ATPnovel Chapter 51 was worth reading.
Chapter 51 was worth reading.
There are so many survivors in zone 444.
Yu Wang has met quite a few people and has a good impression of them, so there's no need to fixate on just one person.
Fortunately, Zhang Xinlan was quite clever, according to his own assessment.
It seems that she didn't waste her time reading those novels during her student days about "a wise man submits to circumstances."
Then, as if the invisible threat of death had never existed, Yu Wang began to patiently and earnestly explain things to him:
"Your skill 'Eagle Eye' must have more than just what you said before, right? I suspect it might have some reconnaissance capabilities. Otherwise, there's no way to explain why you were able to use the 'Location Teleportation Card' on me."
The skill effect was activated instantly by someone.
Zhang Xinlan knew that there was no point in hiding it anymore; on the contrary, it would hinder the establishment of trust that a team should have.
Let's be honest and admit it: "That's right, my passive skill is seeing through the water and having a telescope, while my active skill is every 10 days..."
I can choose to investigate a target, which can be a survivor or a monster.
Once a target is selected, it will make a judgment based on my own attribute values. If the target is weaker than me, I can see all the information without paying any price.
Survivors will be shown their real name, attribute values, physical information, and the name of the ship they own.
Monsters will display their abilities, habits, and possible loot.
However, if the target of my investigation is of equal or far greater strength than me, then there will be a certain price to pay. At best, it will reduce my sanity; at worst, it will cause my spirit to drop as well.
"I lost 20 sanity points when I investigated you last time."
After revealing her "his background," she couldn't resist her curiosity and asked in return:
"But... how did you guess that? Your talent 'If you can't beat them, join them,' isn't that for supporting combat? And your ship's 'gaggagga' skill has absolutely nothing to do with the information you're checking?"
She simply couldn't understand how Yu Wang could so accurately deduce the core function of her skill based solely on her behavior and limited information.
"It's very simple. I just happen to know the effect of the 'location teleportation card' and that the more information the user knows about the target, the smaller the teleportation error will be."
As he spoke, Yu Wang rolled his eyes at her and reminded her, "Besides, you teleported to a place only a few hundred meters away from me."
Zhang Xinlan: "...cough."
He coughed tactically, then lowered his head guiltily.
She does know quite a lot.
……
The Little Yellow Duck set sail again, breaking through the sea and heading towards Crescent Island.
However, this time there was a little tail following behind.
About ten meters behind, Zhang Xinlan was squatting on her raft, holding a tooth of a night serpent eel in her hand, meticulously scraping the surface of the raft, not letting go of any possible fragments of jellyfish tentacles.
Yu Wang sat in the little yellow duck's cabin, resting while studying the treasure map's route.
He drifted off for a moment, thinking about using Zhang Xinlan's skills to investigate the possibility of the spherical monster at night.
But he quickly dismissed this outrageous idea.
"Sigh, even with fluid buildup in my knee, I can tell the little cockroach will definitely be turned into an idiot by the backlash."
"Moreover, there are still 5 days of cooldown time, which is simply not enough time."
Yu Wang was calculating the time.
Today is the afternoon of the fifth day, tomorrow is the sixth day, and the day after tomorrow, the seventh day, after the storm, the newbie protection will be completely gone.
With a full speed of 6 knots, under ideal circumstances, we should be able to reach Crescent Island in about 20 hours, which should be around noon tomorrow, the sixth day.
If you time your card correctly, you can spend the stormy season on a safe island.
Of course, there are bound to be many unexpected events in reality.
If one is unlucky enough to encounter an attack by a sea monster marked on the treasure map, it is not uncommon for delays to last a whole day or even longer.
"Time is tight and the task is heavy." Yu Wang sighed, rubbing his temples, feeling a sense of urgency.
With only two days left in the newbie protection period, the mysterious spherical shadow monster hangs over their heads like the Sword of Damocles.
The Seaweed Farm instance is only 27% complete.
Stargrass has not yet been found;
The next upgrade material for the ship, bird feathers with wingspans of over ten meters, is completely unknown;
The newly established fleet was fraught with uncertainty... every single one weighed heavily on my mind.
But right now, he has another important matter to attend to.
That is, getting to know Zhang Xinlan.
Thinking of this, Yu Wang felt a little worried. He was used to working alone, taking care of himself and not worrying about anyone else. Although he had the advantage of being a prophet in this life, leading a team, collaborating with others, and managing team members were completely unfamiliar territory for him.
He had no experience and wasn't even sure if he was good at or liked this kind of thing.
Looking back now, their relationship seems more like that of a kidnapper and a hostage than a team.
To catch up on his studies, Yu Wang carefully recalled the ways in which members of some powerful fleets interacted, as he had previously observed them.
Leaving aside those "religious" fleets bound together by shared beliefs and fanatical ideologies, the internal relationships within most fleets composed of ordinary survivors seem to follow a pattern:
The larger the fleet, the more stringent rules and hierarchical systems are needed to maintain basic operations.
Fleets with more than a thousand people often have extremely detailed contribution systems, resource allocation systems, task assignments, and reward and punishment regulations.
Senior members have priority in allocation, decision-making power, and greater freedom, while lower-level members are more like workers on an assembly line or serfs in a medieval manor.
They need to complete arduous basic tasks such as gathering and planting in exchange for barely enough resources to survive and limited protection.
If a member makes a mistake, disobeys orders, or fails to contribute enough points, the fleet will at least withhold their supplies, and at worst, expel them or even remove them from the fleet.
It's practically a carbon copy of medieval slaves and slave owners!
Yu Wang was reluctant to adopt this model; he neither wanted to be a slave owner nor a local tyrant.
In contrast, a small fleet of fewer than ten people is the ideal state that Yu Wang envisions.
Firstly, this number of people is sufficient to handle most multiplayer dungeons. Even in large dungeons with hundreds of players, they won't be looked down upon.
Secondly, with fewer people, the fleet can move more flexibly and is less likely to be targeted by intelligent monsters. Although there will be a leader, the hierarchy will be less rigid, and communication will be more direct.
As for the necessary logistical work for the fleet, it can be entirely left to the ducklings.
It can also prevent backstabbing, assassination, and other acts caused by oppression.
After much thought, Yu Wang felt his mind was a complete mess, the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.
After carefully considering his words, he said, "Zhang Xinlan, come here for a moment. We need to talk about the upcoming arrangements and your first task."
Zhang Xinlan looked up and replied, "Hmm?"
"I'm about to enter a dungeon, which may take several hours or even longer. During this time, I need you and Duck A to keep watch. If there are any unusual situations, let me know via private message." Yu Wang began assigning tasks.
"Duck...A?"
When Zhang Xinlan investigated, Yu Wang had not yet used his summoning skill, so he was unaware of the situation.
Yu Wang then realized that he hadn't introduced his duck gang members to the other party yet.
They didn't even let the other party board the ship!
Now I know why the atmosphere between the two of them was so strange!
So that's where the problem lay!