Chapter 22 Smuggling

The rendezvous time Ashford said was almost here. I quickly teleported to the city in the original Indonesian area, and then the flying bird took me to the nearest German-occupied city. From here, I can use the teleportation array to directly reach Ashford. Germany's unnamed island.

As soon as I walked out of the teleportation array on the island, I was startled by Ashford. "You're finally here, I thought you weren't coming!"

"Who said I won't come and pull it? Haven't I arrived?" I looked around and saw that this island was really not that small. I could see it all at a glance. The entire island is almost the same size as a large airport. If we include the stacking area, our Great White Shark may be larger than it. If we call it an island, I think it is just a transfer station.

"Where is your diving dock?" Ashford asked anxiously.

"Wait a minute." I opened the Phoenix Dragon Space, then reached out and pulled out a crystal with a string attached to it. I reached into the space door and adjusted the huge crystal connected to the small crystal in the Phoenix Dragon Space. "I'm Ziri, where are you?"

A voice came from the small crystal in his hand: "Look to the left."

Ashford and I looked to the left together. There was nothing on the calm sea, but a second later a big bag suddenly appeared on the water, and it exploded like a bomb close to the water. A huge silver-white The shark head emerged from the water. The huge waves set off by the Great White Shark washed ashore and brought all the Germans in the port into the sea, causing chaos for a while.

"You guys won't be gentle? There's a flood here!"

"Haha! It's so enjoyable!"

I turned to look at Ashford, whose eyes were dull and his facial muscles were twitching, and then I stretched out a hand and pointed at the Great White Shark. "My ship has arrived."

Ashford was stunned for a long time before saying: "Oh! Get on the boat, get on the boat." He shouted to everyone around him: "Everyone, get on the boat, our transportation is here. People over there, hurry up and get the Scorpion excavator out. Over there, be careful with the blade, don't break the saw! Hurry, hurry, time is money. The Iron Crusaders are not paid by time!"

A large group of German players, under the command of Ashford, were rolling and crawling to carry supplies. Suddenly, an opening opened on the ground in the middle of the island, and a lifting platform rose from below. There is a huge machine parked on this platform, almost 15 meters long, about four meters high, and shaped like a scorpion. After the big guy came out, it suddenly spewed out two streams of steam, and then began to move its eight huge mechanical legs and slowly moved forward.

I grabbed Ashford and said, "Is this the Scorpion excavator?"

"Yeah." Ashford said proudly: "In terms of heavy machinery, no one can compare with us. This guy doesn't have any control circuits. We use a purely mechanical way to 'operate' its various mechanisms to operate in a coordinated manner. "Originally, we just wanted to see if we could build a multi-legged machine. Unexpectedly, not only was it built, but it also had a lot of residual power, so we transformed it into an excavator, and it actually ran very well."

I looked at the thing's three-step, three-step motion and said, "Is this also called good?"

"It's good if it can move without control parts. Don't be too demanding. Anyway, it's an industrial machine that doesn't need to pay attention to comfort, as long as it's strong."

Watching that strange guy climb up the Great White Shark at a slow speed, I was really worried that it would fall down, but it was really like what Ashford said. This thing doesn't look like much but it moves pretty well.

Within half an hour, we loaded all the supplies onto the ship. Ashford stood in the observation cabin at the top and looked at the island base. After confirming that nothing was left behind, he said to me: "Okay, let's sail the ship."

I picked up the intercom on the bulkhead: "Xia Qian."

A broadcast immediately sounded in the cabin: "The main cabin door is closing, personnel please move closer inward. The waterproof gate is locked. The air tightness test is completed and water filling begins. The bow of the boat is sinking. Please pay attention to the tilt of the ground."

The Great White Shark on the sea quickly entered the water and slid forward, leaving two huge vortexes and a white track on the sea.

The sound in the cabin started again. "To reach the predetermined depth. The boat returns to the right position and begins to correct its course. There may be slight shaking. Please pay attention to fixing your body to prevent falling."

