Chapter 69: A Mix-Up

Lily Rhodes immediately sat up straight. However, upon a closer look...

"Oh, it’s a water gun."

No wonder they had put it up for trade.

"What a letdown."

Lily slumped back into her chair and continued eating.

Outside, Shelly had already begun moving toward a body of water with normal temperatures, following Lily’s orders. Just then, a System announcement rang in everyone’s ears simultaneously.

[Congratulations to Survivor Mimi Bishop for killing a Volcanic Venom-Snail! As the first Survivor to successfully slay a Volcanic Venom-Snail, you are rewarded with one Diamond Treasure Chest and the title ’Venom-Snail Killer’.

Effect: You are the nemesis of Venom-Snails. Your attacks will deal double damage to Venom-Snails.]

[As Survivors, maintaining the ecological balance of this sea is your responsibility. Please eradicate as many Volcanic Venom-Snails as possible.]

[Treasure Chests have refreshed. Deep-sea diving equipment can be obtained from them.]

[The kill leaderboard is now open.]

It took Lily a long time to process the barrage of messages. She opened her private messages and saw a text from Mimi Bishop, along with a screenshot of a Diamond Treasure Chest.

"Boss, titles can’t be transferred, so I’m giving this Treasure Chest to you."

The Treasure Chest had already been sent over. As long as Lily clicked confirm, that Diamond Treasure Chest would be hers. Seeing this, Lily hesitated for a moment before clicking confirm. She did not lack this one Treasure Chest, but since Mimi offered it, she wasn’t going to refuse. However, seeing how sensible Mimi was, she decided to treat her a bit better in the future.

"How did you kill the Volcanic Venom-Snail?" Lily asked.

This was the thing she was most curious about. After all, the appearance of Volcanic Venom-Snails raised the temperature of the surrounding seawater. The reason she hadn’t even seen a trace of a Volcanic Venom-Snail yet was precisely because the water temperature was far too high.

"I didn’t kill it. I accidentally crushed it to death," Mimi replied.

On the other end, Mimi looked at the message she sent and wondered, "Will the boss think I’m spouting nonsense by saying this?" But the truth was that the Volcanic Venom-Snail was indeed crushed to death by her submarine. She never expected it to trigger such a massive chain reaction.

"I followed your instructions, Boss, and prepared to look for a body of water with lower temperatures," Mimi sent in another message. "But after traveling a certain distance, I noticed that my submarine’s Energy was depleting rapidly, so I was forced to descend.

"There happened to be a lone Volcanic Venom-Snail right where I descended, and then I just crushed it to death.

"Boss, everything I said is true! You have to believe me!"

"...I got it," Lily replied.

She thought she could discover some highly efficient hunting method, but it turned out to be a complete fluke. In times like these, however, good luck was also a type of strength.

Seeing that Lily chose to believe her, Mimi could not help but sigh in relief. She had finally managed to live a life without worrying about food and drink; she definitely did not want to return to how things used to be.

At that moment, she noticed two new private messages on her panel. Upon seeing them, Mimi’s expression instantly turned cold. Without any hesitation, she blocked the two people who sent those messages.

Meanwhile, the other Survivors also sprang into action. After all, the rewards this time were not just random chests, but lottery chances, special vehicles, special buildings, as well as vehicle and building fragments. It was a considerably generous haul.

Naturally, Lily was also very tempted by these rewards. The event only lasted for three days. Right now, there was only one person hanging high at the number one spot on the leaderboard, and it was none other than Mimi.

Since the System said that deep-sea diving equipment could be obtained from Treasure Chests, what she needed to do now was hunt for Treasure Chests. Searching for Treasure Chests was almost too easy for Lily. She closed her eyes, and a short while later, the locations of all the Treasure Chests in this area appeared in her mind.

"Let’s go. We’re going to find some Treasure Chests," Lily said.

Shelly immediately sprang into action.

An hour later, a pile of opened Bronze Treasure Chests sat in front of Lily. However, she only got some ordinary food out of them. Aside from that, there was absolutely nothing else.

In a fit of frustration, Lily opened the Diamond Treasure Chest as well. She obtained two Water-Repelling Pearls from it. They allowed a person to breathe freely underwater, but they were single-use items. These single-use items were rather special, though, because their duration lasted for three whole days, as if they were prepared specifically for this event.

She gave one of the Water-Repelling Pearls to Mimi and kept the other for herself. But she still couldn’t go out with just a Water-Repelling Pearl and no other equipment.

She opened the regional chat channel and discovered that quite a few people had already obtained deep-sea diving equipment. This equipment was divided into two types. One was for people to wear, allowing them to easily enter the ocean floor without being hindered by water pressure. It also stored a certain amount of oxygen, enabling them to stay underwater a little longer.

The second type was to be equipped on vehicles. Vehicles originally designed for surface movement instantly transformed into submarines after installing the deep-sea diving equipment. Although they looked a bit rudimentary, they were incredibly practical. They dived faster, carried more oxygen, and could stay submerged much longer.

As Lily read the messages sent by these people, she quickly noticed one thing: the Treasure Chests these people found were all Wooden Treasure Boxes discovered on the ocean surface, whereas the ones she just found were all Bronze Treasure Chests from the seabed.

Could that be the reason?

With this thought in mind, Lily decided to head to the surface to take a look. Thinking about the deep-sea diving equipment for vehicles mentioned in the regional chat channel, she wondered if someone of Shelly’s massive size could use them.

Then again, Shelly did not seem to need them anyway.

With that in mind, Lily took out her sailboat as they approached the surface.

It was already night, but the moment she emerged from the sea, Lily immediately felt a wave of heat wash over her face. It felt like she was inside a hot steamer. Lily felt like she was suffocating; every breath of air she inhaled was scalding hot.

Without any hesitation, Lily took out a cooling potion and drank it down. Instantly, a refreshing, cool sensation enveloped her.

Because of the introduction of cooling potions, Lily now had an excellent reputation among the other Survivors. This was especially true for the Survivors who hadn’t found an island to escape the heat; they were deeply grateful to her. The original price of the cooling potion was not cheap, but after obtaining the Water Spirit Pearl, she had dropped its price to just a third of what it used to be.

Shelly seemed very reluctant to stay near the ocean surface. After dropping Lily off, it immediately sank back to the seabed. However, it did not go far, simply following beneath her.

Lily pulled out a parasol to block the scorching sunlight from the sky, and then her eyes began scanning the ocean surface for any signs of a Treasure Chest.