Chapter 658: Players’ First “Naval Battle” Since the Launch of the Server! (1/2)

"Have you met the managers of the Alliance?"

"Yes... but they don't seem to be very enthusiastic about us."

Ideal Hotel.

In the guest room, the Foreign Minister of the Free State, Norreg, reported to Mayor Odo in detail what he saw and heard at the banquet.

To be honest, the strength of the Alliance was a little beyond his expectations.

He originally thought that this was just a settlement put together by a group of wastelanders and garbage men, but he didn't expect that they built a clean and tidy city-state on the ruins at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From nothing to something is the most remarkable stage.

The Free State has experienced from nothing to high-rise buildings, and Norreg knows how difficult it is.

So he will not naively measure the potential of a settlement by the number of concrete high-rise buildings, nor will he underestimate them because Dawn City is still developing.

These guys have sufficient technical reserves, the productivity to turn technical reserves into products, and the enterprising spirit to push society forward and the cohesion to resolve differences.

When residents of all walks of life in the Free State are still arguing about whether to lean towards the Legion or the enterprise, they have already firmly walked on their own path.

If the Alliance continues to develop at its current speed, as long as they have enough population, they will soon be able to soar to the same level as them like taking a space elevator.

Especially when they master the technology of manipulating slime mold fruiting bodies!

In fact, the Alliance's population growth rate has reached a staggering level.

More and more wastelanders who are fed up with chaos and longing for order have joined the Alliance and are assimilated by the social ideas they promote.

This scene is simply familiar.

In the early years after the dissolution of the post-war committee, similar things had happened.

It was precisely because those wastelanders who were fed up with the post-war reconstruction committee unswervingly chose the Free State that the incredible miracle was born in the northern part of the Valley Province.

Of course, there is another thing that makes Norregg more afraid.

Unlike the Free State that pursued isolationism back then, the Alliance, which took an active interventionist attitude in regional affairs, not only won the favor of the ancient survivors with one victory after another, but also accumulated huge prestige for itself.

Some clues can be seen from the events in Jinchuan Province.

Even though the farmers there hated the Alliance, when faced with the need to choose between the Torch Church and the Alliance, those cunning guys still joined the Alliance without any prior agreement.

Even though those guys were still flirting with the apostles of the Torch Church a second ago.

"... Compared with the strength shown by the Alliance in the economic, military and cultural fields, what makes me more afraid is their increasingly amazing prestige."

"The scene in the banquet hall can be called a tribute from all nations. Even the survivor settlements far away in the Yunjian Province have sent envoys to them on corporate flights. Some radical survivor settlements have even taken the initiative to ask to join them."

"If they continue to develop, they may become our biggest competitor, and may even become the "sixth power" after us!"

This is the name agreed upon by the Free State itself.

Under the broad consensus of local survivors, the Great Rift Valley, which inherited the orthodoxy of the Post-War Reconstruction Committee, is the first power on the Central Continent, followed by the Legion and the Enterprise, the aloof academy is in fourth place, and the Free State is fifth.

In Norregg's opinion, the Alliance has the potential to become the sixth most powerful power!

They have become a force that cannot be underestimated!

Just as Mayor Odo was having a headache about how to conduct diplomacy with the Alliance, Chu Guang was also having a headache about one thing at this moment.

To his surprise, he received a special gift at this banquet - a free shelter!

And it was a two-digit shelter!

However, what also made him difficult was that this shelter was at least 2,000 kilometers away from the Alliance, and it was far behind the Alliance's old enemy.

After the meeting with Sun Yuechi, Chu Guang returned to the B4 floor of Shelter No. 404 and studied the map over and over again.

The shortest shortcut to Shelter No. 70 is to cross Jinchuan Province and Haiya Province, and then reach the southern sea.

If we use the map of the Earth in the parallel world as a reference, compare the Central Continent to the Eurasian Continent, the Wandering Swamp to Siberia, and the Tianshui to the Yangtze River, then the River Valley Province is roughly equivalent to the area from "Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan" to northern Hubei.

And Shelter No. 70 and its artificial island are located in "Philippine Island".

This distance is not ordinary far!

In order to avoid the area controlled by the Torch Church, Sun Yuechi chose to land in the eastern provinces, pass through the Yuema Province, enter the country from the southeast corner of the River Valley Province, and go to Qingquan City along the southern corridor.

