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"Yes, this is a long-term goal." Naylan kept smiling, crossed his fingers, and tapped the back of his hand with his index finger, imitating the guild leader Zero.

"Right now, [Hermes's Brigade] needs to repair the teleportation tower network. The 100-ton figure won't increase in a short period of time. Once they finish the repairs, we won't stand a chance."

"Are you suggesting to me that we should attack the transmission tower network of Hermes's Travel Hat? That won't do. We will become public enemies." Guild Master Zero shook his head.

Becoming a public enemy doesn't matter, because the murderous player is already a public enemy.

But having fun and causing trouble for others is fine, but destroying the teleportation tower network would make the world boring, and this would cross his bottom line.

"Don't worry, I won't let you do anything that breaks the rules, and it will provoke a full-scale counterattack from Hermes's Traveling Hat, which will not be worth it." Naylan tapped the back of his hand twice, made a thinking expression, and then said in embarrassment.

"Why don't you double your work? Come 70 or 80 times a day, and you can complete the target quickly."

"Don't try. You must have prepared other methods. Before we can fish for 200 times, you and I will be wiped out by those impatient guys." Guild Master Ling raised his chin, signaling Neylan to be quick.

"In fact, there is a way. After all, I have been studying it for twenty years."

Nailan smiled and took out the wine glass that the chaebols used to enjoy fine wine, which contained clear sea water.

Then he took out an egg-sized piece of [Ika Black Stone] and put it into the wine glass. After shaking it, he handed the wine glass to Guild Master Zero.

Guild Master Zero stared at the wine glass, his eyes narrowed, and a lot of fine dust appeared around the [Ika Black Stone] rotating in the wine glass.

The dust moved closer to the Ica Black Stone, as if it was attracted to it.

"Small rights will attach to larger rights and form even larger rights, just like magnets attract each other. As long as you obtain a larger Ica Black Stone, you will be able to attract the surrounding dust-like Ica Black Stones."

"I see." Guild Master Zero stirred the [Ika Black Stone] in the wine glass with his fingers and understood what Naylan meant.

It is definitely not possible to directly steal the [Ika Black Stone] from the [Hermes' Traveling Cap], as you will be counterattacked. However, if you steal the part of the [Hermes' Traveling Cap] that has not been salvaged, then there will be no problem.

As long as you carry a large [Ika Black Stone] and wander around the salvage point of [Hermes' Traveling Cap], you can use the large [Ika Black Stone] to suck away the dust in the sea water and reduce the output of [Hermes' Traveling Cap].

Moreover, [Hermes' Travel Hat] works at night, so they can go around during the day to avoid the peak hours.

"But how can you be sure that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] doesn't know about this?"

"Then let's just assume they know. But what reason do they have to stop you? The ownership of the sea has always belonged to the Sea God since ancient times, and we are all thieves, aren't we?"

Guild Master Zero had a little cold sweat on his forehead. There was no such thing as ownership on the sea, but killing players was a reason for the attack.

And Naylan was gambling, betting that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] would avoid suspicion and would not organize an attack even if it knew that the person driving the boat was a murderous player.

"What if they come to attack?"

"Then we will use this defeat to prove that what [Hermes's Brigade Hat] said was a lie, and we can be more refreshed when we finally win."

Chapter 1534 Risk Transfer

"The situation is not good."

Kulene's expression was somewhat solemn. The price of her huge body was not only to arouse suspicion, but also to be easily attacked by a group of people.

After most of the teleportation tower network was destroyed, the long-awaited chaebols took over;

And now, the chaebols have begun to encroach on the ancillary businesses of the teleportation tower network. In other words, they have copied the [Hermes' Traveling Hat] and bound the teleportation tower network with surrounding commissions to waive the teleportation tower network fees and earn third-party handling fees.

As long as the strangers didn't have to queue up, it didn't matter where they went to pick up the task, so they quickly adapted to this set of rules which were no different from before.

"These guys are really despicable. They actually copied our Chamber of Commerce's simple and great idea. Damn it! I'm going to apply for a patent!"

Kullene swung her fist at the air, but that was all.

Blaze on the side felt a little helpless.

"Everyone else is doing this, and you are just here talking nonsense. I am really curious about what you think is considered breaking the rules."

"You know the answer. It's laziness or not." Kullene shrugged. "Ask yourself, is the method you came up with a good one, or are you just trying to avoid trouble and solve the problem simply and neatly?"

"Those chaebols copied our approach, but our approach is a good one. It can increase the frequency of foreigners accepting commissions, solve a large number of problems for civilians in the territory, and the Chamber of Commerce can also make a small profit."

"And the fact that they were able to become middlemen from the lords and commoners shows that they were at least as good as [Hermes's Traveling Hat]."

"Spend some big money to reform these chaebols, so that they can at least appear to be good people. This can also be considered a charitable investment."

"Doing charity is what every businessman should do. It is a way to repay the working people who have always supported us."

Kullene kept talking, and it seemed more like she was trying to convince herself than explaining something to Blaze.

