Chapter 206: First Day of Survival at Sea (4) Dealing with the First Sea Monster
Before they knew it, it was noon again. Yu Miaomiao looked at the time. It was 10:57. It turned out that she and Xiaoguai had been killing monsters together for so long.
Although the sun in the sea survival world was not as strong as before, it was still becoming scorching. The skin on her back of hands and other parts of her body exposed to the air began to turn red unconsciously, and she was about to get sunburned. She quickly applied sunscreen.
But there was no change on Xiaoguai's body. Perhaps it was a little tired after biting for a long time, so it curled up on the mat at the door to take a nap and bask in the sun.
Seeing it squinting its eyes in comfort, all the hair on its body was shining, and even the blood splattered on its chest was licked clean by it.
Now Xiaoguai has become a real clean big cat.
It must have been a long time, or perhaps it has never had a good sun bask in the sun. Cats are obviously the animals that love sun basking the most. The shackles of vines have bound it and forced it to hide in a dark environment all day long. It must be very uncomfortable. Now it is completely liberated.
Yu Miaomiao was chewing on a disgusting running salad while watching the floating corpse monsters passing by.
These monsters were soaked in water, and eventually some died, some were injured, and those that managed to survive still had to be killed by humans to maximize their value.
Are they pitiful? Not at all... They are just a bunch of monsters who only care about killing humans.
Different from Xiaoguai.
Even though Xiaoguai is still bloodthirsty, he is still the zebra cat who likes to eat the meat she grills.
"Meow--"
Xiaoguai's eyesight and sense of smell are hundreds of times better than those of ordinary humans. It stretched its neck to look in one direction, making "eh ga eh ga" sounds with its mouth.
It means there is something interesting ahead.
More than a minute later, she saw what it was. What was floating on the sea surface turned out to be a swollen male human corpse. The body was intact without any scars. It looked like he had drowned, but his face was completely disfigured and he was swollen like a ball.
The whole corpse looked a little scary when it floated closer. I had seen all kinds of monsters in the apocalypse, but seeing its own kind still made me feel a little uncomfortable.
"Meow--"
Seeing Yu Miaomiao staring at the corpse in a daze without taking any further action, Xiaoguai urged her, seeming a little anxious.
Could it be that it is not interested in living people, but prefers dead... soaked ones?
No, it’s hard for Yu Miaomiao to accept watching it eat.
“Meow hey hey hey!!!”
Could there be something else that makes it so concerned?
She used a wooden stick to push the corpse aside. The originally swollen body exploded instantly, and a cloth bag floated out from under the shattered body.
It's...this person's system backpack.
The bag was very small, and it took her several attempts to hook it up as it was about to float away from her float.
Opening the bag, a series of items went into her backpack.
There were only a few steamed buns and half a bottle of mineral water in it, and the rest were some wood and screws. The rest were only 10 portions of mucus and 2 pieces of roasted wolf meat.
In fact, there was another thing, which said it was expired and the item description could no longer be viewed. She could probably recognize it as an adventure card.
It must be the adventure card that has not been used in the desert survival. It was not used up originally, so when it comes to survival at sea, it really cannot be used.
It seems that he is a person who is not doing well in the apocalypse. For some reason, he has not been to the exploration site yet, and there is nothing left.
However, although this expired adventure card cannot be used, it can be sold, and you can get 10 pieces of slime by selling it.
Originally, if one sold an unexpired adventure card directly to the system, he could get 100 pieces of slime. No one knows why this person didn't sell it, and ended up like this.
“Meow—”
I'm hungry.
Oh, it turned out to be hungry. No wonder it was so excited when it saw the bag of barbecue.
Just now, the man and the cat worked together to kill a lot of monsters. I am eating salad to replenish my energy. Xiaoguai must also need to eat, but usually it will cry when it is hungry. Why is it not crying now? It's really strange.
