Chapter 70

At 12 o'clock in the morning, the group arrived safely at the dock with the help of the dim light of the lighthouse.

As it was getting late, the whole town fell into a dark sleep, except for the seafood stores and shipyards that were open 24 hours a day.

"Let's sell the fish and see how much money we can get in return." Taotao suggested. Everyone nodded and followed her off the boat to the seafood store.

The shop owner, a lean old man, heard them enter and immediately looked up from a pile of newspapers. "Back from sailing? What fish do you have? Let me see."

Taotao walked forward and showed the warehouse panel to the old man.

"Well, the quantity is not large, but the quality is pretty good. Okay, I'll take them all. Here are 310 sea coins." The old man said, taking out a few colorful shells from the rusty iron box and giving them to them.

Fenghuo was quite surprised. "So the sea currency refers to shells? Doesn't that mean it's incompatible with the gold and silver coins of the Pergas Continent?"

Xia Mo laughed at him: "It's not universal, but these shells can be exchanged for points. The points determine the ranking of our team in a week." From this point of view, doesn't it work?

Fenghuo chuckled: "That's right, I was only thinking about money~"

I earned 310 sea coins here, but before I could even use them, 160 were paid out at the shipyard.

Tang Sheng looked at the balance in his account with a distressed look. "With all this going in and out, I only earned 150 points for the entire day... Not even half of that. I'm feeling numb."

The trouble is yet to come, Xia Mo smiled and shook his head. In the future, the overall reinforcement of the power boat, the upgrading of accessories, the purchase of fishing gear... all of these will cost money. If the team does not plan the funds well, it is possible that they will not earn many points in a week.

The fishing boat sets out at a fixed time of 6 a.m., which is more than 5 hours before the next morning.

It looked quite long, but it was actually only 6.25 minutes, so everyone simply returned to the boat and took the opportunity to rest.

The waves slowly hit the pier, making a pleasant rhythmic sound.

The boat sways with the water, and it is easy for people on board to fall asleep if they relax a little.

In order to avoid falling asleep, everyone started chatting spontaneously.

"Hey, swordsman, why are you so silent? Come and chat with everyone~" After getting familiar with everyone during the day, Fenghuo spoke more boldly.

The swordsman looked up at him expressionlessly. "What are you talking about? Why didn't you listen to Mo Se's advice and insisted on sailing the boat far away, causing us to encounter a sea monster, resulting in us losing 40% of our fish and spending 160 sea coins on repairs?"

The swordsman's voice was very cold, and his words were almost flat. At this moment, he spoke like a machine gun, making Fenghuo blush with mockery.

“…S-Sorry…” He lowered his head guiltily.

The swordsman snorted coldly and turned away from him.

Taotao smiled and tried to lighten the mood: "It's okay. This is our first time on a sea adventure, so we don't have much experience. We'll learn from our mistakes and we'll learn in the future~"

Tang Sheng tried to smooth things over: "Yeah, yeah, it's normal to make mistakes when playing games. Just listen to Mo Se's instructions later, hahaha."

The awkward atmosphere was saved by the two of them, and they chatted about other things, and soon it was time to go out to sea the next day.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the sun rose from the sea level in the east. Xia Mo got up from the deck and noticed that the dock was much more crowded than "yesterday".

There are at least twenty more docked power boats, which means that more and more players are participating in sea adventure activities. They have to go out to sea faster to avoid fighting with those boats later.

So he asked everyone, "Who will be in charge of driving the boat today?"

After what happened yesterday, Fenghuo was absolutely afraid to recommend himself. He shrank his neck and gestured to show that he would never touch the boat today.

Tang Sheng opened his mouth and seemed to want to take the job, but when he met the swordsman's hawk-like eyes, he immediately took back the words in his throat.

Taotao saw their reactions and said softly, "If there's no one here, then I..."

Before he could even utter the word "come", the swordsman interrupted him: "I'll drive the boat."

Taotao relaxed her brows and smiled indifferently: "Okay, then you come."

Xia Mo had no objection.

The swordsman's keenness in detecting sea monsters yesterday was enough to prove her high perception, which is what is needed for sailing on the sea. In addition, she is taciturn and doesn't like to participate in team chats. Xia Mo thinks she is actually very suitable to go to the bow and steer the ship alone.

The power boat shifted to second gear and set off with a hum.

But this time the ship did not sail east, but west.

Tang Sheng was a little puzzled: "Swordsman, why are you going west?"

