Chapter 119: Chapter 111 Deep Sea Fruit

“Screech~”

Another prolonged, piercing shriek echoed. Even with Li Zheng’s Bronze++ physique, he felt a wave of dizziness and his limbs heavy.

“This is its counterattack!”

Li Zheng’s heart tightened, and he immediately realized it, gripping his weapon even tighter.

[It’s coming!

Thirty meters!]

“Thirty meters…”

Li Zheng squinted slightly, shook his hands, and stowed the Daiyu Spear, taking the Salted Fish Spear in hand.

“The Daiyu Spear belongs to the sniper category; though it doesn’t require a bolt action like in FPS games, there’s a short cooldown between shots.”

Calmly raising his gun, Li Zheng put his finger on the belly fin, “But with the Salted Fish Spear, it’s different. This gun is like an M4, capable of burst fire, and is much more effective at close range than the Daiyu Spear.”

Holding his breath and concentrating, Li Zheng peered through the dense fog, vaguely making out a figure two heads taller than himself, looming closer into clarity.

“Fire! Attached Fire!”

With silent shooting, a burst of Magma Bullets flew into the mist, aimed at the rapidly approaching figure.

As he continuously fired, the energy value displayed on the Salted Fish Spear dwindled rapidly, consuming 10% within a few breaths.

“Thud thud thud…”

The shadow within the mist was hit and shivered a few times, then suddenly turned into a puddle like ooze, disappearing in the fog.

“Is it dead?”

Li Zheng stared at the Prelis’ Eye, looking around, but there was no notification.

“No notification, did it escape?”

Taking a step forward, Li Zheng wanted to check the spot where the figure disappeared.

“Whee whee!”

Suddenly, Xiaoying tugged at his ear, pointing at the ground ahead, shouting loudly.

“On the ground!”

“It’s not dead yet!”

Li Zheng glanced at the ground, his scalp instantly tingling.

He saw a black mass crawling silently, already writhing two meters in front of him, with hair-like strands visibly spreading out.

“What the hell is this?”

Li Zheng retreated two steps in succession, raising his gun to shoot.

“Bang!”

The Energy Bomb hit the ground, rocks splintering, but the hair-like material only formed a hole and then quickly restored itself.

[Deep-Sea Siren, Gold-Level Elite

Description: A creature capable of living thousands of meters under the sea, relying on some peculiar talent. Even on land, it creates a mist dense with moisture around it, living safely within.

Old Prel, your considerate butler, reminds you: Deep-Sea Sirens are neither sirens nor chickens nor genes; they are an insectoid race, don’t think firearms can kill them, try other methods.]

“Firearms ineffective?”

Li Zheng put away the Salted Fish Spear, switching to the melee Titanium Alloy Spear, twirling it like a propeller, then firmly grasping it upside down, spear stick to his back.

The next moment!

Flames swept over the spear’s tip, Li Zheng stepped forward, the spear thrusting out.

“Thud!”

“Sizzle~”

“Ah–”

The spear, engulfed in flames, slashed through the hair-like strands, making a sound like a branding iron plunged into water. The Deep-Sea Siren let out an ear-piercing scream as if in great agony.

“Effective!”

Li Zheng was invigorated at the sight, continuously slashing with the spear, severing piece after piece of the Deep-Sea Siren, which flew, twisted, and stopped moving after wriggling a few times on the ground.

During the attack, Li Zheng glanced at the hair-like material, discovering it to be worms as fine as hair strands, emitting black ink-like liquid when cut.

This black liquid, flowing onto the ground, exuded a bizarre stench that made one retch.

It’s like tens of thousands of rotten eggs compressed into a decaying corpse’s abdomen, then blown up with a firecracker.

“Yuck!” x2

Continuing to swing the spear, both Li Zheng and Xiaoying retched, and if not for the lack of food intake for a little while, he would’ve vomited right away.

“Damn, this stinks! Yuck~”

Li Zheng cursed, switching abilities to Ice Element, making the Deep-Sea Siren easier to cut and slightly dulling the stench.

