“Lin Zinuo felt a little unnerved by Su Mo’s gaze. She coughed slightly and said,

“We’re just having a purely theoretical discussion.”

Su Mo didn’t believe Lin Zinuo’s explanation at all, but he wasn’t interested in calling her out. He pondered for a moment and replied,

“Under normal circumstances, there would be absolutely no hope, but now it’s not entirely hopeless. This bay base is currently under heavy attack by an unknown force. The main monsters of the entire bay base have been drawn away. We still have a good chance to fish in troubled waters.”

Hearing Su Mo’s words, Lin Zinuo and the others’ eyes lit up.

“Su Mo, how about we pull off a big one? If we win, we’ll make a killing; if we lose, we won’t be at a disadvantage. Anyway, our current situation isn’t that great. We’ve finished all the food you brought back, and we still have to go back to get more. And even if we have enough food, we might not have enough fuel. Plus, it’s foggy everywhere, and we might end up sinking to the bottom of the sea.”

Lin Zinuo asked Su Mo in a consultative tone, wanting to know if this was feasible, and seeking Su Mo’s opinion.

Su Mo was naturally willing; he was planning to go back to get a mecha.

So he said, “Okay!”

Lin Zinuo and the others showed expressions of great joy upon hearing Su Mo’s reply.

“So, what do we do?”

Su Mo said to Lin Zinuo and the others, “Gather around, I have a rough battle plan. We can discuss it.”

Lin Zinuo and the others all gathered around.

Su Mo pointed to the map and said, “The dock is right in the center of the harbor, but it’s enclosed. And the top of the dock is guarded by at least a Level II boss-level Mutator, a Kazami. Along the coastline, there are a large number of Parasite-infected puppet soldiers, as well as Kazamis in a semi-dormant, fleshy tumor form.”

Hearing Su Mo’s words, Lin Zinuo and the others were dumbfounded.

“How, how are we going to do this? There are only fifteen of us, and we’re out of ammo for our weapons?”

“Fifteen is enough. We should try to land as quietly as possible, and then I’ll take you to this place. There’s a small armory here with all kinds of individual weapons. You can arm yourselves here first. Then, head to this survival supplies depot behind the dock. Resupply there and wait. I’ll go to this hangar to get a mecha. When I come out in the mecha, I’ll try to attract the attention of all the monsters near the dock. Then you guys can enter from behind the dock. According to the map, there’s a back door behind the dock. Of course, if the back door is locked, just blast it open with a rocket launcher. Once you’re inside, don’t worry about anything else, just go straight up and start the ship.”

Su Mo pointed to the map and explained the general plan.

His plan was simple and his purpose was clear.

“Can’t we enter the dock silently?”

Zhou Qian asked curiously.

“If there wasn’t that Level II boss-level monster overhead, what you said would be fine. But that’s obviously impossible now. If we don’t attract its attention, we probably won’t even be able to get in.”

Su Mo said simply and clearly.

“Wait, I have a question. Can we really start that ship? What if we don’t have the key?”

Qin Wang expressed his concerns, not wanting to dampen everyone’s spirits.

“You can’t think like that. If you think like that, how are we going to do this? Maybe the key is in the control room.”

Zhou Qian said optimistically.

“Qin Wang is right. Zhou Qian, you’re being a bit too optimistic. The key isn’t in the control room.”

Su Mo said calmly. At first, he wasn’t too sure, but after reading the identity file, he was 100% certain that the corpse was the captain of the Helan, and the key in his hand was definitely the ship’s key.

“Then where is the key?”

Lin Zinuo’s heart skipped a beat. Were they really going to have to look for the key?

Su Mo silently took out a delicate key and said, “The key is here.”

Seeing the key in Su Mo’s hand, Lin Zinuo and the others were overjoyed.

“You should have said so earlier! You made us think we were in trouble again.”

“Don’t get too excited yet. There are some things I need to say first. Although the plan is perfect, I can’t predict what will happen along the way. If something goes wrong in any part of the plan, we could all lose our lives. So you have to think it over carefully. Don’t regret it after you die.”

Su Mo warned very seriously.

“What’s there to be afraid of? As the saying goes, the timid starve, while the bold get full.”

Lin Zinuo replied confidently, feeling that not taking this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity would be letting herself down.

“That’s right, we’ll listen to Sister Zinuo.”

Sun Hong and the others echoed without hesitation.

“But I have a question. Normally, it takes several hours to warm up a ship for a cold start. Will the enemy give us that much time?”

Qin Wang asked hesitantly.

“Didn’t Su Mo say that the ship is very advanced? I heard Zi Qing say that the technology in this world is more advanced than ours. If the ship is equipped with a sufficiently advanced power system, it should be able to complete a cold start in ten minutes. We can take a gamble.”

Lin Zinuo explained.

“Okay.”

Qin Wang didn’t say anything more.

“Alright, let’s rest for two hours, and we’ll set off as soon as our physical strength is back to its best.”

Su Mo finalized the matter.

“That’s not a problem, but I have a question.”

Zhou Qian suddenly remembered a very troublesome issue.

“What question?”

“We don’t have your abnormal stamina. Swimming that far... Although we’ve all had swimming training, asking us to swim a kilometer is fine, but asking us to swim five kilometers in one go, that...”

Zhou Qian said her biggest concern.

Everyone present looked at each other, having forgotten about this.

“That’s simple, I have a solution.”

Lin Zinuo suddenly said.

“Sister Zinuo, what solution?”

Su Mo and the others all looked at Zinuo.

“There are inflatable lifeboats for emergency escape on the ship. We can just take the boats and paddle over. Of course, we won’t paddle all the way to the base. We’ll paddle to a relatively safe distance, and then we’ll jump in and swim the rest of the way together.”

Lin Zinuo thoughtfully explained her method.

Su Mo weighed it. Although there were still risks involved, it was indeed a good compromise. Otherwise, asking them to swim all the way would be too difficult.

“It’s feasible, let’s do it that way.”

Su Mo finalized the matter.

Everyone looked excited and happy, and began to conserve their energy, waiting for the rest period to end so they could adjust to their best condition and set off immediately.

At this time, Su Mo was resting against the deck railing, and with nothing else to do, he picked up his wrist device and read the combat log.

[Notification: Congratulations on killing the Level II Mutant Gray Doom Octopus (Common Species) (damage contribution exceeds 60%), gaining an experience bonus of 15, Novice Pioneer (20/100).]