Chapter 109: Acting, Huge Harvest (2)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After going through both tactics, Qiao Yixiong refused to believe that they couldn’t find an opportunity to strike!
But Ji Chen had already seen through their intentions and couldn’t help but smile at their earnest acting. If it weren’t for the hundreds of red dots hidden underwater on the comprehensive map, he would have been tempted to applaud their synchronized cooperation.
However, since they wanted to play a role, he decided to play along a little. After all, he had nothing better to do.
With that in mind, he put on a friendly face and said, “No worries, just wait here. I’ll have someone fetch the food and fresh water for you.”
After speaking, he signaled a few pirates to return to the forest, pretending to retrieve the food and water.
Meanwhile, he himself appeared relaxed, as if he had let his guard down, slowly approaching them.
Qiao Yixiong and the others were secretly excited. It seemed like everything was going smoothly!
As Ji Chen got closer, they secretly signaled the underwater troops. As soon as he entered their attack range, they would launch an attack and eliminate him instantly!
But suddenly, Ji Chen stopped in his tracks as if he had remembered something. “You guys came from the Silver Islands, right?”
Qiao Yixiong was taken aback, and instinctively nodded, “Yes, we did. Why?”
“In fact, I’m the one you mentioned, the one who led the ship to the Silver Islands.”
They were all stunned, and Qiao Yixiong’s face instantly turned pale. He spoke sternly, “He has seen through it. Attack immediately–”
In an instant, a mult.i.tude of amphibious creatures emerged from the sea, including devil frogs, fishmen, snake people, clam people, and various others. They swiftly rushed towards him, bearing the intention to harm.
Well, it seemed like he had his own underwater zoo.
A smile curved Ji Chen’s lips as he sighed, “Why did it have to come to this? I only wanted to peacefully dig up a treasure…”
In the airs.p.a.ce centered around him, water surged and condensed into hundreds of water blades, which were then unleashed like sharp blades.
Silent, yet deadly.
Qiao Yixiong and the others watched in awe as this unfolded before their eyes.
Within a few breaths, hundreds of amphibious creatures had been completely wiped out.
They hadn’t even fully set foot on the beach before they were killed by countless water blades.
The sea instantly turned into a sea of blood.
Was this still a human being?!
How could a lord possess such immense power?
As they caught a whiff of the scent of blood, they suddenly woke up from their illusion.
“Brother Ji, please listen to our explanation…”
Splish-splash—
The torrential water blades covered them, slicing through flesh and severing bones.
When the chaos subsided, the ground was littered with five unrecognizable ma.s.ses of rotten flesh.
Ji Chen looked at “them” and shook his head.
It seemed like this was his first time killing players, but he felt no emotions whatsoever.
From the bodies of the deceased, something suddenly popped out with a pop.
Oh, were these dropped equipment?
Curiosity arose, and Ji Chen roughly inspected them, only to be greatly disappointed.
They were mostly ordinary weapons, miscellaneous items, and nothing resembling treasures.
What a bunch of paupers…
He silently ridiculed them. Just then, a piece of parchment caught his attention.
He casually picked it up and took a look.
Instantly, a hint of surprise appeared on his face.
It turned out to be another one of Edward’s treasure maps. No wonder these players were able to find this place. Their appearance was not a coincidence they were also here to search for Edward’s treasure.
However, unlike them, this treasure map was more detailed. The markings and information on it made it easy to locate this particular area of the sea.
If he had delayed a few more days on the Silver Islands, they might have dug up the treasure before him.
It could be said that these players had quite an unlucky streak. They encountered him at the wrong time and even harbored murderous intentions.
Hopefully, they would be more cautious in their next life.
However, it was not as if they had not contributed anything. At least they had sent him a ship.
Ji Chen ordered the Naga Warriors and the shallow sea murlocs to clear out the remaining enemies on the ship.
Soon, the remaining few enemies were cleared out, and the Naga warriors and shallow sea murlocs returned to report.
Then, he called some pirates over and asked them to drive the ship back.
