirty catties!"

"That's thirty catties!"

This price was something entirely beyond everyone's expectations. After Su Mo had established the contract in question, dividing it among seven people as per the man's request, the man instantly became as alert as a cheetah on the hunt.

There would be many people who would rush forward to seize the seeds, and even fight desperately for them.

Twice in the ruins, even with warnings from the game, there were still plenty of people who had rushed forward to try and snatch the resources away, as if they had gone mad with despair.

Naturally, the fate of these individuals was incomparably wretched since they were immediately obliterated, but there were always people who wanted to challenge the system, thinking they would be lucky enough not to be dealt with by the game.

Still, it was fortunate that Su Mo was there in Ruin 001 to suppress things. Even if others cast covetous glances at the man and felt an inner urge to act rashly, they could only watch as he put the seeds in his storage space, quickly dashing into his own little shop to leave.

His departure was brisk and decisive. He did not harbor even the slightest thought of exchanging some seeds with the rest for other items.

Under the current circumstances, seeds were a sustainable development treasure.

As long as they could grow food, they could bring it in when the next secret trading realm opened—that would be the most opportune time to trade.

The man was not foolish; neither were the others!

Before Su Mo could announce the items he would continue to purchase, everybody who had design blueprints swarmed forward like madmen.

"Almighty Su… I have a good blueprint, will you accept it!"

"Almighty Su, look at me, look at me! I have an excellent one—take mine!"

"Everybody get out of my way! Motherf*cker, I haven't traded in my rare one yet!"

"…"

Compared to the last round, there were more than ten people who had come out to trade blueprints this time. Not only that, somebody in this group had an incomparably valuable rare-quality one.

Faced with the refugees outside the window who were already about to get into a brawl because they wished to trade, Su Mo did not say anything. Instead, with a mere thought, he immediately produced from his storage space…

An M-1 Automatic Rifle!

At the sight of the rifle's gleaming, pitch-black frame designed for maximum force of impact, coupled with Su Mo's aloof face, the refugees who were on the verge of losing their heads instantly…

Came to their senses!

Having a gun pointed at them produced results that were countless times better in comparison with verbal prohibition. No matter how thick-headed an individual was, they would inevitably feel a tingle in their scalp when the muzzle of a gun was directed at them.

"Line up according to the quality, from high to low!"

Putting the rifle away and looking at the refugees, who were now as obedient as little chicks, Su Mo's arctic expression dissipated, and he waved his hand, signaling for the person with the rare-quality design blueprint to come forward first.

The person who came up this time was a middle-aged woman with unprepossessing features. If not for a long knife scar on her chin, she would very likely instantly vanish when put into a crowd.

This middle-aged woman was naturally very assured in regards to this exchange. Following the example of the man who had previously made the exchange, she boldly passed the design blueprint through the window, a trace of anticipation on her face.

Once Su Mo had received the blueprint that she laid on the counter, he glanced at the design sketched on it, and a familiar sensation emerged.

As his gaze focused, the design blueprint's properties slowly popped out.

[Small-medium thermal weapon laser manufacturing machine design blueprint (rare)]

[Description: Advanced blueprint for a small thermal weapon laser manufacturing machine. Needs the pre-requisite items before it can undergo a cover manufacturing upgrade. After upgrading, the small-medium thermal weapon laser manufacturing machine will activate the medium thermal weapon manufacturing authorization and download the corresponding blueprint. After the corresponding materials are provided, a die can be manufactured with one click, and the grade will be fixed at good-quality.

[Medium blueprint currently in possession: K2-Portable Anti-tank Launcher

[Limitation 1: Needs a shelter level that reaches lv4

[Limitation 2: Needs 500 Disaster Points

[Limitation 3: The machine tool cannot be moved after being upgraded. Moving it will cause irreversible damage.

[Limitation 4: The player must master basic mechanical knowledge. Only then will usage authorization be unlocked.

[Resale Value: 500 Disaster Points

"As I expected, it's a machine tool upgrade blueprint. As long as I can get an upgrade, the RPG can be produced in batches!"

After examining the appearance of the drawing depicted on the blueprint, Su Mo already had some speculations, but after he actually saw its properties, he found it hard to suppress a trace of excitement.

If the previous two design blueprints still stood a chance of being used by regular refugees, then in the entire world, only Su Mo alone could use this particular upgrade blueprint.

"A rare-quality advanced design blueprint—have all of you located the small thermal weapon machine tool manufacturing design needed to upgrade this?"

After a moment of silence, Su Mo lifted his head and looked at the middle-aged woman.

Based on his previous experiences with opening chests, boxes, and the like, things like this would definitely appear with the pre-requisite items. A high-quality advanced item would not show up sans anything else.

Upon hearing Su Mo's question, the middle-aged woman hesitated, then produced another design blueprint.

This blueprint's quality was not high—it was only good—but what it depicted was indeed a small machine tool design.

"Okay, since you have a complete advanced blueprint, I'll take both of these for a price of…

"20 catties of excellent-quality seeds!"

If he merely possessed the machine tool but no blueprint, then if by some chance he encountered disaster someday, and the machine tool was destroyed, the shelter's development would immediately come to a standstill.

Now that he had a complete design blueprint, the shelter's disaster resistance had undoubtedly taken an imperceptibly small stride forward.

After the middle-aged woman had taken the 20 catties of seeds and slunk back to her own room with an overjoyed expression, the remaining exchanges sped up.

A total of nine design blueprints were in the possession of those who remained.

There were a total of three excellent-quality blueprints for a conveyor belt, a lockbox, and a gravel road, respectively.

There were a total of six good-quality blueprints, which were for a flash bomb, a silencer, tempered glass, a Delicious series—iron wok, a Delicious series—iron skillet, and a light strip, respectively.

After the previous rare and epic-quality blueprints, the excellent and good-quality ones had lost their initial value.

At a price of three catties of seeds for excellent-quality and half a catty for good-quality, the design blueprint trading concluded swiftly.

Following this, in the same manner of acquisition as before, the materials purchasing segment that all the ordinary refugees looked forward to kicked off.

First up were the five rare earth elements that the furnace needed—cerium, praseodymium, samarium, lutetium, and erbium.

Last time, Su Mo had bought quite a lot of cerium and praseodymium. This time, when he called out what he wanted to purchase, two people walked out holding samarium and erbium.

'Just as I expected, how could collecting these rare earth elements on one's own be as effective as nearly a thousand people collecting them?

'As long as I communicate what I need in the Regional Channel, everyone will spontaneously help me collect it.'

With satisfaction, Su Mo happily bought both these rare earth elements.

At the moment, the only remaining rare earth element that the furnace needed was lutetium!

Furthermore, lutetium was also the most expensive element in the system's creations—2000 survival points could only be exchanged for one gram.

'If it's 2000, then so be it. I've collected enough of the other elements now. I need to get the furnace done earlier—only then can I continue development on the materials!'

While he purchased other materials, Su Mo was planning the base's development in his mind.

As for copper and iron, as usual, he bought everything in unlimited quantities.

Once construction started in earnest, these most basic supplies would become the rarest supplies instead.

Since he would always lack for them, he would always buy them!

At the price of 20 seeds for one unit of iron, most refugees came forward with several hundred to a thousand units and walked away with one or two catties of seeds in one go.

Copper was a little more expensive—30 seeds for one unit—but he still bought plenty of it.

Four hours could be considered a long time, yet it could also be a short duration. When everyone had traded a round and emptied anything of value in their inventory, the countdown timer at the very top of the world only showed half an hour remaining.

Having a bonus hundred cubic spaces helped save the refugees a lot of effort when they were moving the basic materials out, but after their excitement, the exhaustion that stemmed from the bottom of their hearts was real.

