Chapter 71 Enemy Hundred Fish
I thought that was the end of it.
Unexpectedly, the mermaid monster and other bosses launched attacks at random times for three consecutive nights, leaving the players exhausted from the surprise attacks.
Even with shift work, they couldn't get proper rest because of the sounds of fighting and rain.
Jiang Baiyue looked serious. She and the other players understood that they had to kill several boss monsters to end the monster raid.
But... that merman monster has the ability to heal itself, making it not easy to deal with at all.
"Ahhh!! It's done! It's done!"
Guan Qingqing ran past like the wind, and Jiang Baiyue turned around in surprise as the cold wind blew her.
Guan Qingqing skipped and jumped into Lin Muzi's arms, and Lin Muzi reached out to catch her best friend.
"Mu Zi, Mu Zi, hahahahaha, I've concocted the medicine!"
Lin Muzi yawned, forcing herself to stay awake and asking curiously, "What medicine? Did you improve the healing medicine?"
Guan Qingqing's smile vanished: "No. But! I successfully concocted a poison, which proves my idea was correct."
Jiang Baiyue stopped in her tracks. Could the player concoct a medicine? Or a poison?
Guan Qingqing, oblivious to everyone else, excitedly took out a pill from her backpack... an irregularly shaped pill that could even be described as a mixture of medicinal dregs.
Jiang Baiyue has upgraded her sense of smell again, and it is now more sensitive than before. She can smell the pills even from a distance of 2 meters.
It smells a bit like Chinese medicine, and also has the fishy, pungent odor of a monster.
Lin Muzi asked the same question Jiang Baiyue wanted to ask: "It smells fishy. What ingredients did you use?"
"The fish bladders that you kill fish monsters drop. I saw there were so many materials, and the purchase price in the quest hall was quite low, so I bought some at a low price."
Guan Qingqing said with a look of relief, "Last night, I had a sudden inspiration. I was feeling a bit discouraged, so I threw in two fish bubbles, and it actually worked!"
So far, the medicines and healing items that can be found in the game are very limited, consisting mainly of antidepressants, healing potions, bandages, and herbs.
Guan Qingqing's poison is truly unique.
Jiang Baiyue stepped forward to strike up a conversation and expressed her desire to see the effects of the pills.
Guan Qingqing had a high opinion of Jiang Baiyue, who had helped the two of them, and handed it to Jiang Baiyue for inspection without much hesitation.
[Dichlorvos: Severely damages the respiratory function of fish upon contact with or ingestion.]
Problem solved! The fish monster isn't a zombie, so this poison might actually be useful.
Jiang Baiyue immediately bought Dibai fish pills from Guan Qingqing. That night, she led the patrol team to try to throw the Dibai fish pills into the water near the fish monster or into the fish monster's mouth, either directly or by feinting, when the fish came back again.
"Health bar is almost empty! Cast the net!"
Upon hearing the command, the funeral crew and their companions immediately threw out an extra-large fishing net.
The next moment, the fish monster was killed by the fierce attack and exploded with a bang, and a resource box fell into the water.
The funeral service immediately pulled the rope and tightened the net to bring the resource box up.
"Grade A! A golden resource box, hahaha."
The golden light shone brightly in the warm glow of the torches, and everyone grinned from ear to ear.
Soon, good news also came from the city walls in other directions: the fish monsters were being dealt with one by one.
Jiang Baiyue waited on the city wall for a while and saw some small fish monsters slowly floating up from the spot she had just been standing in, while the fallen objects sank into the water.
Although some supplies were lost, the shield no longer needs to be attacked.
Following this monster attack, the demand for protective shields will likely increase.
At least the White Moon base will not lack materials to repair the protective shield and city walls.
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Day 26 of survival, 09:10:15 daytime, temperature -20°C to -8°C, zone 301, number of survivors 51270/100000.
When Jiang Baiyue woke up, she opened the game panel and saw that she had received 99+ private messages.
I checked the latest news, and it was all about inquiries about the production of protective shields.
Even though it was raining, she still sent a message thanking Jiang Baiyue for helping her replenish the materials. She also mentioned that her base had used torpedoes to track down and kill the fish monster last night.
She also sent Jiang Baiyue 10 torpedoes.
However, at that time, Jiang Baiyue had just discovered Guan Qingqing's Dibaiyu and was leading the patrol team to test the effects of the poison, so he did not see the news.
"Not using an umbrella in the rain: It's good that nothing happened. I wanted to repay a favor but couldn't help."
"Lying-down Salty Fish: Hehe, I'll need your help in the future. I'll take the torpedo; I might need it someday."
"Not using an umbrella in the rain: You're just waking up? The floodwaters have receded at our base. Yours should too."
"Lying-down Salted Fish: Yes. Do you have any meat? Can I trade you some corn, radishes, cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers for some meat?"
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: I promised the base I'd host a gourmet feast."
Jiang Baiyue knew that the person hadn't replied to her message yet because they weren't refusing; they had simply gone to prepare the ingredients.
She took her toiletries to the public restroom to wash up.
For several days in a row, the fishy smell had permeated the entire base.
Jiang Baiyue washes herself every morning and evening to try to get rid of the fishy smell as soon as possible.
After leaving the public restroom, she went to the mercenary bar to discuss with Chen Meng about increasing the beer supply and getting her a 5% tax exemption.
Although Chen Meng was aloof and rarely spoke, Jiang Baiyue still noticed that the number of beers offered had increased to 300 when she opened the mercenary bar's control panel.
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"Big brother! The floodwaters at White Moon Base have receded!"
Qingshan Lushui wiped a handful of sweat from his head, his legs trembling. He was helped down the city wall when he heard his own brother shouting.
He looked up in surprise: "What?!"
"The water has receded? In our district, why is the water still so deep?"
"We were just a few tens of centimeters away from being submerged in the base!"
"It was flooded long ago. How much water did that fish monster splash in? I smell like fish all over, ugh, and there's also a putrid smell."
"Dead fish, ugh, the perfume on my mask has faded, spray it on again."
"Xiaobing, you go first. Everyone quiet down."
Xiaobing is a combatant who retired from the last round to rest. He just woke up today and felt sore and weak all over. He clicked on the chat area by accident.
Then we saw people from the White Moon base cheering and celebrating that the floodwaters outside the base had receded.
Oh, and by the way, someone is also "advertising" for a poison.
Regardless of whether it was true or false, or whether the poison was effective or not, the soldier immediately scrambled to his feet, his limp limbs trembling, and rushed to the foot of the city wall.
"I think it might be true. Lots of people have taken photos; the water really has receded!"
Feeling exhausted and weak, Qingshan Lushui made a decisive decision: "Buy!"
The people at the White Moon base face less internal competition compared to other bases, and they also retain the essence of pre-apocalyptic life. Moreover, they can buy small amounts and try it out at night to see the effects.
The soldier offered his guess: "It's very possible that if we defeat the fish monster boss, the water in our base will recede!"
"They're all in the same district, yet the water is being selectively released into different quarantine zones..."
"Sigh, there are so many unreasonable things in this world."
"It has to end tonight, or I won't make it..."
One of them looked back at the people lying on the ground in the base and the people sitting on the city wall, snoring as they slept, and felt worried.
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