74: Chapter 74 Little Vase, Get Ready and Wait for Me

"Fire!" Chen Fan shouted softly, and the crossbow bolt, wreathed in flames, plunged into the sea.

Instantly, the seawater within a ten-meter radius was vaporized. Steam billowed, and a burnt smell wafted up.

Deprived of the protection of the seawater, some unlucky mutant fish were scorched by the flames.

Beyond ten meters, the heat still made the seawater boiling hot.

The mutant fish scattered and fled.

"It seems the direct effect range of the SSS-rank Enchantment is about 10 meters in diameter."

"Freeze!"

"Gale!"

"Stun!"

Chen Fan cycled through them one by one.

The results matched his hypothesis; the effective range for all effects was a circle with a ten-meter diameter.

As for how much damage they could actually deal, he would have to find a dungeon to test it.

After the test, Chen Fan casually removed the horns from the 7 savages.

After a moment of thought, he decided to tell Jiu Jiu the news and arranged to enter a dungeon together that night.

Jiu Jiu naturally agreed immediately.

As more and more supplies were scavenged, she gradually became more open.

Every now and then, she would make a little skirt and then wear it to livestream a mysterious dance for Chen Fan.

The following plot is something everyone understands.

"By the way, that earth burrowing ship traded for two more rare mineral clusters, I've traded them over to you."

Jiu Jiu spun around in place, her pink short skirt fluttering in the wind.

It made Chen Fan's mouth go dry.

"Finally, we're only missing 100 energy focusing crystals and a plasma energy core. Come help me quickly."

"Hmph..."

...

Chen Fan's attention was entirely on the long time ship as it entered the whirlpool.

He didn't notice a glimmer of golden light appear on his Talent panel.

Withdrawing his gaze, Chen Fan looked at the system panel.

"Upgrade!"

[Upgrading: Large patrol boat.]

[Materials consumed: Wood x10w. rope x5w. Nails x1w. Cloth x5w. Steel x5w. Gunpowder x1w. Gold Coins x10w. energy focusing crystal x500. rare mineral cluster x500. plasma energy core x100. alloy ingot x100. nano-fiber bundle x100.]

[Time required: 24h.]

[forerunner title bonus active, time required: 15.6h.]

Upgrading the Large patrol boat actually required 24 hours!

With such a massive amount of time, the 35% boost wasn't really enough.

Shaking his head, Chen Fan opened the sea chart, zoomed out to the minimum, and observed carefully.

This sea chart provided by the system outlined the entire sea area.

However, areas too far away were all shrouded in gray fog and could not be viewed.

All he could see was information within a diameter of several thousand kilometers around his own blue dot.

But this couldn't stump Chen Fan.

His SSS-rank Exploration had a maximum vision range of 1000 kilometers.

As long as he activated Exploration and turned around in a circle, he could light up the map within a radius of 1000 kilometers!

Furthermore, according to the system settings, starting from the farthest distance he lit up, the map for another 3000 kilometers outward could still be lit up.

Presumably, the system treated the location he saw as the location where the warship existed.

It's just that this method could only be used to light up the map; he wouldn't dare let all the information from that circle enter his brain.

Otherwise, his brain would explode before he even needed to take a second look.

After scanning a circle, Chen Fan opened the group chat.

"Zoom your sea charts to the minimum and send me a screenshot."

Although The Five Women were confused, they still did as instructed.

Vase: "Brother, are you checking up on us? I've been very well-behaved."

Samo: "Is Brother Fan coming to collect us? But this sea area is so huge, I can't even see the end."

Demon: "I suspect this sea area is about 360 million square kilometers. If we're unlucky, we might only be able to meet in the dungeon for the rest of our lives."

speechless ship: "Demon sister, what are you basing that guess on?"

Demon: "I don't know, I just have a feeling."

long time ship: "Could it be because of your Talent?"

Demon: "It's possible, but it might also be my imagination. My Talent hasn't had the slightest effect so far, it's so annoying."

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows slightly but didn't respond.

