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

If this were outside, Zhou Wen certainly wouldn't be so troubled. A bucket of hallucinogens would easily kill the black serpent. But in the maze trial, these things couldn't be brought in at the beginning, and there was no way to transfer items over for defense through the system interface in time.

Unable to rely on external forces, Zhou Wen's combat ability was greatly weakened. In addition, being underwater further reduced his flexibility, leaving him with no choice but to confront large creatures head-on. All these limitations made the black serpent appear exceptionally powerful.

"Let's find an exit first."

Continuing to linger here is not a solution. There are only eight or nine hours left before the trial ends. If we cannot complete the trial, then even if we obtain ten pure gold treasure chests, it will be meaningless.

After a brief moment of thought, Zhou Wen decided to find the exit first. If he had enough time after finding the exit, he could return here to try and kill the black serpent and obtain the contents of the pure gold treasure chest.

After all, Zhou Wen now has a strong memory and spatial construction ability. He can reconstruct a path in his mind as long as he has walked it once, so there is no need to worry about not being able to find his way back.

Just as Zhou Wen was about to summon his transformed Leviathan, he suddenly remembered something and looked at the supply box in his hand. He was not without external help now.

"The fat of the shieldfish has a shock-absorbing effect, so would it work to use the fish meat to defend against attacks?"

Zhou Wen's mind raced as he compared the size of the black serpent to that of the shieldfish in his mind. The difference wasn't too great, and considering the shock absorption effect of the shieldfish's fat, he deduced that the idea of ​​using the shieldfish's corpse to block the black serpent's attack was highly feasible.

The black serpent was about 30 to 40 meters long. Although its scales looked hard, they certainly couldn't withstand the long steel blade made from the teeth of a 300-meter-long Leviathan.

Zhou Wen only needs to withstand the impact of the black snake's attacks a few times to continuously inflict heavy damage on it. After several rounds of attacks, he should be able to kill the black snake with minor injuries or even without any damage.

Even if he is surrounded by a large number of survivors, as long as his injuries are not serious, he can rely on his heavy armor to leave the area without killing any survivors.

"The next step is to figure out whether the shieldfish carcass can actually help reduce the impact."

This required experimentation, so Zhou Wen left the crowd and, based on his memory, came to a deserted area. He then took out a two-meter-long piece of shield-shaped fish meat from the supply box.

Beneath the skin of the shieldfish lies a 20-centimeter-thick layer of fat. Zhou Wen cut off a large piece, about one square meter in size, and then covered himself with it.

Then, Zhou Wenping lay on the ground, gripping the giant hammer with both hands, and added five free attribute points to strength, bringing his strength to 55.5. Finally, he used all his strength to smash it onto himself.

"Oh!"

The cheliped hammer struck the 20-centimeter-thick layer of shieldfish fat, producing a dull thud. The impact of the hammer spread across the shieldfish fat like ripples on the surface of water, but quickly dissipated.

Zhou Wen, hidden beneath the fat, felt no impact whatsoever, as if the hammer blow he had delivered with all his might hadn't even landed on him.

Afterwards, Zhou Wen removed his spiked armor and made several attempts, discovering that the shock absorption effect of the shieldfish fat far exceeded his expectations. The impact force generated by his 55.5 strength could not penetrate the 20-centimeter-thick shieldfish fat at all.

This was without him wearing any equipment. If he wore the shrimp head heavy armor, the impact reduction effect would be even greater.

However, the impact of the enormous black serpent was definitely beyond Zhou Wen's capabilities. But he would be using a whole piece of shield-shaped fish meat, which would have a stronger effect in mitigating the impact, in addition to the heavy armor he was wearing.

It's not necessary to completely negate all the impact force; as long as the intensity doesn't exceed the range that Zhou Wen's physique can withstand, that's sufficient.

"I wonder if we could cover our bodies with a layer of this shieldfish fat before putting on heavy armor." Zhou Wen thought it would be safe to add another layer of defense.

So, using a long steel knife, they cut a 1-centimeter-thick, 1-square-meter-sized slice from the 20-centimeter-thick slice of shieldfish fat, then cut two holes in it and wore it as a vest.

To determine how effective the 1-centimeter-thick layer of shieldfish fat was at absorbing shock, Zhou Wen smashed himself with his chelicerae hammer again. However, this time he didn't use too much force, otherwise he might accidentally injure himself, which would be ridiculous.

When the chelicerae hammer slammed into the "fat vest," Zhou Wen could clearly feel the impact. However, the impact, which was originally concentrated in one point, was spread throughout his body by the "fat vest."

It felt like my whole body had received a massage; the area that was hit only vibrated slightly, without any pain.

Zhou Wen then increased the force and slammed his body several times. With all his might, he could feel the pain, but it was not enough to cause any damage to his body.

"The shock absorption is pretty good."

Knowing the powerful shock-absorbing effect of the shieldfish's fat, Zhou Wen was even more excited about the fishbone armor. Once it was made, it would definitely be the strongest armor currently available, not only hard but also impact-resistant, making it an absolute weapon against large creatures.

Finally, we'll see if we can put on the shrimp head armor while still wearing the "fat vest".

The size of the equipment in this world is based on the size of the human body, and there is not much space inside to stuff all sorts of random things. Apart from the clothes on his body, Zhou Wen was really not sure if the "fat vest" could be worn together with the shrimp head heavy armor.

Sure enough, after Zhou Wen instantly donned the shrimp-head heavy armor, the "fat vest" on his body detached directly from his body. Just as he had worried, the two items were incompatible.

But Zhou Wen was still not giving up. Why could he wear clothes but not a "fat vest"?

So, they kept thinning the "fat vest" and kept trying to make it compatible with the shrimp head armor. Finally, when the "fat vest" was only 5 millimeters thick, it was not forcibly detached from the body by the shrimp head armor.

Zhou Wen successfully donned both a "fat vest" and a shrimp-head armor. Although the "fat vest" was half the thickness, it still provided some shock absorption, which was better than nothing.

Afterwards, Zhou Wen made a pair of "fat pants" and a "fat hat" to protect the important parts of his body. Finally, he put on the shrimp head heavy armor, took the tooth steel longsword, and walked directly towards the place where the black snake was.

At this moment, in the area where the black snake was located, several fearless survivors tried to take the pure gold treasure chest, but they were all killed by the black snake's tail. The upper half of the black snake's body did not even leave its original position.

The survivors who had been waiting to pick up any remaining survivors were getting impatient as time ticked by. If they didn't find the maze exit soon, they would be doomed once the trial ended.