Wasteland Day Four

Doomsday Calendar, January 4

You slept deeply, fully recovering your energy and condition (Survival Points +2)

You discovered a ruin (Survival Points +2)

You gained your first companion in the apocalypse (Oreo), and you were very happy, your depression swept away (Survival Points +20)

You explored the ruin, giving you a certain understanding of the unknown (Survival Points +5)

You killed the powerful enemy, the ruin monster, increasing your combat power (Survival Points +10)

You reaped a great harvest in the ruin (Survival Points +5)

Your meals were extremely satisfying, greatly increasing your sense of happiness (Survival Points +2)

Scanning host's living environment. Evaluating Survival Points. Today's gain: 36 Survival Points.

Final settlement: Survival Points +82. Remaining Survival Points: 202. Morning sunlight streamed down, and Su Mo awoke in the warmth. Thanks to obtaining the Kang Three-Piece Set yesterday, the night's cold had been completely swept away.

Oreo, who was lying beside him, saw Su Mo wake up and obediently placed his head on the headboard, signaling for Su Mo to pet him.

After rubbing Oreo's head, Su Mo stretched and sat at the head of the bed.

After accumulating for two days, his Survival Points had finally surpassed 200, enough to meet the minimum requirement for modifying the shelter's materials.

He opened the chat channels. After overcoming the confusion of the first few days, the people who remained alive had also begun to face reality: surviving in the wasteland.

He entered the World Channel first.

"Tomorrow, the first acid-rain disaster is coming. By the way, are you all prepared?"

"Prepared my ass. I wish the acid rain would fall today. This damn weather is so hot I feel like my throat is smoking."

"Brother above, are you serious? You even dare to drink acid rain? I respect you as a brave warrior."

"Can't you drink acid rain after boiling it? Surely you can?"

"Here's a little science lesson. It's not that acid rain can't be drunk; it depends on the concentration. For example, acid rain is sulfuric acid at an extremely low concentration. The harmful impurities in it will still remain even after boiling and sedimentation. If the concentration is low, you can process it and drink a small amount, but if it's highly concentrated, I suggest you fend for yourself."

"God will bless us and help us survive~"

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Compared with the crowded World Channel at the beginning, messages now appeared sparsely enough that everyone's posts could be seen clearly without scrolling.

The content had also shifted from the despair and pessimism at the start to occasional sharing of bits of useful knowledge.

"Tomorrow's the disaster already. Time really flies."

Since arriving in the wasteland world, three days had passed in the blink of an eye.

After switching to the Area Channel, Su Mo first looked at the number of survivors on the far right: 774.

"Mm, not bad. This number is much better than expected."

During the beginner period, there were basically no insane Mutated Creatures sneaking over to attack at night, so the surviving humans could at least cling to life through the nights.

But on the final day before the disaster arrived, everyone would have to consider how to get through it.

After getting up, he drew out the Psionic Water stored overnight and carefully watered the Vegetable Culture Medium.

After storing the remaining Psionic Water in the water barrel, Su Mo began preparing an exquisite breakfast for Wasteland Day Four.

He took out the Earthen Pot he had washed the night before, placed it on the stove, lit the last unit of wood, and put it beneath the stove to start the fire.

He poured the sweet, rich Psionic Water into the Earthen Pot and began heating it.

Smelling wisps of faint fragrance, Su Mo took out the Large Rye Bread and began breaking it apart like Lamb Paomo.

Bread pieces the size of fingers went into the pot. As the water gradually heated, they softened and melded together.

After breaking apart roughly a pound and a half, the water in the Earthen Pot began to boil.

In an instant, the rich peach-kernel flavor of the Large Rye Bread, mixed with hazelnut fragments and blended with the Psionic Water, erupted into a unique, faint fragrance.

"It smells incredible. This water is practically a natural seasoning."

Su Mo took a deep breath of the fresh fragrance.

If last night's meat soup had been satisfying, then today's bread soup was pure enjoyment.

Although he had been in the wasteland world for less than a week, Su Mo felt that it had been at least one or two months since he had eaten anything this delicious.

Saliva began pouring from his mouth.

"It would be even better with some vegetables."

While controlling the heat, Su Mo opened the trading channel.

He searched for vegetables. Swish! There were dozens of pages of vegetable packets.

The prices were all absurdly high.

Some of these vegetable packets had been obtained from treasure chests, while others were leftovers from instant noodles people had opened and eaten.

Su Mo had originally planned to trade with Psionic Water, but after thinking it over, he changed his mind.

