The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

Information-based minimaps provide unprecedented situational awareness capabilities;

The Shadow Step of individual humans provides a direct and stable boost to mobility and explosive power;

Resource recycling in the construction industry tends to focus more on long-term accumulation and resource management.

He pondered for a moment, but ultimately turned his gaze back to option one.

When operating in areas riddled with enemies, being able to anticipate the distribution of surrounding enemy units means that he can avoid ambushes, choose safer routes, and react in advance before danger arrives.

Furthermore, the ability to see friendly forces within a 10-kilometer radius will prove useful when coordinating with Lin Yuwei or others later on. When exploring the mysterious realm deep within the monster-infested area, having an intelligence advantage is often more crucial than dealing a little more damage.

Most importantly, this is the ability to follow rules.

He reached out and pointed to option one.

[Selection successful.]

A small, light gray, disc-shaped map immediately appeared in the lower right corner of his field of vision, with dense red dots clustered in the direction he had just retreated from... The location of those ghosts was clearly visible.

He tried to focus his attention on the upper right corner of the minimap and swiped it upwards.

The perspective shifted... He saw Lin Xiaohe's viewpoint.

She was crouching behind a low wall, a short knife in her hand, and a level 5 or so infected wild boar was slowly moving in front of her.

Her breathing was very light, as if she had learned how to suppress her presence compared to before.

Then she moved, slipping out from behind the low wall, and her dagger precisely sliced ​​into the side of the boar's neck.

The whole process was quick and efficient, and significantly more decisive than before.

After killing the target, she didn't linger; she immediately retreated behind the low wall and waited for the next target to approach.

Su Mu watched for a moment, confirming that she was in good condition, then swiped the camera to switch to another direction. From Lin Yuwei's perspective, she was standing in the shadows of a narrow alley, her body outline appearing semi-transparent... her invisibility equipment was activated.

Across an open area in front of her, a level six invasive canine monster was sniffing something.

Lin Yuwei didn't rush to make a move. She waited for the monster to move to a suitable position, and then flashed out of the shadows the moment it turned around, plunging her blade into the back of its neck.

Su Mu looked at it for a while, then zoomed out to a further distance on the mini-map.

The distribution of those red dots clearly marked the locations of the ghosts. His only regret was that he couldn't see the specific perspective of the monsters corresponding to those red dots directly on the minimap; he could only see their positions.

Even so, the value of this ability has far exceeded his expectations.

With this mini-map, his movements in the haunted area will no longer be blind exploration. He can know in advance where things are densely packed, sparsely packed, and where ambushes are.

He adjusted the minimap's display mode to "show only red dots" and then straightened up.

Two hours of grinding had left him quite exhausted, and the density of monsters in that area was simply too high. Even with his parrying talent, the prolonged battle had drained his stamina to the point where he no longer wanted to continue. More importantly, he needed to enter that secret realm tomorrow...

The location marked on the map he obtained from Proshua was in the area of ​​strange creatures. He needed to conserve his strength and condition, rather than exhausting all his energy on the outskirts.

He found a relatively safe corner and squatted down. After confirming that no ghosts were approaching, he silently recited the exit command in his mind.

After the eight-second loading bar ended, the night fog and dark red light in his field of vision quickly faded away, and the familiar cable car floor and gray-white walls reappeared in front of him.

As soon as Su Mu steadied himself, a system notification popped up.

The portal to another dimension has been upgraded: Lv1 → Lv2.

He paused for a moment, then looked at the teleportation gate outside the cable car.

The door was a bit darker than before, and the lines on the edges were clearer. A log popped up in the system notification bar, and he quickly glanced at it: During the time he left the cable car, the number of bats accumulated in the portal reached its limit. The bats automatically flew out of the cable car and began killing the monsters wandering around, converting their corpses into upgrade energy for the portal.

What truly caused the progress bar to jump dramatically was the battle when leaving the city...

The corpse of the Pear Garden Ghost Princess was automatically acquired by the talent, and the energy contained in that corpse caused the portal's experience bar to increase significantly. The ghosts killed by bats continued to replenish it, eventually pushing the portal to the brink of upgrading.

Su Mu glanced at the upgrade log, paused slightly, and felt a wave of fear wash over him.

If those corpses hadn't automatically converted into energy for the portal, but instead had been piled up in his cable car...

Given the scale of that battle, his cable car was probably so crowded that there wasn't even room to stand.

Fortunately, the auto-pickup talent prioritized allocating the high-energy corpses to the portals; otherwise, he would have had to spend much more time collecting those supplies.

He opened the portal's properties panel and saw the latest changes:

【Portal to Another Dimension (Lv2)】

[Effect: Generates 2 Lv2 flying attack unit per second]

Unit Attributes: Strength 10, Constitution 12, Agility 12, Spirit 5

[Control method: Uncontrollable, indiscriminately attacks units not owned by the user]

[Attack Priority: Creatures > Mutated Monsters > Other Hostile Targets]

[Upgrade Method: Consume a large number of monster corpses]

The attributes of the level 2 bats are double those of the level 1 bats, but the most crucial change is the number... two bats per second. With his talent that increases the production efficiency of production-type buildings by 1, the actual production has reached three bats per second.

If the cage has enough capacity, he is now accumulating bats almost three times faster than before.

He closed the properties panel and then sat down against the wall.

The cable car's metal walls sent a cool sensation through his clothes. Before his breathing had fully calmed down, his gaze fell on the bottle of medicinal wine that had already been brewed in the corner.

That bottle of wine was made using the roots of a blood ginseng that had been infused with egg liquid and angel blood as the main ingredient, and during the brewing process, it absorbed the residual energy of the two bloodline powers.

At this moment, the wine has a color between gold and pale white, and under the light it has a soft halo, like diluted amber.

He reached for the bottle, and a system notification popped up automatically:

Golden Angel Jade Liquor (Lower Grade (Top Grade) - Blood Ginseng)