In a small village, as the number of people increases, a vague social form gradually begins to take shape.
In a collective of more than a thousand people, everyone has their own different greed, anger, and ignorance, good and evil, and beauty.
The villagers are trying to find ways to compete for talent level rankings, wanting to live in better and bigger rooms, have more food, and live a better life.
The management is studying how to achieve better results and gain more trust from Sumo in exchange for more authority and higher positions.
Even these scientific researchers are thinking about how to "resurrection" themselves and regain their human form.
With the number of people increasing, people are not only afraid of the coming disaster, but also afraid that they will be thrown off the chariot while advancing in the depression.
Regarding this opportunity to use the mark, even though Lu Kuan and others knew that the people who should use it most were not them, but the villagers who were willing to risk their lives and sneak into the enemy camp.
But no matter what, they still chose to fight for it.
This is the first time they have raised their demands in the depression!
"Uncle Su, what you said is obvious. Naturally, we must consider our own people first. As the saying goes, before going outside, we must first settle down at home!"
"You don't have to worry about the number of imprints. As long as we successfully test and use the perfect cracking method, I will be able to get not just ten, but even a hundred!"
With a warm smile, Su Mo's voice was light and airy, but when it fell in his head, it shocked all the brains including Su Deben's.
Obviously, compared to the calm on the surface, everyone's inner reactions were obviously much more violent.
"Suma, they, no, we, thank you!"
"It's okay, Uncle Su, don't worry. Your efforts will be indispensable for our collective development in the future. When the time comes, just put in more effort, hahaha!"
After saying the previous sentence, Su Deben lost control due to the shock of his mind, exited the machine body on his own initiative, and returned his consciousness to the brain box.
But the strange thing is that the body that usually would be snatched up instantly is now no one "online", and only an empty shell is left standing on the spot.
He walked forward and patted the robot on the shoulder, looking at the two big empty eyes on its face and the slightly twitching expression of losing control.
Su Mo was immediately filled with emotions.
If the previous people were just passers-by, they might choose to leave once the depression reaches a critical moment.
So now, these people are completely relieved!
The moment they got their promise, they voluntarily put their "hearts" over and finally became a part of the depression.
This is what Sumo has wanted to see for a long time, but fortunately, it's not too late now!
The real continuous horrific disaster has not yet completely arrived, and there is still enough time for the depression to gain one or two rounds of development!
"Fortunately, if there are no accidents, Dad will be here when this round of disaster is over."
"When the time comes, I will leave all the mess in the depression to my father, and I will concentrate on external development and resource upgrading, and that's it!"
In terms of professionalism, after such a long period of study, Somo has become many times more proficient than when he first came to the wasteland.
But for him, who has an adventurous personality, this thing is just like forcing a child who doesn't like learning to study forcefully, with little gain and a lot of pain.
There is a sequence of learning, and there is a specialization of skills.
Leave professional matters to professionals.
After thinking through all these twists and turns, he put down the worries in his mind, and after arriving on the third floor, Sumo didn't even bother to wash up, and just threw himself on the bed and fell asleep.
The intense mental rush last night, coupled with the emotional ups and downs of upgrading resources before.
Both physical and mental strength have far exceeded the limits of normal human power.
Although Sumo's physical fitness is now very explosive, under this kind of consumption, he still feels like "the fuel is exhausted".
However, Sumo didn't know this in his sleep.
Just when the resources of the depression were being upgraded, several surrounding neighbors who were ready to make a move were again unconsciously thrown into chaos by the depression.
Four hundred kilometers south along the boundary of the depression.
This is the territory of the ancient tree people.
Different from the bare plains of the Demon Soul Clan, the territory of the tree people is full of life, and towering trees of ten to twenty meters can be seen everywhere crisscrossing the ground.
If someone who doesn't know the way comes in and doesn't have the help of pointing tools, it will be extremely difficult to get out of this area.
The further you go inside, the higher the density of trees becomes. Regardless of the species, it feels like the Amazon rainforest on earth.
Because the tree people do not eat meat and only absorb nutrients from the land and eat rice leaves, the number of animals in this jungle is much higher than in other territories.
Looking down from the air, it only covers an area of fifty square kilometers, and there are no less than a thousand species of animals running around happily, releasing their energy wantonly.
It's a pity that these little animals today are not as happy as before.
After the vibrations in the depression were heard for the first time, as the tree people began to riot, they were so frightened that their whole bodies were shaking like chaff, and they all fell to the ground, trembling.
The vibrations coming from the upgrade of Tieshi Mountain are not earthquakes in the conventional sense.
Its propagation distance is extremely long, and it can still maintain a vibration amplitude of about a magnitude 5 earthquake even four to five hundred kilometers away.
But in the soil, there is no isolation, and the vibration is more like an electric shock, causing the tree man rooted in the soil to collapse to the ground almost instantly.
