New Shelter Preview!

"Well, this time, due to the Welfare Disaster, everyone in humanity has actually gained special privileges."

"With these privileges, I'm sure I'll at least have some ability to protect myself when facing alien races in the ocean!"

It's only 1 a. m. now, and there are still more than ten hours before the privileges are issued, so it's not possible to check yet.

However, the new market trading rules are shining brightly and attracting people's attention.

Try clicking into it, and a flash of light appears, revealing new market rules.

[Note]: The new market trading rules will be updated simultaneously with the implementation of the Ocean version.

[Record]: Each transaction requires a certain Disaster Points (Old) [Record]: Each transaction allows you to choose to pay a certain tax (based on a percentage of the quantity of materials) or choose to use Disaster Points instead (New). Under the new transaction rules, different taxes are also marked for various types of materials.

For items like food, if the daily transaction volume is less than 100 kilograms, you can either choose to pay 50 points to transfer them, or choose a 50% tax rate, resulting in a 50% loss.

For orders over 100 kilograms, the tax rate begins to decrease, with a 1% reduction for every additional 100 kilograms, down to a minimum of 30%.

As for graded resources, they require payment of items of equivalent grade.

When trading for a superior item, you must pay a tax equivalent to one superior item, or pay 100 Disaster Points.

"Points are becoming more and more important. Without them, it's impossible to move an inch in the wasteland!"

After a slight sigh, closing the Trading Market, and checking the amount of Disaster Points distributed this time, Su Mo felt a little excited.

Last time, due to the conflict between the two disasters, the Disaster Points that should have been very profitable from the Snow Disaster were wiped out by the Colossus Disaster.

When Su Mo checked later, he found that only 3,000 points had been added.

After using them up bit by bit, I only have 2012 Disaster Points points left, which is far from enough to upgrade my shelter and use blueprints.

But this time, the Welfare Disaster was successfully overcome thanks to hundreds of thousands of kilograms of flour. The reward points for the Welfare Disaster reached a full 10,000 points!

There was no trickery involved in distributing these 10,000 points; after Su Mo reviewed them and clicked to confirm receipt, they were immediately added to his points account.

"These points are a lifesaver. Upgrading to a level three shelter requires a thousand points, and level four will probably require another one or two thousand. Plus, there are a thousand points for learning the blueprints, so it's more than enough!"

The sudden surge in wealth, thanks to the previous setup, allowed Su Mo to quickly calm down and then examine the next updated feature.

It is also a key element of this disaster, a pioneering preview of ocean evolution.

Click the play button for the preview, and as a long, drawn-out piece of music begins to play, a series of images start to unfold before Su Mo's eyes.

At the same time, there was also a standard mechanical commentary voice explaining the rules in the Vanguard trailer in fluent Mandarin.

The trailer was very long, lasting about half an hour, before the audio stopped as the visuals ended.

Sitting in front of the sofa, to make sure he didn't miss anything, Su Mo drank a large glass of Psionic Water to perk himself up. He then took out a pen and paper and started taking notes as he listened, listening to the whole thing again.

This time, some unimportant details from before are skipped, and the focus is on several important rules, which are repeated repeatedly.

It didn't take long; the rules were explained clearly in less than ten minutes.

On the paper in front of Su Mo, a whole page of key information was concisely recorded.

Examining the information, pondering and reading silently, Su Mo's expression became slightly serious after a while!

"If only humans can see the new Vanguard trailer, then it's fine; it's not a big problem."

"But if all creatures born in the wasteland could learn this information through other means, that would be a real problem!"

The trailer was long and tedious, filled with nonsense, and paired with all sorts of greasy special effects, making it look like a America movie.

But overall, the ultimate goal is to depict an exaggerated story of the resurrection of a Ocean God.

Unfolding the paper and looking at the text recorded from the video, Su Mo silently recited it while slowly pondering the deeper messages conveyed by these rules:

"Legend has it that before this land was destroyed, the gods controlled its various laws (this is questionable)."

"Until one day, due to the invasion of an unknown force, the gods fought until they were exhausted. Some died, some were wounded, some perished, and some fell into a deep sleep. In short, they all kicked the bucket!"

"But as time went on, more and more slumbering gods began to awaken, wanting to regain control of this land (what was their purpose? What was their significance?)"

"The Ocean God is the first deity to be awakened; all creatures that persevere in surviving on the wasteland will receive the Ocean God's reward (or punishment?)."

"Completing the mission requirements will give you a greater chance to become the Ocean God Envoy (what's the significance?)."

Five concluding statements comprehensively summarize all the information conveyed in the opening 20 minutes of the special effects blockbuster.

