87: Chapter 87 The Beginner Village Boss Arrives!

"Deep in the seabed? Are you referring to those thin black lines?"

Chen Fan opened the recording and fast-forwarded to when the black lines appeared.

"No, this area is completely covered in tangled black lines; there's no treasure here."

"Could it be even deeper?"

If it were deeper, he would have no way to explore it right now.

His Bull Shark could only dive as deep as these black lines.

Chen Fan shook his head and pushed the thoughts aside.

At this moment, Xiao Hudie slowly woke up and rubbed her head against Chen Fan's chest.

"Check the group chat; Samo seems to have caught an incredible fish again."

After saying that, she took a few greedy breaths, closed her eyes, and went back to sleep.

Chen Fan smiled, rubbed her head, and opened the group chat.

Samo: "Look everyone, I caught a big one!"

"Image.jpg."

Chen Fan looked closely and was instantly stunned.

In the picture, a shark over ten meters long was roaring with its mouth open.

long time ship: "Megalodon? My god, isn't the Megalodon extinct?"

Vase: "Oh my goodness, Samo, you're so fierce; the anglers are drooling with envy."

speechless ship: "Quick, give it to Brother Fan. Brother Fan's combat power is about to increase again, hehe."

After a brief moment of shock, Chen Fan regained his composure.

Regardless of whether it's a Megalodon or not, this big guy will definitely be a great addition to his combat power.

"Trade it to me so I can see."

"Okay, I'm trading it now."

[Obtained: Megalodon x100.]

[Recruit successful.]

The moment the trade was successful, one hundred Megalodons roared, baring their teeth.

But in the next moment, they were suppressed by the system and became Chen Fan's Crew Member.

"That's not right. These Megalodons clearly don't want to be Crew Member, so why was it successful?"

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes slightly.

When he previously tried to Recruit the Giant Ape, it failed because the target was unwilling.

But this time, it was successful.

Going back further, when he first Recruit Sea Bass, Grouper, and Bull Shark, it was also successful instantly.

"Could it be that this Recruit function ignores the refusal of fish?"

After thinking it over, this was the only conclusion Chen Fan could come to.

However, this wasn't the time to dwell on that; his primary goal right now was to defeat the Newbie Village BOSS.

Putting his thoughts aside, Chen Fan summoned a Megalodon, attached a camera to it, and had it hold a piece of tentacle.

The Megalodon dove into the sea and disappeared.

"I hope there's some gain; this is all I can do for now."

Chen Fan opened the surveillance feed and moved it to the corner, letting it play quietly.

On the other side.

After traveling all night, avatar ship and Vase had arrived at Savage Island.

With a 35% efficiency bonus, avatar ship had already finished upgrading.

Four huge ships were docked quietly.

Because the BOSS was about to arrive, the atmosphere in the region chat was already tense.

The Players' tempers gradually became explosive, and they would start arguing at the slightest disagreement.

11:00.

Demon and Vase emitted light simultaneously.

Having experienced this before, Chen Fan understood that the two women had successfully upgraded.

Sure enough, the group chat began to flood with messages.

"I successfully upgraded, it's so big!"

"Me too!"

long time ship: "Glad I made it in time; this increases the chances of passing the BOSS."

Chen Fan felt a little relieved and glanced at the system interface.

In a little over an hour, he would be able to finish his upgrade.

Hopefully, the BOSS won't appear before 12:00.

Chen Fan turned around and returned to his main ship.

In the Crew Member quarters, the sentient Crew Member, under Chen Fan's instructions, all went to sleep.

Unlike the non-sentient Crew Member, they needed to be able to make correct decisions at any moment once the BOSS attacked.

So, getting extra rest was necessary.

In a sealed room, Lairuilei was lying flat and resting.

Chen Fan's gaze lingered on her for a long time.

It wasn't until the 12:00 alarm went off that he withdrew his gaze.

The moment he withdrew his gaze, the corners of Lairuilei's mouth curled up slightly.

Then, she turned over and continued to rest.

"As expected, the dungeon didn't appear."

Chen Fan looked at the system time and smacked his lips.

His idea of entering the dungeon to collect supplies had fallen through.

It seems that for now, aside from the main ship, other combat power is basically locked in.

It's just unknown whether he can defeat the BOSS with these conditions.

The fact that the dungeon didn't appear caused a sensation in the region chat again.

Only then did the Players truly realize that the BOSS was really coming.

Many people were fearfully asking for help in the group.

Among them, some didn't even have a sailboat.

Seeing this, Chen Fan could only mourn for them.

Even this large patrol boat couldn't give him a sense of security.

Let alone a wooden raft...

