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Chapter 1533 Hidden Challenge
In the lawless land, [Azazel] handed in the first salvaged event stone.

"500 kilograms, this number is a bit tricky."

Naylan stroked his chin and looked at the [Ika Black Stone] handed over by [Azazel] in front of him, pointed to the measured weight number, and shook his head regretfully.

"According to the rules we have agreed upon, only 1 ton can be rewarded."

"But in the activities we negotiated, there is only the salvaging of the [Ika Black Stone], but no fighting with the Ika Black Stone Giant." Guild Master Zero seemed to be complaining, but his eyes were always fixed on Naylan, trying to see some reaction from Naylan's face.

Unfortunately, Nei Lan was very cunning and did not show any surprise or panic.

"Hmm~ After all, it is a gem that can be used as the core of a teleportation tower. Like those magical ores, it is not surprising that it gathers the surrounding materials to form a Grim."

"And doesn't this save you a lot of work? Originally you had to dive very deep to find the Ica Black Stone, but now the target will come out to find you. Doesn't this save you a lot of trouble?"

"That being said, our contract workers here, apart from complaining that I was selling them as experimental guinea pigs, had no objections and were quite excited."

Guild Master Zero shrugged, tapping his fingers briskly on the table.

In fact, the harvest of this trip was more than expected. It was quite exciting to collect 500KG in one go. The neighboring [Hermes' Travel Cap] only collected 500KG after fighting the beast tide for a whole night.

And this 500KG is the maximum benefit.

However, now that [Hermes's Travel Hat] is wealthy and powerful, it is going to launch 50 salvage points at once, and it can mobilize hundreds of times more players than them. In the competition for the benefits of [Ika Black Stone], it is hard to say who has the advantage.

In addition to the Ica Black Stone, they also received many gifts. The Ica Black Stone is like a magical ore that attracts surrounding matter to form a shell and turns into a Gram.

But compared to the ore core in the mine mountain range, the [Ika Black Stone] is not only larger, but the substances it can absorb are also rarer.

The shell of the Ica Black Stone Core Giant defeated this time is the extremely rare basalt, which is one of the best materials for making heavy equipment.

In addition to basalt, there are also a large number of rare metal crystals, including but not limited to orichalcum and mithril.

It is no joke that the ocean is the world's largest natural treasure trove. There is no telling how many metal elements are contained in the sea water alone.

In the real world, it is almost impossible to extract rare metals from seawater, but in this magical world, everything is possible.

Like the Ica Stones, they use some kind of appeal to gather rare elements in the sea water.

"I say, could there be a hidden challenge in this event, where you have to collect more Ika Black Stones than Hermes' Travel Cap?"

Naylan corrected him with a smile.

"It's not about collecting more than the [Hermes' Travel Cap], but at the final settlement, the total amount of [Ika Black Stones] held must be more than the [Hermes' Travel Cap]."

"By the way, Hermes's Traveling Hat has about 100 tons of Ika Black Stone in stock."

"Ahem..." Even the Guild Master Zero couldn't help but cough. He thought that the profit from this trip was quite a lot, but he didn't expect it was only 0.5% of the total.

"It will take at least two hundred times to complete the goal, and the premise is that [Hermes's Travel Hat] does nothing."

"Yes, this is a long-term goal." Naylan kept smiling, crossed his fingers, and tapped the back of his hand with his index finger, imitating Guild Master Zero. "Now [Hermes's Travel Hat] needs to repair the transmission tower network, and the number of 100 tons will not increase in a short time. Once they complete the repair, we will have no chance."

"Are you suggesting to me that we should attack the transmission tower network of Hermes's Travel Hat? That won't do. We will become public enemies." Guild Master Zero shook his head.

Becoming a public enemy doesn't matter, because the murderous player is already a public enemy.

But having fun and causing trouble for others is fine, but destroying the teleportation tower network would make the world boring, and this would cross his bottom line.

"Don't worry, I won't let you do anything that breaks the rules, and it will provoke a full-scale counterattack from Hermes's Traveling Hat, which will not be worth it." Naylan tapped the back of his hand twice, made a thinking expression, and then said in embarrassment.

"Why don't you double your work? Come 70 or 80 times a day, and you can complete the target quickly."

"Don't try. You must have prepared other methods. Before we can fish for 200 times, you and I will be wiped out by those impatient guys." Guild Master Ling raised his chin, signaling Neylan to be quick.

"In fact, there is a way. After all, I have been studying it for twenty years."

Nailan smiled and took out the wine glass that the chaebols used to enjoy fine wine, which contained clear sea water.

Then he took out an egg-sized piece of [Ika Black Stone] and put it into the wine glass. After shaking it, he handed the wine glass to Guild Master Zero.

Guild Master Zero stared at the wine glass, his eyes narrowed, and a lot of fine dust appeared around the [Ika Black Stone] rotating in the wine glass.

The dust moved closer to the Ica Black Stone, as if it was attracted to it.

"Small rights will attach to larger rights and form even larger rights, just like magnets attract each other. As long as you obtain a larger Ica Black Stone, you will be able to attract the surrounding dust-like Ica Black Stones."

"I see." Guild Master Zero stirred the [Ika Black Stone] in the wine glass with his fingers and understood what Naylan meant.

It is definitely not possible to directly steal the [Ika Black Stone] from the [Hermes' Traveling Cap], as you will be counterattacked. However, if you steal the part of the [Hermes' Traveling Cap] that has not been salvaged, then there will be no problem.

As long as you carry a large [Ika Black Stone] and wander around the salvage point of [Hermes' Traveling Cap], you can use the large [Ika Black Stone] to suck away the dust in the sea water and reduce the output of [Hermes' Traveling Cap].

Moreover, [Hermes' Travel Hat] works at night, so they can go around during the day to avoid the peak hours.

"But how can you be sure that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] doesn't know about this?"

"Then let's just assume they know. But what reason do they have to stop you? The ownership of the sea has always belonged to the Sea God since ancient times, and we are all thieves, aren't we?"

Guild Master Zero had a little cold sweat on his forehead. There was no such thing as ownership on the sea, but killing players was a reason for the attack.

And Naylan was gambling, betting that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] would avoid suspicion and would not organize an attack even if it knew that the person driving the boat was a murderous player.

"What if they come to attack?"

"Then we will use this defeat to prove that what [Hermes's Brigade Hat] said was a lie, and we can be more refreshed when we finally win."

(End of this chapter)