68: Chapter 68 Important News

Unlike Chen Fan's solemnity, the other players exploded instantly upon hearing the system prompt.

"@china, Big Shot! You are my god!"

"@china, Daddy, my dear daddy, I am your long-lost son."

"@china, Wild Daddy! Come back, Mom and I miss you so much."

"Damn it, nobody fight me for him! @china, Godfather, I want to take care of you in your old age."

"Brother Cao Te, you can't have him this time. The hatred of stealing a father is irreconcilable! I am china Daddy's real son."

"Damn it, you want to steal my dad? Let's fight!"

"..."

Inside the group chat, The Five Women were also exceptionally excited.

They proactively traded materials to Chen Fan.

[Obtained: Gold Coins x500k. Wood x500k. rope x500k. Nails x500k. Cloth x500k. Steel x250k. Gunpowder x100k.]

Their resources surged, reaching a peak since the start of the game.

But Chen Fan felt heavy, unable to bring himself to be happy.

He didn't believe the game system was unaware of his Hundredfold Cash Back Talent, yet it still gave the rewards.

This meant the game was set up such that he needed to possess this many rewards to possibly defeat the Newbie Village BOSS.

Thinking of this, Chen Fan couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

The upgrade interface showed that reaching the next level required 500 energy focusing crystals, rare mineral clusters, and 100 of the other three types of hidden materials.

"I can't wait. I must upgrade as soon as possible, or I won't have any sense of security."

Chen Fan let out a long sigh and, looking at the chattering The Five Women, spoke in a heavy tone.

"The Newbie Village BOSS might be very troublesome."

Vase: "What are you afraid of? Our combat power is so strong, we'll blast it to death with a few shots!"

Demon: "Exactly, Brother Fan, your resources are already full, maybe even overflowing, what's there to be afraid of?"

Samo: "Elaborate on 'overflowing'."

speechless ship: "..."

long time ship: "Stop messing around. Brother said that for a reason, he naturally has his own considerations."

speechless ship: "That's true. Brother Fan, did you notice something?"

Chen Fan shook his head. Some things were not convenient to tell them for now, and even if he did, it would be useless.

"Maybe it's just my illusion. In the next two days, I will help you gather enough materials to upgrade as soon as possible. We'll be more confident then."

Vase: "Wow... Brother, you're so kind~"

The women: "Thank you, Brother Fan!"

"..."

Closing the group chat, Chen Fan directly initiated a trade, giving the materials to upgrade the medium patrol boat to Jiu Jiu.

"You take these to upgrade first, then come over and help me farm for materials."

Jiu Jiu didn't say much; she could feel the urgency in Chen Fan's words.

After accepting the materials, she began upgrading the medium patrol boat.

Meanwhile, on Chen Fan's side, he unexpectedly received a private message from Fangs.

At this moment, in a corner of the ocean.

A long time had passed since the system message, but Fangs was still staring at the interface without moving.

His heart was filled with immense regret.

He had to know, that savage was something he had let Chen Fan have!

He gritted his teeth, wishing he could slap himself a few times.

"Damn it, those were my rewards. china, you deserve to die!"

"I originally intended to keep you around for a few more days, but now I've changed my mind. Tomorrow night, I'm going to kill you!"

Fangs' chest heaved rapidly as he forced himself not to look at those generous rewards.

"You guessed right, that horn is an energy focusing crystal, but unfortunately, it only counts as one."

In Fangs' eyes, Chen Fan's reply became a form of showing off.

Gritting his teeth tightly, Fangs suppressed his anger and replied:

"Congratulations. So, shall we start clearing the island tomorrow night?"

Chen Fan sneered; Fangs was indeed still planning to harm him.

However, what Chen Fan couldn't figure out was, even if he could kill him, what then?

Death resets everything, and it wouldn't drop materials, so he wouldn't gain anything, right?

Thinking of this, Chen Fan decided to fish for information from him.

"How do you plan to deal with that giant ape?"

Fangs smiled wickedly, "No need to deal with it. I've calculated the time; the time your Crew Member delays will be just enough to transport the savage back to the ship."

"You mean, I go delay them, and you go catch the savage?"

"Don't misunderstand. After I catch it, we'll split the spoils 50/50."

Chen Fan pretended to hesitate for a moment and replied: "It's too dangerous."

Fangs became anxious and immediately said:

"You don't need to go in person. After you drop off the Crew Member, just stay far away from the island. That way, even if there's danger, it won't threaten you."

"Without my Crew Member, you won't be able to catch a single savage, so I want a larger share."

"How about 60/40?"

Chen Fan chuckled inwardly, "90/10."

"You motherf..."

Fangs almost cursed out loud. After suppressing his anger, he patiently said:

"china, I am very seriously trying to talk business with you."

"I am also very serious."

Seeing Chen Fan's calm and breezy tone, Fangs couldn't help it anymore.

"Damn it, a 90/10 split? Is that something a human could come up with?"

But he was still afraid that Chen Fan would refuse, so he added:

"At most 70/30. If that doesn't work, I'll find someone else."

"Deal. See you tomorrow."

Chen Fan laughed and hung up the call.

Immediately, his expression turned gloomy.

To be able to agree to such an excessive demand, it seems Fangs is indeed plotting something big.

"What exactly is he planning?"

Chen Fan fell into deep thought.

After a long while.

A series of beeps startled Chen Fan.

Opening the communication panel, the "earth burrowing ship" displayed on it made Chen Fan raise an eyebrow.

"Why is he looking for me?"

The moment he answered, earth burrowing ship's urgent voice came through.

"china, I have a very important piece of information. Can I trade it with you for some supplies?"

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes and replied calmly:

"That depends on how important your information is."

earth burrowing ship: "I trust your character, so I'll just say it. Emperor has gone offline!"

"What?"

Chen Fan was shocked.

In the support requests, he had dealt with Emperor a few times.

Apart from his own SSS-grade Infinite Carry, he hadn't seen any other S-grade Talent yet.

Emperor's A-grade attack Talent could be said to be the highest combat power currently.

How could he have gone offline just like that?

"It's true, I'm not lying to you!"

As if afraid that Chen Fan wouldn't believe him, earth burrowing ship took a screenshot and sent it over.

"Look, his avatar is gray. Before, when I came out of the Night Instance, he added me as a friend and gave me some supplies. Yesterday, I dug up rare mineral clusters on the island, and to thank him, I gave them to him."

"Then he was very happy and told me about entering the dungeon at night, and that he was about to upgrade his patrol boat. He also promised to give me a lot of supplies later."

"But, just tonight, his avatar turned gray!"

Chen Fan took a deep breath, slowly digesting what the other person said.

After a long time, he replied:

"Did he say anything else to you? For example, why he wanted to enter the dungeon."

earth burrowing ship thought for a moment and said in surprise: "Oh right, he also said, 'If every underling were like you guys, that would be great.'"

"This 'you guys'... what does it refer to?"

"One of them should be me; as for the others, I don't know."

Hearing this, a sharp light flashed in Chen Fan's eyes.

"Fangs?"

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At the request of readers, the units have been changed to ten thousand (w). If you have any suggestions while reading, please feel free to say so.