The male supporting character was actually myself.

Then he remembered that the guy had previously exchanged for soil and seeds. If he also got seedlings from salvaging supplies and opening boxes, and got an accelerator like him, it seemed that he could indeed grow a lot of fruit very quickly.

The problem is, even if he could grow it, could he grow that much?

Are there any props that you don't know about?

Or... does his system have incremental functionality?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up!

He felt he had discovered the key—Jiang Chen's system was very likely the critical hit type, which multiplied the items he obtained, so his inventory was particularly rich!

Moreover, it is highly likely that the system binding condition was triggered because he had taken over his ship.

That's why it rose to prominence so quickly!

"I see, then it's not a big threat." After figuring this out, Jiang Yuan finally felt relieved.

However, seeing the screen filled with praise for Jiang Chen, his expression immediately fell.

They could have sold the fruit for exorbitant prices due to its scarcity, but he ruined everything, and now nobody wants to negotiate with him anymore; they all run off to trade with Jiang Chen.

With his plan thwarted, Jiang Yuan crossed his arms and looked out the window at the vast seascape under the moonlight, contemplating that he had to hurry up and kill that guy!

"Hahaha~ hiccup!" The little white cat hugged a bunch of crystal-clear grapes and laughed so hard it almost fell over. "The protagonist must look terrible!"

Dare to compare who has more fruit with my host?

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

The moment we entered, the food-making machine was unlocked.

We have everything that's related to food!

Well, actually, the new item we drew is restricted; it can't be used in this mission world.

Otherwise, we could just tap around in the tech tree and we wouldn't even need to touch the inventory in our warehouse.

"Next time we're looking at scripts, let's see if there are any set in ancient times. If there are, we definitely have to give it a try." Jiang Chen was also full of anticipation when the topic of technology came up.

He traded a lot of fruit for a bunch of blueprints, but he still couldn't find the metal detector.

“The crystal core is a big problem…” Jiang Chen flipped through the script, trying to find a breakthrough in the plot.

After drifting for another two days, the person and the system continued their uneventful lives, occasionally causing the protagonist some trouble online.

That evening, while they were having dinner at the restaurant, they suddenly heard a knocking sound coming from the platform!

Jiang Chen hurriedly went out to take a look and found that it was actually Ai Li'er!

"Why are you back? Did something happen?" He quickly went over and found that the other person was holding a round water ball with a small, shimmering fish swimming around inside.

Ariel gestured, "Could you please get me a fish tank or something? This is a small gift from Father Emperor to you!"

Mermaids of different colors and beautiful appearances emerged one after another from the waves, gently rising and falling with the tides as they quietly watched this scene.

“My father said that your life-saving grace cannot be repaid with a single blessing.” Ariel placed the water ball in the glass bowl that Jiang Chen had brought, and it instantly turned into a pool of clear water.

The little golden fish swam around, but it didn't look like a real living creature.

The little mermaid explained, "This is the 'will of God' that we begged for at the sacred place at the bottom of the sea. It can grant you a wish within a certain range. Just sincerely say to it: 'I wish I want...' and that's it."

Hopefully this will be of some help to you.

A tsunami is currently approaching from a distance, and if you drift with the current, you will be right in the tsunami's path.

We will lead the way; please make sure you follow us to a safe route!

Tsunami?

That's no joke.

Jiang Chen thanked her and steered the yacht behind the mermaid, carefully flipping through the script.

The protagonist obviously didn't encounter any maritime disasters; he even caught a small package while fishing at night, containing some urgently needed vegetable seeds.

"I'm not watching anymore, I'm so angry!" The little white cat lay on its host's shoulder, scratching its paws in dissatisfaction. "The protagonist's halo, the sign-in system, and the script are all trying their best to provide benefits to the protagonist!"

Previous scripts weren't this extreme.

Although all the plot points were favorable to the protagonist, never before had there been such a blatant act of giving away freebies.

"This is infuriating!"

Jiang Chen said calmly, unconcerned, "Aren't all stories like this about the whole world revolving around the protagonist? The curse backlash made Jiang Yuan sick, forcibly causing him to miss two salvage and sign-in benefits."

Otherwise, he would be doing much better now!

Especially if I sign in again tomorrow to get the Treasure Otter, that would be like adding wings to a tiger.

I can't just kill the protagonist directly, so for now, the only way is to annoy him a bit.

The little ball of fluff was sulking, squatting in the corner, silently angry.

After leading him to a safe course, the mermaid waved goodbye and quickly disappeared into the vast ocean.

Jiang Chen had just finished washing up and was lying on the comfortable bed, ready to rest, when the little white cat tiptoed in and asked hesitantly, "Host, what would you want if you made a wish?"

"Can I wish for the protagonist to die immediately?"

