Chapter 725: A Broken Present and a Hopeful Future!

June 14, the eighth year of the last calendar, five o'clock in the morning. Google search reading

In the dark night, a dark blue energy car with a license plate of the Academy of Sciences slid out of the back door silently.

Opening the side window, blowing the cool night breeze, Su Mo held the steering wheel with one hand, his eyes drifting to the end of the light.

Although Ai Jianqiang's energy car said it was ordinary, it was actually a top-level energy car that applied the fifth-level energy machine.

Its performance is strong and the body is solid.

Even if it hits a solid wall directly, the high-grade alloy and energy-absorbing structure of the car body can perfectly ensure the safety of the driver and passengers inside, which is worthy of the reputation of "small tank".

But at this time, Su Mo didn't pay any attention to this car.

Looking at the distance that was already turning white, he felt an indescribable sense of sadness in his heart.

Who would have thought that if he wanted to overclock his thoughts, he would have to use the mysterious alchemy furnace that he had upgraded with 60,000 survival points and 20,000 points for heating the territory.

Relying on the alchemy furnace burning all kinds of strange disaster products over the years, someone discovered this magical effect by chance.

Then, in the following years, researchers in the Academy of Sciences continued to test the real usage method and effect with their lives.

To use it, the user needs to calmly walk into the furnace, start the burning device by hand, and watch the flames devour his body, so as to gain the expansion of thinking after incomparable pain.

Faced with such a way of use, after Ji Yang said it calmly, Su Mo could only respond with silence.

The time after the alchemy furnace was upgraded in the real world was too short.

Not to mention that he didn't understand the real usage and function of this thing, even Ai Jianfeng, who was researching it every day, probably didn't have the in-depth research on it by everyone in the Academy of Sciences in this world.

If he wanted to save Ji Yang, even if he used all the remaining points in the system, the probability of success was only one in ten thousand.

At that time, he understood his identity, and Ji Yang's infinitely high thinking speed instantly figured out everything.

He cleverly thought of Su Mo's difficulties in hiding his identity, so he forcibly suppressed his thriving emotions and did not show any weirdness.

Under the surveillance of the game, in the end, he could only use this time to hurriedly explain some important research tasks, and then left without doing anything out of the ordinary.

But it was precisely this performance that made Su Mo feel more and more the constraints brought by the game and the contradictions in this world.

Because of the game, even until death, even until the last moment.

Ji Yang could not really stand in front of him and ask that question, where have you been in the past eight years!

Because of the game, this world is like Truman's world, everyone lives in chaos, and there is no direction to move forward.

With this regret, Ji Yang is the first person in this world to know his identity.

Similarly, he is also the first person to die.

However, from the flickering light in his eyes before he left, Su Mo could barely tell.

Compared to others, he should have left "happily".

At least others left in boundless despair, but he saw a ray of light in the darkness.

"Too real, the copy world is really too real"

"It's really hard to imagine them as simulated characters, it's really too hard!"

He kept hypnotizing himself that this world was simulated by the game through permissions, not a real wasteland world.

But when he thought of Ji Yang's last look and the information he provided at the end, Su Mo still found it difficult to accept this result.

According to Ji Yang.

The current Tianyuan territory looks like a cluster of flowers, and the lives of the people are thriving, and the future is promising.

But in fact, the potential of the entire territory has long been overdrawn in advance, and the contradictions have become increasingly prominent!

Among them.

The energy stone mines in the territory had already mined all the large mines half a year ago, leaving only the last few stocks to barely maintain the operation of energy stone research, which belongs to using some less.

The food production of the territory has basically reached its peak, and the inventory is only enough for one million people to eat for about three years.

The development of weapons has hit the technological barrier. The game directly limits the production of nuclear fission, and humans cannot find new materials to replace gunpowder and generate stronger kinetic energy.

The exploration of other areas of the wasteland is limited by disasters. The exploration team has only set foot in the deep sea at most, and has not even reached the second land except the New World.

The entire New World has only so many resources and only such a large area.

Unless there are constant invasions and continuous attacks, the pace of continuous expansion can be maintained.

But over the years, due to the increasing frequency of natural disasters and the contradictions within the territory.

Stopping the pace of expansion, these contradictions have become more and more obvious.

In a sense, Su Mo himself was just the fuse for the sudden outbreak of the fishman.

The real reason is that some people in the territory are extremely dissatisfied with the status quo, but they cannot change it by themselves, so they can only continue to intensify the contradictions, and there is no construction without destruction.

Some thinking.

Su Mo was not surprised by the first point. After all, after entering the survival version, those cards that restore mineral reserves are used less and less.

