At this moment, Gangqiang, who was lying on a floating board in a mess, holding the simple first aid kit he had just exchanged for, looked at the wind direction that changed suddenly in the regional channel. He was so angry that his whole body was shaking. A mouthful of blood foam rushed up his throat, but he swallowed it hard.
His only remaining eye was bloodshot as he stared at the name "Lu Ye" and his teeth chattered.
"Lu, Ye!" He squeezed out these two words from between his teeth, his voice hoarse, "I'm not done with you! Just wait for me!!"
However, his roar seemed so pale and powerless in the vast ocean, except for startling a few circling seabirds.
On the fishing boat, Lu Ye ignored the noise of the regional channel.
"Okay, let's call it a day." He waved to Su Baiyue, "Sort the remaining supplies. Keep the useless ones for now. Maybe they can be reused in the future."
The transaction was completed and the fishing boat started again.
The upgraded engine emitted a deeper and more powerful roar, and the hull broke through the waves at a speed nearly twice as fast as before.
Quickly leave the sea area behind.
Speed is efficiency, and efficiency is life.
Lu Ye felt the sea breeze blowing in his face and calculated silently in his mind.
According to the rules of the express delivery system, the increase in navigation speed and distance means that the frequency and quality of the "express deliveries" randomly distributed by the system will also increase accordingly.
The benefits of this upgraded fishing boat go far beyond safety and comfort.
Sure enough, after the fishing boat sailed at full speed for about half an hour and traveled nearly twenty nautical miles, two small express box icons flashed in the lower right corner of Lu Ye's system interface.
【System prompt: You have 2 new express delivery orders have been delivered, please check them carefully.】
Lu Ye was in a good mood and clicked on the first icon casually.
[Obtained Item: Simple Shipborne Artillery Manufacturing Blueprint (Gold)]
【Quality: Excellent】
[Required Materials: Iron Block*20, Basic Parts*10, Wood*5]
[Description: A simple, easy-to-manufacture muzzle-loading smoothbore cannon capable of firing solid projectiles or shotgun shells. Its effective range is relatively short, but sufficient to deal with small to medium-sized sea monsters or unprotected ships.]
Lu Ye's eyes lit up.
When he was looting the supply ship before, he found a lot of iron blocks and spare parts, so he had basically no shortage of materials!
Without hesitation, he immediately chose to use the drawings.
Along with a slight sound of mechanical assembly, four slightly rough-looking metal cannons with black muzzles appeared out of thin air on both sides of the fishing boat's deck near the side of the ship!
The gun body is not big, but it exudes a cold murderous aura.
"Beautiful!" Lu Ye patted the cold barrel of one of the cannons with satisfaction.
He opened the second express box.
[Obtained item: Broad-spectrum antibiotic*1 (blue)]
【Quality: Excellent】
[Description: It can effectively inhibit a variety of bacterial infections and is a key drug for treating severe trauma and preventing wounds from worsening.]
Antibiotics are good things and can save lives at critical moments.
Lu Ye put away the antibiotics and his eyes fell back on the four brand new cannons.
With a gun, you also need ammunition.
"Bai Yue," he called towards the cabin,
"Take out those boxes of gunpowder we found in the supply ship's hold."
Su Baiyue quickly came out holding a heavy wooden box with blurry foreign language logos printed on it.
Lu Ye took the box, opened it and took a look. Inside was granular black gunpowder.
"There are still plenty of iron blocks," Lu Ye said as he called up the manufacturing interface.
"There were no blueprints for the artillery system, so I had to make a simple one by hand."
He consumed some iron blocks and gunpowder and quickly made a pile of solid iron balls of different sizes, which he piled next to the cannon.
"This homemade shell is definitely not as powerful as the standard one, and I'm afraid it won't be accurate if it's fired from a distance. However..." Lu Ye weighed a fist-sized iron ball, "It should be enough to hit the face at close range."
After the weapon upgrade was completed, Lu Ye looked at the system time.
There is still a whole week left until the second round of "game easter eggs" announced by the system.
A week cannot be wasted.
Relying solely on system express delivery and occasional transactions, resource accumulation is still too slow.
His eyes turned to the vast and dangerous sea.
If you want to become stronger quickly, you have to take the initiative! Hunting!
Hunting sea monsters that swim in the sea will not only allow you to obtain materials from them, but if you are lucky, you may also find treasure chests or special items.
Although the risk is high, the reward is also high!
He opened the regional channel, intending to see if other players had any information to share about the appearance of sea monsters.
As I slid my finger across the screen, a crying voice message for help suddenly popped up.
[Regional Channel] Player M (Voice): "Help! Help! Coordinates (XXX, YYY), we're surrounded... by sea monsters! So many! I can't tell how many there are! It's pitch black! Is anyone nearby? Help!!"
Lu Ye immediately marked the coordinates reported by the other party on the nautical chart, which was about thirty nautical miles away from them.
"Sea monster tide?" Lu Ye raised his eyebrows. Instead of being afraid, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
He quickly took stock of his current combat power.
An upgraded whaling gun (with increased power), four simple cannons (equipped with homemade shells), two revolvers on his own waist (with plenty of bullets), and enough fuel.
Not safe enough.
Lu Ye thought about it and took out a blueprint from his system backpack that he had obtained before but had never been willing to use.
【Radar system manufacturing drawing (blue)】
【Quality: Excellent】
[Required Materials: Quartz Stone*5, Basic Parts*8, Copper Coil*3]
[Description: After installation, it can provide basic detection functions and display moving targets (including ships and large creatures) within a certain range.]
"Quartz stone..." Lu Ye took a look at the material inventory. Fortunately, he had collected some in previous transactions, which was enough.
"Consume Quartz Stone*5, Basic Parts*8, Copper Coil*3 to install the radar system."
As the material disappeared, a simple circular screen lit up on the fishing boat's bridge, and rotating scanning lines and green light spots representing themselves began to appear on it.
"Very good, absolutely safe." Lu Ye nodded with satisfaction.
He adjusted the course and increased the speed of the ship again.
"Hold on tight!" Lu Ye shouted to Chen Shu and Su Baiyue, "Let's go rescue them... and get some game while we're at it!"
The fishing boat braved the wind and waves and headed towards the marked sea area at high speed.
About an hour later, the fishing boat approached the target sea area.
A thin layer of fog began to spread over the surrounding sea surface, and visibility gradually decreased.
Faintly in the air was the sound of waves crashing against the hull, and some unsettling, low roaring and churning of water.
Through the mist, Lu Ye saw three small boats struggling hard on the sea not far ahead.
Their hulls had suffered varying degrees of damage. Some were paddling desperately, while others were attacking the underwater shadows in vain with crude weapons.
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