nucmednet Chapter 24 The Most Advanced Infiltration Methods
Chapter 24 The Most Advanced Infiltration Methods
As the night passed, the pirates, having drunk their fill, lay sprawled haphazardly across the deck.
Only a few "lucky ones" who kept swallowing their saliva were left to control the course of the voyage.
Anyway, everyone around here is one of their people, so they're not afraid of being double-crossed or robbed.
Fang Q made a fortune and was currently dividing the spoils with Luo Xi.
"One for you, one for you, and one for you again. This one is mine." Rosie picked up the four gold coins and divided them into three equal parts.
This was the profit-sharing ratio that the two had agreed upon amicably beforehand, after deducting costs.
Fang Qi felt that taking a quarter of the ingredients was perfectly fine, since without her master-level skills to force the mixing, there would be no medicinal wine this time.
No matter how good his acting is, he won't earn that much.
Rosie also felt that she had made a profit.
Just throw it in a pot, add some ingredients, stir-fry it a couple of times, and you get gold coins without much effort. It's much more comfortable than working at the school store.
Before boarding the ship, Fang Qi had an index of 1388 points, while now the asset index in the trading terminal has reached 3138.
It has more than doubled.
Of these, sales of regular wheat beer were only so-so; the real money was made from Glorious Malt and Iron Lung.
The description of Glorious Malt is that it can remove dampness from the body, but in reality, it can cure the rheumatism of pirates!
The pirates called it a divine wine that could dispel the "devil's curse" and make their "joints stop hurting."
Thanks to the Blue-haired Pirates' promotion, Glorious Malt quickly became the most sought-after drink of the night.
It even reached the point where pirates would pawn their treasures to borrow gold coins to buy them.
While the Iron Lung didn't sell out like the Glorious Malt, more than half of it was still sold.
Judging from the pirates' drunken shouts, they were worried about not being able to go down into the shipwrecks near the island of breeding. Now that they had Iron Lung, they could carry out a large-scale salvage operation.
The shipwrecks were located northwest of the island of breeding, and Fang Qi quietly noted the location.
He wasn't going to pick the fruit beforehand; he was too lazy to do that.
Instead, he planned to wait until the pirates had looted enough, then set up a stall there, treating it like browsing an antique market, to see if he could find any good items.
As for the salt-blood medicinal wine, not a single bottle was sold.
Because he heard the pirates boast that the fish-men had peculiar tastes, liking smelly and salty things, Fang Qi thought that he might be able to sell them for a good price there!
After a while, Rose divided the gold coins into two piles, one large and one small.
"I've counted them," she said, pointing to the small pile, "780 gold coins, that's my commission."
Then they pushed the small pile into the large pile and mixed them together.
He clapped his hands and stood up: "Let's leave it with Mr. Box for now, consider it my deposit for the admission fee!"
"...Alright then."
Fang Qi didn't understand why Luo Xi had spent so much time doing such useless work, but he still respected her hobby.
There's really not much to do in the stomach space; maybe counting money is their form of entertainment?
However, with over three thousand asset points, he could already reach level 20 and evolve his "Mimicry" talent once more.
But Fang Qi decided to remain inactive.
After evolution, the time to input materials is only twelve hours, so prepare more items first.
Lately, I've been busy earning points and haven't acquired any new items, nor do I have any good assets to guide the evolution of "mimicry".
He didn't really like the original tentacles or beliefs, and they weren't in such a critical situation that he absolutely needed to use them.
So he planned to sneak into the merfolk's hometown to see what good stuff they had before making a decision.
Fang Qi already had an infiltration plan: "Mo Ning, put me on the gift list for the merfolk."
"Huh?" Mo Ning didn't react.
Is the familiar about to sacrifice himself?
Does he represent the admiral, himself, or the pirates?
Or should we infiltrate?
"Let's write... magical technology that can produce top-quality salty wine," Fang Qi thought for a moment, then added, "ancient technology."
"Huh? Ancient technology?" Mo Ning was stunned again.
It turns out that the familiar is ancient technology unearthed from the ruins. No wonder it has such a unique personality and such great strength!
Indeed, anything related to ancient technology is never weak.
Fang Qi saw that Mo Ning had been pondering for a long time after he said something, and felt that this sausage had become stupid.
Is it so hard to understand to package a product?
He found "Ancient Technology" on a player forum.
A player posted a message claiming that the "Mysterious Treasure Chest Merchant" is not a "Mimic Monster," but something older and more advanced.
The player who posted the thread pieced together a truth by citing item descriptions, sighted appearances, evolution ability analysis, and quest fragments—that is—
The "Mysterious Treasure Chest Merchant" is a "culmination of ancient technology".
Inside its mouth are clues leading to later maps, and it may even lead directly to a hidden ruin area.
The player also posted screenshots of several texts found in the main city library, which read:
"...At the twilight of an era, truth is forged, and all things can be reconstructed..."
"...It is not a greedy predator, but the last ark and furnace..."
"...When the gears mesh again, it will unleash a miracle powerful enough to reverse fate..."
Players believed it to be true, and some speculated that it was a mobile base, a crafting station, an armory, or even a vending machine for leveling up characters.
Fang Qi had no idea from which obscure corners this research-obsessed player had dug up the description.
But looking back now, it has given me new insights.
Even though he's the leader of the Mimics, he doesn't necessarily have to be a proper box.
Imagine being a cyber vending machine in ancient times, or even, as you level up and your stomach expands, turning it into a portable production line!
Suddenly I had a direction!
Go to the murlocs and look for entries related to expansion or manufacturing!
"Hmm?" He hummed in response to Mo Ning.
Mo Ning, who was halfway through pondering the matter, suddenly realized something and quickly replied, "No problem, I'll find someone right away... Never mind, I'll handle it myself!"
After receiving Fang Qi's permission, he ran with his short legs and soon brought over the cart.
"Sir, the list has been rewritten, and the gifts are all in the other warehouse. Shall we set off?" Mo Ning asked tentatively.
He also realized that he shouldn't ask questions he shouldn't ask, and knowing too much is not a good thing.
He still wants to return to the island peacefully and live to retirement!
"Let's go." Fang Qi swayed his body, activated his mimicry talent, and the "Magic Technology" logo disappeared, instantly becoming ordinary and unremarkable to anyone.
We'll change inside, so the pirates won't give us away!
The most sophisticated infiltration often requires only the simplest methods.
From this moment forward, he is the ancient technology barrel that the pirates gave to the fishmen.
The flagship product is Salt Blood, a wheat wine with ten times the saltiness that fishmen love to drink.
As Fang Qi passed by on the deck, he caught a glimpse of the ring-shaped island in the distance.
The most striking feature is the port built from the skeletons of unknown creatures.
It's time to get ready to disembark.