Confrontation

Wiping the rain off his mask, Su Mo pretended to shake his head, inadvertently looking again.

This time, he saw it clearly! These were human footprints! These weren't his footprints! Two thoughts flashed through his mind, and Su Mo frowned, his face darkening.

There was someone near the Shelter!

These past two days, in his dreams, Su Mo had dreamed of people near the Shelter, working together hand in hand to create a harmonious home.

However, when traces of real humans appeared near the Shelter.

All Su Mo felt was - unease!

He didn't know where this person was hiding, nor did he know their purpose.

The apocalypse! Humans were the natural enemy of humans!

Hoard food, not guns, and your home is a granary; hoard guns, not food, and everywhere is a granary! In this extreme disaster, it was perfectly normal for someone to go crazy for resources.

At this moment, Su Mo didn't linger. He opened the Shelter Door and slipped inside.

The rain fell again on the plain, beginning to erase all traces Su Mo had left behind.

Standing in the corner of the Shelter, Su Mo spread his hands, waiting for his raincoat to air dry before gradually taking it off.

The heavy rain blocked the scent, which was why Oreo hadn't alerted him.

He had been careless for days, and now, suddenly discovering human presence, Su Mo couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat as he thought back.

"I just saw them saying that Wasteland Wanderers were attacking ordinary civilians everywhere. I didn't expect one to find me."

"No wonder, my Drainage Ditch is too obvious in this wilderness. I wonder if this person saw me upgrading the drainage facilities yesterday."

"No, I can't just sit here and wait for death."

Sitting on the stool, Su Mo took a deep breath to suppress the unease in his heart, his eyes hardening.

"Oreo, come here."

He called Oreo, who was sleeping soundly in the corner, over and rubbed Oreo's soft head.

"Turn on your Sixth Sense and sense if there's any danger nearby."

Oreo understood the command, lay down on the ground, pricked up its ears, and began to listen carefully.

A minute or two passed.

Oreo's expression, which had been full of simple joy, changed. It began to sniff around on the ground, finally barking softly towards the southwest corner of the base.

"You're saying there's danger in that direction?"

Seeing Oreo nod its head, Su Mo quickly began to recall the scene he had seen in the southwest just now.

That was the direction of the base's Drainage Ditch, with a small lake accumulating behind it.

Further away was a thicket of trees, the color of the trees very green. The more he recalled, the more he looked at what he had seen from a third-person perspective.

Black!

A touch of black! Suddenly, Su Mo thought of the black in the woods, a black that was different from the color of the trees. If there hadn't been a warning, he definitely wouldn't have paid attention to it.

Now, with vigilance, he immediately discovered the clue.

The black shadow was probably about a hundred meters away from me. I didn't see him, but he definitely saw me.

Damn it!

Slapping his thigh, Su Mo subconsciously wanted to put on his equipment and go have a "friendly exchange."

This person must have discovered the fact that he was alone.

To be able to build a stable underground Shelter and have such a massive drainage facility.

"I'm afraid I'm already a little fat sheep in other people's eyes, waiting to be slaughtered!"

Taking out the crossbow placed in the inventory, Su Mo smiled self-deprecatingly.

The dark crossbow seemed to exude a murderous aura, revealing a hint of dark light with the refraction of light.

"I didn't expect the first creature my crossbow would face to be my own kind."

"If you don't provoke me, I'll let you off, but if you dare to come..."

Standing up and rubbing his temples, Su Mo walked to the bedside and placed the crossbow on the nightstand.

The left side of the bed was about a meter away from the stone wall.

He summoned the crafting interface.

[Iron Pickaxe (Common): Iron 2/2, Wood 1/1]

Materials met the requirements.

He selected the Iron Pickaxe.

Confirm Craft!

[Record]: Iron -2, Wood -2
[Record]: Iron Pickaxe (Common) successfully crafted.

A plain-looking but extremely practical Iron Pickaxe appeared in Su Mo's hand.

After swinging it a few times, Su Mo began to vigorously chip away at the stone wall near the bed.

It was difficult from the outside in, but easy from the inside out.

Before long, the originally smooth stone surface was chipped open, and over time, it gradually became a large, half-person-sized hole.

Mentally reciting the Survival System, Su Mo stared intently at the large hole.

