Tiger Returns to the Mountain, Dragon Enters the Sea!

The villagers of Hope Village eventually left, after several shouts to each other across the distance, as if speaking to themselves, or as if receiving a firm "affirmation" from Su Mo.

After the will to survive among humans in the wasteland was rekindled within two months.

This natural disaster was far from enough to destroy these tenacious survivors.

Connie let out a mournful yet liberating roar towards the two surviving lion-men caught in the villagers' ranks.

This indescribable roar represents a lot.

It's both Connie saying goodbye to her past self and officially drawing a line between herself and the lion-man tribe that gave her life, raised her, and ultimately abandoned her.

This is Connie's Certificate of Allegiance of allegiance to Su Mo and to Hope Village.

After the rainstorm ends, the two lion-men will be tricked by the villagers into drinking the poison that Su Mo had prepared long ago.

This poison is extremely potent. Although it doesn't kill instantly, it initially produces a sleeping pill-like effect, allowing the two lion-men to fall asleep and return safely to the Lion God's embrace without suffering any pain.

The deaths of these two lion-men will also trigger the extermination rule in the ocean game rules, granting Su Mo the right to move within a five-kilometer radius of terrain and buildings.

Of course, Su Mo neither agreed nor disagreed with Connie's decision, thus giving her one last bit of face.

"Let's go back and eat first. After we finish eating and rest, we'll start preparing for the disaster relief!"

Standing by the guardrail, Somo watched as Connie and Moore grew smaller and smaller, before returning to Iron Stone Mountain and splitting up. Su Mo then said, "Pretending to be relaxed."

"Director, will we succeed this time?"

Seeing Connie gazing with a complicated expression toward the now-ruined lion-man camp, Su Mo paused, not answering immediately.

He knew what Connie meant.

The question wasn't about midnight; it was about whether the Hope could survive the impending disaster and whether the six crew members could successfully set sail.

It's also uncertain whether the villagers of Hope Village will remain on the mountain during this disaster, waiting for Su Mo to return.

What Connie really wanted to ask about was the future!

The Godhood Item, the Ocean God's Awakening, alien races wage war, and endless natural disasters.

Having completely severed ties with her tribe, Connie has only Oreo and Su Mo left to rely on in the face of these successive major events!

"There's always a way out, Connie. If a person's life is always about pursuing results, then life would be too tiring and too boring. Sometimes, even if we encounter difficulties and don't get the final result, perhaps we will gain something even better than what we expected!"

"Come on, learn from me, set your goals closer to home."

"For example, you can think about now, in the next fifteen hours, how exactly can you slap these Five Great Royal Clans in the face?"

"How do we spread the great doctrines of our Oreo God Cult within the vast sphere of alien races!"

After saying that, seeing Connie's eyes, which were slightly dazed but had regained their Divine Light, Su Mo laughed heartily as he carried the Temperature Control Food Basket toward the Captain's Cabin.

Undoubtedly, if a leader's score is 100 points...

Previously, Su Mo might have only scored 30 or 40 points, but after such a long period of study and practice, in just two months, Su Mo's score has already passed! Hearing Connie catching up from behind and her lighter footsteps, Su Mo's lips curled into a subtle smile amidst laughter.

The Temperature Control Food Basket may not look big, but it holds quite a lot of things.

In the five-tiered basket, besides the bottom layer containing three oil dishes, a plate of cold pig ears, a plate of braised edamame, and half a pound of dipping beef, Su Mo also saw a bottle of Maotai liquor laid out on the Maotai!

Clearly, the villagers of Hope Village have figured out Su Mo's habit of having a couple of sips of wine with his meals, and together they've managed to snag this "hard-to-find" bottle.

The remaining four layers were filled with dumplings.

Judging from how they're stacked like a human pyramid, there must be at least three hundred dumplings.

"Come on, come on, one layer each, eat quickly, or it won't taste good if it gets soggy!"

Seeing Moore's mouth watering, the food was divided up, and everyone enjoyed their first meal in the Captain's Cabin.

A bite of dumpling, a bite of beef, and a sip of wine.

Unlike others on the World Channel who were too anxious to eat or drink at this time, Su Mo, who had already simulated the Hope Ship three times in the Talisman Paper World, had 120% confidence in it.

Sitting on the sofa and looking out the porthole, the meal had a unique flavor.

Happy times are fleeting. After finishing the meal and emptying the bottle of Maotai in my hand, it was already 7:20 pm.

There were only four hours and forty minutes left before the disaster struck.

The silvery-white moon in the sky had begun to slowly take on a blood-red hue, and as the sun set on the horizon, the surroundings were imbued with a sense of desolation.

As the first mate of the Hope, after finishing his meal, Moore went to the compartment under the Destruction Main Cannon and began to familiarize himself with the operation according to the instructions written in the Su Mo manual.

