Chapter 45 Even the intimidating jellyfish loves to eat jellyfish!
Inspired and encouraged by cinnabar, today's breakfast is trout salad and jellyfish sashimi.
Chew, chew, chew—it's crunchy and slightly salty, really delicious!
As Lu Mingang ate, he praised Zhu Sha, saying, "The child has grown up; he even knows how to bring prey home!"
Shen Dixin almost choked; she hadn't forgotten how Zhu Sha had returned.
This was indeed the first time Zhu Sha had successfully hunted anything other than a sea monster. For other creatures in the ocean, jellyfish were simply too slow!
Cinnabar only releases low-damage, slow-frequency tentacle attacks. One hit is enough to knock out the opponent's ability to move, and even a small amount of health loss is a sign of the opponent's fragile skin.
If they were prey... why would they obediently come back with the cinnabar?
Thinking of the "food" that Zhu Sha encouraged and praised, I might have already eaten it outside. Jellyfish actually love to eat jellyfish too.
Chen Dixin pulled up the system message, and sure enough, it wasn't just one meal.
...
[Your pet "Vermilion" will gain 10 experience points after consuming a certain amount of food. You can also gain 80 experience points today.]
She was astonished. It turned out that she had eaten too much and packed the rest to take home. It was hard for Zhu Sha to still be able to eat breakfast after walking around!
If you can't figure something out, just ask directly. Chen Dixin squatted down and began to communicate with Zhu Sha, who was full and satisfied.
"Mermaid...I'm scared..."
The message that came through was somewhat complicated, and it took Shen Dixin a while to sort it out before she guessed the correct possibility: "You mean, you've learned the mermaid's aura?"
Isn't this thing inherently passive?
Zhu Sha nodded heavily, his mind filled with joy and pride.
Being frightened by the mermaid was a stain on its life; the image, the details, and even the slightest fluctuations were all etched in its memory.
After observing it alone for a long time, it seemed to have figured out how the mermaid released its aura, and the simulated aura could fool some brainless or brainless creatures.
As for the jellyfish, Zhu Sha didn't hold back in criticizing its own kind. They acted almost entirely on instinct, without any room for thought, and Zhu Sha subdued them without any pressure.
Rather than calling it "intimidation," it's more like a mental imprint left on creatures with low intelligence for the sake of management.
As long as they sense the corresponding mental fluctuations, they will understand that this is a creature much stronger than themselves, and they will obediently obey, which allowed Zhu Sha to get away with it.
It nuzzled Shen Dixin and confidently told her that although it could only catch jellyfish now, it would soon catch fish with low intelligence, and Shen Dixin could eat as many as she wanted!
Shen Dixin remained silent. It was gratifying that Zhu Sha remembered her, but she decided against catching fish to eat, as everyone would smell of fish!
Opening the cinnabar attribute panel, there is no difference from before. There are still two talents. Does intimidation not count towards talents? Or is it that cinnabar's mastery is too shallow and it hasn't been displayed in the system yet?
Shen Dixin had vaguely heard that pets' talents could be upgraded. If Zhu Sha's aura could be cultivated to a certain level, they would be much safer at sea.
"Work hard, and I'll have Lu Mingang give you extra training!" Shen Dixin said with a smile. Extra training meant that you could continue to receive experience points after you had accumulated enough!
Moreover, Lu Mingang is very easy to talk to. As long as he's not too busy, he'll try his best to make whatever Zhu Sha wants to eat.
Zhu Sha's resolve hardened instantly; she was certain she could do it!
After the sea calmed down, Chen Dixin was finally able to resume his old job and start salvaging supplies!
She came in person because the sea was already saturated with supplies after a whole day of storms, and it would take forever to collect them by slowly picking them up with cinnabar.
Currently, no new materials can be refreshed on the sea surface within a certain area centered on the ship!
I don’t even know how many boxes I’ve lost while I was sleeping… Shen Dixin felt it was such a pity, and her hands moved even faster.
The ship has been propelled forward by the wind and will need to travel at least half a block before resources are reset.
As long as you hook all the previously accumulated crates onto the boat during this period, you can both keep up with the previously accumulated supplies and also get the supplies that spawn in the new area!
The ship, having received various buffs, was moving very fast, leaving Shen Dixin with little time. Even for her, hooking everything back required complete concentration, and she couldn't afford to waste a single moment.
Silver supply crates, gold supply crates, wooden supply crates, planks, palm leaves...
One by one, the supplies were hooked onto the ship, and with Chen Dixin in charge, there was no need for Zhu Sha to go to sea.
It is responsible for moving the supplies on the hook to other places on the ship, so that the space around Chen Dixin is always empty and does not need to be tidied up.
The two worked together seamlessly, and Shen Dixin's speed in scavenging was equivalent to ten Lu Mingangs, leaving him with no way to help. In the end, he gave up on staying and getting in the way, and turned to prepare food for the two of them. This was hard work, and they would get hungry very quickly!
A quick glance revealed that the wooden crates had almost completely filled the boat.
Zhu Sha didn't have the ability to stack the boxes yet, so Chen Dixin changed his strategy, using one hand to hook supplies and the other to open the boxes.
The non-stop, extremely fast-paced movements had greatly depleted Shen Dixin's stamina, and she couldn't afford to maintain her double buffs to speed up her recovery now.
"The last one..."
Shen Dixin's hands began to tremble for the first time in a long time. She managed to reduce the time it usually took to fish for a supply crate to 40%, which was equivalent to running 800 meters at the speed of a 50-meter runner without slowing down at all.
Logically speaking, she wouldn't be able to last long, but in survival at sea, players can expend several times the amount of stamina to push their limits and exceed their capabilities. Just expend more stamina.
Stamina: 21/350
[Status: Exhausted: Your stamina consumption increases by 800%, and there is a chance of being stunned for 1 second when moving.]
Finally, after retrieving two supply crates despite being exhausted, Shen Dixin hooked up all the supply crates on the sea.
She rested on the spot, and Lu Mingang peeked out. Seeing that she had finally finished, he quickly brought over a bowl of food.
"Dixin, have some of this!"
[Dish Name: Fish Paste and Mushroom Soup]
[Food Quality: Purple]
[Dish Effect: Instantly restores 100 stamina points.]
[Dish Description: Salty, savory, fragrant, with a hint of black pepper spiciness... This is a dish that meets average standards; you are a competent chef!]
Purple dishes can now provide various buffs, among which restoring stamina is the most common and practically useful!
Shen Dixin looked pale and sickly. She took the bowl, closed her eyes, and gulped it down. Exhausted, she was back to her old self!
"It tastes pretty good!" Shen Dixin looked at Lu Mingang with some surprise.
She originally thought that all the weird and wonderful dishes this man came up with would turn out to be a complete disaster, but she didn't expect that he would actually manage to make them!
The numerical values and taste alone tell that this is a genuine purple dish, not just a lucky upgrade from blue.
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