Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

Chapter 10 Broken Dock Pointer (Please Read)
The strange fish seemed to feel pain after being stabbed by the harpoon, and its deformed body floating on the water surface began to flap violently.

The disgusting tentacles spit out from the fish's mouth gave up attacking the boat.

Then he quickly shot upwards and stabbed towards one of the black-scaled snapper guards.

What Su Wang didn't expect was that

The strange fish's disgusting tentacles can actually extend further, reaching a length that is almost 1.5 times its body length.

The closest black-scaled snapper guard was unable to dodge and was severely stabbed by the tentacles.

Seeing this, Su Wang hurried to check.

Fortunately, the strength attribute of the monster fish is not high, and the black-scaled snapper guard who was attacked only lost a few points of endurance.

The two black-scaled snapper guards also launched an attack again, quickly pulling back the harpoons in their hands and stabbing them at the strange fish in the water again.

The strength value of the black-scaled snapper guard is not low, and the endurance value of the tongue-tentacled monster fish is not too high.

After being attacked by harpoons one after another, the monster fish's endurance value quickly approached the bottom value.

Su Wangben thought that this strange fish would choose to escape like the polluted black-scaled snapper he had encountered before.

But I don’t know whether the tongue-touch fish was stimulated by something or was completely enraged by the attack of the fishman guards.

Even when he was near death, he still had no intention of diving underwater to escape.

Instead, it frantically spit out its tentacles and tried to attack the fishman guards again.

However, before the fish could succeed,
Another harpoon had pierced into its body, and the monster fish's remaining stamina was instantly depleted.

The black-scaled snapper guard simply poked the fish with his harpoon, and the strange fish, which was only about one foot long, was picked out of the water.

bang~
The body of the strange fish was immediately thrown onto the deck of the wooden boat, landing exactly one meter under Su Wang's feet.

Turning his gaze to the strange fish corpse at his feet, a piece of information appeared in his sight.

[Spiny-headed mackerel (lightly contaminated), dead, whether decomposition.]

"Yes!"

With a thought in his mind, the body of the strange fish quickly decomposed into a pile of objects.

[100g of lightly contaminated spiny-head mackerel slices*10 servings.]

Price:
①: Edible, average nutrition. Each serving can restore 10 points of endurance. Due to being contaminated by evil forces, there is a very low chance of infection if consumed in large quantities.

②: Can be used as bait. When thrown into the water, it has a slight attraction to ordinary fish.

[Ordinary fish skin*4], [Ordinary fish tendon*1], [Ordinary fish scale*20], [Ordinary fish belly*1].

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The items produced by the strange fish are not many.

There are no high-value items such as fish souls, and even the fish meat is contaminated.

But after all, he didn't have to do any of these things himself, as the black-scaled snapper guards easily took them down.

It is exciting enough to be able to harvest a few materials without any effort.

Su Wang immediately put them all into the fish hold.

When he continued to look back at the black-scaled snapper guards,

It was discovered that they were now scattered and clinging to the hulls on both sides.

They all stared motionlessly at the water below the ship, as if ready to respond to any possible threats underwater at any time.

Seeing this scene, Su Wang felt very relieved.

"It's worth spending 50 fish coins. The vehicle is now much safer."

When he first discovered that a strange fish was attacking the vehicle, he was thinking about taking the trouble to stay up all night to guard the vehicle.

It was just the mental pressure brought by suddenly arriving in a strange world, plus the energy consumed by fishing during the day.

After holding on for this long, I was already feeling very exhausted both mentally and physically.

Now that he had the black-scaled snapper guards on duty, the burden was greatly reduced.

In addition, there is a gale shield within 6 hours to replace the vehicle's durability loss, so it seems that it is not a problem to safely spend the first night in the other world.

Su Wang, who was still a little worried, decided to continue guarding for a while.
If there are no major problems next time, I will go to the cabin to rest.

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The vehicle continued to sail for 1 hour.
While Su Wang was checking the information in the communication area, he was also paying attention to whether there were any unusual movements around him.

Judging from the information in the communication area during this period, the situation of other fishermen is not very optimistic.

Most fishermen have been attacked by polluting fish.

Strangely, there are a few fishermen who have never been attacked by strange fish for some reason.

There is no external threat other than the vehicle being corroded.

Even he himself had his vehicle attacked by strange fish three times within this hour.

Fortunately, they hadn't had time to attack the canoe yet.
As soon as he got close, he was discovered by the black-scaled snapper guards who were guarding the hull of the wooden boat.

Before he could even react, the body of the dead monster fish was thrown onto the deck of the boat.

It can be seen that with the presence of these 10 black-scaled snapper guards, ordinary strange fish cannot threaten the safety of the vehicle.

From the perspective of the points growth of fishing tasks, catching an ordinary-level polluted monster fish can earn 5 points.

The 5 points he had at the beginning might have included the contaminated black-scaled snapper at the beginning.

Su Wang, who was sitting cross-legged on the deck, was so bored that he started yawning.

Compared to the vast majority of fishermen who are anxiously guarding the safety of their vehicles,
I am so bored here that I can't be any more idle.

But as time went by, Su Wang also noticed some hidden dangers in some fishermen.