Xiaoguai put the two pieces of roasted wolf meat he had just taken out of his backpack into a large bowl and immediately started eating happily, making smacking sounds with his mouth.
Looking at Xiaoguai's appearance, Yu Miaomiao didn't expect that its sense of smell was so sensitive that it could smell barbecue through the cloth bag. In the future, she might need it to help in other situations.
“Meow—”
Want more to eat?
So now she has to continue to serve the little greedy cat in front of her.
Take out the fire from your backpack and place it on the float.
The things were put in place, but they couldn't be lit because there was too much water on the float. The fire started to lose durability just by putting it on the float, so she had to put it away.
The outdoor stove would work, but it would take up a lot of space, so she had to continue expanding the makeshift raft.
Up to now, the hull design instrument has not been completed yet, and judging from the progress, it should take about an hour.
Just as she was about to light the first stove, the sky suddenly darkened and heavy rain poured down.
The long-awaited rain did not make her very excited. She was worried that other accidents might happen, so she hurriedly called Xiaoguai and rushed into the house.
When the man and the cat returned to the house, they were all soaked.
The rain showers came suddenly without any warning at all. Even Xiaoguai, who was very sensitive to the weather in the apocalypse, didn't notice it.
After entering the house, Yu Miaomiao wiped her body with a towel, and saw Xiaoguai shook his body, splashing the water stains on her again, making the room wet and humid.
Originally, the floor heating could have dried these things, but now the temperature is not high enough, so neither the floor heating nor the air conditioning will start automatically.
Her quilt and sheets were all wet.
If this happens repeatedly, the house will probably always be in a humid environment, and people living in it will probably be very uncomfortable.
It seems that the wardrobe is not used to store ordinary clothes, but for quilts and other items that are easy to get wet.
In the future, she will slowly add commonly used items to the house and no longer just take things out of her backpack.
When water resources are overflowing, it is easy for bacteria and viruses to breed. I don’t know if they will exist in the end times.
Whether new monsters will appear is still unknown.
She looked to see if anyone in the world had mentioned it.
Finally, in the temporary conversation, she saw the long-awaited message.
"Yiren Fanfantian: I am justice! Is it Miaomiao? I am Nana."
Yes, Yue Yina is very confident and domineering in her words and actions, which is something Yu Miaomiao admires but cannot imitate. "Miaomiao is not short of water: Where are you? When did you come? How is it? Are uncle and aunt here? How are they?"
After receiving the news from Yue Yina, Yu Miaomiao did not feel any discomfort even though she was sitting on a damp sofa and her body was sticky. She was so excited, like a person who had lived blindly for thirty days and finally found an organization.
The indoor fireplace, which was still burning, gradually went out as the sound of rain outside grew louder.
Her body was slowly replaced by a cool feeling, but it was not too cold, after all, her heart was very warm.
"Yiren Tiaantian: You have so many questions, which one should I answer first? I'm fine. They might not be here. You're also in Ocean World, right? Just in case, let's not add each other as friends yet, ok?"
Yu Miaomiao was about to send a friend request, but when he saw her words, he stopped what he was doing.
"Meow Meow: Do you also have an exploration area called Dark Oasis? I heard your voice and my past experiences on a monster inside. Are you worried that the system will use a non-existent person or a bad person to test you again?"
"Yiren Tiafantian: My Miaobao has become smarter after coming to the apocalypse. It's true that setbacks can make people grow. Did Miaobao kill them immediately and get the treasure chest? No, I heard you're number one on many lists in the beta test server. You must have passed such a simple dungeon."
Yue Yina didn't ask Yu Miaomiao if she was still sad about the past and made mistakes. It turned out that Nana trusted her so much. But if Nana knew that she almost fainted from crying yesterday, would she scold her?
Before Yu Miaomiao replied, the other party sent a new message.
"Yiren Tiafantian: We can first synchronize the status of our respective servers. It doesn't matter whether you or I are personally involved. After all, it's an objective and public information. After we get to know each other for a few days and confirm each other's identities, we can add friends and consider forming a team."
