Rising in Succession! LV4 Shelter!
The shelter has provided refuge from disaster three times in total. If we include the two times it ranked first in the live broadcast, then multiply by two, that makes a total of five times.
Previously, in the Time Ruins, by using Ma Gu's core, Su Mo had already fully detected the number of calamities required for the upgrade.
Currently, upgrading the Underground Shelter to Lv3 requires three disaster relief attempts, and upgrading to Lv4 at the same rate would require five attempts, which is just right! If the next disaster also manages to break into the world's top ten, the seven attempts required to upgrade to Lv5 will also meet the requirements.
"There's no time to lose, let's start upgrading now!"
Somo woke up the four little ones who were already fast asleep, and looked at Moore had just arrived on the first floor and immediately lay down to sleep again. With a smile on his face, Su Mo summoned the Game Panel with his mind.
On the upgrade page, all conditions, including the building requirements above and below ground, have now been met due to the bug.
Below each condition, there's an upgrade button radiating a golden glow, just like in pay-to-win web games, practically shouting, "If you're a true brother, click on me!"
In this situation, after repeatedly confirming that there were no other costs, Su Mo naturally took the initiative, quickly forming a large hand of his mind and pressing it heavily on the upgrade button.
1,000 Disaster Points were deducted instantly, and the familiar earth-shaking tremors "exploded" again in the next second.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Dust particles of dust floating on the ceiling began to fall down with the shaking, and the Underground Shelter seemed to awaken the sleeping gods, its "heartbeat" gradually growing stronger.
With each breath, so rhythmic, the ground beneath the four little ones seemed to undulate like soft cotton candy.
"Mmm, that feels so good!"
Clinging to the swaying ground, Moore, who was fast asleep, shifted to a more comfortable position, completely oblivious to the dangers posed by Su Mo's presence.
Even the alert Oreo, after being shaken awake, only glanced up to see Su Mo standing in front of him before falling back into a deep sleep.
As for the Big and Little Spark, for a stable chicken, this little bit of shaking is nothing. The two little ones didn't even bother to open their eyes the whole time, remaining extremely calm.
"You trust me so much, aren't you afraid I'll sell them all to you?"
Feeling dizzy from the shaking, Su Mo simply sat down on the ground, leaning against Moore, and slowly waited for the upgrade and evolution.
Each upgrade is a new beginning for the Underground Shelter.
Compared to the Ocean God's Awakening in the trailer, the upgrade of the Underground Shelter gives a stronger feeling of the gods' resurgence.
It was as if this shelter, built entirely of stone, had come to life at that moment.
In the dead of night, I wait quietly.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the Underground Shelter's Tortoise Shell core appeared, and as a beam of light swept across it, all the shaking stopped abruptly, and the upgrade interface lit up with a strong yellow light.
The Lv3 shelter is complete!
Compared to the radical changes to the Vault at Lv2, the Lv3 upgrade was unremarkable before the Reconstruction feature was used!
Apart from the addition of a new feature – Shelter, there are no major changes in the overall attributes.
At the same time, the upgrade requirements for Lv4 also popped up at the bottom of the page.
[Underground Shelter Lv4 Upgrade Preview]
[Condition 1: The main shelter must survive 5 or more disasters, and the shelter's durability must not be lower than 50% when the disaster ends. (Automatically increases by 1 for each time the shelter is ranked in the top 10 worldwide) (Achieved)]
[Condition 2: Have one one-star resource and one half-star resource within the main shelter area (achieved)]
[Condition 3: The underground section of the shelter requires a safety assessment score of 15 to upgrade (Current: 328; Achieved)]
[Condition 4: The above-ground portion of the shelter requires a safety assessment score of 30 to be upgraded (Current: 227; Achieved)]
[Condition 5: You need to have one item with growth potential in your shelter to upgrade (currently you have: Workbench, Miniature Oil Well, Youneng Water Well, Small Thermal Weapon Laser Manufacturing Machine Tool, Large Vegetable Culture Medium, and Furnace)]
[Condition 6: Pay 2000 Disaster Points to upgrade (11012/2000)]
[New Feature Preview: Remote Repair (When a player's vault suffers external damage, the Game Panel will display a notification based on the vault's current durability. Within a certain range, players can also provide materials and Disaster Points to restore durability. The lower the durability, the higher the repair cost.)]
[New Feature Preview: Resilience (Binds the durability of an item belonging to a Vault to the Vault door. Before the item's durability reaches zero, the door is invincible and cannot be broken by any external force until the Vault's durability reaches 50%.)]
[New Feature Preview: Refactoring Count +1]
"Hehe, I've now met all the upgrade requirements for a Level 4 shelter. That's the advantage of being ahead of everyone else—as long as you have enough Disaster Points, you can upgrade without a second thought!"
The bright green completion markers next to all the Level 4 shelter upgrade requirements are a testament to Su Mo's long-term hard work.
