NFBE Chapter 67 Shark Eggs
Chapter 67 Shark Eggs
Chapter 67 Shark Eggs
Yu Wang's thoughts were still immersed in the illusion of the deity who called herself "Dawn's Dawn Iristil". Zhang Xinlan's sudden question pulled him back to reality. He paused for a moment before he realized what was happening.
"Yes, we've found an underwater entrance. Once we've dealt with the traces here, we'll go down and take a look."
He briefly explained the situation and then began to arrange the specific preparations.
Yu Wang's tone suddenly turned serious. "Now we need to prepare two safety ropes that are long enough, as well as lighting. Diving in ordinary sea areas and cave diving are completely different things."
The cave's interior environment is extreme: absolute darkness, intricate and labyrinthine passageways; the psychological pressure of the confined space —
It is extremely dangerous for ordinary people to attempt cave diving. Even experienced divers with diving licenses and full equipment can have accidents.
Once lost, even with a bubble helmet, one will drown once the item's durability is exhausted.
Zhang Xinlan's expression turned serious as she listened to Yu Wang's explanation.
However, Yu Wang's decision to dive with Zhang Xinlan was also a well-thought-out one.
"In my previous life, I filled the world with love." Even as an ordinary person, he obtained a large number of beans and became number one in the game.
Even if we now know that her ship is the "World Destroyer Witch," in the early stages, this ship cannot provide much assistance; at most, it can help her bewitch a few cannon fodder henchmen.
Therefore, Yu Wang speculated that the beans that were swept in by the water flow must have accumulated in an area near the cave entrance that was relatively easy to reach.
It's very likely that once you enter the cave, you'll see layers upon layers of beans deposited below.
In that case, why not give the little cockroach a good workout while we're at it?
If you're going to survive at sea, you'll definitely need to dive a lot.
In the future, there will even be venues for group dungeons, which will take place directly in large caves.
Those who cannot dive, suffer from claustrophobia, or have a poor sense of direction—these are all causes of death.
The two moved quickly and worked in perfect harmony.
Zhang Xinlan immediately used a large amount of fiber to make two brand new, strong ropes on the workbench, and also found the waterproof flashlight she had previously found in the resource box.
She carefully checked the prop's durability and confirmed that the flashlight could still be used for a full six hours!
Yu Wang had never obtained any flashlight-type items, but the backpack he carried when he entered the game contained a professional diving headlamp with replaceable batteries, as well as two spare batteries.
In addition, he checked the durability of the "bubble helmet," an important piece of diving equipment.
Bubble Helmet
[Category: Items/Consumables]
[Quality: Green]
[Description: Shake it, stir it, and blow a big bubble!]
【How to use: ————】
[Durability: 54%]
Assuming each bubble lasts for 10 minutes, the item has 540 minutes of usage time remaining.
Even for two people, it's enough to stay underwater for four and a half hours.
That's enough for a salvage operation.
While explaining some cave diving precautions to Zhang Xinlan, Yu Wang's hands were not idle. He took out the [Wolf Eel Teeth] he had obtained from hunting wolf eels. He found a suitable piece of hardwood to make a handle, and carefully fixed the sharp wolf eel teeth to the handle with tough fishing line and resin. He then repeatedly polished the blade to make it even sharper, and finally made a simple scabbard out of fish skin.
In no time at all, a gleaming fish-tooth dagger was completed.
Weapons are fast-moving consumer goods, and not everyone can afford to use them indefinitely. Therefore, crafting bone knives and tooth knives by hand is considered one of the basic skills for many survivors who can survive to the late game.
Wow! You have such skillful hands!
Zhang Xinlan took the custom-made short knife, her eyes lit up, she liked it very much, and played with it in her hands over and over again.
By the time the weapons, supplies, and medicines were all ready, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.
There are nine hours left until the instance closes.
Yu Wang tied one end of each rope firmly to the Little Yellow Duck, made a sailor's knot, and finally instructed Duck A to keep a close watch on the boat.
"Gah!"
