The Beginning of Conflict: Cultural Concepts

After clicking into the live stream of the first-ranked Zeus Shelter.

The picture suddenly changed, as if it were a fully immersive simulation.

The sky was gloomy, and the rain formed a continuous sheet, striking the ground with a rustling sound.

Following the camera downwards, one could see an endless stretch of mountains.

Extending from this end of the sky to the other, it was extremely shocking.

As the camera zoomed in, at the foot of a mountain, Su Mo saw a cluster of wooden houses called the Zeus Shelter.

Built against the mountain, the overall layout of the wooden houses ran north-south, with about twenty or thirty rooms.

Except for the three main houses in the middle, which looked beautifully constructed, the other rooms seemed to be pieced together temporarily, crooked and askew.

Relying on the terrain of the mountain, the Acid Rain automatically flowed downwards, posing no threat to the Zeus Shelter.

"The person who chose this terrain is quite capable."

Seeing such a large complex, Su Mo was inwardly impressed.

With the mountain behind it, this terrain could withstand minor disasters without any damage, not to mention major ones.

In addition, with the dozens of people already gathered, once they formed a fighting force, their efficiency in exploring Ruins would definitely be much higher than that of a single person.

It seemed that the owner of the Zeus Shelter didn't care about revealing the structure of their Shelter to the public, as they had opened up all viewing permissions.

Attempting to control the camera himself, Su Mo zoomed in.

In the very center of the main house sat a blond, bearded man, talking incessantly.

After switching the perspective, the image in front of Su Mo stabilized, becoming a fixed camera like that of a streamer.

"Welcome everyone to our Zeus Shelter, the safest Shelter in the world!"

"Currently, we have over 80 people in our Shelter, including more than 12 wilderness survival experts and 30 ex-military personnel with super combat capabilities, absolutely guaranteeing the personal safety of members who join the Zeus Shelter!"

"Of course, the Shelter doesn't support idlers. Those who sign up to join the Shelter must meet the following conditions."

"Men must be no shorter than 175cm, women no shorter than 168cm, weight must be maintained within a healthy range, and you must possess a skill. As long as you can help with the construction of a large Shelter, we welcome you."

"Of course, technical personnel do not need to participate in hunting expeditions; they only need to stay in the Shelter."

The bearded man, who seemed taciturn, spoke eloquently, and with the help of the game panel's translation, Su Mo naturally had no trouble understanding.

As he spoke, the bearded man also made a point of showing off the current configuration of the base.

Following his camera, after arriving at the supply room, what came into view was a mountain of Mutated Beast meat.

About one or two tons of beast meat had been processed and piled together, which looked quite shocking in a world lacking food and water.

That wasn't all. Next to it were three large vats, half the height of a person. As the bearded man opened the lids, inside was slightly murky yellow water.

Looking at the water, the bearded man was clearly a little greedy, but he still chose to purse his chapped lips and close the lid.

Coming to the weapons room next door, there was a whole row of Wooden Spears, and three bows that looked like they were handmade.

Finally, the bearded man came to the largest room.

Although this room had windows on all sides, the fire in the middle of the room dispelled all the cold.

Forty or fifty Shelter members, men and women, sat in the middle of the room singing, and occasionally someone would get up and dance.

Seeing this scene, no one would think that they were in the apocalypse.

The bearded man puffed out his chest, extremely proud.

"This is the strength of our Great America Zeus Shelter. Join us and you'll have enough food and water, and even the safety you dream of!"

"I see someone in the comments section mentioning China?"

"Ah? Ah? No way, you're willing to go to a Shelter where you have to work more than fifteen hours a day? You want to go to a China Shelter where you risk your life to bring back supplies and then have to support other people?"

The bearded man's words caused the men and women sitting around the fire to burst into laughter.

"Don't say I'm being harsh, everyone should be aware of their situation in this wasteland!"

"Look at your China Shelters, haha, they're just a bunch of rabble, still thinking about saving so many burdens. They'll be destroyed in the next disaster!"

Hearing the Great Beard's arrogant words, Su Mo rotated his somewhat stiff neck and exited the livestream.

"Looks like these people's shelter philosophies are clashing."

Skipping the second livestream, Su Mo directly clicked into the China Shelter livestream ranked third.

Again, it started with a gray sky from which something was falling.