The total mileage of this route exceeds 5,000 kilometers!

It is farther than from the Alliance to the Enterprise!

Staring at the map and thinking for a long time, Chu Guang couldn't help showing a trace of difficulty on his face.

"... It seems that the recovery of Shelter No. 70 can only wait until the recovery of the Haiya Province."

At this moment, Xiao Qi suddenly called softly.

"Master."

Chu Guang subconsciously looked at Xiao Qi sitting on the pen holder at the corner of the table after moving his eyes away from the map.

"What's wrong?"

Xiao Qi, holding his chin with both hands, shook his calves and asked curiously at him.

"Why don't you ask your players for help like before?" Chu Guang was slightly stunned when he heard this suggestion.

It's thousands of kilometers away from the nearest save point...

Are there any players active in that area?

Almost as soon as this idea appeared in Chu Guang's mind, a certain ID popped out of his head.

etc--

Although it doesn't feel very reliable.

But if I insist on saying it, it seems that it is true...

Chu Guang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly looked at Xiao Qi and asked.

"Is there a way to authorize it remotely?"

Xiao Qi thought for a moment and said seriously.

"Well...the authentication password and biometric information of the administrator's identity are not suitable for remote transmission. It would be troublesome if intercepted. However, the dynamic password that grants management permission for a short period of time only has a string of characters. Xiao Qi feels that through the official website email 'It is also possible to send it to the player in the form, as long as the player inputs it once on the terminal, it will be OK."

This kind of authorization obtained through offline dynamic password is equivalent to custody. The generation method is somewhat similar to the "token" of early online games. The dynamic password will be automatically updated based on special algorithms and non-fixed parameters such as date. The general authorization period is 7 to 14 days. After expiration, you can renew by entering again.

When Chu Guang heard this, he was immediately ecstatic.

Good guy.

This morphological field technology is even more powerful than quantum communication!

The security of remote authorization using this method is simply invincible. Unless someone can intercept the electromagnetic waves from another world, it will never be intercepted.

With a plan in mind, Chu Guang immediately ordered.

"Xiaoqi, help me edit an offline mission... emmm, forget it, just write a new map test in the email."

Because he wasn't sure how much the income would be, or even what treasures he inherited, Chu Guang couldn't determine the rewards for the mission, so he simply gave them in the name of testing based on the situation.

It's a closed beta test.

The important thing is to participate!

Is it important to reward something like this?

The key is participation!

Xiaoqi immediately understood what the master meant and said with a smile.

"receive!"

"You still understand me." Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction, then put this matter aside for the time being and concentrated on studying the details of the cross-regional cooperation organization.

There is basically no suspense about the participation of colleges and enterprises. In addition, more than 20 survivor settlements, large and small, have expressed their intention to cooperate.

Currently, the first batch of settlements and areas to be included in the harmless treatment of mutant slime mold include Binghai City in the far north and Yunxia City in the far east.

When Xiaoyu goes there and opens a branch base, the alliance's "territory" will expand by a full circle.

How to develop these two new maps well is related to the well-being of the vast majority of players' gaming experience.

And this is also the most important task for Chu Guang as the alliance manager at the moment...

…

Just when Chu Guang kicked the ball back from the south, Ah Wei and his team, who were still in the game, did not immediately receive the long-awaited email.

No time to care.

At this moment, in the rough southern seas, a cargo ship with a displacement of less than 5,000 meters was rising and falling with the waves in the night.

Its shape can be described as bizarre, with the edges of the riveted steel hull connected to the black iron planks that repel alien species, and the towering chimney spewing gray smoke from incomplete combustion.

Although the entire ship adopts many design concepts of modern ships, its style is completely steampunk.

What is even more surprising is not only its shape, but also the various equipment on the hull.

I saw six wheeled 100mm short-barreled field guns placed on the spacious deck, as well as a 155mm artillery produced by the alliance and two towed quadruple 20mm cannons.

In fact, in addition to these weapons, the ship also carries various types of harpoon guns, depth charges, etc.

However, compared to those weird heavy firepowers, these mediocre weapons are not worth mentioning.

The roaring flag of the polar bear buzzed in the noisy sea breeze, but the roar was a little embarrassing.

Because less than ten nautical miles behind it, two warships flying the green double-knife flag and a dozen assault boats were following closely.

