Upon returning to Zai Jiu, the Calico Cat immediately jumped from Yu Xunge's arms and began trotting around the ship, inspecting Cat's Ideal.
It turned a deaf ear to Yu Xunge's question of which world it wanted to visit.
Yu Xunge let it wander. She went to the dining table in the cabin and laid out all the dishes she had practiced making earlier, so the Calico Cat could eat when it grew tired of exploring. Then she opened the battlefield chat channel.
The battlefield chat was currently being flooded with messages, all discussing the revised invasion rules and the several invasions that had occurred in rapid succession.
No players from the worlds currently being invaded were speaking. They were probably busy dealing with the war that had suddenly descended upon them.
From the flood of messages, it was fairly easy to guess what was happening in the players' worlds.
Fuqing Moji: Wow~
Que Chengbomang: Yoo-hoo~
Huang Yan · Wu Ke: Heh-heh~
Ling Cha · Qi Duan: La-la~
Zai Jiu · Xunge: We are gathered here today
Fuqing Moji: To celebrate
Que Chengbomang: The invasion rule update
Huang Yan · Wu Ke: Let's all be destroyed together!!
Ling Cha · Qi Duan: Praise the gods!!
Yu Xunge silently closed the chat window. That really wasn't necessary...
Figuring the cat had probably explored enough by now, she rose and went to the deck, only to find the apron-wearing Calico Cat carrying a toolbox and knocking here and there.
Yu Xunge asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
The Calico Cat said, "Maintenance. I'm a shipwright."
After a pause, it turned to Yu Xunge and said solemnly, "First Mate, part-time shipwright."
Yu Xunge more or less understood how the six First Mates had come about...
She asked again, "Which world do you want