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

The Rock Crystal Leaf Tree is still planted in the damaged spiked helmet. There's no other way; there's simply no extra space on the wooden platform to plant it.

Zhou Wen couldn't be planted anywhere other than on the wooden platform, because the excrement of the rock-dwelling worms was just soft mud and couldn't withstand the erosion of seawater at all.

The Rock Crystal Leaf Tree is also a very important plant. Its Rock Fruit can repeatedly increase attributes, and there are three attributes in total.

"By the way, the watermelons are ripe today. After picking them, we'll use the empty space to plant the Rock Crystal Leaf Trees."

Everything has its priorities, and the importance of the rock crystal leaf tree far surpasses that of crops like watermelons.

Zhou Wen was also thinking about getting the Rock Crystal Leaf Tree to produce Rock Fruit again as soon as possible, to see how many times the Rock Fruit could repeatedly increase attribute points.

With eager anticipation, Zhou Wen carried the spiked helmet used to plant the rock crystal leaf tree and arrived at the area where crops were being grown.

At a glance, one can see a large oval watermelon, bigger than a basketball, with light and dark striped wavy patterns on its surface, lying quietly among the vines and leaves in one of the small planting boxes. The once lush green vines and leaves now show signs of withering.

"Pat pat!" Zhou Wen excitedly stepped forward and gently patted the watermelon with his hand. The watermelon trembled slightly and made a crisp thud, clearly indicating that it was ripe.

However, Zhou Wen did not pick the watermelon immediately. Seeing that the vines and leaves were gradually withering, he guessed that the watermelon would only be truly ripe after all the vines and leaves had withered.

Zhou Wen swallowed hard. Based on the feedback from patting the watermelon earlier, he knew that this was definitely a good watermelon with a thin skin and thick flesh.

Suppressing his urge to gossip, Zhou Wen looked at the sweet potato next to him.

The sweet potatoes are growing in the soil, and only the vines and leaves are visible on the surface. However, these vines and leaves have turned from green to black, indicating that they are old. The soil underneath, which was originally flat, is now slightly raised, suggesting that the sweet potatoes are quite large.

After checking on the crops, it was almost time for the Leviathan to feed. Zhou Wen found a safe spot for the Rock Crystal Leaf Tree in his hand, and then crawled back into his sleeping area.

At this moment, he no longer felt that the sleeping area was cramped, but only felt a strong sense of security.

With a wooden foundation above him and an algae-rich oxygenation tank in front of him, he was now like someone hiding in a very small house, making it difficult for outside dangers to harm him.

However, safety is one thing, it's still important to wear proper defensive gear. Zhou Wen also opened the blueprint interface and found the blueprint for the [Iron Greatsword].

Now that better weapons and materials are available, the fishbone knife is naturally being phased out to further improve personal safety.

Zhou Wen clicked "Craft" directly, and the three iron ingots plus a piece of wood instantly turned into blue light, combining in front of him to form a one-meter-long iron broadsword.

This is a large iron sword with a blade length of 70 cm and a handle length of 30 cm. It can be held with both hands. The blade is wider at the front and narrower at the back, with a wider blade and a narrower bottom. There is a certain curvature between the blade and the tip, making it suitable for slashing.

"It's a bit heavy." Zhou Wen held the iron broadsword with one hand and felt its weight. It should weigh about 10 jin (5 catties). For Zhou Wen now, this weight meant that he could only make simple slashes with one hand, and it would put a lot of strain on his wrist.

To truly unleash the power of the broadsword, it must be wielded with both hands, but he had never used a broadsword before, and swinging it with both hands felt a bit awkward.

"Looks like I need to practice." Zhou Wen gripped the broadsword with both hands and tried swinging it a few times, but felt his arms were a bit uncoordinated.

There was no other way. Zhou Wen was just an ordinary person who had only ever used a kitchen knife. He was naturally not used to holding a large knife with both hands, so he could only get used to it through constant practice.

With a splash, the sound of seawater churning came from inside Zhou Wen's esophagus. He immediately focused his attention and hid behind the algae oxygenation tank, listening to the sounds in the water.

He didn't want to encounter the anchor worm today. With his arm tendons injured, a simple swing of the knife was fine, but putting real force into it would definitely not do any good to his injury.

After carefully listening and examining the mirror, Zhou Wen confirmed that there were no anchor worms in the water. He then opened the blueprint interface and constructed twenty-one algae oxygenation tanks.

Last night, Zhou Wen traded away his algae oxygenation tank for the "Chopsticks Blueprint." Now, he's replenishing it, and the remaining twenty units are still listed on the trading channel for survivors to snap up.

After some time, it seemed that Zhou Wen's wish came true, or perhaps he was just lucky, and he got through today's feeding phase safely again.

However, the other survivors were not so lucky. As Zhou Wen had predicted, the death toll rose steadily, reaching more than 500,000.

Seeing such a huge death toll, Zhou Wen had no choice but to continue selling wooden foundations to provide the survivors with some additional defenses.

Jiang Haitao was also attacked by an anchor worm, but thanks to Zhou Wen's method of hiding behind the algae oxygenation tank, Jiang Haitao avoided being dragged into the water like Zhou Wen had done before.

They waited peacefully on the wooden platform for the tide to recede; without the seawater, the anchor worms' agility was greatly reduced.

With the heavy spiked armor Zhou Wen had given him and the fishbone blade in his hand, Jiang Haitao waited motionless for the anchor worm to clamp onto his body, then swung his blade forcefully to slash at the anchor worm's soft body, successfully killing it.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wen immediately asked Jiang Haitao to send over the anchor worm's corpse, and then put the anchor worm's blood into the small aquarium where the boiling blood coral was located.

The blood stained the clear seawater in the tank, but the coral polyps on the boiling blood coral became excited and began to wave their tiny tentacles, absorbing the blood from the seawater.

After feeding the blood-boiling coral polyps, Zhou Wen threw the leftover seaweed from the feeding stage into the tank of gel planarians as their food.

After feeding the animals, Zhou Wen sent out a message on the world trading channel to buy gold ore. Since gold ore could really make the golden seaweed grow, he would buy more.

After finishing all this, Zhou Wen began to move the seaweed. Because of his arm injury, he couldn't use too much force today, so he moved it slowly, taking nearly two hours.

However, it only takes an extra hour and will not affect the number of supply boxes you receive.

"Hehe, time to eat watermelon."

While moving the seaweed, Zhou Wen noticed that the watermelon vines and leaves had all withered, proving that the watermelon was fully ripe. After moving the seaweed, he hurriedly climbed onto the wooden platform and picked the large watermelon from the withered vines.

The newly made iron scissors are perfect for cutting watermelons.