Chapter 88 - Take Refuge In The Ruins, The Mystery Of Time!
Chapter 88: Take Refuge In The Ruins, The Mystery Of Time!
Hearing the message notification, Su Mo took the lid and covered the steaming pot.
He sat on the stone bench. As the game panel came into view, he saw that out of the two he had reached out to, it was Li Xiufeng who had replied first.
[Li Xiufeng: How many times has the Almighty Su entered the ruins? I only went in twice. I didn’t take much and things were pretty terrible.]
[Su Mo: I’ve also entered twice. Let’s exchange some information? How much do you know about it?]
As both of them wanted to exchange information, they naturally would not hide anything from each other.
After some polite remarks and conversation were passed around, Li Xiufeng started a video call and Su Mo did not hesitate to pick up.
In the camera, Li Xiufeng’s scarred face appeared within the video frame.
In terms of looks, Brother Feng Zi’s face could easily stop a child from crying. If one added a smirk to that face then… Su Mo would feel panicked as well.
Behind him, Su Mo could see a small wooden house, and a fence that had been constructed to fully enclose the perimeter of the house.
Due to the distance, Su Mo could not clearly see the weapons on the fence, but his attention was drawn to the sharp points of the weapons that had been smeared red by blood.
‘Brother Feng Zi is very strong as well! At least much better than ordinary people!’
Su Mo was momentarily stunned. However, he did not expect that Brother Feng Zi on the other side of the camera would be even more shocked!
‘F*ck…I thought my progress was already fast enough. I didn’t expect that Su Mo’s shelter even has a large air conditioner and an LCD TV installed already.’
‘Plus he’s cooking with a pot on the ground? Is this still f*cking someone trying to survive in the apocalyptic wasteland?”
‘This Su Mo’s combat abilities are not weak either. My spidey senses can feel his terrifying strength even just by looking at him…’
Invisible to the camera, Brother Feng Zi was having goosebumps; the hair all over his body standing erect, like a spider’s natural reaction to encountering a powerful enemy.
Both of them were observing each other silently. After a few seconds, Su Mo gave a slight cough, interrupting the awkward silence.
“Ahem, this… Brother Feng Zi, may I take the liberty to ask, where were the ruins that you entered located?”
Hearing Su Mo’s words, Brother Feng Zi, who was still spaced out on camera, suddenly recovered from his surprise before quickly replying, “No, no, don’t call me that. It’s beyond my means for you to call me brother. Almighty Su, you can call me Little Feng.”
Touching his head, Brother Feng Zi looked embarrassed. “Actually, I went in twice. When I went in the first time, I didn’t manage to do much exploration and was withdrawn from the ruin when the time was up. When I went in the second time, there were some gains.”
When Brother Feng Zi stopped talking, Su Mo immediately understood. “I’ve also entered the ruins twice. However, I did manage to take some things out the first time. When I entered the second time though, I encountered a lot of twists and turns, and it’s difficult to explain in words…”
“Did you also encounter a time difference?” Before Su Mo could continue speaking, Brother Feng Zi directly spoke the words that Su Mo was dying to hear.
“Could it be that you too…” Su Mo’s voice trailed off, and both of them laughed.
Across the screen, there was no way to threaten each other and, because they were both experts who were growing faster than the others in the wasteland, they communicated with each other with a touch of friendship. After a while, they figured out the common points.
“According to what you’ve mentioned, do you mean to say that the more we destroy the original state of things, or the more we items take, the greater the difference there is in the flow of time in the ruins?” Su Mo pointed out. Brother Feng Zi on the other side nodded in agreement.
“Yes, if I’m not wrong, I think it can be understood as: the greater the change caused by our activities in the ruins, the more it interferes with the flow of time, resulting in a time difference of several times or even tenfold… ”
“In that case, before encountering an unavoidable disaster, it’s possible for us to enter ruins and cause some damage to… avoid the disaster!” Su Mo’s voice ended abruptly, shock evident on both their faces as they discovered this truth.
If the flow of time in the ruins worked in line with their analysis, as long as the degree of damage was properly measured, the flow of time could be controlled so that disasters could be safely passed through.
Of course, although such an operation would guarantee their safety, there would also be intangible losses.
For example, he would have to forget about airdrop reward for live broadcasting. Also, he could not control whether the shelter would encounter any threats or dangers during the disaster.
Still this paled in comparison to staying alive. If you encountered an unavoidable disaster, you could hide in the ruins!
