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Even after the ghost ship disappeared, the sky remained overcast.

Especially as evening approaches.

He casually changed his posture, from sitting upright in a chair to sitting cross-legged on the side of the boat, leaning more casually against the railing.

"Klaus, I want a beanbag chair..."

Klaus was cleaning up the silver cutlery salvaged from the ghost ship diagonally behind him.

Without even looking up, he replied.

"How about adding an automatic massage function? We can use the bones from those unlucky, loose bones."

"Alright..."

I yawned casually, not because I was tired, but because I was bored.

He didn't stop working all afternoon.

The entire sea area became their self-sufficient fishing ground, and the process of acquiring evolution points was optimized to the extreme.

Lure fish to the surface at will

The moment it surfaced, a blinding pulse of light from the [Bio-Light Energy Module] struck its prey, leaving it disoriented. Aurora followed closely behind, feeding the Ghost Bone Boat to replenish its bio-energy and accelerate its cooling process.

Then Ivan stepped in, like an orca wielding an axe.

They dived into the sea and herded the poor fellow to the side of the boat.

As soon as it approached, the three rushed forward, wielding rapiers, [Heart's Desire], and [Chasing the Light]—the three weapons enthusiastically aimed at vital points, with the outcome depending on who killed it.

Finally, perform arbitrary decomposition processing.

Jiro Sato, who was rubbing salt at the bow of the boat, kept his eyes and nose focused on the salt the whole time, moving as nimbly as a wind-up puppet, trying to be as invisible as possible.

You have defeated the Mutant Six-Clawed Catfish (Lv3) and gained 3 Evolution Points.

[You have defeated the Mutant Armored Turtle (Lv3) and gained 5 Evolution Points.]

[You have defeated the Mutant Corrosive Spiny Fish (LV4) and gained 25 Evolution Points.]

[You have defeated the Armored Giant Claw Crab (LV5) and gained 80 Evolution Points.]

……

There's no map.

I don't know if it has already left the area of ​​the Tranquil Sea.

Almost all mutated variants are at least level 3.

Their hard work that afternoon yielded remarkable results.

Besides this unlucky Lv5, I slaughtered more than a dozen level 3 and 4 mutated creatures, which increased my evolution points by more than 300. The rare materials in my warehouse also gained a batch of "new members".

The only problem is...

None of these new members are edible.

The flesh of the spiny fish is corroded by strong acids, the flesh of the armored giant chevron is mixed with metallic sediments, and the rest are either poisonous or have flesh that feels like tire husks.

The only option is to supply them all to the undemanding ghost bone boats.

Its hiccups didn't stop all afternoon!

As darkness fell and the surrounding scenery became blurred, Klaus neatly arranged the cleaned silver cutlery in a long wooden box.

"Boss, it's getting dark, let's eat first."

He stretched his neck.

"We've had a very fruitful day."

The harvest was quite large, but even the most delicious sea dragon meat can't withstand eating it three times a day.

The dish was already monotonous enough with just seaweed and kelp.

If there wasn't anything to change things up, he'd be tempted to take a bite of the ghost bone boat...

"The last one!"

He sat up straight and hung a small piece of symbiotic luminescent moss on the [Pudu].

Since regular bait isn't working, let's try something weird.

[I bet a picture of this guy naked, but I still can't eat it!]

[Upstairs, are we watching the same live stream? You even managed to crack the mosaic in Ocean Era?]

[She was half-naked, didn't she take off her shirt? I took a screenshot!]

[What's the point of that... I'll message you privately...]

[I have one too! V me 50, and I'll send it to you! (doge)]

The speed at which the comments go off-topic is much faster than the speed at which any fish takes the bait.

Fortunately, the [Pudu] ritual was very effective.

Before Klaus finished lighting the fire, the fishing float finally made a move.

He stood up at once.

"It's definitely edible!"

Xiao Jiu also crawled out of the birdcage and onto Renyi's head, looking expectantly at the sea.

But before he could exert any force,

I felt the force below suddenly dissipate, and the taut fishing line instantly drooped down.

"They've decoupled?" Ivan asked curiously.

Unlike...

That feeling just now didn't feel like a fish struggling to break free; it felt more like that force suddenly gave up resisting.

With a slight frown, he steadily reeled in the fishing line.

The fishing float on the surface of the sea is getting closer and closer...

at last......

Snapped!

With a soft sound, the fishing float gently adhered to the hull of the ghost bone boat.

He slowly and deliberately put the [Pudu] back onto the fishing rod holder, and drew his katana with his right hand.

Ivan swallowed hard, staring intently at the dark sea.

For a moment, the small boat fell into an eerie silence.

Only the sound of water from Jiro Sato's place and the crackling of the fire Klaus had lit were still heard.

"Splash!"

"Boss! Dinner's ready—ah—"

Just as Klaus stood up, wiping the dust off his hands, and was about to call out to the two motionless guys,

A gray strip, as thick as a person, emerged from behind him.

It swept up Klaus, who was facing away from the starboard side of the ship, at a speed completely disproportionate to its size.

Klaus only had time to glance down at the huge, slimy tentacles wrapped around his waist before he was dragged off the deck!

"Klaus!"

Aurora, who was closest, gasped in surprise.

Without the slightest hesitation, she picked up the [Light Chaser] sword that Klaus had dropped on the deck, gripped the hilt tightly with both hands, and with all her might, slashed down fiercely at the giant tentacle!

"Pfft!"

[Chasing the Light] deals extra damage to mutated creatures.

The sharp blade sliced ​​into the tentacle nearly halfway down, and a viscous, transparent liquid splashed out.

The monster, in pain, lashed out with its tentacle.

"Thump!"

The engineer landed in the sea like a light, fluffy shuttlecock.

"Ivan!" Renyi calmed his mind and sensed the movement under the ship.

"rest assured!"

Ivan dove into the sea to rescue the person.

Almost at the same time, another thick tentacle slammed up from the left side of the ship, sweeping across Renyi with a whooshing sound!

With a light leap, he retreated a meter, leaning back effortlessly to avoid the tentacles.

At the same time, the scimitar slashes upwards—

"Ding!"

The seemingly soft tentacles actually had a texture like metal and stone touching.

With a casual, sweeping motion, the blade cut along the edge of the tentacle, slicing off a long string of wriggling white suckers.

However, very soon,

More tentacles reached up from the ship's port and starboard sides, some resting on the deck of the ghost bone boat, others blocking the captain's cabin door.

This thing is very intelligent!

"Crunch—"

The entire ship jolted violently and began to list sharply...

It wasn't crushed, but rather one of its heads was lifted up from underwater!

on deck,

The silver cutlery that Klaus had painstakingly arranged slid to one side with a "clatter," and Jiro Sato screamed as he clung to the mast, his face deathly pale.

"Boss!"

Ivan's shouts came from the sea not far away.

He grabbed Klaus with one hand, who looked fine but had a livid face, while waving his unsteady "Thoughts" with the other.

"This guy... is stuck to the bottom of our ship!"

"It's an extra-extra-large Little Nine!"