Another huge wave appeared on the sea, and the Jaws' turn was officially completed. "The angle correction is completed, the wave elimination system is activated, the propulsion force is normal, and the air pressure is normal. The fixed speed navigation is started, and the Great White Shark enters a submersible state."

Ashford looked around and said, "Your dock is indeed extraordinary!"

"We didn't create this one ourselves, we used other people's technology, but the performance is really good. At least we used it to run under the little Japanese battleship for several times without being discovered."

"Then this time we have to see if it can break through the joint surface control of all countries in the world. East Timor can now be surrounded by warships from various forces like an iron barrel. If you don't control it well, you will never get in."

"Don't worry, the Great White Shark itself is very advanced, and it has been technologically modified later. We can definitely sneak behind the blockade without anyone noticing."

"hope so!"

After a few dozen minutes we estimated that we were almost at the blockade. Start adjusting navigation status. "Attention all units, this ship is currently close to the blockade. Sound control will begin in three minutes. Please do not speak or move to avoid making any noise and being detected by the other party's hydrophone."

The players in the ship's command room also began to carefully direct the Great White Shark to sail steadily. "Turn on the sound simulation equipment and play the sound of the whale group. Start passive echo detection. If we are discovered, we will immediately turn around and dive to the bottom of the sea to escape at full speed."

"System startup completed." The first mate reported the order.

"Slow down by a third and don't create waves."

"Slow down by one-third and turn off the auxiliary air pressure system."

Ashford and I sit together in the extra seats behind the command room, but now we are just listening. The captain is responsible for the command work, so I don't have to worry about it.

The voiceprint operator suddenly shouted. "The sound pattern of the high-speed propeller was found, and it was judged to be a British Dreadnought-class battleship. It was 2,300 yards away. It was coming towards us at 10 o'clock, but it seems that it has not discovered us yet."

The captain is a Chinese girl. Although she is not very old, her commanding skills are absolutely unparalleled. Otherwise, I would not have given such an important position to her. Maybe this is called talent!

She thought for a few seconds and then said: "Turn off the booster thruster, change the propeller to a larger one, and start sailing silently."

The Great White Shark has a variety of propulsion methods, the main one of which is supercharged jet propulsion that uses a supercharged engine to suck in seawater and then eject it at high speed. This method is fast, but also noisy. Another so-called large propeller propulsion actually uses five giant propellers outside the ship. These propellers are usually folded and stored inside the fairing and cannot be seen from the outside. When needed, you can extend the fairing and unfold the propellers to start propulsion. Due to the large diameter of this propeller, it can produce a large propulsion force even when the rotational speed is very low, which can reduce noise and prevent detection.

Everyone was quiet and didn't dare to make a sound. Water is a good conductor of sound. Any sound inside the ship at such a close distance can be clearly heard outside. Only this specially soundproofed command cabin is the only place that is not affected.

The voiceprint operator covered his earphones and whispered: "The enemy ship passed directly above our ship, the course remains unchanged, and the relative speed is 13 meters per second."

We didn't dare to speak out. This is a critical moment. Once it passes, you will be in a safe zone.

About a minute later, the voiceprint operator said in a steady voice: "Safe passage. The enemy ship has passed above our ship and is in the process of breaking away. There is no abnormality in the voiceprint."

Just when we all breathed a sigh of relief, there was suddenly a crisp sound outside, and the voiceprint operator screamed, then threw away the earphones desperately and started rubbing his ears. I ran out of the command cabin angrily and asked in private chat what was going on in the cabin.

A player in charge of sound control in the cabin said: "One of our guilds got into a fight with two German players. The German player just hit the support frame when he swung his knife, and a steel pipe fell into the lower cabin."

"Stabilize the situation first, I'll be there soon."

Ashford also knew something was wrong and ran over immediately. Before the two of us reached the cabin, we heard the intercom ringing. "This ship is under attack. Pay attention to resist the impact. Now start to cancel the sound control and activate all weapon systems. Turn on the main thruster, cancel the silent navigation, and turn on the sonic cannon for ramming."

The lighting inside the boat suddenly turned into a red light in an instant, and then a prompt sounded: "Critical strike warning! Five, four, three, two, one!" There was a boom and the whole ship shook violently.

