Chapter 99 The seaweed community is probably angry.
As for the zoo, that building only serves to supplement the source of some food; Chen Dixin doesn't lack food.
She was a little hesitant. The concert hall was very practical, and the cellar was equally important, not for making medicinal wine, but because she had suddenly come up with a good idea.
Since it can increase the duration of some items, perhaps reproduction can also do so?
For example, her bloodworms!
Yes, she had once heard of a heretical cultivator's cellar-based fighting style. That person built a level four cellar and then used his professional "livestock" skills to raise animals in the cellar.
His chickens could lay eight eggs a day, and his pigs would give birth to a litter every two weeks. By the time the second litter was born, the first litter was already ready to be slaughtered. He became famous overnight by using his cellar and has remained a top player ever since.
Although Shen Dixin's large-scale breeding of creatures doesn't offer the experience and profession bonuses of a herdsman, and the profits aren't high, she can raise a lot of blood cotton worms by shortening the time it takes for them to reproduce on their own.
There aren't many disasters that require combat, and from the perspective of pain relief alone, stockpiling Bloodworms is a good choice for Monster Hunters.
I've chosen you, cellar!
As she pondered, she roughly knew how things would develop over the next four months of the first year. If she was unlucky, she could reproduce once; if she was lucky, she could reproduce twice.
Because she caught too many at the time, after the fish plague, only one-third of the bloodworms were consumed, totaling more than 7,000.
Shen Dixin shrugged. She had underestimated how well players would accept insects. She thought they would be popular, but eventually someone would understand.
It's never a bad thing to stock up on medicine; bloodworms are something you can only come across by chance.
She had previously asked Soraya that it would take many years to restore the original size after capturing so many, and there was no other volcano nearby, at least she had never seen one.
They made such a hasty decision, but little did they know that they had quite a connection with the concert hall. This thing refreshed again and found itself on Lu Mingang's end.
Yes, sea monster meat isn't cheap, but thanks to the allure of attribute points, it still sells very quickly.
In just twenty minutes, the funds had already been recovered, and it looked almost the same as before she leveled up to level six.
Upgrading a ship to level six becomes even more difficult. She sold all the sea monster meat and barely managed to gather enough planks. In her previous life, before she died, her ship was only level seven, and she had only collected half of the materials for level eight.
Although her long time spent in the arena contributed to this, it also shows how unscientific the required resources were; many people had spent a year and their ships were only level six.
Therefore, Shen Dixin chose to upgrade Lu Mingang's ship to level six as well, so he could enjoy the benefits sooner! He still needed Lu Mingang's talent to collect supply crates!
With the combined benefits of the scavenger's resource bonus and the lucky charm talent, the difference in the number of resource boxes the two obtain each day is already quite significant.
Sometimes, out of four gold supply boxes, you can get three of them with ingredients after consuming the chef's bonus, ensuring you have plenty of basic seasonings.
Since they had already obtained the item through the gacha, Shen Dixin naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity, so they finalized the construction of their level 6 ships.
Lu Mingang's cabin revealed its first space. Upon entering, he found it completely empty except for a music box in the very center. He could enjoy the music even after leaving the concert hall, for eight hours a day.
She looked around and, upon seeing the concert hall, she immediately knew how to use it. Wasn't this the gym she had been away from for so long?
I can come here to exercise or do anything else in the future, which will improve my efficiency.
Chen Dixin busied herself, moving everything that could be put into the cellar.
She lay on the rim of the tank with a beaming smile, tossing rolls of seaweed down while muttering, "Little ones, if you eat my seaweed, you'll have lots of babies, haha."
Based on experience, items that have been stored in the cellar for a longer period of time will have a greater acceleration rate. For example, medicinal wine that takes seven days to make can be accelerated to two or three days at most, while fruit wine that takes a month to brew can be compressed to five days.
So, bloodworms, which are said to take one or two years to reproduce, should be able to mature in one or two months, right?
It was so powerful it seemed to have been given a speed-enhancing spell, and it relied solely on this one ability.