As expected, an accident finally happened to these trouble-making guys...

"Si! Drive faster! The pirates are about to catch up!"

Tail stood at the stern of the boat with one foot on the side of the boat, holding a monocular in one hand and looking at the blurry shadows in the distance. He also wore a red scarf symbolizing freedom on his head.

Rather than saying that the two staggered scimitars were pirate flags, it would be better to say that she standing at the stern of the ship looked more like a pirate leader.

This is true both in temperament and image.

As for the people chasing them, they were the Xilan Empire that unified Borneo Province. In other words, they were full-fledged regular troops.

However, due to the sloppiness of the establishment of this "empire", the sailors on the ship are all landlubbers, and the warships equipped with them were bought from the Hump Kingdom, and maybe they were produced by the same shipyard.

Therefore, the two sides pecked each other for hundreds of miles on the vast ocean, and they didn't even scratch off a piece of each other's ship paint.

However, even so, Sisi, who was holding the rudder, did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and even panicked in his heart.

Although she has been at the helm and sailing ships for some time, this is her first naval battle with a "regular army".

"It's already the maximum speed! Gan! We have brought too much stuff! If we keep going like this, we will be overtaken sooner or later!"

She heard that she could drive faster with the help of tides and sea breeze, but she no longer had time to cut out the game and ask Du Niang.

She had locked the throttle controller in full forward gear, but she saw that the other party was getting closer and closer to them.

Looking at the increasingly clear black shadow with furrowed brows, Tail quickly looked at the big white bear behind him and the 155 artillery piece pushed to the stern by the latter.

"Rourou! Are you ready?"

"Right now... loading is complete!" After working for a while, Rourou finally stuffed the shell into the barrel of the gun with his clumsy bear paw, and then locked the breech.

Tails saw this and looked at Sesame Paste excitedly and shouted.

"15 kilometers! About!"

"Receive it, receive it!"

Sesame Paste took a deep breath, adjusted the shooting parameters on the illumination meter, and then the cat-like pupils shrank into a slit.

Her gift was to strengthen her hearing.

However, as her level increases, her eyesight also shows characteristics that are different from ordinary agility players, especially in night vision environments.

Looking at the undulating black shadows on the sea in the distance, she completed the final correction, and then hurriedly gave Tai Tai a "no problem" look.

He clenched his fists and waved his tail forward excitedly.

"fire!"

"Open, fire!"

Sesame paste covered his ears the moment he pulled the tether. The deafening sound of the cannon was like thunder exploding on the sea, shaking the deck.

Although the land artillery is like a toothpick at sea, the caliber of 155mm is still much stronger than the 100mm on the opposite side.

There was no suspense. The impact point and the aiming position were at least five kilometers apart.

The orange-yellow tracer was obviously heading for the battleship behind it, but it fell in front of the dozen assault boats.

The water splash that exploded very close at hand startled the sailors who were chasing after them in the assault boats, and even their seasickness was cured.

However, the captain, who was standing on the bridge and looking ahead, regarded this as a provocation to himself and ordered with a dark face.

"Fire!"

The adjutant standing aside did not dare to neglect and quickly conveyed the order to various artillery positions.

Three 100mm cannons were pushed to the front end of the deck and fixed. A total of six cannons from the two warships were aimed at the rising and falling freighter from a distance.

Following the order, a blast of cannons exploded, and streaks of orange tracer light cut through the night and rushed towards the freighter.

The opponent's hit rate is also only half a dozen. The shells either fly far away or fly close, and they can't hit such a big target.

The two sides exchanged fire back and forth, and the shells shuttled across the rough sea, only hurting the sailors and the fish in the middle.

"A bunch of trash! What the hell are they doing for food!"

The captain on the battleship yelled angrily and wanted to crush the telescope with his clenched fists.

He only regretted that his war horse couldn't swim, otherwise he would have definitely taken the lead in charging and tore up the group of dog thieves who were stealing people.

The adjutant standing aside shivered and whispered.

"Mr. Captain... the turbulence on the sea is too great. It is difficult for our artillery to aim at such a distance. I suggest we wait until we get closer before firing."

On the one hand, they were running out of ammunition, and on the other hand, he was worried about bombing his own people in front.

Although he couldn't swallow that breath, the captain finally calmed down and raised his hand to give an order.

