EBE Chapter 41 Building Impressions
Chapter 41 Building Impressions
Soon after, the two boats came to a stop side by side at sea. The Environmental Protection vessel skillfully extended several gangplanks with suction cups at the front, which firmly adhered to the hull of the Little Yellow Duck, creating a temporary passage.
Several upright, sturdy salted fish walked along the passage to Yu Wang.
Seeing familiar creatures again
Yu Wang inevitably began to hallucinate in a certain animated film featuring yellow squares and pink starfish, and the salted fish host on TV.
Their bodies generally maintain the streamlined shape of fish, their heads are realistic fish heads with mouths facing upwards, and their eyes are wide open.
[You have witnessed the inhuman intelligent race of fish-men, experiencing a slight cognitive shock... Sanity -1.]
[Your skill has been activated; this judgment is invalid.]
One of the fish, dressed like a captain, had its mouth constantly opening and closing, and its gill covers slightly twitching.
"Hello, we are the Marine Environmental Protection Organization's patrol vessel No. 365. We are conducting a routine environmental inspection of you and your vessel. Please cooperate with our work and come aboard with us for now."
Please refrain from any actions that could be misinterpreted as aggression or resistance. Thank you for your cooperation for the sake of the ocean's tomorrow.
Yu Wang was quite familiar with this process, so he didn't say much, but simply nodded to indicate that he would cooperate.
He followed the suction cup ramp and boarded the Environmental Protection No. 365.
Guided by the fishman, they finally stood in front of a stone mermaid statue that was more than two meters tall on the deck.
Yu Wang still doesn't know how the marine conservation organization knows exactly how much trash the person being tested threw away. He only knows that their testing is extremely accurate, almost like they have surveillance cameras installed around everyone!
The inspection process lasted about ten minutes.
Yu Wang could sense a probing gaze fixed on him from within the statue, while the merfolk's sharp eyes remained fixed on him.
The bony fish swam slowly in the waters between the two ships, seemingly wary of his escape.
Time passed by, and although Yu Wang appeared calm on the surface, he was actually a little nervous inside.
Although I thought I had done my best, who knows what the standards were for these lunatics in the early stages of the game?
Finally, the leading merman captain, holding a writing tablet, frowned and checked it several times before writing two large characters on Yu Wang's evaluation form:
【excellent!】
"Tsk, not bad for environmental protection, kid." The foreman handed the "Environmental Guardian" badge to Yu Wang, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Your ship and you yourself have the lowest pollution levels of all the ships we've encountered so far! Without a doubt! You are truly an outstanding maritime citizen!"
"My God, I really wish those guys at 'Guo Di Lao Hot Pot' would learn from you! They dump huge amounts of untreated kitchen waste oil and food scraps into the ocean every day!"
"I've warned them countless times that wild animals cannot consume junk food that is high in oil, salt, and additives! This will cause changes in their ecological habits, damage their health, and even cause them to lose their wildness!"
Can you believe it? Just last week, we even found a seagull that was so fat from constantly stealing fries and fish and chips that it couldn't fly and looked like a turkey! This is practically a crime against the marine ecosystem!
The fishman captain became more and more excited as he spoke, his gill covers opening and closing rapidly, and a string of fine bubbles came out of his mouth.
Yu Wang: "..."
He could only maintain a polite yet awkward smile, while inwardly breathing a sigh of relief.
That hurdle is cleared.
However, the process is not yet complete.
This part was quite novel to Yu Wang, because in his previous life, every time he encountered a ship belonging to an environmental organization, he would end up being forced to pay a fine and then be kicked off the ship for doing too much pollution to the ocean.
Not to mention receiving the "Environmental Guardian" badge and other rewards!
"As a recognition and reward for being an 'Outstanding Ocean Citizen'..." Captain Saltfish calmed himself down and began to read out the reward terms, rattling off a string of platitudes about environmental protection and ocean responsibility.
Finally, he pointed to the mountains of junk salvaged from the sea piled up in the huge hold of the Environmental Protection Ship.
