After writing up to Day 433 of the Doomsday Calendar, Ma Gu's handwriting came to an abrupt end.
The thin little diary seemed extremely important to him.
After filling dozens of pages, he taped all sorts of paper to the back and continued writing on them.
Judging from the quality of the paper, Ma Gu's standard of living must have been at its peak between Days 200 and 340 of the Doomsday Calendar.
After the disaster on Day 344, however, the development curve of Ma Gu's shelter began to worsen, declining steadily in a straight line.
Among the nineteen disasters recorded in detail, Su Mo found neither "Neuro Acid Rain" nor "Blizzard."
There were only some disasters quantified with simple numbers.
"Super Snowfall, 72 Hours"
"Great Flood, 72 Hours"
"Temperature (30 Degrees), 72 Hours"
"Mutant Beast Riot, 72 Hours"
"Temperature (Minus 30 Degrees), 72 Hours"
"Meteorite Impact, 30 Meteors"
"Plant Epidemic, 48 Hours"
"Temperature (60 Degrees), 24 Hours"
Su Mo did not know whether the problem lay in Ma Gu's records or in the two games being different versions.
According to the records, there were no newbie-protection disasters, nor any disasters described clearly.
Yet through those simple words, one could see the vivid human lives behind each one.
More than once, Ma Gu had speculated in his diary about why humanity had to undergo the baptism of disasters.
But every time he came up with a theory, he would overturn his previous one.
From an alien war at the beginning to a prank by a higher-dimensional civilization, from brains in vats to fantastical cultivation, Ma Gu had pushed his limited imagination to its utmost limits.
However, the truth was cruel. In the end, he had failed to hold on and become the person who knew the secret.
"Ma