Chapter 207: First Day of Survival at Sea (5) The Rain is Poisonous...
It turns out that the speed at which Pigweed devours monsters depends on its own digestion situation. It does not mean that it can devour 10 monsters at the same time. The larger the monster, the longer the interval between each devouring.
I haven't heard anyone mention this before because the monsters in desert survival are not big, and the pig grass can be digested quickly. Moreover, if there are too many monsters, this pig grass can only eat 10 in total, which is not enough to eat them all. The survivors will not use it unless they have no other choice.
So... now is the best time for pigweed to work. She originally planned to use this thing when she was exploring the area, but she didn't expect to use it on the first day of survival at sea.
Judging from the number of dried octopuses on the float and the broken octopus claws that were still moving, there were probably 1-2 more monsters under the boat.
"Bang--"
The float on the left was hit by the monster in the sea again, and a lantern came out from the sea on the right. The lantern grass as big as a globe was bulging, and several claws stretched out from the cage, twisting hard in the air, trying to climb out.
The sea monster on the right was gone, but there was still one on the left. It stretched out more than a dozen tentacles and continued to slap Yu Miaomiao's float.
The digestive juice in the lantern grass was still slowly devouring the octopus. After half of the sea monster's body was digested, the claws sticking out of the lantern suddenly drooped and were sucked into the cage.
No matter how Yu Miaomiao's float swayed back and forth, the pigweed, like her planting box, remained tightly attached to the float. It seemed that the plants in the apocalypse had special treatment. Since she didn't need to hold them, she could do other things.
She couldn't waste the dried fish on the float either, as it was the first wave of monster meat in the apocalypse.
The hull was still shaking. She used the system backpack to collect the dried octopuses that had not yet slipped out into the backpack one by one. At the same time, she held the pillar with one hand, took out the horizontal sword on her back, and swung it in the air, cutting off the remaining octopus claws that were slapping her float.
In just a few minutes, the float on her left side had broken into two pieces. She needed to stand nearby to reassemble them; now was not the time to repair them. The claws of the seals in the air were still flapping, and the pig grass was still being digested.
From inside her fence came Xiaoguai's unhappy "meow" sound, and it seemed that it really wanted to come out to help.
Yu Miaomiao didn’t have time to explain to it, so she could only shout, “Xiaoguai, wait here obediently, it’s not safe outside.”
After she chopped off two tentacles with a knife, the pigweed dropped another plant ball and rolled into the sea. Yu Miaomiao hurriedly picked it up and put it in her backpack, then watched another lantern grass grow bigger and dive into the water.
Not all the dried octopus on the float can be put into the backpack. She just picked up 12 pieces in total. This ingredient is new from the Sea World. I haven’t seen any related recipes yet, but it will definitely be useful.
The tentacles in the sea also emerged from different places. Standing on the float, she could not see the situation underwater at all, so she could only keep moving back and forth on the deck.
It took more than 20 seconds for this lantern grass to get out of the water.
At the same time, the tentacles that stretched out from the sea were pulled up together after returning to the roots of the pigweed along with the lantern, and then retracted along with the lantern grass.
This lantern grass has expanded to twice its previous size and seems to be the last big one.
There were no new tentacles on the float now, only the dried octopuses she had chopped off, which she immediately put back into her backpack.
The sky had cleared up at this time, but in the distance a thick dark cloud was drifting towards her. She packed up all her things and immediately returned to the metal fence.
As the owner of the metal fence, she can control the opening and closing of the door. As soon as she opened the metal door, Xiaoguai pounced on her unhappily.
Throw her to the ground.
This behavior is so much like...a dog's excitement when seeing its owner.
When Yu Miaomiao stood up, she saw Xiaoguai sticking out his tongue to lick her. She quickly blocked it with her hand and carried the cat back into the house.
Now that the rain has stopped, the indoor fireplace can be opened. She hurriedly pulled Xiaoguai to stand by the fireplace and dry herself.
The indoor fireplace can only be used by humans at this moment. If it rains harder, the fire inside will probably go out again.
So the first survival point in the ocean world is that when it rains, ordinary stoves cannot be lit.
Fortunately, the temperature was neither too low nor too high, so she didn't get sick or catch a cold even though her body was wet. She was wearing waterproof clothing and a hat on her head, so she only got a little wet.
When everything was set up, she placed a few buckets at the door to collect rainwater.
Logically speaking, seawater cannot be used directly and needs to be filtered multiple times, so rainwater should be relatively clean water.
【Name: A bucket of wastewater (1/1)
Level: 1
Introduction: Wastewater means useless
Attributes: What can you do with it? Of course, throw it away. 】
You can't even use filtering?
The water on my wrists and palms dried up after a little drying, but why did my hands start to turn red?
Not only did it turn red, but it also had small red bumps, like an allergy.