Inside were rusted car frames, plastic ropes tangled with torn fishing nets, colorful food packaging bags, twisted metal parts, and a large amount of greasy, high-calorie food in damaged or expired packaging.
As a reward, you can choose any item from our warehouse and take it away, without any limit on quantity or time!
But remember, every single item here has polluted the ocean. Now, they're yours! Use them wisely and don't let them return to the sea! Otherwise… hmph!
Yu Wang stared at the mountain of garbage in the warehouse, which emitted a complex odor, and was speechless for a moment.
The reward is... picking up trash anywhere?
But soon, a glint flashed in his eyes! Unlimited quantity! Unlimited time!
These pollutants, which environmental fanatics see as needing purification, are valuable resources to survivors!
Rusty metals can be remelted; plastic bottles and cans can be recycled or used as water storage containers; broken fishing nets can be dismantled for fibers; and expired or opened food...
When it comes to survival, who cares about whether something is expired or not?
High calories are king! As long as it doesn't grow mold or have a strong odor, it's a good emergency food!
Besides, if you can't finish it all, you can sell it cheaply to other survivors! That way you can build a good reputation!
"Thank you for the organization's trust and reward! I will definitely handle this trash properly and never let it pollute our blue home again!" Yu Wang immediately put on a serious and moved expression and made a firm promise.
Captain Fish seemed satisfied with his attitude and nodded: "We'll stay here until dark."
Yu Wang stopped being polite, thanked them, and immediately plunged into the garbage mountain like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey!
He used both hands to frantically search for anything that could be recycled, especially food!
Strawberry Cream Cake with a Bitten Strawberry Off
"Scrape off the surface, and you can still eat the cake base inside! It's high in sugar and calories!"
A whole box of hot pot noodles that expired three months ago.
"Take it! The bread is dry, so it's not a big problem even if it's expired. You can use it as dry food, or boil it in soup or water!"
A box of egg tarts, half of which was burnt and looked utterly disfigured.
"Take it! Scrape off the burnt parts; the remaining yolk is good—it's full of protein and fat!"
Half a bag of damp, clumped potato chips
"Take it! Crush it up and use it as seasoning crumbs or eat it directly—it's a great source of salt and carbohydrates!"
[Several deflated donuts, oozing jam]
"Take this! A sugar bomb! After eating this, you could walk all the way from Guangdong to LS!!"
……
Besides food, he also didn't overlook other ingredients:
Metal buckets, twisted steel plates, large rolls of tattered canvas, and... cell phone remains?
While rummaging through the garbage mountain, Yu Wang noticed a lot of branded snack wrappers that only exist in the real world, as well as thermos flasks, mobile phones, clothes and other items.
He was speechless for a moment: "Could it be that the Earth exploded and everything on it fell into the ocean in the game world?"
Yu Wang shook his head, dismissing these outrageous speculations from his mind.
Seeing that the sky was already starting to set in the west, they continued to speed up their looting.
Duck A and Duck B were also allowed to come up and help, quickly moving some small items onto the Little Yellow Duck.
Time passed second by second, and Yu Wang turned the outer, relatively accessible part of the garbage mountain upside down.
The decks and cabins of the Little Yellow Duck were being filled with all sorts of junk and expired food at a visible rate, even piling up on top of the cockpit.
In the end, Yu Wang was panting heavily, his physical strength dropped to 31%, and he was almost exhausted.
He only stopped when the Little Yellow Duck's cabin was full and there was no more room in his backpack and the cockpit, reluctantly.
"Thank you for the organization's generosity! I will definitely not let these pieces of trash down with their second life!"
Before leaving, Yu Wang once again expressed his sincere gratitude to the fishman captain.
The fish-man looked at his little yellow duck, which was almost completely submerged in garbage, and a hint of emotion seemed to flash in his fish eyes.
The things that had been troubling them for so long have finally been partially dealt with!
Goodbye, esteemed citizen of the sea. May the ocean be with you.
Goodbye, goodbye!
Yu Wang couldn't wait to put these foods on the trading platform.
Since this is a welfare program, and the food is technically secondhand anyway, the price should be lowered so that any one unit of material can be exchanged for it.