Chapter 209: Day 2 of Survival at Sea (1) Cloudy

The remaining items in the item synthesis guide were still hammering silently in the house.

The hull design instrument seems to be an item that is permanently bound at any time. When you take it out, the model is still in your backpack.

If Yu Miaomiao puts the item on the sofa, and then opens her backpack to take it out again, the small device will disappear from the sofa and reappear in her hand.

Seeing the construction hammer slowly hammering halfway through the cabinet, she didn't expect that it would take so long to hammer a small wardrobe.

However, she discovered a pattern: all items in the system synthesis guide were very slow to synthesize for the first time, and the time for subsequent synthesis was determined by the actual difficulty of the item.

But seeing that this construction hammer is not able to hammer effectively, it is estimated that it will take longer and longer to synthesize items in the future. It seems that as long as there are enough materials, we have to start synthesizing them directly, regardless of whether they are useful now or not.

Xiaoguai, on the other hand, seemed unable to see the movement of the hammer and was taking a nap without even lifting his eyelids.

Cats are animals that like to take a nap anytime and anywhere.

She is herself, and what about Xiaoguai? Is he still Xiaoguai? Is he her battle pet zebra cat?

She thought so, and that was it.

Yu Miaomiao touched Xiaoguai's head, and it immediately made a comfortable purring sound, but its eyes still remained closed.

"Be good and go to sleep."

Yu Miaomiao didn't know what the extremely difficult mode was like. People around the world were constantly speculating. Some guessed that there would be a more severe natural environment, while others guessed that more powerful monsters would appear. But in short, it would be more difficult than surviving in the desert.

She thinks it's a bit of both. At the beginning, everyone found the apocalyptic monsters scary and difficult to fight, but later on, the battles became much easier, especially after the defense facilities were put in place. The things provided by the system could help to get rid of these monsters automatically. Survivors could even hide in the house and wait until the turrets were finished before coming out to decompose them.

Now that the sea was calm, she went out and checked the turret. She found that its durability was still half, but she didn't know why it couldn't be used. She searched for other people's analysis and found that it was probably because of the rainy day. When it rained, the turret would malfunction like an indoor fireplace.

Taking advantage of the fact that the weather was normal and no other sea monsters appeared, she hurried to connect the other parts of the hull.

She had tried it before, but if she wanted to install the thruster, she had to be under the float. Now with the hull design instrument, she only needs to drag the parts to the designated position and things will be installed automatically.

After the engine, control system, thrusters and anchors were all in place, a large display screen appeared on the window side of her room. The operating interface on it was as high-tech as a high-quality workbench.

In addition to moving up, down, left, and right, the boat can even be controlled at speed and can drop a fixed anchor.

Yu Miaomiao moved the boat through the control screen and approached the first golden exploration treasure point.

After arriving at the designated point on the map, the treasure card did not open automatically, and no hole even appeared.

Could it be that the way to open a treasure quest card is different from that of an ordinary treasure card?

Treasure underwater?

She remembered Hua Bie saying that the first Crystal Palace he visited was discovered when he dived into the sea for fun, so there was a high probability that the treasure in the ocean world might be in the sea.

Diving requires oxygen cylinders. She only has three small oxygen cylinders in total. When they are used up, no one in the world can buy them, and they are not available in shopping malls. But she can't just give up on this matter. No matter what, she has to try it once.

Now the float is still floating, she uses the hull controller to drop a fixed anchor, and the float stops steadily in the vast ocean.

What is the vast ocean world like? Are there monsters? The gun is probably useless if it gets wet in water. Yu Miaomiao picked up the knife weapon, put on the mask, connected the oxygen, put on the diving suit, took a deep breath, and jumped into the sea.

The temperature in the sea world at night was just right, neither cold nor hot, but the water was very cold, and she shivered with cold.

The waist lamp can be used normally in the water. When she was on the float, she couldn't see the situation in the water clearly. Now that she has entered the water, through the faint light, she can see the seaweed floating in the water and a large stone cave deeper in the water.

The holographic system can also be used normally in the sea. She tried it, but the seaweed could not be put into the backpack.

And as she moves, the seaweed suspended in the sea water will move with her.

Even the seaweed farther away slowly drifted towards her as she arrived.

