Chapter Summaries

As heavy snow approached, Su Mo assessed the New Continent’s growing geomagnetic disturbance and connected by radio with Long An Guo to learn how humanity was rebuilding in the deep sea. He prepared his territory for the disaster, which began just as midnight arrived.

• A new game rule increased disasters by 50% within three kilometers of anyone in ownerless territory, and Su Mo worried that the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains’ geomagnetic activity might herald a catastrophe.
• Su Mo reached Long An Guo by radio and learned that deep-sea settlements were restoring production, building factories, and beginning to manufacture weapons.
• After listening to New Continent broadcasts, Su Mo noted the region’s disorder, growing human ties with other races, and lack of unified leadership.
• Su Mo joined the shelter’s teams outside as the wind intensified and the blood-red clouds peaked, and heavy snow began when the clock reached midnight.

As winter arrived, Su Mo explored the Disaster Resistance function’s Version 2.0 update and learned how its new rankings, rewards, and territory panel worked. Tian Yuan Territory ranked 292nd overall and 18th among human territories, and Su Mo chose to keep its information private as he began reviewing the public rankings.

• Winter began with huge snowflakes, and Su Mo and Su Chan confirmed that the village’s preparations would help it withstand the snowfall.
• Su Chan found that the Disaster Resistance Channel had opened, and Su Mo activated the updated panel and met its blue assistant.
• The assistant explained the Lord, Citizen, and Personal versions, new rankings and rewards, and the New Continent’s proportional expansion.
• Su Mo opened Tian Yuan Territory’s attributes and learned its public ranking was 292nd overall and 18th among human territories.
• Su Mo refused to make Tian Yuan Territory’s information public and began examining the territories listed on the rankings.

Su Mo examined the integrated rankings, learned how the Disaster Resistance Channel and Task List would work, and received three demanding tasks with unusually valuable rewards. He was left stunned by the game’s new incentives and the dangerous competition they could spark during the ongoing disaster.

• Su Mo saw that Feng Mengyue’s Mountain Moon Territory ranked twentieth overall, with a top-level production building and a resource above Level Seven, and recalled her earlier help and defense of him.
• Su Mo concluded that ruins could provide useful advantages but should not replace a territory’s own foundation, then asked the Ghost Assistant to explain the updated functions.
• The Ghost Assistant explained that the Disaster Resistance Channel would use uploaded videos and view-based airdrop rewards, while the Task List would award resources and traffic points for completing missions.
• Su Mo learned that the ruin function was temporarily sealed because his territory had no accessible ruins, then asked the Ghost Assistant to refresh the tasks and construction suggestions.
• The Task List revealed three missions with rewards ranging from food and building supplies to a river, land, oxen, and biological deployment, leaving Su Mo shocked by their scale.

After the first snowfall eased, Su Mo organized Hope Village’s preparations for the next wave and rested while the villagers continued clearing snow. He watched Disaster Resistance Channel videos and began considering how to make a compelling video for the lowland.

• At dawn, Su Mo ordered Hope Village to provide round-the-clock meals, hot water, and medical care during the three-hour break in the snowfall.
• Su Mo and Su Deben assessed the village’s snow-clearing efforts and the danger of the coming seven days of snowfall, while Su Mo kept his terrain-changing card in reserve.
• When heavy snow resumed at nine, seven hundred villagers went out to clear snow as the rest recovered, and Su Mo returned to the shelter to sleep.
• After waking at four, Su Mo watched the lowland’s edited video and other Disaster Resistance Channel clips, noting that popular videos often featured striking views or violence.
• Su Mo decided to think carefully about how to film a stunning video for the lowland.

As the heavy snowfall threatened the basin and overwhelmed its snow-clearing efforts, Su Mo decided to upgrade the earthen boiler into an Alchemy Furnace. The chapter ended with Su Mo activating the upgrade using 800 kilograms of Energy Stones.

• Pei Shao reported that most New Continent residents had abandoned their territories or were struggling against the snow, while the Treant territory remained out of contact.
• Su Mo met with Chen Shen, Qi Qin, and Li Hu to revise the basin's disaster plans, then checked on villagers working to clear snow.
• Lü Kuan and the researchers showed Su Mo their ineffective snow sweeper and discussed the idea of using a powerful furnace to melt snow.
• Su Mo learned that the basin could spare 800 kilograms of Energy Stones and ordered Lü Kuan to extract them.
• Su Mo brought the Energy Stones to the Earthen Boiler Room, dismissed the workers, and selected the Alchemy Furnace upgrade.

Su Mo upgraded the boiler into a high-tech Alchemy Furnace that converted snow into heat and life-sustaining fluid, while an immersive vision revealed the stranded scientist and technologies behind its design. After testing the furnace, Su Mo realized it could rapidly consume the snow threatening the basin.