"Uh... no, that won't do." The little white cat jumped onto the bed, winking and trying to hint. Under Jiang Chen's puzzled gaze, it cleared its throat, put its paws behind its back, pretended to look at the sky, and muttered, "The long night is lonely and cold. It would be nice to have a beautiful woman to warm the bed, right?"

"Then I'll grant you the wish to remain in your catgirl form forever?"

The fluffy little ball of fur scratched its head in frustration, "I'm just a minor, even if I turn into a catgirl I can't warm the host's bed! I need something more realistic!"

"If I wanted a cruise ship, I wonder if that would fall within that range..."

The answer was a bit off-topic. Xiaobai jumped up and down, shouting, "The best one would be a warship that can transform into a beautiful woman! That would be so cool!"

"A ship girl?" Jiang Chen frowned slightly. "Could she make such a big wish?"

"Give it a try! You can't lose anything!"

The little white cat eagerly and carefully carried the glass bowl over with its paws, holding it up expectantly as if afraid he would change his mind. "Host, make a wish!"

"My wish is: I want ship girls."

Jiang Chen had a feeling that the fluffy ball was definitely up to something.

[Wish being read... Soul contract detected... Cross-dimensional summoning possible...]

A pleasant notification sound suddenly rang in his mind, and Jiang Chen could clearly feel images of girls flashing through his mind.

A girl with chestnut-brown long hair and a gentle temperament; a girl with beautiful almond-shaped eyes and a beauty mark under her right eye—all sorts of faces with different styles flashed by at lightning speed, making his temples feel a little throbbing.

A few seconds later, the notification sounded again.

[Your wish has been fulfilled; the ship girl you desired has been delivered.]

The glass bowl was empty the next second;

At the same time, a beautiful figure slowly emerged from the void and stood at the bedroom door. A majestic and ethereal voice, as if from another world, softly said, "Long time no see, dear Captain!"

Chapter Seventeen: Long Time No See, Dear Captain

"You are..." Jiang Chen looked at the almost perfect girl in front of him, somewhat bewildered, "You know me?"

The goddess walked to his side with a faint smile and looked him over carefully. "Captain, you are different from before, but your soul aura is exactly the same."

When your body perished, your sisters sensed that your soul did not perish but instead tore through time and space and left.

Since then, we have been waiting for your call.

The sudden influx of information was overwhelming. Jiang Chen rubbed his temples. "I'm sorry, my memory is having some problems. I might need to recall..."

"Host, I'm applying to the main system for memory access for you, please wait a moment!" With its wish fulfilled, the little white cat excitedly licked its paws.

A few seconds later, he felt a sharp, stabbing pain in his temples.

Then many memories of being with the ship girls flooded my mind.

The scene became clearer and clearer; he had made a pact with Amy through trials, and with Nightshade in the Land of Death…

As Jiang Chen unwinds from the wonderful memories of his life with the seven ship girls, he excitedly grabs one of their hands and asks, "Goddess! Tell me quickly, how did you get here?"

She smiled slightly, "It seems that the captain has already remembered."

About a hundred years after your body perished, we have been following your wish to see the ends of the universe.

But even after being summoned, they still couldn't see the end of the universe.

The sisters were writing about our experiences together, just like any other time.

Unexpectedly, a strange voice suddenly asked us if we agreed to be summoned.

Amy was the first to sense that the summons came from the soul contract. Once she confirmed that it was the captain calling them, she readily agreed.

Only one person can be summoned at a time, so after discussing it, the sisters combined to form me and came in response to the summons.

In this way, I made it through by myself.

But actually…

The goddess gave a sweet smile, and then a flash of light appeared as seven ship girls, each with a unique personality and beauty, stood in a row. "Dear Captain, we've been waiting for you for so long!"

Jiang Chen hugged Amy, Night Misa, Snow Night, Mandy, Fei, Christine, and Edith one by one, unable to hide his excitement.

He had so much to say to them, so that night the little white cat lay on the deck sofa on duty, while the ship girls snuggled up to their long-absent captain and chatted until dawn.

"The way this world works is a bit strange." Mandy sat on the platform at the back of the yacht, enjoying the coolness of the seawater with her two fair legs in it. She turned her head and asked curiously, "Amy, do you think we broke through space-time and arrived in another dimension?"

Or are we still in the same universe, just summoned to a planet in a certain galaxy?

After all, it's only been a little over a hundred years since the Captain's previous body perished.

The current captain is only twenty years old. His soul can easily remain dormant for a period of time, enter a new body, grow again, and then summon us.

Amy frowned slightly and then shook her head, saying, "Well, actually I don't understand either."

Perhaps it's a parallel universe to our own;

It could also be an undiscovered, remote planet in a galaxy many years ago, since it currently appears to be quite underdeveloped.

More likely... the Captain's soul has simply entered some virtual world, and we've been summoned in as well.

"Huh? A virtual world?" Mandy was quite surprised by her last guess. She reached out and touched the seawater and patted the yacht, laughing, "If it's virtual, that's amazing!"