[Exit Passage]

Description: An exit passage that has not yet been fully opened.
Upgrade Directions: Safety Passage
Branches: Expand (5), Open (60), Material (40), Strength (200), Passage Door (40)

Introduction: A wily rabbit has three burrows!

"If you want to ambush me, you'll have to pay a bloody price."

Seeing the passage's attributes, Su Mo couldn't help but smile.

Now that he was exposed, rashly going out the front door was undoubtedly like delivering himself as food.

If someone was lying in ambush, he would probably be turned into a hedgehog the moment he opened the door.

Thanks to his unrestrained imagination, Su Mo came up with the clumsy idea of ​​opening a second path for the underground Shelter.

Relaxing his gaze, the upgrade options disappeared.

Now was not the time to be desperate and reveal his hidden card.

Su Mo always maintained a bottom line when dealing with other humans.

I will not offend others unless they offend me.

At the same time, he also hoped that everyone could avoid resorting to violence, encourage each other, and overcome the end-of-world difficulties together.

Watching Oreo still pacing anxiously around the Shelter, occasionally pricking up its ears to listen, and sometimes sniffing the ground intently, Su Mo felt both sorry and distressed.

"Good boy, wake me up if there's anything unusual. I'll get some sleep first!"

After buying two pieces of Mutated Beast meat from the trading market, placing them in Oreo's bowl, and adding some Psionic Water, Su Mo returned to bed and fell asleep fully clothed.

The daytime was not terrifying.

The night was when the bloody horn would sound.

He needed to be in the best condition to stay up at night and guard against anyone who might try to sneak in.

The heavy rain continued to pour down, as if trying to submerge the entire world and carry out an act of annihilation.

Under the cover of the rain, there were no other sounds in the entire world.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Half-asleep, Su Mo vaguely dreamed that today was just a false alarm, that no one had come to covet the Shelter, and no one was plotting against him.

Gradually.

The sky outside began to darken, the sun began to set, and darkness gradually crept in from the horizon.

Under the cloak of night.

Someone was coming.

Five dark figures stealthily climbed up from the south of the Shelter, in the direction of the Drainage Ditch.

Treading on the stone Drainage Ditch, the five men walked along, muttering under their breaths, "Damn it, that son of a bitch is really lucky. I don't know where he got such a blueprint. He's lying in the Shelter, sleeping soundly. Why don't I have such good luck?"

"Keep your voice down, Liu Ba, don't expose us."

"Afraid of what? A young man with a bit of luck, that's all. If he dares to come out, I'll be the first to cut him down."

The man called Liu Ba not only didn't restrain himself, but his ferocity soared.

"If he doesn't come out, there's nothing we can do!"

Sitting on the far left, the small man with a rat's tail hairstyle saw things clearly and pointed out the difficulty the group was currently facing.

Su Mo's Shelter was too solid!

So solid that the five men were shocked at first sight! The stone Shelter Door was engraved with simple patterns, looking natural and integrated into the earth.

The Drainage Ditch, cascading down the hillside, was entirely made of stone, adding to the five men's shock.

"Boss Huang, do you think we're being a bit unethical doing this? Why don't we just knock on the door and ask him to give us his supplies, and we'll continue wandering?"

The bespectacled man at the back of the group walked along, surveying his surroundings. His face was gentle, but the words coming out of his mouth were quite cruel.

"Four Eyes, I remember when you were hacking people, your hand didn't even shake. Now you're starting to panic? Are you scared?"

"Liu Ba scouted it out clearly today. There's only one softie in this Shelter, relying on good luck to live here. As long as we can get him to open the door, this place will be ours!"

Boss Huang, the leader, smiled contemptuously, coupled with the half-man-high spiked Wolf Tooth Club in his hand, enough to stop children from crying at night.

"How many supplies do we get after struggling to kill Mutated Beasts all day? How many supplies have we gotten from robbing people these past two days? Use your brain and calculate the account!"

"Can this person be harder to kill than a Mutated Beast?"

Inside the Shelter, Su Mo had already been woken up from his sleep by Oreo.

In a few breaths, Su Mo woke up, turned over, and got out of bed.

He picked up the Psionic Water placed at the head of the bed and drank it all in one gulp, grabbed his crossbow, and instantly entered a battle state.