Chapter 17 Mechanical Continent

Night. Su Mo and Lin Zinuo returned home.

Lin Zinuo collapsed onto the sofa, feeling utterly exhausted, especially her legs which were almost numb.

"I'm so tired. Next time, you can beat me to death, but I won't attend this kind of banquet again."

"Just rest for a bit, or you can take a day off."

Su Mo suggested, seeing how truly exhausted Lin Zinuo was.

At that moment, Lin Zinuo's phone buzzed. She subconsciously picked it up and glanced at it before rushing towards her room.

"What's wrong?"

Su Mo asked, puzzled.

"The Joint Forces have arrived at the Lost Continent! I need to get online quickly and prepare to log in. I'll talk to you later."

After entering her room, Lin Zinuo quickly found the helmet she had brought and made do with it.

Su Mo shook his head helplessly at the flustered Lin Zinuo. He headed to the washroom to freshen up before returning to his room to rest.

A moment later, Su Mo, after washing up, lay in bed and picked up his phone to browse the forums, checking the latest progress of the Earth Cup.

What he saw shocked him. The remaining independent players were taking advantage of the Joint Forces' landing and swarming the Lost Continent.

The entire Stellar Ring world was in a fierce battle, and the death rate was soaring.

Moreover, many fallen Joint Forces players were sharing video footage of the main battlefield. In the center of the enemy monster群, two IV-type alien species monsters appeared. Each one was over fifty to sixty meters tall. Their unique ET force field neutralized all ranged attacks. Like gods, they disintegrated and pulverized any players who stood in their way.

Su Mo sighed slightly as he watched the footage. To be honest, he felt a bit regretful for not participating in this grand battle.

But that’s life, nothing is ever perfect.

Su Mo then browsed other information. Since a large number of players had already gone up before the main landing, the Lost Continent was no longer a mystery.

According to first-hand intelligence gathered by players, the entire Lost Continent was a mechanical continent—or rather, a mechanical wreck.

Some experts even put forward an astonishing hypothesis that was gaining traction.

This expert believed that the Lost Continent was part of the wreckage of a mechanical space fortress belonging to some civilization. After the mechanical fortress fell, its remaining fragments fell onto this world. In addition, if nothing went wrong, this mechanical fortress should have been defeated by alien species, so when it broke apart, it carried many alien species with it. That was why there were so many alien species monsters here.

Therefore, many players believed that the center of the Lost Continent must contain technology that could lead to a civilization-level jump.

At this thought, countless institutions and capital firms went completely insane. Even if they didn't get the highest-level technology, just getting a little bit of technology left behind by a high civilization would guarantee them a lifetime of wealth.

After browsing the information on the Stellar Ring's pioneering progress, Su Mo opened the trading section again to check the trading records of Gold Points and Silver Points to see if the price had fallen.

As Su Mo expected, the price not only didn't come down, but it was even more stable, soaring all the way up!

Some private capital institutions, seeing the price so high, were afraid of a crash, so they dumped their holdings, but as soon as they dumped them, they were immediately swallowed up.

The entire Gold Point and Silver Point trading market was almost eating without spitting.

Seeing this, Su Mo became more and more certain that the biggest boss behind the acquisition of Gold Points and Silver Points should be the Federal Parliament. Only it had such great confidence and strength to dare to acquire them all the way up.

Su Mo's expression changed even more. He decided to observe for a while longer and then decide what to do next after the function of Gold Points and Silver Points was announced.

Anyway, he was the only one left in his life, and material things were dispensable to him. What if he lost the bet? He couldn't take it with him when he left this world anyway, it would only add to his troubles.

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The next morning, Su Mo got up and washed up. He saw that Lin Zinuo's door was still closed. He knew that she must have played very late last night, and she might have even stayed up all night.

So Su Mo sat on the sofa and waited for a while. At about eleven o'clock, when Su Mo saw that Lin Zinuo hadn't come out yet, he went to the door and knocked.

Knock, knock~

"What is it? Let me sleep a little longer if it's nothing important."

Lin Zinuo opened the door in her pajamas, looking listless, and said groggily.

"Didn't we agree to have dinner with your parents?"

Su Mo reminded with a smile.

Lin Zinuo immediately perked up when she heard that.

"What time is it now?"

"Eleven o'clock!"

"Oh no, I'm going to be late. Wait for me."

Lin Zinuo suddenly panicked.

Su Mo shook his head helplessly........

Soon after, Su Mo and Lin Zinuo, who had changed their clothes, took a car to a well-reputed Chinese restaurant in the center of Modu.

Su Mo had booked a table in advance.

Lin Zinuo hurriedly opened the car door and got out, urging Su Mo.

"Hurry, hurry, we're going to be late."

"No need to rush, we're already late."

Su Mo revealed a helpless smile. He saw Lin Wei and Lin He standing at the entrance of the restaurant at a glance.

Lin Wei was the typical rigid intellectual, extremely principled and methodical in everything he did, so he arrived half an hour early at eleven thirty for the agreed-upon twelve o'clock meal.

"It's over, you didn't wake me up earlier."

Lin Zinuo looked at Su Mo with a resentful expression.

Su Mo also smiled wryly. He just wanted to let her sleep a little longer, figuring that they would still have time, but he didn't expect them to arrive early.

"Next time."

"There's going to be a next time?"

Lin Zinuo glared at Su Mo fiercely. Once was embarrassing enough.

Of course, complaints aside, Lin Zinuo and Su Mo still walked over.

"Mom and Dad, I overslept..."

Lin Zinuo explained awkwardly.

Lin Wei didn't say much, he said sullenly, "Let's go in."

"Okay."

Su Mo nodded in agreement.

Soon, the four of them entered a quiet private room. Su Mo ordered some of the restaurant's specialties, but he didn't order too much, as they wouldn't be able to finish it all.

At the dining table, the four of them ate in silence, creating a strange atmosphere.

Su Mo wasn't very good at chatting to begin with, and Lin Wei also felt awkward because of what had happened before.

Seeing this, Lin Zinuo took the lead in breaking the silence and asked with a smile, "Mom and Dad, why did you suddenly come to Modu?"

Lin He cooperated with a smile and said, "Isn't Modu going to build an interstellar airport? Your dad is one of the technical supervisors. He just wanted to take this opportunity to come here for medical treatment, so he took this consulting job."

Su Mo was also surprised: "Although Modu's medical level isn't bad, isn't the one in the capital better?"

"You're right, but there are exceptions. The First Central Hospital of Modu has a very advanced piece of equipment that even the hospitals in the capital don't have. And that's not even the most important thing. The most important thing is that Dr. Xiao Fang of the Central Hospital is a world-class expert in the field of brain science."

Lin He explained.