Global Mining.

Chapter 371 The Unfathomable Old Drunkard

Internet cafe first floor.

Wei Shen got on the tavern's carriage and drove all the way to the outskirts of the city and arrived at the shipyard.

Weishen noticed there were surprisingly few players around! Even though they'd known since the public beta that the Black Iron Shipyard was rubbish, and that players truly committed to sailing started in Bronze City, there was no way they'd waste their precious time there. But after all, there were millions of players in the city, and the official servers had been open for 17 days. Even if they were just casually browsing... yeah, that was player rationality. They'd made mistakes during the public beta, and they wouldn't make them again!
But who would have known there was a hidden crossbow quest here?

Wei Shen instantly realized that he was ahead of millions of players in the city! The most important thing was that he was ahead of Baga and Curry!

Weishen immediately stood up, pulled out the blanket he had been sleeping on all night from the seat cushion, and covered himself and the cockpit with it! It's not that I don't trust my brothers, after all, the first floor of the online game is not a private room, and there are many people coming and going.

There was an uproar nearby: "Weishen, what are you doing?"

Wei Shen said angrily: "Don't ask! If you ask, it's about exercising with beautiful women!"

"No way? Wei Shen is hooking up with a dancer?"

"You underestimated Wei Shen, didn't you?"

Amidst the teasing of the brothers next to him, Wei Shen arrived at the shipyard gate, got out of the car, showed his badge to the lazily-looking security guard, and entered.

There were no players in the shipyard either. Wei Shen became even more excited. This is my territory!
Following the guard's instructions, Wei Shen came to the dock, where a mighty warship was parked, and hundreds of workers were busy yet leisurely repairing it.

This is clearly the Black Iron Navy's flagship, the Black Iron Blade! While its performance isn't outstanding among the five major cities, it's a magical warship with a high-tech command cabin and magical propulsion. Theoretically, it could even fly into the void with balloons installed. It's nothing like an ordinary sailboat!

Do I have the chance to come into contact with a warship of this level?
Then, Wei Shen saw an old man drinking leisurely. It was him.

Then he stepped forward and greeted politely: "Old sir, I am the vice president of the newly established Bottle Breaking Gang..."

Without further ado, he took out the wooden box.

The old drunkard's squinting eyes suddenly brightened, and he stopped them: "Let's go, there are too many people here!"

Wei Shen understood immediately.

The old drunk walked in front and asked, "The Bottle Smashers, right? I heard they got into trouble just after they made some noise."

"Yes. Our president was captured by Silver City, but it certainly wasn't his fault."

The old drunkard snorted, "Only children talk about right and wrong! Silver City coming to Black Iron City to arrest someone is really embarrassing."

Wei Shen said, "So all 70 of us worked hard and all of us changed our jobs to Dark Crossbow Warriors, but we couldn't find a good crossbow in the whole city, so I asked Miss Vivian at the tavern to help me find the old man."

The old drunkard snorted, "Can you forge?"

Wei Shen Khan said: "No!"

"Can you be a carpenter?"

“No, no!”

The old drunk shook his head and sighed. Then he came to a remote dormitory in the shipyard. When he entered, he suddenly found it was a warehouse for storing miscellaneous items!

The old drunkard couldn't wait to reach out!

Wei Shen immediately presented the Frost Fire Dragon Wine - System prompt: Your favorability with the old drunkard has risen to enthusiasm.

Wei Shen instantly felt that the ten thousand dollars was worth it!
The old drunkard held the bottle and sighed, "The last time I drank this wine..."

Then he shook his head again, dragged a box from a pile of debris, opened it, and tore open an oil-paper package. Suddenly, a shiny... crossbow?! But the crossbow was slender with a spike on the front, like a close combat pistol?
The old drunkard sighed, "This is a shark gun! It's a special weapon, also an underwater weapon for dealing with sea monsters. It can shoot from a distance or in close combat. It's out of print now. Your profession is actually not called a dark crossbow warrior. It was originally a sea monster hunter. When I was young - never mind. Anyway, I'll lend you this one! There are still dozens of crossbow arrows left, so I'll give it to you." Wei Shen was both excited and stunned: "Borrow?"

Other quest NPCs are all free!

The old drunkard snorted coldly, "Of course I'm borrowing it! This crossbow is specially made. Once you use it, it's gone. You can practice forging it yourself and shoot it. If you really don't know how to shoot, you can use ordinary crossbows. But the power will definitely be far less."

Wei Shen was anxious: "Old man, there are still dozens of people in my gang. How are we going to deal with their weapons?"

The old drunkard smiled and said, "Anyway, I'm lending you this as a sample. Whether you can imitate it depends on your ability."

Wei Shen asked in surprise, "So imitation is practicing forging, carpenter?"

The old drunkard couldn't wait to open the bottle. "That's just the basics. I don't know anything else. If you want to practice these two things, you can come to the factory with the brand you have and do some maintenance work for free. I guarantee you'll practice until you're satisfied! You can wear the two pieces of work clothes that are drying outside."

There's even a place to practice skills for free at the shipyard! That's a lot of money to save!

Wei Shen asked again, "When should I return this crossbow?"

The old drunkard started drinking: "When you feel that you can't use it or repair it, you can return it."

Wei Shen took a look at the durability: 71/1000!

I was stunned. Only a few dozen durability points were left! And this special weapon was clearly beyond the repair of ordinary blacksmiths?

Wei Shen was about to ask again when he suddenly realized that the old man was already snoring in the rocking chair.

This old man is more unfathomable than any other NPC in the currently known quest line. He must be a hidden super NPC!
Wei Shen decided that since this trip to the shipyard was a secret, he would stay here. Even if he couldn't replicate the original shark-shooting gun, even if he could imitate it to 20% or 30% of the standard, it would still be much better than a novice crossbow. Then he would find the old man to learn something else...

So Weishen went outside to change into two work clothes, which were covered in oil stains and suspected to have not been washed at all.

Just then, the network administrator came over: "Great God!"

Wei Shen crawled out from under the blanket: "What?"

"Brother Chun has instructions..."

After hearing the instructions, Wei Shen was confused and couldn't understand it at all: "Just go to that goblin spawning spot? It didn't say what to do?"

The young man laughed: "Yes, Chun Ge's exact words! Not a single word more."

"Okay, Sword God, follow Chun Ge's instructions and rush to the monster spawning point at full speed! Ignore the thieves behind you and run as fast as you can."

Sword God: "Received!"

……

Dachun's mood suddenly changed from excitement at the beginning to nervousness.

Possessing a boss, making it a stronger boss, and then using the boss to kill a player with a red name, is this considered a secret?

But that's not right! Based on our observations from the last village attack, those monsters were clearly manipulated. It feels like the Ten Lords are the masters of this kind of tactics. If the Ten Lords see the video of this incident, how will they react?
They might not suspect me at first, since I was in jail after all. But they would definitely suspect me the second time, because it was me who sent the gang members over, so it must be related to me... It's still a bit troublesome!

Perhaps, the safest way is to not even send the priest to take action, and let it command the leader-level and several elite-level forces to launch a surprise attack?
Dachun asked, "Godomigo, can you command the goblins here?"

"Master, please give me your orders!"

Damn, it works great!
(End of this chapter)