Chapter 469 Tense Situation, Message from the New World!
Previously, Su Mo had already taken a three-day-long detour to the expeditionary base to look for the God of the Ocean, Jiang Chu.
The trip back took another 9 days and 22 hours.
Even after the system began updating, Su Mo did not delay further and immediately set off.
By now, he only had less than two days left!
At noon the day after next, the game would officially be updated to the next versionsurvival mode.
Not much time was left before that.
Luckily, Chen Shen had begun to pack after receiving word on the radio.
Su Mo went up the mountain only to find that all the food supplies and larger objects were already packed. The Hope Village cooks had also prepared 10 more days’ worth of dry rations for them to eat on the boat during the relocation.
“Leader Su, from what we’ve detected along with other passing survivors, the New World is only about 5,000 kilometers away from us. It’s not that far.
“Furthermore, before the game completely closed down the World Channel, we collected a small part of the information about the New World. There should be a number of people there by now, but the current situation isn’t looking very optimistic!”
A group consisting of a dozen or more people sat around the table. After the cooks had served them a few plates of meat buns, Chen Shen began a brief report.
“Oh? There are people who have already gone there? What’s the situation like?”
The wasteland ocean had now been present for more than a month.
As long as the distance was not too far, even a wooden raft could arrive at the New World and explore it.
Su Mo was not surprised that someone had already arrived in the New World ahead of time. Instead, he was keenly interested.
Chen Shen said, “If we only look at the data we collected 15 days ago, the situation is very good. Conditions in the New World are much better than in the wasteland. There are natural streams, and natural water sources, and there are a number of mutant creatures which provided sufficient food for the living beings who first arrived in the New World.
“Mountains are few, and most of the land is an endless plain covered by knee-high weeds!
“Based on what they’ve said, one will not die of hunger there as long as one works hard. The magnitude of the disaster can’t be reduced, but the living environment is much better than the wasteland and the deep reaches of the ocean!”
Su Mo smiled as he took a bite of his meat bun. “That’s not too bad, right? Apart from the disasters, that sounds fairly good!”
Chen Shen shook his head. “No, Leader Su, that was what we heard 15 days ago, when only a few humans were on the New World, and only a small number of foreign clans had landed. The situation then can’t be compared to whatever’s happening now.
“At two in the morning three days ago, a group of 15 people passed by Iron Rock Mountain. They were not pioneers going to the New World, but refugees who had escaped from the New World!”
It seemed that Chen Shen had kept this secret for too long.
He could no longer wait until they were in a private setting but spoke up instead during the meal.
Su Mo frowned and put down the bun in his hand. He was not the only one; even the other leaders who had been happy earlier wore serious expressions on their faces.
Chen Shen apologized, “Forgive me for not telling all of you about this message in advance. The information we’ve received about this event is far too alarming.
“That night, Brother Hu and I led a group of people and surrounded them. After communicating with their leader, we obtained some first-hand news about the New World for the time being, but we don’t know if it’s true. We also gave them some food in exchange for what they called the specialties of the New World.”
Chen Shen paused and grabbed at midair.
A dagger about the length of a small arm flew out of the void and slowly landed on the table, radiating a bitingly cold light.
“Leader Su, just look at this weapon!”
There was no longer any game identification for objects.
Now, humans could only evaluate something by “looking, listening, asking, and feeling.” After a brief introductory description of the dagger’s appearance and abilities, Chen Shen did not hesitate. Picking it up gently, he aimed at the deserted mountain peak and swung the weapon vigorously.
The next second, under the group’s astonished gaze, a blade of light that appeared to be formed from particles shot out violently from the dagger. After flying through the air for a distance of about five meters, it slammed into the stone with a loud explosive sound.
Although this particle blade did not pulverize the area, it was not because it lacked power. Rather, it was because Iron Rock Mountain was not composed of stone, but of solid iron!
If this power could be extracted and used to strike at a person, only one ending would ensue.
“Huh?”
“Crap, what is this?”
“This dagger??? Is it a magic weapon?”
“This particle blade launches without a sound. If it’s used in a sneak attack, who the f*ck can defend themselves against this?”
Pei Shao, Qi Qin, and Wu Feiguang exclaimed in amazement.
It was obviously the first time they had seen a weapon like this, which had hitherto only appeared in movies. Their gazes were filled with involuntary shock.
“Wait a minute-give me the dagger and let me take a look!”
Su Mo witnessed the entire scenario.
As the group’s main backbone, his face remained impassive, revealing no expression.
Inwardly, however, his mind gave rise to an extremely unpleasant suspicion.
The next second, as Chen Shen passed the dagger over, in a dimension invisible to the group, a green ray of light suddenly arose from Su Mo’s body and wrapped around the dagger.
