Global Wasteland: Shelter Infinite Upgrade
Chapter 256

Unprecedented, Three Disasters!

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"As expected, the future Timeline is ever-changing and cannot be predicted by the Talisman Paper World at all!"

"The Punishment Disaster flood actually disappeared, but a new kind of disaster has taken its place!"

Shocked by the series of prompts that came through his ears, and seeing the new disaster warning function appear on the game interface, Su Mo's heart was filled with turmoil.

Compared to the changes in the Source Energy Fruit Tree Forest in the Talisman Paper World, this disaster completely altered things, truly reshaping the future!

The past has been altered by Su Mo's personal intervention! The future will also be altered as the system blocks the Golden Light's detection! Due to Su Mo's efforts, the three Timeline have undergone earth-shattering changes and have begun to operate independently of each other!

"No, if the game defaults to this development, then the Timeline might not be as I understand it."

"But if things continue like this, and it really collapses, then it won't be my fault, Su!"

With various unexpected events occurring frequently, Su Mo doesn't know whether the changes in the Timeline are good or bad, but given the current situation...

I survived unscathed!

"Having learned from this experience, we must always keep three to five thousand points on hand, just in case we encounter the Golden Light scanning again, so we have a way to defend ourselves."

500 points can save you from a catastrophic disaster, this money is well spent! Slowly exhaling all the pent-up air in his chest, clutching his still pounding heart, Su Mo closed the Game Panel.

The Yuan Energy Fruit is ripe, and now is the perfect time to harvest it.

Calling out to Moore, the two were extremely careful this time while picking the fruit, afraid of damaging it in any way.

From the first tree to the last, Su Mo picked all the fruit until the entire harvest was complete, and his tense mood finally eased.

The fruit harvest was good.

A total of 386 fruits were harvested from the third tier, 41 fruits from the second tier, and 46 fruits from the first tier.

He casually tossed two second-tier fruits to Moore, who was working diligently and waiting eagerly to eat the fruit, and then tossed two more to Oreo.

Picking up a Tier 1 fruit, Su Mo returned to the workbench on the third floor and ate it while opening the Game Panel.

The sweet first-tier fruit has the function of cleansing the body of "waste". However, after drinking Psionic Water for a long time, this fruit can only be a snack for Su Mo and play an auxiliary role.

After finishing the entire fruit, a glint flashed in Su Mo's eyes, and his fear vanished, replaced by confidence.

Even if we're targeted by Golden Light this time, so what!

With the system's support, as long as one grows fast enough, when the cover can no longer be concealed, one will surely have enough strength to resist.

After observing all the information, Su Mo did not rush to check the text messages. Instead, he first clicked on the newly appeared disaster warning function and read it carefully.

Compared to the previous disaster information notification in the upper right corner, this update adds a dedicated feature to the Game Panel to list disaster information and warnings.

Within this small feature, once you click on it, Su Mo sees the so-called three early warnings of disasters.

[Countdown to the fourth disaster event: 21 days]

[Disaster Event: "Ocean God" Awakens]

[Description: As the sun and moon rise and fall, the gods who once perished in the wasteland begin to revive at the call of the world's power. In the current version, the Ocean God, who was once severely wounded and slumbering within the ley lines, is about to "awaken." Under the Ocean God's divine power, the sea that once covered the entire wasteland will once again become the dominant force in this world.]

[Event Description: Within 24 hours, the entire wasteland will be completely covered by the ocean. The ocean depth at the Sea Eye is 18,888 meters. The sea level at the location will depend on the distance from the Sea Eye. After 108 hours, 20% of the uninhabited area will emerge from the sea and become New Continent.]

[Current Altitude: Player "Su Mo" Location: Ocean Cover, Current Altitude: Sea Level - 18 meters]

[Countdown to the fifth disaster event: 24 days]

[Disaster Event: Alien Invasion]

[Description: In the marine environment, land-based races will face severe survival challenges. These challenges come not only from the ocean that covers the entire landmass, but also from the endless stream of alien races born in the ocean. They bring with them the despair of dominating the ocean, as well as abundant marine "food." If they seize the opportunity, this will be a unique kind of "Welfare Disaster."]

[Event Manifestations: Within 240 hours, over 50 million Ocean Alien Race will enter the wasteland world in batches; within 72 hours, 575 trillion tons of marine byproducts will follow.]

[Countdown to the Sixth Disaster: 81 Days]

[Time of Disaster: Tsunami]

[Description: According to legend, the pulse of the "Ocean God" is the rise and fall of the ocean waves. The closer one gets to the place where the "Ocean God" sleeps, the more terrifying the waves become. Now, as the Ocean God is about to awaken, his pulse grows stronger, and a terrifying tsunami disaster will soon sweep across the ocean.]

[Event Manifestations: Within seven days, the closer one is to the place where the Ocean God dwells, the greater the magnitude of the tsunami, and the magnitude of the tsunami will gradually intensify over time.]

[Current Height: Tsunami Height at Player "Su Mo's " Location: 18m, 22m, 24m, 27m, 31m, 35m, 39m]

"Damn, these three disasters are getting more and more bizarre and terrifying than the last!"

"I thought Punishment Disaster and floods was the limit, but I never expected there would be an even more outrageous tsunami!"

Looking at the various Ocean God words in quotation marks on the game interface, and taking out the Sea Wave Horn, a reward from a previous airdrop, Su Mo's eyes were deep as he pondered.

The description of the Sea Wave Horn that was previously discovered indicated that using the horn would grant one a certain degree of authority over the Ocean God.

Su Mo had thought that this so-called Ocean God was just a made-up title, but now, the Ocean God was actually going to be resurrected.

And before its resurrection, it will bring an ocean that will cover the entire wasteland continent!

