Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 209 Finally Met the Big Guy
As far as he could see, under the bright moonlight, it was not a human hand at all, but looked like the claw of some animal. However, it was too far away, and Li Xiang could not see its underwater body clearly, so he didn't know what kind of sea monster it was.

If an ordinary person were to mistakenly think that someone was drowning and rashly go to rescue them, they would be eaten.

Li Xiang flashed and walked on the water. He was very curious about what the hell it was. It had a high IQ and its acting was very realistic.

He was not afraid at all. As a seventh-level extraordinary being with a top speed of Mach 5, even if he couldn't win, it would be easy for him to escape. Although his combat power in the water would be greatly reduced.

Li Xiang was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the place where the black shadow was. He circled around the black shadow, stepping on the waves continuously.

It wasn't that he was afraid of monsters attacking him, but if he slowed down, he would fall into the water. The reason why he could walk on the water and cross some channels was purely because of his fast speed.

System: "A 16th-level mutant creature, the Mirage Demon Crocodile, has been detected."

"It's actually a saltwater crocodile? This size is rare." When it got closer, Li Xiang discovered that it was actually a saltwater crocodile. It was seven or eight meters long and weighed more than 1000 kilograms. Even among saltwater crocodiles, it was considered big.

The saltwater crocodile was feeling proud when it saw Li Xiang being tricked, but it never expected that Li Xiang's speed was so fast that it was confused.

With its prey in sight, it naturally stopped pretending to be a drowning human, but was ready to pounce at any moment, rolling in death.

Unfortunately, it couldn't lock onto Li Xiang's position, so it dived down and lay dormant.

Li Xiang originally wanted to hit it with a black iron mountain-pulling stick, but the crocodile was very smart and hid in the sea. The resistance of the sea water was too great, so the stick was probably not very effective.

The sword energy may not be powerful enough. The effective range of an ordinary rifle when shooting underwater is no more than one meter.

"It seems that I can only use myself as bait." Li Xiang stopped running. The Black Mountain Armor on his body was quite heavy, so he fell into the water and sank.

The saltwater crocodile saw the opportunity and immediately swam towards Li Xiang like an arrow. Its small eyes flashed green light with excitement as it prepared to perform its signature skill - the death roll. No matter how powerful this human was, he would be defeated by it once he got into the water.

The seven or eight meter long giant crocodile pounced, opened its bloody mouth, and bit...

Uh, the crocodile was dumbfounded.

The human grabbed the animal's upper and lower jaws with his two hands, and even with a bite force of four or five thousand kilograms, he couldn't bite it down.

But it didn't know that this time it kicked a block of alloy steel.

This saltwater crocodile has eaten many humans using this deceptive method. No matter how powerful the human is, even if he or she comes in a small boat, he or she will be knocked over by it. Then with a bite force of up to four or five thousand kilograms, coupled with the death roll, there is basically no escape.

However, this time, it encountered a superhuman, and a pervert among the superhumans, with a strength of 100,000 pounds. How could it bite it?
He wanted to do a death roll, but Li Xiang pulled hard and his upper and lower jaws separated.

The blood dyed the sea red.

System: "Congratulations to the host for killing the 1600th-level mutant creature, the Mirage Demon Crocodile. You will be rewarded with achievement points, three th-level mutant spiritual medicine Golden Leaf Crocodile Mouth Flowers, and a set of th-level extraordinary item Purple Mirage Armor."

Li Xiang swam hard and floated to the surface, then kicked hard and soared into the sky with the saltwater crocodile weighing more than a thousand kilograms. He came to the beach, took out the White Fang dagger, and skinned the crocodile.

It would be a waste to throw away such good crocodile skin. As for the crocodile meat, the crocodile is too big, so the meat is probably not tasty and not easy to cook.

After dealing with the crocodile, he took out the set of purple mirage armor. It was purple all over with beautiful scales on it. It felt a bit effeminate and suitable for girls to wear.

This set of extraordinary armor is of higher grade than his Black Mountain Black Armor. In addition to the basic armor protection function, it also has two extraordinary attributes, "water avoidance" and "mirage".

