Eighteen Layers of Defense, Crossing the Calamity Unscathed!

One step in, and the two worlds are reversed.

Having learned from the previous two experiences, Su Mo focused his attention the moment he entered the range of light, calling out to the system while looking at the figure in the darkness.

The first time, Su Mo saw a creature sitting in the darkness. It was a humanoid creature, not very tall, about 170 cm based on its posture and height.

The second time, with some preparation, Su Mo saw the general attire of this humanoid creature.

It's a bit rugged, with sharp lines, and also a bit... edgy.

This style of service definitely has nothing to do with Earth; it's more like something out of a science fiction movie.

This time, as soon as Su Mo entered and began to observe, the system's light revealed even more to Su Mo.

Clocks?

Someone puts a clock on their shoe?

From an angle where only the side of the shoe is visible, a clock resembling an old-fashioned pocket watch is attached to the figure's ankle, swaying gently as the figure's foot moves up and down.

"Good heavens, wearing such a high-end watch on his feet, how can we be mere commoners?"

At this moment, Su Mo only regretted that the green light of the system was not strong enough to fully illuminate the entire space, allowing him to see more of this spirited young man with his consciousness.

But in a moment of mental struggle, Su Mo was astonished to find that his sense of smell seemed to have returned! Su Mo could only use his ears to listen to the sound of the waves emanating from this mysterious world, and use his consciousness with the help of the system to see the true appearance of this world.

But at that moment, just as Su Mo was desperately wanting to see more details, a salty sea breeze suddenly entered his nostrils.

It's the sound of the sea, it's the smell of the sea! It turns out that my senses haven't disappeared, but rather been forcibly stripped away by something.

Just as Su Mo had this thought, the mysterious person opposite him seemed to recognize Su Mo as an old acquaintance. In an instant, just as Su Mo was about to struggle and try to gain more control, everything became bright again.

This is the cockpit of the Hope. Through the cockpit window, Su Mo can see the red moon hanging high in the sky.

"Unfortunately, if I had struggled a few more times, perhaps I could have regained more control."

"If I can stand up then, I'll have a good chat with this mysterious person."

Sitting on the stool, having thoroughly memorized the appearance of the old-fashioned pocket watch that he had glimpsed in its entirety just moments before, Su Mo smacked his lips and stood up.

Compared to the tension he felt during his previous two visits, Su Mo, who was already familiar with the disaster relief process, was completely relaxed this time.

After opening the mechanism and descending the stairs to the Engine Room, which now has a cooling chimney, Su Mo poured in a liter of Psionic Water to start the engine and power the entire ship. Then, he went to the bow and slowly lowered the large anchor that secures the ship.

Having done all this, and looking at the sky that seemed to be brewing with anger, Su Mo calmly returned to the driver's seat and began to control Gonggong.

Twelve minutes and thirty-four seconds.

This was the time Su Mo had left after completing all the preparations.

Practice makes perfect, and mastery comes with practice.

Through repeated hands-on practice, Su Mo has transformed most of the captain's knowledge he learned in his dream into real skill.

Judging by the captain's skill level, even if Su Mo returned to Earth now, he could at least become a second mate! After lightly tapping the button on the left side of the dashboard and instructing the mechanic to bring up the three bottles of Maotai stored in the warehouse, Su Mo leisurely put his feet on the dashboard and opened the Game Panel.

Chatting, trading, and manufacturing—the three most important aspects—remain locked.

There were no changes mentioned in the three disaster predictions.

Clicking into the vehicle interface, the Sub-Legendary Hope stands out prominently, and below it, a 30% progress bar appears after the new skills bar, indicating that it can be used at any time.

Ten minutes and twenty-two seconds.

When the loyal mechanic brought over three bottles of Maotai and two small bags of peanuts, Su Mo immediately opened the bottles and started blowing into them.

In reality, these three bottles of Maotai were a treasure that the villagers of Hope Village had searched for for so long to find.

