Tomb Raiding: All Things Merge, Starting with 400x Strength

However, the fat man knew Zhang Hao's strength; these people posed no threat to him whatsoever.

Since he invited these two people over, he must have his own reasons.

So the fat man pretended nothing had happened, introduced himself to Yi Sa and Ding Yudie, and then went back to his cabin to rest. He didn't come to the cabin for dinner until evening.

On fishing boats, seafood is the most common food, with a large table laden with both familiar and unfamiliar varieties.

Zhang Hao, Consultant Zhang, Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Yi Sa, Ding Yudie, and A Ning sat at one table, while the boatmen found a place on the boat to sit or squat and eat from their bowls.

During the meal, Yi Sa and Ding Yudie kept eating plain rice without touching any of the dishes.

Wu Tianzhen asked in confusion, "Why aren't you two eating any vegetables?"

"We are allergic to seafood and can't eat these."

The fat man chuckled upon hearing this: "Don't you water demons live underwater? How can you be allergic to seafood?"

Ding Yudie said with a worried look, "It's innate. If we knew why, we would have found a solution long ago, instead of just sitting here eating rice for nothing."

Just like Fatty said, water goblins are supposed to live in the water, so it's strange that they're allergic to seafood. There must be something fishy about that.

Once we figure out the reasons behind it, we might be able to find out what this so-called god really is.

"Brother Zhang Hao, try this, it tastes incredibly delicious."

The fat man placed a large, colorful shrimp, as thick as a baby's arm, into Zhang Hao's bowl.

"what is this?"

The shrimp in the bowl looked similar to mantis shrimp, but were larger and more brightly colored. The most obvious difference was that mantis shrimp had two sickle-shaped forelegs, while the shrimp in the bowl had two hammer-shaped spheres forelegs.

"This is a peacock mantis shrimp, which is very rare to see if it weren't for the fact that it's located on the coast."

"So this is the peacock mantis shrimp."

Zhang Hao had already heard of the famous mantis shrimp.

It is said that these shrimp must be kept in a bulletproof glass tank, otherwise they will shatter it.

Experiments have shown that being attacked by its forelimbs is equivalent to being hit by a .2.2 caliber handgun.

Its punch generates an impact force of 120 kilograms.

The impact force of 120 kilograms may not seem high, but it is not. You should know that the mantis shrimp is only a dozen centimeters long and weighs only a hundred grams.

In human terms, that's equivalent to a human punch delivering 18 tons of force.

The reason why a small shrimp can generate such a strong impact is due to its punching speed.

The mantis shrimp can punch as fast as 1/250 of a second, meaning that theoretically it can throw 250 punches per second.

It's worth noting that the human limit is only 9 punches per second, meaning that the peacock mantis shrimp's punching speed is nearly 30 times that of a human.

Zhang Hao has now merged with the Blood Corpse, increasing his movement speed by 500%.

In other words, even if it exceeds human limits, it is still far inferior to the peacock mantis shrimp.

Zhang Hao picked up the bowl, walked to the blind spot at the bow of the boat, and grabbed the mantis shrimp in his hand.

"System, fuse with the peacock mantis shrimp."

[Ding, command received, fusion initiation.]

As the system notification sounded, the mantis shrimp in his hand instantly transformed into a multicolored liquid, which slowly expanded into a multicolored film that enveloped his entire body.

Then it transforms into countless tiny molecules, which seem to come alive and desperately try to penetrate his body.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, your 15th fusion is complete. Fusion item: Mantis Shrimp.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the fusion item's trait: punching speed increased by 1/250th of a second.]

"I rely on!"

When Zhang Hao heard the system notification, he was so excited he almost jumped up.

This punching speed means that I now have the same punching speed as the mantis shrimp, capable of throwing 250 punches per second.

In addition, the power gained from fusing with ants, which is 400 times his own weight, will make each punch extremely terrifying.

Even the hardest object would probably not last more than a second under such a powerful and rapid attack!

While Zhang Hao was still in the midst of his excitement, the system notification sounded again.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have completed 15 fusions, achieving the achievement. You are rewarded with 1 fusion attempt. The next achievement is to complete 30 fusions.]

The system even has achievement rewards; you can get rewards as long as you reach a certain number of achievements.

Although achieving the achievement for the first time only rewards one fusion opportunity, it's important to know that every fusion opportunity is hard-won and precious.

With this extra fusion opportunity, he can fuse with one more item, and his strength will increase accordingly.

After merging with the mantis shrimp, Zhang Hao returned to the dining table, quickly ate a few bites of food, and then went back to his cabin to rest.

The boatmen were still loading equipment and supplies onto the ship, and it wouldn't be able to leave port until around 9 p.m. at the earliest.

While still at the dock, with a good network signal, Zhang Hao took out his phone to watch videos.

There are countless marine creatures, including amazing creatures like the peacock mantis shrimp.

He wanted to see what other special creatures existed in the ocean, so that if he encountered them, he wouldn't miss them because he didn't recognize them.

"Human-faced sickle: a magical marine object that can control the human body through nerves."

"Lungfish: Possessing a magical ability similar to the human turtle breathing technique, they can survive for several years even in arid environments, and can regain their vitality once they come into contact with water."

"Electric eel: a dangerous creature that can release 860V of voltage, which can easily kill even a strong crocodile."

……

As Zhang Hao scrolled through videos and saw all sorts of strange and wonderful creatures in the ocean, he couldn't help but marvel at how amazing nature truly is.

Although none of these creatures are perfect, they each have their own unique abilities that enable them to survive.

Given enough time, by exploring enough tombs and accumulating enough fusion attempts, one could theoretically integrate all these abilities into one.

"The boat is setting sail!"

Around nine o'clock in the evening, shouts from the boatmen could be heard outside the cabin.

Soon after, Zhang Hao, who was lying in bed watching videos, felt the fishing boat moving.

As the fishing boats drifted further and further away from land, the network signal became increasingly weak, to the point that videos took forever to load.

Zhang Hao had no choice but to put away his phone and close his eyes to rest.

I don't know how much time passed, but the ship suddenly shook violently, as if it had been hit by something, and the whole ship almost capsized.

Zhang Hao suddenly woke up, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he heard a commotion outside the cabin.

"Uncle, what's going on outside?"

The loud noise woke Wu Tianzhen up, and he was completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened.

Zhang Hao shook his head: "Let's go out and take a look."