222: Chapter 222 Another SS-class crew member

Mountain Ridge Giant?

These NPCs really dare to name themselves anything.

Such a short little thing, yet it dares to take a name like that.

Looking at the stone creature's half-meter height, Chen Fan sneered:

"You call yourself a giant, does your mother know?"

"Mother? What is that? I'm hungry..."

"Fine then."

Chen Fan curled his lip and raised the bottle in his hand.

The Mountain Ridge Giant reached out and pointed to the one on the left.

Only then did Chen Fan breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it wanted the magic dragon crystal core.

Otherwise, with only the 150 energy from the holy radiance crystal, he probably wouldn't be able to satisfy this hungry Shorty.

"Take it. If you want more, there is plenty, eat slowly."

Chen Fan cautiously kept his distance and threw the bottle over from afar.

The Mountain Ridge Giant wobbled, caught the bottle, and shoved it into its mouth.

It didn't even mind that it was hard; it started crunching away.

"Delicious... more."

Chen Fan chuckled and generously tossed over 1,000 points of energy.

"More."

"..."

Just as Chen Fan was feeding the Mountain Ridge Giant.

On the other side.

Vase watched the busy group, chuckled, and hid inside her destroyer.

"You guys stay busy, I'm going to slack off. Hehe, I'm so smart."

After enjoying herself for a while, she decided to send Chen Fan a message to sneakily show off her clever little brain.

However, just as she opened her friend list, she suddenly froze.

At the very top of the list, the only avatar she had pinned had actually turned gray.

"Huh, blue was first, so what is gray?"

Tilting her head to think for a moment, Vase stood up abruptly and bumped her head against the cabin.

"Wuwuwu, that hurts... No, wuwuwu, Brother Fan logged off?!!"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! My Brother Fan is invincible, it's absolutely impossible, wuwuwu..."

She opened the group chat and directly tagged everyone:

"Wuwuwu, sisters, stop working. Quickly check your friend lists, Brother Fan... he logged off."

"Huh?"

"What?!!"

"Stinky Vase, if you talk nonsense again, this lady will tear your mouth apart!"

"..."

The hearts of the women skipped a beat; they hurriedly opened their friend lists and looked up.

Suddenly, when they saw Chen Fan's gray avatar, their breathing stopped simultaneously.

"Wh-what's going on, Brother Fan, he..."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Brother Fan went back on the Mechanical Dragon, who could take him down?"

"Sister Jiujiu, did Brother Fan tell you what he went to do?"

Tears shimmered in Jiu Jiu's eyes.

Seeing Samo ask, she wiped the corner of her eye, holding back her sadness, and said:

"Brother said he was going back to the City of Sin to take a look. There's no one there anymore, so there shouldn't be any accidents... right."

"Then why did Brother Fan's avatar turn gray?"

"Maybe... I don't know either."

Jiu Jiu wiped her tears again, staring blankly at Chen Fan's avatar frame.

Because Chen Fan's avatar had turned gray, she couldn't click it to send a private message.

The group chat gradually fell silent.

Suddenly, Jiu Jiu's gaze swept toward the busy Crew Members ahead, and her eyelids twitched.

She took a deep breath, disregarding her image, and immediately ran toward the shallows.

In the waters ahead, the aircraft carrier, surrounded like stars around the moon, sat quietly on the sea surface.

She rubbed her eyes, looked carefully a few times, confirmed she hadn't seen wrong, and then turned to look at the other side.

Vaguely, a bowl-shaped object with a diameter of one hundred meters was covering the sea surface.

Immediately, she let out a long sigh of relief, and her pounding heart gradually calmed down.

Gritting her teeth, Jiu Jiu opened the group chat and scolded angrily:

"You stinky Vase, this lady hasn't disciplined you for a few days, are your skin itching for a beating?"

"Not only did you slack off and hide in the warship, but you also dared to post such big news to the group without confirming it. Look at what's in the waters ahead?"

"[Image x2]"

"Huh?"

Vase wiped the corner of her eye and scrambled out of the cabin.

When she saw the aircraft carrier ahead, she exclaimed: "Uh oh, I'm going to get scolded."

"..."

"..."

The others were speechless for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief and went back to their work.

Although they didn't know why Chen Fan's avatar turned gray.

However, once a player logs off, their warship also disappears.

Since the aircraft carrier and the fortress were still there, it proved that Chen Fan was fine.

Although they were still a bit worried, the feelings of sadness dissipated significantly.

...

On the other side.

After feeding it 10,000 points of energy in succession, Chen Fan closed his storage space with a pained heart:

"It's gone, not a single drop left."

He had originally saved 20,000 as a backup, but half of it was consumed right then.

As for the remaining 10,000, unless it was a critical moment, Chen Fan wouldn't touch it no matter what.

Hearing this, the Mountain Ridge Giant smacked its lips and closed its eyes, still wanting more.

A dazzling light shone from its chest, illuminating the dark corridor.

After half a minute, the light slowly dissipated.

At the same time, the Mountain Ridge Giant's figure gradually expanded to one meter in height.

The stones on its body also became much deeper in color.

A clicking sound rang out.

The Mountain Ridge Giant opened its eyes suddenly, its gaze like a torch.

"Thank you... good person."

"I'm not that good."

Chen Fan chuckled and took out the bottle again. "Do you want more? If you want more, come with me."

The Mountain Ridge Giant's eyes brightened slightly, and it nodded repeatedly.

Only then did Chen Fan breathe a sigh of relief.

Damn, it's a good thing I can Recruit it.

Otherwise, wasting 10,000 energy for nothing would have been heartbreaking.

He stepped forward slowly, hiding behind a pile of Crew Members, and extended his right hand toward the Mountain Ridge Giant.

"Recruit!"

[Recruit successful, new Crew Member: Mountain Ridge Giant (SS-Class).]

The Mountain Ridge Giant's head drooped for a moment, then lifted again.

In its eyes, it was still full of intelligence.

Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief and opened the Mountain Ridge Giant's profile.

[Mountain Ridge Giant (SS-Class): A life form created by the ancient Titan gods.]

[Skill 1: Throw, the Mountain Ridge Giant can pick up units within 500 meters and throw them at a target area within 5,000 meters, causing massive area-of-effect damage.]

[Skill 2: Grab Tree, the Mountain Ridge Giant picks up a tree to use as a weapon, changing to area attacks (1,000-meter diameter); each tree can attack ten times. It can also throw the tree to cause massive damage to a target area.]

Looking at the Mountain Ridge Giant's skill introduction, Chen Fan nodded slightly.

It seems this is a Crew Member focused on melee burst damage.

For naval warfare, its utility isn't that great.

"Mountain Ridge Giant, why were you locked up here?"

"Master, just call me Xiaoxiao. As for the reason... it's been a long time, I can't remember clearly either."

Chen Fan curled his lip.

Great, another one with memory issues.

Ever since Lairuilei, it seems all the S-Class or higher Crew Members he recruited have had memory issues.

I don't know if it's a game setting or what.

Shaking his head, Chen Fan scanned the area again, then prepared to withdraw.

The room where Xiaoxiao was held was already at the bottom of the tunnel, with no way forward.

Just then, Xiaoxiao let out a low growl:

"I feel... familiar energy."