Universe Infinite Canteen

After a search, Ma Lu found himself with a pair of magnetic gloves and a doll.

The magnetic gloves function similarly to the gravity boots he acquired in the previous round; they can create a gravitational pull from thin air by altering the surrounding magnetic field to draw objects into his hand.

However, unlike the gravity boots, they cannot generate repulsive force, and their range is limited.

Within three steps, Ma Lu can quickly draw objects towards him with a flick of his hand. But beyond ten steps, the gravitational pull weakens significantly, and even if it can still attract objects, it takes much longer.

Overall, the gloves are quite useful, especially during looting. When Ma Lu spots something nearby, he doesn't need to walk over; just activating the magnetic gloves will make the item fly towards him, saving him a lot of trouble.

As for the doll, after tinkering with it for a while, Ma Lu discovered it wasn't entirely useless.

The doll comes with a recording feature; pressing its belly three times allows it to record up to 7 seconds, and pressing it once more plays back the recording, which can be used as a decoy when necessary.

Pleased with the two new pieces of equipment, Ma Lu continued forward, searching for passages to other floors.

Now equipped with handy tools and having saved his progress at a save point, he was actually hoping to encounter some space fish along the way to show off his skills and fill his collection bag.

Perhaps some supreme being in the universe heard his prayers.

Soon after, Ma Lu indeed encountered a new type of space creature.

They were a group of jellyfish, the size of a fist, quietly floating on the ceiling.

The jellyfish near the pipes were rust-colored, just like the pipes, while those under the lights were completely transparent, allowing light to pass through their bodies almost without hindrance.

But the most miraculous were the ones in the shadows, which could change their shades of black depending on the depth of the shadow.

Each jellyfish blended perfectly with its surroundings.

If not for the ingredient scanning feature of the Traveler's Bracelet, Ma Lu wouldn't even have noticed them.

— Mimic Jellyfish!

Ma Lu learned their name through the announcement from the Traveler's Bracelet.

These mimic jellyfish were different from the space fish species he had seen before; they seemed quite docile, and even when Ma Lu was less than two steps away, they showed no signs of aggression.

They just floated quietly in the air, their umbrella-shaped bodies opening and closing as if breathing.

However, Ma Lu did not let his guard down because the mimic jellyfish were 6-star ingredients, one star higher than the fierce Cannibal Zebra Fish he had encountered earlier.

Although the danger of the ingredients wasn't strictly tied to their star level, from his experience, higher-star ingredients were almost never easy to deal with.

The tastier the creature, the more likely it has the means to protect itself; otherwise, they would have been long devoured in the Multiverse.

Thus, Ma Lu did not advance further. He hesitated for a moment and also chose not to use his anesthetic darts because he hadn't found a suitable launching device yet, and throwing them by hand would make it difficult to aim accurately.

More importantly, since he only had three darts and hadn't found new equipment with similar functionality, Ma Lu preferred to save them for capturing higher star-level ingredients.

But Ma Lu didn't give up on the idea of taking the jellyfish back alive since they seemed quite approachable, and it was always worth a try.

Ma Lu held the Chef's Knife cautiously with one hand while activating the magnetic gloves with the other, grabbing a mimic jellyfish from midair.

As it approached, he turned off the suction of the gloves and sidestepped at the same time.

The mimic jellyfish, propelled by inertia, flew past Ma Lu and slammed into the wall beside him.

During that time, it did not launch any attacks, and the other jellyfish, seeing their companion being abducted, also showed no reaction, still floating leisurely on the ceiling.

Ma Lu, seeing that jellyfish bumping around in confusion, quickly grabbed the Collection Bag and cast it over.

Seeing most of the jellyfish's body being enclosed, Ma Lu felt a surge of joy, thinking he had successfully captured it.

But to his surprise, in the next moment, the jellyfish floated back out of the Collection Bag.

Moreover, it did not float out from the opening, but from the side of the Collection Bag, which startled Ma Lu.

Was the Collection Bag torn?

No, that can't be right; Old Wang had said it was indestructible when he gave it to him.

Ma Lu looked closely again and found that the Collection Bag was not torn; that layer still existed, just within the body of the Mimic Jellyfish.

And as the Mimic Jellyfish expanded and contracted, more plastic entered into its body.

Damn it! This thing is eating the Collection Bag!

Realizing this, Ma Lu jerked back violently, pulling the Collection Bag urgently.

But the jellyfish was now stuck on the Collection Bag, no matter how he shook it, he couldn't shake it off.

In desperation, Ma Lu picked up the Chef's Knife and stabbed towards it!

Under the effect of cutting through all ingredients, the Chef's Knife easily sliced the Mimic Jellyfish's body, but it was useless.

The divided body of the Mimic Jellyfish healed in less than half a second, looking as if nothing had happened.

So Ma Lu switched from slicing to chopping madly; every time the body of the Mimic Jellyfish was split, it quickly healed, and as Ma Lu increased the speed of his chops, its healing speed also increased.

After a while, Ma Lu achieved nothing but a sore wrist and a sweaty forehead, without any effect, and then he noticed something even more horrifying.

The Mimic Jellyfish had already eaten about half of the Collection Bag.

The plastic from the Collection Bag entered its body and even shrunk, becoming very miniature.

Ma Lu took a sharp intake of cold air; he was familiar with this effect, the infinite loading function inherent to the Collection Bag.

Theoretically, as long as the weight of the ingredients does not exceed the limit, no matter how much is put in, the Collection Bag can handle it.

And now, this small jellyfish seemed to have a similar ability.

Ma Lu then thought of its name.

No way, is its mimicry ability so strong, not only changing its color but also mimicking the environmental characteristics?!

Most crucially, the Collection Bag is not a common object, yet it could also mimic that.

In just a short time, the Mimic Jellyfish was about to completely consume the Collection Bag.

Afterward, it seemed to have set its sights on the Chef's Knife in Ma Lu's hand, beginning to stir restlessly.

Ma Lu did not give it the opportunity, activating the magnetic gloves, grabbed a cabinet, and smashed it onto the Mimic Jellyfish.

The latter was tightly sandwiched between the cabinet and the wall, smashed as thin as a sheet of paper, but as soon as Ma Lu moved the cabinet away, it quickly returned to its original form.

And during this time, Ma Lu's attention was all on the fight with this Mimic Jellyfish, not noticing that another jellyfish had landed on his back and merged with his clothes.