After another few dozen minutes, Chen Fan's eyes lit up.

[Ding!]

[Upgrade successful.]

[china.]

[Current level: destroyer.]

[Ship size 300x50 meters, 20,000 tons, maximum speed 180 knots, maximum capacity 1000 Crew Member.]

[Installed offensive weapons: Ship Ballista x20, Ship-mounted Gatling gun x10, 155mm triple-barreled naval gun x5, torpedo launcher x3, anti-submarine rocket depth charge device x1.]

[Installable offensive weapons: anti-submarine helicopter x1, anti-ship missile device x1, anti-submarine missile device, land-attack missile device.]

[Possessed defensive weapons: Advanced Energy Shield 5000/5000.]

Chen Fan frowned slightly.

He didn't expect that upgrading to a destroyer would only add one anti-submarine rocket depth charge device.

The remaining devices still needed to be installed separately.

His gaze swept to the materials required for the anti-submarine helicopter, followed by a series of question marks.

[Required materials: Cannot be viewed.]

Great, stuck again.

Chen Fan pursed his lips and turned his attention to the anti-submarine depth charges.

[Anti-submarine rocket depth charge device: Effective range 2km.]

A range of two thousand meters?

Is it enough?

Chen Fan had a huge question mark in his heart.

But since things had come to this, he could only take it one step at a time.

The only thing left to do was to collect more rare mineral cluster.

Chen Fan opened the group chat and started typing:

"The BOSS battle is coming soon. The exchange rate of rare mineral cluster for basic materials is temporarily adjusted to one to two hundred. Limited time of 30 minutes, first come, first served."

As soon as he said this, the region chat instantly exploded.

"Holy crap, I want to trade!"

"Big boss, big boss, trade with me quickly!"

"..."

The Five Women immediately started getting busy.

In half an hour, they traded for 800 energy focusing crystal and 600 rare mineral cluster.

After Hundredfold Cash Back, it was 80,000 and 60,000.

Xiao Hudie counted them all and handed over all the production from Savage Island to Chen Fan.

Steel and gunpowder increased by another 450,000 and 500,000.

The steel and gunpowder reserves reached a terrifying 610,000 and 900,000!

It's a pity that items bought from the system mall cannot trigger cash back; otherwise, with firepower suppression, Chen Fan wouldn't be afraid at all.

After trading 20,000 steel and gunpowder, as well as 100,000 gold coins and basic materials to each of The Five Women, Chen Fan began to prepare his own ammunition depot.

Leaving only 100,000 high-grade steel for repairs, he exchanged almost all the remaining steel and gunpowder for Gatling bullets, naval gun shells, torpedoes, and depth charges.

He prepared a full five hundred of the newly upgraded depth charges.

He had a premonition that this would be a surprise force.

Looking at the filled ammunition depot, Chen Fan felt a little more at ease.

...

The sun was setting.

Time reached 6:00 PM.

The light was gradually swallowed by darkness, and the entire sea area was shrouded in thick black mist.

Suddenly, a thunderous 'Ding' sounded in all the Players' heads.

[Ding!]

[Newbie Village BOSS has appeared, Players, good luck.]

[World chat channel loading.]

As soon as the system sound disappeared, a huge cylindrical object quickly extended from the sea level.

The huge waves it brought caused some unlucky Players to be overturned directly.

After observing carefully, Chen Fan gasped.

The diameter of this cylindrical object was a full one hundred thousand meters!

Its length could no longer be calculated; one could only see the pillar piercing straight into the clouds, merging with the sky.

The faint light illuminated the dense bumps on it.

"This is..."

Chen Fan's pupils shrank sharply.

The group chat instantly exploded.

"Holy crap, isn't this that tentacle from the first day?"

"Look, the tentacle is densely covered with suction cups."

"Ugh — my trypophobia is acting up."

"Damn it, a diameter of one hundred thousand meters! How do you fight this thing?"

"Oh my god, this thing is about to attack, be careful!"

Amidst the exclamations, the tentacle flipped down and smashed fiercely onto the sea surface.

The seawater was instantly split into two, and countless Players and schools of fish were smashed into blood mist.

[World chat channel loaded.]

[District 10086.]

"Holy crap, so many black lines, damn it, don't wrap around me."

"Everyone be careful, go back into the cabin! These thin lines will drag people into the sea."

[District 10010.]

"Holy crap, why can't these black lines even be cut with a knife?"

[District 10000.]

"Don't get wrapped up by it! Be careful!"

Countless chat channels appeared one by one.

With just one glance, Chen Fan was stunned.

He couldn't help but look at the rampaging huge tentacle.

"black lines?"

"Are you kidding me?"