In the end, Li Xiao found a Triceratops and transported the Gallimimus back to the yard.
Looking at the Gallimimus running around in the yard, Li Xiao frowned.
"It seems that collecting some crude oil from the sea is inevitable!"
…
Early the next morning, Li Xiao was ready to travel again.
Crude oil is most widely distributed in the deep sea, but it can also be encountered occasionally in shallow seas.
Li Xiao doesn't have the ability to conquer the deep and dangerous deep sea, but he can still barely explore the shallow areas of the ocean.
In the courtyard of the central island, walking towards the east coast is the fastest way to reach the coast.
After crossing a river and passing through a jungle, it took Li Xiao most of the day to reach the east coast.
The hot afternoon sun gradually dissipated and the air became cooler.
Looking at the turbulent sea in front of him, Li Xiao was filled with emotions.
"Back to the beach again... Thinking about it, I woke up from a beach a few months ago..."
Li Xiao's sight reached the end of the coastline.
"I wonder if this Arkworld will be like a game. There is a light curtain in the distance blocking the entry and exit of creatures? If so, the light curtain must also go straight to the sky and the earth, like a huge indestructible cage, blocking this place.
Island, all the creatures on this island are imprisoned inside!"
Li Xiao wished that he was just trapped on an isolated island on the earth. In that case, he could drive away from here on a raft and return to the civilized world.
But he knew very well in his heart that this was no longer the earth. When leaving the island on a raft, there was a high possibility that he would encounter a light curtain like the one in the game.
Even if there is no light curtain, there will be no land anymore, and he will definitely drift on the sea until he dies.
And then be resurrected on this island again!
Apart from uncovering the secret of this Ark Island, Li Xiao has no way to leave this huge cage.
…
I felt sad for a while, but I couldn’t forget the important things.
Li Xiao took off his clothes until he was only wearing shorts and walked towards the ocean.
The further we walked, the deeper the water got, until it covered Li Xiao's whole body.
The first thing Li Xiao did when he entered the water was to open his eyes and observe the surrounding water bottom.
Although there are no dangerous creatures like megalodons and mosasaurs in the shallow sea area, there are manta rays that can easily attack players.
Being bitten by that thing is also not a good thing.
Fortunately, Li Xiao did not find any manta rays in the water, but saw many harmless small fish swimming around.
The sun shines through the sea water and shines on the bottom of this shallow sea, and the visibility is very high.
There is no need to say more about the scenery at the bottom of the sea. Anyway, every time Li Xiao goes into the water, he cannot help but feel relaxed and happy...
But he didn't come here just for the scenery.
Li Xiao scanned the surrounding shallow sea floor, looking for the figure of the oil rock.
This oil rock is very easy to find. When soaked in sea water, the black oil on the oil rock will spread into the sea water, spreading out a long black oil belt at the top of the oil rock.
Not long after, Li Xiao saw the black oil belt in the distance and the oil rock mine under the black oil belt.
Returning to the sea, Li Xiao headed in that direction.
While swimming, Li Xiao dived into the water from time to time to check the location of the oil rocks.
Almost reaching the top of the oil rock, Li Xiao took a deep breath and suddenly dived into the water.
Fortunately, he has been able to swim since he was a child and has excellent water skills, so diving is not difficult for him.
Li Xiao, who dived into the water, arrived at the oil rock, took out the metal tool in his inventory and knocked on it.
The obstruction of the water flow meant that Li Xiao could not use much strength at all.
But fortunately, this oil rock is not a hard mineral. Instead, it is like glue and very soft, so it can be collected easily.
After waving the metal pick five or six times, Li Xiao put the collected crude oil into his inventory and swam towards the water.
He needs to breathe!
After exposing his head and taking a few deep breaths, Li Xiao sank again...
Without diving equipment, Li Xiao only relied on free diving to collect oil rocks, which was not very efficient.
He had to change the gas for this small piece of oil rock five times before he could completely collect it.
The crude oil collected was only seven or eight parts, and Li Xiao was very tired.
The sky was getting darker and the underwater visibility was also decreasing, so Li Xiao had no choice but to go ashore and prepare to continue tomorrow.
He built a third-level outpost on the shore - a simple hut.
According to this collection speed, if I want to collect enough crude oil, I might have to stay here for a day or two!
…
Li Xiao dived into the water again and swam towards an oil rock.
The difference was that as soon as he swam near the oil rock, he saw a big fish swimming towards him out of the corner of his eye!
Li Xiao's reaction was very quick. He immediately took out a crossbow that could be used in water and stepped back.
But Li Xiao was overly nervous. The fish coming toward him was a fish dragon that was friendly to the player.
Ichthyosaur is a creature whose appearance and personality are very similar to those of dolphins.
Of course, its size is larger than that of a dolphin.
I saw this ichthyosaur swimming not far from Li Xiao, looking at Li Xiao curiously.
Li Xiao knew that this creature was extremely friendly and would not actively attack people, so he let go of his worries.
Putting away the crossbow and taking out the metal pick, Li Xiao ignored the curious ichthyosaur and collected crude oil again.
