The dim sunset could not conceal the desolate chill, and the overwhelming freezing rain fell wantonly from high in the sky.
In the row upon row of Qinggang City, the buildings that once made mankind proud are like tombstones. The broken and empty windows make ghostly noises, as if they are paying homage to the past civilization. Cry and howl.
The environment of Blue Star may be very harsh, and there may be land contaminated by radiation everywhere.
But compared with the extremely changing environment of the wasteland, it is still far behind.
It started to rain from the night of January 31st to the evening of February 1st.
In just one day, the temperature plummeted from 20 degrees above zero to five degrees below zero, and it continued to drop.
For the gophers living on the edge of the tropics, this is a disaster no less than a heavy fog.
After all, the climate was still hot and humid during the existence of the latter, which was still within the acceptable range.
And now, it’s wet and cold.
On the way back to the shelter in a hurry, Sumo successfully negotiated a business deal with several allies.
Use cold protection materials in exchange for some industrial products that are in short supply.
Among them, Yehu surprisingly contributed a macromolecular biological research machine, which is similar in function to a microscope, but has a wider observation range.
According to what this guy said, it is useless to stay with him, it is better to use it for the alliance.
Of course, judging from the way he was shivering with cold.
Perhaps in the heart of this bald man, cold protection materials may be more important than a research machine.
"Let's just wait for this heavy rain to pass in the next few days. The temperature will drop sharply, and our infrastructure work will have to slow down a bit."
As they approached the parting place, Sumo said softly.
Although I had thought that this cooling would come very suddenly, what actually happened was far more serious than imagined.
According to the information on the World Channel, the entire wasteland has entered a period of rapid cooling.
Especially along the coastline, the temperature is even lower than inland.
This can be seen from the recent situation in the Giant Tree Root Sea area reported back by Bao Lei. Recently, the flow of people at the sea station has increased dramatically, and the number of people with colds and fevers has increased several times compared to usual times.
Those already expensive drugs have been exorbitantly priced at this time, and there are complaints and abuses everywhere.
A few people separated at this point, and the team they brought was also divided into four groups.
Although he was very curious about the explosion in Qinggang Shelter at noon, even Xiehu didn't ask.
Everyone knows that this method of keeping the bottom of the box is a trump card for a shelter to survive in the wasteland.
Just like they won't tell each other what backup plans they have, rushing to ask will only increase embarrassment.
When we left the western suburbs border, we had not yet reached the territorial security wall.
Su Mo immediately saw Su Deben, who was waiting for a response. The latter smiled a little unscrupulously. Apparently, the explosion at noon made him very satisfied.
"How is it? The negotiation went smoothly, right?"
"It went very smoothly. Hades was stunned by the explosion. I guess he will change his strategy next."< br>
Together they returned to the territory, and Somo highlighted the "Eternal Water God" buried under the city.
It is not yet known whether what Hades said is true, but since Hades is sure to threaten it.
No matter whether he can take the initiative to detonate it or not, or the so-called "harshness" is just a cover.
The territory is located around Qinggang City, so we must prepare in advance and be on guard.
Noticing Su Deben’s complicated eyes, Sumo suddenly thought of something, and then said:
"But this is not necessarily a bad thing. Everyone has cards in their hands that the other party cannot solve, so the city can be peaceful."
"Otherwise we have shown such a powerful energy bomb, and if the other party has no countermeasures , a war may be launched soon.”
“I understand, but if we want to develop, we must solve this problem.”
Su Deben took a deep breath and adjusted. own emotions.
The half-finished energy stone bomb can only be said to be a trump card full of uncertainty.
In fact, the original result of today's battle was to detonate one-third of the length of the lightning wall, which is one hundred and ten meters.
But in the end, not even half of it was completed, and many power stone bombs did not detonate successfully at all.
"Don't worry, our current research has just begun. After we truly iterate the complete energy stone bomb, we don't need to be afraid of them."
Sumo comforted him and looked around. Everywhere I saw a warning wall flashing with dim light.
There is indeed a problem with the current energy stone bombs, and the conditions for use are very harsh.
