Chapter 241
With the new atlas, the four people became even busier.
The artillery on the first deck was originally concentrated in the front half of the deck, but now it is changed to one artillery every two windows, and the two middle windows are equipped with crossbow carts, which is a bit crowded from the position.
However, considering the all-round attack, this will allow them to not move the crossbow carts frequently during the battle. They can control the position of the enemy wherever it is.
Qiao Sheng and his team even discussed how to use resources reasonably. Mineral resources are still scarce, so the frequent use of artillery has also caused their inventory to shrink sharply.
The large arrows of the crossbow cart are different. Although the killing power is not as large as that of the artillery, there is almost nothing to defend against when it is used alone.
The key is that the materials required are ordinary. Five pieces of wood and a piece of iron can make a large arrow. The cost-effectiveness is really high.
So they unanimously agreed to shoot them once when a large number of pirates gather together, and use the crossbow cart for a single one. The most important thing is that the arrows shot out can be recovered.
In the next two days, they packed up their own ship according to their own design drawings while fighting against the pirates on the sea.
What was puzzling was that the four of them didn't know why they couldn't find any pirate islands. After Pei Hong separated from them, he found a small pirate island almost every day. Other players also posted the pirate headquarters flags they got on the world channel.
"There must be a traitor lurking among us, otherwise it would be too bad. How could we not find a single pirate island?" Xia Beibei asked after searching a pirate ship.
Lin Haiyang immediately raised his hand and said it wasn't him. After all, he had been to other islands and dungeons many times, but he just couldn't get rewards most of the time.
In fact, many dungeons were not known to him until he left and saw other players discussing them on the world channel. He had always treated them as ordinary supply islands to collect supplies.
Li Mu didn't even reply, he just stared at Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei.
"Well, Beibei, let's change the subject. It doesn't seem to be that important whether we go to the island or not. We go to the island just to get more flags of the pirate headquarters, but didn't we exchange them for canned food? Different paths lead to the same destination. There's nothing wrong with helping the majority of players. We are also serving the people." Qiao Sheng's explanation was dry, but others didn't refute her habit.
When Xia Beibei was taken away, she could still be heard whispering to the little girl not to expose her weaknesses. This matter definitely had nothing to do with them!
"Teacher Li, don't you think their habit of covering their ears and stealing the bell is not good?" Lin Haiyang stretched his bald head and looked at their figures going upstairs.
"You still dare to expose it? At this time, a smart man should quickly repair the used artillery and crossbow carts, and then load them with ammunition and arrows, instead of chattering here." Li Mu patted him on the shoulder before going to do his own work.
Lin Haiyang was left to look at the stairs connecting the second-floor cabin, and then looked at Li Mu, and decided to listen to the teacher.
When they finally built the long-range weapons of the entire ship, they stood on the roof of the fourth floor and admired it. The first floor was mainly filled with crossbow carts and artillery on both sides of the hull. In order to make more space for the crossbow carts, they also readjusted the platforms at the bow and stern of the second floor.
Although the space at both ends was not small before, they had to move their large planting pots and beehives to place the crossbow cart. After studying for a long time, they could only move them back as a whole, leaving space at the front for the crossbow cart.
In order to ensure that they were safe enough when operating the crossbow cart, they added reinforced wooden walls with windows to the original fences on both sides, which would not affect their line of sight and protect them from being attacked.
With the weapons at their fingertips, they started a horizontal sweeping mode on the sea. Other players would go around when they met pirates, but they would rush straight over and fight them.
In just three or five days, some pirate ships would turn around and flee immediately when they saw their distinctive ships from a distance.
Qiao Sheng and the others were still curious when they received a message from Fang Yueyi asking them to watch the world channel.
[9352: Ouch, you didn't see it, there was a player ship that was simply amazing, with crossbow vehicles on the bow and stern, and they were long and big. At first, five pirate ships were chasing my ship, but when they saw that ship, all the pirate ships turned around, and they were much faster than when they were chasing me just now! ]
[58332: Hey, the person above, you said that I also encountered the situation you said, but I was passing by at the time and witnessed the whole process. That crossbow ship can attack not only with the bow and stern, but also with cannons on both sides! At that time, there were four pirate ships, and they were really wiped out in seconds! But I don't know if they have too few people in the fleet or there are only a few black workers on the ship. Anyway, there are only four people who came down and picked up the pirate tokens. Two pirate ships were blown up, and they pulled out the pirate ship flags from a pile of debris. I have to say that the black slaves nowadays are really doing their best. Are they afraid that they will not be fed when they return to the ship?
"Uh... So the four of us are the so-called black slaves? Beibei and I are both exploitative captains and oppressed black slaves. When we go out, our identities are given by everyone. We don't have any chance to prove ourselves." Qiao Sheng was simply laughing and crying.
