Prediction Line! The Game's Abrupt Update!
As it turns out, the "game" that brought humans to this wasteland to experience various natural disasters was indeed a beastly act.
More and more people are choosing not to believe this beast and choosing to keep their distance, which is indeed the most correct choice!
"Player Su Mo, the number of wasteland creature deaths has exceeded the Prediction Line. The game is now entering a version upgrade phase. Please wait patiently."
"During the upgrade process, all game functions will be disabled except for access to Storage Space and the regional chat channel."
"The current upgrade progress is 0.01%, and the estimated upgrade time is 4 hours and 59 minutes!"
Watching the bullets rapidly being ejected from the machine tool's output end, and the Game Panel that was just usable but suddenly displayed an upgrade prompt.
Startled, Su Mo, who was about to collect the bullets for the transaction, suddenly hardened his fist at his side!
The first game update was triggered when the game detected that the death baseline for new players had exceeded the prediction, leading to the 1.0 version update.
The second game upgrade was due to the large number of surviving humans, whose strength was several times better than predicted, so version 2.0, the ocean version, was implemented.
But this time, after a day of fierce fighting, with humanity suffering more than 20% casualties, the game abruptly began its third upgrade! As things stand, from the start of the upgrade, both humans and alien races will lose their means of contacting the outside world.
Every sea area and every war zone has truly become an "isolated island" on the ocean! Some speculate that this is because the game aims to give humans and alien races a fair chance to compete, eliminating the possibility of the other side calling for reinforcements.
Some speculate that this upgrade will bring about a series of dramatic changes to the human condition.
However, now that the battlefield is completely divided, the next five hours of upgrade time will be the most "bloody" moment of the battle!
"Fortunately, before the game update, the village had already traded 50,000 machine gun bullets and 50,000 rifle bullets!"
"Given the current situation on the tundra, holding out for a few hours shouldn't be too difficult!"
"Gonggong, how far are we from the navigation point?"
As he pressed the manufacturing button on the machine tool, Su Mo also pressed the Bluetooth Headset next to his ear, and while walking upwards, he issued an inquiry command.
As soon as the raid on the Tundra Fleet was over, Lu Yongyi contacted them.
In three minutes, after Lu Yongyi briefly described the thrilling scene of the fleet's attack, Su Mo was first shocked, and then without hesitation, he mobilized ammunition from the village to provide support.
Meanwhile, after spending a considerable sum to acquire raw materials, the mechanics on the Hope quickly got to work, using machine tools to manufacture bullets.
Unfortunately, the game update was too abrupt, preventing the trade of the 20,000 bullets that the machine tool had just produced.
[Dear Captain Su Mo, the current time is 20:14:03 on March 8th.]
[The Hope is currently 613.8 kilometers away from its target navigation point (as the crow flies).]
The current speed of the Hope is 65.98 knots (122 km/h).
Based on speed fluctuations, the estimated arrival time at the navigation point is: March 9th, 01:21:42.
Have a pleasant trip!
On the vast ocean, the Hope's flag has been raised, bursting with orange-yellow light!
At a speed of up to 120 kilometers per hour, the lights ahead had become a continuous blur.
From a distance, the entire ship looks like a ribbon traversing the ocean.
When traveling at full speed, the Hope will not dodge any attacks from any other alien races, whether Ocean Alien Race or Land Alien Race, except for human beings who can control and evade it.
Under the immense impact, any creature that dared to stand in the way of the Hope would be instantly reduced to dust!
The deeper you go into the sea, the more terrifying the surface fluctuations become.
Ordinary ships would not dare to move at such high speeds under such turbulent sea conditions.
However, for the Hope, with the Wave Breaker attribute bonus, the ship's speed will become increasingly insane! Currently, the acceleration effect from this attribute has exceeded 45%!
Given the current level of sea surface fluctuations, once inside the Third War Zone, the bonus will be an unprecedented 70%!
At that time, the Hope, which weighs over 4,000 tons, will have a top speed that is twice that of Green Train, exceeding 140 mph.
"The tsunami could last for an hour and a half, and by 9:30, we'd be within 450 kilometers of the Tundra Fleet."
"Without the tsunami, the Hope would have had to go underwater and sail at 55 knots, which means..."
Stepping onto the deck, feeling the Hope Flag protecting him, yet still feeling the howling sea wind rushing towards him, Su Mo felt rooted to the spot, his mind racing with calculations.
Given the current detection range of the Firepower King and the attack range of the Rocket Propelled Grenades, the threat will be eliminated as soon as the Hope enters within 191 kilometers of the fleet.
By 11:00 AM, the Hope will be within 300 kilometers of the fleet.
