In the end, Li Xiao still found a triceratops to transport the chicken-like dragon back to the yard.

Looking at the chicken-like dragon running around in the yard, Li Xiao frowned.

"It seems inevitable to go to sea to collect some crude oil!"

……

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 waters.

Conquering the deep and dangerous deep sea, Li Xiao doesn't have that ability now, but in the shallow area of the ocean, Li Xiao can barely explore.

The yard of the center island, walking towards the east coast is the fastest direction to reach the coast.

Crossing a river and crossing a jungle, Li Xiao took most of the day to reach the east coast.

As the scorching afternoon sun faded away, the air cooled down.

Looking at the turbulent sea in front of him, Li Xiao was full of emotion.

"It's back to the sea...... Think about waking up from a beach a few months ago......"

Li Xiao's gaze looked far away at the end of the coastline.

"I wonder if this Ark World will be like a game, where there is a curtain of light in the distance blocking the entry and exit of creatures? If there is, then the light curtain must also go straight to heaven and earth, like an unbreakable huge cage, imprisoning this island and all creatures on this island inside! ”

How Li Xiao wished that he was just trapped on an isolated island on the earth, so that 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, and it was very likely that he would encounter a light curtain like in the game when he drove the raft away from the island.

Even if there is no light curtain, there will be no more land, and you will definitely float to death on the sea.

And then resurrect on this island again!

Except for uncovering the secrets of this Ark Island, Li Xiao had no way to get out of this huge cage.

……

sighed for a while, and couldn't forget the business.

Li Xiao took off the clothes on his body to only a pair of shorts, and walked towards the ocean.

The further you go, the deeper the water becomes, until it doesn't cover Li Xiao's whole body.

The first thing Li Xiao did when he entered the water was to open his eyes and observe the bottom of the water around him.

Although there are no dangerous creatures like megalodons and dragons in the shallow waters, there are manta rays that can easily attack the player.

It's also not a good thing to get bitten by that thing.

Fortunately, Li Xiao did not find manta rays in the water, so he saw many harmless small fish swimming around.

Sunlight shines through the sea and shines on the bottom of this shallow sea, and visibility is very high.

The scenery of the bottom of the sea, then there is no need to say more, anyway, every time Li Xiao enters the water, he can't help but feel relaxed and happy......

But he didn't come to see the scenery this time.

Li Xiao scanned the shallow seabed around him, looking for the figure of the oil rock.

This oil rock is very easy to find, soaked in seawater, the black oil on the oil rock will spread into the seawater, and a long black oil belt will spread at the top of the oil rock.

Not long after, Li Xiao saw the black oil belt in the distance, as well as the oil and rock mines under the black oil belt.

Back on 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 rock.

Almost reaching the top of the oil rock, Li Xiao took a deep breath and plunged into the water.

Fortunately, he has been able to swim since he was a child, and the water is excellent, so this diving is not difficult for him.

Li Xiao, who had dived into the water, arrived next to the oil rock, took out the metal in the inventory and knocked on it.

The obstruction of the water flow caused Li Xiao to not use much strength at all.

But fortunately, this oil rock is not a hard mine, but like a sticky glue, it is very soft and can be easily collected.

With five or six swings of the metal pickaxe, Li Xiao put the collected crude oil into his inventory and swam towards the water.

He needs to breathe!

Exposing his head and taking a few big breaths, Li Xiao sank again......

Without diving equipment, Li Xiao only relied on freediving to collect oil rocks, which was really inefficient.

This small piece of oil rock, he changed the gas five times before it was completely cleaned.

The crude oil collected was only seven or eight copies, and Li Xiao was tired.

The sky was getting dark, and the visibility under the water was also decreasing, so Li Xiao had no choice but to go ashore and prepare to continue tomorrow.

He built a Level 3 outpost on the shore, a makeshift hut.

According to this collection speed, if you want to collect enough crude oil, you will have to stay here for a day or two!

……

Li Xiao dived into the water again and swam towards an oil rock.

The difference is that as soon as he swam near the oil rock, he saw a big fish swimming towards him!

Li Xiao's reaction was very fast, he immediately took out a crossbow that could be used in the water, and his body stepped back.

But Li Xiao's nervousness was redundant, and the fish coming towards him was a player-friendly ichthyosaur.

Ichthyosaurus, a creature that bears a striking resemblance to a dolphin in appearance and personality.

Of course, it's much larger than a dolphin.

I saw that this fish dragon swam not far from Li Xiao and looked at Li Xiao with curiosity on his face.

Li Xiao knew that this creature was extremely friendly and would not take the initiative to attack people, so he let go of his hanging heart.

Putting away the crossbow and taking out the metal pickaxe, Li Xiao ignored the curious ichthyosaur and collected the crude oil again.

This ichthyosaurus just swam around Li Xiao and did not disturb his work.

There is an extra heel behind Li Xiao-

Whether it is mining or ventilation, this ichthyosaur will follow behind Li Xiao.

