Chapter 1491 - 1066: Sea God (2)
In the chaos and bustle for over an hour, a progress bar on an Acceleration Card finally finished.
"Phew! Guess I should let the docks build more ships as a backup, the wear and tear is nasty." Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, as the mountain of warehouse stock finally gathered all the materials needed for upgrading the fishery to Level Four.
[Main Task: Construction of Level Five Conch Island. Reward: Seashell Cave Mansion Blueprint +1]
[Task 4: Island fishery upgraded to Level Four, completed. Reward: Intermediate fishery section in the Mall unlocked]
[Task 5: Harvest no less than ten types, ten each of Intermediate Sea Fish. Reward: Aquarium +1]
"Phantom-winged flying fish, silver horn fish, nine-headed fish?!" Jiang Yuan was amused upon seeing the newly unlocked mall—these fish, equivalent to sea Demon Beasts, had strange names and looked odd.
The attractive ones are brilliantly colorful and beautiful; the unattractive ones are so hasty, they seem to be living so deep underwater that nobody sees them, so they grew anyhow.
Some even resemble alien creatures.
But in the system details, each one is delicious! Some are suitable for steaming, some for soup-making, others for sashimi. If these fish can be farmed, Qing Niao who loves eating fish would probably be the happiest.
Click click, bought twenty of each newly unlocked fish, and stuffed them into the Level Four fishery.
Click livestock speed up!
[Critical Strike! Harvest doubled! Silver Horn Fish +40!]
[Nine-headed Fish +20]
[Color-scale Fish +20]
......
[Task 5: Harvest no less than ten types, ten each of Intermediate Sea Fish, completed. Reward: Aquarium +1 issued]
[Main Task: Construction of Level Five Conch Island completed. Reward: Seashell Cave Mansion Blueprint +1 issued]
[Territorial waters region unlocked; safe sailing and salvage within exclusive territorial waters. Specific range can be found in the decoration interface, sea chart, and ship log platform]
[Main Task: Construction of Level Six Conch Island. Reward: Courtyard Communicator +1]
[Task 1: Construct no less than fifty blocks of Level Five undersea farmland. Reward: Building Upgrade Card +1]
"Oh my gosh!" Jiang Yuan’s smile emerged upon seeing the Courtyard Communicator finally available, but it disappeared instantly seeing the new task.
Anyone who’s played farming games knows that upgrading farmland is a particularly troublesome task.
To upgrade a plot from Level One to Level Five requires four increasingly advanced, increasingly troublesome exclusive upgrade fertilizers, which are time-consuming and laborious. Without sufficient basic materials, it takes a long time.
Conch Island is unfortunately lacking in foundation.
Having been in development for too short a time, special materials needed between two courtyards do not communicate and must be slowly accumulated.
"Never mind, let’s feed the seagulls first." Glancing at the Bait Workshop, fifty units of Level One fertilizer isn’t hard, but the base fertilizer needed for fifty units of Level Two fertilizer depends on waiting.
This is calculated by the day, refreshing promptly at six every morning.
No matter how much speed-up of livestock is used, it won’t affect the output quantity of base fertilizer. Luckily now, with production upgraded to Level Four, more sea fish can be bred, resulting in more daily base fertilizer output, so accumulating for two days ought to be enough.
He took out the seagull-specific feed from the Storage Bag.
"Oh~ oh oh~"
Nearby, a group of seagulls was circling, so he randomly aimed and chose one to click feed.
The chosen lucky one swooped down and snapped up a pellet. A bag of feed has ten pellets, and before long all were consumed by the seagulls.
When Jiang Yuan tried feeding more seagull feed, the ten seagulls in front gradually returned one after another.
[Seaweed +2]
[Marine Slime +1]
[Sea Stone +1]
[Message in a Bottle +1]
......
[You’ve fed fifty seagulls today, they’re all full, please feed again tomorrow]
What? There’s actually a limit!
My dream of mass producing seagull feed using Workshop speed-up and endlessly farming materials was shattered before it even started. The system is truly relentless, blocking any potential bugs!
With nothing else to do, Jiang Yuan sat cross-legged on the beach and opened the shiny Message in a Bottle.
𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
[Ship Log: April? Cloudy]
How long has it been? Nobody seems to remember.