"Ceasefire!"

The gunfire that lasted for ten minutes finally stopped.

The sailors on the assault boat breathed a sigh of relief and prayed with all their strength to the diesel engine and the sun-carrying bull, hoping to rush to the opposite deck before the fuel ran out.

Their commander promised them a reward of one thousand dinars, five slaves, and thirty days' leave to anyone who came on board.

The stowaways and smuggled goods on board are their spoils of war.

As usual, the first person to board the deck gets priority.

On the other side, Tail, who was holding a monocular, suddenly discovered to his surprise that after the previous ten minutes of artillery battle, the "black shadow" that had been looming had disappeared into the rough night again.

Suddenly, she reacted.

"giao! Rourou! It's the recoil! Keep firing!"

Sesame paste smiled bitterly.

Although she is not a physics teacher, she feels that it is still a bit difficult to push a freighter with a displacement of nearly 5,000 meters with that little recoil.

The reason for the increased distance may be that the opposing artillery was not positioned correctly, there was a problem with the firing sequence, and the recoil caused the hull to yaw.

The other party obviously realized this, so he stopped firing.

If you continue to fire at this time, it may have the opposite effect...

Just when Sesame Paste was about to give a reminder, Si Si in the bridge shouted through the communication channel.

"Don't worry about those two battleships yet! Their assault boats are almost at our side!"

As she spoke, she lit the searchlight on the bridge and shined it towards the stern of the ship.

"My giao?!"

Tai Wei was startled when he heard this, and immediately put down his binoculars and looked closer. Sure enough, he saw the figures of assault boats emerging among the surging waves.

The closest ship to them was less than 600 meters away!

The sailors had already hung their bayonets on the barrels of their guns, and the sailors sitting in front of the assault boat had set up a light machine gun with a drum magazine, and loaded it neatly.

Through the bright searchlight, she could even see the evil smiles on the faces of the guys and the vomit residue hanging on their beards.

They chased and vomited all the way. Seeing that they were finally going to succeed, everyone was gearing up and ready for a fight.

The soldiers of Borneo are invincible!

Apart from Vaillant and those endless clone cannon fodders, they have never been afraid of anyone!

But they weren't the only ones excited.

Tail standing at the stern of the boat also became excited.

"Ouch! Rourou! Push our close-range defense cannon up to fry the fish!"

"okay!"

Rourou also shouted excitedly, and ran to the middle of the deck with all four paws on the ground. Not long after, he dragged the quadruple anti-aircraft gun composed of 20mm "light cavalry guns" back to the stern of the ship.

This thing is a masterpiece of Alliance military technology. It once showed its talents during the Bone Chewing Rebellion. It can be called a magic tool for cutting grass. Although it is almost out of date in the Alliance, it is still very popular in underdeveloped areas in the wasteland. .

"Put the anti-aircraft gun flat, the military court... put on the armor-piercing incendiary bombs!" He muttered excitedly, his tail turned hard and turned the winch, lowering the muzzle several depression angles.

Rourou, who had moved the ammunition box, took out a ammunition chain and handed it to Sesame Paste. The latter inserted the ammunition chain on the receiver and shouted towards the tail.

"Loading complete!"

Just as the four-gun anti-aircraft gun was being loaded, the Xilan Empire sailors squatting on the assault boat finally saw the anti-aircraft gun mounted on the side of the ship.

Almost all the people who were still grinning and grinning changed their expressions, and the centurion leading the team even yelled in horror.

"Fire! Everyone fire!"

There is nowhere to hide in this vast sea!

Although the distance of more than 500 meters was not the best time to fire, there was no time for him to hesitate at this moment.

If that machine gun cannot be destroyed, all of them will die!

Bursting gunfire sounded almost instantly, and the flying bullets rushed towards the ups and downs of the ship's side, making a clanging sound on the wide gun mantlet.

"Oooh! Come and try this!"

Tails, who finally completed his aim, gave a smirk and firmly held the trigger to fire.

The continuous banging and banging sounds became like the roar of a tearing machine, and the thick and long tongue of fire instantly became the most dazzling beam of light on the sea!

The assault boat that charged at the front was instantly torn into pieces, and the centurion lying on the bow was turned into minced meat before he could even let out a scream.

The fuel tank was hit by an armor-piercing incendiary bomb and caught fire. Like a lighter, it exploded into a burning fireball on the sea.

