Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Fish Skin Armor (Five Chapters, Please Subscribe)

”Yes,” Xia Luo said firmly.

”But boss, are you sure we can dig up some fish?”

”As long as there are fish in this river, they can’t escape. Now that it’s cold, the ice won’t melt, so everyone doesn’t need to worry. We just need to keep digging down and expanding the area, and we will eventually find some big fish.”

After saying that, Xia Luo took out his treasure sword, stabbed it into the ice, then cut out a square one meter in length and width, lifted it with force, and tossed a large chunk of ice onto the surface, sliding it dozens of meters away.

Fifty people all took out their treasure swords to cut the ice. After over an hour, they dug out a stair-like platform on the ice river and then continued to cut layer by layer along the steps.

As long as the start of ice digging is done well, the rest is actually quite easy, after all, these people are strong because of genetic evolution.

After hours of busy work, at about 8 meters deep, Xia Luo finally saw a huge fish tail through the ice block.

”Brothers, we’ve struck it, I’ve found a fish!”

Seeing that they could indeed dig up fish, everyone worked even harder. Half an hour later, they dug out a 4-meter-long big fish from 8 meters under the ice river.

It was a grass carp, a very common fish species before the apocalypse, and the whole fish was dug out along with the ice block.

”Alright, fish for dinner tonight, haha!”

Everyone said excitedly.

Seeing that it was still early, Xia Luo led everyone to continue fishing, because they had already dug a tunnel, the work afterwards went smoother.

Over an hour later, they dug up another 5-meter-long silver carp.

”Thank heavens, we have finally found a food source for our future survival.”

Xia Luo and the others carried the two ice fish back to Xianan University, laying them on the sports field. Hundreds of people came out to watch, cheering.

With Snow Wolf Armor, some people could go out and chop down a few dozen large trees on nearby mountains for firewood.

Everyone started a fire, ready to stew the fish.

Zhou Qiang, wielding his longsword, stabbed it into the ice fish, and suddenly, after being pierced by the longsword, the ice fish started to thrash violently.

Crack crack, the ice on the surface of the fish broke into pieces and fell off.

The ice fish, which seemed dead at first, suddenly started thrashing, giving Zhou Qiang a scare.

Xia Luo, standing beside him, drew his longsword and chopped at the fish’s head, splitting it in two. The ice fish struggled a few times and then stopped moving.

A flash of golden light appeared on the ground, as if something had burst out.

Xia Luo picked it up and saw that it was a piece of Fish Skin Armor, 6 intact Genetic Disks, and a Bone Spur Short Sword.

Xia Luo took the Fish Skin Armor and Bone Spur Short Sword to the Genetic Store.

”Gu Yue, could you please identify these?”

The owner of the Genetic Store, Gu Yue, immediately used the Identification Skill and scanned the two items.

”Fish Skin Armor, +4 Defense, -20% Frost Damage.”

Xia Luo and Zhou Qiang stood there stunned, then burst into laughter.

”Haha, it’s like finding what you’ve searched hard for without any effort; who would have thought that Fish Skin Armor also has the effect of resisting the cold. This is great, now all of us can have cold-resistant armor.”

It wasn’t just Yang Xiao who was desperately searching for cold-resistant armor, Xia Luo had the same idea; they both wanted to quickly equip their teams to gain an advantage for survival in the harsh winter.

In the evening, inside the teaching buildings of Xianan University, it was exceptionally lively. This was the first time since the winter disaster that they truly regained confidence, even more joyous than last time Yang Xiao brought them food. This was a new path that Xia Luo and the others found by relying on their own strength.

Zhou Qiang moved ten cases of alcohol out of the warehouse.

”Tonight, let’s all have a drink and be merry.”

Xia Luo also swept away the gloom in his heart these days, gleefully like a child.

Ten large pots were stewing with fish meat, with the fish soup being amazingly delicious.