The Demon Girl's Talent was called Devils Whisper, and it was also A-rank.

The scene where the Emperor used its A-rank Enchantment was still fresh in his memory.

And this 'Devils Whisper', being the same rank as the Emperor, presumably must have a significant effect.

It's just that its effect hadn't been revealed yet.

Opening the pictures sent by The Five Women, Chen Fan called Drake over to search together.

After all, as an S-rank Navigator, Drake quickly reached a conclusion.

"Master, these four sea charts are not within the detection range, but the location of this one should be to our southwest, about 4,000 kilometers away."

"4,000 kilometers, huh?"

Chen Fan muttered to himself.

With his medium patrol boat's speed of 130 knots, combined with the 15% boost from the Counter-Attacker, it would take about 14-plus hours.

This was good news; he could finally take a beauty to the Mainline World.

The corners of Chen Fan's mouth curled up slightly; this sea chart belonged to Vase.

In his mind, he pictured Vase from when they first started, in that jk uniform, with her round, cute face.

Most importantly, it was her large D-cup assets.

"It's you, Little Vase."

Chen Fan smiled and made a video call to Vase.

A moment later, Vase picked up.

"Brother, do you need something?"

"Little Vase, remember to wear that jk uniform tomorrow."

"Ah?"

Vase was stunned for a moment, then her face flushed red. "Brother is bad, but we are so far apart, even if I wear it, you can't see it, teehee."

"Heh, tomorrow I'll see if your tongue is still as sharp as ever. In over 14 hours, I'll be there. Remember to wash up."

"Ah!! Really!!!"

Vase exclaimed, her chest heaving violently, making Chen Fan's heart thump along with it.

"Yeah, don't tell the others. I'm not sure I can find them yet, let's wait until it's confirmed."

Chen Fan hung up the video and downed a whole bottle of Vase's Mineral Water to suppress his desire.

Among The Five Women, Jiu Jiu's beauty was undoubtedly the highest, at 170cm tall, with the temperament of an older sister, and showing absolute contrast that made Chen Fan linger.

But her flaw was also obvious; her size wasn't large, only a B.

Although Vase was only 163cm, her combination of a baby face and big breasts also possessed extreme contrast.

"Can't help it, have to hurry."

"Chris, close the door... no, that's not it, set sail!"

The Mainline World was not like the Night Instance; it didn't have so many dense mutant fish, nor did it have pirate ships.

So Chen Fan pushed the speed directly to 150 knots.

As for the avatar ship, it followed behind at 115 knots.

Just in case, Chen Fan also prepared a tentacle for the A-Rank Ship Captain.

This way, even if the two ships were briefly separated, it wouldn't matter.

However, looking at his abundant supplies, Chen Fan thought for a moment and upgraded the avatar ship as well.

[Ding!]

[avatar ship, upgrading: patrol boat.]

[Materials consumed: Wood x1w. rope x5k. Nails x1k. Cloth x5k. Steel x5k. Gunpowder x1k. Gold Coins x1w.]

[Upgrade time required: 6h.]

[forerunner title bonus active, time required: 3.9h.]

Nodding slightly, Chen Fan opened the shop and purchased another S-rank Navigator.

He let the Navigator and the long-unused C-rank Sharpshooter take 100 Sailors onto the avatar ship.

After making arrangements, Chen Fan washed up and went to sleep.

By the middle of the night, when the avatar ship finished upgrading, it would catch up at a speed of 138 knots.

...

Just after he fell into a deep sleep, the regional channel exploded.

"I'll tell you something, don't tell anyone else."

"Where did this little cutie come from? Go ahead, I definitely won't tell a third person."

"Hurry up and say it, I can swear, if I tell anyone else, I'll be your grandson."

"Haha, then I'll make a vow too."

"..."

"Stop messing around, let me tell you, I added the Emperor as a friend earlier, guess what?"

"What? People who talk halfway are the worst."

"No ass + 1."

"No ass + 10000."

"No ass + 10010."

"..."