Arrival. (Chapter 11)
It had been more than ten days since the team departed from the base. Although they had vehicles for transportation, the numerous obstacles on the road had caused them to arrive a few days later than the estimated arrival time.
Fortunately, apart from encountering evil worms emerging from underground fissures, everything else had gone smoothly.
By the time the team reached the seaside, their numbers had only decreased by three unfortunate souls who had fallen into the fissures. Everyone else was unharmed. Upon seeing the vast, rolling sea, their faces were filled with shock and curiosity.
They had only traveled between the base and the wilderness, and had never been to the dangerous seaside before.
Now, seeing the sea they had only heard about, the blue-purple water churned constantly with the wind, occasionally lapping against the shore, creating bursts of spray.
Everything was so novel!
While the people in the team were excited, Ye Sheng was also quietly observing the sea in the wasteland. Compared to her original world, apart from the change in the color of the sea water, there was no other difference.
“Attention, attention! Do not approach the sea rashly, to prevent attacks from polluted creatures in the sea. Gather immediately and proceed to the designated temporary settlement.”
Team leader Liu Li issued orders. Before departing, she had carefully studied many dangerous matters that needed attention. Dr. Na Nali, standing beside her, was a living treasure trove of knowledge who could provide Liu Li with many useful suggestions.
Fortunately, the greatest advantage of the people who joined the team this time was their obedience.
No one risked their lives out of curiosity... except for Gu Luoyu and Ye Sheng. After making prior arrangements with Liu Li, they found a suitable opportunity to quietly leave the team and approach the seaside.
As the saying goes, “skill breeds boldness.” With Gu Luoyu, a master, by her side, Ye Sheng naturally had no fear.
Her footsteps were swift. By the time she stepped on the soft sand, she was only two to three meters away from the rolling waves. Up close, the blue-purple seawater looked like smudged watercolors, quite beautiful.
However...
“Ah Yu, why does this seawater smell so strong?”
Facing the strong fragrance that rushed towards her, Ye Sheng couldn't help it. She raised her hand to cover her nose, feeling a bit hesitant about this action... If it were a normal fragrance, it would be fine, but the current smell was like an entire cabinet of perfume bottles overturned, with all sorts of scents mixed together.
Ye Sheng was afraid that after swimming in the water once, she would be completely permeated with the smell...
She estimated the smell would linger for eight hundred years.
While Ye Sheng was thinking about these random thoughts, Gu Luoyu chuckled a few times, then pointed to the front left and said, “It's not the seawater. There's a special polluted creature over there.”
“???”
With the ability to use Psychic power for exploration, not a single rustle in the vicinity could escape Gu Luoyu.
As soon as Gu Luoyu finished speaking, a black hand rapidly condensed in mid-air and fiercely grabbed downwards. In the next moment, it actually pulled a not-small... octopus out of the sea?
While it was called an octopus, all the polluted creatures in the wasteland had mutated, and this octopus was no exception.
Its lower body was octopus tentacles, and its upper body was half of a giant fish head.
Well... it was bizarre but fit the terrifying image of the apocalypse.
Having seen the evil worms a while ago, Ye Sheng was naturally not frightened by such a small strange fish. She looked up as the giant black hand grabbed the strange octopus's tentacles and smashed it forcefully onto the sea surface, immediately splashing powerful water.
The strange octopus was not to be outdone. Its other free-moving tentacles wrapped around the black giant hand, strangling it forcefully.
However, for Psychic power, this kind of attack was like scratching an itch on an elephant; it had no effect at all. Instead, it allowed the black giant hand to toss it around like a toy.
The one-sided battle was not a thrilling reversal, but rather an interesting performance.
However, the strange octopus's scent was too strong. No matter how interesting it was, it made Ye Sheng's eyes water. She raised her hand, grabbed Gu Luoyu's arm, and shook it, “Ah Yu, the smell is too pungent. Let's get out of this area quickly!”
“Mm.”
Seeing that Ye Sheng couldn't stand the smell, Gu Luoyu stopped playing. She quickly condensed another black giant hand, and the two hands tore the strange octopus in half from the middle in mid-air, then rummaged through the corpse.
She only stopped after finding a blue-purple circular item.
Originally, Ye Sheng was a little curious about this, but soon... When she discovered that the reason the strange octopus was so fragrant was because of this thing, she immediately lost all curiosity!
She asked Gu Luoyu to throw this thing as far away as possible.
“This is a good item that the base officially has a bounty on. Dr. Na Nali is even offering double the price for it.”
“Is that so? Then let's put it aside for now and hand it over to Dr. Na Nali when we get back. He can put it on our tab then!”
As soon as she heard it was valuable, Ye Sheng's eyes lit up. After that, she no longer showed any signs of disgust on her face, but smiled with her eyes curved, as happy and excited as a little hamster that had fallen into a rice bin.
Knowing Ye Sheng's materialistic nature very well, Gu Luoyu had already guessed the outcome. At this moment, she looked down at Ye Sheng's smiling face, and couldn't help but lift her lips along with her.
The strange octopus was just an accidental encounter. After that, whether it was because of Gu Luoyu's strong aura or for some other reason, the two walked and stopped on the beach, and did not encounter a second polluted creature.
This made Ye Sheng a little worried.
Before coming this time, she had already prepared to bring back a large amount of seafood. Now that she hadn't encountered anything, she was worried she would only bring back a few small fish and shrimp.
Or she would only be able to bring back strange fish from the depths of the sea...
She didn't want this outcome!!!
Just as Ye Sheng was staring resentfully at the sea, Gu Luoyu was extremely capable. She wove her Psychic power into a large net and cast it into the sea.
Then, she used her Psychic power to drive the polluted creatures in the nearby sea into the net.
After Gu Luoyu's Psychic power had increased several times, she could already perceive the level of radiation within the polluted creatures. Therefore, the sea creatures she drove into the net were all low-radiation polluted ones, which tasted very good.
It would definitely satisfy Ye Sheng, the little foodie.
Thus, before Ye Sheng's gaze could shift away from the sea, she saw a large black net suddenly rise, enveloping countless sea creatures. As it moved in mid-air, it landed on the beach in the next second.
As the black net quickly disappeared, Ye Sheng looked at the pile of shrimp and crabs that formed a small mountain.
Ye Sheng blinked dazedly, and couldn't help but swallow her saliva. She was so hungry that she wanted to pounce on it and eat it as sashimi... This, this was a great harvest!
Thanking nature for its bounty, and also thanking her wonderful companion.
Doing great things silently.
Ecstatic, Ye Sheng turned to look. Before Gu Luoyu could speak, she pounced forward, crashing into Gu Luoyu's arms. She raised her hands, cupped her face, and kissed her excitedly!