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

Outside the window, there were more and more of those things. He could also see their outlines through the animal traps... fist-sized creatures with a dark red light at their tails, standing out conspicuously in the darkness.

A firefly struck the glass with a "crack" and then exploded. Dark green liquid splattered onto the glass, hissing and corroding, leaving a charred mark.

Su Mu frowned. This thing... it can self-destruct?

He leaned closer to examine the marks on the glass... the corrosion was very shallow; for the glass of a Level 3 cable car, this damage was almost negligible. But he thought of those on the channel who were still on Level 1 or Level 2 cable cars; this level of corrosion could be fatal to their metal cabins.

He turned on the channel, and sure enough, the news had exploded.

"Holy crap! This thing explodes! It corroded a hole in my metal body!"

"Me too! The glass is fine, but the sheet metal just couldn't hold up!"

"Help! The roof of my cable car has corroded through! Those things are falling in from above!"

"Use glass! Acidic substances don't work on glass! Does anyone have glass cleaner? I'll pay a high price!"

The channel instantly erupted in chatter, with messages scrolling by at breakneck speed.

Some analyzed the acidic properties of the venom, some began to buy glass essence at high prices, and others shared their homemade methods of using blankets and clothes to resist corrosion. Panic and chaos were spreading, but the will to survive drove everyone to desperately try to find solutions.

Su Mu looked at the messages but didn't participate. He turned off the channel and turned his attention back to the window.

Time passed slowly. Soon, someone in the channel found a solution... This thing would corrode objects upon impact, but it couldn't corrode glass.

Some analysts have concluded that this is an acidic venom, and acids cannot react with glass.

Immediately, the price of glass essence soared.

Because someone in the channel can create glass using glass essence. And if they use glass to shield the inside of the cable car, at least after the metal sheeting is damaged, these monsters will crash into the glass you're holding when they try to ram it again.

Monsters generally don't attack from above or below, meaning you can hold out as long as you create a glass defense.

Even without glass, some cotton can be used to slow down the corrosion. Even without either, it should be enough to barely survive the night. As for what happens next, that's a matter for later.

Su Mu casually exchanged the glass essence he had for some food and stored it away. He didn't need it for the time being, so exchanging it for food reserves wasn't a bad idea.

As for him, the corrosive liquid from these monsters had little effect on his defense. Although the cable car's durability was also decreasing, it had only dropped a little after more than half an hour of impacts, posing no real threat.

He continued to use the animal trap to brush away at the strange crystals, patiently waiting for the materials for the fog lamp to be gathered.

He turned off the channel and continued to stare at the bear trap.

Time passed by, second by second.

One hour. Two hours. Three hours.

The bear traps weren't very efficient, averaging only ten minutes or so to catch one animal. But they were reliable, and after three hours, Su Mu had collected eight Ghost Crystals.

Adding what was left over, we finally have 10.

Su Mu took a deep breath and opened the fog light blueprint.

【Craft "Fog Light (Lv1)"? Consumes 10 High-Strength Glass Essence, 10 Mystic Crystals, and 3 Tungsten Filaments.】

confirm.

A faint light shimmered on the workbench, and various materials appeared out of thin air, beginning to assemble automatically.

A dozen minutes later, a spherical lamp, roughly the size of a basketball, appeared in Su Mu's hand. The outer shell was made of transparent glass, with a thin tungsten filament inside, and the base was made of metal with a small fuel inlet.

Fog Lights (Lv1 White)

[Type: Cable car internal attachment]

[Effect: Disperses dense fog within a 10-meter radius of the cable car and illuminates the area at night.]

[Fuel consumption: 0.01 liters of fuel or 0.01 Mystic Crystals per hour.]

Current fuel: None.

Sumu installed fog lights on the top of the cable car.

The lights came on.

It wasn't the dim yellow light of a kerosene lamp, but a cold white light with a hint of glare, like a high-powered searchlight.

The beam of light pierced through the thick fog, illuminating a ten-meter radius around the cable car.

Su Mu finally saw the situation outside clearly.

Those things were densely packed around the edge of the light, like a dark red curtain.

They are not much bigger than a fist, and their overall shape is somewhat like a moth, but their wings are translucent and covered with dark red patterns.

Its body is grayish-brown, its abdomen is bulging, and there is a dark red light at the end of its tail, like a fuse that could be lit at any moment.

The most disgusting part is their heads.

It had no eyes, no mouth, only a round, fleshy ball covered in tiny holes. Dark green mucus constantly seeped from those holes, dripping down and forming thin, thread-like strands in the air.

Poisonous firefly.

Both Level 1 and Level 2 are available, with Level 2 being larger and having a brighter red glow at the tail.

Su Mu stared at those things for a few seconds, and his brows gradually relaxed.

They weren't there because of him.

The fireflies fly in a fixed direction... from east to west, in the same direction, at a moderate speed, like some kind of migratory bird.

The cable car just happened to be in their path, which is why they were constantly being hit. They had no intention of attacking, and didn't even notice the cable car's existence; they were just mechanically flying, mechanically crashing, and mechanically self-destructing.

If they weren't blocking the road, these things wouldn't pose any threat to the cable car at all.

But that's the scariest part.

Su Mu felt a chill run down his spine as he watched the endless stream of poisonous fireflies flying towards him.

They weren't after the cable car; they were just passing by. And even just passing by caused heavy casualties among the survivors on that cableway. If they were truly after the cable car, if they had launched a preemptive attack...

He dared not think any further.

Su Mu withdrew his gaze and continued using the bear trap to collect the ghost crystals. With the fog lights on, he could clearly see the trap working... the poisonous fireflies crashed into it, were caught by its steel teeth, struggled a few times, and then died. Then a box appeared in the cable car; he opened it, and there was another ghost crystal.

Although the speed is slow, it is stable.

After another two hours of grinding, Su Mu had accumulated over twenty Ghost Crystals. He was just wondering whether to do something else when suddenly...

A golden light surged from his body, not in a warm, slow, permeating way, but like a tidal wave, it rushed up and enveloped his entire body.

Su Mu was stunned.

It's been upgraded?