I Am Cultivating in the Apocalypse

Chapter 838 - 928: See? The Loophole Paid Off!

So in these past few years, the fleet has raided quite a few other ships, going back and forth, growing from two ships to five, still making quite a bit of money.

On the new big ship.

The captain criticized Zhou Mengyao: "Mengyao, you only have this one robe on you each time you show up. Don’t explode it with a BGM every time, even though it looks cool. But next time, can you take off the robe before transforming?"

The huge bones behind Zhou Mengyao swayed back and forth as she laughed and said, "Okay, Captain, I’m just doing it for the terrifying shock effect. I’ll fix this robe and use it again next time."

While they were talking, they suddenly heard several gunshots, and they hurried out to see what was happening.

It turned out that C-grade assault soldier Zhang Lan was in the cargo hold counting goods when someone hiding inside unexpectedly fired a few shots. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and only got shot in the thigh, while the shooter, a lone escapee, jumped into the sea.

Though jumping into the sea clearly couldn’t get away, a sharp arrow flew through, hitting the water. Moments later, a corpse floated to the surface, but it was quickly devoured by the rotten corpse insects, who had replaced sharks as the ocean’s rulers.

In a blink, not even bones were left, leaving only a complete set of clothes.

The crew jumped into the sea, fully embracing the opportunistic spirit of the apocalypse, retrieving the remaining clothes and rummaging through pockets, unexpectedly finding a gun, which was worth an additional 10 Merit Points?

Elsewhere.

"Who could have thought a person hid in such a narrow box?" Zhang Lan was deeply aggrieved, thankfully reacting quickly. Otherwise, it would have been disastrous to capsize in the ditch here.

Even the most powerful elites with special abilities are afraid of bullets as long as they are in the flesh.

The two elite teams searched the entire fleet more carefully again to ensure safety before returning with the goods to the main fleet.

They left with two ships and returned with seven, quite a haul indeed.

Everyone returned to the ship joyfully.

The subordinates went to count and hand over goods and record Merit Points, while members of the two elite teams went to the ship’s meeting room.

The injured Zhang Lan was carried back, Ruan Ruan quickly extracted the bullet, stitched up the wound, and finally used a bit of special ability to accelerate the healing process.

At this time, Yang Yang glanced at the little blackboard and summarized: "Everyone saw their actions this time, right? Anyone with thoughts or suggestions, feel free to speak up and let’s summarize together."

None of the team members expected to have a summary critique meeting upon returning.

Someone immediately spoke up, "They were too careless, though they overpowered the opponents, they became complacent in the end."

Another girl stood up and said, "I think the team should assign tasks before action, and establish Plan A and Plan B. After killing the pirates, we should conduct another search, and only proceed to count goods after confirming there are no enemies."

Yang Yang nodded: "Good, we’ll adopt this suggestion."

"Me! Me! Me!" Master Huang Ya raised his hand, then stood up and said, "They reacted too slowly this time, causing significant loss. My heart aches! Their layout was too outdated, but I understand it was their first trip, and they didn’t think it through."

The second team captain couldn’t hold back: "We reacted slowly? We finished the fight within the first half hour. Do you have any better ideas?"

Master Huang Ya, the corpse chaser, slowly said:

"Dare not presume to offer high insights, but let me give you a pointer."

This statement made the two elite teams that went out feel indignant enough to fight, but they held back to hear what Huang Ya had to say.

The corpse chaser continued: "Although we went to test if they were pirates, we should have the team members set up an ambush first. If it were up to me, any one person could obliterate them, why were you ten huddled together? If you had set up on all five ships, if they dared to make a move, you wouldn’t have to wait till the cannonballs were fired to counterattack when they boarded."

The corpse chaser said in anguish: "Look at how your ship got battered, how much will it cost to repair, and what will you use as bait next time if it’s not fixed? If it were up to me, I wouldn’t have let them fire a single shot, such a waste."

After the corpse chaser spoke, everyone nodded, right, why be all docile, waiting for them to fire a big one, then you fight back? You could completely eliminate the opponent just before they shot you.

Yang Yang nodded: "Everyone heard, right? Jot it down, next time set up first, if there’s movement, eliminate them on the spot, obliterate them instantly."

The two team members were initially unconvinced but ultimately agreed, it indeed takes a Master Huang Ya.

Yang Yang glanced at everyone, while they were earnestly pondering battle tactics, only Jing Shu seemed lost in her own world.

Her lips slightly curled up, nearly drooling, looking quite satisfied.

No one knew what this girl was thinking!

Yang Yang shook his head helplessly, Jing Shu was only interested in food and gathering loot. If she’d gone, probably not even any fluff would be left.

If Jing Shu went today, what would she have done?

So Yang Yang said to everyone: "Alright, meeting adjourned, free activities! Anyone interested can check out the goods, then everyone write a report on your thoughts and reflections on the action."

Jing Shu hadn’t even reacted to any of this, while everyone was meeting, her thoughts were on the rotten mermaid.

What to do?

Naturally, pick up loose ends. If she took action, first have the rotten mermaids surround it, to prevent letting any leftover fish escape, then make arrangements.

Arrangements only need a few people, but surrounding to prevent escape needs many times more manpower and resources.

In ancient times, when officers raided a house, they wouldn’t let out news, then at night, take thousands of troops to surround it, even guarding nearby wells and underground passageways. It’s all to prevent someone from escaping with goods.

This step is very important, nobody mentioned it, but it’s okay, in the future whenever pirates are exterminated, she’ll stand guard, and not let wealth flow to outsiders.

So, a guy, seeing how bad the situation was, directly escaped from the ship’s hold with a submarine, only to be discovered by the rotten mermaids under the ship.

"Hey, that submarine is a fun thing, don’t get it damaged, be careful with it."

But as the submarine went underwater, it was totally confused.

Hey, the submarine revved up its power, floored the throttle, but as it kept going, it came to a standstill.

Turn on the lights, what’s going on here.