Airdrop Delivery, Disaster Descends
Leaving aside the rate of fire of the M1 Automatic Rifle, the subsequent Type 80 General Purpose Machine Gun alone had a rate of fire of about 700 rounds per minute.
Each bullet costs 2 points, and that's 1400 Survival Points per minute. Who can withstand that?!
"To build my own Iron Great Wall, I must ensure I have enough ammunition; otherwise, it's all just empty talk."
"Smokeless Gunpowder must be mastered."
Su Mo has already taken 99 steps on the path of manufacturing guns and assembling ammunition, and only the last step is left. Even if it is impassable, he will continue to walk it; even if it is impossible to push, he will push it.
Following the tradition of the older generation of Chinese scientists, Su Mo has full confidence in persisting in this endeavor.
But before that, "Airdrop, airdrop, when will it arrive!"
Stepping out of the basement, I looked at the cloudless, tranquil sky and saw no sign of an airdrop.
The reward for being the world's number one player made Su Mo incredibly eager to see what kind of goodies the game would offer.
As if hearing Su Mo's plaintive mutterings, the Game Panel popped up on its own, and a friendly notification sound rang out.
[Record]: Current airdrop arrival time remaining: 02:13:45. "Huh, it'll take another two hours to arrive?"
After reviewing the game's hints and confirming that the time was decreasing, Su Mo temporarily felt relieved and began to study how to purchase cotton.
65 Survival Points can get you 500g of cotton, which can be used to produce about 350g of Smokeless Gunpowder through a series of crafting processes.
Once loaded into bullets, the cost is calculated based solely on Survival Points, excluding other labor and material costs. Each bullet is worth 0.3 Survival Points.
Based on the rate of fire of the Type 80 General Purpose Machine Gun, it costs 260 Survival Points per minute! "Expensive! Too expensive! I'll definitely need a suitable cotton base to significantly reduce my losses. Otherwise, at this rate, I can forget about getting more shells; a single shell can easily cost thousands of Survival Points."
Without being on Earth's home turf, there's no way to accumulate any resources. Even if you want to search, you can only go to the ruins.
Something that can be easily solved on Earth requires building a series of production lines from scratch in the wasteland.
"It still comes down to population. The more people there are, the more resources can be collected, and the faster the development of shelters can be accelerated, providing stronger disaster resilience."
Having reluctantly identified the root of the problem, and glancing at the empty garage where Oreo was still playing with the Big and Little Spark, Su Mo could only open the trading channel and try searching for cotton.
Like timber, cotton is also a scarce commodity for wintering and sells for a high price.
Unable to determine which type of cotton could be used to make fire cotton, Su Mo could only use his 65 Survival Points to produce one pound of it and then select from the cotton he had on hand.
Now the goal is much clearer.
At the cost of 10 large pancakes and 10 Disaster Points, I finally got 20 kilograms of cotton in return.
After accounting for losses, this cotton can be used to make about 3,000 bullets, which is enough for the initial shelter use, so there is no need to worry about ammunition.
Seeing that the airdrop time was slowly approaching, and having a target in mind, Su Mo wasted no time and went to the Oil Well to replace toluene with ethylene.
The production of nitric acid and Sulfuric Acid is already well-established, so there's no need to elaborate further.
Without much effort, Su Mo completed the manufacture of guncotton in an hour. After carefully putting the wet guncotton back into his Storage Space, seeing that he still had time, Su Mo simply continued to prepare Picric Acid.
The benefits of making tools over the past two days were obvious. When making Picric Acid, Su Mo could feel that his speed had increased significantly.
In particular, the fact that they can still dedicate their energy to subsequent preparation while waiting for the reaction is enough to demonstrate that their production skills have greatly improved.
Su Mo didn't intend to keep any of the saltpeter. Apart from the amount used to prepare Sulfuric Acid and nitric acid for catalyzing guncotton, he used all of it to prepare Picric Acid in preparation for conquering the Kobold Castle.
The time spent crafting by hand is like not feeling the passage of time while driving. When the system notified him that the airdrop was about to arrive, Su Mo stood up, walked out of the garage, and waited quietly.
When the time came, the airdrop belonging to the world's number one arrived as scheduled.