• Su Mo watched the boiler transform into a spherical Alchemy Furnace as its upgrade drew attention from villagers outside.
• Su Mo inspected the furnace and learned from its status panel that it used crude starship-engine and quantum-energy technology to convert materials, though its efficiency was extremely low.
• The system placed Su Mo inside the viewpoint of an unknown man, showing the man crash-land on a hostile planet and build an Alchemy Furnace from his damaged spacecraft to survive.
• Su Mo used his memory of the vision to feed snow into the furnace and confirmed that it produced heat and fluid matter while consuming large quantities of snow.
• Su Mo calculated that the furnace could clear hundreds of square meters of deep snow each hour and help keep the area around the basin below one meter of snow.

Su Mo and the Lowland residents used the Alchemy Furnace to clear the snow and stabilize the territory’s disaster response. He then proposed leading an expedition into the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains, despite the management team’s objections, and said they would prepare to depart after the snowfall eased.

• Su Mo explained the Alchemy Furnace’s apparent material conversion, then ordered the villagers to use it to burn snow around the territory.
• Chen Shen and the villagers organized snow-clearing shifts, removing most of the snow within a one-kilometer radius by morning.
• Su Mo told the management team that the territory needed to investigate the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains and assign people to search for ruins.
• The departments estimated that six hundred people could maintain relief work, and Su Mo assigned another two hundred as a mobile force.
• Su Mo announced that he would lead one hundred people into the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains, but Chen Shen and the others warned him about the hazards and urged him to reconsider.
• Su Mo ordered everyone to prepare for the expedition and said they would wait until the snowfall was nearly over before deciding when to leave.

Su Mo prepared the territory for the coming disasters and explored whether the child-protection All-Terrain Climbing Vehicle could be built with available technology. After Su Wei demonstrated its robotic tires, Su Mo realized that larger robots might make a scaled-down version possible for scouting the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains.

• Su Mo agreed to lead an expedition into the mountains after the snow began to stop, while the territory's residents prepared personnel and supplies.
• Su Mo considered improving the shelter, developing housing and industry, and preparing for the possible Scorching Heat disaster.
• Su Mo brought the climbing-vehicle materials to Ai Jianfeng, who explained that its alloy shell, cushioning, and climbing program exceeded the territory's current capabilities.
• Su Wei demonstrated the vehicle's climbing program and explained that tiny robots inside its tires adjusted traction and balance.
• Su Mo proposed enlarging the tires and using larger robots so the territory could build a scaled-down vehicle from its available Fei Fei Brand Robots and Level 5 Alloy.

Su Mo and Ai Jianfeng discussed the limits of human technology and continued planning the Climbing Car while the Heavy Snowfall passed its halfway point. In Hope Village, exhausted residents celebrated their survival, and Wang Tu learned about disaster-relief rewards that he believed would make him rich.

• Su Wei stayed in Virtual Reality to test the proposed code, while Su Mo and Ai Jianfeng returned to the workshop and discussed finding more survivors and the threat posed by the game.
• Ai Jianfeng explained that Yan Country’s universe was called the Qi Universe because of its experiments combining other races’ methods with technology, then voiced his fear that humanity’s technological progress was only a beginning.
• Su Mo reassured Ai Jianfeng without revealing the system, and they continued studying how to reduce the materials needed to manufacture the Climbing Car.
• At nine o’clock on April 19, the Heavy Snowfall passed its halfway point, and exhausted disaster-relief workers across the New Continent finally rested.
• Hope Village residents returned from relief work, celebrated the snow-free area around their village, and enjoyed generous hot meals as they discussed their plans for the future.
• Wang Tu asked a villager about the newly announced disaster-relief rewards, heard the policy explained, and concluded that he was going to strike it rich.

Su Mo discovered that civilization-upgrade experience rewards imparted practical instincts and could develop recipients’ abilities far beyond their literal descriptions. He increased the most popular rewards and expanded the awards, while considering how the experience system could strengthen the territory in the future.

• Chen Shen told Su Mo that hundreds of villagers had gathered early for disaster relief after hearing about the experience rewards, and that the most popular prizes belonged to the Disaster Resistance Team, Adventure Team, and Guard Team.
• Su Mo reconsidered the rewards after reviewing the teams’ prizes and wondered why villagers valued stone-tool forging and unarmed combat so highly.
• Ai Jianfeng described his blacksmith training and demonstrated how it had taught him precise control of his hands by carving a stone duck.
• Su Mo noticed the panel’s explanation that infused experience adapted to recipients’ potential and compatibility, then realized the rewards could grant bodily instincts and broader skills.
• Su Mo ordered Chen Shen to move stone-tool forging and unarmed combat to first place and announced that the experience rewards would be doubled for the top six.
• Su Mo considered using one of the monthly experience slots himself or giving it to someone close to him, hoping to combine many years of experience.

