anovelconsole Chapter 10 Duck A
Chapter 10 Duck A
Bring up the "Little Yellow Duck" panel, select 100 units of raw fish in the cabin, and with a thought, use the skill "Quack Quack Quack".
Please recite the following incantation, using flesh and blood as a catalyst, to awaken your companions slumbering deep within the ship's spirit.
Quack quack, quack quack, ducks row like boats! With rumbling stomachs, we offer fish and shrimp.
Yu Wang: "..."
After reading the incantation,
Yu Wang, his face contorted with embarrassment, coughed lightly, glanced at the silent sea around him, and uttered this somewhat embarrassing line:
"Quack quack quack, ducks row like boats. Their stomachs rumble with hunger, so they offer fish and shrimp."
The moment the words left his mouth, 100 units of raw fish disappeared from the ship's storage compartment.
At the same time, a warm yellow light, like a cheap LED light, suddenly appeared on the yellow plastic duck head part at the bow of the ship.
"Gah—!!!"
With a clear quack, a bright yellow figure suddenly emerged!
It is entirely made of rubber and is about the size of a basketball. It is still bright yellow, with a flat, orange-red bill and black beady eyes. A layer of warm yellow shimmering light still lingers around its body.
【Name: Common Duck】
[Level: 1]
[Type: Summoned Item]
[HP: 10/10]
[Recovery time: 10 days]
[Skills: None]
[Description: A plastic duck formed from ordinary fish meat absorbed by the Little Yellow Duck. As its name suggests, its most notable characteristic is its lack of distinguishing features; its stats are perfectly balanced and average. Its intelligence is equal to or greater than that of a Border Collie. Besides being cute, floating, and possibly attracting the attention of some predators, it might be able to help you with some chores.]
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It was just plastic...
Slightly disappointed, Yu Wang tentatively greeted the newly made plastic duck: "Hi?"
"Quack!" The plastic duck immediately turned its head, "looking" at Yu Wang with its beady black eyes, and responded crisply.
They then jumped off the head of the Little Yellow Duck and went into the cabin.
The man and the duck sat facing each other in the cabin, staring at each other, creating a slightly awkward atmosphere.
Yu Wang tried giving the order: "Go wipe the boat."
The duck picked up a rag from the ground and began to wipe the plastic floor and railings of the cockpit with a rather serious air! Although its movements weren't exactly professional, it was indeed wiping them diligently!
As a creation of rubber and plastic generated by skills, it has no trace of life or the smell of flesh and blood, so monsters that are sensitive to the aura of the living are hardly interested in it.
Even when the ducks noticed the rag was dirty and went to the boat to soak it in the seawater to wash it, the surrounding waters remained calm, with no signs of any monster attack.
Perhaps to the monster, this duck was no different from a moving stone.
Nevertheless, in the early stages of the game, exchanging 100 units of raw fish for a plastic duck that looks like it can only do odd jobs... no matter how you look at it, the return on investment seems a bit suspicious, even a bit of a loss.
Yu Wang stroked his chin, pondering how to further develop the potential value of this plastic duck after it lost its primary use as food.
Should we use it as cannon fodder, or try training it to perform more complex operations?
Suddenly, he noticed a new tab next to his character panel: [Summoned Items].
Clicking on it reveals the detailed status bar for this "ordinary duck," along with a prominent "Rename" button.
"It needs an accurate code name."
"I'll just call you 'Duck A' then," Yu Wang typed casually.
"Quack!" The duck, which was diligently wiping the last corner of the cabin, immediately looked up and responded.
The surface of the Little Yellow Duck was covered with a thin film, so dirt could be wiped clean with a simple wipe. 'Duck A' completed the mission without much effort and returned to a state of having nothing to do.
Yu Wang continued studying the 'Summoning' interface and soon discovered a new feature called 'Permission Delegation'.
Specifically, he can set rules: when a player applies for the production of common items such as stone braziers and pays for preset, qualified materials, such as stone, wood, and plastic, the order will be executed.
Duck A can autonomously complete the series of operations of 'collecting materials - using game functions to generate finished products - delivering them to players'.
If the other party attempts to use materials that do not conform to the rules, such as trying to exchange a rotten rope for a stone brazier, or makes special requests that exceed the simple judgment logic of "Duck A", then the order will be suspended and transferred to Wang himself for processing.
This is practically an automated customer service system tailor-made for him!
"Sure enough, if you can't lead a team, you'll just have to work yourself to death." Yu Wang smiled slightly, as if he could see a bright future where he could free his hands and increase efficiency!