It was useless to stop the fight now. I shouted directly on the guild channel: "All personnel immediately returned to their respective posts and went to the double speedboat cabin without work to wait for orders. All personnel immediately executed. I will kick whoever fights again. Get lost."

Ashford also started his own guild channel: "No matter what the reason, everyone should be quiet immediately and not affect the counterattack of the Chinese guild. Stop everything first. If you are disobedient, think about your deposit."

I rushed back to the command room. "how's it going?"

"The enemy ship turned around, and several other ships surrounded it from different directions. The explosion just now was a deep-water torpedo, and the tail power compartment was directly hit, but it did not penetrate the armor plate."

"Evacuate immediately before the enemy fleet arrives. These ships should not cause any damage."

"This ship is turning around."

"Let the high-frequency cannon kill all the targets on the way forward."

"Punching."

"Mobilizing power from the main power pipeline."

"clear."

Two small protrusions suddenly rose from the top of the Great White Shark, and a satellite antenna-like cover was unfolded on these small protrusions. At this time, the hydrophones of all nearby battleships can pick up a very sharp sound, which sounds like the sound of a buzzer, but sharper.

The weapon system controller inside the boat suddenly said: "The stamping is completed."

The captain immediately ordered: "Clear a channel along the forward route."

"clear."

The sound emitted by the satellite antenna-like thing on the top of the Great White Shark suddenly became extremely sharp and harsh, and circles of ripples could be clearly seen in front of the antenna in the water. These ripples could actually propagate normally in the water.

The Dreadnought-class battleship on the sea suddenly trembled and then broke into two pieces from the middle amidst the sound of metal twisting. Both halves of the ship could no longer stay afloat and began to sink rapidly to the sea. The British shouted on the deck that they didn't know what kind of weapon they were attacked by. From beginning to end, they didn't hear the explosion or feel the shaking. The only thing that accompanied them was the piercing scream.

After the first warship sank, the warships next to it suddenly began to sink. The people on the ship had no idea what happened. The horrific attack had no warning or trajectory. Completely impossible to dodge. In fact, they don't know that the sharp roar is the essence of the attack, and the place where the Great White Shark launches is the sound. The ammunition of the ultrasonic cannon is sound waves. Although it is invisible, it also has terrifying lethality. This attack has no effect on living creatures, but it is fatal to ships.

As each battleship sank, the weapons administrator reported back: "The route has been cleared."

"Disengage at full speed."

The Jaws suddenly accelerated, causing everyone in the boat to shake. The entire ship left the nearby sea at five times the speed and returned to the German port. As soon as Ashford got off the boat, he angrily called out the two people who took action. I also called out the people in my profession who would participate in fights.

What happened this time was really bad, because the grievances between the three people put so many people in danger, and what was even worse was that the Great White Shark was almost involved. My final decision was to fire the guy who caused the fight. Although he is an early member of the guild, this kind of thing cannot be done for personal gain, otherwise there will be no rules in the future. Ashford's decision was more ruthless than mine. He not only kicked the two people out but also withheld their deposits. At the same time, he declared them enemies of the Iron Crusaders and would kill them every time they saw him in the future.

After removing the three troublemakers, Ashford and I began to consider whether to continue the plan. Ashford thought that the other party did not see our ship and did not know what was going on, and there were so many forces there. It is possible that some people may regard it as another force that wants to expand its territory. This is possible.

I thought about it and agreed with this view. The value of those trees was worth taking another risk, and Ashford's analysis was also very reasonable. There are so many forces over there, and they are hostile to each other. So no one could figure out who hit whom, so we just took advantage of their chaos to go in and make a profit.

It was already late at night when we were on the road again. When we were still far away from the target, the voiceprint operator shouted: "Shock wave in the water, the blast distance is 5500 yards. It is determined to be a depth charge."

Ashford looked at me and asked, "Who is so stupid as to throw a depth charge from such a distance? Did he think that what he dropped was a nuclear mine?"

Before I could answer, the voiceprint operator called out: "The explosion occurred in the water. It was determined to be a small submarine. Prepare to resist the shock wave." As soon as he finished speaking, our side shook, but it was not very violent.

