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[Abs-bound hunk? Who came up with this skill name? It's so cool!]

[System, are you subtly implying something about someone? (doge emoji)]

[This might be a veiled criticism of me... I feel offended.]

[Hermit Crab: Give me back my abs!]

Ivan was completely convinced this time.

He used to think that his [Deep Sea Barbarian] sequence could withstand water pressure from thousands of meters deep, which was already considered a chosen one in the nautical game.

Compared to this incredible ability, it's simply too crude and rudimentary.

One thing is certain,

Following someone is definitely more comfortable than going it alone.

"Sweetie... oh no, this boat, can it be repaired?"

Ivan limped over, looking at the hole with a pang of heartache.

Klaus's eyes remained fixed on the "abs." "Of course it can be fixed. First, clean up the green blood."

Upon hearing this, Ivan immediately jumped up to help, but was stopped by Renyi.

"Don't move, it will be troublesome if the wound reopens."

"Klaus, get to the fire. That hermit crab was a level 4 creature. Its meat should be very beneficial to us."

Upon hearing this, Klaus's mouth began to water.

He felt that the only parts of Ocean Era that the game didn't mistreat him were his tongue and stomach.

"What should we do with the ship? Its durability dropped by 80 points..." he asked with concern.

"Have you forgotten the characteristics of the Ghost Bone Ship?"

With a mysterious smile, Ren Yi produced a large piece of rotten meat in his hand, causing Klaus and Ivan to take a step back.

Rotten shark meat

They gave us so many of these things, but we can't eat them, and he won't need many for fishing. Let's make good use of them.

He took the meat and walked to the 'trash can'—

After the ship evolved, the ruminant digestion module was moved to the side wall of the captain's cabin, resembling a pitcher plant stuck to the wall, and was usually inconspicuous.

Arbitrarily stuff pieces of meat into the half-open pitcher plant, and after watching it wriggle a few times and then stop moving, stuff another piece in.

"It seems the conversion rate is not high."

That's true. Currently, the ruminant digestion module at Lv.0 has a conversion efficiency of only 20%, which means that it takes five pounds of meat to convert into one pound of bioenergy.

The Ghost Bone Ship's [Flesh-Eating Repair] ability operates by consuming biological energy.

Feel......

It's like raising a child!

When the tenth piece of rotten shark meat was stuffed in, the ship finally started to move.

"Look over there!"

Klaus was the first to discover it, pointing to the deck pierced by the hermit crab.

Countless white "spider webs" grew from the edges of the small hole. They quickly intertwined and spread, drawing together fragments of bone or wood, eventually smoothing the surface.

The process was swift and silent, brimming with a breathtaking vitality.

"It... grew back on its own!"

It's like the process of the human body healing a wound, only a hundred or a thousand times faster.

Not only the deck, but also the railing that was broken by the hermit crab, the cracked bones were reconnected, and the missing parts were filled with white 'spider silk', until it was so smooth that no trace of repair could be seen.

"This is not a repair..."

He murmured to himself, "This is rebirth."

[Holy crap! This...this ship is alive?!]

[This repair process is very similar to the principle of bone healing in the human body, where fibrous tissue connects and then calcifies...]

[Veterinarians are getting in on the act too; animal limb regeneration follows a similar process!]

[So the conclusion is... this ship is a living being?]

After feeding it five or six more pieces of "rotten shark meat", the entire ship was restored to its original condition.

I glanced at the system panel at random.

【Ghost Bone Boat (LV.2)】

【Durability: 500/500】

His gaze swept across the room and landed once again on that bizarre description of the "biological buffer layer".

—[P.S.: Don't whistle at it, it will get shy.]

Are you shy?

A strange thought popped into Renyi's mind.

So, he whistled a clear, bright whistle towards the hull of the boat.

The ship didn't react much, and the scene of the ship glowing pink in my imagination did not appear.

Randomly found it a bit boring.

It seems that the system can occasionally give unreliable evaluations.

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard Klaus exclaim in surprise from the bow of the ship.

"Boss! Look over there!"

Looking in the direction he pointed, one could see the onomatopoeic module at the bow of the ship—

That is, the pose of the statue that Klaus put the helmet on has changed.

Two hands with distinct knuckles covered her face.

Coupled with the comical blocky head, the scene was once quite surreal.

[Pfft—Hahahaha! So it was the siren statue that was shy?!]

[This boat is kind of innocent...]

[The system wasn't lying to me; it said it would get shy, and it really will!]

[Or how about we give Miss Siren Wilson that Dora hairstyle?]

Ivan rubbed his eyes. "Hey, it can move?"

"It can talk, you'll find out later."

Having satisfied his curiosity, he stopped teasing the poor ghost ship.

He took out all the spoils of war and placed them on the deck. Ivan's eyes were immediately drawn to the pair of giant pincers that were half a person's height.

"Great stuff! If we put this on a ship, it'd crash into anything that comes our way!"

"I'll give it to you if you like it."

He didn't want to install this on his ship at all; it didn't fit his aesthetic.

Klaus was starting a fire when he heard this, and his eyes lit up.

"If the boss agrees, I can help you install it on your 'beloved wife'."

Upon hearing this, Ivan's eyes lit up.

He gave Ren Yi a simple, honest smile. "Boss?"

The shout of "Big Brother" was so sincere and natural.

"Blue Star," Maxi, adorned with medals, nodded in satisfaction and smiled at the staff officer beside him.

"See, I told you this kid knows how to be pragmatic."

Renyi was pleased with Klaus's cleverness and Ivan's pragmatism. He picked up the disc whose material was indiscernible from a pile of gems.

[Incomplete birth chart (1/4)]

[Description: A core component of some kind of precision instrument, engraved with intricate star trails and unknown runes, but unfortunately, it is now damaged.]

[Review: Congratulations on obtaining a discus that can be used to support table legs. Its only advantage is that it's round.]

It's only the size of a dinner plate, and its surface is covered with rust marks. I don't know if it will still be usable once you collect all the pieces.

He casually stroked the groove on it, put it back in the warehouse, and then looked at the crown.

The Cursed Crown

[Description: Once belonged to a monarch of a sunken kingdom. It was once endowed with powerful blessings, but now it is burdened with a malevolent curse.]

[Blessing: The wearer gains "King's Majesty," which has a certain probability of intimidating creatures of lower level than themselves.]

[Curse: They will see you as their new sovereign and come to "pay homage."]

[Comment: Want to be crowned emperor? First, ask your old buddies if they agree.]