So much so that Shen Dixin would try to shorten the time she spent in and out of the cellar, always suspecting that if she stayed too long, she would turn into an old woman.
After all, this world is no longer very scientific.
The blood cotton worms wriggled, consuming the seaweed with astonishing agility. The seaweed, which was more than twice their size, vanished without a trace as if thrown into a black hole, and then silence returned.
Shen Dixin found the empty cellar unpleasant to look at, so he added a window for buying herbs to the shop, estimating that it would become a regular business in the shop, along with medicinal wine.
If we're just making medicinal wine, even if we collect all the herbs in the channel to make wine, it probably won't take many places. If only we could get wine barrels, that would be great. Chen Dixin remembers that the blueprint was purple.
The blueprints weren't hard to get, so Shen Dixin went to poke the Meng Po soup, and he reluctantly handed over all the fragments.
"Sis, you were just finishing this a week ago. You know it's not convenient to collect supply boxes during the fish disaster. Where would I get so many fragments? At most, I only have enough for one purple blueprint."
Shen Dixin stuffed a lot of money into Meng Po soup as a reward, and he immediately shut up, happily carrying the supplies away. If the two were face to face, he would definitely be the one waving goodbye with a mysterious smile and a handkerchief.
Here comes the barrel!
Since gaining experience of not needing blueprints, Chen Dixin rarely buys blueprints at a premium anymore, at most picking up a bargain when she needs to sell quickly.
She still remembers the brewing formula! If the quality isn't good, adjust the ingredients; if the taste isn't good, adjust the brewing time. Rice wine brews for half a month, fruit wine for a month.
Wine brewed by ordinary professions has no special effects and is one of the few foods for which experience does not belong to chefs.
Brewing wine is mainly about getting a high return price. A bottle of rice wine is worth ten white coins, and a bottle of fruit wine is worth twenty white coins. The price will also increase as the value of the raw materials increases, making it a path to wealth. Basically, everyone will have wine barrels in the later stages.
A wine barrel is quite large, enough to hold two or three people. If we don't take the sea fortress route, we can't put too many in it. Chen Dixin's cellar can probably only hold about thirty. If we don't have enough quantity, we can make up for it with quality. One barrel is better than six!
After another lunch, we finally finished the sea monster meat.
[As you consume the limbs of sea beasts imbued with ancient blood, you feel your blood boiling, and in a trance, you hear the call of antiquity. Your constitution increases from 15 to 16.]
[The server merge will officially begin in ten minutes. Players have been matched into channel 1 of region 523. Please prepare accordingly.]
A new round of server merges has begun. It's worth mentioning that during this fish disaster, their channel had 7,556 active users!
The titles on everyone's heads remain firmly in place, suggesting that many have forgotten that they were based on specific conditions.
However, the pride of being the number one channel in the entire server still surged in their hearts, mainly manifested in their boasting to people coming from the new channel after each server merge.
The server merge notification channel is so familiar to everyone that nobody even talks about it anymore.
Yao Zhi Su Xue: Can repeatedly eating this sea monster meat improve attributes?
Alas: So many people died from the fish plague, why didn't you tell everyone sooner that it was a cheap way to increase attribute points? A few more lives wouldn't shake her position.
Gangzi: Rumor has it that tomorrow's mandatory event will involve the entire server participating on the same island, and it seems there will be a ranking system.
Whose kid is this naughty? @噫吁嚱, why? Is it because you have a big face or because you're mentally challenged that everyone has to give in to you?
Shen Dixin noticed Gangzi's mention of the server-wide event, and realized that there were actually quite a few people taking advantage of the mandatory participation in the event island.
For example, last week, the two of them went up, collected some supplies, and were allowed to leave, which they called an exploration activity.
But the fact that the entire server was involved didn't sound like it was just a charade. After thinking for a while, Shen Dixin suddenly remembered that it was the time she broke her leg, which had caused her a great loss.
With her leg broken, she definitely couldn't participate in the activities. Even getting back to the ship nearly killed Shen Dixin, so much so that she had little memory of the activities themselves, only the pain.
