Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“I learned how to swim all by myself!” Chen Changan dove into the sea and swam around The Flying Henan People. It seemed as though he wanted to satisfy the regret of not being able to swim when he was younger.
“Chirp chirp~” Orange suddenly chirped.
Chen Changan immediately gave up his playful thoughts and surfaced in the blink of an eye. Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask Orange about the matter, he suddenly felt an inexplicable chill behind him. It was quite similar to the situation when he had been paralyzed in bed by a ghost, so he immediately took out the Blade of Exorcism.
He turned around.
A raft slowly floated over.
Chen Changan’s pupils contracted! ‘Other rafts? Human?’
Chen Changan jumped onto the ship’s bow, wanting to take a closer look. However, the scene displayed on the raft in the distance made him sigh in his heart.
He was indeed a human, but the owner of the raft was a dead man.
Chen Changan sighed. “Orange, pull me over.”
As the two boats approached, Chen Changan finally saw the raft owner’s appearance.
He was wearing a black suit; his entire body was thin and shriveled. His skin was light brown and was covered with a layer of speckles. He didn’t look like someone who had just died.
“This method of death is a little familiar…” Chen Changan didn’t remember seeing a similar corpse, but the raft owner’s corpse gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
It wasn’t until Chen Changan recalled the chill just now that he suddenly realized that the raft owner had died in a ghost’s bed. No, to be precise, he had died in the hands of a sea monster.
“If I didn’t defeat the Sea Demoness, would I end up like this?”
Chills went down his spine!
Chen Changan gripped the Blade of Exorcism tightly. Only this weapon that could slay ghosts could give him a sense of security.
Staring at the raft owner’s corpse, Chen Changan suddenly found that the thumb of the corpse was pressing on the palm.
He was confused. “Was he posting? Was he posting before he died?”
Chen Changan pondered for a moment and guessed. “Sea Demoness… He died in the hands of a Sea Demoness. Could it be that he went to the treasure island too? The same treasure island I visited?”
Chen Changan’s heart skipped a beat as he began to search for similar information. After spending more than half an hour, he finally found the raft owner’s post title.
He went to the end of the post.
[I entered the island. Along the way, birds chirped, and flowers bloomed. Trees grew everywhere, and there were plenty of plants. I walked along the path and saw a run-down temple. The system notified me that I needed to make a sacrifice. I only had one shark in my hand, so I supplied it to the God of the Ocean.
The door to the temple was wide open, and it was dark inside. I mustered up my courage and walked in. There was a woman in embroidered shoes lying inside. Doctor, please save my life! Stupid environment, please help me play with the female ghost’s phone and lie on the ground. If I die, so be it. I’ll use the loudspeaker room to design a card on my back.]
That post of the OP—who was the ‘Alternate Path’ played by the raft owner—was actually him crying for help in a life-and-death crisis.
Extract the text within.
Help.
That female ghost…
Lying on me…
Back.
Chen Changan was silent for a long time before he used his nickname to announce the raft owner’s obituary.
[OP is dead]
…
Witnessing the death of humans with one’s own eyes was far more terrifying than speculating on the forums that billions of humans had died.
Chen Changan first hunted a great white shark and then eliminated the Sea Demoness. In the blink of an eye, he was gone.
‘One must follow their heart!’ Chen Changan made up his mind and said firmly, “I only have one life; it’s better to run far away! If you can’t defeat the treasure island, just run. Who isn’t a runner?”
There was no time to lose. Chen Changan immediately called for Orange to continue on their way, far away from the sea area where the treasure island was located.
The voyage lasted for a day and a night.
The next evening, The Flying Henan People sailed for a full 200 kilometers. No matter how many Sea Demonesses the treasure island sent out, it was still difficult to find him accurately.
Of course, there was also the possibility that the treasure island had a special method that could detect Chen Changan, who was extremely far away. It was possible that there was a magic radar or tracking spell.
Therefore, Chen Changan planned to travel another 100 miles before he could barely reach a psychologically safe distance.
Time passed unknowingly, and evening arrived. Seagulls spread their wings on the horizon, and their wings tore through the clouds, splitting the dawn. Finally, they transformed into black shadows and disappeared.
The sea breeze lifted Chen Changan’s overly large white robe as he sat at the boat’s bow and smiled. “Orange, take a rest first. You’ve swum for almost 300 kilometers in the past two days.”
As he spoke, Chen Changan fed Orange a one-kilogram native fish.
It was already the seventh day of transmigration, and the number of fish species in the trading market was increasing. Some people even discovered that if they slaughtered hundreds of fish in one go, there would be a small wave of drifting resources floating up.
The announcement of this phenomenon had led to a recent price surge for a kilogram of fish in the market because the market only allowed living things within one kilogram to be listed at most. These small fish had become the most sought-after in the market.
A kilogram of native fish became the most cost-effective commodity in the market.
As the saying goes, “If you don’t manage the household, you won’t know how expensive the oil and salt are.”
Orange ate more than 15kg a day, and in the state of long-term exercise, it consumed more than 20 kilograms of meat. It was more than ten times more than Chen Changan.
