EBE Chapter 17 Crescent Island
Chapter 17 Crescent Island
"Good luck, another normal treasure chest." Yu Wang completely relaxed and smiled.
This wave of risks was great, but the rewards were plentiful!
He first picked up the [Space Backpack (10 slots)] card, and with a thought, chose to use it.
The card transformed into points of light and merged into the body. Immediately afterwards, a new [Backpack] slot appeared on the character panel, with ten neatly arranged storage compartments.
Although the backpack has a stack limit of 99 items, which is less than the 999 stack limit of the ship's storage slots, its ability to access items anytime and anywhere is irreplaceable in exploration and combat.
He immediately moved the most essential items he needed to carry with him inside: crab claws, harpoons, dagger, water, and compressed biscuits.
The backpack was used almost every day in his previous life, so Yu Wang didn't need to practice at all.
Next, he quickly counted the other gains.
It's like saving the beef for last when eating beef noodles.
He left the treasure map for last, first sorting out the empty core fragments, the single-person set meal voucher for Guodi Lao hot pot, the pinned post card (for each section), metal parts, and super glue.
Needless to say, he has collected six empty core fragments, along with the five fragments given by the game.
The next item, the "Hot Pot Single Set Meal Coupon," is even more interesting; it's a perk offered by the supply ship.
Generally speaking, apart from the supply ship that survivors are guaranteed to encounter at the very beginning of the game when they travel 100 nautical miles, whether or not they encounter a supply ship at other times, and what kind of supply ship they encounter, is entirely based on luck.
If you're lucky, you'll get a supply ship a day, and you'll encounter ships with monster shops, department stores, clothing stores, and other items that can quickly boost your strength.
If you're unlucky and can't find a single hair for ten days or half a month, that's bad enough! But then you get chased around by environmental organizations!
"Guodi Lao Hot Pot" is a hot pot restaurant at sea run by NPCs, and it is a type of supply ship.
It is famous for its delicious taste and precious ingredients.
Even without considering the green and blue items given away inside, players who have been there will see a significant increase in their three-dimensional attributes!
The only downside is that it's expensive!
The meal cost 2000 Pearl Coins per person!
Therefore, the value of a "Guodi Lao Hot Pot Single Set Meal Voucher" is between 1800 and 2200 Pearl Coins!
Yu Wang felt the meal voucher was a bit too hot to handle, so he carefully put it into the cabin while silently praying that he would encounter a ship that could help him catch fish 100 nautical miles away!
I heard that "Guo Di Lao" is a chain store, so the chances of running into it should be pretty high... right?
As for the "Pinned Message Card (Section)," as the name suggests, it allows your messages to be pinned to the top of the chat interface for a period of time.
In the previous life, many fleets used this technique frequently when recruiting new members and making bold statements.
Once it reaches the hands of a lone survivor, it's usually used to purchase some rare material.
Yu Wang casually sorted and put away the newly acquired pinned post card (for the section), metal parts, super glue, and other practical materials. Then, with anticipation, he carefully unfolded the newly acquired treasure map.
The treasure map appears to be made of a parchment-like material, but it is soft to the touch and has neat edges.
The outline of the island and the ocean currents are drawn with dark brown lines, and the end is marked by a striking "X" mark, accompanied by scribbled text and nautical symbols.
Survivors with cultural barriers simply cannot understand it.
However, the game will solve this problem.
When the treasure map is unfolded, the map patches on the panel show unusual activity.
In addition to the red dotted line symbolizing the ancient sea route, a black dotted line as thin as a hair also appeared.
Knowing that it was the treasure-hunting route on the treasure map, Yu Wang immediately concentrated, zoomed in on the system map, and focused on the black dotted line.
It begins about 30 nautical miles ahead of the marker representing the "Little Yellow Duck," starting from a rocky island.
The black line meandered northward from its starting point, initially appearing close to the dark red "ancient route" for a short distance, but soon it parted ways completely, piercing into the misty sea to the west of the route.
As the black line advances, the fog on the map of the areas it passes through is also dispelled, revealing some of the terrain outlines along its path:
It was a dangerous sea area riddled with reefs and turbulent currents, dotted with hand-drawn portraits of menacing sea creatures. The seawater was a deep, inky blue, hinting at its extreme depths.
Yu Wang thought to himself, "Wow, far from the ancient shipping routes, in deep waters, the buffs are maxed out."
But these adventures are definitely worth it.
A treasure map means at least one treasure chest of gold-level resources! Or it could be an entrance to a resource dungeon that could make survivors financially independent!
He continued reading.
Finally, the black dotted line ended in a relatively calm sea area.
Its destination is a uniquely shaped island. Like a slender crescent moon, it is pointed at both ends and concave in the middle, embracing a calm inner bay. The island is dotted with greenery, seemingly covered with lush vegetation.
The center of the inner bay is where the treasure marker 'X' is located.
Based on the simplified scale provided in the lower left corner of the map, the entire route is estimated to be only about 200 nautical miles.
"Two hundred nautical miles..." Yu Wang quickly did the mental calculation.
At its current snail's pace of 1.2 knots (Tier 1), the "Little Yellow Duck" would take eight days to reach its destination without stopping. However, if the "Turbocharged Duck Propulsion" could be built as soon as possible to double its base speed, or if the ship could be upgraded to Tier 2, this time would be greatly reduced!
"Among the many treasure maps I heard about in my previous life, this is already considered to be an extremely short route," Yu Wang judged. "Many treasure maps point to places thousands of nautical miles away, with countless variables along the way, and often people die before they even find the treasure."
In addition, there was another detail that made Yu Wang slightly gratified.
At the edge of the treasure map, he saw the portrait of the monster he had just killed with his own hands: Night Fang Wolf Eel!
Although the drawing is rather abstract, Yu Wang would never mistake the ferocious head and the iconic outline of sharp teeth.
"In other words, in the eyes of the 'cartographer' who created this treasure map, the 'Night Fang Wolf Eel' was already a sea monster worthy of being drawn on the map and posing a significant threat to treasure hunters," Yu Wang analyzed.
"Then, those sea monster images baring their fangs and claws in the turbulent reef area are likely creatures of the same level as the 'Night Fang Wolf Eel,' or slightly stronger."
This realization brought him a slight sense of relief.
Although it's still dangerous, at least there's a benchmark of strength. With his Little Yellow Duck's current ability to solo a Wolf Eel, as long as he prepares enough pearls and handles things carefully, it's not impossible to get through.
However, when his gaze fell once again on the slender crescent island on the map, his brows gradually furrowed.
"This shape..." Yu Wang stared at the slender crescent-shaped island on the map, his brows gradually furrowing, a strange sense of familiarity welling up in his heart.
He quickly searched his mind for fragments of memories from his past life.
Oh, and the chat channel!
In his previous life, he was constantly on the go, spending most of his time surviving alone and rarely chatting in the regional chat. But in the messages he occasionally glanced at, it seemed... it seemed... he had indeed seen other survivors post aerial views of the island a few times.
At the time, he didn't pay much attention, simply considering it one of the many strange landmarks that had been passed down by countless survivors.
It now appears that this island is not simple.
With his mind preoccupied, Yu Wang put away the treasure map, sat back in the driver's seat, and slightly adjusted the course based on the starting point of the black dotted line on the system map.
"set sail!"