Chapter 389: Establishing the Naval Department!
Following Xiao Chuan Shuo Fan Jiu Fan, Li Xiang boarded one of the ships.
Under Xiao Chuan's command, the NPC Captain piloted the ship forward.
Soon, they arrived at the nearby sea area.
The ship's movement speed was not slow; it was even slightly faster than the large Pirate Ship Number One that Li Xiang had confiscated from the Qatar Merchant Group.
Especially after injecting energy, the speed directly doubled.
Speed was completely not an issue.
Next was the demonstration of combat capability.
Using lure items, they attracted all the surrounding Monsters. These sea monster Monsters around level 40 were already considered low-level Monsters at this stage.
There were four Magic Cannons mounted on each side of the ship, and two each at the front and back, for a total configuration of 12 Magic Cannons on one ship.
Xiao Chuan operated one of the Magic Cannons. The operation method was simple and fool-proof, with two ways: one was for a Mage to directly bombard, and the other was with a fuse, allowing ordinary people to shoot by lighting the fuse.
Shell loading was semi-automatic, but if operated by a Mage, it was fully automatic.
Boom!
As the fuse was lit, the shell instantly shot out, landing in the center of the large number of attracted sea monsters.
Bang!!
Huge splashes of water rose, dozens of sea monsters were killed, and at the same time, the sea surface hit by the shell was briefly frozen.
This was because after the Gods Guild was upgraded to Zhushen City, a Master Gunpowder Maker came to the city. After Xiao Chuan learned about it, he immediately tried every means to invite him over.
These shells were his masterpiece.
Ice Seal Cannonball, Flame Fire Bomb, Poison Mist Cannonball. Their effects were as their names suggested. The Ice Seal Cannonball caused damage upon explosion and would freeze the central area of the explosion range. Its instant damage was moderate among the three types of shells, focusing on control.
The Flame Fire Bomb had the strongest instant damage among the three types of shells, and after the explosion, it caused splash damage to the surroundings with Flame Fire, focusing on output.
The Poison Mist Cannonball was the most special among the three types of shells. Besides causing extremely high damage at the point of impact, it produced poison mist. Upon impact, it would explode, generating a large amount of poison mist with a very wide range. Furthermore, it could produce different poisoning effects depending on the built-in toxins, and it was also the most expensive among the three types of shells.
Currently, with these three types of shells, they could basically handle most situations.
"Continue to a larger sea area to see how effective it is against level 80 Monsters."
"Yes, President!"
After injecting energy and moving at double speed, they arrived at the largest Kuang Lang Sea area near Wu Shuang City.
When testing the power of the ships, Xiao Chuan would always bring the ships here.
The central area here was a level 80 Monster zone.
A large number of sea monsters appeared and attacked the ship.
Li Xiang also witnessed the ship's defensive capabilities. These level 80 Monsters caused extremely limited damage to the ship.
Xiao Chuan explained, "The hull uses anti-magic materials and extremely hard meteorite-grade materials. While the cost is high, the defensive capability is extremely outstanding."
"Okay, test the power then."
This time, Xiao Chuan used the Flame Fire Bomb.
As the roar of the cannon echoed, it landed in the center of the level 80 Monster group.
Rumble!!!
Even on the sea surface, the Flame Fire still burned, leaving a fiery area on the water.
The level 80 sea monsters at the center of the explosion were instantly killed, and those at the edges also lost more than half of their health.
Seeing this, Li Xiang nodded repeatedly, "Not bad... this power is good..."
These level 80 sea monsters had about 400,000 health, and they could be killed with one shot.
If these shells landed in a group of players, even level 100 players would probably be directly blasted into ash...
"President, there's an island ahead with quite a few cannibals on it. How about we try the Poison Mist Cannonball there?"
Li Xiang nodded, "Let's go!"
Soon, the ship arrived in front of the island in the middle of the sea. Many cannibals came to the shore, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, throwing various stone weapons at the ship. They were all level 80 Monsters, and throwing was a skill that caused slight damage to the ship's hull.
Seeing these cannibals, Li Xiang thought of the Cannibal Island in the Garna Sea when he first arrived in the Dafen Empire.
"Fire the shell."
Xiao Chuan immediately loaded a Poison Mist Cannonball.
This time, Li Xiang also saw the firing range of the shell.
It was very far...
Xiao Chuan aimed for the central area of the island as the landing point.