Most of the refugees had not yet left the lush, green Hope mainland.

Just lying on these grass plains or hopping into the flowing stream and feeling the water flowing around them seemed to lessen the exhaustion in their bodies.

Compared to the frequent outer space Star Wars simulation in the other ruins or the one-day trip to the oil pot in the 18th layer of hell, although the two places Su Mo chose were not outstanding, they were still the best comfort for the souls of these refugees who had been ensconced in this Doomsday wasteland for a month.

Lying here, they did not have to think about anything, and their safety was very much guaranteed—it was peaceful as if they had returned to Earth.

Rememberances of those ordinary, good old days of going to work and school gradually surfaced from deep within their memories.

"This is so nice. There's no telling when a new Huaxia can be established on the wasteland!"

"That's a long way off. It's only been how many days, and I've practically almost forgotten what life was like on Earth. It's like it's a false memory. It's not real at all when compared with the wasteland."

"I've already nearly forgotten the feeling of waking up in the morning, going downstairs, and having a bowl of pepper soup."

"It also feels like it's been ages since I've heard those morning fitness classes that I hated so much back in the day!"

"We have Su Mo and the official shelters. As long as we can keep going one day at a time and survive, we'll definitely be able to see Su Mo establish a shelter for humans!"

"Yeah, in just this one month, our lives have been getting better day by day. We can definitely hold on until then!"

"Anyway, if Almighty Su's shelter needs people, I'll certainly be the first to go. It's fine even if I have to work 18 hours a day!"

"…"

As they conversed, there were no conflicts of interest, and everybody let down their guards. It was as if they had returned to a society with laws and institutions.

Looking forward to the future and being able to work hard for it was also the reason such advanced animals like humans were able to be at the top of the food chain.

Watching the peace outside, Su Mo—who had finished making an inventory of all his supplies as he sat in his little shop—also displayed the faintest hint of a smile.

The humans wanted to unite and establish a Neo-Confucian great community, forging ahead or retreating together and indomitably returning to Earth.

Toppling the defenses of these heartless black market businesses was…

Only the first step!

Chapter 236: A Thousand Items! Shopping Frenzy!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Phew, the basic materials from the exchange this time should at least ensure that the Underground Shelter won't have to worry about materials for a long time!"

The moment the secret trading realm's time was up, Su Mo—who had been sitting in the ruins making an inventory—was teleported out with a whoosh and deposited at the entrance of the shelter.

The light on the secret trading realm's gate began to dim as everyone was ejected, before a faint gust of wind finally sent it vanishing into the horizon.

As the bright spots of light dissipated, they did not seek to hide between heaven and earth like last time. Instead, they floated slowly toward the Underground Shelter as if they had found their master.

Just as Su Mo reached both hands out, intending to make physical contact with these bright points of light, they all trembled and flew uniformly in another direction.

"Huh?"

"Woof aroo?"

When she heard Su Mo arriving home, a curious Oreo dashed out and attracted all the bright spots' attention at once.

A second later, after Oreo's entire body had accepted the energy from the bright spots, her fur immediately began shining with a golden light that lingered for a few seconds before completely vanishing.

"F*ck me. Oreo, you eat just about anything now—you can even eat this?"

Seeing Oreo's confused expression, Su Mo curiously walked over and lifted her into his arms to examine her closely.

Unfortunately, the golden spots of light seemed to have disappeared. If he had to evaluate her based on outward appearances, he could not see any changes in Oreo at all.

When he pulled up the game panel, Oreo's properties panel did not show any notifications either.

After checking and realizing that the system could not sense exactly what was different about Oreo either, Su Mo had no other option but to record it in his diary and wait till later for further observation.

Golden light, the game, the system—there were more and more things defying logical reasoning that required constant observation before he could discover exactly what they were.

Still, when he glanced at the 100 cubic meters that were almost completely filled up with various resources, Su Mo's footsteps quickened, and he arrived at the spot where he had placed the iron and copper from before.

In this round of exchanges, he had received 5800 more units of iron and 3900 units of copper.

Based on current shelter needs, before the next advancement in the technology tree, there would definitely be enough of these two basic supplies!

After utilizing the convenience of the storage space to sort the iron and copper into tidy piles, Su Mo returned to the third floor of the Underground Shelter.

Trading seeds in the secret trading realm was just the start of his "retaliation". What would happen next would be the "heavy punch" that would destroy the seed market!

As the idea solidified, Su Mo looked at the game interface that appeared in front of him, as well as the thousands upon ten thousands of trade requests in the trading market. He could no longer suppress the happiness in his heart and started laughing.

This step was what Su Mo had really wanted to see after leading up to it for so long.

Trade requests could eliminate courier fees on the seller's part. This meant that the trade requestor had to pay two courier fees, one to send and one to receive.

If Su Mo were the one selling seeds, even if he did not have to pay the receiver's courier fees, he would still need to pay for sending the seeds.

Small amounts added up. If one person was counted as 3 points, a thousand people would be 3000 points!

Now, however… what if this base number were split between everyone?

The other party only had to pay no more than 10 survival points to be able to get excellent-quality seeds. This debt could be paid even if it were just a single individual!

"Haha, trading with a thousand people can't compare with the joy of trading with billions of people!

"The gains from this round are enough to ensure the shelter will develop incredibly rapidly after this!"

Su Mo pulled up the market panel. Seeing various supplies on it as well as the increasing number of people requesting trades, he drummed on the table with one hand as he started setting up filtering conditions.

First of all, the requirement for seeds had to be half a catty and above, but if trade items did not meet excellent-quality, they would all be discarded.

Once these conditions were set, the trade requests that had already reached?40 thousand in number instantly decreased by 99%, leaving only 8000 requests.

Next, based on his previous idea, Su Mo set up a second filtering condition.

Items below good-quality that were already available in the trading market were also all discarded.

This condition was much stricter, but any normal-quality materials or those good-quality and below that were on the market were all filtered out.

The initial 8000 requests became 900 in the blink of an eye.

"Not bad, not bad. There are more than 900 items that are good-quality and above—this is what the market should show!"

With a base number of billions of people, being able to produce nearly a thousand good-quality items to trade for seeds when there were two strict filter conditions in place along with a few other factors was already a good statistic.

Moreover, as time went on, this number was still steadily climbing in a straight line, in the manner of a binary linear equation.

After looking through everything from start to finish, there was practically nothing else to filter. The 1000 catties of seeds he had previously used for trading started to disappear rapidly.

He traded them for… piles of items that began to appear in the shelter!

As long as it was good quality and above, as well as a requirement within half a catty of seeds, he bought all of them, whatever was available.

Without the hassle of courier fees, Su Mo only had to control his mental hand to endlessly repeat the action of buying supplies.

As he speeded up his actions, the sound of items landing in the shelter had already melded into one.

Clang…

Clang…

Items fell from the void non-stop, landing on items that were already there with a ringing crash.

Su Mo's mood also went from initial delight to excitement, and then turned to numbness…

Too many things! There were just too many things!

Even if most of the people did not trade large items because of the courier fees, with just these small items alone, by the time he finished trading…

The third floor of the Underground Shelter was piled full!

In particular was the space in the gym, which was filled from top to bottom with a mixed variety of items.

"An excellent-quality toothbrush that only has an anti-dust function, outrageous!

"A good-quality Rem figurine from the Re:Zero anime that only has an anti-discoloration function. F*ck me, what garbage is this! Hurry up and put it away!

"10 good-quality soaps with extremely strong cleaning ability? Very moisturizing? Not bad, not bad. I can use them to play.