But this made them sure of one thing. It turned out that those pirate ships really started to escape after seeing their ship.
"These pirates must have a way to communicate with each other, otherwise how do they pass on the message? Don't tell them that they can count. They will squeeze the soft ones and run away when they see the hard ones?" Xia Beibei browsed the world channel for a long time, full of doubts.
The four people thought carefully for a long time and confirmed that they had not seen any communication equipment on the pirate ship. They really didn't know how the pirates communicated. If they couldn't figure it out, they would give up. After a long time, they would always find the answer.
When they didn't encounter the pirate ship, they were busy with their own things. Some fished, some collected supplies, and some developed new dishes. Of course, the indispensable thing was the daily routine of making machetes. Not to mention, there was no business, but there were endless idle things to do.
While he was busy, Qiao Sheng's system mall was upgraded again. Not only did he get a higher contribution every day, but he also opened up new items for purchase.
Soon Qiao Sheng couldn't hold back his smile. This rip-off system mall had five new items. Except for the cheapest melee weapon, the others were all unaffordable. Qiao Sheng was drooling as he looked at the four gray items in the mall.
The first one was labeled Clairvoyance, the second one was Clairaudience, the third one was Locator, and the fourth one was Gift Pack.
I don't know if the system mall did it on purpose this time. The descriptions were all very vague, and some of them were even hard to guess from the product names.
"Are Thousand-Li Eyes and Thousand-Li Ears a telescope and a eavesdropping device? Otherwise, I really can't think of anything else that fits these two names." Xia Beibei frowned and thought for a long time, and could only confirm these two.
"The telescope should be fine, but the eavesdropping device is unlikely. After all, where can we put the other end to eavesdrop? Are we on someone else's boat? Do we still need to eavesdrop?" Lin Haiyang couldn't figure it out, but he could refute other people's ideas, and his rebuttal was indeed speechless.
The final result of the discussion was that whether or not the Shunfenger was a bug, it was all about hearing. Lin Haiyang even imagined that he could hear other people's thoughts, which made Xia Beibei shudder. He rubbed his head and shrank to one side: "Xia Beibei, I don't have hair and there is no shock absorption effect. Can you be gentler? I hit you silly. You have to retake my credits for me!"
As for the locator, it was probably a device that could locate other people's positions. It would definitely have to be exchanged after the contribution. As for the big gift bag, because I really didn't know what it was, I could only put it at the end and wait until I was rich.
The other four could not be exchanged, so they decided to exchange for a melee weapon first. After all, there was nothing too bad about the products produced by the system mall. For example, their butcher knife, axe and hoe looked inconspicuous, but they were twice as effective with half the effort. They were also relaxed and got a lot of supplies.
When Qiao Sheng excitedly used the points to exchange for weapons, the four people's expressions were indescribable.
The reason was very simple, the shape of this melee weapon was very strange.
"Um, when we watched Journey to the West when we were young, was this what Zhu Bajie used?" Qiao Sheng weighed it in his hand and put the spike rake on the dining table.
"Nine-toothed spike rake, I have a bow with positioning given by Su Junqing, and I don't really need melee weapons, the chosen archer." Li Mu was the first to refuse. The shape of this melee weapon made him not want to use it.
"Well, I'm a weak girl and can't lift this. I can just use my own machete. I'm the chosen crossbow cart operator and I can't do close combat. Sister Qiao can't use it either. She has Princess Yong'an's sword, which is a close combat weapon." Xia Beibei quickly took her and Qiao Sheng out.
The three of them looked at Lin Haiyang who was hiding in the corner. Suddenly being noticed, Lin Haiyang looked at the other three teammates in a panic: "No, you guys don't use it because you think it's ugly, so why do you have to let me use it?"
"Because it can't be wasted! You are the chosen Marshal Tianpeng! Look at your current head shape, you have to be a monk to learn from the scriptures, and your appearance is also suitable. Don't worry, we won't call you Zhu Bajie, and we will ask Sister Qiao to sew a little skirt for you with tiger skin! How can I be the second apprentice brother when I am so handsome? I must be the eldest apprentice brother!" Xia Beibei said.
When Lin Haiyang reacted, he had already picked up the nine-toothed rake.
"Well, Lin Haiyang, you can use it for now. When we have enough points, we will change it and let you choose. This time, you are just unlucky. You got the Nine-toothed Rake. Look at how high its attack power is. It is also quite long. An inch longer is an inch stronger. The pirates haven't even gotten close yet. You can kill them all with this rake!" Qiao Sheng was not to be outdone when it came to fooling people.
Lin Haiyang didn't react at all. If he had more contribution, they would definitely give priority to other supplies. How could they exchange for this melee weapon? Of course, after a long time, when all the things were replaced, maybe they could also replace his weapon. But at this time, no one reminded him that it was not easy to sell it. How could it be easily returned?