After leaving the military office, Fang Yu didn't hesitate, found a restroom, closed the door, and quietly rolled the dice in his hand.

The dice rolled in the void and then fell into Fang Yu's hand.

A number was displayed on it:

2!

Uh...

Alright, a bit unlucky, but the previous roll was a 5, and now it's a 2, so it's kind of balanced out.

Fang Yu was actually okay with it internally.

Then, the task reward this time was doubled.

And the amount of experience on Fang Yu's panel had risen to:

Fang Yu: Level 13 (55000/18000)

Looking at this experience, Fang Yu took a deep breath.

This is the benefit of grinding faction levels...

The experience rewards are really generous.

Without a faction level, completing a task would give 600-1000 experience.

But just now, after settling three-party tasks, it actually rewarded 12,000 experience, a full tenfold increase!

Anybody looking at this couldn't help but say "it's worth it..."

Moreover...

Fang Yu glanced at his panel's experience and was surprised to find...

He seems to be able to... level up twice!

The experience from level 14 to 15 is 25,000, and his panel's experience is more than enough.

After leveling up twice, his level rose to 15.

At level 15, the number of ship parts that can be enchanted increases to three, meaning Fang Yu can upgrade two brand new parts.

Besides, after this task settlement, Fang Yu's faction level changes also reflected some shifts:

Military: F-level Private First Class (200/500)

Ocean Court: F-level Reserve Member (88/100)

Ji Clan Trading Association: D-level Captain (80/150)

Overall, the faction level of the Ji Clan Trading Association is easy to grind, casually upgraded to D-level, and soon approaching C-level.

But as the weakest faction among the three, obviously, the faction level value of the Ji Clan Trading Association is not comparable to the other two factions.

Also, its growth ceiling and space are not as ample as the other two factions.

But Fang Yu didn't overlook the faction level of the Ji Clan Trading Association because of this.

After all... completing tasks for the military and the Ocean Court only rewards points or military merit and not money...

Only by working for the Ji Clan Trading Association can one receive generous monetary rewards.

This is a cash cow; when lacking money, you definitely need the faction level of the Ji Clan Trading Association.

...

In the following two days, besides continuing to seek gun training from instructors and assigning personal improvement tasks to crew members, Fang Yu leveled up twice in two days consecutively.

His level increased from 13 to 15.

And he got two more dice-roll chances.

Lord Points, roll!

Twice!

3, 4!

Great, not too unlucky.

Fang Yu was very pleased with these two rolls.

He directly used 2 Lord Points to increase his energy level from 11.6 to 13.6, stepping further towards inhuman levels.

With the remaining 5 points, Fang Yu immediately called over Ma and invested one Lord Point in him.

First, upgrade Ma's leadership skill to level 5.

The level 5 leadership skill will unlock a new ability!

[Shared Wealth lv.4] → [Rapid Growth lv.5]

Even the skill name changed.

[Rapid Growth lv.5]

Upon completing tasks/finding treasure, the following effects may trigger:

1. The captain obtains 500 Silver Coins, and the crew obtains 300 Silver Coins.

2. Related experience rewards increase by 50% for everyone. (Only task/treasure rewards, kill rewards cannot trigger)

This feels great!

Looking at the qualitative improvement in Ma's leadership skill, Fang Yu finally showed a satisfied smile.

Goodness, after consuming 5 Lord Points, Ma's leadership skill was finally pushed to a level where it rapidly enhances experience.

Currently, Ma can be considered as a walking resource card.

Similar to those hardcore players in some games who log in and use a double card immediately.

With Ma's leadership skills, everyone on the ship will improve even faster.

Moreover, the monetary rewards have also increased, meaning that after completing tasks in the future, the crew can choose to buy more personal enhancement items for themselves.

For example, this time...

Fang Yu saw that Luo Kuan bought himself an enchanted shotgun...

And Luu Yuan bought a diving suit capable of creating water bombs.

Du Ran bought an Ejection Device, which can instantly turn him into a human cannonball and launch onto the opponent's ship deck.

Ma also bought a set of telekinetic weapons, known to be all-in-one offensive and defensive and controlled by brain domain energy level...

When tired and sleepy, bulls and horses drink coffee.

When the crew is weak, they buy equipment for themselves.

Everyone has a bright future...

Fang Yu was very satisfied, and he began pondering how to modify his ship.

Clearly...

This is very important.

Whether it's the upcoming main story task or the imminent Star Removal Association, they all require competition with other captains.

If it's competition with peers, so be it. Even if it's the child of a conglomerate, among peers, definitely not Fang Yu's match.

But in this return of captains, there's also a level 20 large cargo ship captain competing with him.

They are both cargo ship level, but a large cargo ship can enchant five times, including one intermediate enchantment.

Even if Fang Yu's ship upgrades to level 15, it can only sustain three enchantment upgrades.

When it comes down to real competition, Fang Yu is confident, but the advantage may not be that large.

Only by continuing to build the ship and enhancing the ship's combat capabilities can the difference be made and more benefits be won from these two competitions.

The stronger the combat power, the more benefits can be obtained!

Without further ado, improve!

But...

Before heading to the Alchemist Guild, Fang Yu called over Ma and Luo Kuan, saying to them:

"You two, don't idle in the next couple of days. Besides carrying out your personal tasks, observe the veteran captains who have returned from the West Qinghai Sea Region."

"Forget about the ship-grade, with the New Captain Protection Association involved, they are not our competition.

Focus on observing cargo ship-level ships, and check out which cargo ship-level captains are the potential competitors in this Star Removal Association."

"Discuss with Luu Yuan and summarize later for a bit of analysis."

"Got it! Captain! Task guaranteed complete."

The two were very interested in this kind of sneaky... uh, intelligence-gathering task and immediately ran enthusiastically towards the public port.

Seeing their enthusiasm, Fang Yu was slightly confused and pulled Du Ran aside: "What's up with those two? Why are they suddenly so energetic?"

Du Ran laughed foolishly: "Captain, in the last two days, while browsing forums, Luo Kuan found a female captain, ranked on the beauty list, who has just moved back to Qiyun Port from the West Qinghai Sea Region, and now she's almost a celebrity there, with many captains hovering around her."

"Now, those two are probably planning to chat up that female captain, right?"

Female captain?

Fang Yu was speechless.

Damn... So that's why Luo Kuan, that dog, is so energetic this time...

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