Survival on the Internet: A Bizarre Start at Sea

A glint flashed in Su Zhisu's eyes. Now was the perfect time to test the effects of [Lucky Little Cat]'s blessing.

Open the private chat interface of 【Lucky Little Meow】 and send a message:

[Su]: "Are you there? Bless me, right now."

[Lucky Kitten]: "Okay, boss! Got it, got it, meow!"

[Network notification: You have received the blessing of player [Lucky Little Meow], countdown 1 hour]

【Lucky Kitten】: "Boss, boss! Blessing sent! I've staked all my good luck for the next hour on you, meow! I hope you reap a bountiful harvest, meow! Meow's going to be unlucky now, boohoo meow!"

Looking at that last nonsensical sentence, Su Zhisu's lips twitched slightly, and then he felt a warm current flow into his body, and a strange sense of "peace of mind" arose spontaneously.

Checking my personal information page, I found that there was indeed a temporary buff.

[Temporary boost: Luck greatly increased for one hour, countdown 59 minutes]

"Now!"

Su Zhisu closed the web interface, turned around and looked at the black silhouettes screaming in the distance. It would be a good opportunity to test the waters with them.

If the effect is good, then the two gun pods on the lower level of the Redemption, near the two side walls, will be useful.

He ordered the eerie skeletal figures beside him, who were calibrating the cannon's position: "Load the materials, prepare to fire! Target—those three overconfident fools in the distance!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the eerie skeletal arms expertly placed 10 units of iron and 1 unit of bone into the groove at the breech of the cannon.

With a series of mechanical clicking sounds, accompanied by a blue-green light, a round, jet-black bone iron cannonball appeared in the barrel.

As the cannon was being calibrated, the three black silhouettes seemed to sense the danger. Their screams were tinged with fear as they tried to dive into the sea to escape.

"Trying to leave? Too late!" Su Zhisu sneered.

With the blessing of [Lucky Little Cat], he no longer needs to worry about the one-in-four chance of misfire.

"fire!"

The eerie skeletal arms acted as gunners, pulling the cannon ropes sharply. Just before firing, the dark, cold muzzle ignited with the flames of the Night Watch Heart.

"boom--!"

A deafening roar shattered the silence of the white mist. The [Water-Soaked Cannon] jerked backward, spewing out dazzling flames and thick smoke from its muzzle.

The bone-iron cannonball, burning with the flames of the Night Watch, sliced ​​through the air with a sharp whistling sound, precisely striking the nearest black silhouette.

"Boom!"

The nearest black silhouette was instantly blasted to pieces, turning into a bizarre cloud of black liquid that splashed everywhere.

Just as the black silhouette was shattered by the explosion, she came into view.

【Psychedelic Sea Spirit】

[Category: Contaminated]

【Body】：7

[Spirit]: -12

[Rationality]: -100/-100

[Talents/Skills]:

1. Song of the Sea Spirit: Song of the Sea Spirit corrupts the target through song. If the target fails to resist, 5 sanity points are deducted.

2. Misty Ocean Illusion: When the target has accumulated 20 points of sanity deducted, the Misty Ocean Spirit will plunge the target into an extremely pleasurable Misty Ocean Illusion, and then reproduce with the target, devouring their soul.

[Description]: Their once elegant bodies are now deathly pale, their skin speckled with unnatural black spots, and their fishtails covered in black mold. Their faces remain beautiful, but their eyes are utterly vacant, and their mouths are split to their ears, revealing a mouthful of tiny, sharp teeth. They were once singers of the sea, but now their souls have been twisted by the pollution of the strange sea.

(Hidden message: Perhaps... they were once mermaids?)

"So that's how it is. It's a monster that survives by devouring reason and reproducing." Su Zhisu's eyes turned cold.

"Perhaps you were once mermaids representing beautiful fantasies, but now you are monsters."

"Monsters deserve to be killed!"

The successful hit of the first shot thoroughly enraged the remaining two Mist Sea Spirits.

The death of their companions drove them mad, and some of their sanity, which was close to 0, plummeted towards -100, meaning they were about to be completely consumed by the corruption.

Instead of running away, they dragged their strange fish tails, frantically pounded the seawater, and screamed as they rushed toward the "Redemption".

"You're courting death." Su Zhisu showed no mercy whatsoever.

The eerie skeletal arms moved with fluid grace, reloading, followed by two more muffled cannon shots.

With the blessing of [Lucky Little Cat], the one-in-four chance of misfire did not take effect, making it a powerful weapon at this moment.

The second shell accurately hit the head of one of the [Psychedelic Sea Spirits], completely shattering half of its head.

The third shell struck the last [Psychedelic Sea Spirit] in the abdomen, blasting her elegant yet eerie fishtail into a bloody mess.

"Hiss—!" The Misty Sea Spirit let out a shrill scream.

Before they died, they desperately tried to activate the [Illusory Sea of ​​Desire], but Su Zhisu's rationality was still at a despairing 100 points, and their meager influence was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, having no effect whatsoever.

Faced with absolute power, the psychedelic sea spirit's eerie singing and illusions seemed so pale and powerless.

In the end, the three psychedelic sea spirits transformed into three pools of foul-smelling black liquid, which slowly seeped into the dark red sea.

Only a few scales stained with mold remained, which were retrieved by the strange bone arms to prove that they had once existed.

The scales, which had been scorched by the Night Watcher's Flame on the strange bone arm, became as smooth as ever.

Blessings from the Ocean

[Quality]: Excellent Blue

[Extra 1]: This scale represents the blessing of the ocean; possessing it will grant you the friendship of certain beings.

[Bonus 2]: Wearing this scale grants 12 hours of underwater breathing per day.

[Message]: If you possess it, you will become the daughter of the sea.

[Hidden Message]: The pollution in the strange sea awaits your arrival.

Holding the scales in her hand, Su Zhisu walked to the ship's side, looked at the black liquid floating on the sea, and exhaled a breath of stale air.

"It seems that Lucky Kitten is indeed quite lucky, and she even tries to share my luck."

He chuckled and shook his head.

Turning to look at the still-smoking "water-soaked cannon," his initial disdain vanished instantly.

With the blessing of [Lucky Little Cat], this cannon, and perhaps the three more in the future, will become a powerful weapon for the Redemption.

The white mist still shrouded the strange sea, showing no sign of dissipating due to the deaths of the three psychedelic sea spirits. On the contrary, it grew even thicker, like solidified milk, tightly enveloping the Redemption.

Just as Su Zhisu was about to order the anchor to set sail, the hidden prompt of the talent appeared before his eyes once again.

[Hidden message: They died, so what happened next?]

The sudden appearance of the hidden information made Su Zhisu's previously relaxed heart leap into her throat.

He squinted, looking into the depths of the thick, impenetrable white fog, as if his gaze could pierce through the fog and see some unknown threat lurking deep within.

"It seems these three guys are just appetizers." Su Zhisu's lips curled into an intrigued smile.

The hidden message was undoubtedly telling him that the death of the psychedelic sea spirit was not the end, but rather an "appetizer" in this eerie white mist.

Since they couldn't sail out of the white fog anytime soon, Su Zhisu simply ordered the Redemption to drop anchor and stop.

Standing on the ship's railing, the dark red seawater beneath his feet seemed bottomless, like a giant beast opening its eyes and coldly staring at him.

Thinking of the "Cape of Good Hope" mentioned in the information about the "Flooded Cannon"...

Su Zhisu muttered to himself, "It seems it's time to explore this strange and mysterious sea."