Chapter 489 - Blast! The First Night Of The Basin Jubilant! (Two in One)
Chapter 489 Blast! The First Night Of The Basin Jubilant! (Two in One)
While the group from the basin area was still on their way back to Iron Rock Mountain, the dwarven troops who confronted the villagers had also returned to the fortified city. Immediately, together with forty people, the dwarven leader rushed off without resting and headed to the northwest.
On the way, he did not hesitate to use a purple item, with a pained expression on his face, to buff the lizards they were riding on. A purple light flashed, and the lizards’ speed became very fast. In just four or five minutes, it had traveled a full 50 kilometers!
At this point, they were at the edge of the fortified city’s territory. However, things were different from the time when Li Hu and the others entered the territory of the fortified city. The team led by the dwarven leader rushed inside the other territory without encountering any resistance. It was as if the boundaries between territories had disappeared! “Gaturu, hurry up, I want to go back to the king’s city, this is regarding the decree issued by the king previously. We found the human… that one!”
The lizards that were empowered by the purple light collapsed to the ground, yet the dwarven leader did not care.
As he ran over to the gate raising the machete in his hand, his loud roar echoed in the distance.
This time, the people behind the gate instantly panicked, and quickly opened the gate.
“Captain Abe, that human… is here?” “Yes, although I didn’t see him with my own eyes, but his voice was definitely the one. We must be vigilant!” “Move quickly and take the shortcut. Be sure to tell our king!” Leaping off the collapsed lizard, he took out the ‘King’s decree’ and handed it to the dwarf named Gaturu for inspection.
Captain Abe did not say anything further. He rushed forward, and this fierce dwarven leader plunged into a very inconspicuous-looking hole. The inside of the first 50 meters of the hole looked just like an ordinary pit that had been dug up; there was nothing unusual about it. However, surprisingly, after Abe made some twists and turns, the space in front of him suddenly opened up.
By rough estimation, this space was at least a thousand cubic meters in size, similar to a subway station underneath a modern city. If there were humans here, they would be shocked to see the structure inside.
“Captain Abe, you’re here!” “Let’s depart quickly. I need to get back to the city quickly, as I have something urgent to report!”
“Okay, get in and sit tight!” A black carriage was sitting on a sunken track at the center of the space, exuding a misty black light. As Abe got into the carriage, the dwarf behind him started the carriage, and the black light gradually began to gather around the wheels of the carriage, creating whistling noises as it did.
Miraculously, no outward energy response could be seen, yet the carriage still started to move forward steadily. It was as if an invisible big hand was pushing it forward, and it soon traveled straight across the tracked passage. The dwarves had actually developed a subway system?!
No one saw it, and no one knew about it.
In just over a month, the dwarves had actually reproduced a product created by humans of the 20th century from scratch.
Although the train itself still looked rather basic, and its maximum speed was only 110 yards per second, there were no obstacles on the track to hinder its speed, and the fact that it could travel in a straight-line non-stop made it superior to any other form of transport!
Riding in this carriage, the anxiety on Abe’s face was significantly relieved. Then, after taking out the locator that had been tracking the mark, he looked at the locator that was still receiving the mark’s location information continuously.
There was a hint of ‘great achievement’ on his face!
“As long as I can get my hands on the location information of the King of Humans, the loss of dozens of dwarves and black stones is negligible. Heck, I can even give the entire territory to him!”
“Now, as long as I return to the king’s city and report his location information, I can be transferred away from this shitty black stone base camp immediately!” Holding the locator tightly, he looked outside at the rapidly passing scenery. Abe’s mind had already begun to fantasize about the envious expressions of his colleagues when the Dwarven King rewarded him for his contribution. However, the next second, a rapid beeping sound interrupted his daydreams. “Hey, what’s going on?”
In the last moments of his life, holding up the locator, Abe saw the latest location information displayed by the locator.
Unlike the usual coordinates, what he saw displayed this time was… “Boom?”
Boom!
Boom!!
Boom boom boom!!!
“Chief, look over there, is that a volcanic eruption? Are there such random disasters in the New World?”
After briefly inspecting the attributes of the coolie lizard, before Su Mo could take a closer look, the convoy that was heading back to base suddenly stopped in their tracks.
It was eight o’clock in the evening; the night was dark and the breeze was chilly.
However, in the northwest direction, there was a fire that burned so high that it was visible from where they were. Then, a few seconds after they saw the fire, a faint rumbling sound followed, shaking everyone’s eardrums. “Such a large fire… This rumbling sound doesn’t sound like a volcanic eruption either, but more like some sort of explosion.” “Stop for now. I have to take a look at the situation!”
Looking around, Su Mo shook his head and jumped off the coal cart. Then, after running to a nearby high slope, he took out a pair of binoculars and looked in the direction of the fire.
“It’s at least 200 kilometers away from us!”
“It is very likely to be even further away. Given the distance, it is probably not an ordinary bomb, but some sort of compressed high-energy bomb!”
In the distance, a mushroom cloud had risen into the air.