Common sense tells us that it is safer to sail on familiar routes at sea.

The swordsman replied calmly, "How about you see how many ships are heading east now?"

Tang Sheng was startled and turned to look to the east.

You don't know until you see it. As soon as he saw it, he exclaimed: "Wow, so many ships have gone to the east?"

The same boats as theirs that were docked at the dock just now, whether out of herd mentality or for some other reason, all suddenly sailed eastward.

It would be strange if there is no fighting in the eastern waters later.

Tang Sheng immediately understood the swordsman's intention and gave her a thumbs up in appreciation: "The swordsman is amazing."

Most of the ships went east, but there were still a small group of people chasing after them.

On a certain ship, the player at the helm excitedly called out to his teammates, "Brothers, there's a ship ahead. How about we go and steal the fish in their warehouse later?"

"Sure, but how do we grab it?" the fishing teammates responded.

The helmsman grinned and said, "I have a plan. We will..."

The sound was blown away by the sea breeze, and except for the people on the speaker's boat, Xia Mo and the others knew nothing about it.

The sea in the west is actually wider than that in the east and has more abundant fish.

With the experience of "yesterday's" fishing, Taotao and Tang Sheng were much more efficient today, but the latter's luck was still bad. He caught worthless blue mackerel several times, which made Tang Sheng very resentful.

"Swordsman, you're so lucky, can you give me some? I'm almost dying from the blue mackerel."

The swordsman hummed, "Let's go to Lawrence Cathedral and say a prayer."

"What?! Cathedral? Are you referring to the one in the royal city?" Tang Sheng stared, unable to believe that the swordsman with an icy face was actually a superstitious person.

The swordsman ignored his surprise and just said "hmm".

Tang Sheng: ...

If he didn't know who the swordsman was, he would have almost thought that the other party was joking with him: "...Uh, does praying work?" He was very skeptical.

Just like the Buddhist temples in his hometown, if burning incense and praying to Buddha worked, would his family be living such a miserable life?

Without explaining whether it was useful or not, the swordsman only replied: "If you believe it, it exists; if you don't believe it, it doesn't exist."

He was choked for a moment, but Fenghuo became interested.

As if he had forgotten how she lectured him before, he exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, Swordsman, I didn't expect you to be a believer in metaphysics! So, how do you pray? Does it cost money?"

Perhaps annoyed by the questions, Xia Mo heard her tone become even colder: "Go to the church and ask yourself. I'm not an encyclopedia and I'm not responsible for answering."

Fenghuo cried out in frustration after being retorted.

Tang Sheng chuckled.

Fenghuo rolled his eyes at him unconvincedly: "What are you laughing at? You're still being criticized."

Taotao laughed softly beside him: "But I feel like you, Fenghuo, seem to be being criticized more~"

Fenghuo: Damn it! Why does everyone bully him? TT

A few people were joking with each other. Xia Mo raised her eyebrows as she watched from the side. After laughing, she took to heart the swordsman's suggestion to pray.

I didn't expect "Protoss" to have this feature? Going to the cathedral can actually change your luck.

Xia Mo admitted that she was deeply moved.

Her face has never been white, and she dreams of becoming prosperous!

She silently noted this matter and decided to go to the cathedral to pray devoutly as soon as the sea activities were over!

Taotao was lucky today, catching more than 10 bluefin tuna in a row.

Xia Mo's own catch was similar to "yesterday's", also more than 10 fish, but there were a few blue mackerel mixed in. After catching them, she threw them back into the sea with a speechless look on her face;

Tang Sheng's luck was not as good as "yesterday". He at least caught one deformed fish "yesterday", but he caught none today.

On the contrary, the novice Fenghuo not only caught two deformed cod right away, but also unexpectedly caught a new species.

"Hmm, what is this? It's so flat~" he asked excitedly.

Xia Mo took a look and said, "White flounder, a fish from shallow waters."

"Can it be sold for money?" Ever since entering the sea area, Fenghuo's mind has been filled with the only thing about making money.

Xia Mo nodded: "It can be sold."

Fenghuo immediately smiled brightly: "That's good, hehe!"

After saying that, he turned around and continued fishing.

Within a few seconds, the fishing rod informed him that he had made another successful catch. He excitedly reeled in the fishing line, and a fish that was a circle larger than the white-spotted flounder was thrown onto the deck.

"Damn, Fenghuo, you're so lucky! You can even catch such a big fish!" Tang Sheng looked at the big yellow-brown flat fish with envy.

