Chapter 53
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【Choose to fuse the territorial sea core (level two)?】
Yu Chi raised an eyebrow. She hadn’t expected the other party to have a level two territorial sea.
【Confirm】
The territorial sea instantly expanded outwards, stopping at about halfway. This player had an excellent-grade territorial sea. Even a level 2 territorial sea was only 10 kilometers.
But she had 17 kilometers. It seemed she had already destroyed several players’ territorial sea cores.
Now it’s all mine. Yu Chi’s eyes curved. She used Purification Crystals to repair the barrier, and only then did she return to the boat.
The matter was over very quickly, and it didn’t take much time in total. Thinking of Sunset Island, Yu Chi sighed.
Since she was already back, she didn’t plan to go to Sunset Island again. After her reason returned, Yu Chi found that she still had a lot of things to do.
And the things that were more important to her on Sunset Island, such as history and magic, she had a general understanding of the former, and the latter had been copied down by her on a special sheepskin book, so she didn’t need to go back to learn.
She believed the Elf King also knew about this, which was why he had prepared so many things for his cub before she left.
Yu Chi squatted on the boat and pursed her lips, deciding to use the Turntable Spin to relieve her mood.
The familiar interface appeared before her eyes. Yu Chi immediately pressed the button. The pointer spun and finally stopped slowly on the number “seven.”
【Congratulations, player, on obtaining Xuan Iron Ore. The reward is about to be generated.】
“!!!”
Yu Chi hadn’t expected such a big surprise right at the beginning. She could hardly look away, staring at it without blinking.
【The reward has been generated. Please find it yourself.】
Does it mean what I think it means?
Yu Chi swallowed. Did I just draw a resource point?
Not long after returning to her human form, Yu Chi directly transformed into a mermaid and jumped into the sea. In the mermaid’s vision, the deep sea was not a dark place, but a beautiful underwater world with specks of blue light.
She swam two laps within her territorial sea and finally found an inconspicuous mine cave near the bottom of the sea. It was very deep inside. She swam in, flicking her tail, and forcefully knocked off a piece of ore.
This piece of ore was a deep blue, with frost patterns on its surface. Even in the cold seabed, it felt bone-chilling when held in her hand.
【Item: Cold Iron Ore
Grade: Rare
Description: Can be used to forge weapons and armor.】
A whole vein of cold iron ore, stretching for several miles, with a reserve of at least tens of thousands of jin. Yu Chi took a deep breath and tried to calm her excited mood.
My luck is really invincible, she couldn’t help but think.
Yu Chi whipped the cold iron ore with her tail, knocking off a full hundred jin before she stopped. The Silver Moon Scimitar was already having trouble keeping up with her. Yu Chi had long wanted to buy a new weapon and had even had the idea of forging one herself.
She hadn’t changed it before because she knew it was difficult to find a suitable weapon. Now that she had cold iron ore, she almost immediately had the idea of forging it herself.
Of course, a single saber wouldn’t use 100 jin of cold iron. However, this cold iron still needed to be refined, and in the end, that small bit of essence would be used for forging.
It was said that the loss rate of refining could even reach 80%. Since there was a whole vein of cold iron ore, she would naturally not be stingy with herself.
Forging a weapon was not a simple matter.
The system’s workbench was better than nothing, but it required a fixed blueprint to forge the corresponding weapon, and it had long been eliminated in the player community.
Especially since the workbench forging was not very free. According to that group of blacksmiths, you didn’t even need to control the heat. What good things could you forge?
Yu Chi immediately thought of her Fine Forging skill. This skill could be useful when shaping the scimitar.
She began to organize the things she needed to buy in her mind.
A furnace was a must. She would also buy a better quality sledgehammer and a crucible that could control the precision of the materials.
A top player had posted the basic steps for forging weapons on the forum. These steps were not of much use to ordinary players.
High-quality furnaces and hammers were not something ordinary players could afford. Yu Chi had a furnace for making potions in her cabin. If she really wanted to make potions, that one was not enough.
In addition, the refining, shaping, and control during the weapon forging process were extremely difficult and could not be completed with just the basic steps. The most difficult part was the requirement for heat control. The success or failure of forging largely depended on the mastery of heat control.
All in all, for ordinary players, the most cost-effective way was to directly buy a weapon from a blacksmith, or to customize one. However, the latter was more expensive and required a long waiting time.
After carefully considering the cost-effectiveness, Yu Chi decided to start another side business.
She was determined to be a life-skill player. Having only making bandages and adhesive bandages as a side business was really not justifiable, especially since this side business was directly given by the system and had no operational content.
Especially after finishing kindergarten on Sunset Island, her desire to learn had reached its peak. She felt that with her talent, she would definitely be a forging master in the future!
