novelhk Chapter 81 This area also needs cleaning
Chapter 81 This area also needs cleaning
Chapter 81 This area also needs cleaning
The captain of the ghost pirate ship was experienced in combat and reacted extremely quickly. Without thinking, he reached behind his head with lightning speed!
He grabbed the black beetle that hadn't had a chance to fly away!
At the same time, his other hand swiftly snatched the dark blue venomous stinger from the beetle's forelimb!
His gaze swept over the game item description panel that automatically appeared next to the poison stinger, and the pirate captain's face instantly turned ashen! Fear and rage instantly clouded his judgment!
"Damn it! I wasted one of my life-saving items! Those damned bugs!"
He angrily launched into a tirade of curses; the protective membrane was clearly a precious, one-time-use consumable.
In a fit of rage, he threw the thorns far away, then vented his anger by slamming the beetle onto the deck and crushing it to pieces. However, just as he crushed the beetle and relaxed his guard, a sharp pain, as if a red-hot steel needle had been plunged into his hand, suddenly came from the tiger's mouth of the hand that had been gripping the beetle!
"Ah!" he cried out in pain, instinctively raising his hand, only to find a small, almost transparent jellyfish tentacle attached to the web of his palm!
"A crystal vein jellyfish?"
Before the pirate captain could even check what kind of creature's tentacles they were, the excruciating pain in his hand quickly spread to his entire arm. Then his chest tightened, and his throat felt as if it were being choked by an invisible hand, making it incredibly difficult to breathe!
He opened his mouth in vain, trying to inhale, but could only make a hoarse sound like a broken bellows. His vision went black, and his limbs began to twitch and go numb uncontrollably.
"Uh... Heh..."
He staggered backward, trying to pull something out of his pocket, but his numb fingers wouldn't obey him.
He stared in horror, and just minutes later, the captain of the "Ghost Pirate Ship," who had terrorized countless people in Division 522, collapsed onto the deck of his dilapidated pirate ship due to asphyxiation caused by complete paralysis of his respiratory muscles, and never made a sound again.
Yu Wang slowly approached the Little Yellow Duck, and after confirming that the other party was completely dead, he felt little emotion.
"In a naval battle where both sides have ample reserves of basic materials and it is a fight to the death, the best option is to assassinate the captain."
"Without the captain's control and authorization, the ship's systems cannot proactively access the materials stored in the ship's hold to perform continuous self-repair and maintain their functionality."
Yu Wang continued to explain, "Otherwise, it would be common for two well-supplied ships to engage in a fierce battle that could last for three to five days or even longer, eventually exhausting their resources."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xinlan nodded thoughtfully.
Yu Wang also sighed. In the past, when there was a fight, the captain would hide wherever it was safe. It had been too long since he had seen a captain who stood on the deck like a fool and became a target.
"Zhang Xinlan." Yu Wang snapped out of his thoughts and turned to his companion beside him.
"Go board the ship and seize the Ghost Pirate."
"Huh? Me?" Zhang Xinlan was a little surprised and pointed to herself.
"Yes, you," Yu Wang affirmed. "The 'Ghost Pirate Ship' skill, which consumes pearl coins to teleport to a player whose true name is known, is a perfect match for your 'Eagle Eye' talent."
If you make an enemy in the future, first find out their real name. There's no need to confront them head-on; if you can't beat them, just run away. You can harass them, launch sneak attacks, or disrupt their important operations—in short, even if you can't kill them, you'll annoy them to death and severely hinder their development.
As Zhang Xinlan listened to Yu Wang's description, her eyes gradually brightened.
She appears honest on the surface but is actually mischievous and quick-witted. This kind of "appearing and disappearing unpredictably and annoyingly" behavior is exactly to her liking!
Looking back at this battle, from the initial surprise attack to the successful counterattack, the entire process was actually exceptionally short.
From the moment the ghost pirate ship appeared, the two sides confronted each other, opened fire, and finally the pirate captain died from poisoning, the entire process took less than thirty minutes.
Most of the time, it was all about stalling for time, waiting for the rhinoceros beetle to fly over in a big detour with its thorns.
Lin Che, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded.
He thought that the moment the ghost pirate ship appeared, he was already fish on a chopping board, and his life was over.
Unexpectedly, the two "heroes" and "heroines" encountered in the midst of the desperate situation staged an amazing comeback!
The immense joy and shock of surviving the ordeal left him almost speechless. After a long while, he finally mustered the courage to say, "Big brothers—thank you for saving me! I have nothing now, so—can we add each other as friends? I can make it up to you later?"
Yu Wang was also quite optimistic about the potential of Lin Che's "Witchcraft Ship".
Although they are currently in different zones and cannot form a fixed fleet due to game rules, the possibility of them connecting as friends and cooperating in the future exists.
If he needs to acquire something in the future, and 444 doesn't have it, he'll have another option, increasing his chances of finding it.
More importantly, there is a special item in the game called "Region Transfer Permit".
"No problem. Live well and strive to develop." Yu Wang nodded, accepted Lin Che's friend request, and suggested, "If you're lucky enough to find an item like a 'region transfer permit' in the future, you can consider transferring to our 444 region."
