Chapter 77
The factory was none other than the ship repair yard that was also found in the small town of Yayaro.
However, Xia Mo did not intend to let everyone pay for repairing the boat. Although they encountered so many dangers in the afternoon, fortunately they escaped smoothly and the power boat was not damaged at all and was intact.
Then what was she doing at the shipyard?
As she spoke, everyone looked at her, not understanding what she was going to do.
Xia Mo smiled mysteriously: "We need to do a simple plane geometry problem."
Everyone: Huh?
Following her off the boat, they walked into the 24-hour shipyard. When the NPC saw them coming, their eyes lit up as if they had seen a bag of money delivered to their doorstep.
"Good evening everyone, how can I help you?"
After the NPC finished speaking, a price list of parts upgrades appeared in front of everyone.
Seeing the price listed above, Fenghuo exclaimed, "The prices here seem to be cheaper than in Yayalo Town?"
"Let me see. Wow, it really is!" Tang Sheng blinked in curiosity. "Why is that?"
Xia Mo remained silent. Tao Tao spoke softly, "Maybe it's because Isai Bay is relatively remote on the map? Prices in remote areas are usually cheaper."
That's exactly what happened. Tang Sheng nodded. Fenghuo had another question: "Then why didn't we come here when we upgraded the engine and lights? We could have saved a lot of money."
The swordsman looked at him gloomily. "Do you think we can safely sail into this bay on our first day in the sea?"
If they hadn't been forced into this harbor by the waterspout, they wouldn't have been able to get into it under normal circumstances. It's unsafe.
Fenghuo was choked by her words and shut up silently.
Taotao turned around and looked at Xia Mo: "What geometry problem are you talking about?"
Xia Mo raised his hand and enlarged the price list floating in front of him, using it as a projector to show everyone.
"Expanding a row of 1x10 warehouse grids costs 45 sea coins. Expanding a 3x5 grid costs 60. We have other sizes, too: 4x5, 5x5, 2x8... The prices are all different."
Following Xia Mo's finger, Tang Sheng couldn't help but frown.
"That price isn't right. Based on the 1*10 price, one storage grid costs 4.5 sea coins on average. But why doesn't the following specifications add up to this number?"
"Indeed, the unit price of grids of different specifications is different. The most expensive one I have seen so far is 4.8 sea coins, and the cheapest is 3.7." Although Fenghuo is sometimes dull-witted, as a miner who often deals with numbers, he is quite sharp in arithmetic and quickly found out the highest and lowest prices.
"But why is it set up like this? The same grid, just arranged in different shapes, why is the unit price different?" Fenghuo scratched his head, unable to figure out the reason.
Xia Mo thought for a moment and said, "If I have to give a precise reason, it's probably because of the arrangement. Think about the fish we caught. Some of them occupy 4*4 grids, some 1*3, and some 2*3. Different fish correspond to different sizes."
"Oh, I get it! It's just like the little game Tetris we played when we were kids. We need to put the blocks in every row perfectly, right?" Tang Sheng's eyes lit up and he looked at Xia Mo.
Xia Mo nodded. "That's what I mean. The 1*10 size is the most standard, so the price is not cheap, 4.5 sea coins. 1*8 and 2*7 are special-shaped grids, which will look rather odd in the warehouse, so the price is lower, only 3.7 sea coins."
"If we want to catch more fish on our return trip tomorrow and maximize our profits from selling the fish, we can buy 1*8 and 2*7 sizes to reduce our expenses. But then..."
Having said this, Xia Mo paused deliberately.
Taotao immediately understood what she meant: "This requires us to make a puzzle!"
Xia Mo smiled happily: "Yes. It's the simple plane geometry I mentioned before. Pair 1*8 and 2*7 together and see how to arrange them in the warehouse. It's most suitable for storing those deep-sea fish."
When Tang Sheng heard about playing puzzles, he immediately became interested because he often played this as a child. He rolled up his sleeves and started to piece things together.
Seeing that he was very interested, the others stood behind him, watching and making suggestions for movement.
As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. With the joint efforts of the five of them, half an hour later, they successfully pieced together a warehouse grid that, although irregular in shape, was definitely suitable for enlarging sharks.
"Is this it?" Tang Sheng looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.
Xia Mo nodded, indicating that it was okay.
Captain Taotao took money out of her account and gave it to the NPC, spending a total of 710 sea coins.
Seeing the money flowing out, Fenghuo choked up and felt a little distressed.
Time flies, day and night cycle, and a few people return to the boat to take a short rest. When they open their eyes again, it is 6 o'clock in the morning again.
