Chapter 52 The oppressive feeling brought by the seawater from the sunken ship...
With Lu Mingang's support, Chen Dixin's experience accumulated at an astonishing speed.
She reached level six in just three days.
The first spring, January 12th, a day of disaster, was comfortable and pleasant.
[Congratulations on reaching level 6! You are rewarded with 2 free attribute points!]
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[Congratulations to the player for surviving the 22nd wave of sea monster attacks.]
Shen Dixin flicked her wrist; she was still using the small green knife.
Starting from the fifteenth wave, the monster tide consisted entirely of level four sea monsters. Each subsequent wave added a few or five more sea monsters, and now level four and level five sea monsters each make up half of the total.
Although the difficulty of the strange tides is increasing rapidly, Chen Qingxin is growing even faster! She is no longer considering whether to slow down; she needs to acquire more attribute points and resources.
The attribute points gained from the upgrade were added to Constitution and Strength. Yesterday was the twentieth wave of monsters, and the attribute points awarded were added to Strength. This means that Chen Qingxin's Strength has reached twenty without any equipment.
[Congratulations, player! You have reached Strength 20 and unlocked the passive skill [Powerful: Your base attack damage is increased by 10%.]]
Currently, my three-dimensional constitution is 11 (18), strength is 20 (7), and agility is 6 (11). If players who secretly covet Chen Dixin's position see this, I estimate that a large portion of them will lose their fighting spirit.
Several days passed, and the fish that Shen Dixin had brought back had been completely consumed. Without the support of food, the experience that Lu Mingang could provide was greatly reduced.
After digesting the entire mountain fish, Zhu Sha fell into a deep sleep and has now been asleep for a day and a night.
Chen Dixin filled a pot with seawater and placed it inside the house to prevent any unknown dangers from harming it.
During this time, due to the presence of storms, they frequently missed the islands and only managed to reach an ordinary supply island.
Other players have also gotten used to surviving disasters; when a storm comes, they go inside, and when it leaves, they go about their business.
Later, the intervals between calm periods of the storms lengthened, changing almost daily. The farmers grasped the pattern and resumed production, and now they can maintain about 30-40% of their raw material supply.
A fragile balance was gradually established, but life goes on no matter what.
These past few days, Chen Dixin has been sailing along the compass, following its direction, and has traveled a long way on and off.
"Dixin, how much longer until we arrive?" Lu Mingang asked as he leaned closer to her when he saw her pick up the compass.
"Almost there. The pointer is moving quite a bit; it should be in the same area." She gestured for Lu Mingang to look at the compass. "Let's rest here for now. It's too late today; we'll look for it tomorrow."
It's a consensus among players not to go to the island at night, because many strange creatures appear on the island after dark, and they are very aggressive towards humans.
They are quite strong; two or three of them would be more than an ordinary player could handle, not to mention they usually appear in groups. Even Shen Dixin wouldn't be so reckless.
After she switched to Monster Hunter, she always felt that it was a sea monster. Similar species had never appeared in Monster Tide, but that sticky and damp feeling was very familiar, instantly reminding her of the dark seabed.
The next day, as soon as he opened his eyes, Chen Dixin wasted no time and immediately steered the ship in the direction of the compass needle.
Based on the pattern, they have six or seven hours left to explore.
The place where they finally stopped was an empty sea. Chen Dixin murmured, "We have to go into the water."
She temporarily acquired some bubble capsules, each of which allows players to breathe freely underwater for twenty minutes.
The price of this stuff is currently inflated, so she doesn't stock up on it; she just buys as much as she needs.
These aren't rare items; a third of a sailor's professional item box is filled with them, and if you're lucky, you can get two or three a day.
It's baffling why they're charging such high prices. Since I don't have access to these channels, I can't easily intervene in the pricing.
Let's clean things up when she gets back. She can't be selling their supplies at normal prices while others treat her like a pig to be slaughtered, can she? If she refuses to lower the price, then everyone can sell their own goods. There will be sailors on her side.
Having suffered greatly in his previous life, Shen Dixin understood this principle well: controlling most of the resources meant controlling absolute power.
After giving Lu Mingang some bubble capsules and explaining how to use them, Chen Dixin went into the water first. The capsule in her mouth quickly turned into a viscous substance that adhered to her face, temporarily acting as her cheek.
If it can't be seen on the surface of the sea, then the destination must be underwater.
Like most oceans, the most treasures are buried on the seabed, manifesting in the form of shipwrecks and other similar sites.
The process of diving down was not easy, as you can tell from Lu Mingang's struggle; it took him a long time to dive down a few meters.
Shen Dixin had anticipated this, and told him to tie one end of the rope to the boat and throw the other end down so she could temporarily wrap it around her arm.
Once the rope is securely fastened, notify Lu Mingang to come down along it. After all, calling him is just to get five more storage compartments.
As the depth increased, the light became scarce, and Shen Dixin could feel the oppressive force of the seawater.
Unfortunately, Zhu Sha was not there. She thought to herself, and took out a new ever-burning lamp from her storage space. The lampshade was sealed, and the center of the lamp emitted light continuously in a very illogical way, illuminating the surrounding water.
When going into the water, one cannot carry too many items. Chen Dixin only wrapped two swords around his waist, which would be cumbersome like a perpetual lamp. Even if they were hung around his waist, their large size would hinder his movement.
When the battle became intense, she had to put it aside and fight by the light she had. She hoped that there wouldn't be too many enemies, since she only brought three lamps.
She had already spotted her destination—a sunken ship at the bottom of the sea.
As if on cue, I walked around to the front of the cabin and was met with two octopuses guarding the entrance. Fortunately, they didn't move.
Shen Dixin pursed her lips, cautiously approached, and dispatched one with a few slashes.
Although both are enemies, the experience gained by Monster Hunters is clearly limited to "monsters," while the experience gained from hunting ordinary fish and beasts goes to fishermen and scavengers, respectively.
[Pick up one Rainbow Octopus, reward 64 experience points.]
The commotion of cutting eventually alerted the octopus next door. It opened its eyes and found its companion dead. It angrily swung its tentacles, and at the same time, a piercing sound wave was emitted, which was echoed from various parts of the ship.
Shen Dixin straightened up, swung the rope onto the mast, and understood that the real battle was about to begin.
Soon, all sorts of fish, shrimp, crabs, and aquatic plants set their sights on her.
Although the marine life provides a small percentage of the experience, they are all incredibly large!
Speaking of that octopus alone, Shen Dixin estimated it to weigh two or three hundred pounds! It's a pity that the logic for losing experience changes once the weight exceeds a certain range, otherwise it wouldn't have given so little experience.
You should know that if you only use fishing nets, it would be considered a great harvest if you could catch a hundred kilograms of fish a day.
While dealing with the marine life, she quickly stunned them and stuffed them into the fishing net.
After loading them up, tie the rope to the tightly bound fishing net, and tell Lu Mingang that he doesn't need to come down; he can just pull the rope to lift the net up!
The fish were furious when they saw this; were they being kidnapped right in front of them?
"hiss--"
Under the fierce attack, Chen Dixin suffered a silent loss, with a long cut on his shoulder.
She had no choice but to grab the ever-burning lamp and hide inside the sunken ship. After the octopus died, there was no obstacle at the door. It was only with cover that she could deal with so many enemies; otherwise, she would have been unable to withstand the attacks from all sides.
As she struggled, Shen Dixin also took note of the layout of the sunken ship and the scattered supplies around it. Although they were all ships, this one was not her own small fishing boat; it was quite spacious.
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