Chapter 230 Heading to Puerto Princesa
“We have to find a ship that can go to the Stormy Sea, preferably the largest ship.”
As soon as he left the previous shipyard, Wang Zhifan He said to the two brothers Chen Ming beside him.
"Indeed, it is said that the bigger the ship, the safer it is on the sea."
Chen Can, wearing glasses, understood Wang Zhifan's considerations and immediately nodded in agreement.
"But those boats just now don't look too small. They are many times bigger than the fishing boats in my hometown."
The youngest Chen Ming then said with some confusion. In his opinion, the previous one The sailing ships built by the shipyard were large enough to carry them out to sea.
"A Ming... You are outrageous in comparing sea ships with river ships. The wind and waves on the sea cannot be compared with rivers. For the sake of safety, we must find a ship with the largest tonnage as possible, otherwise we will really If something happens on the stormy sea, it will be over."
Chen Can glanced at his brother speechlessly.
After the three communicated, they returned to the dock and began to ask for more information from the shipowners who were soliciting passengers.
The pier was still quite lively at this time, with sailing ships coming and going without interruption, and the shouts of various shipowners could be heard constantly.
"Longtou Port! Longtou Port! Come here if you want to go to Longtou Port! The ship will sail soon!"
"Come here if you book a ship in Queen's Port! We are the only ones every month The boat goes to Queen's Harbor! If you miss it, you have to wait another month! "Princess Harbor! If you miss it, it's gone today!"
Wang Zhifan and the other three walked through the noisy dock and approached a shipowner who had just finished his drink and was drinking water from a water bag.
The shipowner had very good eyesight and quickly noticed the three of them approaching and recognized them.
I saw him put down the water bag he had just finished drinking, raised his hand and wiped the corners of his mouth with the cuffs of finer cotton clothes, and shouted to them quite loudly:
"You guys Have the three of you found that island? Do you want me to send you there by boat?"
He said this with a joking tone, which could be said to be amusement to the three of them. Oh, it’s treated.
"We found it. The island is in the stormy sea. Why don't you sail the boat to send us there."
Wang Zhifan didn't pay attention to the man's ridicule and asked him smoothly.
"Storm Sea? I won't go to that hellish place! Even though my ship is strong, it can't withstand the wind and waves of death!"
The man immediately shook his head and was not ready to continue. Bullshit with Wang Zhifan.
But Wang Zhifan was not going to let him go, and then asked him questions and stuffed a silver coin into his hand.
"Do you know where there is a boat to the Sea of Storms? We really need to go there."
Looking at Wang Zhifan and the other two people looking serious, they were rubbing the silver coins that had just been stuffed into their hands with the fingers of their right hand. The shipowner suddenly Lost in thought, he frowned and touched his forehead with his left hand for a while before replying:
"This is really difficult for you... Although I have been running the passenger ship business for ten years, I have never I have never heard of any passenger ship being a dedicated line. Running to the Sea of Storms, maybe the dark ships operated by pirates take this route... I suggest you go to a larger port and ask. There are some big shipping merchants there who will open a voyage route once a year. They The ship should be able to pass through the storm sea..."
After hearing what the ship owner said, Wang Zhifan and others were not surprised. They had long expected that this port should not go to the storm sea, so Wang Zhifan then asked him to recommend several major ports.
“If you want to go to a big port, of course Queen’s Harbor is the largest. Queen’s Harbor is the largest seaport in the empire, but it takes a month to get there from us by sea. As the largest seaport nearby, I recommend Princess Harbor. Princess The port is more than three times larger than ours, and it can be reached in three days..."
The shipowner recommended all the major ports that he could go to, and Wang Zhifan and the other two people quickly had an idea in mind, and turned around to start private discussions.
"Brother Fan, spending a month to go to another port is too long. In addition to finding a ship to go to the Sea of Storms and searching for the Forbidden Fruit Island in the Sea of Storms, it may take half a year. I suggest you go to the Princess. Forget it. "
Chen Can quickly suggested to Wang Zhifan that as a first-time dungeon player, it was difficult for him to accept that it would take him a year and a half to play.