Ashford's question didn't need to be answered and he already knew the answer. The other party was attacking other targets. It seems that just as we thought at the beginning, the forces here are so "chaotic" that they are fighting at any time and at any time, and no one knows who they are fighting. To be exact, they couldn't tell who they were fighting except their own people, and even passing ships would suffer.

I said to the captain: "Zi Zi, it's just the right time for them to fight, let's take the opportunity to get through."

Captain Ye Ye nodded and turned to the helmsman: "Keep the depth and turn 15 degrees to the right."

"Understood, depth maintained, rudder correction 15 degrees."

"Cruise off, all power systems on. But don't hook up to the thrusters. Keep idle."

The engine room replied through internal communication: "Understood, the power system remains idle. The current connection number is two."

"distance?"

The voiceprint operator replied: "The distance is one hundred and thirty-three yards, and the bubble caused by the steering has exposed our position."

Ye Zi immediately ordered: "Prepare the left pulse cannon."

"Ready."

"All artillery fire preparations, the pulse cannon target is directly above the sea. After firing, the ship emerges from the water urgently and activates the mirage system at the same time."

"clear."

The pulse cannon on the top of the Great White Shark suddenly fired, and the huge heat energy instantly evaporated the seawater on the top. The sudden appearance of white fog confused the surrounding enemies, and all warships stopped shooting. At this time, the Great White Shark suddenly burst out of the water. The huge hull is invisible to anyone under the cover of the mirage system and water vapor.

Ye Zi immediately ordered after the Great White Shark completed its action: "Fire with full ammunition!"

boom! After a muffled sound, the Great White Shark fired a large number of cannonballs and beams in all directions like a hedgehog.

"Close the gun door, emergency water injection, all power is connected to the main shaft."

The first mate reported back on the operation. "The water gate is closed, water injection begins, 15%, 30%, 48%, 61%, 79%, 90%, completed. The spindle is well connected and the horsepower is fully turned on!"

Ye Zi looked at the voiceprint operator in front of him: "How is the effect?"

"Multiple hits, confirmed twenty-six direct hits. Fourteen were killed. There was a blast sound on the water surface, but no propulsion sound was found."

Ye Zi showed a satisfied smile: "Unfold the long oar."

"Unfolding."

"Expansion completed."

"Disconnect the main shaft, launch the sound pattern bait in two directions, turn the left rudder 30 degrees, and do not activate the forced steering thruster."

"The thrusters are disconnected and all external thrusters are stopped. The firing port of the No. 1 launcher is opened, and the firing of the sound pattern decoy launcher is completed. Full rudder left... the steering is completed."

"Sail silently, turn on the long propeller, and move forward at a slow speed."

"Silent sailing begins, moving forward at a slow speed."

"Right rudder, smooth steering 15 degrees."

"Enable smooth steering."

The sound pattern operator suddenly shouted: "Sudden sound. High-speed propeller, 107 yards away, it's a torpedo! It's heading for our bait." After more than ten seconds, he said again: "The bait has been Hit, confirmed destroyed."

Ashford smiled and said, "He is indeed a master."

Ye Zi stood up: "Thank you for the compliment. My mission has been completed. As long as I keep sailing like this, I will reach the destination soon." Then she said to the first mate: "After opening a distance of 500 yards, increase the speed to Low speed, return to standard speed after exceeding 1,000 yards. I will leave for a while and hand over the command to you."

"clear."

We followed Ye Zi and left the cabin. The crew outside was still sailing silently, and no one dared to make a sound. Ashford and I have just fired a few people. Now everyone knows that we are serious about this matter, and no one dares to take it as a joke.

In fact, many people think that our handling methods are a bit excessive, but Ashford and I both understand one thing-leaders must have murderous intent while maintaining a friendly image. Don't even think about leading your subordinates if you are completely at one with them. Appropriate distance is necessary. Let them know that you are easy-going, but also let them understand when they can relax and when they must be tense.

