Tundra Ship, Su God's Recruitment Plan!
"Director, our battleships are currently undergoing testing, and the results are excellent; there are no issues with the watertight layer!"
On a high platform hidden from all the villagers in the hill, there stood about thirty people, and at the very front was Lu Yongyi, the director of the Tundra Shelter.
Hope Village has 140 residents, and including Su Mo, there are exactly ten management members.
In the case of the Tundra Shelter, because it is an official facility, it is easier for them to manage, so only a little over thirty people are needed to manage it well.
While listening to Shen Ke's report, Lu Yongyi could see some restraint on his face, but he still couldn't help but reveal a smile.
Currently, China has 171 Official Shelter and 1,786 affiliated good and lawful shelters.
The "Tundra," currently undergoing testing in the center of the hill, can undoubtedly rank among the top twenty in combat power! And across the entire wasteland, it can reliably secure its place in the top fifty! At first glance, Tundra Shelter's ranking seems low, but considering that the combat power of sea vessels is currently ranked according to ship data, it's understandable.
After all, when it comes to actually taking ships out to sea to fight, there is no real difference between a 60-meter ship and an 80-meter ship. What really matters is the power and firepower of both sides.
It is quite possible that even a ship ranked 150th could launch a surprise attack and take down a ship ranked in the top ten!
Of course, the Tundra brought more than just something as intangible as rankings; its greatest effect was:
People are united!
The sheer terror of this cohesion was evident even just four days prior, when the Tundra Shelter received a distress call and successfully completed the shelter rescue operation, ultimately bringing together just over 200 newly incorporated refugees.
They can also quickly join in and integrate with the old villagers when "called upon".
Thinking of all this, Lu Yongyi's smile widened.
At the same time, he also remembered the real reason why the Tundra Shelter was able to develop so rapidly. And so on!
Thinking of that man who always seemed harmless and smiling during their chats, but who always managed to say something shocking, Lu Yongyi's smile immediately vanished, replaced by anxiety. "By the way, Shen Ke, I remember last night Su Mo applied to us for a deal on explosives formulas. I asked San Shi to cooperate with you. Did you send the information over today?"
"Damn, I've been so busy today, how could I forget about this!"
He slapped his forehead, and even with his deep-seated shrewdness, Lu Yongyi couldn't help but utter a curse.
During the ship testing, he suddenly became nervous and asked about the deal with Su Mo.
Lu Yongyi's seemingly reckless words did not arouse the curiosity of the management standing behind him; instead, they caused a stir of anxiety among those in the back.
This sight would be incredibly strange to outsiders, but to these "old folks" in the Tundra Shelter, it seemed perfectly natural.
Yes, no ship is more important than Su Mo!
Ships can be rebuilt, and you can travel on rafts, but if Su Mo is gone, it's truly gone!
From the initial deal, to the provision of the seeds of Welfare Disaster, to the "generous" follow-up weapons support.
No one dared to imagine how starving the villagers in the Tundra Shelter would have been without Su Mo's support.
No one dared to imagine what would have happened to those eight hundred people if they hadn't been for the powerful steel weapons during the rescue operation four days ago, when they faced a frenzied attack from nearly a thousand aliens.
The relaxed atmosphere suddenly turned serious because of a single sentence. Sensing the tension in the air, Shen Ke quickly replied:
"It's been sent. I sent it this morning. Here's a detailed record of the total cost for San Shi to obtain the information."
As she spoke, Shen Ke took out a small book of documents bound together from her Storage Space.
Turning to the last page of the document revealed the entire process of Su Mo sending the request to the Tundra Shelter to trade TNT and C4 before going to sleep the previous night.
From the first sentence to the process of collecting information, to the expenses, and finally the transaction, Shen Ke recorded everything in detail.
After nervously reading through the entire record, Lu Yongyi relaxed completely, and the people behind him also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Great! This was handled very well!"
"From now on, we must respond to all of Su Mo's transaction requests immediately and at all costs to ensure that the transactions can be carried out smoothly!"
Handing the booklet back, Lu Yongyi looked at Shen Ke, whose face was covered in a bit of dirt, and praised her while showing a sense of relief.
No one knew better than him how great the loss would be for the Tundra Shelter if it lost the first trading rights in Su Mo! Bearing the responsibility for the lives of hundreds, even thousands of people, and without the help of his old friends, the burden on Lu Yongyi's shoulders was too heavy!