When she was dealing with the monsters in the sea before, she didn't feel anything while holding the knife. Now that she stopped, she felt itchy in her hand.
The first time she went out, Xiaoguai splashed water on her neck, and she felt a little itchy. She thought it was because her collar was stuck on her neck and it was uncomfortable, and she might be allergic to the rain.
She picked up the mirror and held it up to her neck.
Only a few small red dots remained on the small swelling on the neck.
She remembered that her entire neck was itchy, but now only this little bit is left. It seems that as long as the rain stops, it will heal naturally?
As the water stains on the back of my hand dried, the small bumps on my hand were gradually getting smaller and not as itchy as when I first entered the house.
It seems that rainwater is poisonous.
She glanced at the mirror and saw her own face reflected in it.
This small mirror was brought by her from the real world.
But Yu Miaomiao didn't seem to recognize herself in the mirror.
A familiar face with a head of white hair...
She pulled down her hair tie, and her silver-white hair fell down.
Since coming to the apocalypse, she has never paid attention to her appearance. She only cares about not getting sick or getting sunburned.
Looking in the mirror, my appearance hasn't changed at all, I haven't gotten older, my skin has just become darker, but my hair... is completely white.
When did she become like this, with all white hair...
There are a few silver hairs floating among the gray hair.
She thought that turning hair white overnight only happened on TV or in novels, but she never expected it to happen to her.
It was yesterday...
He was so worried that he not only fainted, but his hair was also like this.
Yu Miaomiao shook her head. It was white, so what? White hair is still trendy in modern times. She tied her hair up without taking it seriously.
She turned her attention back to the two buckets of water in front of her. This water monster must be usable. Humans will have allergic reactions if they come into contact with it. The system doesn't explain it either. Is it to see who is curious enough to try to see if this water can be used?
She quickly poured out the buckets of water.
Xiaoguai was also caught in the rain. How is it?
Yu Miaomiao hurriedly pulled apart its hair. Under the black and white hair was white and tender flesh, without any abnormality.
So it’s okay for monsters in the apocalypse to get caught in the rain.
Does it mean that every time it rains, there will be different symptoms, or is it that only she encounters this phenomenon?
Generally, the forum will have everyone's summary information. Now there is a cross-server forum, so there should be more information.
Someone has already posted on the cross-server forum, but there are only two posts, one from Wulongcha and the other from Yang Haotian.
It seems that they have really integrated into this doomsday perfectly. After the cross-server was opened, the first thing they did was to form their own guild and expand their power.
Usually, this kind of information summary and the latest gossip are done by A-Pi. She subconsciously opened the group chat of three people.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Api, do you know what's happening when it rains now? I get allergic reactions after getting wet in the rain, do you? Just dry it off."
In the forum of this server, the adventure site strategy post she posted is currently the most popular one, and many people left comments below.
3214L: When will the OP go to the adventure site again? I want to know the first-hand adventure information in advance so that I can go there earlier and prepare survival supplies.
3215L: Yes, if it weren’t for the adventure guide provided by Meow God, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to gather all the materials to build a metal house.
3222L: It's still sea monster battle time, Meow God probably doesn't have time to go.
3225L: Now I have to say, those who clamored for Meow God to share his things, are they feeling ashamed now? They only want to eat what is ready and don’t think about whether they deserve it or not.
3229L: I don’t like to flatter people either, but it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Meow God, please give me more information on how to fight monsters.
3244L: What are all your sea monsters like? I'm a small-headed shark, with a body over ten times larger than its head. But this shark's bite force is incredible. It can bite my float to pieces in one bite, and with a flick of its tail, another float is gone. It took half of my house to collapse before I killed it.
3256L: There is another strange fish here. I didn’t even see its appearance clearly. I only knew that my float was hit by it all the time. I used the biological sensor to find its movement trajectory. When it hit me again from a distance, I threw a bomb into the water and killed it, but my two floats were also blown away.
3310L: Don't go off topic, this is a place to discuss adventures. If you want to discuss monsters, please go to Yang Haotian's post next door.
3314L: Can you guys on the 3310th floor please stop posting secret advertisements? We are all on the same server. Those who understand it all understand it. Those who want to go have gone to Tiandihui, and those who don't want to go won't go no matter how much you tempt them. Can you please stop messing around in Miaoshen's post?
Yu Miaomiao didn't read any further.
Currently on the leaderboard, only two people have been to the expedition site, Iris and Huabie, so the others probably don't have any useful expedition information.
And from what she has seen so far, the sea monsters encountered by each person are different. Unlike desert survival, the monsters that appear at night are fixed.
In the world of survival at sea, there are all kinds of fish and mollusks, but I haven’t seen any flying ones yet. Is it because it’s raining?
Looking through the window, the black clouds were approaching very slowly, and the heavy rain might not come for a while.