The highest Flood Peak of Punishment Disaster flood is over 30 meters, but this third calamity tsunami is even more outrageous. When it hits the low-lying area, the most terrifying height is a full 35 meters! What does that mean? The "super" tsunami that caused two million people to be homeless and tens of thousands to go missing in Chile was only 0.25 meters! Even the most clearly recorded tsunami in human history, the Okinawa tsunami, was only 85 meters high.

As for the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people, it was only 10 meters high!

With this calculation, the sheer magnitude of the 35-meter tsunami that struck the depression is terrifying! "If the higher terrain of this depression can generate such a tsunami, the tsunami downstream could likely reach even greater heights."

"Over a hundred meters!"

The impact of a tsunami hundreds of meters high is no less than that of a small-yield nuclear bomb.

Despite his reluctance to believe this hypothesis, reason told Su Mo that under such a tsunami, even alien races skilled in swimming would be smashed into pieces, and ships sailing on the sea would be disintegrated in an instant.

As for humans living in the deep sea, they can only hope for the best.

Those who are lucky can find a mountain thousands of meters high to hide in; those who are unlucky can only face death and try to migrate to this so-called New Continent.

There are still 81 days until the tsunami. If we start building ships now, we will have a full 60 days until the ocean strikes.

For the past sixty days, we've been desperately trying to escape by boat. Given the tsunami's weakening, the chances of survival aren't low! "Plans can't keep up with changes. The significance of this ocean's birth is far more profound. I'm afraid even if I were to use the Shan Hai Painting cards now to build a life-saving barrier for humanity, it would be extremely difficult."

"We must relocate!"

"All races, including humans, must migrate to some New Continent!"

He took out a terrain map he had drawn in his mind based on the terrain he had seen using the Shan Hai Painting card in the Time Ruins.

Within seconds, based on the approximate points and distances, Su Mo determined the migration direction and location of the Tundra Shelter.

At this location, if the ocean were to attack, the sea level would be at least 300-500 meters above sea level.

If you continue down into the deep sea, you'll have to travel at least five or six thousand kilometers before you encounter a mountain that can float on the sea surface.

But there lies an even more terrifying deep sea, where tsunamis are far more devastating, and survival is not guaranteed.

From this perspective, the Tundra Shelter can only migrate towards the New Continent! And this route happens to be heading towards the depression!

"A very simple problem about meeting someone in junior high school."

"Knowing that I will be traveling down this road, with the engine and a tailwind, the speed can be maintained at around 20 knots throughout the day. From the Tundra Shelter, traveling up this road against the wind, the speed should only be around 2-5 knots."

"Disregarding the possibility of changing course to avoid undercurrents, the distance between the two sides is calculated to be 15,000 kilometers."

One nautical mile equals 1853 meters, one knot equals 1.853 kilometers per hour, and the combined speed of both is 40 kilometers per hour.

"15,000 kilometers divided by 40 kilometers"

With a slight movement of his hand, when he saw the data truly leaping off the page, Su Mo still couldn't contain his excitement. He slammed his hand on the table, suddenly stood up, and his eyes were full of excitement.

"Just 15 days, once the ocean comes, I'll be able to pick up my sister in 15 days!"

"After picking up my sister, I will have a full 45 days to evacuate, or even return to the low-lying area to pick up all the refugees from the Candlelight Shelter, and I will also have a month to flee."

"There is plenty of time!"

Compared to the previous prediction of a best-case scenario of 25 days and a worst-case scenario of 30 to 40 days, now, after the second major update, it only takes 15 days to cross this vast distance and reunite with the people at the Tundra Shelter.

The ten-odd days saved in between can reduce countless variables and significantly improve the level of safety.

"I thought the flood would be a great opportunity for me to go find my sister."

"I never expected the game to be so considerate."

"This ocean is full of both risks and opportunities. As long as I can reach my sister, there is nowhere in this vast world that I, Su Mo, cannot go!"

After confirming that the intersection of the two red lines was correct, Su Mo put away the map, returned to the sofa, sat down, and opened all the Game Panel prompts, turning his gaze towards them.

The disaster is a foregone conclusion. All that's left is to review all the content of the second major update. Starting tomorrow, you can upgrade your shelter level and begin building a destroyer capable of traversing the ocean!

By then, everyone else was using rafts or small, dilapidated boats, and those in slightly better circumstances were using covered Awning Boat or large sailboats.

As for Su Mo, the impact of just this one destroyer on other creatures at sea is no less than a "Dimensional Reduction Strike"! While pondering, with a flash of light, all the information was finally read and began to manifest.

[Record]: The Third Welfare Disaster has ended. Total number of deaths among the "Human" race up to the end of this disaster: 112,899,241.

[Record]: Phase 1 "Wasteland" has entered its mid-stage, and Phase 2 "Ocean" has made its debut! [Record]: The third welfare Disaster Points have been recorded and distributed according to the shelter's crop harvest and disaster performance.

[Record]: Congratulations to the "Human" race for achieving the highest honor among all races in the Wasteland phase. Second-phase privileges are hereby granted.

[Record]: Human racial privileges will begin to be distributed starting at 12:00 tomorrow. Based on the overall disaster relief ranking of the three disasters, there will be certain differences in privileges among human players (all human privileges cannot be exchanged or traded and are for personal use only).

[Record]: The new game rules and drop rules for the Ocean version have been released. Please check the Pioneer Preview.

[Record]: All Area Channel will be reorganized and re-divided by region. Each region will have a maximum of 10,000 players. When players enter the next region, their Area Channel number will be automatically changed and they will be added to the new region.

[Log]: The trading system rules have been updated. Please enter the new trading system for details. [Log]: We wish you a pleasant gaming experience!

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