Without prior experience, seeing these upgrade requirements would be incredibly difficult.
Let's not even talk about how difficult it is to obtain 2,000 points in the current environment.
Take, for example, a one-star resource and a half-star resource; this alone would stump 99.9% of the world's population.
Aside from the truly Lucky Person, or those who are born near resource points previously held by others.
To meet all these conditions, it would take at least six months, or a year, in the wasteland.
As for the security assessment score, Su Mo quickly understood the source of the score after briefly looking at the scoring rules provided by the system.
"If there are any further requirements for this score in the future, we might as well try to find a loophole!"
In the scoring system, each rifle in the underground shelter's weapons depot contributes one point, with a maximum of 50 points.
There are also quite a few Explosive Pack, Explosive Pack containing 5 points, with a maximum of 100 points.
But that's not the Da Tou. The large-screen TVs used to monitor the outside world actually accounted for a full 100 points in the rating.
The garage door on the first floor only scored a little over 50 points in the rating.
Looking at it this way, if the scores for above-ground and underground areas are insufficient later on, one can make up for both by moving things, thus exploiting a loophole.
After a thorough examination, Su Mo had already checked out the new level four features long before they were integrated into the core of Ma Gu's Shelter Core in the Time Ruins.
There was no surprise at this point. With a slight thought, the upgrade of the Level 4 shelter began in earnest.
With the previous groundwork laid, this upgrade to Level 4 didn't cause much of a stir.
After shaking for about twenty minutes, the upgrade ended, and the entire shelter returned to its usual calm.
Meanwhile, the preview of the LV5 shelter upgrade, a minor milestone, finally popped up. Just looking at the various conditions, Su Mo gasped in surprise.
[Underground Shelter Lv5 Upgrade Preview]
[Condition 1: The main shelter must survive 7 or more disasters, and the shelter's durability must not be lower than 50% when the disaster ends. (Automatic +1 for entering the world's top ten) (5/7)]
[Condition 2: After reaching Lv4, kill more than 500 (0/500) enemies of other races]
[Condition 3: The player's overall physical fitness score must reach 50 points or higher (currently: 42)]
[Condition 4: The main shelter must possess a transcendent blessing, and the blessing level cannot be lower than Lv1]
[Condition 5: The player must have entered the ruins at least five times, and the ruins must be of a tier no lower than Tier 1 (3/5)]
[Condition 6: Pay 3000 Disaster Points to upgrade (9012/3000)]
[New Feature Preview: Heavenly Gift (Randomly obtain a modular item or several crafting blueprints)]
[New Feature Preview: Refactoring]
"Hiss"
"No wonder Ma Gu's shelter has survived more than a dozen disasters and only reached level 5. From now on, the real challenge is just beginning!"
Upon seeing the requirements for Lv5 and the new features after the upgrade for the first time, even Su Mo, with his resolute will, couldn't help but be shaken.
With these conditions and functions, Su Mo has finally gained a clearer understanding of some of the mysteries surrounding the Deep Sea Shelter.
"The Oil Well was probably obtained by Ma Gu from the Lv5 upgrade bonus, which also explains why someone as sneaky as him would have such a good item."
"Moreover, the player's overall physical fitness score actually needs to reach 50 points. With my current physical fitness, I'm still a full eight points short!"
Compared to the various soft requirements of LV4, starting from LV5, they become extremely demanding hard requirements.
It's worth noting that with Su Mo's current physical condition, even bench pressing 100 kilograms wouldn't be a problem.
Deadlifts are even higher, exceeding 220 kg.
Even so, it's still a full seven points short of meeting the upgrade requirements for Lv5.
"Given the average physical condition of wasteland dwellers, if it weren't for the Welfare Disaster, for a long time everyone would have been starving, let alone have the physical capacity to upgrade their shelters. No wonder it took Ma Gu over a year to upgrade to Lv5."
"However, since the upgrade requirements for the shelter involve physical fitness, there will definitely be 70 points, or even 100 points, in the future!"
The road to upgrading Ren Zhong.
Thinking about the various difficult conditions he would face in the future, Su Mo had no choice but to memorize all the requirements, glance at the upgrade requirements for Lv5, and decisively close the Game Panel.
"It won't be long. Once the Depression Ruins open once, I'll only need one more attempt."
"Things are different now; disasters are becoming more frequent. If I can find any ruins at sea, enter them, and immediately exit, the conditions can be met."
Composing himself, Su Mo decided not to make any changes to the current refuge before moving on.
All we need to do is wait until tomorrow morning, choose a suitable location, and set up the warehouse for storing food; that will be the final preparation.
"After waiting for so long, the destroyer design blueprints are finally ready to be used!"
With a thought, Su Mo saw the pale purple Destroyer Blueprint leap into his hand. He tightened his grip slightly, spending a thousand Disaster Points, and a savage memory surged into his mind once more! I'm going to visit relatives this afternoon for the Dragon Boat Festival, so the update might be a little late tonight.