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

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The dark clouds in the sky had pressed down to within a nautical mile.

The first few demon bats swooped down.

Their heads are only the size of a palm, and their eyes are blood red.

Its fangs protrude outwards, and its wingspan is a full meter.

Lin Xiaoya finally couldn't hold back anymore and squatted down on the deck, burying her head in her hands.

"Senior, I was wrong. I shouldn't have said we wanted to go to the island—"

He hadn't finished speaking.

The first demon bat swooped down overhead.

"boom--"

A muffled thud.

The demonic bat crashed headlong into the invisible barrier, its entire body torn apart on the spot by the terrifying recoil.

Blood exploded in the air, but was completely blocked by a layer of pale golden light, sliding down the arc of the shield.

Not a single drop fell onto the raft.

Lin Xiaobo froze in mid-air, clutching his head.

She secretly peeked up through her fingers.

A pale golden light shield formed a huge hemisphere above the raft, shutting out the entire sky.

The second demon bat followed closely behind and crashed into them.

"Bang!"

It exploded into a bloody mist.

The third one, the fourth one—

"Bang bang bang bang bang——"

They didn't collide one by one.

It was smashing down piece by piece.

The entire dark cloud slammed into the pale gold shield, creating a series of muffled explosions.

Blood rained down outside the shield.

The blood, dark red, flowed along the arc of the light shield, eventually being dispersed by the sea breeze and falling into the sea dozens of meters away.

Not a drop of blood stained the raft.

Lin Xiaoya slowly lowered her hand.

She looked up, her mouth agape.

Lingxi stood to the side, her silver eyes, accustomed to the darkness of the deep sea, now wide open.

This creature was recorded in the royal court's records; a swarm of demonic bats could devour a blue whale down to its skeleton in half an hour.

But now...

The way they collided with it was ridiculously fragile.

She turned her head and looked at the man who was still sitting in the recliner.

Xiao Zheng propped his head up with one hand and casually shook the ice cubes in the bowl with the other.

He was completely listless, not even lifting his eyelids.

That posture didn't resemble someone facing a crisis at all.

It's more like watching a play.

"bite--"

[Defeat one Vampire Bat (Excellent) x1, EXP +10.]

[Defeat one Vampire Bat (Excellent) x1, EXP +10.]

……

The notification sounds were terrifyingly frequent.

Xiao Zheng glanced at it and simply folded up the notification box.

"It's so noisy."

He complained.

The blood rain continues.

The dark clouds outside the shield were thinning at a visible rate.

"Thump."

A larger female bat plunged into the shield, its skull shattering instantly, sending blood and flesh flying everywhere.

It was clutching half a piece of moldy bread in its paws, along with an unopened mineral water bottle, when it slammed onto the pale golden film with a thud and slid down its curve.

But this time it didn't fall into the sea.

The bottle of water remained fixed inside the shield; more precisely, it passed through the shield and fell into the deck.

"Gurgle—"

The mineral water bottle rolled to Xiao Zheng's feet and came to a stop after hitting the leg of the recliner.

Lin Xiaoya craned her neck to take a look.

"...This thing, the shield can filter?"

"Friendly supplies advance, enemy creatures block." Xiao Zheng picked up the bottle of water, weighed it in his hand, and said, "Reasonable."

Lingxi stared in disbelief.

The complex and obscure restrictive formations in the royal court's records would take hundreds of years to study.

The golden light before my eyes is so clearly distinguishable.

"Bang! Bang bang bang—"

The swarm of demonic bats continued their reckless descent.

But now they're becoming increasingly hesitant and less confident in their collisions.

The first few in the front row fell headfirst, shattering into a bloody mist, while the ones in the back row began flapping their wings and turning back.

The problem is, the people behind are still surging forward.

The front wanted to retreat, while the rear wanted to charge; the entire dark cloud above the raft was twisted into a tangled mess.

"Bang!"

One of the demon bats was knocked down by its own companion and landed right outside the shield.

Its paw loosened, and what it was carrying rolled out—a small bag of sealed compressed biscuits.

"puff."

Another one fell down, a piece of tin can.

"Thump."

A bundle of rope.

"Splash!"

A rusty fruit knife.

Lin Xiaoya was stunned.

"Why...why do they have so many things on them?"

"Vampire bats have a habit of hoarding the belongings of their prey," Lingxi explained softly. "The ancient royal records say that they can pile up small mountains in their caves."

Lin Xiaoya swallowed.

"How many people did these bats rob?"

Xiao Zheng did not respond.

He stared at the ever-thickening "mountain" around the outside of the shield and stretched.

"Xiaoya, go and get the hook."

Lin Xiaoya jumped up from the deck with a start, ran to the control panel, grabbed the plastic hook, and eagerly shoved it into Xiao Zheng's hand.

"Senior, please sit down, I'll do it—"

"You can't do it, I have to do it."

Xiao Zheng took the hook without even getting up from the recliner.

A flick of the wrist.

The plastic hook flew out, grazing the inner wall of the shield, while the rope moved freely through the gaps in the golden light.

With a flick of the hook, the bag of compressed biscuits was flung back and landed with a thud at Xiao Zheng's feet.

Another hook.

can.

Another hook.

Rope, fruit knife, half a candle, a lighter, two strips of dried meat...

[Received: 3 compressed biscuits.]

[Received: 2 cans of luncheon meat.]

[Received: 8 meters of hemp rope.]

[Received: 2 pieces of Fine-Grade Dried Beast Meat]

The notification sounds started ringing out again in rapid succession.

As Xiao Zheng put the bottle away, he took another sip of the ice water in his hand.

Lin Xiaoya squatted down next to him, her eyes fixed on the pile of supplies.

"Brother Zheng...did these bats search all the pockets of the dead players?"

"almost."

"So, this means we've basically gotten half the district?"

"Um."

Lin Xiaoya felt a chill run down her spine.

She glanced sideways at the group of vampires still buzzing and crashing around outside the shield.

This isn't a bat attack, it's a flying delivery service.

"Squeak—creak—"

I don't know which demon bat gave up first.

A creature with a torn wing suddenly turned around and fluttered away towards the island.

Then came the second one, and the third one.

The entire dark cloud seemed to have been torn open from the middle, retreating heavily towards the path it had come from.

They fled in a sorry state.

"It ran away?" Lin Xiaoya stood up, holding onto the gunwale and looking up at the sky.

"I'm terrified of being beaten." Lingxi blinked her silver eyes. "The swarm of demonic bats has a collective mentality; it will collapse if the death rate exceeds a certain percentage."

She paused, then added.

"The critical point written in the classics is 30%."

Lin Xiaoya turned her head and glanced at the patch of bloody debris floating outside the shield.

"...It's almost 90% complete."

Xiao Zheng only got up from the recliner after the last afterimage of the demon bat disappeared.

The plastic hook spun around in his hand, followed by another series of rapid swings.

All the supplies scattered on the sea surface and stuck on the edge of the raft outside the shield were pulled back without missing a single one.

In just two minutes.

A small mountain of miscellaneous items had been piled up in the middle of the deck.

Canned food, rope, knives, matches, a few drawings, and even two small bags of seasoning powder.

Lin Xiaoya squatted in front of the pile of supplies, excitedly counting them.

"My God, there's even salt! Look, Zheng Ge, a whole bag of salt!"

"Um."

"And pepper! Now the grilled fish is saved!"

"Um."

"And...and another rare-grade blueprint?!"