New Bug, Seven Considerations

The last time I entered the Talisman Paper World was after I was knocked unconscious. When I returned, I was asleep when I came back to the real world.

So this time, after silently reciting "exit" in his mind, Su Mo widened his eyes, wanting to carefully observe what kind of technology was used to allow the consciousness to travel between the two worlds.

However, the magical talisman was destined to disappoint Su Mo.

As soon as the words "exit" were spoken, a golden light rose directly into the sky and struck down squarely.

The bright light was blinding. Su Mo involuntarily closed his eyes, and when he opened them again after the light disappeared, he was astonished to find that he had returned to the Hope!

It's the same familiar location, the same familiar view.

This time, however, in the Talisman Paper World, the Fire Control Radar was smashed to pieces, the captain's Captain's Cabin was crushed by Giant Strength, the Main Deck was riddled with holes, and various damaged wires were everywhere.

These destroyed things have been restored to their original state!

In the main world, everything remained peaceful, so peaceful that Su Mo felt a little dazed.

"I used to think that this 'Heaven Stealing Secret' was just high technology, but now it seems that it's probably also related to access permissions."

"Nine times out of ten, this ordinary talisman hides a great secret that no one knows about."

Upon returning to the main world, the paralyzed body in the Talisman Paper World had already disappeared.

Feeling the energy surging from his body, Su Mo sprang to his feet, grabbed the Heaven Stealing Secret was still dancing in the air, and examined it carefully.

It can simulate what will happen in the next disaster, and it's so realistic. Plus, it only puts in a consciousness, so even if someone dies, their energy is just reset to zero.

This amazing technology was completely beyond Su Mo's imagination.

Judging from the existing information, only the Authority Power can explain all of this.

Furthermore, during his contemplation, Su Mo discovered a glimmer of opportunity to exploit a bug! "If the talisman only eliminates creatures within a 100-kilometer radius of me, then I only need to have any random villager go 100 kilometers away and wait for me."

"Once I enter the Talisman Paper World, with just a simple radio, I'll be able to determine whether this is the real world or a simulation."

"Furthermore, through the villagers' records, I can even know what major events happened in the days leading up to the disaster, which is equivalent to being able to predict many days into the future!"

"For example, before I went in, I told Chen Shen that we would be exploring the Great Canyon in two days. Then, by entering the talisman and contacting this person, I could know the results of Chen Shen's exploration in advance."

"But doesn't this create a paradox?"

Leaning against the guardrail, looking at the talisman with only 7 bars of energy left, Su Mo, after much deliberation, decided to abandon his dangerous idea of exploiting a bug.

Nothing more!

Their current strength is simply too weak. One voyage at sea almost cost them their lives. Even if they could decipher the true nature of the talisman or exploit this bug, it wouldn't be of any crucial importance.

Moreover, if any rules are violated, causing the energy to be reset to zero and preventing further testing, that would be disastrous.

"Write this down first. We can leave it for later if we don't explore it now!"

To be on the safe side, after putting the Heaven Stealing Secret Talisman back into his Storage Space, Su Mo quickly put away his worries about the talisman deep into his mind. Along with that, the idea of improving the Hope also popped up again.

"First, we must build a sufficiently strong defensive perimeter to ensure that the Hope will not be damaged in the first wave of the Waterfall Rainstorm."

"Secondly, the Gong Gong System needs further optimization. The current logic is too rigid. Once there is a conflict in the underlying data, it becomes useless and has no practicality whatsoever. If necessary, we should spend Survival Points to improve it."

"Third, the deep crater must be repaired immediately. Based on the simulation data, I must ensure a safe and undamaged voyage next time."

"Fourth, I need to add more rigid and stabilizing structures to the hull to maximize the performance of the steel plates. We can't let it be like this simulation, where the steel plates weren't broken, but the seams were still punctured."

"Fifth, I must build another Fire Control Radar, otherwise if this one breaks, the Hope will be like a blind person, with the system completely paralyzed!"

"Sixth, all errors that occurred during previous simulations must be identified and their causes recorded, archived, and fixed as soon as possible to ensure that such incidents do not occur again."

The test revealed six areas for improvement for the Hope spacecraft, a truly fruitful outcome.

But beyond these six, looking at the distant Iron Stone Mountain and the "brightly lit" area about two kilometers from the Hope, one can see...

Su Mo's gaze was deep as he proposed the seventh improvement.

"Although Hope Village is built on Iron Stone Mountain, there is no risk of landslides."

"But since everyone has hollowed out the mountain to live inside, we must build defensive measures quickly."

"The pavilion itself will probably be washed away in the 13th minute, let alone the Waterfall Rainstorm in the 15th minute. Even if the water rushes in within two minutes, it will kill everyone in the cave."

"And other humans"

The thought of the impending disaster, and the blind optimism of ordinary people under the current circumstances, gave Su Mo a headache.

Even with the Sub-Legendary Hope, Su Mo remained vigilant and respectful towards the impending disaster and the struggle at sea, striving to be even more cautious than usual.

But now, in the human community, if not the majority, at least 30% of people have completely lost their fear of disaster after becoming rich through Welfare Disaster!

As long as you open the chat channel, you can see them spouting nonsense anytime, anywhere.

What nonsense about annihilating alien races? The New Continent belongs to humanity.