She had heard that seaweed in the water would restrict human movement, and the longer one stayed in one place, the more seaweed would grow.

She also tied a fixed rope around her body to make it easier for her to return to the float. If there was too much seaweed, it would not only entangle the rope but could even trap her. She had to move all the time to avoid being entangled by the seaweed.

The cave was right below the treasure spot, and she guessed that this was the adventure treasure spot.

The sea was very dark. She kept an eye on the movements nearby and slowly swam towards the entrance of the cave.

Yu Miaomiao can swim, but she can't dive. She kept paddling the water with her hands, but her diving was too slow. She simply took out a piece of scrap iron to speed up her sinking. When she was almost there, she put the iron back into her backpack and continued swimming towards the cave.

Because the exercise was quite intense, one third of the small bottle of oxygen was quickly used up.

When she arrived at the cave entrance, she instantly disappeared from the sea and came to a cave. The golden instant exploration card with the same coordinates in her backpack disappeared immediately.

After landing on her butt, she saw the same treasure land as in the desert world.

There was no seawater in the underground, and the oxygen in the oxygen tank would not decrease with her breathing, so she could just rest there for a while.

She hadn't swum for many years, and she was still not used to swimming in the sea with such great resistance. Just as she took a breath, a countdown appeared in the upper right corner of her sight.

1 minute and 59 seconds.

Yu Miaomiao: ...

She really doesn't get any time to rest.

She pushed open the stone door and saw the familiar ingots. When she picked up her backpack, there were 250 more mucus. She hurriedly opened the treasure chest.

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Golden Treasure Card: Refined Iron Ingot*10, Stimulant*2, Refined Titanium Ingot*1, Intermediate Medical Kit*1, Gill Lung Organ*4, Mucus*6, Small Oxygen Cylinder*2.]

Not bad, two more bottles of oxygen.

The moment the treasure chest was opened, she was teleported out and instantly returned to the sea.

Fortunately, she did not take off her oxygen mask, otherwise she would have choked to death if she suddenly returned to the sea.

And when she entered the cave, she paid special attention to the fixed rope on her body. It did not disappear, but extended behind her, like a barrier outside the cave exit.

When she returned to the surface of the sea along the fixed rope, she even had difficulty climbing onto the float.

So this is what it feels like to swim in the sea. No wonder people say swimming is the best exercise for losing weight.

While sitting on the edge of the float to rest, Xiaoguai also came out of the house, his eyes full of worry.

Yu Miaomiao couldn't help but feel a little fortunate that she didn't encounter any monsters when she went into the sea. Otherwise, she would have had difficulty swimming in the sea and would not have known how to fight.

After resting for a while, she looked at the time. It was already 1 a.m. She didn't plan to rest yet. While it was still safe, she quickly opened the remaining three golden treasures.

I put away the anchor and drove the float to the next treasure spot while eating the unpalatable running salad.

After replenishing her energy, she was about to go into the water, and Xiaoguai beside her also pretended to jump in with her.

Aren’t cats afraid of water? Isn’t Xiaoguai afraid?

Yu Miaomiao quickly stopped him and said, "Xiaoguai, do you want to go to the sea too?"

"Meow."

Yu Miaomiao asked curiously, "Can you breathe in the sea?"

"Eh, meow?"

Doesn't it know that oxygen is needed to breathe in the sea?

Yu Miaomiao pointed to her mask, then to the oxygen tank and said, "We need this to breathe in the sea. You can't go down, or you'll drown."

"Eh, meow? Meow—"

Does it want to play?

Cats are indeed very curious.

Yu Miaomiao said kindly, "Xiaoguai, wait until I open all the treasures before I play with you, okay?"

“Meow—Hey.”

No! I want to play!

Yu Miaomiao held his forehead and sighed, how can you reason with a cat?

After she tied Xiaoguai up with the fixed rope, she waved her hand and said, "You can go down and try it first. If it doesn't work, I'll pull you up."

Yu Miaomiao could only hope that the good weather would last a little longer.

After receiving the instruction, Xiaoguai jumped down.

The whole cat disappeared into the dark sea water, leaving only a rope exposed above the water.

"Little cutie!"

Yu Miaomiao pulled the rope nervously, and saw Xiaoguai stepping on the water and floating up.

Xiaoguai's swimming posture is like a dog paddling. Although the posture is ugly, it can always keep its head above the water.

