Clues, Talisman Paper World!
"The flood, or rather, the World-Ending Floods, has turned from Welfare Disaster into an unprecedented apocalyptic catastrophe!"
The bloody countdown was devoid of any emotion. Having seen so much hopeful green amidst the Welfare Disaster, Su Mo felt a sudden pang in his heart upon seeing this crimson.
After trying to open the chat function in the game interface and finding that it was blocked, Su Mo had no choice but to turn his attention to other functions and try to see if they could be opened.
Create, lock the transaction, lock the Storage Space, lock! Summon the extraordinary power of the Underground Shelter, no response!
Having grown accustomed to the various functions on the Game Panel, Su Mo finally understood why, after being transported here, more and more Earthlings were choosing to abandon the refuges created by the game and gradually abandoning the functions of the Game Panel.
Over-reliance on the convenience offered by the Game Panel will leave you without any means of self-rescue in critical moments.
If it weren't for the Psionic Water's ability to quickly heal his injuries, Su Mo would have been lying on the ground, helplessly watching as countless floods seeped into the Underground Shelter, drowning him in the vast ocean and suffocating to death.
"Damn it, what happened? Why did I lose so many memories? Or did I enter another dimension?"
It was as if the memories in his brain had been forcibly extracted. One second he was eating delicious Boiled Cabbage in the base and summoning the system identification talisman.
The next second, he suddenly fainted. When he woke up, he found himself in Underground Shelter where World-Ending Floods was about to erupt.
"Was this disaster caused by me activating the talisman? Or did I simply remain unconscious here for dozens of days?!"
Feeling his body regain a bit of strength, Su Mo grabbed the edge of the Youneng Water Well and pulled hard, causing the bucket filled with Psionic Water to slowly rise.
Anxiety prevented Su Mo from savoring the sweet taste of the Psionic Water. Su Mo leaned over the edge of the bucket and gulped down the clear water.
The powerful psionic energy is comparable to the effects of the same medicine, and due to the special nature of the energy, the healing effect can be achieved in an instant! After drinking 300ml of Psionic Water, surprisingly, it seemed that because the injury was too severe, the Psionic Water that was consumed afterward did not have an immediate effect, but it still slightly nourished the almost exhausted body.
Is this world real? Or is it a figment of imagination, or perhaps a world within a talisman?
Sitting on the ground, feeling the power surging through his arms and legs, Su Mo's mind raced as he tried to recall what had happened.
However, under the pressure of the countdown, even though Su Mo tried to remain calm, the blood-red numbers kept flashing through his mind! "Damn it, whether it's real or fake, I have to find a way to leave the shelter and get to Iron Stone Mountain as soon as possible, otherwise when the flood comes, I won't even be able to escape."
After resting for another five minutes, until moving around was no longer a problem, Su Mo, without even bothering to collect supplies, strode off towards the first-floor garage of the shelter, his head covered! Despite his less-than-healthy body, thanks to the boost in his physical abilities, he wasn't slow at all.
After a few days, Su Mo rushed to the first floor and turned on the wall light. This time, he was able to see the entire first floor of the shelter.
From the ceiling to the floor slabs, everything was gray and covered in a layer of dust, something that would never happen in the Lion Man's Wind.
Even under the light, you can see specks of dust floating in the air, kicked up by the large movements.
Everything, including the earth tiger, was covered in a layer of dust.
Based on the thickness of the ash layer, it can be inferred that there was no one in the Underground Shelter for at least half a month.
Staring at the disaster countdown in the upper right corner of the Game Panel, Su Mo had no time to wonder what had happened in the Underground Shelter.
He strode forward, pulled the winch, and the basement door slowly began to rise with a creaking sound as it struggled to keep up with the weight.
At the same time, the howling wind rustling through the trees and the crimson of the blood moon instantly rushed in.
"This... this is Underground Shelter???"
Before opening the door, Su Mo was 100% certain that this was the Underground Shelter. However, after opening the door and seeing the completely unfamiliar outside world, he hesitated. The lush trees were at least two meters tall, and the thickest ones had a diameter of seven meters.
The sturdy roots coiled on the ground, the emerald leaves swayed in the wind, rustling softly, and the grass on the ground grew so lushly that it was more frightening than the most fertile plains! If it weren't for the blood moon in the sky, this scene would have resembled a forest from a fairy tale.
[Record]: The punitive catastrophe, the World-Ending Floods, will arrive precisely in ten minutes. All players are advised to prepare for the disaster.
[Record]: To reiterate, all players, please prepare yourselves!
The piercing game notification sounds began to explode in his ears, and with every second counting, Su Mo had no time to continue surveying his surroundings.
