Survival at Sea: My Warship is a Rubber Duck?

Chapter 54 Open the door! Community warmth arrives!

The sea urchins underwater lost their target and quickly calmed down.

However, the crisis was not over.

Yu Wang forced himself to endure the discomfort and immediately began to check his own condition.

I felt a sharp pain in many parts of my body!

There were at least four or five wounds on the outside of my thigh, my left elbow, and my back, caused by the thorns grazing or piercing me!

"Cough cough... vomit..."

Suddenly, he started coughing violently. The toxins had accumulated in his body and were causing a reaction. His stomach was churning, and he almost vomited up everything he had eaten.

[Warning! You have been poisoned! Your health is continuously decreasing! Your spirit is being eroded by the toxins, -5!]

"Damn it, I'm riddled with holes!" Yu Wang cursed under his breath, but his movements were swift as he quickly took out a bottle of antidote and gulped it down!

The medicine worked immediately; the burning pain in the wound lessened slightly, and my stomach felt much more comfortable.

That's not all. While the adrenaline is still working,

Yu Wang endured the pain and took off the nearly tattered [Giant Claw Lobster Armor]. It was covered with broken spines, and in some places the shell was cracked. If there were a protection value, it would probably only be a single digit.

He looked at it with a pang of heartache, realizing there was nothing he could do about it for the time being, so he could only put it away for now.

Then, he treated all the wounds on his body in one go.

He was now somewhat relieved that the sea urchin spines from the other world were hard and not easily broken off under his skin.

Otherwise, if we used the common methods in the real world to break the thorns in the skin and let them absorb slowly, we would lose half our lives.

"Huff... huff..."

Half an hour later, Yu Wang slumped in the cabin, panting heavily, as if he had just crawled back from the brink of death.

He glanced at his personal panel:

Qi and Blood: 46% (external injuries, all of them are superficial injuries)

Strength: 4.76+1

Physical fitness: 6.05+1

Speed: 5.8+1

Spirit: 67/100 (Open the door! Community warmth! How about learning about the great 'Faceless Web-Weaver of the Abyss'? Now that you believe in the true God, you'll also receive a spider silk scarf and pure cotton underwear!)

Rationality: 52/100 (You begin to recall the embarrassing moments of the first half of your life and start to understand the meaning of "life is about going with the flow.")

Stamina: 27% (Exhausted)

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My condition is absolutely terrible! My mental and rational mind has plummeted into dangerous territory!

Especially the mental energy firewall, it's almost unable to block spam messages!

Yu Wang quickly forced himself to think of some happy things to stabilize his mental state, lest he really have to awkwardly jump into the sea later!

Duck B squatted beside him, looking at him with worried eyes.

"It's alright... I won't die." Yu Wang caught his breath and waved to the duck.

Despite the aches and pains throughout his body and the stinging from his wounds, he rowed away from the waters.

Once they reached a relatively safe area, Yu Wang could no longer hold on and lay down in the cabin of the wooden boat.

The afternoon sun pierced my eyes again, bringing a gentle warmth.

In a daze, he fell into a deep sleep under the watchful eye of Duck B.

When he regained consciousness, he was awakened by the slight rocking of the ship and the change in light he felt through his eyelids.

dusk.

The setting sun painted the sky and sea in magnificent shades of orange and purple, and the light was no longer glaring.

Yu Wang struggled to sit up, still feeling dizzy, but the first thing he did was check his personal panel:

My blood and qi levels haven't changed much; they're still at 46%.

After all, the injury was too severe this time, and even "Recovery Fluid Pro" was powerless to help.

Even the slightest movement will cause blood to gush from the torn wound.

My physical strength has recovered to 55%, and my mental and rational state has also recovered slightly in a safe environment, but I am still in a very unhealthy state.

Given his current state of poisoning, injury, and the fact that his mental and rational abilities are both on the verge of collapse, continuing to struggle in the dungeon is too risky.

Unless you can immediately trade for powerful healing items, it's unlikely you'll be able to quickly recover your health and clear the dungeon in less than 48 hours.

However, healing items of that caliber are extremely rare and hard to come by. Yu Wang didn't hold out much hope.

"I'll have to quit for now. Luckily, I had already gotten the dungeon progress to 45%, so the pressure isn't too great. If all else fails, I'll try my best to get it to 60% and get a consolation prize."

Yu Wang made his decision and did not linger any longer. He rowed his small boat, dragging his tired body, and slowly sailed back to the pier.

With a thought, the pass was activated.

The light enveloped him, and the next moment, he was back inside the Little Yellow Duck.

The oil extractor was humming, but Zhang Xinlan was nowhere to be seen in the cabin.

Looking at the raft to the side and rear, there were only neatly arranged supplies and a sun umbrella on it.

With the game's fleet bound together, the "No Bugs Under Heaven" and the "Little Yellow Duck" traveling at full speed appeared to be relatively stationary, almost like a single ship.

At that moment, a rich aroma wafted over.

Yu Wang shook his still slightly dizzy head and subconsciously turned to look at the scent.

At the stern, a campfire was burning in the setting sun.

Zhang Xinlan squatted by the campfire at the stern of the boat, the firelight making her cheeks glow red. Her hair was simply tied into a slightly messy ponytail at the back of her head, with a few strands sticking to her neck with sweat and the sea breeze.

Holding a pair of homemade wooden chopsticks, she was intently turning over the sizzling, glistening, reddish-brown braised fish chunks in the portable pot over the campfire...?

There was also a steamer next to it, containing four plump white steamed buns.

Strictly speaking, they were four stale, lifeless steamed buns that had been steamed to death and showed no signs of rising.

Yu Wang's gaze lingered on the four heroically sacrificed steamed buns for half a second, and he felt a slight pang of regret that they had failed to achieve their ideal of a fluffy and soft "steamed bun life".

But soon, doubts arose in his mind: Where did Zhang Xinlan get these seasonings and ingredients?

To make a delicious and flavorful braised fish, you need at least soy sauce, sugar (and cooking wine, scallions, ginger, etc., right?).

Zhang Xinlan was intently watching over the pot and pan, seemingly humming a little tune.

This was the most rewarding battle she had fought since entering the game! The seasonings she had brought into the game but couldn't bear to throw away finally came in handy!

She was so focused that she didn't even notice when Wang teleported back from the dungeon and appeared a few steps behind her!

Yu Wang stood in the cabin, looking at the lively scene before him, smelling the enticing aromas that kept wafting into his nose, when his stomach rumbled loudly.

Zhang Xinlan was picking up a perfectly fried fish piece, coated in sauce. Hearing the sound, her movements froze, and her neck stiffly turned.

Eyes facing each other.

Awkward……

Having a grown person suddenly appear beside them requires adjustment for both of them.

After a two-second pause, Zhang Xinlan broke the awkward silence: "Captain! You're back just in time! The fish will be ready soon, and the steamed buns are done too... uh, they haven't risen properly, but they're still carbs, would you like to try some?"

"The flour is a 5kg bag that I exchanged for 1 unit of material from you before. It contained sand, so I dried it once, but there are probably still some leaks, so be careful when you eat it. The seasonings are what I brought with me when I entered the game... thankfully I didn't throw them away."

As she muttered to herself, she took out a seashell the size of a face plate, poured in most of the pot of fish pieces, placed three large, unleavened steamed buns next to it, and finally poured the broth from the bottom of the pot over it.

Yu Wang did not refuse.

He definitely needs food now, especially hot food, to regain his strength.

And this braised fish looks really delicious.