"Of course, if they get sick again, we [Hermes's Traveling Hat] won't have to pay any price and will take back our territory amid people's cheers." Herbie popped his head out from the side, holding his chin and shaking his feet.

"But if Hermes's Traveling Hat goes bankrupt, I will have no choice but to resign and return to Arcadia to be my finance minister. I will also poach all my staff and rebuild a new Chamber of Commerce in Arcadia."

"Me! How can you be so heartless? Have you forgotten who was the one who made the final decision in the critical moment and supported you and your whimsical opera house plan?" Kullene waved his fist and loudly scolded Herby for being an ungrateful little bastard.

Herbie rolled his eyes at this.

"That's because I've put all my hard-earned running division and connections on the line, and you agreed because you thought the success rate was high, didn't you?"

"Even if you have to gamble, you have to make sure you can keep your pants. This is a good quality for a businessman."

Blaze and Herbie were already accustomed to Kullene's thick skin, so they didn't continue to pester her.

"The problems with the Castaway Island were much more numerous than expected."

Fifty Drifting Islands have been put into use one after another, six of which have built transmission towers, while the remaining dozens have problems with fixing them.

The destination chosen by the Drifting Island is a place with many reefs, which is convenient for fixing anchors, but more reefs means more biomes.

Sirens are only part of the problem. Coral ecosystems, parasitic crab ecosystems, and barnacles are just some of the problems that fixed drifting islands will encounter.

After being successfully fixed, the four thick iron chains floated in the ocean. Occasionally, a passing sea beast would become unhappy with the chains and attack them, or it would fail to notice them and get entangled in the chains, and then attack in panic.

There were a lot of problems that were not anticipated in advance.

Although Kullene sounded sweaty, her voice did not waver and she remained quite calm.

“Problems are never problems, but rather reminders to do things better.”

Blaze and Herbie nodded, worthy of being the man who had survived from the Age of Gods to the present and established the [Hermes' Traveling Hat].

Before I could come up with a solution, a bowl of calming soul-stirring chicken soup was served. And it turned out that this chicken soup tasted quite good.

"The fact that fixed anchors and chains may be attacked by sea monsters is indeed a problem we have overlooked. It is also a flaw. So we just need to expand this flaw." Kullene clapped his hands and expressed his idea.

"It would be bad if it accidentally affected harmless marine life passing by, so we have to make the chain more rugged and more conspicuous."

"If you don't want to cause trouble, creatures with good tempers will take the initiative to take a detour, while monsters with bad tempers will definitely rush up and attack. So from today on, the iron chain that fixes the Drifting Island will become a monster spawner for strangers to use."

Kullene drew a few strokes on the paper, using four lonely iron chains as four pillars to build a huge passage from the Drifting Island to the anchor.

As long as the water is drained and a lift is built, foreigners can freely choose at which depth to start exploring the ocean world.

Of course, the resources required to do so are astronomical. The subsequent maintenance and repairs after being attacked by sea monsters are also astronomical.

[Hermes's Traveling Cap] can definitely afford the expense, but it's too painful, and it's a continuous investment with no end in sight. Who knows, it might be the final blow that kills [Hermes's Traveling Cap] someday.

“So who are you going to transfer the risk to?”

"What do you mean by risk transfer? Your words are too harsh. This is called mutual benefit and win-win. It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. We know the needs of customers in advance and are well prepared!"

Culene said a lot of things, but they were all sophistry and could not change the fact that he intended to hand over the passage connecting the Drifting Island to the anchor to a stranger.

If it is given to a stranger, it will be the other way around. [Hermes' Traveling Hat] will accept the commission from the stranger and help with daily commissions, and it will change from paying to charging.

This is actually a good idea. Foreigners often complain that it is inconvenient to explore the ocean. If there is a through train, it will be more convenient for foreigners to explore in the future.

But Kullene's explanation was so glib that it seemed like she really wanted to shift the risk.

Seeing that Blaze and Herbie didn't respond, Kullene had to cough.

"At least the initial expenses will be covered by [Hermes's Travel Hat]."

Chapter 1535 Has no one asked?

Blaze and Kullene had no objections, but Hebi had a big one. She was good at calculations and knew how much manpower and resources would be needed to build a passage to the seabed from fifty drifting islands.

She had never hated her arithmetic ability so much. After a few clicks of the abacus, she was about to roll her eyes and faint.

Apart from anything else, the building materials alone are quite difficult to deal with.

Where can we find materials that can withstand the deep sea environment and the attacks of marine monsters, and in sufficient quantities to be laid from the sea surface all the way to the reef area?

"Blazer..." Herbie looked at Blazer eagerly, an abacus in his hand, his face full of grievance.

This means that I hope Blaze can think of a solution.

"Ahem." Kullene coughed twice, as if he was going to imitate Hebi and beg, but the tip of Gungnir's gun handed over told him to stop playing tricks, otherwise he would be stabbed.

Blaze closed his eyes, pinched his brows and thought hard. To be honest, the two people in front of him were the most connected people he knew.

