Ruins Mystery, Continue Stockpiling!

[Feng Mengyue: Because there is no specific tool for measuring time, according to the angle of the sun, I entered the Ruins at about eight o'clock in the morning]

[Feng Mengyue: The outside of the Ruins is shrouded in a layer of fog, but when you get close, you can barely see the situation inside]

Looking at Feng Mengyue's private messages from the previous two days, Su Mo nodded.

In terms of time and the shape of the Ruins, it seemed that everyone was about the same. With a thought, Su Mo pulled down and continued reading.

[Feng Mengyue: After entering the Ruins, when I came back to my senses, I found myself standing in a building, surrounded by the Bulletproof Glass I traded to you. I tried to look outside through the window, but it was blocked by the fog. After that, I didn't dare to go out. I held a few pieces of Bulletproof Glass and waited for two hours before automatically exiting the Ruins]

[Feng Mengyue: After leaving the Ruins, about two hours had passed, just like inside the Ruins]

[Feng Mengyue: Although there is no way to leave the Ruins, I can be sure that this Ruins is definitely not our Earth]

Seeing Feng Mengyue's private message, Su Mo's face sank, and he felt a trace of ominousness.

The time of the first two Ruins appearances and the appearance of the Ruins were still correct.

But the last three were completely different. Not only Feng Mengyue, but everyone who had entered the Ruins in the chat log described the place where they appeared as being inside a building.

Only Su Mo appeared in a wasteland and had to break through the wall of a farmer's house to enter the yard.

Moreover, Su Mo was 99 percent sure that the place he entered was definitely related to Earth.

[Su Mo: What makes you so sure?]

With a thought, after sending this sentence, Su Mo's thoughts flowed, holding the White Porcelain Tea Cup, and pondered secretly.

On the other side, in a slightly humid underground base, the woman leaning against the wall panel smiled as she looked at the message on the screen.

Reflecting the firelight, the woman had bright eyes and white teeth, and a charming smile. She didn't look like the other survivors who were in a mess.

If Su Mo could see it at this time, he would definitely recognize that the woman in front of him was Feng Mengyue.

Feng Mengyue did not reply immediately, but instead sent messages to other people in the private message interface.

After a while, four people walked into the underground base.

Three men and one woman, all tall and straight, with firm faces, unlike ordinary people.

"How is it, Yueyue, what did that Su Mo say?"

The woman who came in asked anxiously at the first time. The other three men also showed expectant expressions after hearing the name Su Mo.

"It's hard to say. Su Mo is very cautious. I judge that his strength is very strong and he has already explored outside the Shelter," Feng Mengyue shook her head slightly.

Everyone was silent.

Feng Mengyue continued: "He bought glass before to strengthen his Shelter, and he has a steady stream of water resources. Logically speaking, ordinary people should guard the gold mine and slowly develop, but Su Mo didn't. He still took the risk to enter the Ruins, proving that he is not an ordinary person."

"Then what should we do? Can we still win him over to join our team?" The man with a scar on the left side of his face was a little impatient and asked anxiously.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Now we don't have any means of transportation, so it's impossible to move. It's only because we are close that we can connect with each other."

[Feng Mengyue: Su God, don't you think so? You've seen the attributes of that glass. Where does our Earth have this kind of technology? It's almost magic, okay? Moreover, some other people in our team have also walked out of their buildings and seen the outside world. If Su God considers joining our team, we can share this information together]

Looking at Feng Mengyue's reply, Su Mo shook his head and smiled dumbly.

It wasn't that he was afraid of being alone, nor was he afraid that these people would harm him. At this stage, to form a team, it was basically impossible unless they were close to each other.

And if he joined the team, the value he could provide in a short time would be the Psionic Water in his hand.

This deal was not worth it.

After privately sending Feng Mengyue 100ml of Psionic Water as an information reward, Su Mo closed the private message.

"If I am still different from others when I enter the Ruins next time, I will try to buy information from other people. There is no rush for now."

The biggest danger at present is the unknown periodic disaster. The premise of exploring the Ruins is to ensure the safety of the Shelter.

If he focuses on the trivial and neglects the fundamental, he may lose his wife and lose his army if the Shelter is breached by the disaster.

After thinking for a while, Su Mo calmed down and began to continue building the Shelter.