After recognizing what the fish was, Xia Mo couldn't help but sigh. It seemed like fortunes change, but it just couldn't happen to her?

"Boss, boss, what kind of fish is this?" Fenghuo was completely unaware of her groaning and asked her excitedly.

Xia Mo was upset, but he didn't show it on his face: "The stingray is also a shallow water fish. Its meat is relatively delicious and suitable for use as seafood dishes."

"Wow, you even know how to cook seafood. You're worthy of being a big shot!" Fenghuo gave her a thumbs up without hesitation.

Xia Mo's mouth twitched.

How could she not know that in her previous life as a cook, she had made many mistakes when cooking stingrays...

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is already 3:30 in the afternoon.

In order to get back before dark, the swordsman steered the boat on time and started the return journey.

However, at this moment, a ship suddenly appeared in front of them.

The ship suddenly stopped and everyone on board staggered.

"This guy is sick, isn't he afraid of a ship collision?" Fenghuo rubbed his stomach which was hurt by the collision, then raised his head and glared at the ship in front of him unhappily.

As soon as he finished speaking, a variety of skills suddenly fell towards them, causing black smoke to rise from the deck.

[Warning! The hull is slightly damaged, and the fish in the warehouse have dropped 10%]

Familiar warnings, familiar fish drops. Yesterday's sea monster attack had already left them devastated at the loss of a portion of their stockpile. They'd planned to catch more today to recoup their losses, but the boat had been caught off guard by the attack, resulting in another 10% loss!

Can they tolerate this?!

cannot! ! !

Tang Sheng was already in a bad mood because he didn't catch any deformed species. Now that he was provoked, he was worried about having no place to vent his anger. He immediately grabbed his bow and arrow and shot at the opposite boat!

Perhaps anger is the best motivation. Yesterday, his hit rate was only 30%, but now he has shot the same person three times in a row! And it was the team's healing priest.

The opponent had no time to dodge and fell to the deck in an instant, turning into a ray of light and disappearing on the ship.

If a player dies while out at sea, he will be resurrected at the dock of Yayaro Town. This means that the opponent will have one less person, which is more advantageous for them.

Killing one of the opponents right away boosted the team's morale.

Tang Sheng took advantage of the victory and continued to shoot arrows while running on the deck, killing another warlock on the opposite side.

Fenghuo was stunned: "How come your accuracy has improved so much in just one night?!"

I was at the bottom of the ranking just like him yesterday, so why did I suddenly explode today?

Tang Sheng smiled innocently: "I've always been like this when playing Hunter. It depends a lot on the state."

When the condition is good, 100% hit rate plus critical hit; when the condition is bad, it will be like "last night", and you can't hit the target once in half a day.

After hearing their conversation, Xia Mo roughly understood what Tang Sheng was like - a state-based player.

Performance on the battlefield is not determined by attributes, but by the status of the day.

Teaming up with such players is like opening a blind box, the main thing is a heartbeat.

Xia Mo was thankful that he was in good condition at the moment, and he walked around to the front of them, lowered his head to avoid an arrow from the opposite side, and threw Xingmie out.

Boom! Snap!

The freezing effect was triggered, and all three people on the opposite ship were frozen.

"It's over, boss, we're frozen!"

"Boss, what should we do? The warlock and the nurse are both dead, and there's no one to heal us!"

The two teammates were crying at the top of their lungs on the deck, so loud that even Xia Mo could hear it clearly.

The man called Boss gritted his teeth, feeling very angry.

What damn luck! They finally intercepted the opposite ship, but who knew there was ink on it!

The world's number one violent actress, Guan Mo Se, how could they possibly win?! It would be great if they weren't blasted to dust.

Knowing that he was no match for her, he took a deep breath in frustration. As soon as the freezing ground beneath his feet stopped, he grabbed the steering wheel from the person next to him, turned and accelerated, and fled in a hurry.

"Swordsman, steer the ship and chase after him."

After attacking them for no reason and causing them to drop 10% of their fish, Xia Mo would never let them escape.

Hearing her command, the swordsman adjusted the bow of the boat without saying a word and chased after her.

In the western waters, the two power boats were fighting fiercely, neither of them losing.

Players who happened to pass by this area were attracted by this scene.

"What happened to that ship up ahead? It's being chased so hard."

"Who knows? What if the ship behind wants to steal the warehouse of the ship in front?"

"No, look! The one wielding the weapon on the boat behind seems to be Ink!"

