Chapter 263: Survival at Sea, Day 12 (5) Blood in the Holes...
Yu Miaomiao's heart sank. She had underestimated the merfolk's camouflage ability. The red fluff almost completely covered them, so she had never noticed them.
The Type 2 mermaid didn't take action, probably because she didn't touch the bucket treasure chest and didn't trigger their combat or guarding mechanism, so they remained dormant.
Now the red dot is moving quickly, all the monsters nearby are swimming over, and the lake water is also fluctuating. It should be Tingting who has swam to the deepest part and is opening the treasure chest.
Yu Miaomiao actually wanted to see whether it was because she would get the blue liquid bottle when she opened the treasure chest, or whether everyone who entered her adventure area would get the same thing.
Two Type 2 fishmen swam directly past her. The grey fish, resembling mermaids, were covered with suction cups of various sizes, and their limbs swung back and forth in the water. Their bodies were covered with suction cups, and there seemed to be small mouthparts in the mouths of their cups. The dense crowding of them was enough to make people suffer from claustrophobia.
Yu Miaomiao gripped the hilt of the dagger tightly and stabbed it sideways. After slashing it fiercely along their backs, he turned over flexibly in the water and stabbed the other fishman monster with the sharp blade again.
With the help of stimulants, she quickly killed the two fish monsters. A long gash on the fish monster's back revealed a broken soft fish spine. From this gash, the fish monster began to melt into ash and disappeared into the lake bit by bit.
So to kill the monster by cutting it in half, you should cut off the fish spine.
In order to verify her guess, she swam while finding the bulge on the back of the Type 2 fishman and stabbed it directly with her knife. Without a horizontal slash, the monster under her hand died.
As expected, it was much easier to kill monsters this way, especially with this extremely sharp blade. After killing seven monsters along the way to clear the obstacles, she came to Tingting. The other party had already killed all the monsters around her. She looked at the floating corpses behind Yu Miaomiao in surprise, and was holding a huge bucket in her hand.
Tingting's slightly open mouth quickly returned to normal. She pointed at the bucket, indicating that she wanted to open it. Yu Miaomiao nodded, turned sideways, and pried open the spine of a Type 2 mermaid's back again, killing the monster in less than a second.
“Ding ding.”
"Unstoppable longing: I opened it, and there are no new bound expedition cards in it, only 1 Titanium Ingot, 3 Flame Tongue Grasses, and 1 Intermediate Medical Kit. I'll show you my harvest system information when I get ashore."
The monster locating function of the sonar dagger is quite useful. It can be used all the time as long as it is in the water. When Yu Miaomiao saw the message sent by Tingting, she used it again and found that the monsters that were originally scattered around did not disappear, but split into two groups and moved synchronously from two directions.
"I can't stop thinking about you: The only treasure chest left in the entire lake is this bucket next to it. I opened it, but there's still no expedition card inside. I'll check the supply status with you when we get ashore."
Yu Miaomiao had special props, so she could see the distribution and number of monsters. Tingting didn't have these props, so she couldn't see the situation of the nearby monsters. Before Miaomiao said to kill the first wave of monsters first, Tingting opened the second treasure chest and attracted two groups of Type 2 mermaids.
"Unstoppable longing: I'll kill the monsters on the left, and you kill the ones on the right, on the other side. After we finish dealing with these mermaids, let's meet on the other side."
It turned out that Tingting saw it and quickly made the decision to kill. Yu Miaomiao didn't see Tingting take out any new equipment. She only saw her holding two scimitars in her hands. Looking at the monster display screen, there were obviously more monsters on the left than on the right.
Generally, when Yu Miaomiao went on an expedition, he would proceed slowly and methodically, even using the tortoise breathing technique to stick to the principle of saving energy wherever possible. He had never managed to lure all the monsters in at once.
The other party left the side with fewer monsters for him, so Yu Miaomiao could not slack off. According to the distribution and movement trajectory of the monsters, he planned an assassination route in his mind. He first activated the jet device, and under the rapid thrust, he passed by the five leading mermaids at a distance of half an arm, and the dagger in his hand simultaneously pried open all the fish spines.