Then, Su Mo listed in more detail the important rules to be conveyed over the next ten minutes.

Rule 1: Every creature that kills one creature of another race within the ocean area will be rewarded with 5 Disaster Points, with a daily limit of 100 points.

"Rule Two: Just before the Ocean God's resurrection, the average Disaster Points points gained by each race will be calculated. The race with the highest average disaster points will be favored by the Ocean God and will receive a certain level of ocean immunity."

"Rule Three: The battle for access to the New Continent. For every race completely wiped out, or every other race killed exceeding 500,000, you will gain access to a five-kilometer radius for teleportation. Selecting this radius will allow you to teleport directly to the New Continent, corresponding to the simulated terrain."

The three rules are like Gu Breeding; if you want more points, you have to kill and steal.

If you want to be the first to reach the New Continent, then go kill more.

Su Mo couldn't fathom the malice of the game, but on the ocean, these three rules would surely unleash a bloody storm.

However, where there are rules for killing, there are also rules for protection, as well as some welfare-related assistance.

If it were a punitive flood, everyone's "homestead" would definitely be lost, but since it's a version migration, all races can receive some preferential treatment.

Humanity's preferential treatment is divided into three points. "First, all Shelter Core that have already been placed can be materialized. The materialized cores can be taken away and replaced elsewhere, but the previous progress will be reset to zero, including the level and blessings. It is essentially a factory reset, but it does not occupy the main vault qualification (there is no distance restriction for materializing the core)."

"Secondly, the materialized core can not only be released to form a wooden house on the ground or an underground pit, but it can also form a third, completely different type of shelter, a raft! As long as it is placed in the ocean, it can be instantly upgraded into a 3x3 raft."

"Third, after this version is fully implemented, the crafting page will include marine equipment. By crafting the corresponding equipment modules and adding a certain amount of Disaster Points, the crafting system can upgrade the raft-type shelter."

In terms of preferential treatment, the focus is on core issues that are of concern to all of humanity, while also giving hope to those who are not very capable in practical skills.

The previous Shelter Core was materialized and restored to factory settings. After the sea arrived, it was released into a raft. We sat on it and headed to the New Continent.

Furthermore, as long as you can create amazing modules, you can upgrade your raft by consuming Disaster Points.

As for the specific upgrade levels and the number of points required, we'll have to wait until the game is implemented to see.

"If the practice of Gu Breeding wasn't too intense before, it has now truly become a survival competition for all living things."

"Humans receive such preferential treatment, and other creatures must receive the same. As long as you keep killing, you can accumulate resources and points to continuously upgrade your core, upgrade your raft, and go to the New Continent to survive!"

While watching the video, Su Mo's feelings weren't so strong, but after summarizing and reading it silently, he could see that this game was completely undisguised in its intent.

Of course, if one person discovers a world chat channel, it won't be long before all of humanity knows about it.

But what's the use? Without sufficient strength, you can only drift within the rules of the game; either go to the New Continent or die!

"I definitely can't take my core with me. I've poured so much effort and resources into the Underground Shelter; it would be too unwise to just abandon it."

"Moreover, I can't give up my Iron Stone Mountain, or the oil and steam resources below it, which generate electricity. So..."

"I must get the five-kilometer transfer permission!"

"Once I've accumulated enough permissions, I'll even move that entire lost Satellite Base to the New Continent!"

A murderous glint flashed in his eyes. The alien race, which others feared like tigers, was now no less than an experience point for Su Mo under his current strength.

Apart from some unknown Ocean Alien Race, there is no need to worry about the strength of the land-based races so far.

Once the next disaster is overcome at sea, the shelter will have enough disaster-surviving attempts to upgrade to level five, at which point it will be able to learn and craft small and medium-sized machine tool blueprints.

Once more advanced machine tools are available and hundreds of RPGs are mounted on the ship, it'll be a game of single-shot firing when you're poor, and area-of-effect fire when you're rich! "Major changes to the plan. Tomorrow morning, go all out to manufacture steel plates. Everyone from Candlelight Shelter, move over here and mine."

"For now, all the wheat will not need to be ground into flour. At most, it will be enough for half a year. As for the vegetables, they will all be turned into more convenient dried vegetables or pickled."

"The rest of the wheat will be stored in the Underground Shelter until we move to the New Continent."

"We must start work immediately, we must get moving right away!"

"With these tools, I will build a destroyer capable of crossing the ocean within twenty days!"

He slammed his hand on the sofa next to him. Although the clock had already struck two in the morning, Su Mo was not sleepy at all. Instead, he felt a surge of energy and enthusiasm.

No need to wait to upgrade the shelter! Tonight, we'll upgrade it twice and learn the complete shelter blueprints first!