Well, this is still a cat that can only swim.

No, is it really a cat? Could it be a dog?

A dog that looks like an ocelot.

With doubts, Yu Miaomiao tried the rope on it to see if it was strong enough, then said, "Then have fun by yourself first." Then she jumped into the sea.

The sea water became colder, and her physical strength decreased faster. She looked back and saw Xiaoguai trying to swim to catch up with her. She hurriedly gestured to stop him.

She saw it swallowing a few mouthfuls of water, with a very painful expression. Just as she was about to swim back to bring it back, she saw it treading water and returning to the float.

Really smart.

Yu Miaomiao continued to swim downstream, entered the cave, and opened the treasure.

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Golden Treasure Card: Iron Ingot*24, Happy Coke*10, Titanium Ingot*1, Gill Lung Organ*3, Mucus*5, Small Oxygen Cylinder*4.]

Looking at these things now, she just feels that there are too few of them. Can she have more?

When she returned to the surface of the sea, she saw Xiaoguai stretching his neck to look at her, making a happy "meow" sound.

It just so happens that I have a warm little friend to accompany me.

Just as she was about to climb onto the float, Xiaoguai's expression suddenly changed and he jumped into the water in two steps.

What's wrong?

She looked in the direction it had jumped in and saw it was a small-headed shark.

She kept observing her surroundings in the water, but she didn't even notice the existence of the fish. Did it just appear, or did it have been following her?

As Xiaoguai jumped over, he stepped on the water and bit the shark's head.

But this shark is a monster of the sea after all. While swinging its tail to dodge, it swept over with its tail. Xiaoguai was hit by the shark's tail and it hurt him so much that he let out a painful "wow" and continued to bite while gasping for breath.

The next moment, Yu Miaomiao's knife had already stabbed into the shark's belly.

The blood dissolved in the sea, and a fishy smell of blood spread all around.

Shark...blood. Yu Miaomiao immediately thought that it might attract more sharks, so she hurriedly called Xiaoguai to come ashore and put the shark's body back into her backpack.

Xiaoguai was still in a daze when Yu Miaomiao pulled him back onto the float.

With just these two hits, her stamina dropped to 30 points.

This was just a battle with a monster in the sea, which was a waste of energy. In order to prevent the sharks from coming, she quickly stuffed the mutton pot cake into her mouth and ate it with tangerine peel.

"Meow"

Yu Miaomiao took out a piece of roasted wolf meat and handed it over.

After Xiaoguai took a bite, he licked it a few times and let out a hungry cry again.

Yu Miaomiao shone a flashlight on the water, keeping a close eye on the movements in the sea, and replied, "Is this roasted wolf meat?"

“Meow—”

Looking back at Xiaoguai's expectant eyes.

An idea flashed through her mind, and she asked uncertainly: "Xiaoguai, don't tell me, you want to eat shark meat?"

"Meow~~~~"

She said coquettishly that she was hungry.

Yu Miaomiao still scanned the sea and responded, "It's not safe yet. Can we wait a while?"

"Meow!"

Really good.

After agreeing, Xiaoguai happily finished eating the roasted wolf meat, sat aside with his legs together, and waited with an eager look on his face.

Yu Miaomiao waited for about ten minutes, and after eating all the food and replenishing his energy, no new monsters appeared.

Strange, could it be that shark blood doesn't attract other sharks?

Or maybe the monster settings here are different from reality, but no matter which one it is, it’s fine as long as no new monsters appear.

There is no new recipe for shark meat in the world, so she doesn't feel bad about giving it to Xiaoguai.

As soon as I took out this shark, which was almost as big as a tuna, I heard the sound of Xiaoguai licking his lips beside me.

Do you want to eat so much?

In front of shark meat, doesn’t its favorite roasted wolf meat taste good anymore?

Yu Miaomiao took out a meat cleaver and asked, "Do you want me to help you cut it up, or do you want to just eat it directly?"

When Xiaoguai heard her ask this, he immediately bit the shark, grabbed the big fish tail with one hand, and started to gnaw on the shark's head.

Oh, now that we have arrived at the sea world, we don’t need her help anymore.

After waiting for a while and seeing no monster appear, she continued to drive the boat to the next treasure spot.