Without Su Mo's two instances of support, which solved the problems of food and safety, not only would the Tundra be lost, but also the hundreds of people below might not have survived.
"By the way, how's the matter I asked you to investigate going? Our Tundra Shelter has received so much kindness; we absolutely cannot be ungrateful bastards!"
Looking down at the Tundra, where tests were being conducted at a rapid pace, Lu Yongyi's tone suddenly shifted, becoming resolute.
He was one of the insiders of humanity's grand plan, and he was also well aware of just how terrifying the benefits would be if this decisive battle were successful.
But compared to this matter that had been weighing on his mind, the big plan was not important!
Lu Yongyi stared at Shen Ke, and the others behind him also took two steps forward and turned their gazes toward him.
As the center of attention, Shen Ke smoothed her short, ear-length hair and slowly shook her head:
"Director, I naturally know how important this matter is. Since our shelter was established, we have received too much kindness from Su God. Not to mention you, we and the villagers below all think of Su God's kindness day and night. But you said that we should ask about this matter tactfully, so as not to hurt Su God's feelings. So I have asked him about it seven or eight times in the past few days, but every time I asked him, he shook his head and said that I don't need to worry about this matter."
"You know Su God's temperament. Unless I spell it out, when we designed the Tundra, we reserved two hundred seats for Su God. If you don't build the ship, you'll just have to wait here for us to come pick you up in the Tundra."
"Otherwise, given his current physique, he would absolutely not accept our kind offer."
Shen Ke spoke rapidly, like a machine gun, revealing just how frustrated she had been during her seven or eight conversations with Su Mo.
Building ships is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Sailing a ship is difficult, more difficult than venturing into space!
This is a global consensus!
Building a ship is simple; the only difference lies in the size of the ship.
But for most ordinary people who have never seen the sea in their lives, getting the boat going and sailing it well is an incredibly difficult task.
Generally speaking, to operate a sand barge, you need at least eighteen crew members who are proficient in swimming and are also familiar with ship handling.
Only in this way can the ship be set sail smoothly!
As for how well a sand barge can be operated, or how it can be used for combat on the sea, a 30-meter sand barge would require a full 40 crew members! That sounds exaggerated, but if you put that ratio onto Sailing Battleship, it would be even more frightening.
These large naval warships are essentially the only type of military branch that needs to maintain all-weather combat capability.
This was not because of frequent naval battles, but because of the unpredictable weather at sea.
Without computer control, 24-hour shifts are needed to safely and effectively maintain this old-fashioned wooden warship.
Otherwise, if the boat breaks down somewhere, the difficulty of repairing it would be outrageous, especially without mechanical repair equipment or a coastline to dock at.
The current Tundra is a case in point; the entire ship requires a terrifying 220 sailors working in shifts to keep it running perfectly.
These 220 people, through so many days of intensive daily classes and cramming education, have barely reached the minimum standard.
Naturally, everyone, including the Tundra Shelter which had traded with Su Mo dozens of times, believed it.
Even if Su God, the pinnacle of human combat power, has the resources and abilities to build a large ship, he simply cannot sail it!
Even if you're incredibly strong in combat, can one person really sail a huge ship across the sea? What about logistics, maintenance, piloting, and gunners?
These are all major problems that are real and cannot be solved at all! At this moment, Su Chan, who was mixed in with the crowd below, also felt a little anxious after looking at the magnificence of the Tundra.
At first, Su Chan was not flustered when the sea was coming. Instead, she was quite glad that it would be easier to reunite with her Su Mo at sea.
But as the situation worsened, after seeing the Tundra and hearing the comments from other people on weekdays...
Su Chan panicked!
Good grief, wasn't this supposed to be a raft survival mission? Why are they using battleships tens of meters long? This is practically cheating!
With gods battling it out like this, how is my brother, a mere mortal, supposed to pick me up?! Su Mo's familiarity with Su Chan instantly conjured up an image of Su Mo arriving on a raft to fetch her! On one side, Sailing Battleship dozens of meters long; on the other, a raft adrift on the sea, seemingly on the verge of sinking...
All right...
The scene was too beautiful to imagine! And in this naval battle, for humanity, Su God's role was more like a totem than a main force in the alien war! "Shen Ke, if you ask me, don't be so subtle. In my opinion, Su God isn't one to mince words; you might be more effective if you just say it directly."
"Wang Teng, are you stupid? You can just listen to what he says. Su God isn't some kind of boor. Face isn't always important, but sometimes it's extremely important. What if Su God gets angry and refuses to trade with us? Let's see what you do then."
