Chapter 17 Crack Tide
The wind became stronger and stronger, and the sky gradually became gloomy.
Chen Qi lay alone on the boat, staring blankly at the sky.
There are two most exciting moments in sailing, one is when going out to sea, and the other is when returning.
He was just thinking about the first-level extraordinary profession of Witch Sea, but instantly, he felt an ominous premonition.
The wind was roaring... Chen Qi decisively sat up from the boat and looked at the vast sea in front of him.
There is no trace of human beings, and you can only occasionally see birds flying across the sky and schools of fish leaping out of the water.
The sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to leap. This roughly describes the scene in front of you.
There is an unprecedented sense of spaciousness and a faint sense of loneliness...
Although he escaped from the Saw Shark, it was not an easy task to get ashore alone.
If there was even the slightest problem with the steam boat, he might have to stage "Aqi's Wonderful Drift" and go crazy on this broken sea.
Chen Qi took out the chart he picked up from the restaurant and combined it with some knowledge to analyze his current location.
The sea area of the Witch Sea can be divided into three sections. The one close to the city is the offshore area.
Offshore is the fissure sea area, where there are a large number of fissure copies and some weird terrains.
When we reach the crack sea area, what are flying in the sky and jumping on the sea are some indescribable and terrifying monsters.
At the edge of the crack sea area, there is thick fog and dim light. Beyond that is the sea of fog.
And crossing the Sea of Fog is the lightless sea that is not enveloped by the light of day. This place no longer belongs to the "New Sun World" and is a place where humans cannot set foot.
He should be within the offshore range now.
Of course, offshore does not mean safety. A large number of merchant ships have to pass offshore, so it is also the place where pirates are most rampant.
In the Kingdom of Shell, going to sea depends on connections and reputation. If a small boat like his without a flag encounters a merchant ship, it may be extorted.
As for encountering pirates, if you are not as strong as them, you can only pray.
But fortunately, the yellow needle is no longer effective, and he has a gun, so he still has some ability to protect himself.
"According to this progress, maybe we can return to Maro Town on the Moonstone Islands tonight."
Maruo Town is the place where the original owner was born. It is an island town with a very good location. It can be regarded as a good novice village.
Taking into account geographical location and household registration factors, his next stop was Maruo Town.
Chen Qi put away the chart, took a bite of bread, and looked at the sea in the distance.
It is indeed a good experience to travel from the reinforced concrete city to the sea.
In this vast world, even if you scream about your shameful past and do some unspeakable things, no one will know except the goddess of the sea.
The Ocean Goddess listens and receives everything.
It's time to use those two things up.
Chen Qi took out the extraordinary fishing skill card and the hunter Yuhuo, which can strengthen his profession, from his backpack.
Both of these extraordinary items can be used directly!
Just now...
Hunter's embers, a prop of this level, needs to be blended with blood before it can be used.
Chen Qi looked around, cut his index finger with the sharp part of the steam boat, and then touched the hunter's embers again.
"Burn, the remaining fire..."
Chen Qi said in his heart.
When the blood touches the amber gem-shaped Hunter's Ember, the Hunter's Ember burns quickly.
The flame burned at the fingertips, and then a hot extraordinary breath soaked into the blood, then penetrated from the blood to the limbs, then entered the heart, and finally poured deeper into his soul!
It feels as if hot lava is being forced into your mouth and then burning your whole body.
In addition, a large number of indescribable deep-sea monsters appeared in front of him, constantly rushing towards him!
In my mind, it seemed to be holding a giant blade with terrifying blue fire burning on its body, killing these monsters one by one!
This is the knowledge of the deep-sea hunters in the Hunter's Ember.
Prompts popped up in front of his eyes.
[You have digested the hunter’s remaining fire. 】
"Huhu..."
Chen Qi gasped for breath. Unlike the game, this feeling of using high-level extraordinary props was really exciting.
Casting the soul from the remaining fire, this is the legendary tool...
Fortunately, the hot feeling didn't last long.
Chen Qi closed his eyes and felt that some kind of power had been strengthened deep in his soul.
At the same time, in his mind, he also mastered the knowledge of many deep-sea monsters, as well as the knowledge of fighting these giant monsters.
The boiling heat slowly dissipated and the prompt appeared, which also meant that he had completely digested the remaining fire.
Now, if he has a supernatural profession, he can be strengthened.
Unfortunately, he has not officially embarked on the path to transcendence yet and cannot enjoy the bonuses brought by the remaining fire.
"Promoted to extraordinary..."
Chen Qi already had some plans in mind.
Under normal circumstances, extraordinary professional cards are not good.
Most novice players who have a bad start have to wait a long time for spiritual awakening.
Even a first-level extraordinary professional card requires a lot of effort.
The professional cards circulating in the market will be purchased first by aristocratic families and big businessmen. If ordinary people want to buy them, they have to pay a higher price, and what they often buy are some junk professional cards.
However, according to the timeline, the tide of rifts that will affect the entire Witch Sea will come soon.
A large number of cracks will lead to a significant increase in the number of extraordinary professional cards!
Therefore, as long as he has enough information, he can even choose a first-level extraordinary profession.
When we get to the shore, the first thing we do is to investigate the information about extraordinary professional cards and cracks.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Qi took out the second item he got from the treasure box, the skill card 'Fishing in the Storm'.
The use of skill cards is very simple. After meeting the conditions, you only need to hold it in your hand and use it with one thought.
"use."
The azure career card turned into ink on the fingertips, then turned into blisters and disappeared.
At this time, the extraordinary fishing level 1 skill also appeared on his panel.
His deep sea affinity cannot be upgraded, and extraordinary fishing is his only skill that can be used by spending spiritual points.