The delivery method was not the way Su Mo imagined, where a plane carrying boxes would drop them off as it passed by the Underground Shelter. Instead, it used a more "advanced" delivery method that Su Mo had seen several times before.
Golden Light is projected.
A brilliant beam of light streaked across the sky, stopping as it passed the Underground Shelter. A box, roughly one square meter in size, came into Su Mo's view.
Seemingly having detected Su Mo's identity, Golden Light shook himself, dispersing a small cloud that dragged the box down.
The light cloud stopped about five meters from the ground, just like the way the ruins disappeared, turning into light spots and shattering with a bang.
Without buoyancy, the box plummeted down, landing right in front of Su Mo.
"This method is somewhat similar to magnetic levitation, but it is clearly much more advanced than any practical theory proposed by humans!"
Watching the Golden Light above depart, Su Mo didn't wait any longer and quickly went to the airdrop crate that had fallen.
The box that fell down looked even smaller; it didn't seem like it could hold valuable items at all.
But after witnessing the amazing card technology, Su Mo did not underestimate it at all. He carefully picked up the box marked "airdrop" and walked into the garage.
After setting down the chest door and the stone door one by one, and walking into his own Small World, Su Mo stopped and began to open the chest.
The suitcases, covered in the No. 1 print, are extremely beautiful and reflect various luxurious colors under the light.
Gently loosening the metal clasp on the crate, as Su Mo opened it, the airdrop crate emitted a light similar to that of the silver crate, and three items flew out automatically, beginning to tremble before Su Mo's eyes.
A black card, a red brocade pouch, and a prop that looks like a compass.
"It really is card technology!"
Sweeping the box aside, Su Mo grabbed the three items and sat down on the soft fabric sofa, beginning to examine them one by one.
At first glance, the very first black card gave Su Mo a real shock!
After reviewing the Game Panel's attributes, Su Mo began to observe them carefully.
Small Single-Arm Excavator (Excellent)
[Description]: A small diesel backhoe excavator produced by a certain heavy machinery manufacturer, which has the following working modes: trench end excavation, trench side excavation, straight excavation, curved excavation, excavation at a certain angle, ultra-deep trench excavation, and trench slope excavation.
[Total Weight]: 13,500kg [Bus Capacity]: 0.50-0.65m³ [Rated Power kW]: 72.7/2,200 [Traveling Speed (High/Low) km/h]: 5.5/3.5 [Climbing Ability]: 70%/35° [Restrictions]: Currently the card is locked; lock countdown: 68 hours [Usage]: Use in an open area to summon the card vehicle. Once deployed, it cannot be retrieved. Please choose carefully. "Wow, is the reward for being the world's number one really that awesome?"
Staring blankly at the card's description, Su Mo rubbed his eyes and was astonished to find that the wording hadn't changed and there was no restriction that it could only be used once!
Excavators reflect a country's level of mechanization, the progress of a machinery industry, and the reduction of manual labor.
With its huge bucket, the productivity boost brought by the excavator alone is enough to replace the work of dozens of people working at the same time.
Especially in certain architectural aspects, it enjoys a unique advantage.
"Luckily, I chose to livestream the first time because of Huang Biao, otherwise I would have missed this airdrop."
Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise. Through the reward from the world's number one person, Su Mo instantly made his decision:
The second time must be a live broadcast! Putting the excavator card into the Storage Space, Su Mo picked up the second brocade pouch and began to examine it.
[Points Brocade Sack (Rank 1 Reward, Bound)]
[Description]: Open to directly receive 1000 Disaster Points
The simple introduction couldn't hide the shock of the four-figure sum. Without the slightest hesitation, Su Mo directly opened the brocade pouch, and 1,000 points were instantly credited to his account.
By the time the last item, which resembled a compass, appeared, Su Mo had calmed down and was no longer agitated.
With the excavator and Points Brocade Sack, this airdrop reward has greatly improved the shelter's mechanical capabilities.
As for the compass, whether it's good or bad is no longer that important.
[Pointing Needle (Rare)]
[Description]: Press the button above the Pointing Needle, silently visualize the image of the object you are looking for, and its location will be vaguely indicated.
[Limitation]: The accuracy of the location increases with the level of Bonds with the user (common Bonds: blood ties, friends, pets).
[Limitation]: Used 3/3. Happy Labor Day everyone!