Woo.
Woo.
Having lost most of their combat effectiveness, the central area of the ancient tree people immediately sounded the alarm.
Countless tree men wearing heavy armor jumped out vigorously like beasts opening a gate, their eyes alertly searching for enemies who might invade.
Even the treant lord Zhu Ling put on his own equipment and stood on the city wall to prepare.
"The vibration. The direction of the vibration came from the territory of Soma, the King of Humanity, but we did not find any enemies in this direction."
"Is it Somo again?"
Listening to his subordinate's breathless report, Zhu Ling frowned, and several pieces of wood on his body instantly folded together.
Three days ago, when Zhu Chuan returned to the territory and vividly described what he had seen and heard, during this period, the tree people had subtly formed three factions.
One is naturally the main war faction.
However, what is different from before is that this time the main war faction is not clamoring to launch an attack, but is looking for ways to gain the initiative from the next trade.
They coveted the Xiantao that Zhuchuan said could magically increase their strength, but at the same time, they did not want to pay too much in exchange.
Therefore, the only option is to resort to force.
The second is the reconciliation faction represented by Zhu Chuan.
Their goal is to establish long-term and stable trade with the depression. It is best to open up the supply route of goods and generate transactions on time and in quantity.
Then, the two sides deepened their ties through trade and jointly fought against surrounding enemies.
As for the last faction, it is the neutral faction led by group leader Zhu Ling.
The situation is somewhat similar to that of the demon soul lord. Although Zhu Ling relied on his strength to overwhelm everyone, he was not completely ignored.
However, due to the previous ethnic structure, in terms of actions, he still cannot speak as clearly as Soma.
His decision needs to be approved by more than 60% of the people before it can be implemented. Otherwise, others will refuse to implement it on the pretext of asking for God's approval.
At this time, the number of the warring faction was around 30%, the conciliatory faction was around 35%, and the number of votes he held was also around 35%.
As long as he chooses either of the two, the order will be executed quickly.
Before that, Zhu Ling originally wanted to wait until someone came from the depression and then make a decision based on the performance of the person from the depression.
But at this moment, I feel the vibrations that just subsided and started to reoccur again and again.
Extremely rare, he hesitated!
On the other side, the reaction of the Demon Soul Clan was very different from that of the Tree People.
As the law enforcement team with the largest say in the city, although they did not send spies to monitor Somo's departure, they did so through the signals sent back by the mark.
As long as they are inside the Demon Soul Clan's territory, they can get an approximate location.
The law enforcement team was relieved after making sure that the mark response sent back by Soma's transformed Hal had indeed entered the realm of the depression.
However, after this vibration came from the depression.
Looking at the walls with dust falling crazily and the shaking tables, their hearts that had just been put down were raised again.
Then, groups of neatly equipped law enforcement teams quickly poured out of the official premises with high walls.
Suddenly, the originally noisy city gradually became quiet due to the orderly footsteps of thousands of law enforcement teams.
However, it is the same as the tree man before.
When all the guards closed the city gates, climbed onto the city walls, and found no enemies, their thoughts became equally complicated.
"This human Soma territory actually has this kind of secret weapon?"
"It seems that we were right not to touch Hal in the first place. As long as we rely on Hal as a bridge, once we can open up the trade routes in human territory, we may be able to obtain it."
"A weapon against the gods!"
"When the time comes, even if the lord comes back, I can do it"
Looking in the direction of the depression, the leader of the Demon Soul Tribe was hiding under his armor, his eyes were dark.
Then, fearing that others would notice the flames of desire in his eyes, the commander swung his cloak and walked down the city wall first.
It's a pity that what he doesn't know is that the person he misses day and night is actually standing next to him!
Moreover, this fat figure also had the same emotion as him in his heart!
"Today's plan, if we want to cause chaos, we must involve more people. The conflict between the exchange and the escort is completely insufficient."
"Hal, this is my first step to stir up this muddy water!"
"It seems that if the situation is suitable, I must go see this Soma and seek his help!"
In the Empire of Light, countless transformed people walked out of the city
In the dwarf territory, the more than a thousand ambush soldiers who had just left returned again, looking wary.
During Somo's long sleep, all the neighbors near the depression became anxious.
But protected by the extremely long strategic depth of the depression and wrapped in a mysterious cloak.
Even when Soma slept until half past six in the evening, no one from any race had the courage to explore the depression.
Sitting up and drinking half a glass of psionic water, Somo habitually opened the game panel and system panel.
"Hey, this game is really easy to play. I upgraded a lot of resources but it still doesn't respond."
"But it's fine if there's no reaction, I'm afraid you might cause some trouble for me!"
Most of the functions in the game panel are still in an indefinite stagnation stage at this time.