No matter what time it was, Yu Miaomiao always maintained a hibernation state, so even if these five were killed, the mermaids behind did not notice her, not to mention that the treasure chest was not opened by her. The remaining dozen or so mermaids, with their suction cups all over their bodies opening and closing, swam towards Tingting in an orderly manner.
Tingting's figure was hidden in the group of fish monsters on the left. She didn't know what the battle situation was. These were the monsters that Yu Miaomiao should kill, so she couldn't let these disgusting things go.
Yu Miaomiao only knew that the first generation of mermaids would tie people up and then bite the target with their huge mouths. She didn't know how the second generation of mermaids attacked.
The dozen or so monsters swimming underwater were not that fast. Looking closely, each mermaid had a faint trace of red flocculent grass wrapped around their bodies. Yu Miaomiao observed for only three seconds before aiming in the right direction and activating the catapult device again. A violent thrust pushed her towards the group of fish monsters.
Even though she was still in hibernation, these monsters noticed the fluctuations in the water and turned around to look.
In the water, their mouths were not that wide open. Instead, their black eyeballs were swollen to the point of overflowing. When the black mouthparts in the suction cup opened, a small row of serrations were revealed. This was probably their method of attack.
Following the waves of the water, she quickly adjusted her position and slashed with the blade. Eight fish monsters were killed with one blow.
The remaining fish monsters finally realized that something was wrong. They stopped swimming towards Tingting and instead pulled the seaweed that was closely connected to their bodies, trying to find Yu Miaomiao's location.
It turns out that their eyes don't work well in the water, so they rely entirely on seaweed to find their way.
But the seaweed is connected to them, isn't it also a monster? Could it be that the seaweed can still find Yu Miaomiao even if she has lost her human scent?
Just as she was about to raise the dagger and activate the jet device to continue stabbing, the surrounding environment suddenly changed.
The seaweed that was originally floating around, under the influence of the remaining three mermaids, all gathered in the direction of Yu Miaomiao, and even the red flocculent grass on Tingting's side in the distance was pulled over.
Layer upon layer of seaweed, like a dragnet, contracted from all sides.
When the flocculent seaweed touches the mermaids who have died but have not yet completely turned into powder, it will roll up the monsters together and then continue to move back to the center.
It turned out that they knew they couldn't find her, so they used this method to trap her.
Since getting inspiration from Nana, Yu Miaomiao has gradually collected a lot of miscellaneous items that seem to be of no use, such as the vortex razor in her hand.
This knife is not expensive, and not many men buy it in the end times, because people here seem to live for many days, but in fact they only live for a few hours, so ordinary people's beards do not grow so fast.
The doomsday system has taken these kinds of daily necessities into consideration, and it seems that it wants to trap the survivors here for a long time.
Yu Miaomiao's expression froze, and he activated the waterproof knife, stirring in one direction.
The blade rotated very quickly, tearing a small hole in a layer of seaweed in one go. Yu Miaomiao only needed to swing it quickly in the seaweed wall to dig out an area that was wide enough for her to swim through alone.
Waves of water streamed from the razor blade, and the originally darker lake water suddenly revealed a beam of gray light, and she passed directly through the hole.
As soon as she got out of the seaweed, she ran into the remaining fish monsters coming towards her. She did the same thing, activated the jet device, aimed the tip of the dagger at their backs, and slashed across them. With the help of the elastic force, she reached the other side in an instant.
Yu Miaomiao supported herself on the ground with both hands and turned over to get ashore.
With the help of medicine, she quickly dealt with the monster, but what about Tingting?
On the shore, one could vaguely see the situation in the water. The lake water was turbid near where they came from, with what seemed to be white powder and some mermaid residue, but Tingting was nowhere to be seen.
Yu Miaomiao quickly opened the system and found that the name was still there, without any gray.
While waiting on the shore, she was not idle. She took out a steamed bun and ate it quickly to replenish her lost strength.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Five minutes passed, both steamed buns were eaten, but Tingting still didn't show up.
The turbid lake water has gradually returned to its gray color, with neither human figures nor fish monsters.
What's going on.
Yu Miaomiao stared at the screen for a few seconds, then jumped into the water again and turned on the dagger positioning function to look.
There are still three monsters left staying in one place without moving. In the friend position, Yu Miaomiao and Tingting have the same progress, which means Tingting is still in this lake.