The quiet voyage quickly reached the destination, because the forces on East Timor were too complicated, and everyone's ships only dared to contain each other in the distance. There were no ships along the real island. The Great White Shark is too big and the water depth here makes it impossible to dock. Fortunately, we have a large number of landing equipment.

The Jaws is a mobile dock. The interior is quite large and has everything in it. Ashford and their strange mining machines were installed on floats by us. Then they were thrown directly into the water, and the two-person diving speedboat towed these big guys slowly towards the coast.

Although the Scorpion excavator is large, it is nothing in the water. 10 speedboats towed one excavator and quickly got them all to the shore. The Iron Crusaders dispatched a total of 30 excavators this time, and the lineup was quite large.

I have to say that Ashford's preliminary work was very good. Not only did they find the underground river here, they even tidied the coast in advance so that the bulky Scorpion excavators could climb ashore.

The coast we chose to land on looks like a pile of random rocks, which is not suitable for landing at all. But if you look at it yourself, you will find that these rocks are not just a simple pile of rocks. Some of them are If you use other colors to highlight it, you will find that as long as you step on these stones, you can cross this seemingly inaccessible pile of rocks just like walking on the road.

The Iron Crusaders not only prepared roads for their personnel, but even their large machinery had special roads to follow. Stepping on the pre-paved roads, they can let the Scorpion excavator move its huge body to the land very easily. If they land on an ordinary beach, some of them may sink into the sand. This is really a thoughtful idea. !

Because the area around the underground river is not suitable for landing. The location we chose was not at the outlet of the river. After landing we started walking along the coastline while the Great White Shark followed us closer to the river mouth.

After hiking for almost three kilometers to the east, we reached the mouth of the river. From here, it looked like a cave, and it was so hidden that no one else had noticed it.

There was a little trouble entering the cave. The main problem was those mining machines. These guys were too bulky and the rocks at the mouth of the river had not been cleaned. Not as easy to walk as the specially groomed coast. The excavator moved its eight long legs, one deep and one shallow, for a long time before crawling into the river.

The situation is completely different after entering. There is a fairly good road on both sides of the huge cave tunnel. The roof of the cave is quite high, which does not affect the passage of the excavator.

Going upstream, we soon reached the exit upstream. There was obviously a disguise here, maybe Ashford and the others were afraid of being discovered these days!

After we all came out of the passage, Ashford directed everyone to disperse. "Okay, put everything together and hurry up. It's time to work."

The Scorpion excavator can replace various tools according to different tasks. In order not to damage the tools when moving, the operating equipment is usually not installed. Now it needs to be reassembled when it reaches the destination. I saw the crab excavator standing up the front pair of mechanical legs, and then many people installed a pair of plier-like things on the pair of mechanical arms. After a long time, the front two legs were not used for walking. of. It’s the working cantilever, otherwise it feels wrong!

After the equipment was completed, everyone began to retreat, and 30 Scorpion excavators were started at the same time. I loudly asked Ashford next to me: "Is this what you mean by low noise?"

Ashford also replied loudly: "We have installed a silencer, but this is a large machine after all. It is impossible to make no sound at all."

"I hope you don't attract the enemy!"

Ashford used the guild channel to say to the man operating the excavator: "Let's get started."

I saw an excavator walking towards the nearest tree, and then it used its two large pliers to clamp the trunks of two big trees at the same time, as if it was holding the trunks tightly. Suddenly there was a clicking sound inside the pliers, which felt very harsh, and then the pliers began to stroke upward along the trunk. Wherever it went, all the branches except the main trunk were cut off, and the rest It's just a bare trunk.

The excavator took the pliers back to the bottom of the big tree and held it, then inserted a circular saw from the side of the pliers and started cutting into the inside. The wood chips flew into the saw disc and completely entered the middle of the pliers, cutting off the tree. However, because it was always held by the pliers, the tree trunk did not fall. The robotic arm drove the pliers on the front end to lift the tree trunk and gently lower it to the ground next to it. Then it turned to hold the other two trees and started the same work.

The speed at which these large excavators cut down trees is really amazing. It seems that a tree was cut down just by holding, lifting and pinching, and there were no branches left.

