Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

Just as Su Wang was about to take over the purified dock, he suddenly looked up at the sky with a feeling.

On one side of the sky, dark clouds rolled in, sometimes sparse and sometimes thick.

The scene resembled a force dispersing the gathering of dark clouds, yet dark clouds were constantly being added to fill the void.

The polluted wharf chosen as the target this time is closest to the Blue Knife Wharf, less than 400 nautical miles away, even excluding the pristine waters.

The area where the unusual celestial phenomenon occurred is the area connected to the Green Knife Wharf and the New Purification Wharf.

"It's like the polluted sea area is being further dispersed..." Su Wang suddenly realized.

Although the polluted waters between the two wharves have not yet been completely cleared, there are indeed signs of such development.

The polluted sea area now,
It's like a game of Go where all the pieces are black, and each polluted dock is like a black piece.

There was no place left for White to place a piece, and there was no possibility of turning the game around.

The emergence of the two purification docks,

This is equivalent to turning two connected black stones into white stones, turning the tide of a potentially deadly situation.

The current game has become one where Black wants to recapture White's pieces.
What White needs to do is resist Black's capture while converting more White pieces, allowing White to regain territory on the board.

To verify his suspicions, Su Wang immediately activated Starlink vision to search for the next polluted dock target.

They quickly selected a polluted dock 4 nautical miles away.

This polluted pier is a bit far from the Blue Knife Pier, but closer to the newly cleaned pier.

In terms of macroscopic location, it is distributed in a triangle with the two purification wharves.

The next step, taking down this polluted dock, will allow us to verify the feasibility of our hypothesis.

It took nearly three days to clean up one dock, and there are still three more to be completed.

To prevent unforeseen circumstances from causing insufficient time,
Su Wang did not leave his fleet behind to help take over the new dock. Instead, he sent an order directly to Di Anxuan to set off immediately for the next polluted dock.

At the same time, inquiries were also made regarding Alliance missions.

According to Di Anxuan, she and Ji Boda reached the cleanup targets of 4.4% and 3.7% respectively.

As for the other fishermen lords
Some had less than 1% completion, while others had only around 2%.

But after the dock was cleaned up...

All participating fishermen lords received some rewards, but at least one-tenth of what was stated in the quest description.

After learning about this situation, Su Wang also checked his own task completion status.

The data shows that the alliance has completed two [Clean up the polluted dock] missions this month, with the first cleanup achieving a 100% success rate and the second achieving 50.2%.

I received the full reward for the task both times.

What was done the second time was merely to clean up the dock itself and sink a small number of polluting monster ships.

Therefore, in the task of cleaning up a polluted dock, the dock itself accounts for 50%, while the other 50% is calculated on the polluting monster ship.

Allowing the fleet to attack the polluted dock itself should actually increase the cleanup percentage slightly.

However, Su Wang must preserve the polluted dock itself and cannot allow the fleet to attack it.

"There's a reward even if we don't reach the 10% cleanup target, that's pretty good." Su Wang immediately felt relieved.

He was initially worried that too many lords would participate in the war, making it impossible for anyone other than him to complete the cleanup.

Looking at it now,

Anyone who participates will receive at least one-tenth of the reward.

Those like Di Anxuan and Ji Boda, who achieved a higher completion rate, even received about half of the task rewards.

The alliance shared reputation, which increased by 18000 points, equivalent to completing 6 missions.

During this period, almost every Fisherman Lord completed the monster-clearing quest at least twice, gaining 62,000 Alliance-shared reputation.

Su Wang then noticed that he still had a lot of alliance mission rewards that he hadn't claimed.

In the past few days, 235 sources of pollution have been cleaned up, completing 235 cleanup missions.

After claiming it, I gained 235 million Alliance reputation.

They also received 117.5 billion in three resources and 235 additional marine relics as rewards.

At the same time, it added 117.5 billion to the Alliance Warehouse, encompassing three resources.

In just a few days, the total number of resources in the Alliance Warehouse has reached 142 billion across three categories.

Regarding resources, Su Wang decided to wait until things stabilized before making allocations and arrangements.

