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

"By the way, was the reason why we couldn't build small planting boxes before because we didn't have a foundation?"

Thinking of this, Zhou Wen's eyes lit up. He felt it was very likely, so he immediately began to build small planting boxes.

"It worked? It worked! Hahaha!"

Just as he had expected, the small planting box was successfully built on the wooden platform. Zhou Wen was overjoyed, finally able to be self-sufficient.

"Today is a good day, all my wishes will come true..." Zhou Wen sang happily, then took the watermelon seeds out of the storage box and planted them in the small planting box.

"Wow, what a bountiful harvest today! I just wonder how long it will take for the watermelons to ripen," Zhou Wen remarked.

With nothing else to do, Zhou Wen simply lay down on the dry wooden platform to rest, waiting for the third supply box.

Three hours later, the third supply box arrived. Zhou Wen sat on the wooden platform and waited for the seawater to recede before jumping down to open the supply box.

[Ding! Obtained the Leviathan Transformation Accelerated Growth Food Compendium (1/10).]

"A guide to foods that accelerate growth?"

As the name suggests, Zhou Wen roughly guessed the purpose of this encyclopedia. It should be that the encyclopedia records the types of food that can accelerate the growth of the Leviathan. However, there was only a fragment at the moment, so it was not useful for the time being. He carefully put it away.

Zhou Wen glanced at the trading channel and saw that no one was trading the Spiked Krill with blueprints, so he directly changed the trading items to basic materials.

Within minutes, the last seven pieces of spiky krill meat were all sold.

Seventeen spiky krill were exchanged for 850 units of basic materials, including 200 units each of stone, wood, and soil, 100 units each of sand and hay, and 50 units of cloth.

The wooden foundation we just built used 120 parts of wood, and the small planting boxes used 10 parts of wood and 10 parts of soil.

现在周文所有基础物资分别是：木材90份、石头210份、泥土210份、沙子110份、干草110份、布片50份。

"The timber consumption is huge; we'll have to trade more timber in the future," Zhou Wen thought to himself.

The transformation into Leviathan ceased its activity, indicating it was time to sleep.

Zhou Wen ate only one piece of bread today. Now that there is plenty of food, he decided to eat a can of food to improve his life.

"Crack!"

Pulling the tab and opening the tin lid releases a sweet, cloying aroma, mingled with the fragrance of yellow peaches, into your nostrils.

Zhou Wen brought his nostrils close and took a deep breath, looking quite pleased with himself. Then he eagerly took a big gulp of the sweet soup. Instantly, the long-lost sweetness filled his mouth and swept over his taste buds.

"Ah~, it's so good to be alive." Zhou Wen had never imagined that he would utter such a sigh because of a can of food.

With no chopsticks at hand, Zhou Wen wiped his hands on his clothes, picked out half a whole piece of yellow peach from the jar, and slowly put it into his mouth.

The plump yellow peach flesh fills the entire mouth, and with each chew, the peach flavor becomes even richer. The lingering sweetness is mixed with a hint of sourness, making it a delicious and unforgettable treat.

Zhou Wen quickly finished the yellow peaches and drank the soup clean. He looked at the empty tin can, licked his lips, and felt a little unsatisfied, but he didn't plan to eat any more.

Zhou Wen put away the tin can, lay down on the wooden platform, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

He had a dream, a dream of ripe watermelons and eating them heartily.

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Another day begins, and Zhou Wen is awakened as usual by the vibrations in his stomach.

This was the most comfortable sleep he had had in the five days since he came into this world, sleeping on a dry wooden platform, completely isolated from contact with the damp ground.

The first thing Zhou Wen did upon waking up was to go to the small planting box to see if the watermelon seeds had sprouted. To his disappointment, the watermelon seeds showed no signs of germination after a night.

"This watermelon can't possibly grow at the same rate as watermelons on Earth, can it?" Zhou Wen muttered to himself with a disappointed look.

He had assumed that watermelons would grow much faster in this world, since it was a world of survival where food was scarce and crops would grow too slowly, and people would starve to death before the crops even matured.

"Could it be because there's no sunlight?" Zhou Wen looked at the pitch-black space and thought of this possibility.

His daily activities are now entirely illuminated by a headlamp, otherwise there is absolutely no light, while crops need sunlight to grow.

"If it's really because there's no sunlight that the watermelon seeds can't grow... then my planting project is doomed." Zhou Wen looked at the empty small planting box, his face full of frustration.

Since there's no way sunlight can get in from inside the stomach, is he going to move these planting boxes outside to grow them? Obviously not.

"I don't know if I can get the fluorescent light blueprints, but..."

Without sunlight, plants can only grow using artificial light sources, but with his current materials, even with the blueprints for a fluorescent lamp, he couldn't manufacture one.

And so, Zhou Wen, who had been full of enthusiasm and eager to farm, suddenly became dejected. His dream was shattered, and he slowly lay down, becoming a listless, unmotivated person.

After some time, the transformed Leviathan began its meal for the day.

Lying on the ground, dejected, Zhou Wen recalled the scene of being attacked by the anchor worm yesterday. He immediately perked up, put on the spiked helmet, and then charged his headlamp.

Although being unable to farm was a huge blow to him, he didn't want to die. The harrowing experience of yesterday was still fresh in his mind, and he had to remain highly vigilant.

Splash~ Splash~.

As seawater rushed into the space inside his stomach wall, Zhou Wen retreated to the innermost part of the wooden platform, creating a two-meter gap between himself and the water surface to avoid being grabbed by the chelicerae of the anchor worm and pulled into the water.

Using the light of his headlamp, Zhou Wen scanned the water surface in front of him back and forth, but found no trace of large creatures swimming in the water.

Just when Zhou Wen thought there were no anchor worms lurking in the water this time, suddenly! Two bright spots appeared in the water.

The two dots of light were very round, about the size of a fist, and looked like two eyes staring intently at him from the water.

Zhou Wen was startled and broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly squatted down, pressing his back against his stomach wall to put himself in a blind spot for the aquatic creature's attack.

"Damn it! What the hell is this?" Zhou Wen cursed inwardly, subconsciously using his hand to secure the spiked helmet on his head, only feeling a little relieved after confirming that it was on properly.

Zhou Wen did not act rashly; he planned to wait until the tide receded before checking the situation.

All the creatures in this world are marine life. Having water and not having water are two completely different things. Moreover, without the obstruction of seawater, he could tell just how big these two creatures, whose eyes were the size of fists, really were, and whether he had the ability to deal with them.

The wait for the tide to recede was exceptionally long. Zhou Wen's forehead was covered in sweat. He couldn't help it; he was just too nervous. He kept his body in a half-squatting position, ready to dodge any attack from the monsters in the water.

Finally, the seawater receded completely. Zhou Wen mustered his courage, tiptoed to the edge of the wooden platform, and shone the light from his headlamp over it.

Under the lights, the terrifying giant creature Zhou Wen had imagined did not appear. The eyes that had been glowing in the water were actually two glowing spherical objects.

"What is this?"

With questions in mind, Zhou Wen saw that the two glowing spheres were not aggressive, so he jumped off the wooden platform and walked to a distance of two or three meters from the glowing spheres.

Are these two light bulbs?

The two spheres emitted a white light, but the brightness was not high, even weaker than his headlamp, and the light only illuminated a range of about one meter.