Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields-Chapter 332 - 329 Little Shark Ray

The singing and dancing continued, with Rein and over twenty Taru race girls blending into the unique dance.

Her previous shyness and awkward movements had completely disappeared.

For the first time in ages, she felt happy.

She danced with a smile, like a star on stage.

All the fears she had experienced retreated to the backstage; she was Batira, a Goddess revered by these terrifying yet beautiful creatures.

No one even noticed as it gradually grew darker, the stars faded, the sky turned pitch-black, and even the city’s lights vanished.

Everyone was mesmerized by the dance until Rein started to emit smoke... No, it wasn’t smoke, it was something else.

Except for Lin Yi, it seemed that no one noticed, but he decided to wait and see what would happen.

Rein was gradually enveloped in darkness until she transformed into a mass of black mist, enveloping everything around her.

Everyone felt it... joy, a warm feeling emanating from the darkness.

Then the blackness suddenly reconsolidated into the shape of a human once again.

The beastmen fell to their knees, but they did not lose consciousness—they were paying homage.

They chanted the same words over and over.

"Batira! Batira!"

After seeing a series of system prompts, Rein opened her eyes, not even trying to hide her shock.

She looked at her hands that had turned into black mist, realizing she could shape them into various forms.

After a while, the girl transformed into black mist, surrounded Lin Yi, and before he could react, she was sitting on his lap, hugging him, then she kissed his lips.

Soon, realizing what she had done, Rein exclaimed, her face turning bright red.

She fell from Lin Yi’s lap, landing on the ground with a "thud."

Normally, Lin Yi would have caught her, but he too was stunned by what had just happened.

"I... that was... oh!" Rein covered her face with her hand, turned into black mist, and vanished.

Rein lay face down on the bed for a while, then flipped over to lie on her back.

Her face was flushed, but she was happy at the same time...

Firstly, because she had just kissed the man she loved; it was her first kiss.

Secondly, because the sense of shame that had poisoned her life since childhood suddenly vanished.

"Rein, I didn’t see you come in." Orianna heard sounds from her roommate’s room.

"Orianna! I did it!"

Rein shouted, jumping up from the bed and rushing into the arms of her closest friend.

Orianna was always by her side, always helping her, comforting her.

This blonde girl was like a sister to her.

"Hmm?! You’re with the boss?!" The blonde girl almost shouted.

"I kissed him! But then I ran away..." Rein replied, snuggling into her friend’s chest.

"You... kissed him? Oh, Rein, you’re such a child." Orianna said with a smile.

She had started to imagine, but after all, it was just a kiss... if only...

"I’m not a child anymore!"

"You’re right. It’s time! But Chen Youyou... well, let’s see what happens."

Meanwhile, Lin Yi and Gu were trying to figure out what had just happened.

"So you’re saying this isn’t a Goddess descending?" The excited old Taru asked the boss.

"Rein has a unique skill: Dark Magic, given to her when she was endowed with powers.

Perhaps she suddenly had an epiphany while dancing, discovering a new way to use her skills."

"That’s likely." Tergu nodded. "But the other Taru have already accepted it. To them, she is Batira."

"Indeed..."

"Boss, how much do you know about the leader?"

"After that smart beastman became my vassal, he expanded his Ark tenfold, and now he commands numerous creatures..."

"Really? Can I tell the other Taru about this? They’re very concerned about him."

"Of course, go ahead."

Lin Yi stayed a while longer at the Taru camp before heading to bed, though he didn’t sleep well.

He dreamed of Rein being everywhere, watching him from every shadow day and night.

Even when he was with Chen Youyou, Rein was watching him... then he woke up.

It was just 4 AM.

But he had no desire to go back to sleep.

After freshening up, he quickly checked the shelter’s status.

Everything seemed fine...

But there was a huge group of zombies attacking the fence.

This group of zombies was merely a "small surprise" brought about by being too close to a Moving Island.

Now he didn’t even need to actively seek fragments; all the Experience Points and spoils were delivered right to him.

Then he went to the Space-Time Beacon to inspect all the system equipment.

The laboratory wouldn’t finish analyzing the "Wind" skill until nighttime.

With Tilian and Earth both in nighttime, he sat before his laptop.

It had been ages since he checked any messages.

[Subject: New species]

Congratulations,

Your plains sheep have successfully bred offspring.

New products have arrived in the store: Male Bighorn Sheep, Female Bighorn Sheep.