Looking at half of the night sky that had been lit up by the fire, Su Mo’s facial expression changed greatly and took on a hint of caution. Since he arrived at the wasteland to the present day, this was the first time that Su Mo had encountered someone other than himself with similar technical and technological capabilities.
The conditions for a mushroom cloud to form were simple… The explosion had to occur on or near the ground; not in the air or underwater. The explosion had to release a huge amount of energy.
Everything had to happen within the atmosphere, or on Earth (because there had to be a gravitational field present). The presence of the mushroom cloud indicated that the yield of the bomb exceeded 200 kilotons; at the moment the explosion erupted, it created a large amount of low-pressure hot air around it, and the hot air rose rapidly, causing a vortex that turned outward and downward…
Or…
That it was an underground explosion, causing the airflow from beneath to rise upward! “Is it possible that this is related to me erasing the mark and causing some sort of chain reaction? The rumbling sound has not even ended yet!” The sound of the initial explosion was completely different from the continuous explosions that could be heard currently. He listened for a while and, after confirming that the explosions were still ongoing, Su Mo returned to the convoy in deep thought. “Chief, what’s the matter? Did the dwarves on the opposite side come up with some sort of new weapon?!” “Let’s take advantage of this opportunity, and…”
He wanted to take advantage of their weakness and end the dwarven threat once and for all.
Making a cutting gesture across his neck and pointing to the location of the explosion, Li Hu’s face turned fierce.
Su Mo shook his head. “Don’t worry about it for the time being. They shouldn’t be able to enter our territory. During this time, we still have to focus on development of the territory. Picking a fight rashly without sufficient intel and data is extremely risky and inappropriate. The restrictions have been lifted. Everyone, open up your storage spaces and distribute the coal evenly. Let’s speed up and head home!”
The further in they traveled into their own territory, the safer they would be.
Fearing that the subsequent explosions would continue for some time, Su Mo trembled slightly and instructed the others to move quickly. This time, no longer limited by the burden of the coal rocks, the convoy picked up the pace and started making good time. Before 9.30 pm, he finally saw Iron Rock Mountain at the end of the horizon!
“The subsequent explosions did not continue, which means that this is not a weapon that they have developed to deal with us.”
“After securing these coal rocks, the enemy’s camp will definitely become more vigilant. Have everyone remain low-key during this period of time. We’ll think about how to deal with them after getting through the upcoming disaster.” Although Su Mo was also very curious to figure out the source and cause of the explosion, in the end, he was the territory lord and rationality prevailed over curiosity.
Regardless of reason, such an explosion would never occur naturally. Even if it was an accidental discovery by the dwarves, the end result was still the same. The dwarves had the capability of recreating that same explosion! In this case, there was no technical or technological gap between the two sides. Once a large-scale confrontation occurred, it would be easy for the other foreign races on the sidelines to benefit.
Chen Shen, Li Hu and the others obviously understood this.
After thinking for a while, they all nodded, indicating that they were clear about everything. “Fortunately, we have procured more than two tons of coal rocks now. If we have central heating, there will be no need to fear the heavy blizzard disaster this time!”
Looking at the lights at the foot of Iron Rock Mountain in the distance, unconsciously, Su Mo’s mood also improved.
However, what he did not know was that, at this time, the people in the base camp were so anxious that they were behaving like ants trapped in a pot. Before the fire and explosion broke out, after the return of the messengers, the people were still excited and restless, fearing that they would miss the grand scene of the coal returning to base. However, when the explosion happened, even the messengers who had gotten back first panicked.
At this point at night, all the villagers were walking around anxiously, glancing at the end of the horizon from time to time. “They’re back! The chief and the others are back!”
“Look!”
“Wow!”
Someone shouted out of nowhere, and all the villagers looked over in the direction the man pointed toward.
The next second…
As expected, the entire camp seemed to boil with excitement!
Every villager seemed to be drunk, dancing some unknown war dances that they had come up with on the fly. Furthermore, some of them kept on muttering words without any meaning.
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If one listened carefully, one could hear prayers such as…
“Bless us, Buddha!”
“Haha, the others were really anxious when we were not around.”
“Come on, place our harvest back in the carts, and manage these lizards properly. I want everyone to witness our victory this time!” Looking at the dozens of tents that had been set up at the foot of the mountain, as well as the crazy villagers, with a wave of Su Mo’s hand, he immediately gave the order. The next second, the coal rocks that had been kept inside their storage spaces reappeared on the carts.
After resting for more than an hour, the coolie lizards also seemed to know their mission, and were quickly harnessed, as they began to pull the carts diligently.
After three to five minutes of traveling, when the convoy finally entered the camp, cheers began to explode as everyone gazed at the four carts filled with coal!
Seeing such a scene, even if Su Mo had already mentally prepared himself, he could not help but join in the celebration and laugh together. Half an hour later, as the cooks served the food, the celebration feast commenced!
It was not until twelve o’clock in the night, when the cold wind began to pick up, that the feast finally came to an end.
