Sustained Escalation, Secret of Disaster! (Second Update)

At the horizon, amidst the wind and snow, a small team of six strode forward with firm steps, moving forward step by step with difficulty.

It's very cold.

The literal meaning.

Trying to pull down the mask, Su Mo felt the outside temperature and the cold wind that rushed in made him shiver instantly, and goosebumps rose on his skin.

Without warm clothes, walking outdoors in this kind of weather will cause the wind to quickly carry away the body's heat, making the perceived temperature only get lower and lower.

Without supplies, in this desolate wasteland, just thinking about how these people walked hundreds of miles to get here is unbearable.

Instantly, Su Mo felt a surge of admiration! "Wow, even in this freezing weather, you still come to deliver a batch of packages, you're really dedicated!"

He removed his mask, licked the snowflakes stuck to his lips, and Su Mo's murderous intent surged.

Whether it's base development or sacrificing the first floor of the Deep Sea Shelter to the Underground Shelter, there is an urgent need for Shelter Core.

But to obtain this item, the only option is to kill other humans who have also transmigrated from Earth! Su Mo couldn't bring himself to kill civilians or defenseless humans, nor did he deign to do so! But towards these "Human Traitor" and "lackeys," Su Mo had no such mercy! "Oreo, is this the source of the danger?"

Pressing Oreo's head down, the man and dog lay on the high slope, observing the group of six slowly approaching from a distance.

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, Oreo's eyes showed a hint of doubt, and then he slowly shook his head.

Clearly, the group of people coming from afar were not the threatening enemies that their Sixth Sense had detected.

"No?"

Seeing Oreo's movements, Su Mo seemed to be deep in thought.

"It seems these six are just the appetizer in this grand show; there are still more main dishes to come!"

This small team was not a threat to Su Mo, but after receiving Oreo's affirmation, Su Mo nodded and his heart sank.

Waiting for prey is a hunter's instinct.

The six people moved slowly across the snow, but as time passed, their heavy steps made their destination clear:

It was Underground Shelter!

Lying on the high slope, Su Mo coldly watched the group slowly walk past the slope less than three hundred meters away.

As the distance increased, the image in the telescope became clearer and clearer.

The two leading men were wearing padded jackets that they had somehow gotten their hands on, with several pairs of pants underneath.

Such ill-fitting clothes naturally make one look a bit bulky.

However, compared to the four people behind them, these two had much better equipment.

Even the short man behind the man in the yellow cotton-padded jacket on the left was still wearing a thin autumn shirt covered with rough plant fibers.

With each gust of cold wind, the short man couldn't help but shiver and sneeze repeatedly.

As the group slowly passed the location of the Deep Sea Shelter, Su Mo could clearly see the joy on the faces of the two leaders.

At the same time, it is unclear what the two said, but the entire group's marching speed suddenly increased significantly.

In the hands of the man in the yellow cotton-padded jacket, all sorts of things began to appear.

Upon closer inspection, Su Mo burst into laughter.

The weapon Su Mo pulled out was familiar to him; it was the wooden spear that Su Mo had used to kill a chameleon just over ten days ago.

With four wooden spears, a shovel, and a Steel Blade, the six men looked menacing, and their clothes gave them a gangster vibe.

With such poorly made equipment and a disorganized formation, Su Mo almost couldn't resist the urge to chase after them and annihilate them all.

"These delivery guys, let alone six, even ten or twenty, wouldn't be a problem at all!"

Currently, there are still seven Explosive Crossbow Bolts filled with Picric Acid in the Storage Space. As long as they are aimed at the place where these people are standing, the huge impact of the blast wave when the trigger is pulled slightly will turn them into ashes in an instant.

"However, let's wait and see what the real feast is."

As the group of six gradually quickened their pace and disappeared from sight, Su Mo shifted to a more comfortable position and continued to lie down and wait.

Su Mo was completely at ease about whether these people could breach the Underground Shelter.

First of all, compared to when Huang Biao and his group attacked, the Underground Shelter has now sunk five meters underground.

Secondly, due to the infiltration, even the thinnest part of the thick stone wall is now five or six meters thick, not to mention the stone wall near the passageway that is eight or nine meters thick. Its sturdiness is self-evident.

Third, with the mobility provided by the Earth Tiger and the durability indicators provided by the system, Su Mo can immediately return if any abnormality occurs.

Taking all three points into consideration, Su Mo felt completely at ease with his lackeys and their group.

"It's a pity I didn't bring my Old Phone, which was still charging, with me when I came out, otherwise I could have used it to check for human traces nearby!"

Su Mo had only stopped to park and hadn't expected to encounter a delivery person, so he could only continue to lie down and wait.

While waiting, Su Mo opened the shelter's attribute panel, keeping a close eye on its durability while keeping a watchful eye on where the lackeys were coming from.