“Almighty Su, listening to your words is better than reading for ten years. Hahaha,” Brother Feng Zi laughed, and the scars on his face widened as he smiled, looking very much like a horrifying centipede!
Looking at Brother Feng Zi in the video frame, compared to the “prosperous beauty” of the “little fresh meats”, Su Mo felt that people with features like Brother Feng Zi might live longer in the doomsday world.
“Likewise. If there’s any information to exchange in the future, feel free to just mention it. Helping each other will help everyone stay alive and live well in the doomsday world.” After making polite remarks, the two decisively hung up the video call.
“Too bad… If only I knew whether or not Li Xiufeng had good character. It wouldn’t be too bad to have someone like him as a neighbor or teammate in the doomsday world!” Su Mo shook his head regretfully. Seeing that there was no news from Chen Pingan, Su Mo stood up, turned off the game panel, and continued cooking.
In the environment of the wasteland, the stronger the person, the more they would pay attention to their reputation.
Between people of the same level, or even among people who were stronger, everyone attached importance to the word ‘Trust’!
On the contrary, it was those little-known “small potatoes” who were vicious. They would smile and laugh with you on the surface, but internally they would probably already be thinking about how to kill you in secret!
“Oreo, come over and eat! Bring along Big Spark and Little Spark!” Su Mo yelled. Seeing that the gnocchi soup in the pot was boiling away, he extinguished the firewood.
Within a few seconds, the weakened Big Spark and Little Spark were picked up by Oreo and placed in front of the stove.
“Starved for three days… You should have gone to the supplies storage and eaten some grain.” Su Mo took out a bowl he got from the ruins and filled it with gnocchi soup. Su Mo patted both Big Spark and Little Spark’s heads gently and placed the bowl in front of the little ones.
Smelling the scent of food, Big Spark and Little Spark finally became livelier. Ignoring the fact that the gnocchi soup was still steaming hot, they began to gobble up the food.
Su Mo divided the remaining large pot of gnocchi into two portions, placing one portion into Oreo’s bowl and pouring the remainder into a clean bowl.
He took out the Fuling pickled mustard and poured a little onto his gnocchi soup, letting its fragrance seep out into the surrounding air.
Su Mo and the three little ones enjoyed the meal peacefully and comfortably.
After finishing the meal, it was 8 o’clock, and the harvest of survival points on Day 13 arrived.
[Doomsday Calendar Month 1, Day 13]
[While you were exploring the ruins, you killed a powerful enemy with the same combat power as you (Survival points +50)]
[You gained great rewards from the ruins, which greatly enriched your personal possessions (Survival points +25)]
[Scanning host survival environment. Survival points evaluation in progress. 202 survival points gained today.]
Total calculation: Survival points +277
Survival points remaining: 1792
“Wow, I only brought back an air conditioner and an LCD TV, and it went up as much as 80 points, which is equivalent to an extra 500 points a week!” Looking at the number prompted by the system, Su Mo was overjoyed.
Compared with the survival points that were given for completing tasks each day, it was cumulative points that increased regularly like this that were the top priority.
It may seem that 200 points would be inferior to some major items at the moment, but as the base developed, in maybe one or two hundred days, the daily fixed income of survival points would grow to be hundreds of points, or perhaps even thousands!
Before taking off his equipment, Su Mo took Oreo out again and drove the buggy to the Deep-sea Shelter.
After three days of accumulating diesel and toluene, it was time to extract a ton of them!
Following the familiar tire tracks on the ground, Su Mo drove to the Deep-sea Shelter.
After releasing Oreo to patrol the surroundings, Su Mo drove the buggy to the hillside and stopped.
“In the future, I could perhaps figure out how to construct an underground tunnel so that I can safely and directly head to the Deep-sea shelter to collect the oil resources.” Thinking about this, Su Mo remained alert while walking to the front.
No matter whether it was in the early, middle or late stages, the oil well was an important resource point. Its importance would only continue to increase as he continued to upgrade it and increase its output.
At that time, he would have to think of a way to safeguard this vital resource point!
After watching Oreo signal that there was no danger, Su Mo retracted the crossbow and walked over to the door of the second floor and opened it.
Standing at the door, Su Mo waited for the musty air inside to clear off before going straight inside and walking to the oil well.
Focusing his thoughts, the data display panel popped out.
Diesel, 153L!
Toluene, 5.1kg!