HBWnovel Chapter 44 Fish
Chapter 44 Fish
"Brother Tongzi, how many purification points are needed to upgrade the Sword of Punishment?"
Weapon upgrade requires 300 purification points.
Still 300 points short.
Xu Si stroked the bull's horns, his eyes flashing. Tongzi hadn't changed at all, so it seemed that Tongzi's leveling up wasn't due to his own increased strength.
However, the plan to hunt down the eerie creature must be put on the agenda.
With his current strength, as long as he doesn't encounter an existence as extraordinary as that terrifying giant bird, the risks are manageable, but the rewards are extremely considerable.
Putting away the bull horn, Xu Si leaned back in his chair and began to familiarize himself with and solidify the power of Sequence 2, especially the predictive ability of "Star Trail".
He closed his eyes, his mental perception spreading out, sensing the swimming patterns of fish in the distant river, which outlined blurry lines in his mind.
He tried to predict the direction a fish would swim in the next second, and with focused concentration, the blurry lines seemed to become clear for a moment.
"Left side..." Xu Si murmured to himself.
Almost simultaneously, the fish underwater flicked its tail and turned to the left.
It worked!
"Fish! There's a fish!" Xu Si finally remembered what he had missed.
Holy crap, this is all supplies!
His trunk was almost empty; he only had about ten potatoes, half a can of cooking oil, some seasonings, a small half-bag of flour, two cans of meat, and three compressed biscuits that he kept close to his body.
However, there is plenty of water.
He has already used up everything he needed to, and exchanged for other supplies. Now he is really strapped for cash.
I wonder if purifying a fish's soul will earn you purification points!
I don't need a lot, just having some is enough!
A glint flashed in Xu Si's eyes, and he immediately flipped off the roof of the car, his movements as light as a cat's, making almost no sound.
He reached the riverbank in a few steps, his scarlet eyes shining like two faint red lamps in the night, his senses locked onto the dark shadows moving beneath the river's surface.
"Knife, what's wrong?"
Tashan, who was keeping watch by the river, seemed to be awakened. Only after recognizing Xu Si did he feel relieved and prepare to go back to sleep.
"There's fish!" Xu Si said succinctly.
"Fish? Yes! There must be fish in such a big river!" The desire for food overcame the instinct to sleep.
Xu Si took a deep breath, and the power of Sequence 2 surged within his body, quietly activating the "Star Trail" property.
In his perception, the swimming patterns of the fish underwater were no longer elusive, but had become blurry threads with subtle energy fluctuations.
It's now!
With a flick of his finger, Xu Si sent the Star Arrow flying out like a sharp arrow, precisely piercing the water!
"laugh!"
The arrow pierced the water with almost no resistance.
A half-meter-long carp, still struggling, surfaced with a large hole in its neck; it was clearly dead.
A giant stone hand reached out from the tower and scooped up the fish.
[Purify lower-level life forms, Purification Points +10]
The notification sound in his mind made Xu Si's lips twitch.
10 o'clock? That's way too cheap! It's not even enough to fill a tooth gap!
It seems that only entities containing strange energy can provide a considerable amount of purification points.
These common fish provide very few points, but it's better than nothing.
Something is better than nothing; even a mosquito's leg is meat.
More importantly, this is real food!
"There really are fish!" Tashan shouted excitedly, and the commotion woke up the rest of the convoy.
"Fish? Where are the fish?" The little girl, who had been having a nightmare and was woken up by Su Su, had been crying while hugging Su Su. Hearing Ta Shan's exclamation, she immediately abandoned Su Su and rushed to the riverbank.
"There are fish! There really are fish in the river!" Even though it was late at night, everyone was too tired to sleep and came to the riverbank to wait anxiously.
After all, not everyone has the opportunity to eat mutton and drink mutton soup. Xiao Luo, who had been asleep, woke up and, after figuring out what had happened, excitedly came to the riverbank to help.
"Great! We have food!"
After a brief moment of astonishment, the crowd erupted in suppressed excitement.
At this moment, Xu Si fired his Star Arrow in quick succession, killing dozens of carp, crucian carp, and large blue carp, which were then retrieved by the stone hand of Tashan.
Fu Xiaojian also climbed out of the Mengshi vehicle, and stared in astonishment at the school of fish piled up at the foot of Tashan Mountain.
"Me too!" Ever since Luo's last psionic surge worked, he had been looking for an opportunity to use it, but unfortunately he hadn't been able to.
Moreover, his psionic surge deals area damage, making it even more convenient than Xu Si's Seiya Hunt.
A surge of psionic energy swept across the river, and at least several hundred fish of varying sizes turned belly up.
The small ones are only as thick as chopsticks, while the large ones weigh about ten kilograms.
These fish are far more than just strange creatures.
Xu Si was truly envious of this efficiency. If he had that kind of efficiency, earning purification points would be a piece of cake.
Oh right, he does seem to have one.
Having just advanced to Sequence 2 and not yet accustomed to his new characteristics, a sphere the size of a red bean condensed in his palm.
"Is this the Starburst?" Xu Si thought it looked exactly like the tailed beast ball of a certain stupid fox.
Fu Xiaojian couldn't help but glance at him, because he sensed a strong sense of crisis from him.
As Xu Si swallowed it into the river, a huge explosion rang out.
At the same time, Tongzi's beeping sound also rang out.
[Purify lower-level life forms, Purification Points +10]
[Purify lower-level life forms, Purification Points +30]
[Purify lower-level life forms, Purification Points +20]
[Purify lower-level life forms, Purification Points +20]
……
This efficiency is incredible; it's much better than harvesting stone golems in the canyon.
However, apart from the churning water, no fish could be seen on the river.
"Brother Dao, where are the fish?" The little girl was excitedly waiting for the harvest, but all she could see was murky water and no fish.
"They must all be blown to pieces!" Fu Xiaojian kicked a fish head that had fallen at his feet back into the river and said.
"As expected, Brother Dao is still the pervert!" the little girl added.
Xu Si estimated the cost of his ultimate move and figured he could probably use it twice more. The cost was indeed considerable, and the power was evident from the scene; it almost created a vacuum zone on the river surface.
The scattered pieces of fish floating on the river surface all testify to the power of Xu Si's ultimate move.
It seems this "Starburst" can only be used as a trump card; it's highly efficient, but once it's used up, it's truly a lost cause.
The passengers on the bus were already happily processing the first batch of fish they had caught. No one complained about the dirty fish; they were all just looking forward to eating some fish and drinking some fish soup after dawn.
"Brother Shan, your skills are impressive!" Xiao Luo helped by stringing all the cleaned fish together.
"Remember to rub salt in; I used to run a barbecue restaurant before the apocalypse."
Tashan smiled憨厚ly, scooping up the fish and helping to process them, his technique showing at least ten years of experience.
"It's a pity I didn't have the chance, otherwise I would have shown you all my skills."