Before the complete brewing production line is restored, such fine wine will become increasingly rare as the drop rate of treasure chests decreases, meaning that every bottle consumed is one less available.

Two sips of wine, a few peanuts.

After finishing one bottle of Flying Dinner, Su Mo was already slightly tipsy, but this did not prevent him from opening the next two bottles.

No one can understand the excruciating pain of having half of your body fractured in an instant, nor can anyone understand how terrifying it is for the lower body to disappear due to a pressure explosion.

Su Mo was afraid, but his stubbornness wouldn't allow him to utter the word "fear."

So, these three bottles of good stuff that I wouldn't dare drink in the real world will become my courage-boosting drinks tonight!

"After I finish this wine, I'll go and learn from Wu Song fighting the tiger, and give these foreign tribes a good fight!"

Stepping outside, seeing the countdown of three minutes had already begun, after downing the last sip of Maotai and feeling his half-drunk body, Su Mo staggered back into the driver's seat and closed the Watertight Door.

On the Gong Gong System, due to the secondary installation design, a disaster alert has popped up, and a timer accurate to the millimeter has been provided.

The Fire Control Radar also activated full-power scanning, rapidly returning all environmental data within one kilometer of the Hope.

Looking at the drastically changed Iron Stone Mountain on the radar map, Su Mo smiled and took advantage of the last moments to examine it with great interest.

"It seems the talisman paper can indeed simulate in real time. Chen Shen is quite good."

"However, compared to the second time, there have been subtle changes this time. It seems that the future is not destined to be static!"

The future is interesting and ever-changing.

Su Mo kept staring at the screen until there were only ten seconds left on the clock. He gradually withdrew his gaze, and the smile slowly faded from his lips.

The familiar countdown began to echo through the Game Panel, culminating in the final "1".

The familiar darkness has arrived again!

But the next second, under Su Mo's manual operation, all eight spotlights on the ship turned on simultaneously, illuminating the deck again.

An invisible breeze began to grow stronger around the Hope as time slowly passed.

Hiss. Swish. The familiar light rain continued to fall, but sitting in the cockpit, Su Mo's gaze never left the camera's monitoring of the ground.

At 1 minute and 23 seconds, the instant water began to spread on the ground, Su Mo's expression instantly became serious, and the breeze surrounding the Hope suddenly became fierce.

If the wind speed was only around 3 km/h before, it surged to 15 km/h the moment the "sea" appeared!

A true Force 7 gale! This blessing from the sea breeze completely imbued the Hope with a touch of mystery.

Before the energy was depleted, Su Mo tested this ability, which could be maintained at the speed of a level 7 gale for 22 minutes and 40 seconds! Although the range could only be maintained within 100 meters of the Hope, it was undoubtedly much stronger than the blessing in the base.

Moreover, under Su Mo's conscious command, this gust of wind did not blow haphazardly.

Instead, it began to rotate clockwise around the Hope, and within just a few breaths, it created a considerable high-pressure zone.

All the raindrops falling from the sky were pulled inward by the high pressure, shooting towards the Hope like bullets, making a crackling sound.

Looking at the already blurred porthole, Su Mo was not anxious, but instead used both hands.

The left hand continued to rotate clockwise, while the right hand moved slowly in the opposite direction, that is, counterclockwise.

Multitasking! It doesn't just refer to these simple hand movements, but rather using hand movements to drive the brain's control over the extraordinary ability of the sea breeze.

The wind has no thoughts, but Su Mo, as the one who controls it, can give the wind a sense of direction! Compared to the second time, this time the magical phenomenon from the outside world came faster and more smoothly.

After just four breaths, the sound of rain hitting the porthole and popping like beans began to subside, and by the tenth breath, it had completely stopped.

If someone were sitting in the cockpit at this moment, they would surely see a scene on the Fire Control Radar scan that perfectly matches the one shown in the television weather forecast: a typhoon cloud map!

Centered on the Hope, the wind 50 meters away is rotating at high speed in a clockwise direction, creating a strong high pressure that forces the external water vapor towards the center.

