area51novel Chapter 89 The Hellish Conditions of the Archipelago
Chapter 89 The Hellish Conditions of the Archipelago
Before setting off, Su Jin had Shen Ruying and the others fill the guiding star torch with the fish oil from the rock serpent and light it up.
Then they began planning their route, heading towards the tranquil shallow bend.
But to Su Jin's surprise, he eventually arrived at Tranquil Shallow Bend very smoothly.
The fog was thick, the night was dark, the rain was pouring down like water, and the wind was howling like a tornado, creating an apocalyptic scene.
But to his dismay, Su Jin didn't even see a single sea monster emerge.
Only a few sea monsters occasionally thrashed about in the distance; in reality, he only encountered one sea monster, rendering his harpoon crossbow useless.
He was initially very nervous, thinking it was another wave of sea monsters.
Shen Ruying and the others on the ship also entered a level 1 alert state, each armed with axes, knives, and even Li Yuanyuan used her iron pot as a shield.
As a result, no fighting occurred until they reached Tranquil Bend.
Looking at the pale blue sea around him, so shallow that a person could stand in it, Su Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Once they get here, surely no large sea monsters will appear to attack them.
"We're safe for now."
……
Meanwhile, in the archipelago region far from the tranquil shallows, a completely different hellish scene unfolds.
Old Zhang huddled in his small wooden hut, his back pressed tightly against the wooden wall, clutching a stone axe he had traded for from Su Jin.
Outside, it was pouring rain and howling wind, but what made his scalp tingle even more was the dense scratching and banging on the door mixed in with the sound of the wind and rain.
bang bang bang!
The walls and doors of the wooden house trembled intermittently, and sawdust fell from the roof, making the whole house look shaky and on the verge of collapse.
[WARNING: Your territory building "Simple Wooden House" is under attack! Durability is decreasing...]
[When durability reaches zero, the building will be destroyed, and the territory effect will be temporarily disabled. It will require materials to repair and restore.]
The system notification sounded in Lao Zhang's ears, sending a chill down his spine.
He originally thought that by upgrading to a level 2 island and having this wooden house with a fireplace, he would be safe within the territory, at least having a refuge.
Who knew these monstrous things could actually demolish the house!
He cautiously peeked out through the crack in the door.
By the occasional flashes of lightning, he could see countless dark shadows on the beach outside.
Those dark shapes were about the size of a washbasin, and they looked like they were covered by a shell, reflecting a wet, glistening light under the rain, like... a baby sea turtle magnified countless times?
They don't move very fast and are a bit clumsy, but their numbers are frightening.
Some of them were persistently ramming into his hut with their bodies or scratching at it with their claws.
Further away, on his island, there seemed to be even more shadowy figures writhing.
"Damn it... how come there are so many..." Old Zhang swallowed hard and cursed under his breath.
If the house is smashed to pieces, he will be exposed outside. Even if he can kill one with a single blow, he will be drowned by the others immediately!
We can't just sit here and wait to die!
Old Zhang gritted his teeth, his gaze falling on the small bundle of dried wolf meat in the corner of the room.
That was what he had saved up yesterday to prepare for dinner, but he couldn't care less about that now.
He quickly came up with a rather risky plan.
He took a deep breath, used a chair as a stepping stone to climb onto the roof beam, tore off a strip of meat and threw it on the ground, then reached out and opened the wooden door of the cabin.
The moment the wooden door opened, several sea monster cubs immediately entered the wooden house.
They smelled the aroma of meat and spotted the meat strips, quickly scrambling for them, completely unaware that there was an even larger meat strip on the roof beam.
Taking advantage of this moment, Old Zhang used his territorial rules to kill the sea beast cubs.
He then used the same trick again, tearing off a strip of flesh to lure the sea monster cub, then killing it, and repeating this process.
He survived, and the sounds of the surroundings hitting his cabin lessened.
But the price was his precious dinner; most of the dried meat was either eaten or covered in sand and could no longer be eaten.
Just then, a rumbling sound came from his stomach.
Hunger, deep exhaustion, and lingering fear—these are his current feelings.
For a fleeting moment, the image of Su Jin's sturdy ship flashed through his mind.
If only I could have gotten on the ship back then...
He shook his head violently, a look of greed and ferocity appearing in his eyes.
boil!
We have to get through this!
Once he gets through this night and has killed so many, maybe...maybe he can get a huge amount of sea beast materials!
At that time...
He licked his chapped lips, slammed the wooden door shut with his foot, and dared not come down from the roof beam, intending to spend the night like this and wait for the storm to pass.
Old Zhang was lucky; compared to him, who had upgraded to a level 2 island and had territory, the others weren't so fortunate.
Sun Daqing, who was on Sarukishima Island, is a prime example.
Since he came into this world, he has only dared to watch from afar, never daring to get close to anything.
There's no other reason than that he suffers from severe social anxiety, and he spends 27 out of 30 days a month staying at home and ordering takeout.
He goes out once every ten days on average and doesn't exercise, which has resulted in him weighing 250 pounds despite being less than 1.7 meters tall.
He was quite impressed when he saw Su Jin's speech, but because he was not good at communicating, he ultimately did not get in touch with Su Jin.
To this day, he regrets it, because a group of beetle-like sea monster cubs appeared on the island, scaring him so much that he had to bury himself in the ground.
This is also his survival strategy. Thanks to his naturally large appetite, he can eat a lot of food at once and then go without food for several days, maintaining his vital signs for a long time.
He could even hibernate underground without needing oxygen, just like an insect, which allowed him to survive the last crisis and this one.
But his situation remained dire; if the sea monsters continued to roam around him, he would only have death to face.
If Sun Daqing is a master of the art of strategy, then Zhao Tieshan on Iron Ore Island is a master of the aggressive style.
As it was located on the strategically important iron ore island, it had a natural advantage.
Before he came into this world, he was a swordsmith by profession and had even participated in a sword-forging competition and won a top-three finish.
Upon arriving in this world, he awakened a talent he considered godlike.
His frog-like legs are a mutation; that's his talent.
Simply put, it transforms his legs into frog-like legs, granting him extremely strong jumping ability. With the addition of strength and physique, he can leap nearly ten meters in a single bound.
With this talent, even the smallest sea monster cubs can't catch up with him, and even adult sea monsters that come ashore are left behind by him.
The problem is that frog jumps are extremely physically demanding, and running for a long time will exhaust him.
At this moment, Zhao Tieshan hid in a tree, recovering his strength and waiting for an opportunity.
If he can forge a long iron sword, then he will have the means to fight against the sea monsters.
While these three could barely survive on the island, Wang Qingmei, who possessed an amazing talent for farming, had become the most miserable one.