Chapter 356: Island Five-Week Settlement |
"Good job! Great performance!"
On the open ground ahead, a Sea Lizard lay on the beach, its body frozen into an ice sculpture.
Before it, Little White Dragon stood tall and proud, chest puffed out with a triumphant air.
Compared to four days ago, today it took less than ten minutes to hunt a Sea Lizard of similar size.
And it didn't sustain any injuries.
Its progress was rapid, and its body had also grown a small amount, becoming a little taller.
"Progress is fast, and you've grown a bit too." Qin Ziwen patted its head, measuring it. Little White Dragon had grown about four centimeters taller over these three days.
During the fighting process, its appetite was nearly double its usual amount.
Every night when it returned, the first thing it did was lie down in the Giant Beast Breeding Center, exhausted and sleeping. Before, it used to have boundless energy at night, climbing all over Little Black One. These past few days, it just lay down and fell asleep instantly.
It used its innate Frost Touch, through its claws and breath, to gradually slow down its prey's body. Once the prey's body became completely stiff, it would deliver a single, lethal strike.
"So, how was the performance? Pretty good, right?" Qin Ziwen asked, like a proud old father, turning his head to look at Mogu behind him.
"This is a cunning little fellow." Mogu's usually rigid face revealed a rare trace of gentleness.
"We only have the final week left." Qin Ziwen sighed, feeling that peaceful time passed very quickly.
Tonight at twelve o'clock sharp, it would be the fifth week's settlement.
"Have you been to check on Little Black One's side?"
"I've been. The progress isn't very significant." Mogu said. "Because there's no pressure."
"Yeah, without pressure, it's not a life-or-death struggle; it's just playing." Qin Ziwen lowered his head to look at Little White Dragon.
Little White Dragon was different. Every opponent it fought was evenly matched with it.
Qin Ziwen raised his head. "Have you checked out the Undersea Mountain Range?"
"I've been. The surface of that undersea mountain range is severely damaged. It should be related to that monster that appeared on the sea surface during the last heavy rain."
"I suspect they might have some kind of connection."
"Hmm, probably." Qin Ziwen thought of the scene when he saw it, the water jets spraying from its entire body. He also thought of the densely packed holes on the surface of the undersea mountain range.
Mogu said, "I went to the place where we found the Silver Marrow last time. The marrow inside is almost completely hollowed out. There are crawling marks on the surface. It should be that the Silver Bobbit Worms took advantage of the spiders and jellyfish being lured away to climb up and steal it all clean."
Hearing this, Qin Ziwen was stunned for a moment. Was this reasonable?
But upon careful thought, this logic seemed quite reasonable too.
The populations of those monsters inside had formed a certain ecological balance with each other. Now that the balance was broken, the Silver Bobbit Worms, having no opponents left, naturally swept the board and claimed the spoils.
But thinking about the remaining Silver Marrow, he felt a faint ache in his heart.
"What about these Silver Bobbit Worms?"
Mogu said, "I only found the three smallest ones in the pool. The rest, the larger ones, are gone. They probably hid in other places inside the mountain's interior."
Qin Ziwen frowned, then his brow smoothed out.
Finding three was fine too.
These three 'small' ones were only small relative to the other Silver Bobbit Worms in the pool. Placed outside, they were still thousand-meter-long giant worms.
They could yield quite a bit of Silver Blood.
This stuff was valuable, had worth. It could be used as a trade item in the future. If that didn't work, after finding a suitable processing method, they could use it themselves. At the very least, it could be offered as a sacrifice. After all, it was still a level three Rare Treasure.
"Is the Fish-man Tribe settled? How did they react?" Qin Ziwen asked.
Mogu thought for a moment and gave an adjective. "Very obedient."
Starting from the day before yesterday, the Fish-man Tribe began a great migration.
A large number of fish-men willing to leave joined the Home one after another.
Qin Ziwen was happy to see this. For these fish-men to join the Home, they had to go through recruitment.
The recruited fish-men's loyalty was guaranteed. Every newly joined fish-man was a drop of fresh blood.
Of course, to avoid the Home turning into a fish-man home in the future, Qin Ziwen also planned to recruit more suitable humans to join the Home.
But at least for now, this batch of fish-men became a new emerging force within the Home.
Especially in combat, a large number of high-physical-fitness Fish-man Warriors were added.
The next map is the Underground Cave. Generally speaking, places like underground caves have a high probability of having underground rivers, so the Fish-man Warriors still have a place to shine.
Now the Home's area was getting larger and larger. Raising more people was more than sufficient.
"Let's go. Training ends here for today. Let's head back first." Qin Ziwen waved his hand at Little White Dragon.
Mogu didn't take the boat. He ran directly back across the sea surface.
Little White Dragon quickly followed behind Qin Ziwen. One man and one dragon waited by the dock for the Ferry. They boarded the Ferry, and some fellow passengers on the boat greeted them.
These past few days, Qin Ziwen took Little White Dragon out every day, so many passengers were familiar with them.
Some bold people reached out, wanting to touch the pure white Little White Dragon, but Little White Dragon flicked its tail and jumped away.
If others tried to get closer again, its eyes turned fierce, issuing a warning!
That person was immediately startled and didn't dare to approach again.
The ship docked, and Little White Dragon trotted happily behind its master.
Inside the residential complex, residents with happy expressions on their faces were everywhere.
These past few days, every household in the complex had stored quite a bit of food.
For people who had been starved into fear, food was greater than heaven.
Being able to store food meant having more hope of surviving in the next map.
Returning to the Home, Qin Ziwen summoned the members of the Qin Alliance's Core Hunting Team and informed them about the information for the next map.
Cao Biansheng said with surprise, "Underground Cave? It sounds like there's very little food. We need to prepare a lot more food."
"We also need to prepare more plants, like trees. We might be short on wood in the next map too." Li Yue suggested.
Zhao Pu pushed up his glasses. "The next map specifically mentions survival cooperation. The difficulty might not be low."
"I'm more concerned about whether there will be newcomers coming in the next map. I wonder if they'll be pure newcomers, or like the Teaching Building, newcomers who have experienced a few maps. After all, in a sense, we are also... a newcomer force." Qin Ziwu said half-jokingly.
He had heard some inside information from his elder brother, like that woman referring to their kind of Shedding Abyss that hadn't exceeded five maps as a 'newcomer Shedding Abyss'.
Jia Liangcai said with a smiling, squinting expression, "Whether they are newcomers or not isn't important. Being obedient is what matters."
Qin Ziwen said, "Both are possible. After you return, you can gradually release the information, letting everyone in the residential complex prepare. Also, we need to extract fish oil. Lighting is a major problem in underground caves. Stockpile more raw materials for torches."
"Yes, boss!"
Night fell. When the pointer pointed exactly to midnight, a voice sounded in his ears.
You have successfully survived five weeks in the Gobi Desert and Island maps. Current Island Map Day 37. Gathered and caught a large amount of seafood, gathered a large number of fish-men, built ships... Comprehensive Score: 1251.
「Rewards Obtained: 【Function Card】 Level 1 Anchor Chain, 【Reward Card】 Settlement Reward Tier +1, 【Building Card】 Level 1 Stone Quarry*1]
This time the rewards were somewhat simple, only three cards in total.
Among them was an ordinary Stone Quarry.
The truly valuable ones were only the Function Card and a Reward Card never obtained before.
Judging by value, this Reward Card should be on the same tier as the Function Card.