40: Chapter 40 Like a Dream, Yet Not a Dream

In an instant, the ghost ship vanished from the surface of the sea.

The Crew Members who had already boarded the pirate ship were also quickly recalled.

Just a moment before being recalled, Kuka seemed to have a premonition and leaped forward.

His right hand grabbed the glass bottle in front of him...

The next moment, the Crew Member, along with the china, disappeared from the spot.

That black tentacle missed its strike and seemed to pause in place for a moment.

Immediately, the black mist trembled violently.

A tip of a tentacle extended from the black mist, just like it had reached toward Chen Fan before.

As the tentacle gradually extended, its size underwent an earth-shattering change.

When it had only extended 200 meters, its diameter expanded from less than one meter to ten meters.

There were still a few survivors left on the abandoned pirate ship.

Upon seeing the approaching tentacle, these people became insane.

They scratched their skin incessantly with both hands, as if something was trying to crawl out from inside their bodies.

Their sharp nails tore their skin to shreds, but they felt no pain at all; instead, they wore pious smiles on their faces.

Until the tentacle pierced through the hull and the massive suction cups pressed against their bleeding skin.

In an instant.

The blood was sucked out of everyone's bodies; they shuddered and fell to the ground one after another.

The eerie thing was that even after these people died, their faces still wore pious smiles.

The pirate ship fleet that had just escaped.

The Commander-in-Chief sat in the captain's cabin with a worried look, while the first mate stood quietly nearby with his head bowed.

Suddenly, both of them looked up at the same time.

"Sea..."

Before they could finish their sentence, a hollow whispering sound suddenly rang in their ears.

Their eyes went blank for a moment, then they revealed pious smiles and began to scratch their skin with their hands.

A tentacle, over a thousand meters in diameter and constantly expanding, instantly crushed the entire fleet.

...

[Ding!]

[Player: china, completed 3% of the dungeon progress, obtained extra rewards.]

On the calm sea, the china suddenly appeared.

On the deck, Chen Fan was lying flat.

His limbs were twitching slightly, and white foam was constantly bubbling from his mouth.

The school of fish, having their living space squeezed, was violently ramming the patrol boat.

The group chat messages kept scrolling by with constant beeps.

Vase: "Wow, Brother Fan has pushed the progress again?"

speechless ship: "The cost this time must be quite high, how many resources were consumed?"

long time ship: "It definitely won't be little, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a rush to have us trade resources."

Demon: "Hehe, maybe he's been hollowed out."

Samo: "Elaborate on 'hollowed out'."

"..."

The women were stunned for a moment, then blushed and spat in annoyance.

Not just the group chat, the regional chat channel had also exploded.

"As expected of a Big Shot, he actually dares to enter the Night Instance."

"He has a ship, why wouldn't he be able to enter safely? If you had a ship, you could go too!"

"Don't be sarcastic, upstairs. My resources are almost enough; once the Daytime Instance ends tomorrow, I'll be able to upgrade."

"Really?!! Then you should livestream it for us when the time comes."

"Yeah, yeah, Huaxia Big Shot is so aloof, he doesn't reveal any details about the Night Instance."

"Big Shot, I declare you the third biggest Big Shot in this region; you must livestream it then."

The player about to upgrade was flattered to the point of losing his bearings and said floatingly:

"Easy, easy. As soon as I enter the dungeon tomorrow, I'll start a livestream for you all."

"Big Shot!! A true Big Shot!!!"

"Big Shot, I have one Wood here, just a small token of respect."

"What a coincidence, I have a rope here."

"Wood + 1."

"rope + 10086."

That player didn't expect that acting cool would actually yield gains.

Thus, he happily accepted the resources traded by the other players.

In a corner of the sea.

The Fangs Vessel appeared on the sea level.

Unlike when he went in, his sailboat was now significantly larger.

"Damn it, what kind of monster was that? It scared the hell out of me."

"Judging by this situation, it's better not to go in for a while."

Fangs patted his chest, looking terrified.

If he hadn't run fast, he would have likely been done for in there this time.

After calming down, he lowered his head to look at his medium-sized sailboat, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Fortunately, it has upgraded to medium-sized. Tomorrow night, I'll upgrade to a large sailboat. Then I'll have the capital to tangle with the china."

"Presumably, the china has also upgraded to a large sailboat by now."

Just as the Fangs Vessel was daydreaming, on the other side.

The Emperor, having just escaped the dungeon, looked gloomy.

"Damn it, This Great Master almost got done in. How do these beasts have so many cannons!"

Looking back at the ship's hull, which was half-burnt, he gritted his teeth.

"If I hadn't just upgraded to a medium sailboat and exhausted my resources, I wouldn't have had to flee so miserably."

Turning his head, he looked at the system message about the china obtaining rewards and snorted coldly.

...

However, Chen Fan, who was on everyone's mind.

Was currently lying quietly on the deck, motionless.

The patrol boat, with no one at the helm, was being pushed by the waves toward the shallow water area.

Just as it was about to run aground, a sigh suddenly rang out.

Immediately, Chris appeared out of thin air.

He glanced at Chen Fan, who was lying on the ground foaming at the mouth, shook his head, and ducked into the cockpit.

"Shorty, help me check on him."

"Who the hell are you calling Shorty?"

An angry curse rang out, and Kadel, who was less than a meter tall, also appeared.

"Right, right, right, you're not short, I'm the short one."

"That's more like it."

Kadel looked at Chris, who was nearly two meters tall, and nodded with satisfaction.

Immediately, he walked toward Chen Fan and reached out his hand.

"If you don't want your hand, go ahead and touch him."

A cold voice rang out, and Lairuilei, with fiery red hair and dressed in green, appeared.

Instantly, Chris and Kadel were both stunned.

"Aren't you a Crew Member? How can you come out on your own?"

"Is it haunted?"

Lairuilei frowned, her voice cold: "If you can come out, why can't I?"

The two looked at each other, both seeing astonishment in each other's eyes.

Chris pondered for a moment and said cautiously:

"You disguised yourself as an S-rank? Pfft, that's not important, who are you?"

"Windrunner Lairuilei."

After dropping this sentence, Lairuilei ignored them further.

She pushed Shorty aside, reached out to pick up Chen Fan, and walked into the bedroom.

Leaving the two of them, separated by the cockpit glass, looking at each other in dismay.

"What's the situation?"

"How would I know? Why don't you go ask?"

"Why should I ask? You go ask."

"Forget it, it's none of my business. Since someone is looking after this kid, I'll slip away."

After saying this, Kadel's figure instantly vanished.

Chris felt snubbed and also curled his lips.

Looking at the china that had moved far away from the island, he flashed and also disappeared from the spot.

...

Chen Fan felt as if he were in a dream.

In the dream, that inexplicable object that was like mist and not mist, like smoke and not smoke, cracked open.

Replacing it was a long tentacle.

On the tentacle, countless huge suction cups were constantly opening and closing.

Inside the suction cups, as they opened and closed, a ring of sharp teeth loomed.

The suction cups gradually drew closer, and Chen Fan could even smell the stench emanating from the teeth.

His body also couldn't help but struggle.

In a hazy state, Chen Fan felt the back of his head being placed on a soft spot.

A faint singing voice dispersed the tentacle.

And also woke him up from the nightmare.

"Mmm..."

With a soft gasp, Chen Fan opened his eyes.

What came into view was a pair of massive southern hemispheres.