This fish and dragon just swam around Li Xiao and did not disturb his work.
There is a follower behind Li Xiao——
Whether it's mining or breathing, this ichthyosaur will always follow Li Xiao.
Like a bored child, observing a strange creature that he has never seen before, observing its strange activities...
Taking another breather, Li Xiao floated on the sea while resting his tired body.
But this is just drinking poison to quench thirst. After all, in this water, he still has to tread water all the time to keep himself from sinking.
However, a soft body swam under Li Xiao and gently lifted his body toward the water.
This immediately made Li Xiao feel a lot more relaxed.
He looked down and saw that it was the ichthyosaur that had been following him.
Seeing that this fish and dragon were so understanding of human nature, Li Xiao immediately had the intention to tame it...
"Thank you, little guy. When I have rested enough, I will reward you with some fish!"
Li Xiao smiled, the more he looked at the fish and dragon, the happier he became.
Ichthyosaurus is a friendly creature. There is no need to force it to tame it. Just feed it some creatures and it can be tamed peacefully.
The point is, after taming this ichthyosaur, the ichthyosaur can help you collect crude oil!
It's not that ichthyosaurs can collect them, but they can let ichthyosaurs help them dive and surface.
After all, ichthyosaurs are much faster than themselves in the water!
Just as he was told, Li Xiao took out his crossbow and shot a few small fishes in the sea with a few arrows.
【Fish x20】
The ichthyosaur following Li Xiao was extremely envious when it saw that Li Xiao had caught so many fish easily.
If it were allowed to catch, it would have to chase those small fish that swim very fast for a long distance before catching them.
It takes time and effort...
Although there was raw meat, the ichthyosaur preferred fish meat. Li Xiao took the collected fish meat in his hand and gestured toward the ichthyosaur behind him to feed it food.
The ichthyosaur never expected that this strange creature would share the fish meat with it. It hurried forward and took the piece of fish meat from Li Xiao's hand.
After devouring the food, Yulong looked at Li Xiao, only to see that he took out another piece of fish meat in his hand...
After some feeding, the ichthyosaur Li Xiao became familiar with it. It no longer hung far away, but came directly to Li Xiao and touched Li Xiao intimately.
In its mouth, it also screamed happily at Li Xiao.
[The taming conditions are met, and the peaceful taming is successful!]
The system beep sounded, and a smile appeared on Li Xiao's face.
He opened the taming column and looked at the specific attributes of the ichthyosaur:
[Pet name: Unnamed]
[Biological species: Ichthyosaurus]
[Life status: normal]
[Gender: Female]
[Strongness: Thin]
[Melee damage: low]
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Thin? Li Xiao looked at the ichthyosaur and found that it did not look very strong.
"Well, it seems that your life before was not very good. Don't worry, if you follow me, I will make you fat and white!"
Li Xiao fed another piece of fish meat to the fish dragon.
"You will be called 'Bai Gei' from now on! You are the first creature that I have tamed by myself. You are just like the one I picked up for Bai Gei. This name fits you perfectly!"
Li Xiao just scrawled a name for his first underwater pet...
The ichthyosaur seemed to understand Li Xiao's words and knew that "Baigui" was its name. It swam happily and even jumped out of the water.
Li Xiao went ashore, collected some materials and made a fish-dragon saddle.
Go into the water and put the saddle on the ichthyosaur, and then start the work of collecting crude oil.
He rode an ichthyosaur to the oil rock, collected the oil rock, and then rode it back to the surface for a breather.
Different from collecting alone just now, Li Xiao only needs to wield the metal pickaxe when collecting, and the energy of swimming can be completely saved.
The collection speed has been increased more than several times!
In just one afternoon, Li Xiao collected several times the amount of crude oil he collected in the morning.
At this speed, Li Xiao can fill up his inventory before evening and return home with a full load.
However, this is the dangerous Ark Ocean after all!
When Li Xiao was once again concentrating on collecting oil rocks, the ichthyosaur behind him suddenly got under him and swam quickly towards the coast with Li Xiao.
The ichthyosaur's mouth also issued a rapid cry to warn Li Xiao.
Li Xiao, who swung his pickaxe in the air, didn't know what happened, but was suddenly lifted up by the fish dragon.
The sudden change caused him to swallow several mouthfuls of sea water! The breath he was holding was also released!
"what happened?"
Li Xiao looked confused and was about to question the fish dragon when he felt a violent surge of water behind him.
Looking back, what caught my eye was dense black shadows. These black shadows all moved in unison and were all swimming towards this side very quickly!
If you look closely, you will see that the black shadows are actually flat manta rays! Looking at the number, there are almost dozens of them!
"How come there are so many?" Li Xiao looked shocked, "Aren't there only two or three manta rays that can move together at most?"
Although he was puzzled, Li Xiao knew that now was not the time to find the answer. The most important thing was to escape now!
If so many manta rays came to me, I'm afraid if one of them took one bite, I and the ichthyosaur would become two skeletons!