After eating and drinking their fill, Zhou Qiang suddenly asked:

”Xia Luo, since the river surface is frozen, why don’t we go check out the city area?”

Xia Luo was silent for a moment, then said:

”This river is five hundred meters wide, currently shrouded in dense fog, so we can’t see the situation inside the city clearly. However, according to the Genetic Store’s map, the city area’s Evolution Level has reached 9, while we are still stuck at 6. Even Yang Xiao and his group have caught up.

The Evolution Level in the city area is much higher than ours, so if we find them, we would definitely not have a good time. Right now, the severe cold is preventing them from reaching us, giving us a brief period to develop. We need to seize the time to catch as many Ice Fish as possible, striving to equip every person with cold-resistant Hard Armor.”

Everyone, including Zhou Qiang, was taken aback for a moment, and someone asked:

”What if the people from the city area come to find us now?”

Xia Luo smiled and replied:

”If they could come, they would have already done so. Since they haven’t, it means that the severe cold is also a difficulty for them. They also can’t leave the severe cold from the city area and reach Xianan University. The nearest distance is about ten kilometers away, and without cold-resistant Hard Armor, it’s simply not possible to endure that long.”

”So, you mean the people from the city area don’t have cold-resistant Hard Armor?”

Xia Luo nodded,

”To be precise, they probably don’t have enough cold-resistant Hard Armor, just like us, only a few pieces, a few dozen pieces at best. That’s not enough to form a team with sufficient Combat Power.”

”But can’t Snow Wolf Armor be purchased with Crystal Coins from the Genetic Store now?”

”Heh, a thousand Crystal Coins each. Equipping a team of a hundred people would need a hundred thousand Crystal Coins. Do you think Crystal Coins are something you can just pick up off the street?”

”Alright, everyone’s had their fill, rest well, keep the fire warm tonight, sleep soundly. We start working early tomorrow morning, striving to dig up more Ice Fish and acquire more Fish Skin Armor.”

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At this moment, in the subway caves in the city area, a meeting was being held with three Genetic Store area managers discussing the central topic of how to emerge from the icy world.

”The weather is too cold; without enough cold-resistant Hard Armor, we are nearly trapped in the subway caves.”

”The Snow Wolf Armor for sale in the Genetic Store is too expensive at 1000 Crystal Coins each; with five to six thousand people, how can we afford so many?”

”There aren’t many Snow Wolves in the city area; even after we killed them all, only about fifty pieces of Snow Wolf Armor dropped.”

”The Genetic Stores in the Northern Suburb have all closed off their Transmission Arrays to us; damn it, I really want to just lead people to take them down now.”

”Yeah, before the onset of winter, we conquered several Genetic Stores in the nearby suburbs, took our last batch of food, and now have shut down their Transmission Arrays. These bastards think the severe cold can stop us?”

”What do we do now?”

”What’s the situation with Xianan University and Kongming Academy across Star River? They have two Genetic Store points.”

”No one has been there; we don’t know the situation. It’s actually pretty remote over there, and with only 2 Genetic Store points, there’s not much potential for development. The Evolution Level of Xianan University has been stagnant for several months, probably also dumbfounded by the blizzard.”

”Let’s not bother with Xianan University and Kongming Academy for now. Think of a way to get enough Snow Wolf Armor, then go and take down the dozens of Genetic Store points in the suburbs and seize all the Snow Wolf Armor in their hands. This way, we can arm more people.”

”Sigh, this idea is good. I guess these bastards have obtained a certain number of Snow Wolf Armor by hunting, which is why they dare to turn against us since there are more Snow Wolves in the suburbs than in our city area.”

”How about this, we’ll sell everything we can even if it means smashing the pot to sell the iron, pool the money to buy a hundred pieces of Snow Wolf Armor, and form a joint strike team to sneak attack the nearest point. How does that sound?”

”Um, seizing the other party’s Snow Wolf Armor is currently the only quick method; I think it’s feasible.”