"Captain, but you don't need to worry too much. Becoming an Undead body is quite good. Look, you're not even afraid of death, how great is that?"
"Do you have taste when you eat?"
"Can you step onto land?"
"Is your 'thing' still usable?"
Lu Chen's three consecutive questions instantly froze Jack, who had originally been trying to act casual.
Jack stiffly lowered his head and looked at his 'thing', which he had once been so proud of.
He immediately broke down,
Hugged Lu Chen's thigh tightly and burst into tears,
"Oh, Captain~"
"I'm really too miserable~"
"I have no taste when I eat, everything tastes the same~"
"I'm forever bound to this sea, I can't even see green plants up close~"
"Most importantly, my 'thing', my lifeline, is unusable!"
"Captain, you must help me break this curse~"
"Wuwuwu~"
Looking at Jack, who was hugging his thigh tightly and crying his eyes out,
Lu Chen's eye twitched involuntarily.
This bastard,
I knew being cursed couldn't be a good thing.
If there were no side effects, it wouldn't be called a curse, a blessing would be more appropriate.
He could barely accept the first two side effects,
But the third one,
He absolutely could not tolerate not being able to use his 'thing'!
It's like a joke!
Without his "treasure", what fun is there in life?
This curse must be lifted within a year!
Otherwise, once he is fully transformed into an Undead body, he will forever lose the chance to step onto land.
By then, trying to lift the curse will be even more difficult!
However, the most pressing matter is to first get out of this Newbie Sea Area.
"Little dumpling, absorb the Ghost Ship."
Lu Chen sighed helplessly.
"Don't worry about the curse, we've already been hit..."
"Guji~"
Little dumpling responded dejectedly, then activated Abyssal Absorption on the Ghost Ship.
As Little dumpling absorbed,
The strange black mist that enveloped the Ghost Ship immediately vanished.
The dazed Undead sailors on the ship wailed one after another, turning into piles of withered bones.
The originally eerie and terrifying Ghost Ship,
Instantly turned into a pile of dilapidated ship wreckage.
Seeing this, Lu Chen quickly rowed his wooden boat closer.
He had Little dumpling infuse the newly absorbed power into the wooden boat.
In an instant, the originally unremarkable Newbie wooden boat was shrouded in black mist.
Faint wailing sounds seeped out from the black mist.
This Newbie wooden boat, as if inheriting the soul of the aging obsidian, transformed into a newborn Ghost Ship.
"Wow, Captain, is this our new ship? What's its name?"
Jack's eyes were shining.
Although this Newbie wooden boat in front of him was pitifully small compared to his obsidian,
But, this ship can move!
He had been trapped on the immobile obsidian for so long, he was almost bored to death.
Now that Lu Chen had become his Master, he was also able to leave that dead ship with Lu Chen.
"Hmm, now that you mention it, I should indeed give my ship a name."
Lu Chen rubbed his chin in thought.
"How about this, there are three people on the ship now, each of us will suggest a name, and then we'll vote by raising hands."
"Me first, me first!"
Jack couldn't wait to raise his hand, "Let's call it the 'Invincible Pretty Girl'!"
"Guji!"
Little dumpling also raised a tentacle, indicating it wanted to be called the "Guji".
Listening to these two suggestions, Lu Chen helplessly rubbed his forehead.
I knew asking these two was redundant...
"Okay, combining everyone's opinions, I've decided to call it the Netherworld!"
Lu Chen decided.
"Captain, that's not what you said just now, wasn't it a vote by raising hands? My Invincible Pretty Girl is so much nicer!"
Jack clearly didn't want to give up.
"Guji Guji~ Guji!"
Little dumpling wasn't to be outdone and raised eight small tentacles.
Meaning it had more hands, it won, and it should be called the Guji!
"I'm the Captain, I make the decisions!"
Lu Chen glared, completely ignoring the protests of the skeleton and the octopus.
He would die before accepting a Ghost Ship being called something like Invincible Pretty Girl or Guji!
Just then, Lu Chen suddenly remembered that Li Xinyi's special ship seemed to have sunk nearby.
"Jack, before I arrived, did you sink a wooden boat?"
"Ah, yes, there was such a thing."
Jack scratched his head, recalling,
"There was a beautiful woman on that ship, her figure, her face, tsk tsk tsk, truly stunning, it's just a shame she was too far away from me. I casually ordered a sailor to attack a few times, but she still managed to escape."
"Ah, what a pity..."
Jack looked regretful.
"I wasn't asking you that, where did that ship sink?"
Lu Chen looked at Jack with a face full of contempt.
You don't have your 'thing' anyway, what does it matter to you if she's pretty?
"Oh, it seems to be in that direction." Jack pointed not far away.
Lu Chen's mind moved, and two terrifying and hideous Rotten Corpse Sharks swiftly swam towards the direction Jack indicated.
Before long, the Rotten Corpse Sharks dragged a dilapidated wooden boat wreckage to the surface.
"Little dumpling, try to see if you can absorb the talent of this ship."
"Guji~"
A moment later, Lu Chen's Netherworld gained another talent: Extreme Speed (D-rank).
【Reinforced Newbie Wooden Boat (Captain - Lu Chen) (Cursed)】
【Level: Intermediate】
【Crew: 2/6】
【Durability: 300】
【Weapon Slot: Small Weapon 1/1 (Reinforced Whale Hunting Ballista)】
【Speed: Medium (Paddling)】
【Defense: Medium (Light Armor)】
【Talents: Ghost Ship (B-rank), Ecological Symbiosis (D-rank), Extreme Speed (D-rank)】
"The ship is still short of four Undead crew members. If I summon Skeletons again this time and endow them with Death Energy, I should be able to transform them into Undead creatures."
When Little dumpling absorbed the Ghost Ship earlier, all the Undead sailors on the ship dissipated.
The Death Energy within the Undead sailors all went to Lu Chen, totaling 3500 points.
No sooner said than done,
Lu Chen activated White Bone Control again.
In an instant, countless fragments of white bone appeared before his eyes and rapidly pieced together.
Before long, four complete Skeletons stood before him.
"Go!"
Lu Chen low-roared.
Four soul fires condensed from Death Energy drifted towards the four Skeletons respectively.
However, the result was not entirely as he wished—only two of the Skeletons successfully lit up their dim eyes.
The other two, under the burning of the soul fire, turned into scattered white bones on the ground.
"So that's how it is. It seems the level of Undead creatures I can create cannot exceed my own realm."
Lu Chen instantly understood.
He had previously injected 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-order Death Energy into these four Skeletons respectively.
But only the 1st and 2nd-order Skeletons successfully survived.
Having understood the principle, Lu Chen took out another 300 points of Death Energy and successfully created 4 peak 2nd-order Skeleton Warriors.
"Hmm, not bad. It seems I am indeed compatible with Undead magic."
Lu Chen nodded in satisfaction.
Although these four Skeleton Warriors before him had low intelligence and could only execute the simple commands he gave,
They were real peak 2nd-order creatures, their strength formidable and awe-inspiring!