A gasp of surprise rang out.

This time, Zheng Hao responded.

He looked at the shimmering, steaming Golden Crow with a cold gaze.

"You're very lucky, but... in the next [area], I can choose to make countless mistakes, but you... cannot make even one! Otherwise... you'll never see the stern of my ship again..."

"What the heck~"

"Idol, and I like you so much..."

"Can't you be a little gentler with your fans?"

Ruth looked sweetly at the [Purple and Green Sword], and Zheng Hao's teasing voice immediately rang out.

"OK..."

"My fans, would you give up this competition for your idol?"

"No, that won't work."

The little girl's voice suddenly dropped to a low tone, "Brother needs a [base ship] too..."

"Tsk..."

"Well, sorry then, don't blame me for beating up the fans..."

"Buzz~"

The Purple and Green Sword suddenly accelerated, putting several body lengths ahead of the Golden Crow. Inside the Golden Crow, Ruth pouted, looking as angry as a little pufferfish.

"【Golden Crow】!"

"We're not going with him! We'll take the other way..."

"I..."

"Bang!!!"

As they spoke, the Golden Crow suddenly shook violently!

"My God!"

Ruth stumbled and was about to fall to the ground.

"Ruth!"

[Golden Crow] instantly embraced Rose, holding her in his arms like a mother holding a child. The particle light and shadow flickered and swayed from side to side, and a series of impact sounds came from beneath the ship, which was tilting uncontrollably to one side!

"【Protective Yang Energy】!!!"

[Jinwu]'s face darkened, and the crimson ship planks suddenly burst forth with terrifyingly high-temperature steam.

"Sizzle sizzle~"

In an instant, the black swamp water was heated and turned into a white steaming cloud.

Beneath the surface of the water, filled with steam bubbles, churned countless tiny black spiders, each the size of a soybean.

"Bang bang bang!"

Although it's called a spider, this thing feels more like a corpse beetle.

Because they don't actively come out of the water, but simply cling to the bottom of the ship, when there are enough of them, the dark layers of "black spiders" begin to shake, causing the ship to lose its balance while gnawing at the hull planks.

"Sizzle~~~"

Spider corpses kept floating to the surface in the boiling water.

Upon closer inspection, beneath the black water, one can see even more densely packed black spiders!

They charged forward relentlessly, fearlessly closing in on the [Golden Crow]!

"Hmm..."

"Ahhh----"

[Golden Crow] held Ruth in his arms and couldn't help but let out a soft hum!

Her boat's bottom planks had been gnawed open!

That's right!

Even the ship's planks, heated to high temperatures, were still bitten open by the fearless Black Silk Spiders as the black water cooled them down, causing them to steam.

"Gurgle~"

Black swamp water began to flow into the cabin from the bottom. [Golden Crow] tried to move, wanting to leave its spot.

pity!

There are just too many black spiders clinging to the bottom of the ship!

I can't move!

I can't move an inch!

"Ruth..."

"Ruth..."

"My [Protective Yang Aura] is running out of time..."

"you..."

"Quickly pull the distress flare for the Heca family! I'll try... I'll try to hold out until the family's bullet ship arrives! With that Skywing component, young master will make it in time!"

Holding Ruth in his arms, [Golden Crow] pursed his lips and twitched.

"【Golden Crow】!"

"I...I can still give you a [delayed] time...I..."

"Enough! Ruth, my responsibility is to protect you! Using your [Talent] again will shorten your lifespan!"

"Listen to me! Listen to me! Fire the signal flare!"

"No...no!"

"I don't want anything to happen to you! Idol! Idol! Save us! I don't want the reward anymore! I don't want it!!!"

Her eyes were red-rimmed.

More than any reward, Ruth didn't want anything to happen to the Golden Crow here.

On the verge of despair, she could only pin her hopes on Zheng Hao...

She had watched Zheng Hao's videos countless times; she knew... exactly what kind of person Zheng Hao was...

......

"Rat-a-tat-tat~"

Unlike the tense scene here.

Inside the Captain's Cabin of the Purple and Green Sword, Zheng Hao stared blankly at Jian Qinghan.

She trembled with excitement again.

Although he didn't know what was wrong with Jian Qinghan, Zheng Hao had a hunch that something in this [Fourth Area] was probably already harming Jian Qinghan.

"Hello... who is this?"

"Zheng Hao, now that the competition is over, can I come back here alone and hone my skills?"

With his face flushed, Jian Qinghan looked at Zheng Hao hopefully.

Zheng Hao's face darkened. "Are you trying to practice your skills? I don't even want to expose you!"

"Speak..."

What's going on here?

"Uh... my hull... it seems like something's gnawing at it. But they can't break through my [hardness], it's like they're giving me a massage, it's... it's actually quite comfortable..."

"......"

"Idol! Help! Help!!!"

"You're going to lose one fan!"

"Wrong! I don't want the reward! Help me!"

The atmosphere in the captain's cabin was eerie when suddenly a pleading voice came from behind.

Zheng Hao was taken aback.

Jian Qinghan also looked at Zheng Hao with suspicion: "What should we do? Save them?"

"This is your fan..."

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