Everyone survives in the ocean, I pick up a goddess for vacation Chapter 042

Lin Hao threw down a rope, easily pulling the maid-dressed girl onto the boat.

He then noticed that the girl was wearing cat ear hair accessories on her head, and a fluffy cat tail hung behind her!

Intrigued, he instinctively reached out, wanting to pinch those realistic cat ears.

“Ah—!”

The girl shrieked, jumping away as agile as a startled cat, her face flushing crimson.

Lin Hao’s hand froze in mid-air, a look of bewilderment on his face.

The busy crew on deck all turned their heads in unison, their gazes focusing on the flustered cat-eared maid.

“I… I think I saw those ears… move by themselves?!”

“The tail! Look at her tail! It’s wagging! It’s alive!”

Shi Xiaorui, holding a plate of food, squeezed over curiously, her eyes instantly sparkling like little stars:

“Wow! What a cute little sister! Are these cat ears… real?!”

She leaned closer, her nose almost touching the pair of slightly trembling pointed ears, her face alight with the excitement of discovering a new continent.

“Oh my goodness! So fluffy! Can I… can I touch them?”

She instinctively reached out, but the girl retreated a step in panic, dodging her hand.

“Don’t, don’t touch!” The girl tightly covered her ears with both hands, her tail stiffening nervously like a ruffled feather duster.

“My god! A cat girl! A real one! I’ve only seen them in anime!”

“This is too amazing, isn’t it? Could this be… a talent?”

“She looks so adorable when she blushes!”

“The tail looks like it would feel really good… ahem, I mean, it’s very special!”

“I want to rub it so bad!”

Mu Qingyuan was so embarrassed she wished she could find a hole to crawl into, and could only look helplessly at Lin Hao, who had pulled her onto the boat, her eyes full of distress signals.

Lin Hao looked at the chaotic scene, then at the cat-eared girl who was almost steaming with embarrassment, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch.

“Ahem! Quiet down, everyone! This is a new member. By the way, what’s your name?”

“I… my name is Mu Qingyuan…” The girl’s voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, as she nervously twisted the hem of her maid dress. “This… this is a talent effect.”

She had originally been working at a cat-eared maid cafe, but when she opened her eyes, she had actually become a cat girl.

“Wow! A talent that turns you into a cat girl? That’s incredible!”

Lin Hao ignored the ongoing commotion and led Mu Qingyuan to Tian Youyou.

“Teacher Tian, she’s all yours. From now on, she’ll be helping you out in the dining hall. As for her salary… double standard meals.”

“Double?! Thank you, Captain!” Mu Qingyuan’s cat ears excitedly perked up. Although she didn’t know how much a standard meal was, double would definitely not be bad.

Tian Youyou chuckled and leaned closer to Mu Qingyuan: “Little Qingyuan, don’t be afraid, everyone here is very easy to get along with! But… can I touch your ears later? Just once! I promise to be gentle!”

This scared Mu Qingyuan’s tail into curling into a question mark again.

After settling Mu Qingyuan, Lin Hao finally had time to check his system panel.

[Ding! Congratulations on recruiting the beauty “Mu Qingyuan”!]

[Unlocked exclusive binding effect—“Coffee Supply” (Mythical Grade)!]

[Coffee Supply (Mythical Grade): Automatically gain 1 bag of instant coffee ( 30g) per second, stored in infinite space.]

Lin Hao: “…”

Coffee?

And instant?

In this desolate sea apocalypse?

His eyelid twitched.

Fine… at least it could refresh him. Better than nothing.

Unfortunately, there were no more surprises on the subsequent voyage.

Not to mention 90 points, they didn’t even encounter many beauties above 80 points.

It wasn’t until close to noon that the ship slowly arrived at the target sea area.

Xia Yingluo was already standing quietly at the bow of the ship, the sea breeze ruffling her hair.

She had her eyes slightly closed, maintaining close contact with Little Eight.

This octopus companion had been following them all along, proving much more reliable than the unseen orca.

Not long after, Little Eight’s thick tentacles rolled one heavy box after another, slamming them onto the wide deck with thuds.

There were over a dozen boxes!

Aside from one strikingly golden treasure chest, all the others were heavy iron boxes.

Lin Hao used an iron bar to pry open one of the iron boxes.

“Hiss—!”

“My god!”

“This… this is…?!”

The moment the iron box opened, gasps of cold air and exclamations of disbelief rose one after another!

Inside were neatly stacked firearms and ammunition!

Zhuang Xiaofeng’s pupils suddenly contracted. Almost instinctively, she took a swift step forward and sharply ordered, “Everyone step back! Don’t touch anything!”

She abruptly turned to Lin Hao, her voice trembling slightly with excitement, speaking very quickly: “Captain Lin! It’s AK 47 assault rifles! And matching 7.62mm ammunition! Quick! Put them away immediately! These things absolutely cannot be scattered!”

Lin Hao’s heart pounded. Without the slightest hesitation, with a thought, the dozen heavy boxes of firearms instantly vanished from the deck, safely stored in his infinite space.

He quickly counted them and gasped himself.

A full twenty brand new AK 47s!

And ten thousand gleaming yellow bullets!

The impact of this number was even greater than seeing the physical objects!

One must know that most survivors now were lucky to have a cold weapon for self-defense.

And they, in one go, had obtained enough firepower to arm an elite squad!

This was simply a dimension-reducing level of strategic reserve!

With this batch of weapons, in this chaotic sea area, they instantly possessed unimaginable deterrence and survival capital!

A deathly silence fell over the deck. Everyone was stunned by this enormous gain. After the immense surprise came a heavy pressure and complex thoughts about the future.

Zhuang Xiaofeng took a deep breath, forcing down her heart that was almost leaping out of her chest: “Captain Lin, what do you plan to do with this batch of weapons? How will they be distributed and managed?”

Lin Hao’s gaze swept over the shocked, expectant, and even slightly fearful faces of the crowd, finally resting on the only unopened golden treasure chest.

Its presence, after the shock brought by the firearms, now stood out even more.

“We’ll discuss the weapons later. First, let’s look at this golden treasure chest.”

He walked to the treasure chest. Unlike the iron boxes before, this chest exuded an ancient and noble aura.

The box body was carved with intricate, mysterious patterns, like some lost runes.

Most importantly, it had no keyhole. Instead, there was a complex and exquisite metal mechanism dial!

This mechanism dial was composed of several nested rings, each etched with star-like markings.

The rings could rotate, giving off a precise and profound feel.

“This looks very simple,” Xia Yingluo leaned closer to examine it. “Just rotate the rings to the correct position according to the patterns on the box.”

“You try it,” Lin Hao’s expression was a bit strange.

Xia Yingluo didn’t think much of it, squatted down, and began to rotate the rings.

But she quickly realized something was wrong!

These rings didn’t operate independently at all!

They interlocked and constrained each other!

She finally managed to rotate one ring to the correct position, but when she rotated the next ring—

“Click!”

The freshly aligned pattern instantly shifted out of place!

She tried again, with the same result!

Always just a little off!

It was as if precise gears had been forcibly misaligned, endlessly shifting out of sync.