In order to complete the vehicle upgrade task as quickly as possible during the day, most fishermen have too little stamina and fish reserves.

The abnormal effects that occur after nightfall cause endurance to be unable to recover on its own.

As a result, due to insufficient stamina, some fishermen have even risked eating contaminated fish they caught.

"There's a chance of infection if you eat a lot of contaminated fish. What happens if fishermen get contaminated?"

Thinking of the weird and disgusting appearance of all kinds of polluted fish, Su Wang felt a little worried.

Will fishermen also suffer physical deformations after being contaminated? Will their attitudes and mindsets change as a result?

Human hearts are unpredictable. It is possible that fishermen who have been affected by pollution will hate other normal fishermen because of injustice.

Thinking about it,

Su Wang yawned more and more frequently, and his eyelids gradually felt heavy.

He raised his hand and gently patted his cheek, trying to drive away the sleepiness that was coming over him.

But it didn't work very well, and I felt even more sleepy.

Su Wang couldn't help but yawn again, then stood up and looked around the boat.

Seeing the black-scaled snapper guards still diligently on duty, he felt much more at ease.

"Well, I can't care about that anymore. The most important thing is to ensure my own safety."

Su Wang immediately dispelled the messy thoughts in his mind and prepared to leave the communication area and go to the wooden house to rest.

You need to conserve your energy and maintain a good spirit.

Before exiting the communication area, Su Wang took a last look at the information in the communication area.

Unexpectedly, the latest piece of information caught his attention.

"I've put some good stuff on the trading area. Anyone with fish coins can buy it.

Damn it! I'm only 12 lumber short. If I don't upgrade my vehicle, I'm afraid I won't make it through the first night."

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The moment he saw this message, Su Wang immediately thought of who sent it.

He should be the unlucky guy we saw earlier who was only 12 pieces of wood short of upgrading his vehicle.

From the implicit message,
The other party seems to be in a very bad situation at the moment, so he decides to reluctantly sell an item in exchange for fish coins to buy materials to upgrade the vehicle.

This actually aroused Su Wang's curiosity, and even his sleepiness faded a lot.

"Good stuff? What could possibly prevent this fisherman from selling it until he had no other choice?"

While walking towards the wooden house, Su Wang opened the trading area and searched.

The fisherman's information does not describe the item in detail.

If you want to find the information about the items put on the shelves by this fisherman, you have to check them one by one among the many fish materials and supplies.

It was not until I lay down on the wooden bed that I saw a unique product information among the many fish and material products.

[Golden Pier Pointer (Broken)*1]: Price: 50 Azure Fish Coins.

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The price is 50 fish coins!

This is exactly the number of fish coins rewarded for completing the vehicle upgrade task.

Obviously, the fisherman who was selling the items knew that other fishermen who had completed the vehicle upgrade task had so many fish coins, so he deliberately set this price.

50 fish coins is a considerable asset for fishermen at this stage.

Even those fishermen who have upgraded their vehicles,
Faced with the price of 50 fish coins, it would be difficult to make a decision in a short period of time.

Su Wang himself currently only has 76 fish coins in assets.

But when I saw the detailed information of this item, I couldn't help but feel excited.

[Location of Golden Pier Pointer (Broken)]

Function: Fixedly points to a hidden golden dock. The effect disappears after the vehicle docks at the dock, and the pointer will serve as the key to open the dock.

Status: It is damaged due to some reasons and cannot be used before repair. It can be checked and repaired on the operating table.

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"Golden Pier..."

Su Wang repeated these words several times.

Compared to the one-time dock pointer he used earlier,
This dock pointer has a gold prefix and is pointing to a certain dock.

"The Fisherman's rank has a Black Iron prefix. If the docks also have different levels, does the Gold prefix on the Gold Dock also represent the dock's rank?"

Su Wang thought that the prefix of gold seemed to be obviously higher than that of black iron.

In this way, the value of this golden dock pointer is self-evident.

I still have a lot of steel plates that are about to appreciate in value, and it is not impossible to obtain fish coins.

Su Wang was worried that something might happen if he delayed, so he immediately decided to buy it without hesitation.

The fish coin assets instantly increased to 26, and there was an extra item in the fish tank.

After getting the items, Su Wang resisted his increasing sleepiness and went to the operating table next to the wooden bed to check them.

Sure enough, a new smelting and synthesis information appeared on the operating table.

[Location Pointer of Golden Pier (Broken)]: Repair costs 1 Steel Plate, 1 Backtracking Stone, 200 Azure Fish Coins.

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"I need the retrospection stone again. It's too early to be happy." Su Wang's excitement suddenly dissipated a lot.

The Retrospection Stone has never been seen before, and no one has ever sold it in the trading area.

200 fish coins were not something he could afford at the moment.

Before obtaining the Rewind Stone, this golden dock pointer could only serve as a decoration.

"We still have to go to the nearest dock first."

The idea of ​​going directly to the Golden Wharf was scrapped, but the item itself should be worth far more than 50 fish coins.

Su Wang didn't feel bad about spending 50 fish coins to buy an item that he couldn't use for the time being.

He didn't think about it anymore, turned around and lay down on the wooden bed again.

As sleepiness set in, soon the only sound in the cabin was the sound of steady breathing, and no other movement.

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(End of this chapter)