CHAPTER 151: CHAPTER 142: POWER RANKINGS UPDATED, FANG YU’S RANKING

Dream of Millions of Girls (Fang Yu Note: Ma): Shi Jun’s brilliance has been overshadowed by Captain Fang Yu, so why has Shi Jun’s ranking risen to 22, even higher than Fang Yu’s? I’m not convinced!

Below, apart from a few crew members of the Salted Fish, others also expressed doubts.

After all, on the day the Beast King descended, many ordinary captains witnessed Fang Yu’s feat of slaying the Beast King.

In the eyes of many ordinary captains, the Beast King is an existence that this level cannot contend with.

It’s impossible for Fang Yu, having slain the Beast King, to be ranked so low.

It’s somewhat suspicious of black-box operations.

Perhaps it’s due to Fang Yu’s recent popularity combined with the numerous skeptics, the original chart organizers usually wouldn’t explain the reasoning to the captains.

But now, seeing the topic gaining more traction, the organizer had no choice but to respond with their own account:

"Everyone, Captain Fang Yu’s feat of slaying the Beast King is indeed awe-inspiring, but afterwards, we conducted a systematic evaluation of the entire process, concluding: Captain Fang Yu’s ship is indeed formidable, but in a direct confrontation, it lacks the capability to kill the Beast King."

"This time, Captain Fang Yu was able to slay the Beast King smoothly due to several reasons."

"1. He obtained information about the Beast King in advance and arranged many strategies beforehand."

"2. Even though Captain Fang Yu had the advantage, the cannons of his ship were unable to breach the Beast King’s shield and were repeatedly forced into danger by the Beast King. Without relying on a large number of repair scrolls for support, it would have been destroyed long ago."

"3. The reason for slaying the Beast King was by destroying it from the inside out, considered a bug exploit tactic rather than a straightforward defeat."

"Everyone, if the Beast King had been straightforwardly defeated, then Captain Fang Yu would undoubtedly top the power rankings."

"But since the Beast King wasn’t defeated through direct combat abilities, it can’t fully demonstrate that Captain Fang Yu possesses power equivalent to the Beast King’s. Moreover, Captain Fang Yu’s ship is just a medium-sized cargo ship, with limited modification potential."

"Therefore, Captain Fang Yu is temporarily ranked 30th."

Seeing the organizer’s response, the crew members on the Salted Fish were all angered, using colorful language and directly cursing the organizer’s family.

In everyone’s view, after unexpectedly slaying the Beast King and standing out in the Star Removal Association, their ranking should at least surpass Shi Jun, whose brilliance was completely overshadowed by them.

But now being ranked behind Shi Jun is something the crew cannot accept.

However, while the crew was agitated and furious, Fang Yu didn’t think much about it.

The power rankings are just a highly subjective matter.

Why let others’ evaluations affect my own rhythm?

Besides...

He thinks the rankings might have a point.

After all, Shi Jun’s ship is a large cargo ship.

His own ship has almost reached its limit in terms of modifications, with limited room for further upgrades.

But Shi Jun and others’ ships have a much greater potential for modifications.

Although relying on Lord Points, he has leveled the playing field somewhat, the recorders aren’t aware of this.

From the recorder’s perspective, the difference in ship hulls is still a very important metric.

Calculating his medium-sized cargo ship against Shi Jun’s large cargo ship isn’t incomprehensible.

It’s not a big deal; the power rankings are not 100% accurate.

Actual combat strength is the key.

Fang Yu shook his head, about to speak.

But at that moment, Fang Yu’s expression shifted when he saw Shi Jun’s avatar quietly blinking in the forum’s friend list.

Shi Jun: "Fang Yu, have you returned to Qiyun Port? I’ve teamed up with Guan Xinxue and others; let’s go and complete the main quest together."

Fang Yu was stunned, then slightly embarrassed.

For the past two days, he had been injured, sailing slowly without accelerating, intending to linger at sea for another day to recover.

What should have taken a day, he took two days to complete.

He didn’t expect the task fanatic Shi Jun to have already returned to Qiyun Port and started the next task.

Fang Yu admitted, he was caught up by Shi Jun.

Looking at Shi Jun’s message, after hesitating for a moment, Fang Yu typed back: "Bro, don’t go so fast, I still have an hour to Qiyun Port."

"Let’s talk about the task when I get to Qiyun Port."

On the other side, Shi Jun sent a sheepish emoji, whispering: "Fang Yu buddy, I thought you were like me, a task fanatic..."

Uh...

Fang Yu scratched his head.

To be fair, he also counts as a task fanatic, mostly rushing to complete tasks immediately upon returning to port, except for basic modifications.

But compared to the true task fanatic Shi Jun, Fang Yu had to step aside.

This guy... is the ultimate representation of a grind master.

"No worries, I’ll wait for you. Once you return, just head to the military to accept the task. The main quest has fully begun, the entire Southern Island Sea Region has entered a state of preparedness. You’ll feel the difference once you return."

Shi Jun typed from the other side.

Seeing Shi Jun’s message, Fang Yu was taken aback.

Has the Southern Island sea region already erupted into war?

The [Alien War] that originally occurred in the West Qinghai Sea Region has finally spread to the Southern Island Sea Region?

Fang Yu was puzzled, not understanding why the naval warlords wanted to extend the battlefront so long.

This seems like a huge burden for the overall war of the naval warlords.

Thinking of this, Fang Yu couldn’t help but start up the ship’s propulsion system, quickly picking up speed and heading towards Qiyun Port.

...

As the ship gradually approached Qiyun Port, Fang Yu clearly felt some differences from when he left.

On the ocean, military personnel dressed in military uniforms were already patrolling everywhere.

Various military ships began to patrol around Qiyun Port.

In addition to cargo ships, any vessels or small warships entering or leaving the safe sea region would have to undergo inspections by military ships.

"Has it really started?"

Fang Yu was quite surprised, quickly steering his ship to dock at Qiyun Port.

Then, Fang Yu left some crew members on the ship to work on post-battle cleaning and gave Ma and others a thousand Silver Coins, instructing Ma to purchase a batch of scrolls and potions.

Repair, healing, energy potions, energy level stimulants, one-time shield scrolls, speed scrolls, etc.

Before achieving a major breakthrough in ship upgrades, scrolls are the best tools for temporary improvement.

Everyone realized the great effectiveness of scrolls and potions during the siege of the Beast King. Upon receiving Fang Yu’s instructions, Ma and others said nothing, took the money, and happily headed to the market to purchase some scrolls and potions.

"We’ve made so much money this time, enough to buy another Extraordinary mode... what are we going to buy?"

"This time we can choose some more premium Extraordinary Magic Stones. We still have a Radiant Star Stone, which can evolve an Extraordinary Ability once, equivalent to a double enhancement."

"Yes, definitely purchase some truly high-quality Extraordinary Magic Stones, preferably some for offense."

"I want to choose some mobility stones; our land combat squad should also play a part now..."

Watching the crew, arm in arm, eagerly preparing to head to the market together to buy some Extraordinary Magic Stones with the money they just earned.

A certain capitalist surnamed Fang quietly appeared behind them and uttered some demonic words:

"Don’t forget to do personal missions... your level is too dragging... don’t just focus on equipment and Extraordinary Magic Stones..."

"Level... level... level!"

"Grind the experience for me..."

The crew members felt a chill on their back as goosebumps rose.

Without daring to look back, they silently took a deep breath.

Damn it...

Has the captain been led astray by that Shi Jun recently?

But Shi Jun himself becomes the grind master, while our captain...

Makes the crew become grind masters...

For heaven’s sake...

Be a person! Captain.

The crew lamented.