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Chapter 269: Subdue the Murlocs

Dachun doesn’t have time to build ships now, so he’s better off talking about business.

"Old man, do you know the old sea urchin from Beigang Fishing Village?"

The old man snorted: "I've been dealing with his father since my dad, of course I know him. Back then he was called Little Sea Urchin."

It looks very familiar indeed!
Dachun became excited: "Does their village have a guardian angel?"

The old man took another sip and said, "They're so close to the main city, why would they need a guardian angel? If something serious happens, the main city's guardian angel will just fly over."

Dachun said, "I think it's strange that there's no guardian deity. What if the main city and their village are attacked at the same time, and the main city guardian deity doesn't have time to rescue their village?"

The old man laughed: "You are worried about them, what do you want to do?"

Dachun didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "Actually, I've become an honorary elder in the Southern Canyon Village, and I also want to become an elder in the Beigang Fishing Village. Only when I do well in the surrounding villages will the masters in the city look up to me. This is called surrounding the city with the countryside. So I want to help them find a patron saint. In case they secretly worship an evil god or something, I will correct it!"

The old man shuddered. "From what you're saying, the Southern Canyon Village is worshiping an evil god?"

Dachun was anxious: "No, no! You can't talk about this casually, the church will be unhappy."

The old man said in a deep voice: "Isn't the church more than just unhappy about this kind of thing?"

Dachun said, "So I have to deal with this privately to avoid a fight between the church and the village."

The old man nodded. "After all, Old Sea Urchin is a customer of our factory. Although he's poor, stingy, bad-tempered, and often owes shipping payments, I really don't know what's wrong with him, and I don't want anything to happen to him—but he did happen recently. He went bankrupt and was acquired by Baron Fat Peng's Chamber of Commerce."

Worshiping evil gods must be a secret among secrets, how could it be so easy to find out that something is wrong?
Dachun asked, "It is said that the reason for the bankruptcy was that the fish were free?"

"Yes! And it was set on fire."

Dachun immediately felt it was unreasonable: "As a century-old fishing village, they must have some heritage, right? How could they be bankrupted so easily?"

The old man started to drink: "I'm too lazy to think about these things, just tell me what you're looking for, and the old man who can help will help you!"

Well, that's fine too.

Dachun said, "There are many murlocs near Beigang Fishing Village. I suspect they worship the most powerful murloc as their evil god. They probably catch fish as tribute to the murlocs on a regular basis, but when the trade war breaks out, they can't handle it and go bankrupt."

The old man suddenly became excited: "That's interesting!"

Dachun was excited: "Do you know the powerful fishmen nearby?"

The old man shook his head. "I don't know. The waters north of the northern fishing port are basically the territory of the mermen. No ships dare to go there. Few people know the situation there."

The unknown no-man's land is definitely where the boss is!

But this also put Dachun in a dilemma. He wanted to go but there was no boat! Even if there was a boat, it couldn't be kept secret. Even if it was kept secret, he was in a state of being nothing. Without the help of the Siren and the old whale, there was no way he could do it! By the way, it would be great if he could contact Nan Hill and send the octopus.

The old man became excited: "Want to go over and take a look? I have a way!"

Dachun instantly felt hopeful: "How do I get there?"

The old man knocked on the plank: "This is the boat! In the name of going out to sea for commissioning!"

Dachun was shocked: "This is Farna's ship, you are so brave, old man!"

The old man snorted coldly: "Of course it was you who ordered the ship to go out to sea. You should be the one with the courage!"

Dachun was stunned: "Me? I'm just a trainee second mate!"

The old man said in a deep voice, "This girl has never favored someone so much! She appointed you as a trainee because your qualifications only allow for a trainee. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain to the other officers. But you must seize the opportunity! Now is your chance. During the ship's rest period, the sailors on the Black Iron Blade are either on vacation in the city or taking shifts on other ships. You are now the only officer on board!"

What the hell!

Dachun has become accustomed to his own excellence, and is accustomed to various CEO sisters Maria Aziza and Xiaobai giving him houses, love, and even wives, so he really doesn't care about this matter!

Dachun asked hurriedly: "How long will it take to repair this boat?"

The old man smiled proudly: "In fact, it was fixed in the first two days. We were just slacking off."

Dachun was stunned: "Old man, this is a warship, aren't you afraid of losing military intelligence? You are so bold!"

The old man said in a deep voice: "The city lord's opinion, the factory director's opinion, the navy's opinion, and the workers' opinion."

Dachun was stunned: "What does the city lord mean?"

"I don't want the young lady to take risks and go out to sea."

