Chapter 120 My Jellyfish, the One-Eyed Captain's Bird
Got it!
"Perhaps you need some sea beast materials? I know quite a bit about sea beasts."
After obtaining the Sea Monster Encyclopedia, she discovered that the little sprite used a lot of sea monster materials.
After using her encyclopedia of sea creatures as bait to obtain a second fragment, Shen Dixin has now unlocked more than thirty kinds of sea creatures.
Although a large portion of them are dangerous and difficult to capture, that doesn't stop her from using them as leverage.
"What information do you have about sea monsters? You can sell it to me; accurate information can be used to offset the cost of equipment." The engineer was already buried in the pile of materials, searching for supplies.
"I have half of a marine mammal encyclopedia, with detailed information on more than thirty kinds of marine mammals. I'll read out their names, and you can choose them yourself?"
engineer:……!
"Half of the sea monster encyclopedia!" He nearly popped his eyes out.
"You, you..." The engineer's expression was strange. "You have such a treasure, how come you only have four thousand white coins?" And you earned them by selling wine.
"Can you sell it?"
"Yes, but it's very expensive," the engineer said solemnly.
The white-faced men are different from those in the player's encyclopedia; they were actually discovered by specialized hunters.
"I'll sell it to you as a package deal, and you'll make weapons for me?"
The engineer hesitated for a moment, "Are you sure? The price you offered me for the whole package was 15,000 white coins. If you get the Hunters' team to sell it to you personally, they'll offer even more."
"Make me weapons, now you can make requests, right?"
Chen Dixin was very decisive because there were many merchants in the port, and many unscrupulous ones as well, most of whom would take advantage of the situation.
She was afraid that if she went there and mentioned that she had a sea monster encyclopedia, she would be arrested and forced to buy things for free.
This is why she has only visited three shops out of so many times – these are the shops whose owners are considered trustworthy by many players who paid a heavy price in their past lives!
"Go ahead and say it!"
A moment later, the engineer wanted to take back what he had just said.
He stared silently at his notebook, on which a series of profound and heart-cleansing needs were already written.
The material must be lightweight enough, preferably with a folding function so it can be worn on the body, automatic tracking, automatic retrieval, penetration, poisoning... all sorts of requirements are being made without restraint.
"Stop, stop, stop! You can fix the rest next time. You can't add so many functions to a single weapon."
The engineer, unable to bear it any longer, interrupted her, as if she were reciting a menu.
"The main material I chose for you is the Black Meteorite. Its characteristic is to devour. After you get it, feed it more metal to increase its strength. Come back to me after raising it for a month or two."
These requirements alone cost less than 19,000 white coins. After returning 5,000, Chen Dixin even made a profit of 1,000 white coins.
"Come back in 24 hours, and you'll see the new weapon," the engineer said as usual, seeing the guest off.
Shen Dixin smiled and pointed to Hanming on her shoulder. She wondered how big the little guy's stomach was. He had been eating snacks non-stop the whole way and had almost finished them all!
“I have a parrot! You should send a message to Captain One-Eyed, and it will come to take my things.”
With a large sum of white coins in her pocket, she returned to the shipwright to wait for his return. She upgraded the auxiliary oars and protective shell to the highest level in one go, and also added a modified sail, which increased the ship's speed by 120% and its durability by 30,000.
The items weren't expensive, around a thousand each. I bought two of the components that increased the ship's speed, and spent all my white coins.
She can't wait to see her new weapon!
The only special feature of the gun I ordered from the shipwright in my past life was automatic tracking.
It took Shen Dixin four months, and it was precisely by using it to launch sneak attacks, that he survived the time when he first entered the arena and knew nothing.
She felt even more attached to it than to her own boat, and when describing its appearance, Shen Dixin deliberately tried to make it resemble its shape.
"Let's go, Hanming, let's go back to the ship!"
Chen Dixin left in high spirits, and with Hanming in tow, he met Zhu Sha who came to greet him.
The person and the pet looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Upon seeing this, Hanming actually laughed and let out a clear bird song.
"Man, is this your jellyfish?"
The four words immediately smoothed out the flailing cinnabar, which then climbed onto Chen Dixin's body.
“Yes, my jellyfish!” she said, smiling as she touched the vermilion.
“Zhu Sha, this is Hanming, the bird of Captain One-Eyed, here to help us deliver a message.”
It belonged to someone else, so Zhu Sha immediately lost its hostility and reached out its tentacles to touch Han Ming's feathers in a friendly manner.
Yuanbao looked up from the corner and recognized the new member.
