Chapter 352 - 324: A Pleasant Surprise
In an open area next to the Ghost Ship Dock, the Mosasaurus carcass lay on the shore. Its massive body, toppled onto its side, almost touched the ceiling of the Home.
Last time, someone found a Fish Dragon Stone inside a Fish Dragon’s corpse and received a hefty reward for turning it in.
This Mosasaurus was even bigger, drawing more attention.
The Mosasaurus’s belly was cut open, and people crawled inside to remove its organs.
The heart was the first thing to be removed. The Mosasaurus’s heart was a full three meters tall and weighed more than a small car.
Qin Ziwu and Cao Biansheng worked together to lift the heart, while others stood by with large buckets to collect the blood.
Bucket after bucket of fresh blood was collected and then sent over to Du Yu.
Someone from the crowd shuffled over, their eyes burning with desire as they stared at the heart.
"President, could you sell a little of this heart blood to us?" an old man asked, approaching with a small child in tow.
"What do you need this for?" Qin Ziwen asked, surprised. "Everyone will get a share of the Mosasaurus flesh later."
"My grandson caught a cold from playing in the water recently. He’s coughing a lot. This Dragon Blood is surely a great tonic; it must be good for his health," the old man said, rubbing his hands together.
The child he was holding immediately burst into tears. "I want medicine, I don’t want to drink that!"
Hearing this, Zhao Pu was speechless. "Old Kong, what are you thinking? If the kid has a cold, he should see a doctor. Both Dr. Sun at Renhe Hall and Dr. Qian from the Qin Alliance are very skilled. Don’t mess around with this superstitious nonsense."
Others nearby who knew Old Kong also chimed in, trying to persuade him.
Old Kong’s eyebrows shot up, and he stubbornly retorted, "What do you mean, superstitious nonsense? I saw someone running on the water today! How can you call that superstition!"
In the crowd of onlookers, some people nodded silently.
They had once been believers in science, but the series of events that occurred after they transmigrated had forced them to accept the supernatural.
"You old coot! I’ve been waiting for ages at Dr. Qian’s, and it turns out you snuck off to here!" an old woman stormed over, looking furious.
Old Kong’s expression stiffened instantly.
The man who had been so defiant just moments before quickly pulled his grandson away. "Let’s go, let’s go."
Not long after Old Kong left, someone called out, "President, there’s this in its stomach." He had pulled a grayish-brown pearl from the Mosasaurus’s belly.
The pearl was huge, nearly fifty centimeters in diameter, and a uniform grayish-blue.
Qin Ziwen was rather astonished. ’A Fish Dragon’s belly has a Fish Dragon Stone, so could this Mosasaurus’s body contain... a Deep Sea Core???’
[Level 5 Marvels] Deep Sea Core - Small (A sea core condensed in the deep sea. After being swallowed, it can absorb the world’s aquatic energy to nourish the body, allowing an ordinary creature to advance into an Extraordinary Creature.)
Qin Ziwen stared at the object he had just identified with Insight, lost in thought.
He had just used Insight subconsciously, not expecting it to actually be a Deep Sea Core.
He was a little dumbfounded. ’Why would a Mosasaurus have this thing in its stomach?’
’Could it have been greedy and accidentally swallowed the Deep Sea Core?’
’Considering the Deep Sea Core’s function, it wasn’t impossible. Perhaps the Mosasaurus subconsciously knew it was something good and swallowed it.’
But the Mosasaurus was already dead, so no one could give him the answer.
This thing could elevate an ordinary creature into an Extraordinary Creature. Aside from Cards, it was the first treasure he had ever seen that could enable a breakthrough to the Extraordinary level.
No wonder it was called a Marvel.
And by the looks of it, it also seemed to be a reusable Marvel.
However, Qin Ziwen glanced at its size, then thought about the size of a human. ’Swallowing it would probably be a bit difficult...’
But in any case, another material required for the [Miracle Card] Abyssal Ruins had been collected. Now, he just needed to gather the final eighteen Aquatic Marvels to build the Miracle.
Success was within arm’s reach.
"Not bad. Go find Jia Liangcai later to collect your reward," Qin Ziwen said with approval.
The worker who had found the Deep Sea Core was overjoyed. He hadn’t contributed much during the Mosasaurus hunt; he had just crawled into the creature’s belly during the dissection and had a look around, yet he still got a reward. His luck was just too good today.
"President! There’s something else in its stomach." Another worker crawled out, this time holding a deep cyan stone the size of a soccer ball in both hands.
[Level 1 Marvels] Azure Dragon Stone (Can be embedded in aquatic-type buildings or resources to increase the appetite and activity of farmed aquatic populations, shortening their development time.)
’This should count as an Aquatic Marvel, right? Now I’m only missing seventeen.’
"Not bad." Qin Ziwen looked at the man who had taken out the Azure Dragon Stone. He seemed a little familiar. "Is your name Nie Pan?"
Nie Pan was pleasantly surprised. "You remember me, President."
"I asked for your name last time." Qin Ziwen gave him a deep look. He was also the one who had taken out the Fish Dragon Stone last time.
’This Azure Dragon Stone was probably found in the same place.’
Qin Ziwen said, "Go collect your reward later."
He stood to the side, continuing to watch the dissection of the Mosasaurus.
Chunks of tender, bright red meat were cut off.
Unlike the paler flesh of ordinary fish, the Mosasaurus’s meat was very red and had a lot of muscle texture, a bit like beef.
The freshly cut meat was still twitching slightly.
The people gathered around the Mosasaurus were all beaming with joy. Whenever the President hunted a large creature, he would distribute the meat from such a huge mountain of flesh.
Workers on the Mosasaurus’s back used curved knives to cut off chunks of meat and toss them down to the workers below, who caught them with gloved hands.
Some children ran around the Mosasaurus, only to be shooed away by the working adults.
"Get back, don’t get hit by the meat!"
After watching for a while, Qin Ziwen returned to his bedroom, holding the Deep Sea Core.
He took out the Abyssal Ruins Miracle Card.
The front of this Miracle Card originally depicted a deep, empty seabed.
After it had absorbed the underwater city last time, the image of an underwater city had been added.
When the Card was taken out, it emitted a ray of iridescent light that enveloped the nearby Deep Sea Core. The Deep Sea Core floated up and was slowly absorbed into the Card.
Once the Deep Sea Core was absorbed into the Card, the Card, now devoid of light, fell into his palm.
Looking at the Card’s face again, he saw that the image had changed drastically. In the very center of the underwater city, a simple, pyramid-shaped ancient altar had appeared.
At the top of the altar floated a faintly glowing orb. Against the dim backdrop of the underwater city, the orb was particularly striking.
Now he just needed the last of the Aquatic Marvels to complete the set.
After admiring it for a moment, he put the Miracle Card away. Qin Ziwen then took out the two Function Cards he had obtained from the seabed.
One was a [Function Card] Level 1 Insight, and the other was a [Function Card] Level 1 Guild.
He chose to use them directly.
[Function Activated: Level 6 Insight]
[Authority has been upgraded. Current Authority: Level 4 Authority (6/16)]
[Level 6 Insight: Can be used on any target to comprehend its fundamental rules and glimpse higher-level attributes.]
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[Function Activated: Level 3 Guild]
[Authority has been upgraded. Current Authority: Level 4 Authority (7/16)]
[Level 3 Guild: You may choose to form an alliance with another Lord of the Homeland. Maximum number of alliances: 40. The following functions will be unlocked upon forming an alliance: Goodwill Alliance, Shared Building (2), Alliance Chamber of Commerce.]
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