Chen Qi spent the 50 spiritual points he had spent on the cracks in the Sea Beast Cave to upgrade Lv1 to Lv2.
Chen Qi looked at this skill and was slightly surprised. This ordinary life skill could actually be upgraded to level 3, but his spiritual points were no longer enough.
With the use of skill cards, he suddenly gained an inexplicable confidence!
That is, even if he lies down and fishes, he can still catch fish in a storm!
"How about... give it a try?" Chen Qi picked up the fishing rod, tossed it gently, and let the hook fall into the sea.
What he learned was not ordinary fishing, but extraordinary fishing!
The biggest difference is the bait.
Ordinary fishing bait is food.
Extraordinary fishing, on the other hand, transfers one's own spiritual power to the fishhook and uses the essence of one's own spiritual power to make bait.
His current spiritual power capacity is a little higher than that of ordinary people.
After mastering this skill, from now on, he will become a fisherman who is envied by everyone and will never be in the Air Force.
The fish in this place, just catch any fish,
Chen Qi condensed the spiral pill-like bait at the hook.
For a moment, he felt that a lot of spiritual energy had been taken away from his body.
This skill consumes so much... Chen Qi held the fishing rod and waited for the fish to take the bait.
There should be no problem with fishing while sailing the boat...
"..."
Five minutes later, Chen Qi blinked, wondering, could he really catch fish like this?
However, before he could wait for the fish, something even more terrifying happened!
The next moment, a fierce sea wind blew by, and a huge shadow began to cover the sea area.
With a loud thunder, raindrops began to hit him!
The precursor of the storm!
Although steam boats are powerful tools for escape, their ability to withstand waves is average.
It was clear that the sky was clear just now...
"What on earth is this..."
Suddenly, the wind blew past his ears, and for a moment, he seemed to hear the roar of a monster.
Suddenly, Chen Qi suddenly recalled the promotional video for the Witch Sea section.
On a sunny day, the sky suddenly changed color, the clouds were thick, and the wind was howling.
An exotic girl was riding a ship. The garland on her head was thrown into the sea by the waves. When she tried to reach out to pick up the garland, a huge black shadow slowly appeared from the bottom of the sea, like a black mountain, covering the entire ship... …
As the camera continued to move upwards, the entire Witch Sea was already enveloped by a huge storm!
This is a far-reaching storm, and it is also the first appearance of the main protagonist of Witch Sea, the exotic girl Flower Witch.
This abnormal weather is also called a crack tide because it causes a large number of cracks to form.
After this storm, cracks in the Witch Sea will spring up like bamboo shoots, thus marking the arrival of the era of the Great Crack in the Witch Sea.
Previously, Chen Qi could only simply determine the timeline through Little Crow.
And now, he can be sure that the storm he is facing now is most likely the beginning of the crack tide!
The cracks revive, the whale breathes, the originally peaceful sea becomes stormy, and the monsters that originally lived in the deep sea will also surface.
This will be a sleepless day of horror.
"The cracks and tides are causing trouble..."
Under normal circumstances, he would have opened a bottle of champagne for this storm!
After all, more cracks means more places to improve your strength, which is undoubtedly a good thing!
But the problem is, he is now on a steam boat.
May the goddess of the sea be more reserved and not cause too big a storm... Chen Qi thought in his heart.
However, his water properties are pretty good, and the effect of the yellow needle is still there, and he has the knowledge of Hunter's Ember Fire, so he has some ability to fight against the storm.
As the storm was approaching, Chen Qi decisively took out the bandages in his backpack and fixed the black knife backpack and other items to prevent them from falling into the sea.
Immediately afterwards, he fixed the fishing rod to the boat with a bandage.
His fishing skill is called "Fishing in the Storm".
In other words, even in a storm, there is a chance of catching fish!
In the sea, fishing skills are quite practical.
Those who wish take the bait!
"This should be enough..."
Chen Qi processed some things, rubbed his palms, and then looked into the distance.
In less than three minutes, the entire sea was shrouded in a dark sky.
Suddenly, Chen Qi's pupils shrank slightly.
At the end of the gray horizon, there was a gleam of light.
Light? Ship lights? Are there ships?
At this time, encountered a ship?
Chen Qi held the black knife.
Moreover, the light was getting bigger and bigger, and it kept rushing towards him!
Chen Qi's eyes widened. From a distance, he saw that it was a dark boat with lights on it.
There are many horrifying legends circulating on the sea.
Among them, there are many legends about dark ships.
If you encounter a dark small boat on a cloudy day or night, and a lantern is lit on the boat.
Don't try to get closer, and don't hesitate.
Run away immediately, the ship will take people to another world.
Chen Qi stared at the boat.
He did not run away. The speed of the black ship was far faster than the speed of the steam boat.
In other words, he couldn't outrun the opponent at all.
And judging from the route, it was undoubtedly aimed at him.
If you look closely, you will find that the 'black hull' is more like sharp black scales than a ship, and the ship light is better like a lantern.
This is a deep sea monster! ?
“Wait!”
Chen Qi suddenly realized something.
The other party is not only coming for him, but also for his bait!
Chen Qi quickly picked up the fishing rod and swung it upwards!
As he swung the rod, the pitch-black boat began to reveal its true face.
boom!
In the huge waves, a deep-sea monster like a dragon jumped out from under the sea, opened three rows of bloody fangs, and struggled to bite the bait in the air.
It jumped over the morning sky like a giant snake's long body.
That was not a dark ship at all, but a deep-sea monster with half of its head exposed!
boom!
“Ha, ha, ha——”
The giant snake-like monster bit the bait and plunged into the sea again. It kept shaking its sharp steel tail and breathed violently.
Chen Qi turned around, touched his chin, and looked thoughtfully at the strange movements of the sea beast.
"What did I catch?"
(End of chapter)