Chapter 274, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City: A Legal Citizen of the Star Alliance
"What kind of monster is this!?"
As the tentacles, thicker than an adult's waist and over ten meters long, emerged from the seabed and entangled the fishing boat, Zhang Chengming and the others were horrified, their eyes filled with fear.
Lu Xuan was also taken aback and asked in surprise, "This is... a giant squid?"
It is often used in movies to depict sea monsters that attack ships. In fact, it is a real creature that can reach more than 20 meters in length, similar to a blue whale.
It's true that they attack ships, but he never expected to encounter such a huge creature in ancient times.
Their fishing boat looked incredibly small in comparison to the enormous giant squid.
The entangled tentacles made the fishing boat rock from side to side, as if it were about to capsize or be pulled to the bottom of the water at any moment, and the people on the boat were also swaying and unable to stand.
The surrounding waves were disturbed by the giant squid's movements, and a large amount of water splashed into the boat, drenching the people on board.
While maintaining their footing, Xiong Mao and Wu Yang quickly launched an attack on the terrifyingly large tentacles.
Unfortunately, neither the earth spikes nor the alloy crossbow bolts could glide across the wrists and feet, not even scratching the skin. Instead, the wrists and feet began to swing wildly, as if they had been stimulated.
Holy crap! That's terrifying!
[Is it a huge octopus? Or a squid?]
[It's a squid, this big! It must be a giant squid; it looks like a sea monster.]
[Are the streamers going to have a disaster?]
[How is that possible! Even the largest giant squid is still just a primitive species. The streamer has already reached level eight and can't even defeat a primitive species? That's seriously underestimating level eight ability users.]
In reality, Lu Xuan didn't even have a chance to use other offensive abilities.
Just as the tentacles were about to wrap around or pull out the people on the spaceship, including the motionless Lu Xuan, the vampire vines and octopus tentacles, which were even larger than squid tentacles, suddenly erupted, violently whipping the squid tentacles away and wrapping them around.
These mere primitive species dare to provoke the Great Duke Jupiter; they're really asking for trouble!
The audience, who were just intimidated by the giant squid's imposing presence, were then left speechless with shock as the vines and octopus tentacles tore those terrifying tentacles apart.
666!
As expected! Compared to advanced mutated creatures, primitive species are nothing but weaklings!
[Tear it! Tear it hard! Don't hold back!]
Zhang Chengming and the others, equally shocked, paused for a moment, staring in astonishment at the squid tentacles that had been pulled from the ship by the blood-sucking vines and were thrashing in the seawater.
In their eyes, the colossal giant squid was completely powerless against the vampire vines and octopus tentacles. In particular, the pressure emanating from the two creatures, being of advanced biological power, terrified the giant squid so much that it dared not move and could only have one tentacle after another torn off.
The enormous tentacles landed in the water, creating another large splash.
In just a few dozen breaths, all ten tentacles were separated, and even the giant squid's body, which was originally hidden underwater, was pierced by the vines, leaving several holes.
A deeper blue than the pale blue of the seawater spread around the squid's body.
The vampire vines, having already feasted and drunk their fill in the Star Alliance, no longer cared about the flesh and blood of these primitive species, not even giving them a second glance.
After confirming that the squid was completely dead, it reverted to its seed state and returned to Lu Xuan's body.
Similarly, Lu Xuan also put away the octopus tentacles.
The turbulent waves quickly subsided, and were it not for the huge carcass of the creature still floating on the surface, and the fact that everyone on the ship was soaking wet, one would almost doubt whether the horrific scenes that had occurred not long ago had actually happened.
"Is it over?" Li Tuo wiped his face and asked uncertainly.
Wu Yang stared at the giant squid's mangled body and said, "It should be completely dead by now."
Upon hearing this, the others quickly relaxed and plopped down on the water-stained deck.
"Thank goodness he's dead. He really gave me a fright just now." Li Jing patted his chest, still shaken.
The others also looked on with sighs.
"I never imagined there were such huge creatures in the sea."
"What's so surprising? The blue whales I've seen before were far more impressive than this one."
Chen Rong curled his lip, "They're both big creatures from the sea, but blue whales are much cuter than this monstrosity. At least blue whales won't attack us."
Liu Chun said, "For a moment just now, he really thought they were going to be finished."
Zhang Chengming glanced at him and chuckled, "You underestimated Lu Xuan. This guy is just intimidating because he's so big."
Although they failed to win, it was only because they were initially too intimidated to make a move.
With more than a dozen level-three ability users working together, he didn't believe they couldn't deal with a giant monster fish.
After chatting for a while, everyone finally caught their breath and got up to scoop up the tentacles and put them away.
Having been so spurred on, the group lost all interest in searching for other schools of fish that had gone berserk and headed straight home.
I wanted to go back to calm my nerves, and I was also eager to share my experience with those who stayed behind.
They deliberately didn't send a message to the village beforehand, which made the villagers quite surprised when they saw the hunting team return in less than half a day.
Grandpa Zhang looked at them with his hands behind his back, his face full of surprise, and asked, "Why are you back so early today? Have you caught enough fish?"
He hadn't considered the possibility of an accident at all.
Lu Xuan is with us, so what if the sky falls?
Just as he was thinking this, Chen Rong chuckled mischievously and casually waved his hand, taking out several huge tentacles that had been broken in half and placing them on the ground.
Seeing this, the others also instinctively took out the remaining tentacles and the squid's body.
Grandpa Zhang was suddenly startled to see a large pile of squid corpses magnified dozens of times, looking indescribably grotesque and terrifying. He let out a gasp and took two steps back in fright.
The others who saw them approaching from afar were also startled. They quickly ran over, staring in shock at the tentacles on the ground, exclaiming, "What are these things?!"
