Ch. 301 - Occupation and Harvest

The strange creature known as the Abyssal Scavenger continued diving deeper and deeper until it eventually disappeared from the two people’s field of vision.

"If it swallowed someone, would it take them to some special location?" Suna suddenly had a strange thought.

Yang Yi understood what she meant. She was guessing that the creature might head toward Garbage Island.

However, there was no way to make use of such an idea. It was no different from committing suicide.

Not to mention the dangers they might encounter inside the Scavenger’s body, the high-pressure and oxygen-deficient environment underwater alone was enough to make it nearly impossible for any player to survive.

"Let’s go. There are still many things to do."

Yang Yi said this to Suna as he pulled her into the elevator and left the diving operation room.

The greatest loss from this repair operation was Robot No. 7. The other losses were basically negligible, including the supplies that had been thrown away.

After all, Yang Yi would soon no longer lack these basic resources.

Returning to the eighth underwater floor, Yang Yi dismissed the four robots other than Xiao Ji and ordered them to quickly patrol and search Areas A, B, C, and D, killing any possible drowned corpses or rat slaves they encountered.

If they encountered enemies they could not defeat, they could notify Xiao Ji. At that time, Yang Yi would personally handle them.

"I’m planning to go to the laboratory in Area C and check if there’s anything we missed," Suna said to Yang Yi.

"Alright. Take Xiao Ji with you."

"I’ll organize the loot in the general warehouse, then return to the Nightmare Star at the C-area port," Yang Yi replied.

The two of them split up and began handling their own tasks.

Yang Yi returned to the general warehouse alone.

The water here had already started receding. Its depth was around 1.5 meters, most likely because the drainage system was still functioning.

However, the garbage swamp remained, and the deepest areas were estimated to exceed three meters.

Buried within the mud was also an enormous rat head. Half of it had already turned into white bones, with the remaining flesh and skin having fallen away.

For convenience, Yang Yi directly transformed into a werewolf. He increased the brightness of the Light Container and hung it in front of his chest before preparing to search through the area.

He first went to a smaller warehouse nearby.

This place had previously been used as an armory by the Nesting Rats, so it was the first location he chose to recover supplies from.

However, after a thorough search, the harvest was not as great as he had expected. The rats might have taken the weapons away during their previous chaotic battles, or the equipment might have been washed away by the flood and buried beneath the garbage.

In total, he recovered:

137 beam rifles,

as well as some sealed ammunition boxes.

There were also discarded firearms, including several broken weapons, but Yang Yi did not bother picking them up since they had little value.

"This gun actually requires bullets. That makes it much harder to sell."

Yang Yi muttered after checking the weapon information.

【Name: Second-Generation Assault Rifle Type B (Old)】

Due to a prolonged lack of maintenance, the weapon may occasionally experience bullet jams.】

【Name: Second-Generation Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle Type A (Old)】

Due to a prolonged lack of maintenance, the weapon may occasionally experience bullet jams.】

【Name: Rotary Laser Cannon Turret (0103/5472)】

It requires a large amount of magic stones for energy. One unit of magic stone can provide enough energy for 50 beam cannon shots.

Effective range: 120 meters. Maximum firing rate: 100 rounds per second. However, prolonged operation at full capacity carries the risk of a barrel explosion.

Due to a prolonged lack of maintenance, its ammunition capacity has decreased, and its magic stone energy conversion efficiency has declined.】

"This beam cannon turret is a bit of a money burner..."

Yang Yi complained after reading the information. Magic stones were not cheap.

He stored all the loot inside his stomach pouch. As for the weapons that were difficult to locate and buried deep within the garbage swamp, he left them for the robots to recover later.

Yang Yi then turned his attention to collecting the corpses of the rat slaves and rat nests.

There were probably tens of thousands of them in total, and it was impossible to recover everything in one go.

Therefore, he prioritized collecting the more valuable rat nest corpses. He only took a piece of broken bone or fur from each one and placed them inside his ring...

About four hours later, Yang Yi had recovered the corpses of 23 conjoined rat nests. They were all displayed as having player names, and in the end, only the Rat King’s head remained.

During the search, he also discovered a spacious passageway. It was more than 30 meters wide and located inside one of the sub-warehouses, large enough for the Rat King’s head to pass through.

There were four such passages in total, each directly connected to the docks of the four different areas. By using the underwater transport elevators beneath the open-air ports, they could achieve rapid transportation between locations.

He also obtained information about the Rat King.

【Name: King of the Nesting Rats (Horens)】

Their forms vary greatly. They are usually composed of a large number of individual bodies fused together, and their combat strength differs tremendously.

Can be placed into the Monster Gacha Machine.】

"Horens... this guy actually became the Rat King?"

Yang Yi clicked his tongue in surprise.

Back in the nightmare, the first one he had killed was Horens, but in reality, he had become the Rat King.

Horens might have possessed some special abilities and may have even become an extraordinary being, but unfortunately, he was instantly killed by the specially modified beam cannon in Di Jie’s hands.

"But this thing... is a little difficult to move."

Yang Yi, still in his werewolf form, stood beside the Rat King’s head, with most of the massive corpse buried beneath the garbage mud swamp.

However, even just the rat's head alone was taller than his entire body. It was nearly seven meters high and close to nine meters wide.

If its flesh had not rotted away and fallen off, and if it had not been destroyed by the cannon fire, it would likely have been even larger and heavier.

He used ropes to wrap around the rat’s head several times before tying them around his own chest. After tightening and securing them firmly, he prepared to drag the enormous rat head back.

There was no other choice. This was the only feasible method of transportation.

Inside the Shelter Ship, there were no forklifts, cranes, or anything similar. Even if such equipment existed, using them in the flooded environment would have been extremely difficult.

As for spatial storage items...

The volume of this rat's head had already exceeded the limit of his storage space. Even if he emptied his ring, it still would not be able to fit inside. His stomach pouch was not enough either.

"Rise!"

Yang Yi’s arms bulged with muscle. Using every ounce of strength he had, he finally managed to lift the head with great difficulty.

However, the moment he took a breath, his strength faltered, and the enormous rat head fell back into the mud swamp.

"Damn, this thing is way too heavy!"

Yang Yi checked his status. He only had 4 magic essence points remaining.

If he drank a Spirit Magic Potion and used the Body Enhancement Technique, he should be able to move this giant rat head.

After all, even without enhancement, he had already managed to lift it off the ground.

Once he made his decision, Yang Yi immediately took action.

When he took out the Spirit Magic Potion from his ring, he noticed the two bottles labeled A and B that Suna had created, the special Spirit Magic Potion that needed to be consumed in a specific order.

"Should I give it a try? It happens to be useful right now, and there shouldn’t be any danger anymore."

Yang Yi hesitated slightly.

At that moment, he received a system notification.

【You have successfully occupied the Shelter Ship. You can now proceed with decomposition.】

"So soon?"

Yang Yi was surprised by the efficiency of the robots.

However, he quickly understood the reason.

Those robots had probably used sonar to search the entire ship, allowing them to quickly eliminate the drowned corpses and rat slaves hiding throughout the Shelter Ship.

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