Grand Voyage : Surviving on a Ghost Ship-Chapter 277 - I am a Rat-Hero!

After the battle ended, Yang Yi began checking the loot.

This time he had harvested a heap of House rat corpses, probably more than three thousand. Their flesh and blood had been completely drained by the vines, leaving almost nothing but fur and hides, which were perfect materials for crafting equipment.

There were also the three dead rat thralls, plus two beam rifles that had been brought back.

Yang Yi picked one up to inspect it. It felt solid and weighty in his hands.

The body of the rifle was silvery white, its surface covered in grime and scratches, giving off a strong sense of age.

【Name: Old Laser Rifle (072/123)】

【Type: Treasure】【Quality: Fine】【Description: A technological product. An old laser rifle with reduced magazine capacity, but its core functions remain intact and do not affect normal use. Effective range: 120 metres. Firing interval: 1.5 seconds. Requires magic stones for recharging. One magic stone provides 30 shots. Fires scorching laser beams. More powerful than a laser pistol, but with higher energy consumption.】

Yang Yi raised the rifle and tried aiming it, getting a feel for it.

The grip was quite good, ergonomically designed.

That said, he had never learned proper firearms handling, so his stance wasn’t very standard, he was relying entirely on instinct.

By coincidence, the old captain’s fishing line had a bite and was being pulled out of the sea.

Yang Yi aimed at the human-headed octopus and pulled the trigger before it could even react.

Zzz!

Like a high-pressure water gun, a dazzling blue beam shot out and struck the human-headed octopus hanging from the line. It was instantly blasted into a puddle of slime that splattered across the bow.

“Nice power. Fast projectile speed, pull the trigger and it hits. That’s beam weapons for you.”

Yang Yi now had a rough grasp of the laser gun’s characteristics: fast projectiles, large magazine capacity, and high accuracy.

The downsides were its average range, inability to fire continuously, and, most importantly, the cost of ammunition.

The current market price for magic stones was 500 Shell Coins per unit, based on the Golden Chamber of Commerce’s reference price.

So beam weapons burned money.

From a cost-effectiveness standpoint, they weren’t as good as the guns from the vending machine, which were basically infinite-ammo weapons.

【The old captain is furious and has decided to go on strike for one day.】

A notification popped up in the activity log, and Yang Yi looked up.

At the bow, the old captain had taken his own head off, holding the skull up at Yang Yi while baring his teeth, his jaw clacking open and shut nonstop.

Yang Yi didn’t pay it any mind. He wasn’t planning to sail anywhere anyway.

He stowed the two laser rifles, planning to sell them later along with the pistol.

Inside the rat nest of the Shelter, there were likely quite a few more weapons like these. When the time came, Yang Yi could play arms dealer for real and make a killing reselling them.

He stored one rat thrall corpse in his ring, then climbed up the mast to test its harvesting effect.

It was similar to skeletal remains, only an extra two hundred points of hull durability, and the skill was still Summon Skeletal Rats, with a quantity of ten.

It seemed that, at least for rat thralls, the difference in harvesting results between intact corpses and skeletons wasn’t very large.

He returned to the deck and tossed the three dead rat thralls into the Monster Vending Machine, receiving three capsules in return.

【You obtained: Rat-Hero Cape ×1】

【You obtained: Low-tier Artisan Inscription Stone ×1】【You obtained: Magic Stone ×10】

Yang Yi checked the item properties.

【Name: Rat-Hero Cape】

【Type: Treasure】【Quality: Rare】【Description: A magical cape made from the fur of a giant House rat. Agility +1. When wrapped around the body, it conceals one’s presence and allows transformation into Rat-Hero.Appearance: a humanoid creature with a giant rat head embedded in the chest.Duration: 2 hours. Cooldown: 24 hours. The transformation ends early if heavy damage is taken or when the duration expires. Allows the wearer to understand the language of rats.

Rat-Hero, this is my destiny!】

Yang Yi froze for a moment after reading the description.

“A transformation item?”

He put on the cape and went into the captain’s cabin, studying himself carefully in the mirror.

It looked like an ordinary black-fur cape. The fur was a bit stiff and prickly to the touch.

He then wrapped the cape around himself and activated the item skill called Rat-Hero Transformation.

The cape began to writhe. The rat fur seemed to come alive, reshaping itself and dressing Yang Yi up as Rat-Hero.

A huge rat head appeared on his chest, vividly lifelike, though actually hollow.

Most of his body was wrapped in rat skin as well, making him look like a full-fledged ratman.

Several House rats had even “attached” themselves to his cheeks and forehead. They could move, but were actually nothing more than empty shells.

Yang Yi touched them and found there was feedback. These hollow rats let out squeaking sounds.

“Squeak!” (Don’t touch me!)

“Squeak!” (Stop poking around!)“Squeak!” (I’ll bite you!)

Like a kid discovering a new toy, Yang Yi poked each one in turn and found they only knew these three phrases.

Still, it was more than enough to fool other rats as a disguise.

“Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak.” (The effect’s pretty good. With this gear, I could try sneaking into a rat nest.)

“Squeak squeak squeak.” (Even my speech changed?)

He looked at the mirror again and realized his own mouth wasn’t moving at all. It was the giant rat head on his chest that was opening and closing, and the words coming out had turned into rat speech.

“Suna, I pulled something amazing!”

Yang Yi shared the item info with Suna and sent her a photo of Rat-Hero as well.

Several minutes later, Suna replied.

“Judging from the photo, it’s extremely convincing, almost indistinguishable from a rat thrall.

Once I finish making the poison, you can turn into Rat-Hero and infiltrate their base to try poisoning them.”

Her idea lined up perfectly with Yang Yi’s own thoughts.

After testing the effect, Yang Yi canceled the transformation.

The experience was fairly unpleasant, like being wrapped tightly in fur, stuffy and uncomfortable.

He put the Rat-Hero Cape back into his ring and looked at the pile of House rat corpses outside, a new plan forming in his mind.

Originally, he had intended to make clothes, pants, and gloves, but the Rat-Hero Cape gave him another option.

By copying it, he might be able to produce rat-fur cloaks.

They wouldn’t have the transformation effect and the texture would be worse, but they should still offer some resistance to darkness.

Yang Yi had made fire-fluff pelts before. Even with system assistance, he had picked up some basic needlework.

He took out a simple needle and thread and worked for six hours. After producing several failed attempts, he finally sewed together an ugly cloak and received the system’s approval.

The cloak had obvious stitching, pieced together from rat skins of varying sizes, like a beggar’s patchwork.

Still, the edges had been trimmed and bound, showing that the maker had put in real effort.

Its attributes were as follows:

【Name: Rat-Hero Cape (Low-Grade Replica)】

【Type: Treasure】【Quality: Good】【Description: A cloak sewn from House rat fur, modeled after the Rat-Hero Cape. Due to crude craftsmanship, it fails to capture the essence of the original. Provides no stat bonuses and is very ugly. However, the materials are solid and durable, and the fur has been properly dried. It offers limited resistance to darkness, though it’s not recommended to rely on this garment for prolonged activity in dark environments.】

“Not bad.”

Yang Yi nodded in satisfaction.

The system might say it wasn’t much, but he didn’t really care.

After all, this was equipment that resisted darkness. There were very few competing items on the market, so it should be easy to sell, especially to players operating in the Lightless Sea.

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