It was just dawn when the humid sea breeze with a salty smell blew through the simple camp, waking up the three people who were sleeping uneasily.
Lu Ye was the first to sit up, rubbed his stiff neck, glanced at the corpse on the beach that had begun to emit a strange smell, and frowned slightly.
He looked at Liu Chenggong, who looked half asleep, and said, "Old Liu, wake up and get to work. Go, get rid of those. Dig a hole and bury them far away to avoid polluting the area."
Liu Chenggong shuddered and his sleepiness disappeared instantly.
Looking at those horrific corpses, his stomach churned, but he dared not say a word of "no". He could only make a bitter face, pick up the engineer shovel, and resign himself to the edge of the beach.
Damn it, I’m a company boss, but I’ve fallen to the point of collecting corpses... What a world!
After sending away the troublemakers, Lu Ye turned to the unfamiliar, already damaged speedboat.
This thing just takes up space if we keep it, so we might as well dismantle it and exchange it for some resources.
He picked up the axe and smashed it against the metal structure of the speedboat several times.
[System prompt: Successfully dismantled the speedboat, obtained 10 iron blocks.]
Good, ten pieces of iron, one step closer to upgrading.
Lu Ye was thinking in his mind, his eyes swept across the wreckage of the speedboat, and suddenly stopped.
In the twisted corner of the cabin, there seemed to be an inconspicuous small wooden box stuck.
He reached out and pulled out the box; it felt heavy in his hand.
When I opened it, there was no food or tools as expected, but two yellow gold nuggets lying quietly, shining with an attractive luster?
Each piece is the size of an adult's fist and is quite filling.
Lu Ye weighed it up, and an idea flashed through his mind:
In reality, these two things could probably buy a nice house in a second-tier city, right?
Unfortunately, we are now in the apocalypse survival stage, and gold is useless except for being pleasing to the eye. It cannot be eaten or drunk, and it cannot be used to upgrade speedboats.
He casually threw the two heavy gold nuggets into his system backpack space.
Keep it. What if the system goes haywire in the future and you can exchange it for some points?
After dealing with these, Lu Ye took out the simple diving equipment he had obtained yesterday from his speedboat - a somewhat rough-looking diving mask and a breathing tube.
He stretched his arms and legs, ready to go into the sea and try his luck.
Although the instant noodles last night were delicious, it’s not a good idea to eat them all the time. I won’t get enough nutrition and my physical strength will be affected sooner or later.
"Are you going down?" Su Baiyue's cold voice sounded. She looked at Lu Ye putting on his equipment, and her eyes flashed.
"The situation underwater is unclear and too dangerous. Why don't we let Liu Chenggong go down first to explore the way? If he dares to run, I'm confident I can pull him back."
Her proposal sounded "reasonable" and minimized the risks for core members.
Lu Ye shook his head without hesitation: "No."
He put on his diving goggles, his voice muffled through the mask. "This diving equipment has a durability limit. It wears off with each use. Giving it to a lazy guy like Lao Liu is a complete waste. Besides, it's not easy to come across an island with shallow waters like this. There might be something valuable underwater. I have to go down and take a look myself to be assured."
Are you kidding me? How could we give up this precious exploration opportunity to a free laborer who might fail at any moment? This is a resource that concerns our lives!
After saying that, he no longer paid attention to Su Baiyue, holding the upgraded grappling hook and walked straight towards the sea.
The cold sea water instantly wrapped around my body, and my vision became blurred and distorted.
Lu Ye adjusted his breathing and slowly dived.
The sunlight shines through the water, forming swaying beams of light, and the sand and scattered aquatic plants on the seabed are clearly visible.
He hadn't dived far when he saw several palm-sized, pitch-black crabs waving their huge claws and crawling on the sand.
[Devil crab: Low risk level, delicious meat, rich in protein.]
Hey, what luck! I just encountered a tough one right after I came down!
Lu Ye was delighted and raised his hand without hesitation to pull the trigger of the hook.
The steel claw hook broke through the water with a "whoosh" sound and accurately grabbed the back shell of a devil crab.
The crab struggled frantically, its claws clicking, but it couldn't break free.
Lu Ye flicked his wrist, dragged it over, and directly caught it with the simple fishing net he brought.
"This hook is simply a magical weapon underwater!" Lu Ye tasted the sweetness and looked at those devil crabs that were not very agile. He immediately became interested, just like an old farmer entering his own vegetable garden, waving his hook, catching one every time, and became addicted to it.
ashore.
Time passed little by little, the sea was calm and there was only the monotonous sound of waves.
Chen Shu stood on the shore, looking in the direction where Lu Ye disappeared, her eyebrows furrowed, her fair fingers unconsciously twisted together.
"He's been down there for almost twenty minutes, why isn't there any movement?" Her voice was filled with unconcealable anxiety. "Could he be in danger? Su Baiyue, we..."
"Don't be impulsive." Su Baiyue stopped her, his tone still calm.
"We don't have diving equipment. Even if he's in trouble, we'd just die in vain and wouldn't be able to help. Trust him, he's not a reckless person."
Having said that, Su Baiyue's eyes were fixed on the sea, and it was obvious that her heart was not as calm as she appeared.
"Hey, I tell you to stop worrying about it." Liu Chenggong, who had just buried someone and was sitting on the ground as tired as a dead dog, interjected weakly.
"Let me tell you, what good things can there be in the sea around this tiny deserted island? I've gone out to sea with my dad before, and in places like this, it's hard to catch even a decent fish, let alone crabs. In my opinion, Brother Lu will probably come back empty-handed this time..."
He tried to use his "second-generation rich experience" to analyze the current situation and regain a sense of existence.
Shen Shu glanced at him and ignored him at all.
Liu Chenggong felt a little embarrassed by her gaze, but he still explained it with courage.
"Really? I'm not kidding. This is called experience! The ecosystem around the island is very fragile and can't support any big creatures..."
He was giving a "popular science" lecture with saliva flying all over his body when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead, as if he had been hit hard by something hard!
"Ah--!" Liu Chenggong screamed, covered his nose and fell backwards, and a warm liquid instantly gushed out of his nostrils!
He looked closely and found that the culprit was actually a big black crab with its claws and fangs bared on his face!
The crab's claws even caught a small tuft of his hair!
Immediately afterwards, there was a splash of water, and Lu Ye's figure emerged from the sea.
In one hand, he held a "crab dumpling" tightly tied with emerald green kelp, with at least a dozen devil crabs inside still waving their claws in vain. In the other hand, he held the claw that had made such great contributions, with a calm expression.
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