“What on earth? What does ‘Initial plot completed’ mean?”
Sules didn’t even have time to be surprised before her attention was completely drawn to the translucent light blue panel that suddenly appeared in front of her.
She was quite familiar with the layout of this panel; it was exactly like the personal profile page in “Voyage Home.”
Sules remembered the sentence she just heard and tentatively asked, “System? System, are you there? Can you guide me on how to use this thing?”
No one answered her.
“How did I transmigrate here? Can you give me an explanation? If this is a setting by your game company, I’m definitely going to complain when I get out! Is anyone going to answer me?!”
At this moment, the system sound finally reappeared, “Ding! Player permissions insufficient. Unable to answer the above questions. For information regarding the system panel, please explore on your own. This system is only responsible for answering common sense questions. Please strive to become stronger to cope with the first assessment mission.”
“No, at least tell me how I got here!”
Sules was furious.
Only Sules was on the deck, quietly questioning.
If anyone else saw her talking to thin air, they would probably think she was insane.
She asked a series of other questions, but the system prompt never reappeared.
Sules’s heart gradually sank.
She collected herself and focused on studying the system panel in front of her.
Since she had seen similar ones before, Sules quickly figured it out.
This was indeed the personal profile page from “Voyage Home”; everything was identical to the page she was familiar with.
The so-called personal profile, of course, was for displaying ship information.
Sules clearly remembered checking her personal profile before completing the mission; it showed a fleet of eighteen ships, each well-equipped, with resources almost bursting at 999+, fully demonstrating the power of a pay-to-win player.
This stood in stark contrast to the simple page she saw now.
Because the current Sules only had one small, broken boat, the page was also very simple.
“Sules’s Small Boat (Non-modifiable)”
Ship Owner: Sules Sulia
Fleet Count: 1
Level: Primary Wooden Boat (1)
Funds Held:
-1 Silver Shell
-47 Copper Shells
Basic Resources:
-Wood × 34
-Food × 46
-Rattan × 21
-Cloth × 12
Treasures: None
Passenger Capacity: 5
Crew Count: 2
Captain: Sules Sulia
Captain Talent: Not Activated
Crew:
Sailor: Claire Lawrench (Click to view)
After reading this part, Sules only felt her head ache.
The amount of resources on the ship was a number she hadn’t seen since she started spending money on the game.
How could she describe it as anything but meager?
The crew was also pitifully small.
Miss Su, who had always just topped up her account whenever she ran out of anything, had never encountered such problems!
Of course, although she hadn’t encountered these problems, Sules was aware of the basic prices in the game.
At least these resources weren’t too little for two people, but if she wanted to improve the conditions inside the ship, they were nowhere near enough.
As expected, scrolling down the system interface, there was a gray upgrade button.
Sules raised her hand and tapped it, and a small window immediately popped up—
“Ding! Your resources are insufficient to upgrade the ship.”
At the same time, five lines of small red text appeared below the upgrade button.
Upgrade Requirements:
Funds: 0 Gold Shells, 15 Silver Shells, 80 Copper Shells (Insufficient)
Wood: × 60 (Insufficient)
Rattan: × 40 (Insufficient)
Cloth: × 10 (Insufficient)
With the resources she had, it was far from enough.
Especially the sea shells, they were a long way off!
Sea shells were the common currency in the game, with the exchange ratio for Gold, Silver, and Copper shells being 1:100 respectively.
It seemed that improving the ship’s condition was a long and arduous task.
Sules sighed helplessly.
However, the appearance of this personal profile page did put her at ease somewhat.
At least in this completely unfamiliar world, something familiar finally appeared, didn’t it?
What excited her especially was the very bottom section of the interface—
Task: To be activated
Could this system actually issue tasks?
Then, could this world actually just be a game world, and as long as she completes all the tasks and finishes the game, she could go back?
Regardless, this was a glimmer of hope for her.
Thinking this, Sules’s eyes brightened considerably.
She scrolled up a bit, and there was a “Click to view” button next to Claire’s name.
She clicked it and saw Claire’s personal information.
Crew Member: Claire Lawrench (Bound)
Position: Sailor
Loyalty: 100
Potential: 2
Abilities: Sailor (Level 2), Martial Artist (Level 2), Chef (Level 1), Fisherman (Level 1)
Evaluation: A somewhat useless but trustworthy good companion.
Thankfully, Claire’s information was exactly the same as in the game.
Sules couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
A captain’s crew members were divided into two types: bound and unbound.
Bound crew members shared a common fate with the ship, so they wouldn’t betray.
Unbound ones, however, could switch ships at will.
Potential refers to the possibility of a person’s abilities advancing later, with a maximum of ten points.
As a beginner’s gift package, Claire naturally couldn’t be very strong.
