In fact, Meng Lei's reason for rejecting the Shenlong was simple.

He just doesn't like to be controlled.

It's hard to break out of the impermeable social system of Blue Star, and you can live your life the way you want.

But once you join the fleet, you will inevitably be controlled by the new system.

It's like jumping out of one cage to another.

Moreover, in this environment of losing legal constraints, the establishment of a new system will inevitably be accompanied by extreme bloodshed and dirty.

Meng Lei doesn't like those things, it's good to be free by himself.

Moreover, he also has a golden finger, which can detect most potential threats in advance.

It is not difficult to live a free life in this abyss of alien oceans.

Of course, if the game progresses to the middle and late stages, the fleets of major forces and organizations will gradually take shape.

When the time comes, in order to seek stability, he will eventually have to find a big tree to seek refuge.

Or, if the time comes one day, he will build a fleet of his own, which is not impossible.

But at this stage, it is still a little early to think about these questions.

In addition, what the character of the captain of the Shenlong was, Meng Lei couldn't be sure at all.

Moreover, rapidly expanding ambitions and desires can completely change a person in a very short period of time.

If something happens to the fleet, it will be difficult to get out!

At present, it is okay to regard the Kyushu fleet of the Shenlong as a cooperative object, but it must not be thrown into it.

Therefore, Meng Lei directly refused the invitation of the Shenlong without hesitation.

In this regard, the Shenlong can only express regret.

[Shenlong: In that case, it would be a pity......

If we can have talents like you to join the Kyushu fleet, it will inevitably grow rapidly, and it will be ahead of other countries at the starting line, laying a solid foundation for future development!

But since you don't have the will to do that, then we won't be strong.

If we encounter any trouble in the future, we are both compatriots in Kyushu, and I hope we can support each other......]

After this chat was sent, the Shenlong quickly sent another message.

[Shenlong: The supplies are ready, let's start trading! 】

Meng Lei put away his chaotic thoughts and opened the trading system.

At this time, no one chose to buy the three portions of fish that he had hung up twenty minutes ago.

Obviously, with the resources at hand at this stage, the resources at hand are not enough to pay for the transaction needs.

But it is not excluded that there is another possibility, some people have enough resources in their hands, but they don't need the fish and meat that Meng Lei hangs out.

None of that matters, though.

Remove all three units of fish from the shelves, and then enter the private chat interface.

After adjusting the content of the transaction, Meng Lei took the initiative to send a transaction application to the Shenlong.

On the other hand, the Shenlong also immediately chose to accept.

When the Shenlong put all the materials into the transaction column, this private transaction was completed in an instant.

And Meng Lei, on his side, also received a system prompt at the same time.

[System Prompt: You have obtained Iron Ore*12, Aluminum Ore*12, Plastic*12, Titanium Ore*6 through trading, all items have been received, please check in the warehouse!] 】

"It's kind of magical, it's kind of a game."

Meng Lei grinned and nodded contentedly.

At this time, the Shenlong sent another text message.

[Shenlong: Friend, the goods have been received, and they are heavier than the one on the picture, and they are indeed worth the money!

Happy working together and looking forward to the next deal! 】

Meng Lei replied with a smile.

[Return to the ruins: Happy cooperation! 】

Then, he closed the communication interface and got up and left the cockpit.

However, even now that all the materials have been gathered, Meng Lei did not repair the gravitational ball in the first place.

After exiting the cockpit, he walked straight towards the freshwater extractor.

After nearly half an hour of operation, the extraction volume displayed on the freshwater extractor has only reached 100ml.

In this way, it takes at least about five hours to extract 1000ml of fresh water.

Meng Lei scratched his head helplessly, such a low efficiency, he really didn't dare to compliment.

Licked his somewhat dry lips.

He had not eaten a drop of water for four or five hours since the crossing, and his throat began to become uncomfortable.

Meng Lei groaned slightly, and did not wait for the machine to accumulate more water storage.

I turned on the faucet directly, opened my mouth and slammed my face up.

Knock Knock Knock......

The slightly cool taste, with a hint of sweetness, is like nectar moisturizing the taste buds.

Meng Lei suddenly perked up!

But after only two sips, before he could enjoy it, the fresh water reserves in the machine had already been drained.

Licking his lips greedily, Meng Lei was a little unsatisfied.

This 100ml of fresh water is really not enough to drink.

Fortunately, he temporarily replenished some water for his body, so that his overall state has been restored to a certain extent.

Next, Meng Lei kept the freshwater extractor running on, turned around and came to the submarine's storage box again.

After opening it, it was counted, and the current material reserves of the Guixu are as follows.

Clean Fish*2, Broken Small Gravitational Ball*1, Iron Ore*12, Aluminum Ore*12, Plastic*12, Titanium Ore*6, Copper Ore*10, Bone Meal 5kg, Photogen*1.

There are a total of nine different materials, which occupy a total of twelve compartments in the storage compartment.

Iron ore, aluminum, and plastic all exceeded the upper limit of single-block stacking.

The small storage compartment of thirty compartments has now been filled.

It does seem like a lot, but Meng Lei knows very well that it won't be too long before these materials will be squandered by him.

In the early stage of the game, these most basic consumable resources cannot be stored at all.

Everything is ready, and at the moment, Meng Lei will not delay.

The small gravitational ball was taken out of the warehouse and placed on the fabrication table.

The repair interface is launched.

[Broken gravitational ball, repair needs: iron 5/5, aluminum 5/5, plastic 3/3, titanium 3/3, copper 3/3]

[System prompt: The repair requirements have been met, do you want to fix it?] 】

Meng Lei decisively chose to fix.

In the next second, all kinds of resources in the submarine warehouse were automatically extracted by the manufacturing platform.

Then it turned into streamers of light, lingering around the gravitational ball, quickly filling the cracks and broken parts of the sphere.

After a minute, the light fades.

Subtle currents flowed around along the delicate and complex lines on the surface of the sphere.

The cracks in the upper part of the sphere had all disappeared after the light faded.

A brand-new and complete small gravitational sphere, emitting a hazy shimmer of light, appeared in front of Meng Lei's eyes.

[System prompt: The broken gravity ball has been repaired and can be used normally!] 】