Yu Chi: Grinning.jpg
Stretching, Yu Chi briefly planned the forging matters and then began to organize the things she had obtained from Sunset Island.
But she didn’t know until she looked. One look, and she was shocked.
Her [Two-Sided Mirror] space had actually expanded to an extent that she couldn’t see the end of it because of these materials!
At this rate, my [Two-Sided Mirror] will be completely repaired, right?
Yu Chi casually flipped through them.
A three-thousand-year-old [Moonlight Roland]. Consuming it can instantly repair soul damage and even permanently condense the soul.
A nearly human-height [Emperor Mushroom]. Eating it raw is highly poisonous, comparable to corpse-dissolving water. Eating it cooked can improve one’s talent in magic.
…
The soul was usually closely related to Spirit, and of course, it also involved other aspects. In short, it was very important to a person, not to mention magical talent.
However, the effects of these enhancing spirit plants all had an upper limit. It was not the more you used, the better. And the enhancement limit was also related to personal talent. Improper consumption could even lead to exploding and dying.
Yu Chi felt her head was as big as a cow. It was the first time she felt that having too many spirit plants was not a good thing. What did the Elf King take his cub for?
—So many spirit plants. Was the Elf King too good to her, or was she too inexperienced?
Yu Chi sighed and once again sincerely asked the little flower fairy, hoping that she could summarize all these spirit plants for her.
She had discovered on Sunset Island that although the little flower fairy could not speak, she could write. She should be a type of fairy, so she was self-taught in the fairy language.
And the fairy language was very similar to the elven language.
“Please! I’ll prepare your favorite nectar for you!”
Yu Chi envisioned herself as a wicked boss who exploited child labor, but if she really had to sort it out herself, a week would not be enough.
What a desperate way to die!
The little flower fairy nodded with a smile. She did not look troubled. As a guardian, she was born to like serving her master, especially since this was something she loved.
There were also many spirit plants in the tail ring Mu Gui had given her before, but he didn’t know that she had the [Two-Sided Mirror], so those spirit plants were all strange foods from this world.
She would occasionally take some out to chew on as a snack.
Compared to the spirit plants with various functions, Yu Chi was more interested in the food the Elf King had prepared for her.
Look! Super delicious bling-bling nectar, bread that was always fragrant, and jelly that melted in your mouth, beautiful jade vine cakes… Yu Chi’s face was full of excitement as she shuttled through the pile of food, and finally found something strange.
【Luminous Pudding: After consumption, the skin will emit a faint blue light for three consecutive days.】
Oho, this was very interesting. She didn’t know which mischievous chef had made this failed product. Yu Chi lowered her head and smelled it. The fragrance was overwhelming. It was clear that it was an extremely delicious dessert.
Hee hee.
Yu Chi took out three pieces of pudding and sent one to her old dad, Li Feng, and Zuo He each.
Good things, friends should share them together!
The products of Sunset Island usually did not have detailed descriptions, especially the casually made food. The reason Yu Chi knew this was luminous pudding was because she often studied elven recipes.
The three of them immediately replied to her.
【DazedFish’s Dad】: You’re back? You didn’t encounter any danger, did you?
【DazedFish】: Don’t worry, the Elf King is awesome! He’s incredibly nice. He even gave me a bunch of gifts when I left.
【DazedFish】: That pudding is especially delicious. You must remember to try it!
【DazedFish’s Dad】: Okay.
Worried that someone was looking for her, Yu Chi had specially sent messages to the few friends she often chatted with before she set off for Sunset Island.
Closing the chat box with her old dad, Yu Chi slowly opened Li Feng’s, and then her expression instantly became horrified.
【GrumpyBro】: I’ve missed you to death,
Yu Chi: ???
【GrumpyBro】: Are you free to explore an island tomorrow?
Yu Chi: Oh.
I thought I was suddenly being secretly loved.
【GrumpyBro】: Fuck, there are so many idiots in this world.
【GrumpyBro: Fuck, I’m really impressed.】
A familiar flavor.
Yu Chi had almost forgotten her first impression of [GrumpyBro]. She remembered that this guy used to curse at everyone in the channel every day, which was very in line with his ID.
Later, after eating meat, he became a bit Buddhist for a while. It seemed that he was back in the game now.
【GrumpyBro】: It’s still more comfortable to team up with acquaintances. I’m really disgusted.
【DazedFish】: You didn’t team up with Zuo He?
【GrumpyBro】: We teamed up twice. He’s also an idiot. He doesn’t eat anything when he explores an island. I can’t stand it.
“Puhahahahaha.”
Yu Chi laughed very brightly. How should she put it? There was a very subtle sense of satisfaction.
Unlike her, who is like a fish in water wherever she is, hee hee.
【DazedFish】: Then let’s team up tomorrow. By the way, remember to eat the pudding. That thing is delicious.