If these two can't handle it, what else can he do?

But Kullene's delicious bowl of chicken soup for the soul gave him inspiration. Problems are hints that make plans more perfect, and problems in the past may also be the way to solve problems now.

"I think... this is not a difficult thing." Blaze opened his eyes and mentioned two things.

"The Ouroboros's trunk also has the Tree of Life."

Hebi and Kullene's expressions changed drastically.

"I'm going to call you my ancestor. You're so brave. The Tree of Life is fine. We can use moral kidnapping to some extent, saying that the reason those teleportation towers were broken was because of the invasion of the Anti-Tree of Life, and ask for help, but Ouroboros -"

The corners of Kullene's mouth twitched, and he lowered his voice like a thief, as if he was afraid of being heard.

"We'll be dead if we do that."

"Why?" Blaze became curious.

"Don't you know?" Herbie's expression was also very nervous, her big eyes darting around. She stood on tiptoe and whispered in Blaze's ear, "Anyone who targets the Ouroboros' torso is dead."

The Ouroboros' great body, which was big enough to encircle the world, was severed in the upheaval, and the Ouroboros lost eight or nine tenths of its body.

Those incomparably huge trunks, which seemed to have small worlds inside, sank into the ocean. The majestic vitality and the flesh and blood filled with the power of Ouroboros attracted countless sea beasts to fight for them.

By eating the flesh and blood, one can gain the power of the Ouroboros, and those giant beasts died and became food for the Ouroboros.

"Didn't any of you ask it if it was okay to use the severed torso?"

Kullene and Hebi had strange expressions, if they had asked this question, the answer would definitely be no question, because they knew what the answer would be just by thinking about it.

"That means I didn't ask. I will go to Mekingjord City and ask his incarnation when the time comes."

"Well, then you try it."

"Behind the Ouroboros trunk is the Tree of Life. We can first obtain the seeds of the Tree of Life. If more convenient, we can directly spread the roots of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees through the sea teleportation tower. This will definitely be a safer fixed point than triggering an underwater volcanic eruption."

After Blaze decided on his target, he immediately took action, leaving Hebi and Kullene standing there in a daze.

The negotiations with the Golden Sea of ​​Trees went very smoothly. In the past, the Golden Sea of ​​Trees had a vague consciousness and it took a long time to communicate with it, but now it is different. Its consciousness has awakened as Ereshkigal.

Ereshkigal did not reject Blaze's proposal. On the one hand, the current predicament of [Hermes's Traveling Hat] was indeed caused by her anti-life tree.

This is an objective fact, so she has an obligation to lend a helping hand when [Hermes's Travel Hat] needs it.

On the other hand, Ereshkigal is curious about the ocean world. If she spreads the roots of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees to the bottom of the sea, she will be able to experience the beauty of the ocean with her own eyes.

The moment the agreement was basically reached, the transmission tower of Drifting Island No. 1 immediately lit up, and the roots of the golden tree sea impatiently drilled out of the sea transmission tower and drilled towards the seabed along four iron chains.

When the roots of the golden tree sea came into contact with the reefs, they did not choose to smash them, but instead penetrated into them, making the reefs a part of themselves. Finally, they took root in the seabed, forming a huge tree of life in the ocean world.

The center of the Tree of Life was hollow, and the seawater within was quickly absorbed and then illuminated by the glowing clusters of flowers growing from the Tree of Life.

Drifting Island No. 1 is located in the middle of the crown of the Tree of Life. It is extremely stable and does not hinder the collection of the Ica Black Stone using fishing nets.

The whole process took less than five minutes. Kullene and Hebi, who arrived in a hurry, once again felt how reassuring and happy it was when former enemies became friends.

"In this case, even if we don't go looking for Ouroboros, it will be okay, right?" Kulene pinched her chin, thinking that with the efficiency of the Golden Forest, all the Drifting Islands could be fixed in a few days.

"No, we still have to go find Ouroboros." Blaze rejected Kullene's idea.

Indeed, with the power of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees, the next thing would not be difficult at all, but it would be wrong to be lazy and leave everything to Ereshkigal.

The simplest reason is that once an abnormality occurs in one place, such as a situation that the Tree of Life cannot cope with, but the other 49 Trees of Life are also unable to cope with it, the transmission tower network built in the [F-22] area will collapse in an instant.

It’s safer to be more prepared.

Furthermore, Blaze felt that since they had thought of the Ouroboros's broken body, it was definitely not a coincidence.

That's a torso that possesses the power of the Ouroboros. A single piece of it can create an Ouroboros Giant. If we leave it alone, without even knowing what state it's in, we're definitely allowing a world-class crisis to grow. We have to confirm it no matter what.

Kullene could accept it, but didn't want to go, and the reason was simple, he was afraid of Ouroboros, and he felt justified, as if it was natural for Blaze to go find Ouroboros, which was abnormal.

But considering the other person at the scene, Herbie was not afraid, and it was clear who the coward was.