Traction Fire

Brother Yu and Brother Mangzi logged in one after the other after finishing their own business.

When Brother Yu heard that the updated port allowed players to sail out to sea on Spirit Fire Rafts, his eyes immediately gleamed green.

"If I can fish directly out at sea..."

He seemed to see countless big fish waving at him, coyly fluttering their fins as if they were saying—

Come on, stick your big hook into my mouth...

Just thinking about it made Brother Yu's heart itch unbearably, like it was being clawed by a cat.

"I'm still short on candle oil."

Brother Yu looked at his candle oil, and his gaze immediately turned dangerous.

In that case...

"I'll kill a few more groups of Sandworms."

He could stock up on some Meat Bait while he was at it, then head out to sea to catch even bigger fish.

Clang—

Brother Yu drew his longsword once more and headed murderously toward the Sandworms' habitat.

Spirit Fire Port.

Guagua had returned with a fish basket filled to the brim.

Rogue had specifically added the fish baskets. To be honest, he hadn't expected the players to be so interested in fishing. Later, when their inventories were no longer enough, he gave them fish baskets, which could be bought with candle oil.

"Eh? Guagua Sis, you caught that many fish?"

Brother Mangzi was checking out the updated Spirit Fire Port by the shore when he happened to run into her.

"Ah, not really. They're just fish. I didn't reel in anything good. Looks like I still need to use Sandworm Meat Bait..."

Guagua said.

Fish were not especially tempting to her. What she really wanted were Special Items like treasure chests, which she might be able to trade with the Candle Keepers.

Of course, if Brother Yu heard that, he would probably be furious enough to cough blood...

"It's not easy to recover health at sea. Didn't you run into any monsters or anything?"

Brother Mangzi looked at her in confusion.

Guagua was completely unharmed, without so much as a hair missing.

Guagua found that strange too. "I don't know either. I didn't encounter any monsters along the way. It felt completely empty."

"Maybe there just aren't many monsters near the shore."

"All right, Brother Mangzi, I'm heading off. Bye-bye."

After making Landfall, Guagua picked up her fish basket and headed toward Reef Cave.

After Guagua left, Brother Mangzi scratched his head, still puzzled.

"Could it be that there aren't actually any dangerous monsters in the nearshore waters?"

Brother Mangzi planned to save up some candle oil and buy a Spirit Fire Raft to take a look himself.

The next day.

On Candlewood Island, aside from the troublesome Nearshore Specters that no one dared provoke, the other monster tribes had basically become farming grounds for the players, harvested wave after wave.

The Sandworm colony had it the worst.

Since most players were interested in fishing, and Sandworms were fairly fragile aside from their ability to Conceal themselves beneath the beach, quite a few players were relentlessly slaughtering them.

The most excessive of them all was Brother Yu.

It had to be said that Brother Yu's fishing ability and combat ability were at opposite extremes.

He could now solo a group of Sandworms and a Sandworm King with his longsword while taking virtually no damage.

Squelch!

A shriek rang out as Brother Yu's longsword precisely pierced through the Sandworm King's body.

"Why won't it ever drop bait?"

Brother Yu frowned at the Conceal Skill Book in his hand, looking deeply displeased.

He had killed several Sandworm Kings already. He had long since saved enough candle oil to buy a Spirit Fire Raft, yet these Sandworm Kings kept dropping equipment and Skill Books instead of Meat Bait!

Was the drop rate for Meat Bait really this low?

Brother Yu could not help feeling puzzled.

After reluctantly putting it away, he turned his gaze without hesitation toward another group of Sandworms.

"Damn, has Brother Yu gone completely crazy?"

"Soloing a group of Sandworms without taking damage... I think I've only ever seen Yuanfang do that."

"His luck is pretty good too. That's already two Skill Books, right?"

"But Brother Yu doesn't seem very happy."

"He wants Meat Bait for fishing. Of course he's unhappy when other stuff drops instead."

"That's ridiculous."

"This fishing addict really can do anything except fish..."

Mushroom and Niuniu watched in stunned amazement, unable to help sighing.

It was their first time seeing such a fanatical fishing addict.

"Hey! All right, Mushroom, quit watching. Hurry up and help me survey the terrain."

Niuniu poked his arm as he spoke.

Unlike the others, Niuniu was interested in combat and fishing, but not all that much. He enjoyed them more as part of the experience of playing the game.

What he preferred was exploring and experimenting.

Now, Niuniu wanted to draw a detailed map of Candlewood Island, so he had called Mushroom over to help.

Watching his little players fight diligently and continuously contribute candle oil, Rogue, as a Candle Keeper, felt greatly gratified.

Li Miao and Yuanfang had not been grinding monsters as diligently lately, but they still needed to buy equipment and weapons from his shop, so the efficiency had not dropped by much.

Brother Yu had practically made up for that gap.

Tempted by the prospect of fishing at sea, this fishing addict who usually lazed around had suddenly sprung into action, crazily slaughtering Sandworms and providing Rogue with plenty of candle oil.

[Spirit Candle]

[Rank: Cinder]

[Remaining Candle Oil: 117]

[Spirit Candle Building: Spirit Fire Port (Tier 1)]

[Anchored Island: Candlewood Island (Small Isolated Island)]

[Summoned Candle Spirits: 7]

Looking at the steadily recovering candle oil count, Rogue nodded slightly.

He had already unlocked the nearshore waters for the players, so next, he could develop steadily for a while longer.

The primary goal during this period was naturally to accumulate the candle oil needed to upgrade the Spirit Candle.

The secondary goal was to summon new players and increase the rate at which candle oil was acquired...

Before that, however, Rogue planned to make a trip to Spirit Fire Port.

Rogue revealed himself and walked out of the cave.

He raised his head and looked at the sky.

It was already evening. Stars surrounded the moon in the night sky, Seawater shimmered faintly, and the shores of Candlewood Island seemed draped in a veil of moonlit night.

It was daytime in the players' world. Most of them were busy with work or school, so Candlewood Island was relatively empty right now.

However, Rogue's senses told him that Brother Yu, that fishing addict and Sandworm butcher, was still busy...

Does this guy not have a job? What does he even do for work...?

Shaking his head, Rogue arrived at Spirit Fire Port and looked at the black-and-white flames—the Traction Fire.

There was no need to mention the Spirit Fire Rafts. The players had already tried them, and to Rogue, they were merely ordinary means of transportation.

The Traction Fire's function was what he needed to test.

Rogue reached out and touched the flame.

In an instant, a flood of information surged into Rogue's mind.

[Traction Fire]

[Search: Consume 50 candle oil to search chaotic regions, locate regions that can be drawn in, and mark them.]

[Traction: Draw in regions that meet the requirements and construct an access passage. (The candle oil cost depends on the region being drawn in.)]

This was the format Rogue arrived at after organizing the information himself, though the meaning remained the same.

"Fifty candle oil... That isn't much, but drawing in a region will probably cost far more than that..."

"So, besides providing vehicles, Spirit Fire Port can also use Candlewood Island as its center and gradually expand outward."

At this moment, Rogue gained a clearer understanding of Spirit Fire Port's purpose.

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