The excavator moved forward quickly to cut down the trees, and we dragged the big trees to the river, tied them with air bags, and threw them into the water. The fragrant tree has a large proportion and cannot float into the sea with the current based on its own weight, so some buoyancy equipment must be tied to it.

I really don’t know how Ashford and the others found this place. The river is literally a natural conveyor belt. Our job is to throw the tree trunks into the water, which is really convenient. If it hadn't been for Jumping River, we wouldn't have been able to transport all the trees out.

While the excavator was mining, we also sent many people out to clean up various wild monsters. This forest farm is still a leveling point for East Timor players. There are so many monsters like ants that you have to clean them out from time to time, otherwise they might even be able to eat the excavator.

Because the speed of the 30 excavators was much higher than expected, so although we were a few hours late, we still filled a boat before dawn. There may be more people after dawn, and it is not suitable to continue mining here. We decided to head back first.

Rabbits don’t eat grass near their nests. We all know this, so when we mine at night we don’t start harvesting immediately as soon as we come out of the hole. Instead, we start harvesting trees far away from the entrance of the hole. Anyway, the river flows into the sea. Yes, the distance from the cave entrance has little effect on our workload. After the team was collected, the excavator returned to the tunnel of the underground river first. Ashford, myself, and my demon pets were responsible for cleaning up footprints and other traces, even if the mining site was discovered. The other party couldn't find where the wood had been transported, let alone find out who did it.

After retreating all the way to the cave entrance, we re-camouflaged the cave entrance with rocks to make the river look like it entered a gap in the mountain. Others would not be able to tell that there was a tunnel behind it. We continued to retreat in the tunnel. When we retreated to the middle of the tunnel, Ashford and the others replaced the excavator with an air hammer for rock drilling. After digging a large hole in the tunnel wall, we parked the excavator and then Seal the hole with stones. It would be too troublesome to take away the excavator and transport it back tomorrow. If you don't take it away, it would be very likely to be discovered in the tunnel, so I simply hid it in this dug hole. Even if the tunnel is discovered. Others didn't know there was a hole here, so they would have just walked through it.

After sealing the entrance, we dispersed the excess stones to various parts of the tunnel so that it would not be obvious that anyone had drilled holes here. After covering up, everyone quickly retreated. The heavy equipment was all in the cave, and the empty man could run much faster. When we arrived at the shore, there were already many speedboats waiting for us. Hop on the speedboat and quickly return to the Jaws and escape.

We haven't seen anything yet about cutting down a tree and transporting a tree at night. It wasn’t until we got back to Jaws that we realized how much we had chopped in one night. The Great White Shark is the mothership of the White Shark Clan, a real mobile dock that can accommodate super battleships inside. But now, the entire cabin is filled with wood. All the areas that had been used for boats had been drained and used for stacking wood.

Ashford looked at the large pieces of logs and said with a smile: "Thanks to my foresight, I asked them to remove the branches in advance, otherwise they wouldn't be able to hold so many!"

Only then did Captain Ye Zi run over and ask: "After doing this for a long time, the secret mission you mentioned was just to transport wood? Why should I take it seriously? But this wood smells so good!"

"Don't underestimate these woods. This is armored wood that is said to be as hard as steel, and it is less dense than steel. It is definitely a good material for shipbuilding."

"Harder than steel? Then how did you cut it off?"

Ashford said with an intoxicated look on his face: "This is the power of the machine." Seeing me staring at him, he quickly returned to his normal state and said: "Of course, the main reason is that Fragrant Wood can control a hormone when it is alive. Synthesize to adjust their own hardness. Generally, when a tsunami is coming, they will greatly reduce the synthesis of this hormone, so that the wood becomes hard. It can withstand tsunamis. If there is no tsunami, it will synthesize a large amount of this hormone, and the tree trunk will look like They are as soft as ordinary wood and can easily absorb water and minerals. There is no tsunami now, so when we started, they were as soft as ordinary wood, and we could cut them how we wanted."

"Then is it useful for you to cut such soft wood?"