"An excellent-quality umbrella—within the boundaries of the umbrella, no water can get through. Good god, isn't this like the Water Repelling Bead in the old Chinese legends! Okay, so it requires that one isn't completely surrounded by water…"

From the outermost periphery where items had landed, Su Mo started checking properties step by step and collecting items as he moved from the outside in.

The 1000 catties he had used to trade had been completely used up. He had even exceeded this base estimation by an extra 500 catties.

Most of the things traded over were items that humans in the wasteland could not use at the moment because of the trading market's rules and restrictions.

Only a handful of them could be immediately converted for combat use.

After putting everything in order and sorting all the items into their respective categories, Su Mo looked at the number of various items written in his diary and rubbed the back of his head, displaying a trace of unexpected distraction.

"Alright then, the humans who can have good things in the wasteland are still astute. It looks like relying on an opportunity like this to make a fortune isn't possible!"

Based on his previous plan, even if he could not trade for many production tools, it would not be much of a problem to obtain several dozen of them.

Now, however, of the things that were traded, more than 600 were in the category of household supplies!

From carpets to bedsheets, from cushions to mattresses, from little dolls to three-piece beddings used exclusively by hotels—just these alone took up 200 items.

The remaining items were toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, clothes, slippers, furnishings, figurines… and other such items for personal use. In total, there were 300 of these.

Most outrageously, even the number of items like putty, latex paint, wallpaper, and the like for wall painting that he had acquired was more than enough to clean up all three floors of the Underground Shelter and still have some leftover.

As far as the wasteland refugees were concerned, these things could not be turned into combat items or used for production. If they used the items themselves, they would still go hungry. Using these things was a luxury.

If they listed them on the market, even if they had to pay some courier fees, it was still a profit if they could trade for other things—what more if the items traded were indispensable materials like seeds.

"Once I have most of the equipment that can be converted into some form of power, either I use them or I keep them for survival purposes just in case. There are only a few people who are willing to trade after all, and they should have better equipment. After all, these are the remaining items after elimination."

Aside from those 600-plus assorted items, many of the almost 400 remaining items could be put to immediate use.

For example, there were accessories to modify Earth Tiger—from wheel hubs and Michelin tires to headlights that could be used to replace the ones at the front of the car, as well as various car upholsteries. Many of these purchases could be used as soon as they were installed.

There was also some waterproof paint that might be of great use later on during the construction of ships in the future.

"Others might earn more than me, but I won't ever lose out. These things can't be used now, but there might be an opportunity to use them in the future."

Su Mo closed out the friends list. When he looked at the neatly organized piles of various items, a sense of satisfaction welled up in his heart.

Household items were useless for others, but when placed in the Underground Shelter, they could raise his survival points by a set amount daily.

Furthermore, the living environment in the base would be greatly improved with this many items!

In the long-term when there would be fewer and fewer treasure chests in the future, these items could also become assets for the Underground Shelter and be used for a long time.

At the very least… within the next five years, he did not have to worry about toothpaste for the base!

"Next, once the airdrop distributions are completed, I'll hurry to the Candlelight Shelter at once and start planting!"

After a sweeping glance at the many black market sellers wailing in the World Channel and seeing the cheers of other refugees, Su Mo turned off the chat box. He felt nothing at all in his heart.

People who made a fortune in this land by raising the price of seeds fifteenfold deserved to die, no matter what.

Unfortunately, some of the black market sellers this time were smart and made a fast getaway, handing the seeds in their possession to other people and making their escape.

However, a large number of medium and low-level "flunkies" fell way behind because this massive loss caused all of their accumulated achievements in the early stages to fall short, thus losing the qualifications to participate in the next market game.

Su Mo returned to the first-floor basement and sat down on the bench. He then began calculating the details of this round of trading as well as the loopholes that were not handled.

At the same time, he also examined the properties of the handful of design blueprints that were among the items traded, as well as the stringent requirements for building a furnace.

As long as he could create these things, the shelter's development could be greatly sped up.

On the other end, Moore—who had slept for half the entire day—quietly woke up and rubbed his sleepy eyes, then followed the passageway to the first floor.

Su Mo looked at Moore and was about to speak when an airdrop marked with a No. 1 symbol slowly floated down!

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Chapter 237: Gold Airdrop! Material Transformation!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Wow, Master, look! Something's falling from the sky!"

Moore, who was not yet fully awake, opened his eyes wide when he saw the airdrop reward box arrive.

From the perspective of a Lightning Bear warrior, everything was food, regardless of whether it was flying in the sky, running on the ground, or swimming in the water!

Seeing the "food" arrive, Moore's eyes glowed. He looked up, estimated the airdrop box's landing point, and then started running toward it, wanting to grab the "food" as soon as possible!

Seeing Moore's excited expression, Su Mo also followed behind him at a rapid pace toward the falling airdrop.

Previously, he acquired an excavator from an ordinary airdrop reward, which was extremely useful during this welfare disaster.

The reward also contained the pointer he used to find his sister. This was why Su Mo's heart was filled with anticipation for the gold-level airdrop reward that he was about to receive.

"I hope to receive some equipment that will help me survive the upcoming flood disaster and not some random household items!"

Moor leapt up, grabbing the airdrop box in mid-air, and landed on the ground with a look of glee on his face. Su Mo was also infected by his excitement and could not help but smile, patting Moore's shoulder.

"Calm down, it contains supplies, not food."

Seeing Moore's expression falter when he said those words, Su Mo laughed and took the box from Moore.

The exterior appearance of the airdrop box was the same as it was before. There was still a large No.1 printed on the side, but this time the color of the letters was an extravagant gold, making it seem very expensive.

The structure of the box had a little more weight to it, seemingly no longer made of cardboard but instead some hard, plastic-like, material that was smooth to the touch.

Holding the box with apprehension, Su Mo returned to the shelter, descended two flights of stairs, and headed back to the workbench.

There was no rush to open the box. After placing the box in a secure location, Su Mo walked over to the stove, started a fire, and boiled some water.

In the various xianxia novels on Earth, it was customary for one to do this before opening a treasure box…

Burning incense and taking a bath!

Su Mo knew that they were merely superstitious customs, but now that the Underground Shelter was sufficiently equipped. Su Mo did not want any bad luck to affect what he would receive from the box this time, so he was ready to go through the entire process.

Glug…

Glug…

The lion clan's wind ability helped him heat up water within a short period of time; in no time at all, a whole barrel of hot water was ready.

After thinking a little, Su Mo added some psychic energy water to reduce the water's temperature.

"This is one expensive bath, so I hope that I'll be blessed and receive something good from the reward box!"

Su Mo immersed himself into the hot water barrel and felt warmth envelope his body, washing away his fatigue. He chanted a Taoist incantation for luck, and gradually calmed his restless heart down.

He soaked himself comfortably in the barrel for about half an hour. After that, he leapt up from the bucket, dried his body, changed into a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, and sat down at the workbench.

"This disaster reward is equivalent to receiving an overdraft for the next one!"

"Now that both the airdrop reward and secret trading realm have concluded, if my guess is right, there should be no more rewards until the flood disaster is over!"

"So... This should be the last airdrop box for the next six months."

These were his speculations based on the known conditions. Su Mo had run some calculations based on the timing and appearance of the ruins. The possibility that there would be no further airdrop reward and secret trading realm opportunity until the flood disaster concluded was extremely likely.

Therefore, the things he obtained from this airdrop box would be incredibly important.

"After receiving so many useless things, it's time for some good luck..."

"Gold Airdrop, open!"

Su Mo put his hand on the latch of the airdrop box and applied some force to open it. A light-gold ray of light revealed itself slowly as the box opened.