Unlike the Great Beard's location next to a mine, this time the terrain of the China Shelter was the same as Su Mo's own shelter, an endless plain.

"Unite as one, fight disaster and provide relief!"

As the view descended, Su Mo noticed a banner hanging among the large cluster of buildings, similar to the Great Beard's.

The banner was made of white cloth, obtained from an unknown source, and hung between the low wooden houses, with a line of characters written on it in charcoal.

"One, two, ten, fifteen, twenty-five..."

After counting them one by one, Su Mo was surprised to find that the China Shelter actually had forty-three houses.

Moreover, more than ten of these houses were wooden houses generated by the survival game's built-in shelter function.

Unlike the Great Beard, who relied on the terrain to resist the disaster, the China Shelter chose to build dikes to resist the rain.

On the ground of the shelter, many winding ditches were dug. Densely packed, it looked like hundreds of people were wearing extremely bulky straw raincoats and holding straw umbrellas, trying their best to dredge the drainage ditches.

From the faces of these people standing on the land, working diligently, Su Mo did not see the same joy as the members of the Zeus Shelter before.

But Su Mo saw another kind of emotion—hope!

Every working person's face was filled with hope.

Hope for survival!

This shock could only be felt by the Chinese, and only the Chinese could understand the sense of responsibility required for this hope.

Switching to the broadcaster's perspective.

The camera turned to the side of the outermost house, a room with a torch lit.

"Hello to every Chinese person watching this livestream. This is the frontline command center for earthquake relief. We are the disaster relief point of the 79th Regiment under the 13th Army of China."

"The maximum distance for the livestream is fifty kilometers. Every Chinese citizen within fifty kilometers of this relief point can contact the shelter center after the disaster. The shelter will go to your location for rescue in the coming days. Please wait patiently and do not give up hope!"

"Repeat..."

"China has not given up on the rescue work for every citizen. Please stay in your shelters, survive the disaster, and a better tomorrow awaits us!"

"Citizens who are not near the China Shelter, please do not worry. It is currently known that the military has established forty-two shelters. Please do not go out rashly to search, protect yourselves, and wait for the military to expand the search area for rescue. Please do not go to the wilderness without authorization!"

"Repeat..."

The black-haired woman in charge of the explanation was not old. She kept repeating these four sentences over and over again.

Even the blood cracks on her lips from speaking too much went unnoticed.

"Shen Ke."

With a heavy heart, Su Mo remembered the woman's name and exited the China Shelter livestream.

Compared to the Zeus Shelter, which only recruited talented people, the China Shelter's approach was indeed difficult for people from other countries to understand.

They certainly wouldn't understand why, in the apocalypse, they still had to protect these ordinary people who were weak and unable to work or had no talent.

But at this moment, Su Mo believed that every Chinese person who saw the livestream could feel a surge of hope in the apocalypse.

Nature is ruthless!

People have feelings! One day, China will rebuild its homeland in this wasteland! After browsing all the livestreams, Su Mo gave up the idea of ​​topping the disaster relief leaderboard.

Although opening a livestream would bring unknown airdropped supplies, which seemed tempting, the shelters in the top ten were undoubtedly small groups.

A common man is not guilty, but possessing a treasure is! He could build a shelter that surpassed those built by other groups alone, which was obviously problematic.

In the absence of modern firepower, Su Mo decided to focus on forbearance.

Always remember Ming Taizu's strategic policy: Build high walls, store abundant food, and postpone claiming kingship.

Do not learn from Yuan Shu, the great warlord of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, who obtained a jade seal and dreamed of becoming emperor every day. He finally couldn't help but proclaim himself emperor, and as a result, he immediately became the target of almost all warlords, and eventually failed and died, becoming a laughing stock.

"Exposing my coordinates within fifty kilometers right now is too risky. If no one's around, fine, but if there is, the risk is too great. Not good, not good."

After much deliberation, Su Mo decided to shut down the live broadcast interface, figuring out of sight, out of mind.

Watching the construction of the top ten shelters just now, Su Mo was deeply moved.

The so-called small-minded thinking, after coming to this unknown world, was all about how to save one's life, how to upgrade the shelter, and how to survive the natural disasters.

This led to neglecting the most important things: improving combat power and exploring the outside world.

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