Chapter 333 - Everyone’s Together! The Last Piece of the Puzzle Before Heading Out to Sea!
Chapter 333: Everyone’s Together! The Last Piece of the Puzzle Before Heading Out to Sea!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Connie saw that Su Mo was laughing because of her, his amusement was infectious enough to bring a mischievous smile to her face as she swiftly started up the ship.
As Su Mo sat in the cabin, a flare of light suddenly flashed through his mind, and a stream of information strung together from the future and the present popped up in an instant.
Theoretically, the current frantic scene in the foreign races’ chat merely epitomized their state of mind and their collapse of morale.
It was similar to an end of a pyramid scheme when the leader was caught, but their underlings refused to believe the truth and continued to defend it.
However stupid or idiotic the other foreign races were, they could still see the true picture emerging beneath the bursting bubbles of all the revelry through the fight between Crystal Dragon and Snow Soaring Bear…
Su Mo was not dead.
Old Devil Su, the human who had the power to slay gods… had not died!
On the contrary, Old Devil Su was still alive and well.
This time, the Five Royal Clans had been telling everyone that he was dead for close to ten days now, so when the news about Old Devil Su’s death was suddenly turned on its head, it had resulted in all hell completely breaking loose.
For the Five Royal Clans at the center of the storm, this could be considered an extremely serious…
Crisis of confidence!
If this was not resolved properly, it would be a heavy blow to any future plans implemented by the Five Royal Clans!
People would criticize them for declaring so confidently that Old Devil Su would die—but in fact, he had not died at all, which could mean that their plans about unscrupulously slaughtering humanity and bringing about the end of mankind might very well not happen either!
Although no one had raised the question yet, Su Mo believed that as long as one of the foreign races brought it up, if the Five Royal Clans were still undeterred and still wanted to continue with their plan…
There was only one last option open to them…
They would be forced to take desperate action!
They would actually have to carry out their plan!
Furthermore, it also had to be done in an exemplary, spectacular manner!
They had to show everyone that what they said was not a lie—that they had come up with a plan, and were able to carry it out!
Even if it ultimately failed and Old Devil Su did not die, the Five Royal Clans could still save their honor in the end, and their plans could still go on if there was a big enough payoff.
“The future is truly marvelous with infinite possibilities. Initially, I thought that the foreign races initiated an attack this time because they were provoked by some people and were full of anger and hatred.
“Now, though, from the looks of it…
“The attack this time was because of my abilities, which forced them to come for me!
“How interesting! How very interesting indeed!”
Having thought out the logic to this point, Su Mo had come very close to the truth of the entire matter as far as the general scheme of things was concerned—from the start of it until the present!
From the very beginning, it was the higher echelon spies among the humans who had been working together with the Five Royal Clans at first.
However, after they realized Su Mo’s influence was increasing, those higher echelon spies felt threatened and tentatively proposed a plan to the Five Royal Clans.
Of course, initially, these spies probably never thought that they would have to execute the plan; they were merely testing the waters. Whether it would work or not was another matter. As long as they could inconvenience Su Mo somewhat, it would be of no great consequence even if the plan failed.
After all, who could guarantee that Su Mo would not also possess other incredible skills alongside his god-slaying ones?
Once they were given the plan, the Five Royal Clans probably did not even think twice about the consequences before making up their minds that this was feasible!
Whether it could be done or not, it was still worth a try.
After all, it seemed very feasible judging from the plan!
If it worked, the payoff would be shockingly terrifying!
There would be fame (for killing mankind’s strongest human being) and fortune (for finding the secrets hidden on Su Mo’s body)!
Therefore, this plan had been passed down by the Five Royal Clans. Once the group of foreign races near the basin received the message, they began preparing themselves for battle.
However, that was precisely the problem!
If the Five Royal Clans were the ones implementing the plan, they could absolutely have informed all the foreign races after the plan had succeeded in order to achieve both fame and fortune.
However, now that the plan had been disclosed to dozens of nearby alien races, both great and small, in the basin, it would not be possible to keep it a secret any longer.
Taking advantage of the situation, speculation was already rife at this juncture.
Clark had no choice but to come out and admit that it was his plan. Furthermore, his greed and desire to obtain the most glory out of it…
Had led him to unintentionally trumpet a classic sentiment to everyone…
“Old Devil Su must die!”
This was the phrase that had pushed the whole matter to a climax, sending the Five Royal Clans into a hell that they could never return from!
Furthermore, when things had come to this point, probably everyone—including Su Mo, who had just connected to Connie’s core at the time—would not have realized…
The whole thing had been completely out of anyone’s control from the very beginning.
That was how matters had intensified and developed into what they were at present.
Of course, even though these were all individual coincidences, so many coincidences mixed up together made the outcome inevitable.