He asked everyone to head back to rest quickly, and ordered Moore to escort the dwarven captives and gather all the unique treasures they had obtained from the dwarves.
Su Mo swaggered back to the underground shelter with satisfaction.
“Su Chan, you should go to bed first. I have to interrogate them!”
“Okay!”
Seeing the door close, Su Mo’s face suddenly displayed a murderous expression.
Su Chan was very well-behaved, and immediately went down the passageway to the third floor.
“Moore, wake them up.” “Oreo, check if they’re lying!”
They were his translators and lie detectors.
Looking at the dwarves that were tightly tied up, Su Mo sat in front of the table and first examined the seized items.
In addition to the dwarves’ standard daggers, this time, a few other things had been obtained. He focused on the machete and, as a flash of green light appeared, the properties panel popped up. [Dwarven Machete (Excellent)]
[Description: This is a standard weapon forged by the dwarves. It is incomparably sharp and can perform special attacks after the energy within it is activated using a certain method.)
(Creator: Emilie York]
[Attack Power: 15]
(Durability: 12/15]
(Current Energy Reserves: 90% (Recovery Time: 22.6 hours)]
[Special Abilities]:
[Absorption (This is a machete created using Old Era Technology. It is extremely sensitive to biological energy. If it is wrapped in blood or flesh, the recovery rate of the machete’s energy reserves will increase; the energy recovery rate also varies depending on the living being’s level)]
(Sharpness (The sharpness of the machete is affected by energy. Based on the amount of energy supplied, the blade can exhibit different levels of sharpness. The maximum energy output that can be used in a single attack is 50% at one time, which will double the sharpness of the machete.)] (Vibration (When the sharpness of the machete exceeds that of the opponent’s weapon by more than 30%, and comes into contact with it, there is a high probability that the opponent’s weapon will shatter, break, or suffer damage.)]
[Comment: Ecstasy for vibrating sword lovers!)
The three attributes looked fairly ordinary but, in fact, they should not be underestimated! The first ability, much like the dagger, could speed up the weapon’s recovery of energy by absorbing flesh and blood. The second ability was the sharpness boost. If it was used at its maximum output level, it would double the sharpness of the machete.
Last but not least, the third ability was even more unusual. As long as the opponent’s weapon was of a lower quality or sharpness level, once the two weapons clashed, it would result in certain victory for the machete wielder.
If they were still in the era of cold weapons, such a sharp machete that could absorb flesh and blood would definitely become a fantasy sword that every martial artist would dream of!
Yet now, after a few practice swings, Su Mo ignored it.
The reason was simple…
Practicality! There were still too few people in the basin area. If they engaged their enemies in close combat, there would undoubtedly be casualties.
Given a choice, Su Mo would prefer to see the technology to increase sharpness in this manner appear on some other special vehicles or tools. For example, the machine tool that would have outstanding cutting ability, the axe that would slice through logs like butter, or the excavator that would cut through iron and stone, and so on.
Only when the technology was used in people’s daily livelihood would it reflect the strongest potential use of this technology.
For weapons, the only comment he had was that… it could only be admired, but not used!
He continued to use the system appraisal function and, soon, the remaining properties panels of the other weapons also popped out. However, after scanning through them once, Su Mo did not even have even the slightest interest in trying out the rest of the ordinary items.
The green longbow could reduce the sound of the arrows in flight, and also provide energy to make the arrows fly faster. This ability could even be achieved by upgrading and remodeling the electric crossbow that Su Mo had upgraded before, so it was decidedly unremarkable.
The light-absorbing dagger was coated with a layer of paint similar to Hope One. After activating the energy, it could burst out with a blinding light and impair the opponent’s vision.
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The funny thing was that this ability did not differentiate friend and foe. After using it, aside from preparing themselves psychologically, the user would also be affected as well, which meant that this thing was a two-edged sword in battle.
He then noticed the last few items as he continued to scan through the items.
When the assault team mentioned the protective shield that could create a white barrier of light, Su Mo had expressed his interest.
(Protective Shield (Good)] [Description: This is a standard piece of equipment carefully crafted by the dwarves. It has strong defensive capabilities. After activating the energy inside using a certain method, the protective shield can create a barrier that will stop all incoming external attacks.]
(Creator: Ackerman Bennett)
[Defense Type: Direct Kinetic Energy]
[Defensive Power: 25 (Can defend against the impact of any bullet with a caliber lower than 7.62)]
[Current Energy Reserves: 21% (Recovery time: 69.5 hours)]
[Special Abilities]:
[Absorption (This is a protective shield created using Old Era Technology. It is extremely sensitive to biological energy. If it is wrapped in blood or flesh, the recovery rate of the shield’s energy reserves will increase; the energy recovery rate also varies depending on the living being’s level)]
(Protection (Activated by energy, an electromagnetic barrier will be created 50cm around the user’s body, greatly reducing the damage caused by direct kinetic energy attacks. Note: The protection barrier is a two-way shield; after using it, the user’s attacks will not be able to bypass the barrier either.)]
[Comment: A small toy, but its design concept is very interesting!)