If Yu Miaomiao were standing in front of Yue Yina now, she would definitely nod her head repeatedly in response.
Yu Miaomiao had been looking forward to meeting Yue Yina for so long, but never thought about what would happen after the two of them got in touch. However, Nana had considered everything and even planned it out.
"Yiren Tiaantian: I'm on server number seven, the apocalypse survival game - World 7. From what I understand, each server has 100,000 people, and 10 new servers are added every 10 days. According to this logic, there are currently 21 servers, or 2.1 million people. I happened to see someone mention picking up an item with an English description. It's just a piece of rag, but it suggests it's not just Chinese people who have come to the apocalypse. There are probably people from other countries, too. However, their servers won't be connected to ours. In other words, this apocalyptic catastrophe is global."
"Meow Meow is not short of water: If 10 servers are opened in 10 days, will the survivors who start today encounter the sea world as soon as they arrive? If so, how will they survive..."
"Yiren Tiafantian: I entered on the tenth day of your desert survival, but we receive more items daily than you do. So even if 100,000 people were to arrive temporarily in the Sea World today, the system might give them some initial Sea World items. But this system is definitely not kind. Even if it wants to drag millions of people into this apocalypse and watch them die, that's perfectly normal. So, don't harbor any illusions about the system. Our first priority is to leave this world."
Although Nana also felt that Yu Miaomiao would not be like this, she thought that her best friend might have encountered a lot of things in these thirty days, and her character might have been affected.
"Meow Meow: Well, I've already got 4 cards to restore the world order. We just need to get 81 cards together."
"Yiren Tiaanfantian: You probably haven't traded with anyone yet. Ordinary supplies can be traded, but item cards can't."
Prop cards are not available, so the World Order Repair Card cannot be circulated between servers. If everyone on one server gathers together at the same time, it will take at least half a year.
But it is true that if all the cards from all the servers were put together, everyone would probably be able to go home by now.
"Yiren Tiaantian: But I guess, if it's through a cross-server invitation, all the items on the current invitee should be brought over. In this case, the cards can be transferred."
"Meow Meow is not short of water: I have some cards that are bound. I feel that even if I cross-server to another server, the special cards on me may become bound and still cannot be traded. But at least the invited person can gather all the cards on the current server, which can speed up the process of returning."
If Yu Miaomiao's guess is correct, then this apocalypse will be over in two months at most.
"Yiren Tiaofantian: No, I feel like as the apocalypse progresses, it's going to get harder and harder to collect all the cards. Those who can usually obtain these cards are either powerful or have abundant resources. I heard there's a guild in the server next door that's the largest, and their leader is a complete jerk. I heard he's living a comfortable life now, and if you ask him to go back, he'd definitely be reluctant."
It turns out that there are such people on every server. Yu Miaomiao also told Nana about the situation of his server.
After listening to this, Nana replied.
"Yiren Fantian: So have you always been alone against these idiots?"
"Meow Meow is not short of water: I... met a few friends to fight those bad guys together, but one of them died yesterday when he went to the Prank Cave Exploration Site with me. So I don't dare to go with the others anymore, I'm afraid..."
"Yiren Tiaanfantian: So stupid! I don't know what the Prank Cave is, but if you can't get through a dungeon, don't force your way through. Survival is the most important thing in the apocalypse."
"Meow Meow is not short of water: I thought so too, but when I wanted to go back, my system backpack malfunctioned and I couldn't use the holographic system. It wasn't until my friend disappeared that the system function returned to normal."
"Yiren Fanfantian: I can't even take out the stuff in the advanced backpack expander? The return card can't be used? "
"Meow Meow is not short of water: No."
There was silence for a long time before the other party replied.
"Yiren Fantian: I understand. The end of the world is far more complicated than I thought. Oh, by the way, I heard that a sea monster has appeared. I'm going to deal with it first. Be careful. I'll contact you later."