The good news is that I've gained a lot of Alliance reputation, so I can upgrade my Alliance level again.

Su Wang immediately invested in upgrading.

Going from level 4 to level 5 alliance requires 10 Fishermen reputation, which is a piece of cake.

[Upgrading the Fool's Alliance to Level 5 increases the number of Alliance Docks to 200 (the next level requires 50 Fisherman Reputation).]

【联盟每月奖励增加至3项基础资源*5亿，黄金4项鱼材*500万，随机黄金鱼魂*5千，黄金鱼宝*500。】

In addition to doubling the number of docks that can be joined in a Tier 5 alliance,

The monthly rewards haven't been upgraded to the extraordinary level, but they've increased significantly from the gold level.

Su Wang didn't care; he still had plenty of shared reputation points, enough to continue upgrading.

As the 50 shared Alliance reputation points continue to be consumed, the Fool's Alliance level increases by one level again.

[Upgrading the Fool's Alliance to Level 6 increases the number of Alliance Docks to 500 (the next level requires 100 Fisherman Reputation).]

【联盟每月奖励增加至3项基础资源*10亿，超凡4项鱼材*10万，超凡鱼魂*1。】

"Finally, a transcendent-level reward has appeared." A flash of joy crossed Su Wang's eyes.

With the recent surge in the number of Saint-level warships and extraordinary shipboard equipment, the supply of extraordinary-grade fish materials is almost insufficient to keep up with demand.

The fact that the alliance's monthly rewards have been upgraded to the extraordinary level is truly good news for Su Wang.

However, it's somewhat useless for the other fishermen in the alliance.

After all, none of them have access to super-grade fish materials.

Su Wang decided to wait until the alliance rewards were distributed.

He would fill in some low-grade fish materials to compensate the fishermen in the alliance, in exchange for a higher percentage of super-grade fish materials, a mutually beneficial arrangement.

With extra reputation points from the shared alliance, Su Wang immediately invested them back into upgrading the alliance without hesitation.

Soon, the alliance reached level 7, which required 500 million alliance reputation to level up again.

The maximum number of docks that can be joined has been increased to 1000.

After this upgrade, the monthly rewards from the alliance now include treasures that even Su Wang finds tempting.

Basic resources have increased to 20 billion, extraordinary fish materials to 1 million, and extraordinary fish souls to 10 pieces. In addition, there is an extra reward of 100 marine relic.

...

At this moment, exclamations of surprise rang out one after another during a group call initiated by Di Anxuan.

"Holy crap! We got promoted again!"

"Promoted! Promoted! And still being promoted!"

"Level 7! I reached level 7 in the time it takes me to fart, Su Shen is awesome!"

"The alliance's monthly rewards have reached 20 billion in three resources per member, and they've even got marine relics!"

This group exchange has been going on for a long time.

It was Di Anxuan who specifically brought in all the alliance members except the alliance leader in order to make it easier to arrange the fleet's battles.

Originally, under Di Anxuan's orders, only reports on the battle situation were allowed in the call group, and casual conversation was prohibited.

At this moment, however, Di Anxuan's decree had already been forgotten by many fishermen lords.

Even Di Anxuan was equally surprised and had no intention of stopping the noise in the call group.

The reason is the series of alliance upgrade information we just received.

In less than half a minute, the alliance soared from level 4 to level 7, and the monthly rewards were updated continuously.

The 50 alliance lords present were all members who had received the alliance's monthly reward once.

What they value most is the monthly alliance reward.
When they saw that the monthly Alliance rewards included Ocean Relics, a wave of excitement swept through everyone's hearts.

Just then, a somewhat hesitant voice rang out in the call group.

"These monthly marine relics rewards are so valuable, will God Su allocate them to us?"

The next second, a voice immediately refuted it.

"What are you thinking! Who do you think you are, being the boss?"

“Since the leader has established the alliance rules, he certainly won’t break them himself. Even if the leader needs them, he will definitely provide compensation. I trust the leader’s character.”

"Besides, the fact that we were able to reach the level 7 alliance is basically all thanks to the boss. I have no objection to him monopolizing the ocean relics."

