Frenzied Score Farming, Millions Rising!

Time seemed to pass slowly in the Underground Shelter, but when traveling on the Hope across the sea, time seemed to flow by like water.

In the blink of an eye, another day and a half has passed since Su Mo received the title of Ocean Friend.

From morning to night, it's a different kind of purposeful busyness than in Hope Village.

Although Su Mo was busy on the Hope, he made good use of the "big hole" left by the rapid development of the depression and Hope Village over the past two months! Every day, after waking up in the morning, Su Mo would complete his routine training tasks, and then lead two or three alien soldiers to prepare enough food for eighty people to eat for a day.

After breakfast, Su Mo would go to the Captain's Cabin and write furiously in his notebook.

This process usually lasts from nine in the morning until one or two in the afternoon.

From the future development direction of the low-lying area, to the basic planning of Hope Village, and then to the ratio between food supplies, infrastructure construction and people.

Having gained a lot of time, Su Mo flipped through the basic books he had acquired before, as well as the advanced books that Chen Shen had purchased and sent over. Like a sponge, he frantically absorbed the "water" from them.

In particular, the Training Ground provided by the system were utilized to the fullest extent by Su Mo.

Currently, in the training of handcraftsmanship, Su Mo has once again broken his best record and reached the fourth level.

According to Earth's standards, his current hand-crafting level is about level three fitter, just one step away from becoming a fitter technician.

On the other hand, using the data collected earlier, Su Mo also completed the planning of the terrain of Hope Village and the direction of future expansion.

After migrating to the New Continent, Su Mo decided that he had to abandon the Iron Stone Mountain, a terrain that restricted development, and move everyone to the plains.

Only on flat land can basic productive forces such as factories, farms, and livestock ranches be established, and only then can resources be continuously generated.

Furthermore, although everyone is not required to move into underground shelters when there is no disaster or when the disaster is minor.

However, this "insurance" cannot be abandoned. As the above-ground buildings are developed, the underground facilities must also be planned and constructed at the same time to achieve a win-win situation! After completing these plans, if there is still some time before Gonggong stops the ship for rest, Su Mo will set an alarm clock, go to the beach chair at the bow of the ship, and have a nice afternoon nap to recover his energy.

When the alarm clock rings, it's almost time for Gonggong to bring the fishing net up. Press the button, Su Mo will be able to complete the task of doing one good deed a day.

By pressing the one-hour button repeatedly to complete these tasks, it was already 3 PM.

At this time, Su Mo would go down to the warehouse, take out some fruit that had been stored in the refrigerated section, and return to the Captain's Cabin to continue studying.

Compared to the tension faced by other refugees at sea, Su Mo's simple and unpretentious life seemed like a leisurely vacation, incredibly comfortable.

But what the other refugees didn't know was that, like them, Su Mo, currently the strongest human being, also had the same worries etched on his brow.

March 1st, 9:00 AM.

Five and a half days have passed since we set sail.

There is only one week left until I can see my sister. Even if the Tundra is stationary now, the Hope will arrive in just eight or nine days.

But now, after finishing his meal, Su Mo sat down on the beach chair at the bow of the ship, his usual spot, but his face showed none of his usual leisurely ease! "There's still no trace of the ruins. This is terrible. Could it be that the route I chose just happened to avoid all the ruins?"

On the World Channel, many people have already visited the ruins floating on the ocean.

Among these ruins, some people obtained basic materials and items to upgrade their ships, greatly increasing their chances of survival.

Some people acquired a considerable number of weapons, greatly enhancing their combat capabilities at sea.

Even more remarkably, one person managed to enter a harbor filled with countless large ships and, through sheer luck, sailed out on a modern 30-meter-long vessel, even reaching third place in the live stream, making the viewers who joined green with envy.

But what's truly laughable is that after coming out, this guy discovered he didn't have enough energy to power the ship, so he had to resort to a "drifting with the wind" tactic at sea, recruiting teammates to sail the ship to the New Continent together.

All these events have proven that even when the ocean descends, the relics that are meant to appear will not be few.

Unfortunately, they didn't encounter a single Su Mo!

"Was my Hope too fast? Did I slip away before the ruins even had a chance to unfold?"

Lying on the beach chair, looking at the sun outside, which was dazzling but not too hot thanks to the chair, Su Mo had a sudden thought and opened the title function in the Game Panel.

A day and a half ago, the title displayed here was "Ocean Favored One," a rank two achievement.

However, a day and a half later, with the score-boosting machine set up by Su Mo in operation, the upgrade task was successfully completed last night, and the current fourth rank was broken through!