Then came the second ship, the third ship, the fourth ship...

Even though the remaining assault boats dispersed immediately, half of them were shot by the quadruple cannon in just half a minute.

Facing the roaring storm, the remaining sailors could no longer muster the courage to pursue, and they all turned around and fled in the direction of their own people.

Looking at the assault boats that had escaped the range of the machine guns and the drowned soldiers holding lifebuoys shivering on the sea, the tail did not continue to shoot at them, but smacked its tongue with dissatisfaction.

"Tsk, too weak!"

Given the opponent's level of expertise, it would probably take a lot of time to rescue these fallen soldiers, and the two warships behind them probably wouldn't be able to catch up with them.

God bless the big horned deer.

Hopefully their allies can arrive before the Cracklodon or other mutated sea beasts smell the blood.

This place is far away from the boundaries of Borneo Province, and the sun-carrying sacred cow may not be able to protect them.

However, even if she didn't catch up, she wouldn't sympathize with those guys.

Especially after seeing the conditions in Golden Gallon Port and Tasang, the City of Thousand Pillars, she only regretted not being able to save more people...

Looking at the shadow of the ship that had disappeared in the distance, Sisi let out a sigh of relief and yawned. The busy and sweaty sailors and the mercenaries who were waiting for him finally relaxed their tense nerves.

"Thank you for the blessing of the spirit of the sand sea..." A mercenary from the Lion Kingdom knelt on the ground devoutly and prayed towards the undulating sea.

The mercenary from the Camelback Kingdom looked at the guy and curled his lips, and couldn't help but muttered.

"The spirit of the sand sea can't control this. You might as well thank the messenger of the Silver Moon Goddess."

Sesame paste, who could already understand, smiled sheepishly.

The praying mercenary ignored the guy at all and kept talking to himself.

Several mercenaries from Qingquan City helped the captain Rourou, the big white bear, push the artillery placed on the deck back to the cabin fixation.

Tails also went to the cabin.

But instead of following him to the warehouse, she went to the bottom floor.

This used to be a cargo hold, but now it has been opened up and partitioned, transformed into a large bunk for people, and vents have been added.

Nearly a thousand refugees who fled Borneo were crowded here, filling the two-story cabin. Most of them were women and children, and they were also members of the Yue tribe who had been purged.

Borneo Province is known as the land of thousands of tribes. It is said that there are thousands of clans and tribes living there, and each clan has different beliefs.

Nowadays, the Xilan Dynasty rules the Borneo Province. The royal family has the blood of the Japanese and Niu people. Therefore, the Ni and Niu people have become the superior clans of the Borneo Province, and the sacred cow they share to carry the sun has therefore become the empire. beliefs and symbols.

Since the sun and the moon are in conflict with each other, and the sun rises and the moon sets, the existence of the Moon Clan means ominous for the Xilan Dynasty, and the Moon Clan has become an inferior clan.

And for the same absurd reason, the survivors with Moon Clan blood were purged and demoted as slaves.

Although Tai Tai is still confused to this day, how do people in Borneo accurately determine a person's ancestry from the crowd. After all, in her opinion, they all looked similar, at least they didn't have the obvious features of the Wilantes.

But anyway, they did it.

Maybe they have their own way.

The iron door opens.

A pair of eyes immediately looked at the door nervously. After confirming that the person coming was not a pursuer of the Xilan Empire, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

A half-grown little girl emerged from her mother's arms, ran to Tai Tai's side, and held the corner of her clothes without letting go.

Looking at the distressed face, Tails reached out and rubbed the child's messy hair, comforting him in a soft voice.

"Don't be afraid! Rourouhao will definitely send you to a safe place!"

At this time, Sisi's voice came from behind, with a hint of tiredness and laziness in it.

"...We may not be able to go to Silver Moon Bay. Don't even think about it. Those people will definitely be waiting for us in the waters near Silver Moon Bay."

Tails tried to come up with an idea.

"Well, how about taking down the flag and sneaking in?"

Sisi made a helpless expression.

"Although I don't think those people are very smart, do you think they are blind? They will definitely board the ship and have a look."

They have a good relationship with the Lord of Petra, but Petra is at the northernmost part of the Camelback Kingdom, and even though the sesame cat ears are very useful in the No. 4 oasis with cat slaves per capita, they want to make the already secularized silver... It is impossible for Yuecheng to escort them.

