CHAPTER 83: CHAPTER 35: ORGAN ENTRY: TUBE FEET

Back at the surface, looking at the net full of sea urchins, Lu Heng couldn’t help but say, "Did you raid the lair of a lizard? Why are there so many prickly balls?"

"What prickly balls, these are sea urchins!"

Chen Wen returned to the bamboo raft, taking a break while filling half a bucket with seawater.

Then he put the sea urchins inside.

"I know these are sea urchins, I’ve eaten them before."

Lu Heng poked a sea urchin’s spike with his hand: "These can be eaten raw, I remember."

"Raw is indeed delicious. Anyone want to try?"

Bai Yachuan also came over, they had caught about ten sea urchins, quite a lot.

"Let’s all have a taste."

Chen Wen was also interested, mainly in the entries.

"Then I’ll open one."

Bai Yachuan took out a dagger, placed one of the sea urchins on the bamboo raft, and pried it open with the dagger.

The inside of the sea urchin looked a bit like an orange, you could see yellow, segmented parts.

Chen Wen didn’t know what it was, but he knew it was edible.

Bai Yachuan used the dagger to scoop out one segment of the yellow sea urchin meat.

"Chen Wen, this is yours."

Chen Wen didn’t hesitate, took the sea urchin, and chewed it.

The taste could be described in three words—sweet! Tender! Fresh!

"Delicious!"

Chen Wen gave a thumbs up.

Lu Heng, who had eaten sea urchins before, knew the taste of fresh ones too: "Let me have a bite."

A moment later, Lu Heng remarked, "This trip was worth it. The sea urchins I had at the hotel last time weren’t this fresh. The taste is really good!"

Bai Yachuan ate a segment, and closed his eyes without saying a word.

Since one sea urchin has only five segments, Bai Yachuan opened another one.

But just as he was about to hand it to Chen Wen, one segment fell into the sea.

Lu Heng chuckled, "How convenient, ten segments aren’t enough to divide among us, but the sea decided to take one for itself."

Chen Wen heard this, and with a smile said, "Indeed, we should give a segment to the sea, after all, we owe it for this delicious treat."

"Getting philosophical now, huh."

Bai Yachuan also smiled as he said it.

At this moment, Chen Wen waved to the rescue team’s boat: "Guys, come have some sea urchins, super fresh!"

The rescue team hesitated for a moment, but then brought their speedboat closer.

Chen Wen picked three or four big sea urchins and handed them to the rescue team: "There are five of you, just enough to share."

"Thanks a lot."

The captain of the rescue team smiled and said.

After eating the sea urchins, Chen Wen’s system activated.

Finally, after so many days, he had new entries!

[Plunder from natural creation—sea urchins!]

[Plundering... Plunder complete!]

[Please choose one of the following three entries]

[Sea Bottom Locust (Gold): When you are at the sea bottom, the surrounding seaweed will gradually disappear]

[Note: They call me a sea bottom locust? That’s nonsense. Look at the starfish, it’s worse!—Sea Urchin]

[Sluggish (Blue): Your movement speed will become slower]

[Note: Run? Why run? With spikes on my body, let’s see who dares mess with me!—Sea Urchin]

[Tube Feet (Sea Urchin) (Purple): You acquire a new organ—Tube Feet (Sea Urchin), now you can use tube feet for underwater breathing, or for underwater movement. p.s.: Organ entry, you can enable or disable this entry at will, your body will automatically adapt to the new organ, and the new organ will also adapt to your body]

[Note: My tube feet can breathe, and walk, can yours?—Sea Urchin]

[Please make a choice or give up within one minute! If overdue, the first entry will be automatically selected!]

Another new organ entry!

Chen Wen hesitated for a moment and did not choose immediately.

He casually said, "You guys rest for a bit, I’m going to take a look underwater."

With that, he quickly jumped into the water and dove down.

Chose [Tube Feet].

Soon, Chen Wen felt a peculiar change in his body.

He could breathe underwater now!

