Chapter 41
◎ A Battle of Hand Speed ◎
Yu Chi, relying on her agility of up to 43, rapidly clicked to accept the bounties.
The first one, success.
The second one, suc… huh?
No way… Yu Chi’s eyes widened. The “accept” button had turned gray, clearly unclickable.
Who was it? Who stole her little money!
Damn it. Yu Chi was furious. However, the bounty did not show the ID of the person who had accepted it. Just as she was feeling sad, a message popped up.
【DazedFish’s Dad】: ?
What a domineering question mark. Yu Chi blinked, a feeling similar to homesickness (?) suddenly rising in her. Her whole person became uncomfortable.
Not good, not good. This should really be her dad.
【DazedFish】: .
Yu Chi: “…”
We Dazed family members, bah, Yu family members are all so domineering.
The other side seemed to be at a loss as to how to reply to this period and fell silent for a moment.
Yu Chi was about to reflect on her own behavior when she looked up and saw that her dad had sent another message.
【DazedFish’s Dad】: Little Fish?
Yu Chi stared at these two words, not knowing how to react for a moment. Her mind was empty. She stood on the spot, suddenly a little lost.
Her disguise was easily broken. Yu Chi found that she had actually developed a sense of timidity.
After a few seconds or a dozen seconds.
Yu Chi slowly walked to the sofa and sat down, giving her brain some room to buffer.
It’s him. He’s still alive.
Yu Chi propped her head up and stared at the table in a daze.
—Her father, that taciturn man, was alive and well in this world.
When she occasionally thought of her dad, Yu Chi would always avoid a question. How could a man with disabled legs survive in this cruel world?
But the beautiful expectations of the past had suddenly become a reality. From the moment she entered this game, Yu Chi’s tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and her whole body collapsed limply on the sofa, lazy and scattered.
This was simply a fairy tale’s happy ending.
【DazedFish】: Mmm.
…
On the other side of the screen, the man in the wheelchair, upon seeing this message, his originally tense expression instantly relaxed, making his sharp and serious face much softer.
The young man squatting next to the wheelchair noticed the change in his emotions, looked up, and suddenly curled his lips. “Uncle—it seems to be good news.”
The man hummed in a low voice. He rubbed the edge of the wheelchair with his fingers and glanced at the person next to him.
“She’s very well-behaved, gentle and innocent.” The man paused, recalling the image of his daughter in his memory, and emphasized, “Get along well with her.”
The young man’s eyes curved. He nodded vigorously. “I will!”
I’m so looking forward to it, my sister.
Upon hearing this, the man in the wheelchair suddenly became restless. He glanced at the brightly smiling young man next to him and felt that his face was becoming annoying.
“Forget it. You’d better not appear,” he said after a moment of contemplation.
The young man’s expression instantly stiffened: “…?”
Feed me peanuts.
Yu Chi began to dance in her room, jumping from the sofa to the bed, and then to the table. There was no one around, so her actions were unobstructed.
It was only when she had vented her excitement that she sat down on the sofa and began to think about the meeting.
The central island could be visited once a week. If she planned to go today or tomorrow, she had to prepare everything properly. Otherwise, the next time would be next week, and she didn’t know how many things she would miss in between.
In fact, after learning that the other party was safe, the matter of meeting seemed to have become less urgent.
There is a concept in psychology called “delayed gratification.” Yu Chi was not sure if her understanding was the same as the general understanding.
She could have seen her dad in the afternoon, but she chose to extend this expectation indefinitely before satisfying it… this would give her a very strong sense of pleasure.
Of course, sometimes things would not go as planned. For example, after the expectation was raised to an infinite level, the moment it was truly obtained would become dull.
Yu Chi propped her chin on her hand, which was on the table. The sound of a message notification rang in her ear again. She opened it.
【MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass】: Do you know this person, Longevity Species?
【DazedFish】: Isn’t it just a random ID?
Yu Chi replied casually, her gaze pausing on the three words “Longevity Species,” and then she calmly looked away.
Some relationships are like this—you just hope the other person is safe, and nothing else is necessary.
【MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass】: I accepted the bounty he posted in the world channel. He’s looking for you.