Sea monster?
As Miaomiao saw these words, the entire buoy hull began to vibrate violently.
There was a loud crash against the metal plate beneath her feet.
It felt like something was hitting her float.
Sea monster!
Xiaoguai also noticed the movement, and his originally lazy expression immediately turned into excitement and ferocity.
Yu Miaomiao warned: "You can follow me out, but be careful not to fall into the water."
After tying her and Xiaoguai with the fixed rope, she walked out.
It was still raining heavily outside, but she had already changed into a waterproof suit and a diving suit underneath. Unless it was absolutely necessary, she didn't want to go into the water for the time being. Who knew what the situation was like underwater?
“Snap—”
The float was hit by the creatures in the sea again, and the whole ship tilted to one side.
Even if the float has tilted thirty degrees, the planting boxes on the float still stay in place, standing firm, as if they are glued to the spot.
She looked back at Xiaoguai who was standing beside her, eager to bite something. With its claws, could it smash the planter box with one claw?
Yu Miaomiao took out a machete and chopped at the three octopus claws that were stretched out on her float.
After the red octopus claws were cut off by her, they continued to crawl on her deck, leaving a red slime behind as they walked.
Can't you die?
She picked up a stick and tried to pry the claws away, but they seemed to be stuck to her float and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move them away.
Xiaoguai understood Yu Miaomiao's intention and immediately pounced over, trying to bite off the claw.
Unexpectedly, as soon as it pounced, it was slipped by the slime around it, "Ah ...——"
The zebra cat fell sideways on the float, grasping at the air helplessly, unable to stand up from the sticky board.
It was raining at the time, and waves were rising on the sea, causing the ship to sway with the waves.
Xiaoguai, who was lying on the float, slid left and right as the boat swayed left and right, whimpering in pain and hitting the guardrails around the float.
We can't let it keep crashing like this, or it will be killed sooner or later.
She didn't know if it was because cats had no survival advantage in the sea world, or if Xiaoguai had become weaker, but she always felt that Xiaoguai was also stupid.
Yu Miaomiao placed several custom-made iron pillars on the float. She could hold on to them, but Xiaoguai couldn't. She used the pillars to slowly move to Xiaoguai's side and helped it up.
Fortunately, Xiaoguai was much smaller at this time than before, and looked like a little Karami in comparison. Otherwise, with the ship shaking like this, she would not be able to lift herself up with one hand.
But Xiaoguai, who had just been supported by her, immediately slipped on the slime flowing from the octopus's claws behind him.
Really stupid...
Yu Miaomiao held the ship's neck with one hand and held the iron pillar tightly with the other hand. Every time the ship swayed to a horizontal state, she would immediately move to the next pillar.
At this point of balance, she finally brought Xiaoguai back to the front of the house, pushed him inside and said, "Stay inside and don't come out to make trouble."
After saying that, she walked out without looking back.
The incident just now delayed them for more than ten minutes. The entire deck was covered with octopus claws, and red octopus claws were also waving in the air around the hull.
An octopus only has eight claws, but with the float and the ones in the air, she probably has at least twenty or thirty claws.
Is it just one, or many?
Without time to think, she immediately swung the knife and chopped it down.
She couldn't fire a gun on her own float, otherwise she would directly shoot through the hull, which would be more harm than good.
At this time, she couldn't use the horizontal sword because the force of the horizontal sword was too great, and the float was made of wood and could be easily cut off, so she could only use the machete.
She could still chop at first, but later she found that she couldn't do it anymore.
The float would be hit by underwater monsters every once in a while, and after each collision, there would be more octopus claws on the boat. Even if she could hold on to the pillar with one hand to stand firm and avoid slipping on the slime on the boat, she couldn't withstand so many claws.
Plus.
The mucus left after being cut off will not stay in the same place, but will slowly converge and flow towards one place, and will not be affected by the shaking hull at all.
What's this slime for?