It's true that all players on the server participated, but Shen Dixin couldn't remember the specific rules because, tragically, she was chased to a cliff by a bear as soon as she started the game, and only managed to survive by jumping off.
Fortune is on my side: Sister Shen, Sister Shen! Do you know about that mandatory event mentioned in the channel? Do you have any inside information to share? ~ @AAA Materials Wholesale Old Shen
Everyone loves to discuss this kind of news, and the teammates quickly found out.
Shen Dixin was a little worried because even with the servant contract, teammates couldn't be grouped together, otherwise it would be an illegal team formation.
The opponents could even span several major regions, so the probability of encountering someone you knew was low. Shen Dixin vaguely remembered that there were many people from other countries at that time.
However, upon closer reflection, apart from Xingtu Wanli, all my friends have a certain level of combat strength and are not as formidable as those players on the leaderboard who are not easily defeated.
It's rare for someone so inconspicuous to receive everyone's attention like this. Xingtu Wanli peeked out from his workbench with a puzzled look, worried that I might be bullied by outsiders.
He pushed up his glasses, a slight smile appearing on his pale face.
Starry Sky: You underestimate me! Look at my recent treasure! [Image]
【Item Name: Jewelry Craftsman's Waist Bag】
Item Quality: Gold
【Durability: 1998/2000】
[Item Description: Exclusive equipment for Gem Craftsmen. For every fifteen gems in the waist pouch, a random attribute is temporarily increased by one point. Each accessory also adds 10% of the user's own attributes.]
The Star Chart of the Myriad Miles accessory I recently crafted has been stored in my waist pouch, which now adds an amazing 21 points to its attribute!
Judging from the panel alone, it is second only to Chen Di Xin, so self-preservation is definitely not a problem.
Coffee also cheerfully posted a picture of a gold-quality coffee bean she had just grown that morning. It seems she has a special connection with coffee, and this will be her focus for the next week.
Luck is on my side: Wow, you all have golden props now, which makes me look like a lazy bum.
Xiaoming from AAA Building Materials Wholesale: Coffee beans! Can I use them to make coffee? It would be great if they had an energizing effect.
Long live fluffy: Haha, this time Sister Disaster's Gu worms are really making a big splash.
Finding that there were no absolute weaknesses in the team, everyone felt relieved, and after a round of mutual flattery, they all burst into laughter.
When I checked the chat channel again, the server merge was already over, and the current number of players was 11,789, which was actually less than the number of players in the last server merge.
The game keeps merging servers, but the number of players keeps decreasing?
The players who were originally excited and wanted to show off to the new "refugee" channel fell silent. The number of new players they calculated was alarming; their channel had never even dropped below four thousand players at its lowest point!
Could there really be such a big difference between channels? The silence lasted only a moment before people started asking each other.
Tiger Head: Why are there so many active users on your channel?
Mei Wanli: Why are there so few active users on your channel?
Tiger Head: Hey, I thought the system was acting up and sent me two messages, but we were thinking the same thing.
They immediately struck up a conversation, chatting away without any regard for the other players in the channel.
After hearing his story, most people felt a sense of unease, as if their lips were gone and their teeth were cold.
It turns out that after a player is eliminated, the remaining fish don't disappear. Instead, they go to other nearby targets to join the battle. As more players die, the difficulty keeps increasing.
At first, it was under control, but on the last day, within two hours of sunrise, a thousand people lost their lives.
All the remaining players felt unprecedented pressure, and the situation was out of control. The four thousand or so who survived were not so much defeated by the disaster as the disaster did not have enough time to engulf them.
Chen Dixin rested her chin on her hand. Although she knew the system wouldn't give it to too many people, she didn't expect it to be so few. She was even thinking of opening up new markets.
This channel isn't finished yet; it's in dire straits but hasn't completely died out.
She stretched. No matter what, four thousand people is still a lot. Hehe, now Lu Mingang's fish soup can be sold somewhere!
This morning, after selling off the remaining ice at a discount, I quickly moved the fish from the boat deck into the freezer. Fortunately, it was a fish infestation, so even in the hot weather, the food wouldn't rot overnight.