The other party replied with an “OK.”
Zuo He’s message was as concise and career-oriented as ever.
【MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass】: Do you know why those people disappeared?
【DazedFish】: They seem to have been chosen by the system to participate in a special mission.
Yu Chi did not tell the whole truth. There were many people discussing this on the forum, but so far, no one knew the truth.
She didn’t plan to say it either.
If the players knew that while they were desperately resisting the natural disaster, someone among them was pulling down the death rate… the entire channel would probably explode.
After all, countless people had lost their family and friends in the first round of natural disaster. That hatred would immediately be transferred, and a new round of outbreak would begin.
And only 300 “Scavengers” were left after the end. This kind of torment was not something an ordinary player could bear. Their strength was naturally extraordinary.
At that time, the conflict between the players would become greater, and the default order that had been established with great difficulty might be thrown into chaos again.
【MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass】: Mmm, are you free to explore an island tomorrow?
Yu Chi raised an eyebrow. She had thought this big brother was more used to exploring on his own.
【DazedFish】: No problem, but Li Feng has also asked me out.
【MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass】: Together.
Yu Chi also reminded him not to forget to eat the pudding. Sigh, she was really looking forward to seeing those two guys tomorrow.
Especially her dad. When he found out that he had suddenly turned blue, he would definitely be overjoyed.
Yu Chi: Hee hee.
Her reputation value had not changed for a while. This time, after suddenly rising to the top 100, her reputation value had immediately increased by more than 3000.
It was very little compared to the number of players in the whole world, but she hadn’t done anything. These reputation values were basically free.
Yu Chi scrolled through the reputation value mall and finally bought 20 rare fish baits.
She remembered that she had used bread crumbs for fishing at the beginning, and she had still caught a [Blue Pearlfish]… although such a good thing had not happened again.
Now that the conditions were better, Yu Chi certainly didn’t mind improving the quality of the fish bait. When the little flower fairy had sorted out the spirit plants, there should be some materials that were very suitable for making fish bait.
There should also be plants that could survive at the bottom of the sea. Yu Chi remembered that she had mentioned this to the Elf King.
She tied the fish bait to the All-Purpose Fishing Rod. She had three fishing chances a day, and now she had saved up 30. If she was lucky, she might be able to catch 10 different species of fish in one go, directly completing half of the upgrade conditions.
The fishing time was very long. Yu Chi opened the central island’s shop interface again and began to check the business balance.
As the central island developed faster, the variety of vegetables and fruits also became richer. But so far, there was no substitute for giant crops.
This thing not only tasted better than ordinary fruits, but one was also equivalent to many, and its appearance was also rare.
Yu Chi was not worried that the players would get tired of eating it. There were so many fruits in the real world, and they never got tired of them. Sometimes, even if they had no money, they would be cruel and buy some fruit to have a taste. She refused to believe that the players’ preferences could change immediately.
The same was true for vegetables. Although there were many edible plants in this world, after the novelty wore off, vegetables were still difficult to replace.
The most important thing was that the price of those edible plants was not cheap, which meant that they were not very affordable.
However, the turnover of [DazedPlant], the shop that sold spirit plants, had dropped a lot.
After the players started exploring islands, they had obtained quite a few spirit plants one after another. And the spirit plants she sold were all at the original price and had not been lowered, so the number of customers had decreased a lot.
Fortunately, her shop had opened relatively early, and there were also clearly related shops like [DazedFruit] and [DazedVeggie]. The Dazed brand had already been established.
Of course, the players on the forum were now speculating whether the [Dazed Brand] was related to [DazedFish].
【Shop: DazedFruit
Serial Number: 1
Region: First District
Revenue: 100 million】
【Shop: DazedFruit
Serial Number: 2
Region: Fourth District
Revenue: 50 million】
【Shop: DazedVeggie
Serial Number: 3
Region: Fourth District
Revenue: 30 million】
Yu Chi had never withdrawn the money stored in her shops. The three shops had finally obtained an exaggerated number—180 million.
She blinked and looked at her ranking on the wealth ranking. Very good, not only had it not risen, but it had dropped, becoming more than 900.
Whether it was the game world or the real world, the rich would always get richer. Yu Chi was not very disappointed with this result.
Her dad had only had a few hundred million in funds at the beginning and could still rank in the top 10 of the wealth ranking. Now, this period of time had been constantly expanding, and the entire organization was putting in effort. He probably had tens of billions in his hands.
It’s okay. Yu Chi ground her teeth, full of energy.
She needed to constantly expand her shops. With just three shops, the opportunities to make money were still too few.
However, she did not plan to sell those spirit plants with a long history from Sunset Island. This thing was hard to come by, and she didn’t have enough for herself.