Without further ado, Xia Mo immediately went to the bow of the boat to start the boat.
The power boat beeped out of the bay and into the open ocean area they had escaped yesterday.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the boat entered the sea, all kinds of wooden boards and debris floating on the sea came into everyone's sight.
Fenghuo opened his eyes wide: "Was this robbed?"
Tang Sheng lay on the side of the boat, looking down at the floating objects drifting away, and sighed with lingering fear: "Fortunately, we hid in the bay yesterday, otherwise we would have ended up like them today."
The boat broke apart, the characters died, and a whole day's hard work in fishing was wasted.
On the way back to Yayaro Town, we originally thought that only the players in the offshore area were hit by the natural disaster. However, after entering the offshore area, we found that the sea was still in a mess, even worse than the situation in the offshore area.
"What happened... How could it be so tragic..." Fenghuo blinked, looking at the floating objects of all sizes in disbelief. "Shouldn't a waterspout reach the offshore area?"
The sea near the coast is not deep enough, and the power of the waterspout will be reduced instantly when it comes in, so it should not cause any damage to the ship. But now... the sea is in a mess, and it must have suffered a big attack last night.
Xia Mo stared intently at the sea while carefully steering the boat, taking care to avoid floating objects.
To be honest, she didn't know what happened near the coast, but what was certain was that the coast was not calm last night.
From this perspective, she was right not to sail the boat to the town of Yayaro yesterday, otherwise she would have suffered a devastating disaster as well.
The boat finally returned to the dock, and the group hurriedly took the fish they caught yesterday and this morning to the seafood store to sell.
Since they caught only large ocean fish, 10% of which were deformed species, they earned a total of 18,600 sea coins.
Looking at this string of numbers, Fenghuo's eyes widened: "Oh my god! 18,000! A huge sum of money!"
You know, a few days ago, when they were catching fish, the most they could sell was barely 10,000 sea coins, but this time it was almost 20,000? It's incredible!
After the surprise, Fenghuo soon realized that this was the result of their expansion of the warehouse grid.
They expanded the space by 200 grids in total, which is equivalent to accommodating about 35 more sharks.
It was these 35 sharks that earned them an extra 8,000 yuan!
Previously, Fenghuo was heartbroken because he spent 710 sea coins for expansion, but now he didn't look heartbroken at all, instead he looked very happy.
The warehouse was emptied, and seeing that there was still some time, Xia Mo set off again and drove the boat to a shallow water area closer to the near sea, intending to let everyone fish again.
There are not many kinds of fish in the shallow waters of Yayaluo Town, just a few, such as the white-spotted flounder, black scorpionfish, stingray, conger eel, etc. that they caught before, but today Fenghuo and others caught a series of offshore species that they had never seen before.
The giant sawfish, the glowing firefly squid, the brightly colored red silk fish, the long barracuda, the luminous little octopus...
All new faces!
New, forget about it. According to the marine fish guide, these fish are quite valuable! Each one is worth 2-3 ordinary offshore fish. What kind of luck did they have?!
Not caring where the fish came from, fearing they would be gone in the next second, Fenghuo and his companions fished like gold diggers.
Soon, the sun set and Xia Mo went home and quickly returned to the dock.
They were a bit rushed this time, so they couldn't load too much into the warehouse, but considering the price per piece, they still managed to pocket a full 5,000 Sea Coins! That's still quite a profit!
Fenghuo excitedly clicked on the leaderboard: "I think we should be in the top ten!"
If we don’t get in, it will be unjust!
After saying that, his eyes fell directly on the last ranking on the first page...
However, after seeing that they were not ranked tenth, their expectations instantly dimmed.
How did this happen? Why aren't they in the top ten?
He refreshed the page again and again, hoping that the ranking list had not been updated, but no matter how he refreshed, the ranking remained unchanged.
A huge sense of loss suddenly filled my chest, coldly extinguishing my enthusiasm.
"What's wrong? Why do you look like you've lost a battle?" Tang Sheng looked at him with amusement, not understanding why he looked so devastated.
Fenghuo glanced at him and sighed helplessly: "Isn't it just a defeat..."
Seeing his weak appearance, Taotao chuckled and said, "Why don't you look forward again?"
Huh? Looking forward?
Fenghuo was stunned for a moment, his eyes moved upwards, and then stopped suddenly at a certain row.
Third? ! !
Wait, they actually made it to third place?!