Never mind, saving lives is the most important thing, and it doesn’t matter who is left or right.
Diving into the water, the seaweed had disappeared completely, leaving only a little bit of red scattered in the lake, which posed no threat.
Only two floating corpses were left of the Type II mermaids killed by Yu Miaomiao, and they had not completely melted. Their bodies were even more swollen than at the beginning, like a balloon that was about to burst at any time, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Yu Miaomiao bypassed the monster corpses and continued to swim towards the red dot of the monster marked on the display screen.
Only when she was three meters away did she see the situation over there clearly. It turned out that the three mermaids had all swelled up like a big ball, blocking a ball made of seaweed in place, while the fishmen were using all four limbs to grab the seaweed ball, and the suction cups on their arms opened and closed as if they were gnawing on something.
Oops, Tingting doesn't know how to...
Yu Miaomiao quickly activated the jet device, hovered behind the first mermaid, found the position of its back spine, and cut it with a knife.
"Puff."
The swollen mermaid was like a balloon punctured by a needle, instantly deflated, and a burst of red bubbles appeared in the water.
The other two mermaids sensed Yu Miaomiao's behavior, retracted their limbs from the seaweed, and immediately swam towards her. The suction cups on their hands opened wider, and the sharp serrations inside were probably more powerful than the razor in her hand.
Yu Miaomiao did not dare to stop. While starting the device, he found the correct route, circled around the two mermaid balls that had not yet shrunk, and quickly stabbed the dagger towards their spines.
After killing another one, she successfully killed the last one after circling it twice.
I opened the dagger and checked it, and there was no monster.
Tingting——
Yu Miaomiao shouted silently, but apparently no one responded.
The mermaid is dead, and the seaweed has not yet dispersed, but is slowly shrinking inward, revealing a human figure. Is Tingting in the seaweed?
Yu Miaomiao didn't hesitate and swam quickly towards the seaweed ball. She opened the razor and made a small cut. After seeing the familiar blue hair in a corner, she immediately hugged the small seaweed ball, activated the catapult device, and reached the other side in two seconds.
As she brought the seaweed ball ashore, the seaweed wrapped around Tingting slowly slid off and then disappeared on the sand, revealing a disfigured person.
Yu Miaomiao didn't know how to describe it, and her heart felt sour.
She took out the advanced medical kit without hesitation and used it on the injured Tingting.
There was not a single intact piece of skin on Tingting's body. The shield on her body had long been broken. The mermaid's suction cups probably bit her all over. There were countless small wounds on her body, and every inch of her skin had a small jagged cut, which should have been caused by the mermaid's bite. Countless blood flowed all over the ground along with the lake water.
The oxygen mask on Tingting's face was gone. Except for the area where her punk glasses were originally worn, the rest of her face was covered with countless small blood holes.
The girl in Yu Miaomiao's arms looked like she had been fished out of blood, which was heartbreaking to watch.
The advanced medical kit sprayed all over Tingting's body, and the bleeding had only stopped halfway. The bandage was only enough to bind half of her body. Yu Miaomiao instinctively took out the second advanced medical kit.
The medicine bottle kept spraying on the girl's body. After spraying the front part, the bottle was still hanging in the air.
Seeing this, Yu Miaomiao carefully lifted Tingting's body, and continued to spray the medicine bottle on her back according to the working logic.
After everything was sprinkled, it was time for the bandage to automatically work. Yu Miaomiao only needed to hold Tingting's body steady. But no matter how careful she was, she didn't want to touch this scarred body, but the bloody wounds everywhere were still touched by her. She nervously retracted her hand, thinking it would be very painful.
But the injured person obviously didn't feel it and still let her support him limply.
Yu Miaomiao was a little dazed as she looked at the blood stains on her hands. Was it because Tingting tried too hard or was she just careless? In fact, there was no need to give the side with fewer monsters to Yu Miaomiao. At worst, they could still work together to kill the monsters.
Until the bandage wrapped around Tingting's entire body, Yu Miaomiao didn't know whether the girl could be saved.
The remaining small roll of bandage stopped in mid-air and did not move. Yu Miaomiao came back to her senses and looked at the fist that had not yet been bandaged.
Tingting clenched one hand tightly and could not wrap the bandage completely, so she stopped.