Dachun understood: "What the factory director meant was to get a few more days of funding, what the navy meant was more vacation time? What the workers meant was to slack off for a few more days?"

The old man laughed and took a sip of his drink: "Should we set off now?"

Holy crap! It turns out this factory's rottenness is just a facade; it's truly awful underneath! If I marry Fafner and inherit the city lordship, just wait and see how I'll clean you up!

Dachun asked, "This is a confidential matter. Why are there so many workers on the ship going together?"

The old man shook his head. "Of course they all get out. It's just the two of us! As a master of navigation, you'll have no problem driving this boat. As for firing cannons and fighting, I, an old man, can handle it alone! If things get really bad, don't worry, the young lady will show up. You know what I mean."

Oh, it was teleported from the cabin!

Dachun didn't hesitate any longer: "Let's go. Well, drink less!"

The old man laughed and said, "I only get drunk when I have nothing to do! When I have something to do, the more I drink, the more energetic I become..."

After saying that, the old man left the room and shouted to the corridor: "It's time to call it a day. Get off the boat and go out to sea for debugging..."

Dachun also followed behind in his wheelchair. In front of them was the staircase leading to the upper floor. He deformed the bottom of the wheelchair and climbed up. Although it was a bit tiring to crank it by hand, it was very stable.

——System prompt: Congratulations! Your outstanding wisdom and master-level module combination skills have successfully combined Master Mechanic, Wheelchair Stunt Climbing, and Elementary Climbing. Your Elementary Climbing has been upgraded to Level 2, and you have obtained the following achievements: Stamina +1, Carrying Weight +1, and Health +1.

——System prompt: You have obtained relevant information about "mechanical climbing".

……

Holy shit! This is how you can level up? Is there really a skill called mechanical climbing? Like, you can climb with an excavator?

If I had known this, I would have climbed up and down the hotel stairs.

After climbing to the next level, Dachun obviously felt that it was a little easier to crank the wheel by hand, so should he increase the speed?

As I cranked the crank faster, sure enough—the system prompted: Congratulations! ...Your beginner climbing skill has been upgraded to Level 2... Damn it, I don't want to go out to sea anymore. I just want to climb stairs!
Dachun climbed onto the deck. At this time, all the workers on the ship lazily and happily got off the boat to loosen the dock ropes.

Dachun climbed into the cockpit again. It had the familiar configuration, but with many more feminine oil paintings of flowers in the room.

Although it is not as high-tech as the pirate grandfather's ship, it is still high-tech.

The old man shouted: "Second mate, we can set sail!"

Dachun immediately woke Ailian up: "Ailian, it's time to play with the boat~!"

Ellen woke up immediately, quite excited: "Great, it's worthy of being Farner's ship, there's a faint fragrance everywhere."

The boat smoothly left the dock. The old man came to the cockpit, opened the nautical chart, and began to gesture. "This is a military map of the waters surrounding Black Iron City. It's detailed down to the smallest reef, the high and low tide levels of various shoals on different days, and the breeding and migration periods of various fishing grounds. Ordinary adventurers wouldn't have that. Our route is to go around here. Don't let the villagers see us..."

Fishing grounds migrate with the tides! By comparison, Grandpa Pirate's sea chart is a piece of crap!
Dachun was really surprised by this map. Not only did he take a screenshot immediately, he also took a photo with his mobile phone!

Then the old man opened another cabinet and pulled out some snacks that looked like fried fish to go with the wine. He pointed at an instrument with his greasy hand holding the snacks: "This is a chartplotter. It will automatically draw a rough map when we reach the fish-man sea area..."

My master, I know this is a chartplotter...

Dachun was a little anxious: "Are these all Farner's things?"

The old man disagreed: "Yes! The other cabinet is brandy. Fruit wine is for women. Old men don't like it."

Holy crap! It turns out that no matter how impressive a CEO's office is, it will eventually fall into the hands of security and cleaning staff!
Dachun felt bad for Fafna: "Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to be so casual?"

The old man said seriously, "It's obviously you who ate it! How could I be so bold!"

Holy crap! This shipyard is really a shrewd old hand at shifting the blame and framing others...

The old man smiled again and said, "The more you eat, the happier the lady will be! I am helping you."

Dachun was stunned: "Why?"

The old man smiled and said, "Then you'll see if she gets angry or not."

Well, Dachun was also confident that she wouldn't be angry with herself.

Dachun completely left the steering to Ailian while he carefully searched for clues on the nautical chart. The more he looked, the more suspicious Beigang Fishing Village seemed to him. "Old man, there's no high-quality fishing grounds in the vast area surrounding Beigang Fishing Village. It's really not right for them to build a village here."