Like a bored child, observing strange creatures that he has never seen before, observing his strange activities......

Another breath change, Li Xiao floated on the surface of the sea, while resting his tired body.

But this is also to drink to quench his thirst, after all, in this water, he still has to tread water at all times to keep himself from sinking.

However, a soft body swam under Li Xiao and gently lifted his body towards the water.

This suddenly made Li Xiao a lot easier.

He looked down and saw that it was the ichthyosaurus that had been following him.

Seeing that this ichthyosaur was so humane, Li Xiao suddenly had the intention of taming it......

"Thank you, little one, when I've rested enough, I'll reward you with some fish!"

Li Xiao smiled, the more he looked at this fish dragon, the happier he became.

The ichthyosaur is a friendly creature, and there is no need to force it to be tamed, as long as you feed it some creatures, you can tame it peacefully.

The point is, after taming this ichthyosaur, the ichthyosaur can help itself to collect crude oil!

It's not that ichthyosaurs can collect, but they can let ichthyosaurs help them dive and float.

After all, ichthyosaurs are much faster in the water than themselves!

Just do it, Li Xiao took out the crossbow, and with a few arrows, he shot several small fish in the sea to death.

【Fish x20】

The fish dragon that followed behind Li Xiao saw that Li Xiao had easily caught so many fish, and it was extremely envious.

If it is allowed to catch it, it will have to chase the small fish that swim very fast for a long time to catch them.

It takes time and effort......

Although there is raw meat, the ichthyosaur prefers fish meat, Li Xiao took the fish meat he had collected in his hand, and made a gesture to feed it to the ichthyosaur behind him.

The ichthyosaurus never expected that this strange creature would share the fish meat with him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and took the piece of fish meat from Li Xiao's hand.

After gobbling it up, the fish dragon looked at Li Xiao, but saw that he took out another piece of fish meat in his hand......

After some feeding, Li Xiao became familiar with the fish and dragonfish, and it no longer hung far away, but came directly to Li Xiao's side and touched Li Xiao affectionately.

In its mouth, it also screamed happily at Li Xiao.

[Taming conditions are met, peaceful taming is successful!] 】

The system's prompt sounded, and a smile appeared on Li Xiao's face at the same time.

He opened the domestication bar and looked at the specific attributes of the ichthyosaur:

[Pet Name: Unnamed]

[Species: Ichthyosaurus]

[Health Status: Normal]

[Gender: Female]

[Strength: Thin]

[Melee Damage: Low]

……

Emaciated? Li Xiao looked at the ichthyosaur and found that it did not look very strong.

"Well, it seems that your life was not very good before. Don't worry, follow me, I will definitely raise you for nothing! ”

Li Xiao fed another piece of fish meat to the ichthyosaurus.

"You'll be called 'white give' from now on! You're the first creature to be tamed by me, and it's just like the one you picked up for nothing, and the name is right for you! ”

Li Xiao scribbled a name for his first underwater pet......

The ichthyosaur seemed to understand Li Xiao's words and knew that "Bai Qi" was its name, and it swam happily and even jumped out of the water.

Li Xiao went ashore, collected some materials and made a fish dragon saddle.

Got into the water and loaded the saddle with the fish dragon, and the work of collecting crude oil began for one man and one fish.

He rode the ichthyosaur to the oil rock, collected the oil rock, and then rode it back to the surface to breathe.

Unlike just now when he was collecting alone, this time Li Xiao only needed to wield a metal pickaxe when collecting, and his swimming strength could be completely saved.

The speed of collection has increased more than several times!

In just one afternoon, Li Xiao collected several times the amount of crude oil collected in the morning.

At this rate, Li Xiao would be able to fill his inventory before evening and return with a full load.

However, this is the dangerous ark of the ocean after all!

When Li Xiao was once again concentrating on collecting oil rocks, the ichthyosaurus behind him suddenly got under him and swam quickly towards the shore with Li Xiao.

In the mouth of the ichthyosaurus, there was also a hurried cry to warn Li Xiao.

Li Xiao, who was hollowing out with a pickaxe, didn't know what was going on, so he was suddenly driven by the fish dragon.

The sudden change made him choke a few mouthfuls of seawater! The breath I was holding was also relaxed!

"What's going on?"

Li Xiao looked puzzled, and was about to question the fish dragon when he felt a violent current of water behind him.

Looking back, what caught my eye was a dense array of black shadows, all of which moved in unison, all swimming quickly towards this side!

If you look closely, the black shadows are flattened manta rays! Look at the number, there are almost dozens!

"How can there be so many?" Li Xiao looked shocked, "Aren't there only two or three manta rays moving together at most?" ”

Although he was puzzled, Li Xiao knew that now was not the time to look for answers, and now was the most important thing to escape!

If so many manta rays come to the front of you, I am afraid that if you take one bite at a time, you and the ichthyosaurus will become two skeletons!