Staring in disbelief at the third-place number and the ID following behind it, Fenghuo rubbed his eyes, confirming that he was not seeing things! His gloomy face suddenly blossomed with joy.
He hugged Tang Sheng excitedly and shouted repeatedly: "Ahhh, we are in the top three! We are really the best!"
"Yes, yes, I know we are all great...but brother, can you let me go, I can't breathe..." Tang Sheng struggled hard, with a look of despair on his face.
The swordsman stood nearby, rarely smiling. Although it was a fleeting smile, it was clear she was in a good mood. "Many ships have capsized in both the deep and coastal waters. Those teams haven't gained anything, and their rankings have plummeted. That's why we have a chance to climb back up."
"That's true." Taotao said with a smile, "Oh, by the way, speaking of capsizing, those new species we just caught, could they have fallen from their boat?" After all, such species have never been seen in the town of Yayaluo.
Xia Mo smiled and shrugged: "Probably."
Tao Tao: "Then we really got lucky today~"
After exiting the sea map, the five of them were about to part ways when they heard other players coming out of the sea discussing with each other.
"Oh my goodness we got back to the dock early yesterday, otherwise we would have died in the tsunami!"
"That's right. That's why we say don't be greedy, just do what's good enough. Look at those who didn't want to come back. They were only half an hour late to us and were all swept to the bottom of the sea by the tsunami, so their whole day's work was wasted."
"But I saw that there really was a boat that didn't return to town yesterday. It seemed like it spent the night somewhere else."
Returning to Yayalo Town in the evening has almost become a consensus among the players in the sea area. With this preconceived idea, no one would think that there are other places to stay.
Several players nearby heard the sound and immediately joined in the chat.
"Brother, is this true? Don't listen to nonsense."
"I'm not kidding. I saw it with my own eyes this morning. Several ships are coming back from the open ocean. Wasn't there a waterspout in the ocean yesterday? If they survived, they must have taken refuge at another dock."
"Oh my god, there's another dock! If we had known earlier, we wouldn't have come back. What a shame!"
Some people feel regretful, while others shrug their shoulders and say they have no regrets.
"Other ports are probably not as safe as Yayaro Town. Even if you find one and want to dock there, you'll have to figure out if you have the skills to do so."
"You know Mo Se, right? That world-class female star officer? Their ship didn't return to town last night," someone suddenly interjected. "When a waterspout hit the ocean, they headed for the nearby Isai Bay. I don't know if you've ever been in the bay. The water's deep, full of sea monsters, and only players of her level would dare hide there. As for us? Forget it. We'd probably die faster if we went in."
Unexpectedly, someone actually discovered that they had entered the Isai Bay. Xia Mo raised his eyebrows with interest and quickly glanced at the ID of the speaker. It turned out to be the fourth-ranked player.
They were able to survive the waterspout and rank fourth, so their team is quite strong.
Xia Mo didn't listen to the rest of the content. He said hello to everyone and rode back to Huangs City to complete the city quests.
Since the bad luck buff would not be removed for another two days, she did not dare to go to the royal city to find the blacksmith Marjorie, fearing that she would be driven away again.
After completing the city tasks, it was time for afternoon class.
Thinking that school had just started, Xia Mo still wanted to put on some pretense, so he hurriedly filled a bottle of nutrient solution and went to the classroom on time.
In the evening, at the agreed time to open up the Tomb City, she did not dare to delay and went online on time.
Everyone was waiting for her in the guild, but Xia Mo took a quick look and found that the five people who did not come to participate in the dungeon yesterday because they had personal tasks were also standing in the front yard today.
Seeing her appear, one of the male elementalists stepped forward and said, "Mo Se, is there any vacancy in the dungeon today?"
Xia Mo looked at him: "No."
"How could there be none?" A sorceress frowned. "Didn't you say yesterday that you were still short of one person?"
Xia Mo said calmly: "I used my battle pet to take over."
"Why don't you just take your battle pet down?" the male elementalist followed up.
Xia Mo tilted his head and asked: "Are you as powerful as my battle pet?"
"I..." The male elementalist was choked for a moment and clenched his fists under his body.
Two seconds later, he suddenly raised his head and said, "If you're going by combat power, I suggest lining up everyone here based on their combat power, and the top 25 will enter the dungeon. If I don't even make the team, I'll surrender, and I promise I won't say a word. But if I do make the team, you must let me in!"
"Yes, I also suggest that we connect the ranks. If we want fairness, then it must be absolutely fair! Otherwise, why can those with low combat power join the team, but we can't?" The sorceress said with an unconvinced look on her face.
The other three just watched without saying anything.
