Giant Fish Survival: I Can Hear the Giant Fish's Heart

While moving seaweed and collecting spiky krill, Zhou Wen would charge his headlamp every now and then to ensure he had enough power to deal with any emergencies.

He really didn't want to experience that encounter with the unknown creature in the dark again.

In about half an hour, all the seaweed in the stomach wall space was moved into the digestion pool for digestion, and no more anchor worms were encountered during this period.

He obtained a total of 58 spiky krill, 8 of which were alive and unharmed by the Leviathan's attacks, with intact carapaces, and could be used to make spiky helmets.

The remaining 50 had severely damaged shells and were unusable. Zhou Wen didn't plan to remove the shells and intended to trade them with the shells intact in the trading channel.

"I don't seem to feel any lack of oxygen this time. It seems the algae oxygenation tank is really effective." Zhou Wen took a few deep breaths. His breathing was smooth, indicating that there was enough oxygen in the space inside his stomach wall.

After finishing his work, Zhou Wen sat on the supply box to rest, opened the system interface, clicked on Jiang Haitao's avatar, and directly traded three spiky krill over.

The spiked helmet played a crucial role in our survival during the anchor worm attack, so giving Jiang Haitao two extra helmets is a way of thanking him.

[Holy crap! Brother Wen, you sent the wrong item, how come you traded three of them?]

[I didn't send you the wrong ones, I sent you three.]

Really? Thank you, Brother Wen.

Looks like Brother Wen had a pretty good day.

The gains were considerable, but I almost lost my life in the process.

[Huh? Brother Wen, are you alright? What happened?]

So Zhou Wen told Jiang Haitao about the anchor worm.

[How... are there really such dangerous creatures...?]

After hearing Zhou Wen's story, Jiang Haitao was horrified. If Zhou Wen had encountered it, he might encounter it in the future, but he didn't have a spiked helmet to protect him.

"Um... Brother Wen, could I trade two spiky krill for a spiky helmet?"

Before Zhou Wen could reply, Jiang Haitao immediately sent another message.

[Don't worry, Brother Wen, I know two spiky krill aren't worth much. If I get any more seeds in the future, I'll give them to you directly, or I'll give you any materials you need.]

No need, I'll just give you one for free.

Although Zhou Wen obtained the blueprints from Jiang Haitao through a normal transaction, Jiang Haitao did save his life, so it was only right and proper for Zhou Wen to give Jiang Haitao a spiked helmet.

This...this isn't a good idea.

It's alright, it won't consume many materials.

[Brother Wen, you're like a brother to me, thank you so much!]

After finishing his conversation with Jiang Haitao, Zhou Wen turned his gaze to the corpse of the anchor worm.

"Can its meat add attribute points?" Zhou Wen muttered.

But he immediately shook his head and dismissed the idea. The biological encyclopedia did not say that the meat of the anchor worm was edible. If it was poisonous, he would be doomed.

After some time, the first supply box arrived, and Zhou Wen opened it immediately.

[Ding! You have obtained 1 piece of iron ore, 1 piece of copper ore, and 10 pieces of sand.]

"We actually managed to find a metal mine," Zhou Wen said, slightly surprised.

In the next few hours, Zhou Wen planned to trade spiked krill meat with other survivors, but he would have to wait another three or four hours.

He needs to wait for the other survivors to get their first supply crate of the day so that he can use the spiky krill meat to exchange for something more valuable, or for more supplies.

Zhou Wen did a quick calculation. Today is the fourth day. Other survivors can only get one supply box per day. They only have five supply boxes in total, so the total amount of supplies they have is not much.

To maximize your gains, you should wait a few more days, maybe ten days to half a month, and you'll definitely get more resources.

However, the spiky krill cannot be stored for that long, and he doesn't have a refrigerator. Those supply boxes are only good for storing things and don't have any function of keeping them fresh.

Moreover, according to Zhou Wen's conjecture, someone may encounter spiky krill in the next few days.

Because Zhou Wen helped Leviathan digest faster, Leviathan's daily movement distance is 3 to 4 times that of other survivors.

Zhou Wen encountered the spiky krill on the second day. According to his guess, someone should have already encountered the spiky krill today.

Thinking of this, Zhou Wen immediately opened the world chat channel to see if anyone was talking about it.

Holy crap! Have you ever encountered a shrimp that's 20-30 centimeters long?

[Bro, are you hallucinating from hunger?]

【Yeah, yeah, you're obviously starving. If there really were shrimp that big, we'd never have to go hungry again. I wake up hungry every day now.】

[Don't even mention it! Just thinking about shrimp that's 20 or 30 centimeters long—how much meat they must have!—makes my mouth water uncontrollably.]

What are you talking about? I'm telling the truth.

If what you're saying is true, then you're in luck; you're going to get a good meal.

[What a load of crap! That shrimp had seven or eight centimeters of sharp spines on its head. They were so sharp they tore my pants. If I hadn't noticed beforehand, I would have had a gash on my leg.]

【Huh? There really are shrimp that big?】

Are you guys kidding me? That shrimp was hopping around not far from me.

【Then try to kill it! That's shrimp meat; you can even eat it raw.】

The subsequent conversation revolved around methods for killing the spiny krill, so Zhou Wen closed the world chat channel.

"Sure enough, someone has already encountered the spiny krill."

A sense of urgency rose in Zhou Wen's heart, because in the next few days, other survivors would encounter spiky krill, and then what he had would be worthless.

Three or four hours later, the other survivors obtained their first supply crate of the day.

Zhou Wen directly divided the 50 spiky krill in his hand into five different trading methods and put them up for sale on the trading channel.

The first type of trading blueprint involves trading one spiked krill for one blueprint, with a total of 10 krill traded.

The second type of food trade involves a can of food, a loaf of bread, and a bottle of water, in exchange for one spiky krill. A total of 10 krill cans can be traded.

The third type of trade involves medical items. One medical item is traded for one spiny krill, and a total of 10 krill can be traded.

The fourth type of trading involves metal ore. Ten units of metal ore are traded for one spiny krill, for a total of 10 krill.

The fifth type of basic material for trading is 50 units of basic material for trading one spiky krill, for a total of 10 krill.

[Selling Spiky Krill Meat. Available in the trade channel. Consuming Spiky Krill Meat will increase your strength by one point. Limited quantity, first come, first served.]

When Zhou Wen posted his message on the world communication channel, it was like pouring cold water on boiling oil, causing an instant uproar.

[You've gone crazy from playing games, adding strength points instead. What an idiot.]

I don't know if other people have gone crazy from playing games, but you really are. The system interface has a character data panel; isn't the purpose of this panel to allocate skill points?

[Isn't this spiky krill the kind of large shrimp I've seen that's 20-30 centimeters long?]

[Really? I just checked the trading channel, and to be honest, it's a bit expensive. But if it's really 20 or 30 centimeters in size, there should be a lot of meat on it, plus it can increase strength a bit, so it's barely acceptable.]

As a result, many people began to consider whether or not to buy, and discussed which transaction method was more cost-effective.

But then, an untimely message appeared in the chat channel.

【No, you guys really believe that? He says it can add a little power, but is that really true? Who can prove it?】

[Furthermore, have you considered that if it really could add a little power, why would he sell it? He could simply consume it himself to increase his own power, wouldn't that be better?]

The moment these two messages appeared, the lively atmosphere on the world chat channel was greatly diminished.