"How could it be so big?!" Several older women stared in disbelief, their expressions a mixture of shock and fear.
Miao Jinfeng and Aunt Chen looked at their children anxiously, "Li Jing, Chen Rong, are you hurt?"
The two people whose names were mentioned waved their hands, "No, we're fine."
"With Lu Xuan here, how could we possibly get hurt?"
The commotion was so great that more and more villagers gathered, including Li Tie, who had been busy in the greenhouse.
While exclaiming in surprise, everyone pulled the hunting team members aside to ask what had happened. Zhang Chengming and the others, who had been holding back all the way, immediately began to excitedly recount their thrilling experience of the giant squid appearing and being instantly killed by the vampire vine.
During this time, Lu Chen, Zhang Dafu and other children who had just finished class also ran over. A group of little kids surrounded the squid carcass and occasionally let out inexplicable cheers, and even reached out to poke the cool, slippery squid tentacles.
Xiong Dabao even brazenly shoved his head into the suction cup.
The giant squid's suckers are as big as a human face; a child's head can easily fit inside.
Seeing this, several other children followed suit.
Viewers in the live stream noticed this and thought to themselves, "It would be terrifying if the suction cups moved at this moment and wrapped around the heads of these bold little bastards."
Lu Xuan twitched his fingers, momentarily wanting to scare these mischievous kids.
From a distance, these suction cups look like plump bowls, but they are actually filled with fine serrations that can easily scratch the skin of a sperm whale, let alone the much more delicate skin of a baby whale.
Even though the squid were completely cold, they still managed to get their heads scraped by it when they were looking at them.
But to avoid causing real psychological trauma, they ultimately gave up on the idea.
If they really got scratched, it's their own fault; it's good for them to learn a lesson.
With such a special find as the giant squid, unsurprisingly, the village hosted another big meal tonight, with everyone enjoying themselves together.
The main course is made with squid tentacles.
Stir-fried squid tentacles, braised squid, squid in gravy, grilled squid skewers, steamed squid with dipping sauce...
There aren't many varieties, but the portions are generous, and each one is served in a bowl.
The villagers raved about the food.
"This squid tastes great! It's worth all the growth it's had!"
"It has a chewy and elastic texture, and it's delicious!"
"The chunks of meat are big, much more satisfying to eat than those tiny squid the size of a palm!"
Not only were the adults enjoying their food, but the children sitting nearby, despite the scratches from the ointment, were also munching away, twisting and turning to relieve the stinging in their buttocks.
Of course, viewers in the live stream wouldn't miss out on any food they'd never tried before.
However, compared to the villagers' enthusiastic response, the audience's reaction was somewhat...
Hmm... the taste was alright, but compared to other seafood I've had before, it felt quite inferior. Maybe I've just become picky?
I also thought it was just average. The meat was noticeably tough; it was chewy, but a bit too firm, and difficult to chew.
[Don't even mention comparing it to top-tier seafood like salmon and tuna; even any random sea fish, including common squid, tastes far better than this.]
Has the villagers' sense of taste collectively deteriorated?
Lu Xuan smiled after seeing the comments.
The villagers' sense of taste is naturally not the problem; the reason they find it delicious is mainly due to psychological factors.
Regular seafood is indeed delicious and easy to obtain, but nothing compares to the giant squid, which is both large and rare.
Things are valued for their rarity; something so rare must taste delicious to be reasonable!
The giant squid that Lu Xuan and his group encountered was enormous, weighing nearly three thousand pounds.
Of the meal, the whole village ate one-tenth of the portion, and the rest was divided among themselves.
Lu Xuan wasn't particularly interested in the mediocre taste of the meat, but that very night, Zhang Chengming and the others logged into the game and showed it off to their friends from the Western Continent.
The next morning, the new emperor, Ye Feiluan, and others contacted Lu Xuan to see the actual item.
We couldn't see the whole giant squid, but we could give them some meat to try.
Because I had never seen a giant squid in person, I wasn't as shocked, and naturally, my opinion on the taste of squid meat wasn't as high.
After tasting the rare treat, everyone lost interest.
The hunting team was quite dissatisfied with their inability to fight back against the giant squid, so they went to the same area for several days in a row, hoping to encounter another one and show off their prowess.
Unfortunately, giant squid are not so easy to encounter. The frenzied schools of fish and birds killed thousands of them but did not see a single squid. In the end, the search was also abandoned.
Three days later, late at night.
Lu Xuan has achieved two more accomplishments.
[Achieve '10,000 hours of live streaming' achievement, reward: 500,000 points, 1 Spaceship. Next achievement: 20,000 hours of live streaming.]
[Achieve the '5 Billion Fans' milestone, rewarded with 24 hours of screen-based recommendation across the entire Star Alliance, 1 personal personal terminal, and 10 million points. Next milestone: 10 Billion Fans.]
The former is an achievement that can be accomplished simply by streaming for about two years, so there's not much to say about it.
The points rewards are insignificant, but the spacecraft is worth mentioning, as it supports use in the vacuum of space.
Although the time spent in space is relatively short due to its size and energy chamber, far less than that of a spacecraft or mecha, it is still far superior in both performance and value compared to aircraft that can only be used within the atmosphere.
But what Lu Xuan should really pay attention to is the achievements of his fans.
The referral reward period has been shortened, but the effect of screen projection recommendation is better than the previous pop-up, and it can still be split into two free selections for the recommendation time, limited to three months.
There's also a personal quantum computer.
When Lu Xuan went to the Star Alliance before, he obtained a lot of quantum computer loot from the space pirates, but he couldn't actually use any of them.
This time, however, it's different.
The reward device even included his identification.
Proof of identity as a legitimate citizen of the Star Alliance.
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