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

The rope was taut and trembling, and Xiao Zheng's feet slipped half an inch on the deck.

The two-and-a-half-meter-long swordfish leader opposite them shook its head wildly, its bone sword cleaving through the water and kicking up a cloud of blood foam.

The hook was stuck in my left eye socket. The more I struggled, the deeper it went, the more painful it became, and the more intense the pain became.

Xiao Zheng pulled the rope in with one arm and then yanked it with his other hand.

The rope shortened by twenty meters in an instant.

The swordfish leader was dragged out of the sea, its 300-pound body tumbling in the air, its sword-like snout drawing an arc, seawater and blood mingling and splashing for a long time.

The fish was still struggling when the longsword thrust fiercely towards Xiao Zheng.

Xiao Zheng held onto the rope with his left hand, grabbed the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow from the deck with his right hand, raised his arm, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

Everything was completed in half a second.

laugh--

Arrows soaked in the venom of the blue-ringed octopus shot through the air and pierced the gills of the swordfish leader.

The moment the arrow pierced the fish flesh, the toxins exploded.

The swordfish leader's struggling motion was frozen in time.

The fish froze in mid-air, its fangs pointing skyward. Its tail fin twitched twice before it crashed into the sea, splashing water more than a meter high.

dead.

The system notification sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

[Defeat the Elite-tier Bloodthirsty Swordfish Leader and gain 120 experience points.]

[Golden Affix - God's Plunder Triggered -]

[Plunder successful: Agility +2.]

[Looting successful: Obtained skill fragment - Underwater Breathing (1/3).]

Xiao Zheng put away the crossbow and glanced at the panel.

Agility jumped from 88 to 90.

Only one-third of the underwater breathing fragments are available, so they can't be used for now, but the effect of collecting them all is obvious.

With all three pieces in place, he's no different underwater than he is on land.

Before he could reel in the rope, the sea exploded.

The remaining thirteen swordfish went berserk at the same time.

With their leader dead, the fish's aggressive instincts instantly went out of control.

Instead of crashing into the driftwood, they all turned around and rushed towards the raft.

Thirteen silver-white figures sped along the water's surface, each carrying a half-meter-long bone sword, their speed leaving white trails on the sea.

Suicide charge.

boom!

The first swordfish crashed into the shield.

A pale golden light flashed, and the shield, impervious to all magic, didn't even tremble. The swordfish's bone spikes shattered the moment they hit it, and the entire fish was thrown back, its white belly flipping as it plunged into the water.

Bang bang bang!

Three cars crashed into each other in a row, and the result was exactly the same.

The shield remained completely still, while the swordfish rammed itself into the air, leaving it dazed and confused.

Xiao Zheng stood at the edge of the deck, looking at the dense silver figures underwater, and his lips twitched.

It's for giving away experience points.

He put down the crossbow and drew the fine-quality homemade revolver from his waist.

Six bullets, fully loaded.

This gun was taken from One-Eyed Qiang; it was crudely made, but its lethality was sufficient.

Xiao Zheng raised his hand.

First shot.

At the same time the gunshot rang out, the head of a swordfish that was leaping out of the water exploded, spraying blood mist two meters away, and the body fell back into the sea.

The second shot.

The third shot.

The fourth shot.

Each shot was fired less than a second apart, and each one hit the swordfish's head with pinpoint accuracy. This rate of fire and precision is enough to win an Olympic gold medal and retire.

The fifth shot blasted away a swordfish that was trying to flank it from the side.

The sixth shot, the last one.

Xiao Zheng glanced at it for half a second, and when the furthest swordfish broke out of the water, he pulled the trigger.

boom.

The bullet pierced the fish's head, flew out from the other side, and sank into the sea carrying bone fragments and brain matter.

Six guns, six stripes.

Including the three swordfish stunned by the shield's rebound and the leader that had been poisoned earlier, all thirteen swordfish were wiped out.

My experience points are skyrocketing.

The sea was stained blackish-red, and the corpses of swordfish floated here and there, some still twitching.

Xiao Zheng put the revolver back into his waistband and picked up the plastic hook.

The fish were gone, and the piece of driftwood was now quietly floating 150 meters away.

He shook his hand.

The plastic hook leaves the hand, the rope extends silently, and the grappling hook precisely catches the thickest crossbeam at the edge of the driftwood.

One pull.

The fifteen-meter-long piece of driftwood left a long trail on the water's surface as it was dragged toward the raft.

As Xiao Zheng pulled in the rope, he glanced down at the bullet casing.

Six rounds have been fired and I'll need to find time to reload.

This gun is useful, but the bullets are consumables and it can't be used as a primary weapon.

As the driftwood approached the raft, the door to the cabin was pushed open.

Lin Xiaoya walked out, her steps unsteady, her face still flushed.

The powdery mist had been mostly dispersed by the airflow from the sails, and its concentration had dropped below the safe level, but the residue she had inhaled earlier was clearly still having an effect.

Her forehead was covered in sweat, her shirt collar was soaked, her legs were pressed tightly together, and her walking posture was a bit awkward.

Xiao Zheng glanced at it but didn't say anything.

It's just an aphrodisiac effect, not fatal, and it will subside after a while.

"Gunshots...was that just a gunshot?"

Lin Xiaoya's voice sounded a little weak.

"Hmm, I caught a bunch of fish."

"How many?"

"Thirteen."

Lin Xiaoya opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.

Thirteen superior mutated swordfish.

She had just looked through the window from inside the house and saw that each one was over two meters long, with a half-meter-long bone spur on its head, and they were attacking in groups.

He cleaned it up with just six bullets.

He cleaned it up with just six bullets.

She has now learned not to be alarmed by Xiao Zheng's fighting prowess.

But I couldn't help but glance again at the gun on his waist.

The driftwood was pulled directly beneath the raft.

Lin Xiaoya walked over and peered down.

Then he froze.

"Learn from... senior."

Xiao Zheng was reeling in the rope when he heard her voice and paused.

"This, this is..."

Lin Xiaoya pointed at the driftwood, her fingers trembling.

"Is that a mermaid?!"

Xiao Zheng looked down.

A humanoid creature was lying in a groove in the middle of the driftwood.

Its lower body is a dark blue fish tail with a severely damaged tail fin and large areas of scales that have fallen off, revealing the pale dermis underneath, which is covered with lacerations of varying depths.

Some have already formed dark red scabs, while others are still oozing a pale blue liquid.

The upper body is in human form.

女性

Her skin was extremely white, almost translucent, and the fine blue veins below her collarbone were faintly visible.

She had no clothes on, only a few thumb-sized, colorful seashells scattered across her chest, barely covering her vital areas.

Its waist is very slender, and there is a ring of light blue scales at the junction of the human torso and the fish tail, which gradually disappears into the smooth skin upwards.

Her hair was dark blue, wet and clinging to her face and shoulders, covered with seaweed debris.

Her facial features were so exquisite they were almost unnatural.

But he looked like he was on his deathbed.

Lin Xiaoya stared at the fish tail for three seconds, then looked at the upper body, her expression switching back and forth between shock and confusion.

"Are there really...mermaids?"

Xiao Zheng didn't answer, but directly activated the appraisal technique.

Information flooded my mind.

【Mermaid (Rare/Blue)】

Status: Near death.

Racial talent: When crying, tears condense into sea pearls, the quality of which fluctuates with emotions.