Universe Infinite Canteen

The battle just then only required Ma Lu to take a single shot, but his importance as the team leader goes without saying.

Had he not devised a battle plan in advance, accurately predicted the flow of battle, and taken out the most troublesome Invisibility man, even if the battle could still be won, a lot of people would likely have ended up lying down.

Thus, no one objected to him being the first to pick weapons and gear, and this wasn't just about the order of dividing the spoils; it also signified that the team members truly recognized his status as their captain.

After all, although this was a wild team rallied by Ma Lu, each member possessed unique skills, and only Ma Lu, the captain, seemed quite ordinary - aside from being a bit persuasive verbally, he had not shown much strength before.

Many were not convinced in their hearts, but after this battle, no one thought about challenging his position as the team leader anymore.

However, going back to the prior agreement, it was also time for the squad to disband.

After choosing their equipment, Ma Lu asked for everyone's opinions, and contrary to his expectations, even Battle Axe Muscle Brother, who had always been clamoring to go his separate ways, ceased calling for departure, and delightfully fiddled with his newly acquired Light Sword.

The only somewhat reluctant one seemed to be Black Jack.

After Ma Lu displayed his seemingly precognitive abilities, the Kobold felt his dinner had flown away, and that following Ma Lu would only amount to laboring for a capitalist for free.

But just as Little Huzi said, Black Jack had surprisingly maintained his reputation among the scoundrels of prison 444; though somewhat dejected, he did not go back on his word.

The Iron Can Man, after pondering for a long while, also decided to stay, and with that, the squad went from being a wild team to a fixed one.

The first thing Ma Lu did after becoming official was to lead the team back to the next level.

Once again, he faced his old rivals - the Mimic Jellyfish and the aggressive piranha zebra fish.

Although they still hadn't found Rabbit Man, Little Huzi and Black Jack were expert anglers, and they were not unfamiliar with these two types of Space Fish.

"Ah, indeed, Mimic Jellyfish! Lucky us," said Little Huzi as he looked at the jellyfish floating on the ceiling. "They say this stuff pretty much goes well with all ingredients.

"And because of its Mimicry, it can substitute for other lacking ingredients when necessary to complete a dish, highly favored by the Cosmic Chefs.

"Outside, a gram can sell for hundreds of Star Currency; it's a shame we're in prison now and can only exchange them with the unscrupulous Yuwen for sentence Reductions.

"Sigh, seeing these Mimic Jellyfish makes me remember that restaurant called Singularity I used to frequent. They have a famous dish of salted jellyfish skin; I would order it every time I visited."

Little Huzi was caught up in reminiscing the good old days, but it wasn't long before he was interrupted by Ma Lu.

"How about it, do you think you can catch a live one?"

"Of course, these jellyfish are easy to catch, as long as you know their weakness," Little Huzi said.

"What's their weakness?"

"Light."

"Light? But aren't some of the Mimic Jellyfishes under the lamp right now, and they seem to be doing just fine," Ma Lu said.

"To be precise, it's constantly changing light that can cause their Mimicry perception to become chaotic, causing their body to stiffen up, normally for about 15 minutes."

"In 15 minutes, they'll return to normal, but that's not a big issue. All we need to do is to continue shining fluctuating light on them at that time."

The fish capture machine also buys live fish, and the price of live fish is generally about 60% to 70% higher than that of dead fish.

So, if the anglers can catch a fresh space fish alive, they prefer to do so, but this is easier said than done.

It's because the mimic jellyfish have an obvious weakness and aren't very aggressive, making it easy to catch them once their weakness is known.

However, catching other space fish requires much better equipment.

Just in time, Iron Can Man had a flashlight in his belt bag. He turned on the flashlight and shone it on those mimic jellyfish, controlling the brightness by turning the flashlight's knob and adjusting the current.

Those mimic jellyfish sensed the changes in their environment and tried to adjust their body's transparency to blend in.

But the light changed too quickly, and the jellyfish could only flicker in response.

They became patchy with light and dark spots as they couldn't keep up with the changes and soon froze in place, as if they had crashed.

Ma Lu took the opportunity to use gravity gloves to grab those immobilized mimic jellyfish.

This time, they finally fit into the Collection Bag without eating through it.

And once completely enclosed, according to the Collection Bag's properties, the mimic jellyfish would remain rigid inside until taken out again, without the need for re-exposure to the light every 15 minutes.

However, Ma Lu didn't tell the others about this; he just quietly packed away 32 mimic jellyfish.

Little Huzi took his share of 16, and even played with a mimic jellyfish in his hand, squeezing it, but it never woke up.

Having a catch so soon after descending boosted everyone's morale, so they eagerly continued their hunt for the aggressive piranha zebra fish.

On his way past the toilet, Ma Lu found an excuse to make a save, and after that, he continued forward for about a hundred meters, the smell of blood growing stronger.

To those anglers without proper gear at the beginning, a group of aggressive piranha zebra fish is no different from the butchers of Newbie Village.

When dozens or hundreds of piranhas charge at once, even with six arms, you couldn't fend them off.

But now Ma Lu and his team had moved beyond the newbie stage, each equipped with at least four or five pieces of gear, ready to fight the aggressive piranha zebra fish.

However, the arrival of those piranhas caught everyone off guard.

After searching the engine room and finding no trace of the aggressive piranha zebra fish, they thought the fish had left. But in the next moment, the school of fish suddenly swarmed out of the ventilation ducts.

It took less than two seconds for Little Huzi, who was standing aside intending to smoke and relax, to be gnawed down to a skeleton. Battle Axe Muscle Brother was closest to Little Huzi and, upon seeing this, roared with anger as he drew his light sword.

He swung the light sword vigorously, killing a dozen aggressive piranha zebra fish, but ultimately he was overwhelmed by the sheer number and was devoured by the school of fish.

Iron Can Man reacted the fastest, throwing a high explosive hand grenade their way, wiping out the school of aggressive piranha zebra fish in one swoop, but the blast wave from the explosion also wounded the remaining three to varying degrees.

A piece of shrapnel pierced Ma Lu's left hand, blood gushing out continuously. Seeing this, he simply chose to commit suicide and restart.

The reduction in their numbers this time was indeed somewhat related to him; the other team members had come to believe that he could predict the future, so they had all let their guard down a bit.

Moreover, the appearance of the aggressive piranha zebra fish was somewhat unexpected, and that's what caused the team to capsize in the gutter.