Feeling a bit uncomfortable from the fullness, Shen Muyu didn't lie down any longer. Instead, she decided to do some chores to help digest her food.
The grinding machine that Shen Muyu bought last night was made and placed in the workshop. Following the same pattern, he surrounded the machine with a plastic film, just like last time.
The workshop felt much more spacious now that there were fewer refrigerators, and it doesn't feel too crowded to put a machine in there.
The grinder was much quieter than the dryer, so Big White followed along happily. Although it couldn't fill or pack, it could help Shen Muyu control the machine's on/off switch.
The two, man and dog, worked together seamlessly and finished a small part of the task in less than an hour. Shen Muyu didn't continue but went to the bathroom to take a shower and then crawled into bed.
The food has been mostly digested, so now is the perfect time to sleep.
However, Shen Muyu was awakened by a clap of thunder not long after falling asleep.
Because of the unique terrain, Shen Muyu's location was like a canyon between two mountains. The thunder, which was not very loud, seemed to be amplified several times over, making it quite frightening.
When Shen Muyu heard the sound in her sleep, she thought it was a car exploding. She was so frightened that she stood up immediately, her heart pounding as if it was going to jump out of her chest. She calmed down after figuring out what was going on.
It had started raining outside, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier.
However, perhaps the waterproofing worked, because a faint halo appeared outside the car, preventing the rain from dripping onto the vehicle, and even the windows remained dry.
The rain was so heavy that Shen Muyu could barely see her surroundings after checking the surveillance footage.
Because there was no wind, the riverbed next to it did not experience large waves, but the rainwater quickly pelted it, forming a thin layer of white mist.
Something seemed to be standing in the white mist. After zooming in, Shen Muyu discovered that it was the mermaid he had seen in the previous punishment instance.
The mermaid emanated a faint glow, preventing rain from getting close to it.
Unlike what humans imagine, this creature looks fishy, with dense fish scales covering two tiny, beady eyes in the center.
There were several fish gills on his cheeks that kept opening and closing, and his hair was casually draped over his shoulders. Because he was standing, he looked somewhat like an uncivilized fish-like savage.
Perhaps noticing Shen Muyu's gaze, the merman looked over through the screen. Because its features were so cramped, Shen Muyu couldn't make out its expression.
But looking at it really makes me lose my sanity; it gives me goosebumps all over. It's practically a godsend for people with trypophobia; you'd faint if you just looked at it once.
Big White yelled twice at the screen, but this time the merman showed no sign of retreating. Instead, it slowly approached the car.
With the heavy rain making it impossible to go out, losing home advantage will likely result in a loss.
Shen Muyu pulled the rope and, before the ladder had even come to a complete stop, climbed up the tower using both his hands and feet.
With the help of night vision goggles, Shen Muyu was able to see the general outline and fired several shots at the approaching merfolk.
The merman didn't dodge, but swam over resolutely. The bullets only knocked off a few scales, and it seemed that it hadn't suffered any damage.
"I should have borrowed some tribute items," Shen Muyu said with some regret. The women back then, aided by the golden light, could kill one with a chopstick, but when it came to her, so many spears couldn't even break the skin.
Seeing that the merfolk were about to come ashore and she still hadn't made any progress, she had no choice but to abandon her attack and quickly returned to her car.
"Little A, start the car. If it comes up, ram it." Shen Muyu took out the diamond axe and stared intently at the screen.
However, contrary to expectations, the merman stopped on the shore and began to sing.
Shen Muyu quickly raised her hand to cover her ears, but the sound still came through clearly, and she felt an urge to sleep.
Fortunately, at that moment, the bracelet on Shen Muyu's wrist lit up; it was the one the woman from the mission had given her.
The once captivating song suddenly became uninteresting. Shen Muyu checked the bracelet and found that the chance to resist the attack had been used up.
She quickly put the bracelet into her backpack. Although she didn't get an extra one, the opportunity returned when she took it out again.
The merman probably hadn't expected this. His singing paused for a moment. Wasn't it said that the closer you were, the better the singing sounded? Why wasn't it working? Did he have to stick to her?
