Eternal Night

Chapter 704 Killua Harbor, An Unexpected Encounter
The Dog Egg sailed across the sea at a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour.

This speed was so fast that it even exceeded the speed of modern warships in the 21st century that Wu Pifu knew of.

However, this is also related to the characteristics of the Dog Egg. Its characteristic is Level 2 Gale, which makes it 50% faster than other ships of the same type under the same conditions. The Dog Egg's speed is also 120, so the combined speed is astonishing and should not be the speed of a sailing ship.

However, this is a dream world. Since the ship has a control panel, it can be considered a transcendent realm, so this speed is to be expected.

Even though the Gou Dan ship was very fast, because it was restricted by the direction of the ocean current, Wu Pi Fu would immediately change the direction of the ocean current as soon as he found that it was not going in the right direction. However, after sailing for a day and a night, the group still did not see any land. This was enough to prove the vastness and unchanging nature of this Zero Point Seven Dream World.

"...It will take about ten more hours to reach the nearest port. If we continue along this ocean current and rely on the ship's natural speed, we should arrive at the port around morning."

Xu Shilan held the nautical chart and kept comparing it with the permanent compass, and finally confirmed it before speaking to Wu Pifu and Amadei.

Ten hours or so wasn't too long, but the three of them naturally had a different sense of time than the natives of this world. So, after confirming that the direction was right, Wu Pifu started pulling the boat. Although it was impossible for him to travel at 10,000 meters per second, he could manage, but the boat couldn't. Even so, the Gou Dan arrived at the port just after dusk.

Chia Harbor is a small island harbor about 30 square meters in size. Because its shape resembles a rather oddly shaped tooth, the island has long been called Chia Island, and the harbor is naturally called that as well.

This port wasn't exactly a great port, but it still had hundreds of boats of all sizes moored there. Looking around, almost all of them were second or third-class vessels, with quite a few first-class fishing boats also navigating among them. The single-masted wooden sailboat that Wu Pifu and his two companions were sailing was already considered a medium-sized vessel among them.

When the Dog Egg entered the port area, flags were waving on the watchtower at the outer edge of the port, and figures were moving around on the gun emplacement not far from the watchtower, and cannons were aimed at it, but they did not seem to be loading or having any great intentions.

None of the three could understand the flag signals of this world, but fortunately Wu Pifu was a super brain, and with the help of emotional perception, he said, "Sail to dock number six."

Xu Shilan steered the ship, looked around, and then steered the Gou Dan towards the sixth berth, where other ships of similar size to the Gou Dan were moored.

As the ship docked, Xu Shilan couldn't help but say, "I mean... how about we change the name? Even if we can't change the ship's name, at least we shouldn't call it 'Dog Egg' to outsiders, right? It's just too embarrassing!"

Wu Pifu asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with this name? It sounds cheap, it won't sink the ship, and we can't announce any other name to the outside world."

Xu Shilan said helplessly, "No, it's not about being shameless or not... Why can't I use a different name?"

Wu Pifu said, "In this world, because there are information boxes for ships, others can see what class of ship it is. If you don't say the ship's real name, then others will see a question mark, which is obviously a lie. And from the emotions I sense, it shows that pirates are rampant in this world. Smaller ports are often plundered and attacked by pirates. Therefore, any act of lying by giving a false name for a ship will attract hostility and attacks from the port."

Xu Shilan paused for a moment, then sighed, "That's right, the logic is very simple, I can't believe I didn't think of that... And you mentioned before that legendary ships need legendary reputation that resounds throughout the sea, right? So people in this world want everyone to know the name of their ship, only ships and people who want to launch attacks or do shady things will hide their names... Waaah, it really has to be called the Dog Egg..."

Wu Pifu didn't care. He saw the ship anchored in place, and then Amadei threw a rope to the shore. The sailors on the shore naturally tied it up. When Amadei flipped off the ship, a clerk and two soldiers came to meet her.

"For third-class vessels, the daily berthing fee is five dinars. The price for replenishing fresh water and food can be found at the Port Affairs Office. If repair work is needed, an application should also be submitted to the Port Affairs Office. A deposit of thirty dinars is required in advance at the port, payable every six days. We accept goods as payment, including medicinal herbs, seeds, cloth, timber, and guano..."

The clerk started speaking rapidly, and after Wu Pifu helped Xu Shilan jump down, he tossed her something the size of a little fingernail. The clerk caught it and his eyes lit up.

This is a golden bean!

He didn't mind at all, and bit the gold bean between his teeth. He immediately confirmed its purity and said with a smile, "Not big, but the purity is good. How about I give you sixty dinars?"

Gold, a precious metal, is also a hard currency in this world.

This single gold bean is certainly worth more than sixty dinars; if you really calculate it, it's probably worth over eighty dinars. But that's what the clerk and the two soldiers got their ill-gotten gains from.

Wu Pifu didn't refute, but said directly, "I want to perform a ritual for the ships. Who is the best priest in your port?"