It was a very fascinating experience.

Water passed through the tube feet, with the flow of water outside the tube feet opposite to the flow inside, allowing gas exchange.

Thus enabling Chen Wen to breathe underwater.

Apart from respiration, Chen Wen could faintly sense other uses for the tube feet, like the movement mentioned in the entry introduction.

But it needed exploration.

Moreover, Chen Wen discovered the location and number of tube feet.

They were like hair, randomly distributed on his head.

Totaling probably in the hundreds, providing just the right amount of oxygen he needed.

However, compared to hair, the tube feet were somewhat harder.

And they were straight, without bending.

If there was a mirror, Chen Wen felt his head definitely looked like an afro.

Interesting!

Chen Wen thought for a bit, then temporarily turned off the entry.

Anyway, he could activate it anytime.

Speaking of, the effect of the previous [Gizzard] was actually quite average.

Because many hard foods, Chen Wen couldn’t even bite into them, let alone swallow them.

That’s why he often had that entry turned off.

But [Tube Feet] was different.

With [Tube Feet], it was like having the ability to breathe underwater!

It was much more useful than [Gizzard]!

After testing the entry, Chen Wen slowly swam back up.

At the same time, he disabled [Tube Feet].

"What’s up? Did you see anything just now?"

Bai Yachuan asked.

Actually, there was something.

Chen Wen smiled and said, "I just saw some fish eating the sea urchin we dropped."

"They were quite big."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yachuan became interested.

He opened another sea urchin, threw the yellow parts into the seawater.

This time he and Chen Wen went down together.

As expected, as soon as the sea urchin yellow fell, a small school of fish rushed in, eating the sea urchin yellow relentlessly.

Chen Wen gestured upwards, and the two returned to the surface.

"I have a bold idea!"

Chen Wen, looking excitedly at the equally excited Bai Yachuan.

Bai Yachuan nodded, "Seems like we have the exact same bold idea!"

"Out with it! What’s the idea?"

Lu Heng asked eagerly from the side.

Chen Wen pointed at the sea urchins and said, "There are so many sea urchins underwater, why don’t we use them as bait to catch fish?"

"I just saw, those fish eating the sea urchins were quite large, each about twenty centimeters, our net should be able to catch quite a few."

Bai Yachuan nodded, "Although those fish are a bit thin, we should still be able to catch some in a hurry."

Hearing this, Lu Heng nodded.

He roughly understood Chen Wen and Bai Yachuan’s plan, using sea urchins as bait to lure fish.

"Let’s try it, there are plenty of sea urchins, and they’re easy to catch."

Chen Wen was very eager.

Bai Yachuan nodded and started opening other sea urchins.

Once they had opened enough sea urchins, Chen Wen and Bai Yachuan took the sea urchins and nets and dived underwater.

With tacit understanding, they threw a small amount of sea urchin yellow down.

Soon, the school of fish was drawn by the scent.

Chen Wen and Bai Yachuan exchanged glances and opened the net, placing the remaining sea urchins on top of the net.

The school of fish surged toward them.

Chen Wen seized the moment and signaled.

The two of them pulled the net towards the surface.

The fish were indulging in the delicious sea urchin feast, completely unaware they were in grave danger.

Only when the net touched the fish did they feel panic.

The school of fish went into a frenzy.

They struggled to escape in all directions, some lucky ones slipped through the gaps and unsealed parts of the net.

But more unfortunate ones were brought to the surface by Chen Wen and Bai Yachuan.

"Bucket!"

Chen Wen shouted, and Lu Heng quickly handed over a bucket.

Once the net was in the bucket, Chen Wen let out a sigh of relief.

Inside the bucket, seven fish about twenty centimeters long were splashing around.

They were primarily gray in color, with colorful stripes behind their necks.

"A bountiful catch!"

Chen Wen couldn’t help but laugh as he looked at the seven fish.

Bai Yachuan, breathing heavily, had a face full of joy at the harvest as well.