National destiny: Starting with a coffin, building an aircraft carrier is broadcast live globally.

Renyi was afraid that this little darling would take another bite.

Quickly open the evolution panel, and with a flash of light, the remaining two crystals flowed into the icons of the [Biological Purification Device] and [Ruminant Digestion Module] respectively.

[Module: Biological Purification Device (LV1) > Biological Purification Device (LV2)]

[Requirement: Evolution Points (4218/100) ✔]

[Confirm upgrade?]

"confirm."

[Evolution successful!]

[Biological purification device (LV1) > Biological purification device (LV2)]

[Function: Converts seawater into potable freshwater through a symbiotic membrane structure. Current daily production: 50 liters.]

[Evaluation: Your kidneys have improved, but a mere 50 liters a day isn't even enough to fill a bathtub. PS: Your kidneys aren't quite up to par yet; keep working on them!]

"..."

A normal, healthy human kidney can filter approximately 180 liters per day.

This huge ship can only filter 50 liters...

It's really a bit shabby.

But is that your reason for attacking me?!

After the ship is upgraded to the [Deep Sea Shadow], modules like the [Biological Purification Device] become built-in, and there is no visible change in appearance.

So Renyi immediately spent another 100 evolution points to upgrade the next module.

[Evolution successful!]

[Ruminant Digestion Module (Lv1) > Ruminant Digestion Module (Lv2)]

[Function: Decomposes input organic matter into bioenergy to enhance other modules. Current conversion efficiency: 75%.]

[Comment: Now, anything that's not just empty promises can be converted into real energy. PS: By the way, it prefers seafood feasts.]

The previous "Rumination and Digestion Module" was just a trash can next to the observation room.

After evolution, the trash can disappeared.

Ethan was leaning against the wall, chatting idly with Siddo.

He discovered that Sita had now fully adapted to her Naga identity; her tail was wagging much more enthusiastically than before, and there was another advantage—

Sitting cross-legged on the floor is like having a built-in leather sofa.

"More powerful than two legs..."

Sita used the back of her tail to support herself as she spiraled upwards, transforming from a 1.6-meter-tall girl into a more than 2-meter-tall figure, looking down at Ethan with a wide grin.

"puff......"

Ethan smiled with relief.

All things eventually wear down, and in this respect, humans and Naga are no different; there's no need to dwell on it.

They were talking and laughing.

The transparent wall behind Ethan changed.

A slit suddenly appeared next to his neck, just below the back of his head, and then his eyelids slowly opened, revealing a bloodshot eye.

"!"

Ethan felt a chill on the back of his neck, and sprang three meters away like a spring, his flintlock pistol instantly firing and aimed at the suddenly growing eyeball.

The eyeball stared at the gun in Ethan's hand for a few seconds, then slowly turned to Sita...

Finally, my gaze fell on her empty hands.

It paused for a few seconds.

Then, clearly showing disgust, she rolled her eyes wide, her eyelids contracting again into a thin line and disappearing, as if they had never existed.

Only Ethan and Siddo remained, staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Is it...is it disgusted with you?"

"They're clearly disgusted that you're pointing a gun at it!"

A random voice came from not far away: "It's because it thinks you two are empty-handed."

He walked to the door of the observation room, touched the wall, and the bloodshot eye reappeared.

It saw a large, slightly pink, white, tender piece of meat appear in Renyi's hand.

This time, as if they had given each other a secret signal, a large mouth opened below the eyes, revealing a dense array of spiral teeth. After opening the mouth, it even opened and closed twice like a bird begging for food.

He casually tossed the meat in his hand into the pot.

His mouth closed silently as he chewed, and the bloodshot eyes on the wall curved into slits, revealing satisfaction and an indescribable lewdness.

Then the eyes and mouth disappeared, and the wall returned to its transparent state.

"it......"

Ethan pointed to the wall, momentarily at a loss for words—

Is this a ship spirit?

Is the boat alive?

Is this a boat?

Am I at risk of being eaten as a midnight snack?!

"You can feed it anything you want to throw away through the feeding port of the digestive module."

He explained arbitrarily.

Seeing the two somewhat reserved individuals, he felt that as the captain, he should perhaps tell a joke as a courtesy to ease the tension:

"Of course, if one day you don't want to live anymore... you can jump in yourself. It's efficient, environmentally friendly, and leaves no trace."

"..."

Sita awkwardly flicked his tongue and silently moved his long tail further away from the wall.

Ethan immediately got the joke.

He felt that he and the new boss would definitely hit it off when it came to telling jokes.

Why aren't you saying anything?

After thinking for a moment, he added to them, "Welcome to the 'Rising Coffin for Fortune' ship."

Raising a coffin... to make a fortune?

They can understand getting rich, but what's this about raising a coffin?

Completely bewildered, Ethan decided to temporarily set aside delving into this naming taste stemming from vast cultural differences and instead posed a more practical question:

Where are we going now?

"Let's go to the caveman tribe first," Ren Yi replied decisively. "There are some things I need to take care of."

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to enter the observation room.

"Wait! Boss!"

Stop walking and look back at him.

Ethan took a deep breath: "Just now, I heard something from Vanessa..."

He recounted in detail what Vanessa had revealed about the "gene lock," the "sequence," the "awakening project," and how she had been locked in a transparent box as an experimental subject.

"She previously claimed to be God's chosen people and even called us 'despicable ants driven into the sea'..."

This is very important information.

Renyi frowned in thought. If the anomaly had a source, it should lie on land, but the answer was most likely in the sea...

Ethan observed Ren Yi's expressionless face and cautiously began to speak:

"...So, can we stay on the ship?"

He and Sita have no leverage left.

The [Children of the Forest] sequence might still have some use on land, but its value will be greatly reduced at sea.

And Sita...

Sita, needless to say, wasn't even a person; he was a landlubber.

He worried that the shrewd and decisive captain would abandon them after he had used them.

"?"

Renyi was pondering whether or not to take Dala Bengba out to sea when he suddenly heard Ethan's question, and immediately gave him a "What are you talking about?" look.

He stared at Ethan in silence for a while, then began to reflect on himself.

Have I been too cold-blooded in my daily life?

What causes new members to feel so insecure?

should not.

Girls are more perceptive, perhaps... you could ask Aurora to find out what the problem is!

Without a word, he walked into the observation room with a frown.

Only two anxious figures remained.