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

Zhou Wen stood on the back of the transformed Leviathan, watching the fireball fly further and further away until it disappeared into the horizon.

"Luckily it didn't land nearby, otherwise it would have been quite dangerous."

Zhou Wen breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to continue collecting rainwater. Although the dark clouds in his area had been dispersed by the aftershocks of the meteorite, the areas that hadn't been dispersed were still experiencing rain.

However, as the aftershocks gradually spread, the dark clouds in the sky were continuously dispersed, as if the black curtain in the sky was gradually being drawn back. Zhou Wen could only have the illusionary Leviathan chase after the dark clouds to catch the rain.

In the end, Zhou Wen collected another 2,000 barrels of water, which, together with the 1200 barrels he had collected earlier, made a total of 3200 barrels of water. He kept 1200 barrels for himself, and Jiang Haitao and Chen Xin each collected 1,000 barrels.

While collecting rainwater, Zhou Wen also took a shower, changed into a new set of clothes, and basked in the post-rain sunshine, feeling refreshed.

"I wonder where that meteorite went." Before returning to the stomach wall space, Zhou Wen turned his gaze to the direction the meteorite had flown.

The impact of a meteorite is very powerful. When it falls into the sea, it will inevitably cause a tsunami, and the spreading aftershocks will certainly kill a large number of marine creatures. If you can go to the impact point of the meteorite, you might be able to find the corpses of many large creatures.

The transformed Leviathan also looked in the direction the meteorite had gone, but its eyes were filled with a hint of apprehension. Then it snorted and turned its head away.

"Why does the Leviathan look so angry?" Zhou Wen wondered, but didn't think much of it. Perhaps it was angry that the aftershocks of the meteorite had dispersed the dark clouds.

Afterwards, Zhou Wen returned to the stomach wall space and stored 1200 barrels of fresh water in the storage cabinet. With this fresh water, he could directly wash off the salt from the seawater on his body, thus improving his quality of life.

An hour later, the Phantom Leviathan stopped its activity and began to rest.

Jiang Haitao and Chen Xin sent over their haul for the day: 10 gold ingots, 20 iron ingots, 20 pieces of glass, and the remaining two creatures: white jade shells and shimmering fish.

Zhou Wen used 20 pieces of glass to make two small aquariums, giving one to Jiang Haitao and one to Chen Xin so they could keep white jade shells and glitterfish.

[Boss Zhou, why didn't you cook today?]

I don't have time today, but here's the cast iron pot; just cook whatever you like.

Jiang Haitao and Chen Xin need to burn charcoal outside tonight, so they can cook dinner at the same time.

After dinner, Jiang Haitao and Chen Xin began to make charcoal. This time they added more earthen kilns, which could burn 100 batches of charcoal at a time.

Zhou Wen surveyed the space around the stomach wall. After several days, the rock crystal leaf tree had grown new branches, and he felt that it wouldn't be long before it could grow flower buds again, bloom and bear fruit.

Then there were two kinds of vegetables on the side, lettuce and white radish. After two and a half days of growth, they had grown more than ten centimeters and were growing very well.

The mangoes were recently picked and haven't changed much yet. The golden seaweed has grown to 65 centimeters, and it's only 15 centimeters away from the water surface in the seaweed growing box before it reaches its limit.

By then, the golden silk seaweed will almost be bearing golden silk fruits, growing five centimeters a day. With three days to go, Zhou Wen placed the 10 gold bricks that Jiang Haitao and Chen Xin had handed over that day into the seaweed planting box to provide the golden silk seaweed with gold.

After inspecting the plants, he checked the organisms again. The boiling coral polyps and gel planarians were fine, and he fed them on time every day.

Both the glitterfish and the water sac sea cucumber feed on plankton, so Zhou Wen changed their seawater more often. There's not much to say about the glitterfish; they're just for ornamental purposes.

After observing the water sac sea cucumber for the past two days, it was found that the efficiency of water sac production is not high, with only one sac produced per day. This is fine for personal consumption, but to sell in large quantities, a large number of water sac sea cucumbers are needed, which is difficult for one person to cultivate.

Finally, let's look at the Little Steel Worm. It produces one small steel ingot every day. Starting from day 18, it's now almost over day 21, and it has harvested a total of 4 small steel ingots.

At this moment, the little steel worm somehow managed to stick together some crushed iron ore and make itself a nest.

“As long as we can produce small steel ingots every day, we’ll have enough iron ore,” Zhou Wen said, adding some more iron ore to the small aquarium.

After completing the inspection and finding everything normal, Zhou Wen placed two wooden bases, lay down on one, and went straight to sleep.

When I woke up, it was the 22nd day.

Jiang Haitao and Chen Xin sent a total of one thousand portions of charcoal, and Jiang Haitao also sent a portion of burning charcoal, which was requested by Zhou Wen.

This morning, Zhou Wen skipped his rounds and instead used burning charcoal to ignite the furnace, burning away all the oxygen in his stomach cavity and replacing it with carbon dioxide. He then inhaled the carbon dioxide to provide nutrients for the oxygen-rich bacteria in his body.

"This is completely upside down." Zhou Wen felt something was off. His lungs were supposed to absorb oxygen and expel carbon dioxide, but now he was using them to inhale carbon dioxide.

Zhou Wen sat there next to the esophageal diaphragm for an hour, absorbing carbon dioxide.

"Why isn't the feeding phase started yet?" Normally, it takes at most half an hour from waking up to the feeding phase, unless there is a giant creature chasing after me. But today, my Leviathan transformation is going very smoothly, and I don't feel any urgency about being chased.

Just as Zhou Wen was wondering, a system notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding! You have entered the Crimson Sea. Location tracking has ended.]

"The Crimson Sea! We've finally arrived!" Zhou Wen was somewhat excited. These past few days had been filled with unexpected events, and the journey had been a stop-and-go affair, taking three days to complete but five days to finally reach the destination.

The phallus Leviathan swam for a while, then its esophageal diaphragm opened, seawater rushed in, and a large amount of red kelp entered the stomach wall space.

Zhou Wen picked up a piece of crimson kelp and looked at it. In the middle of the kelp was a main stem that was more than ten centimeters thick. On the left and right sides of the main stem grew leaves. The leaves were very large, each about two or three meters long.

The "Food Guide for Accelerating the Growth of Leviathan" mentions that Crimson Kelp can be eaten by humans, but it does not provide any attribute bonuses.

However, Zhou Wen still planned to collect some and store it in the locker. Seaweed can also be considered a dish, which can enrich the dining table.

Just as Zhou Wen was picking through the crimson kelp, selecting the best quality pieces to store, suddenly, a piece of crimson kelp came to life. It quickly twisted its body and instantly bound Zhou Wen's body and limbs.

"The crimson kelp is aggressive? Why isn't it mentioned in the encyclopedia?" Zhou Wen wasn't particularly flustered, just a little puzzled, because he was in the stomach wall space, not in the sea. Even if he was tied up, what could happen?

However, the next second, the head of the crimson kelp opened, revealing sharp teeth inside.

Now Zhou Wen realized that this was clearly not a piece of crimson kelp, but a creature that looked very much like crimson kelp.

The creature opened its huge mouth and bit down on Zhou Wen's head. Zhou Wen was wearing a white-scaled helmet, but since he didn't know anything about this creature, he thought to be on the safe side and the bladed fins and yellow ribbonfish scale armor appeared on his body.

The crimson creature's sharp teeth bit into the scales, and with a snap, the teeth seemed to shatter. Zhou Wen, however, felt no attack on his head, only a slight bump.