The entire ice storage is now full of seafood!
Shen Dixin was in a good mood and was having a good time when a familiar figure leaped out of the sea. Soraya was sitting on the edge of the boat and playfully splashed water on him.
Chen Dixin didn't care at all and nimbly dodged. "Soraya, you can finally come out?"
"Yeah! I was so bored. I was planning to go out a few days ago, but Wang said there was a curse that affected mermaids and wouldn't let me go out to play."
Soraya shook off the water, and her fishtail transformed into legs wearing a floral dress. Ever since she had seen many styles and patterns from Shen Dixing, the clothes she conjured were no longer limited to seaweed garments.
"Your ship is getting more and more beautiful." Soraya skipped around, touching the new turrets on the level 6 ship.
"It's a weapon, but I haven't found the shells yet."
Shen Dixin also went over to take a look. The level 6 warship was equipped with four turrets that could carry out long-range attacks. Before the availability of shells, the turrets could only fire one shell every 12 hours, perhaps powered by solar energy.
"Ugh, I smell bloodworms!"
Soraya blinked and tugged at Chen Dixin's sleeve.
Although the bloodworms are used for breeding, Soraya won't eat too much. With such a large tank, Shen Dixin picked out a plateful for her.
The results showed that there seemed to be larvae inside the bloodworms, as thin as hairs, which would not have been visible if they hadn't been placed on a plate.
Shen Dixin stared in surprise at the tiny bloodworms, amazed that they had already produced offspring so quickly, even though they had just been put into the cellar.
But then she thought about it again. Bloodworms are hermaphroditic and don't have a specific breeding season. They can give birth at any time. Maybe there are quite a few pregnant bloodworms among the ones she caught.
She carefully picked out the larvae, choosing the plumpest and strongest ones.
Soraya arrived at lunchtime, carrying a plate of cold bloodworm salad, and ate lunch with them.
Chew, chew, chew.
As one worm after another was devoured, Lu Mingang watched with twitching eyelids; he was the type who couldn't stand worms.
To be precise, most players can't accept it. When Chen Dixin first brought the Blood-Regenerating Cotton Worm, he mentioned that it tasted good and invited his friends to try it, but everyone declined.
Before experiencing dire straits, Chen Dixin wouldn't eat insects, but now he can calmly pick one out of Soraya's plate.
"I feel like it tastes better when you're thinner," she gave a precise assessment.
Soraya was delighted. "That's great! I like to eat chubby food, so we can share it."
Shen Dixin smiled and agreed, then told her about her aquaculture plan, which made Soraya very excited.
"Oh dear, I should have brought more bloodworms. I had a meal at the crater before I came, and there should be about a hundred pounds left. I put them all in your cellar, and in a few months we'll have more bloodworms than we can eat!"
Shen Dixin was also tempted, but the sea had changed, and even if he went back to the previous coordinates, it would not be the same sea as before.
Soraya said she could find the crater; changes in the sea cannot escape the eyes of a mermaid.
So the two hit it off and agreed to go to the crater in a few days. Why not go right away? Because Soraya had gotten tired of eating bloodworms and didn't want to eat them for the next few days.
"Wait a minute!" As she mentioned a few days later, Soraya suddenly realized that she had overlooked something. She had come to see Dixin for a very important matter!
"I've come to invite you to visit the Merfolk! The King also wants to entertain someone recognized by his seniors."
In fact, because the little mermaid spent all her pearls in a month and brought back a bunch of polluted ocean hearts, the mermaid king had a bad feeling and wanted to find out what was going on.
Shen Dixin knew what was going on. After all, Soraya hadn't mentioned exchanging the Heart of the Ocean this time, which meant that the clan must have noticed something was wrong.
Merfolk have always been arrogant and look down on other races, but they disdain tripping others up or resorting to underhanded tactics. Shen Dixin believes that going to the Merfolk Kingdom is not too dangerous.
Let's go then! If we're lucky, we might find some pearls. Even if this path is blocked, we've already made a profit.