I think perhaps it’s over a month, so we should be in April now; but the Boss says it’s been no more than half a month, thus it should be mid-March instead; Fourth is even more absurdly stubborn, insisting it’s only been three days.
How could that be!
The sky is always overcast; can’t see the sun or moon, although no rain, direction and time are indistinguishable.
Everything on the ship has stalled, even the hourglass stopped as if something blocked it, not a grain of sand would fall. The air feels sticky, clammy, yet everyone’s thirst, hunger, even fatigue is imperceptible.
Definitely something suspicious! Probably has to do with... Him?
Ah, where should I begin with this matter?
My mind is a jumbled mess, my whole person lazy and unwilling to move, even though the pen is in hand writing, my brain desires emptiness, unwilling to think at all.
Forget it, I’ll write whatever comes to mind.
We ended up entering the Mermaid’s Tomb, though the Boss warned it’s eerie and we should’ve avoided it. But I can’t remember what happened; in any case, everyone ended up in the tomb!
Initially, it was dark around, but there was no seawater, it was dry and had air, and I could clearly distinguish everyone’s footsteps echoing on the ground.
The Boss’ footsteps were heavy; Third was dragging a bit...
Seemingly walked for a long time or maybe not very long, the light grew brighter, and we saw many armors standing on both sides. Then, we saw the Sea God on his throne! They say looking directly at Gods requires a price...
Did the Sea God speak? I don’t remember.
Vaguely remember Him being tall, seeming tired, a God feeling weary, how strange!
The Boss knelt, praying for the deity to bestow blessings, did the Sea God agree? I don’t remember. Perhaps this is the price of gazing upon a God? Ah... I’m so tired too, what did I just write in this nonsense... What was I trying to document? I can’t recall...
[Side Task Triggered: Sea God]
[The Sea God bearing fragments of the Undersea World protected the Sea Demon Race from the collapse of the original world, ensuring large fragments safely arrived in Wilderness World and merged with it.
As Wilderness World descended, Xuanyuan Yangguang hadn’t yet fully mastered the World Core. The sleeping Sea God burnt His divinity to aid, ensuring Wilderness safety and Sea Demon Race security, severely injuring Himself, nearing demise. Please complete the task to rescue the Sea God and earn abundant special rewards]
[Task 1: Refine 10 Immortal Soul Pills, completed. Reward: High Level Pill Formula Main Medicine Gift Package +1 issued]
[Task 2: Possess a Top Grade Spiritual Artifact capable of housing and nurturing a Divine Soul, completed. Reward: Divinity +100 issued]
[Task 3: Reach Sea Moon Tomb, find the sleeping Sea God. Reward: Armor (Helmet) Blueprint +1]
As Jiang Yuan reviewed the crooked and tangled handwriting further down in the bottle, filled with questions and wondering, a new side task prompt appeared in his view.
Coincidentally, the two prior tasks were easily completed!
The Immortal Soul Pill, is a Ninth Grade Spirit Medicine for nourishing Divine Souls, based on He Luo Fish Golden Core as the main ingredient. During the Walking Flood Dragon trip with Bai Yunqi, Hu Zhile helped repay a favor after an encounter with Little Rabbit Demon Feng Ling, obtaining a He Luo Fish Golden Core.
Jiang Yuan exchanged a Ninth Grade Elixir Immortal Soul Pill formula, and having the main medicine, took advantage of the free Alchemy Room time to refine Immortal Soul Pills.
A total of 99 pieces in one batch, with one fed to the sleeping Vermilion Bird at intervals; now 94 pieces remain in the warehouse.
And the Top Grade Spiritual Artifact required by Task 2 is naturally the Ink Jade Space housing the Vermilion Bird!
While visiting Lin Chunxi’s family in Anping Town, he accidentally stumbled upon Lin Chunsheng caught in a bizarre entanglement, inadvertently rescuing Demon Cultivator Bai Heqing and the entire Anping Town, obtaining this mysterious hiding Ink Jade Space.
Initially housed Yun Ying’s spirit; later let Vermilion Bird reside inside.
Now it seems a trip to the courtyard to gather Ink Jade Space and ten Immortal Soul Pills for a venture into Sea Moon Tomb that Mr. Li visited!