Era of Great Strife, New Territory Planning!

Muttering the names of the two resources, Su Mo understood why Ma Gu had chosen this location for his refuge.

The Saltpeter Mine, with its enormous area and exaggerated output, is at least level three in terms of star rating, and is most likely not the work of Ma Gu.

But judging from both its location and the amount mined, Su Mo was certain that this Grade II Sulfur Mine was created by Ma Gu!

As a soldier, Ma Gu was not very old. Given the information exchange of that era, most of the technology and knowledge he could access came from things he was familiar with in his daily life or from word of mouth.

A general outline gradually began to form in Su Mo's mind.

The reason Ma Gu chose this location to build his base was probably because he saw such an impressive Saltpeter Mine and then realized that he could make gunpowder as long as he found sulfur.

Therefore, after acquiring the machine tools and Sulfur Mine, Ma Gu was able to use the machine tools to produce large quantities of ammunition, which he then sold in exchange for other resources.

Unfortunately, Ma Gu wasn't selling weapons; it was part of a bullet production line.

He didn't find Copper Mine, so when making bullets, he had to pay a large additional tax to players who had Copper Mine.

This is why he didn't accumulate enough wealth.

"Looking at it this way, I'm actually quite lucky! If I can find Copper Mine in the resource card and repair the Thermal Weapon machine tool, I can directly produce bullets and sell them continuously, becoming an arms dealer!"

The item duplication voucher from the treasure chest is of the Wood rank. Su Mo doesn't know if it can duplicate higher-rank cards.

But at this moment, looking at the resource card that had already been generated, Su Mo's eyes were filled with thoughts, and his mind began to quickly consider the pros and cons.

The productivity boost brought by resource cards is very intuitive.

At this stage, as long as you can gather all sorts of resources near the shelter, you can immediately shout "Wuhu take off!"

While staring at the copy coupon and hesitating whether to use it, Su Mo's gaze fell on the word "random" on the card.

With a slap on his forehead, Su Mo suddenly realized!

"How could I forget about this! I still have hundreds of treasure chests. Who knows, I might get other cards from them!"

With Random Resource Generation Card already in use, it's hard not to think that fixed resource generation cards might be used later.

If you can get a fixed copper and iron ore resource card directly from the treasure chest, even if the output is not high, it can give your early development speed a rocket boost.

"Today! No! Tomorrow morning, we'll start researching how to upgrade the shelter. Once the space is expanded, we'll open all the treasure chests at once!"

As he approached the Treasure Chest Wall, a glint of light flashed in Su Mo's eyes.

If a steady stream of resource cards were to flow in, this barren depression beneath our feet would never again be as impoverished as it was in Ma Gu.

Copper Mine, iron ore, and even rare earth minerals, along with many other resources, will transform the depression into the richest place in this wasteland, a paradise that everyone envies, thanks to the resource cards.

The new resource features are like opening the door to a new world.

With this motivation, even in the Underground Shelter, Su Mo felt full of energy.

After carefully putting away the cards in the Storage Space, Su Mo went to the Supply Room and began preparing dinner.

"The kobolds and lionmen need to be dealt with quickly, otherwise, with so many resources suddenly appearing around me, these monsters will inevitably come and rob me. But if they do rob me, it doesn't matter. If there's ore, I'll deal with them after they've mined some. It's practically like I'm mining myself."

"Well, since we've got the yeast powder, let's make some dough today and steam some buns later."

Picking up the freshly opened all-purpose flour and a small packet of yeast, Su Mo went to the stove and began preparing to knead the dough.

Steamed buns are a traditional skill of people in Northwest China.

Previously, due to a lack of ingredients, we couldn't enjoy the pleasure of eating steamed buns and drinking soup. Now, with yeast powder to leaven the dough, it's a piece of cake.

Take out some yeast and some sugar, mix them with warm water, pour them into the flour, and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic – the bowl, your hands, and the dough are all clean.

At this point, you can leave the noodles aside to rest.

Meanwhile, take out some rice, light the firewood under the stove, and with the blower running, the rice porridge will be cooked and delicious.

With the addition of Psionic Water, the dough-rising process was also accelerated considerably.