Chen Dixin is never greedy. Because she once had nothing, she can now feel the same joy whether she gets a sesame seed after working hard or a watermelon falls from the sky.
"There's no time like the present. Cleanse your heart, why don't you come home with me today? I'll take you to ride the seashell swing!"
Soraya, supporting herself with the wooden crate, her eyes sparkling, almost pressed herself against Chen Dixin's eyelids.
If I really go to the Merfolk... Shen Dixin considered the feasibility and hesitated, saying, "I am attacked by sea monsters every night, and the system will have a mandatory activity tomorrow, so I probably can't go far."
The little mermaid waved her hand and said, "No problem, I'll have Sister Meryl teleport you back to the ship. You'll be back tonight."
Having said all that, Shen Dixin readily agreed.
Even if it's delayed for a while, it doesn't matter. If the player isn't on the ship, the sea monsters will attack the ship directly. For ordinary sea monster attacks, Lu Mingang can easily defend the ship with his two pets.
So, the two of them, full of energy, finished their meal and set off immediately.
Humans swim too slowly. Soraya held Chen Dixin's hand, and with a gentle flick of her tail, she darted far away.
Along the way, there was a boundary between seas. Shen Dixin clearly saw that there was another sea in front of her, but when she touched it, it was as if she was waking up. The sea area that the system had messed up had no effect on the mermaid.
The scenery quickly changed. It was the first time Shen Dixin had come to such deep waters. It was dark and gloomy, but the warm lights flickering in the distance indicated that it was the mermaid's home.
As soon as a mermaid is born, her tribe will plant giant seaweed for her. When she grows up and lives alone, the seaweed house will have grown up.
They lived in houses woven from giant seaweed, planting a ring of giant seaweed. Once it grew to a certain size, they tied the top together, and the remaining seaweed could continue to grow upwards.
Along the way, they saw many mermaids. It seemed that Shen Dixin had the aura of a mermaid, and it seemed that Soraya was by their side. No mermaids were wary of the arrival of outsiders.
Some of the mermaids cast friendly glances; their tails were various shades of blue, the same color scheme as Soraya's.
Mermaids are immortal beings, and Shen Dixin saw that many seaweed houses had been built up to the fifth or sixth floor.
Of course, there is also the tallest, most magnificent, and even most elaborate seaweed house. Shen Dixin can see the weaving marks on the outer wall. Every inch of this house is woven.
This is clearly the king's residence.
After returning to her tribe, Soraya immediately put on a serious demeanor, appearing mature and composed, showing none of the lively and playful energy she displayed in front of Shen Dixing.
Although her maturity and composure are only visible to herself, to others she is at most well-behaved and cute.
"Your Majesty, I've brought back a guest!"
She revealed her true colors as soon as she opened the door, her tone becoming flamboyant.
I never expected that merfolk would be so arrogant towards their own kind, but so down-to-earth in front of their own people.
There was no palace built of jewels and minerals as Shen Dixin had imagined, nor a ruler who was high above and ordinary mermaids could not see for months at a time. There was only a seaweed house woven with extra care, and a mermaid king who could be seen as soon as you opened the door.
She was watering the flowers. This mermaid was nothing like the stern and stingy Soraya had described. Her long hair flowed freely, and her eyes seemed to carry a spring breeze. It was the warmest thing Shen Dixin had ever seen in the sea.
"Hello, my friend, mermaid."
The Mermaid King immediately noticed the Moonbeam Necklace around Shen Dixin's neck, and after sensing it, he said knowingly, "It's Lotus Moonbeam, isn't it? She likes you very much."
Shen Dixin rarely felt the presence of an elder. Even though the Mermaid King was as young as her peers, the years she had experienced had already settled upon her.
The Mermaid King invited her to have afternoon tea in the sea, and Soraya winked and whispered to her, "The food in the tribe is delicious!"
Shen Dixin raised an eyebrow, disbelieving. This guy even said that eating bloodworms was the most delicious thing in the world.
