Chapter 271: Borrowing a Head |
If a song could describe Liu Ze's current mood, it would be the fluttering snowflakes from "A Plum Blossom."
After the dramatic rise and fall, Liu Ze was like a gambler who had lost everything. "Anchor Point! Anchor Point! Come out!"
The crimson ship's anchor had just begun to emerge halfway this time before it retracted on its own.
All that remained in Liu Ze's ears was the Home's prompt.
[Your permissions are insufficient. Anchor Point establishment failed. Please continue to improve your permissions.]
Hearing this cold voice, Liu Ze suddenly laughed.
He nearly laughed until tears came out.
"Insufficient permissions, insufficient permissions, hahahaha."
His carefully prepared trump card was like a joke.
At this moment, a large crowd had already surrounded him. These people were holding crossbows and bows, forming a tight encirclement.
"Think you're the only one who can swim, huh!"
Li Yue wanted to rush over and kick his butt, but Jia Liangcai pulled him back.
This opponent's physical stamina was extraordinary, possibly not an ordinary person.
A cornered beast will still fight. There was no need to risk getting close.
Liu Ze's gaze fell on Jia Liangcai, then shifted to Zou Jianghe.
"I lost. I lost due to an information gap."
"Fair and square." Li Yue sneered.
Liu Ze nodded and lowered his head. "Yes, fair and square. At least let me know who I lost to. Is it the one who led the team to attack us that day?"
As they spoke, the sound of flapping wings came from above.
The Crowned Eagle circled overhead. On the eagle's back, Qin Ziwen peered down.
He saw a red-haired, bare-chested young man standing in the center of the crowd.
Qin Ziwen tossed out an Insight.
[Superhuman · Abyssal Diver (Human): ☆☆☆☆☆]
Superhuman, but still five stars.
Could it be that after choosing a first-tier task to advance to Superhuman, one's physical attributes don't improve? Only second-tier and third-tier tasks provide enhancements?
Liu Ze raised his neck, looking up at Qin Ziwen.
"It's you," he said with certainty.
Qin Ziwen leaned over and asked, "What is your superhuman ability?"
Liu Ze replied, "I can stay active underwater for extended periods, surpassing physiological limits."
"Oh." Qin Ziwen nodded. This ability seemed decent, but it was essentially a free version of Deep Sea Oxygen.
"What's your position within Blood Script?" Qin Ziwen asked again.
Liu Ze's eyes flickered. Since the other party was asking about his position, it meant he still had value.
"I am the leader of Blood Script. I admit defeat. Whatever you want, I will cooperate."
"Good. Then lend me your head for a moment. Give him a quick end." After saying this, Qin Ziwen left on his eagle.
Liu Ze was stunned. "Wait, not—"
Before he could finish, the surrounding bows and crossbows fired simultaneously.
Liu Ze instantly became a hedgehog.
Li Yue took a knife handed to him by someone nearby, strode forward, grabbed Liu Ze's head, and with a swift motion of the blade, severed the head.
"Liangcai." Qin Ziwen, having returned to the Home, summoned Jia Liangcai. "Make preparations. We'll go attack the island directly later. It's time to completely take over the other side."
"Right now, the Mosasaur is severely injured, and the Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur are dead. The Lost Homeland can sail freely. We must seize this opportunity."
"Yes." Jia Liangcai acknowledged.
Not far away, Li Yue ran over. "Boss, I got it."
Qin Ziwen's expression turned strange. He stared at the head Li Yue was holding, then looked at Li Yue's face. "Why did you cut off his head?"
"Guild Leader, didn't you say to borrow his head?" Li Yue's mouth hung open.
...
The corner of Qin Ziwen's mouth twitched. He waved his hand. "You should just continue with your inventions."
"Oh." Li Yue felt somewhat regretful. He thought he might have a better place to utilize his potential.
"Take care of that head. We're not some perverts, carrying a head around like terrorists." Qin Ziwen felt mentally exhausted. He waved his hand, signaling for Li Yue to leave quickly.
Turning around, he headed to the Ghost Shipyard.
At this moment, inside the shipyard.
Tao Fu was leading the ghostly shipwrights to inspect the ship's damage.
"How's the damage situation?"
"Sir, this part is bent from the impact, but fortunately, it's not broken. This Ghost Gold is still very hard. This part is dented inward; the wooden planks inside might have cracked. We need to dismantle and reinstall them."
"Alright, leave it to you." Qin Ziwen remembered the Mosasaur only seemed to have rammed the ship twice—once on the ship's side, once at the stern.
Both impacted areas were dented inward.
Just from the dent marks, one could infer how terrifying the Mosasaur's ramming force was.
If it were an ordinary wooden ship, the hull would probably have cracked and started taking in water from the first impact.
On the open ground nearby, the massive corpse of the Ichthyosaur lay horizontally.
Observing it up close, from this distance, the Ichthyosaur corpse lying here resembled a small hill.
Qin Ziwu climbed up and lay on top of the corpse. Seeing his older brother, he waved his right hand.
Qin Ziwen approached and saw that the biggest wound on the Ichthyosaur's body was at the neck, where the Mosasaur had bitten it.
A large chunk was simply missing.
The Ichthyosaur corpse's surface had no scales, resembling an enlarged shark.
Its most prominent feature was the long, pointed, conical-toothed beak on its head.
"There's something in its stomach."
A large hole had been cut open in the Ichthyosaur's abdomen.
A man crawled out from its belly, holding a basketball-sized amber-colored stone.
"What's this?" someone next to him asked.
"Don't know. Found it below its throat bone." The man offered the found stone to Qin Ziwen. His body was still covered in wet, sticky fluid and blood.
This stone emitted a faint, unusual fragrance.
"What's your name?" Qin Ziwen asked him.
"Guild Leader, my name is Nie Pan."
"Put the stone here." Qin Ziwen glanced at the stone. Based on experience, it seemed like a Rare Treasure. He tossed out an Insight.
"Yes." Nie Pan squatted down, placed the stone on the ground, then turned and left.
[Level 1 Curio] Ichthyosaur Stone (Can be embedded into aquatic-type buildings or resources. Significantly reduces conflicts and mutual predation among different aquatic populations within its range, forcing them into a "commensalism" state, improving population health and growth numbers.)
Interesting. It can increase aquatic harvests. It's most suitable to place in the fish pond.
He found some clean water and rinsed the sticky fluid off the surface of the Ichthyosaur Stone.
Then, carrying it, he went to the fish pond.
Hearing someone approach, densely packed fish heads surfaced on the pond's water.
After being raised for a while, these fish were becoming less and less afraid of people.
Hearing human footsteps, they knew fish food was coming.
The building card for the fish pond materialized. Qin Ziwen picked up the Ichthyosaur Stone and threw it in.
The building card absorbed a gleam of light and retracted back into the building.
Previously, this fish pond only raised fish. They didn't dare raise too many crabs and shrimp at the bottom, fearing conflicts that would affect yield.
Now, that wasn't a problem anymore.
Standing by the pond, he slid his palm open, revealing three cards.
All were trophies found on the Ichthyosaur corpse.
[Advanced Resource Card] Level 1 Mourning Fortress, [Recruitment Card] Common · Fishman Skilled Sailor, [Resource Card] Level 1 Red Coral Cluster.
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