Now, all that was needed was for Connie to go in according to plan and mess with the Five Royal Clans’ state of mind again, and this wave of assault from the foreign races was going to happen—no matter what!
“Nice, I’d like to see how many treasure chests twenty thousand foreign races have!”
As Su Mo looked at Connie happily being active in the World Channel, he also came back to his senses, having thought everything through. Hurriedly, he pulled up the panel again to connect to her.
After joining the Oreo clan and becoming a God’s Sacrifice, Connie had been given a chance to change her name because she had rebelled against her own clan.
Instead of rushing to the World Channel to see how Connie would perform, Su Mo first switched to the properties panel and looked at her current status.
[Current World Handle: Golden Lion King – Connie (real name has been automatically hidden)]
[Current Strength Rating: 3.2]
[Current Race: Oreo clan]
“Just being a Saintess actually raised Connie’s 0.003 strength rating all the way to 3.2! That’s crazy!
“But this golden lion avatar, on top of her handle…
“Yes, this is good. This wave of anti-foreign race and pro-human sentiment is a brilliant idea!”
Now that Connie’s current strength rating had reached 3 points and above, she qualified for a longer name.
Su Mo nodded, repressing the exclamation at the tip of his tongue.
He quickly went to the chat panel and immediately saw Golden Lion King engaged in an online altercation against nine others!
[Golden Lion King: Seriously, all of you are being stubborn, attacking Snow Soaring Bear like that, and being reluctant to admit he’s right. It’s that loser Crystal Dragon, all bark and no bite. I’ve got nothing more to say to you. How can you guys even listen to this kind of bullsh*t? Do you think he’ll actually kill Old Devil Su? From what I can tell, the Five Royal Clans are just lying to us, and if they’re not going to kill Old Devil Su, I’m not going to go along with their plans!]
[Snow Soaring Bear: Lion King’s right. The Five Royal Clans are just a bunch of rubbish who are fishing for fame through any unscrupulous means. They don’t know anything, but they still try to order everyone around. What a bunch of losers!]
[Crystal Dragon: Lion King, are you trying to get yourself killed? You think you’re something with just 3.2 strength?]
[Golden Lion King: Yup, that’s exactly what I want. What’s it to you? What about Old Devil Su? From what I know, he’s still alive and well. Just because you guys say that someone’s dead, they’re dead? All right, if you say so, I’m f*cking dead then!]
[Golden Lion King: Oh yeah, even that pig can be part of the Five Royal Clans. I’ll be frank—if I ever catch you at sea, I’ll skin you so that I can take a good look at what’s inside your pig brain!]
[…]
Facing the Crystal Dragon and the Primordial Pig in the World Channel, the Golden Lion King displayed what it meant to be arrogant and carefree!
No one knew where she had found that sort of boldness.
As Su Mo stood across from Connie and saw how she behaved facing down the Five Royal Clans, he remembered how fearful she looked when she mentioned them ten days ago or so.
The smile on Su Mo’s lips widened!
After encouraging Connie to continue, Su Mo used his mind to disconnect and did not check the panel again.
The truth was, at this point, even without Connie’s help, the attack from the foreign races was like a car that had lost its brakes—it had no way of stopping now that it was flying at 120 yards per second!
If anyone tried to stop the car now, the car would be wrecked, and everyone in it would die!
Instead, if they kept driving until they ran out of gas, they might at least have a chance of survival!
“But… will there be a chance of survival?”
Su Mo stepped out of the cockpit and looked at the rain that had subsided considerably, as well as at the faintly discernible rainbow on the edge of the horizon. He smiled and climbed up to the fourth floor where the radar was situated.
After considering the obstructions and the topography, he had placed the antennas for the shortwave radio station up there.
The radio station was located in the captain’s quarters on the third floor.
Based on appearances alone, the PRC-2090 Barrett Tactical HF Radio System was a military shortwave radio system that looked a little like an old CD player from the 80s.
Since it was an excellent tactical shortwave radio system from the 21st century, Su Mo had no hesitation in buying it even though it was 50% more expensive than other radio systems.
There was only one reason for this…
It was extremely easy to operate!
Ridiculous as it sounded, it was the truth!
Before the transmigration, ever since the golden age of shortwave radio stations in the 90s, amateur radio had become a very strictly regulated hobby.
Ordinary people who wanted to use a wireless radio station for communication had to be fully certified, and operators had to go through examinations to get their licenses.
This had led to an increase in unseen difficulties for people to enter the world of wireless radio.
Slowly, with the popularity of mobile phones, even taxi drivers switched from using their UV walkie-talkies to using WeChat instead.
Essentially, based on current developments, wireless radio would probably be truly phased out in another ten years.
