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

Fortunately, Zhou Wen was currently inside the triangular space formed by two algae oxygenation tanks, so he didn't have to worry about the shadow attacking him from underwater.

Zhou Wen stared intently at the water in front of him, the beam of his headlamp sweeping back and forth across the surging surface. He took a sharp spike from his waist and gripped it tightly in his hand.

Zhou Wen waited quietly, waiting for the tide to recede.

But misfortune never comes singly. At this tense moment, an accident occurred: the headlamp's battery was low, and the already dim light became even dimmer and began to flicker.

"Damn it! The power's out now, are they kidding me?" Zhou Wen cursed under his breath.

But now he dared not free his hands to manually crank the charger, and could only squint his eyes and continue to observe the water surface by the flickering light. At this moment, he felt that the receding seawater was taking too long.

Finally, the headlamp ran out of power, plunging the stomach cavity into complete darkness.

Just a second before the light went out, Zhou Wen's expression suddenly changed, because he saw a fleshy, strip-shaped creature in the water ahead, resembling both a snake and a tentacle.

"Bang! Crash~".

Before Zhou Wen could even figure out what kind of creature was lurking in the water, the surface of the water in front of him suddenly burst open, and some creature rushed out of the water.

In the darkness, fear filled Zhou Wen's entire body. He strained to see everything around him, but it was all in vain. He couldn't see anything, and the unknown fear magnified infinitely in the darkness.

"Crack!"

Zhou Wen's head was struck hard, as if some kind of creature's claws had gripped his spiked helmet.

The claws seemed to have barbs, which squeezed the spiked helmet with great force, making a sharp sound as it scraped against the carapace.

Zhou Wen was terrified, his whole body went numb from the extreme fear, and his right hand, gripping the spikes, trembled uncontrollably.

"Calm down! Calm down!" Zhou Wen cried out in his heart. Only by calming down could he control his body.

At this moment, Zhou Wen felt something wrapped around his neck, a sticky and slippery sensation that made his scalp tingle.

"What is that? Tentacles?"

Because it was pitch black all around, Zhou Wen had no idea what was attacking him. In his panic, a bizarre creature with a huge body, two claws, and legs covered with tentacles appeared in his mind, and the fear in his heart could not be dispelled for a long time.

The tentacles on his neck began to contract, and Zhou Wen felt difficulty breathing and his face began to flush.

"I'm going to die again... Wait, why did I say again...?" Zhou Wen felt an unusually familiar suffocating sensation. On his very first day in this world, he almost suffocated to death due to lack of oxygen.

"I'm going to fuck you!"

Perhaps feeling that he was about to die, Zhou Wen's fear dissipated, replaced by boundless rage. His adrenaline surged, and his numb body immediately recovered.

"Pfft!"

Zhou Wen swung his right hand violently, piercing the tentacle on his neck with the spikes, not caring whether he would accidentally pierce his own neck.

"Squeak~ squeak~".

The unknown monster was attacked and emitted a sharp, eerie cry, which Zhou Wen discovered was coming from above.

Zhou Wen was already enraged and ignored the details, frantically cutting the tentacles on his neck with his spikes.

Although the tentacles' skin was very resilient, it couldn't withstand the cutting of the spikes at all. The tentacles were quickly severed by Zhou Wen, and the severed tentacles were wildly swung in Zhou Wen's hands, with a large amount of foul-smelling liquid splashing out from the broken ends, splattering all over Zhou Wen's body.

After a while, the monster became completely still, but the claws on its head were still gripping the spiked helmet, only now they had lost their power.

As his anger subsided and the effects of the adrenaline wore off, fear returned to Zhou Wen's heart.

Zhou Wen swallowed hard, not daring to make a move for a moment, and waited motionless until the seawater receded completely.

"He must be... dead..."

Zhou Wen felt uncertain because the monster's claws were still gripping his head, and it was pitch black all around, making it impossible to see what was happening.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Wencai mustered up his courage, took off his headlamp, and started hand-cranking it to charge.

The headlamp flickered a few times, emitting a dim yellow light that illuminated everything in front of it.

What Zhou Wen saw was a large amount of blood and a severed tentacle, which dangled over the algae oxygenation tank, with blood still dripping from the broken end.

“This tentacle must be the main body.” Zhou Wen shone the light over it and only found a strip-shaped body about three meters long and as thick as a bowl.

Zhou Wen suddenly remembered the strange scream that had come from his head earlier, realized something, and immediately took off his helmet.

On the helmet, four chelicerae shaped like anchors gripped the spiked helmet tightly, with small barbs at the ends embedded in the helmet.

In the middle of the four anchor-like chelicerae is a ring-shaped mouthpart covered with scimitar-like teeth.

"Damn, what if it bites my head?!" Zhou Wen broke out in a cold sweat when he saw the creature's overall appearance.

It was pure luck that the monster hadn't bitten through his skull; the helmet's shell was no match for the monster's sharp teeth.

The reason he was unharmed was entirely because the three spikes on the top of the spiked helmet prevented the monster's four anchor-like chelicerae from fully adhering to his head. The fanged mandibles were some distance from the helmet itself, making it impossible for the monster to bite him.

"Jiang Haitao saved my life..." Zhou Wen thought to himself, still shaken.

"By the way, the biological encyclopedia should now have information about this monster."

Zhou Wen suddenly remembered the biological encyclopedia, immediately opened the system interface, and found the encyclopedia entry for this monster.

Anchor worm

Body length: 2-3 meters

Weight: 30-40 kg

Food type: Blood

Description: A parasite that lives inside giant organisms. Its sharp mouthparts can easily bite open an adult's skull. Its four anchor-like chelicerae are like the Grim Reaper's scythe. Without a sturdy helmet for protection, being caught by it is certain death. The anchor-like chelicerae can be used to make tools.

After reading the introduction to anchor worms, Zhou Wen felt increasingly frightened.

He survived this time entirely by luck. He obtained the blueprints for the spiked helmet in advance and even made it, which happened to be able to hinder the anchor worm's attack.

Splash~ Splash~.

At that moment, the sound of seawater churning came from inside the esophagus.

Zhou Wen then remembered that the Leviathan transformation was not yet finished feeding, so he quickly removed the anchor worm head that was clinging to the helmet, casually tossed it aside, and put the helmet back on.

Zhou Wen did not leave the triangular space of the algae oxygenation tank because he felt it was safer to stay inside, as anchor worms might be hiding in the seawater during this feeding.

After waiting until the Leviathan finished feeding and found no more anchor worms, Zhou Wen carefully left the area where the spiky krill were stored.