"My thoughts are actually the same as yours. Spending a month just to find a boat is a bit too torture. Let's go to Princess Harbor to see it first."
Wang Zhifan quickly put this The matter was settled.
Then a few of them prepared to look for the passenger ship to Puerto Princesa, but before they had taken a few steps, a group of people who looked familiar appeared.
The leader of this group is a red-skinned NPC with sinister eyebrows and rat eyes. He is the one who asked them for money some time ago. This obscene NPC is followed by a tall young man. This young man's clothes are very different from the residents of this world, and there are several similar beings following him behind him. They are the same group of players who impressed Wang Zhifan and others at the beginning of this dungeon.
"Brother Fan, that red-skinned man hooked up with them and seemed to be taking them to the ship."
As soon as the sharp-eyed Chen Ming noticed these people coming to the dock, he made a judgment. purpose of their actions.
“Maybe this guy really has some information.”
Chen Can also felt a little curious when he saw this.
However, before Wang Zhifan could comment on this scene, the group of people who were walking also spotted the three of them. The tall young man who led them locked eyes with Wang Zhifan, the leader of the three, and stared at him across the screen. I shouted to him from a distance:
"Brother! We have found someone to take us to that island! Do you want to come together?"
Wang Zhifan replied to him without much hesitation after hearing this:
"No! Let's divide our forces. Two-way search is more efficient!”
After hearing what Wang Zhifan said, the tall young man thought for a moment and nodded to him, then waved his hand and continued to follow the red-skinned and wretched NPC in front of him. Several of them boarded an ordinary sailboat parked in the port one after another, which made Wang Zhifan and others look a little suspicious.
"Brother Fan, I feel that the red-skinned man must have a ghost. I'm afraid he will take them to a place like a pirate's den..."
Chen Upon seeing this, Ming couldn't help but infer that after all, the ship that the red-skinned NPC took the players on did not look like the type that could sail into the stormy sea.
"Don't worry, players who can reach more than 20 levels cannot be fools. That NPC's appearance alone makes people suspicious. How can they completely believe him? And those players can Getting money to feed that NPC so quickly shows that they are not idle people, and they may be waiting to go to the sea to do something big.”
Wang Zhifan never underestimates other players. Even if they are far behind him in terms of strength, he still believes that they must have considered all aspects and cannot just casually step into such a simple trap.
"Brother Fan, how strong are the players at level 20? There are only five of them. If there are more enemies, they shouldn't be able to defeat them, right?"
Chen Can on the side listened to Wang Zhifan. After finishing, he couldn't help but ask, because he was still a novice and had only read relevant text information on the forum, but he did not have a really clear understanding of the concept of player strength.
“Well...it still depends on the player’s profession and equipment. For example, the gunner profession you work for can be said to be quite combat-effective at level 20. As long as the gunner player’s equipment is not particularly poor, he is considered a When facing more than a dozen enemies, there are ways to quickly deal with them. For example, by turning on skills such as bullet time and bullet ejection in conjunction with shooting, you can kill enemies who cannot defend themselves against bullet attacks in an instant..."
Wang Zhifan explained his understanding of the player's strength so that Chen Can believes his career has a bright future.
As they chatted, they arrived at the pier near the shipowner who was specifically carrying passengers to Puerto Princesa, and then communicated with the other party to confirm the route. Soon after, Wang Zhifan bought tickets for all three of them, and he bought them at an extra price. The so-called deluxe room includes both room and board.
When they were led by the owner to climb up the ladder to the deck of the sailboat, then went down the deck into the cabin inside, and arrived inside the so-called deluxe room, all three of them were His face showed a bit of bitterness.
Because this deluxe room is so "luxury", not only is the space small, less than ten square meters, but it also smells faintly, except for the floor covering that takes up most of the area. It's fairly tidy, but it's a rather crude residence at all. One can't help but wonder if this place was converted from a utility room.
“Everyone, please be patient, it’s only three days, and it’s gone by in a flash.”
Although Wang Zhifan also has strong opinions on this kind of living environment, he knows that in this kind of living environment, It is indeed difficult to find a better living environment on the world's passenger ships, especially on such an ordinary passenger ship. Living cabins like this that are separated from other passengers are enough to be called luxurious.
