Running a Fishing Boat in the Oceanic Wasteland

Ruan Fu transmigrated to a post-apocalyptic ocean world.

The Black Rain disaster left the ocean covering almost the entire world, with only a tenth of the land remaining.

The ocean was extremely dangerous. Only the elite and the poor folk from fishing ports went out to sea to make money.

Ruan Fu came from three generations of poor fishing-port folk. She fished at sea in her little boat.

When it came to technology and sheer luck, she was the unlucky sort.

Fortunately, her little boat awakened a special ability. As long as she offered enough materials as sacrifices, the boat could keep upgrading.

As her boat leveled up, she gradually discovered that storms were the least of the ocean's dangers.

Fish-headed sailors covered in barnacles wandered the surface, waiting to board ships.

Lighthouses in the fog turned people into statues. Seashells churning in the water sang hypnotic songs.

Ghost ships bristling with teeth, whales that devoured people's hearts in their dreams...

On top of all that, a bunch of heretical fanatics had their eyes on her and wanted her to contribute to their villainous cause.

The villainous leader's first demand was that she sacrifice every man, woman, and child in the city. He might as well have written "discard the tool once the job is done" across his face.

The shipping company was plotting in secret, and the steel tycoons had pointy heads.

Ruan Fu sailed her little boat through the schemes, ready to ram everyone at a moment's notice.

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The Fated Carnival Ship, a newly risen pirate king, raced after Ruan Fu's fishing boat at full speed. In the end, both ships fell into dangerous waters.

The pirates declared, "That witch won't last a day."

When the horrors came, even the mighty pirate king barely escaped disaster. Half the ship was dragged into the sea by indescribable tentacles.

The desperate pirates thought that at least they'd be taking that annoying woman down to hell with them.

Then a little fishing boat leisurely sailed past them. Ruan Fu was chewing on octopus balls, and the tentacles in the sea fled as if she were the plague.

Everyone feared the horrors of the ocean, and Ruan Fu did too.

But later, she discovered that the horrors seemed to fear her as well.

Theme: Self-reliance and strength.