The large golden No.1 text also floated up into the air. It was an extremely wonderful sight.

Su Mo put his right hand on the side of the box and gently continued pushing it open. Before Su Mo could react, three items slowly appeared from inside and floated in the air.

The last time, there was a card pouch and a pointer. This time, after the airdrop box's level was raised, there was a slight change.

The first of the three items was a strange-looking horn with a circle of threads that spread outward from the center.

The second piece was a tight-fitting undergarment that looked extremely smooth. Su Mo did not know what materials it was made of.

As for the third piece, it was a small cube. Su Mo felt like he had seen it somewhere before, but could not identify it at the moment.

He gently stretched out his hand. As he touched the light wrapped around the items, they lost their ability to float in mid-air and fell onto the table.

Sweeping the box aside, Su Mo first picked up the horn. He focused his attention on it and, after consuming some points to activate the game panel's identification function, the item's properties panel popped out.

[Sea Wave Horn (Rare)]

[Description:For inexplicable reasons, this horn has the ability to control the power of the ocean to a certain extent, and possesses a portion of the authority of the God of the Ocean. When infused with the divine power of the ocean, you can wield the divine power of the God of the Ocean within a certain range and for a certain period of time.]

[First Special Ability:Water Affinity (When encountering water, the wielder can choose to activate this ability to gain the ability to ignore the pressure underwater to a depth of 100 meters and also breathe underwater. Lasts five minutes and has a 24-hour cooldown.)]

[Second Special Ability: Poseidon's Sovereign (The wielder gains the ability to manipulate water within a small range. Can be used once per day and has a 24-hour cooldown. The range of water manipulation can be increased by infusing disaster points into the horn.)]

[Third Special ability: Water's Favor (Passive skill. When the wielder falls into the water, there is an extremely small possibility that he will obtain the favor of the surrounding marine life.)]

Compared to the system's brief description, the game panel identified the items' properties very thoroughly, though it required the consumption of disaster points.

"Sure enough, the game's airdrop box will still take the impending disaster into account to an extent!"

The horn had three special abilities, two active and one passive, and they were all related to water.

Testing out the horn, Su Mo chanted silently in his heart and, in an instant, the horn flashed, and a long whining sound filled his ears.

Hum…

Blue ripples erupted from the horn into Su Mo's body and then spread out like a shockwave.

The only place in the three floors of the shelter that had water was the bath barrel that was half full.

Under Su Mo's guidance, the water in the bucket seemed to be inspired by some kind of mysterious power, setting off a small shockwave that pushed the water against the walls of the barrel.

While manipulating the water, Su Mo walked closer and began to carefully observe the undulations of the water inside the bucket.

This manipulation ability was extremely magical. Waves would appear on the calm surface of the water with a mere thought. They splashed against the walls of the barrel, one after the other. When Su Mo guided it to stop, the water immediately calmed down and regained its peaceful state.

"If I'm not wrong, the horn should be a medium that releases a repelling, as well as attracting, force that only affects water!"

When faced with something unknown, Su Mo always tried to analyze things from a scientific perspective.

This kind of power, which was both miraculous and magical in the eyes of the common person, could still be somewhat explained using modern theoretical and knowledge systems.

For example, nuclear magnetic resonance devices used radio frequency pulses to excite the nucleus of hydrogen atoms in the human body, causing them to resonate and absorb energy. After halting the radio frequency pulses, the nucleus of those hydrogen atoms would emit radio signals at a specific frequency and release the absorbed energy.

The principle behind the horn should be somewhat similar, except that the terminal was some kind of energy in the water that had not yet been observed or identified by humans.

"I can make guesses about the principles behind the horn, but the energy fueling it is still a mystery!"

After checking the horn thoroughly, and confirming repeatedly that the horn did not possess any energy-generating apparatus, Su Mo could only give up.

If he could decode the principle behind it and simulate it, then everyone in the wasteland could use this magical ability.

At the same time, this would also mean that human beings would gain a form of "natural magic" and have an edge in the water.

It was nice to hear in principle, but in reality life was what it was.

After shaking his head and putting aside this great vision of humanity's future, Su Mo put the horn into his storage space and returned to his workbench, where he began to examine the two remaining items.

The second item was a gray and black undergarment that was almost like an undershirt. It emitted a jade-like glow that radiated from it.

Su Mo spent a few more points, and the undergarment's properties popped out.

[Thermostatic Undergarment (Excellent)]

[Description: Made of ???? material, this is a tight-fitting undergarment that can maintain a constant temperature.]

[First Special ability:Shape Change (When wearing this, you can spend a certain amount of disaster points to alter the shape of the undergarment. The cost of each change will increase with the number of times. The first change is free.)]

[Second Special Ability:Insulation (When the temperature of the wearer's surroundings is between -10 degrees and -30 degrees, the temperature felt by the wearer will be controlled at a constant 16 degrees.]

[Third Special ability:Indestructibility (When the undergarment is damaged, it will gradually repair itself as long as the threshold of damage does not exceed 70%. The repair duration depends on the degree of damage.)]

[First Restriction: The undergarment must be worn close to the body in order to remain effective.]

[Second Restriction: The undergarment will be automatically bound to the player after first use. It cannot be gifted, transferred, or traded except in the case of death.]

"Huh, this undergarment is quite practical. Unfortunately, given my current strength, it's a bit useless to me."

After fiddling with the undergarment twice, Su Mo simply took off his top and put the undergarment on.

The second the loose undergarment touched the body, it began to shrink gradually, morphing and transforming according to Su Mo's thoughts.

Its general appearance was still that of a vest, but after a couple of small modifications, it became more snug. Coupled with the comfortable material, it felt like he had not put it on at all.

After feeling the change in body temperature brought about by the undergarment, Su Mo picked up the small cube and spent some points again.

Compared to the first two items, which were obviously magic items, the small cube was unobtrusive. It was black in color, and shaped like a Rubik's Cube.

After the initial properties of the cube popped out though, Su Mo was unable to hold back his surprise.

"Holy sh*t!"

"It really came even when I least expected it!"

With a thought, a blueprint design that had been sitting in his storage space for "years" appeared in his hand.

As the blueprint design was pressed against the cube, a bright light flashed, and the blueprint design disappeared. The device in his hand began to quickly deform, gradually turning into a large box measuring 1m3.

After that, the large box also began to deform. Some spots began to sink down while some others were raised.

The process of change did not take long. About a minute later, the whole process was completed, and a new properties panel popped up.

[Civilian Use Type II – Full Matter Conversion Engine (Rare)]

[Description: A device developed by the ??? Organization and produced?by ?. The whole machine is a high-quality, advanced technological mass production device. It was widely used in combat mechs and cosmic voyages at first but, after a long period of further development and technology advancements, it was applied to daily use, food, travel, and many other aspects of daily life.]

[Model:Civilian Use Type II]

[Power: Changes depending on the energy level and the amount of energy supplied. Has no upper limit.]

[Durability: 2000 (Its durability will automatically be reduced by one point for every natural hour of use. Its durability will automatically increase by one point for every natural hour of rest.)]

[Special Ability: Conversion (The matter conversion engine can be activated by supplying any energy source including, but not limited to, food, wood, water, gasoline, diesel, and psychic energy.]

[First Restriction: The matter conversion engine is locked until it consumes a corresponding blueprint design to activate its functions. (Current status: Unlocked)]

[Second Restriction: Once the matter conversion engine is affixed to the corresponding object and starts converting energy, if the operator wishes to affix it to another object, 2000 disaster points are required as payment.. Please use with caution.]