The acquisition of iron is almost done, but the initial Shelter cannot be entirely made of iron.

The strength of an iron Shelter is not high. Although it will form a Faraday Cage to resist lightning, its practicality is actually very low. In an ideal state, reinforced concrete is the best solution.

Opening the inventory, Su Mo began to sort out the purchased resources.

First is iron. I had collected 130 units intermittently before. Six units were used to build the iron stove, leaving 124.

Next is wood. Because I entered the Ruins, I didn't chop wood today, and the current inventory is only one unit.

Plant fiber and stone are all exhausted.

Six units of soil.

Psionic Water, after washing pots, buying meat, cooking, and paying Feng Mengyue's reward, I have 1.8L left.

Su Mo doesn't plan to save this water.

Psionic Water has a fixed output every day, but the materials are different and need to be collected manually and sold.

Su Mo was careful. The current trading system is really buggy. Not only are there no restrictions, but it can also transmit items remotely.

This mechanism doesn't seem like much in the short term, but the more it goes on, it will inevitably be controlled and manipulated by financial professionals.

In and out, using the price difference, these financial people can fool ordinary people around.

The survival game will naturally not sit idly by and let these people destroy the rules.

After the novice stage, the trading system will definitely be subject to some restrictions, or simply be abolished.

And the most critical trading items, water and food, will definitely return to normal exchange ratios as time goes on.

At that time, it will be even more difficult to use the asymmetry of resources to gain a developmental advantage.

Having figured this out, Su Mo opened the trading panel and started shopping.

Rare items are still not listed for sale by anyone for the time being.

Switching to ordinary materials, sorted by unit price.

Excluding wood, soil, and food fiber, stone is currently the cheapest resource on the market.

Collecting one unit of stone on the Great Plains takes about 15-20 minutes.

Miners near the mines can mine one piece in about 5 minutes.

So, according to labor to calculate the value of resources, one unit of stone requires 5ml of water resources.

Just calculating this in his mind, Su Mo couldn't help but roar: "It's really a black mine, no, even the capitalist black mines didn't dare to do this!"

Digging stones in the hot sun for an hour can only be exchanged for 60ml of water resources.

Converted, that's only two sips of water!

This is why many miners rest during the day and come out to mine at night.

The heat of the sun during the day consumes too much energy, and 60ml of water cannot compensate for an hour's consumption at all.

Only at night can these water resources just maintain the basic life needs of the miners.

The more he analyzed, the more Su Mo understood the situation of other people in the apocalypse.

Su Mo suppressed the anger in his heart and took a deep breath, saying: "A game of human lives!"

In essence, it is a seemingly gamified survival world, but behind it are pairs of eyes eager to survive.

Mining is just living very miserably! If you don't mine, you die!

Of course, these miners are still the better-off among ordinary people, like those living in Su Mo's Great Plains, with no mines to mine.

They can only chop trees, and the resources they get in return are even less, probably not enough to maintain a person's daily survival needs.

Shaking his head with a hint of disappointment, pretending to forget the many scenes that flashed in his mind just now, Su Mo said in a low voice.

"Take care of yourself when you are poor, and benefit the world when you are rich. Let's just say I'm making a small contribution."

According to the market price, the exchange ratio between his Psionic Water and ordinary water is 1 to 1.3.

However, Su Mo did not exchange it, but directly used Psionic Water to start shopping.

Monopolistic trading is too profitable. It only cost 1L of Psionic Water to buy back as many as 200 units of stone.

As for the remaining 800ml of water, Su Mo took out 500ml and exchanged it all for food to store.

When choosing food, Su Mo adhered to the principles of easy storage, filling, salty, and not easy to spoil, and chose bread.

Including the 8 jin of Large Rye Bread panels left over from before, the current bread stock is now 14 jin.

Looking at the inventory full of supplies, Su Mo, who had been feeling down because of the human situation, gradually regained his confidence and said calmly:

"Although relying on the system is not my true ability, who can say what will happen in the future? As long as I am still alive, humanity will never be extinct."

"One day, I will become stronger and live longer!"

"Perhaps... I can create a super Shelter that is difficult to shake even by any natural disaster!"

Su Mo's tone became more and more steady.

Oreo, who was lying down on the other side on guard, also turned around in time, barking, indicating that he also had a share in this heavy responsibility!