She could sense it...

That existence is, in fact, a part of oneself.

But why?

Why did 'she' appear?

besides...

What am I, really?

Fear, unease, excitement—a strange mix of emotions filled Mo Yurou. She had a feeling that her secret might be fully revealed in the next official competition...

"【copy】..."

"You tell me, was it really that boring in Yinshan just now?"

Yan Rou stroked her chin and shook her head: "No... what just happened seemed a bit like being under an illusion..."

"Illusion?"

"Yes! Illusions that can never reach the truth..."

"Whose methods were these? Was it Master's?"

"No...it's hard to say, but it shouldn't be Zheng Hao's. He didn't even have dice, and it couldn't be Mo Yurou either, isn't her ability [Super Ship Acceleration]?"

"I suspect it was done by the other spectators..."

"Yeah?"

"......"

Speculation and discussion continue.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of waves crashing against the shore came from outside the hot spring town.

As a massive base ship approached Hot Spring Village, a loud, familiar voice rang out: "Hey! Lei Yun, get ready to evacuate! Also, what was going on earlier?"

Yu Wen led [Energy Storage] over from the wooden platform, and when she saw Zheng Hao, she was clearly startled.

"you?"

What are you doing here?

"Aren't you?"

"have to!"

"I love adventure, is that okay?"

Now, whenever he meets someone, Zheng Hao has to explain why he participated in the "Adventure Race".

Yu Wen glanced at him but didn't say anything more. She simply beckoned to Lei Yun, "Restore the monitoring of the sea from [Hot Spring Village]! They're very interested in the sea giant's disturbance..."

"Also, I hope you can bring honor to the [Shipping Federation] in this competition!"

Don't worry...

"Those old bastards don't have the guts to go against me."

Lei Yun waved his hand dismissively and immediately called out, "Everyone... prepare to evacuate! We'll be spending the next few days adjusting on the [Ship Alliance - Base Ship]!"

"in addition..."

When Lei Yun reached Zheng Hao, he took out a file from his pocket and handed it to Zheng Hao.

"Everyone knows your information, but you don't know everyone else's information, which is very unfair to you!"

"【Shipping Alliance】will never take sides!"

With the thick file in his hands, Zheng Hao was speechless for a moment: "You should have said you would give me the information earlier. I wasted so much time and effort fighting that bald guy!"

"Why--"

You can't say that!

"You compared yourself to him, so at least you personally experienced a few skills and talents, right?"

Let's go...

Shrugging, Lei Yun led [Electric Surge] out of the wooden house.

In the corner, the boy carrying the old woman glanced frequently at Mo Yurou before quickening his pace and leaving the wooden house as well...

......

Outside the hot spring town, a small to medium-sized cruise ship, 90 meters long, 20 meters wide, and with 7 decks, was moored.

Although it's not big, it's big enough to accommodate all the players.

Zheng Hao and his group boarded the ship with the main force. After selecting a room on a floor, he pulled a group of ship girls to the table in the room and opened the file given to him by the [Ship Alliance].

There are five files in total.

A track map and information on the four participants.

By laying out the information of the four contestants, the four pairs that had been encountered earlier immediately came into view.

[Contestant: Yinshan Family - Yinshan Extreme]

【Boat Girl: Siming (SS-class)】

[Navigator Talent: SS-Rank Replacement]

[Replacement: Allows you to swap the talents of any navigator. There is no time limit, but the outcome will vary depending on the level of the talent being swapped!]

[Boat Girl Skill: Fate Master]

[Si Ming: You can swap the stats and skills of any ship girl!]

[The Yinshan Family: A family that consistently ranks among the top five in the world championships, but due to their warlike nature, they enter the competition every year starting with the 'Exploration Race'. They are rated SS+ difficulty by the Ship Federation!]

【Siminghao】

Propeller speed: 177

【Cornering Stability: 150】

[Sail wind capacity: 145]

Hardness: 120

[Anchor stability: 135]

[Battery range: 168]

The first file is the information about the bald man who asked Zheng Hao to play ball before, also known as Yin Shanji.

Because they are an old family, their information has probably been recorded long ago.

However, when Zheng Hao saw the introductions of Yinshan Ji and [Siming], he was still disgusted by their powerful [skills] and [talents].

Not only are the ship girl stats not low, but their skill talents are also disgusting?

The file also included a picture of a medium-sized ship girl.

It is 16 meters long, 5 meters wide, and has a mast height of 22 meters!

It was a black and white ship, black at the front and white at the back, with a Tai Chi symbol flag flying at the junction of the colors in the center—it looked quite strange. But... this was the [Siming]!

"This guy..."

"No wonder he said he had already told me about my opponent's skills..."

"Did he use someone else's abilities back then?!"

Looking at the information in Yinshan Ji's file, Zheng Hao pondered for a moment before recalling the details of that time...