Doomsday Sequence Convoy: I can upgrade supplies

Chapter 257 A Terrifying and Vast World!
As the white light slowly dissipated, a forging hammer, about the length of a forearm and gleaming gold, appeared before the three of them.

Apart from its color, the forging hammer looked unremarkable, but Chu Sheng knew that this was only its appearance.

As a sacrificial object created by fusing a Sequence 7 extraordinary material with multiple Sequence 8 extraordinary materials, this forging hammer is not as ordinary as it appears on the outside.

【Flame Hammer】

[Ranking of offerings: 6316]

[Heavy Hammer: When striking a target, it generates a powerful suction force, increasing the impact force fivefold! Doubled during forging!]

[Black Flame: Consumes mental energy to summon black flames that cover the hammer surface. Anyone or anything that comes into contact with the black flames will be burned by them! Like a maggot clinging to a bone! During forging, the black flames will endow the forged object with extraordinary potential!]

[Scorching Heat: Black flames can be summoned from the Flame Hammer through continuous forging, turning the forged target into a molten state!]

[Isolation: The Flame Hammer is unaffected by any concepts or properties, blocking all energy penetration.]

[Sacrifice: Extraordinary items; every use comes at a price!]

[Usage Cost: Each forging attempt will be subject to the scorching heat of black flames; the longer the forging time, the stronger the black flames become!]

[Hidden Attribute: If you are Chu Sheng, there is no cost to using this!]

Looking at the ordinary, bright gold forging hammer, Hui asked in confusion, "Chu Sheng, what are you doing with that hammer?"

"This hammer is so small, it can't be used for fighting, can it?"

Upon hearing this, An Xi nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right."

"Unless this hammer can grow bigger like Zhu Qing's stick, it's not very useful."

She paused for a moment, then looked at Chu Sheng and continued, "So you asked me to get that hammer tail for you to do this?"

An Xi frowned and pointed to the golden fire hammer on the ground.

"How could it be useless?" Chu Sheng had no intention of hiding the function of the hammer.

Apart from Fang Hong and Qingqing, he still had some credibility with the other people in the convoy.

Moreover, if this hammer is used later, it's highly likely that it won't be able to hide it from them.

"I plan to try using a forging hammer to create sacrificial offerings. Perhaps I can try other things to see if I can create sacrificial offerings."

Everything has its own concept and characteristics, and his black flames are no exception.

Although the black flame was something he found to complete his own sequence, it was integrated into the Heavenly Craft sequence, and the black flame became a part of him.

As part of him, Black Flame naturally also possesses the concept of divine craftsmanship.

Tiangong has no so-called characteristics, only its concept.

The concept of "Tiangong" is creation.

Therefore, his black flames also possess the concept of creation, and the characteristic of black flames is attachment and burning.

This is why he threw a wisp of black flame into the fusion offering.

By incorporating the creation concept and burning properties of Black Flame into this forging hammer, the forging hammer gains the ability to create.

Therefore, Chu Sheng was not surprised after sensing the power of the Flame Hammer.

The power of this offering was exactly what he had expected.

"The black flame is part of my sequence ability. I have integrated the black flame, and this sacrificial object has the ability to forge sacrificial objects."

As Chu Sheng spoke, he gave Hui a meaningful smile and said, "You haven't forgotten the history book I gave you, which contained other information besides that one, have you?"

Upon hearing Chu Sheng's words, Captain Hui was taken aback, then frowned and began to ponder.

A moment later, he stared at Chu Sheng with wide eyes, his eyes already filled with joy.

"You mean that kind of ore?!"

“Yes!” Chu Sheng nodded.

"A new ore that has never been discovered before!"

"Although I don't know the specifics of that ore, I'm sure I know the names and meanings behind them."

"It's like how there are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames. Minerals are nameless to begin with, so they are named according to their characteristics."

"Flame Stone, a hot stone."

"I suspect that this ore is one of the materials used to make the sacrificial offerings."

Chu Sheng glanced at Hui and the somewhat bewildered An Xi beside him, and continued, "This is no longer Earth!"

"You should all be well aware of this."

Upon hearing this, Hui nodded, "Yes."

"The world has changed so much."

"Although traces of civilization can be found everywhere, and civilization remains on Earth, it occupies only a very small portion of the Earth."

At this point, he gave a wry smile and sighed, "Putting aside everything else, the routes our convoy has traveled are not limited to the Earth's boundaries."

"It can easily span thousands or tens of thousands of kilometers, and the area affected by this extreme rainstorm is even larger than the Earth."

"But even so, we are still within the so-called Southern Wilderness area."

“Even if it weren’t for your historical records, we wouldn’t have a concept of geography, only these extreme weather events or different places to divide us.”

“I noticed it before, but it wasn’t until you showed me the history book that I realized we’ve still traveled too few places.”