"Hmm? Ink color?! Let me see!"

When the ID "Mo Se" was mentioned, all players became alert and looked into the distance intently.

"It really is her! If that's the case, then the person in front must have provoked Mo Se and the others. Now they're in big trouble. I guess they can't even get back to the dock~"

They are gloating over the fire from the other side of the river.

"Why pick on the world's number one when you can pick on anyone else? Isn't her record of beating people impressive enough? My friends who are being chased, please accept my condolences."

The players either laughed or teased each other, but after seeing the two boats gradually sail away, they withdrew their gaze and continued their fishing.

In the distance, the three people being chased were sweating profusely with nervousness.

Unable to get rid of it, the helmsman glanced at the stern with a grim face and found that he couldn't get rid of it at all!

Not only that, at the same second gear speed, the latter actually caught up a distance! Absurd!

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became. When he saw a cliff on the water in front of him, he didn't think twice and rushed in with the bow of the boat.

Xia Mo raised the corner of his lips: "No need to chase, just wait outside."

The swordsman was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know why she asked this, he still obediently stopped the engine and stopped the boat at the edge of the cliff.

After a few seconds, suddenly, everyone heard a few screams from inside, followed by boom, gulp... various sounds of people falling into the water.

A large school of fish came out from inside. Xia Mo raised his hand and everyone hurriedly threw out their fishing hooks to fish.

Thanks to the falling rocks from the cliff, thanks to the attackers’ sacrifice, and thanks to God’s gift, because of this wave of turmoil, the fish hiding in the cliffs fled out one after another.

They had a great harvest of red-scaled ocean bass, sturdy black tiger mackerel, blackmouth salmon and striped sawfish!

This not only filled up the 10% that had originally been dropped, but also added a lot of new items to the warehouse. Several people laughed heartily as they looked at the warehouse grids that were filled to the brim.

Xia Mo patted the swordsman's shoulder and said, "Go back quickly, it's getting late."

They return at 3:30, and according to the normal pace, they can return to the dock before 5 o'clock.

However, because of this sneak attack and pursuit, they wasted a lot of time, and now it was getting dark, so they had to hurry.

The swordsman hummed, turned around and rushed back.

Unfortunately, when the boat was halfway there, the sun set again.

Fortunately, this time they did not encounter the sea monster like yesterday. Relying on the compass on the boat and Xia Mo's patient guidance, the swordsman steered the boat steadily into the dock.

Seafood store.

They sold all the fish and earned a total of 1,600 sea coins. After deducting 100 for repairing the power boat, they made a net profit of 1,500!

Including the 150 points from "yesterday", this adventure activity has accumulated a total of 1,650 points, ranking 18th.

Fenghuo was a little surprised: "Why is it only 18? We have a great harvest today!"

He thought they were at least in the top few, at least in the top ten, but he didn't expect them to be ranked 18th, and this was before some players even joined.

If they join later, their ranking will definitely drop further.

When he thought of this, Fenghuo, who had been somewhat expectant at first, couldn't help but become depressed.

Tao Tao comforted him: "Don't be so discouraged, today is only the first day, we still have 6 chances, don't be afraid~"

Tang Sheng also stepped forward: "Yes, there is a familiarization process at the beginning. When you come in tomorrow, you will definitely be much more proficient."

The swordsman stood beside him, still expressionless.

Xia Mo checked the time and saw that there was still some time left before leaving the map, so he suggested, "Let's buy two pieces of deep-sea fishing gear, and replace the boat lights and engines with better ones. We should also expand the warehouse grid a bit so that we can go fishing in the deep-sea area tomorrow and catch more fish."

Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. Relying solely on the configuration of their current power ships, they can at best maintain their current ranking. If they want to move to a higher ranking, they still have to go to the ocean area.

Everyone thought about it and felt that this was indeed the case, so they nodded and agreed to pay for the replacement.

Xia Mo immediately went to the shipyard and asked for two new fishing gear, a level 2 boat light, and a level 2 engine, spending a total of 580 sea coins.

With this move, they dropped two places in the rankings.

However, everyone was mentally prepared for this. They just glanced at the dropped ranking and didn't take it too seriously. Then they agreed to continue their sea adventure at this time tomorrow morning, and then they left and exited the map.

We stayed at sea for two days and two nights, and when we came out, it was only one hour away from the mainland.

Thinking about the luck change in the cathedral that the swordsman mentioned, Xia Mo didn't think twice, pulled out the little black horse, and rushed to the royal city.