In two seconds, Su Mo retracted the light after releasing it from the weapon.
An attribute panel slowly began to emerge.
(Dwarf Dagger (Good-quality)]
(Description]: This is a standard weapon made by dwarves. It is incomparably sharp and can perform long-range attacks after the energy within it has been activated by a certain method.
(Maker]: Emilie Yorke
[Melee Attack Strength]: 4
[Ranged Attack Strength]: 18
[Ranged Attack Range]: 6m (Limit: 10m; power decreases with distance)
(Current Energy Reserves): 70% (Recovery time: 16.9 hours)
(Special Abilities]:
Absorption (This is a dagger created using old Era Technology. It is extremely sensitive to biological energy. If it is wrapped in blood or flesh, the recovery rate of the dagger’s energy reserves will be sped up; the energy recovery rate also varies depending on the living being’s level)
Energy Release (Based on the user’s needs, up to 70% of the dagger’s energy reserves can be released in a ranged attack to enhance its power. The lowest amount of internal energy that can be used to increase the number of attacks is 10%)
[Evaluation]: This is the roar of the foreign races who have decided to defeat magic with… Magic!
Tsk…
After looking through all the properties of this dagger in its entirety and the final evaluation, Su Mo’s inner suspicions were confirmed.
Old Era Technology!
Sure enough, this kind of forbidden technology had finally emerged in the wasteland.
Over 10 days ago, upon seeing Hope One, Su Deben had mentioned Old Era Technology.
At that time, Su Mo had not pursued the matter. However, upon considering that he had to replicate the Sky Barrier, he started a detailed conversation with Lu Kuan and the others as soon as he was settled back on Hope One.
Furthermore, it was this exchange that allowed Su Mo to gradually understand how outrageous Old Era Technology really was.
To put this simply, humans currently used various energy sources, but most of the time they were ultimately repeating what amounted to “boiling water”.
Among all these energy sources, the three main methods of power generation were gas turbine power, steam turbine power, and nuclear power. The first two methods were typically representative of thermal power. They relied on the burning of various fossil energy sources, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, to produce steam which would drive the machines.
The third method relied on nuclear power plant reactors to produce steam that eventually drove the machines.
However, these three methods presented an insurmountable hurdle.
Efficiency!
Before Su Mo’s transmigration to the wasteland, the efficiency of the world’s most advanced reheat based supercritical 1350MW coal-fired unit was around 49% when operating without heat. The designated coal consumption was 251 g/kWh.
However, the general thermal efficiency of power plants was only 35 to 38%.
Even if the operation was at maximum expansion with the addition of heat and electricity cogeneration and back pressure units, the overall efficiency could only be raised to a maximum of 70%.
Old Era Technology, though, was derived from something different.
Even the lowest quality items they produced had a conversion efficiency of about 200%!
Not only that, the highest was 5000%!
Back then, Lu Kuan had used only one sentence to describe this technology.
It could kill someone and then revive them.
“Besides this dagger, did the group of refugees divulge any more information?”
Su Mo immediately put the dagger away in front of everyone, his expression grave. Chen Shen nodded. “They have a total of 16 daggers like this, including the one we have here. Although they say that these weapons are very valuable, my guess is that something like this isn’t so rare in the New World. They also own a large knife that looks pretty extraordinary. It’s a pity that we couldn’t afford to pay the price they wanted, so we weren’t able to obtain it. “Based on what they’ve told us about the New World, for now, we have the following information.”
From his storage space, Chen Shen pulled out a piece of white paper densely filled with writing and began to explain in detail.
“Firstly, the current state of the New World…
“It’s different from what we imagined. After 15 days, the current New World is no longer a valuable and unexplored piece of land.
“More and more foreign clans are taking advantage of the reboot from the game update to go to the New World using various methods. This time, they’re no longer arriving with just one or two hundred people like before; instead, they’re arriving with great numbers of their people. They’ve brought tribes, and even… “Their fortresses!”
After uttering those two words with difficulty, Chen Shen looked around at the different expressions on everyone’s faces and continued, “Secondly, because of the shelter restrictions, we humans can’t go outside the range specified by our cores. It’s the same with the foreign races. Their power will be significantly weakened if they leave their area. This decline is exceptionally terrible. Most probably their abilities will be sealed and their physical prowess will be severely restricted.
“Thirdly, the foreign races in the New World no longer antagonize each other. They’ve begun a cooperative relationship instead. It’s to the point where if humans have the credentials that they’ve issued, we can also enter their cities for trade, accommodation, and even…. entertainment!”
“Sh*it, isn’t that already equivalent to a certificate of good conduct?”
Qi Qin smacked the table and stood up in shock!