Eight years have passed, and the territory has been able to acquire a huge number of cards, continue to maintain production, push the energy stone engine into several iterations, and popularize energy stone vehicles to all humans in the New World. It can be called a miracle.

By now, all the cards in human hands are estimated to have been exhausted, which makes it impossible for the Nengshi Mine to recover.

"It will be extremely difficult for the Energy Mine to restore its reserves in the wasteland eight years later, but I still have the card to restore the reserves in my storage space, so it's not a problem."

After opening the storage space and searching the remaining cards, Sumo felt relieved.

Fortunately, although the game limits his identity as a refugee, he cannot tell other people in the territory his true identity.

But there are no restrictions on things like storage space.

Except for the Mountain and Sea Scroll card, which is disabled and cannot be taken out because it is too buggy, other low-level cards, including the high-level card that needs to change terrain, can be used.

Moreover, these cards are the same as last time. Even if they are used in the ruins, they will be automatically restored after leaving the ruins.

"One level one reserve improvement card, two level one 10% reserve recovery cards, and one level three 50% reserve recovery card."

"That's enough!"

He stepped on the accelerator and passed the slow truck ahead.

Feeling the speed of the car instantly increase to 130, Su Mo relaxed his brows and his tense mood relaxed.

Food, weapons, and external exploration.

These are not things that he cares about. As long as he can unify the territory again, he has no worries about how to develop in the future.

On the contrary, it is those who want reform and those who resist reform.

"These people must be caught, beaten when they should be beaten, and killed when they should be killed."

"Especially this damn identity system, which must be abolished as soon as possible. I don't have so much time to do ink."

As his strength and experience increased, Somo was no longer as peaceful and indifferent as before.

He began to find that he could no longer see the things that made him unhappy.

I spend my days and nights thinking about how to live longer in this world.

Think hard about how you can gain more permissions.

We must also put the future of mankind on our own shoulders.

Life is already depressing and tiring enough, why should we continue to depress ourselves in the copy?

Only by being relaxed and orderly can you maintain a peaceful mental state.

After figuring out what to do next, I noticed that the road sign ahead indicated that there were only the last thirty kilometers left to Sangtian Town.

Suddenly, Sumo's mood improved again.

Although this day was extremely long, so long that he ran around exhausted from morning to night, and fought a life-or-death battle with hundreds of fishmen.

But this harvest also made him extremely happy.

The buffer alloy used to make harvesters will be produced directly from the Academy of Sciences to Baoyu Heavy Industry after dawn.

Some of the auxiliary material alloys used to make the Sun Chaser Armor, as well as some special alloys below level four, were also applied for by him in the name of "experiments" and were brought to them by a dedicated person in the afternoon.

The morning after tomorrow, that is, the morning of the 16th, is the time when the summer harvest officially begins.

Everything is on track, and we only need to wait a month or two for the real reshuffle to begin.

At six twenty, the sun rises.

The curfew in Sangtian Town had just ended, and Sumo drove his car all the way back to Gutian Third Street, where he was familiar and safe.

Look inside from the street.

Sure enough, Huang Xiaojuan had not slept all night, and was waiting in front of the courtyard door, yawning and looking around.

Oreo was lazily lying next to him, enjoying the cool breeze.

Seeing the Noh car drive in, Oreo stood up and sniffed.

"Woof woof!"

"Hey, Brother Zong is back?"

Huang Xiaojuan was overjoyed when she saw Su Mo waving his hand to open the courtyard door and drive the car in.

But then, he noticed that Sumo's raised arms were covered with injuries of various sizes.

She couldn't help being startled again and rushed forward.

"I'm fine. It's from the Academy of Sciences. Oh, I can't resolve this matter in just a few words. You only know that your brother Zong and I can come back with my life. This is all because of my great luck."

"Don't worry, I have obtained the status of researcher, no one will bully us again!"

After getting familiar with Huang Xiaojuan, Su Mo naturally knew how to deal with her.

Only then did he scare me, saying that it was a secret of the Academy of Sciences, and then revealed that he had obtained the status of a researcher.

Huang Xiaojuan was really shocked, she changed her words and stopped asking further questions, and timidly returned to the big room to get the medicine box.

"Oh, these are just flesh wounds, it's okay."

He was still talking, but when Somo took off his underwear that had been stained with blood.

That's when I discovered it.

Although the psionic water healed all internal injuries, it was guaranteed to leave no sequelae.

But almost no part of his body was intact, with bruises and small cracks everywhere.

"If I had known earlier, I would have contacted the Academy of Sciences and applied for some psionic water."