There are also those who gather together as a group of humans, whose billions directly crush all other creatures, and become rich overnight.

Some even went straight to exploring the New Continent!

Incited by certain people with ulterior motives, if Su Mo keeps the news of the disaster to himself and doesn't tell these people, then in just 15 minutes, six days later, all of them will be in "heaven" to enjoy the good things of the future! More than 70% of humanity will also follow these people and return to nothingness.

"Forget it, this matter needs to be considered more carefully. Let's wait until the second simulation test, when I have more information, before deciding how to tell these people!"

Record all the information in a notebook and put it into the Storage Space.

This time, entering the Talisman Paper World took a total of two hours of energy, which should only take two minutes in the main world.

However, due to previous review procedures, after comparing the time on Old Phone, Su Mo determined the time required for this entry:

49 minutes!

Excluding the two-hour simulation, the review and departure took a total of 47 minutes. Although it wasn't much time, it still served as a reminder to Su Mo.

Time changes in the Talisman Paper World, so you need to be extremely careful every time you enter!

Keeping this in mind as well, Su Mo strode down the stairs and left the Hope, heading towards the hull, which was now under martial law.

After nearly an hour of preparation, the previously chaotic scene under the Hope ship returned to normal.

Three minutes after the Hope arrived at the Sub-Legendary class and began to shine, which was also the instant Su Mo bound the Hope, the light from the entire ship began to slowly converge.

Finally, the focus was on the flag at the bow of the ship!

Even though everyone was still curious, Qi Qin, having regained his senses, urged them to return to their posts and continue the martial law.

Within a two-kilometer radius, order was restored once the cordon was reopened.

Therefore, after disembarking from the ship, Su Mo immediately spotted Chen Shen and Zhong Qingshu walking anxiously under the Hope sign.

"Big Brother Su is down, for the test?"

Ever since the burst of light subsided, the Hope has remained in complete darkness, with none of its spotlights ever turned on.

Standing at the bottom of these steps, Chen Shen had no idea what Su Mo was testing, so he could only pace back and forth anxiously to relieve the pressure in his heart.

Chen Shen was startled to see Su Mo suddenly come down.

"It's a success?!"

Compared to Chen Shen, Zhong Qingshu was much more "skilled".

Seeing the smile on Su Mo's face, she cleverly guessed the result of this test.

Without keeping them in suspense, Su Mo looked around at the villagers surrounding the Hope and felt a warmth in his heart. He then said directly, "Let's have a meeting. All management, in twenty minutes, at the Shipyard Conference Room!"

"Good!"

"I'll go inform them right away!"

Watching Chen Shen's hurried figure disappear into the distance, Su Mo, accompanied by Zhong Qingshu, headed ahead towards the shipyard.

This test revealed a lot. With Zhong Qingshu's intelligence, she only needs to reveal a little bit, and she will definitely be able to guess more deeply, or even get closer to the truth.

Therefore, on the way to the shipyard, Su Mo told them about the impending disaster without any beating around the bush.

From Waterfall Rainstorm enough to destroy over 90% of life, to ground seepage rates rising in an increasingly shaky straight line.

Aside from the Hope's struggle in such an environment, Su Mo spoke frankly about the disaster.

After overcoming the shock of the previous minute, Zhong Qingshu wisely refrained from asking Su Mo how he knew about these disasters and instead lowered her head to ponder.

Seeing Zhong Qingshu's appearance, Su Mo was not in a hurry. He opened the shipyard gate, turned on the power, sat down, and patiently waited for the other management personnel of Hope Village to arrive.

All things considered, humanity has only faced three major disasters so far.

Of these three disasters, there was one welfare disaster, which was essentially nonexistent.

Compared to the dozens of disasters that Yan Country, which took several years to reach the point of ocean invasion and travel to the New Continent, this time, due to Su Mo's premature intervention, the drawbacks have become increasingly significant.

Although the disaster detected that all humans had sufficient supplies, the key issue was that these supplies could not be converted into combat power in the short term! Apart from the Underground Shelter and the sheltered Hope Village, which were barely able to keep up with the pace of the disaster.

Most of humanity, including the alien races, became cannon fodder in the face of natural disasters! Almost every lone wolf now needs to format their shelter, turning it into a raft to drift across the sea.

Many large shelters were in dire straits. Not to mention modern steel ships, even wooden boats were built in a haphazard manner, with various problems arising every day.

Even the alien races on land are all learning to swim, trying every means to learn from humans how to build small boats to cross the ocean.

Of course, if we can extend the Timeline to a year later, given humanity's current resource accumulation, let alone large-scale shelters, even a lone wolf could develop a certain level of steel technology.

Even in those terrifying natural disasters, there was still a possibility of overcoming them.

But now, seeing the excited expressions on the faces of each member of the management team as they entered the shelter, Su Mo nodded slightly, and his anxiety eased considerably.

From birth to the present, every step humanity has taken has been a struggle through mud and a slow crawl in the dark, with the constant threat of total annihilation.

It could be a larger meteorite, a superpulse from space, or an ancient virus lurking beneath a glacier.

Any "ordinary" disaster could wipe out humanity on Earth.

This game is no different; if you can't get through it, humanity on Earth will be wiped out.

But crossing that river is like a life-level leap, like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis!