For the first time since Neil had entered the Endless ocean, he woke up before the morning arrived. The culprit ? It’s an inhuman, raucous and grating ‘CAW’ by god knows which bird. He was not alone in this plight. The birds arrived at the mangrove forest, flocking to them like moths to flame. There are birds as small as bees buzzing around in a manner more annoying than bees, then there are gigantic birds that could put albatross to shame. In the rapidly lightening up sky, an eagle screeched, startling half the flock. Then it dove down, scaring one of the chicken hearted girls into the water. The bird snapped into the mangrove branch, pulverizing a branch , with a thickness of about a baby’s arm. The mangrove branches are not your week as wood, Neil will have you know. They are wood surviving amidst rain and hail. The roots may be soft wood that could be pinched off, but mangrove wood ? … you could make a spear strong and sharp enough to spear sharks with that. A girl will

Given Neil’s identity as DMO’s employee, Sage’s hacking into the DMO system as researcher and Jack’s own foray into mafia’s systems, they have three maps to follow. Or may be four, if you included the non-smurf quest system that is available to every transferee. The researcher’s map displayed the nearby rare species, and any and all other rare plants and super secret confidential buildings built by DMO. The DMO employee system showed the nearby defects, alarms, and the general office buildings in use. The ocean denizen map showed nothing save for the illuminated zone around themselves. The mafia map showed the exchange points and at times it also gave out quests. Today happened to be the first time for such a quest. [ Quest ] [ at coordinates 343.9898900, 2.9009099 an space anomaly is happening. It is identified to be an resource fishing anomaly which connects to plant earth. As long as you have a space catcher, or a nonfunctional resource collection center in your hands, it is

The black hole in front of him wiggled like a loach thrown in salt water. This is the moment of truth. It could explode, or it could connect. He waited with bated breath. Before the wormhole could connect, a new message popped up in front of him. [ Symbiosis initiated from Adele Young ] The message rolled away. His console opened in front of him without him activating it, with only a single message in the center of the grayed out scene. The map, the usual options on console, all of them are just in the background. [ Reverse summon ? ] ( Yes ) ( no ) It’s like watching a thrilling movie, only to be cut off from the ending. His hand automatically went to no, but Neil paused. Hey.. whatever happens to the wormhole, this is his escape route. If the wormhole showed any signs of exploding, which it seemed like it was about to do, he would immediately press yes. With Adele’s always ready behavior, she has her hand ready to do the reverse summon any time. So, Neil paused and wat

Neil installed the resource point right atop their deck, in what they call the backyard of their raft. Hundreds of little floating rafts with individual plants atop them connected by tyrant rope followed the backyard. Now, there’s one more kiosk-like pillar in the backyard, matching the steering wheel in the front. Today, the space anomaly won’t work. Moreover, it’s already night, so they retired for the day, after a lively dinner with each bragging about their mission. In fact, Neil’s mission is only strenuous, and taxing mentally, it wasn’t a task of life and death. After all, the rippling void lightning cracks are a little predictable.On the other hand, the fight that Adele and party faced seem to be really a fight with sea beasts, while hoping to make it out alive. A veritable triwizard tournament, in their own words. Their eyes were blinded by kelp forest, their ears were blinded by dolphin cries. It is only their sense of touch they had. That sense of touch was almost

As they passed through each area, Neil and Adele clearly marked each item that’s needed for attribute improvement. The nearest shrimping area has jumbo shrimp, a variety very much known for its taste and vitality. Nick went to this location, given everyone else is working on making various other items for pizza. He returned with a catch just as Neil discovered the new item on the kitchen, for which he had never provided any sort of recipe. [ Shrimp scampi ] [ a simple dish made with spaghetti pasta, garlic, and shrimp. ] [ ** Recommended menu of the day ** ] Neil raised his eyebrows at the prompt wondering how the kitchen is going to cook without shrimp. “ Hey ! Look what I got !” Nicky Chu called from the other side of the raft, as he jumped onto their raft. “ Don’t tell me it’s shrimp ?! “ Neil exclaimed. “ It is. Moreover, they are still alive. “ Nick answered, looking at Neil in surprise. He expected Neil’s instincts to be good, given he has survived thus far