With a potential of only 2, it almost meant that unless this person had some rare treasures to cleanse their marrow and bones, further progress would be difficult.
As for the presence of “Martial Artist” in her abilities, it was a profession of the game’s crew members themselves, essentially a fighter.
A Level 2 fighter’s strength was indeed not high, but it was more than enough to deal with initial small monsters in the game.
However, now that it had become the real world, this much combat power seemed insufficient.
Once I reach the mainland, I must be careful, extremely careful.
I absolutely cannot provoke those lunatics from the East Sea! Sules secretly warned herself in her heart. In her current situation, she really couldn’t afford to offend anyone.
And once she provoked someone she couldn’t afford to offend, the freedom-loving East Sea had no measures to protect beginners!
“Sules! Come eat!”
***
Sules was still deep in thought when she heard Claire call out.
In the game, food was just a resource, but in reality, these were actual delicacies that could be eaten.
Sules’ eyes lit up, and she couldn’t help but swallow.
She hadn’t yet tasted the common food of fishermen on the Mercury Sea!
If she guessed correctly, it should be fish.
She loved fish!
Especially the belly, fatty and tender.
Just thinking about it made her mouth water!
Soup would also be good.
Fish soup could become incredibly delicious with simple seasonings.
These sea fish should also have a natural saltiness, making them perfect for soup!
Thinking of this, Sules immediately responded excitedly, “Coming right away!”
She said this while quickly running to the small kitchen at the back.
The “small kitchen” was actually just a small shed built against the back wall of the cabin.
When Sules went inside, she found that it only contained a table, two chairs, and a large water tank, with nothing else.
It didn’t look like a kitchen at all.
She looked quizzically towards Claire, who was setting out food on a small table nearby.
There were already two small plates on the table, with identical contents.
Each had a not-so-appetizing salted fish and a small piece of dark bread.
She was wishing for too much.
Right, given the current state of her ship, what kind of exquisite food could there be?
Salted fish with dark bread was indeed the standard fare for poor fishermen.
She should have realized it earlier; how could food that was prepared so quickly be what she imagined?
Claire saw Sules run over with inexplicable excitement, then look disappointed, and asked amusingly, “What’s wrong with you? You’ve been strange all day. What’s so exciting about eating this? Could it be that this salted fish and bread also spark some ideas in you?”
Sules chuckled awkwardly and walked to her spot, sitting down.
Looking at the salted fish in front of her, she pursed her lips and quietly glanced at Claire.
Claire was currently focused on battling her dark bread, not noticing her.
Seeing this, she quickly took the opportunity to lean down and sniff the salted fish, then immediately lifted her head, making a face as if she was about to vomit.
How could it be so stinky?!
Can this even be eaten?
Forgive her, a northerner, she had never eaten salted fish before.
Sules unenthusiastically pushed the salted fish away a bit and turned to the dark bread.
Eating just bread should be fine, at most it would be a bit nutritionally unbalanced, but it was better than not eating at all.
She tore off a small bite and chewed it twice.
Then, an indescribable expression immediately appeared on her face.
The taste of this bread was a bit hard to describe.
Sules directly spat out the bread she had just put in her mouth.
Claire, who was nearby, very keenly noticed Sules’ bad expression and immediately asked, “What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with today’s bread?”
Sules pulled a long face, wanting to ask why the bread was sour.
But looking at Claire, she probably was already used to it.
If she asked, she would be seen as an oddball.
She shook her head, forcing a reason to prevaricate, “Nothing, I just got some sand in my mouth. You go ahead and eat; don’t mind me.”
Hearing this, Claire finally relaxed and lowered her head to continue eating.
Sules, on the other hand, looked painfully at the two items of food that could only be described as torture.
One stinky salted fish, one sour bread.
How could her Chinese stomach get used to this kind of thing?!
Looking at Claire, who was expressionlessly eating large mouthfuls next to her, Sules swallowed hard, and with a look of resigned determination, she used her fork to pick up a bit of salted fish and put it into her mouth.
As soon as it was in, she almost vomited again.
The taste itself wasn’t really anything, but combined with that fishy, stinky smell, it became incredibly unbearable.
Although she usually didn’t eat rare delicacies, at least it was normal food!
Where had Sules ever eaten something this unpalatable?
No!
Hold it in!
Must hold it in!
If I vomit now, it’ll definitely seem very strange!
She forcibly controlled herself, chewing a couple of times and swallowing the salted fish whole.
The aftertaste lingered in her mouth.
She hurriedly took a bite of the dark bread, hoping to suppress the taste.
However, this only added a sour note to the existing salty and fishy taste, directly making an already dire situation worse.
Sules had to admit, this was the most difficult dinner she had ever experienced in her life.