Yu Chi: “…”
So it’s you, Brother Fairy Grass. You’re surfing quite fast today.
【DazedFish】: Give him my contact information.
The most inconvenient thing about the chat channel was that you couldn’t search by ID, but fortunately, it could recommend contacts.
Yu Chi’s index finger tapped lightly on the table, her lowered eyelashes hiding her emotions.
Zuo He replied with an “OK” and the next second, he directly transferred 5 million crystals.
【MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass】: Split it.
Yu Chi couldn’t help but smile when she saw these two words.
Why is it splitting again? she thought. Since the three of them started exploring the island, they have always been on the road of splitting things. It seems to have become an unwritten rule.
No team is as fair as theirs.
Yu Chi sat on the sofa in a daze for a while. No new messages popped up. Her gaze was momentarily lost, but it quickly returned to calm.
Probably… that person has the same idea as her.
Breaking up meant that the past love was instantly cut off, but their 10-year relationship could not be erased.
Yu Chi didn’t plan to think about this matter anymore. This world was too dangerous. Everyone had very important things to do every day. There was no reason to postpone things because of someone.
She walked out of the cabin, her gaze looking into the distance.
Yu Chi’s boat was no longer sailing, but was steadily staying within the territory. The 20 square kilometers within her line of sight were now, and for a long, long time to come, hers.
This realization made her whole person happy.
However, a territorial sea was not something that could be enjoyed just by using a territorial sea order. In fact, after using a territorial sea order, everything was just beginning.
First was the purification of the entire sea area—that’s right, the entire sea area needed to be purified by the owner of the territorial sea.
Yu Chi: System, are you having some trouble, making things so complicated?
Fortunately, purification was relatively convenient. She just needed to crazily throw in Purification Crystals. There was a saying that was right: things that can be solved with money are not problems.
Second was to remove the contaminated creatures in the sea area.
After the territorial sea was generated, no more contaminated creatures would be generated in the entire sea area, and no other contaminated creatures would come over, but the contaminated creatures that were originally in the sea area would not be automatically eliminated.
Finally, transplant species that can survive in the ocean to bring this sea area to life.
Only after all three of these things were done could the entire territorial sea truly become a personal territorial sea. Even the creatures inside were personally raised and transplanted by you. How could there not be a sense of accomplishment?
Yu Chi clenched her fists, feeling her career ambition burning. She opened the territorial sea’s description interface.
【Territorial Sea (Legendary)
Level: 1
Description: 20 square kilometers
Upgrade Requirements: 1. Introduce 10 species of purified animals and purified plants each, 2. Successfully survive a contamination tide, 3. Ocean Crystal *】
The three upgrade requirements were not simple.
The introduction of animals was not difficult for Yu Chi. She could directly use the fishing function of the All-Purpose Fishing Rod to directly gather 10 species of fish.
But plants were a bit troublesome. She had to go to other islands to find them first, and they had to be plants that could survive in the ocean.
And the contamination tide mentioned in the second condition was a difficulty that had to be overcome every time the territorial sea was upgraded. At that time, the surrounding contaminated creatures would frantically attack the entire territorial sea.
Because the area was too large, Yu Chi had to place autonomous attack defense towers on the edge of the territorial sea. Otherwise, one person would not be able to handle it at all.
As for the last condition… she had never even heard of what an ocean crystal was. She even wanted to ask the system if it was because of the inflation of Purification Crystals that another crystal had been created.
Yu Chi: [Smiling.jpg]
Let’s take it slow. Yu Chi was full of energy.
First was to purify the sea area. Each square kilometer required 1 million crystals, and she had 20 square kilometers, which meant that she needed 20 million Purification Crystals.
Yu Chi: “…” Full of energy, but stuck at the first step.
So that’s why Zuo He was so interested in crystals. He even went to accept this bounty. He’s probably also troubled by purifying the sea area.
Yu Chi suddenly realized that the money she had earned before was not enough at all. All the Purification Crystals she had, plus the ones she had scammed from her dad, were only about 30 million.
Okay, she admitted that she had been focused on exploring the island recently and had temporarily put the matter of making money to the back of her mind.