Duck A puffed out its chest, took on the important task, and even poked the manual control lever of the "water rocket cannon" with its beak, indicating that it had learned how to use the cannon.
Yu Wang and Zhang Xinlan exchanged a glance, nodded to each other, put on their bubble helmets, and each grabbed a rope and quietly entered the water.
The seawater was slightly cool, and the light dimmed rapidly as we descended.
Yu Wang guided Zhang Xinlan as she swam toward the rift they had discovered earlier.
As they approached the crevice, the suction of the water became noticeably stronger. Not far away, Duck B, seeing the familiar figures approaching, immediately rushed out from its hiding place and entered the cave with the two of them, bravely swimming ahead to explore the way.
The inside of the crevice cave was pitch black. When the beam of a flashlight shone in, it seemed to be swallowed by the darkness, only illuminating a few meters of rough stone walls covered with moss and grime.
"Stay close to me, hold on tight to the rope, and watch your surroundings and where you're stepping," Yu Wang reminded him again when they reached this point.
The bubble helmet contains air, so speaking is not affected.
Zhang Xinlan's heart pounded with nervousness, and she nodded and hummed in agreement.
One duck and two people, one in front and one behind, carefully squeezed into the crevice.
The passage was initially very narrow, requiring one to turn sideways to pass through. The stone walls constantly rubbed against their bodies, while the water flow continuously pushed them inward, creating a sense of tension that they couldn't control.
After going in about seven or eight meters, the passage suddenly widened, but the angle was still downward.
Swimming a few meters further, the beam of the flashlight suddenly broke free from the constraints of the rock wall and shone into a relatively open underwater cave. The cave was an irregular hemisphere, with the top of it about two or three meters above the water surface, forming a small air chamber.
At the bottom of the cave, on the side they came in from, there was a natural, slightly sloping, bowl-shaped depression in the stone.
And in this bowl, countless colorful beans are piled up densely, layer upon layer!
Red, green, blue, yellow—beans of all colors were mixed together, almost covering the entire sunken area, with a thickness of probably more than half a meter!
The sheer number of them probably far exceeds the total number of beans scattered on the sea surface!
"My God—" Zhang Xinlan's exclamation came faintly from the bubble, filled with shock.
Yu Wang also felt his heart race.
We've finally found it! And the quantity is astonishing!
The two immediately got to work, took out the prepared waterproof bags, and began quickly stuffing the beans into them.
Knowing that beans would only be counted towards the game system's score if they were stored in the ship's cabin or placed directly on the ship, they didn't do much sorting inside the cave. They simply swept as many beans as they could into their bags, and once a bag was full, they immediately followed the guide rope back to the Little Yellow Duck on the sea.
Duck A, who was guarding the boat, helped pull the heavy sacks of beans onto the boat when they appeared, and neatly stacked them in a corner of the cabin.
And because the distance from the water surface to the internal air chamber is not too long, after going back and forth a few times and becoming familiar with the route and rhythm, Yu Wang was able to try diving back and forth without wearing the bubble helmet that consumes durability, relying solely on his own lung capacity and skills.
This greatly reduces the consumption of props and improves efficiency.
Even Zhang Xinlan tried a short, unequipped, breath-holding dive. Although her face was flushed and she was panting heavily when she came up, her eyes were full of excitement and a sense of accomplishment after successfully completing the dive.
The two people and the duck worked together, and their efficiency was astonishing.
In just about an hour, the thick layer of beans, more than half a meter thick, inside the depression was visibly shaved away, revealing the rocky ground below and scattered fragments of seashells.
As the beans were largely emptied, a hole that had been completely buried by the beans was suddenly revealed on the side of the depression closest to the rock wall!
The opening was only about half a meter in diameter, with irregular edges, and was dark and bottomless, with no idea where it led.
"There's another passage here?" Zhang Xinlan shone her flashlight on the newly appeared hole, somewhat curious.
"Let's leave it for now." Yu Wang was even more cautious and did not intend to cause any further trouble.
Until Zhang Xinlan found something about the length of her calf, spiral-shaped, thicker at one end and thinner at the other, near the newly appeared cave entrance.