Chapter 212: Disaster Survival System (41)

"Look! Land! I see land!"

Early that morning, Chen Shuoyun, who had just finished his night shift and was preparing to grab a bite before returning to the Rest Cabin to catch up on sleep, excitedly used voice chat to wake Ming Hao.

Ming Hao bounced off the bed in one go, pulled back the floor-to-ceiling curtains of the balcony, confirmed there was no danger outside, then shoved open the balcony sliding door and rushed out to crane his neck and look in the direction Chen Shuoyun was pointing.

"Land! It really is land! That's great!"

Ming Hao jumped three feet high in excitement.

Then, he took a photo of the faint outline of land in the morning mist and posted it to the Regional Channel.

With that, the fellow players who were still sleeping all woke up and excitedly swarmed onto the deck, talking all at once:

"Heaven be praised! We can finally land!"

"You said it! No matter how luxurious the Cruise Ship is, it's fine for a short time, but after a while, it just doesn't feel as reassuring as land."

"It would be fine if those mutated animals didn't keep attacking our Cruise Ship; this season has been truly nerve-wracking."

"Look at my average heart rate during this period; it's higher than it was during the Volcanic Eruption. Day after day, there's never a moment of peace."

"It's fortunate our Cruise Ship is still sturdy and the ammunition is sufficient, otherwise we'd really be dead! I took a look at the World Channel this morning, and man! The number of surviving players has already dropped below two thousand."

"Sigh! It's only been a month, and there are still three months left to endure! At this rate, won't there be zero players left in three months?"

"Impossible! We will definitely make it back alive!"

"Exactly, Lao Guo, don't boost others' morale and dampen your own! We've already endured to the final season of the Four Seasons Natural Disasters; victory is in sight! Even if I die, I'm going to die after exiting the game! Otherwise, the hard work of the first three seasons would be for nothing! And the two big shots would have helped us in vain."

"Well said! Even if I die, I have to go back and see my mom and dad, my wife and kids before I die! What's the point of dying in the game!"

"In my opinion, we shouldn't panic too much. As long as we follow the arrangements of the big shots and keep up with their pace without falling behind, I believe we can all make it back alive!"

"Alright, stop just chatting, it's time to work!"

Fu Zhangzheng called them via the walkie-talkie he had exchanged for with Gold Coins.

Since entering the Mutation Season, he had been stationed in the Cockpit, monitoring the surveillance almost constantly.

At this moment, seeing a group of giant mutated tiger sharks swimming toward the Cruise Ship, he immediately notified the fellow players who were still chatting on the deck.

Xie Yang heard the external speaker connected to the walkie-talkie as soon as she woke up, rubbed her face, stretched, and got out of bed.

She had been on duty for the first half of the night yesterday, and it had been quite calm.

She hadn't expected to have work to do first thing in the morning.

"What is it this time?"

She logged into the Communication Channel while putting on her clothes and opened a private chat window to ask Fu Zhangzheng.

"Mutated tiger sharks."

Hearing it was sharks again, Xie Yang raised an eyebrow.

Were these ocean overlords making bets in private or something?

A group came almost every other day.

Fortunately, ever since the first time a great white shark gnawed off several pieces of the deck's steel plating, they had increased their vigilance and taken turns patrolling at night.

Over the past month, they had welcomed more than thirty defensive battles against mutated marine animals, big and small, harvesting wave after wave of Shark Fin, Fish, Crab meat, Shrimp meat, Shark Tooth Dagger, crab claw steel cables...

From the initial panic when facing enemy attacks to now, when they calmly put on their gear and picked up weapons to rush out and slaughter upon hearing the broadcast, the change was truly significant.

Just like right now—

"Oh! Time to work, time to work!"

"Hurry, hurry! Go inside and grab your gear!"

Ming Hao and the others, who had been gathered on the deck looking at the land, rushed into the inner cabin in an orderly fashion, grabbed their guns, loaded them, and rushed back to the deck, aiming at the giant tiger sharks lunging toward them and firing a round of "bang, bang, bang."

During this time, everyone fighting wits and courage with the mutated animals in the ocean day and night had become a daily routine.

The series of actions—grabbing a gun, checking the bullets, loading, and aiming—seemed to be carved into their bones, becoming muscle memory. If one didn't nitpick about details and accuracy, their proficiency in operating firearms was almost on par with Fu Zhangzheng.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Tsk! Sorry! I was too excited seeing land and aimed crooked! I meant to shoot you in the eye, but ended up shooting you in the mouth, feeding you a bullet. Sorry, sorry, Tiger Shark brother!"

"Oh, I was too excited too, I missed! I didn't hit the one I was aiming at, I hit the one next to it. Sorry!"

"Can you guys focus! This is real combat! Not target practice! Ah! Speaking of you guys, I shot crooked too! Sorry, sorry, just grazed it, wasted a portion of Shark Fin!"

Tiger shark:...

Are these humans devils?

Too terrifying!

Xie Yang's mouth twitched just listening to them.

She didn't use a gun, but instead held a long Steel Harpoon, sending the tiger shark that had bitten onto the deck back home with one thrust.

She had great strength, and since she could solve the mutated sharks with a harpoon, she wouldn't waste bullets.

The golden monkey squatted on her shoulder, darting out from time to time to give the tiger sharks biting the deck a claw to the head.

It would return and squeak at Xie Yang, begging for a reward.

"Well done!"

Xie Yang praised it while harpooning tiger sharks.

"Ming Hao, watch the rear!"

Fu Zhangzheng's reminder came through the walkie-talkie.

Out of the corner of her eye, Xie Yang scanned the rear deck; Ming Hao and Chen Shuoyun were too busy dealing with the tiger sharks in front of them and hadn't noticed the danger approaching from behind.

She raised her harpoon, aimed at the target, and threw it with force.

"Thwack!"

The sharp harpoon was like a keen sword, piercing straight into the back of the ambushing tiger shark.

Bright red blood sprayed onto its companions.

"Huh? Why are they retreating?"

"I've only fought one! Hey—wait! Leave one more for me, brother, I have too few Shark Fin in my Storage Space! I'm afraid it won't be enough to share with my relatives and friends when I bring it back..."

"Exactly, don't go! I haven't had a top-grade Shark Tooth Dagger drop yet! Where is your king?"

"..."

Damn it!

Are these humans here to stock up on goods in the ocean? Too brutal!

The tiger shark school no longer lingered in the fight, retreating as soon as they said they would.

Instead, the blood flowing into the sea attracted a group of Mutation seafood.

The sardines, which were originally the thickness of a finger and a foot long, had grown to nearly the size of salmon after Mutation.

The shrimp that were once eaten one per bite were now twice the size of a Lobster;

The Crab were the same, needing a bathtub to hold them; ordinary basins and buckets simply couldn't fit them.

Fortunately, they were not as threatening as the sharks.

Xie Yang took the opportunity to cast a net.

A moment later, the sea surface returned to tranquility.

The players used one-click pickup for their respective spoils and returned to the banquet hall in high spirits.

Today really seems like a good day!

First, they discovered land, and then they replenished their Backpack Slot with a batch of Shark Fin, fish meat, and Shark Tooth Dagger.

Xie Yang's harvest was even greater; besides the items above, she also obtained a 【Tiger Shark Blood Bar】, as well as a large net of Mutation seafood that hadn't managed to escape in time.

The 【Tiger Shark Blood Bar】 is similar to a blood bag and can be used for blood transfusions when a player loses too much blood.

The blood bar has a full capacity of 10, estimated to provide 10 transfusions, which is equivalent to saving ten lives at a critical moment.

This is a good item!

Xie Yang put it into her Storage Space.