Including this ship, he now had a total of six ships.
Three warships, two merchant ships, and a flagship.
It would take quite some time to dig out the treasure, so Ji Chen waited patiently on the ship. No one else came to find him.
Therefore, he had a hard time leading a leisurely life.
Sleeping, fishing, shooting cannons, touring the island, and sightseeing. It was quite relaxing.
Four days later, in the morning.
Just as Ji Chen was about to make love with Alice, Sparrow, who was supervising the excavation, suddenly rushed over and sent a message.
— Mithril has been discovered in the underground tomb!
This news filled him with great joy.
Ignoring Alice’s slightly resentful gaze, he pulled up his pants and quickly made his way to the underground tomb.
Upon entering, he indeed saw the pirates pulling out pieces of dark golden metal from the uncleaned pool bottom and neatly placing them into wooden crates.
The dark golden hue was as enticing as the sparkling gold coins.
What an unexpected delight!
He didn’t expect Edward to have buried so much Mithril here.
Mithril was the final resource needed to activate the Hero Altar!
Ji Chen was extremely excited. Initially, he had planned to have Raymond purchase Mithril for him after returning. But unexpectedly, he found this high-level resource, on par with crystals, here.
If he had enough quant.i.ty, he could activate the altar and summon a blue-grade excellent hero as soon as he returned!
Two more days pa.s.sed.
The final pool bottom was cleared, and all the Mithril and gold coins were excavated.
Suppressing his excitement, he waved his hand.
“Ding! You have obtained 6,000 units of mithril.”
“Ding! You have obtained 988,652 gold coins.”
Hiss-
A staggering 988,652 gold coins…
Just a second ago, the most gold coins he had ever held in his hand were only in the three-digit range.
Now, with a single brush, it had turned into a seven-digit amount, and he suddenly felt a sense of unreality.
In comparison, the 6,000 units of Mithril seemed less dazzling.
Now, he truly had financial freedom and had instantly become incredibly wealthy.
With such a huge sum of money, he could purchase a large amount of resources and make his territory soar!
Ji Chen was in a good mood as he led everyone back to the surface.
After a slight hesitation, he summoned the Sea Pixies and had them shoot water arrows at the pa.s.sage.
Hundreds of water arrows shot in one after another, and the violent explosion destroyed the pa.s.sage bit by bit.
After a series of violent explosions, the tunnel began to collapse, and the falling rocks completely blocked Edward’s underground tomb.
Seeing this, he nodded in satisfaction.
He randomly brought a portion of the pirates to the mountain cave. After operating the lever to open the stone wall door again, he boarded the New Moon.
The larger the ship, the more manpower it required.
A ship of the New Moon’s level would require at least ten times more manpower than a three-masted sailboat if it wanted to be fully operational.
However, even if he filled in all the pirates he could command, he might not be able to fully operate them.
However, when he returned to the territory and recruited the Tidal Sea Spirits, he could operate the New Moon more easily.
The other five ships had a lot of manpower, and there were not many pirates who could be a.s.signed to the New Moon.
Therefore, it took them half a day to drive the New Moon out of the dock and arrive at the sea outside the depression around the island.
At this moment, with the comparison, Ji Chen could clearly distinguish the New Moon from the other ships based on their specific differences in size and appearance.
In simple terms, the New Moon was like a blue whale, while the three-masted ship was like a killer whale, only half the size of the New Moon.
Standing on the New Moon and looking at the three-masted ship was like looking at a child.
Suddenly, Ji Chen frowned, thinking of a question.
With the New Moon being so large, how big of a dock would be needed to accommodate it?
More importantly, larger ships are heavier and have a deeper draft.
A large water fortress could easily accommodate two-masted merchant ships or three-masted warships.
But it might not be the case for the New Moon. Now, he could only hope that the blueprint would bring him some surprises.
With the treasure obtained and the ship in his possession, Ji Chen no longer wasted time. He set sail, joining the other ships to form a fleet, and headed towards his territory..