It’s just a monster, nothing to be afraid of. After all, we will have to face more sea monsters in the future.

The distance between each treasure spot was very close, and she soon arrived at a new treasure spot.

Seeing Xiaoguai still feasting on the shark meat, after confirming that there were no monsters on the sea, she said, "Wait for me dearly," and then carefully dived into the water.

After observing the surroundings and finding it safe, she continued to dive. She really hoped that there would be some diving tools like flippers in the future so that she could get the treasure faster.

After collecting the ingots and obtaining 250 pieces of slime, the wisdom value increased by another 20 points.

Now her wisdom value is beyond the reach of all survivors, and I don’t know how much this will add to the team’s points in the future.

Open the treasure chest.

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, Golden Treasure Card: Refined Iron Ingot*25, Happy Cola*10, Titanium Ingot*1, Gill Lung Organ*3, Mucus*19, Medium Oxygen Cylinders*2, Deodorant*3, Smelly Seaweed*2, Mineral Water*1, Shark Blood*2, Deodorant Recipe*2.]

[System prompt: Player Meow Meow is not short of water and has unlocked the crafting of deodorant. Wisdom value increased by 1.]

Eh? Not bad.

It actually triggered luck.

【Name: Deodorant (1/1)

Level: 7

Introduction: Monsters always find it hard to resist the smell of humans, especially fresh blood. Those cute little guys are even more attracted to it. If you use deodorant, they will be very disappointed.

Properties: After pouring into seawater, any human odor in the seawater within a radius of one kilometer will be removed within one hour.

Any?

In addition to blood, does it include human smell?

Is this absolutely safe? She didn't dare to trust this doomsday system and could only use it as an auxiliary agent.

Since she had an extra copy of the blueprint, she didn't plan to sell it, so she exchanged it with Lulu for some cold medicine.

When she drove the boat to the next treasure spot, she felt the sea water was so cold that it was biting just as she was about to step down.

This is probably what the sea water is like at 2 a.m. Every time you dive deeper, the temperature will only get lower. She also found that the depth of the treasure cave is different every time.

Continue?

Down!

Who knows what the weather will be like in the next second? If the sea world becomes more difficult day by day, the first day is the best time to open the treasure.

The shark was huge, and Xiaoguai was eating it with great relish. She didn't care about Miaomiao's actions at all. She smiled and dived into the water.

As soon as she entered the water, she saw the treasure cave.

Enter the cave and open the treasure.

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Golden Treasure Card: Refined Iron Ingot*11, Happy Cola*4, Gill Lung Organ*1, Mucus*2, Small Oxygen Cylinder*4, Plastic Block*5, Titanium Ingot*2, Screw*22, High-Quality Sand*150, Small Oxygen Cylinder Recipe*1.]

[System prompt: Player Meow Meow is not short of water and has unlocked the crafting of small oxygen cylinders. Wisdom value increased by 1.]

Wow, it’s a good thing she opened this treasure.

She had just dived into the water four times, and after fighting with the small-headed shark for a while, she had used up three oxygen cylinders. She only had 10 small and two medium-sized oxygen cylinders left. She was not confident that these oxygen cylinders would be enough to defeat the sea monster in the next battle.

When she returned to the shore, she was already shivering with cold, so she hurried back into the house to warm herself by the fire.

At this time, Xiaoguai had finished eating. He licked the blood off his body, went back to the house and fell asleep with his legs spread out, even snoring. Only a complete fish bone was left on the float.

What a happy little kitty.

"Ha Qiu."

She had just sneezed and cooled her forehead with the back of her hand. It was really hot.

It really was a cold, so Yu Miaomiao took the cold medicine consciously. She was prepared to get sick, but it was really worth it to open the treasure chest.

Xiaoguai was startled awake by her voice, glanced at her, then curled up and continued to sleep.

I envy such carefree animals.

[2nd day of sea survival, 02:47, cloudy]

What would it be like to be cloudy in the end times? She didn't know, but before the strange weather came, she quickly opened the secret book and started practicing the tortoise breathing technique.

"Bang--"

"Bang--"

Yu Miaomiao and Xiaoguai woke up at the same time to the sound of gunfire.

Is anyone coming?

She quickly got up and looked out the window.

The entire sky was covered by a black cloud, and several large brown birds were shot down from the sky.

