After searching for some time, Yun Luohe did not find anything.The sky gradually darkened, and even underwater, she could clearly sense that the environment around her had changed. The number of fish had increased, and the seabed seemed to become lively as night approached.Yun Luohe glanced at the countdown timer in the upper left corner. There was still one hour left before the Diving Card expired.She sighed inwardly, thinking she would search for a while longer before surfacing.Just as that thought arose, the seabed suddenly went dark.The surroundings became dim and lightless. She paused, thinking she had only found some Sea Stone this time.She hesitated over whether to use a Night Vision Potion. If it was just for a bit of Sea Stone, it was not worth it.But unexpectedly, not far away, a school of glowing fish appeared. Their bodies flickered with light, like dazzling stars beneath the sea.The school of fish swam in groups toward the distance.The glowing dots drifted farther and farther away, soon about to vanish. A sudden urge rose in Yun Luohe's heart, pushing her to follow them and take a look.Her heart tightened. She quickly used the Night Vision Potion.In an instant, it was as if she had gained night vision. She could clearly see the surroundings again and hurriedly swam after them.The fish moved quickly. Yun Luohe struggled to keep up, but luckily, they did not swim for long before stopping.When Yun Luohe finally found them, she saw the scene before her and revealed a satisfied smile.Found it!The school of fish circled a beautiful coral reef, swimming to and fro. The corals were colorful and came in all shapes and sizes.Yun Luohe was running out of time. Without hesitation, she swam over, pulled out her tools, and began chiseling the coral reef.These corals were extremely hard and difficult to extract. If she had used an ordinary iron pickaxe, she probably would not even get a few pieces after an hour.But Yun Luohe had great strength and moved quickly and efficiently. In just half an hour, she had excavated twenty large coral pieces.With these, she could make at least a hundred portions of Lime back home.It could be considered a decent harvest.With a little time remaining, Yun Luohe did not continue extracting coral. Instead, she looked around to see if she could find anything else.She noticed that many Tubeworm Shells were growing on the coral.These shells, also called Reef Snails, grow on coral. With tools, the snail meat could be extracted.However, she did not have time to carefully dig them out one by one now. It was better to take the entire coral back and deal with it later. The coral she had already chiseled down also had many of these Tubeworm Shells.What excited her even more was that she discovered many fish eggs on the coral!She did not know what species of fish had laid them, but they were densely packed across the surface of the coral. They were arranged neatly, and without careful observation, one would mistake them for part of the coral itself.No wonder those fish had been circling the coral. Perhaps they were guarding the eggs.Yun Luohe took out a Glass Bottle, carefully collecting the fish eggs into it, quickly filling it to the brim.If she could bring them back and hatch them, she would have an endless supply of fish meat.Fifteen minutes remained. Yun Luohe decided to catch a few fish to bring back for food.She specifically targeted fish she had not caught before, like the Parrotfish right in front of her. Its bright colors stood out, and it liked to hover near coral, feeding mainly on it.Yun Luohe saw it hiding motionless beneath the coral and directly used an arrow to stab into its belly.The Parrotfish immediately thrashed violently, making quite a commotion, but Yun Luohe's strength surpassed its. She pressed down on it firmly and stuffed it into her backpack.Just as she prepared to catch a few more fish, she noticed something under the spot where the Parrotfish had just been.Originally, it had appeared to be just a flat layer of Sea Stone, nothing unusual. But when the fish struggled, it disturbed the stones, revealing something hidden beneath. Sharp-eyed Yun Luohe spotted it right away.She reached out and cleared away the Sea Stone on top, discovering two pieces of Crystal.Yun Luohe had not expected to find Crystal even here.The Magnetic Ring absorbed the Crystal into her backpack. Yun Luohe opened her backpack to check and confirmed the Crystal was there.She raised her pickaxe and excavated the area nearby, but aside from Sea Stone, there was nothing else.It seemed there were only those two pieces.Though not many, it was already a great find.It had to be known, Crystal was currently one of the rarest resources available.Including these two pieces, Yun Luohe now had four pieces of Crystal. If she found just one more, she could synthesize a Space Stone.Yun Luohe began swimming upward.Just then, she heard the system's voice.