Your Shelter has earned 1000 Experience Points for breeding a new species. You can rename the new species. The current name is set to "Bighorn Sheep".

"Finally succeeded! It sure took a long time. Let’s call them... ’Sheep’."

Lin Yi continued to check his emails, but found nothing particularly interesting.

Then he checked the Vending Machine. He earned 5.5 million Coins the previous day.

Trade on Tilian is thriving, which isn’t surprising since some camps have spent a lot on Skill Books, and now Coins are a bit scarce.

Trade with the Rusted Fortress remains stable, and he has earned a considerable profit of about 1.5 million Coins from them.

The transaction with Auster Fortress hadn’t even concluded, yet they had already purchased goods and services worth 300,000 Coins from him.

He planned to deliver a large batch of resources to the fortress today, which should bring in a substantial income.

"Let’s just leave it at that... Should I go back to Earth? Or collect some fragments? I’ll go check the store."

The more items Lin Yi brought back to the Shelter, the more the store got filled with useless stuff.

Ever since the last Shelter upgrade, many interesting items appeared in the store.

Lin Yi had more or less looked through them before, but only skimmed them briefly.

In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.

The store was filled with all sorts of gadgets and equipment, most of which seemed useless...

For example, there was a device that could collect moisture from Air and convert it into water.

But since the Shelter already had a spring, what was the point of this device?

Of course, he could sell it to people on Earth, but it was quite expensive, costing 800 Coins and only producing one liter of water a day.

Another questionable device was a Matter Converter. The Shelter itself could already convert matter, albeit for a fee in Coins.

This device, however, consumed Magic Value and matter.

It could turn stones into steel, but to make a pound of steel, you needed a hundred pounds of stones.

If using iron to make steel, the ratio was 1:2.

The closer the materials were related, the lower the cost, so this little gadget was priced at 50,000 Coins.

Lin Yi thought for a while, then bought two for Immanuel, who might find use for them.

Then, he found something that gave him goosebumps: a device capable of industrially processing "valuable resources".

These resources don’t even have to be human "resources"; you could throw in dirt and corpses.

It was similar to an edible biomass factory, except it ran on Magic Value and a Power Core.

Lin Yi bought one for Immanuel, who might turn around and sell it for a profit.

After all, Magic Value regenerates automatically and is completely free.

After browsing a little more, Lin Yi found what was likely the most useless device in the whole store.

An air purifier.

It came in three sizes: small, medium, and large. Besides the size, they differed in Air purification speeds.

These devices might be somewhat useful on Tilian, but on Earth... since the apocalypse, the Air has been cleaner than ever.

There were also devices capable of removing Zombie viruses from soil and water. As it stands, they have little use.

If people on Earth ever manage to redevelop agriculture, these devices might come in handy, but the whole process would be extremely costly...

Moreover, preventing the virus now is already too late; most humans have lost their ability to procreate.

Lin Yi spent 2000 Coins to upgrade the Vending Machine application to level 2.

Then the radio came to life.

Siri is awake!

"How are you feeling, old buddy?" Lin Yi asked when he saw the old Queen transformed into a beetle form.

"Boss... I am very, very old, but saying that is a bit rude..." Siri said sadly.

She had lived for several centuries...

"Hahaha! No offense meant; in Chinese, this is actually a term of endearment. By the way, how’s the little one doing?"

"It’s born. Sleeping now. Oh... it’s awake now." Siri stretched out her long legs and pulled a cow-sized creature from a cozy nest.

This creature was semi-transparent, resembling a cross between a shark and a stingray.

"Isn’t it cute?"

"You mean that big-toothed transparent thing? Hmm... it won’t be dangerous, will it?" Lin Yi asked, stepping aside.

Who knows, this "cute" creature might just bite his head off.

"It won’t. I’m its mother. I’ve already connected it to my network. It wants to swim. Is that okay?"

"Swim? You mean... in the Air?"

"No, in the Sea of Space-Time," Siri’s voice was more cheerful than before.

"It won’t get eaten there, will it?"

"I’ll keep an eye on it."

"Alright, then."

Lin Yi was initially unsure how to transport this creature to the Sea of Space-Time.

But after going to the beacon and floating around a bit, he came up with a solution.

When he realized he was in the Sea of Space-Time, and right next to the Shelter.

The little shark-ray began to happily scream.

Its voice was very, very loud! 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Lin Yi noticed the creature’s strange behavior, then moved closer for a look.

And found it was gnawing on a Zombie’s leg!