Chapter 73 The Mutant Fruit Tree: Concentrated Essence
The next day, Shen Dixin was woken up by Yuanbao.
"Stop, stop, stop!"
She struggled to sit up and snatched the trouser leg from Yuanbao's mouth, almost being dragged off the bed by it.
Yuanbao looked at her innocently and sent a message saying he wanted to eat something, from the white flower pot next door.
"Eat whatever you want... uh, the white flower next door?"
Shen Dixin got up with a yawn, the fog in her mind clearing up, and she immediately realized that the experience fruit had grown, it was finally ready!
It's estimated that the acorns ran out of energy in the later stages, so the experience fruits grew even slower, with the progress bar only increasing a little bit each day. I almost forgot about it.
The wristband scans the plant and displays information.
[Race: Experience Tree]
[Quality: Purple]
[Status: Adult, 46 hours, 52 minutes, and 34 seconds until the next experience fruit matures.]
Lifespan: 566 days
[Item Description: Mutated plants have a chance to unleash their biological potential in their fruits.]
The experience fruit tree has been upgraded to the purple tier, and a ripe experience fruit is hanging on it. Chen Dixin reaches out and picks it.
Yuanbao bit the trouser leg again. Chen Dixin protected the trousers with one hand while plucking a few leaves and handing them to it.
Although it was a bit presumptuous, Yuanbao didn't dare to do anything too outrageous. For example, it wouldn't covet the fruit and would just sit quietly chewing on the leaves.
Item Name: Experience Fruit
Item Quality: Blue
[Item Description: An unusual experience fruit. Consuming it grants a random 199-1999 experience points and has a 0.1% chance to boost attributes.]
With just one attribute-boosting stat added, the experience fruit's value has become extraordinary. Chen Dixin tossed the fruit up and down, realizing this deal was incredibly profitable!
Unfortunately, while purple-quality materials are easy to find, Shen Dixin has only encountered something containing the energy of plants once in two lifetimes.
She poked the flower bud to summon the lamp spirit, asking it to also look after the experience fruit.
"If I really become a gardener, what am I, some kind of fairy godmother?"
The lamp spirit muttered something behind her back, but when Chen Dixin glanced at it, it dared not utter a sound, unable to hold back its words yet also cowardly.
"What are you saying? You won't even take extra food?"
"Yes! Thank you, sir." The lamp spirit reacted quickly. Spirits don't need to eat, but it likes to nibble on fruits and vegetables.
Chen Dixin swallowed the experience fruit whole. Right now, everyone is hoarding things, and it's unlikely that the experience fruit will sell for a high price, so it's better to eat it himself.
[The player consumes 1 Blue Experience Fruit and gains 199 experience points.]
[Congratulations, player! You have triggered a talent effect! Gain 5 experience points by eating!]
It's black, but not completely black.
Currently, the experience bar for level 8 is (9233/40,000). Red Tide has almost completely cut off experience gain for all classes except the main class.
If it weren't for the fact that astronomers' methods of gaining experience are so inefficient, she would have even considered spending a whole day with a telescope.
The experience Lu Mingang recently provided her was barely up to standard, and he kept almost nothing for himself.
Shen Dixin saw everything and thought to himself that his chosen partner was not very smart. Why was he so open with people? Could it be that he would sell him out and then help count the money?
It was precisely this kind of Lu Mingang who made her feel most at ease. Shen Dixin sighed, "Having learned from others' experience, I can't let them down!"
She's going to sweep the whole world away!
Effort also needs to be directed. For example, studying hard and doing manual labor are both very hard, but the results are different.
She needs to do something more valuable that allows her to leverage her strengths, such as... killing the sea monster for Yuebai!
Shen Dixin knew this was purely by chance. In her previous life, at the captain's request, she often went to the deep sea and happened to encounter Yuebai fighting a sea monster.
She was just passing by when the sea monster mistook her for a roadside animal and killed her. Shen Dixin fought back but accidentally stole the head, and the scene became very chaotic.
What made her remember it for so long wasn't just the racing heart during the crisis, but also the experience of making four figures in her account—something that truly makes one's mouth water.
Shen Dixin narrowed his eyes, took out the token, which, after being modified by Yuebai, now allowed him to view the coordinates of the sea monster.
Import the driving system and display the journey in three sections.
Then I took out the compass again; finally, I had one that could detect the surrounding ruins.
Unfortunately, it's too far, starting from six or seven blocks. Even a ship that can cleanse the soul would take a whole day to reach it, so she didn't list it as a priority.
Yesterday, the moonlit island was in the same direction as it, and now it's five blocks away, which is acceptable. Chen Dixin also imported the compass position into the interface.
Two red dots were flashing on the cockpit screen, and they weren't in opposite directions. Shen Dixin was surprised; he had finally become a human being in his struggle for survival at sea.
This will save a lot of time. The boat speed is still too slow. It will be much better if we upgrade to level 5 and turn on the motor.
Target the sea monster, let's go!
...
Chen Dixin soaked in the water, her hair floating around her like seaweed. She stared intently at the sea monster and remained silent for a full five minutes.
Why is this sea monster so big?
Good heavens! Shen Dixin swallowed hard, feeling a sense of dread. The sea monster in front of her, whose true form was indiscernible, was even bigger than her ship!
Can she really win? Is she mistaken? The game has only been running for a month, not a year.
No one had yet activated the information detector, so she didn't know whether the monster in front of her was bluffing or truly possessed strength commensurate with its size.