"Why don't we just invite Su God to fight the alien race? Anyway, when we meet, Su God will see that our Tundra is even more powerful. Maybe we can join forces, with Su God providing the fighting force and us providing the ship, and we can take a big hit!"
"Hey? That works! Anyway, everyone's destination is the New Continent, so there's no conflict!"
"Ugh, what a load of rubbish! Can't you be a little smarter? Just say that everyone in our shelter worships Su God, and now that disaster is upon us, we want to join forces with Su God and go to the New Continent together. That way, we can look out for each other and help more of our Chinese people survive!"
Before Lu Yongyi could speak, the management team behind him started arguing amongst themselves, wishing they could replace Shen Ke and rush up to talk to Su Mo.
Seeing this lively scene, Lu Yongyi didn't stop it; instead, he smiled and said:
"I see you're all just killing time, huh? Alright, everyone come up with a proposal now. Once you've finished, give it to Shen Ke. We'll have a meeting on the spot, and whoever's proposal gets the most votes will win!"
"Okay, let's do as the director says!"
"That's a great idea!"
Seeing that Lu Yongyi agreed, everyone immediately stopped arguing and sat on the ground, sometimes frowning, sometimes muttering, taking out paper and pen and racking their brains to write down their "strategy to conquer Su Mo"! From how to talk to Su Mo in a way that would save face, to how to agree on meeting details, and finally to uniting together to fight the alien race.
Shen Ke dared not think about these things, but the men in management were not so polite. They wrote and laughed at the same time, giving full play to their imaginations.
Of course, the ordinary people sitting below the platform were unaware of this extraordinary scene of someone writing furiously.
Su Mo, who was far away in his Underground Shelter, practicing his Martial Arts Spear with great effort, naturally had no way of knowing this.
Yesterday's thunderstorms, even with Su Mo's excellent sleep quality, couldn't keep him awake until the latter half of the night.
Even with his calm demeanor, Su Mo couldn't sleep soundly during his light sleep because of the occasional loud bangs.
Even at around 4 a. m., Su Mo went for a stroll on the Hope while still wearing his Combat Suit.
After checking that there were no problems with the drainage and watertight facilities, they returned to the shelter and went back to sleep.
However, the real reason why Su Mo was able to get up and exercise just after six o'clock was not the thunderstorm...
Instead, it started at five in the morning with a constant tingling itch coming from inside his body! These past few days, with the frequent entry and exit of the Heaven Stealing Secret talisman, Su Mo wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that his physical condition was heading towards "abnormal" again.
From a powerless office worker to a strength athlete who can bench press 180 kg with 8RM and has a maximum of 220 kg, Su Mo only took two months.
Furthermore, when his body was unbearably itchy early in the morning, Su Mo got up and tested himself, only to be surprised to find that his maximum strength had increased from 220 to 235!
Now that he realized he was almost at the 250kg requirement for upgrading to Tier 5 Shelter, Su Mo naturally became interested and started training.
Starting a little after six o'clock, Su Mo trained for a full hour and a half in the spacious gym before stopping.
Unfortunately, when you don't pay attention to your physical fitness, it grows rapidly.
If you care, it will remain motionless, just like a snail.
Wiping his sweat, Su Mo glanced regretfully at the physical fitness score requirement, which was only 2 points short of the game's 50-point requirement for upgrading.
"I hope my physical fitness can improve dramatically before I set sail, so I won't have to worry about not having time to train while at sea!"
"Sigh, I still lack time!"
So far, due to time constraints, Su Mo has not devoted much effort to investigating the source of the inexplicable increase in physical fitness.
After all, apart from the fact that my daily food intake has increased a bit, this is a positive growth in every way, so there's no need to panic!
After wiping away the sweat and changing into dry clothes, I enjoyed a hearty breakfast with the adults and four children.
The Survival Points for February 19th arrived on time, totaling just over 2000 points.
Seeing that his Survival Points, which had been severely depleted due to the lottery, had recovered to 17,000, Su Mo, feeling satisfied, changed into his full-body waterproof Combat Suit and went outside.
A little after eight o'clock, the thunderstorm was still raging. The road in front of the Underground Shelter, which had been cleared, was in good condition, but a bit slippery and muddy.
But looking further away, large areas were already flooded.
Su Mo knew that this was a chance for everyone in the game to test the ship.
But for the intelligence team, who were about to travel more than 1,500 kilometers through the wasteland, this was not good news!