The old man smiled. "This was chosen by his grandfather! This is where the river meets the sea, and there's a deep harbor. It can develop inland waterway transportation while also satisfying the river's freshwater needs. Even if we build a city wall, we only need to defend two directions, unlike the current Black Iron City, which has to defend three directions. His grandfather was determined that the future Black Iron City should be located here, so he occupied the entire dock area early on. When the city is built, their house will be right next to the dock and they'll be prosperous!"

Oh, I see! ?
But this does indeed conform to the location characteristics of a super city, and Shenjiang is one of them!

Dachun suddenly realized, "Then why isn't Black Iron City there? Or rather, that's where the original pioneering fleet landed, right?"

The old man shook his head. "There are no mines there! The initial landing site must have been chosen somewhere that looked particularly rich in mines. And after years of pioneering warfare, the beachhead has been built into a fortress, so there's really no way to relocate it."

Is that so? Considering that the city now leads directly to Hell...I'm afraid it's not that simple.

At the same time, Dachun also understood Old Sea Urchin's mentality: "So, Old Sea Urchin's wish is to develop that place into a big city?"

The old man laughed out loud: "He's dreaming!"

After saying that, the old man took another big gulp of wine and said, "I'm going to sleep on the deck for a while. Just wake me up when we get to the fish-man sea area."

After saying that, he staggered down the stairs drunkenly, and lay on the deck, snoring loudly with anger coming out of his nostrils!
What the hell!

You say you won't cause any trouble, but I don't believe you!

Well, since the old man is fast asleep, it’s time for Dachun to do something secret and activate the sea guards to contact the mermaids.

——System prompt: You have activated the Sea Clan Guard skill to contact the mermaid, please wait...

Now that Dachun's Sea Clan Guards' skills had been enhanced thanks to the six Sea Souls consuming the Tree God's residual soul, establishing contact would likely be less of a hassle. However, with the mermaid now serving as Silver City's guardian, the surrounding area would be even more tightly guarded. If the contact was interrupted like the previous two times, he would have no choice but to terminate it immediately.

But soon, the mermaid's surprised voice was heard: "Warrior! Your sea guard skills have become much more powerful!"

Dachun was also surprised: "We have contacted the adults so quickly, is it safe and convenient for us to talk?"

The mermaid smiled. "That's convenient! My ship is heading towards Black Iron City. There's no pesky barrier around here anymore, so it's very safe."

No barrier is good!
Dachun was surprised: "What are you doing in Black Iron City, sir?"

The mermaid said happily, "We're not going to Black Iron City. It's a secret operation. We plan to land on a southern beach at nightfall and go deep into the mainland to that southern canyon village. That debt-collecting pirate, Biliana, in the village is your friend, right?"

Dachun was shocked: "It's my friend!"

The mermaid laughed and said, “They say she is a siren, so I came over to have some fun!”

Dachun was anxious: "How could it be a sea monster?"

Ailian was also shocked when she heard this: "I am a siren?"

The mermaid laughed and said, "She sings beautifully, dances beautifully, and was introduced by the pirates. Of course, only I can handle her!"

Dachun panicked: "Sir, you can't do that! We are family!"

The mermaid smiled and said, "I see. I'm just here for fun! What do you want from me?"

Ailian snorted coldly: "Then I have to play well with this adult. I will ask the Crystal Bat to invite the Little Dragon God to play with him!"

Damn, don’t make it bigger!

Dachun decided to get down to business: "I'm heading to the Murloc Sea area north of Black Iron City. I'm wondering if there are any powerful god-level Murlocs here?"

The mermaid was surprised. "I know there are many murlocs here, but I don't know how they have developed. Since they can block my perception, there must be a strong one. As the daughter of the sea, I order you to investigate. Once you encounter a god-level murloc, subdue it and make it my subordinate. I will grant you the power to intimidate the murlocs! By the way, I will send whales to assist you! Remember, this power can only be used once. You must choose the strongest one..."

——System prompt: You begin to receive the divine power transmission from the mermaid, your Sea Guard skill gains divine power amplification against the murlocs, and your outstanding wisdom comprehends the language related to the murlocs.

What the hell!

I've received divine power! Legend has it that this is a privilege reserved for only the most devout believers, but I'm just so casual...

Very good, it really takes god-level leadership to accomplish anything! By then, the Murlocs had been recaptured, and after returning, Fafnir appreciated me even more. The trainee second mate was also promoted to a full-time position. Maybe I could even command the Black Iron City Navy in the future. Wouldn't that be more impressive than that big boss Sariel?

(End of this chapter)