Chapter 4: A Different Shelter!

Holy shit?! So big?!!

Just as he opened the shelter's door, Su Hao was startled by the sight inside.

He saw a living-dining room of about twenty square meters appear before him, with five wooden doors on the surrounding walls.

At the same time, a three-dimensional model of a house popped up before his eyes.

From this model, Su Hao discovered it was a suite with three bedrooms, two living rooms, one kitchen, and two bathrooms, with an actual area of about 100 square meters.

Is this the area a first-rank shelter should have?

According to Su Hao's knowledge, a first-rank shelter is usually only about ten square meters, just a small room.

But the shelter before him actually has a full 100 square meters.

"If there's a chance in the future, give that strong one some compensation!"

Su Hao let out a light laugh, carrying the little girl as he walked inside.

"Phew—!"

"Much more comfortable!"

As soon as he entered, Su Hao felt the bloodlust in his mind visibly begin to weaken.

Seeing this, Su Hao immediately let out a sigh of relief.

From now on, as long as he returns to the shelter regularly, he need not worry about the threat of the ominous curse.

"Little girl, what's your name?"

After placing the little girl on a bedroom bed, Su Hao's handsome face showed a kind smile.

Although they were in the same building and he had seen her a few times before, he didn't actually know the girl's name; he vaguely recalled that her surname seemed to be An.

"..."

In response to Su Hao's question, the little girl gave no reply, her eyes vacant as she stared ahead.

"Sigh!"

Su Hao helplessly sighed; such a scene is a huge shock even for an adult, let alone a little girl.

I hope she can recover!

After tucking the little girl in with a blanket, Su Hao left the room, sat on the living-room sofa, and opened the shelter's information panel.

【Weird Shelter】

Owner: Su Hao.

Rank: First Rank.

Upgrade condition: Construct three buildings, one of which must be a Withered Ancient Tree.

Upgrade materials required: Wood ×5000, Stone ×5000, Iron ×500, any one supernatural material ×10.

Size: 100 square meters.

Special buildings: None.

Function: Weird Shelter (isolates and alleviates the ominous curse, but you incur hostility from some areas).

Introduction: A shelter that has stolen weird power can construct special buildings with greater might, while also making upgrades more difficult!

……

"The special building mentioned here must be the Withered Ancient Tree, but how do I obtain this blueprint?"

Su Hao stroked his chin and began to think.

"Huh? This is……"

Just as he lowered his head, he discovered a yellowed paper on the tea table and a white wristband.

Upon picking up the blueprint and looking at it, Su Hao's eyes lit up with delight—this was exactly the blueprint for the Withered Ancient Tree.

【Withered Ancient Tree Blueprint】

Construction materials required: One withered tree over a thousand years old, any one supernatural material of first rank or higher, and wood ×2000.

Once the materials are ready, place the blueprint together with them into the Construction Platform to complete the construction.

Introduction: The Withered Ancient Tree increases the shelter's range of resistance to the ominous curse, and all outsiders within that range will be affected by the Withering Curse, accelerating cellular aging.

……

"Hiss—!"

"No wonder that person in my past life so easily became a dominant powerhouse!"

Su Hao sucked in a breath of cold air; the Withered Ancient Tree truly lives up to being a special building—just a withering curse is nothing ordinary construction can compare to.

Moreover, after constructing the Withered Ancient Tree, it can also increase the shelter's area of influence, something Su Hao had never heard of in his past life.

Normally, a shelter's effect of resisting the ominous curse only works inside the shelter.

Even if the shelter is upgraded, it merely increases its internal and external area, without changing its range of effect.

One can only say that a shelter that has stolen weird power indeed differs from the ordinary.

No wonder the owner of this shelter in my past life had no one dare to cause trouble around his shelter……

"Now this shelter is mine, and my future shelter will definitely be stronger than his!"