Yu Miaomiao really wanted to stop touching Tingting's wound, but in order to completely stop the bleeding, she had to use up this advanced medical item that was said to be able to grow flesh.
When she struggled to pry open Tingting's fingers one by one, she saw four nail marks on Tingting's palm, and an old-fashioned ring on the finger that had exerted the greatest force.
Nowadays, people hardly use rings anymore. They only need to register with the federal government to form a marriage relationship. Because people's feelings come and go quickly now, they feel bound by rings. Therefore, only a small number of people who pursue a retro marriage will choose to wear rings.
It must be Tingting's love that saw this, so she held on so tightly.
After using up the two advanced medical kits, Tingting's pale lips regained some color.
At least now, Tingting's name is not gray, and there is no cloth bag dropped around her, proving that she is still alive.
Yu Miaomiao could only wait. She couldn't just leave Tingting here and explore alone.
She didn't know what happened to Xiaoguai, so while waiting, she sent a message to Yingying.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Yingying, how is Xiaoguai?"
"Yingyingguai: You may not believe this, but Xiaoguai fell asleep on your bed with his pillow. So cute."
That’s good, as long as Xiaoguai is fine, she can continue her adventure with peace of mind.
"Meow Meow: Okay, please take care of Xiaoguai for a while longer. I guess I won't be back until later."
She hasn't told her friends about Tingting yet. It happened suddenly and it would take time to explain. She is wondering whether she should tell everyone now.
"Yingyingguai: Did you encounter any problems? I have nothing to do right now while I'm watching over Xiaoguai, so I can help you search for information."
Want to know what information there is?
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Yingying, do you know that if someone has lost too much blood or has been attacked by a Type II mermaid, can they be revived with a high-level medical kit?"
She waited for a while for this message but received no reply. Just when she was about to close the interface, she received a message from Hua Bie.
"Hua Bie: Are you injured? Do you have enough medical kits? If not, I can trade some for you. Are you in any danger? Is there any information you need me to collect?"
Yu Miaomiao didn't expect that the person who replied to her was Hua Bie. In order to prevent her companions from worrying that she was injured, she quickly explained today's situation to everyone in the group.
Several people immediately divided the work in the group, some to inquire about Tingting's life experience, some to collect high-level medical kits for treatment, and some to deal with other situations in the Fishman Island expedition area.
Seeing them like this, Yu Miaomiao felt very warm in her heart. Perhaps her invitation to Tingting was a bit impulsive, but her new friends were her protective umbrella. Yu Miaomiao, who was sitting there, was not idle either. While resting, she was searching for information about the monsters on this Fishman Island.
After searching for a long time, she finally saw a photo of injury sent by someone. The blood holes in the photo were exactly the same as Tingting's whole body. She was about to send a message to that person when Tingting's weak voice came from the ground, "Water...water."
It turns out that when a person is seriously injured, the first reaction after waking up is really to drink water.
Yu Miaomiao replied "OK" without caring whether Tingting could hear her or not. She took out a bottle of mineral water from her backpack and carefully fed it to her while saying "I'll feed you".
Looking at the rolling of the person's throat on the ground, Yu Miaomiao knew that the advanced medical kit was working.
"Thank you...thank you." After finishing a bottle, Tingting coughed violently, followed by a violent tremor.
Yu Miaomiao watched her clench her teeth, and her lips, which had already lost blood, were bitten again. She knew that Tingting must be in pain now. She tried to speak softly, "Do you want to take a painkiller?"
Tingting raised her eyelids slightly, and said with a look of guilt and gratitude: "Okay... thank you for your help."
After Yu Miaomiao fed her the medicine, Tingting gradually got better, and then she was fed a bowl of century egg and lean meat porridge.
One hour later, Tingting was finally able to sit up. Her neck was bitten with countless bloody wounds, and now she felt uncomfortable even speaking a word. Tingting sent a message to Yu Miaomiao through the system.
"Thank you for saving me. I'll return the medical supplies you just used to you now. I'm so sorry."
Yu Miaomiao answered truthfully and received a transaction request from the other party.
In addition to the double bucket treasure chest supplies, there are also 5 advanced medical kits, 10 painkillers and 1 color-changing pill.
When Yu Miaomiao saw this strange item, she knew it must be another good thing. If other medical items meant multiple repayments, then this color-changing pill was the reward.