On the fifth day of the Great Snowfall, Su Mo reviewed Tian Yuan Territory’s recovery and continued preparing an all-terrain climbing vehicle for a trip into the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains. A ride to the Energy Excavation Site revealed that more than thirty couples in the territory wanted him to officiate their weddings.

• The snow-free area around Tian Yuan Territory expanded, and Su Mo’s completed Running on a Snowy Day and Small Blessed Land missions awaited rewards while he postponed the infrastructure mission.
• Chen Shen reduced the Disaster Resistance Team from six hundred members to three hundred and transferred the rest to the Adventure Team.
• Su Mo recorded the territory’s progress, noted that geomagnetic interference around the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains had spread, and planned work on the climbing vehicle.
• Su Mo read the daily report, which showed Tian Yuan Territory’s Potential recovering and its energy technology rated at the Interstellar Age.
• Su Mo rode with villagers to the Energy Excavation Site and learned that more than thirty couples wanted him to officiate their weddings.

Su Mo and the others successfully tested an Energy Stone Engine for the All-Terrain Climbing Vehicle, confirming its power and workable range. With the engine and tires solved, they prepared to melt Su Wei’s unused robot body into an exoskeleton for the vehicle.

• Su Mo learned that Hope Village had formed many couples, reassured Wang Hei about his prospects, and joked with Ai Jianfeng and Lü Kuan before hearing about the vehicle’s new engine.
• Ai Jianfeng explained that the Energy Stone Engine could power the Climbing Car for up to sixty minutes or around 120 kilometers on flat ground by using swappable energy stones.
• Su Mo test-drove the vehicle, watched it accelerate to 100 in two seconds, and found that two stones lasted twenty-seven minutes under aggressive driving.
• Su Mo decided to carry about forty energy stones and move ahead with the vehicle, using the robot’s body for an exoskeleton and Energy Absorption Gel for shock absorption.
• Su Wei agreed to give up her unused body, and Lü Kuan explained how the team could melt its Level 5 alloy shell for the vehicle project.

Su Mo and the villagers smelted the robots into an alloy frame for the Climbing Car, then used his upgrade system to perfect its load-bearing points. He upgraded more robots into specialized Mechanoids and prepared to finish the vehicle before setting out for the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains.

• Ai Jianfeng and his disciples prepared the furnace while Su Mo and Lü Kuan made a mold for the Climbing Car frame.
• The group poured the melted robot alloy into the mold, completing the first hand-built vehicle frame in the Wasteland.
• Su Mo spent 590 Survival Points to repair the frame’s load-bearing points and assigned Lü Kuan and Ai Jianfeng to oversee its cooling and tests.
• Su Mo retrieved 20 robots from a hidden storage room and chose upgrades for 16 Screw Mechanoids, one Maintenance Mechanoid, and three Adventure Mechanoids.
• Su Mo gathered the required materials and spent 9,885 Survival Points to upgrade the robots, planning to finish the Climbing Car that day and enter the mountains the next day.

Su Mo finalized preparations for an expedition into the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains, trusting his staff to defend and manage the territory while he was away. Chen Shen proposed three new public departments, and Su Mo left the village’s next month of development in his team’s hands.

• Su Wei confirmed that upgraded Screw Mechanoids could replace the All-Terrain Climbing Vehicle’s tentacle robots, and Su Mo expected the vehicle to be ready by morning.
• Su Mo told the management staff he would lead a hundred-person team into the mountains for a five-day journey to investigate the Origin Territory and warned them to watch the dwarves.
• Li Hu and Su Deben pledged to defend the territory, while Su Mo judged attacks from the Radiant Empire and Demon Soul Race unlikely.
• Chen Shen proposed establishing a Medical Station, Agricultural Machinery Station, and Infrastructure Department, and Su Mo approved the plans.
• After reviewing the village’s supplies and preparations, Su Mo entrusted his staff with managing the territory during his expedition.

Su Mo left the village with a hundred-person team to enter the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains, officially to rescue refugees and expand the territory. After ensuring Su Chan would remain safe at home, he led the expedition through the deep snow toward Donglong Mountain, where they hoped to camp that night.

• Chen Shen publicly presented Su Mo's mountain expedition as a mission to rescue refugees and bring them back to the territory.
• Su Mo braided Su Chan's hair, left Moore to protect her, and reminded her to care for herself and the family's supplies while he was away.
• The villagers held a farewell banquet for Su Mo and the hundred-person team, which loaded provisions, weapons, and equipment before departing.
• Lü Kuan warned Su Mo to be wary of the dangerous unidentified people in the mountains, and Su Mo promised he would not show them mercy if they became enemies.
• Su Mo's team advanced southeast through the deep snow, and Feng Tianmin reported that the route into the mountains was passable.
• Su Mo ordered the team to aim for Donglong Mountain and set up camp there that night.