Only by using the wrong name and not the wrong nickname, Chen Changan gave Orange the nickname ‘Little Foodie,’ which was definitely appropriate.
In order to conserve resources, the fish meat that Chen Changan fed Orange today was mainly made of soil.
After sailing day and night, Chen Changan looked around. They had arrived at a completely unfamiliar sea area.
There were more native fish here. The blue-scaled fishes floated to the surface and swam around the boat. As the setting sun’s afterglow fell, the small fishes seemed to shatter into bubbles under the sunlight. The blue scales reflected blue light like stars falling into the ocean.
Such a beautiful scene caused Chen Changan’s heart to relax and his spirit to be cleansed.
The next second, a blue-white figure rushed into the blue foam and disrupted the beautiful painting.
Orange had no artistic talent at all. It only had one purpose for coming here: A big fish eats a small fish!
Orange was a standard carnivore. It didn’t want any beautiful scenes. In its eyes, there was only food and food.
The blue-scaled fishes were in a mess. They were as beautiful as bubbles, but they broke upon contact.
The beauty of nature was gone.
Chen Changan looked at Orange helplessly; he was both angry and amused. “Orange, I feed you until you’re full every day! Can you stop it!”
Orange gave chase and ate 30 to 40 blue-scaled fish before it surfaced. Then, it stared blankly at its owner as if asking, “Dessert? Where’s the dessert?”
Chen Changan held his forehead and sighed. After that, he casually threw a fat native fish to Orange. “Forget it. I’ll let you off this time on account of your hard work!”
Orange didn’t stand on ceremony. It bit the fish that its owner fed it and finished it in no time.
Chen Changan looked at Orange’s flat belly; it was like a bottomless pit.
Two native fish—weighing one kilogram each—and dozens of blue-scaled fish couldn’t even make its belly bulge slightly.
His main job during the day was to boil water and barbecue, but as a fishing enthusiast, Chen Changan would still take some time out to fish at dusk.
Chen Changan had the blessings of a fisherman. Every day, before the sun set, he would definitely obtain a fish.
“In that case, after Orange helped me chase away the small fishes, I can catch a big fish!”
Amazing! You would never be able to imagine the joy of fishing!
Chen Changan took out his fishing rod and leisurely sat at the boat’s bow, waiting for the sun to set and for the fish to take the bait.
This wave was called ‘Chen Taigong fishing for fish, those who are willing to take the bait!’
When dusk fell, Chen Changan immediately felt the fishing rod become heavier. He smiled cunningly and said, “It’s here, brother!”
Chen Changan raised his fishing rod with all his might and pulled the fishing line out of the water bit by bit.
A bright red carp landed on the boat.
Chen Changan was surprised. “There are carps in the sea too? I clearly remember that they are freshwater fish!”
Chen Changan could only explain that the seawater environment in the alternate world was different. He wasn’t even as interested in eating fish as he was in exploring the biological environment in the alternate world.
The red carp jumped down and tried to escape back into the sea, but Chen Changan grabbed it with one hand.
At this moment, the red carp suddenly stopped resisting, and tears flowed from its eyes.
Chen Changan was stunned. “Do fish cry too?”
The red carp shed another teardrop; it was clearly crying.
Chen Changan paused for a moment and scolded with a smile, “F*ck, what does whether the fish cries or not have to do with me? Even cows cry. When I eat beef, the most I can feel is that the price of beef has risen to 90 yuan per kilogram. I can’t afford it, so I can only buy beef that costs 72 yuan per kilogram. I’m crying because I’m poor!”
After he finished speaking, Chen Changan planned to knock out the red carp and use the small pot he bought yesterday to make delicious fish soup.
As for the damage to the grill, Cheng Changan had already repaired it with survival points and iron ore after he bought the small pot yesterday. The grill had been upgraded to Simple Barbecue Kitchen, and there was even some oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar added to it for cooking.
[Simple Barbecue Kitchen]
Quality: White
Introduction: It is made from an outdoor barbecue grill and a metal pot. After adding wood, you can start a fire and cook. Barbecue, stir-fry, and cook.
Accessories: Metal pot with lid, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and chili powder.
Evaluation: Small place, clink, clink. I love this small kitchen~
At that moment, an anxious cry came from Orange.
Chirp chirp~
Chen Changan raised his head and looked over.
Orange had started its rapid dive from the southwest and was swimming back at high speed.
“It used Rapid Diving!” Chen Changan immediately realized that something had happened. He threw the carp into the round wooden barrel containing seawater and immediately looked toward the southwest direction. His pupils constricted as he said in surprise, “F*ck, it’s a raft. There are people on it!”
Above the sea in the southwest direction, three rafts were connected to each other. The humans on them also discovered The Flying Henan People and stood up.
With the push of the waves, the large raft and The Flying Henan People got closer and closer. They were only about 100 meters away from each other.
Orange called anxiously.
Chen Changan had to make a choice as soon as possible. ‘Should I make contact with the humans on the raft, or should I continue sailing alone?’