The merman pondered whether to go ashore, but ultimately decided against it. Going ashore would turn it into a fragile merman; the thing that attacked it was incredibly powerful, and it was still a baby. If it got killed, who would it cry to?
Thus, with a graceful turn, the merman disappeared from the river.
"Has it left?" Shen Muyu waited for a long time but still didn't see the mermaid's figure, so she silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Muyu looked at the still heavy rain and was a little worried. What if the soil on the cliff next to them was washed away and rocks fell down?
"Xiao A, pay attention to your surroundings. If you feel anything is wrong, drive away from here immediately."
Shen Muyu had no desire to sleep at this point. He sat in the driver's seat, staring intently at the screen in front of him, until the rain subsided and he finally leaned back and fell asleep.
The rain showed no sign of stopping until after 7 a.m., so Shen Muyu decided not to get out of the car to exercise. Instead, he lifted weights and swung an axe in the workshop for a while.
At eight o'clock sharp, the light screen appeared as the car started moving.
"Due to acid rain, the probability of finding wooden resource boxes has decreased by 50% today." The electronic voice disappeared after saying only one sentence.
"Just as I suspected." Shen Muyu had actually guessed this when he saw the invisible raincoat before, and the appearance of the waterproof rain shield made the possibility of acid rain even greater.
Looking at the entry for waterproof rain guards, the durability has dropped by 5%. It seems that what started falling yesterday must have been acid rain.
"I seem to remember having blueprints for manufacturing ordinary steel plates?" Shen Muyu rummaged through a pile of blueprints and found them. All that was needed was an iron block.
She immediately authorized Xiao A to list the item on the marketplace at twice the price, accepting only iron blocks.
With acid rain these days, car bodies will definitely be corroded. Only by covering the outside of the car body with something else can it be protected from damage. I believe everyone would still be willing to buy it.
As expected, the steel plates were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves, and Xiao A immediately used the iron blocks he got back to manufacture another batch and put them on the shelves.
"Little A, it's so good to have you here!" Shen Muyu's endless praise made Little A practically roll around on the screen.
Shen Muyu flipped through the pile of blueprints again and saw that there were wooden boards and plastic film. He hung up a batch of them as well. There are always people who can't afford steel plates, and he can't let go of the other customers either!
Sitting in the driver's seat, Shen Muyu opened the regional chat channel, intending to check on the situation of others.
"Wow, if the organizers hadn't warned me about the acid rain, I wouldn't have noticed that the paint on the car was being corroded and peeling off."
"Me too! I'm speechless. How can this be repaired?"
"I just got out of the car to cover it with a cloth, but the parts that got wet in the rain turned red."
"You actually dared to go out like that? Everyone says it's acid rain, and you even covered it with a cloth? Are you alright? If you don't cover it, the acid rain will still flow down, but if you do, won't it all get soaked? Do you even have a brain?"
"Wow! Yeah! Holy crap, sorry, my brain short-circuited, I'll go take it off right now."
"Fine, why are you apologizing to me?"
"Did you guys encounter that standing sea monster yesterday? I only glanced at it and then I fainted."
"Me too! I couldn't fall back asleep after being startled awake by lightning yesterday. When I looked around, a figure appeared on the lake. But it's so strange. The voice was really nice, but my head hurts a lot when I woke up today. I don't have that comfortable feeling when I'm asleep at all."
"Yes! I also have a headache now, and I feel like I can't concentrate."
"Same as above, it feels like I've been subjected to a psychological attack."
"But I'm also quite glad that they didn't make us get off the bus to sleep this time."
"Maybe they were afraid we'd be woken up by the rain, given how heavy it was."
"It's possible, but there's really no way to prevent this. Last night I plugged my ears up completely, but the sound still got in."
"We'll probably need to use special items. I got a wad of soundproof cotton after I finished the game yesterday, and it seems like I wasn't affected at all."
"Same as above, but what I got was a DJ dance track. The description said it was about fighting poison with poison, and it kept me awake all night."