"Why not try the World Channel?"

With a thought, he opened the World Channel.

Since arriving in the wasteland, he had not used his megaphone even once.

Su Mo: A bowl of fragrant bread soup cooked with Psionic Water in exchange for a vegetable packet. Highest bidder gets it. No time-wasters.

A message slid across the World Channel.

By now, Su Mo's personal profile had over a million followers. As soon as the message appeared, countless people immediately caught it.

"Holy crap, Su God is that loaded?"

"Bread soup cooked with Psionic Water? Tsk..."

Although most people had already accepted Su Mo's extravagance, a small number of people who rarely checked the World Channel were still extremely shocked.

In just a few seconds, Su Mo received over a thousand trade messages.

Some genuinely had vegetable packets, while others planned to exchange different supplies.

"Su God, I haven't eaten for two days. Please, have mercy and give me a sip of soup. I'm begging you."

"I have a Kerosene Lamp. Can I trade it for a bite to eat?"

"Boss, I have the vegetable packet from a pack of Kang Shuai Fu Sauerkraut Flavored Instant Noodles. Can I trade it?"

"I have a portable vegetable packet here, a full 100 grams. Can I trade it, Su God?"

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So many people came running to trade that even Su Mo had not expected the scene to be this lively.

After Su Mo ladled out a bowl of roughly 200 milliliters of bread soup, the trading channel exploded even further.

200g Bread Soup (Excellent)

Description: A bowl of bread soup made with a special liquid, rich in fragrance and overflowing with happiness.

Special Ability: After consumption, slightly increases satiety and restores a certain degree of injuries.

Rating: Can you remember how many pieces of bread you've eaten? Dio!

After adding Psionic Water, the artificially made bread soup reached the Excellent grade, triggering even more frenzied competition in the market.

Naturally, Su Mo traded with whoever offered the most vegetable packets.

After choosing for a while, Su Mo spotted the person who seemed most willing to pay.

Allen Brando: "Hi, Mr. Su. I have two small packets of dehydrated vegetables, a full 250 grams, and I also have 200 grams of gunpowder. I'd like to trade them for the bread soup you've listed. Is that all right?"

Not only did he have the vegetable packets Su Mo currently needed, but he was also offering an unexpected bonus.

Most buyers were basically using the vegetable packet plus resources approach. Yet this man actually had a strategic-level material.

Although manufacturing guns and cannons was impractical with the current level of technology, it was always better to be prepared.

Su Mo immediately designated the buyer and selected Allen's three items as the exchange goods.

With this kind of designated trade, everyone else could only watch helplessly and had no way to participate.

After just a few seconds, Allen instantly bought the item, and the trade between the two was completed.

Gunpowder was a delicate thing, and Su Mo had not yet found anywhere to store it, so he could only leave it in his inventory for now.

He took out the vegetable packets and poured one 100-gram packet containing four or five kinds of vegetables into the remaining bread soup.

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle."

The small shelter was filled with the mingled fragrances of Psionic Water and vegetables.

Oreo had already obediently lain beside the pot, staring unblinkingly at the vegetable bread soup inside. Drool hung from his mouth in long strings, dripping onto the floor with soft plops.

"Add some seasoning, and it's ready!"

As a true Shaanxi native, Su Mo was not used to food this bland.

He took out the chili powder he had looted from the ruin and reluctantly sprinkled in a little.

In an instant, the numbing fragrance of chili mingled with the fresh aroma of the bread soup, blending into a spicy, savory fragrance.

Su Mo took a deep breath, moved the Earthen Pot to the stove beside it, and prepared to serve the soup.

"Pant, pant, arf, whimper, whimper, whimper."

Oreo's nose twitched as he lay on the ground, already unable to wait.

"You little glutton."

Su Mo smiled and shook his head. He lifted the pot, poured a small portion into Oreo's bowl, and took the rest for himself.

The soup cooked in the Earthen Pot carried a smoky, rustic flavor that was difficult to taste in the city.

The softened bread crumbs melted the instant they entered his mouth.

Su Mo chewed especially carefully, not letting a single strip of vegetable escape. With his eyes closed, he felt as though he had returned to the age of civilization.

"If I could have a meal like this every day from now on, that would be incredible!"

The man and dog enjoyed a hearty meal.

By the time they finished eating and washing the pot and stove, the sun was already high in the sky. The chill of early morning had completely dispersed, making it the perfect time to go outside and work.

"Today, I have to get the drainage done. Otherwise, we'll be flooded!"