Chapter 80: The Wharf Mutation
"What did you say?"
Gu Xi was startled by Luna's words. At this time, Luna also passed on the requirements to activate the three wharves.
[Wharf (Inactive): Activate after investing 30 units of wood and 15 units of stone. Once activated, it can be upgraded to a commercial wharf. A temporary trade caravan will appear at the wharf every week.]
[Note: If there is a wharf warehouse, the goods carried by the trade caravan will double. If there is a wharf market, the number of caravans will increase by one.]
[Note: The trade caravan can randomly bring five different resources or equipment for trading.]
[Wharf (Inactive): Activate after investing 30 units of wood and 15 units of metal. Once activated, it can be upgraded to an armed wharf. One armed warship (level 5) can be docked.]
[Note: If there is a wharf warehouse, the warship's level will increase by one. If there is a wharf market, the number of weapons the warship can equip will increase by one.]
[Note: The warship can be dispatched once a week to participate in an armed mission, lasting between one to three days. Corresponding rewards will be received upon return.]
[Wharf (Inactive): Activate after investing 30 units of wood and 15 units of food. Once activated, it can be upgraded to an adventure wharf. One adventure ship (level 5) can be docked.]
[Note: If there is a wharf warehouse, the ship's level will increase by one. If there is a wharf market, the adventure ship's sailing time will increase by 50%.]
[Note: The adventure ship can be dispatched once a week to participate in an adventure mission, lasting between one to three days. Corresponding rewards will be received upon return.]
[Warning: The Wharf District has been prematurely activated!]
[Warning: The Wharf District is damaged. Area linkage activated. Strange ships appear. Activation methods of the wharf district have changed. All wharves have mutated!]
[Warning...]
Looking at these descriptions in front of him, Gu Xi understood the current situation.
The explosion just now caused chaos at these three wharves. What could have been easily resolved has now become uncertain.
At this time, Gu Xi continued to look down.
[Wharf Area Linkage Activation Method: Subdue the strange ships.]
Subdue?
Gu Xi looked up at the Death Avatar charging towards the strange ship and was startled.
"Retreat..."
But it was already too late. The Death Avatar collided head-on with the middle section of the strange ship.
With this collision, the strange ship was immediately overturned, crashing heavily onto the water surface.
"Forget it, destroy it."
Seeing that this strange ship was beyond saving, Gu Xi decided not to let the Death Avatar be in danger. After all, the wharf was still there, and even if they missed this activation, there would be another chance.
At worst, they could re-activate it.
When Gu Xi changed his mind, the Death Avatar in the sky hesitated but still followed orders. With Gu Xi not stopping him, he turned back into a black mist and charged across the river surface.
As the black mist surged, the overturned sailing ship on the river was dragged to the other side of the riverbank, crashing heavily onto the embankment.
With a loud crash, Gu Xi saw the tattered sailing ship disintegrate on the embankment, unable to piece itself back together.
When the Death Avatar returned to Gu Xi's side after destroying the strange ship, Gu Xi sighed.
"Luna, check if there are any new activation tasks. Luna, what's wrong?"
As he was asking Luna to check the wharf's situation, Gu Xi noticed something off about her expression.
Her face showed a mix of emotions, as if she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Upon Gu Xi's inquiry, Luna raised her head and said, "Master, the area linkage activation task is completed."
"Completed? That's impossible. Didn't it require subduing the strange ship?"
"Yes, it shows as completed on my side." Luna nodded affirmatively.
This unexpected situation surprised Gu Xi. The previous task required subduing, and now destroying it counts as subduing?
"Show me the details."
Luna immediately shared the information she could access with Gu Xi.
[Destroy the strange ship. Wharf area joint task completed. Activation effect transforming...]
[Activation effect completed. Three wharves activated. Activation directions: Strange Wharf, Haunted Wharf, Evil Wharf.]
[Wharf area linkage effect produced. Forming Ghost Domain Wharf District.]
Seeing the activation directions of these three wharves, Gu Xi didn't know what to say.
Are these activation directions something a normal person could come up with?
With a helpless shake of his head, Gu Xi began checking the conditions of the three wharves.
As soon as he checked, Gu Xi's eyes widened.
[Building Name: Strange Wharf]
[Level: 1 (Upgradable)]
[Characteristics:]
[A strange ship (level 5) will appear at the wharf every week.]
[After the strange ship appears, 5 to 30 strange entities not exceeding level 5 will emerge, attacking and occupying the wharf. They will leave after three days. During the occupation period, 10% of Aridowei City's resources will be looted daily.]
[Defeating all the strange entities will recover the looted resources, yield a large amount of experience and materials, and have a 10% chance to open a strange treasure chest, obtaining special equipment.]
[Note 1: Strange entities vary greatly, with combat abilities ranging from weak to strong. Please be mindful of your own combat power when attacking strange entities.]
[Note 2: As the wharf level increases, the level of strange ships will also increase. Please manage the ship's level carefully.]
[Building Name: Haunted Wharf]
[Level: 1 (Upgradable)]
[Characteristics:]
[A ghost ship (level 5) will appear at the wharf every week.]
[After the ghost ship appears, it will stay at the wharf for three days. During this period, you can interact with the ghost sailors or the ghost captain. If you gain their approval within three days, they will reappear after three days, bringing back some treasures.]
[Note 1: Ghost sailors are also a type of undead. Communicating with them should be relatively smooth if you do so properly.]
[Note 2: The thought process of ghost sailors or the ghost captain may differ from normal people. Sometimes, the things they bring back might result in a loss.]
[Building Name: Evil Wharf]
[Level: 1 (Upgradable)]
[Characteristics:]
[An evil ship (level 5, including but not limited to smuggling ships, slave ships, pirate ships) will appear at the wharf every week.]
[After the evil ship appears, you can interact and trade based on the ship's characteristics. You can also choose to attack the evil ship. Each choice will affect the type of evil ship that appears the following week and may influence the attitude of some groups or forces towards you. If you do not wish to engage or conflict with them, avoid interacting with the evil ships.]
It's clear that the changes in these three wharves are significant. Unlike the previous adventure wharf, commercial wharf, and armed wharf with fixed weekly incomes, everything now has become strange and unpredictable.
Gu Xi wasn't sure if this change was good or bad, but he knew one thing for sure: he needed to station troops near the wharf for monitoring.