Su Hao smiled confidently; with the Synthesis Heart in hand, he will be able to use superior supernatural materials when constructing buildings and upgrading the shelter in the future.

When constructing buildings and upgrading the shelter, different supernatural materials used will grant different supernatural abilities.

With the Synthesis Heart, will Su Hao still lack supernatural materials?

But merely wanting to build the Withered Ancient Tree is not a simple matter.

"I recall that beside a ruin in the Dark Forest there seems to be a patch of withered woods, possibly containing trees over a thousand years old!"

Su Hao reflected for a moment, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

Next, he will first head to the ruins to explore, and the ruins themselves also have abundant resources!

Afterwards, he picked up the white bracelet on the coffee table, "It turns out the shelter's owner already had a communication bracelet from the very beginning."

After the strange descent, Earth had completely lost network, water and power systems were totally paralyzed; the only means of communication was the communication bracelet.

In his previous life, he fortunately obtained a communication bracelet, which let him learn a lot of useful information.

He was already well versed in how to use the communication bracelet; a light touch on it projected a chat interface.

However, there were no messages on it, and nobody was chatting.

"It seems nobody else has found the shelter."

The strange descent has only been less than an hour, so it's normal that others haven't found the shelter.

Afterwards Su Hao closed the chat interface, glanced at the sky, and planned to go out before it got completely dark.

He vaguely remembered that not far from this building there was a skeleton wearing armor.

The armor, obviously, is excellent material for making protective gear.

After glancing at the sleeping little girl, Su Hao took his knife and left the shelter.

Arriving at the seventh floor, he glanced at the little girl's doorway, Su Hao pondered for a moment, then entered.

He carried the little girl's mother's corpse and the other neighbors' bodies downstairs, dug a small pit, hastily buried them, letting them rest in earth—this was the last thing he could do as a neighbor.

Of course, besides that, there was another main reason: he worried that after these corpses rotted, they would attract more monsters.

Moreover, letting these corpses rot inside this building would to some extent affect the surrounding environment.

This building will be Su Hao's future base; he certainly doesn't want to, just after his rebirth, smell corpse stench in his own home.

Afterwards, based on his past life's memories, he determined the direction to proceed.

"Sure enough, this is it!"

Not long after, Su Hao saw a pile of rubble under a big tree, with a skeleton lying on it.

On the skeleton's body there was also a set of armor mottled with rust, somewhat resembling ancient soldiers' armor.

Although this armor was severely corroded and looked like it would break at a touch, it still made Su Hao feel excited.

With the Synthesis Heart, even if the armor is severely rusted, it can be restored to its original state.

No!

Wrong!

Judging by the current effect of the Synthesis Heart, the armor after synthesis will definitely have better defense, but…

"What should I use to synthesize it?"

Su Hao stroked his chin and began to think seriously.

The Synthesis Heart requires either two different items or three identical items to synthesize.

Right now there is only one set of armor, which obviously cannot meet the synthesis requirement.

"Eh, maybe we can try this!"

When Su Hao's gaze fell on the rubble beside the skeleton, a flash of inspiration struck him; he used the Item Refining Technique on the largest rock.

Immediately afterwards, Su Hao felt a slight sting in his head; that mental power flowed again from deep within his mind, landing on the rock and turning into a blood-red light that enveloped it.

"Using the Item Refining Technique too much is also a bit draining!"

Su Hao pinched his temples to ease the headache.

After a short while, the blood light began to gradually fade; the original rock vanished, turning into three gray stones that appeared on the ground.

【Stone Material】

Effect: An item refined from rock, it has decent hardness and can be used for basic construction in building.

…

"Hardness?"

Su Hao picked up a stone and lightly pinched it twice in his hand.

If all goes well, synthesizing this stone material with the armor will increase the armor's hardness.

As an armor piece, the higher the hardness, the naturally better the defensive effect.

Afterwards Su Hao didn't think further; he immediately used the Synthesis Heart on these two items.