However, within fifty meters, just before touching the guardrail of the Hope, an invisible wind was also rotating at high speed in a counterclockwise direction, creating a low-pressure area.

Two different directions of rotation cause the air in the fifty-meter range to rotate, and the centrifugal force generated during the rotation is balanced and canceled out by the wind force blowing towards the center.

With the added effect of warming air as it descends, this typhoon has become the Hope's first line of defense, keeping all external objects out.

Is that enough? No, it's not! Based on last experience, the Eye of the Typhoon can only block the rain for 14 minutes and 50 seconds.

The remaining 20 seconds are crucial for whether the Hope can overcome the storm and be "reborn"!

After waiting until the fourteenth minute, and having formed a mental pattern of wind control, the third gust of wind, mixed with the fourth gust of water, rose again.

The ability to go from multitasking to multitasking, and to achieve this superhuman control, was not due to Su Mo's powerful Mental Strength, but rather to the glowing Thought Ring on his finger!

The game is unusable, the system is unusable, but the ring works perfectly fine because of the attributes of the equipment I equipped.

After using this magical ring to maintain control over the two winds from different directions, he manipulated a third wind force mixed with water force, which suddenly formed walls of water above the Fire Control Radar.

The water wall is small, only two square meters in size, but it is just enough to cover the Fire Control Radar, ensuring that the radar will not suffer a "catastrophic disaster".

As for the other parts of the Hope, Su Mo didn't need to worry because of the new life, and did his best to maintain the water wall.

The second time, after creating twelve water walls through this operation, Su Mo had no energy left.

But this time, the strong aroma of Maotai made Su Mo Su Mo's mind soar, and before he knew it, the fifteenth water wall had risen.

However, 52 seconds had already passed, leaving Su Mo no time to be distracted.

More and more gravel and rainwater have broken through the typhoon barrier, hitting the deck and making a splashing sound.

Under Gonggong's command, the ship's powerful drainage system also activated its electric pumping mode, carrying all the water left on the deck to the outside.

The familiar buoyancy was generated, and the familiar Hope swayed.

Su Mo knew that this was the last solo performance fifteen minutes ago, and also the moment when the final wave of attack announced its charge.

Sixteen sides! Seventeen sides! Eighteen sides! Countless beads of sweat the size of beans were already dripping from Su Mo's forehead, hitting the dashboard in the cockpit with a pattering sound.

Human potential is limitless. In his last chance, Su Mo completely squeezed out his potential, creating eighteen water walls with amazing defensive capabilities for the Fire Control Radar.

The moment the eighteen sides were formed, 15 minutes had passed!

The rain is no longer rain, but a waterfall!

From thousands of meters above the ground, it seemed to be poured out, obscuring all visible sight.

The reefs are no longer stones, but cannonballs!

It plummeted from the sky, its speed constantly increasing, pouring down with terrifying kinetic energy.

The typhoon barrier, formed by the forces of both the forward and reverse directions, was almost effortlessly breached by the impact, thus ending its mission.

It sounded like Thor's roar, or like impotent rage.

The raging Ocean Downpour lasted only a second, yet it inflicted damage on the Hope that it hadn't sustained in the previous fifteen minutes!

15 minutes and 2 seconds, the water wall defense is down to...

17 walls! 15 minutes and 5 seconds, 12 water walls defended! 15 minutes and 7 seconds, 5 water walls defended! 15 minutes and 9 seconds, 3 water walls defended! The magnificent layers of water walls were reduced to only three in the last second, but the water was also running out of steam.

After barely breaking through the last three sides, it poured onto the radar like an ordinary downpour, making a slight whooshing sound.

Hearing the cheers that sounded like a celebration, and seeing the Game Panel appear with only 24% durability loss, Su Mo, standing in the cabin, still laughed wildly despite his face turning red.

What does it mean to finally reap the rewards after hardship? What does it mean to clear the game without taking any damage?

This is a double win!