46: Ghost Ship

“Click, click, click—”

A dense scraping of bones echoed from the deck, as countless skeleton soldiers, emitting ghastly green phosphorescent flames, climbed aboard the Natural Selection using bone grappling hooks.

Gu Zhixia instantly rushed out of the cockpit, the Six-Harmony Long Spear dancing like a silver serpent in her hands.

“A bunch of rabble!”

The spear tip gleamed with cold light, precisely piercing the skull of the first skeleton soldier.

[Killed Skeleton Soldier]

“Pfft!”

The chest bone of the second skeleton soldier was impaled by the long spear, instantly turning into a pile of bone dust.

[Killed Skeleton Soldier]

But more skeleton soldiers swarmed from the ghost ship, wielding rusty scimitars, their eye sockets burning with eerie green flames.

“Damn it! There are too many of them!”

Gu Zhixia gritted her teeth, the long spear flying in her hands, each attack precisely killing an enemy.

But the number of skeleton soldiers was simply too great, and they had already occupied most of the deck.

Just at this critical moment, a system prompt sounded in Lin Mo's mind.

“Congratulations! Natural Selection has been upgraded to Level 13!”

“Gained 10 Ship Exchange Points!”

“Current remaining Ship Exchange Points: 22 points”

A glint flashed in Lin Mo's eyes.

This upgrade came just in time; he could strengthen the weapons once again!

“Upgrade Energy Beam Module!”

“[Consumed 20 Exchange Points, Purple Crystal Core × 1, Energy Beam Module upgraded to High-Energy Laser Module!]”

“[High-Energy Laser: Damage 500, Range 5000 meters, Charge Time 1 second]”

“Go to hell!”

Lin Mo's will perfectly connected with the High-Energy Laser Module, and a dazzling red beam instantly shot out from the bow of the ship.

“Boom—”

The high-temperature laser directly pierced through the hull of the ghost ship, and thick black smoke billowed from the huge hole.

“[Dealt 500 damage to the ghost ship, remaining durability 19500 / 20000]”

“Continue!”

The red laser, like the scythe of death, continuously bombarded the ghost ship.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Each attack tore open huge cracks in the ghost ship, and black mist surged out from the holes.

After just a few tens of seconds, the ghost ship completely disintegrated under the laser bombardment.

“Crack, crack, crack—”

Deprived of their mothership, the skeleton soldiers instantly lost their source of power, one by one turning into bone dust and scattering in the sea breeze.

Gu Zhixia leaned on her long spear, her forehead covered in sweat.

“These abominations are finally dead.”

She turned and walked back to the cockpit, her face still flushed from the battle.

“What do we do next?”

Lin Mo looked at the still thick black fog around them, his expression grave.

“You go to the workbench immediately and craft unlimited missiles.”

“Nianqiu has been making food; we need to start stocking up on ammunition right away, just in case.”

Gu Zhixia nodded and immediately turned to rush to the workbench.

Gu Nianqiu also poked her small head out from the kitchen, her face still pale from being startled just now.

“Brother Mo, I’ll go prepare lots and lots of cuisine right away!”

Lin Mo opened the chat channel and sent a pinned message with the ID “survival of the fittest.”

“Unlimited acquisition of metal and gunpowder, exchanged for a-rank cuisine, which can add temporary attributes.”

As soon as the message was sent, the chat channel instantly exploded.

“Holy crap! It’s this big shot again!”

“That colorful salad last time was really too delicious, I still want to eat it now!”

“Is the big shot short on materials? I have 200 metal here!”

“I have gunpowder too, hurry, hurry!”

After the previous transaction, players had absolute faith in Lin Mo’s cuisine.

All sorts of private trade messages instantly poured in, and Lin Mo’s inbox was packed full.

At the same time, the Longxiang Fleet also sent a message in the chat channel.

“Unlimited acquisition of metal and gunpowder, exchanged for basic food and supplies.”

The players in the chat channel were bewildered.

“Are you guys at war? Out of ammunition?”

“Why is everyone short on materials?”

The Longxiang Fleet immediately replied, “Shut up, if you keep spouting nonsense, you’ll regret it.”

But players were clearly more willing to trade with Lin Mo.

The difference between a-rank cuisine and basic food was simply too great.

“Big shot, I choose you! Who wants basic food?!”

“Exactly, that fleet, your stuff shows no sincerity at all.”

Gu Zhixia and Lin Mo began to quickly craft missiles.

Fortunately, with the refrigerator, Gu Nianqiu had stockpiled a lot of cuisine.

The trade instantly yielded a large amount of materials, acquiring four or five hundred metal in the blink of an eye.

The trade channel was filled with praise.

“The big shot’s cuisine is truly amazing! The attribute bonuses are so satisfying!”

“With the big shot’s cuisine, I feel like I can solo a sea monster!”

In contrast, the Longxiang Fleet, exchanging basic food and supplies, found very few people willing to trade.

“Damn it! Why is no one willing to trade with us?!”

“Boss, that survival of the fittest stole all our business!”

Long Yuan's face was ashen.

He hadn't expected that at such a critical moment, someone would actually compete with him for resources.

Just then, Lin Mo suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

It was an instinctive reaction stemming from his link with the Natural Selection.

He slowly turned his head and looked into the depths of the black fog.

The next second, he saw a terrifying sight that was enough to drive anyone mad.

It was a giant eyeball.

An eyeball larger than a house.

The surface of the eyeball was covered with blood-red patterns, and the depths of its pupil seemed to connect to an endless abyss.

Around the eyeball, dozens of thick tentacles slowly swayed in the seawater.

Each tentacle was tens of meters long, covered with dense suckers and barbs.

It was slowly, silently, swimming towards the Natural Selection.

“My god...”

Lin Mo's voice was as dry as sandpaper scraping.

The size of this eyeball monster was even larger than the octopus from before.

Its eyeball stared fixedly at the Natural Selection, an eerie light flickering in its pupil.

[Detected Super Strong Mental Attack!]