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

After reviewing the two [Pest Control Coupons], what remained was the Golden Silk Seaweed Fiber that Zhou Wen had been longing for. There were 42 portions in total, a number that surprised Zhou Wen. He hadn't expected so many survivors to have encountered Golden Silk Seaweed.

Moreover, the 42 orders haven't completely bought up all the golden seaweed fiber from all the survivors in the world, because there are only 42 tons of giant octopus meat left. That's all that can be traded, and there isn't enough giant octopus meat to continue trading.

Although Zhou Wen killed three giant octopuses, Chen Xin and Jiang Haitao also needed to take care of their own guild members, so they distributed the two smaller ones among their guild members.

Currently, there are already a thousand farming members in the two guilds. Zhou Wen doesn't want too many of these people to be lost in this trial, otherwise, they will have to start training them all over again.

After storing 42 portions of golden seaweed fiber in the locker, Zhou Wen went out once by patting his esophageal diaphragm and put today's 1,000 algae oxygenation tanks on the shelves.

It was already evening. Zhou Wen hadn't encountered any danger that day and had easily obtained four supply boxes, but all the boxes contained basic materials, nothing special.

The trial is starting tomorrow, but the start time is unknown. So before going to sleep, Zhou Wen packed all the necessary items and supplies into a deep blue treasure chest. As soon as the trial begins tomorrow, he can set off directly with the deep blue treasure chest.

After tidying up, Zhou Wen took another look at the little steel worm. After about two days, its skin had shed.

Zhou Wen picked up the shed skin and examined it. It was black overall, with a flexible and thin material and a faint metallic sheen on the surface.

[Ding! Steel Stain obtained.]

A notification sounded in his mind, but there was no specific explanation of the steel sheet. Zhou Wen didn't know what it was used for, so he simply put it into the locker.

"Go to sleep!" After a quick inspection of his stomach cavity and finding no problems, Zhou Wen lay down on the wooden platform and drifted off to sleep.

However, most people in the survival world couldn't sleep that night. Tomorrow was the trial, and the worry and fear of the unknown made it difficult for them to fall asleep.

[Ding! The underwater maze trial is about to begin. Please prepare!]

On the morning of the 30th day, a loud world system notification sounded in the minds of all the survivors. Most of the survivors had not slept all night, and when they heard the world system notification, their nerves were on edge and their expressions were uneasy.

There were ten minutes to prepare. As soon as Zhou Wen heard the prompt, he immediately sat up from the wooden platform and began to check the equipment he was to carry.

He currently has 10 equipment slots, but the slots can only hold weapons and armor, and with his current equipment, he can't fill them all.

The Fang Steel Longsword is essential for survival and should definitely be carried. The Yellow-scaled Blade Fin Armor is the strongest armor currently available. The Slender Steel Blade can be used when the Fang Steel Longsword is not needed. Finally, there is the Scale Steel Breastplate that Zhou Wen has never used.

Because the Scale Steel Breastplate was too heavy, Zhou Wen had never used it before. Even now, with a strength of 42.5, he could barely support his body when wearing it. Zhou Wen estimated that the Scale Steel Breastplate weighed at least 1,000 jin (500 kg).

Although the Scale Steel Breastplate was very heavy, its defensive capabilities were also astonishing. Although Zhou Wen had never used the Fang Steel Longsword to cut it, both pieces of equipment were treasures, and he would be heartbroken if either of them were damaged.

Therefore, Zhou Wen used the bladed yellow ribbonfish fin greatsword to slash at the scaled steel breastplate several times, and he used all his strength each time, even adding the five free attribute points of [Pioneer] to strength.

After several full-force strikes, the blades of the yellowtail finned fish were chipped, but the scales and steel armor remained undamaged, their defensive capabilities far exceeding those of the yellowtail finned fish's scales.

The steel breastplate is only one piece, and it can only protect the upper body. It cannot protect other parts of the body. In this respect, it is not as good as the finned yellow ribbonfish scale armor that can protect the whole body. However, it can still be used as a shield in critical situations.

Zhou Wen placed six pieces of White Scale Armor in the remaining six equipment slots, so that he could immediately replace any damaged pieces of White Scale Armor.

With only one minute left in the preparation time, the world notification sounded again.

[Ding! You have been assigned to Underwater Maze No. 888. The maze has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people. You must find the maze exit and enter the escape area within one day, or you will die.]

"Underwater Maze No. 888, with 10,000 people, means you'll encounter other people along the way?"

Zhou Wen quickly replaced his white scale suit with six pieces of spiked armor.

With the preparation time about to end, Zhou Wen quickly thought for a moment and, in the last ten seconds before the countdown ended, immediately sent something to Jiang Haitao and Chen Xin respectively.

[Ding! Preparation time is over, underwater maze trial begins!]

The moment the system notification sounded in his mind, Zhou Wen's body gradually turned into blue light, and what Zhou Wen didn't expect was that the space in his stomach wall also gradually turned into blue light.

"Even the Leviathan form is participating in the trial?" Zhou Wen had just asked this question when his body turned into a blue light and disappeared, the deep blue treasure chest in his hand falling to the ground.

The next second, Zhou Wen appeared in a bubble space. The bubble was three meters in diameter and its surface was completely transparent, allowing him to see what was happening outside. Zhou Wen was standing on a circular stone platform that was enveloped by the transparent bubble.

Zhou Wen discovered that he hadn't brought the Deep Blue Treasure Chest in, but he had anticipated this possibility, so it didn't matter. Since he couldn't bring it in, no one else could either, and that was enough.

"Are you really in the water?"

Zhou Wen looked out of the transparent bubble and saw that it was completely surrounded by seawater. The transparent bubble acted like a waterproof membrane, keeping all the seawater outside out.

Although it was underwater, the light was not dim, because there was a row of bright white light on each of the two huge high walls on the left and right.

Two high walls, 5 meters apart and 30 meters high, stretch out in front of each other, with no end in sight. The transparent bubble where Zhou Wen is located is within this 5-meter gap.

Zhou Wen tried to put his hand through the transparent bubble. The process went smoothly without any resistance. His hand went directly into the seawater without the bubble bursting. After pulling his hand back, there was still a lot of water on his hand.

After learning that he could leave the transparent bubble at any time, Zhou Wen did not leave immediately. Instead, he opened the world chat channel to see if he could still communicate with other survivors.

The world chat channel was completely blank, with no messages. Zhou Wen tried sending messages himself but couldn't. He then tried sending messages to Jiang Haitao and Chen Xin, but the same thing didn't work.

"It's somewhat similar to the situation in the duel space," Zhou Wen said calmly, closing the system interface, then taking a deep breath and emerging from the transparent bubble.