The First Week in the Wasteland, Hope Sprouts

Opening the small hole that sealed the odor, the smell that couldn't be contained made Su Mo almost immediately certain of the composition.

Gunpowder!

Or, more precisely, Black Powder! He carefully poured the black particles from the wooden stick onto the table, and a pungent smell of Sulfur wafted over.

"The Kobold releases so-called Fireball spells and still needs Black Powder?"

Abruptly receiving this information, Su Mo felt a little incredulous.

Before, in Shelter Number Two, the warlock Kobold first waved his wooden stick before releasing his Fireball spell.

Su Mo thought at the time that this was a casting action, or a special attribute of the wooden stick.

He didn't dare to think that the Kobold releasing a Fireball would respect science? "So, the thing the Kobold is looking for is Black Powder?"

Hearing Su Mo's mutter to himself, Oreo quickly nodded, indicating that Su Mo understood correctly.

The Kobold tied up in front of the table, after seeing Su Mo pour out the Black Powder, seemed to resign himself to his fate and continued to chatter.

Ignoring Oreo's communication with the Kobold.

Su Mo opened the game panel, selected resource scanning, and checked the raw materials for Black Powder preparation in the resource options.

[Record]: A small Sulfur Mine has been detected 465 meters southeast of the player's current location.
[Record]: Today's attempts 2/3

"Sure enough, what they came to find today is this kind of natural Sulfur Mine."

Su Mo's face was without joy or sorrow, and his thoughts gradually drifted into the distance.

The modern process of extracting Sulfur has been innovated countless times. Even through steps such as crude Oil atmospheric and vacuum distillation, catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, and delayed coking, the sulfides in the Oil are separated to form sulfide wastewater, and the Sulfur in the sulfur-containing wastewater is recovered to produce finished Sulfur.

In ancient times, without this technology, people wanted to prepare Sulfur: one way was to find a way to mine natural Sulfur Mines like the one near the Shelter.

The second was to extract the Sulfur inside by smelting Pyrite.

The Kobold's ability to judge and find Sulfur Mines proved that they had touched the edge of science.

It is very likely that they already know that these things, when mixed in a certain proportion, can be made into such an enhanced gunpowder, and after being catalyzed by magic, the power of the Fireball can be increased.

"Woof?"

During the interval of Su Mo's thinking, Oreo on the other side also completed the communication with the Kobold and came back.

Oreo pointed again at the Black Powder that Su Mo poured out, then pointed to the distance, and finally pointed to the Kobold.

"You mean he is willing to take us to find the place where the Kobold tribe mines?"

Oreo nodded.

"I have a Sulfur Mine here. To prepare gunpowder, I also need enough Potassium Nitrate, and Potassium Nitrate is the main component of Saltpeter. It is possible that the Kobold tribe has already discovered a large-scale Saltpeter Mine."

"Should I go or not..."

Su Mo pondered in his heart. Black Powder is definitely an indispensable thing for making Thermal Weapon ammunition.

If he can repair that small Thermal Weapon machine tool in the end, the raw materials for ammunition will also be a big gap.

Looking at the Kobold who was still chattering, Su Mo decisively walked up to him and gave him a Dizzying Fist.

"Going is definitely a must. Not to mention anything else, just the treasure chest that the Kobold drops is a considerable gain."

"What's more... their lair still needs to be investigated, otherwise, staying around will always be a ticking time bomb."

After a little thought, Su Mo made a decision.

At this time, the sky outside was getting late. After checking the situation around the Shelter, Su Mo walked over.

He checked the ropes on the Kobold again and again, then dragged him to the corner of the cave, and after instructing Oreo to watch him at night, Su Mo returned to the small bed.

In the apocalypse, once it gets dark, you can basically only stay in the Shelter.

Pulling the light bulb in front of him and turning it off, listening to the roar of the Generator, Su Mo gradually fell into a dream.

[Doomsday Calendar January 7th]
[You have repaired a Generator, which has increased the level of technological civilization (Survival Points +10)]
[You have discovered an underground Ruins (+5)]

[You encountered enemies while exploring the underground ruins, and you decisively defeated them (Survival Points +10)]

[You created your first electric weapon, greatly increasing your combat power (Survival Points +5)]

[You effortlessly killed five Kobolds, reaping a great harvest (Survival Points +5)]

[You have your first prisoner (Survival Points +5)]

[Scanning host's living environment, evaluating Survival Points, you have gained 62 Survival Points today.]

Final settlement: Survival Points +102 Remaining Survival Points: 175

The morning not only brought good news from the system, but Shen Ke's messages were also flashing in the private chat on the game panel.

Sitting on the bedside, Su Mo sized up the Kobold in the corner, obediently disciplined by Oreo, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was the first time a stranger had spent the night in the Shelter, and this person was a Kobold.

He hadn't slept very soundly all night, fearing that this Kobold was a wolf in sheep's clothing, who would set fire to the Shelter at night.

Opening Shen Ke's message in the chat panel, Su Mo stared intently.

[Shen Ke: Su Mo, my uncle has already drawn your design drawings. This is the transaction link. Just take a picture after you wake up. If you have any questions about the design drawings, feel free to ask me]

Below the message was a transaction item that only two people could see.

After paying two Disaster Points, a light flashed, and the design drawing appeared in the storage space.

Leaning against the head of the bed, Su Mo opened the dead man's private message used to record his diary and began to write with his mind.

"Today is Doomsday Calendar January 7th, the seventh day since coming to the wasteland, which is also a week."

"If the civilized world were still continuing, it should be December 29th, two days away from New Year's Day!"

"Alas, it seems that my sister's birthday is on the Lunar New Year this time? It seems I won't be able to celebrate it. I wonder if my parents will celebrate this girl's birthday in another place."

"The supplies in the base are still sufficient, enough for Oreo and me to eat for half a month, but the flour consumption yesterday was a bit high. It seems that I can only make Oil Splash Noodles for two meals. I'll save these two meals for when my family comes."

"I have saved almost 20 liters of Psionic Water. The express fee for this thing is expensive in the current trading system. In order to open up more storage space, I will save the points and not trade it for now."

"The captured Kobold is very honest. I plan to deal with the Sulfur Mine near the Shelter today and try to mine some. If I can find the Saltpeter Mine with him later, maybe I can make Black Powder, so my safety will be very guaranteed!"

"By the way, today's Vegetable Culture Medium is still..."

"Wow! The Garlic seeds seem to have sprouted, and so has the Chinese cabbage! I saw a little bit of green exposed in the Black Soil, it's really a day worth commemorating!"

Subconsciously raising his head, Su Mo saw at a glance the little green sprouts emerging from the culture medium under the sunlight.

This green surprise, like a gift from heaven, instantly dispelled Su Mo's early morning drowsiness.

Putting on his clothes, he quickly walked to the culture medium, and Su Mo squatted down to observe carefully.

A pointed little green sprout has emerged from the place where the Garlic seeds were pressed.

In the city, basically few people use Garlic seeds to grow Garlic. Everyone buries Garlic cloves in the soil, which not only grows quickly, but also does not require much care.

Therefore, Su Mo also saw such a thing growing from Garlic seeds for the first time.

On the other hand, the growth of the Chinese cabbage is even more gratifying. There is a small green stem with two leaves on it, about the size of a fingernail.

It looks like a miniature Chinese cabbage, white and tender.

"This growth rate... it looks like a crop of Chinese cabbage can be grown in less than a month!"

"It has been shortened by almost half the time!"