"Captain! All the cargo has been loaded!"
Early in the morning, Du Ran's honest voice boomed from below the ship.
The deck buzzed with the vibration.
Fang Yu, still groggy, woke up from a deep sleep, yawned, and walked onto the deck, his gaze directed toward the cargo hold.
Sure enough, he saw that Du Ran had already loaded all the goods. At this moment, he was smiling naively, looking at Fang Yu.
With over a thousand tons of cargo, even with Du Ran, a burly man, efficiency increased several times, but it still took an entire day to load everything.
Fang Yu and the others simply decided to sleep on the ship for the night.
Looking at the full cargo hold, Fang Yu nodded slightly, pondering whether to install a mechanical arm on the cargo ship to improve loading speed.
"Alright, since the cargo is loaded, hurry up and come aboard, let's set off!"
Fang Yu waved his hand and called out to Du Ran.
At this moment, the crew and captains near the harbor were each looking at Fang Yu with envious eyes.
Heavens...
To this day, some captains and crew were still in line waiting for bulk cargo.
If Fang Yu hadn't expanded capacity, he'd probably be one of those sailors staying up all night, waiting near the loading dock.
With more demand than supply, getting a bulk cargo task was already very fortunate.
But Fang Yu and his crew got... specialized cargo!
Yesterday, while Du Ran was cheerfully loading the goods, some sailors, seeing how robust he was, assumed he was just a big dummy and tried to probe him.
"Old brother, really envy you guys, able to get specialized cargo. This load capacity has exceeded a thousand tons..."
Someone looked at Du Ran eagerly but inwardly felt a bit superior to him.
Du Ran scratched his head, smiling broadly: "It's all the captain's ability, I'm just a laborer."
Everyone laughed, indeed he was a big dummy.
"The captain's ability? Did your captain awaken some unique talent or perhaps take on some special task?" Someone, seeing Du Ran's naive honesty, directly asked.
Upon hearing this, Du Ran immediately showed a wary face: "What do you want? The captain said we can't tell others about this!"
As he spoke, Du Ran's gaze involuntarily glanced towards the distant Qiyun City.
Everyone had been watching Du Ran, and now followed his gaze, suddenly their eyes lit up: "Could it be that there's a task in the city to increase cargo capacity?"
Du Ran was startled: "How did you know..."
Suddenly, he covered his mouth and quickly shook his head: "No, don't guess randomly, there's no such task."
Yet the more Du Ran denied it, the more convinced everyone became of their speculation.
A task in the city that could be accepted?
And the captain of this ship had completed a city task, allowing him to expand his cargo capacity and get specialized cargo?!
Their eyes lit up, thinking this big dummy was really naive, easily giving them information.
Without another word, the group excitedly ran towards the city.
"Wait, don't go, there's really no task in the city, you'll just waste your time."
Du Ran urgently shouted from behind, trying to dissuade these sailors.
But the more he tried to dissuade them, the more excited they became, running even faster.
He was anxious, he was anxious!
The more they believed there must be some hidden task in the city!
Along the way, other sailors saw this group running towards the city, faces brimming with excitement, and were taken aback, wondering if they were going for a task?
They quickly joined in, following the group towards the city.
One after another, like a herding effect.
Unknowingly...
The group grew larger and larger, the number of sailors increasing to several thousand.
Even the locals were baffled.
This group of foreign sailors... have they lost their minds?!
If you're not going to sea, why run to the city?
Wasting time?
...
The crowd searched high and low, causing a stir among the city locals, but triggered nothing.
A day passed, and the sailors slapped their thighs, suddenly realizing...
Damn!
There really seems to be no task.
They wasted a whole day and gained nothing?
Soon enough someone realized: "Damn, that kid with the thick eyebrows and naive face must've tricked us, we were fooled!"
"What task? That kid lied to us!"
"And the clown was me?"
"Damn it, let's go back and settle the score with him!"
A group of them rushed back to the port, ready to confront Du Ran, only to be dumbfounded...
The ship... had already sailed away...
From afar, they could vaguely see a burly man on the ship, waving at them with a hearty smile, looking very...
Naive and honest...
...
"Set sail!!!"
Fang Yu excitedly gazed at the vast ocean in front of him, filled with anticipation for the future.
Meanwhile, he glanced instinctively at Du Ran, who was giggling foolishly beside him, his mind on guard.
This kid has been chuckling nonstop since the ship set sail.
Others might not know Du Ran well, but Fang Yu knew him very well.
This big guy seemed honest and naive, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but inwardly he was sly.
He had a knack for hitting people with sneak attacks.
Seeing his mischievous smile, it was likely someone had already fallen victim to his sneakiness.
Who was it?
So straightforward...
Actually went to provoke Du Ran...
(The group of sailors cursing at the port +999 in resentment)
"Du Ran, you behave yourself, stop chuckling."
Fang Yu gave Du Ran a kick on his backside, glaring at him.
At this moment, everyone suddenly froze, a voice simultaneously echoed in their minds.
"Sail 10 nautical miles, experience +1."
"Gaining experience, brothers!"
Fang Yu looked at his three crew members, speaking joyfully.
The three were equally pleased, looking at their own crew panels.
There were many ways to gain experience.
Transporting goods, completing tasks, was one.
And sailing, was another.
Every 10 nautical miles sailed, the captain, along with all the crew on board, would gain 1 point of experience.
The journey from Qiyun Port to the delivery destination Ningtong Port was 900 nautical miles, which meant that on a one-way trip, everyone could boost their experience by 90 points. With some additional sailing maneuvers, a single trip might be enough for everyone to reach Level 2.
As the level increases, the ship's capabilities would also enhance.
And Ma and other crew members' contribution to the ship's performance would also increase.
Thinking of this, Fang Yu tasked his crew with some work, then returned to his captain's cabin to open the captain's panel, accessing a forum through it.
[Sailor's Forum]
This was a feature available to all sailors who came from Blue Star to this world on their panels.
And usually, sailors relied on this panel to gather sailing-related information.
Fang Yu intended to check...
The captain's advancement path.