In just half an hour, when he noticed that the inside of the dough had become almost honeycomb-like, Su Mo skillfully took the dough out and kneaded it into the shape of a steamed bun.

Place them in a steamer, cover the pot, and in less than half an hour, the steamed buns and rice porridge are freshly steamed.

"Wow, the steamed buns made with Psionic Water smell so good! I can smell the aroma even through the lid!"

Swallowing hard, I estimated the time was about right, then lifted the lid of the pot and looked at the perfectly round white steamed buns on top. A wave of blissful madness washed over me!

Of course, when Su Mo turned his head to look to the side, the three little ones couldn't help but start shouting, eager to "share" the steamed buns inside.

Back in the Supply Room, Su Mo took out some kelp strips and Da Tou.

First, ladle the porridge into three small bowls, then break the steamed buns into small pieces and drop them into the bowls.

Seeing how happily the Big and Little Spark were eating, and how the Oreo were barking and drooling from the heat, Su Mo could no longer resist the acid saliva that was starting to seep out of his mouth, and his appetite was whetted.

Break the steamed bun open, add kelp strips, and squeeze it tightly! With this one bite, Su Mo took a full third of it. The solid texture of the steamed bun and the soft and glutinous texture of the fermented dough, mixed with the salty, fragrant, spicy and numbing flavor of the kelp strips, exploded in his mouth almost in a second.

As he chewed and swallowed, the stimulating taste caused sweat to break out on Su Mo's forehead almost immediately.

Take another bite, and before the taste fades in your mouth, blow on the fragrant and delicious rice porridge next to you, then gulp down half a bowl in one go.

At this moment, Su Mo felt that even discovering Geothermal Resource wouldn't bring him this much happiness! The Dopamine released from the delicious food had completely exceeded its normal limits, making him feel dizzy.

Three bites for a steamed bun, four bites for a bowl of rice porridge.

Su Mo ate with such gusto that he was completely stuffed, only stopping when his stomach began to protest and he could eat no more.

"Wow, this is the first time I've realized that ordinary home-cooked meals on Earth can taste so delicious. I've been so busy before, missing out on so much joy!"

Touching his round belly, Su Mo sat down on the ground, leaning against the stone bench behind him, staring blankly at the ceiling.

After the surge of Dopamine secretion, as it gradually disappears, it always brings wave after wave of emptiness.

At this point, naturally, humans will enter the legendary "sage mode".

Only at this time will most people step out of their own heavy shells and think about problems from a God's-eye view.

"If this trend continues, it seems my previous ideas will be completely overturned!"

With a single move, a map hand-drawn by Su Mo himself slowly flew out of the air from his Storage Space and landed on the ground, then the resource map on the Game Panel was brought up.

Taking out a pen, Su Mo began to carefully modify the data and more accurately determine the terrain undulations, while also marking the existing resource reserves on the map.

Besides Sulfur Mine resources and newly discovered Geothermal Resource, the entire basin, at least within the current area, also contains a thick, seemingly land-like oil resource beneath the base.

I don't know if this resource was obtained through mining or generated naturally. I tried it, but Su Mo couldn't see any attributes.

However, this also indirectly shows that it is entirely feasible to move the Oil Well layer over!

"I initially thought this was just a regular survival game, but now it seems to have a bit of a strategy city-building game feel to it."

"Era of Great Strife!"

In the upper right corner of the map, Su Mo exerted force with his wrist and wrote these four characters!

To achieve rapid development, resources are essential, ranging from basic Copper Mine, iron, Coal Mine, timber, and oil to more advanced geothermal energy and various rare minerals.

If these things are fixed on the map and only exist in one place, that's fine; everyone can develop them together, and there won't be any major conflicts.

But now, the problem facing us has suddenly changed!

Resources are not only present on the map, but can also be generated near the shelter territory using resource cards.

This leads to a situation where those without resources become increasingly poor, while those with resources become increasingly wealthy. Over time, this naturally leads to round after round of competition.

Foreign tribes scramble for resources, and so do their own kind; whoever has the resources becomes the target of everyone's envy.

"If I want to gradually transform this barren 'lowland,' this lowland that everyone looks down upon, into the fertile ' Su Mo Basin,' into a ' Treasure Basin,' I not only need a large number of resource cards, but most importantly..."

"Force!"