“We were in the Southern Wilderness when you advanced to Sequence Seven, and we are still in the Southern Wilderness now.”

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and began to calculate with his right hand.

Only then did An Xi, with a bewildered expression, speak up: "What is this 'History of Time' you're talking about? And what is the Southern Wilderness?" Chu Sheng glanced at him, then took out the History of Time from under his pillow and tossed it to him before saying, "This is it. It's a history book that records the history before the apocalypse and various major events after the apocalypse."

"What would indicate the region and time?"

Upon hearing his words, An Xi opened her mouth but said nothing. Instead, she opened the book of history and began to read.

Turning to the first few pages, An Xi looked at Chu Sheng again, "You're playing a bit too fancy."

"Huh?" Chu Sheng was taken aback by her words and looked at her in surprise.

Then, peeking over, he saw that the book of history that An Xi had opened was not history, but a table of contents.

In the table of contents, a trivial piece of text is displayed.

Upon seeing this text, Chu Sheng had a sudden thought and hid it.

As Chu Sheng gained a deeper understanding of the historical records, he also developed some minor abilities that were not recorded in the sacrificial abilities.

As the master of the annals of history, he can hide things he doesn't want others to see.

No one but him could see it.

This is why he showed the history book to Hui and Anxi.

If he couldn't hide it, the "Chronicles of the Heavenly Crafts: The True Records of Emperor Taizu" contains everything about him, and he would never let anyone else see it.

However, when he was hiding the "Chronicles of Heavenly Craftsmanship: The True Records of Emperor Taizu", he forgot that there was such a thing as a table of contents.

As fate would have it, An Xi turned to this page of the table of contents and saw the "Chronicles of Heavenly Craftsmanship: The True Records of Emperor Taizu".

After completely concealing the matter concerning the Heavenly Craftsmanship Annals, Chu Sheng finally spoke, "Alright, you can read it now."

"Everything about me has been kept secret."

"As for the other things, you can see whatever you want." He said, glancing at An Xi again. "Consider this a treat for you. Next time, you'll need an extraordinary material to see them."

Hearing his words, An Xi mimicked the expression of an old man on the subway looking at his phone, "Why aren't you being incredibly stingy?"

"Being stingy is no match for doing business," Chu Sheng said dismissively.

At this moment, Hui, who had been calculating, stopped what he was doing and let out a heavy sigh.

"I've calculated the situation of this world and the extent of the Southern Wilderness."

Hui's expression was rather grim, as if he had foreseen something bad.

Seeing him like this, Chu Sheng and An Xi exchanged a glance, stopped looking at the history books, and looked at him with serious expressions.

"So what's going on?"

"Southern Wilderness, Eastern Land, Northern Desert, Western Mountains!"

"It is said to encompass the endless East, South, West, and North Seas!"

"Located at the four cardinal directions: east, south, west, and north!"

"There are twelve areas in total, with three areas in each direction."

"This is the general outline of this world. I haven't calculated the more specific details, but based on the size of the Southern Wilderness region that I've calculated, I guess that all these places combined might be too much for us to explore in our entire lives."

"Moreover, in such a large place, no one knows what kind of things might exist inside."

"Although I knew the world had changed a lot before, after learning about these things, I still feel that humanity is beyond saving."

Hearing what Captain Hui said, Chu Sheng frowned but didn't say anything. He knew that Captain Hui wasn't someone who spoke carelessly.

However, An Xi spoke up somewhat impatiently from the side, "So how big is the Southern Wilderness exactly, according to your calculations?"

"Several times the size of Earth?"

"Several times?" Captain Hui laughed, his eyes full of helplessness.

"The shortest distance from one end to the other is 25.9 billion, 200.68 million, 371 kilometers."

Eleven digits!
Hearing the distance he mentioned, An Xi's pupils contracted.

She had no concrete idea of ​​the number, but just hearing it made her feel insignificant.

Nearly 26 billion kilometers!
This can no longer be simply described as being several times the size of Earth.

This is still the shortest distance between the two places in the Southern Wilderness!

"If I remember correctly, the speed of light is 300,000 kilometers per second," An Xi murmured.

She is nineteen years old this year. She had just finished her college entrance examination and entered summer vacation when the apocalypse began. Even though a year has passed since the apocalypse began, the knowledge she had learned is still in her mind due to the powerful mental strength of the sequence ability user.

"One light-second can circle the Earth seven and a half times, and that's the distance to the Southern Wilderness."

As An Xi spoke, her mind raced.

"When you calculate it, the shortest distance between the two places in the Southern Wilderness is enough to circle the Earth 646,750 times."

"This distance."

An Xi looked up, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"This distance is larger than the solar system!"

"What kind of world is this?!"

Chu Sheng didn't understand any of An Xi's various data conversions, but he understood the last sentence.

"Isn't this world a bit too exaggerated?" He looked at Team Leader Hui.

(End of this chapter)