Shining his light, Su Mo quickly identified the path worn into the jungle and decisively turned around, taking two steps in three, and ran towards the back of the Earth Tiger.
Thanks to Su Mo's usual good habits, the Earth Tiger's fuel tank was indeed full of diesel, and the key was in the ignition, ensuring that it could be deployed immediately if needed.
"Fortunately, although the Storage Space on the Game Panel cannot be opened, the Earth Tiger's space is perfectly fine, and surprisingly, it contains a large amount of instant food!"
Trying to open the Earth Tiger's space, with a flash of light, the Storage Space was not locked and was opened directly.
Furthermore, it also contained supplies that Su Mo had absolutely no recollection of.
Boxes of compressed biscuits were piled together, bearing the brand logo of the Civilization Era. Several unopened boxes of C'estbon mineral water and Nongfu Spring were also mixed together, forming an abundant food supply in the Storage Space.
With these and ample energy reserves, and with only nine minutes left, Su Mo didn't hesitate. He stepped on the accelerator of the Earth Tiger and shot off like an arrow! The headlights were on, and the light from the blood moon shone brightly, making the wasteland night as bright as day, without affecting normal vision at all.
Following the path that had been trodden through the jungle, and after determining the direction of Iron Stone Mountain, Earth Tiger roared and charged towards it.
Racing against time, racing against life and death. Motivated by the countdown to disaster, Su Mo's driving skills seemed to be boosted, and he completed the route that would normally take twenty minutes in just five minutes.
The massive Iron Stone Mountain still stands on the wasteland, a full forty meters high.
Such a height was not enough to withstand a flood with a high tide level of 38 meters, but considering the flat terrain within a radius of 200 kilometers, this place became the last hope for survival! Following the winding mountain road, Su Mo carefully circled around and went up, while looking down at the completely changed terrain.
The desolate basin no longer shows any signs of decay.
Almost everywhere you look, there are green trees covering the ground, and in the distance, there is a river that is five or six kilometers long, flowing out of the forest and winding across the land.
"What exactly happened? Why such a dramatic turn of events?"
As the Earth Tiger climbed higher and higher, Su Mo's field of vision became wider and wider. At the same time, the sense of security brought by the height gradually eased Su Mo's anxiety.
After driving the Earth Tiger all the way to the large platform at the top of the mountain, Su Mo couldn't wait any longer and quickly opened the car door and got out to observe where the flood that was about to arrive in two minutes was coming from.
At this moment, the view from the mountaintop was extremely wide. With the help of the blood moon's light, which was like the sun, Su Mo could see almost everything up to the horizon.
"It seems the Welfare Disaster here has passed, and we've transitioned to a flood disaster!"
Except for a few remote small places where some snow has been retained, the snow has completely melted in most places with trees and signs of activity.
At this rate, the floods are definitely not a horrific consequence of snow evaporation.
"Does the Yellow River's water come from the sky?"
Without any props, only a bare platform and earth tigers, Su Mo arrived in a hurry and had no supplies to fight the disaster. He could only sit on the ground and quietly wait for the disaster to arrive! Unlike the anxious wait before the blizzard, surprisingly, this time after sitting on the high platform, Su Mo's heart quickly calmed down, and he caught the details that he had missed in the fleeting glance before.
"If this were truly the real world, the Game Panel might be blocked, but the system would never be. Even talismans can't block the system's penetration, so how could this world possibly be able to!"
"Either the system's power is too strong, and the things simulating this world simply don't have enough energy to materialize the system, or this thing can't detect the system at all, and therefore has no way to simulate it."
The journey seemed just like the real world, but upon Su Mo's observation and careful consideration, it became fraught with doubts.
Although this world has been trying very hard to imitate Su Mo's usual habits, the more it imitates, the more small differences are exposed, making this world feel incongruous.
From the physical weakness to the location of the Psionic Water, to the various instant foods in the Earth Tiger's Storage Space, and the route from the forest outside to Iron Stone Mountain, everything seems Heavenly Garment Without Seams, but it violates a most important principle:
Developability! "If outsiders don't know I have a system, this choice is certainly the optimal solution; everything is in preparation for escape and survival."
"But in reality, if I had a system, the supplies placed in the Earth Tiger should definitely not all be food, and the water tank for Psionic Water should not be placed in a corner where it can be knocked over with a push. As for this forest, it's even more outrageous. How could I, Su Mo, possibly plant trees that are only for ornamental purposes!"
Having already become 80% certain that this world was virtual, Su Mo remained calm as the countdown began. Instead, he stood up with interest and gazed into the distance.
At 108431, the clock struck twelve precisely. As the blood moon's light suddenly flashed and faded, and the world began to darken, a surging wave suddenly appeared at the horizon—the world-destroying flood had finally arrived!