Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Little foodie, can you beat a shark?”
Orange nodded with its round skull.
Chen Changan heaved a sigh of relief. ‘It is fine then!’
Then, he smiled lightly and threw a small fish into the air.
Orange understood and leaped into the air, nimbly twisting its body and biting the fish.
After landing back in the water, Orange swam around the raft with a small fish in its mouth. It was like a border shepherd holding onto a frisbee thrown by its master as it ran back to claim credit.
Chen Changan fed the remaining three small fishes to Orange and smiled. “Eat, eat. I can take care of you. If I have one bite of meat, you’ll have ten bites.”
Orange spat bubbles under the water surface as if it were embarrassed.
A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Chen Changan’s mouth as he said in a hearty voice, “If you feel embarrassed, why don’t you help me beat up the sharks?”
Orange surfaced, nodding its head vigorously.
Chen Changan’s smile became warmer. “Good boy. I’ll buy you squid after you’re done.”
Chen Changan didn’t hunt sharks on a whim; he had already planned this long ago. Chen Changan knew very well that sharks were the first hurdle left for humans in the Deep Sea World. Only by crossing over the hurdle would one be able to face greater challenges.
Only by becoming stronger could he live longer!
Chen Changan took out his axe and came up with a rough plan in his mind. He decided to complete his mission of hunting sharks before sunset.
Chirp chirp~
Orange was also ready for battle.
Chen Changan was afraid that Orange wouldn’t understand, so he didn’t make any complicated plans. “Later, I’ll attract the sharks over. You hide nearby and wait for the right time. When I call your name, you’ll hit the shark’s abdomen. Do you understand?”
Chirp chirp~
Orange agreed cheerfully.
Chen Changan knew that claims such as ‘the natural enemy of sharks is dolphins’ was just a rumor. If they had the same body volume, sharks could easily destroy dolphins.
Sharks were tough. Unless a dolphin hit a shark’s relatively weak abdomen or respiratory tract, the impact of a dolphin did little damage to a shark.
The reason why sharks didn’t include dolphins in their diet was simply that sharks were more prone to injury if they hunted adult dolphins. The price-to-performance ratio was just too poor.
In nature, injury was a very dangerous thing.
Thus, the main force of this battle against the sharks could only be Chen Changan himself.
After giving his instructions, Chen Changan turned around and prepared to continue the seafood feast. To his surprise, he found that the wood under the grill had long finished being burnt.
Under the cool sea breeze, all the seafood was chilled to the bone. Chen Changan said with a strange expression, “If the food is cold, then I…”
Chen Changan even prepared his own couplet.
In the past, Chao Tianwang had died in battle.
Today, Chen Changan died while hunting sharks.
Coincidentally, Chen Changan’s right eyelid suddenly twitched violently—he was scared.
“F*ck these superstitions!” As soon as he said this, his right eyelid miraculously returned to normal.
Chen Changan also took out a stick of firewood from the sealed barrel and heated it up again. He sprinkled chili powder on the seafood barbecue and ate it all.
What was meant by winning against the heavens?
Chen Changan leaned back.
Before officially hunting sharks, Chen Changan had to make additional preparations. The first was to put the barbecue grill and the clean water barrel into the market to avoid them from accidentally falling into the water during the battle. If that happened, it wasn’t worth it.
Secondly, Chen Changan tied 50 round barrels around the two ships in one breath. The combined weight of the two ships was as high as 2.1 tons, enough to ensure that the ships wouldn’t be overturned by sharks.
Finally—
If one wanted to do a good job, one must first use one’s tools!
Chen Changan touched the hammer symbol on his palm with his index finger and looked at the axe in his hand.
[Normal Mountain-Beheading Axe]
[Upgrade Plan 1: Increases the axe handle’s length, increases the axe’s hardness, slightly increases the axe’s sharpness, and increases the axe’s durability greatly. Upgrade requires 10 survival points.]
[Upgrade Plan 2: Enhances the axe’s material and adds a magic array pattern on the handle. Every day, Level 0 Sharp Spell can be activated once. Upgrade requires 30 survival points.]
“What the f*ck? Magic!” Chen Changan was uncultured and cursed.
Although the system explained that there was indeed a mystical upgrade path, Chen Changan had never seen it during the upgrade process. Thus, he gradually forgot about the possibility.
“However, 30 survival points will delay my ship-building plan by a day!” Chen Changan pondered expressionlessly. He had already given up on upgrading the axe into a magic one, but then he suddenly remembered the Cracked Jade he had previously received.
After he took out the piece of cracked jade, the survival point requirement for upgrade plan 2 dropped to 10 points.
Chen Changan opened the list of materials and added some straw ropes and wood. The cost of upgrade plan 2 dropped to 7 points.
This was within Chen Changan’s acceptance range.
“Upgrade!” A familiar web-shaped ray of green light flashed past and enveloped the jade, wood, straw rope, and Normal Mountain-Beheading Axe.
With a bang, a brand-new mountain axe appeared in front of Chen Changan.
[Enchanted Mountain-Beheading Axe]
Quality: Light Blue
Introduction: Originally, it was just an ordinary Mountain-Beheading Axe. After being transformed by magic, it has the ability to release a Level 0 spell, Sharp Spell.
Sharp Spell: It can greatly increase the Mountain-Beheading Axe’s sharpness. It can cut iron like mud and blow out hair. It can last for 60 seconds and can only be used once a day.
Evaluation: May I ask if you dropped this golden axe or silver axe?
Chen Changan happily picked up the new Mountain-Beheading Axe. It felt good to the touch, and he even felt confident that he could cut out the sharks’ brains.
The new axe was completed, and everything was ready.
The sharpening of the knife was aimed at the sharks!
When he was cooking the seafood barbecue earlier, Chen Changan had pulled many fish innards into a small bucket. He originally planned to use them as fertilizer for the kelp after they rotted.
But now, these organs had new uses—Bait!
In the ocean, a shark’s sense of smell was beyond human imagination. They could even sense the faint smell of blood ten kilometers away. Sharks were even more sensitive to blood than many professional police dogs.
Chen Changan walked to the edge of the raft and poured all the seafood organs into the sea.
Thirty seconds later, the shark—swimming hundreds of meters away—turned around and swam toward Chen Changan.
Chen Changan’s face was ashen, and he tightly gripped the mountain axe in his hand. Although he had killed chickens, fish, and dogs, he had never truly faced large creatures, let alone the overlord of the ocean—sharks.
Chirp chirp~
Orange let out a cry and swam dozens of meters away, waiting for Chen Changan’s signal.
Oosh!
The shark broke through the water surface and came closer.
Chen Changan finally recognized the breed of sharks. It was the ferocious and powerful marine hunter known as the man-eating shark—Great White Shark!
One hundred meters! Fifty meters! Thirty meters!
Twenty meters! Ten meters!
It was getting closer and closer!
Chen Changan could even see the shield scales on the great white shark’s back. Perhaps it was because it was an alternate world, but the scales on the great white shark’s back emitted a metallic luster.
The battle was about to begin!