At that time, based on the tsunami fluctuations and the incremental increase of the Wave Breaker's bonus, the Hope will only need to sail for 40 minutes to cover a distance of 100 kilometers.
If the Tundra Fleet can successfully hold out until 11:40, it will be completely safe.
Let's check the time. It's 8:20 PM now.
By the time the tsunami subsided and conditions became suitable for combat, it was already 9:30. Even if the alien race launched an attack at this point, the two sides could only exchange blows once before the Hope arrived.
In an hour and a half, with 100,000 bullets fired, unless all the aliens turned into Death Warriors, there was absolutely no way they could break into the firing range set up by the fleet!
"Don't panic. My sister has a Level 4 title now. Even if the alien race has the means to attack, she can escape by jumping into the water, thanks to the special abilities of the title!"
"On the contrary, this game update cut off all communication."
"Hopefully, we won't cause the Five Great Royal Clans to panic or unleash their full power prematurely, otherwise it will be difficult to ignite a battle at the right time!"
Staring at the pitch-black night sky and the slightly blood-red moon, Su Mo's gaze was deep as he strode to the stern of the ship.
After some searching, Su Mo gently pressed a black button in an inconspicuous spot.
The next second, the deck, which had been perfectly sealed, began to rapidly assemble and deform.
Accompanied by a teeth-grinding creaking sound, in just half a minute, the previously neat deck disappeared completely, replaced by a block-shaped device protruding from the gap.
Unlike the imposing and powerful Destruction Cannon at the bow, the block device looks unremarkable.
But as Su Mo stepped forward and opened the control panel of the block device, after making a few selections, 12 small cones gradually floated up from the device's baffle.
The cone seemed mismatched in size with the device, but the R-1 stamp engraved on it was something that anyone in the know would not dare to underestimate.
"It would have been better if you hadn't come."
"If you dare to come, then don't go back!"
Click the ammunition storage button on the device to see the 12 remaining R-1 Rocket stored there, as well as the five neatly arranged R-3 Ballistic Missile in the corner, exuding endless charm.
Su Mo didn't move, but an indescribable killing intent gradually rose in his eyes! "Commander Lu, we don't really have reinforcements, do we? This ammunition arrived just in time. If it had been any slower, the game would have shut down the trading system!"
"Hey, 100,000 rounds of ammunition, Director Lu, our reinforcements wouldn't be... from above, would they?!"
"I suggest that when the aliens arrive, we shouldn't use these ammunition immediately. Instead, we should use crossbows to fire first, and then surprise them when they get close."
"I think it's a good idea. Now that the Trading Market is closed, we can't buy materials to make bows and arrows even if we want to. We should make the most of these bullets."
"Oh dear, it hurts me to hear you say it's a waste. We opened fire before these bastards even got close, wasting so many bullets!"
A war, whether on civilized Earth or in a cannibalistic wasteland, is always the best tranquilizer! Just half an hour ago, all the captains were filled with worries.
Although they were trying to keep their spirits up and direct the troops due to the current tense situation, the dejected look on their faces was impossible to hide.
But then, in a seemingly insignificant moment, when Shen Ke raised his hand and waved it across the open space on the deck, they were stunned! Fifty boxes of bullets! A full one hundred thousand rounds! What does that mean? If they had opened fire before these alien races got close, these bullets would have taken the lives of at least thirty thousand of them.
However, if these alien races are brought closer to the enemy, the suppressive fire provided by these bullets will greatly create an environment for the raft warriors below to deal damage and counterattack, taking away at least 40,000 alien races!
In other words, these alien races that are currently eyeing us from afar might still dare to attack us once the tsunami has subsided.
Then the fleet only needs a well-coordinated counterattack to keep these alien races here forever!
In addition to this direct change, the mindset of all the captains who had previously believed Lu Yongyi's "lies" also underwent a subtle shift.
Lu Yongyi had previously said that there would be reinforcements, but they thought there wouldn't be, so their mindset was not only pessimistic but also somewhat negative.
In their view, winning this battle was extremely difficult; these alien races were like locusts in the field, impossible to eradicate no matter how hard they tried.
But now, if reinforcements are indeed arriving, then this endless battle will turn into a short-term defensive war.
It has become a battle where victory is achieved simply by surviving until the time runs out! This change is like a shot in the arm for these people.
As the negativity quickly faded, a sense of anticipation for tomorrow and for hope suddenly emerged.
However, before they could even excitedly discuss their strategies on paper and come up with a complete countermeasure, they were still working on it.
In the Command Room not far away, a voice like a bolt from the blue suddenly rang out, stunning them so much that they stood there dumbfounded!
"It's too late! Everyone, get ready quickly! We're going to launch a counter-offensive and break through!"