After flipping through it for a while, after making sure that the resource upgrade did not affect the internal operations of the game, Sumo nodded with satisfaction and casually took off the panel.
Then, taking a sip of the remaining psionic water, Somo's eyes returned to the system panel.
"In the next eleven days, we need to dig out the boiler room as soon as possible and lay the basic heating pipes. The task is not difficult."
"But externally, I still have to go to the tree people's territory to have a look, and then go back to the Demon Soul Clan to make arrangements, and try to bring back as many marks as possible."
"As for the construction priorities inside the depression."
After looking through several upgrade methods in the system interface, and shaking his head for a while, Sumo turned his attention to civilization upgrade.
Among the five requirements required to upgrade civilization in the primitive era.
1. Three types of stone weapon making techniques
2. Skilled stone cave opening technology
3. Get rid of raw food completely
4. Population 50
5. Create a stone statue with a height of no less than 20 meters and a precision error of no more than 50 centimeters (spectacle requirement)
The first four depressions have been perfectly completed before the ocean comes.
It is only because of the spectacle of this last item that it has been dragged down until now and it is difficult to advance.
Soma didn't really attach much importance to the proficiency in stone tool making that was rewarded by improving civilization in the primitive era.
But unfortunately, the system does not have a skip option. If you want to advance to subsequent civilizations, you still have to upgrade step by step.
"This is a problem for a 20-meter stone statue. Without large-scale engineering equipment, it is very risky to build it only by manpower."
"As for the error of 50 centimeters, it's not difficult to achieve. There happen to be professionals in the depression, so it should be easy to achieve."
"How about building this wonder in these days?"
After pondering over the feasibility of the wonder building, after ruling it out one by one, I found that with the current strength of the depression, I do have the time and ability to build it.
Suddenly, Sumo became excited!
There is a saying that goes well, wonders are achieved in the prosperous times and fail in the doomsday.
In past history, only when the country had sufficient strength and had a surplus of food could we see shocking wonders rise from the ground.
And if it is in a war, it will be even more difficult to save everything, let alone construction.
But the wonders the system requires to be built are not like that.
Follow the prompts on civilization upgrade.
After the wonder is built, it will give attribute bonuses to the people under its command to a certain extent, including but not limited to physical fitness, comprehension ability, learning ability, stress resistance, etc.
Just like the magical power in the Demon Soul Clan's Free City that makes even Somo covet.
On the surface, the depression is a waste of money and money to build fancy things, but inside, it is a bonus on another level.
A little adds up, and once this implicit bonus accumulates to a certain level, it will have incalculable subsequent effects!
"Build, must build!"
"Before the heavy snowfall, we must build the statue no matter what!"
After getting dressed, he went to the hall to wash up a little, and with his wet hair on his head, Somo walked out of the shelter neatly and went straight to the inside of the village.
"Hey, Director, you're awake. You'll be fine in the evening!"
Watching Somo coming over, the chef in charge raised the spoon in his hand and said with a silly smile on his face.
Every time Somo came back from an outing, the village would tacitly prepare a meat meal to express gratitude for the good treatment given to Somo by fate.
Today, of course, is no exception.
In the large pots that were already burning, the beef and potatoes that had been purchased earlier were already stewed to a pulp.
Around the pot, sheets of dough have been pasted, absorbing the boiling soup inside.
Moreover, as the hot air rushes out from time to time, bursts of pepper scent mixed with the scent of green onions are constantly coming out from inside and floating around.
With only the last twenty or thirty minutes left before the sun sets, the villagers working outside are gradually returning from outside in groups carrying farm tools.
In the washing area on the left side of the village, hundreds of people were already queuing up to wash their faces and hands.
For a time, the depression, which had been deserted during the day, became extremely lively, and there was no trace of the apocalyptic atmosphere.
Sitting quietly at the table, looking at the peaceful scene in front of him, Sumo, who was still a little anxious, stayed in front of the table for a while.
In his unfocused sight, through the firelight revealed by the torches, Somo's sight became longer and longer, as if he had traveled through time and space and arrived in the future.
There, the walls of the depression are no longer thin iron rods more than one meter high, but thick alloy walls hundreds of meters high.
The lighting is not a torch, but a 360-degree ceiling lamp with no blind spots.
People in the city, living here, can laugh with peace of mind and be grateful for the wonderful life every day.
Even children can receive corresponding training and learning, so that civilization can be continuously passed on!
"It's great. I really don't dare to think about it. If there are 5,000, 10,000, or 100,000 people in the depression in the future! Or even a city..."
"What a lively scene it must be!"
With a long sigh, he looked at Oreo, who was carrying Su Chan, and Moore, who was chasing after me, who had already appeared in his field of vision.
Sumo gradually put away his wandering thoughts and put on a smile again.
But, in Sumo's heart.
A seed called ambition.
But the "sowing" went on quietly!
This chapter has been completed!