The Titanium Alloy Spear whirled into a blue afterimage, slicing swiftly, soon revealing a black basketball-sized flesh ball.

Those hair-like worms were spreading from here.

[Deep-Sea Siren’s core body.

Surprised?

After cutting those worms into pieces for so long, it turns out the core body is right here!

Unexpected?

Surprised?

Be careful, it]

“Careful, my ass, let’s see how it counters!”

Before the notification finished flashing, Li Zheng thrust his spear into the black flesh ball.

“Squelch…”

The spear tip withdrew, and a nauseating, stinky liquid sprayed out like a fountain, soaking Li Zheng’s head and face.

[Will burst…]

“Shit!!!!”

Li Zheng hurriedly dodged the spray of stinky liquid, cursing loudly.

It meant that all of his previous bathing was wasted, and he was even filthier and stinkier.

“Blargh~~~”

Li Zheng couldn’t hold it anymore, vomiting heavily, his stomach churning as if to squeeze out his intestines.

“Damn you… blargh!!”

Li Zheng couldn’t finish cursing before continuing to vomit.

On his shoulder, Xiaoying was already stunned by the stench, standing rigidly, her little eyes staring blankly ahead, seemingly lifeless.

[Old Prel feels very innocent.]

“Innocent, my ass! Blargh! Your tips roll out one word at a time, could you speed it up? Ugh blargh!”

Li Zheng, befuddled by the stench, knew that the tips from the Prelis’ Eye were important, yet he couldn’t hold back, stabbing the Deep-Sea Siren to death in one thrust.

“No, I need to take a shower first… blargh!”

Opening the world channel, Li Zheng decided to use his horn for the day.

[World Channel 0000879 Li Zheng: [Snake Grass Needle] trade for water, any water!!!]

After several days, Li Zheng took out the Snake Grass Needle again to trade for water resources, ready to pay any price.

Even if it was urine he received, he wouldn’t mind.

Compared to this stinky liquid, water purified from urine was like nectar poured from The Bodhisattva Guanyin’s jade net bottle!

That pure, clean, and holy!

“Bang!”

The capsule home expanded, and Li Zheng rushed into the bathroom, using all the water he traded regardless, pouring it into the toilet for purification.

Twenty minutes later, Li Zheng used 900 Snake Grass Needles to collect 80 liters of water. The bathroom started, and the shower was releasing purified water.

Discarding his newly purchased clothes, with Xiaoying still in a daze, Li Zheng bought some gray-quality toiletries in the trading hall.

Half an hour later, a refreshed Li Zheng emerged from the bathroom, carrying Xiaoying and placing her in a small fiber nest.

At this moment, the little guy came back to her senses, bursting into tears and throwing up at the same time.

Li Zheng ignored her, walking out of the capsule home. The black flesh ball had drained its last drop, becoming a limp, stinky lump of meat.

“You better decompose into something good! Otherwise, I’ll track down all the Deep-Sea Sirens and wipe out your entire race!”

Li Zheng activated his flying device (also dirty, just washed.), avoiding the ground’s stinky liquid, soaring above the stinky meat.

“Decompose!”

Quickly slapping the stinky meat to avoid more of that disgusting stinky liquid, Li Zheng swiftly retreated, one touch and separation.

[Decomposed Deep-Sea Siren * Elite, acquired: Deep Sea Fruit +1]

“…”

Li Zheng waited for a while, bewildered, “What’s next? That’s it?”

After waiting a bit longer, sure that the decomposition was complete, Li Zheng took out the only item.

[Deep Sea Fruit, Gold-Level, Rare Material

Description: Elite-level Deep-Sea Siren decomposition has a chance to yield. Eating it will certainly develop a corresponding Genetic Ability.

Old Prel’s tip: This nasty thing tastes exactly like that stinky liquid, do you want to eat it?

I suggest you could eat it.

At worst, just vomit some bile.]

“Heh.”

Li Zheng sneered without heeding the Prelis’ Eye, called Xiaoying back out, packed up the capsule home, and headed to the plant’s location.