Su Mo led the Guard Team toward Origin Camp through the snowbound Ten Thousand Mile Mountains, using Adventure Mechanoids to map a route over the peaks. After rescuing Mechanoid No. 1 and preparing the team and climbing vehicle, he began their nighttime ascent of Shi Mountain and stopped after two kilometers so they could learn the terrain.

• Su Mo chose to cross the mountains by climbing over each peak because circling them would take too long and building plank roads would cost too many people.
• After reaching Shi Mountain, Su Mo ordered the team to camp, protect the injured, and wait while he searched for Adventure Mechanoid No. 1.
• Su Mo rescued Mechanoid No. 1 from a snow pit, replaced its data memory card, and sent it onward after collecting its terrain data.
• The Guard Team fitted the Climbing Car with snow chains and safety hooks, and Su Mo promised protection for the families of anyone lost on the journey.
• Su Mo organized the team in a rope-linked formation and led them up Shi Mountain at night using the route mapped by the mechanoids.
• After the team had climbed two kilometers, Su Mo called a halt so everyone could familiarize themselves with the surrounding terrain.

Su Mo reached the summit of Donglong Mountain and found signs of a human settlement sheltered beneath a rocky overhang. He flew ahead to investigate, but his descent toward the settlement exposed him to smoke, and two people spotted him.

• Su Mo led the Guard Team to the summit of Shi Mountain, where they spotted smoke rising near Donglong Mountain and prepared for a possible encounter.
• After the blizzard stopped, Su Mo used Aladdin's Magic Flying Carpet to cross most of the distance to Donglong Mountain ahead of the Guard Team.
• Su Mo climbed to Donglong Mountain's summit and identified a sheltered platform with signs of a recently established human camp.
• Su Mo examined footprints, transplanted soil, and a vine ladder before deciding to investigate the settlement himself.
• While descending the ladder, Su Mo was caught in the camp's smoke and began coughing; two people on the platform noticed him.

Su Mo discovered that the people in the cliff cave were abusing and imprisoning refugees, and learned the cave’s layout and the criminals’ weapons from two scarred women. Disguised in their clothes, he entered the cave with one woman and prepared to silently subdue the first guards.

• Su Mo revealed his face to the two women keeping watch, and they recognized him as the lord of Tian Yuan Territory and knelt before him.
• The shorter woman showed Su Mo her injuries and wrote that 132 people lived in the cave, including 25 men who abused and imprisoned the refugees.
• The taller woman identified the leaders as Liu Yai and Liu Zi, listed their weapons, and drew Su Mo a map of the cave.
• Su Mo had the women exchange clothes with him and followed the taller woman into the cave to avoid alerting the criminals or endangering the victims.
• At the Resource Warehouse, Su Mo spotted two dozing guards and prepared anesthetic darts while the taller woman got ready to distract one of them.

Su Mo and the tall woman infiltrated the cave and incapacitated most of the villains using anesthetic darts and the terrain. After freeing the laborers from their guards, Su Mo told them it was time to take revenge on the Liu Brothers.

• Su Mo and the tall woman entered the Resource Warehouse, where Su Mo knocked out the heavily built guard with an anesthetic dart and tied up him and the sleeper.
• Su Mo taught the tall woman how to use the living quarters' layout to keep the villains from grouping together, then incapacitated the fourteen men inside.
• Su Mo dealt with the people in the recreation area, and three young women fled while he told the tall woman not to judge them for what they had done to survive.
• Su Mo circled behind the laborers' quarters and quickly defeated the two men guarding the workers.
• The laborers recognized that Su Mo was an outsider, and he told them they could take revenge on the Liu Brothers.

Su Mo liberated the laborers of Cliff Territory by driving out the Liu Brothers’ accomplices and discovering the brothers’ escape route. After the Liu Brothers fled in opposite directions, Su Mo prepared to intercept them while Feng Tianmin’s group arrived with two armed suspects.

• Su Mo had the laborers smoke the Liu Brothers’ cave, and the oppressed people beat the three accomplices who fled outside.
• Su Mo found a hidden passage in the storage cave and learned that the Liu Brothers had escaped through it.
• Su Mo tracked the brothers’ footprints and realized that both escape routes led down the mountain toward the large platform.
• Su Mo returned to the platform and lit the straw there, waiting for the Liu Brothers to approach.
• Feng Tianmin arrived and told Su Mo that his group had caught two suspicious people carrying guns.