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Chapter 238: Vision of the Destroyer, Prologue to the Carnival!

"Oh Zeta, Zeta, you were such a good person! Ah no, I mean a good dragon!"

The matter conversion engine was dark and lustrous. Although all kinds of thick lines intermingled together on its surface, its high-tech aesthetic appearance was not lost. As Su Mo caressed it, he became more and more fond of it; the more he looked, the happier he was. His eyes brightened up as well.

The first time he killed Zeta, he received a silver treasure chest and obtained the blueprint design of the energy bike.

Su Mo had thought that he would only be able to manufacture it during the later stages of technology development on the wasteland. However, at that stage, there would not be too much use for a bicycle.

Yet it was with this design that the harsh conditions for unlocking the matter conversion engine were achieved!

The price of unlocking was naturally the energy bike blueprint design. It acted as a key, and disappeared forever after being consumed by the cube.

However, such a blueprint was insignificant compared to the matter conversion engine in front of him. He had definitely lucked out!

"I originally thought that the engine would be the most difficult part of building a ship that could sail amidst the flood, but now I only need to insert the matter conversion engine in… There will be so much water around, which means that …"

"I possess unlimited energy!!!"

"There are 2000 durability points. If I turn on the engine 12 hours a day and shut it off for the remaining 12 hours, the durability won't change. This is so much more OP than the special ability 'Indestructibility'."

The more he thought about it, the more excited Su Mo became. He picked the engine up and went to the living room on the third floor. He sat down on the sofa and continued his research.

According to his previous vision, using the Destroyer as a template to build a large ship was an unrealistic dream, but now…

He could totally incorporate it into the shelter's development plan!

Speaking of materials, there were still close to ten thousand units of iron and copper blocks in the shelter. As long as he could find a way to build a furnace, there would be a constant supply of high-strength steel as well as parts.

At that time, even if he wanted to manufacture the shell structure of a large ship and the various internal structures, the materials he had on hand were absolutely more than enough.

As for the heart of the ship, and the most important component of the vessel—the engine, he now had the material conversion engine that could replace it. With it, plus the outboard motor he acquired from the lion people, powering the ship was not a problem as long as he upgraded the size of the outboard motor.

The two most critical points were now addressed, and preparation for the remaining resources were underway.

For the weapons, he had to first build the furnace and acquire the key materials. Next, he could upgrade the thermal weapon laser manufacturing machine to build small and medium-sized weapons and install dozens, or even hundreds, of RPG launchers on the large ship.

If any foreign races came to disrupt his voyage, the RPGs would show no mercy.

As it was one of the most ferocious portable weapons, he would be able to deal with even a sizable group of foreign mythical races.

Accumulating supplies was even easier. After this welfare disaster, he would not need to worry about food even if he ended up floating aimlessly on the water for one or two years.

"Good lord, the material conversion engine single handedly revived my future prospects."

"I still can't say that I can build the destroyer in its entirety, but as long as I complete the three main parts, I can ensure my survival through this flood disaster!"

Currently, the shelter was only at Level 3. He would need to survive the welfare disaster before he could upgrade and use the destroyer's blueprint design.

Looking at the engine in front of him, Su Mo could only suppress his restless heartfirst. He put the engine back and started cooking dinner.

Not long after, Moore came down following the fragrance of the steaming rice. He found Su Mo in a very good mood, cooking with a smile on his face.

After looking at him for a while, Moore touched the back of the head and sat on the ground, laughing stupidly and mimicking Su Mo's laugh, causing Oreo to roll its eyes.

Of course, Su Mo had reason to be happy—he had just solved a big problem. Su Mo was now full of confidence to face the vision he had seen in the Divulgence of Heaven's Secret disaster simulation.

He began to cook even faster.

However, the shelter was now short of supplies.

There was little rice and flour left. They could eat for two days at most before the shelter's supplies were exhausted.

However, the day of harvest was just around the corner, so Su Mo did not skimp on the meal's ingredients or portions. He pulled out a big pot of springy noodles.

Combined with the vegetables and seasonings that were still available in the shelter, fifteen bowls of extremely filling hot oil noodles were made!

These hot oil noodles were very oily. Even if there was some psychic energy cabbage on the side, these noodles would still be considered extremely oily in modern society.

However, they were great in the doomsday wasteland.

This was Moore's first time having hot oil noodles. After hesitating briefly, he struggled to swallow the first bite of noodles.

After that, almost without pausing, a storm of slurping sounds echoed throughout the shelter.

During this meal, not including Oreo, Big Spark, and Small Spark, Su Mo and Moore alone finished eight bowls of noodles!

After the springy noodles were consumed, the fragrance of oil and the vegetables still lingered unceasingly in their mouths.

"Moore, oh Moore. After eating so much of the food I cooked, you'll have to work hard tonight!"

Su Mo patted Moore's shoulder while the bear was scrubbing pots and pans and washing dishes. Looking at his nodding head, Su Mo laughed and went back to the second floor to prepare the supplies that he would bring over.

First, he had to load the supplies. All the crop seeds had to be brought over first. There would be no problem as long as he freed up some storage space.

Next was the problem of diesel reserves. Su Mo had initially thought that he could purchase large quantities of it on the market.

However, he only managed to obtain 100L of diesel fuel by the time the secret trading realm closed. This fuel was only enough to tide them through the current urgent situation, but did not solve the overall lack of diesel.

"Every day, I have to make a round trip to transport diesel over. In addition, if I have to return, I also have to drive Earth Tiger."

"So… I'll drive the Earth Tiger over later and teach Moore how to drive the combine harvester!"

Su Mo happily decided to transform the Lightning Bear warrior into a skilled driver. He hastily selected some weapons and ammunition, and loaded the car. After that, everything was prepared.

It was now half past six at the shelter.

The people at the Candlelight Shelter did not rush him. Even Zhong Qingshu had not sent a single message to him. However, Su Mo knew that they were definitely waiting anxiously.

"Moore, come over quickly, I'll teach you how to drive!"

The combine harvester was much easier to drive than Earth Tiger because its engine was a single stroke engine, and there was no transmission.

It did not take much effort to teach Moore and, after a while, he could already drive the combine harvester and wander around skilfully.

Due to his height, Moore needed to bend down while driving. Aside from that, he just looked like a regular person driving a car when one looked from a distance.

"Okay, Oreo. Moore can drive because he has hands and feet. You don't need to try so hard."

Su Mo did not know if he should cry or laugh when Oreo indicated that she wanted to try driving Earth Tiger. He picked Oreo up, put her in the passenger seat, and reassured her.

After Su Mo closed the garage gate and double-checked that everything was brought along, the two steel beasts officially set off.

Now the snow had turned completely solid under the sunlight and formed an icy surface. The vehicles relied on the snow chains to grip the surface and trundled along at a rapid pace.

The sun was gradually setting in the distance, and the "night carnival" on the wasteland was about to start.

The price of the various seeds on the market kept falling rapidly under Su Mo's influence.

Take spring wheat as an example. After Su Mo's massive purchase, it dropped from the initial 15 times to eight times their weight in food. Recently, it had fallen to four times their weight in food, and the decline had not slowed down at all.

Those who could not afford seeds were waiting for the first people who managed to cultivate excellent-quality crops to achieve their first harvest.

Those who could afford seeds were eager as well. They took out all their supplies in preparation for a buying spree. They sat on the ground, biding their time until the opportune moment.

The plains surrounding the Candlelight Shelter were no exception.

In the eyes of everyone in the outside world, they were the luckiest shelter because they were situated next to Su Mo's shelter.

Candlelight Shelter had also tilled 240 mu of farmland thanks to the excavator. They would be able to sow the seeds as soon as they received them.

