6: Chapter 6 The Legend of the Three Golds!

Three beams of light floated before Li Taiping, emitting a soft glow, clearly displaying three different ship evolution paths.

[Option 1 (White): heavy battleship]

Characteristics: Heavy protection, slow speed.

Initial speed: "3 knots".

Evaluation: A sturdy turtle shell.

[Option 2 (White): Speed Boat]

Characteristics: High agility, low protection.

Initial speed: "10 knots".

Evaluation: It runs fast, but a slightly larger wave might leave you shipwrecked and dead.

[Option 3 (Blue): Fishing Boat]

Characteristics: Development-focused, productivity bonus.

Initial speed: "5 knots".

Equipment: Initial harpoon (common) x1

Initial function: Greatly reduces air force probability, but the items obtained are bizarre and might even endanger your life.

Li Taiping's gaze was instantly drawn to the third, blue option.

A speed of 5 was exactly on par with the black tide in one day. Although it couldn't be called safe, at least he wouldn't be caught immediately.

Moreover, this option provided equipment for self-defense and reduced the air force probability.

It's just...

This danger?

Li Taiping pondered, but he seemed to have no choice.

Just as his finger was about to tap the blue light screen, his movement paused abruptly.

His gaze fell on an inconspicuous little button in the top right corner of the light screen.

[Refresh (Remaining attempts: 1)]

A bold idea uncontrollably emerged from the bottom of his heart.

"Gamble on it?"

The survival manual had just refreshed with information: ship evolution directions have three qualities—white, blue, and gold.

Blue was already this strong, so what about gold?

A gold-quality ship must be stronger than a blue one! And not just by a little bit!

But... the manual also said that higher-quality ships have stricter upgrade conditions and consume more resources.

What if three worse white options are refreshed?

Or what if a gold option is refreshed, but the upgrade materials are impossible to obtain in the short term? Wouldn't that be forcing himself onto a dead end?

But this blue ship really had too many uncertainties, and choosing to refresh was the same!

This was a high-stakes gamble; it was destiny!

Li Taiping's heart began to thump violently.

"Fortune favors the bold!"

"The brave are stuffed to death, the cowardly starve to death!"

"This is a survival world, not a dinner party! The fun is in the thrill!"

Various thoughts flashed crazily through his mind.

In the end, he no longer hesitated and fiercely tapped the refresh button!

"Gamble it is!"

"Whoosh—!"

The three light screens before him instantly shattered, turning into countless specks of light.

Immediately afterward, three golden rays of light, far more brilliant and dazzling than the blue light from before, burst forth, enveloping Li Taiping entirely!

The golden light was so blinding he could barely open his eyes.

Three Gold!

It was actually a Three Gold legend!

Li Taiping's heart skipped a beat. He suppressed his excitement and stared closely.

[Option 1 (Gold): Ghost Ship]

[Characteristics: Stealthy, skilled in ambushes and evasion]

[Initial speed: 5]

[Trait: Stealthy]

[Evaluation: An excellent assassin, but right now you need to survive, not play hide and seek.]

[Option 2 (Gold): warship]

[Characteristics: Firepower supreme, unparalleled attack]

[Initial speed: 3]

[Trait: Firepower Coverage]

[Evaluation: A man's romance! But are you sure you won't be swallowed by the black tide before you can enjoy the romance?]

[Option 3 (Gold): "Many Children, Many Blessings" (Hidden · Unique)]

[Characteristics: ???]

[Initial speed: 7]

[Trait: Bullseye]

[Evaluation: ???]

Li Taiping's breathing instantly became rapid, his gaze locked firmly onto the third option.

Ghost Ship, [Stealthy], was useless in this empty, vast beginner sea area.

warship, [Firepower Coverage], sounded thrilling. Which man could refuse the romance of artillery fire? But... speed 3! That was slower than a turtle shell! If he chose it, he would have to say goodbye to this world in a day.

Only the third one!

["Many Children, Many Blessings"]!

Although the characteristics and evaluation were question marks, the four words "Hidden · Unique" alone were enough to demonstrate its value!

Not to mention its initial speed reached 7, far exceeding the speed of the black tide!

And that trait—[Bullseye]!

Combined with the name "many children, many blessings"...

In Li Taiping's mind, Su Mei, Jiang Yue, Yun Jinxin... those dozens of beautiful faces, some charming, some pure, some cold and elegant, instantly appeared.

"This ship... is simply tailor-made for me!"

His heart agreed, and his kidneys were screaming too!

Does this even need choosing?!

"Ahem, heaven is about to bestow a great responsibility upon me!" Li Taiping muttered to himself with a straight face. "I am choosing this entirely for the future development of the team, to rescue my crew members faster! Absolutely not a shred of selfishness!"

While finding high-sounding reasons for himself, he extended his finger without hesitation.

[Selection complete, "Many Children, Many Blessings"!]

[You have obtained the trait effect: Bullseye (Unbound)]

[Current: Tier 1 Raft -> Tier 1 third-rank duozi duofu hao]

[Conversion required: 10 ordinary energy stone]

"energy stone?"

Seeing the conversion requirements, Li Taiping's smile stiffened on his face.

What is this thing?

He hurriedly opened the area channel again, wanting to see the situation of others.

Sure enough, people in the channel were already discussing ship upgrade materials.

"Does anyone have wood? My white-quality heavy battleship requires 10 wooden planks to convert, I'll trade for it with a bottle of water!"

"My gold-quality speed boat needs 30 pieces of fabric, does anyone have any?"

"I'm crying, my blue-quality farming boat actually requires 20 pearls, where am I supposed to find that?"

"Hahaha! I chose the blue warship, three knots of speed! Conversion requires 20 units of sulfur! So cool! Once I build it, I'll be the king of this sea!"

Li Taiping looked at the guy cheering for the warship and silently lit a candle for him in his heart.

Speed three, and you want to be king?

The black tide will eat you first.

However, this information also made him understand that the materials required for conversion and upgrading differed vastly depending on the quality of the ship.

The lower the quality, the fewer advanced materials needed.

And the ship's evolution direction also determined whether the required materials were relatively hard-to-obtain pearls or easily obtainable wooden planks and stones.

energy stone... was clearly a more precious item.

Otherwise, following the logic, he would need 30 energy stones instead of 10, but now it only showed 10 were needed.

"It seems the trouble is not small."

Li Taiping took a deep breath, his gaze falling on the unremarkable fishing rod at hand.

"Now, I can only count on you!"