Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

Chapter 9 Nightfall (Seeking follow-up reading)

"I wonder how the other fishermen are doing." Looking at the increasingly dark sky, Su Wang also thought of the other fishermen.

The other fishermen must have also come to this world suddenly, and they all have the common identity of fishermen.

It is even very likely that they all come from the same world.

The world seems to be hiding many crises right now, and he doesn't want other fishermen to encounter too many accidents.

First, the presence of other fishermen can provide various materials and supplies.

For example, the large amount of fish coins you exchanged for fish fillets, or the steel plate materials you purchased.

If there were no other fishermen, I would not have developed so quickly.

Second, you are in a strange world, a world full of fantasy and danger.

It would be a depressing thing to have no one to stick with.

Although Su Wang has not met other fishermen face to face yet.

But through the communication area, he can also feel that he is not alone.

Loneliness is sometimes more terrifying than any crisis.

Su Wang opened the [Fisherman Exchange Area] and prepared to check the progress of other fishermen.

When he saw the numerous messages in the communication area, he realized that he was not the only one who had this idea.

"It's getting dark. Have you upgraded your vehicles yet? I'm still a few dozen units short of lumber. This is going to be a problem."

"I'm going crazy! I'm only 12 units short of wood. I don't have enough fish coins to buy the wood, and my stamina is running low."

"Without stamina, you're in danger. I see it's difficult to complete the vehicle upgrade today, so I've already started resting.

I've also stored some fish and meat, so if there's any danger at night, I'll at least have something to fight against."

"I was lucky, and I caught a lot of fish with my net several times.
I just managed to upgrade my vehicle a while ago, but my stamina reserves aren't quite up to par. I'm not sure if I can make it through the night."

"I'm so panicked now. I should have chosen the Fisherman class earlier. The Spear Gunner consumes too much stamina. Even if I kill small fish instantly, I can't make up for it."

...

Su Wang looked through it for a while.
It was found that only a few fishermen were lucky enough to upgrade their vehicles, and most fishermen were short of a lot of materials and could not upgrade their vehicles on the same day.

Some fishermen even fall short of a little bit of materials, or fail due to insufficient fish coins or endurance.

He could do nothing about it.

All kinds of fish have been smelted into black iron grade, but some wood is still idle.

But even if I am kind enough to sell it at a lower price, it will definitely be snatched up by countless pairs of eyes.

Whether these fishermen who are just a little bit short of resources can grab them is another matter.

For now, these fishermen can only hope for the best.

As the sky grew darker, the light source hanging high in the sky gradually went out.

Su Wang also became alert and kept an eye on the water around the vehicle.

Until one moment, the only light disappeared completely.

Su Wang's vision fell into darkness where he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.

Darkness always brings fear to people, and he is no exception.

Filled with fear, Su Wang was already considering whether to dismount the vehicle and summon the black sea bream fishman guards.

At this moment, the darkness that lasted for less than a minute suddenly changed.

The surrounding environment suddenly became a little brighter, at least I could vaguely see the surrounding waters.

But this change did not make Su Wang happy at all.

Instead, it caused a strong sense of unease.

A hazy red light fell.

The vehicle and Su Wang himself were covered in a layer of red.

The boundless sea surface also looks particularly creepy under the red light.

A thin mist gradually spread over the sea surface from thin to thick.

[When a vehicle is corroded, its durability will decrease by 1 point per minute. When in navigation mode, the corrosion rate will double.]

[You are disturbed by an unknown force, and your endurance value has stopped recovering.]

Two prompt messages flashed across Su Wang's sight.

Looking up, the light source that had been extinguished in the sky has become bright again.

The entire light source appeared dark red in color, as if it was the culprit that turned everything within sight red.

"Sure enough, something unusual happened at night. This is troublesome."

Su Wang's expression became increasingly nervous.

After the attack by the Silvertail Windfish, the vehicle's durability was less than 500 points.

Keeping the vehicle in navigation mode, the remaining durability can only last for more than 4 hours.

It is not yet known how long this world's night will last.

If it exceeds 4 hours, then you will be in an extremely passive position.

When the vehicle stops sailing, its current durability can last for more than 8 hours, which is twice as long.

But after a brief thought,
Su Wang decided to continue sailing and instead used fish coins to activate the fish treasure at the bow.

The silver-tailed wind fish statue at the bow suddenly produced gusts of breeze, wrapping up the entire vehicle.

[Vehicle activation ability: Blessing of the Gale. ]

When he looked towards the vehicle, he noticed an additional continuous message in his sight.

[Wind Shield: 1200/1200, duration 6 hours.]

In less than a minute, the shield's durability dropped by 1 points.

Seeing this situation, Su Wang felt a lot more at ease.

"Thankfully, the shields can offset the damage done to the vehicle."

Stopping the vehicle can reduce the intensity of erosion.

