Chapter 58: Trading in the Deep Sea
The moon was high in the sky and the fog was growing thicker.
The captain of the boat that was fishing for moonfish glanced at the fog in the distance and stopped giving orders.
"What's the matter, Captain?"
A young red-haired crew member asked.
"Someone has suffered again."
The captain shook his head, raised his right hand, and shouted at the top of his voice:
"Everyone, light up the boat lights, stop what you are doing, and let's go look for other schools of moonfish!"
Everyone looked at their captain in confusion.
You know, each moonlight fish here is worth five hundred to two thousand shells! There are at least two thousand moonlight fish here!
If they could catch all the moonfish here, they wouldn't have to work for the whole month.
The captain explained: "We can't stay in this place anymore. Deep-sea traders have appeared."
Deep sea trader...
The moment the words fell, the entire ship fell into silence.
They suddenly gathered towards the light, then looked at the mist in the distance and let out a long sigh.
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Right in the center of the fog.
The houseboat's lights were on.
Chen Qi paced back and forth on the deck of the small houseboat. He looked at the small black boat in front of him and the black skeleton with a tentacle head.
What the hell is this?
Chen Qi touched his chin with his hand.
He remembered that this monster was mentioned in the guide of the Witch Sea section, and he also made a related game guide.
This monster is dangerous, but as long as it is in the light, it will not threaten his life.
However, he couldn't remember the name at the moment.
Chen Qi leaned on the boat and asked directly:
"What are you?"
The dark skeleton on the black ship raised the lantern in his hand slightly upwards:
"Sir... I am a person who does some small business on this sea.
You can also call me... a deep-sea merchant."
Deep sea trader!
Hearing this word, Chen Qi clapped his hands, he remembered.
The Deep Sea Merchant is a very famous monster in the night of the Witch Sea.
He would drive a small black boat, approach ships on the sea, and sell some rare items.
Of course, there is one thing that deep-sea merchants will "buy" at a high price.
That's the ship's light.
The deep-sea merchants are extremely powerful, and even a fully armed third-level transcendent, or even a large merchant ship, would find it difficult to engage in head-on combat with them.
In other words, his strength can be completely achieved through robbing rather than doing business.
However, he has a fatal weakness:
Fear of light.
Even if he was touched by the slightest bit of light, his body would quickly melt.
Therefore, deep-sea merchants would try every possible means to destroy or purchase the ship's lights, and then devour them in the darkness.
When going out to sea at night, it is necessary to install a high-end ship light, and deep-sea trading is one of the important reasons.
Chen Qi looked at the bloodstains on the sea.
Just now, a cadre of the Black Rabbit Gang turned off the ship's lights in order to get closer to him. At the same time, the kerosene lamp in his hand was blown up by Chen Qi.
The moment the light disappeared, he was dragged into the sea by the deep-sea merchants, and no trace of his body was left.
"Deep-sea merchants..."
Chen Qi raised his head and gave the deep-sea merchant a friendly smile like a villain.
The items sold by Deep Sea Merchants are quite good, and players have even released guides on how to find Deep Sea Merchants.
However, many people from Moonstone City go out to sea, and under normal circumstances, the probability of encountering deep-sea merchants is very small.
This is a low probability event!
He and the Black Rabbit Gang's cadres are lucky!
In the eyes of many people, the deep-sea merchant is a terrifying monster. Most people's first reaction when seeing him is to protect the ship's lights and then run as fast as they can.
But in Chen Qi's eyes, the other party was not dangerous enough to the point where he had to escape.
In addition to being afraid of light, deep-sea merchants have another huge weakness.
That was the charred lantern in his hand.
The charred lantern of the deep-sea merchant would emit a faint light. Only by being surrounded by this special light could he barely maintain his body shape while looking directly at the light of the ship's lantern.
Without this lantern, he couldn't look directly at Chen Qi's houseboat, nor could he get so close to his houseboat.
In other words, although the strength of the deep-sea merchants far exceeds his.
However, Chen Qi can also shoot at the charred lantern in his hand, and then smash the kerosene lamp at the opponent, killing him.
As long as he was in the light and had a long-range weapon capable of attacking the charred lantern, he would have the possibility of killing the opponent.
Deep-sea traders are extremely powerful, but also extremely vulnerable.
