I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

With the departure of the ”Gray Sparrow,” the matter came to an end.

The legend of Montecarlo still has many unknowns, unable to be explored for now.

”Do you think, Montecarlo can devour corpses, acquire corresponding memories, and even transform into their appearance? Is it possible that it can also replicate their talent abilities?”

Looking at the war ruins state of the Proud Slime Mushroom Umbrella Sea Area, Li Lingzhen subconsciously asked.

Her question made Han Zhan’s brow furrow.

”If that’s really the case, then the situation in the Central Sea Area might be even more complex than we imagined.”

Montecarlo, the end of the world, apocalypse.

Or, perhaps there is a real connection between them.

”You can see, the intensity of battles later should grow increasingly fierce.”

”Be it large-scale ship cannon battles, boarding skirmishes, or melee combat, the ’Gray Sparrow’s’ shortcomings are also evident.”

Other ships are equipped with at least ten cannons, even twenty or thirty, with numerous gunners and sailors ready at any time.

The manpower is the first shortcoming of the ”Gray Sparrow.”

Then the roller cannons—three roller cannons are clearly insufficient to handle the situation of being surrounded by numerous enemy ships, as seen in the battle with Montecarlo, easily allowing them to close in and climb aboard, the second shortcoming.

The third shortcoming is armor and close-range weapons. Currently on the ship, aside from Han Zhan himself, Feng Xiaozao and Gongyang Jin, other Contracted Spirit Girls lack the ability to protect themselves, which poses a hidden risk.

The fourth shortcoming is special tools; the previous Spring Breeze Port was only a Level Two base port and didn’t sell any particularly useful special tools.

Based on all this, Han Zhan has already planned his next destination in his mind.

Approaching the Central Sea Area’s Level Seven supply point,

Saint-Teres Port.

However, before then, more materials for trade need to be gathered first.

In the Level Seven supply point, good items must be abundant, but correspondingly, the required water currency will certainly be plentiful too.

The thousands of water currency in Han Zhan’s hands seem truly insufficient.

If Bai Wuheng were here, it’d be great; he’s so wealthy... Missing Bai Wuheng on the first day.

”Ah Zhan, these Proud Slime Mushroom Umbrellas floating on the sea can also be collected.”

Li Lingzhen reminded, ”I just took some and did an experiment, discovering that adding them to other compounds will additionally enhance traits related to ’desire.’”

”I wonder if such specially traited pharmaceuticals might be in high demand in the upper markets?”

After hearing Li Lingzhen’s words, Han Zhan leaned back tactically, astonished.

Truly deserving of you, Lingzhen... Han Zhan thought emotionally, pinching Lingzhen’s cheek, ”I have a feeling this will not only be in demand, but could even cause a sensation!”

”Siteng, prepare the fishing net; Xiao Jin, change the ship’s course.”

”Gather all these materials from the sea; they’re all money!”

The engagement with Montecarlo by the ”Gray Sparrow” destroyed large swathes of Proud Slime Mushroom Umbrellas.

The colorful mushroom materials are scattered everywhere in this sea area.

And due to this, the dense wonder of tree-like stilt roots standing in the sea temporarily vanished.

Just temporarily.

The Proud Slime Mushroom Umbrellas were not truly destroyed by cannon fire; they are deeply rooted in ocean floor rock crevices. As long as the roots are not destroyed, they won’t truly perish.

It’s unknown how long it will take them to regrow to their originally spectacular state.

...

In the days that followed.

Big Golden Fur adjusts the ”Gray Sparrow’s” course daily by tossing a coin.

Luck indeed increased, albeit not quite as dramatically as Chen Dubei’s fortune goddess favor, but ensuring daily steady encounters and special events.

As the special materials in the ”Gray Sparrow’s” storage bay are collected in greater quantity.

Drawing closer to the target destination, Level Seven base port Saint-Teres Port.

Ten days flew by.

That day at noon.

Xia Youwei excitedly showcases her latest culinary creation to everyone, Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs!

The Water Planet is different from Blue Star, with differences in edible ingredients and seasonings.

Thus, being able to replicate Blue Star’s cuisine is a joyous occasion for Xia Youwei.

The Contracted Spirit Girls who have the chance to taste the food would agree.

In front of Han Zhan, the properties of the Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs are displayed:

”Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs: For residents of Water Planet, this is surely a strange dish; its sweet and sour taste doesn’t seem... so hard to accept?”

”Increases Hunger Value by 20 points, increases Spiritual Value by 20 points. Has a 50% chance of activating a 3-second invincible effect.”

Impressive!

Successfully replicating the taste of Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs goes without saying, adding so much Hunger and Spiritual Value, with the key being that special effect.

50% chance, 3 seconds of invincibility.

In critical moments, it can definitely play a crucial role.

”The ribs in the Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs should have been bought previously at Spring Breeze Port, but in my memory, there shouldn’t be vinegar on our ship...”

Sometimes, suitable seasonings are rarer than ingredients.

The ”Gray Sparrow” currently possesses only concentrated sweet juice from Lamp Bulb Water Grass and salt granules knocked off and ground from Salted Angel.

Where did the vinegar come from?

”This morning, while heading down the course, it was net-fished; you were asleep then and didn’t know.”

Li Lingzhen laughed, ”See, it’s this kind of fish.”

She pointed at another dish on the table.

”Its name in the recipe is ’Vinegar Bag Fish,’ said initially not a variety from Water Planet.”

”In traceable historical records, it was originally a fine-scaled fish brought to Water Planet by a High Level Adventurer, but it fits well into Water Planet’s sea areas.”

”Its body is slender, scaly, has few fish bones, and the meat is tender.”

”Later, to digest unknown meat types within Water Planet sea areas, it evolved a membrane bag through long evolutionary history.”

”Its membrane bag stores weak acidic fermentation digestion fluid, which can be diluted to use as vinegar, hence the name Vinegar Bag Fish.”

The vinegar bag of Vinegar Bag Fish was taken to make vinegar seasoning, while the fish was cooked into a dish.

This might well describe consuming a fish in two ways.

”No wonder why the Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs had an extra bit of savoriness; now it makes sense,” Feng Xiaozao exclaimed in realization.

After lunch, everyone planned to stroll on deck for a post-meal walk.

Today’s weather is nice; cloudy but with light rain, and the sea waves aren’t too big.

”We have one day of sailing left to reach Saint-Teres Port,” Gongyang Jin glanced at the sea chart coordinates and said.

At this moment, not far from them on the sea surface, three large battleships suddenly appeared.

They could be immediately noticed thanks to the conspicuous red hate marks fluttering on them.

So red it’s glaring!