Looking in the direction of the mucus flow, a jagged gap has begun to appear on the edge of the raft closest to the sea.
The slime will destroy the raft!
If she didn't cut off the claws, these things that emerged from the sea would continue to hit her float. If she cut them off, the slime from the claws would slowly corrode her entire deck starting from the edges.
Moreover, this monster is very smart. Its claws that are more than ten meters long extending from the sea are like eyes, and it cleverly avoids the attacks from the artillery and the barbs on the metal walls.
Fortunately, the turret's attack would not be directed at the ship itself, but at the claws slapping down from the air.
She could feel one, or perhaps countless octopus heads, hiding beneath her hull, extending their claws from all sides and manipulating the slime.
So the source is underwater.
Do you want to go in the water?
It is still raining and there are constant winds and waves. It is even more impossible for her to fire a gun or a bomb directly below the middle of the hull. This will not only destroy the house, but also the float.
Before figuring out the underwater situation, she decided to use...special plants.
Take the pigweed out of the backpack.
This is a plant that has no roots, only a territory and a structure similar to that of a pitcher plant.
However, this special plant is much larger than the pitcher plant and is as tall as her.
There are a total of 10 dark brown lanterns on the pigweed. Can it eat sea monsters? We can only try it first.
Fortunately, she had anticipated the wind and waves at sea, and the pillars around the float were designed very reasonably. After wrapping the fixed rope around each pillar, she stood steadily on the edge of the float.
Before my eyes is the bottomless sea.
The sea was dark blue, with an octopus claw occasionally reaching out and being chopped off by her. She could no longer see anything else.
She took a deep breath, slowly squatted down, placed the pigweed on the ground, held the pillar with one hand, and held the roots of the pigweed with the other hand.
A special plant that will automatically start devouring monsters as long as it is placed on flat ground. She saw someone mention this plant on the forum.
It is said that no matter how big the monster is, it can be swallowed in one gulp, one lantern at a time. If you don't want it to swallow any more, just put it back into the backpack and the remaining lanterns can still be used.
After being laid flat, the lantern closest to the sea level suddenly became larger.
It started with a basketball, then slowly grew to the size of a globe placed in an exhibition hall. Then the branches connected to the lantern instantly grew longer, and the big lantern disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye and sank into the sea.
Yu Miaomiao: ...
Is this a special plant? Amazing!
Less than five seconds later, the lantern emerged from the water and was still hanging on the pigweed.
The lid of the lantern was slightly open, and through the gap, Yu Miaomiao could see an octopus in a cage.
The lantern was already filled with digestive fluid, which was corroding the monster bit by bit.
I’m afraid this octopus can’t even be called an octopus. It should be a fish with dozens of claws.
It’s okay. After this monster is digested, it can become fertilizer. It really is a dual use.
After the octopus was swallowed, most of its claws on the float disappeared instantly. The claws that were cut off and were still moving suddenly shriveled up and turned into a flat piece of dried octopus.
It's like...some kind of dried seafood, like dried cuttlefish.
She tried to see if she could put it in her backpack.
...I actually put it away for her. The item description says "dried octopus claws". I don't know what it is used for. I'll look at it later.
After the first monster was completely devoured, the remaining claws and tentacles did not slowly disappear, and some of them were still crawling.
It turned out that she encountered not one but a group of sea monsters. The system really increased the difficulty for her in advance.
Since she hasn't finished killing all the monsters under the hull, Pigweed should continue swallowing them.
But why didn't the special plant next to it grow larger and enter the water? Could it be stuck again? Now, no matter what situation she encountered, her first reaction was that the system had failed.
"belch."
Just as she was about to try to activate the special plants by taking the backpack back and forth, the plants beside her burped.
Immediately afterwards, the swallowed lantern fell to the ground. Yu Miaomiao hurriedly took it, preventing it from falling into the water, and put it into her backpack.
The next second, another lantern on the pigweed grew bigger again, stretched out its roots and drilled into the water.
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