"Mantis shrimp?!"
Upon seeing the creature clearly, Chen Wen's face lit up with joy.
This creature doesn't have much meat, but it has plenty of traits!
Basic ones like swimming fast and swift movements.
Outrageous ones like its color vision ability, and those raptorial appendages.
Humans can see three primary colors and imagine more colors based on them.
The mantis shrimp is impressive; it can clearly see more than a dozen primary colors!
And its raptorial appendages are even more terrifying!
Smashing a glass aquarium with one punch is a small matter.
Let me give an inappropriate example.
If humans could have the mantis shrimp's ability to use its raptorial appendages.
They could literally throw a satellite from the ground into Earth's orbit!
It's that exaggerated!
Honestly, if the system let me acquire the mantis shrimp's punching ability as it is.
What more would I want in life?
I'd turn around and cultivate immortality!
Unfortunately, the system won't do that.
After Chen Wen's preliminary observation.
The traits converted by the system are human versions, far from the original.
Chen Wen thought as he tossed the mantis shrimp at his feet into his bag.
Moreover, the scientific name of this mantis shrimp is stomatopod or Oratosquilla oratoria.
The one that can smash a tank with a punch is its relative, the peacock mantis shrimp.
These are things Chen Wen learned from the crew's tall tales on the fishing boat.
After all, in the environment of the sea, blowing things out of proportion is the best way to pass time.
And the stories usually revolve around the sea or women, which is the crew's livelihood.
After keeping the mantis shrimp properly, Chen Wen continued his journey.
Before long, he made another discovery.
"Is this a trace of a buried shell?"
Chen Wen reached out and poked uncertainly at the gravel on the ground.
He cautiously dug up the sand, and a peculiar conch appeared before him.
The cat's eye moon snail, also called the cat's eye snail, often appears in many seashore videos, and it's quite popular.
Because this creature is peculiar: a gentle squeeze can make it eject a lot of water.
Chen Wen tried squeezing it.
As a result, no water came out, and he almost cut his hand on the sharp edge of the cat's eye moon snail.
"Tough to deal with, let's keep it and continue to find the next one!"
Chen Wen, after waiting for the cat's eye snail to release the water on its own, put it in his bag with little enthusiasm.
...
After about twenty minutes.
Chen Wen worried that the fire would burn out, so he ended the tide-pooling quickly.
Returning to the coconut tree at the landing point.
Chen Wen dropped his somewhat heavy bag on the ground.
This time's tide-pooling harvest wasn't much, but it wasn't little either.
On this uninhabited island, the fishery resources are still abundant.
Even a novice like Chen Wen, who has never done this before, with only a poor-quality Swiss Army knife as a tool, can have a decent catch.
"This time, the harvest is mostly cat's eye snails, could it be their breeding season?"
Chen Wen added some firewood to make the fire burn brighter.
Then he placed the seven cat's eye snails he collected at the edge of the fire to roast.
He skewered the two mantis shrimp.
Additionally, Chen Wen found many hairy clams, and he placed them on the fire's edge for roasting as well.
As the temperature rose.
The cat's eye snails bubbled, evaporating the remaining seawater as it reached boiling point.
The mantis shrimp turned an enticing color, releasing wave after wave of aroma.
The hairy clams opened their tightly clamped shells, and he could faintly see the reddish meat inside from the crevice.
Chen Wen swallowed and grabbed a banana to replenish his hydration.
After finishing the banana, Chen Wen noticed that the system did not prompt for the selection of traits.
This puzzled Chen Wen.
Can this thing crash too?
But soon, Chen Wen found out what was wrong.
The system panel had changed.
[Activated Traits: [Sun-Loving (Green)], [Tenacious Life (Purple)]]
[Trait Library: [Sun-Loving (Green)], [Tenacious Life (Purple)]]
Besides these two positions changing.
There were also a few more lines below.
[This Wilderness Cultivation Location: Tropical Island]
[Natural Objects Plundered: Apple, Banana]
[Natural Objects Extracted: None]
[Note: For the same type of natural object, plunder and extraction can only be done once each; after spending ten cultivation points, an additional plunder or extraction can be done once]
Cultivation points?
Chen Wen didn't have a single one.
"So that means for the same type of plunder, without cultivation points, it can only be done once. I thought I could plunder several times."
Chen Wen felt a bit disappointed but was filled with anticipation for the next three traits.
The cat's eye moon snail, mantis shrimp, hairy clams.
What traits could be plundered from these three?
...
After waiting a bit more.
Ensuring the seafood was thoroughly cooked.
Chen Wen found two sticks to pick out the cat's eye snails and hairy clams one by one.
He also smashed a coconut shell in half to use as a bowl.
Finally, Chen Wen took out the skewers of mantis shrimp.
To fill himself for this meal, he also opened a can of cola and a pack of compressed biscuits.
Let's start with the mantis shrimp!
Smelling the aroma of the grilled mantis shrimp, Chen Wen couldn't wait any longer.
Peeling off the hard shell of the mantis shrimp, the white and tender shrimp meat was exposed to the air.
A touch with his hand, it was soft and bouncy.
Chen Wen's eyes went wide.
Meat! Fragrant meat!
And traits!
May any deity bless me!
Chen Wen used his thumb to push out the mantis shrimp's meat, bringing it to his mouth and sucking it in.
Delicious shrimp meat immediately filled his mouth.
Sweet and fresh!
In Chen Wen's mind, only this word remained.
Despite his profession as a fisherman.
Not everyone living in luxury makes silk; not every fisherman eats seafood.
Chen Wen hadn't eaten much seafood.
On the boat, most of the time, he and other crew members ate meal packs and pancakes.
Occasionally eating seafood, it was the cheap kind.
Even the captain was no exception.
It was his first time eating such fresh big mantis shrimp.
Quickly finishing the remaining shrimp meat.
In his mind, the system stirred.
[Plundering Natural Object —— Mantis Shrimp!]
[Plundering... Plundering Complete!]
[Please choose one of the following traits]
[Lightweight (Green): You will drift with the current in seawater]
[Note: Drift and drift, my pride and indulgence~ don't let me drift to humanity's steamer~ —— Mantis Shrimp]
[Molting (Blue): You can choose to molt actively; after molting, wounds are healed, and body size increases. ps: Limited trait, can only molt three times, after which the trait expires]
[Note: As an adult shrimp, I can't dress like a kid anymore! —— Mantis Shrimp]
[Zero Frame Start (Purple): You can punch with extreme speed, and nearly all creatures cannot react to this punch! ps: Active trait, each use requires a one-hour recovery]
[Note: Want to dodge this move? Besides perfect phasing, I can't think of any other way—— Mantis Shrimp]
[Please make a choice within one minute or forfeit! If overdue, the first trait will be chosen automatically!]
Something new!
Looking at the traits, Chen Wen's eyes brightened.
After the usual traits, he discovered new types of traits.
Limited traits, active traits!
As the name implies, limited traits have a limited number of uses, active traits need to be activated actively.
After a simple reflection, Chen Wen chose [Zero Frame Start].
This should be the representation of raptorial appendages in a human body, right?
Chen Wen thought, feeling the power of the new trait.
But soon, Chen Wen's expression changed subtly.
"Wait a minute, why does this trait only boost speed and not strengthen the arm or fist?"
"If this punch is thrown at something harder than the fist, wouldn't it be harming the enemy but also hurting myself even more!"
Chen Wen was dumbfounded.
The seemingly most powerful purple trait had such a big flaw.
"System, can I change it? We humans emphasize a seven-day no-reason return policy, I don't expect you to follow human standards, but could you support a one-minute no-reason return?"