Chapter 1 The Weirdness of Sea Breeze Island

Su Mo headed towards the hangar. Several minutes later, the maintained Generation III Killing Blade mecha took off from the Helan and flew towards Sea Breeze Island at extreme speed.

Inside the cockpit, Su Mo activated the mecha’s built-in scanning device and optical imaging system.

A comprehensive scan of Sea Breeze Island quickly produced a holographic, miniature version of the island’s structure.

A few red dots were scattered across it.

Su Mo frowned slightly and brought up the images captured by the optical imaging system for closer inspection. The vast Sea Breeze Island was unusually desolate and quiet. He didn’t see many Black Eel Beasts.

However, Su Mo didn’t see any new traces of human activity either, which seemed very strange.

Su Mo looked up at the Sea Breeze Base in the center. He didn’t rashly approach it. Instead, he circled Sea Breeze Island again and again, confirming that there were no hidden monsters or players. Only then did Su Mo fly towards the base. Since the base had cracked open when launching the rocket satellite, he could directly enter the base through the crack.

Bang!

Su Mo precisely controlled the Killing Blade to land in the main corridor of the base.

He controlled the mecha to move forward. Sparks were flying from many switches and lights on the surrounding walls, as if they were short-circuiting.

The radar scanner continuously scanned the surroundings, but no red dots were detected.

Of course, Su Mo wouldn’t completely trust the machines. He walked very cautiously, alert to his surroundings, to prevent being ambushed.

...

An hour later, Su Mo piloted the mecha out of the base and flew towards the Helan at high speed.

Soon, the Killing Blade landed on the Helan. The cockpit opened, and Su Mo jumped out.

Lin Zinuo and the others immediately surrounded him, eagerly asking, "How is it? Are there many monsters on the island?"

But Su Mo didn’t say a word.

Seeing that Su Mo didn’t speak, everyone fell silent, with disappointment on their faces. Lin Zinuo squeezed out a smile and comforted Su Mo, "Are there too many monsters? If it’s too difficult, maybe we should forget about it."

"Yeah, if it doesn't work this time, we can try again next time."

Zhou Qian and the others also said.

Zi Qing also agreed, "That's right, if it's not feasible, then forget about it."

"That's not it. I circled the island and the base. There are basically no monsters. There are only a few scattered ones here and there."

Su Mo said at this moment. The reason he hadn't spoken was because he still didn't understand what was going on.

Lin Zinuo and the others were also stunned for a moment, then they reacted and said with delight, "Really? That can't be right. If it were really that good, why are you looking so serious? Wait, could it be that someone took it down and looted it?"

"No, I observed it. The stuff is still there. It's just too weird."

"Then what do we do?"

Everyone looked at Su Mo.

"What else can we do? Since we're already here, how can we go back empty-handed? We'll take over the base's armory first. There are still several Generation II mechas inside. Then we'll take over the production area abandoned by the Sky Dragon Guild. We should be able to get a lot of supplies."

Su Mo didn’t dwell on it any longer. He decided to take the base first, and deal with the rest later.

"Okay!"

Lin Zinuo and the others replied excitedly.

Half a day later, inside the armory of Sea Breeze Island base, Lin Zinuo touched the mechas one by one and screamed with excitement.

"So many weapons!"

"Sister Zinuo, there are fighter jets here!"

"Wow, Generation II mechas!"

...

Su Mo stood beside them, watching Lin Zinuo and the others acting like country bumpkins visiting the city, with a faint smile on his face.

The remaining weapons in these few arsenals were enough to arm an entire legion.

Plus, the supplies abandoned by the Sky Dragon Guild outside should be able to solve the immediate problem for now.

It was just that, for some reason, Su Mo felt uneasy. Not seeing those low-level Black Eel Beast monsters was fine, but not seeing that Generation III Commander-level Black Eel Beast made him very concerned.

So Su Mo said to everyone, "Stop getting excited. Quickly move the weapons out of the base."

"Why? Move them out? Doesn't this base belong to us now?"

Lin Zinuo said excitedly.

"This place isn't safe. Since those monsters disappeared for no reason, they might suddenly reappear for no reason."

Su Mo reminded them rationally.

Hearing Su Mo's words, the smile on Lin Zinuo's face froze. Then she turned her head and shouted to the people below, "Everyone listen up, drive out all the mechas, fighter jets, and tanks. And move all the missiles and small arms away. Don't leave anything behind."

"Understood!"

Everyone replied with high spirits.

Su Mo watched them start moving, then turned and left to return to his mecha.

For some reason, he only felt safe enough when he was inside the mecha cockpit.

...

Late at night, Su Mo was lying in the cockpit, resting with his eyes closed.

Clang clang!

Su Mo opened his eyes and controlled the mecha to lower its head. He saw Lin Zinuo hitting the Killing Blade's foot with an iron rod.

"What's the matter?"

"Come down and have something to eat."

Lin Zinuo shouted to Su Mo.

Su Mo controlled the mecha to squat down, then opened the cockpit and jumped down.

Lin Zinuo took out bread and water and handed it over.

Su Mo took it, sat down on the spot, unscrewed the bottle, took a sip, and started eating.

Lin Zinuo naturally sat beside him, took out beef jerky, ate it while chatting with Su Mo.

"Su Mo, I want to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Why are you suddenly so enthusiastic about developing Sea Breeze Island?"

"Uh..."

Su Mo didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Seeing that Su Mo didn't say anything, Lin Zinuo sized up Su Mo with suspicious eyes, making him feel a little guilty.

"You're not saying anything, so there must be something fishy."

"No."

"Too late, I don't believe you. You must have planned this long ago, you've been eyeing Sea Breeze Island for a long time. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that you insisted on bringing us few people here, and as a result, there aren't any monsters on Sea Breeze Island."

Hearing Lin Zinuo's words, Su Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He thought she had seen something, but in reality, he was mostly moved by Qian Chengxue collecting information and making tutorials for him, and wanted to repay her.

"Alright, eat your food, stop thinking wildly."

Lin Zinuo didn't plan to let it go so easily. Just as she was complaining about Su Mo, her eyes inadvertently swept across the dark corner ahead, and she saw a pair of dark and eerie eyes, startling her.

"I'm not thinking wildly, ah! Monster!"

Su Mo suddenly turned his head to look over. He saw a blurry figure darting away, so he quickly climbed into the mecha and controlled the Killing Blade to chase after it.

At the same time, Su Mo quickly entered the command, maximizing the operation of the mecha's scanning device.

Sure enough, a small red dot was flashing on the radar screen.

Su Mo frowned slightly. Judging from the radar, the other party's heat radiation reaction wasn't very strong. But the sudden appearance of a monster in the silent base was not a good thing no matter how you looked at it.