[Congratulations, Player. You have successfully unlocked the Nighttime Underwater Exploration Mission.][Mission 1: Find the Deep Sea Ruins.][Completion Reward: Treasure Map Fragment ×1.]Yun Luohe had not expected that staying underwater after dark came with such benefits.This mission was definitely not exclusive to her, but there could not be many players who triggered it. After all, few would dive into the sea in pitch darkness, unable to see anything, let alone gather resources. It would simply waste a Diving Card. If Yun Luohe did not have the Night Vision Potion, she would not have done it either.But then again, maybe…Searching now, she had no clues at all. Time was tight. Better to head back to the reef first.—After returning to the reef—She could now proficiently use the Heavy-Duty Sewing Machine, crafting clothes and shoes for herself using fibers, cotton cloth, leather, and other materials. She no longer had to worry about not having enough clean clothes to change into.It was just that the colors were plain and dull. If she had dye, she could make them more decorative, but functionality came first.The sky was completely dark. Huge waves surged on the sea surface, and judging by the signs, it was about to rain.Ròubāo had just brought her another shell.Yun ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ Luohe opened it casually. It was a White Pearl.Including the Golden Pearl from the afternoon, she had opened a total of two White Pearls and two Gray Pearls today.The items inside were decent.Yun Luohe placed everything into a wooden crate, not yet sorted.She happened to be hungry now. Before the acid rain started, she decided to eat something and sort the supplies at the same time.White Pearls:[Damaged Blueprint ×1, Kettle ×1, Baby Bottle ×1, Navy Hat ×1, Potato Pancake ×2, Eggplant Seeds ×1, Tattered Diving Suit ×1, Moldy Radish ×1][Iron Ore ×4, Black Metal Fragments ×1, Thermal Pants ×1, Bamboo ×2, Thread ×3, Pillow ×1, Century Egg Congee ×1, Sanitary Pads ×2, Rotten Egg ×2]Gray Pearls:[Plastic ×2, Cotton ×2, Damaged Bamboo Basket ×1, Rain Boots ×1, Rotten Sweater ×1, Glass ×2, Instant Noodle Bowl ×1][Cotton Quilt ×1, Chicken Bones ×1, Curtain Blueprint ×1, Snail Rice Noodles ×1, Coconut Shell ×1, Rotten Vegetable Leaves ×1]Part of it was trash, but some were daily necessities.Overall, there were still usable items, and likely because it was a Lucky Period, she felt the number of materials obtained was slightly higher than before.She sorted the usable items separately and placed the trash together in the materials crate designated for recycling.Currently, she had ten Iron Ore crates.Several of them were specifically used to store garbage.Outside, the sound of pattering rain echoed.The acid rain had begun again.The system prompt followed immediately.[Seaweed Harvesting Mission activated. For every ten Giant Seaweed cleared, reward: Anti-Acid Spray ×1.]The Seaweed on the reef had all transformed into Giant Seaweed after being soaked by the acid rain. They became extremely aggressive, actively damaging the reef.However, there was very little Giant Seaweed left on Yun Luohe's reef. That was because Ròubāo diligently cleaned them every day, and with so many Oysters she raised specifically to eat Seaweed, only a small amount was left on the reef to avoid completely cutting them all down, which would stop them from regrowing, leaving the Oysters with nothing to eat.So now, while the vast majority of players could complete this mission, Yun Luohe could not.She stood at the doorway and looked around. Across the entire reef, only a few lonely Giant Seaweed danced wildly in the rain. Though they were frenzied and aggressive at the moment, their numbers were pitifully few, and they were quickly dealt with by Ròubāo.Ever since she discovered that the acid rain did not harm her or Ròubāo's body, they no longer needed to deliberately avoid the rain. But to keep from getting wet, Yun Luohe still used an umbrella when going out.She had coated the umbrella with Anti-Acid Coating, protecting the umbrella surface from corrosion by the acid rain.Since she could not complete this mission herself, she could only find something else to do.First, she opened the chat channel, then took out the Coral she had brought back from the seabed, found a suitable tool for extracting snails, and began digging out the Tubeworm Snail Meat one by one.The Tubeworm Snail Meat was surprisingly large. From the outside, one would never guess such a big piece of snail meat was hidden within. After digging up just one piece of Coral, she had filled an entire large bowl with fresh, springy snail meat.There were still over twenty pieces of Coral left to process.Ròubāo wanted to try digging too. It stretched out its paw to test it, stabbing its cat claw inside, then hooking and lifting, successfully pulling out the snail meat.