It is necessary to first control the energy inside to about 50%, and then conduct high-heat baking in a short period of time to stimulate the energy overflow.
The energy released by the energy stone during the process must be kept within a certain range and cannot escape, otherwise it will cause an internal decompression explosion.
However, it is simply too difficult to keep it from escaping, and it is very expensive to create a suitable constraint container.
We can only hope that Lu Kuan will continue his research and find a more complete method.
Wait.
Suddenly thinking of the challenge mission he had completed during the day, Sumo couldn't help but laugh.
Previously, there was no option to directly add floors when upgrading the shelter, only to enlarge the area or partially modify it.
So you are waiting here?
Siting on the lizard carriage returning to the dungeon, Sumo just had time to open the system interface and check it carefully.
Enter the task column.
Behind the golden challenge task, there is already a completion sign hanging, and a seal is stamped as if it was serious.
Next to receiving the reward, a line of prompts appeared.
[Record]: It is detected that the current number of layers of the shelter is five underground floors + one above ground level. The host can freely choose to add it to the underground layer or the above ground layer when receiving rewards.
[Record]: The current time limit for receiving rewards is: thirty natural days
[Record]: It is detected that the host has received additional time-sensitive rewards, which can be drawn before receiving the rewards.
[Record]: Please note: Once the reward is received, the time-sensitive reward will be invalid!
"Is there only thirty days?"
Sumo was a little surprised, but then he became a little clearer.
The shelter currently has only five floors underground and an area of only 2,000 square meters.
If a sixth floor is added using system rewards, the area will be the same as the previous floor.
But if you save the rewards first, wait until the shelter develops to dozens of floors or the area is enlarged to 10,000 square meters before using it.
At that time, the rewards at this level will be much greater than now.
It's a pity that the system doesn't have bugs like games, and he has anticipated everything.
For thirty days, it is not impossible to continue to increase the area of the shelter.
But it won’t be of much significance. If we get 10,000 redress now, we will be in trouble.
"Forget it, just two thousand."
"There should be similar rewards in the future. Now is a good time to see the difference between the shelter layer added by the system and the one given by the game!"
Having an idea in mind, Sumo chose to draw a time-limited reward on the spot without any ink.
The familiar roulette lottery page pops up, leaving people in a trance.
Speaking of which, since arriving in the New World, the system has rarely issued such lottery tasks.
Seeing now, Sumo even felt like he was reunited after a long separation. But when he saw the award displayed on it the next second, Sumo's eyes widened instantly.
[This lottery is determined to be: Additional layer of the shelter (technical orientation)]
[The scope of this lottery: incidental items and facilities]
[This reward is divided into seven items, namely:
1. Giant retractable defense cannon*1 (probability 1%)
2.K-1V miner special armor*100 sets (probability: 4%)
3. Complete primary industrial production line ——Cold fusion battery (probability 10%; production technology included)
4. Small energy research laboratory*1 (probability: 15%)
5. Complete basic living facilities-central cultivation Pan (probability 15%)
6. Complete basic living facilities - indoor self-circulating greenhouse (probability 20%)
7. Complete four-piece set of basic activity facilities - simple decoration, bathroom, activity square, kitchen (probability 35%)]< br>
Holy shit
Su Mo suddenly felt that he might not have drawn a prize for too long and no longer knew the system's style.
In other words, this challenge task is too simple to complete, and it does not match the current rewards at all.
The giant telescopic defense cannon.
Damn.
Just by hearing the name, you can tell that this thing is very powerful.
Or even if you can't draw it, a hundred sets of miner armor will do. Even if you only have basic defense, you can transform it into an iron army on the battlefield.
As for the cold fusion battery production line below, Sumo is even more numb.
The reason why now he has to sit in this lizard carriage and it takes two hours to get back to the underground city.
This is because the cold fusion batteries on the motorcycle airship have no charging method yet and are disposable batteries.
If you can get a complete production line, it will also come with technology.
Not only has the airship become a means of transportation that can be used daily, maybe we can start researching the flying Sun Chaser!
As for the further rewards, even the worst four-piece set, Sumo is still satisfied.
There are no thank yous for patronage and no consolation rewards.
One thing to say, each of these seven items is very practical!
