Even though the sound attack could knock out anything within 30 feet of the base, and even kill weaker mutated creatures, it still felt useless compared to real weapons. Caroline was about to curse when she noticed a new line of text appear at the bottom of the mobile base panel. She tapped it open. It read, "Supportive attacks are still attacks." Caroline's mouth twitched. So the base knew people would complain about this feature and had written an excuse ahead of time. She kicked the wall. "Give back my energy. I want to switch to defense! This space system really is the worst." The wall replied with a long "Aaaaahhhh..." Caroline didn't get mad. She could always hunt more mutated creatures and keep upgrading the wall. There were plenty of functions left to unlock anyway. What she didn't know was that the feature she mocked today would become incredibly useful later. Every morning, any mutated creature that wandered within 30 feet of the base would get blasted by the sound attack. On lucky days, Caroline would wake up and collect a few hundred dead mutated flies or mosquitoes. The feature practically refilled the mobile base's energy for free. Later, Caroline loved this system so much she upgraded it twice. But that was two months later. Right now, she released almost all the animals Denton and Nelson had rounded up, keeping only a few in her storage space. She stored all the mutated mantis corpses, cleaned up the area with her ability, and finally prepared to check her storage space. The moment she entered, Jasper ran toward her. His big watery eyes blinked up at her. "Caroline, that giant fish seems depressed. Can we eat it?"Caroline froze. Giant fish? The Silver Arowana? How could a fish be depressed? She hurried to the vibrant fish pond. According to Jasper, ever since Marmy left, the giant fish had been acting strange. First, it searched the pond over and over, thrashing around, looking for Marmy. After failing many times, it fell silent. At first, it tried to attack Jasper when he teased it. Later, it ignored him. And then ... it started floating belly up, like a dead fish, drifting across the surface no matter how Jasper provoked it. When Caroline reached the pond, she saw exactly that. The giant fish floated belly up, drifting like a corpse. When it saw her, it barely rolled its dead-fish eyes. Not a hint of emotion. "Caroline, this storage space has never lost an animal before. Not in the ranch, not in the pond. If the giant fish dies here, won't that ruin my lifelong reputation?" Jasper wailed. Caroline had assumed Jasper was concerned about the fish. But after hearing it rant, she realized she was wrong—Jasper was more afraid of hurting its already nonexistent reputation. She crouched by the pond and poked the giant fish with her ability twice. No response. She didn't dare enter the water. What if the fish was pretending? But when she got up and cooked a bowl of the arowana's side-product—boiled fish, the dish she ended up with came with the description. "Extremely poisonous boiled fish. Consume and die within one second." She instantly knew the giant fish was truly in a terrible mood. "This fish has serious mental health issues," Caroline muttered. But she had no idea how to treat a depressed fish. She went to check the three monkey hairs Marmy had left behind, but nothing happened. Then she suddenly remembered the pile of fertilizer JunkEater had produced earlier. An idea sparked. Caroline sprinkled a handful into Farm One and waited. She made a wish in front of Farm One, hoping Marmy would return, asked Jasper to watch the giant fish, and left the storage space.Seeing the giant fish like this made one thing painfully clear. Intelligent creatures cannot be kept in confinement. The arowana had been a normal fish once, but after gaining wisdom, it developed thoughts and desires. It used to be the ruler of its territory. How could it ever be happy stuck in a tiny pond? Only time would tell whether Marmy would come back.