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

The stomach wall began to vibrate violently, the phasing Leviathan began to move, and Zhou Wen also woke up from his dream. He had a dream, a dream full of delicious food.

Zhou Wen sat up from the "bed" made of supply boxes, and subconsciously pursed his lips as he thought of the food in his dream.

"I wonder if there are any items in the supply box for heating food." Zhou Wen immediately thought of the shrimp meat from yesterday, but he couldn't cook it properly, so he couldn't bring himself to eat it.

I ate a piece of bread and drank the half-bottle of mineral water left over from cleaning my wound yesterday, which barely relieved the hunger in my stomach.

Then I checked his arm injury. I don't know if it was because the medical bandage was effective or because he was in good health, but the wound was not infected, which was a stroke of luck.

After re-bandaging the wound, all the supply boxes laid on the ground were piled on the algae oxygenation tank. Now it was just a matter of waiting for the Leviathan to feed.

While waiting, I opened the world chat channel and checked the messages exchanged by other survivors.

[Hey guys, I'm out of food. I only have one watermelon seed left. Could you please help me out and exchange it for a piece of bread?]

[What good are watermelon seeds? You don't even know how to grow them, yet you expect to exchange them for bread? You're dreaming.]

[Dude, stop shouting. We've been shouting since yesterday, and right now each person only gets one supply box per day. Whether you get food is entirely up to luck. Just by looking at the trade information in the trading channel, you can tell that most people are short of food right now. Who would trade food for useless watermelon seeds?]

Please, I haven't eaten anything all day. I'll give you anything edible.

"We're supposed to get a supply crate today, so why don't you wait a little longer?"

That was five or six hours later; I have absolutely no energy left.

…………

"He's the one who traded bread with watermelon seeds in the trading channel yesterday." Zhou Wen saw the message, thought for a moment, and immediately clicked on the other party's profile picture to send a private message.

They replied very quickly.

[Brother, are you trying to trade watermelon seeds?]

Yes, but I didn't trade it for bread.

"It's okay, as long as it's edible. What exactly is it?"

Raw shrimp meat.

Shrimp meat? Where did you get the shrimp, bro?

The other party was clearly surprised, so Zhou Wen briefly explained how he obtained the shrimp meat.

[A shrimp the size of an adult's forearm must weigh three or four pounds!]

"Pretty much. I'm not used to eating raw meat; it'll spoil in a few days if I keep it, so I thought I'd trade you watermelon seeds instead."

Thank you so much, brother.

The next second, the other party directly traded the watermelon seeds to him via private message, as if afraid that he would change his mind.

After confirming that they were watermelon seeds, Zhou Wen sent the shrimp meat over.

"Wow, that's huge! I really got a great deal, bro. My name is Jiang Haitao. If you ever need my help in the future, I'll definitely do it without hesitation."

After exchanging a few polite words with Jiang Haitao, Zhou Wen closed the system interface.

Trading shrimp meat for a tiny watermelon seed with Jiang Haitao seems like a huge loss to outsiders, since watermelon seeds are currently impossible to plant.

But for Zhou Wen, who already has a small planting box, it's like a piece of a puzzle. Seeds are an indispensable part of self-production, and he doesn't eat raw shrimp meat, so it's still a good deal for him.

After a while, the illusory Leviathan began to eat, and Zhou Wen, just like yesterday, began to carry seaweed continuously.

Because I was attacked by a large shrimp in the seaweed yesterday, I put a shrimp shell on my forearm today, then hollowed out the inside of the shrimp head and wrapped it around my palm.

Before moving the seaweed, I used my hands, which were protected by shrimp shells, to scratch inside it a few times to make sure there were no creatures hiding in the seaweed before I started moving it.

Wrapping my arms in shrimp shells did provide protection, because there were three large shrimp hidden in the seaweed pile today.

Zhou Wen spotted one of them beforehand, and the other two attacked him, but they were blocked by the shrimp shells on his arms and he was not injured.

After the seaweed was moved, Zhou Wen began to process the three large shrimp, but he did not use the method he had used to kill them yesterday.

Yesterday's method damaged the shrimp shell too much, but it was a last resort. Today, with the sharp spines on the shrimp's head as a tool, he can use a method that doesn't damage the shrimp shell.

First, use an empty supply box to secure the shrimp, then use a spike to pierce the shrimp at the junction of its head and tail.

This is arguably the most vulnerable part of the shrimp. Cut open the thin shell connecting to this part, then grab the seam with your hand and pry it off. The shrimp head and tail will then be successfully separated, and the shrimp shell will be preserved intact.

It took about half an hour to process all three large shrimp. With the experience of peeling shrimp yesterday, the shrimp shells were mostly intact today, much better than yesterday.

After that, there was nothing to do. Put the shrimp meat and shells into the supply box and store them away. Then just wait for the Leviathan to devour the supply box.

After digesting the illusion, Leviathan began to move. A short while later, the first supply box entered the stomach wall space along with seawater.

[Ding! You have obtained 1 can of tinned yellow peaches]

"They even have canned yellow peaches? That's good, they're high in sugar and provide a lot of energy."

Zhou Wen happily packed away the supply box. The canned yellow peaches contained both peaches to eat and syrup to drink, making it a perfect life-saving food in this world.

While Zhou Wen was waiting for the second supply box, Jiang Haitao sent him a message.

Hey bro, do you still have any of that spiky krill meat?

"Spiky krill meat?" Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback, but immediately realized that it was the shrimp meat he had traded to Jiang Haitao.

How did you know the shrimp was called a spiny krill?

Zhou Wen asked with some doubt.

[It's in the encyclopedia; I found it by accident.]

"Illustrated guide?"

Zhou Wen immediately opened the encyclopedia and found that there was indeed a second page.

Spiky krill

Body length: 30-40 cm

Weight: 5-6 kg

Food type: Algae

Description: The spikes on its head are exceptionally sharp, the flesh is delicious and elastic, and its shell can be used to make armor.

The illustration of the spiny krill was simple, but it still provided Zhou Wen with some information.

"No wonder they always hide in seaweed piles; it turns out their food is algae."

The food of the Leviathan is also algae. When it swallows a whole gulp, it will inevitably bring along a few unlucky spiky krill.

"Wait, then why hasn't anyone else encountered this?" This question suddenly popped into Zhou Wen's mind.

After some thought, Zhou Wen came up with a possibility.

"Could it be that because I always help the Transformed Leviathan digest seaweed faster, it spends far more time active each day than other Transformed Leviathans, so it swam to the waters where there are spiky krill?" Zhou Wen guessed.

"It should be roughly the same, so it seems I'm already far ahead of the others."

However, this news did not make Zhou Wen happy; in fact, it made him somewhat worried.

As the Leviathan moves further and further from its birthplace, it will encounter more and more marine life. If the Leviathan accidentally swallows a three- or four-meter-long marine creature, it will probably be doomed.

[Big brother, are you still there?]

Yes, I was just looking at the encyclopedia.

[Spiky krill meat is a good thing; it increases your strength after eating it. So I'd like to trade for another spiked krill meat, using the blueprint I just got from the supply crate.]

"what?"