With an angel protecting him, Chun could ignore the attacks from these bugs.

With Aileen's radar, Chun could also ignore the vision blocking caused by the bugs.

In short, Chun first approached a shell the size of a tire, using a sacred artifact hoe to crack it open. A clang sounded—system prompt: Congratulations! Your sacred artifact hoe discovered high-end acid stone ore, your advanced mining technique leveled up by 2…

Holy shit, there's ore!

And I can even brush up on my large-scale mining skills!

Chun got fired up, continued hoeing, and his mining proficiency soared.

Until the shell's exterior was removed, revealing a metallic sheen!

—System prompt: Your treasure hunting skill discovered a treasure!

Eh?

A siren's surprised voice came: "Be careful!"

Chun quickly stepped back and became highly alert.

The siren swirled around chasing away bugs, flying to Chun's overhead anxiously, "This is a very precious construction material in the sea race, and array materials. If you break it, it'll lose its value!"

Holy shit, is this the so-called big treasure?

Chun got excited, "Then how should we get it off?"

The siren was anxious, "Anyway, you can't just force it! You figure it out!"

Should I splash it with purification technique? Or just treat it as a building, I've shared the advanced construction technique from my alt account, specializing in demolition!

The siren added, "Moreover, this type of shell often contains precious pearls inside, you've hit a jackpot!"

Chun was amazed, "Is this shell alive?"

The siren solemnly said, "I don't know, this is the Sea of Creation, I haven't seen such a thing either, just be careful!"

Alright, first take down all the outer layer of acid stone ore from these shells, after all, the Obsidian is empty!

Chun then said to the siren, "Then goddess, please help me transport a batch of high-end acid stone ore I've just mined back to the ship."

The siren pouted, "I'm a goddess! You're asking me to move ore?"

Chun got anxious, "This is high-end acid stone ore formed by absorbing the power of the Turtle God! Only god knows how valuable it is!"

The siren snorted, "Fine, mine more, I'm too lazy to run back and forth!"

With that, a whirlwind swept up the freshly mined ore skyward! As a matter of fact, she also transported gems from the Obsidian safe up to the island this way, so her ability can at least carry one safe at a time.

Then the bugs on the island seemed to be burned away by Chun's angel possession, or at least one wave was burned away, allowing Chun finally to enjoy peace and quiet.

The next step was for Chun to continuously mine acid stone ore, stopping as soon as the metallic sheen appeared.

By 8 PM, Chun's mining technique soared swiftly back to the expert level!

By 9 PM, at expert level 10! Just half a step away from master level again!

To be honest, such smooth progress made it hard for Chun to believe this wasn't a back door! After all, it was too similar to the Whale barnacle, Water Prison stuff magic stone! Programmers are prone to laziness, and creating a back door this way is much easier. Plus, the ocean race's big treasure that the siren mentioned, are you sure it's not something mighty people leave to appease the merfolk?

But hiding the back door in such a high-end place really puzzled Chun. During the early game, big players couldn't retrieve it, and in the later game, big players wouldn't need it! Is it possible this is a self-generating issue from the error and bug-ridden logic base?

Not thinking too much, the exterior water area of the Old Turtle was already cleaned, shining with metal-like light, almost resembling scales.

Finish the job thoroughly, go clean the submerged parts too.

Although diving at such high speeds is dangerous, for Chun with 6 Sea Soul lifelines, it's not a big deal. And perhaps it's also a good time to practice underwater mining.

Chun re-tied the lifeline on a rock on the shore, then went underwater.

The surging waves immediately tightened the lifeline straight, Sea Soul activated! Radar activated! Actually, the radar might not even be needed, under the illumination of the new Sea Soul, underwater was bright with shimmering waves.

Then released the rope approach the nearest shell. But Chun was uncertain if the underwater shell was alive? Would it counterattack?

"Aileen, keep an eye on its movements!"

"Got it!"

Approaching, Chun swung the hoe—system prompt: Your mining proficiency…

Meanwhile, a red light exploded in front of Chun's eyes, the shell suddenly spewed out a big spurt of black water!

Holy shit, it's alive!

At that moment, Aileen spoke up, "Attack!"

Chun's finger trembled, a wave burst from the ring!

—Purification technique prompt: Warning! You're being corroded by corpse oil…

—System prompt: Your angel divine pet cast healing technique on you, continuous healing…

Chun didn't have time to check, he countered with a palm of purification technique, with this palm, the black oil was pushed back, revealing an opening in the shell, Chun immediately followed up with another purification palm!

But found the purification effect was indeed poor!

Logically, under these surging waves, such sprayed liquid shouldn't be effective, but this was oil, too sticky to be washed away!

Aileen got impatient, "I'll continue!"

Chun had to raise his hand and aim at the opening again, another wave shot out, at this point the shell's innards scattered into pieces, the shell lid flung open, a flash of white light!

—System prompt: You killed the Divine Corpse Vine barnacle, discovered the Sea Light Pearl! You and your pet gained a lot of combat experience; your divine pet upgraded to level 2, attributes increased.

Aileen was astonished, "Treasure Pearl!"

Sure enough, there it is! But dealing with a single shell already consumed two blasts from the ring, how to handle the many to follow?

First, pocket this ping-pong ball-sized treasure pearl!

—Sea Light Pearl: Divine Artifact-level material, gemstone, special skill: purification and filtration.

Eh?

Aileen was surprised, "It works just like the crystal core that dropped when the Sewer Cockroach King died, both purifying and filtering. For creatures that eat filthy food over a long time, there's often a small part of impurities they can't absorb or eliminate, these impurities are ironically considered the most immaculate treasures by people! Who knows how long the Cockroach King lived to gain one crystal core, this shell's lifespan surely surpasses the Cockroach King, so that's why it's this big!"

So that's it! But producing pearls is originally the shell's specialty, isn't it?

Chun hastily asked, "How to use it? Do I need to embed it into equipment?"

Aileen laughed, "Such a big pearl, where would you embed it? Just carrying it on you should be enough."

Can it help me enhance purification technique effectiveness?

In any case, now that the shell is dead, let's take it down!

Right at this moment, the Old Turtle's voice came, "Warrior, I sense a bit of power returning to me!"

Chun finally understood, indeed, once the shell died, the Old Turtle absorbed its power back, so it expelled what it absorbed from the Turtle God first, then cleansed everything afterwards.

For now, should he find another shell? Not possible, the death energy from the ring is too costly.

Hold the pearl in the hand, try the effect of purifying water and removing oil.

Chun faced the black oil like blood threads clinging around the dead shell, pushing out another purification palm—in that instant, Chun could distinctly feel the pearl in his hand radiating whirlpool-like light responding to his exertion!

Bam! The surrounding water suddenly shook, and the black oil dispersed instantly!

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