The people sat on the high slopes overlooking the fields they tilled. All of them were chatting, but their wandering eyes betrayed them; straying toward the distance in the direction where Su Mo usually appeared!

They were both anxious and eager, as twenty of those torches, that were the universal reward for surviving the blizzard disaster, were lit up all over the area, illuminating their surroundings and driving the darkness away.

"Brother Shen, Almighty Su didn't forget about us, right? The plots are all tilled, but we don't have any seeds…"

After another ten minutes or so of sitting on the ground, a 17-year-old teen finally could not help himself and quietly spoke out.

However, just as he uttered those words, before Chen Shen could reply, the middle-aged man on the side knuckled him on the head.

"Kid, even if the Almighty Su does not come, that is because he's busy. We all have to wait!"

"We only managed to till so much land for planting due to him. It's because he held us in high regard. Can't you even be patient for just a short while? Ah, if you bring this up again, you're really being ungrateful!"

"That's right! Those excellent-quality seeds would cost a lot of money if others wanted to buy them, but now Almighty Su is giving them to us for free…"

"Almighty Su is here!!!"

Wow!

Everyone who had been just scolding the teen stood up in an instant with a clamor after hearing those words.

Following the direction of the man's finger, they looked toward the place where Su Mo usually appeared. Two sets of car headlights shone brightly.

In the darkness of the night, the headlights were like candle flames, instantly igniting the torch in the hearts of all the refugees!

In the hearts of everyone, flames were…

Ignited!

"Everyone, listen to the slogan and stand up!"

After Wu Feiguang humbly stepped down, the Candlelight Shelter's leader was now the younger Chen Shen.

As he received Su Mo's endorsement, hundreds of refugees began to move in unison, listening to his instructions even though Chen Shen was only a young man in his twenties.

Within four or five seconds, the refugees, who had just been sitting on the ground in disarray, began to line up neatly.

"All of you, look to the left and count!"

The two cars carrying the "flames" were already close at hand. The refugees were all excited, and their voices, as they counted, became louder and louder.

However…

As two cars were approaching, and all the refugees clearly saw the outlines of the two vehicles, they suddenly fell quiet.

Silence, ultimate silence!

Aside from the rustling sound of the breeze blowing across the ground, it was quiet. Even the refugees' breathing stopped for a few moments.

This appearance also confused the leadership team of Candlelight Shelter.

All of them turned their heads in wonder at the sight of the large vehicle that Moore was driving.

This time, not only were the refugees dumbfounded, but even Chen Shen, Wu Feiguang, Qi Qin, and the others as well.

"This… This is…"

"A combine harvester!"

Chapter 239: Half A Year, The Real Danger of the Flood

Woo~~

Woo~~

Seeing the dumbfounded crowd in the distance, Moore curiously pressed the horn, and the mellifluous sound of the horn immediately began to echo across the empty wasteland!

The sound of the combine harvester's horn was, in all fairness, not very pleasant; even a little harsh. However, it was this ear-piercing familiar sound that made the refugees, who had seen a combine harvester on Earth before, react.

"Combine harvester, it's really a combine harvester! Almighty Su built a combine harvester!"

"God, I heard that the Almighty Su was purchasing blueprint designs just two days ago, and now it's already made?"

"If there's a combine harvester, will there be other agricultural machinery?"

The closer the two mechanical monsters were to them, the louder the roars from the engines. The sound thrummed like a melody through the blood of every refugee.

Even Chen Shen, who usually prided himself on his ability to handle things calmly, also had his mouth open wide.

Outside the crowd, Zhong Qingshu was standing under a tree. Her beautiful eyes also flickered as she looked at Moore driving the harvester, indicating a trace of curiosity.

Meanwhile, at the sight of all the refugees who were raring to go, Su Mo did not hesitate to park the vehicle and open the door.

According to their previous plan, Su Mo straightened the hem of his combat uniform and slowly got out of the car after Oreo scampered out from the passenger seat and disappeared from view, like a ray of silver lightning.

Oreo would stand guard while Moore was responsible for clearing the field.

Looking at the expectant crowd, Su Mo simply took the seeds out from his storage space and piled them on the ground.

"I've brought the seeds. There's no time to lose, let's start planting!"

Excellent-quality seeds naturally had a light fluorescent layer, which made them very conspicuous at night in the wasteland, where there was no light pollution.

"Big Brother Su, now that we have a combine harvester, should we also adjust our division of the harvest, otherwise…"

The efficiency and speed was completely different with the combine harvester and without.

Also, as long as the operator could provide enough fuel, they could also save a lot of manpower and allocate the surplus to the subsequent plowing and sowing efforts.

"There's no need for that. I'm providing this combine harvester for free, but I have a few requirements. I hope everyone will cooperate with me."

After taking a look at the nervous refugees in the front row, Su Mo smiled.

"It's not only the combine harvester. I can also provide the subsequent rotary tiller and the flour grinder for free. However, after four or five rounds of planting, I'll need everyone to cooperate with me and plant other crops."

"Such as… cabbage, soybeans, carrots, cotton…"

Su Mo recited the names of seven or eight crops in one breath. Looking at the crowd who was now completely dumbfounded, Su Mo shrugged his shoulders and continued to pull out more seeds.

Su Mo had expected the shock that those tools would bring to the refugees of the wasteland, but the reality of the situation was much more exaggerated than he had imagined.

These people's faces portrayed what it meant to be thoroughly shocked to the fullest.

After four or five seconds, everyone was still staring blankly ahead and their minds were still wondering what was going on. Su Mo had to wave his hand helplessly.

"Okay, okay, what's the matter? Let's talk about this after the first round of harvesting. If we don't start now, the seeds won't be sown even after 12 o'clock!"

The refugees, who were still in shock, reacted to Su Mo's words. Their faces were filled with smiles that would not go away, and they all fist-pumped and formed a long line according to the previous arrangement.

They had 240 mu of land. In the process of tilling the land, Candlelight Shelter had gathered some more refugees who were previously located in the vicinity.

The current shelter had a total of one hundred and thirty-three adults, six 17-year-old teenagers, and one infant.

There were only 46 men among them, so each person's portion was 2.5 mu of land, sharing a total of 115 mu.

The six teenagers, on the other hand, were given one mu each, sharing 6 mu between them.

In addition to a few necessary logistics to ensure that the people working could have enough food to eat and water to drink, the rest of the women were tasked with 1.5 mu of land each. Combined together, all the farmland had been distributed.

At this time, Chen Shen stood at the forefront. When he called a person's name, the corresponding person would come forward to receive their own share of the seeds.

Su Mo stood beside Chen Shen. After receiving the attention of every refugee, Su Mo watched as everyone started planting according to their previous allocations. He had been tense, but now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With the exception of Zhong Qingshu, everyone in the Candlelight Shelter, including the leadership, had to work.

The good thing was that the teachers in the Candlelight Shelter had trained everyone on how to plant. While walking on the path between fields, Su Mo looked left and right, but he did not find any glaring problems.

"During this era of civilization, those who farm well are either very interested in it, or they've inherited land that has passed down for several generations. Not many people would be willing to do this kind of work otherwise."

"Since we've arrived at the wasteland, we must either farm the land or die. Given that ultimatum, everyone's attitude toward learning the ins and outs of farming has become much more serious!"

While roaming the area, Su Mo noticed that the teenagers were also farming diligently. He nodded silently at the sight.

Everything was developing in accordance with the envisioned process. The more they planted, the better the harvest, and the more they would earn.

Even when Su Mo was not standing by and supervising the work, these people exerted their all strength, each one crazier than the next.

