Expand! The Advancing Hillock! (Second Update)
"Perfect timing! I thought the Level 3 Alloy Gate on the second floor of the Deep Sea Shelter was going to go to waste, but now it seems it'll be perfect as the door to my garage!"
Without going far, Su Mo simply put on his Combat Suit, which he hadn't had time to wash yet, went to the War Room, quickly checked that everything was alright, and then walked out of the passageway.
Shake the keypad and push open the outermost heavy stone door.
The midday sun, like a blatant thief, brazenly took away the darkness from the shelter's passageway.
The sky was cloudless and a deep, clear blue. Ignoring the fact that it was a wasteland, it truly resembled a pristine grassland on Earth.
The air was fresh, and the snowflakes fell like cotton.
Removing his mask and breathing in the long-awaited warm air, Su Mo couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"The weather is so nice, but if this continues, these snowflakes that haven't been compacted yet will probably turn into ice!"
The snowflakes at the entrance of the shelter had frozen slightly hard, and there was even a layer of ice crystals on them.
After stomping on the snow, to prevent the doorway from freezing and making it difficult to go out, Su Mo simply took out a shovel and started shoveling the snow.
With the sun blazing overhead, Su Mo worked for over an hour until all the snow in front of the shelter's gate was cleared to the side, creating a clear path before he finally stopped.
Compared to the scorching sun of the past few days, the sunlight was now terrifying, and the outdoor temperature had also returned to above 10 degrees Celsius. Wearing the Combat Suit, I felt waves of warmth constantly surging through me.
If this kind of weather can last for three to five days, the humans who survived in the wasteland can seize this opportunity to develop rapidly.
"The shelter is currently facing a severe shortage of wood and stone; the large gap must be filled before new floors are built."
The large hole that Marshall had blown open earlier is still exposed bare in the wilderness.
With plenty of time, Su Mo didn't plan to buy directly from the Trading Market, but instead picked up scattered stones in the wilderness.
With its Storage Space folding function, it saved the trouble of moving things around, and soon enough, the 10 units of stone needed for the repair were gathered.
After spending 15 Survival Points for the crafting fee, a flash of green light appeared, and the previous gap disappeared without a trace.
Standing on the hillside, with a mask to block out the red ultraviolet rays, Su Mo looked out into the sunlight.
It was around 2 p. m., and the sun was even more intense than at noon, as if it were the height of summer.
This unusual sign completely contradicts common astronomical knowledge.
"Hopefully things won't turn out the other way around, and hopefully this good weather will last until the last day before disaster strikes!"
After telling Oreo to stand guard, Su Mo stood on the hilltop and began taking all the Shelter Core.
There are still 9 complete Shelter Core left. Subtracting the 8 damaged Shelter Core consumed previously, and replenished by cores from Maeda Kento's Storage Space, the current number is:
35! "A complete Shelter Core is 100 square meters when placed, and 12 cores are needed to expand the area. A sacrificial shelter requires 22 cores, and after using them all, there will be one left over for emergencies!"
Having made his plans clear, Su Mo didn't waste any time and directly took out a complete Shelter Core, activating the Game Panel.
A familiar message appeared, but this time it was different from the last one.
[Safe House]: 1. When placed on the ground and connected, it can form a 120-square-meter Stone House with good disaster resistance and excellent development potential.
2. If placed underground, it can cover the existing shelter, forming a 100-square-meter underground single layer with a floor height of 4.2 meters. After being connected, it has strong disaster resistance capabilities, but its development potential is average.
The wooden house that was supposed to be displayed after placement has now become Stone House, and the underground pit has become an underground level.
The original disaster resistance capacity was weak and the development potential was extremely poor, but now it has become strong and average.
"Select Method 2 to generate underground level floor"
[Record]: You have selected to generate an underground shelter. In the generated terrain, the Tortoise Shell bursts out with red light, jumps out of your hand, and lands on the ground.
As the light gradually intensified, the original small hill changed again compared to the previous ten meters, and continued to rise during the underground movement and compression.
Ten meters, eleven meters. It took a full four or five minutes for the change to stop.
When Su Mo looked at it again, the small hill that was originally only five or six meters high had grown to a height of thirteen meters after being moved twice.
Standing on top, looking down at the depression and into the distance, compared to before, even though it's only a three-meter difference, I now have a feeling of looking down from above.
"I will climb to the very top and look down upon all the mountains below!"
"No, it should be."
"There were no mountains in the world originally; they were placed there many times, and that's how they became mountains!"
