169: Chapter 169, Daytime Dungeon, Opens Again

After resolving the remnant soul of Xin, the group swept the island once more.

As usual, they found a red treasure chest, along with several other colored chests.

By this time, Jiu Jiu had already stored six red treasure chests, but the red key still hadn't appeared.

With the island search complete, the group returned to the warship, preparing to continue their Exploration.

During this period, whether it was The Five Women or other players, everyone was frantically searching the islands.

Compared to other districts, District One was naturally much weaker, and the gap in numbers was too large.

Therefore, they could only keep searching for new resources to maintain their lead.

"Brother Fan, should we have others pay special attention and call us if they encounter an island where Xin exists?"

"Hmm, you guys arrange it." Chen Fan nodded.

Since there was hope to Recruit Xin, they naturally had to go all out.

After all, an SSS-grade pure attack-type Crew Member would be of immense help to him right now.

He just didn't know how many souls needed to be collected to resurrect Xin.

Chen Fan toyed with the spirit niche of shadows, his eyes flickering.

After The Five Women received his consent, they flirted with Chen Fan for a while before dispersing to do their own tasks.

As the first people to form an alliance with Chen Fan, they knew very well what Chen Fan needed right now.

They all wanted to do their part to improve the strength of Chen Fan and even the entire District One.

Conversely, Chen Fan himself became exceptionally relaxed.

His aircraft carrier was still parked beside the Red Island, and the Crew Member returned to the island once more, turning over the soil inch by inch.

Anyway, he was idle, so what if there was something to be discovered?

His two SSS-grade Talents, by this time, were starting to show their limitations.

Although they were formidable, they were ultimately auxiliary Talents that could only improve his level and individual combat power.

But under the massive gap in numbers, these advantages were gradually being erased.

Even after fusing other Talents, most of them were still primarily auxiliary.

The RPG + Enchantment combination had extremely limited utility for large-scale battles.

"I can only wait for the district merger. I hope to merge with a stronger district and let their leader manage things, while I just focus on my own improvement."

"By then, I'll find some more explosive Talents to fuse."

Chen Fan rubbed his chin and nodded slightly.

Compared to managing logistics and such, he preferred leading troops into battle.

He glanced at Luo Shen's chat window; several hours had passed, and she was still spamming the screen.

The messages she sent were very considerate, greeting all of Chen Fan's direct and extended family; it seemed she had made up her mind to marry into the Chen family.

Chen Fan glanced at them a few times and then closed it.

As the sun set behind the hills, Chen Fan drifted off to sleep in a daze.

[Ding!]

[Upgrade Successful: annihilation ship.]

[china clone 2.]

[Current Level: annihilation ship.]

[Full load approx. 150,000 tons, 500x100 meters. Maximum speed: 200 knots on the surface, 100 knots underwater. Maximum capacity: 5,000 Crew Member.]

[Installed conventional weapons: Multi-barrel naval guns x50. Anti-submarine torpedo/depth charge launchers x50. Anti-ship missile launchers x50. Land-attack missile launchers x50. Close-in weapon systems x50. Anti-aircraft missile launchers x50.]

[Installed special weapons: Quantum armor-piercing cannons x20. Plasma cannons x20.]

[Available to install: annihilation pulse emitter x1.]

Chen Fan was instantly jolted awake, rolled out of bed, and walked onto the deck.

A strange-looking black warship was quietly floating on the sea surface.

At first glance, this warship looked more like a two-headed aircraft, covered all over with cannon muzzles.

The two heads were covered with dense, circular black objects. Looking closely, they looked exactly like the eye of annihilation.

"Is this the annihilation ship? Looking at its appearance, can it also submerge?"

Chen Fan rubbed his chin and scanned the other uninstalled weapon.

[Resources required for annihilation pulse emitter: Gold coins x50,000,000. Basic supplies x10,000,000. Rare supplies x4,000,000. Hidden supplies x3,000,000. superpower supplies x2,000,000. annihilation supplies x1,000,000.]

"What the f*ck? You f*cking..."

"Are you robbing me?"

Chen Fan's jaw dropped; he rubbed his eyes, confirming he hadn't misread it.

Only then did he gasp in shock.

Fifty million gold coins, ten million Basic supplies?

And these four types of high-level supplies in the 4-3-2-1 sequence; are you playing a countdown game here?

Clearing an annihilation supplies dungeon only yielded less than 500,000, and you're asking for 1,000,000 right off the bat?

Shaking his head, Chen Fan began to study the energy consumption of the annihilation ship.

Fortunately, the consumption for conventional weapons was still primarily Basic supplies like Steel and Gunpowder; with his inventory of over 100 million, he had plenty to squander.

Upon seeing the special weapons, he frowned.

"A single shell requires 100 annihilation particles; a full salvo from 40 cannons is 4k!"

"Damn it, my 100,000 annihilation particles are only enough for 25 full salvos? How can it be this ridiculous!"

He smacked his lips and looked at the annihilation pulse emitter.

Based on this triple construction resource ratio, wouldn't a single shell require 120,000 annihilation particles?

Who can afford to burn this? Is this thing even meant for humans?

"Heh, others can't afford to burn it, but I can. As long as I encounter a few more annihilation supplies cities, I can burn it all I want!"

Chen Fan chuckled, his inner frustration instantly dispelled.

As expected, there must be a comparison; only with comparison is there a sense of accomplishment.

This annihilation ship, besides himself, probably no one else could afford to equip it, let alone install the pulse emitter.

What's the point of having many people? What does it matter if you have a lot of Basic supplies?

This game relies on firepower suppression; in the late game, things like naval guns will definitely be phased out.

By then, it will be a competition of superpower supplies and annihilation supplies, as well as new types of high-level supplies that may appear later.

Not to mention the consumption of the annihilation ship.

Just for the aircraft loaded on the aircraft carrier, a single shell requires 200 superpower supplies, and a single bullet requires 5 superpower supplies.

As long as Hundredfold Cash Back is always there, he can guarantee firepower suppression forever!

Closing the chat window, Chen Fan lay back on the bed, feeling pleased.

Looking at Luo Li, who was still spamming the screen, he smiled slightly: "Little Luo Li, come and serve me in bed."

On the other side, the messages paused for a moment, then began to spam even more crazily.

Half an hour later, Luo Li jumped onto the aircraft carrier deck, shivering.

Chen Fan looked at her in her cool, small black outfit and nodded with satisfaction.

Although this girl was a bit sharp-tongued, her assets were truly ample.

Of course, being sharp-tongued wasn't necessarily a bad thing; it meant her tongue was flexible.

"Keep looking and I'll gouge out your dog eyes!" Luo Li roared, jogging over and intending to punch Chen Fan.

"See, you're getting anxious again, saying one thing but meaning another."

The next day. Chen Fan slept until nearly 12 noon.

The Five Women had already discussed development matters for several rounds in the group.

When Chen Fan finally appeared, Vase immediately started acting sarcastically:

"Oh my, giegie, now that you have a new love, you disregard your old ones. We old women might be kicked out soon."

Chen Fan glared: "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll spank your butt."

"Wuwuwu, you scared me to death. Go ahead and spank me; it's itching right now."

"..." Chen Fan rolled his eyes. Seeing that the time was approaching, he immediately washed up and had some breakfast.

[Ding!] [Daytime Instance second phase, upgrade complete.] [New gameplay: Guarding Ruins, beta testing begins.]