Seeing that Wu Pifu didn't object, the clerk happily stuffed the gold beans into his chest, wrote down a prepayment of sixty dinars in the ledger, and then said with a beaming smile, "That's naturally Lord Francis. If you go directly to the port office, it will cost about one hundred dinars to have the port arrange a priest, but that's Lord Francis's apprentice. I personally suggest you go directly to the sacrificial tower to submit your invitation. Lord Francis's fees are indeed quite high, usually around three hundred for a sacrifice on a level three medium-sized ship, but it's well worth the money, and there's no chance of a failed sacrifice."

Wu Pifu nodded, and then said, "Write it down. It's a third-class sloop, named Dog Egg."

"Dog, Dog Egg?" The clerk was about to record when he suddenly looked up in disbelief. Then he saw Wu Pifu's serious expression, a woman covering her face behind him, and a man laughing loudly.

The clerk immediately looked at the single-masted wooden sailboat and, sure enough, saw that the question mark in the name section had changed to "Dog Egg." Clearly, Wu Pifu hadn't lied, but such a fine third-class ship was actually named "Dog Egg"?!

As he looked at it, the clerk's eyes suddenly lit up.

Because the sun had already set, although there was still some light and port torches, the environment was beginning to darken, so the clerk didn't see the ship clearly at first, only noticing from the information box that it was a level three ship.

Looking at it again now, one can immediately tell that this ship is extraordinary. Its shape is clearly streamlined. Even if he is not a shipbuilding expert, he can see that this ship is quite different from other ships of the same type.

"Could it be the work of some shipbuilding master? Those masters have many eccentricities, so it's possible they chose this name..."

The clerk muttered to himself, but still wrote down the three words "Dog Egg Number".

Without saying anything more, the clerk led his men away from the port.

Wu Pifu and the other two headed towards the port's urban area. As they walked, Xu Shilan said, "Let's find a place to stay first, and then start gathering intelligence tomorrow. Although your super brain's emotional perception can detect a large amount of information, it's only superficial perception. We still need to slowly explore deeper and more detailed information. Starting tomorrow, we'll explore this world together, including bustling cities, trading markets, mercenaries, taverns, and the like. It would be even better if we had books. In addition to the common knowledge and information about this world, we also need to collect various myths and legends."

Wu Pifu and Amadei naturally had no objections. The three of them then arrived at the city area of ​​the port, seeing various haphazardly built slums, slightly better brick houses, and further in, castle-like houses inside the island. The three of them had a rough idea of ​​the level of civilization in this world.
"Let's find a place to stay first," Wu Pifu said, and then took the lead, relying on his senses, and headed into the city.

Xu Shilan and Amadei were naturally unfamiliar with this place, so since Wu Pifu was leading the way, they naturally followed.

But as they walked, they began to feel something was wrong. Wu Pifu was heading in a dark and secluded direction, not in the bustling city center. In particular, after entering a deep alley, all three of them saw people watching them from the shadows.

Xu Shilan joked, "You're not going to lead us in another battle against the Eternal Mother, are you?"

This happened before Xu Shilan and Amadei died for the first time. At that time, Wu Pifu led the two of them around an ancient city and then got into a fight with the local natives.

Wu Pifu was also puzzled: "That's not right. I'm relying on my martial arts intuition to lead the way. I have a feeling we should go this way, but isn't this a den of thieves? Does that mean we should be staying in a den of thieves?"

Even so, Wu Pifu had no intention of backing down. He led the two into another deep alley. Around a corner, they saw several burly gangsters talking to a short, green-skinned man. When Wu Pifu and his two companions appeared, the gangsters were all taken aback.

With a wave of his hand, the gang leader summoned seven or eight men carrying daggers and broken knives who emerged from the surrounding darkness, grinning menacingly, especially at Xu Shilan as they surrounded her.

"...What the hell is going on?"

Wu Pifu himself was baffled. He glared at them slightly, and all the gangsters foamed at the mouth and fainted. He shook his head, looked around, and prepared to leave with Xu Shilan and Amadei.

But just then, the short man with slightly green skin suddenly exclaimed with shining eyes, "My God, this is truly rare! Visitors from outside! How lucky!"

The three of them suddenly turned to look at the short, green-skinned man. Upon closer inspection, they all noticed that this short man was different.

His skin was greenish, and he was only about 1.2 or 1.3 meters tall. He had slightly pointed ears and wore a single-rimmed gentleman's glasses. He was obviously not human. However, before this, everyone, including Wu Pifu, had seemingly ignored this short, green-skinned man.

"Haha, let me introduce you."

The short, green-skinned man bowed slightly. As he spoke, he deftly pulled out gold and silver valuables from the unconscious gangster beside him. At the same time, he said to Wu Pifu and the other two, "The legendary interdimensional merchant goblin, Jin Shanshan."

"Gentlemen from another dimension, is there anything that Gilgamesh can do for you?"

(End of this chapter)