bookbashuk Chapter 99 The Strange Pink Potion
Chapter 99 The Strange Pink Potion
Chapter 99 The Strange Pink Potion
Half an hour later, Shen Qiaoqiao collapsed on the deck, her forehead throbbing.
This huge crossbow really took a lot of her effort.
She not only manufactured the parts herself, but also did the assembly.
Shen Ruying wanted to help her daughter with her work, but she couldn't help at all and could only watch helplessly.
Seeing that her daughter had finally finished her work, she quickly went up to help Shen Qiaoqiao up.
The little girl's eyes revealed a look of utter despair. She looked at her mother and said listlessly, "Mom, I want to go to sleep—"
Then, she looked at Su Jin with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Go ahead, go ahead and sleep." Su Jin waved his hand and immediately approved. He wasn't some kind of devil who would exploit a 14-year-old girl to death.
If Shen Qiaoqiao weren't the only capable one, he would never have let a young girl do so much work.
Shen Qiaoqiao nodded, pushed her mother's hand away, and staggered into the cabin by herself. She returned to her small workshop and fell asleep immediately.
After she left, Su Jin began to examine the new ballista, which he named Ballista No. 2, while the previous one was called Ballista No. 1.
This Ballista No. 2 is different from the previous Ballista No. 1. Although it is also a ballista, the bolts fired from this one are faster and have stronger penetrating power.
The harpoon crossbow also used a larger harpoon, and this harpoon was specially equipped with barbs, so that the prey would not be able to escape when the harpoon pierced through.
This was something he specifically asked Shen Qiaoqiao to do. They were no longer in a state of scarcity, so they should do the best they could.
Of course, the increased power of the ballista comes at the cost of requiring more effort to operate.
However, with his current strength of over 14 points, which is more than twice that of a normal adult, it shouldn't be too difficult for him.
However, in reality, he underestimated the difficulty of operating this new type of ballista.
Su Jin approached Ballista No. 2 and tried to load the harpoon bolt, but when he turned the winch, he found that he couldn't turn it at all without using his full strength.
Only when he exerted all his strength could the winch rotate normally, but the speed was not even half of what it used to be.
After loading the harpoon crossbow, he couldn't help but take a couple of deep breaths.
This is already quite exaggerated. He can run a kilometer without getting out of breath, but he gets this tired just from loading a gun.
Su Jin frowned, feeling that he had made a slight miscalculation. If they encountered a sea monster, and the first shot missed, it would probably be difficult to launch a second one.
Just then, he felt someone poking his arm with their finger. He turned his head and saw that it was the beautiful Lin Xuan.
Seeing him looking over, Lin Xuan immediately reached into her pocket and took out a small, transparent bottle containing pink liquid.
"Brother Su, do you feel like you don't have enough strength? Try this, a strength potion made with Dragon Power Mushroom. I just made it last night."
As she spoke, a hint of nervousness flashed in her eyes.
This was the first time she had made the potion, and she hadn't even tried it herself, so she didn't know how effective it would be.
Looking at the somewhat strange pink potion, Su Jin revealed a suspicious expression.
Is this thing definitely not something strange?
But soon, the suspicion in his eyes disappeared, because he felt that Lin Xuan did not have any "hostility" towards him.
He discovered this by chance; he would immediately know if any creature on the ship was hostile to him.
This is the rule that you are absolutely safe within your territory.
Simply put, within his territory, he can sense hostility, or rather, murderous intent, and then use his power of life and death to immediately eliminate the other party.
As long as you know the danger and can eliminate it at any time, there is no danger, and that is what is called absolute safety.
Su Jin naturally took the bottle of potion that looked a bit strange, opened the cap, and took a sniff.
Indeed, it tastes like Dragon Power Mushroom, and it's not a strange flavor at all.
That makes sense. Maybe the extract from *Lysimachia christinae* is this color. It's a fungus, so it's normal.
"Power potion, huh? Let me try it and see if it works."
The small bottle was only about the size of a thumb, so it must have been disposable. Without thinking, he poured the whole bottle down his throat.
This scene left Lin Xuan completely dumbfounded. This was the amount of five whole Dragon Power Mushrooms, and it had been specially concentrated by her, making it the most concentrated original liquid.
The proper way to use it is to pour a little and mix it with water before drinking, but before she could say anything, Su Jin drank it all at once.
"Brother Su, that's the whole amount!" Lin Xuan gave a bitter smile. It was too late to regret it now. She hoped that drinking so much wouldn't cause any problems.
Su Jin was also dumbfounded. He stared blankly at the empty little glass bottle, his voice rising considerably, filled with incomprehension: "What do you mean, 'all of it'? Isn't this a one-time use quantity?"
His voice drew Li Yuanyuan and Shen Ruying over, wanting to see what had happened.
Li Yuanyuan came over first and stood next to Lin Xuan, leaning against her. She clearly regarded this girl, who was younger but taller than her, as her best friend.
"What's wrong? I think I just heard Dragon Power Mushroom. Xiaoxuan, did you make the potion?"
She seemed excited, but Lin Xuan felt even more miserable.
She pointed weakly to the bottle in Su Jin's hand and said softly, "It was a five-pill supply, and I drank it all at once. I didn't even have time to finish it. It's my fault."
Upon hearing this, Li Yuanyuan and Shen Ruying gasped in shock. They had previously cooked at most one stem per person for soup, and this was enough for an entire boatload of people.
Shen Ruying quickly looked at Su Jin with concern and asked, "Brother Su, how are you feeling? Are you feeling unwell?"
Su Jin closed his eyes and felt around for a moment, then shrugged: "It seems like nothing's wrong, I just feel a bit warm, nothing else."
As he spoke, he smacked his lips, smiled, and said, "I must say, this potion is quite delicious, rather flavorful. It doesn't seem to have any effect, but the taste is certainly well-prepared."
Shen Ruying breathed a slight sigh of relief, and was about to say something when she saw Lin Xuan shake her head.
"It's not that it has no effect, it's just that the effect comes on so quickly, taking about one or two minutes, or even three or four minutes, and then it lasts for quite a while until the drug's effects are worn off."
As she spoke, Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow and counted on her fingers: "We've been chatting for about three minutes now, the effects of the medicine should be almost gone—"
"Here it comes! Hiss!" Before she could finish speaking, Su Jin's expression suddenly changed, and his entire face quickly turned red, even a little purple.
But that wasn't the biggest change; the biggest change came from his body.
His muscles swelled rapidly, making him appear much larger, and his skin turned slightly purple.
However, when the three girls' gazes swept down from Su Jin, they discovered an even more astonishing scene.
Big!
too big!