"How about it? You didn't expect that we'd be so efficient, did you?"

"Who would have known that these people, who were white-collar workers and students just a month ago, could adapt so quickly?"

Zhong Qingshu noticed that Su Mo was standing at the ridge, feeling dazed. She came over quietly.

"It's a pity that the next disaster is coming. Let's hope everyone here can live well!"

Su Mo shook his head. At the thought of the impending flood disaster, and the future of these people, Su Mo felt a slight headache.

The cause of the punishment disaster had not yet been found.

If nothing changed, all of humanity would have to endure a flood that lasted up to 180 days.

However, the good thing was that they had also triggered a welfare disaster. Most people had no problem putting together a half-year's worth of food.

"If the disaster is really a great flood this time, whether the human race can survive or not may not be the biggest problem."

"Oh?"

Su Mo looked over after noticing Zhong Qingshu's meaningful gaze, and followed the direction of her gaze.

It happened to be on the Candlelight Shelter complex!

"If the upcoming flood lasts for 180 days, and then recedes after the disaster is over, human survival is not a problem."

"People in low-lying locations will migrate to higher ground, and people at the bottom of the mountain will go to the top of the mountain. If they really can't, they can spend some points and materials to build a small boat, which will also allow them to survive."

"But… The shelters that everyone created using their cores will be gone, won't they?"

Although a small percentage of people had abandoned the game-created shelter, choosing to build their own house and trying not to rely on the game for everything, more than 70% of people still lived in the game-created shelter. They had to rely on the various functions of the game panel to live.

The great flood would be a massive disaster for not only the above-ground shelters, but also for the underground shelters.

These people's underground shelters were not magically blessed nor did they have the technology required to resist the flood.

After the flood waters receded, all that would be left was wreckage.

As for the above-ground shelters, the ones that had been built on higher ground could still rely on the terrain to resist the flood. However, those in low-lying areas had to be abandoned.

"Yes. After most shelters are gone, they really can't rely on these magical features to develop any longer."

"As far as I know, many blueprint designs can only be used if the shelter reaches a specific level. If everyone discards their shelters, it's the same as discarding the opportunity to use the game's technology."

"At this rate, human technology will return to what it once was before we crossed over here. After a decade or two, we'll reach the limits of our technology again."

"However, who can say for sure what will happen in a few decades? Maybe Almighty Su will lead everyone in a wave of technological advance!"

Zhong Qingshu seemed to be afraid of giving Su Mo too much pressure. Her last phrase seemed to have been said more in jest than in actual seriousness. After she finished speaking, she tilted her head in deep thought.

"If you really say so, then I will lead everyone."

"This disaster has not yet arrived, so who can predict the future for sure? Maybe I'll trigger a different disaster and the flood disaster will vanish into thin air?"

Su Mo never worried about the uncertainties of the future. He noticed the worry in Zhong Qingshu's eyes, and so he held back. He did not tell her that he possessed the Mountain and Sea Painting Scroll card.

If the human race really fell into crisis, the flood would recede within a day as long as Su Mo used this card.

At that time, mountains and rivers would rise, and oceans would be created. The lands would be transformed into plains that were suitable for human survival.

However, before that, if Su Mo wanted to find his sister and explore the lost satellite base in search of the secrets of this world, he still needed the flood to happen.

The two of them sat on the ridge. After ending this topic, the two began to have a casual conversation.

Compared to the Zhong Qingshu in the ruins of time, the Zhong Qingshu in the main world was more independent, and her thoughts were in line with those who had experienced the full extent of the disasters of the doomsday wasteland.

On many small issues, Su Mo also adopted a slightly different philosophy.

In the fields below, all the refugees were methodically carrying out the final sowing and tilling work according to the schedule.

Time passed by. At this time, no one cried out of tiredness or pain.

Even if their waists were protesting, they still firmly repeated the process of bending, sowing, straightening up, and picking up more seeds.

A green moon, which was different from the usual demonic red moon, crept up into the sky, signalling the arrival of the welfare disaster.

This green was not a fluorescent green, but a very comfortable and eye-friendly green. It was bright enough to illuminate everyone working in the fields.

The more dazzling the green light became, the closer it was to the time of the disaster's arrival.

By the time the green light was about to fully condense, there were only ten minutes remaining before the welfare disaster commenced.

Two mu was not too large, but neither was it a small area either. Even the teenagers had completed their tasks. They sat next to their land, waiting for the disaster to arrive.

"How nice it is when there are not many worries here in the wasteland."

"Live in the moment, let's live in the moment! That's the most correct way of thinking. Look at them, how happy they are!"

Su Mo stood up, patting the dust off his combat uniform. Next, he pulled Zhong Qingshu up as her legs were numb after sitting for too long. The two of them stood side by side.

Looking at the scattered refugees under the green light, and then at the happy smiles that bloomed on their faces despite their fatigue, Su Mo understood for the first time why someone powerful shouldered the burden every time the sky fell.

The stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility.

At that level, maybe those powerful people would no longer put their personal safety and security as their first priority.

Buzz… Buzz… Buzz…

While Su Mo was thinking, the clock struck twelve on the game panel, and the welfare disaster…

Finally arrived!

Chapter 240: Three Years to Blossom, Three Years to Bear Fruit

As soon as twelve o'clock passed, the green color of the moon in the sky quickly receded and turned into a normal silvery-white.

At the same time, the grass on the ground began to grow like crazy, to the extent that it was visibly obvious!

A welfare disaster was also a disaster!

As long as the word "disaster" was added, it was both a great opportunity that human beings could use to develop themselves, as well as a punishment on another level.

Those shelters directly built by using the cores provided by the game would be fine, as the power of the core had already cleared out all the plant seeds below the shelter.

The core had also kindly swept away any "threat" within ten meters of the shelters.

However, for those who built their own houses, especially for those who did not clear the land before construction, this disaster could be a real disaster.

After a mere ten minutes, the foundation under countless self-built houses had already turned unstable.

Some people, who had been trying to save time, used wood to build their houses. Now, plants grew from the wood, forcing the wood to break apart and fracture into pieces, resulting in the collapse of the house.

This happened on the plains surrounding the Candlelight Shelter as well.

Shrubs that were originally only one or two meters high surged upward as if they were on steroids.

If this continued without human intervention, these shrubs could rise to at least five or six meters high within these three days.

The grass on the ground was also growing rapidly, adding a millimeter or two in height every thirty minutes, and four or five centimeters within a day.

"Fortunately, this crazy rate of growth only lasts for three days. If things really happened according to the whims of those people, the duration of the welfare disaster would have been extended to half a month or a full month."

"If that happened, then I'm afraid that the horror that this welfare disaster brings will far exceed that of the flood!"

After carefully observing the speed of the grass growing underfoot, and the process of shrubs and trees growing, Su Mo was a bit anxious about the other hidden changes that this disaster might cause.

Plants that had not undergone human cultivation were of ordinary-quality and would grow 50 times faster.

The foreign races, humans, and mutant creatures could not consume the excess oxygen on the wasteland. There would be a large surplus of oxygen, resulting in an increase in the oxygen content of the wasteland's atmosphere and a decrease in the levels of carbon dioxide.

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. The decrease in the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would lead to a rapid drop in temperature.

At the same time, the levels of oxygen in the atmosphere would rapidly increase, recreating the Carboniferous Period on Earth.

95% of the continent was covered by plants during that period. There were dragonflies with the wingspan that measured the height of a regular human, and even spiders the size of a small truck.

Of course, within these three days, humans would only feel more energetic despite the crazy growth of the plants. After the end of the crazy growth, they would feel discomfort again, as if there was a lack of oxygen.

