Chapter 48: The Eighth Day of the Eclipse Rainy Season: Other People's Pets and Trash Fishing Rods...
This was Lin Zhixia's third day with the trash fishing rod. She'd spent the evening frantically sorting trash, almost believing her 7-point luck score was an illusion. However, she and Grandma Lin never made a mistake while sorting, earning them a high ranking on the activity leaderboard.
The last trash can today contained a black mass. Unable to identify its contents, Lin Zhixia opened the box and discovered it was a giant fishing net.
Because she wasn't holding the box steady, the fishing net fell out. Lin Zhixia had no choice but to squat down and pick it up. She almost wondered if she had seen it wrong. In fact, her luck value was only 1.
Deep in the net, she found a tiny turtle entangled. It looked pitiful. Its grimy shell and tiny, pea-sized eyes moved Lin Zhixia to pity it, and she painstakingly rescued it. After discarding the net, she wanted to return the turtle to the water, but it refused to leave. So, she asked Grandma Lin to clean it first, and then she continued her fishing.
But just after washing it, Grandma Lin called Lin Zhixia back. It turned out that Grandma Lin had received a tip that this little turtle was not an ordinary animal, but a pet:
[Xuanwu (Juvenile): The legendary mythical beast Xuanwu, despite being a juvenile, possesses exceptionally strong defenses. Currently, its favorability is extremely high. It can be contracted as a pet through the Pet Contract Manual.]
Yu Luowei had previously shared Ma Tuan's information in their small group chat, omitting the source of the pet. Lin Zhixia hadn't expected to encounter a pet herself. She opened the event mall, and the purchase page for the pet contract manual popped up in front of her, magnified several times, as if she had missed it.
Before encountering this little turtle, Lin Zhixia was certain that the pet contract manual wasn't available in the event mall. But now she had no choice but to buy it, as the price was still reasonable at only 200 points.
Lin Zhixia named the contracted Xuanwu "Bang Bang," because its shell was so hard when knocked. She then shared the news with her friends.
The others were also happy for Lin Zhixia after learning about it. After all, driving a junk fishing rod for three consecutive days sounded very painful. However, Yu Luowei specifically asked about Lin Zhixia's lack of a pet space, so it might be more difficult for her to travel.
After agreeing to bring both pets out when everyone could meet up, Yu Luowei closed the manual and went to bed after replacing the acid-proof paint.
On the eighth day, Yu Luowei was given a trash fishing rod. Knowing it was unlikely she would not be able to open the trash fishing rod at all, Yu Luowei resigned herself to her fate and moved the garbage disposal next to the fishing rod—she would never open the trash can in the shelter.
The trash pulled from the ocean was largely composed of various discarded plastics. Yu Luowei saw beverage bottles and packaging of varying properties, suspecting they had been collected from the oceans of various planets. There were also fish carcasses, worn fishing nets, and other metal items. Overall, as Lin Zhixia had described, sorting was relatively easy.
The frequency of catching junk was significantly higher than that of treasure chests and monsters, about one every ten minutes. Yu Luowei picked up one, carefully examined it for a moment, and then stuffed it into the trash can. He could usually finish it before the next junk came up.
I fished non-stop until noon, and my points steadily increased. I failed once or twice, but the points I lost were relatively small, so I made up for them later.
It was time for Yu Luowei to eat, but it was a bit awkward for him to eat here, so he could only ask Ma Tuan to put the garbage box aside for the time being. He quickly went back to the shelter to take a shower and finish his lunch, then came out to sort the garbage and replace Ma Tuan.
The afternoon's garbage pile was so thick it was hard to tell. Yu Luowei had to open the box several times, but it wasn't enough. She had to use a wooden stick to flip it over to confirm the type of garbage. However, this way, correctly sorting the garbage earned more points. For the sake of the points, Yu Luowei reluctantly endured the stench when she opened the box.
Finally, by 7 p.m., even though his mental strength hadn't been affected at all, Yu Luowei didn't want to continue fishing. After confirming that he was still number one on the leaderboard, he brought the garbage disposal back, took another shower, and washed the glutinous rice balls.
In just a few days this season, Ma Tuan has already lost count of how many times he's taken a bath. But he's also a mysophobic panda, so not only does he not resist, he sometimes even rushes into the bathroom on his own initiative.
After washing, it was still a little before eight o'clock, so Yu Luowei heated up the food and brought it to the table. After waiting for the ranking reward points to arrive, she bought enough level three acid-resistant paint from the event mall. Perhaps because tomorrow was the last day, the acid-resistant paint had not been upgraded.
There were still quite a few points left. After Yu Luowei raised the altitude to 120 meters, she didn't use the remaining points for the time being. Today, the water surface was still a long way from her base, and the second place on the altitude ranking was 30 meters behind her. Tomorrow was the last day, and she planned to see what materials to exchange then.