Shen Dixin tilted his head in thought when suddenly his shoulder was patted and a cheerful voice rang out.
"Dixin, you're here too, what a coincidence! I was wondering why there were familiar fluctuations around here."
Soraya affectionately took her hand, her sapphire blue fishtail drawing attention.
Seeing her, Shen Dixin breathed a sigh of relief. "It's so good to see you, Soraya. Do you think I can beat this sea monster?"
After getting to know Soraya, Shen Dixin learned a lot about mermaids, such as that they have three major branches: Moonflower, Hunter's Blade, and Frenzy, whose areas of expertise are soul, body, and elements, respectively.
For clans like the Moonflower Clan, to which Soraya originated, the use of spiritual power is as simple as eating and drinking; they use the strength of the soul to judge the strength of a living being.
Soraya answered without hesitation, "In terms of physical fitness alone, you're about the same as Dixin. Did you come here for it? Sometimes these clumsy big guys appear in the shallow sea, and the people in the tribe don't like them very much."
"They are also a type of sea monster," Shen Dixin added. Mermaids have always been at odds with sea monsters, since they both live in the sea. Leaving aside territory and food, the fact that sea monsters steal and pollute the Heart of the Ocean is enough for mermaids to sentence them to death.
But why don't the mermaids completely eradicate the sea monsters? The younger members of their tribe don't even recognize the rarer species of sea monsters. Could it be that they are also restricted by the system?
Shen Di thought to herself, but she just hoped that there would be fewer sea monsters coming at night.
"Oh, I see. It doesn't look like one." Soraya tilted her head, showing no reaction even though she knew it was a sea monster, her eyes clear.
Without further pleasantries, Chen Dixin drew his sword, ready to fight. Soraya laughed and followed, "Take me with you, I want to play too."
Soraya's judgment was accurate. The average attributes of the large sea monster were almost the same as Shen Dixin's, with almost all of them focused on constitution. It was estimated that the other two attributes combined were less than half of constitution.
Shen Dixin cleaved the sea monster's blade to the very end, cutting it into several pieces. The sea monster's attacks only dealt her thirty or forty points of damage, and its movements were so slow that she could easily dodge them with a single step.
Soraya found a lot of dark seaweed from somewhere and used it to bind the sea monster tightly. The melodious songs of the mermaids seemed to come from afar, and the sea monster's movements became slow and numb.
[The player defeated the level 15 "Sea Monster" and was rewarded with 1844 experience points.]
The flowing water caused the sea monster's blood to spread across the entire body of water as soon as it spilled out, before disappearing without a trace.
The experience given by the sea monster was unexpected, probably because it was too far beyond the required level. The experience gained from the eighth level of the Cleansing Heart skill was almost doubled. If the calculation formula were clearly listed, it would be found that the increase in the level of killing enemies above the required level was two to three times the original.
Shen Dixin was in a great mood. Not only did she gain extra experience, but her attacking skills also improved significantly. Perhaps it was because the sea monsters were as stupid as punching bags, or perhaps it was Yuebai's teaching that helped her find a trick. She would know after defeating a few more.
The token didn't give her that chance; the next sea monster spawned far away.
After a quick calculation, Shen Dixin realized there were at least fifteen blocks. Her smile faded, and she finally understood why Yuebai complained that the token was like walking a dog every day.
Soraya heard that Shen Dixin was going back to the water today, so she went back to the ship with her. For mermaids, the sea is still more comfortable.
"I'll go swimming with you then!"
Arriving on the ship, which had been decorated in many different ways, Soraya curiously wandered around. This time, besides Zhu Sha, Yuan Bao and the Lamp Spirit were also there to play with her.
Of course, perhaps only the little mermaids themselves felt that they were having a lot of fun, while the lamp spirit was dragged out to work overtime and looked like he was about to die.
Soraya loved it the most; it was so tiny, like a toy for a human baby! If the spirit hadn't said it couldn't live in water, Soraya would have traded some treasures for it.
The dim light enveloped the sea. Soraya frowned as she looked at the sea monster she saw most often. She asked Shen Dixin for a knife and clumsily began to kill the sea monster. After all, the mermaids of the Moonflower Clan always advocated that gentlemen should use words rather than fists.
With Soraya's help, Shen Dixin even managed to kill all the sea monsters halfway through. The little mermaid wasn't very good at fighting, but her strength was real.
She invited Soraya to sit down and eat fish. The two of them drank fish soup and ate fish fillets while facing the rising moon. The players hated fish, but Soraya, who lived in the sea, never got tired of it.
"Your servant cooked the fish so well!" she praised. As she got closer, Soraya could clearly tell that the seemingly unrelated connection between them was a servant contract.
Shen Dixin corrected her helplessly, "He's not a servant, he's a partner! His name is Lu Ming'ang."
Soraya nodded nonchalantly, still taking Lu Mingang seriously, unlike before when she treated him like air.
Lu Mingang chuckled, surprised that he would be recognized for such a reason.
He didn't take Soraya's disdain to heart. Perhaps because mermaids have long lifespans, Soraya looked like an adult, but she acted like a spoiled and arrogant child, making people subconsciously tolerant of her.
With Soraya's protection, Chen Dixin felt much more relaxed when he went into the water. Unfortunately, the compass was pointing to a small shipwreck, like a newly upgraded third-class vessel.
It may be a little small, but good things come in small packages!
Shen Dixin sighed with emotion as she found an expanded backpack compartment inside!
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the title "Preparedness is Key," which expands the space to 10 slots and increases the stacking limit to 1288 when equipped.]
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