As the Poison Mist Cannonball landed, large patches of purple poison mist began to spread.
Soon, the entire central area of the island was covered by poison mist, and even at the edges, there was a thin layer of poison mist.
The many cannibal Monsters on the shore were enveloped by the poison mist and began to lose health continuously.
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This was only at the edge; after being poisoned, the damage per second exceeded ten thousand. One could only imagine the damage in the central area.
"How much damage can it deal in the central area?"
Hearing Li Xiang's question, Xiao Chuan scratched his head sheepishly, "Because the poison mist is indiscriminate, the damage in the central area hasn't been measured yet."
Li Xiang nodded and got off the ship directly, "I'll go take a look."
Xiao Chuan was stunned, "President... the poison damage is very high... You..."
The next second, he saw Li Xiang enter the poison mist, but the poison mist did not cause any damage to Li Xiang.
"This..."
Poison damage was also a type of magic. With Li Xiang's high magic defense of 400,000, this type of poison would not cause effective damage to him.
There were many cannibals on the entire island.
As Li Xiang went deeper, the poison mist also became denser.
The damage received by the cannibals was also gradually increasing.
From over ten thousand at the island's edge to over twenty thousand near the edge.
When Li Xiang arrived in the central area, there were no cannibals still alive; they had all been poisoned to death.
After circling the central area, Li Xiang saw the cannibal BOSS.
It was the only one that had survived in the poison mist.
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As it stayed in the poison mist longer, the poison damage would get higher and higher.
【LV80. Cannibal King】
Quality: Silver BOSS
Health: 5023179/6973930
Physical Attack: 81668~81809
Physical Defense: 61590
Magic Defense: 51560
【Commentary: The king among the Human Clan, bloodthirsty!】
A Silver-grade BOSS with a Magic Defense of over fifty thousand was still taking such high sustained damage in the center of the poison mist. Ordinary level 80 Monsters would probably receive over a hundred thousand poison damage.
Seeing Li Xiang, the Cannibal King charged over furiously.
"Damn Human... you actually use poison!"
Li Xiang had no intention of fighting him. He pulled back to a distance and hid to observe.
As time passed, the poison damage the Cannibal King received quickly reached one hundred thousand. After reaching this amount of damage, the damage stopped increasing. Apparently, it had reached the limit of poisoning effect achievable on the Cannibal King.
Having understood the power of the Poison Mist Cannonball, Li Xiang stepped forward and finished off the Cannibal King.
"Ding! Killed Silver BOSS 'Cannibal King', gained Experience x69593, BOSS Points x4."
Returning to the ship, Li Xiang was extremely satisfied with the ship's power.
"Have they been named?"
"Not yet. We are waiting for you to return and name the ships."
Li Xiang nodded, "These ships will be called Cannibal Class. This one is Cannibal One, and the rest will be named according to their sequence number."
"Yes, President!"
"How many ships are there currently?"
"30 ships have been built and are all equipped with complete NPCs for operation, ready to be put into battle at any time."
"NPCs, huh..."
Li Xiang nodded, indicating that he knew. "You did very well. Come back to the Guild with me."
Xiao Chuan Shuo Fan Jiu Fan nodded excitedly.
This moment had finally arrived!
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That day, Xiao Chuan Shuo Fan Jiu Fan returned to the Guild. Under Li Xiang's appointment, he received a formal position and was officially promoted to Shipbuilding Governor, responsible for all sea vessel construction and development in Zhushen City, becoming a high-level member of the Guild, with a status second only to the two Deputy City Lords.
At the same time, the Gods Guild established a Naval Operations Department, referred to as the Naval Department. 30% of the Guild's resources for combat readiness were allocated to this department. Xiao Chuan Shuo Fan Jiu Fan concurrently served as the department head, and all players within the Guild with maritime operational experience were fully incorporated into this department. This department was also the first formal department established by the Gods Guild in the game, having strategic significance!
Upon receiving such a significant position and authority right away, Xiao Chuan Shuo Fan Jiu Fan's loyalty to Li Xiang directly exploded. If there were a progress bar, it would definitely be overflowing now.
And he also welcomed Li Xiang's new task: train a group of players to operate ships and conduct naval combat. The players to be trained would be selected from the Guilds subordinate to Gods, and those who performed exceptionally could directly enter the main Gods Guild.
Players from the Guilds subordinate to Gods once again got a wave of promotion opportunities and were all very excited.