Meanwhile, due to Yu Wang's celebrity status, survivors who specifically sought him out to have stone braziers made discovered that...
It seems that things aren't as bad here as rumored, where messages just disappear without a trace.
It was approved very quickly!
Time flies, and before we knew it, it was the middle of the night.
Yu Wang was practically a statue waiting for her husband, but no second monster had come. So she had to open the back-end panel and pass the time by looking at the historical transaction orders.
As the records of basic materials being entered into the accounts steadily appeared, Yu Wang nodded slightly in satisfaction.
The small processing fee added to each order may seem insignificant, but it's a steady stream of income, and it's completely automated, requiring no additional time investment from him.
"Very good, 'Duck A,' keep it up," Yu Wang encouraged the rubber duck in the corner of the cabin.
"Quack!" Duck A didn't even look up and continued working.
Summoned creatures do not need to rest or eat during their existence, making them the most ideal "employees".
Looking at the duck A that had automatically entered working mode at his feet, Yu Wang's tense nerves, which had been taut all night, finally relaxed a little.
He knew that his body, which hadn't undergone long-term strengthening, couldn't sustain a day and a night of non-stop high-intensity work. Rest was essential to maintain peak condition for tomorrow.
The quacking of "Duck A" is powerful enough to be used for keeping watch at night.
Yu Wang gave the ship a final check of its condition and the campfire fuel, placed the crab claws, harpoons, and dagger within easy reach, then returned to the cockpit, sat down in the chair where he could barely stretch his legs, adjusted to a relatively comfortable position, and slowly closed his eyes.
However, for the vast majority of other survivors, this night of the blood moon was anything but peaceful.
The number of survivors in Zone 444 displayed above the chat area decreases periodically, indicating that almost everyone lives in fear.
Although the number of messages refreshed at midnight, the number of messages in the channel was much less than in the first half of the night.
Everyone knows that asking for help in the chat channel is useless.
Exhaustion, cold, dampness, and thirst leave people with little energy left to even think or organize their thoughts.
Time flowed by in agony.
The next morning, at exactly six o'clock.
There was no transition.
The darkness receded rapidly, replaced by a clear blue sky tinged with the pale gold of dawn. The enormous, unsettling blood moon had vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
Its daybreak.
Without the reflection of the blood moon, the seawater returned to its clear, azure state, shimmering in the morning light.
Through the exceptionally clear water, one could even clearly see schools of colorful fish swimming below, and seaweed swaying gently. The strange smell of rust and decay in the air was replaced by the fresh sea breeze.
Everything looked so vibrant, a stark contrast to the horrific scene of last night.
Yu Wang sat up in the cramped cockpit, stretched his stiff neck and shoulders, and his bones made a slight "clicking" sound.
Your brain tells you that you slept well last night, but your body doesn't think so.
He glanced at his panel.
Captain: Yu Wang
【Title: Eye-Catching Bag I (Wearing)】
Qi and blood: 99% (scratched on hard coral, almost healed)
Strength: 3.66+1
Physical fitness: 4.85+1
Speed: 4.8+1
Mental state: 92/100 (Stiff neck, body aches, feeling down)
Rationality: 100/100
Physical strength: 87%
Talent: If you can't beat them, join them.
Due to poor sleeping posture, neither mental nor physical energy has fully recovered.
In the corner of the cabin, Duck A maintained its high-spirited working posture. Black Bean's eyes showed no signs of fatigue, but rather a greater sparkle. Upon seeing Yu Wang wake up, it immediately quacked, as if reporting that the night shift had gone smoothly.
"morning."
Yu Wang gave a brief greeting, then took out a piece of wood and threw it into the campfire at the stern to keep the flames burning. As for the campfire on the roof, to save wood, it would be best to let it go out on its own during the day.
He took a portable pot from the storage compartment in the cabin, poured in a bottle of mineral water, and placed it on the fire at the stern.
After the water boiled, he added what he considered to be just the right amount of thin noodles, sprinkled some salt, and added some giant lobster meat chunks that he had specially cut the night before.
Soon, a steaming bowl of delicious food, exuding the simple aroma of seafood and noodles, was freshly cooked.
White noodles soaked in clear broth, garnished with pink shrimp meat, looked especially tempting on this simple morning after a night of crisis.
"It would be perfect if there were some scallions and cilantro," Yu Wang muttered with a hint of regret as he smelled the aroma. He then picked up the makeshift wooden chopsticks and began slurping his noodles.