Xiao Meng's face turned even paler, her body trembled slightly, and her voice was choked with sobs.
"Brother! I...I can't do it!"
Qin Xiaoxuan bit her lip, her eyes filled with struggle and pain.
"Wang Fan! I...!"
Looking at their expressions, Wang Fan knew that they wouldn't be able to make up their minds for the time being.
He sighed and put down the crossbow.
"Fine, since you can't bring yourself to do it, just tie them up for now, and we'll figure out what to do with them later," Wang Fan said helplessly.
Xiao Meng and Qin Xiaoxuan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly found a rope to tie Er Lengzi and the skinny monkey lying on the ground up tightly.
Then he led everyone to their fishing boat, intending to collect something useful.
As soon as I stepped onto the fishing boat, a nauseating smell hit me.
The deck underfoot was sticky, littered with all sorts of rotten food scraps and other debris.
As the group entered the cabin, they saw piles of miscellaneous items scattered around in the dim light.
Broken fishing nets, rusty tools, and foul-smelling fish entrails were scattered haphazardly.
The walls were covered in black stains, I don’t know if it was poop or something else.
There were also some moldy clothes piled up in the corner, emitting a pungent musty smell.
The cabin was filled with a strong stench of decay and dampness, as if it hadn't seen sunlight or been cleaned in a long time.
Wang Fan couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose, while Xiao Meng and Qin Xiaoxuan turned pale and felt a churning in their stomachs.
Seeing this, Wang Fan gave up the idea of collecting supplies.
"This place is disgusting. Let's leave. Let's not look for any supplies here. It would be troublesome if we caught some disease," Wang Fan said with a frown.
Xiao Meng and Qin Xiaoxuan nodded quickly and followed behind as if they had been granted a pardon.
Upon reaching the deck, the air finally felt a bit better. Wang Fan took deep breaths of the fresh air, as if he had just escaped from a swamp.
He turned to look at Xiaomeng and Qin Xiaoxuan, only to see that their faces were ashen and they looked extremely uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Xiaomeng bent over, holding onto the gunwale, and with a "whoosh," vomited up everything she had eaten that morning, her eyes watering.
Qin Xiaoxuan wasn't much better off; she vomited so much that she was trembling all over and could barely straighten up, feeling like she was about to vomit bile.
Wang Fan looked at them with heartache, gently patting their backs, but there was nothing he could do.
Wang Fan couldn't help but ask the tied-up Er Lengzi and Shouhou, "Why did you make the boat so dirty and smelly?"
Er Lengzi said nonchalantly, "Hmph, it's good enough that we're alive, who has the mind to clean up?"
The skinny monkey lowered his head and remained silent.
Wang Fan looked at the two of them and sneered, "With your character, you should be grateful you even survived!"
Er Lengzi wanted to argue, but Wang Fan glared at him and shut him up.
At this moment, Xiaomeng and Qin Xiaoxuan finally recovered, though their faces were still pale.
Wang Fan turned to look at them and asked, "Are you all alright?"
Xiao Meng nodded weakly: "I'm feeling a little better."
Qin Xiaoxuan leaned against the gunwale and said weakly, "Wang Fan, let's go back! It stinks here."
Wang Fan frowned, feeling a pang of pity as he looked at the two women's distressed expressions.
"You guys go ahead! I'll come back after I've dealt with things here," Wang Fan reassured them.
Xiaomeng and Qin Xiaoxuan wanted to help, but they were really suffering terribly.
Knowing they couldn't be of much help by staying, they nodded and helped each other walk back.
As Wang Fan watched their retreating figures, his eyes gradually turned fierce.
He turned and walked toward the bound Er Lengzi and Shouhou, a murderous intent rising in his heart.
"Hmph, you two are a menace, keeping you around is a potential problem!" Wang Fan said through gritted teeth.
Er Lengzi stared wide-eyed in terror, struggling desperately: "Wang Fan, you can't kill us! You'll regret it!"
The skinny monkey was so frightened that tears streamed down his face as he begged for mercy, "Please, spare us! We'll never do it again!"
Wang Fan remained unmoved and slowly raised the crossbow in his hand.
The crossbow was fired, and Er Lengzi and Shouhou instantly fell to the ground, lifeless.
Wang Fan looked at their corpses without a trace of pity.
He turned and poured fuel on the fishing boat, then lit a torch and threw it at the boat.
The fire spread rapidly, and the raging flames engulfed the entire fishing boat.
They originally planned to loot some supplies, but unexpectedly ended up losing several barrels of oil as well.
It was just so disgusting; it made me feel really uncomfortable.
He strongly suspected that the unclear things on the wall and the floor were poop.
Upon arriving at the red treasure chest, Wang Fan began attempting to crack it open.
The original idea was that this should be a jigsaw puzzle.
Simply rearrange all the symbols in the correct order to open the treasure chest.
Wang Fan stared intently at the patterns on the treasure chest, beads of sweat gradually appearing on his forehead.
His hands kept fiddling with the puzzle pieces, trying to find the right combination.
As time ticked by, Wang Fan grew increasingly anxious.
Just when he was about to give up, suddenly, a fragment seemed to have found its place, and the whole pattern began to make some sense.
Wang Fan's spirits lifted, and he quickened his pace.
Finally, after a series of tense actions, the treasure chest clicked open.
"Beep! Opened the red treasure chest and obtained: one cannon blueprint and one black powder blueprint!"
"Beep! The 10,000x amplification function has been triggered!"
Congratulations! You have obtained * artillery blueprints and * black powder blueprints!
Wang Fan excitedly picked up the blueprints and examined them carefully.
The cannon drawn on the blueprint has a unique shape, with a thick and long barrel.
The cannon barrel is covered with intricate patterns and mechanisms, somewhat resembling the ancient red-coated cannons.
However, manufacturing this cannon requires a large amount of refined iron and copper.
Gunpowder is also needed, and gunpowder requires saltpeter, charcoal, sulfur, etc.
Wang Fan frowned slightly as he looked at the materials required marked on the blueprint.
"It's not easy to gather all these materials."
He sighed softly and carefully put the blueprints into his system inventory.
Next, we opened the box that Xiaomeng and the others said was heavy.
This is the second most valuable iron treasure chest; the others are all wooden treasure chests.
"Beep! Open the iron treasure chest and obtain a fruit box *1"
"Beep! The 10,000x amplification function has been triggered!"
Congratulations! You have won a Fruit Box*
"No way? That's it?"
I only realized I'd misunderstood when I clicked on the description of the fruit box.
Fruit box
(Description: Contains three pounds each of strawberries, cherries, durian, and watermelon.)
Upon seeing this, Wang Fan wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth.
He eagerly opened the fruit box, picked up a plump, bright red strawberry, put it in his mouth, and the sweet and sour juice instantly burst on his tongue.
Then, he turned his attention to the cherries. The round and plump fruits were like rubies. Wang Fan ate them one after another, enjoying them immensely.
However, when he saw durian, he hesitated. The unique and strong smell of durian made him reluctant to go in.
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