If Su Wang were in the call group, he would definitely have recognized that the rebuttal came from Ji Boda.

Subsequently, many people echoed Ji Boda's remarks.
After all, Su Wang's character has been proven many times and he has won the support of many people.

Just then, Di Anxuan's clear, cold voice rang out.

"No need to guess, the alliance leader has already contacted me."

"The monthly alliance rewards of marine relics will be distributed as usual. If anyone does not need the extraordinary fish materials, they can exchange them with the alliance leader for low-level fish materials."

"In addition, the alliance leader will soon recruit more docks into the alliance, so everyone should work hard so that they don't get overtaken by the newcomers."

As soon as Di Anxuan finished speaking, cheers erupted throughout the call group.

In just one or two weeks since joining the league, I have already reaped enough benefits.

However, starting next month, there will even be rewards for marine relics.

What are marine relics?
That's the core treasure that makes you an extraordinary fisherman!
Doesn't this mean that they all have a chance to become extraordinary fishermen in at most five months?

Some even thought that since the alliance had already leveled up 3 times and received the Ocean Relic reward in just a few days.

Perhaps next month, the number of marine relics that can be obtained will not be limited to one piece, and there will be no need to wait for five months.

On the contrary, their current fisherman level is not yet high enough to upgrade to extraordinary fisherman.

In an instant, all the fisher lords in the call group secretly encouraged each other, striving to become extraordinary fishermen as soon as possible.

...

Su Wang ended his call with Di Anxuan and drove the Wangxin to the newly cleaned dock.

The fact that the Alliance rewards included marine relics would attract the attention of many fisher lords within the Alliance.

Su Wang specifically conveyed a message to Di Anxuan, instructing her to appease the fishermen within the alliance.

Given the current limit on the number of docks that the alliance can form alliances with, the number of marine relics that can be obtained each month is quite considerable.

If we choose to monopolize it, the small goal of 3 air and sea warships can be easily achieved.

However, this did not align with Su Wang's plan and went against his own conscience.

Currently, even with only a small-scale counterattack on the polluted sea area, a large number of personnel are already needed to assist.

Once more polluted docks are cleaned up, Su Wang's fleet will be far from sufficient.

More fishermen need to join in and work together to prevent and control the disease.

However, most fisher lords are not yet strong enough to stand alone and need to improve their strength.

These marine relics would be of even greater value to them, and would also make them more loyal and obedient to orders.

Moreover, with my current strength, obtaining marine relics is no longer a problem, so there's no need to withhold alliance rewards.

...

After getting off the Heart of the Dead,
Su Wang arranged for personnel to wake up the residents at the dock.

He went to the lord's palace on the dock to see if he could occupy it. Upon arriving at the lord's palace, he was not prevented from entering.

This suggests that the original owner of this dock has likely sunk to the bottom of the sea along with those polluting monster ships.

Although they lost a superhuman ship captain, the families at the docks also lost their superhuman heritage.

However, taking over the dock saved them a lot of trouble.

Once the docks were taken over, Su Wang would have four docks under his name.

The daily reward for reclaiming sea areas has reached over 2 million fish coins per day.

The newly recaptured wharf is called Fire Spirit Fish Wharf, and it is a Class 4 wharf.

Su Wang estimates the number of residents on the dock to be around 15.

The exact number will only be known after all the statistics are compiled.

The fleet has already set sail for the next polluted dock.
There are not enough people available to wake up the residents at the dock, and it will take a considerable amount of time to get the dock back to operation.

At the same time, another problem also presented itself to Su Wang.

The defensive issues of the new dock.

During the cleanup of the dock, warnings of pollution riots also appeared, indicating that the dock was also under threat of attack.

Currently, part of the combat fleet is stationed at the Blue Knife Wharf, while the other part has been sent to continue attacking the Polluted Wharf.

The air and naval fleets also need to be mobilized at any time to deal with the source of pollution, which means that Su Wang does not have any spare fleets to deploy for the defense of this new dock.

Furthermore, new purification docks will appear later, which will also require combat power.

