No Conscience Cannon, Dispelling the Fog
"Hold on tight, don't fall, crouch down."
He directed Zhong Qingshu to hug his waist tightly, and the two of them lowered their bodies at the same time, using the wake of the Oreo to glide quickly across the ground.
With the husky's terrifying stamina, and now that Oreo has been Blessing of Ice and Snow, Su Mo is incredibly grateful that the first pet he got was Erha, and not some other creature.
Only Erha could unleash such terrifying power in the snow, bringing a glimmer of hope amidst the disaster.
"Wait a minute, I... we'll launch a frontal assault, you figure out a way to dig in using our old method to find people!"
"The person I'm looking for is my sister. If you call my name, she'll hear you and know. Please, please!"
"By the way, don't force it. It's very possible that my sister isn't inside. Better safe than sorry!"
Despite the strong wind, Su Mo managed to speak with difficulty to Zhong Qingshu behind him.
Feeling Zhong Qingshu's firm nod, Su Mo's anxiety eased slightly, and he began to multitask, studying how to infiltrate the Kobold Castle.
It's highly unlikely that they could break through using conventional weapons.
Even with guns, it would be extremely difficult to breach the thick stone walls of the Kobold Castle, let alone the stark difference in numbers between the two sides.
"The only advantage I can utilize is the Explosive Pack —sixty Explosive Pack. We must force them to come out and fight!"
There were over a thousand, perhaps even two thousand, kobolds.
With so many people staying in the castle, if Su Mo could confirm that his sister wasn't inside, he'd like to send Dongfeng Missile in for a baptism.
But right now, "Is there anything that can deliver my Explosive Pack to their castle, forcing them to come out of the city for a final battle?"
Holding tightly to the rope, and looking at the Kobold Castle that had come into view in the distance, Su Mo quickly thought through all the weapons he had seen intentionally or unintentionally during the civilized era.
From ancient siege ladders, catapults, and siege engines to modern howitzers and bombers, all weapons designed for sieges follow the same principle: bypassing the high and sturdy city walls to directly strike the enemy inside!
"To get them out, you have to instill fear in them."
"At the very least, we need to sense that their shelters will collapse if they don't leave the city!"
Although the sturdy castle didn't seem easy to collapse, Su Mo decided to prioritize stability when he thought about the terrifyingly high foundation beneath it.
This immediately made the available weapon choices clear.
"Italian Cannon, RPGs, Field Gun"
One item after another was retrieved by Su Mo from the Creation Interface, but when he saw the tens of thousands of Survival Points behind them, Su Mo felt a slight headache.
If you want the kobolds to come out and fight, but you can't just blow up their castle, these weapons are either too powerful or not imposing enough to have a deterrent effect.
"What could I use to send my Explosive Pack flying up their walls, or to hit them directly?"
Stripping away all modern weapons of war, the only options for launching Explosive Pack in the past were catapults, or... "No Conscience Cannon!"
Su Mo, who had seen Feng Xiaogang's film "Assembly" on Earth, was no stranger to this weapon.
During the Liberation War, the People's Liberation Army had very few artillery pieces. Given their inferior weaponry, the officers and soldiers created a terrifying weapon—an Explosive Pack launcher that used gasoline drums as cannon barrels.
After the propellant is filled in, the Explosive Pack, bundled into a disc shape, is placed into the barrel. Then, the propellant is ignited, which can launch the ten-kilogram Explosive Pack to a distance of 150-200 meters.
The caliber of this weapon is absolutely astonishing—it's as big as the barrel!
The powerful blast from the massive Explosive Pack sent bunkers, men, and horses flying wherever it passed.
Many enemies who were knocked down by the blast often had no visible wounds, yet they bled from all seven orifices and were literally killed by the shockwave, hence the nickname "No Conscience Cannon."
In the current environment, such weapons and equipment perfectly meet the two characteristics of "deterrence" and "bombing".
If the kobolds don't come out, they risk having their shelter bombarded and destroyed. If they do come out, it will create an opportunity for Zhong Qingshu to enter the shelter and find people.
Plans are in place! With the Kobold Castle now in sight, Su Mo excitedly tugged on the rope, signaling Oreo to stop.
"Oreo, could you please go back and bring them over? We're counting on you!"
He took out a bottle of Psionic Water and fed it to Oreo. Looking at the slight fatigue on the dog's face, Su Mo felt a pang of heartache and slowly stroked the dog's now enormous head.
"Aww! Woo!"
After drinking the Psionic Water, Oreo's dull fur regained some shine, and its size, which had shrunk by several tens of centimeters, was restored.
Nodding, looking at Oreo's obedient appearance, Su Mo suppressed the emotion in his eyes and tied the Hemp Rope and skateboard to Oreo's body in a knot.
Patting Oreo on the back and watching Oreo away, Su Mo turned his head, his expression turning cold and indifferent.
No one is born a leader, nor is anyone born a war god.
Growth is never something that can be achieved in the blink of an eye.
Everyone can only see the greatness of leaders in public, and the power of war gods who can fight against hundreds of enemies, but few or no one can see how much "growth" they have paid behind the scenes!
As an ordinary person from Earth, having overcome the initial panic and confusion, and through days of life-and-death decisiveness in the wasteland, Su Mo was able to quickly mobilize all his attention to take control of the situation.
Looking at Su Chan's still-lit profile picture in the friend request list, Su Mo let out two heavy breaths and began to explore the possibility of creating the No Conscience Cannon while reaching to the left.
Zhong Qingshu, who was standing nearby, was not idle either. Taking advantage of the snowy night, she quickly moved along the right side to investigate the kobolds' defenses and the possible location of Su Chan.
