Blessing Limit, Mysterious Feather (Third Update)
"Due to the subsidence of the terrain, although the air from the upper levels can be transported down through pipes, the stale air will still settle. The lack of a ventilation system may be a serious problem for underground shelters!"
The first time I created an underground safe house, the Game Panel indicated that the underground had poor development potential.
The most crucial reason for all of this is the extreme difficulty in constructing a ventilation system at the basement level! If an ordinary person chooses to live underground, they would need to open doors for ventilation, not to mention now.
Even if it takes another few months, it will be difficult to complete the construction of the underground ventilation window without mechanical assistance.
Therefore, during the first disaster, of the top ten shelters, only Su Mo chose to go underground.
With the increasing number of floors in the shelter, and now with the adoption of a three-story design, even Su Mo is finding ventilation a bit tricky.
Back in the ventilation duct, Su Mo tried to invoke the system to check the duct's properties.
Underground Ventilation Device
[Description]: The rudimentary ventilation system is connected to the third basement level via a stone pipe to exchange air. Currently, the channel pressure is insufficient, resulting in low ventilation efficiency and a high risk of oxygen deficiency. Prolonged exposure to an oxygen-deficient environment can strain the brain. Upgrading is recommended.
[Upgrade Direction 1]: Increase the volume of the ventilation duct, enhance the pressure of the ventilation duct, slightly improve the ventilation efficiency, and slightly increase the air exchange efficiency. Requires 125 Survival Points.
[Upgrade Direction 2]: Add an electric ventilation device to significantly increase ventilation efficiency and air exchange efficiency, while slightly increasing the overall energy consumption of the shelter. This requires a front-end electronic control system and 2100 Survival Points.
[Comment]: You have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time. Taking too big a step can easily lead to trouble! "Sure enough, the system also detected ventilation problems on the third floor. Staying in such an environment, even if there is no immediate danger to one's life, will lead to anxiety and depression in the long run!"
If the brain does not receive a sufficient supply of oxygen for a long time, it will gradually increase its wear and tear, making thinking slower and learning slower.
Su Mo has seen this in a large number of scientific documents on Earth.
Looking at the two upgrade options offered by the system and glancing at the remaining Survival Points, Su Mo began to consider his options.
"The first method only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause. If we need to add more floors later, it's just a waste of money, and it won't immediately solve the ventilation problem on the third floor."
"The second option is too expensive! I won't be able to gather enough Survival Points until tomorrow. Investing so many Survival Points upfront feels like a waste."
Standing under the ventilation duct, Su Mo was in a dilemma.
On the previous floor, the air in the shelter was regulated by the Lion Man's Wind, which worked extremely well.
Now that it has suddenly become three layers, the blessing has immediately lost its immediate effect.
"Does the wind flow faster inside the pipe?"
After he finished speaking, there was no sound.
Whether it's a problem with the level 1 system or the Lionman's blessing, such small-scale adjustments are simply impossible.
"If the power of blessing is limitless, we can find a way to regulate airflow using density."
"We need to test the limits of this blessing first! Let's see if this power can be used infinitely, or if it's consuming something I can't see."
Thinking this, Su Mo stepped through the passageway and returned to the first floor.
Standing in an open space in the garage, after adjusting the local wind force to its maximum, Su Mo tidied up his things while recording the duration of the wind force.
The strongest winds were blowing out of the garage, carrying all the snow from the garage entrance into the air.
Curious Big and Little Spark, cooing and gurgling, spread their wings and flew into the raging air currents, where they were swept up and floated in the air, flying away.
Seeing the two little ones having so much fun, Su Mo wasn't idle either.
Back and forth, all the food supplies that had been opened were easily moved to the warehouse using the Storage Space.
Once everything was moved, the extremely strong winds outside began to subside.
Standing to the side, Su Mo carefully recorded the rate at which the wind speed decreased. After a while, without any human intervention, the wind speed returned to normal completely.
I tried to continue calling for the Blessing Power, but unfortunately, it was like talking to thin air; there was no response.
"It seems this is the limit of level one blessing! The maximum sustained wind output time is only about five minutes, with a decay time of three minutes."
"I anticipated that the Blessing Power would have its limits, but as long as this power isn't baseless, it will eventually be deciphered."
In the face of science, every extraordinary power has a traceable origin.
Although there were not enough instruments to detect the source of the power, Su Mo could vaguely sense that the power was gradually losing its mysterious veil.
The reason it looks intimidating is because its release method is different from that of physical objects, which humans cannot understand for the time being.
If we really want to compare, bringing out a giant fan would be just as powerful as what we have now!
After calling out the blessing three or five times and realizing that the Blessing Power would not recover in a short time, Su Mo simply put it out of his mind and began to organize the remaining things.
Currently, the electrical circuits in the shelter have all been installed, with only a few small areas remaining empty due to a lack of dedicated wiring.
The several dozen meters of PPR water pipe used to lay the water line can only be temporarily put aside, and will be incorporated into the design of the shelter after the construction of the water tank is planned.
A 50L freezer was placed on the second floor, and the shelter's power input was connected to the generator, causing the freezer to cool down rapidly.
The 400 Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery that were previously acquired are gradually reaching their load limit under the current consumption in the shelter.
Excluding the electricity needed for daily lighting, a normal 50L freezer only requires about 2 kWh per day to maintain the temperature, except for the first cooling cycle which consumes a lot of electricity.
With a storage capacity of 400 amp-hours, charging once a day is just enough to ensure a normal power supply.