[Ocean Overlord]

[Description]: The advanced title of Ocean Vanguard, the leader of the Good and Lawful faction at sea. Your contributions to the ocean have already attracted the attention of the Ocean God. In the eyes of marine life, you are the Ocean God's apostle. You possess a heart as vast as the ocean that embraces all things. Marine life respects and loves you. On the ocean, you will gain considerable power, and when facing those who wear titles of the three lower tiers, you will have certain authority to restrict them, including but not limited to: being unable to use title power when facing you, judging others' "hypocritical" behavior, and obligating others to help you contribute to the ocean, among other fourteen privileges.

[Title Function ①]: The Ocean God has granted you immense authority. When you are on the high seas, your basic attributes will receive the following boosts:

1. All physical attributes +3, ocean swimming speed +5, stamina recovery speed on the ocean +80%, injury recovery speed on the ocean +35%.

2. Anti-dizziness attribute +5, anti-hunger attribute +5, anti-epidemic attribute +10, anti-aging attribute +2, anti-sun exposure attribute +33. In the ocean, you will have 180 minutes of underwater breathing privileges per day. Privileges can be accumulated, but cannot exceed 3 times (currently 2/3).

[Title Function ②]: All marine creatures cannot attack you by default. Under certain conditions, the Ocean Overlord can command marine creatures to achieve certain objectives (objectives cannot be offensive, killing, or any of the other sixty-five non-peaceful behaviors).

[Title Function ③]: Any creature that kills you will be permanently scorned by the sea Ocean God (except for high-ranking title holders), and will be hated by all marine life. Other creatures wearing the title will receive a bounty, and killing them will accumulate progress towards your rank. [Title Function ④]: You are a noble being in the ocean, and your every move will be watched by the Ocean God. Please be more disciplined in your behavior, otherwise you will be punished by the Ocean God. However, when your behavior is too friendly, you will also receive praise from the Ocean God. [Limitation ①]: All attributes +3, ocean swimming speed +5, stamina recovery speed +80%. It is no exaggeration to say that after wearing the title of Ocean God Commander, even if you are just swimming, Su Mo can swim to the third war zone.

The current fourth-level title grants him extraordinary abilities. Even when in an ordinary lifeboat, Su Mo remains as steady as a rock, barely noticing the slightest jolt.

At this stage, to advance further in the title of Ocean Overlord, a staggering ten million is required!

Yes, after the fourth advancement, the game finally showed a progress bar.

But after seeing the figure of ten million and calculating the current output of the Hope, even Su Mo felt dizzy.

At present, each fishing net can catch about 20,000 Treasure Fish.

Each time the ship docked at sea for an hour, Gonggong could repeatedly move around the waters and retrieve the items about twenty times.

They fish for three hours every day, which is 1.2 million fish.

After removing any duplicates, the daily rescue volume will fluctuate around 1 million, without much change.

Based on this efficiency, it would take Su Mo a full ten days to gather enough quantity to meet the requirements for the fourth upgrade.

"No, this progress is still too slow. According to the upgrade rules of this title, if I don't find a way, I'm afraid I won't be able to advance to the Ocean God Envoy even after I go to the New Continent!"

After a brief consideration, realizing that entering the ruins was hopeless, Su Mo also felt a sense of anxiety about the progress of obtaining the title.

If we stop the ship, and calculate based on the diminishing returns, it will take about two days to salvage the ship and achieve the goal of ten million.

If we stop for two days, a large number of Ocean Alien Race will descend. If an anomaly occurs and we cannot rendezvous with the Tundra in time, disaster may ensue.

"What can I do to do more good deeds?"

"This constant retrieving and releasing fish isn't sustainable!"

"Master, Moore has a great idea!"

Looking at the sky, Su Mo pondered and made plans, only realizing what was happening when Moore's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"Oh? You little Moore, you're not craving fish again, are you? We made a deal, you can't eat it for a month!"

Seeing Moore's mischievous grin, Su Mo covered his face.

The Ocean Friend knocked over Moore's water basin, while the Ocean Favored One beat Moore up.

When it came to the second to third Ocean Vanguard mission, the game still didn't let Mole off the Moore, directly giving Su Mo an alternative mission.

Moore, who ate a full eighteen Treasure Fish on the first day, is forbidden from eating fish for a month.

In order to complete this task, Su Mo had to send out a wine jar of beef made with Psionic Water, and through a combination of coaxing and deception, he finally managed to get Moore to agree to the condition in a daze.