“Extract!”
Immediately, Sumo no longer hesitated and concentrated his thoughts on the extraction button.
A flash of light flashed, and the roulette wheel began to spin.
When the pointer crossed the 'Giant Telescopic Defense Cannon', Sumo felt his breathing slow down a bit.
But the 1% area is too small, especially compared to the following large blocks.
After a few turns, as the pointer gradually lost power, it finally landed on the largest area of the roulette wheel as expected.
[Record]: Congratulations to the host for drawing a four-piece set of complete basic activity facilities - simple decoration, bathroom, activity square, kitchen. The facilities will be distributed together after selecting the additional layer of the shelter.
[Record]: After this draw is over, the host can use the exclusion authority in the next draw, that is, when the reward appears again, it will be removed directly from the roulette wheel.
"Huh, it's really a four-piece set."
It was an unexpected surprise to receive timely rewards, and Sumo didn't expect to get anything that would change the current situation.
It’s best to have it naturally. If you don’t have it, there’s no need to force it.
As for the system prompts that the next draw can be eliminated, it’s good, at least you don’t have to worry about drawing a similar four-piece set again.
"Receive additional layer rewards, location: underground."
Return to the main mission interface and press the reward claim button again.
This time the reward distribution does not appear immediately, but a 24-hour countdown pops up.
“It’s not a rush after one day.”
Sumo nodded slightly and switched to the civilization upgrade interface to take a look.
After three months, the conditions for the Bronze Age upgrade have been basically completed.
Among them, stringent conditions such as ‘building more than 100 kilometers of usable roads’ have now been systematically recognized with large-scale construction.
The only thing left now is the need for spectacle.
That is to build a solid wall with a height of no less than three meters and a range that can wrap 800 acres of land.
The current warning wall meets this condition, but the seal has not been built yet.
Suma originally planned to build the entire wall to wrap the territory and then upgrade the civilization to see if he could add some special attributes to the warning wall.
Now that winter has arrived, it is estimated that construction will have to wait until next spring.
This will take at least three months, which will slow down the pace of subsequent civilization upgrades.
So.
“Take advantage of this month before winter has completely come, and upgrade the Bronze Civilization first.”
After dealing with the troubles in the city, continue Next comes the development stage.
Based on the memories left over from the last winter, coupled with the understanding of the game.
It is not difficult to guess that after this Metal Sigh disaster passes, the game will definitely announce a new winter disaster.
What could it be?
Sumo turned to look at the cold rain falling outside the window and the guards who were still patrolling in the rain.
Compared with half a year ago, the current Tianyuan Territory has indeed changed a lot.
Solid cement roads, lush farmland, planned villages and outposts.
And the residents whose mental outlook has changed drastically.
It is hard to imagine that half a year ago the land here was barren of grass and was a saline-alkali land flooded by sea water.
But under the catalysis of various forces for more than half a year, it has become a place where the potential value exceeds 100!
Yes, the potential value of Tianyuan Territory on the territory board has exceeded 100 a few days ago.
Although there is still a gap compared to the 2290 of the currently strongest piece of land in the wasteland.
But compared with the initial single digits or even double digits, it is still too much!
"Counting the days, those humans who set out from the sea should have almost reached the edge of the New World."
I found that Somo had recovered from his daze.
Su Deben, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said.
"Bao Lei sent a message yesterday. The number of people at Giant Tree Root Station has surged recently and has exceeded 80,000 people!"
"Eighty thousand people?"
Su Mo was stunned. Bu You smacked his tongue and sighed: "This is more people than in our territory."
Not to mention compared with Tianyuan territory, even compared with shelters such as Pingtan and Giant City, the number of people is not the same. up and down.
And the most important thing is that the number of people is still increasing!
There are still a large number of deep-sea humans heading to the New World, and their first stop is the inn near the coastline.
“Yes, there are thousands of large and small ships moored alone, and the supplies consumed every day are astronomical figures.”
Su Deben babbled, with some regrets: "It's a pity that the manager of the inn is a idiot. According to Bao Lei, he will be overthrown by the people below in a few days."
"Oh? What do you say?"
(End of chapter)