"Don't worry. Two days ago, experts predicted the changes in oxygen concentration and the possible impacts from this disaster."

"Although it's only a data model, it's quite credible."

"Most people don't care about these other additional impacts though. Even if they wanted to think about it, it would definitely only be after they get their stomachs filled first!"

Zhong Qingshu spoke those words softly while looking at Su Mo, who was slightly nervous while thinking about the problem. Her words were reasonable, and seemed to possess some kind of "magic" that could make people calm down quickly.

Listening to Zhong Qingshu's words, and looking at the refugees who were shouting in extreme surprise, Su Mo felt that he had overreacted a little. He could not help but touch his head.

No matter what this disaster would bring to the human beings living in this wasteland, they could rely on the effects of this welfare disaster for now. They had to eat well and survive.

In the fields, the spring wheat had begun to sprout within an hour. The plants were green and lush, making for a sight that could easily cheer people up.

The people could not help but patrol back and forth in their own areas, caring for the crops.

The people in charge of logistics also carried up several large buckets of wild vegetable soup and began to distribute bowls of soup.

After thinking about it, Su Mo came to the buckets, pulled out about a liter of psychic energy water from his storage space, and poured equal amounts of it into each bucket.

Then he took out a bucket of half-used vegetable oil and poured a hundred milliliters into each bucket.

The refugees in the wasteland were too weak!

The first wave of refugees who had been transported here were now weak. Even if they were strong and sturdy men, their physique now was not even comparable to that of teenagers back on Earth.

Every day they only consumed clear wild vegetable soup. Occasionally, they consumed dry rations and supplies scavenged from the kobold castle.

It was fine if their usual workload was not heavy, but some people were already looking pale. If not for their excitement, they would have keeled over right then and there.

If they remained in this state for a day or two, they would become very sick and perhaps die.

"Make sure to distribute the same portion to each person. Don't give some people more and some less!"

After sweeping a glance at the women carrying the buckets and looking at their continuous nods, Su Mo relaxed. He walked back to his Earth Tiger, following the trail.

The Candlelight Shelter was now back on track.

With the assistance of the machinery, they would obtain a good harvest even if a few accidents occurred.

The next thing Su Mo had to do was to ensure the provision of sufficient fuel, and that the rotary tiller and flour grinder were in place and ready to operate.

"I'll go back first. I'll find a way to bring the flour grinder and rotary tiller here. Meanwhile, you have to help watch over the refugees here."

Almost everyone in Candlelight Shelter knew that there was an unspoken relationship between Su Mo and Zhong Qingshu.

In addition, Zhong Qingshu's strength was outstanding. She was also clever, so everyone wordlessly agreed that she did not need to work.

"Don't worry, I'll watch over things on this side. You can go on ahead!"

After Zhong Qingshu nodded solemnly, Su Mo gestured toward Moore, who was holding a Type-80 machine gun in his arms, in the distance, who scurried out from the darkness in which he was hiding.

Oreo also opened the car door without being noticed and scampered into the car's backseat.

Sitting in the car, Su Mo waved his hand once again as he looked at the vast field. As Moore put his foot on the gas pedal, Earth Tiger roared forward!

The first round of seed sowing and harvesting had been completed. If the rest time in between was counted, the second round of sowing should be around noon the next day, at eleven o'clock.

The earlier the rotary tiller arrived, the more manpower and time could be saved.

After teaching Moore how to drive, Su Mo was happy to become a passenger on the way back and continued to study the design of the unfinished rotary tiller.

The general framework of the rotary tiller was completed but, after observing the physical capabilities of the refugees in the Candlelight Shelter, Su Mo had some new ideas regarding the rotary tiller.

"I must increase the machine's power. Either that or I can build two machines so that they can work in tandem!"

A rotary tiller was not expensive to build, and no technical expertise was needed to operate it. Operators only needed to lower the rotary blades, drive forward, and keep on going.

If there was only one rotary tiller, the physically weak refugees currently at the Candlelight Shelter would need to work alongside it.

That would reduce the efficiency and speed of the work. It was better for him to use some Survival Points and construct two units.

Before Su Mo could begin considering if he also had to increase the numbers of the other machinery, the Underground Shelter appeared at the end of his field of vision, thanks to Moore's driving skills.

"Master Su Mo, we have trees near our home!"

As Su Mo had been looking downward, contemplating those matters, he had not observed his surroundings. After hearing Moore's words, he looked up and was instantly stunned by the sight before him!

"Crap…"

The area around the Underground Shelter was barren. There was only yellow soil around. By that logic, nothing should have grown here.

However, aside from a circular space surrounding the Underground Shelter, the rest of the area was visibly verdant, even when seen from a distance. The most horrible thing was that…

The trees were growing!

"This is too outrageous! What kind of tree is this? Why is it growing so fast?"

The Earth Tiger kept on hitting tree trunks, making banging noises. Looking at Moore's excitement as he looked for trees to hit, Su Mo hurriedly stopped him and got out of the car for a closer look.

Compared to the shrubs on the Hope Plains, the saplings near the Underground Shelter were growing much faster.

If this went on without human intervention, the trees would definitely grow within these three days to the same level as what he had seen in the talisman's simulation.

Pulling out a shovel, Su Mo tried to dig out the root of a sapling under the illumination of Earth Tiger's headlights.

With just one dig, he felt a headache coming.

The roots of this unknown species were even more horrible compared to the small trees outside.

Only two hours had passed, but the roots, which were about as thick as a finger, were now tangled together. They frantically drew nutrients from the barren land in order to provide for the trunk above.

Su Mo stood up and used all his strength as he tried to pull up the tree trunk twice.

However, this sapling was extremely tough. Thanks to its roots, Su Mo could not pull it out despite his strength. Even if he chopped off the trunk, the parts below would still remain.

"God, this thing is really stubborn. Moore, come over to work!"

Moore's strength was extremely terrifying. This strength was not only apparent while he was farming; Su Mo could also feel Moore's strength in daily life.

After calling on Moore's strength, the two of them worked together and finally got all of the roots of this sapling out.

The previous unresponsive appraisal system flashed.

"This thing should be classified as dead after it is pulled out, and thus can be identified by the system!"

Su Mo's movements were not slow despite his thoughts. As he focused, the system's identification process concluded, and the true nature of the sapling was revealed.

[Source Energy Fruit Tree (Rare)]

[Description: Fruit tree seeds that have absorbed psychic energy water for a long time. After its growth was induced by unknown forces, it sprouted out from the ground. The Source Energy Fruit Tree takes three years to grow, and then three more years to grow flowers and then a further three years to grow fruits. It takes nine years to mature. The more psychic energy water it absorbs in the process of its growth, the stronger the properties of its fruits become. If it does not absorb psychic energy water in the process, it will only flower but not grow fruit.]

[Special Ability (Stage I): Immaculate (Eating the fruit can strengthen the body's metabolism, and expel more than 90% of "waste" in the human body. It is a good treasure that can prolong life and heal internal injuries. It can also be widely used for medicinal purposes; adding it into concoctions will enhance the effectiveness of the medicine.)]

[Special Ability (Stage II): Evolution (The Source Energy Fruit is unparalleled in its attractiveness to wasteland creatures. Feeding the fruit to wasteland creatures can greatly enhance their goodwill and there is a certain probability it can assist in the evolution of wasteland creatures.)]

[Special Ability (Stage III): Energy (The Source Energy Fruit can replace damaged cores in the development of the shelter's structure. Each fruit can increase a shelter's area by 10 square meters, or can unlock other effects.)]

[Comment: I'll buy a few Source Energy Fruits. Stay here, don't move!

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