Yesterday's "Three to Four" task, despite Su Mo's quiet prayers, still went as planned and chose Moore! Su Mo must urge Moore to help the Treasure Fish clean up a five-kilometer-long area of marine debris in order to complete the task.

Even the simple-minded Moore noticed that Su Mo had been acting strangely lately.

Su Mo, without any pretense, directly explained his mission.

"No, Moore has a great idea. Um, aren't we supposed to be doing good deeds?"

"Why do we have to catch these fish and release them to complete the mission? We have much better methods."

"A better method?"

Looking at Moore's furry bear face, Su Mo was stunned for a moment, suddenly realizing that he had fallen into some kind of mental trap, but he could hardly grasp that fleeting spark of thought.

"Yes, when we catch fish, it's like someone is harming them; when we release the fish, it's like we're saving them."

"Then we just need to switch the concepts of harm and salvation!"

"For example, after poisoning, the antidote can be administered. Although Moore is a Thunder Bear Warrior who is on par with Fair, this task could be completely left to that old schemer Li Li!"

Seeing Moore jumping around in a flamboyant manner, mimicking the Li Li, Su Mo was startled and sat up from his chair.

Su Mo had intended to say, what if the dosage of the poison and antidote wasn't right, and we couldn't save those Treasure Fish in the deep sea?

But then he thought again, perhaps he had been too kind.

Although Moore is his pet, he speaks human language and has the same habits as humans.

But in reality, he is still an animal, a "good product" under the survival of the fittest.

It is said that those who achieve great things do not concern themselves with trifles. The moral Shackles from the civilized era may have disappeared in the wasteland, but they still subtly influence Su Mo, making it difficult for him to truly unleash his thoughts.

But upon thinking of this, Su Mo awoke with a start.

If this score-boosting behavior can succeed, countless daring and ruthless individuals will probably rush ahead of me to complete the title manipulation and obtain the Ocean God Envoy privileges.

One's own kindness may very well be like a grave, burying everyone inside.

"Good!"

"Moore, if this succeeds, I'll give you the credit. And we won't need to use poison. Didn't we develop a new type of sleeping potion in the village before? It's less toxic, so even if something goes wrong, it'll be fine!"

Standing up, patting Moore on the shoulder, Su Mo strode towards the Captain's Cabin, making a phone call to Chen Shen along the way.

"Everyone stop what you're doing and go into wartime mode. I need the maximum dose of sleeping pills. Trade as soon as possible!"

Meanwhile, because the principle behind the development of the sleeping potion was extremely simple, Su Mo concocted another potion without much effort.

This medicine can perfectly neutralize the effects of sedatives.

Furthermore, for the next three days after inhalation, the inhaler will be immune to the effects of the sedative, which can be described as "greatly beneficial"! Through the transmission of the Trading Market, seeing barrel after barrel of sedative appearing on the deck, Su Mo waved his hand, and Moore, who had been standing next to him, instantly understood and summoned Li Li.

With his green hair, Li Li may be a bit of a punk and a little "thin," but he is incredibly hardworking when it comes to work.

On the eve of the Hope Ship's rest stop, all forty barrels of sedative potion that all the villagers of Hope Village had rushed to make were thrown into the water by Li Li Yangyang.

An hour later, as the Hope turned around and began to drift in the sea again, Su Mo repeated the same tactic, adding the corresponding antidote to the seawater.

"Huh, it's not working?"

Just as Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief, seeing the progress bar still stuck at the end, he realized that the progress bar was still stuck at the end.

The blank progress bar suddenly began to spike at an alarming rate.

Every second, the numbers jump in the tens of thousands.

Every minute, a small square is filled with green, leaving onlookers speechless.

It took Su Mo a day and a half to go from zero to one million.

But it only took one hour and forty-five minutes to go from zero to ten million!

At the same time, a quest to advance a Tier 4 Title to a fifth-tier title suddenly appeared the moment the progress bar was full, as if it couldn't wait!

[Dear Ocean Overlord, your good deeds have been detected to have greatly benefited the creatures of the ocean. A fourth-tier advancement quest is now available. Would you like to accept the quest?]

[Note: The current rank advancement task is an individual competition task, and the current number of people who have chosen to enter the human realm to meet the requirements is... 83,689]

[Note: The current rank advancement quest is a racial competition quest, and the current requirement to enter another race is 182,655 people.]

[Note: This is currently the first round of the Wasteland World Ocean Overlord promotion quest, countdown starts: 3 hours 18 minutes 22 seconds]

[Note: Once you select a mission, you will be pulled into the Group Ruins regardless of time and space. You can leave this space at any time.]

[Note: Only the winners of the team competition missions can complete the title advancement mission.]