146: Chapter 146 Destination: Vice City

“Alright, but what exactly is this thing used for?”

Chen Fan gave Drake an order to stand by in place, then turned to look at Jiu Jiu.

Jiu Jiu understood immediately and sent a team of Crew Member into the cave.

Lairuilei shook her head, “I don't know its specific function, but this thing is on the same level as my Wind God's Blessing.”

After a pause, she added ambiguously: “But someone might know.”

As she finished speaking, the surrounding air pulsed again for a moment.

“Oh?”

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow; he didn't catch Lairuilei's subtext.

“Then we'll take it for now and ask someone about it later.”

The S-rank Ship Captain arrived and picked up the pulsating heart.

After waiting for a while and seeing that nothing happened, Chen Fan gave the order to return.

The S-rank Ship Captain carefully carried the heart back. When passing the shallows, Chen Fan clearly felt that the strange fish in the water had become unusually agitated.

Back on the ship, Jiu Jiu took the heart and handed it to Chen Fan.

[Acquired: giants heart x1]

Chen Fan frowned slightly.

Drake and the others hadn't touched the heart from beginning to end; it had been brought back by Jiu Jiu's captain the whole way.

Even so, it didn't trigger Hundredfold Cash Back, and no notifications appeared.

Presumably, this was another item that couldn't be cashed back.

Generally, such items are extremely precious.

After observing for a moment, other than its huge size, there was nothing unusual about this heart.

Chen Fan tried to put it into his system backpack.

[Special item, cannot be placed.]

Chen Fan was not surprised; such items generally cannot be stored in the backpack.

He switched to the Hundredfold Cash Back space and tried again.

The next moment, the heart appeared in a small grid within the space, still pulsating continuously.

Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good thing the Hundredfold Cash Back space could store it; otherwise, having to carry this strange heart everywhere would be truly disgusting.

He controlled the Crew Member again and carefully scanned Savage Island.

After confirming there was nothing special on it, he recalled the Crew Member.

By this time, many Players had gathered around.

In the regional chat, people kept calling for the Boss.

Chen Fan opened the chat window, “Who else hasn't arrived?”

“Me, me, me! Boss, wait for me, I'll be there in ten minutes.”

“I have fifteen minutes!”

“...”

Chen Fan opened Exploration and scanned the area.

The vicinity was filled with patrol boat of various sizes.

Just as the earth burrowing ship said, the highest level was only a medium patrol boat.

However, several vice-captains should be like the earth burrowing ship, about to upgrade to a Large Patrol Boat.

After waiting another twenty minutes, all 2000 Players were in place.

After seeing Chen Fan's aircraft carrier with their own eyes, they all exclaimed and wanted to come aboard to experience it.

Chen Fan naturally agreed to each one.

Two thousand Players completed their first offline meetup in the region on Chen Fan's aircraft carrier.

Of course, the socially anxious The Five Women remained on their own ship.

Seeing people they had previously only seen in the chat window suddenly appear before them, the Players felt a sense of surrealism.

After brief pleasantries, they handed over the magic dragon crystal core energy.

Seeing that the energy had returned to 10,000 points, Chen Fan nodded slightly.

“According to my guess, certain conditions need to be triggered to open the next stage. Of course, it can be basically determined that this condition has nothing to do with the pirate ship.

I believe you all know that the triggering of each new stage, and the first to complete it, will receive huge rewards.”

The earth burrowing ship: “Yeah, Boss, you took all the previous rewards.”

The small boat: “Exactly, we didn't even get a sip of soup.”

“...”

Chen Fan's face darkened, “You didn't get enough to eat during the BOSS battle, did you?”

The Cao Te Ship: “Damn it, that was so satisfying, a huge gain, woohoo.”

The husky ship: “Haha, it would be great to have another wave.”

What to Eat for Breakfast No. 1: “Another wave? Then only two hundred of us two thousand would be left.”

“Then never mind...”

Chen Fan glared at this bunch of jokers and said again:

“All of you, recall, after entering the Night Instance, besides the pirate ship, what other strange things have you encountered?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the deck fell silent.

All the Players were trying hard to recall.

Chen Fan also frowned, recalling every little detail of his previous experiences.

Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes.

“North?”

Raising his head, Chen Fan subconsciously clicked the sea chart button.

But he immediately realized that there is no sea chart in the Night Instance.

However, something surprising happened. As he clicked the sea chart, a pitch-black scroll appeared before his eyes.

“What the f*ck? A sea chart?!?”

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment and examined it carefully.

Unlike his previous guess, the sea chart of the Night Instance was countless times larger than the main storyline's.

But 90% of the area was covered by uneven voids.

In the remaining 10%, 9% was shrouded in black fog.

The final 1% had some small dots lit up.

The area of District 1 where Chen Fan was located was almost entirely lit up. Not far from District 1, another area was more than half lit up.

Chen Fan understood that it was District 10010, the territory of Luo Shen and the others.

Scanning around, Chen Fan roughly understood that this 1% area was occupied separately by Players from all districts.

“So where is the clue to clear the dungeon?”

Chen Fan muttered to himself, constantly scanning the sea chart.

Suddenly, his finger trembled, and his eyes fixed on a certain point.

“City of Sin?!?”

It was pitch black there, but the black fog shrouding it had dissipated.

The four big characters “City of Sin” were written in the center of the area.

“So that's it. I was previously teleported to the dark dungeon, but my tentacle was placed in the system backpack and bound to the warship.

That's why I was targeted by the tentacle in the sky, which caused those feelings of discomfort.”

Thinking of this, Chen Fan patted his chest in lingering fear and immediately transferred all the supplies in his system space to the Hundredfold Cash Back space.

Previously, in order to distinguish which supplies had been cashed back, he had organized the supplies on hand and placed them in two different locations.

He didn't expect that this action would almost get him killed.

Having had many experiences dealing with the game system, Chen Fan instantly understood that the key to clearing the dungeon was in the City of Sin.

Thus, Chen Fan waved his hand:

“Brothers, I've found the clue. Return to your ships and follow me!”

The Players' eyes lit up, and they cheered collectively.

“Boss is awesome!”

“I knew it, nothing can stump the Boss.”

“Hehe, I can get the minimum guarantee again, so exciting.”

“To the one above, it should be: ‘Time to beg for food again, hehe’.”

“...”

Chen Fan patted their foreheads and said angrily, “Go back quickly!”

Everyone laughed and returned to their warships.

More than two thousand ships of various sizes surrounded Chen Fan's aircraft carrier and set off towards the City of Sin.