The communication via the Game Panel was even more convenient than a walkie-talkie. The two worked together seamlessly and completed their exploration of the castle in just ten minutes, before Oreo's second visit.
"It's late at night, the kobolds should be sleeping inside the castle. If your sister is inside, she should be safe for now."
Lying on the ground, watching the images returning through the binoculars and listening to Zhong Qingshu's uncertain explanation, Su Mo nodded, his anxiety quickly subsiding.
"I have a plan, I don't know if it will work, but in the current situation it is the most convenient and effective method. We must find your sister's location as soon as possible!"
After Zhong Qingshu finished speaking, she took out a piece of paper with a complete map of the Kobold Castle drawn on it.
"Speak freely!" Upon hearing Zhong Qingshu's words, Su Mo nodded without hesitation, indicating that she should speak her mind.
"Aren't you currently the number one shelter in the world? I know that those of you on the list can start a live stream and broadcast things within a 50-kilometer radius. If the system now recognizes that this is within a 50-kilometer radius of your shelter, with the help of the live stream perspective, perhaps we can see the internal structure of the Kobold Castle!"
After saying that, Zhong Qingshu drew several important points on the map, indicating that if they could find these locations, they might be able to find Su Chan!
"Oh right, how could I forget about that? As long as it's within 50 kilometers of my shelter, I can broadcast live!"
Three cobblers with their wits combined are better than one Zhuge Liang.
Suddenly reminded by Zhong Qingshu, Su Mo looked at the Kobold Castle and suddenly remembered this perk in the game rules that he would never normally think of.
During a disaster, who would run dozens of kilometers away to fight the enemy?
Two disasters, dozens of people on the list, including Su Mo himself, no one had ever done this before.
This blind spot in his thinking was something Su Mo, the person directly involved, probably wouldn't have realized for a long time if it hadn't been pointed out by an observer.
"To get the system to recognize this as being within a 50-kilometer radius of the shelter, I need to have my shelter there. That's not difficult."
"To operate it, all you need is a complete Shelter Core!"
After Zhong Qingshu pointed out the intricacies of the situation, Su Mo's thoughts became clear.
A complete Shelter Core is like a card or coupon; once placed in the Storage Space, it will remain outside and will not take up any space.
With a silent chant, Su Mo saw that there were still nine complete cores left and felt reassured. He immediately summoned one and created a shelter.
"I choose to create above-ground shelters!"
As a temporary Command Room for combat operations, Su Mo chose to create an earth-based refuge for the first time.
Upon hearing the summons, the core Tortoise Shell of the Shelter Core in his hand shook and flew straight into the ground beneath Su Mo's feet like a seed.
It is completely different from the way underground shelters are created.
The construction of the wooden house on the ground was more like planting a seed, which, under the catalysis of a "mysterious force," suddenly grew vigorously and broke through the soil.
This resulted in a wooden house on the ground that, although it looked dilapidated, was actually quite well-maintained.
Upon entering the house, Su Mo didn't hesitate to use his 350 Survival Points Survival Points create a simple lighting device.
The device is very simple; Lithium Battery is connected to a light bulb, but when the power is pressed, it bursts out with a bright light.
"The game is now live-streamed in first-person perspective, confined to the top of the shelter, with limited movement. Anyone can join."
"Second-person perspective, you can move freely within a 50-kilometer radius, but other players cannot join this perspective!"
After quickly setting up the live streaming permissions and seeing the start-up button light up, Su Mo excitedly stood up, opened the wooden house door, and went out.
Under the blizzard, the world, which was originally pitch black, suddenly became bright after the live stream was started.
Thanks to the streamer's privileges, Su Mo seemed to have activated a third-person perspective at this moment, jumping directly out of his body on the ground and looking up into the air.
Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters—the distance between Kobold Castle was getting closer and closer. Seeing that these silly kobolds were completely unaware, Su Mo was overjoyed and devoted himself wholeheartedly to searching for Su Chan's whereabouts.
However, Su Mo, who was frantically investigating the Kobold Castle, had no idea that this live stream at 3 a. m. would completely explode as soon as it started! Boom! Whoosh! This nameless live stream, which appeared at 3 a. m. and had only the number 1, initially attracted the attention of a small group of people, but after seeing that it was Su Mo's live stream and the content of the stream, these people went crazy.
"Holy crap, you guys need to watch Su Mo's live stream on the disaster relief efforts! What the hell is he doing at night?"
"Damn, what's the origin of this castle? It's too outrageous! Is it a base of some alien race?"
"What is Su Mo trying to do? Why is he allowed to broadcast live here? What is he planning? Is he going to attack alien races in this weather?"
"My God, there's a blizzard outside with temperatures dropping to minus twenty degrees Celsius, how dare Su Mo go out?"
"I know this race, they're kobolds. There's a small tribe of them near our shelter, they're incredibly fierce, they can shoot fireballs, ten times tougher than any Minotaur, right? But what the hell are these things? Are there so many kobolds near Su God's shelter? And a castle too?"
"What the hell!"
Su Mo going to livestream his attack on the alien base?
As the news began to spread wildly across World Channel and Area Channel, countless people who had already gone to bed for their shifts were woken up by their companions to watch this super live broadcast, which was likely unprecedented and would never be repeated.
Some speculate that Su Mo took advantage of the stormy weather to try and steal some chickens, hoping to gain even a small amount of wealth.
Some people speculate that such a magnificent castle could not be breached by manpower alone, and that Su Mo was merely there to observe it.
Some well-established "Su Supporter" are spamming the comments section with messages like "The world's number one man will challenge the colossal alien race single-handedly and establish humanity's prestige."
In the dead of night, this live stream became a celebration for all of humanity!
Until the first person stood up and explained the reason!