I explained: "The fragrance you smell is where these hormones are formed. They are easy to evaporate. As long as the hormones are left for a period of time to evaporate. The fragrant wood with the charming fragrance will become as hard as steel. of armor wood.”

"Then if you use this thing to build a ship, and the enemy sprinkles some hormones on it, won't the ship turn into an ordinary wooden ship?"

I nodded: "Theoretically speaking, you are right. But in reality, it is impossible. First, this hormone itself is a perfume, and its price is not much cheaper than crystal. If they use this thing to attack a ship made of fragrant wood, unless they He is a billionaire. Second, this perfume cannot touch water, otherwise it will be diluted. If it is too dilute, it will be useless, and the sea has the most water. Third, whether it becomes soft or hard, it is a slow process, even if If you really sprinkle it, it will take at least 48 hours for the armor wood to soften, and I think we should have washed it off by then."

"So it is indeed a good thing."

Ashford said to me: "How about we go back and count this thing first, and then separate it?"

I said: "These things are already very wet when they float down from the water. They are quite heavy. It is probably inconvenient to count them. I think it is better to transport them to my Tianyu City first. Then I will divide them among you after they are processed." How about it?"

Ashford thought about it and said, "Okay. It just so happens that you have a lot of yin energy, which is suitable for doing this kind of thing."

"What do you mean my place is full of yin energy?"

"Why isn't your Tianyu City in the Death Mountains so full of yin energy?"

"That's called cold, not heavy!"

"Anyway, it's almost the same." Ashford said: "It's difficult to process armored wood when soaked in water, and it's easy to crack when exposed to the sun. Your place is dark and dry, which is perfect for air-drying. Also, your mountain range seems to produce conglomerate. ? After the wood dries, you have people wrap the armored wood with that stuff, so that the wood processed in this way will not crack even if it is soaked in water or exposed to the sun."

"Well, conglomerate is useless except for mortar anyway. But the processing requires a lot of labor and space. This...?"

"Aren't you trying to settle money with me again?" Ashford exclaimed exaggeratedly.

"Why shouldn't this be counted as normal consumption?" Of course I argued politely.

Ashford said aggrievedly: "I've already suffered a lot from the 30-70 split, so why don't you count this little money with me?"

"There is no way! For a small business, we can only make money here and there, and we can't waste even small amounts of money! The ocean is also made up of water drop by drop."

"That's not what you said." Ashford made it clear that he wanted to refuse.

"That's what I said." I made it clear that I didn't want to do it.

Ashford finally gave in. "It is said that the richer you are, the stingier you are, the poorer you are, the more generous you are. Judging from how stingy you are, you are indeed the richest man in the world."

Ye Zi next to him asked in surprise: "Do you know each other in reality?"

Ashford also knew that he had spilled the beans, so he quickly smiled and said: "I don't know, I am a poor man, he must be a rich man if he is so stingy, how could he know me!"

I said in my heart: "If you were poor, I could count all the rich people in the world on my ten fingers." Of course, I can't say this now. He retorted: "He is stingier than me. Even if I really see him in real life, I will avoid him."

Ye Zi interjected: "You two must both be rich, one is stingier than the other." As she said that, she took out two coins and handed them to both of us.

"What?"

"It's for you." Ye Zi said proudly: "Look at how generous I am, I am the poor one." After saying that, she took the copper plates away from the two of us. "Okay. Since I am a poor man and you are a rich man, these two should help me." After saying that, he turned around and disappeared.

Ashford and I looked at each other, and Ashford said blankly: "So there is someone more stingy than you?"

"Tch." I returned to the topic. "Then. Are you going to pay the processing fee?"

"Who am I to tell you that I'm going out?"

"Then what do you want to do?"

Ashford thought for a moment and said, "Tell me first how much it costs?"

I held out a finger: "There is a processing fee of 5 gold coins for each log regardless of size. What do you think?"

"You'd better go and rob, it'll come faster that way."

"This is the most reasonable price for me, but you are so expensive?"

"If your price is reasonable, then I can sell the yellow mud at a gold price."

It seemed that there was a big difference, so I thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this! I'll be cheaper."