However, there was still some level one acid-proof paint left from the treasure chest she'd opened a few days ago, and since wasting it was always bad, Yu Luowei suddenly had an idea and wanted to try applying this paint to her equipment. After all, she had only been to the underwater world for one day in all those days.
Worried about damaging his equipment if he failed, Yu Luowei only used ordinary equipment and level one paint for his first attempt. Unexpectedly, it actually worked.
However, the equipment synthesized in this way is not suitable for the current acid rain concentration. After trying several times and confirming that the success just now was not a coincidence, Yu Luowei bought another bag of third-level acid-proof paint and synthesized it with the Black Abyss suit.
After a moment of fear and trepidation, the synthesized Black Abyss suit successfully appeared in front of Yu Luowei. From its prompts, Yu Luowei learned that after putting it on, not only could she swim in the water outside, but it would also have a permanent corrosion-resistant effect.
Speaking of this, Yu Luowei thought of another thing: the concentration of acid rain is so high now, he can also collect some acid rain first, which will be a good helper in dealing with monsters later.
Yu Luowei did it right away. He found an empty plastic bucket, painted it with acid-proof paint, and then tried to place it on the stairs outside the fence gate.
The plastic bucket, coated with acid-proof paint, was no longer afraid of acid rain. Even with the current downpour, it filled up in less than five minutes. Yu Luowei spent quite a bit of effort carrying it back to the shelter.
She first tried to take out a stone and an iron block to test the power of the acid rain - her base had been protected by acid-proof paint all the time in recent days, and she had no idea how powerful the acid rain was.
The stones and iron blocks gradually disappeared as soon as they were put in, and disappeared in a short while. Seeing this, Yu Luowei took out another piece of glass and put it in. The speed was a little slower, but it could still be seen that it was disappearing - this acid rain was not ordinary acid rain.
Yu Luowei then took out all the weapons and equipment he could craft, except for the level 5 ones. Level 1 and 2 weapons were completely useless. Level 3 and 4 weapons were better, but also damaged. Yu Luowei's decision to apply acid-resistant paint to his equipment was a very correct one. However, this also showed that this acid rain was also a very lethal weapon against high-level monsters.
It was a bit dangerous to keep so much strong acid in the shelter. Yu Luowei tried it with ice magic and it could be frozen, but it was not very transparent and the color was a bit yellow.
The bucket of acid rain ice was also placed in the basement, a little far away from the storage room. Yu Luowei closed the lid and placed a lot of ice around it before going upstairs with peace of mind.
It was too late today, so Yu Luowei planned to collect three more buckets of acid rain tomorrow. He made a few plastic buckets with lids, coated them with paint, and made a few spray bottles to use as weapons to launch the acid rain.
The durability of today's acid-proof paint was only 20% at 11 o'clock. Yu Luowei did a quick calculation, set the alarm for four o'clock tomorrow morning, and went to bed.
Other people in the channel also learned their lesson. They either changed the paint first or set the alarm after calculation. After all, crystal is a high-end material and the price is not low.
But Ma Ming wasn't among them—his crystals had already been depleted by this afternoon, leaving him unable to repair the base's defenses. The acid rain, having already eroded the base's defenses, instantly corroded Ma Ming's cabin. Of course, even without the acid rain, he wouldn't have been able to hold out for much longer. Without replacing materials or adding new empty cabins, his ship slowly sank, and the sea would soon flood the decks.
Nothing was more terrifying than seeing death creeping towards you. Ma Ming had never resented his own foolishness as much as he did now. He even swore in his heart that if he could live to see the day of reckoning, he would turn over a new leaf and become a kind person. He would never bully others like he had done before, or beat people up just because he was upset, or even kill a few people and then pay them off.
Of course, it was useless to think about this. In just a few seconds, the acid rain had completely corroded the roof of the boat, and Ma Ming had nowhere to escape. After struggling for a few seconds, his profile picture turned gray.
On the last day of the eclipse rainy season, Yu Luowei didn't sleep much after getting up at four in the morning - the sound of rain hitting the base was almost comparable to thunder.
After tossing and turning in bed for a long time but still unable to fall asleep, Yu Luowei simply gave up and went to the kitchen to prepare something to eat.
Because he had to use the dehumidifier these days, the electricity card was always plugged in. Yu Luowei decided to take this opportunity to use the oven to bake some more bread, cookies, etc.
Bread was easier to make, but Yu Luowei didn't have a mold for biscuits, so he could only go to the market to find a few. These more complicated cooking tools were sold very cheaply because modern Blue Star people had little manual labor.
With the tools in hand, Yu Luowei officially started to work, adding some berries as well. After baking the cookies, seeing that there was still some time left, Yu Luowei took out some fruit and dried some.
All this happened last night, around eight o'clock. Yu Luowei took out a bottle of milk, heated it up, and finished her breakfast with freshly made bread and biscuits. Ma Tuan also tried it and gave it a strong thumbs-up.
After breakfast, it was finally eight o'clock. Yu Luowei took a deep breath and opened today's fishing rod email.
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