Fortunately, the recent upgrade of the alliance provided Su Wang with a solution.

"It's time to add more alliance members."

The reason for initially inviting only 50 members was that the alliance reputation was insufficient.

Having now reached level 7 alliance, we still have over 90 reputation points available, enough to recruit over 9 Fishermen Lords.

The alliance's membership cap has been expanded, and adding 900 new members is more than enough.

Su Wang immediately opened the Fishermen's Exchange Area, preparing to recruit members for the second time.

When the chat area page was brought up, there happened to be fishermen discussing the Fools' Alliance.

Hua Fei Hua Hao: "I just discovered that the Fool's Alliance is already at level 7. Is Su Shen going to recruit new members?"

"Possibly. I really envy those lords who joined the alliance. I heard they're fighting alongside God Su in the polluted sea area and getting benefits every day."

Dream Ship: "These people are so lucky! I was only one day late and missed the time when God Su recruited alliance members."

"There's no use in being envious. There are only a few alliances established now, and they're all only at level one. I don't even want to join any of them."

Just then, the message from the Heart of Death appeared in the chat area.

The Heart of the Dead: "The Fools' Alliance is recruiting a large number of Fisher Lords, requiring them to abide by the alliance rules and unconditionally obey orders."

Unlike the first two days after the rainy season ended,

A week has passed, and the number of individual fishermen choosing to develop the dock has surged.

The message from the Heart of Death was like a bomb dropped into the water, causing a huge splash.

Dream Ship: "Holy crap! I said Su Shen and Su Shen appeared!"

Hua Fei Hua Hao: "Me! My dock is already level 2, can I get a spot this time, Su Shen?"

"Me too! I've reached level 2 docks too!"

"Me too, I'm level 2 too! Su Shen, please, let me join the League!"

Immediately, messages requesting to join the alliance flooded the chat area.

Su Wangdu was somewhat dazzled by what he saw.

It seems that more fishermen are choosing to become dock lords, and the development of the docks has reached a bottleneck.

Most fishermen probably have nothing to do every day, so they choose to spend their time in the chat area.

Su Wang quickly added the missing information and sent it out.

Wangxinhao: "There are only 900 spots available this time, so there's no need to rush."

Heartless: "Those with abundant resources will be given priority as joining the alliance requires immediate participation in missions."

The Heart of Death: "Anyone who deceives me with their invitation and has no resources will be expelled from the alliance and never recruited again."

Although there are as many as 900 openings this time, Su Wang still needs to do some screening; he can't just invite anyone.

After all, increasing the number of members is to address the problem of insufficient manpower; without resources, it won't work.

Because the information was scrolling so fast, Su Wang posted these messages more than a dozen times in a row.

With the addition of conditions and warnings, the surge of information finally subsided considerably.

Su Wang was able to see some of the information clearly.

Wine Immortal: "I have 4 million fish coins and a large amount of fish materials. Is that acceptable? I have established the Sword Immortal Wharf."

"I also have more than 3 million fish coins. I kept all the resources I got from the two red tides, and I'm using them at Shushan Wharf."

Hua Fei Hua: "I have over 5 million fish coins! Huadu Wharf!"

...

After checking, Su Wang discovered that everyone indeed had millions of fish coins.

The initial development of the port triggered a surge in red tide production, but the lack of direction in building a fleet resulted in resources being hoarded.

Without hesitation, Su Wang noted down some dock names and then switched to the alliance page to extend the invitation.

After more than an hour of travel, 900 fishermen's wharves were invited to join the alliance.

Because there were so many fishermen who wanted to join, Su Wang could only select randomly.

Those who weren't selected can only be said to have been unlucky.

Once 900 people had been invited, Su Wang immediately sent a message in the chat area announcing the termination of the recruitment.

Upon learning that recruitment was no longer underway, numerous expressions of regret and frustration immediately appeared in the discussion forum.

Su Wang also added in a timely manner.

Wang Xin: "I will recruit again soon, so don't be discouraged if you are not selected."

Su Wang hadn't expected the Fools' Alliance to be so alluring.