In fact, the Camelback Kingdom is trying its best to avoid getting involved in the regional affairs of Borneo Province. Even if they successfully dock in Silver Moon Bay, it may not be safe.

This is the information she investigated at Golden Gallon Port.

Although she also added some of her own reasoning, that's basically it.

Tails gave her a surprised look.

"Hey! Are those guys so persistent?"

Sisi sighed and said patiently.

"A young slave can be sold for at least 1,000 dinars... Not to mention the things we did, do you know how much money you robbed them?"

Sometimes she even couldn't help but wonder that the inexplicable persecution of the Yue Clan by the Xilan Dynasty was not necessarily a matter of faith.

Maybe that's just a convenient excuse.

The real reason is that people there want to rob legally.

Anyway, in her opinion, none of the guys from the so-called superior clans were good, and even the way they looked at her made her feel off-putting.

Taitail calculated guiltily.

"Uh, one...one million?!"

Sisi: "I'm afraid it won't stop."

Noticing the embarrassment on Sisi's face, the woman wrapped in a robe came over, took the child's hand and gently pulled her back to her side from Tails.

She lowered her head slightly and said guiltily.

"Sorry...for causing you so much trouble."

Putting away his helpless expression, Sisi gave her a soft smile.

"It doesn't matter, we don't have anything important to do anyway."

She no longer had any hope that the next expansion would make her happy, otherwise she would never agree to Tails doing such a dangerous thing.

At this moment, Tai Tai, who was thinking about it, suddenly hit his palm with his fist.

"Decided!"

Sisi looked at her.

"Um?"

Tails said with bright eyes.

"Go to Ideal City!"

"Take a boat... to Ideal City?" Hearing this nonsense plan, Stone was stunned for a moment, "Are you sure?"

The ideal city is on the east coast of Central Continent. It’s not impossible to get there by boat, but the total voyage would probably exceed tens of thousands of kilometers...

Without an experienced sailor, she wasn't even sure there were ports along the way where she could stop for supplies and fuel.

"Yeah!" Tai Tai nodded seriously, "If we go ashore on the east coast, we can find a settlement to take them in if we go to Yunjian Province, right?"

This whimsical idea can only be said to be very Awei's style.

However, this is probably one of the reasons why they can play together.

Although she likes to plan things in an orderly manner, she doesn't really like the monotonous life.

"There's really nothing I can do about you," Sisi scratched the back of his head and said helplessly, "I'll give it a try."

Tails gave a thumbs up with shining eyes.

"Oh! As expected of Sisi!"

Sisi smiled sheepishly.

"Haha, don't count too much on me, Owei. It's possible that the boat will capsize halfway through."

"It's okay! I just want to go home and take a look -" Wei Wei, who was mid-sentence, suddenly noticed the other people in the cabin, immediately stopped the unlucky joke, shrank his neck and changed his words in a low voice, "Well, it's best to take it easy. , there are so many people on board.”

Sisi responded with a smile and gave her an affirmative look, imitating her actions and giving a thumbs up.

"Yeah! I'll do my best."

"Oh! I'm going to ask Rourou and Sesame Paste for their opinion!" A happy smile appeared on Taili's face, and then he ran up the stairs in a hurry.

Seeing the figure disappearing on the gangway, Sisi couldn't help but curl his lips.

It seems that I need to study how to sail.

Although this ship is operated by a fool, if you want to sail the ship to the ideal city, relying on that kind of nonsense method will definitely not work.

and--

Supplies are a big problem.

After finishing the things on the ship, Sis immediately returned to his room, locked the door and logged out of the game.

Taking off her helmet, she sat down in front of the computer and logged into the official website of "Wasteland OL". She was planning to check the forum to see if there were any other players operating along the southern coast of Middle-Continent.

If only someone discovered other reliable survivor colonies.

However, at this moment, she suddenly noticed the mailbox in the upper right corner, and a small red dot was floating there.

He casually opened the mailbox and took a look. Sitting in front of the computer, he was stunned and his mouth opened in an exaggerated O shape.

"Invitation to test the new map of the Southern Sea..."

"Me Giao!?"

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(Thanks to the leader of "Cyanobacteria are not algae" for the tip!!!)