"Upgrading or manufacturing larger capacity batteries is still a difficult task!"
After considering that expanding the Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery would require 500 Survival Points points, Su Mo was alarmed and quickly abandoned the idea of upgrading.
Currently, not to mention large-capacity energy storage devices, even small-capacity energy storage devices are not appearing for a long time.
This is a limitation of technological level, and a problem that has remained unsolved for hundreds of years since the invention of electricity.
For example, batteries and accumulators do not store electricity, but chemical energy; similarly, capacitors do not store electricity, but magnetic domain energy generated by the capacitor dielectric.
The famous Three Gorges Dam will convert any excess electricity generated into gravitational potential energy through pumped-storage hydroelectricity.
"It seems the only solution is to wait until we get to the secret realm and see if anyone is still selling batteries. If we connect them in parallel, it will temporarily alleviate the power pressure!"
The thought of having to spend a lot of Survival Points to upgrade every place gave Su Mo a headache, so he could only temporarily record these thoughts in the resource requirements.
On the other hand, with the generator providing power, the freezer cooled down extremely quickly.
Su Mo got up and threw in all the fresh meat and the fresh fruit he had obtained, then added all the noodles. These foods, which were very easy to spoil, were not a concern for the time being.
Back in the first-floor garage, Su Mo tried again to summon the power of blessing.
This time, at least it wasn't just talking to thin air. After calling for the strongest winds, the speed in some areas increased slightly, but after three to five seconds, it returned to normal.
"It seems that the power of blessing is indeed maintained by an invisible substance, and it needs to be slowly replenished once it is depleted!"
Unable to afford an electric ventilation system, and having tested the limits of his blessing, Su Mo had no choice but to begin researching ways to upgrade his blessing in order to solve the problem.
The Lion Man's Wind has two upgrade methods: one is the conventional upgrade of the blessing level, from level one to level two.
Another type is reversion, which is the reversion from the blessing of an ordinary lion-man to the blessing of Lion Man Priest, that is, improving the quality of the blessing.
The former only requires 800 points to upgrade, while the latter requires a whopping 3100 points! "The development speed is too fast, and the number of days is too limited. My current Survival Points are completely insufficient to support such rapid upgrades to the shelter."
At this moment, Su Mo finally understood what the system meant when it said that taking too big a step could lead to disaster.
Should we stay on the second floor first? Wait until we have enough Survival Points, and then figure out how to get to the lower floor? Su Mo summoned the core Tortoise Shell, looked at the extraordinary blessing power flowing on it, opened the upgrade panel, and quietly pondered.
Just like upgrading regular items, upgrading blessings can also be done by adding materials. In the upgrade level section, you only need to add any item with blessing power.
However, upgrading the quality requires a divine item of a higher level than the blessing level.
"What item could I possibly have that is of higher quality than the Lionman's blessing?"
Thinking about everything in the shelter and looking at the large pile of supplies on the ground, Su Mo simply started trying them one by one.
Divine items are definitely not food supplies, nor are they fabric sofas.
Of all the items, Su Mo began to try them one by one the strange supplies he had previously seized from the core.
A kobold sculpture that emerged from the core of the Marshall Mountains—it looks promising? Hmm... no response! A stone that looks like a suicide toy—a bit mysterious? Still no response! A notebook? No response! Su Mo patiently tried every single item he had captured.
Inside the Storage Space, items were taken out one by one, but there was no reaction, so they were placed aside.
When only three items remained in the Storage Space, Su Mo felt a chill and began to take them out one by one.
These three items are: an unassuming map, a colorful feather, and Maeda Kento's diary!
The map was inserted, but there was no response; the diary entry also had no response.
Those incredibly flashy, multicolored feathers! Naturally, there was no reaction. "Holy crap, what is this?"
The last, seemingly ordinary feather, just as Su Mo had given up all hope and locked onto the system's material inventory, suddenly emitted a rainbow of light! It was as if a rainbow had risen from the feather and hung directly above the garage, exceptionally beautiful.
At the same time, the two lights that testified to extraordinary power on the Tortoise Shell on the ground were suppressed by this light and hidden in the gaps of the Tortoise Shell almost instantly.
"No way... Maeda Kento actually has something this good?"
The Lionman's Blessing, which requires 3100 upgrade points to revert to its ancestral form, suddenly had its system notification change to 0 when the feather was locked in Su Mo's mind!
The system also thoughtfully provides alternative upgrade methods.
[Wind: The Lion Man's Wind]: Belongs to a branch under the "Wind" blessing system, originating from the broken Wooden Lion Man Clan Heritage Sacrificial Statue, with excellent upgrade potential.
Upgrade Path 1: Increase Blessing Level, enhance Blessing Ability, and Expand Blessing Range. Requires 0 Survival Points (Material Locked). Upgrade Path 2: Improve Blessing Quality, Convert to Lion Man Priest's Blessing, Slightly Increase Blessing Attributes and Potential. Requires 0 Survival Points (Material Locked). Upgrade Path 3: Sacrifice Materials. Randomly upgrades Blessing Quality Level based on Material Attributes, Changes Blessing Attributes, and Increases Blessing Potential. Requires 300 Survival Points (Material Locked). "Wow, what's the origin of this feather? It's so valuable!"
Seeing the system's upgrade method, Su Mo was completely bewildered, so he simply spent 1 point of Disaster Points to identify the attributes of the feather in his hand.
The light of the appraisal flashed, and the Divine Object, no longer concealing itself, revealed its true form.
"His name is the Rat God's Reverse Feather?"