Chapter 34 A Storm is Brewing, the Wind Fills the Tower, and Night Has Fallen
【Item Name: Auxiliary Paddle】
Item Quality: Green
【Durability: 1000/1000】
[Item Description: A product from the Port of Dwelling, guaranteed to be of high quality! Increases boat speed by 30%, giving you a feeling of flying!]
【Item Name: Iron Protective Case】
Item Quality: Green
【Durability: 2000/2000】
[Item Description: A product from the harbor, guaranteed to be of high quality! Increases ship ramming damage by 50% and ship durability by 50%.]
After you place your order here, the shop owner will send a little elf to the ship to assemble it, which can be done in about half an hour.
After settling the bill and preparing to return to the ship, Chen Dixin felt a little unwilling to give up and kept asking if this was all there was on the island.
Her island is 6 PM! And there's absolutely nothing you can afford there!
I've finally figured out the meaning of this fortune. These 18 points will probably take her to an island that will only appear later in the game. Who can afford to spend so many white coins now?
She glanced at the big shot and quietly added, "Besides Shen Dixin, who else can afford it?"
100 white coins may not seem like much, but that's enough for over 200 dishes!
Replacing it with wooden planks would cost nearly a thousand pieces. The wooden planks and plastic she's wearing now wouldn't even amount to that much. Should she get a replacement or a maid? How could she possibly make a living?
Having worked as a middleman, her first thought was to resell, but no one paid any attention to her no matter how long she advertised in the chat channel.
It seems that no one can afford the price, or is unwilling to spend the money to buy these things. Although it is true that you can enjoy them sooner the sooner you buy them, the materials were really scarce in the early days!
I silently comforted myself, thinking that since she was a sailor, it didn't matter whether she had a fairy or not... but I really envied the auxiliary oars that could increase the boat's speed!
As a sailor, experience is gained based on the distance the ship travels. If she had an auxiliary oar, she could gain far more experience in a day.
Then, on the eve of selling my possessions, my luck turned sour when I learned that the auxiliary paddle cost more than a hundred white coins—a full one hundred and forty! My back, bent over my whole life, finally broke.
My luck was so bad that I was using psychological self-consolation while my eyes turned as red as a rabbit's.
Seeing her like this, Shen Dixin found it a little funny, but since she was doing this for her benefit, she blinked and spoke up to comfort her.
"Don't rush, I'll take you to build up your goodwill."
After getting her things back on, Chen Dixin walked along the edge of the beach. This time, she wasn't going to collect turtle eggs; she wanted to collect something else.
Wow, so many birds.
My fortune is like the vibrant colors I see in the distance.
"Do you have any medicine? Saving them will increase your favorability with the captain on the island, and you can come over every month thereafter."
These words were spoken to me in relation to fate. Lu Mingang was penniless, and whether or not to use medicine was entirely up to Chen Dixin.
Although Lu Mingang didn't need any goodwill, Shen Dixin still gave him a few bottle caps of painkillers.
Yes, bottle caps. The two watched as Shen Dixin dissolved a bottle of painkillers in mineral water, and then very stingily gave each parrot a bottle cap, feeding the parrots all over the ground.
My luck was hanging there, holding the bandage, unsure whether to use it or not.
"Take it and use it, there's a little left."
"Okay, sis!"
The parrot on the ground was still half-dead after being given medicine. Shen Dixin divided the pot between the two of them, and before Lu Mingang could frown and hesitate to speak, she said, "This is the pot you use to process the fish."
Lu Mingang's eyebrows relaxed, and he followed along, carrying the pot filled with the smell of fish and parrots.
The parrots inside looked drooling and utterly dejected from the fishy smell. Don't they have any bird rights?
"Captain, I've brought your parrot back to you!"
The captain's eyelids twitched as he saw the three pots on the ground, stubbornly continuing with the plot.
After a series of moves, I first introduced myself, thanked them for their kindness, and acknowledged the friendship.
All three of them received system notifications.
[Congratulations to the player for successfully unlocking the favorability bar for the character "One-Eyed Captain".]
[The one-eyed captain was very pleased to learn that you rescued the parrot. (Affection +5, current affection level 5)]
Lu Mingang and Yunshi each received four of my items, so I stopped at 20 points of goodwill.
Shen Dixin's favorability rating soared to 60, and no matter how many prompts popped up after that, she wouldn't get any more favorability rating. She clicked her tongue, quite disappointed.
The one-eyed captain politely inquired, "Would anyone like to build a mailbox on the ship? The port sends out invitations to friends every month for only 50 white coins."
Chen Dixin, without any hesitation, naturally replied that he didn't have that much money and asked the captain if he wanted to buy some food, which looked and smelled delicious!
These nearly six hundred white coins represent the fruits of Shen Dixin and his group's labor, which they had practically plundered from most of the island. Apart from the white-faced men who owned shops and had income, most others could only afford to contribute a few white coins.
The pale-faced man whom Shen Dixin called "Captain" was clearly very wealthy, and there was a reason why she recognized him without hesitation.
His image is very similar to that of a captain in many movies and TV shows: one eye, one arm, one leg, and a rusty prosthetic leg.
The captain hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Would you like some?"
So they got an email address and 32 white coins left. Luckily, I gritted my teeth and bought one too.
On the beach, Shen Dixin waved goodbye with a smile, "Call me again if something like this happens next time."
On the other side, after the three left, silence returned to the tree stump, and the parrots jumped out of the pot one by one and stood on the specially placed wooden branches on the wall.
One of them, with feathers shimmering with gold, jumped out, cleared its throat, and reported on the humans' every move, its voice surprisingly clear and youthful.
Hmm... a mysterious guest. The captain stroked his chin, leaned back indifferently, and thought, "We'll see. This guy is quite interesting."
It was already late when we got back to the ship, so we tidied up and prepared for today's strange tide.
In waves 11-12, there was only one job item box, and Chen Dixin surprisingly got a good item from it—a forging stone!
This thing is rare. Apart from getting it once from an Easter egg, Chen Dixin only received one in the following days.
She placed the forging stone and the Shadow Twin Blades together, and a notification panel immediately appeared.
The pair of swords, Chen Dixin's, are quite good; they have an evolution option.
[The Shadow Dual Blades weapon requires 3 Forging Stones to repair.]
[Shadow Dual Blades Weapon Evolution Requirements: Forging Stone x15, Chaos Fang x20, Fine Steel x10, Corrupted Ocean Heart x1]
Gold weapons are rarely obtained directly; they are usually evolved from purple weapons with potential, and the quality of the evolution depends entirely on luck.
Judging from these conditions, it's not something that can be evolved in a day or two. At least the repair materials have been gathered. Once you gather five sets, you can evolve! Chen Di put it away with satisfaction.
"It's getting dark..."
Lu Mingang looked up at the sky, his expression unusually solemn.
With so many people in the chat channel feeling anxious, he naturally wouldn't be so careless as to forget about the newbie protection period. He was only able to calm down by staying by Shen Dixing's side.
He wasn't referring to a normal darkness. At that moment, the sky was shrouded in dark thunderclouds, with flashes of lightning appearing from time to time, and the wind made the sails howl.
Fortunately, neither of them were sailors, so there was no need to sail at night. Shen Dixin instructed Lu Mingang to furl the sails, while she herself took care of all the fragile and easily broken items.
For example, the butterfly plant's delicate leaves have grown increasingly vibrant lately, swaying gently in the wind, completely unaware of the impending crisis.
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