Cang Xu was holding a list in his hand and was reporting slowly: "In this battle, twelve of our troops were killed and sixty-five were disabled."
“Seventeen sails have been lost, and the mast and hull need repair, which is estimated to take four days.”
“Three bronze-level artillery pieces were damaged, more than a hundred bronze-level artillery shells were lost, and twelve silver-level artillery shells were lost.”
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The young man sat behind the desk and listened quietly the whole time.
Compared with the previous battles, the loss of artillery shells has obviously increased a lot.
The main reason is that the sea giant is huge and moves slowly, making it an obvious target.
In this battle, these artillery also made great contributions. A lot of artillery shells were lost, but they also exerted their due value.
After Cang Xu talked about the losses, he also talked about the completely counted spoils.
The Justice Pirates gained a lot from this battle.
The silver-level sea giant corpse is the largest item of income.
The boy did not use the blood core to absorb it. Although the blood of the sea giant was in line with the criteria for the boy's selection.
First of all, the body was fished out on the spot, and it was not easy for the young man to do it alone.
Secondly, everyone sees it, and even if the young man orders him to be secretly absorbed later, it will arouse suspicion.
Thirdly, even if the young man absorbs it, it will only be a fragmented silver bloodline at most, which is not enough to make the young man a huge improvement.
The benefits are far less than the costs, so the young man is not willing to take this risk.
In addition to the corpses of the sea giants, the murloc corpses and murloc prisoners piled up in hills also provided Cangxu with a large number of experimental subjects and raw materials for making soul crystals.
There are also some gains that are not obvious.
For example, the combat experience the pirates gained from this battle. According to Zong Ge, the effect of actual combat training is very huge, and the entire pirate group is becoming more and more elite.
Furthermore, in order to cope with the subsequent exploration of the Poseidon Temple, some underwater breathing potions were specially used in this battle, allowing some extraordinary-level pirates to enter the water to fight the murlocs.
“The gain far outweighs the loss, but it is not appropriate for the pirate group to continue going deep into the eye of the sea.” The young man said to Cang Xu.
Cang Xu nodded and agreed with the young man's words. He also thought so.
In fact, it’s not just him, Zong Ge is also covered in gray.
According to current intelligence, there will be more powerful indigenous forces in Haiyan. As the fleet continues to go deeper, it will need to deal with more powerful enemies.
The battle just now? Facing a silver-level sea giant? You need Zong Ge and Gray to join forces.
Facing more powerful indigenous forces again? The risks faced by the Justice Pirates will be even greater. In particular, the leaders of these indigenous forces are becoming more and more intelligent, which is what scares the top brass of the Justice Pirates the most.
Because being wise means being able to use strategies and even join forces with each other.
“How many days can our supplies last?” the young man asked again.
Cang Xu immediately replied: "A conservative estimate? It can last at least one hundred and twenty-seven days."
Is this a fairly accurate number? Ever since the experience on the Mysterious Island, Cang Xu has attached great importance to supplies. He will recalculate them almost every day or two.
“Actually,” Cang Xu said with a smile, “we may still be able to support it for too long. On the one hand, we will reduce our number. On the other hand, we can fish on the spot.”
“The Sea Eye is rich in resources, and there are a lot of sea fish. Blue algae has been in the limelight recently. He can catch enough to feed half the pirates on the ship with three meals a day in one net.”
“How is the modification of the hull?” the young man asked again.
Facing this problem, Cang Xu finally changed from his previous calmness and looked embarrassed.
In order to deal with the Poseidon Temple's group, the top brass of the Justice Pirates decided after discussion to modify the hulls of all ships to make them more resistant to water pressure and capable of diving and surfacing in a short time.
Cang Xu said in a deep voice: "Not counting the supply ships, five of them have been renovated in Crescent Port, and a series of water inlet and drainage devices have been added. Afterwards, during the voyage, I have been installing the acquired devices in other seas.
On the ship. Currently, there are two remaining ships that have not completed the transformation.”
“But after completing this step, we still need to apply a layer of crystal glue to the other five ships.”
“This kind of glue can cover the surface of the hull to help the ship resist water pressure. It was once very popular, but in recent years, it has been defeated by the empire’s metal coating alchemy technology, so not many people use it.”
The alchemical technology of metal coating is currently only mastered by the Empire.
It is impossible for Cang Xu to master this technique.
“I am just a necromancer, at the black iron level.” Cang Xu sighed bitterly to the captain in front of him, “In recent times, I have been studying memory crystals, and I feel more and more that we need to add a trustworthy alchemist.”
In the entire Justice Pirates, the busiest person is not the dragon boy or Zong Ge, but Aang Xu.