“Chirp—”
Out of that black cloud, a flock of black birds emerged and flew towards her float.
Yu Miaomiao spat, what a jinx.
When Xiaoguai heard the cry, he let out an excited "cackle" and ran out of the house using all four limbs.
Just before the action, Yu Miaomiao closed her metal door tightly, put her hand on its head, and stopped it, saying, "Xiaoguai, there's sea outside. You really can't go out. If you fall into the water, I won't be able to save you."
"Ga ga hey hey—" Yu Miaomiao asked again: "Are you sure you can really do it?"
“Hey hey hey!”
Well, since it acted like it could do it, she would believe it again. After all, in the desert world, Xiaoguai was the invincible final boss. Even if it became smaller and seemed to become weaker, it was still capable of fighting.
And it just said that it was because of a foot injury that he fell, so she believed it for the time being.
To be precise, what it just meant was that it just didn't perform well.
Yu Miaomiao didn't know why she understood this meaning.
She couldn't possibly lock up a battle pet that could think independently and possess excellent combat power in a house for its entire life. That would be no different from locking it up in vines.
After pulling the rope around Xiaoguai to make sure it was secure, she pushed open the door and heard four loud cannon shots from the roof.
These birds flew into her defensive attack range.
The sea was very calm at this time. Yu Miaomiao stood on the floating board and picked up the horizontal sword to deal with the remaining more than 30 long-billed white birds with broad wings.
Xiaoguai also jumped up at the same time.
【System prompt: Please draw your gift pack card】
It's 12 o'clock.
No matter where the survivor is or what situation he encounters, the whole world will pause because of this link, including Xiaoguai who is halfway through jumping beside her.
The whole world stood still, and the small waves on the sea also stopped.
She actually thought about a situation: if she and the other survivors were not far away, and some survivors had finished selecting cards while some had not, would the sea waves not far away from them continue to surge, or would they split and only cover the people who had finished selecting cards?
Xiaoguai, who was floating in the air, was also reminding Yu Miaomiao.
The battle pets that you spend every day with are actually the data of the system.
If that's the case, then she can't continue to invest too much emotion in it.
Yu Miaomiao looked at today's card with some reluctance.
Today, I only had one card to choose from. It was a card with a blue ocean wave wrapped in vines and the words "Sea Survival Newcomer Gift Pack Card" written on it.
Newcomer...
She is indeed a newcomer to sea survival.
But she has lived in the apocalypse for thirty days after all, so how can she still be considered a newcomer?
She still remembered that the items in the gift package of the beta test server were tattered and pitifully small.
Although it is better than ordinary ones after repair, it can only be used for a few days, so there is probably nothing good in this new user gift package.
There is still no choice, only a lonely one.
But she felt that she was not the only one in this situation. She was afraid that all the survivors would encounter the same card drawing process and the same card. After all, this card was too obviously targeted.
Now she has no time to check the new items, potential cards and the things in yesterday's life card, and the monster above her head has not been dealt with yet.
After the six artillery batteries finished bombarding, not many white birds were shot down.
The flock of birds in the sky were very smart. After the bombardment, they chirped and scattered. Only two birds that looked slow and a little stupid flew directly to the glittering scarecrow she placed outside.
It seems that the logic of scarecrows attracting birds still exists, whether in the desert or at sea.
But for some reason, the turrets placed at the bow and stern did not work.
After choosing the card, Xiaoguai, who was halfway through his flight, immediately regained consciousness. He looked at his empty feet and the surroundings, and was confused for a moment. After seeing the flock of birds, he returned to fighting state again.
Standing on the deck, Yu Miaomiao slashed with her left knife and slashed with her right knife. It seemed that it was thanks to the experience hidden in the zorb ball that she was not seasick at all.
But these birds are obviously much more flexible, even more powerful than the luminous icethorn birds that survive in the desert. They are just like the scavenger birds in the expedition area. They can dodge, even make different calls, and organize other companions to attack from different angles.
“Ouch—”
Xiaoguai pounced on one of the white birds with one claw and immediately bit off its neck. However, no matter how loudly it threatened, the white birds ignored its cries and continued to attack Yu Miaomiao.
Xiaoguai, who was shouting and biting, was also a little confused.
In the past, monsters would run away when they saw it, not to mention that when it roared, the monsters would be so scared that they would want to shrink into the sand. Now, nothing works.
Its IQ has improved a lot compared to a dozen days ago. It probably understands that since it is surrounded by sea water and no sand, the monsters in the sea are naturally not afraid of it.
Since threats were useless, it didn't hesitate to bite one and immediately tear its wings apart.
When it turned around, it saw that the human next to it had been surrounded by a flock of birds.
Just now, as she had just swung the sword, the back of her hand was pecked by the white bird with its extremely sharp beak. After she lost strength due to the pain, the other two birds worked together to snatch the sword from her hand.