It was her turret that did the trick.

But soon, four big birds flew out of the cloud again.

Only then did Yu Miaomiao see the shapes of these birds clearly. They had membranous wings, huge bodies, sharp claws, and long beaks that were several times longer than the white birds yesterday, and looked to be one or two meters long.

No matter how you look at it, this bird looks like an extinct pterosaur.

The turrets were still in the cooling period, and they had not yet flown into the attack range of the automatic turret. Yu Miaomiao rushed out, immediately raised his shotgun, and shot at one of them.

"Bang--"

The gunshot rang out, and the bullet was dodged by the pterosaur she was aiming at. Their wings flapped at a very high frequency, and they could quickly adjust their flying posture and direction.

An ordinary shotgun didn't work, so she immediately took out the sniper rifle behind her, put in the bullets, and immediately shot at the nearest one.

"Bang——"

One of the pterosaur's wings was shot and it could no longer fly, but it still glided towards Yu Miaomiao, with its sharp beak facing her directly.

She twisted to the side, and it was able to adjust its direction with its other wing. As the bird got closer and closer, the automatic small turret instantly fired a shot, aiming at the pterosaur's body. The strange bird was shot down and fell on the float with a bang.

Xiaoguai pounced over at the same time and took a bite.

Xiaoguai, who followed the pterosaur out of the house, roared at the sky and tried to jump up, but now his strength was much weaker than before. He couldn't hit the pterosaur at all, and his face was full of anger.

Yu Miaomiao raised the sniper rifle again and fired a shot.

"Bang."

Got it.

She aimed for a long time and observed their flight paths before she finally hit the target. The remaining two were also dealt with by the automatic turret.

But the dark clouds in the sky did not disperse, they just became a little smaller, and beams of sunlight penetrated through the clouds.

It looks like it will be another fierce battle.

Holding the gun, aiming at the clouds.

One, crooked.

One shot, hit.

Holding the gun all the time, Yu Miaomiao coordinated with his automatic turret. In the gap between each shot, it was the perfect time to fire a shot when the turret's cooling was over. At the very least, the turret's cooling time was over.

They fought like this for half an hour, until more than forty brown corpses of different sizes floated on the sea and the float, and the cloud finally dispersed.

The sky also cleared up and the morning sun shone on her.

Xiaoguai, standing by, was biting and thrashing at a pterosaur in a rather listless manner, as if he was practicing how to knock down such a monster.

As Yu Miaomiao was decomposing the pterosaur's corpse, she heard the system's voice enter her mind.

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Decomposed to obtain Chicken*1, Slime*3, Feather*4, which have been stored in the system warehouse.]

The items obtained by decomposition are the same as those in Desert Survival.

Besides shark meat...

Shark meat is also the meat of cunning catfish. Is shark considered a catfish?

Or maybe the system is too lazy to set up some other fish varieties.

Since Xiaoguai loves shark meat so much, would he also like to eat cunning catfish meat?

After decomposing all the monster corpses that could be collected nearby, Yu Miaomiao looked at Xiaoguai standing on the float angrily, howling weakly at the air.

Yu Miaomiao patted its head and said, "Okay, don't be angry anymore. It's normal that land monsters can't beat sea monsters. Let's practice slowly, okay?"

"Meow--"

Feeling aggrieved.

Facing the aggrieved sapphire eyes, Yu Miaomiao took out the cunning catfish meat and asked, "Do you want to eat it, little cutie?"

“Ouch—”

Don’t you want it?

Doesn’t it like to eat fish, or does it only like to eat undecomposed shark meat?

“Meow—”

Are you hungry?

If she didn't want to eat the cunning catfish meat, she took out the roasted wolf meat and sat down to eat the food to replenish her energy.

These birds are really hard to deal with. The durability of the turrets and turrets dropped by 20 points in an instant. After she ate them, she put them on the repair table to restore their durability to full.

She felt that these defensive facilities might not be enough. The turrets would be affected by the weather, and the turrets needed construction hammers. Before the construction hammers could complete the work, she needed to find some new large-scale offensive weapons.

It is cloudy today. Clouds mean bird monsters, and more cloudy skies mean more bird monsters. Looking at the four big black clouds floating in the distant sky, we are about to face a new wave of fierce battle.