Looking down at the Great Plains, Su Mo felt a surge of pride for some reason.
In the Earth era, Mo Du costs tens of thousands of yuan, even for the cheapest places, and in some places it can be ridiculously expensive, reaching six figures or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.
Back then, no one dared to think that the entire area within their sight was their own territory.
Even the fishpond CEO who once said, "I want everyone to know that you have contracted this fishpond," probably doesn't have the ambition to claim that he owns tens of square kilometers of territory.
But now... "Ah!!!!"
Facing the open space ahead, Su Mo shouted loudly, and a powerful feeling of having the world in his hands was amplified in the echo!
"Oreo, Big and Little Spark, this is the empire I have conquered for you!"
With another shout, Su Mo looked at the bewildered Oreo in the distance, nodded with satisfaction, and laughed as he examined the evolved little hill.
The original small hill resembled a tomb, oval in shape, lying obediently on the ground like a large bowl covering the earth.
After the initial placement of the base and the construction of drainage ditches, the area in front was raised considerably, while the area behind was leveled and plowed, becoming extremely flat.
However, after this placement, the 100 square meters of soil below had nowhere to go, so it was added to the foundation of the hill, making the small hill no longer look the same as before.
Compared to the gentle slopes of the Deep Sea Shelter, the hills of the Underground Shelter are much steeper, especially the front, which is almost vertical at a 90-degree angle.
From a distance, if a majestic gate could be built here, it would truly give the feeling that the gates of the world have been opened here.
After watching for a while, Su Mo slowly slid down the back of the hillside.
Oreo, who had been standing guard at a distance, also ran over curiously, tilting his head to look at the hill.
After walking around the hill, Su Mo stepped to the main entrance.
The main entrance was moved slightly upwards due to the elevation of the site, and the interior also underwent subtle changes.
The originally designed three-section passageway, as expected, had a small opening on the side wall behind the second section after Su Mo opened the door and went in.
Su Mo took out a flashlight from his Storage Space and curiously examined the interior facilities through the small opening.
The newly created underground level is still pitch black, just like the first underground pit we created.
Stepping inside, Su Mo shone the light on himself and touched the materials around him.
Compared to the previous wooden structure, this time the walls, ceiling, and floor are all made of the same solid stone material.
With a thought, the shelter's attribute panel opened naturally, revealing new attributes.
[Underground Shelter (Main)]
[Level]: lv2 [Description]: A two-story shelter made entirely of thick rock, possessing two low-level extraordinary attributes, capable of resisting extremely strong external impacts and minor disasters. Being in this shelter greatly enhances one's sense of security.
[Space]: 320㎡ (First Floor: 4.2m ceiling height, 220㎡; Second Floor: 4.2m ceiling height, 100㎡) [Completeness]: 100% [Facilities]: Youneng Water Well, Large Vegetable Culture Medium, Ventilation Lighting Window, three-section tunnel defense [Supernatural Abilities]: Mermaid's Water, Lion Man's Wind [Currently Available Permissions]: Reconstruct, Connect
"As expected, the game recognizes this upgrade method. The area is now 320 square meters, and my floor number has increased to two."
"So, what's next?"
Arrange the 12 damaged Shelter Core in sequence and activate the area upgrade function on the Game Panel.
After all the cores were put into the Game Panel, as Su Mo finished speaking, all the cores began to dissolve.
This time, compared to the previous brutal clashes, the violence escalated impatiently.
The newly appeared layer was much more soothing; as you gently moved inward, it gently trembled.
At the edge of the line of sight, the wall began to slowly recede.
This movement maintained a very steady, snail's pace, and as the wall moved backward, the area began to increase.
After standing there for a while and realizing that it would take quite a while to expand the area, Su Mo simply walked out of the small door.
"The previous Living Level will become the second floor, and the newly added area will become the first floor. The Deep Sea Shelter, which was sacrificed here, will become the base's garage. It seems that the main gate will also need some modifications!"
The current three-way passageway leads directly to the second floor of the Underground Shelter, with a small door on the first floor located in the passageway, which is very inconvenient.
According to the design of the Deep Sea Shelter, the Underground Shelter will also be connected by stairs to form three floors.
Therefore, there is no need to design the entrance door in this way.
Upgrading the garage door and setting up defensive passages through the stairs inside the garage, extending downwards section by section, is both safe and convenient.
After closing the tunnel gate, I watched as the small hill continued to slowly undulate due to the expansion below.
Su Mo lit the Oreo next to him and headed toward the Deep Sea Shelter.