"Water-avoiding" means being able to breathe underwater. Li Xiang thought that this set of armor should be able to filter seawater and only allow oxygen to penetrate.

Many modern technological materials, such as some membranes, can also do this.

From the perspective of molecular weight, water molecules are lighter than oxygen molecules, but their structure (volume) is larger than that of oxygen molecules. Water molecules are "V" shaped, while oxygen molecules are straight. Therefore, many filters can filter out water molecules and "leak" air molecules.

There is oxygen in seawater, and it comes from many sources, such as dissolved in the air, or produced by photosynthesis in seaweed or some algae. In addition, there are studies that show that oxygen can also be produced in deep-sea environments through polymetallic nodules. These nodules can electrolyze seawater under special conditions to produce oxygen.

It is not surprising that the extraordinary armor has this attribute as all technological items can achieve this function.

As for the "mirage" attribute, it can create an illusion to confuse the enemy.

"This armor is great. I can go deep-sea diving in the future."

Li Xiang has always felt that there should be more potential mutant beasts in the seabed, and they should be more powerful, and there may be some potential saint-level beasts, because the behemoths in the seabed are much larger than those on land. However, with his current abilities, he cannot go into the water.

Even if we went, our fighting capacity was not strong, so we never went into the water.

But with this set of armor, diving into the deep sea is no problem.

He did what he said and changed his clothes immediately, putting away the handsome and cool Black Mountain Black Armor and changing into this rather effeminate Purple Mirage Armor.

This set of purple mirage armor is actually slim-fitting, fitting closely to the body surface, outlining the curves, and is relatively thin.

Unlike the Black Mountain Black Armor, although it is also close-fitting, it is not slim-fitting, and it has some cool decorations on the outside, making it look sturdy and domineering.

He jumped and fell into the sea like a stone, slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea. It must be said that the underwater world is magnificent and wonderful, with many corals, stones, sand, sea fish, seaweed...

"This should be a sea urchin, right?" Li Xiang found a large number of sea urchins around him, so he picked them up happily and put them into the system warehouse. It was like free money.

Sea urchins are naturally delicious. They can be eaten raw, or used to make sea urchin steamed eggs, sea urchin fried rice, or roasted and cooked into porridge. Then I also found some crabs, green lobsters, etc., and picked them up and threw them into the system warehouse.

Especially the small blue dragon, I picked up a few particularly large ones, about 30 to 40 centimeters long, at least two or three pounds each. No need to buy New Year's goods for the New Year.

Although they will die if they are put into the system warehouse, the system warehouse has the characteristic of "preserving freshness". They will be in the same state when they are put in. In other words, when cooking, they are equivalent to freshly killed animals, so there is no need to worry about them being stale.

"This kind of fish is not bad. It looks delicious. Let's take it back and let the kittens try it." Li Xiang reached out to grab it, but oh my god, he didn't catch it.

The fish was so slippery and nimble that it escaped with a flick of its tail.

Then, Li Xiang learned his lesson. Whenever he saw a fish, he would quietly approach it, and then shoot out his icy sword energy, piercing it instantly. The fish turned upside down, and he caught it and successfully put it into the warehouse.

He discovered snappers, red groupers, and squids in the coral reefs. Snappers and red groupers, in particular, are relatively rare, have a delicious taste, and are high in nutritional value, and are often frequent guests at high-end restaurants.

There were also some fish and shrimps that I didn’t recognize. I didn’t dare catch some of the colorful ones for fear that they might be poisonous.

Fish are like mushrooms; the more colorful they are, the more attention you should pay.

He thought that if he wanted to go fishing, he should buy some relevant books to avoid catching poisonous fish. Jiang Caier was probably good at this, but she didn't have time, and she wasn't good at water battles.

Li Xiang is not good at water combat. In the sea, the attack range of his ice sword energy is very limited, and it will not be powerful enough if it exceeds one meter.

Then I took out the black iron mountain-pulling stick, but it was even worse, the resistance was too great. It seemed that I had to buy a professional harpoon gun.

