novelraw Chapter 1364 - 688: Speak Your Mind—That’s My Way of Endurance! (Part 2)
Chapter 1364 - 688: Speak Your Mind—That’s My Way of Endurance! (Part 2)
"Relying only on this junk, I'd be laughed to death."
Minkler cursed angrily, "Look at this garbage, look at this stupid thing... And you're telling me it can take on a Disaster Beast? Forget the beast, I could wash it away with a splash of piss!"
"You can't say it like that!" Ji Jue's expression became serious. "My ship has dignity too."
"What dignity are you talking about!"
Minkler became more and more furious, unable to curse Ji Jue or the ship. As soon as he opened his mouth pointing at the ship, a loud roar shook everything.
Like a terrifying storm sound wave, it came rushing.
In that instant, the highest point of the cargo ship, the whistle, suddenly spewed white smoke. Amidst the rush of hot steam, it roared.
Deafening blasts erupted, making Minkler's vision go black, struggling to stay upright, while the whistle played a wild melody like a musical instrument.
— Sol! Mi! Fa!
"..." Minkler was stunned.
"..." Ji Jue was silent.
"..."
Minkler's face twitched in confusion, "Is it cursing me?"
"Huh? No, it's not!"
Ji Jue looked puzzled, glancing at him, "Might be an illusion, Old Ming, don't always imagine you're being persecuted. How could a ship curse you?"
Just as he finished speaking, another loud sound rang out.
Sol! Mi! Fa!
"It's still cursing!"
"Oh come on, it's not cursing, it's just a kid's play. It doesn't understand these things, just cursing for fun."
Ji Jue gestured as if he had seen something unusual, waving his hand. "Look, I have such a good temper and didn't curse anyone, how could the ship curse anyone? You're just overthinking it."
Minkler was momentarily speechless, "Is, is it really?"
"Of course!"
Ji Jue nodded decisively, then the whistle rang again.
This time, Minkler said nothing, gazing at him.
Ji Jue awkwardly averted his eyes to the sea, couldn't help but chuckled.
"What are you laughing at!"
"I'm not laughing."
"You were clearly laughing happily!"
Minkler's tears silently flowed inside, unable to speak.
Speechless.
What more could be said.
At least, a ship that curses is better than a truly dilapidated wrecked ship.
As a desperate refugee, besides drawing a dream, what else could he do?
Let it curse.
Better than Ji Jue turning into a real jerk.
No matter how much contact had been built over time, Minkler always knew that the other wasn't a pushover nor a great benevolent saint.
Just look at how he handles those unlucky folks from the Blood Washing Fleet.
Recently, one unlucky guy was released from the park after serving time, to be used as a specimen.
Now, the Blessing Park on the Coast is almost a horror story in the Endless Sea...
Moreover, the things this jerk has done in Central Earth aren't hard to find. If he really gets angry, throwing random accusations about Evil Cult, who could bear it!
At this critical juncture, no matter what Ji Jue does, all that's left for him is to believe.
Believe first, then believe more!
Just believe, that's all.
If not, he'd just be waiting to die...
He's also sick of entering those cabins where lights flash and water leaks. He just moved a broken chair onto the deck.
Only when he sat down, the chair broke, nearly getting skewered by broken wood!
Out of frustration, he lay down on the deck.
Didn't move.
Screw it, tired!
Actually, this really can't blame Ji Jue...
You know, this ship started off from Punabantu as a brand new ship. Its materials and equipment specs were on par with military ones, even the composite armor was top-notch.
However...
However, Little Ox and Horse just eats too damn much!
The Ruins gather, material attracts material, it is the iron law of matter circulation.
The smaller materials naturally converge towards larger ones, the stronger the materiality is, the more significant the attraction, so that when this Dragon Blood-induced attraction and repulsion reach a certain level, also with the effect of Three-phase Alchemy, just a Dragon Bone alone continuously extracts the essence of surrounding materials...
Like a black hole.
Moreover, Ji Jue's mutated version of Earth bears the sea emphasizes sacrificing the inadequate to serve the abundant!
Externally shown by anything near the Prosperity, no, anything near the Giant Que Bone quickly losing durability, becoming fragile, decaying, aging...
This isn't even controlled by Little Ox and Horse, it's just Dragon Blood repairing itself by instinct.
Ji Jue's loss to increase the quality indeed greatly enhanced the purity and characteristics of Dragon Blood, but the cost is he needs to consume more materials to repair Dragon Blood.
Until the durability of the Giant Que Bone is truly restored to a hundred percent, otherwise this attraction won't stop.
Unfortunately...
According to Ji Jue's estimates, after feeding lots of various ores and materials, the durability of the Giant Que Bone has only increased by less than three percent, the gap is over seventy percent!
Sometimes a long health bar is also a problem.
It's just not enough to feed!
If Ji Jue hadn't used alchemy on key equipment for maintenance, the entire ship might not have lasted a few miles out to sea, ending up just a Dragon Bone.
By then, they would have to grab the paddle and row to the Seven Cities.
Fortunately, the route between the Federation and the Seven Cities is not too long, with occasional currents, plus the cargo ship being extremely light, even at this slow and arduous pace, the trip would take about two days under reasonable route conditions.