But doing so would mean wasting time traveling at night, and would still consume a certain amount of vehicle durability.

The only vehicle repair tool he had was already used up. Every bit of damage to the vehicle's durability was a step closer to destroying the ship.

It is safer to use the repeatedly activated fish treasure ability and use the wind shield instead of the vehicle's own durability consumption.

Fortunately, the Gale Shield did not let him down and could indeed replace the erosion damage suffered by the vehicle.

The durability of the gale shield is as high as 1200 points, and it can last until the shield time ends even if the vehicle remains in sailing mode.

"There's no need to worry too much about vehicle corrosion, but I don't know if there will be other dangers."

Su Wang still did not let down his guard at this time.

The sea area at night and during the day change so much that no one knows what unexpected situations may occur.

The dim light and the mist rising over the water.

He was also unable to clearly see the situation in the waters around the vehicle and could only take one step at a time.

Now that night had fallen, other fishermen were in the same situation.

Su Wang opened the fishermen's exchange area again, hoping to obtain more information with the help of a large number of fishermen.

As soon as I opened the communication area, I saw many fishermen enthusiastically discussing the changes after nightfall.

"The 1 point of stamina regeneration per minute has stopped. I was planning on staying up all night to upgrade my vehicle, but now that's completely over."

“Everything around is dark red, it’s so weird!
Vehicles also erode and lose durability. A level one vehicle can only last one night at most. If it can't be upgraded to level two before tomorrow night, it's doomed."

"It's still tomorrow night. You should try to get through tonight first. I have a feeling things won't be that simple."

"Holy crap! There's a weird, disgusting-looking fish tearing at my raft!"

"That's me too. How come there are fish that attack rafts?"

"Strange fish? Why don't I see it here?"

"Look, there's a new fishing mission!"

...

The initial communication area was filled with discussions about the changes in the environment after nightfall.

But after a few minutes, more and more fishermen reported that their vehicles were attacked by strange fish.

"Strange fish?"

Su Wang immediately thought of the contaminated black-scaled snapper he encountered when he just woke up.

When he saw a fisherman mention the emergence of a new fishing task, he immediately opened his own fishing task bar.

The [Fishing Mission] page expanded, and a new message appeared on it.

[Daily settlement task: clean up pollution.]

Requirements: Clean up the polluted fish. Different points will be awarded for cleaning up different levels of polluted fish.

Mission rewards: Settlement will be made at the end of each night.

One Azure Fish Coin will be awarded for every 10 points settled. Points less than 1 will be accumulated until the next task settlement. The top 10 fishermen with the most points each day will receive additional rewards.

Current points: 5.

...

"Sure enough, there is a new mission, and it seems to be a long-term mission."

Just as Su Wang was focusing his attention on the newly emerged fishing mission, he suddenly felt that the vehicle had just been attacked.

Without thinking too much, he hurriedly followed his previous sensation and went to the side of the boat to check.

Through the mist on the water,
Su Wang vaguely saw a small shadow swimming and chasing the side of the bottom of the wooden boat.

From time to time, the shadow would come into contact with the bottom of the boat.

Every time it came into contact, Su Wang noticed that the durability of the Gale Shield was slightly reduced.

"Did we encounter a strange fish?"

Considering what other fishermen mentioned, Su Wang also had some doubts about Shadow's identity.

He immediately planned to summon the fishing gear to explore the shadows under the fog.

But at this moment, the hatch on the hull of the boat suddenly opened by itself.

One after another, the black-scaled snapper guards crawled out of the hatch.

The fish-man guards used their sticky flippers to cling to and move on the hulls on both sides of the canoe.

A few seconds later, two black-scaled snapper guards quickly climbed above the area where the underwater shadow was located.

That is to say, Su Wang lowered his eyelids.

The two black-scaled snapper guards held the short-handled harpoons in one hand and stabbed towards the shadow in the fog without hesitation.

The strong wind brought by the harpoon even dispersed the fog that obscured the shadows.

Because of this action.

Only then did Su Wang use the dim red light to see the true appearance of the shadow.

A strange fish about one foot long with messy bone spurs all over its body.

One root is nearly one-third of its own length.

A disgusting tissue that looks like a tongue, a tentacle, and has barbs on the end extends out of the fish's mouth.

The extra consumption of the Gale Shield was due to the tentacles spit out by the monster fish piercing the shield.

At this time, the harpoons of the two black-scaled snapper guards had pierced the deformed fish one after another.

A message immediately flashed in Su Wang's sight.

【Spiny-headed mackerel (mildly contaminated)】

Fish species rarity: Common.

Strength:5(3).

Stamina: 42/70 (50).

The ordinary spiny-headed mackerel, contaminated by evil forces, has its strength and endurance increased to varying degrees.

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　Please read on Monday and Tuesday, I am so sad~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)