But no one had told her that purifying the sea area would consume so many crystals!
Yu Chi felt her heart bleeding.
The only good thing was that the Purification Crystals for purifying the sea area only needed to be submitted, and no other methods were needed.
Yu Chi opened the submission page and directly entered 20 million Purification Crystals. Although it was just a string of pure numbers, she felt that something had been lost from her body.
It’s life, it’s her life force that has been lost!
Yu Chi endured the pain and looked away. She opened the system mall, scrolled through it, and didn’t find what she wanted. Then she opened the reputation value mall.
—This was a special mall that was opened along with the reputation value system. It would be automatically opened after the reputation value reached 1000.
She needed to buy a speedboat. It was not difficult to clear all the contaminants in the sea area. After all, her level and strength were already there, but it was extremely troublesome.
The speed of the small boat was not that fast after all, so Yu Chi hoped to buy a speedboat that specialized in speed.
【Item: Miracle Speedboat
Grade: Rare
Description: Does not have any attack or defense capabilities. Very fragile and can be easily destroyed… but its speed is impeccable.】
Yu Chi raised an eyebrow. This speedboat was very in line with her current goal. Anyway, she didn’t have much hope for attack and defense.
It was just that the price was 10,000 reputation value… Yu Chi took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and decisively paid.
She was always wavering between feeling “rich” and “poor,” but the reason for such worries was purely because—she was not rich enough.
After getting the speedboat, Yu Chi couldn’t wait to jump on it. She wanted to remove all the contaminated creatures in the entire sea area as soon as possible.
Now, the 20 square kilometer range of the sea area was her home. In that case, those contaminated creatures were uninvited guests. Every second they existed made her feel like a fishbone in her throat.
…When the sea area’s evolution was complete, she would definitely turn into a mermaid and swim freely.
Yu Chi was very tempted when she thought of this. Unlike her elf and Cinnabar Finch forms, her mermaid form did not have a human form yet, so she could not appear on land.
And the bottom of the sea was full of contaminated creatures, so she didn’t dare to be too reckless. She would only occasionally swim a few laps around the small boat.
—It was just an ordinary form change, but Yu Chi didn’t realize that she had even been infected with the characteristics of these forms.
…
It was too troublesome to completely clear the contaminated creatures. Yu Chi had never known that there were so many contaminated creatures hidden in the deep sea.
There were even some behemoths among them. With her current level, it would take a lot of effort to kill a behemoth.
Yu Chi bought a kind of powder that attracted contaminated creatures from the system mall. When those low-level contaminated creatures were attracted and gathered, she would directly use the Rubik’s Cube to wipe them out.
Good, now she also has a group attack skill.
From day to night, Yu Chi didn’t even have a proper meal in between, and she had only managed to clear 1/10 of the area.
…She would have to endure the feeling of a fishbone in her throat for another 10 days. Sad.
Yu Chi returned to the cabin to eat dinner and checked the chat channel.
【Did anyone go to the central island today?】
【I did. I’ve never seen so many people in my life.】
【It’s quite interesting. I’m finally not floating on the sea alone.】
【The central island is like a large city. You can do anything there. You can even directly buy a piece of land to live on or open a shop.】
When Yu Chi saw this sentence, her heart skipped a beat. She was very interested in buying a piece of land, whether it was as a future residence or to open a shop.
The life-skill player’s radar was ringing.
Just like buying a house in real life, she quickly realized that she had to act immediately.
However, she guessed that the price of those lands would definitely not be cheap. Although many people had gone to the central island today, probably very few could afford a piece of land.
Thinking of this, Yu Chi couldn’t help but take out all her property, including various items and spirit plants.
The wealth ranking was ranked according to the number of Purification Crystals, which meant that these items, spirit plants, and so on were not included.
Yu Chi’s initial plan was to quickly rush to the top of the wealth ranking, get the Turntable Spin, and then fall back down. She was not very interested in honor and other rewards.
In the past, she might have cared about the daily reward of a level five resource chest, but now she didn’t want it so badly.