Sure enough, less than half an hour later, another group of people appeared in the same spot! Su Mo, who was getting a little numb from waiting, quickly patted the snow off his body and turned on the heating switch on his waist to warm up his body quickly.

The warm air from the heating rod and fan is very effective.

In less than ten seconds, the legs, which had been a little stiff, quickly relaxed and were ready to unleash their full power at any moment.

Taking out his binoculars, Su Mo quickly focused them, looking toward the approaching figure.

"Very good! Excellent!"

Unable to make out the faces of the figures, Su Mo roughly counted the number of people in the squad and was overjoyed.

The two teams were about five kilometers apart, and this team was clearly much better equipped than the previous team, which was dressed in tattered clothes.

"There were eight people in total. They looked well-equipped, and each of them had a thick cotton-padded coat. I don't know if they brought it with them or stole it from someone else!"

The previous six-person group stumbled along the way, but this group is different.

They cleverly followed the footprints of the group of six and quickly moved forward, easily avoiding any obstacles along the way.

At this pace, this group will catch up with the group from before in less than ten minutes.

"Hey, this group is familiar too. Aren't they... the foremen?"

Compared to the previous "scavenging" team, this group was the same group of supervisors that Su Mo had specifically noticed when he was surveying the camp.

It's a familiar place again.

That familiar expression again.

The two men in the front row glanced at the hillock of the Deep Sea Shelter, their faces lit up with joy, and they began to pull out their weapons from the spot.

"They had spears, knives, and even a homemade crossbow. Luckily, I used the Using Wolves to Drive Away Tigers Stratagem to interrupt their development, otherwise, in just a few days, I would have had to face a group of villains who were even more developed than me."

Despite the cold weather, Su Mo, lying on the snow, was sweating profusely.

Looking at the crude but clearly functional crossbow in the telescope's view, Su Mo was incredibly glad he hadn't gone too far in the ruins.

Otherwise, by the time they emerge, the kobolds in the camp will likely have developed a fully-fledged ranged weaponry system.

"Oreo, is it this group?" Su Mo asked in a low voice, stroking Oreo's two cute little ears.

However, Oreo still shook his head.

"Not yet??? Holy crap. Is there someone else behind them?"

Su Mo was astonished by Oreo's performance.

Including the previous six people and the current eight, there are now fourteen people. If there are more people later, it really doesn't make sense.

"Could it be that Maeda Kento is behind this?"

Seeing that the Game Panel still showed 100% durability, Su Mo forcibly suppressed his anxiety and continued to lie there waiting.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

It would be satisfying to follow up and wipe out this group now, but it might also cause you to miss out on the bigger fish that comes later.

The best approach is to wait!

Su Mo's choice was naturally "to wait"! Time passed quickly, and thick dark clouds blocked the sun from shining its brilliance.

The snowflakes grew larger and larger, and the gentle breeze gradually became turbulent.

There were no buildings, nor any tall trees to protect against the raging storm.

Even before the blizzard arrived, Su Mo's heart gradually grew cold.

This weather will continue for seven more days before the final feast arrives.

If wind and snow in other places were as large as this shelter, the human living environment would probably be in grave danger.

"That's not right. Before this group arrived, the snowstorm here wasn't this bad. It seems like the snowstorm gets worse as more people arrive."

Su Mo, who was lying on the ground lost in thought, suddenly realized a blind spot he had previously overlooked.

Su Mo took out the drawn map from his Storage Space and spread it out on the snow. He stared at it intently.

Draw a circle with the distance between the Underground Shelter and the Deep Sea Shelter as the radius.

Within a circle with a diameter of seven kilometers, when Su Mo was alone, there was a breeze, but it was a gentle breeze.

Although there was snow, it was light snow.

As a result, when the fourteen people entered the seven-kilometer circle, the wind and snow suddenly intensified.

Although this change may not seem very noticeable, Su Mo, who had been observing from above the hill, keenly noticed the difference!

There have definitely been changes! And significant ones at that! "No way, if the more people in the shelters there are, and the greater the disaster becomes, I'm afraid..."

"I understand. I was wondering why Ma Gu didn't form a group. It's very likely that they also discovered this problem that time, so..."

Su Mo slapped his forehead, and goosebumps instantly rose on his skin.

Finding Ma Gu's old notebook, Su Mo quickly flipped through it. In the 142nd day of the diary, a seemingly trivial self-talk caught Su Mo's attention:

"Man Man, your brother Ma is really good, but unfortunately there are too few monsters spawning near my shelter!"

"Not enough! Not enough!"

Before the entry for that day, Su Mo gently flipped through the pages of his diary, where the details of the disaster were clearly written:

Beasts rampage!