ATPnovel Chapter 25 This is my purchasing plan!
Chapter 25 This is my purchasing plan!
After a bumpy ride, Fang Qi's cart was pushed to the very center of the gift formation as the grand finale.
The gifts weren't just brought by Morning and her crew; the two pirate ships that arrived earlier also brought some.
However, these are just a few symbolic items and not very valuable.
Let's not even talk about the fact that nobody knows what merfolk like.
Pirates only had the habit of robbing gifts; they didn't have the idea of giving gifts.
If the captain hadn't said that even pirates shouldn't disgrace humanity, they wouldn't have taken anything, and they even tried to take something with them.
Fang Qi quietly gathered intelligence, so he didn't make any rash moves for the time being.
This was the first time he had ever seen a talking, intelligent fish-man in person, and it was exactly as he had imagined.
Because it had just emerged from the water, it was all wet and looked even uglier than the murloc scout.
Mourning seemed to know the leader of the mermen.
He took the initiative to step forward and exchanged casual pleasantries with the level 35 murloc priest.
Fang Qi then lifted the bucket lid to eavesdrop.
"Gurgle gurgle... Moning, my friend of the merfolk, I hope you will keep your promise and protect the arrival of the gods."
"Of course, no problem. Boss has already arranged everything. By the way, do you still have the scales you gave me before? I feel like I really need them!"
"Gulp," the merman priest said, sounding somewhat pleased, "Of course there is! It's good stuff. After the gods descend, Moning, my friend, you can have as much as you want!"
"What I want to ask is, now?"
"Oh, don't rush, wait a few more days!"
They chatted as they moved away from the port, seemingly heading towards the mountaintop.
Fang Qi couldn't hear the rest of the conversation clearly; it was fragmented. But from the few words he uttered, he could still glean that Mo Ning was inquiring about the scales.
Perhaps they intend to pretend they've been converted, or perhaps they want to ascertain how many people have been corrupted...
But none of this has anything to do with how old Fang Qi is.
Because there were already fishmen pushing him up the mountain from the other side.
They weren't following a specially cleared mountain route, but rather an exceptionally muddy "road."
However, the fishmen who were transporting the goods acted as if they were back home, splashing into the mud and easily dragging the cart forward from below.
The transport team chatted as they toured.
Fortunately, the system had gamified the entire world. Although the tone sounded a bit strange, Fang Qi could still barely understand it.
"Glug glug... I've heard humans say that the barrel above uses ancient magical technology; if you put resources in, it will produce fine wine?"
"I specifically asked, and the pirate humans have seen it before and said it tastes great... glug... If humans say it tastes good, it must not taste good!"
"Human alcohol has no smell at all, and it's not even salted... but I still want to give it a try."
A slapping sound came from inside.
"Don't touch it. The priest told us to take it to the banquet hall; we can't get it dirty."
The destination was the banquet hall, which was exactly what Fang Qi wanted.
I don't know what to say about Mo Ning, but he's actually quite good at getting things done!
Fang Qi felt relieved and looked around.
He was on a shallow pool of colorful water.
The shallow pools, like rice terraces, cascade down the mountainside to the foot of the mountain.
In the nearby pond, countless translucent eggs floated.
Transparent pipes flowing with various colored sap crisscross the terraced fields, eventually connecting to the bone temple at the mountaintop.
"Wild biological incubation technology, but the liquid circulation is not bad," Fang Qi commented.
He stared at the largest egg not far away, and the information that appeared on the trading terminal was:
[A Murloc Guardian about to hatch, a D-class entity, an invalid asset.]
This indicates that the fish has been linked by Gulgar and cannot be used by him.
The fishmen were too ugly, so Fang Qi never intended to eat the fishman eggs to hatch them.
The word "connection" gave him a jolt. Could it be that the deity had already been summoned?
Even if the fish-men were hiding the timeframe they gave, it couldn't be this fast, could it?
Fang Qi wasn't flustered. Since he was currently a gift and wouldn't be in any danger, he decided to go up and check it out first!
Above the terraced fields, the only way to reach the mountaintop is through a grove of coral trees.
Most of the coral has crystallized, its edges gleaming coldly, reflecting a mesmerizing light in the sunlight.
It seems that the fish-men deliberately planted this place here as a natural barrier for the mountaintop altar.
The fishmen slowly climbed the mountain via a hidden route, twisting and turning.
Fang Qi suddenly felt like causing trouble.
[Iridescent crystal branches, Grade D material, possesses light-scattering and mild hallucinogenic effects.]
This is shown on a coral crystal cluster.
[Low-grade bio-adhesive, Class D material, with extremely strong bioactivity and adhesive strength.]
This is what's shown at the base of the coral; it's probably the material fish people use to transplant coral clusters.
He had never seen either of these materials before, but without a doubt, they would be of great use!
The iridescent crystal branches look a lot like shards of a mirror. With some processing, they might be able to be restored into a lens. And if the technology in our stomachs becomes more advanced in the future, they could even be made into displays, GG signs, and the like.
Adhesive is a versatile material, and its biological activity is an advantage. If it can be mass-produced, then there will be no shortage of adhesive in the future.
Thinking of this, Fang Qi could no longer suppress his urge to cause trouble.
At a corner, he quietly extended his wheel and, taking advantage of the fishermen's inattention, sped backward.
"Watch closely, this is my escape plan!"
"I'll only perform this one time—accelerating and coasting!"
Clang.
The barrel fell off the cart and quickly slid down the mountain.
The ground was uneven, and the barrels' path twisted and turned with the terrain, stumbling and breaking many coral crystal clusters along the way.
Several fish-men were leisurely crawling and chatting when they heard a strange noise. They turned around abruptly: "Where did my baby fall... glug... Quick, chase glug!"
They stood upright, like bipedal lizards, their hind legs kicking rapidly as they charged towards Fang Qi.
In just a short while, the distance was reduced by half.
"Wait, how come fishmen can run so fast even on land?!"
Fang Qi exclaimed in surprise, but the wheels kept turning.
Accelerate! Speed up and coast!
We haven't stored enough materials yet, how can we be overtaken?
The three wheels spun rapidly, not caring what was behind them; anything of value that they knocked off was stored in their stomach space.
"Gurgle... How can this magic barrel turn?" The level 35 murloc officer in the lead shouted as he ran, utterly puzzled.
"It has wheels... three wheels..." The fishman soldier behind him panted, barely keeping up.
"Why aren't you tied up properly!" the officer turned around and questioned, but the soldiers were speechless.
It clearly remembered that the magic barrel didn't have wheels.
Did I accidentally touch some kind of mechanism?
Fang Qi charged forward, slipped to the edge of the hatching terraces, and seeing that he had collected almost all the materials, he deliberately found a mound of earth and crashed into it with a "thud," taking the opportunity to stop the vehicle.
Further down, we should be collecting fish-man eggs, but the mud there is a dark, iridescent color and reeks of fish...
He had absolutely no interest in going down there.