On the one hand, this old man needs to manage and report on the affairs of the entire pirate group, on the other hand, he must secretly research memory crystals, and on the other hand, he must make soul crystals. In addition, he must maintain daily mage practice, such as meditation. and practicing magic. For the writing of "Evolution", he could only squeeze out as much time as possible every day.
“Fortunately, my body has been transformed by necromancy and I only need one or two hours of sleep every day.”
“I’m not exaggerating, joining the Pirates was the busiest time in my life. Sometimes, I couldn’t even rest for several days.”
The young man quickly spoke out to comfort the old scholar in front of him.
Cang Xu shook his head: "Sir, I am not complaining to you, nor am I asking you for credit. It is difficult for me to make new progress in terms of memory crystals."
“To be honest, being able to restore the soul crystal and use the magic circle is already something that makes me feel more accomplished.”
“In the field of alchemy, my poor mage talent can bring me very little help.”
At present, the Justice Pirates have an alchemy device in their hands to create memory crystals.
It is what Zidi once used for Zhenjin.
But no matter how hard Cang Xu tried, he could not use this device to forcefully extract the target's memory.
Cangxu attacked many murlocs.
Out of a hundred murlocs, only single digits were successful.
However, the memory contained in the memory crystal is very fragmented, does not match up at all, and has no reference value at all.
The fate of these murlocs who were forced to succeed was also very miserable. They either went crazy or died of brain explosion.
In one sentence, this memory crystal manufacturing device can only allow users with subjective wishes to successfully and safely create valuable memory crystals.
"I'm sorry, sir." Cang Xu apologized, "We can't use this method to interrogate the fish-man language, the fighting spirit techniques and fighting skills used by the fish-men, and the information about the fish-men's power in the eyes of the sea."
"No need, I can already speak fish-man language." The young man kept this sentence in his stomach, and on the surface he also sighed, "There are too many gaps in information."
“I think that rather than an alchemist, we need a powerful thief who can bring abundant information.”
“Just after the battle, there was a traitor among the fishmen!”
“Without the brown-scaled murloc’s sneak attack, we wouldn’t have been able to win so easily. It’s a pity that we didn’t keep the brown-scaled murloc.”
“But it can be seen from this that the forces in Tianzhu Haiyan are complicated and there are many contradictions between them. As outsiders, if we have sufficient and reliable information, we can definitely play both directions among these forces.”
“What a pity.” The young man sighed.
“Yes. Everything happened too fast.” Cang Xu sighed.
The young man continued: "In this case, I have no choice but to take the Deep Sea Monster Fish and dive into the bottom of the sea alone to find out."
“Captain, is this a bit risky? At least you have to find one or two Silver Extraordinaries by your side...” Before Cang Xu could finish his words, he was interrupted by the young man.
"There is no need to waste precious military power. Even if they come to help me, their help will be limited under the sea."
“The Deep Sea Monster Society and Talling are my biggest helpers.”
“These days, you consume the murloc prisoners as quickly as possible and create soul crystals. I need a boat, and it won’t be long before the Tianzhu rises.”
Cang Xu nodded: "I understand, sir."
The boy did not disclose the secret that the brown-scaled murloc was him.
If you use the excuse of turning into a beast, you can actually convince others.
But this is not necessary.
It is unnecessary to say it.
A few days later, the young man handed over the fleet to Cang Xu and Zong Ge to take charge of it. He announced to the outside world that he wanted to practice in seclusion, but in fact he took the Deep Sea Monster Fish and went deep into the eye of the sea.
In a trench, he hid the Deep Sea Stranger, turned into a fish-man, and swam out alone.
According to the plan, he "accidentally encountered" a murloc caravan detected by the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
The boy blocked the caravan's path.
The leader of the caravan is also a brown-scaled fishman. He looks very old and his eyes are not very bright.
When the old brown-scaled murloc saw the young man, he was immediately shocked: "gralalrl? (This little brother of the murloc tribe, what is your name? Awesome, did you kill these iron bats?)"
Beside the fishman boy, lay the corpses of two black iron-level manta fish.
This is the debut plan that the boy designed for himself.
“wmgrlll, mmmwagrl. (Of course I killed him, my name is Ben Bo.)” The young man said calmly, while turning his wrist, he made several moves with the black iron-grade scimitar in his hand.
The old fishman's pupils shrank, his mouth opened wide, showing his rotten teeth, and he laughed: "mlglmaima? (Brother Benbo is so powerful at such a young age, it's really exciting. Do you sell your prey?)"
The fishman boy thought for a moment, then agreed to the old fishman's decision to sell the two iron bat fish carcasses.
He took advantage of the situation and asked the old fish man, where are you going?
The old fishman mentioned the name of a fishman town. The fishman boy tilted his head and thought for a while, then naturally said that he was a little tired from his hard training and simply followed the old fishman and his party to this fishman village.
The old fish man hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed to the young man's request.