Chapter 324: An Unexpected Delight |
On the open ground beside the Ghost Shipyard, the Mosasaur's corpse lay horizontally on the shore. The massive body was flipped on its side on the ground, almost touching the ceiling of the Home.
Last time, someone had discovered an Ichthyosaur Stone inside the Ichthyosaur's corpse and received a handsome reward after turning it in.
This Mosasaur was even larger in size, attracting even more attention from the crowd.
The Mosasaur's belly was slit open, and someone climbed into its stomach to extract the internal organs.
The heart was the first to be removed. The Mosasaur's heart was a full three meters tall, weighing more than a small car.
Qin Ziwu and Cao Biansheng worked together to lift the heart, while someone nearby held a large bucket to catch the blood.
Bucket after bucket of fresh blood was collected and then sent over to Du Yu's side.
Some people from the sidelines came closer, their eyes glowing with fervor as they stared at the heart.
"Guild Leader, can you sell a bit of this heart's blood to us?" An old man approached, leading a small child by the hand.
"My grandson caught a cold from playing in the water recently, and he's coughing badly. This dragon blood must be highly nourishing, good for the body." The old man rubbed his hands together.
The child he was leading immediately started crying. "I want medicine! I won't drink this!"
Hearing this, Zhao Pu was speechless. "Old Kong, what are you thinking? If the child has a cold, you should see a doctor. Doctor Sun from Renhe Hall and Doctor Qian from the Qin Alliance are both skilled. Don't mess around with nonsense, no feudal superstitions."
Others nearby who knew Old Kong also tried to persuade him.
Old Kong's eyebrows shot up defiantly. "What feudal superstition? Today I saw people running on the sea! How can that be called feudal superstition!"
Some people in the watching crowd nodded silently in agreement.
They had originally believed in science too, but the series of events after crossing over had forced them to accept the metaphysical.
"You old fool! I've been waiting at Doctor Qian's place for half the day, and you sneaked off here instead!" An old woman walked over with a formidable air.
Old Kong's face instantly stiffened.
The man who had been so assertive just moments ago hurriedly took his grandson and left. "Let's go, let's go."
Not long after Old Kong left, someone pulled a grayish-brown orb from inside the Mosasaur's belly. "Guild Leader, it has this in its stomach."
This orb was very large, nearly fifty centimeters in diameter, and was a uniform gray-blue color.
Qin Ziwen was somewhat astonished. The Ichthyosaur had an Ichthyosaur Stone in its belly, so did this Mosasaur's body also contain... a Deep Sea Core???
[Level 5 Curio] Small Deep Sea Core (A sea core condensed in the deep sea. After swallowing it, it can absorb aquatic energy from the world to nourish the body, allowing an ordinary creature to advance into a Superhuman creature.)
Qin Ziwen stared at this thing, which he had scanned with Insight, and fell into deep thought.
He had just used Insight subconsciously, never expecting it to actually be a Deep Sea Core.
He was a bit baffled. Why would this thing be inside the Mosasaur's stomach?
Could it be that it was greedy and accidentally swallowed the Deep Sea Core?
Considering the Deep Sea Core's purpose, this wasn't impossible. Perhaps the Mosasaur subconsciously felt this was a good thing, so it swallowed it.
But the Mosasaur was already dead; no one could give him the answer.
This item could allow an ordinary creature to advance into a Superhuman creature. This was the first treasure he had seen, aside from cards, that could enable a human to break through to Superhuman status.
No wonder it was called a Rare Treasure.
And by the looks of it, it seemed to be a Rare Treasure that could be reused and recycled.
However, Qin Ziwen glanced at its size, then thought about the size of a human body. Swallowing it would probably be a bit difficult...
But regardless, another material required for the [Wonder Card] Abyssal Sea Ruin had been collected. Now, all that was left was to gather the final eighteen Aquatic Rare Treasures to build the wonder.
Success was within reach.
"Good. Go find Jia Liangcai to collect your reward later." Qin Ziwen praised.
The worker who found the Deep Sea Core showed a delighted expression on his face. He hadn't contributed much during the hunt for the Mosasaur Hunter. He had just crawled into the fish's belly to search during the dissection and received a reward. His luck today was too good.
"Guild Leader! There's something else in its stomach!" Another worker crawled out. This time, he was holding a football-sized, deep bluish-green stone in both hands.
[Level 1 Curio] Mosasaur Stone (Can be embedded in aquatic-type buildings or resources to increase the appetite of raised aquatic populations, boost their activity levels, and shorten their development time.)
This should probably count as an Aquatic Rare Treasure too. Now only seventeen were left.
"Good." Qin Ziwen looked at the man who extracted the Mosasaur Stone. He seemed somewhat familiar. "Are you called Nie Pan?"
Nie Pan was pleasantly surprised. "Guild Leader, you remember me."
"I asked your name last time." Qin Ziwen gave him a deep look. The one who extracted the Ichthyosaur Stone last time was also him.
This Mosasaur Stone was probably discovered in the same place.
Qin Ziwen said, "Go collect your reward later."
He stood to the side, continuing to watch the dissection of the Mosasaur.
Chunks of bright red, tender meat were cut off.
Unlike ordinary, paler fish meat, the Mosasaur's meat was very red and had many muscle fibers, somewhat resembling beef.
The cut meat was very fresh and was still twitching slightly.
Everyone gathered around the Mosasaur was filled with joy. Such a massive mountain of meat; the Guild Leader always distributed meat whenever he hunted a big one.
Workers climbing on the Mosasaur's back used curved knives to cut off pieces of meat and threw them down. Workers below, wearing gloves, caught them.
Children ran around the Mosasaur, being shooed away by the working adults.
"Go further away, don't get hit by the falling meat."
After watching for a while, Qin Ziwen returned to his bedroom, holding the Deep Sea Core in his hands.
He took out the Abyssal Sea Ruin Wonder Card.
The front of this Wonder Card originally depicted a deep, empty seabed.
After absorbing the Underwater City last time, the image of an underwater city had been added to it.
When the card was taken out, it emitted a wisp of five-colored rainbow light that enveloped the nearby Deep Sea Core. The Deep Sea Core floated up and was slowly sucked into the card.
After the Deep Sea Core was absorbed into the card, the now-dull card fell into his palm.
Looking at the card's front again, the pattern had changed dramatically. In the very center of the underwater city, a simple, ancient, pyramid-shaped altar had appeared at some point.
At the top of the altar, a glowing pearl floated, appearing particularly eye-catching within the dim pattern of the underwater city.
Now, only the final Aquatic Rare Treasures were needed to complete the collection.
After fiddling with it for a bit, he carefully put away the Wonder Card. Qin Ziwen then took out the two Function Cards he had obtained from the seabed.
One [Function Card] Level 1 Insight, one [Function Card] Level 1 Guild.
He chose to use them directly.
[Function Activated: Level 6 Insight]
[Authority has been upgraded. Current Authority: Level-4 Authority (6/16)]
[Level 6 Insight: Can be used on any target to gain insight into its basic rules and glimpse higher-level properties.]
[Function Activated: Level 3 Guild]
[Authority has been upgraded. Current Authority: Level-4 Authority (7/16)]
[Level 3 Guild: You can choose Home Masters to form alliances. Current maximum number of alliances: 40. After forming an alliance, the following functions are unlocked: Goodwill Alliance, Shared Building (2), Allied Merchant Guild.]