The deep-sea merchant approached Chen Qi, and the skull's neck made a crackling sound:
"Sir... As you can see, my lantern is broken. Can you sell me a lamp..."
"I'm not in the mood for your childish scams. Tell me, what do you have to sell?"
Chen Qi interrupted directly and pointed his gun firmly at the lantern in the other person's hand.
He had limited time and had no interest in playing the game of 'catch and run' with the deep-sea merchants.
When facing deep-sea merchants, never show any fear.
Otherwise, there is a high probability that he will use some long-range weapons to directly attack your ship.
“…”
The deep-sea merchant was silent for a while.
He had been wandering on the sea for so many years, but this was the first time he encountered someone so arrogant.
He stretched out his dark bony hand:
"Guest... people call me... the monster of the deep sea... are you..."
The deep-sea merchant shook the lantern in his hand. After all, he was an old monster who had been famous in the deep sea for a long time.
Shouldn't the other party give him some respect?
Um?
Chen Qi rolled his eyes at the other person.
They all live on the sea.
The opponent is a deep-sea monster, but he is also a deep-sea succubus!
This guy actually asked him for respect...
Chen Qi looked carefully at the existence in front of him.
In the player forum and the academic forum of Beiguo, people have been asking whether deep-sea merchants are a special kind of deep-sea monster?
Deep-sea merchants are not deep-sea monsters.
In the encyclopedia of sea beasts in the Witch Sea, the only sea beasts with high intelligence are special parasitic sea beasts.
But even intelligent parasitic sea beasts can only imitate some of the actions of humans.
Therefore, the [Deep Sea Merchant] is very likely a transcendent being who has embarked on the path of madness and has become a noble person.
If a high-level transcendent adopts the wrong method of promotion, he or she is likely to become distorted and evolve into a monster-like existence.
In the eyes of extraordinary people, this kind of distortion is called the 'Way of Madness'.
In order to avoid further transformation, one needs to complete one's "professional mission" more frantically and stabilize one's spiritual anchor.
The deep-sea merchant had no reaction to his deep-sea breath, which was enough to prove that the other party's essence was still "human".
When talking to this weird thing, you don't need to be polite, but you must not be timid... Chen Qi held his chin up and said fiercely:
"Stop talking nonsense! Believe it or not, I will shoot the lantern in your hand!"
Lantern... The Deep Sea Merchant paused.
Instead of getting angry, he stepped back slightly.
The other party knows his weakness...
The deep-sea merchant put the lantern in his hand back and said:
"Guest...it seems that you are more knowledgeable than I thought...it seems that it is the goddess of the sea who asked us..."
"Again, I have no interest in hearing your nonsense."
Chen Qi was a little impatient:
"Tell me, what goods do you have?
Also, no one tells you that as a businessman, you need to practice speaking well. If you speak so haltingly, what can you sell?"
The deep-sea merchant paused for a moment.
The other party is too arrogant, really too arrogant!
He even mocked his spoken language!
After all, he doesn't have a normal head and his body is made of skeletons. He appeared on such a dark and windy night. Can you please give him some face!
It's okay to show a look of fear for a moment.
Customers are gods... The deep-sea merchant felt insulted, but still said in a gentle voice:
"My dear, I have a lot of good things here. I have a special aphrodisiac that can make you grow tentacles temporarily, greatly improving your physical fitness. At the same time, it can make your wife experience unprecedented pleasure..."
Most of the things sold by deep-sea merchants are weird.
After taking the tentacle injection, tentacles will grow on the body, and there is a high probability that the person will lose their rationality and turn into a monster that only knows how to reproduce.
A typical scam product!
"Not interested. Next, tell me about some practical and useful products instead of this deceptive garbage."
Chen Qi said immediately.
Besides, there is a tentacle monster in his spine now.
The deep-sea merchant moved.
The other party's refusal was too decisive.
Although he only has the strength of the first level, judging from the current situation, the knowledge he possesses is definitely not that of an ordinary person.
"Guest, it seems that you don't like this product. I thought you were eager to become a part of the tribe like me."
He thought for a moment and said his product:
"Tentacle potion, tentacle sword, snake blood staff, storm scroll, professional sea chart drawn by the Ice Demon Pirates, sea snake venom, and the skill card of the deep sea breathing method, the Wendini summoning scroll..."
(End of this chapter)
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