Yang Yi is looking at bows.As these types of weapons grow more powerful, they begin to require Strength, much like heavy weapons. Treasure-quality bows with low Strength requirements are not non-existent, but they are rare. He considered switching Suna to a gun as her main weapon, but that would be a waste of her archery skills. Besides, in this supernatural world, bows are not necessarily inferior to firearms; they just have a higher learning curve. The advantage of a bow is the ability to switch arrow types, and its rate of fire is dependent on the user. Firearms, on the other hand, are largely fixed in their capabilities, including their power.After looking for a long time and finding nothing he wanted to buy, he ends up purchasing two masks instead. If the Bountiful Sea is teeming with these "delicious" creatures, a mask that can block out smells will be essential. Their price will likely go up later, so he snags two good ones now.[Name: Crimson Bandit's Bandana][Type: Relic][Quality: Fine][Description: A blood-stained bandit's bandana that cannot be washed clean. When worn, you will smell a pungent odor of blood. Strength +1, sense of smell is interfered with.]He gets this one for himself, mainly for its ability to interfere with his sense of smell, which should block the enticing aromas. The side effect of smelling blood will likely drain some Sanity, but that's a small price to pay. The +1 Strength will also make it easier for him to wield the Broken Iron greatsword. The other one is:[Name: Silver Plague Doctor's Mask][Type: Treasure][Quality: Fine][Description: A silver plague doctor's mask custom-made by a craftsman to ward off pestilence. The respirator is filled with special herbs that can block most plagues and odors. The silver of the mask itself has an exorcising and detoxifying effect and can resist a small number of mystical curses.]He buys this one the moment he sees it; Suna will definitely like it. After some haggling, he gets the bandana for 9,000 Conch Coins and the mask for 6,500. He retrieves them from the gacha machine. The plague mask has a refreshing, pleasant herbal scent. The bandana, however, reeks of nauseatingly fresh, wet blood.[Disgusting smell of blood. Your Sanity has decreased by 10.]Just as he finishes trying them on, a system notification pops up in the chat channel.[The black fog's movement speed has increased to 20 knots. Players in the Extreme Winter Region are advised to leave the area as soon as possible.]"Just as I thought," he muses. The system is starting to herd everyone out.He heads to the lab to give Suna her mask and to get some rest. Inside, the once-plump Delicious Long-legged Sardine has been cut into several pieces. But what's more striking is the fish tank. One of the two remaining sardines is gone, and the other has doubled in size."What is this?" he asks, peering at the tank."One of them ate the other as food," Suna explains. "Then it grew larger and turned into a deformed monster. This should be the fourth stage."The creature has lost its original form, now a grotesque, tumor-like mass of flesh with many legs. It has drunk all the water in the tank and is now trying to eat the glass, its three mouths snapping uselessly against the surface."The internal structure of the delicious sardine is quite simple," Suna continues. "Besides a layer of fat, it's just a digestive tract and a stomach. Its other organs have degenerated. It's very similar to the Glutton we saw before.""This thing will get bigger the more it eats?" Yang Yi asks."It should."His brow furrows. The Bountiful Sea is looking more and more dangerous. He suggests trying to find a way to kill the creature, perhaps with poison."Difficult," Suna speculates. "If this thing is like the Glutton, it will eventually be nothing but a stomach. Its tissues will be flowing with digestive fluids. Toxins will likely just be digested."He doesn't dwell on it. He hands Suna the plague doctor's mask and insists they kill the tumor-like creature. Suna reluctantly agrees, handing him the tank. The tank itself is a creation of the lab and will disappear if taken outside, freeing the monster. So, he places it on the floor, aims his flintlock, and fires.The tank shatters, and the disgusting lump of flesh explodes into several pieces. Milky-white grease splatters everywhere. Yang Yi uses a dart to pin the larger chunks to the floor. One of them, even after being pinned, begins to writhe. It hasn't died. It sprouts a mouth and begins to consume the smaller pieces around it, trying to repair itself.Yang Yi puts an end to it with a stomp of his boot, crushing it completely. He picks up a piece of the flesh with a dart, and its information appears.[Name: Delicious Lump of Flesh (Tiny)][Description: A very delicious lump of flesh. Delicious no matter how you eat it. It will eat you, but you can also eat it, so that everyone can eat their fill.]"What the hell is this thing?"He shares the info with Suna, who is now on the floor, gloved hands rummaging through the remains in disbelief."What is it?" he asks."There are no internal organs in this thing," she says, her voice muffled by her mask. "It seems to have become a piece of pure flesh. Even the stomach is gone."

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