Second Oreo and Third Mate Connie were also busy, one at the bow and the other at the stern, like security guards, and began a continuous patrol.

Knowing they were only causing trouble on the deck, the two Big and Little Spark, went to the Breeding Room below the Main Deck and began to "sneakily" prepare for planting in front of the Large Vegetable Culture Medium that had been moved over.

As the captain of the Hope, Su Mo felt gratified to see such a scene.

After tidying up everything in the Captain's Cabin and closing the hatch, Su Mo went to the bridge on the first floor. After setting up Gonggong and getting it working, he began to deal with the remaining unfinished tasks one by one.

Since the mechanics at the base no longer need to process cotton and manufacture ammunition, there are a total of seven mechanics on standby on the ship.

Such a small number of mechanics would struggle to maintain an 80-meter-long Hope, let alone the Destruction Main Cannon, which would require auxiliary maintenance and firing.

Therefore, sitting in the cockpit, with a wave of Su Mo's hand, six un-upgraded Ma Fei robots appeared on the floor.

The cost was minimal. Based on the upgrade requirement of 610 points, after a total of 3660 Survival Points were lost, a shimmering green light shone out and began to rapidly modify and evolve the mechanical worker on the ground.

The outer shell still dissolves, producing anthropomorphic hands and feet.

This time, with the robots already in operation for some time, and after the upgraded robots transmitted data, all six robots could immediately get back to work without affecting production progress.

If you're going to do something, do it all the time.

Seeing the number of mechanics increase, Su Mo also took out four agents who could participate in the battle and upgraded them at a price of 480 points each, spending a total of 1920 points.

I spent 5580 points because today's harvest just upgraded my Survival Points to a little over 25,000. After spending them, I have exactly 20200 left.

"This is 10,000 more points than I previously estimated. It looks like the rest of the ship can also be upgraded!"

With ample Survival Points, Su Mo had long been dissatisfied with the Hope's "backward" aspects, and now, with his abundant wealth, he naturally wouldn't be stingy with his spending.

The first to be affected were the four secondhand cameras on the port and starboard sides, which were salvaged from the market.

The nighttime footage was so blurry it was almost painful; anything beyond 25 meters was practically pixelated, meaning the amount of information that could be conveyed to Gonggong was pitifully small.

When the wind blows, it's like a Parkinson's attack, the screen shakes wildly.

It disconnects intermittently, but automatically recovers without anyone fixing it.

Su Mo naturally wouldn't accept these flaws and just make do with what he had.

After walking out of the driver's cab, we soon arrived at the first point.

The last of the high-precision cameras left over from the modular shipyard was removed this morning and is now installed here.

As for the remaining three, with a thought from Su Mo, green light flew out quickly, bringing back the attribute upgrade panel with a swallow and a spit.

360-degree High-Definition No Dead Angle Rotating Camera

[Description]: A semiconductor imaging device, but due to long-term improper use and harsh external environment, the internal components have aged and urgently need to be repaired or replaced.

[Upgrade Direction 1]: Night Vision Camera: Repair damaged components of the camera, upgrade the camera lens module, slightly increase resolution, slightly improve signal-to-noise ratio, significantly improve backlight compensation, and enhance night vision capabilities. Requires 1020 Survival Points.

[Upgrade Direction 2]: Strong Surveillance Camera: Replace internal camera components, slightly increase camera power consumption, replace lens, replace mounting device, significantly increase camera observation range, significantly increase signal-to-noise ratio, slightly improve CCD board performance, requires Survival Points (1880).

[Upgrade Direction 3]: Sky Eye: Innovate the camera, significantly increase the monitoring range to three kilometers, and the night monitoring range to 400 meters. It can perform algorithmic image compensation analysis, significantly improve night vision capabilities, significantly improve clarity, and significantly improve image sharpness. Requires Survival Points (2750).

[Comment]: Which boy wouldn't want a camera that can scan QR codes three kilometers away?

"Wow, even the city's Sky Eye system can be upgraded."

"Indeed, once you have Survival Points, you can do whatever you want!"

In civilized times, every city's tallest building would have government-installed surveillance cameras, known as "Sky Eye."

Compared to commercially available cameras, this kind of "Sky Eye" has a field of view that can reach 3 kilometers or more, and only a few cameras are needed to cover the entire city.

Now, seeing that the system can actually upgrade the Sky Eye, Su Mo did not hesitate and immediately decided on upgrade direction three.

Once all the available materials are added, the price required for a single camera decreases by 235 points and then remains unchanged.

A painful 7545 points flowed out of his account, leaving him with only 12665 Survival Points. Su Mo quietly waited for the upgrade to finish.

Compared to the original fist-sized camera, the Sky Eye is much larger, about the size of two basketballs.