“Let me see. This is the communication channel, and Chen Shen and I agreed on 14 MHz, so all I need to do is press this…”
After adjusting the antenna position and climbing down three levels, Su Mo sat on the bed, which was currently still a hard piece of board. After putting on his headphones, he patiently began tuning into the radio station.
Tuning into a radio station to communicate with other people required a lot of patience.
This was especially so when receiving messages. If someone were the type to freak out when they could not hear the other person, then amateur radio was not a suitable pastime for them.
Fortunately, Su Mo was a calm enough person by now. After following the instructions in the complimentary manual that the seller had provided, bit by bit, as he fiddled with the knobs, he began to hear voices in his headphones clearly.
“Wei He, there are 30 kilometers to go until it’s your turn to drive. Hurry up and rest for a while so you’ll have enough energy to drive!”
This was Pei Shao speaking. His voice was very solemn and steady, and he gave off a serious, yet warm feeling when giving orders.
“I’m fine, Team Leader. Now that Earth Tiger is bigger, I feel energized just lying here. Even if you ask me to drive three or five hundred kilometers, I won’t feel tired, hehe!”
That was Wei He speaking to Pei Shao. His voice harbored a type of youthful excitement, and one could tell that he was very satisfied with the upgraded Earth Tiger.
Earth Tiger was still within a hundred kilometers of the basin, and because both radio stations were of the same brand, their voices were very clear.
After flattering Pei Shao, Wei He’s praises of Su Mo resounded in the car, so Su Mo quickly turned off the radio station with no regrets.
“I doubt even father knows that all my subordinates are now my fans.
“This isn’t a bad thing, though. Modern people who have just transmigrated certainly won’t accept dictatorship. I’ll let them get used to it so it’ll be easier for them to adjust later on!”
After putting the adjusted radio system in place and glancing out the window, Su Mo went back down the stairs to the first floor.
Connie had finished her self-declared “war on outsiders” at that point and was crouching by the doorway, very pleased with herself, as she watched the Five Royal Clans raging around in anger.
When she saw Su Mo coming down, she immediately stood up and reported happily.
“Master, I’ve made excellent progress. Those two idiots, Crystal Dragon and Primordial Pig, are so utterly furious with me right now they’re going crazy. If it wasn’t for the upcoming ocean disaster, I’m sure they would have come all the way across the map to hunt me down. Everything is done, and now everyone is clamoring for just one thing—either the Five Royal Clans announce their plans, or they have to make sure you’re dead!
“Since they definitely can’t announce their plans, I’m guessing it won’t be long before Clark starts making his move.
“When that happens, we just have to seize our chance, then we’ll be able to wipe them out in one fell swoop!”
When Su Mo saw how excited Connie was, even though he already knew what was going to happen, he did not dampen her enthusiasm but deliberately pretended to be surprised and nodded.
“Thank you for all your hard work. Oh yes, don’t call me master from now on. You can just call me Chief like everyone else instead!”
“Oh, but…”
“There’s no need for you to be so formal. After so long, haven’t you noticed that I’m very nice to be around?” Su Mo patted Connie’s shoulder. When he saw her surprised expression at being shown such favor, Su Mo let out a laugh and did not continue comforting her.
“All right, you can go back now. I’ve still got work to do here. You can learn more from Oreo, and I’ll give you a job when we’re on board.”
“Yes, Chief! I promise I’ll do the job well!”
Su Mo watched how quickly Connie fell into her role as she strode off excitedly. She then waved animatedly at him before trotting off into the misty rain once she had gotten off the ship…
As Su Mo stood on Hope One’s deck, he gained a new perception of his power of influence.
Although he was gaining more loyal followers, this also meant that the responsibility he would need to bear would also increase.
Even so, Su Mo had to admit that the feeling of being in control of other people’s lives felt good. It was a thrill that he had never experienced when life was normal!
“Okay, I should just forget about this for now. Everyone will do whatever they need to. All I have to do is take care of my own corner.
“Now, it’s time to go in and get some information about the location!”
After closing the cockpit door and going the stairs up to the captain’s quarters, Su Mo looked at the radio system in front of him. He grasped at the air, and the Divulgence of Heaven’s Secret wafted out.
Su Mo took out a stopwatch with a countdown function. After setting a 22-second countdown, a familiar impact accompanied by a door of light appeared again as his mind stirred.
Su Mo pressed the button to start the countdown and tossed the stopwatch onto the bed before he took a step through the door of light.
In an instant, the only sound left in the captain’s quarters was the sound of the second hand counting down.
21…
13…
7…
Now that he had multiple experiences with entering the door, this time, Su Mo’s experience was spot on!
As the time drew nearer and nearer, once the second hand pointed to 1, a door of light opened right on time, and Su Mo was back in the captain’s quarters once again, a beaming smile on his face.
“It worked! I’ve finally managed to collect the last piece of the puzzle before we head out to sea!”