"It's a loss, it's a loss"

With her teeth bared, Huang Xiaojuan wrapped her into a rice dumpling, and then watched her bring sweet rice porridge, soft and chewy white steamed buns, and several plates of delicious side dishes.

Su Mo complained, but he felt an inexplicable sense of security in his heart.

At the same time, another reason was added on the road to returning to the master of the territory.

Become a lord again.

He wants to give it to all the ordinary people living here, all the people he cares about living here, and his sisters and parents in this world.

Reshape a new territory with hope!

Reshape a future where you can see tomorrow and live a stable life.

Even if.

Only one year!

In Zizai Grain Shop.

After a few days of preparation, the harvest workers who came to sign up are still endless, from the end of the street, all the way to the front of the shop.

Higher multiples, more advanced energy stone tools, and long-term reputation.

These are the reasons why the grain shop is superior to the opposite Qiankun Grain Shop.

Standing in front of the shop, watching the documents being filled out and put into the collection box next to it, and then transported to Hope City by a special person for reporting.

Zhang Bowen, who is still the acting shopkeeper, is in an unusually good mood.

These days, with his efforts, the number of workers signed by the grain shop has exceeded 6,000, which has exceeded the number in previous years.

At this rate, it is not impossible for the number to exceed 8,000 by the time the summer harvest starts the day after tomorrow.

And with so many people, the success of Zizai Grain Shop in summer harvest is almost a foregone conclusion.

As for the opposite Qiankun Grain Shop?

Thinking of this, Zhang Bowen is even happier.

Two days ago, he nervously proposed that after the summer harvest, they would stop malicious competition and work together to create a business environment.

He thought that his father Zhang Da and sister Zhang Min would ruthlessly reject him.

But in fact, they nodded their heads as soon as he finished speaking.

Zhang Da even had some vague intention of retreating, as if he would no longer be involved in the grain industry after the summer harvest.

Zhang Bowen was surprised at first for half a night, wondering why his father and sister had changed so much.

But in the morning, when he got busy, he forgot everything.

Of course, as a new shopkeeper, Zhang Bowen was not without worries.

What worried him was that his master Su Youzong had taken two consecutive days off after helping to develop the Energy Stone Scythe, and he didn't know where he went.

Last night, at Zhang Min's urging, he personally brought a lot of gifts to the door, but he didn't see anyone.

And this morning, when Sun Quan came again, he didn't even tell him that he wanted to continue to take leave.

This caused Zhang Bowen to feel palpitations from time to time, worrying about Su Mo's whereabouts.

"Hey, Bowen, why are you still here supervising the onboarding, not going to study?"

Suddenly a familiar voice came from the side.

Zhang Bowen's face was stunned, and then he was delighted in his heart with disbelief.

He turned his head to the right.

Sure enough, Su Mo was wrapped in white bandages all over his body, like a zongzi, and slowly walked in from not far away.

"Fuck, teacher, what's wrong with you?"

With a scream, Zhang Bowen hurriedly came up and supported Su Mo.

But after realizing that his hand was too strong, Su Mo grinned, and the "horrible injury" revealed in the gap.

A trace of anger suddenly rose on his face.

Sangtian Town, since the wasteland has been thoroughly developed for five years, has a guard team patrolling around the clock, and there are very few vicious incidents.

And the rules here will only protect the people with status.

For those outsiders who make trouble, there are usually only two punishments.

First, drive him out and never enter Tianyuan territory.

Second, blood debts must be paid with blood. You will bear the consequences for any losses you cause.

"Damn, which blind man beat you like this? Tell Bowen, I will bring people to kill his whole family!"

"Don't, you are just a child, and you kill people's families every day"

"Teacher, I accidentally had a conflict with others. It's okay, just some flesh wounds!"

Found that many people were looking at him, Su Mo turned his head quickly and gestured to go in first.

Zhang Bowen, on the other hand, is now quite powerful.

Just waved his hand directly to the side, and immediately a smarter store employee took out a stretcher from inside.

"Teacher, you should lie down on it"

"I have asked someone to invite a doctor. Don't worry, all the medical expenses will be paid by our grain shop!"

"Okay" Seeing that his cheap apprentice was so concerned about him, Su Mo had to go up.

A few steps away, until he was out of sight of the door.

He raised his head when a familiar voice sounded.

"Mr. Su, what's wrong? Hey, you all should be gentle!"

Zhang Min ran out from the inner hall in a hurry, with a flattering look on her face.

Compared with her cold face a few days ago, her attitude now is obviously dozens of times better.

However, in her eyes.

Su Mo sensed a very well-hidden emotion.

Is that the feeling of looking at expensive goods?