Upon seeing Lu Mingang, Han Ming quickly abandoned Chen Dixin.
"Let's eat salt and pepper dried anchovies!"
Lu Mingang agreed, feeling as if he had unknowingly become the pets' personal chef.
And what happened to the saying "whoever feeds you is your mother"? Why do they still run to Chen Dixin to fawn over her after they've finished eating?
However, Lu Mingang has accepted this kind of thing well, because he is also one of them.
After lunch, the server merge announcement sounded on time.
[The server merge will officially begin in ten minutes. Players have been matched into channel 2 of region 8556. Please prepare accordingly.]
[A significant difference in the number of users between channels has been detected; the system will continue to match suitable channels.]
[Ten minutes later...]
She was delighted that three channels had been integrated at once. With the title of "increasing combat power by having more people in the channels," Shen Dixin couldn't be happier if there were more people in the channels!
Other players were also eager to try their luck. Many of them remembered the supplies they had earned from selling food before and were already discussing how to harvest the next batch of sheep.
The liberated serfs sing: Are you so sure the newcomers will buy things? What if you lose money hoarding so much?
Grey Wolf's Hat: The person upstairs is just jealous, isn't he? Now you can't even get your hands on one if you want to!
Huida: Anyway, we won't lose money, but why are other supplies also increasing in price so evenly besides food?! Enough with these price gouging people! Be careful, or I'll report you to Sister Chen!
"Beautiful woman: It's just market demand. Even if she came, there's nothing we can say!"
A regrettable ending: But the last disaster was a thunderstorm, so there was no shortage of anything. What were those people thinking, hoarding food? Unlike me, I collected two purple weapons and a bunch of Gu worms and traps. When the price goes up, I'm sure there will be people buying them!
Willow Leaf Eyebrows: Does that mean I have a chance to sell the triple speed-up cards I've stockpiled?
Ugh, disgusting: Forget about it, no one will ever buy that thing.
Call Me Your Majesty: Hahahaha, you don't know, that guy Liu Ye thought he had found a business opportunity, and he went bankrupt buying up 80% of the triple speed-up cards on the market. As a result, he can't sell them even at a discount. Luckily, I've already sold all the ones I had.
Soon, the number of online users on the channel soared to 21,058.
No wonder people say the difference in numbers is too big; the two channels combined only have two thousand more people than the original channel!
Once everyone was present, Chen Dixin simultaneously released a paid announcement and a disaster prevention guide for the next round.
In order to retain the active skill [Cause and Effect], she must ensure that her channel contribution value is the highest.
Informing others of the next round of disaster and providing corresponding measures is clearly one of them.
Thinking back to how he hadn't sold the guide before the thunderstorm because he thought the disaster was too easy, Chen Dixin couldn't help but feel a little scared. He had almost missed out on the top-tier title!
The next disaster will be a plague, at which time everything will be infected with a contagious virus. Players will experience symptoms such as extreme weakness, a significant drop in stamina and health, and continuous health depletion.
All that is needed is to prepare medicine, clean, sealed water and food, and to implement a "closed-door" policy so that one can get through this period safely.
Therefore, the guide to purifying the mind is written very briefly, and the price is much lower than before; it is purely for informational purposes.
This is also a major characteristic of maritime survival disasters: two disasters form a cycle, and after the tension, there is always some time to relax, just like there is a real focus on game balance.
If there are four consecutive red tides and fish plagues, there will probably only be one-third of the players left in the channel.
After multiple server merges, the channel was filled with a dazzling array of shops, but only seven or eight remained.
The rankings were also cleaned up. Shen Dixin noticed that the ranking of the Lava River remained unchanged. He had climbed up one place and was now third.
In the group chat, no one paid much attention to the server merge. Even Coffee, who was always keeping an eye on things, was distracted. They were watching my sister's career assessment on my live stream.
Special professions don't have dedicated examiners; her examiner was Yuebai, and the main focus was on combat ability.
Luck is on my side: I can bring three pets. Xiaoling chose a cheetah, a raven, and a chameleon. Does this count as a group fight?
Luck is on my side: Wow, she said she's Yuebai. Sister Chen, is she the Monster Hunter examiner you know? Wow, that was fierce! One punch and Xiaoling was sent flying. The chameleon's stealth was completely useless! She noticed something was wrong at a glance, and her killing intent was practically overflowing!
Old Shen, a wholesaler at AAA Materials: The teacher is super handsome!
AAA Building Materials Wholesaler Xiaoming: Pfft, isn't that your sister? Why are you so excited?
