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

Zhou Wen took out an iron dagger and stabbed it into the body of a black creature that resembled a sea cucumber. He then raised the iron dagger with the creature's body inside to examine it and found that it looked very much like the spiky sea cucumbers used for food on Earth.

However, this one was much larger, half a meter long and as thick as an arm, and after being stabbed by the iron dagger, it pulled out an oval-shaped water sac from its buttocks.

Zhou Wen had some knowledge of sea cucumbers' habits. When faced with danger, they would pull out their internal organs and offer them to predators, allowing their bodies to escape.

After confirming that there was no danger on the surface of the black sea cucumber, Zhou Wen took off his spiked gloves, touched the surface of the sea cucumber, and then opened the biological encyclopedia to check the information.

【Water-sac Sea Cucumber】

Body length: 50 cm

Weight: 15 kg

Food type: Plankton

Description: A type of echinoderm that lives on the seabed. Sometimes it swims with ocean currents in search of food-rich areas. It is edible and can produce fresh water.

"Fresh water!" Zhou Wen was immediately drawn to the last two words. Although he now had countless basic materials and no longer had to worry about fresh water, it was still very scarce among most survivors.

Most survivors couldn't afford bottled water and had to drink filtered urine, which shows how scarce fresh water was.

"This...this is such a waste." Zhou Wen was wary of any new creature. This water-sac sea cucumber, which he had stabbed, was now dead.

Zhou Wen picked up the oval-shaped water sac that the sea cucumber pulled out of its anus. The water sac was 20 centimeters long and as thick as a forearm. A layer of pale yellow intestinal membrane was filled with water. According to the introduction, the intestinal membrane should contain fresh water.

Zhou Wen took out a wooden cup, then used an iron dagger to cut open the water bag and put the water inside into the wooden cup. The water in the water bag was very clear and had no strange taste; it looked like mineral water.

"Is it okay to drink this directly?" Zhou Wen picked up the water glass, looked at the clear water inside, and hesitated.

Because the water sac was pulled out of the anus by the sea cucumber, he felt strange about it and subconsciously felt some resistance.

However, although the descriptions in the biological guide are simple, the information is accurate. The descriptions not only state that it can produce fresh water, but also mention that it is edible, which at least shows that even if the water is not fresh water, it will not cause harm to it.

With a determined heart, Zhou Wen picked up the wooden cup and poured all the water into his mouth. The fishy smell he expected did not appear. The water was very bland and tasteless, just ordinary fresh water.

At this time, the seawater in the stomach wall space had receded, and Zhou Wen also confirmed that the water in the water sac was fresh water. This was definitely a great thing. So he took his headlamp and began to search in the stomach wall space to see if there was a second sea cucumber in the water sac.

"I hope there isn't just one." Zhou Wen regretted his actions, realizing he had gone too far and killed a water sac sea cucumber with a single stab.

Fortunately, after searching for a while, they found two more water-sac sea cucumbers. When Zhou Wen tried to grab them, they immediately pulled out a water sac and then arched their long bodies, trying to escape.

Zhou Wen made a small aquarium, grabbed one in each hand, put them all into the small aquarium, filled it with seawater, and began to cultivate the water sac sea cucumbers.

Afterwards, Zhou Wen compared the amount of fresh water in the water sac with that of mineral water. The two were about the same, with one water sac being equivalent to one bottle of mineral water.

The next step is to study the speed at which the water-sac sea cucumber produces water sacs, but that will take time.

Zhou Wen wasn't in a hurry. He placed two stone foundations next to the stone platform, then placed two wooden foundations on top of the stone foundations, and finally put the small aquarium on them.

Today is the 19th day, and the space in the stomach wall has expanded to about 6 meters. It's about the same as the last day, so we added two stone foundations to expand the area of ​​the stone platform.

The stone platform has now increased to 8 square meters, but Zhou Wen actually occupies 9 square meters of the stomach wall space. This is because the seaweed planting box also occupies 1 square meter. Zhou Wen occupies a quarter of the stomach wall space, which is still within the normal range.

Now Zhou Wen had two more farming spots. He placed two small planting boxes there, and then went to the world trading channel to buy two kinds of vegetable seeds: lettuce and white radish.

Plant the seeds in the soil of the small planting box, then water the soil with the filtered water you traded back earlier, and finally use two portions of low-grade fertilizer to shorten the growth time.

Next, he waited for the second supply box. While waiting, Zhou Wen opened the world trade channel again because he had just discovered that someone was selling white scale leg armor while trading vegetable seeds.

The fact that this person can sell white-scaled leg armor indicates that they have entered the deep blue sea.

Zhou Wen now has a white-scale helmet and white-scale breastplate, and he is wearing spiked leg armor. The white-scale leg armor has stronger defense, so he can't miss it since he has seen it. So he found Jiang Haitao and asked him to communicate with the seller.

"Brother Wen, that guy's asking for an exorbitant price; he'll only agree to the deal if we give him a hundred small planting boxes."

He's not asking for an exorbitant price; he simply doesn't like you and doesn't want to do business with you.

The other party was unwilling to do business with Jiang Haitao, probably because Jiang Haitao had a bad reputation. So, Zhou Wen asked Chen Xin to try to communicate with him.

[Boss Zhou, that man's name is Han Dong. He's willing to provide the White Scale Leg Armor for free, but he needs the Survivors Guild to become his affiliated guild, providing him with 20 portions of seaweed daily, and all the necessary basic materials unconditionally.]

If I agree, he'll give me a duel ticket to intimidate guild members, and he'll also continue to provide advance intelligence to drive the guild's overall development.

This guy...

Zhou Wen listened to it and it sounded so familiar; wasn't this exactly what he was doing?

[Boss Zhou, what should we do? Someone's trying to poach your talent. Shouldn't you... offer some support?]

【Then you should follow Han Dong.】

"Oh, just kidding, don't be angry, Mr. Zhou."

[I'm not angry. I had you follow him so we could gather more comprehensive information about the Deep Blue Sea.]

Having been in the Deep Blue Sea for so long, Zhou Wen discovered that the Deep Blue Sea is not as regular as the Sea of ​​Birth, and everyone's situation is different, so he needs more comprehensive information about the Deep Blue Sea.

Okay, Mr. Zhou, you're the one who told me to go, not me.

【Okay, remember to hand in the Duel Ticket and the White Phosphorus Leg Armor.】

Some time later, the second supply box arrived today. Zhou Wen opened it and found it was full of basic materials, which he put directly into the storage cabinet.

After the seawater receded, Zhou Wen searched the space inside the stomach wall again, but this time he did not find the water sac sea cucumber again.

At this moment, Chen Xin sent a private message containing three items: white phosphorus leg armor, a duel ticket, and a piece of fish meat.

Zhou Wen took out the three items, touched the fish meat, and then opened the biological encyclopedia.

Red-tailed sea bream

Body length: 5 meters

Weight: 1 tons.

Food type: seaweed

Description: A small fish that lives in seagrass forests. Its flesh is delicious and edible, and its tailbone can be used to make javelins.

What stats does the meat of this red-tailed sea bream add?

Add a little more power.

Why did he give you red snapper meat instead of white snapper meat?

I asked him for it, saying my strength was only 9 points and asking if he had any food that could increase strength. He gave me red snapper meat.

Okay, be careful not to give yourself away.

Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, I'm not stupid.

[You can eat this red snapper meat yourself. It costs 15 points of strength. See if that can attract the attention of the phallus Leviathan and make it leave the stomach wall space.]