CHAPTER 109: CHAPTER 109: A FEW DUMBASSES (PART 5)

"Good brothers, have you packed everything?" Rong asked with a warm smile, looking at a few Blue Star Captains ahead, smiling gently.

"No problem, Rong, I’ve heard this shipment is very important to the association? Where is it being sent to?"

One of the Blue Star Captains, seeing the warm smile on Rong’s face, subconsciously wanted to get a bit closer to Rong and couldn’t help but ask softly.

These Blue Star Captains had also seen Fang Yu.

It’s just that Fang Yu’s disguise was very clever, and these Blue Star Captains didn’t notice anything unusual about Fang Yu, just considering him as a regular native cargo ship captain involved in the transport this time.

They didn’t pay much attention.

Or perhaps...

In their eyes, the one who could dig out the task was Rong in front of them.

As for Fang Yu, it was clear there was no task to dig out, so no one wanted to engage with Fang Yu.

Fang Yu felt at ease, leaning against the railing, enjoying the sea breeze, and his eyes casually glanced over at the conversation between Rong and the Blue Star Captains, paying slight attention to their discussion.

At this moment, upon hearing the Blue Star Captain’s words, Rong was evidently taken aback, seemingly not expecting this person to so recklessly ask such a question outright.

Rong indeed knew about these Outer Realm Captains who just came over from the West Qinghai Sea Region.

Previously, they completed a task for the Ji Clan Trading Association’s mission sheet and joined the Ji Clan Trading Association’s level system.

Just as something went wrong on Wang Chen’s side, out of caution, the vice president decided to abandon all of Wang Chen’s former captains, preparing to employ new captains.

Therefore, they gave these newly joined captains a chance to transport military equipment.

But surprisingly, these Blue Star Captains were so reckless, casually probing into the details of this business trip.

Rong was displeased inside, but didn’t show it much, just shook his head and said to the Blue Star Captains:

"Just follow this vessel."

"Don’t ask more."

Rong smiled patiently.

"Rong, are we not close?"

Yet, to Rong’s little surprise, these Outer Realm Captains, with a smiling face, came up to Rong very familiarly, putting an arm around his shoulder, and said softly:

"Rong, we’re partners, aren’t we? This task is so generous, we have to thank you for giving it to us."

"Actually, Rong, we can also have deep cooperation in the future, rest assured, we’re very reliable in our work."

"Once we get familiar with this route, let’s hand this project off to us completely, and we’ll deliver the goods ourselves."

Upon hearing this, Rong’s face momentarily changed.

But soon, he regained his composure and instead showed a friendly smile, nodding: "No problem, once you return from this transport, I will bring it up from above, and by then, we can hand this project over to you directly."

After hearing Rong’s words, the Blue Star Captains glanced into the depths of the mountains with a trace of curiosity in their eyes, then chuckled: "When we take over this project, you’ll have to take us to tour the military factory, Rong."

"We’ve never visited a military factory. By the way, Rong, if we buy guns and cannons from you, can we get a discount?"

Upon hearing this, a hint of ruthlessness flashed deep in Rong’s eyes, but he concealed it well.

He didn’t lose his temper, just nodded with a smile, then said to the Blue Star Captains: "All of you brothers have a safe journey, once this trip is done, I’ll buy you a drink, be careful on the way."

"Sure thing, Rong!"

...

"A bunch of fools..."

The Salted Fish, along with a flock of military equipment cargo ships, was currently slipping through an unfamiliar sea route under the lead of the foremost vessel.

Fang Yu had long ordered Ma, Luu Yuan, and Luo Kuan to quietly record the sea ship’s route.

Ma provided brain domain calculation power.

Luu Yuan sensed the flow direction and speed, as well as the energy density beneath the water, thus determining the direction the Salted Fish was heading.

As for Luo Kuan, he used his Alchemy义眼 to record the navigation footage and calculate the navigation route.

With the three collaborating, Fang Yu was quite at ease.

At this moment, Du Ran glanced at the Blue Star Captains’ cargo ship, a smirk appearing at the corner of his mouth, and casually said.

"Whoa, if even a big burly guy like you could see them as fools, then these guys must really be fools?"

Fang Yu chuckled softly, knowing Du Ran was referring to those few Blue Star Captains trying to cozy up to Rong.

Though Du Ran had been loading cargo earlier, he faintly heard some of the conversations between the Blue Star Captains and Rong.

After paying close attention to the content of their discussions, Du Ran looked down on the Blue Star Captains, indicating they were lacking in intelligence.

"Captain, this shouldn’t be something you ask too much about. The more you ask, the less happy that Rong feels, don’t they want any more tasks?"

Du Ran shook his head, a puzzled look in his eyes, unable to comprehend why the captains were so oblivious to something even he could see was problematic.

"It’s different, Du Ran."

Fang Yu shook his head, looking at Du Ran, recalling the time he recruited Du Ran and his team, during which he had also asked them a question.

Do you see this world as a real world or a game-like world?

Are the inhabitants of this world NPCs to you, or people with flesh and blood?

At that time, Fang Yu was very pleased with their answers. No one considered the natives of this world as NPCs.

But...

About half of the captains really saw this world as some kind of game, viewing the natives as NPCs.

These were precisely the people Rong referred to as those who always bring trouble.

"Some of the sailors internally see the natives of this world simply as NPCs, so they lack a certain reverence."

"When there’s a lack of respect for humanity, they just see the natives as some kind of unthinking entities."

"So when they speak to Rong so frankly, it’s not that they don’t understand certain taboos, but that deep down, they simply want to dig out some tasks and benefits from Rong, treating him as an NPC."

Fang Yu chuckled, saying to Du Ran:

"Would you be wary of an NPC? Would you refrain from saying certain things in front of an NPC? You wouldn’t."

"Essentially, it’s not that they’re too stupid, it’s that their mindset is different from ours."

Fang Yu looked over at the Blue Star Captains’ sea ships, seeing that regardless of it being the crew or the captains, they all appeared relaxed and at ease.

As if this cargo run wasn’t engaging in some illegal activity, but simply executing a game mission.

Watching these playful sailors, Fang Yu relaxed slightly.

The scary part is... there aren’t just a few captains with this mindset.

Once such captains go unchecked and make a mess of this world, those things Rong mentioned about "councils" and "laws" might actually start being enforced...

That’s quite a potential hazard...