Lu Ye looked carefully,
A few compressed biscuits, half a bottle of water, a small roll of bandages, and a flint.
She held up high the supplies that amounted to almost all her possessions.
"Big brother! Thank you for saving us! These are all I have! Please, can you let me get on your boat? My name is Xiao Yiyi, I eat very little and can do any dirty or tiring work! And I cook delicious food! You must need a cook on your boat!"
Cook?
Lu Ye was slightly startled. Indeed, including Su Baiyue, there were only about one and a half men on the boat.
With the addition of a doctor, Shen Shu, no one was good at cooking. Many of the ingredients that were previously collected were not properly processed and were a bit wasteful.
More cooks...seems like a good idea.
As for supplies, it doesn’t matter. The main thing is that there are more people working and the food can be improved.
For him, supporting one more person is not a big deal as long as the other person is not a burden.
"Alright," Lu Ye nodded and shouted in Xiao Yiyi's direction, "Keep the things for yourself. If you want to get on the boat, find a way to swim over and we'll help you."
"Thank you, big brother! Thank you!" Xiao Yiyi cried with joy. Without hesitation, she stuffed the supplies back into her backpack, jumped into the still steaming sea water with a splash, and swam hard towards the fishing boat.
Seeing this, the others also pleaded, but Lu Ye did not give in. He just asked Su Baiyue to throw down the rope and pull up the young man named Wang Hu and Xiao Yiyi.
As for the others, he only agreed to stay nearby for a short while, allowing them to repair their boats or find other ways out.
He is not a saint, his resources are limited, and he cannot take in everyone.
At this moment, the system prompt sounded in Lu Ye's mind.
[Ding! Detected that player 'Lu Ye' eliminated a large number of 'mutated barnacle swarms' in a short period of time (the number exceeds the unit)! ]
Congratulations to player Lu Ye for achieving the hidden achievement: Ocean Scavenger!
[Achieve Title: Ocean Scavenger (Blue)]
[Title Effect: Your ship will emit an aura that is repulsive to small, low-level marine creatures (such as mutant barnacles and biting fish), causing them to instinctively stay away from your hull. Note: This effect is ineffective against medium-sized and larger sea monsters or special types.]
Lu Ye touched his chin, and a playful arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.
This title doesn't sound too domineering, and even a bit down-to-earth? But the effect is real.
Thinking about the dense and terrifying mutant barnacles just now, although they were solved with a fire, cleaning the residue attached to the bottom of the ship is also a hassle.
With this title, marine creatures of similar level will probably automatically circle around his precious fishing boat in the future.
Not bad, saves me trouble.
He thought to himself, if the next system event like "Raging Sea" was also led by these small creatures, then at least he could avoid most of the trouble and be a lot more relaxed.
Just as Lu Ye was about to ask Su Baiyue and Xiao Yiyi, who had just boarded the boat, to tidy up and find a way to leave this messy place, a sharp voice, with undisguised malice, came from the only remaining tattered raft not far away.
"Wait! Boss Lu!"
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with high cheekbones and sinister eyes. He stared at Xiao Yiyi, who had just been pulled onto the boat, was soaking wet and still shivering, and his tone was full of resentment.
"That girl called Xiao Yiyi! She's a jinx! We were on the same boat with her before, and we never ran into any bad luck! Either we encountered a damn undercurrent or ran into this kind of thing! You'll definitely be in big trouble if you bring her on board! Throw her off now!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the other survivors on the raft also echoed them, looking at Xiao Yiyi with eyes full of rejection.
As if she was the source of some ominous plague.
Xiao Yiyi's face turned pale in an instant, and the little bit of blood color she had just regained after escaping danger disappeared completely.
She bit her lower lip tightly, her body shaking even more violently. She looked at Lu Ye, with pleading deep in her eyes.
Shen Shu frowned slightly, her cold eyes swept over the noisy survivors and then fell on Xiao Yiyi, as if she was evaluating something.
Su Baiyue looked indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with her.
Before Lu Ye could speak, Xiao Yiyi seemed to muster up all her courage and suddenly looked up. Tears were still welling up in her eyes, but her voice was filled with determination.
"It's not because of me!" she argued eagerly, her voice trembling with excitement.
"It's because I opened a supply box earlier, and there's a detector inside! It can sense special energy fluctuations nearby! They thought finding the supplies was luck, and the danger they encountered was caused by me!"
Lu Ye's eyes flickered slightly. This thing sounded interesting. In this dangerous sea, being able to sense some special situations in advance would undoubtedly increase the chances of survival.
"Big brother," Xiao Yiyi saw that Lu Ye seemed interested, and quickly hugged the wet backpack to her chest and added anxiously.
"I can give you that detector! Just don't kick me out! I can really do anything!"
Lu Ye looked at her, her face about to break, and felt nothing in his heart.
Compassion? It's the cheapest thing in this damn place.
He only looks at value.
"Take the thing out and let me see it." His voice was calm, and no emotion could be heard.
"If it's really useful, then you can stay. If you dare to lie to me..."
He didn't say the rest, but that cold look was enough to say it all.
"I absolutely wouldn't dare!" Xiao Yiyi frantically rummaged through her backpack and quickly pulled out a palm-sized, peculiarly shaped metal instrument with several indicator lights flashing faintly.
With trembling hands, she raised the detector high.
Lu Ye gestured to Su Baiyue: "Go get it."
Su Baiyue walked forward expressionlessly, took the detector, checked it, and only handed it to Lu Ye after confirming that there was no obvious danger.
Lu Ye weighed it and felt it was slightly heavy in his hand, with a cool metallic texture.
He didn't have time to figure out how to use it right now, but at least it didn't look fake.
"Okay, you stay." Lu Ye put the detector into his pocket and nodded at Xiao Yiyi.
"Thank you! Thank you, big brother!" Xiao Yiyi felt as if she had been pardoned.
The high-cheekboned man on the raft saw this and turned pale. He spat in the direction of Lu Ye's fishing boat and growled angrily, "Humph! You didn't listen to the old man's advice, and now you're suffering! You took in this jinx, and sooner or later you'll regret it!"
The other survivors also looked gloomy.
However, before they could finish their curse, something strange happened!
As if appearing out of thin air, the thick, indissoluble white fog swept in from all directions without any warning!
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