The lenses on it were also changed to two lenses per group. The built-in chip could be used to integrate and analyze the images observed from the two lenses before transmitting them to Gonggong.

Although the resolution is still slightly inferior to that of the cameras on the shipyard.

However, in terms of visibility, it completely surpasses the former's 500m!

After reattaching the three upgraded cameras to the port and starboard sides of the Hope, Su Mo returned to the bridge and reviewed the situation, calculating what else the ship might be lacking.

"There shouldn't be any problems with the hull anymore. With the safe house and Energy Absorption Gel protecting it, my focus this time is simply to protect the radar, and then I'll have accomplished my mission."

"The warehouse doors below deck and the supplies inside have been secured, and there are currently no problems."

"The mechanical parts of the entire ship have been inspected this afternoon, and the mechanics are currently carrying out a second round of fine-tuning. Even if we're really unlucky and encounter some bad luck, unlike the Talisman Paper World, I have a system that allows me to repair things at any time, so there's no rush!"

We inspected the ship from the bottom up to the deck, examining each internal space one by one, and then the external steel plates.

Su Mo appeared to be sitting leisurely in the Captain's Cabin, but the Bluetooth Headset plugged into his ear was transmitting real-time information about the mechanics' methodical inspections.

After a round of inspections, having found no further places where he would need to spend points, Su Mo, with a slight sense of excitement, gently typed a command on the keyboard.

At this moment, the Fire Control Radar overhead had efficiently returned all the surrounding information to Gonggong.

In the system modeling, the entire Hope spacecraft, along with the surrounding terrain within a one-kilometer radius, is rendered in meticulous detail.

Seeing that it was only a little past 8:30, Su Mo picked up the driving data he had reviewed and summarized earlier and began to read it carefully.

Reviewing the old helps one understand the new. Even the most skilled doctors, when given the opportunity, will pick up previous books and materials to read before surgery.

Each review session subtly pushes the experience bar in the ship driving experience section of Su Mo's status bar forward.

Su Mo watched intently, while time flew by in the outside world.

Seeing that Gonggong had warned that there were only ten minutes left before the disaster struck, Su Mo stretched his slightly stiff shoulders and stepped out of the driver's seat.

In the distance, the spotlights of Hope Village were fully turned on, just like what we saw in the Talisman Paper World before, covering the entire surface of Iron Stone Mountain with a large building.

Su Mo had been wondering what this was before, but now Su Mo knew.

This is a safe house! A safe house that can cover half a mountain! "Gonggong, shine a spotlight on me, pointing it towards Iron Stone Mountain, flashing it three times."

Speaking into the Bluetooth Headset, after Su Mo finished speaking, the spotlight on the port side began to slowly rotate, casting a beam of light with a "Tyndall Effect" onto the mountain.

On the other side, the villagers who were controlling the spotlights in Hope Village excitedly turned their spotlights around after receiving Su Mo's instructions.

Three salutes, just like before! "Not bad, after so much preparation, it seems the time to put it to the test has finally come!"

With a smile, Su Mo's eyes seemed to travel two kilometers to see the tense yet excited expressions on the faces of every villager sitting in the cave.

With only five minutes left, after leading the adult and four children into the safest cockpit and closing the Watertight Door, Su Mo instantly became highly tense.

"The slide barrier switch and the slide track start switch have been successfully repaired!"

"The power system of the Hope has been successfully overhauled."

"All mechanical switches on the Hope Ship have been successfully overhauled."

"The Hope's sea entry mode is in the preheating stage, awaiting data transmission."

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Su Mo pressed each button with practiced ease, showing no trace of being a novice captain.

This confidence, this fluid and natural style, stunned First Mate Moore, who had yet to put it into practice.

Even Connie's eyes were filled with admiration!

Three minutes. Two minutes. Staring at the countdown timer, Su Mo felt extremely calm, without the slightest bit of anxiety.

When the sound of pouring rain outside began, Su Mo suddenly opened his eyes, and a Divine Light shot out from them.

As the Eye of the Typhoon defense perimeter was being constructed, a wind barrier was being built, and the terrifying natural disaster was brewing. The four children, one adult and one child, held their breath quietly, watching the "hellish scene" that the screen showed as they traveled back through the images, while also admiring Su Mo's leisurely stroll through the courtyard.

Finally, fifteen minutes have passed! But unlike the Talisman Paper World, this time the barrier on the radar Su Mo, has constructed a total of 21 sides.

15.03, there are still 17 wind walls remaining.

At 15:06, there are still 12 wind walls remaining.

15.09, 6 wind walls remaining! 15.11, disaster over, 3 wind walls remaining! "That's it?"

Looking at the outside world, where there wasn't a single raindrop left, despite the pain in his waist from the seatbelt, Su Mo's lips still involuntarily curled up.

I managed to fool them this time!