After reaching level 12, the number of bandages and adhesive bandages she could make every day was no longer limited, but if she made too many, it would consume a lot of Spirit.
Yu Chi directly made the maximum number of bandages and adhesive bandages she could currently bear. Then she listed a portion of them in the DazedFish shop and put the other portion in her backpack, planning to sell them on the central island tomorrow.
The player shop was limited to the district and could not face the whole world. She guessed that this was the necessity of the central island’s appearance. If she wanted to trade with people from other servers, she had to go to the central island.
Yu Chi entered the [Two-Sided Mirror] again and harvested all the giant crops that had fully grown. The purchasing power of the players in District 1 was limited. She had not taken these out to sell, but it would be different if she went to the central island.
And the spirit plants. After the flower fairy’s continuous cultivation, those spirit plants were all growing very well. It was time to bring out their greatest effect!
After inspecting all her property, Yu Chi finally returned to the cabin with satisfaction.
She saw from the channel that the central island even had an auction, and its name was—the Sea God Auction.
It looked very official at a glance, did not belong to any player, and no player dared to cause trouble at the auction.
The auction was also very convenient. You just had to put the materials you wanted to auction in the auction house, set a minimum auction price, and other players could directly bid online by browsing the screen on the central island.
【Do I have to go to the central island? Can’t I just auction it on my own boat?】
A player had asked Yu Chi’s inner thoughts. She also found it baffling. Why make it so troublesome… it seemed like this game was forcing them to go to the central island.
Forget it, there’s no need to think too much.
Yu Chi placed the three key items for tomorrow’s auction on the table: an excellent territorial sea order and two declaration of war orders.
All three of these things could be sold directly. It wasn’t that she didn’t need them at all. For example, the declaration of war order. Maybe some player would provoke her one day… it was just that Yu Chi always felt that with her luck, it wouldn’t be a problem to get two more.
And if this declaration of war order couldn’t sell for the value she expected tomorrow, then she would just keep one for herself.
In short, she was determined to get a [piece of land] on the central island!
Yu Chi stretched and opened the chat channel to send a message to someone.
【DazedFish】: Are you going to the central island tomorrow?
The person replied after 10 minutes.
【GrumpyBro】: OK.
【DazedFish】: Playing cool?
【GrumpyBro】: Fighting. Don’t cue me.
Yu Chi: “…”
Hopeless. This person is either fighting or on his way to a fight.
They had already agreed to go to the central island together. Yu Chi felt that Li Feng was a very nice bodyguard. Although fighting was not allowed on the inner island, what if she was tricked into going to the outer island by some sinister guy?
Her confidence in her own intelligence was sometimes there, sometimes not.
The night was gradually getting deeper. Yu Chi stared at the dark window, and the complicated thoughts that had been suppressed during the day floated up again.
She could use the [Space-Time Walkie-Talkie] 4 times a month, but Yu Chi had only used it twice.
The first time was hung up in a few seconds. The second time, she had heard “I miss you” at the end. After that, she had never taken out this item again.
The joy of that day was real, but the calmness afterward was also real. She buried her face in the quilt until she couldn’t breathe, then revealed her flushed face.
Go away, all of you. I just want to make money now!
Yu Chi got up and sent a message to her old dad.
【DazedFish】: I’m going to the central island tomorrow.
The other side replied almost immediately.
【DazedFish’s Dad】: Okay, see you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow. Yu Chi’s eyes curved.
…
A night passed in the blink of an eye.
Yu Chi tried her best to stuff all the things she needed to sell into her backpack. When it couldn’t fit, she bought a dozen more backpack expansion cards from the system mall.
After a chaotic tidying up, she gave [GrumpyBro] a heads-up, and then clicked on the teleportation interface to the central island.
【Choose to pay 1000 Purification Crystals?】
She suspected that the system was crazy for money… Yu Chi couldn’t imagine how much the system could earn in a day if everyone paid 1000 Purification Crystals.
After paying the crystals with envy, Yu Chi only felt a wave of dizziness. The next second, her whole person had arrived from the cabin to another place.
Her ears were filled with a chaotic noise. Yu Chi looked at the crowded scene in front of her and felt as if she were in another world.