Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Upgraded Rewards, One Step Further
"Completed the task [Transporting Materials], all members gain 600 experience points, all members receive reward: 1 Stamina Potion."
"Lord receives 52,000 Copper Coins, crew receive 1,000 Copper Coins."
"Leadership skill activated, lord receives an additional 200 Copper Coins, crew receive an additional 100 Copper Coins reward."
Such generous rewards?!
Copper Coins per ton, what does that mean?
You should know, loose cargo order, one ton is 1.5 Copper Coins.
And special cargo order, one ton is 3 Copper Coins.
Even a cooperative order, one ton is only 8-13 Copper Coins.
Yet 20 Copper Coins per ton is already double that of a normal cooperative order!
And 600 experience points, directly upgrading Luo Kuan and the second batch of crew members who joined the ship to level 5 mid-level, and even the third batch of recruits stepped into level 4.
Furthermore, this time’s task, all crew members have additional item rewards along with extra Copper Coin rewards, which means Fang Yu didn’t have to take out a portion of project bonuses to reward the crew.
Just thinking about it...
This shipment order is actually considered leaving the newbie village, a task that a captain level 10+ can handle.
Leaving the Safe Sea Region is like leaving the newbie village, tasks and rewards go hand in hand.
Actually, the delivery prices throughout the Ocean World adhere to this principle.
As long as you leave the Safe Sea Region, the price of shipment orders will skyrocket accordingly.
The more dangerous a sea region is, the more difficult it is to navigate, the greater the surge in shipment order prices.
It’s very normal, every world is like this.
Risk factors and unit prices are directly proportional.
...
Looking at the rewards far richer than ever before, Fang Yu’s face broke into a big smile.
His attitude instantly became much more enthusiastic, putting his arm around Zhang Zhuang, calling him brother, with such familiarity.
Just then, a few middle-aged men walked towards them, accompanied by a few young men laughing and chatting with these middle-aged men.
They’re captains!
These young men are also captains, with the aura from the lord’s panel instantly sensed by Fang Yu.
They were following the middle-aged men, just like Fang Yu and Zhang Zhuang, very familiar and congenial, calling each other brother and younger brother.
Seeing this scene, Fang Yu couldn’t help but feel surprised.
They should be the last batch or the batch before last, commonly known as "old captains."
They probably also received the cooperation order from Ji Clan Trading Association, coming to Sea Ore Island to transport sea ore.
They could be considered his "fellow competitors."
Looking at the middle-aged men and old captains coming forward, Fang Yu was puzzled, about to go up and greet them.
But at that moment, several middle-aged men’s eyes fell on Fang Yu and Zhang Zhuang.
They glanced back and forth at Fang Yu and Zhang Zhuang, then gave a slight snort, showing arrogance, not bothering to acknowledge them.
Oh-ho?
Fang Yu was puzzled.
Are they mad?
What’s with these middle-aged men’s show of superiority?
Acting so snobby, how pretentious!
"Brother, what’s going on? Who are these people?"
Fang Yu felt something was off.
In normal business cooperation, although the other side might be a bit proud or snobby, they would never act so rude.
Now they were looking down on us with their noses, directly snorting coldly at us, this was obviously not normal pride.
"Ignore them, younger brother!"
Zhang Zhuang glanced at them, similarly snorting coldly, not showing weakness, directly retorting.
Then he spoke to Zhang He: "These people are Mr. Lu’s rivals, you know, in projects like this, there’s competition internally, right."
"Involving interests, even merchants under Ji Clan Trading Association can have conflicts, secretly competing."
"Both Mr. Lu and these people are in this project, everyone wants a piece of the pie, no one’s willing to yield to the other."
After hearing Zhang Zhuang’s words, Fang Yu suddenly understood.
Then he took a deep look at these middle-aged men, memorized their appearances, then shook his head, and walked to the accommodation with Zhang Zhuang.
...
After everyone unloaded the supplies onto the sea ship, they temporarily stayed on Sea Ore Island.
The accommodations were very simple, and there was always the rumbling noise from the machines mining ores, not a great experience.
But those who embarked on this voyage, even the delicate ones, gradually became hardened, carefree about the poor conditions, they stayed nonetheless!
At night, Zhang Zhuang held a banquet, inviting everyone to a meal, fostering relationships among each other, then Fang Yu and others returned to their rooms.
Once back in his room, Fang Yu took out the Dice, casually rolling it.
"Task reward, doubled!"
The Dice rolled quietly in the air, finally landing on 3.
Not bad, normal level.
Then, Fang Yu’s panel showed changes following the Dice’s effect.
Experience: 600 → 1800 (2490/1500, upgradeable)
Copper Coins: 52000 → 156,000 (total: around 330,000, including fishing and miscellaneous income)
Stamina Potion X3
Looking at the changes in the panel’s values, Fang Yu resisted the urge to upgrade, obediently lying back on his bed.
Turn off the light, sleep, tomorrow there will be another chance to roll the Dice, let’s deal with it tomorrow.
...
The next morning, Fang Yu woke up, but he didn’t rush to upgrade or use the opportunity to roll the Dice.
Later, Fang Yu thought he needed to develop a habit of rolling the Dice at night.
This way, he could avoid missing the opportunity to roll the Dice after a gain the next day.
After freshening up, he first went to the sea ship to take a look, finding Du Ran and others already starting to transport boxes of minerals to the sea ship using robotic arms, nodding his head pleased.
Next... training!
He walked straight towards the training grounds next to the military base on the island.
Zhang Zhuang had already mentioned to him yesterday, that on the island, there was a stationed military force, correspondingly, a training ground for soldiers.
After all, mining sea ores often takes years, with the army stationed here long-term, they definitely need training.
Fang Yu walked on, soon seeing an area ahead improvised with camouflage materials, specifically used as training grounds.
Rifles, pistols, targets, everything was available.
Fang Yu showed the pass given by Zhang Zhuang to the guard at the entrance, obtaining permission to enter.
Once inside, Fang Yu glanced at the surrounding trainees, all dressed in military uniforms, Fang Yu didn’t dare to rashly ask them for shooting training tips.
Instead, he took a remote rifle on his own, aiming and shooting at a target 500 meters away.
At this moment, the rifle in his hand was a standard remote rifle, with an effective shooting range of 600 meters, and a maximum range of 2,500 meters.
(Note: Effective range refers to where accuracy and power are assured, without major influence. Maximum range is the flying distance of a bullet, the farther from effective range, the lower power and accuracy.)
That means, beyond 600 meters, the energy level and power of the firearm itself decline; even Fang Yu’s [Stacked Energy Bullet] power diminishes.
However, with the aid of Extraordinary Ability, according to Fang Yu’s estimate, with the aid of Extraordinary Ability, the effective range of the standard remote rifle in his hand should be improved.
Approximately extending to 800 meters or even 900 meters.
This range would actually be sufficient for encountering threats on a sea ship.
Even if it exceeds the effective range, relying on Fang Yu’s Extraordinary Ability, it can still cause significant damage...