Chapter 40

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After Su Bai opened his friend list, he found that over a hundred people had sent him friend requests.

Su Bai didn’t know any of these people, but there was a reason why so many people suddenly added him.

Su Bai randomly opened a friend request.

It was written in the remarks column. [Su Bai, please save me. I’ve been robbed by pirates and have nothing left.]

After the first one, Su Bai opened the second one.

However, the result was surprisingly the same. They were all here to ask for Su Bai’s help.

“It seems that there are quite many pirates. It’s just that Meng Lin has never found them on the sea.” Su Bai muttered to himself.

In fact, Meng Lin couldn’t be blamed for this. The main reason was that the pirates here were all wandering on the sea, plundering every island they found.

Moreover, the pirates were usually scattered to find a new island more easily.

Su Bai knew that pirates would rob players nowadays, but he didn’t expect them to be so powerful.

What was even more unexpected was that these players had clearly come to the Shallow Sea region, but they had no way to fight these pirates.

But Su Bai was not doing charity here. The pleas from so many players could not be solved for free. It had to be settled through an exchange.

After thinking for a while, Su Bai opened the Chat page.

Su Bai commented, [Guys, I’m Su Bai. I can see that you’ve been attacked by the pirates. But you have to do it yourself if you want to get rid of them.]

[Su Bai, have you met those pirates?]

[Are you joking? With Su Bai’s strength, those pirates would probably run away after watching it.]

Su Bai replied, [I did meet a group of pirates, but they are not very strong. Don’t worry. I will put up a batch of machetes later. By the way, have you received any new materials since you came here?]

[Yes, Su Bai. I got a piece of leather this morning, but I don’t know what these things can be used for.]

Su Bai was delighted to hear that. He had found these leathers on a pirate ship. He didn’t expect that someone could actually drive them.

Su Bai texted, [How about this? I’ll give you these machetes as a gift. You can exchange them for leather, cotton, or natural silk.]

[Su Bai, you’re so nice. Can I marry you?]

[Don’t even think about it. Su Bai is so powerful, he must have a girlfriend already.]

[That might not be the case. Usually, a powerhouse is lonely. Such a lonely player must have me to accompany him.]

Su Bai closed the chat when he saw that the conversation was going off-topic.

The machetes didn’t require a lot of materials. Su Bai roughly estimated that he could make more than 300 machetes.

“Hey System, make 300 machetes!”

After a short while, 300 machetes were made. Su Bai put them on the Trade page one by one.

Item for trade: Machete x 100. Condition: 1 Machete for 1 Leather.

Item for trade: Machete x 100. Condition: 1 Machete for 1 Cotton.

Item for trade: Machete x 100. Condition: 1 Machete for 1 Natural Silk.

Although these materials were rare, they were not impossible to obtain.

Especially after knowing that they had been here for a few days, Su Bai suddenly thought of the possibility that those pirates before had been robbing some players.

If that were the case, everything could be explained.

“How can they do that? These players can’t be robbed by pirates. If they were all robbed, then wouldn’t I have to get these materials back from the pirates one by one?]

Su Bai was not very optimistic about his luck. Although he had lived a life where he didn’t have to worry about food and drink or being beaten up by a pirate, he still couldn’t get what he wanted.

Su Bai hadn’t seen any of these natural silk, leather, and other materials for so many days, but this group of people had obtained them not long after they arrived.

‘Since they’re so lucky, maybe I should just sell them the super fishing rods.’ Su Bai thought

It was a risky decision. Su Bai had to consider the consequences of his actions before making that decision.

On one hand, this group of players had only reached the Shallow Sea region after upgrading their islands, which meant that they could now use five fishing rods.

If these players were all replaced with super fishing rods, it would not be long before they could gain a firm foothold in the Shallow Sea region.

“Forget it, forget it. It’s better not to do that,” said Su Bai.

After thinking for a while, Su Bai gave up on this idea.

Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, Su Bai was back on his island.

Su Bai got off the warship and couldn’t wait to go to the culture chamber.

Looking at the seeds of apple cores, pears, and other fruits, Su Bai couldn’t wait to bury them in the soil of the culture chamber.

“Hey System, is that all I need to do for planting the seeds?”

The Culture Chamber is not activated. You need to add consumables before it can be activated.

Su Bai, who had been in high spirits, suddenly became listless. He didn’t expect his happiness to be such a short while. He thought this culture chamber was special.

“What kind of materials are needed to activate it?” Su Bai asked.

The player can open the interface of the Culture Chamber and check it for yourself.

The last time he built the culture chamber, Su Bai didn’t have a good look at it, so he didn’t know there was an interface. Now that the system mentioned it, he suddenly realized that there was one in the culture chamber.

Su Bai walked into the interface and found the seeds he had just planted were displayed.

There was a progress bar under each seed.

It also explained in detail how long it would take for the crop to bear fruit.

Su Bai checked the apple and found it would take three years for it to bear fruit.

“Aren’t you kidding me? Three years?! I don’t even know what it’ll be like after three years. I can’t believe I can only eat an apple after three years.” Su Bai complained.

But when Su Bai saw the time bar below the seeds, Su Bai heaved a sigh of relief.

“Let’s try and see what materials are needed to accelerate the three years.”

Hint: After shortening the growth by three years, the apple tree will blossom and bear fruit.

Materials required to accelerate growth: Drinking Water x 2,000, Wooden Planks x 5,000.

After seeing the materials needed to shorten the growth by three years, Su Bai almost couldn’t help but smash the interface in front of him.

“2,000 bottles of drinking water and 5,000 wooden planks? Why don’t you just rob me? I can’t even snatch it as fast as you!” Su Bai yelled furiously.