mesbooks Chapter 63, First Exploration Ended
Chapter 63, First Exploration Ended
"Tsk, the two-month time limit is still a bit too short. Next time, I'll find more tokens, otherwise the intermittent nature of the exploration will affect it too much."
Miao Meng spent the remaining ten days or so exploring this deep-sea area, but unfortunately, he couldn't match the gains he made from that giant beast.
In this deep-sea area, not only are there fewer monsters and pirate ships, but there are also fewer islands. Eighteen days of wandering is not even as fruitful as half the time gained by the Black Earl.
[Ding, your exploration time has expired. A summary is being prepared.]
1. Time consumed: 60 days; base rating: F.
2. A total of 34 events were triggered, including 15 combat-related events and 13 business-related events... The rating has been raised to D level.
3. Map exploration area increased by 2.1%, rating remains unchanged.
4. Special Event: [Deep Sea Hunter], defeat an elite-level or higher sea monster. Rating increases.
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Your overall rating is C-. Based on this rating, you have received the "One Piece: New Player's Starter" treasure chest, which contains the following rewards:
1. 5000 Disaster Coins from the Integrated Network; 2 Skill Points;
2. The "Black Fang" pirate ship is a 20-meter-class speedboat with only four cannons. Its main attack method is boarding combat.
3. One special building blueprint, "Morning Star Lighthouse".
Morning Star Lighthouse: A unique structure, a strange lighthouse standing by the sea, providing the most accurate guidance for ships at sea.
After a lighthouse is built, it can provide location for travelers using a matching compass. Multiple lighthouses can be combined to accurately locate one's own location.
Materials required for construction: 1 unit of strong magnetic material, 1 powerful lighting fixture, and a quantity of building materials (depending on the size of the lighthouse).
Back in his lab, Miao Meng didn't rush to communicate with Count Black and ask about the events that had occurred after they split up.
Instead, he immediately began to organize his gains from this experience. Apart from the rewards given in the final dungeon summary, the real highlight was the event rewards that filled a whole ship's cargo hold.
Timber, stone, and metal harvested from the island should be stored away, while meat and special materials dropped from monsters should be stored away.
To cope with these biological resources that are difficult to store, Miao Meng even turned on the cold storage system that had been prepared in advance.
Although limited by the power system's capabilities, with the addition of a magic array, this cold storage facility is comparable to modern large-scale cold storage facilities.
The most important part, his soul essence, was carried with him at all times; he would never put it in a safe in the laboratory.
"First mate, could you please go to the city and find some people to build this lighthouse? That would save you a lot of trouble."
Before choosing this territory, Miao Meng had already prepared to expand overseas, since all land territories already had owners.
Furthermore, many of the materials needed for Soul Crystals also need to be obtained from the deep sea, and those pirates even have dungeon tokens like Black Pearls.
If we just wait for the pirates to attack from the shore, it will take a long time to accumulate enough dungeon time, so it's better to take the initiative.
Regardless of whether such a special structure as the Morning Star Lighthouse exists, Miao Meng was prepared to erect a lighthouse on the coast. He himself didn't need it, but other ships would.
After sending out the Black Earl, Miao Meng then set his sights on the treasure chest and the two skill points.
"Let's open the treasure chests first. As for skill points, well... we should prioritize strengthening the ship girl form or the ship itself, since the magic cannon user needs time right now."
While sorting out the items in the treasure chest, Miao Meng pondered how to use those two skill points.
The starting treasure chest does live up to its C-rank rating. Besides the skill points and disaster coins, the most important thing is the 20-meter-long speedboat.
Although the ship was already occupied by the Black Earl in the instance, Miao Meng wasn't really sure he could bring it out until he opened the treasure chest.
After all, the ship was too big for him to fit in his cabin, and the Black Earl's occupation might not pass the judgment and bring the entire ship out of the instance.
Unfortunately, the ship has indeed been discovered, but the crew members haven't come out with it. When exploring the dungeon for the second time, if we don't bring crew members from outside, we'll have to recruit some from that port.
After all, to explore such a vast area of ocean, it is far from enough for Miao Meng and Count Black to rely on only two people. At the very least, a sizable fleet needs to be formed to have any chance of success.
However, Miao Meng did not intend to bring a large number of Galtilan continent crew members in; at most, he would select a few commanders from here.
Because in the Sailing Journey instance, many crew members are just virtual numbers, just like the island he first encountered. Recruiting soldiers from it only takes a little time and resources.
The Black Earl had already given Miao Meng a detailed report on how various operations could be carried out at the port at the starting point, such as purchasing supplies, repairing ships, and recruiting crew members.
Although the recruited crew members were not of high quality, they were sufficient as basic sailors.
The downside is that they're not very bright, because those who are even slightly smart become special employees and require a lot of money to hire.
Miao Meng wasn't going to waste his money. Unless he acquired the corresponding followers through the event rewards, he would rather bring a few smarter people from outside.
He wasn't worried that these instances would expose his special abilities. Those he could bring in with peace of mind must have had contracts and other restrictions in place beforehand, otherwise he wouldn't feel at ease.
After categorizing all the spoils, Miao Meng browsed through his growing collection of skills and began to select the most suitable ones.
[Throne - Leadership] [Throne - Royal Guard] [Witchcraft - Elemental Enchantment]
The benefits of upgrading these three skills are relatively higher. Unlike breathing to restore health and versatile skills, which are simply self-buffs, these three skills can strengthen subordinates.
If it were when he was fighting alone, he might have thought about only strengthening himself, but now that the territory is larger, there will indeed be some areas that are beyond his capabilities if he only strengthens himself.
Fortunately, Miao Meng felt that he had acquired more skill points in this version, so even if he focused on developing his territory, he could still maintain his strength level, and the two were even equal to some extent.
[Throne Guard +1]: This is a second enhancement to the original 46 members (1 captain, 45 members), bringing the total to 102.
The Guardian Force template remains unchanged, but the maximum number of personnel in the original template has been doubled, and a new vice-captain has been added with level two command authority.
Currently, there are only 66 undead crew members, which is insufficient to meet the maximum number of crew members required for this skill. The captain can recruit new crew members through crew recruitment contracts.
After clicking on the Guardian skill and seeing the increase in the number of members, Miao Meng was prepared to add the skill point he had originally reserved.
However, the second skill point could not be added successfully because a sudden pop-up notice restricted further skill enhancement.
Note: The current ship size and scale limit the maximum number of people this skill can have. If you need to expand the maximum number of people, please increase the ship size first.
"What? The same skill can have this kind of limitation? Oh no, if this is the case, then other skills probably won't be able to absorb many skill points either."
After considering this possibility, Miao Meng looked at the remaining skill point, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to open a new skill tree.
After all, compared to increasing the strength of existing skills, which may even reach the skill cap, it is better to continue to increase the breadth of one's skills.