"That's pretty much it." Ashford finally calmed down. "How much?"

"4.9 gold coins per stick."

"go to hell!"

"Then 4.7? It can't be cheaper."

"Four." Ashford bid.

"4.6."

"4.1"

"4.5"

"4.2"

"4.5, if you dare to miss 0.1, I will throw all the wood into the sea."

"Okay, okay! 4.5 is 4.5! What a vampire!"

"Eh? How do you know that I have been bitten by a vampire? She is the goddess in my guild, the one who is very beautiful."

Ashford finally reluctantly accepted the price of 4.5 gold coins per stick.

Speaking of which, people think I am stingy. A gold coin is only 1 yuan, and we have been arguing for a long time over the 5 cents. But you must know that the ground we are talking about is not a piece of wood! There are at least 500,000 logs lying in the cabin of the Great White Shark. Calculate the price of all processing by yourself! And there will be follow-up parts in the future, and the price will be included every time. The difference between a tree and a tree is only 5 cents. The difference between so many 5 cents is huge!

After negotiating the processing fee, we sailed the ship to the German island, then secretly transported the wood to the shore, and then sent it directly to Tianyu City through the teleportation array. This island is now considered German territory. And the city interconnection transmission array in Germany. Of course, you can reach Tianyu City directly.

If the wood is shipped back, we can't go back. After all, the Jaws is a mobile dock, not a speedboat. Going to do it again tonight. The Jaws must stand by here. After everyone is settled, let the Great White Shark go underwater first and then surface again at night. I myself returned to Isengard.

As soon as I arrived at Essinger, I saw the excited Erlangshen appearing in front of me. I asked curiously: "Don't you want it in three or two days? Why did you come out so soon?"

Erlang Shen directly conjured up a lot of gourds for me. "I suddenly remembered that there was still something unfinished, so I came out early. Suzaku is here with you anyway. I can come back when I have time. You don't mind, right?"

"I don't mind, I don't mind, this little thing is nothing. By the way, these gourds are...?"

"This is the elixir to compensate for your guild's downgrade. The 'medicine' in each gourd is specially made. If you eat it, you can recover all your losses. There is the name of the user under the gourd. Don't make a mistake. Otherwise, don’t blame me if something happens. Also, it’s best to eat this thing right away. Don’t think about practicing a few more levels while your current level is low and then taking the elixir to reach level 1000 in the future. That’s impossible. The use of these things is It will replenish your previous level, so no matter how many levels you take, you will replenish it to that level. Let you make sure you don’t get it wrong for this reason. If someone’s elixir is designated to be level 300, then no matter how high it is after someone else takes it, it will be replenished to that level. It will automatically return to level 300 if it reaches level 300 or not, so if you eat the wrong food, you will be in trouble."

"Yes. I understand. I will send it to them carefully."

Erlangshen suddenly took out another purple gourd from behind and handed it to me. I took it and looked at it. "this is mine?"

"Yes." Erlang Shen nodded and then whispered to me: "This is to take special care of you. It can help you reach level 800 in one go."

When I heard it, I immediately hugged the gourd happily. "Really? Reaching level 800 in one go? Does that mean I don't have to do level 800 level tasks?"

Erlangshen shook his head. "This can indeed boost you to level 800 in one go, but the task still needs to be done."

"what does it mean?"

"It's like this." Erlang Shen explained: "Generally speaking, this level has a great impact on you. There is basically no difference between a level 798 person and a level 799 person. It can be said that there is not much progress, although it is true that It's one level higher, but it's not obvious. But the difference between level 799 and level 800 is huge. The impact of this level is greater than the impact of 50 levels before. This is why there is no need for tasks to upgrade normally. And 799 The reason why you need a mission to reach 800.”

"But you said that thing can upgrade me to level 800."

"Yes, that's right. It is indeed possible. We will upgrade you to level 800 all at once, but we will not cancel the mission level. You still have to do the level 800 mission, otherwise you will always be stuck at level 800 and cannot reach it. Level 801. The difference is that you are not stuck at level 799 now. The extra level can make it easier for you to complete the task."

"This is so true."