The turtle felt the touch and immediately retracted its neck into its shell.

This actually made it more convenient for her. Cheng Zhenzhu used a sharp knife to reach into the tiny gap in the barnacles, then pulled it diagonally, instantly scraping off a large piece of barnacles.

Cheng Zhenzhu repeated the same process and scraped the shell about ten times. The shell looked much cleaner, but there were still a lot of spots.

The rest are not so easy to scrape.

Some of the black and white "eyes" were so firmly attached that she had to slow down. The task had a warning: forcibly scraping them off with a knife could damage the turtle's shell and cause infection.

Cheng Zhenzhu cleaned the turtle's back with seawater. Only a few were stubborn, but they took much more effort than those who were fence-sitters. Forty minutes passed before she finally cleaned all the barnacles from the turtle's back.

When turning the turtle over, we saw that its belly was also severely affected by barnacles.

Cheng Zhenzhu continued scraping. Fortunately, there was no time limit for this task; it only depended on the degree of cleanliness.

After cleaning the turtle's belly, Cheng Zhenzhu started to clean the turtle's limbs and neck. There weren't many on the limbs and neck, but there were some.

It was obvious that the turtle also wanted to remove the barnacles quickly, so when she cleaned the barnacles on its neck, the turtle cooperated.

After cleaning, Cheng Zhenzhu put the turtle in water to wash it again and conducted a final inspection. If it is not cleaned thoroughly, these parasitic barnacles will grow back next time.

But this time it had nothing to do with the mission or sympathy, it was simply because she had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder. If she didn't completely eliminate it, she would feel a little uncomfortable...

After checking that everything was correct, Cheng Zhenzhu clicked to submit the task.

[The mission has been completed, and you have obtained 9993 sea coins, a total of 9993 sea coins]

That's good. Cheng Zhenzhu was very pleased with the reward. She picked up the flipped turtle and put it back into the water.

The turtle immediately swam into the water, swam for a while, then turned around and swam back.

"The barnacles have been cleared, let's go back quickly." Cheng Zhenzhu patted the little turtle.

The little turtle shook the water three times with its head and then left.

Was he thanking her? Cheng Zhenzhu was stunned, and couldn't help but sigh at the spirituality of animals.

Mission accomplished. Cheng Zhenzhu started fishing.

[Ding! You got 1 sea bass]

The ordinary sea bass turned into a pearl and was cast off the line again.

[Ding! You get Tiger Stripe*1]

It's not a rare fish. I have one last chance to use it today.

[Ding! You get 1 wooden pawn bead]

Hey, a wooden bead? What is this? Cheng Zhenzhu was attracted by the novelty and immediately clicked to check it out.

[Pawn Wooden Bead: Contains unknown energy.]

This explanation seems to be the same as no explanation... Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the gray little wooden beads in the palm of her hand and didn't feel anything strange about it.

"Host, you're incredibly lucky! This is a defensive bead." Xiao Qi suddenly appeared online, his tone a bit excited. "It's very expensive!"

Defensive beads? How could I catch something like this? Could there be offensive beads as well? "Xiao Qi, do you recognize these beads?"

"Yeah, I've seen it before. But it only has a single use. After blocking some damage, the wooden bead will be destroyed and turned into dust."

Block damage? Why does it sound so mysterious and powerful? "How do you use this?"

"This is automatically triggered. When the wooden bead senses damage, it activates automatic protection. The protection is so short that it's barely noticeable. For example, if a sheep is about to fall into a tiger's mouth, the energy of the wooden bead will buffer the tiger's force, giving the sheep a chance to escape."

Oh, she understood. Perhaps it was something like a protective shield? "Can it block bullets?"

After Cheng Zhenzhu understood the purpose of the wooden beads, she immediately thought of this problem. In the book, Yitiao and Liutiao were both killed by guns, so she had to prepare for the future.

"That's uncertain. The energy of the wooden bead is limited and only lasts for a short time. The bullet is moving very fast. Although the energy of the wooden bead can buffer some of the speed, it can't stop the bullet."

She understood. She'd said it before, if it could block a bullet, it would be invincible. Like those magical protective weapons in the world of immortal cultivation...

But it can buffer some damage, which is also very powerful. In a hail of bullets, this is definitely a magic weapon to save your life.

Cheng Zhenzhu sold the sea bass and tiger grouper, and then had the "little wooden bead" appraised.

[Ding! The estimated price of the wooden pawn beads is 100 Sea Dollars. Please note that the selling price fluctuates daily, and this estimate is the lowest in the past three days. Do you confirm the sale?]

Wow, almost a million! And it's the lowest price in the past three days. It seems this [Pawn Wooden Bead] is truly precious.

Cheng Zhenzhu touched her chest and carefully put the beads away.

If one day, Yitiao and Liutiao joined the special forces like in the novel, she would take out the beads.

But secretly, she hoped that day would never come. Even if it did, she didn't want the pearl to be reduced to dust...

"It's cold, my little brother is broken~" Peng San Tiao patted his mother aggrievedly.

His younger brother kept grabbing him, and he called out to his mother, but she didn't answer...

Cheng Zhenzhu exited the map and saw Liu Tiao sleeping in San Tiao's arms.

Six legs were wrapped around three of them, and their hands were trying hard to grab the clothes, with their fists clenched tightly.

What kind of sleeping style is this? Cheng Zhenzhu couldn't help laughing. She separated the two brothers and let Liu Tiao sleep soundly. Then she took San Tiao into her arms and peeled a candy for him.

Peng Sandiao, who was licking the candy, suddenly didn't feel aggrieved at all. He nestled in his mother's arms, kicking his feet happily.

Cheng Zhenzhu holds Xiao Xiaozhi and carries out systematic daily activities - signing in.

【Successful sign-in, get a drop of ocean blue water】

It was actually ocean blue water. She was truly lucky today. She'd gotten a ton of mission rewards, and a precious wooden bead. Now, just by casually signing in, she'd even gotten a drop of ocean blue water.

Living in a new house is indeed different. I hope this good luck lasts a little longer...

After Cheng Zhenzhu finished tinkering with the system tasks, she found that it was already late, so she simply didn't steam rice or cook.

She planned to wait for Er Tiao to come back and make some simple noodles. Putting some meat and some green leaves in the noodles would definitely be delicious.

Er Tiao came back very punctually, right at the usual meal time.

"Mom, have you finished eating?" Peng Ertiao looked around but didn't find any food. His eyes were wide open.

"We haven't done it yet." Cheng Zhenzhu smiled and put the three of them down to play.

Peng Ertiao touched his chest and said happily, "Mom, what are we having for lunch today? I'll help you light the fire!"

"Eat noodles."

"I like eating noodles." Peng Ertiao blurted out.

"I like it too~" After hearing what his second brother said, Peng Sandiao ran to his mother and said something.

"Then make more, mom." Cheng Zhenzhu thought for a while and made a dish of vegetable and lean meat sauce, and another dish of tomato and egg sauce.

When the臊子 is ready, the aroma spreads everywhere.

Cheng Zhenzhu served the tomatoes and eggs, boiled water and added two handfuls of noodles.