"Well..."

When Zhou Zhong looked at him with his hawk-like gaze, Zheng Hao was taken aback.

In the original story, Zhou Hang won first place in the Azure Domain Relay Race, and Zhou Yuanshan wanted to reward him. The old servant suggested that he go to the Zhou Family Warehouse to get something.

As for what he took?

That package contains the [Shattered Star - Hardness] component!

Upon closer reflection, the character of the old servant really did lay a lot of groundwork for Zhou Hang.

Knowing so much information, being a member of the Merchant Ship Alliance Silver Card, and possessing the "propeller component" from the Mountain and Sea Academy Warehouse, his identity is likely similar to that of the Merchant Ship Alliance's president—both were members of the Shattered Star team back then.

The protagonist is indeed the protagonist...

Such support is something we are born with.

What a pity...

The plot has now changed drastically.

Narrowing his eyes, Zheng Hao reacted quickly, casually explaining, "Actually, it's nothing! I have a [Propeller Component] here, it's a set, and the bonus is very small."

"Through Chairman Wu's information, I learned that among the ship girl fragments salvaged by [King of the Distant Mountains], there might be a part of my [set component]. Of course, I wanted to come in and look for it!"

She explained without blushing or skipping a beat.

Zheng Hao remained quite calm.

Even if Zhou Zhong found the [Shattered Star - Hardness] component right under his nose, he wouldn't think anything of it.

After all, the eldest son of the Zhou family wouldn't be interested in a component with such poor attributes.

"oh?"

"is that so?"

"Then you guys go ahead and look..."

Brushing the dust off his shoes, Zhou Zhong showed no intention of leaving, simply standing quietly to the side and watching.

Helpless, Zheng Hao glanced at Mo Yurou and the other girls, and instructed, "Everyone, split up and search together. That [component] should be a pure black scroll. Let me know when you find it!"

"good!"

The women responded and immediately crawled into the ruins to search.

"Click~"

"Click~"

Old ship planks, blackened propellers, tattered sails...

All sorts of [ship girl] fragments are piled up together, like finding treasures in a garbage dump.

As the wreckage was turned over, dust filled the air.

"Cough cough cough~"

"Cough cough cough~"

Bai Huanhuan and Jian Qinghan frowned and coughed, searching for what seemed like forever, their faces darkening, but all they found were fragments! Where was this [Black Scroll]?

"Zheng Hao...do you really have [component] scrolls?"

"All I see here is wreckage..."

Bai Huanhuan complained, and Zheng Hao pushed aside a pile of ship planks, instantly causing a swarm of sea worms to crawl out, making him frown.

"That's strange..."

"It should be right here..."

"Click click click~"

"Click click click~"

Amidst the murmurs of the group, only Mo Yurou... kept dragging a wooden plank in a corner. As if guided by some unseen force, some kind of intuition, she was frantically searching in one direction!

After large planks of wood fell off, a pair of... a pair of white stockings were pasted on the back of a pitch-black deck...

Yes!

A pair of white stockings.

"Hmm..."

When no one was watching, Mo Yurou grabbed the pair of white stockings. The white stockings instantly curled and twisted, transforming into a black scroll that appeared in Mo Yurou's hand!

"Found it!"

"ah?!"

Mo Yurou's voice rang out, and everyone looked at her in disbelief!

The girl unfolded the black scroll in her hand, revealing the outline of a jet-black ship. This time, only the hull of the ship bore unique, shimmering black star patterns.

【Shattered Star - Hardness - Component】.

[No rating]

[Effect: Increases hardness by 1 after wearing.]

When the component's properties were displayed, everyone's expression froze.

It's not that these attributes are too good...

But the attributes displayed are just too terrible!!!

"Why?"

"My house... actually has one of these things?"

"How come I didn't know that before?"

After taking a quick look at the [Durability] component from afar, Zhou Zhong immediately lost interest.

joke!

"Hardness +1"?

no?

These days, even "C-grade components" can provide a +15 increase in durability.

"+1" [Hardness]?

What's so useless?

Zhou Zhong frowned in disgust after just one glance at the scroll: "Take it! I don't know what effect this thing will have once you collect it all, but as I see it... wait until you collect it all?"

"I've saved up enough money to buy the [S-grade components]!"

"Let's go!"

"Zheng Hao, I'm waiting for you upstairs!"

Zhou Zhong waved his hand dismissively, his face showing disgust.

He was unaware of the hidden effect of the [Shattered Star - Hardness] component: it can grow.

Of course, even if he knew, given his financial resources to buy [S-grade components], he could instantly purchase [components] with "+3" or "40" hardness, but he might not even be interested in the slowly improving [Shattered Star - Hardness] component.

Almost the instant [Mo Yurou] found the scroll, the system's voice sounded again.

Congratulations! You have successfully obtained the "Shattered Star - Hardness" component!

[You have plundered two strands of the protagonist Zhou Hang's destiny!]

[Shattered Star - Hardness Component: Hardness +2. Permanently increases hardness by +2 after the next match!]

[The Shattered Star Propeller Component will grant a permanent +3 Speed ​​boost after the next race!]

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