“Meow! Fun!”Yun Luohe said, “The rest is yours, I’ll grill snail meat for you later.”Ròubāo would eat grilled snail meat, while she herself would eat Snail Rice Noodles.With this much snail meat, she could make a proper, ingredient-packed bowl of Snail Rice Noodles.Just thinking about that tangy, spicy flavor made her mouth water.At this moment, the chat channel was bustling with activity. Everyone was full of enthusiasm, eliminating Giant Seaweed.Yun Luohe did not see anyone mention the Deep Sea Ruins yet.However, only half an hour had passed since the Seaweed Harvesting Mission was issued, and someone had already obtained an Anti-Acid Spray.[Anti-Acid Spray: Neutralizes the acidity of acid rain, reduces its impact on soil and crops.]With this item, players could reduce their losses.But it only treated the symptoms, not the root cause.Ever since the Emperor’s Luck Association obtained and copied the formula, they had begun mass-producing Anti-Acid Coating as well.They also had a considerable amount of Black Sludge on hand.After all, it was impossible that only Yang Mian found Black Sludge. Those Emperor’s Luck members had excellent luck. Swamp Island was a Main Island, and many people had explored it. Previously, they had only lacked the formula. Now that Du Ruan-tian had it, she, like Yun Luohe, set up fixed production of Anti-Acid Coating, immediately distributing it to other Emperor’s Luck Association members to begin large-scale production of Acid-Resistant Waterproof Cloth and Acid-Resistant Bricks.However, any Black Sludge that passed through Du Ruan-tian's hands had to be split with Mu Zitang. Otherwise, the system would consider it a breach of contract and confiscate all materials from Du Ruan-tian's backpack, transferring them to Mu Zitang. This was clearly stated in their prior agreement.The Trading Center was now flooded with high-priced anti-acid items, and Yun Luohe had Mu Zitang sell off her surplus anti-acid supplies as well.All proceeds were exchanged for upgrade materials, aiming to have all members of the Management Trainee Program level up within these three days. Half of the materials would then be sent to the association, allowing them to upgrade at far better prices than the Trading Center.As for the other half, Yun Luohe would keep it for her next upgrade.At that moment, Si Qi suddenly sent a message.“There’s a reaction! I soaked the Symbiotic Crystal in acid rain for a few hours, then added earthworms. After a few hours, the earthworms’ color changed.”“Now some of those earthworms have mutated into Anti-Acid Earthworms.”Yun Luohe did not understand what Anti-Acid Earthworms were supposed to be.But Si Qi quickly explained.“Then I ran another experiment and discovered that these earthworms can improve soil pH. Land damaged by acid rain can return to normal after placing Anti-Acid Earthworms in it for a while.”Yun Luohe understood.It meant that under the influence of the Symbiotic Crystal, these earthworms could mutate into Anti-Acid Earthworms, capable of saving players’ land.That was excellent.“Very good. Keep experimenting. Observe how long it takes your earthworms to completely restore destroyed soil. If you need anything, just tell me.”Si Qi replied, “Do you have more Symbiotic Crystal? Or better yet, a complete, intact piece? The powder is too little. If I had enough Symbiotic Crystal, maybe the earthworms could mutate even more.”Yun Luohe remembered she still had a whole, intact Symbiotic Crystal stored away.Although the item was precious, she still took it out.Si Qi had only asked on a whim, never expecting Yun Luohe to trust her so readily. But upon seeing such a large piece of Symbiotic Crystal, her excitement surged.A breakthrough in the experiment was imminent!“I’ll start the next experiment right away. Also, I’m planning to mix Crystal Powder with Seaweed Powder and feed it to the Oysters.”Yun Luohe could not help but admire the imagination of these research types.They could come up with things like this.She wondered whether the Oysters would mutate after eating it.But if earthworms could mutate, then Oysters certainly could too.Yun Luohe looked over at Ròubāo, who was still digging for Tubeworm Snails.She wondered if Ròubāo could eat it too.It felt like the Symbiotic Crystal was a good thing. Maybe if Ròubāo ate it, it could mutate too.But that was just a passing thought. There was no way she would experiment on Ròubāo. It was too risky.However, Si Qi's words sparked another idea in her mind.“You can also try pouring the powder into acid rain and see what happens. Later, I’ll make a few ceramic vases, coat them with Anti-Acid Coating, and they can be used to collect acid rain.”Si Qi replied, “Okay, I’ll try everything and report the results to you later.”

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