After all, it was accumulated over time. Even if she sold it, not many people could afford it.
For example, she sold a 3000-year-old spirit plant and happily took the huge sum of crystals. The next day, her dad gave the spirit plant to her.
And said, “This thing is very rare and expensive. It took a lot of effort to auction it successfully.”
Yu Chi: …So scary.
But her dad’s chances of winning the competition are very high.
Just as she was letting her imagination run wild, the All-Purpose Fishing Rod suddenly moved. Yu Chi immediately pulled the fishing rod up.
【Species: Streamer Ray
Description: The skin can be peeled off to make invisible materials.】
A translucent ray with a wingspan of 3 meters, an adult. Yu Chi was startled when she caught it.
Her fishing skills were still at the level of the small fish from before. Suddenly, such a big one, she thought she had encountered a contaminated creature.
Yu Chi threw the Streamer Ray into the sea, but there was no notification sound that a species had been introduced.
Huh?
Yu Chi tilted her head. Could it be that there was something she hadn’t noticed?
She continued to cast her hook into the sea, took out a white bread made by an elf, and took a couple of bites. The sweet taste made her mood instantly wonderful.
Opening the forum, Yu Chi entered a keyword in the search interface, and soon, many results popped up.
【I tried my best to bring a fish back, and I almost smothered it to death. Why! Didn’t! It! Increase?!】
Yu Chi clicked on the first post. The first dozen comments were all suggesting that the OP buy a better fish tank, the kind that could simulate the fish’s living environment.
It was only later that someone answered seriously.
【Same, I’ve put in three different species, and it’s still useless. I’m done with this crappy system. It doesn’t even explain things clearly.】
【Why did I only throw in one, and it was judged as successful?】
【Could it be related to luck? Damn!】
【Person above, can you be more specific? Which species did you put in?】
【Just an ordinary fish, caught on a level 1 island… or caught in a lake.】
The netizens later gradually deduced the reason. It was not that a creature would be judged as successful just by being thrown into the territorial sea, but that it had to have the ability to reproduce.
Yu Chi silently closed the forum and looked at the calm sea. The [Streamer Ray] had long since swum away. She was too lazy to care. It was just that the difficulty had increased a lot.
She had to catch a male and a female of the same species before the system would judge it as successful.
Tsk.
The All-Purpose Fishing Rod moved again. Yu Chi picked it up and looked, and her eyes immediately turned cold.
Yo, this is not bad.
【Species: Sky Sea Star
Description: A very small possibility of being made into a regenerative material.】
She remembered that starfish could reproduce asexually through arm regeneration, especially when they felt some danger.
Yu Chi grinned, threw the starfish into the sea, and then transformed into a mermaid and jumped directly into the sea.
The starfish was still swaying in the sea. The mermaid’s strong deterrent force came over. The starfish’s whole body stiffened, and its muscles contracted strongly and continuously. Soon, a section of its arm and its body slowly separated.
Starfish: If you eat it, you can’t eat me anymore~
Yu Chi’s eyes curved, and the system’s voice sounded in her ear.
【Player has successfully introduced a species into the territorial sea. 7 more species are needed.】
Yu Chi: Huh?
She blinked, then suddenly realized. She had annexed another player’s territorial sea, and since the other party had already upgraded, of course, he had gathered all the species.
However, an excellent-grade territorial sea order only required two species to be gathered to upgrade, while hers required 10 species.
Yu Chi rubbed her chin, eager to try.
It was actually less difficult to upgrade by annexing other territorial seas.
Speaking of which, could something like this happen…
For example, a player successfully obtained 10 species, and then traded with another player, and finally, the other player also obtained 10 species…
Then the system worked for a long time, and in the end, it found that, hey, the entire sea only had 10 species.
Yu Chi: Praise.
Just kidding. Of course, the system would not allow such a big loophole to appear.
In fact, someone on the forum had already done such a thing, but the final result was that after the other person’s species was judged as successful, hers was canceled.
The system did not allow players to exploit such a loophole.
However, it was not a complete dead end.
If you found a new species on an island, and after it was judged as successful, you brought other players to this island to find the same species, this situation was completely fine.
Some people had even made a lot of money by doing such things, and a profession had even been derived—a guide.
At first glance, it seemed like they were doing something high-end, but it turned out they were poaching creatures from islands.
Yu Chi: →_→
In the long run, it would definitely have an impact on the ecology of that island, but the system should be able to handle these things, so it was not something she should worry about.
Yu Chi sighed. She’d better just fish honestly first.
If it really didn’t work, she would go find those “guides.”
At the same time, a hot post suddenly appeared on the forum. It already had nearly a few thousand floors. At first, it didn’t have much heat, but it was later pushed up by the players.
【Live stream of destroying the territorial sea core of the player DazedFish. Interested friends can squat~】