Luck is on my side: I'm turning fear into fighting spirit! It's almost my turn QAQ Why can't they change the examiner? Why does someone like me, who's just doing logistics and raising the worms, have to go to the battlefield? If I can't even last three moves, will they give me a B rating? The sailor role is more suitable for a lazy bum like me, perfect for slacking off.
Star Chart Across the Miles: Sister Yun is being conservative; the lowest rating seems to be D.
Luck is on my side: like that coffee guy, what's his name, Qingyou, he looks very gentle, maybe he'll ask us to drive wooden stakes to measure data.
Coffee or tea: You're overthinking it. Qingyou never does anything himself; the plants he grows could drown you.
AAA Materials Wholesaler Lao Shen: I've noticed there are quite a few beast tamers in our team. Coffee raises plants, Xiao Ling raises animals, and Xiao Yun raises insects.
Luck is on my side: a massive human wave tactic!
Yuebai never needed long to test the players' skill level, and soon Tao Ling protested in the group.
Long live fluffy! What do you mean by being knocked away?! I had Black Charcoal lead me to a tactical retreat! Sis, you're making me look pathetic.
As she spoke, in an effort to mend the rift in everyone's perception of her, Tao Ling posted a picture of her certificate of honor: SS-level Beast Tamer, the highest rating besides Shen Dixin and Lu Mingang.
In a show of defiance, Tao Ling announced on the spot that she would also broadcast live the scene of her sister being beaten.
After a moment, she fell silent, as forlorn as a leaf falling in the wind.
Long live fluffy: Sis, you cheated... Why wasn't Yuebai playing with you?
After demonstrating the power of the Gu worms to the astronomer examiner, and with her fortunes improving as she successfully advanced to S-rank Gu Master, she glanced at the message and smiled.
Luck is on my side: Do you really think your sister is stupid? My consumable item is obviously positioned like a trap master. Who goes to the battlefield with logistics? Yuebai is quite easy to talk to. She also thinks I'm not a combat class. She must have made a mistake in classifying me!
Almost everyone passed their second professional assessment, and the lowest score was S.
Especially Xingtu Wanli, who hadn't changed jobs in the last assessment. His original profession was a chef, and he was extremely poor and only got a B.
Shen Dixin is also looking forward to her professional assessment, which is scheduled for the next two days.
She knew it might happen soon, but she didn't expect it to happen this soon.
The following day, along with the system's announcement of the mandatory activity, a voice with a long, drawn-out blue tone appeared.
Long time no see!
"So early? You guys aren't going to work from this hour until dark, are you?"
Shen Dixin was surprised. Her sister Yuebai not only had to manage so many players' professional assessments, but also had to get up early to go to work!
The stern face of the moonlight suddenly broke down. "What are you thinking? I only manage a dozen or so a day. There are countless examiners like me."
Shen Dixin believed this. Just by asking around in the chat channels, he could tell that it was almost impossible to find players who had passed the assessment under the same mentor.
Like coffee, when she first took the assessment, the farmer assessor wasn't a pomelo.
The Tao sisters were able to run into each other, probably because they had summoned all their servants to their side a few days ago, and they are still under Yuebai's jurisdiction.
Lu Mingang went to take the assessment first. Shen Dixin and Yuebai were already acquainted, so there was no need to rush.
She first exchanged contact information with them, which was actually something that carried the essence of their respective islands, such as the moon-white island token.
"Now that Hanming can help me contact you, don't touch that little parrot when you see it."
Chen Dixin nodded towards the ship, where Hanming was perched atop the highest point of the sail. She then handed over two feathers, saying, "If you need to find me, tear open these feathers, and Hanming will set off."
Yuebai took the feather. "This is from the harbor?" She was a little wary and reminded him, "Don't touch their parrots. If it wasn't obtained through legitimate channels, return it immediately."
Has the story of the one-eyed captain's love for parrots spread that far?
"It's okay, I get along well with him."
Upon hearing this, Yuebai said nothing more.
The assessment result was undoubtedly SSS level, and even due to the improvement in attributes, Chen Dixin's reaction ability seemed to have reached a new level.
"You've made great progress!" Yuebai praised without reservation.
Shen Dixin nodded shyly, but couldn't help talking about his new weapon with great enthusiasm, revealing a glimpse of his former innocence and naivety.
Yuebai is too deceptive. When interacting with an older woman, one unconsciously develops a dependence on her. Her casualness in private, her confidence and unquestionable stance in battle, all make Shen Dixin yearn for her.
Fortunately, she met Yuebai, who pretended not to believe her and asked her to demonstrate her new weapon after she got it.
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