Raft for All: I'm guaranteed to get a golden affix when I upgrade!

As Xiao Zhengzheng rowed and reeled in the line, he had just tossed a bunch of palm leaves into his storage box when a series of messages popped up on the chat panel.

He glanced at the first few entries and didn't pay them any attention.

Until I saw the sentence, "I have sharks here too."

The oars in my hand have stopped.

This was followed by a transaction request.

He opened it and saw 22 wooden planks, 11 metal sheets, 6 ropes, and other basic materials.

Let's look at those messages next.

"If there is an afterlife."

"I wish I had met you sooner."

The smile on Xiao Zheng's face vanished completely.

This is clearly a dying wish.

He did not reply to the message.

Directly bring up the manufacturing panel.

He learned the blueprint for the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow once and unlocked it permanently. As long as he had enough materials, he could build it at any time.

The planks, metal sheets, and ropes were all removed from the storage box.

"bite."

A brand-new Zhuge Repeating Crossbow lay at his feet.

At the same time, he took a bundle of ten crossbow bolts from his stockpile and put them into the quiver.

Open the trading panel.

Xiao Zheng directly rejected the transaction request sent by Lin Xiaoya.

Then, he immediately initiated a new transaction.

Items for trade: Zhuge Repeating Crossbow (Perfect Grade) x1, Crossbow Bolts x10.

Transaction price: 0.

A line of text was typed in the remarks column.

"Load the arrow immediately upon receipt, aim at the water, and pull the trigger when the dorsal fin appears."

"Don't aim for the head, aim for the body. It's a bigger target and less likely to miss."

"Fire in rapid succession until all ten shots are fired."

......

Lin Xiaoya huddled in the middle of the raft, her hands covering her head, her whole body trembling.

A muffled sound of rushing water came from beneath the surface; the shark was accelerating.

"drop."

A notification pops up on the trading panel.

She looked up blankly, thinking that Xiao Zheng had accepted her supplies.

I clicked on it and took a look.

A dark red heavy crossbow and a bundle of crossbow bolts gleaming coldly lay quietly in the trading window.

The words in the remarks column came into view.

"Aim at the water's surface, and pull the trigger when the dorsal fin appears."

Her nose tingled, and tears streamed down her face.

But his hands didn't stop.

Click to accept.

The heavy Zhuge Repeating Crossbow appeared out of thin air in front of me and slammed onto the wooden board with a dull thud.

Lin Xiaoya grabbed the crossbow bolts and stuffed them into the quiver with trembling fingers.

The moment the quiver was fastened.

The sea surface exploded five meters away.

A huge, grayish-white creature burst out of the water, its mouth full of serrated teeth, and lunged straight at the raft.

Lin Xiaoya let out a hoarse roar and raised her crossbow.

There wasn't even time to aim.

His index finger gripped the trigger tightly.

"Swish, swish, swish—"

Five crossbow bolts were unleashed in half a second.

Two blades flew past the shark's fins; one pierced its side, one pierced its lower jaw, and the last one struck its grayish-white left eye.

The shark's momentum suddenly stopped.

Her body swayed in the air before slamming heavily into the water, the splash nearly knocking Lin Xiaoya over.

It didn't die.

Still struggling, its blood stained a large area of ​​the sea red.

Lin Xiaoya's teeth chattered as she raised the crossbow again.

There are five arrows left in the quiver.

This time she didn't close her eyes.

He aimed at the grayish-white shadow rolling in the blood and fired five shots in quick succession.

"Swish, swish, swish—"

The last crossbow bolt pierced the shark's other eye.

A violent white wave surged on the sea surface.

Then peace returned.

The shark's white belly turned up, and it remained motionless.

[Successfully killed an adult mutated great white shark, gaining 50 experience points.]

Congratulations on reaching level 2!

Lin Xiaoya collapsed onto the raft, the crossbow slipped from her hand, and her whole body trembled.

She looked down at the chat panel.

Xiao Zheng's name was still highlighted in the notes.

"Fire in rapid succession until all ten shots are fired."

Lin Xiaoya hastily wiped away the tears and seawater from her face with her sleeve, and shakily clicked on the input box.

"Senior, thank you for saving me."

Xiao Zheng replied instantly.

"Um."

"Take back your last words."

"We'll talk about the next life then. Don't die in this life yet; you haven't repaid me."

Lin Xiaoya stared at the last sentence for a long time.

Then she slowly buried her face in her knees, her shoulders twitching, it was hard to tell whether she was crying or laughing.

A new message popped up in the chat panel.

"By the way, you said you wanted to get to know me sooner?"

"Does it count now?"

Lin Xiaoya covered her face, her ears turning so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

Before she could reply, Xiao Zheng sent his next message.

"If we meet again in the future, I won't have to cry."

Lin Xiaoya was both crying and laughing in front of the screen, her fingers tapping on the keyboard for a long time, but in the end she only sent two words.

"Hate."

After sending the word "I hate you," Lin Xiaoya stared at the screen for more than ten seconds.

Xiao Zheng did not reply.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly scrolled up the chat history to make sure she hadn't said anything wrong.

I read it twice, and the more I looked at it, the more I felt like I was being pretentious.

Someone just saved your life and gave you a perfect crossbow, and you reply with "I hate you"?

Has your brain been damaged by being soaked in seawater?

Just as I was about to add, "Senior, that's not what I meant," the message came.

"Busy, rowing."

boating?

Lin Xiaoya was stunned for a moment.

"Can your raft move?"

"I modified it myself; it's a hand-cranked paddle, but it'll do."

Where are you going?

Xiao Zheng paused for a few seconds before replying.

"There's something good up ahead, let's go check it out."

Lin Xiaoya immediately pressed for more information.

"What good stuff? Is it dangerous?"

"Not dangerous, just a gut feeling."

Lin Xiaoya pouted and rolled her eyes at the chat panel.

intuition?

You kill a shark out of instinct, you don't dodge out of instinct, everything you do is based on instinct.

She hesitated for a moment, then typed a line.

"Senior, don't be too reckless. If you're rowing around on the sea all by yourself, you won't even have anyone to help you if something happens."

Xiao Zheng replied quickly.

"So you're planning to come and help?"

Lin Xiaoya's fingers stopped.

My ears started to burn again.

Of course she wanted to go.

It's not just helping, it's...

Forget it, stop thinking about those things.

"I want to go there, but I don't know where you are."

"Besides, my raft doesn't even have oars; am I supposed to row by hand?"

Xiao Zheng replied instantly.

"You just leveled up 2 times, your stamina should have recovered."

"Hurry up and salvage supplies, expand the raft, and build an oar."

"We might run into each other."

Lin Xiaoya stared at the last sentence, her fingers gripping the handle of the plastic hook tightly.

Maybe we'll run into each other.

She jumped up from the raft, the weakness and exhaustion from surviving the ordeal vanished from her body.

The level 2 stamina boost had an immediate effect, and his limbs were filled with strength again.

She grabbed the plastic hook and hurled it forcefully toward the sea ahead.

The hook flew more than ten meters, caught a floating wooden plank, and pulled it back.

[1 ordinary wooden board.]

It's a little little, but it's fine as long as it's there.

Keep throwing.

While scooping them up, he was also calculating in his mind.

Expanding the raft requires planks and plastic, while the oars require planks and ropes.

The raft needs to be expanded to at least six square meters to have space for storing things and moving around.

Moreover, if I could actually meet Senior Xiao Zheng...