Survival at Sea: My Warship is a Rubber Duck?

Chapter 39 Basic Universal Antidote

The wooden basin was probably hand-rubbed by Kuangsha.

Made of thick wooden planks joined together, with the gaps carefully filled with plant fibers, the workmanship is primitive but the structure is sturdy, clearly a meticulously crafted piece.

The fact that someone could quickly handcraft such a practical container from limited materials demonstrates their strong hands-on skills and meticulous attention to detail.

Yu Wang also sent over a portion of porridge, a lamp, and 10 portions of fish oil.

To make it easier to buy fish oil later, the two also added each other as friends.

After finishing all that, Yu Wang quickly ate the remaining noodles in his bowl. The hot food not only dispelled his physical fatigue but also seemed to soothe his tense nerves.

Food really does make people feel good, and the system provides a timely reminder:

[Eating replenishes energy, soothes the mood, and increases mental value by 2].

Although it's not much, it's still a good omen.

As agreed, Mad Shark shared the location of the rocky island where he discovered the tamarind tree.

Yu Wang immediately brought up the game's map interface.

On the map, most areas are still covered by a thick gray fog, symbolizing unexplored territory. Only in the areas traversed by the "Little Yellow Duck" has the fog dissipated, revealing patches of light blue sea.

He input the shared coordinates sent by the shark into the positioning system.

[Shared coordinates input... Verification successful... Locating area...]

The next moment, about 700 nautical miles northwest of the icon representing the current location of the "Little Yellow Duck," a small area of ​​gray fog completely disappeared, revealing its true form on the vast sea.

It was a small patch of muddy land surrounded by several black reefs protruding from the sea, with a faint hint of green representing vegetation.

Yu Wang had already zoomed in on the map to its maximum size. On the vast map, this rocky island was just a tiny dot.

"It's in the northwest...that's good." Yu Wang breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the direction.

As long as they're not behind you, you can avoid a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, you'll need to find other survivors to run errands. Although you can sign a contract, the process is cumbersome and there are too many variables.

The Little Yellow Duck spacecraft is currently completely incapable of going against the flow.

But then his brows furrowed tightly.

Seven hundred nautical miles is a long way for him now. To put it simply, at a speed of 6 knots, even if he travels day and night, it would take more than four days to reach the destination.

Not to mention that he had to take a detour to Crescent Island along the way.

"Forget it, let it be. I have mature fruit trees that can bear fruit, and I can easily cultivate seedlings myself. It just takes a little time."

He marked the coordinates of the rocky island on the map.

This way, you can see it every time you open the map.

Then, Yu Wang's gaze fell on the 'Sour Chrysanthemum Fruit Tree' he had just acquired. The branches were laden with sixteen fruits with tiny bumps on their skin.

"The timing is perfect," he muttered to himself, brimming with enthusiasm. "The materials are all ready, and my condition is good enough. It's time to put the plan into action."

After picking the fruits off the trees one by one, Yu Wang walked to the medicine table, ready to begin making the medicine.

Recall the recipe for the [Basic Universal Antidote] from your mind and place the ingredients in order on the stone slab of the potion station.

With a try-it-out attitude, he clicked on the "automatic production" function provided by the system.

[Ding! Material compatibility issues]

Sure enough, there's no way to slack off.

Yu Wang wasn't surprised; he was just hoping for a lucky break and wanted to give it a try.

When using non-standard materials, the system's user-friendly one-click manufacturing function often fails to recognize them, requiring manual operation based on the manufacturer's own knowledge and experience.

Fortunately, this was not a difficult task for him.

In his previous life, in order to accumulate resources to upgrade his ships and purchase equipment, he worked for a long time as a "cheap slave medicine maker".

He didn't know that he had personally mixed hundreds or even thousands of bottles of this kind of potion, which was in huge demand, had relatively easy-to-obtain materials, and was not too difficult to make!

He had memorized every step and every change in the state of every material.

Cut open the citrus fruit, squeeze out the sour juice inside, collect it in a clean beaker, and then mix it with the 'cloudy gelatinous substance'. Start stirring slowly clockwise with a glass rod.

The gelatinous substance gradually dissolves under the action of chamomile juice. Once the color changes from blue to green and it emits a sweet and fishy smell, it can be diluted with water to achieve an egg white texture.

It should be neither too thin nor too thick.

Without the aid of a game, this step relies entirely on experience and judgment. Once the water is added at the appropriate time, the test tube containing the mixture can be set aside.

Next, Yu Wang drew out the foul-smelling venom from the "highly toxic putrefactive glands" and dripped it into another empty test tube.

Finally, the test tube containing the venom was heated over an alcohol lamp provided with the chemical preparation station to kill some of the toxicity.

Yu Wang was completely focused, controlling the heat and distance.

As the venom was heated, it began to bubble with fine bubbles. He quickly picked up the heated venom test tube and poured it all into the test tube next to him containing citrus fruit base solution!

"laugh--"

The moment the two liquids came into contact, the grass-green base liquid churned violently, producing a large amount of fine foam, and gradually transformed into a slightly sweet, beverage-like aroma.

Yu Wang held his breath, staring intently at the changes inside the test tube.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining 'Basic Universal Antidote' x1!]

When the liquid in the test tube cooled to room temperature, he heard a game notification sound.

By this time, he had already followed the same method and used up all the remaining fifteen sour chrysanthemum fruits.

Over the next few minutes, the success notification sounds kept ringing in Wang's ears.

In the end, all sixteen chrysanthemum fruits were successfully obtained, and there were 16 bottles of light green potion on the potion stand.

[Basic All-Purpose Antidote]

Category: Pharmaceuticals

[Author's note: You're in for a big surprise!]

[Effects: After consumption, it can significantly increase resistance to various biological toxins in a short period of time and effectively neutralize common toxins already present. It can neutralize many common toxins; due to material limitations, it has a strange taste. Duration of resistance: 30 minutes.]

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Looking at the fruits of his labor, Yu Wang nodded in satisfaction.

Sixteen bottles of basic antidote are enough to allow him to conduct a relatively safe exploration of the Seaweed Farm instance!

Whether it's the [Seaweed Farm] or the [Sea Bug Nest], these areas, which are called instances, are actually small worlds that rely on the rules of the main world but are relatively independent and form their own cycles.

After a survivor uses an "entry ticket", they will be teleported to the corresponding instance space.

The most crucial point is that the entry point and the exit point are the same.

Survivors will reappear at the same coordinates after using an entry ticket to enter the instance, completing or escaping the instance.

However, survivors are bound to the ship. If they enter the instance from inside the ship, no matter how much time has passed outside or where the ocean currents have taken the survivor's ship, the survivor will be automatically teleported back inside the ship and appear at the relative position they entered.

This mechanism perfectly solves the biggest concern of survivors.

There's no need to worry about your ship drifting away due to lack of control, being ambushed by monsters, or falling into the vast ocean after leaving the instance, leaving you isolated and helpless.

As for advanced dungeons that require several days to conquer, items such as 'mileage exemption cards' are needed.

This item becomes more common in the later stages of the game, and it's even given out for free to participants during large-scale group dungeons.

However, as far as Yu Wang knows, such items are absolutely impossible to appear in the early stages of the game, especially during the newbie protection period.

The game constantly encourages and even forces survivors to move forward, rather than stay in one place.