69: Chapter 69 The Hunt Begins

“Fangs, that kid actually killed the Emperor?”

Chen Fan was somewhat incredulous.

He had also experienced Fangs' Talent; it was truly overpowered within the dungeon.

But that was limited to Exploration; how could this Talent have any combat power? Why was he able to kill the Emperor?

No, that's not right.

Chen Fan shook his head.

It wasn't Fangs who killed it, otherwise the Emperor wouldn't have gone offline.

The only thing that could make a player go offline directly was the tentacle.

tentacle?!

Chen Fan's heart thumped violently, and his gaze swept over the 95 tentacles in his inventory.

“Is this thing causing trouble? That's not right, though. When the avatar ship went in yesterday, it wasn't attacked.”

“What exactly is going on?”

After thinking for a long time, Chen Fan couldn't figure it out.

“china, are you listening?”

The message bar displayed the earth burrowing ship's voice again.

Chen Fan snapped out of his thoughts and nodded slightly.

“Your information is very useful. Speak, what do you want?”

The earth burrowing ship hesitated for a while, then said in a low voice: “Actually, I'm not here to ask for supplies. I wonder if you have any interest in rare mineral clusters?”

“Yes, I'll take as many as you have.”

The earth burrowing ship's eyes lit up, and it nodded repeatedly: “I have two on hand, and my Crew Member is constantly mining, so there will be more later. I wonder how you plan to trade for them?”

Chen Fan pondered for a moment, “You name your price.”

After a while, the earth burrowing ship replied: “Exchange for gunpowder or steel. How about a ratio of one to one hundred?”

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow, “One to thirty.”

“No way, these are rare materials. At least one to fifty.”

“Deal. I'll have someone trade with you.”

Chen Fan was only bargaining symbolically anyway. To him now, it made no difference whether it was thirty or one hundred.

He sent a message to Jiu Jiu, and before long, the transaction was successful.

[Obtained: Rare mineral cluster x200.]

“Should we start?” Jiu Jiu asked softly.

Chen Fan smiled, “Come on then.”

“If I come, I'm going to be on top today... Hmph!”

The next day.

After ten o'clock, Chen Fan sat up from among the shredded dresses.

He rubbed his increasingly sore lower back and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Lairuilei was great in every way, except she was too jealous and always made Chen Fan work overtime.

However, the harvest last night was bountiful.

Chen Fan traded the plasma energy core, alloy ingot, and nano-fiber bundle to Jiu Jiu, and then traded them back.

This way, he could satisfy the condition of having possessed them, even though they were currently not in his inventory.

After a whole night of tossing and turning, which nearly made Chen Fan's brain explode, he only managed to get 100 energy focusing crystals, 100 alloy ingots, and 100 nano-fiber bundles.

“Farming this way is too slow. I still need to find a more stable source.”

Stretching, Chen Fan walked out of the cabin.

On Savage Island near the Demon, the Savage General had finished recruiting last night, and early this morning, he brought all the new Recruits to the vicinity of the shallows, waiting for Chen Fan.

Demon: “Brother Fan, are you awake?”

“Yes, apply.”

Demon Girl nodded and pushed a Sailor toward the sea.

[Player: china, confirm support, difficulty White One-Star.]

Everything went smoothly, and Chen Fan recruited all the extra 2,000 savage soldiers.

His Crew Member count also reached 5,000.

However, 4,200 of them were savages from the island.

Subconsciously glancing at the store, he found that there were still no new S-Class Crew Members, and Chen Fan couldn't help but shake his head.

At this point, ordinary Crew Members didn't have much significance to him, as they could be resurrected at any time if they died.

What he wanted were S-Class Crew Members with intelligence and different functions.

Only with intelligence could they autonomously command other Crew Members.

Otherwise, if a war broke out in the future, he would have to command all the Crew Members himself, which was exhausting just to think about.

Chen Fan shook his head and glanced at the hopeful-looking Savage General.

“What is it?”

The General lowered his head and leaned in, “Master, can you bestow a name upon me?”

“You want a name?”

Chen Fan nodded slightly; it was time to give him a name, otherwise, calling him General every day was also exhausting.

After thinking for a moment, a mischievous idea popped up.

“Then you shall be called Yousi.”

“Yousi? Yousi! Yousi! Haha, I have a name! I am called Yousi. Thank you, Master.”

Yousi was full of excitement and bowed repeatedly.

Chen Fan looked up at the savage army. Although they were scattered, their scale had already taken shape.

Thinking of the BOSS in five days, a layer of gloom covered his heart.

“Starting today, attack the other two nations. Unify Savage Island as soon as possible.”

Chen Fan gave the order, and Yousi immediately guaranteed the completion of the mission.

After finishing the business on Savage Island, it was already 12:00 noon.

The Daytime Instance opened!

Just like yesterday, the six of them encountered the Steel Wall again.

Although Jiu Jiu's medium patrol boat had not finished upgrading, Chen Fan alone was enough.

[Ding!]

[dungeon Phase 3, the winning team is: Huaxia Legion.]

[Clear time: 4 minutes.]

[Obtained rewards: Key (White) x20. Key (Yellow): x10.]

[Obtained material rewards: Gold coin x5k. Wood x2k. rope x1k. Cloth x1k. Steel x200. Gunpowder x100.]

[Obtained additional rewards: Key (Blue) x6.]

[Obtained additional rewards: forerunner Title (Upgrade).]

[Team: Fangs, clear time: 30 minutes.]

[Obtained rewards: Gold coin x2k. Wood x1k. rope x500. Nail x100. Cloth x100. Steel x50. Gunpowder x20.]

[Obtained rewards: Key (White) x7. Key (Yellow): x3.]

[Teams that did not finish received consolation prizes: Gold coin x500. Wood x200. rope x100. Nail x50. Cloth x20. Steel x10. Gunpowder x10.]

“As expected, the Emperor is gone.”

Chen Fan frowned inwardly.

He noticed that the Fangs Vessel's clear time had become 30 minutes.

Yesterday, the Emperor took 40 minutes to clear, and the Fangs Vessel took 59 minutes, clearing just in time.

Why was the clear time so fast today?

This Fangs was becoming more and more bizarre.

Chen Fan shook his head and accepted the supplies traded by The Five Women.

[Obtained: Key (White) x1k. Key (Yellow): x500.]

[Obtained: Gold coin x25w. Wood x10w. rope x5w. Cloth x5w. Steel x1w. Gunpowder x5k.]

[Obtained: Key (Blue) x500.]

At this moment, his Blue Keys had reached 1002!

Looking at the 101 treasure chests in his inventory, the corners of Chen Fan's mouth rose slightly.

“I have those three hidden materials now. Let's see if they can be opened from the blue treasure chests.”

However, things did not go in the direction he hoped.

After opening all 101 treasure chests, he only obtained 4 rare mineral clusters and 3 energy focusing crystals.

As for the three hidden materials like the plasma energy core, there wasn't a single one.

“It seems like I need higher-level chests to open them.”

Shaking his head, Chen Fan decided that he would let Jiu Jiu open all future chests.

He gave the extra white and yellow keys to The Five Women, asking them to exchange them for some useful supplies.

Then Chen Fan began a whole day of “tugging” with Jiu Jiu.

But his luck was poor; until 12:00 midnight, he only got 100 rare mineral clusters and 200 energy focusing crystals.

At this point, he was not far from gathering enough materials for the large patrol boat.

Hearing the sound of the Night Instance opening, Chen Fan grinned.

“The hunt begins.”