Fortunately, many people had already discussed joining the alliance from the beginning, so the fact that the Fools Alliance was already able to distribute the marine relics was not publicized.

Otherwise, the commotion that has already occurred in the discussion area would be several times greater.

However, Su Wang seemed to be celebrating too soon.

Just then, a fisherman who had already accepted the invitation ran to the discussion area to post a message.

Dreamship: "Holy crap! Su Shen's alliance rewards include ocean relics every month!"

Upon seeing this message, Su Wang immediately realized something was wrong.

As expected, the chat area exploded with information once again.

"Holy crap?! A marine relic?!"

"Oh my god! How unlucky am I? I was there both times Su Shen recruited alliance members, but I wasn't invited."

"Su Shen! Are you really not going to recruit a few more?"

Su Wang knew that the discussion area was beyond calm, so he could only go offline and let time quell the unrest.

Once you are redirected to the alliance interface,
Su Wang immediately invited all 900 newly invited fisher lords into the group call.

Suddenly, a cacophony of noise erupted.

The call, with 900 excited participants, was as lively as a debate.

They only gradually calmed down after Su Wang sternly reprimanded them.

"Ahem! I understand that everyone is excited."

"But now calm down and listen to my instructions."

Su Wang announced the alliance rules and the costs of joining the alliance one by one.

The situation in the polluted sea area and the arrangements for recruiting them were also explained.

Because he needed to join the battle immediately, Su Wang, like the other allies before him, proposed a plan to build warships on his behalf.

Resources were provided by these newly joined fisher lords, while Su Wang built more cost-effective warships on their behalf.

Upon learning that they could possess a special warship under Su Wang's command, the newly joined fisherman lord became even more excited.

Fortunately, Su Wang's earlier reprimand prevented the call from becoming chaotic.

At this moment, someone asked a question.

"Su Shen, you can help us build warships, but what about the shipwrights?"

Su Wang smiled when he heard that.

"I have my own way of solving this problem. Consider it compensation for the month's less league reward you've received."

...

The exchange with 900 new members has concluded.
Su Wang immediately checked the progress of waking up the residents at the Fire Spirit Fish Wharf.

After realizing that they might not be able to wake them all up even on the same day,

He then left some people behind to maintain order, while he himself steered the Heart of the Dead back to Fool's Wharf.

The main purpose of this operation is to manufacture warship cores for new allies.

After several hours of handover, the exchange took place through the alliance warehouse.

Su Wang has manufactured a total of 45000 Mutual Aid Warship cores, as well as supporting equipment.

On average, each new alliance member has 50 ships.

The principle that there is strength in numbers was fully demonstrated at this moment.

Although each fisherman lord only has 50 warships,
However, the combined strength of the 900 fishermen lords is nearly three times that of the current fleet.

The immediate problem is finding naval commanders to operate these warships.

After Su Wang piloted the Heart of Death back to the Fire Spirit Fish Wharf, he immediately activated the Alliance's group support channel.

A scene dozens of times more spectacular than the last one unfolded outside the Fire Spirit Fish Wharf.

Nearly a thousand water gates opened, and a total of just over a thousand fishing vehicles slowly emerged from them.

Although there are only a little over a thousand people at present, once the naval crews are ready, this will be a massive operational force of 4.5 ships.

Even if we clean up a few more docks, we will still have enough manpower to defend them.

As for the ship's crew, Su Wang already had a plan.

Su Wang contacted Di Anxuan, who was leading the expedition fleet, and conveyed a message to her.

Have alliance members who have participated in the mission lend out their stockpiled ship pilot potions.

Whether it's eliminating polluter fleets or participating in missions to clean up polluted docks, these allies possess a large stockpile of ship pilot potions.

It's just that it wasn't utilized.

They cannot provide the resources needed to build the warships for the time being.

Therefore, it would be better to lend it to the newly arrived alliance members first, and then return it after they join the mission and obtain the shipmaster's potion.

With Su Wang taking the lead, the alliance members don't need to worry about not repaying their loans.

After all, being expelled from the alliance for some shipwright potions is something only someone with an extremely stupid mind would do.

…(End of this chapter)