Lin Che's eyes lit up at the implied invitation, which was clearly intended to recruit him, and he immediately nodded vigorously: "Yes! I will definitely try my best!"
Then, I saw the new member in my friends list.
ID: You're going to hit the jackpot! "!!!! Oh my god—!!"
Meanwhile, Zhang Xinlan had already boarded the ghost pirate ship that had lost its owner.
After the game prompt appears, select "Bind". Thus, the "Ghost Pirate Ship" officially changes hands.
Upon opening the cabin and seeing the stored supplies, even though Zhang Xinlan had already prepared herself mentally, she still gasped in shock.
"It's truly amazing—they've scraped the ground clean!" she exclaimed.
Perhaps because the Ghost Pirate Ship itself had a wooden hull, the former captain focused on collecting timber, and the storage space contained a staggering 70,000 units of wood!
Plastic is one of the most common floating objects at sea, with a stockpile of 40,000 units!
The most precious empty core fragments number a whopping 130! This is likely the number gathered by squeezing most of the survivors in the 522nd section.
There were countless other metal parts, fiber ropes, stone, small amounts of rubber, and even some miscellaneous items and low-level drawings of unknown purpose!
This is almost half of the hard-earned resources gathered together from the blood and sweat of this region!
Yu Wang didn't stand on ceremony and took about two thousand units of various basic materials, mainly to upgrade the two "water rocket cannons" on his ship from level 2 to level 3.
"It was wise of me not to rush to level up to level 3 earlier."
Yu Wang looked at the water rocket cannon, whose power, range, and durability had all been significantly improved after the upgrade, and thought to himself.
If it had been a level 3 water cannon from the start, the power and effect of firing would have been completely different. It would likely have scared away the cautious ghost pirate ship immediately, and there would have been no "entrapment" and subsequent treasure hunt.
At this moment, there are only five hours left until the "Nightfall" settlement time in the game.
Yu Wang was still focused on improving his ranking on the "Pioneer Milestones" list, and time was running out.
He left Lin Che enough materials to repair the battered wooden boat and enough basic materials to upgrade it to level 2, thus returning the materials to their rightful owner.
"We part ways here. Take care!" Yu Wang nodded to Lin Che.
"Take care! Thank you so much, boss!" Lin Che was extremely grateful.
After repairs, the horrifying holes blasted into the hull by cannon fire have been patched up, and the "Little Yellow Duck" looks brand new.
Yu Wang turned the boat around and pushed the speed to its current limit, making a final effort to break into the "mileage leaderboard".
The base speed is 10 knots, and the turbocharger speed is 2.2 times faster.
In five hours, without using any active skills, he could cover at least 100 nautical miles. This distance was enough to solidify his position on the leaderboard.
Yu Wang doesn't have any specific goal right now; he's just "keeping his course and heading straight along the ancient route."
He's interested in checking out the island with the coordinates given by "Mad Shark".
But after a storm, the tamarind trees on the island may be in grave danger, and going there might just be a wasted trip.
The recent battle also had some impact on the interior of the "Little Yellow Duck". The black gunpowder ash left after the cannon fire drifted into the cabin through the cracks in the loosened windows, covering the interior walls and surfaces with a thin layer of black dust.
Zhang Xinlan couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she picked up a rag and joined Duck A and Duck C in cleaning.
The two ducks flapped their nimble wings, rubbing them together enthusiastically.
As for the "Ghost Pirate" that had just been captured—Zhang Xinlan only stayed on it for less than ten minutes before fleeing back.
The ship was big enough, but the cabins smelled musty and had a strong fishy stench.
She now understood why the former pirate captain, despite having a relatively comfortable cabin, always preferred to stand on the deck.
It's not that I'm showing off, I'm genuinely afraid of being suffocated by the fumes!
As they tidied up, Zhang Xinlan and the two ducks brought the shrine to the front.
The rough stone statue in the shrine also seemed to have suffered, with a thin layer of black gunpowder ash covering its surface.
"I apologize in a low voice," Zhang Xinlan said, then took a clean, soft cloth and carefully began to wipe the stone statue.
She started with the statue's "face," gently brushing away the dust. The statue's roughly carved features seemed clearer after the dust was wiped away.
Just as she finished wiping her face and was about to wipe her body, the statue raised its chin, indicating that it needed to be wiped here as well.
"Okay, sure."
Then, very naturally, he raised one arm to indicate that there was more below his arm.
Zhang Xinlan subconsciously replied, "Okay, here too—" She suddenly realized what she was saying and froze instantly!
She slowly, little by little, raised her head, her gaze moving from the statue's shoulder to its rough face.
"Yu—Yu Wang." She lowered her voice, her throat a little dry.
"What is it?"
"You tell me, is it normal for a stone statue to move?"
"Of course, didn't you see the statue kick the demon in the dungeon before?"
Zhang Xinlan was taken aback by his reminder, and realized that he was right; she had been making a fuss over nothing.
She then completed the cleaning work with the help of the stone statue.
By the time the simple cleaning work on the ship was completed, it was already getting dark.
On the distant horizon, the last rays of sunset are being swallowed by the deep blue twilight, foreshadowing the approaching night.
Just then, a voice rang in the minds of all the survivors.
【Ding dong! 】
Long time no see! To the warriors who survived that great storm!
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