"Ugh...Brother Fan, let me go to the deck to get some fresh air first."
As a rich second generation, although Chen Ming is not a very squeamish type, he let him, who is used to flying on private jets, stay here It was indeed difficult for him to adapt to a place like this for a while, and he quickly fled to the ventilated deck.
The older Chen Can was more tolerant. He tried hard to adapt to the smell of this small cabin, and soon put forward some personal thoughts:
"Brother Fan, I've heard that people who don't often take boats do Seasickness is said to be a very uncomfortable feeling. We need to make some preparations for this situation, such as finding some special medicine."
Wang Zhifan was convinced of his prediction and thought about it for a moment. He replied:
"I don't have this kind of special medicine on me. Why don't you go ask the NPC and see if you can buy something to prepare while the ship is still some time away from leaving the port."
He actually He is not worried that he will get seasick. After all, his physical fitness is already very good. Human beings' ability to self-adjust when the ship is unstable is far beyond ordinary people, but Chen Ming and Chen Can are different. It is foreseeable that they will vomit in the next three days and suffer from seasickness. This is almost unavoidable for people who don't make a living at sea all year round.
So, after that, Chen Can and Chen Ming worked hard for a while, asking shipowners and other port people for information about seasickness. In the end, they really got a lot of advice, such as being patient. It just passed, just spit it out and it was fine, and even asked them to get it right Prepare smelly socks to fight poison with poison. Of course, Chen Ming and his brother couldn't take such outrageous advice. Finally, they bought a yellow-skinned fruit similar to oranges at the suggestion of the old man at the pier, saying that they ate it when they were seasick. It will be much better to grow very sour fruit.
In this way, time flew by. At noon on the first day of this dungeon, the passenger sailing ship they were traveling on finally set sail. About an hour after setting off, Chen Ming and Chen Can set sail. I began to feel the extreme torture of seasickness.
“Uh... so uncomfortable...”
"No...I'm going to vomit again..."
At this moment, Chen Ming and Chen Can, both of whom had turned pale, were standing on the deck of the sailboat. They were lying on the edge of the ship, vomiting towards the sea. Acid water, because the contents of their stomachs have been vomited out long ago, leaving only body fluids to be discharged.
“Eat more of this fruit, it’s a bit sour but not unpalatable.”
Wang Zhifan was also on the deck at this time. He stood not far from the two of them, holding something in his hand. When they tasted the yellow-skinned fruit they had bought to deal with seasickness, they felt that the fruit tasted pretty good.
“After eating it... uh... it’s no use...”
Chen Can answered him immediately, but before he finished speaking, he started vomiting into the sea outside the ship's side.
"Eat as much as you want...vomit as much as you want...uh...I was deceived..."
Chen Ming had a similar response. He even thought that the people who sold their fruit before were deceiving them.
"Hold on, just hold on for a few days and you'll be fine. We have to look for that island later."
Seeing that the special effects fruit didn't work, Wang Zhifan didn't have any good ideas. Being able to give them verbal encouragement, he didn't feel seasick at all anyway, and he felt like he was at home on this rocking ship.
At the same time, the deck sailors working around them also came to the Chen Ming brothers from time to time to give them verbal "warmth", because it was rare for people to get seasick in this kind of harbor area.
"Hahaha! These two people are so old that they can still get seasick! It really makes me laugh!"
"Outlander! You have been punished by Poseidon! Hurry up to the great Poseidon prays!”
“You two are so dizzy, how come your companion is not dizzy?”
……
When the deck was filled with the happy atmosphere of schadenfreude, Wang Zhifan was not idle. In addition to paying attention to the situation of Chen Ming and Chen Can, he also noticed that the deck of the passenger sailboat was equipped with four large artillery pieces. This made He realized that the course they were currently on might not be smooth.
And his premonition soon came true. When the time came to the evening of that day, Chen Ming and Chen Can, who had vomited almost the whole day, just returned to the cabin and prepared to rest. At that moment, they suddenly heard fierce gunfire coming from outside, and at the same time, the urgent horn sounds of sailors sounded on the deck.
(End of this chapter)