Until the food entered his mouth, Chen Qingxin was filled with awe and respect, and through his expression and actions told Soraya that she was right!
Mermaids do not have the habit of communicating while eating. Even during afternoon tea, they eat with great elegance, and Soraya is no exception.
The questions that needed to be asked had already been laid out before the meal, and Shen Dixin had no intention of lying.
She didn't believe she could fool the wise merman king, nor did she think she needed to lie. Her deal with Soraya was aboveboard, and she had indeed gained the approval of a merman with considerable abilities.
The Mermaid King didn't care about these things. After confirming that the visitor's identity was genuine and that he was sincere, he instructed Soraya to continue trading with Shen Dixin. What's wrong with giving a mermaid friend some pearls?
Shen Dixin also received a practical gift – the essence of water, which grants the ability to breathe underwater! Now she no longer needs to ask the sailor for bubble capsules.
She learned from the Mermaid King that not all mermaids could leave behind tokens; only mermaids of the Moonflower Clan whose spiritual power had reached a certain level could do so.
Shen Dixin sighed again, realizing that the wandering merchant had truly given her a great gift!
It's a pity that I haven't seen him for a month. Shen Dixin thinks he must be angry and holding a grudge against me.
Normally, you can encounter wandering merchants four or five times a month or so. It's such a pity that you can't keep getting goodies!
A human and a fish lay on a seashell swing. Soraya controlled the water flow to gently push the swing, which was the mermaid's wind.
"It's really fun having you play with me," Soraya muttered to herself.
"The merfolk have a low birth rate, with only one offspring born every four or five years. I'm from the Moonflower Clan, and the last merfolk born was twenty years older than me! I'm usually alone, and my sister just tells me to study hard. It's incredibly boring."
It's rare to find a moment of peace and tranquility at sea. As she looked up at the seaweed swaying overhead, the gentle rocking of the seashells beneath her gave her a sense of comfort, like basking in the winter sun.
Why are the branches of mermaids called by these names?
Shen Dixin hadn't forgotten Hunter Blade. She initially thought it was a homophone, but after confirming with Soraya, she discovered that the "Hunter Blade" in her dream was actually one of the three major mermaid races.
"It's been called that for a very long time. Perhaps you should ask the king."
Shen Dixin seemed to be deep in thought, but she did not get an answer. The Mermaid King simply glanced at her gently and said, "It is an ancestral precept."
It means she doesn't know either, or perhaps she knows but won't tell outsiders.
It is certain that Hunter Blade is related to the merfolk.
The return journey was assisted by the Mermaid King. Shen Dixin took the second batch of pearls given to her by Soraya. She paid for the pearls first and then collected the Heart of the Ocean. After a dizzying moment, she returned to the ship.
No wonder the Moonflower Clan, who specialize in the soul, is the royal family of mermaids. With such abilities, how could they not be more powerful than those who cultivate physical or elemental magic?
At that moment, Lu Mingang was fighting against the sea monster. She hadn't returned too late, and killing one more sea monster meant gaining more experience! She immediately joined the battle.
Only after the killings were over did he have time to report on the day's gains. As things became more and more complicated, Lu Mingang gradually developed into a steward.
He held up a small notebook with a list of tasks to be done, saying, "The task is not yet complete; comrades still need to work hard."
Shen Dixin's gaze swayed between visiting Yuebai and rescuing the hostages the captain had mentioned. "I'll see Sister Yuebai tomorrow."
Lu Mingang smiled and made a checkmark behind the hostage, "If we don't go for so long, Sister Yuebai is probably going to be angry."
Shen Dixin wholeheartedly agreed, and solemnly patted the chef on the shoulder, his tone like entrusting his son to someone, "Our safety depends on you. Make some of Yuebai's favorite dishes and take them over; she likes spicy food."
Set off to rescue the hostages!
They arrived full of confidence, only to be stopped at the door by a system notification.
[Closed during this period.]
It seems to be an event island, and perhaps other players will need to participate. Chen Dixin shrugged and decided to go to sleep, hoping to finish it before noon tomorrow.
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