Thinking that Tingting gave herself the life-saving space item, which was why she was injured so badly, Yu Miaomiao was worried that this might be another life-saving medicine of Tingting. Her fingers were suspended in the air, and she hesitated to click to confirm.
"I still have a few color-changing pills. Don't worry. These are not as important as you saving my life." When Tingting said this, her body was in so much pain that she was about to fall down.
Yu Miaomiao quickly checked and was about to reach out to support her when she saw the girl curling her lips and holding one hand firmly on the ground.
Was he using this little trick because he was afraid that she wouldn't accept it? Yu Miaomiao accepted the kindness.
Seeing that the other party was able to joke, but was obviously still in poor health, Yu Miaomiao asked tentatively: "You are so seriously injured, do you want to go back and recuperate?"
Hearing Yu Miaomiao's question, Tingting immediately became serious and said word by word: "No, I can't give up."
As if thinking about her current physical condition, Tingting felt that she would be a burden even if she continued the adventure. Her expression instantly became depressed, and she sent a message through the system.
"I can't stop thinking about you: I can pay you a high fee, can you please continue to take me on adventures?"
Yu Miaomiao had thought about Tingting's decision while she was unconscious, but she hadn't figured out how to respond.
Refusing seems to be an injustice to this broken person.
Accepting it would obviously be a burden. Does Yu Miaomiao have the ability to handle it herself?
Seeing that Yu Miaomiao didn't say anything, Tingting's face looked a little gloomy.
This request is indeed a bit too much. It is really asking too much to continue exploring Fishman Island with a person who was on the verge of death.
"Patta, patta"
The three first-generation mermaids broke the silence between the two, and Yu Miaomiao picked up the sword and slashed at them.
This time she struck with extra force, as if venting her dissatisfaction with the entire apocalypse.
"I can't stop thinking about you: I promised you I'd tell you something after I got the bound expedition card. It looks like I won't be able to get it this trip, but you saved my life, so I might as well tell you everything I know."
A beeping sound brought Yu Miaomiao back from pretending to look for a monster.
Yu Miaomiao sat cross-legged on the ground, sighed, and asked, "If your throat can't speak now, it's okay to speak later."
She couldn't resist the temptation. She agreed to invite Tingting in just because she wanted to know more about the system. Since the other party didn't need her anymore and was willing to tell her these things now, of course she wanted to listen, but it was not a good idea to do so when the other party was very unwell.
Tingting smiled silently, noticing the change in Yu Miaomiao's expression, "It's okay, I'm feeling better."
If Tingting really didn't fool me, bringing Tingting to get the card next time would be a way to make up for it. Yu Miaomiao thought so in her heart, then she looked up at her and pointed to the sky.
"Haha, with my head wrapped like this, I guess those people won't be able to analyze my lip shape. My voice is a little soft, so just bear with me." Tingting laughed bitterly, took out a bottle of Happy Coke and drank it directly.
Seeing that the other party could move independently, Yu Miaomiao did not help unnecessarily and nodded, holding the knife tightly in his hand to guard against the mermaid monsters that might appear from all directions.
Tingting narrated in a low voice: "Do you know where this Fishman Island came from? It was inspired by a horror movie that Wei and I watched a while ago."
So, that Ah Wei is the designer of this game system...
To be able to design such a horrific and harmful place, it seems that Wei is not...
"But when Awei designed these, he didn't know that this place was used for innocent humans." Tingting seemed to be able to read minds and immediately revealed Yu Miaomiao's guess.
"What is that?" Yu Miaomiao's curiosity was completely aroused and she couldn't help but ask.
Tingting's expression was calm as she removed the bandages on her body bit by bit. When she saw Yu Miaomiao asking for help, she immediately made a gesture to stop him.
Seeing a little bit of pink skin of the girl in front of her showing, Yu Miaomiao turned her head away with reluctance.
When I turned my head, I saw that Tingting's hand with the ring had completely turned into a robotic arm.
Tingting raised the mechanical arm, venting her lingering affection. "Ah Wei worked so hard just to install this mechanical prosthesis for me. Even though I know the fish monster can't bite it, I'm still afraid."
From her voice, there was no trace of complaint about being injured because of the adventure site designed by her lover.
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