Xia Mo understood the reason why they didn't say anything, because the three of them were not strong enough to fight, even if they were lined up together, they would not be able to get a rank, so it would be useless for them to make a fuss, it would be better for them to remain silent and wait and see.
Retracting his gaze, Xia Mo looked at the two people who kept stirring up trouble in front of him, his expression still calm: "The 24 people in the team all contributed yesterday. If it were you two today, it would be unfair to them."
You want to take advantage of others without even putting in any effort. This logic doesn't make sense no matter where you apply it.
What's more, Salad with Meat Sauce tagged them yesterday and asked them one by one, confirming that they were not participating before making the final decision.
However, just one day later, when he heard that she had led everyone to defeat Lao Yi and picked up a lot of trophies, he suddenly changed his mind.
Is this treating the guild like a market? Come and go as you please?
Xia Mo stared at the two of them expressionlessly and didn't say these words out loud. After all, she didn't hold any position in Qingyaozhishang. She was neither the president nor an administrator like the one who made salad and meat sauce. Some of the content was not suitable for her to say.
Qingshui heard the hidden meaning in her words and stood up with a cold face. He spoke in the name of the president, "The candidates for the dungeon were decided yesterday, and the list will not be changed. If you are interested in participating, you can pay attention to the dungeon situation in the future."
"Heh, I think you guys just want your own people to benefit from the dungeon, right? What's with all that list talk? Is it fake or not?"
"That's right, if you don't want us to participate, just say so. Why are you pretending to be so high-sounding?"
"I never thought that Qingyaozhishang, which has such a righteous reputation, would be such a xenophobic guild. It's disgusting. It's better not to stay in a guild like this!"
The two of them sang the same tune, labeling Qingyao in various ways, and in the end even threatened Qingshui with quitting the guild.
Qingshui looked at them indifferently, without saying a word, raised his hand and pointed in the air.
[Player "Tongluo Shao" has been kicked out of the guild]
[Player "Liulidudu" has been kicked out of the guild]
As mentioned before, guilds below level 3 are in separate small maps and do not have bases, so members enter the guild through NPC teleportation.
Now that they were cleared out, they were naturally teleported away all at once.
The two men had just finished shouting, with smug looks still on their faces, when they disappeared from the spot the next second.
"Anyone else want to quit now? I can help you."
As Qingshui spoke, he glanced at the three silent people in the corner one by one.
Three seconds later.
[Player "Nailu" quits the guild]
[Player "Soda Water" quits the guild]
[Player "Marshal Tianpeng" quits the guild]
The three of them didn't say a word and quietly quit the guild.
Qingyao, who didn't have enough kills, went straight up, but because 5 people left at once, her level was forced to drop from level 2 to level 1.
Seeing the downgrade prompt that popped up in the system, Ripe Tomato was furious!
"Are these people crazy? When I asked them, they all said they had something to do. Now that the list is finalized and everyone has finally gotten through the first phase of coordination, they insist on coming in again? What kind of people are they?"
"Who could it be? A selfish guy!" Latiao Xiaohuahua crossed her arms, curled up the corners of her mouth and snorted coldly, "Seeing that we beat Lao Yi and got the good stuff, she got jealous, so she shamelessly made a scene and wanted to get a piece of the pie. It's really unlucky."
"What a bunch of idiots! Goodbye! Don't let me see them again!" The ripe tomato shouted angrily.
After venting their anger, everyone came to their senses and saw that the guild that had been finally upgraded to level 2 was downgraded. They still felt very upset.
"Oh, it's hard for the president. He worked so hard to run the business, but it went back to square one overnight." He Ye Xiaoxiao said while sighing.
The god-like wings patted her: "It's okay, isn't it good to clean up a few termites? Otherwise, it will be more difficult to deal with when there are too many people making trouble later."
He Ye Xiaoxiao turned her head to look at him and smiled: "That's right."
As they were talking, everyone saw two more members' withdrawal messages pop up in the guild system.
"Who are these two people? Why did they withdraw?" Ripe Tomato touched the back of his head and had no impression of these two people.
Salad with Meat Sauce said, "Two people who have never participated in guild missions, just quit."
Anyway, he hasn't made any contribution since he joined. Now that he sees Qingyao being demoted, he will quit the guild immediately. There is no point in keeping such a person, so it is better for him to leave.
After listening to Sala's explanation, everyone suddenly felt that it didn't matter.
A few minutes later, everyone regrouped on the spot, and under the leadership of Xia Mo, they re-entered the Tomb City.
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