Leveling Up By Surviving Alone - L.U.B.S.A Chapter 40

Humans are unfortunate creatures whose teeth stop growing once their baby teeth fall out and their permanent teeth come in, but sharks are different. Unlike humans, sharks can continuously replace their teeth with new ones.

Even if a cavity forms, they can just pull out the tooth and wait for a new one to grow in!

“Then… I won’t need to go to the dentist!”

He hates the dentist.

How much does he hate the dentist? Ji Yeonwoo, who usually doesn’t go against his parents’ wishes, once cried so hard about not wanting to go that he fainted and had to be taken to the hospital.

Suddenly, he remembers his childhood.

It wasn’t a big deal, but his baby teeth were so stubborn that even though his permanent teeth were coming in, they wouldn’t fall out, leading to crooked teeth.

– Mom. You need to prepare yourself mentally. If this continues, his teeth will become crooked. Buck teeth!

– What should we do?

– I shouldn’t say this, but…!

And so, Ji Yeonwoo’s tooth next to his right canine had to be pulled out while it was still perfectly healthy. The anesthesia shot he got, the dentist’s heavy breathing as he struggled to pull out the tooth, the stiffness he felt instead of pain, the smell of chemicals…!

After that, Ji Yeonwoo couldn’t go to the dentist. Whenever they tried to take him, he would cry so hard that he’d end up being taken to the hospital, so even his parents couldn’t force him to go.

Ji Yeonwoo only went back to the dentist 10 years later.

He had a toothache so bad that he needed a root canal treatment.

And the problem was a tooth that had grown in crooked after the one next to it was pulled.

Something must have happened during the extraction….

The doctor he met 15 years later had white hair and wrinkles. He looked generally depressed.

But after scaling and pointing out the cavities that had formed all over Ji Yeonwoo’s teeth, he smiled brighter than anyone when he said he needed to cap a few with gold.

And so, Ji Yeonwoo, who hadn’t been to the dentist in 15 years, had to pay a whopping 5 million won to the doctor. A grown man couldn’t ask his parents for money. It took him a year to pay off that 5 million won. It was around that time that he started brushing his teeth properly.

But,

“I’m free from all of that…!”

Come to think of it, Ji Yeonwoo hadn’t brushed his teeth since coming here.

Now he didn’t need to.

His teeth would always grow back!

“Uahahahahahahaha!”

– The Watcher asks what skill he learned that made him so happy.

“Now my teeth will keep growing like a shark’s! No more worries about cavities!”

– They say they’re really jealous!

Kkokko…?

Of course, Kim Kkokko, an ancient bird, couldn’t possibly understand the joy shared by the two humans.

She just wondered why they were so happy while enjoying the remaining feast of the bull shark.

– The Watcher praises the shark fish and chips and shark liver as truly delicious!

“Right? Who would’ve thought the shark fin soup would be the worst?”

– The Watcher says they’re really craving alcohol.

“Huh? Do you want to drink?”

– They say no. Of course, it’s more of a side dish, but alcohol is best enjoyed with others.

“Ah! I have some alcohol here!”

Ji Yeonwoo had already finished all the soju he brought.

But the alcohol Ji Yeonwoo had wasn’t just soju.

Ji Yeonwoo pulled out a 300ml bottle from the seasoning container.

“It’s cheongju!”

It was actually something he bought to use in cooking and stored in the seasoning container.

It had been a while since he bought it, but it was still unopened.

The Watcher was overjoyed.

– The Watcher says they’ll have a drink too.

– The Watcher’s butt wiggles as they go to get the alcohol.

“Ah, you too, Watcher. Hoho. Shall we have a drink today?”

As he said that, he looked at Kim Kkokko.

“Pregnant women can’t drink.”

Kkokkoo!

“Just kidding.”

Actually, since the eggs had already been laid, it didn’t matter.

And so, the drinking and singing of Ji Yeonwoo, the Watcher, and Kim Kkokko began.

Ji Yeonwoo still drank sparingly,

and the Watcher subtly encouraged him to drink more, enjoying himself.

Kim Kkokko drank about two cups and became tipsy, trying to fly up like last time.

No, she tried to fly but stopped herself.

Even though the alcohol made her feel good, her instinct to brood the eggs was stronger.

Kkokko…!

She wanted to do it but couldn’t.

Losing to her instincts made Kim Kkokko really hate this situation.

She even started to dislike the eggs she was brooding.

Meanwhile, the slightly drunk Ji Yeonwoo started singing.

“Deep night, the sea~ In these waves~ There’s a beautiful story~ I want to tell you~”

Kkokkooooooo!

As always, Kim Kkokko’s harmony followed!

Hearing it, the sole audience member naturally smiled.

“Ah, the sea~ Hwooo~”

Kkokkooo!

“Wohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoho~”

Kkooooooooooo!!

– The Watcher says they’re grateful to be alive, grateful for the wonderful song, and hopes that they’ll definitely survive to have a drink together someday.

After a few more drinks, Ji Yeonwoo fell asleep next to Kim Kkokko.

Kim Kkokko sighed and spread her wings to cover Ji Yeonwoo like a blanket.

The Watcher, who had been watching this tender scene, left, and Kim Kkokko, brooding her eggs, also buried her head in her body and closed her eyes.

She didn’t need to sleep, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t.

Swoosh.

Swoooosh.

The gentle waves.

It couldn’t be anything but a romantic night.

But soon after, Kim Kkokko’s sensitive nose caught a strange smell.

Kkokko…!?

She turned her head toward it.

There was something swaying like a rocking stone in the waves.

The corpse of the bull shark.

That unpleasant smell,

was coming from there.

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“Ughhh……”

Ji Yeonwoo, who had overindulged again (…2 drinks), woke up groggily.

As soon as he got up, he felt a warmth comparable to lightning goose feathers covering him.

‘It’s Kkokko!’

He remembered.

Ji Yeonwoo had fallen asleep in Kim Kkokko’s embrace.

Kim Kkokko had covered him with her wings like a blanket.

“Kkokko, thank you?”

As soon as he raised his head,

he was met with Kim Kkokko’s displeased expression.

“Huh? Why do you look so upset…?”

Ji Yeonwoo stopped mid-sentence and covered his nose.

A strange, fishy smell was mixed with the pleasant sea breeze.

When he turned his head, he saw the corpse of the bull shark.

“Ugh… Right. That thing.”

Ji Yeonwoo immediately jumped up.

Whether it’s an F-grade monster or a B-grade monster… this isn’t a computer game world. There’s no convenient system where someone will clean up the corpse if you just leave it.

He had to clean it up himself.

Ji Yeonwoo himself.

“Hmm! What should I do?”

Normally, he would’ve just filleted it.

But it’s too big.

No, no matter how big it is, he could still fillet it piece by piece like fitting an elephant into a fridge, but the problem is that it’s a cartilaginous fish.

Cartilaginous fish adapt to saltwater using urea, but when they die, the urea decomposes and produces ammonia.

A representative example is the skate, a cartilaginous fish.

And ammonia inhibits the decay of organisms.

“Hmm, come to think of it, it’s not decaying.”

It’s fermenting.

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Of course, the result is the same.

The more it ferments, the stronger the ammonia smell will be.

“It’s not like skate, which tastes good when fermented….”

So, he had to deal with it as soon as possible.

“Hmm… I can’t fillet it, and I can’t just throw it away…!”

There’s no trash can here, and ultimately, he’s the one who has to deal with the trash. Here, Ji Yeonwoo has to handle everything 100%.

Ji Yeonwoo pondered deeply and came up with a decent idea.

“I can just cut off the unnecessary parts and throw them into the sea!”

Shark meat is still meat.

It’s nutrients.

The only ones who can process these nutrients are the fish that can eat it.

So if he cuts off all the fermenting parts of the shark and throws them into the sea, there’ll be a bull shark meat party underwater.

“Good idea.”

Now, all that’s left is the butchering.

And Ji Yeonwoo had the strength to handle the weight of this large bull shark.

His strength stat had increased enough to make this easy.

And so, the long-delayed time for butchering had come.

Ji Yeonwoo picked up a 30cm sashimi knife.

“It’s just big, but it’s the same…!”

Now he’ll cut open its belly, pull out the organs, and fillet it along the ribs into two large pieces.

Gulp.

Just as he was about to approach the shark,

– The Watcher connects.

– The Watcher is curious about what he’s doing.

“Ah! Watcher, you’re here? How’s the hangover?”

– The Watcher says they didn’t drink much. They ask what’s going on.

“Wow… As expected, you’re amazing, Watcher!”

Ji Yeonwoo explained what he was about to do.

The sudden fishy smell. The fermentation of the cartilaginous fish. Since he couldn’t eat it all, he planned to fillet the bull shark and scatter the pieces.

After hearing all that, the Watcher said they understood, and after seeing Ji Yeonwoo about to start butchering the bull shark with a 30cm sashimi knife, they added,

– The Watcher says that no matter how they think about it, such a small knife won’t be enough to butcher such a large bull shark.

“Well, that’s true….”

– They tell him to wait, as they think they can do something.

“Nngh!”

Who wouldn’t wait for their words?

If it’s the Watcher, who’s a genius, Ji Yeonwoo would believe them even if they said they could make soybean paste out of beans. Sure enough, within minutes, the system chimed with a welcome notification.

– Will you view the Watcher’s memory (5 minutes 12 seconds)?

Whoosh!

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