He wanted to use the art of speed, but he was shocked to find that it did not work underwater. It might be limited to land. Or, after he became a saint, he would be able to fly and could use it in the sky. Because there is a higher form behind the art of speed, it would naturally transform into a method of flying after he became a saint.

Fortunately, Li Xiang was very strong and his swimming speed was actually quite fast. He could swim more than ten meters in one second. However, as he swam, he found that the deeper he went into the sea, the more strenuous it became to swim, and his speed also decreased.

Before he knew it, he estimated that he was at least three or four hundred meters below the sea surface. The surrounding sea water pressure was very high. Although he could still breathe freely, he could not swim very well. He could only swim about five or six meters per second, which was much faster than an ordinary diver. However, for Li Xiang, who was used to Mach speeds, it was very unusual.

If we go to deeper sea, such as several thousand meters deep, we probably won't be able to swim at all.

A big fish about two or three meters long appeared, ignoring Li Xiang's presence, and swam past him seven or eight meters away.

System: "Level 6 mutant bluefin tuna detected."

Li Xiang immediately drooled and tried the same old trick, slowly approaching, intending to get within one meter so as to give it a good beating. This fish was very expensive. It was so big, probably weighing three or four hundred kilograms, and worth at least tens of millions.

Because there were news reports that in 2019, at a tuna auction in Toyosu Market in Japan, a bluefin tuna weighing 278 kilograms was sold at a sky-high price of 2.07 million yen, equivalent to more than million yuan.

In the eyes of many experts, bluefin tuna is the "Hermes" among tunas, the top and most premium food.

The fish in front of Li Xiang was bigger than the one being auctioned.

If he catches one, Li Xiang will certainly not sell it. Instead, he plans to take it back and eat it. Tuna sashimi is an incomparable delicacy.

As a result, just when it got within three meters, the tuna suddenly swung its body and ran away like an arrow.

Tuna, one of the fastest fish in the world, swims at an average speed of about 80 kilometers per hour. Bluefin tuna is born for speed and has strong horsepower. Li Xiang tried his best to catch up, but he gave up. Underwater, he really couldn't outswim these fish on the seabed.

Moreover, the fish does not run in a straight line, but moves left and right, up and down, turning around at will. As a human with four limbs, he is not in the same dimension as the fish in terms of turning around, floating up, diving down, turning left and right.

"Is there any technique suitable for underwater use?"

Li Xiang returned to the shore and lay on the beach to rest. He called up the system panel and searched for the right secret technique.

Of course there are skills and secret techniques, but except for the "Wave-Walking Technique" which has a relatively low threshold, the rest are either expensive or have restricted training conditions. For example, some require water-attribute talent.

Li Xiang thought that his icy sword energy should have something to do with water, so he exchanged it for the Wave-Walking Technique, spending 10,000 achievement points, and exchanged it for a Water Escape Technique, spending 80,000 achievement points.

The achievement point account balance is only about 21.

The wave-walking technique was indeed simple. Li Xiang learned it quickly and mastered it in less than an hour.

The art of walking on waves is different from the art of walking with divine power.

Although the magic of speed can also allow one to move forward on the waves, it requires speed, which means that one must "move" and the speed cannot be slow, otherwise one will fall into the water.

As for the wave-riding technique, he could stand still and directly control the waves to "rush" him forward. He could even sit or lie on the crest of the waves. Of course, this was a relatively slow skill, and it was a "leisurely water-playing" skill.

Li Xiang tried it. In the deep sea, the "wave-walking technique" can also control the undercurrent, which is much easier than swimming by himself. However, the speed is still not fast enough, and when turning, he is not as smooth as the fish. He estimates that he still cannot catch up with the tuna.

He returned to the shore and practiced the "Water Escape Technique". Well, maybe his physical attributes really didn't match and he couldn't learn it.

It’s not that they are stupid or cannot understand, but that they simply cannot practice it.

Seeing that it was almost dawn, Li Xiang stopped struggling and changed back into the Black Mountain Armor. With a flash of his figure, he headed towards the Strait of Malacca amid a slight sonic boom.

(End of this chapter)