Without having time to think about why she could still feel pain even though she was wearing a high-level shield, she hurriedly took out her scimitar and slashed it.
The timing was also wrong. The automatic large and small turrets should have been activated at this time. Why didn't these defensive equipment open fire even after she killed four or five of them?
Is it because these birds are lying on her that they can't start?
Damn, seabirds really know how to attack survivors.
Now she was covered with white birds as big as seagulls, which were pecking at her body one by one.
She could feel the pain of every peck, and her shield value was dropping little by little.
A white bird also climbed in front of her head, completely obstructing her vision. Could it be that their attack power could really penetrate the shield? Was she going to be bitten to pieces by these monsters?
No, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death even if she tried her best.
I twisted my body hard but couldn't get rid of it.
The hand holding the scimitar was also completely restrained. The hand that had been deprived of the crossbow had already taken out the shotgun, but she could only hold the gun now to ensure that she would not drop the gun due to pain and loss of strength. She could not use her other hand to pull the trigger at all. She only felt that these white birds were increasing in number, blocking all her ways of survival.
“Meow——”
Suddenly, Xiaoguai's roar came from the front, accompanied by a collision, and the white bird on her head was torn away by Xiaoguai with one claw.
When her vision was free again, she saw Xiaoguai with a fierce look on his face, hissing at the white bird that had just landed on her head.
She looked around. These birds were just fat in size. There weren't that many of them. A dozen or so, wasn't that a lot of monsters she had killed at one time?
It’s just that I had always relied on the turtle breathing technique to get the initiative to kill. This was the first time that so many monsters attacked me at the same time, so I panicked.
Fortunately, there was Xiaoguai, who drank a bottle of stimulant.
Regardless of the two strange birds holding the scimitar in her left hand, she struggled to break free, put one hand on the shotgun, avoided Xiaoguai's direction, and fired a shot at the white bird that was still flying towards her.
Countless steel balls exploded in front of her, and five or six white birds fell to the ground in an instant.
After using the system backpack to retrieve the monster, she tore off the white birds that were tightly grasping her body one by one.
He pulled one down and threw it towards Xiaoguai. It stretched out its claws to catch it and bit it off in one bite.
The cat and the man cooperated very well. In just a few seconds, they pulled all the white birds off her body.
When dealing with the bird on his body, Yu Miaomiao didn't care about the repeated pain and damage, but focused on dealing with the ones on his body and in front of him. As long as he kept his distance, the automatic turret would...
"boom--"
Three meters in front of her, four birds flying in the air were killed by the automatic small turret.
At this time, there was a white patch in the sky, constantly flying out from the dark clouds.
The dark clouds were almost above her head, but not a drop of rain fell.
It turns out that this cloud is not a rain ball, but a strange pile.
While the remaining six automatic cannons were still working and had just cleared a clear area for her, she immediately picked up her sniper rifle and fired at the center of the dark cloud.
"Chirp, chirp"
As she took the initiative to fire her gun and declare war, the dark cloud dispersed in an instant, and countless white birds flew out from it, flying away in all directions.
A heavy rain came down.
Yu Miaomiao: ???
What the hell, she just wanted to blow up all the flocks of birds so that the automatic cannon could bomb more monsters each time.
Because there is an interval between the activation of the turrets, if they come one by one, the defensive and offensive weapons on her roof will definitely not be enough.
Didn’t expect the bird to fly away like that?
"Little sweetheart, come in."
Yu Miaomiao did not hesitate to pick up Xiaoguai, who was killing with great enthusiasm, and dragged him back into the house.
When he returned to the house, Xiaoguai was confused.
Confusion was evident in his half-bared expression, "Meow?"
Yu Miaomiao immediately wiped the rain off her body with a towel and explained: "The monster ran away, the rain is harmful, we have to come back."
"Meow?"
Are you okay?
Xiaoguai shook his body, but this time he shook very carefully. Before approaching the metal door, he did not shake Miaomiao's body.
You are getting smarter and smarter.
Yu Miaomiao found that after coming to the sea to survive, Xiaoguai's IQ seemed to have skyrocketed.
She spoke it once and it understood without her even having to gesture.
I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.
The rain pounded down on her float.
The originally calm sea surface began to churn again, and the float began to sway left and right along with the waves.
"Boom"
Xiaoguai, who was standing in front of the metal door, bumped his head against it.
Yu Miaomiao sighed, okay, still not that smart.
She spread her legs, tried to balance her body, walked to Xiaoguai, and helped it to its nest.
As the rain intensified, the indoor fireplace went out again.
Looking around his body, there were no signs of pecking at all. Was it just an illusion?
The birds had blown the bamboo hat off her head long ago, and her head was covered with rain. Her scalp began to itch, and her face began to turn red and swollen.
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