Klein felt the ship rocking and kept staring intently at the strange ship of fire and ice.

A hazy black mist enveloped the ship, but for a long time it failed to drag anyone into the [Round Table Conference]!

"What?"

"This...how is this possible?!"

"Could it be...could it be that that guy's abilities have already surpassed [SS rank] or higher?"

"【Warning! Warning!】"

"[The stern is rapidly burning and cracking! The Tassius Database is providing solutions!]"

"【Option 1: Immediately activate 'Project Serum,' unleashing the ship's limits and entering its strongest form!】"

"【Option Two: Avoid the ship behind us and skip this opportunity to enter the second area!】"

[Number One]'s eyes flashed with decision-making. After hesitating for a moment, she suddenly slowed down and the rudder automatically veered to the side!

"Put-put-put—"

The ship, struck by the Song of Calamity, was immediately thrown back rapidly to the side!

With a "buzz" sound!

Because of the evacuation of the Möbius Ring, the Song of Calamity rushed straight ahead and crashed violently into the last ship, the Spring!

"If we start the [Serve Project] now, we might not even be able to wait for the [Third Division] before the [Navigators] are completely drained!"

"For victory..."

"Let's avoid their sharp edge for now. The [Tasshus Database] records that the former [Limit-Breaking Ship Girl - Shattered Star] would drain the [Navigator] dry with each piloting session. Therefore, her [Serve] might also have some flaws..."

"Klein..."

Despite the possibility of receiving the chip's command in his mind, Number One glanced at Klein, whose face was filled with panic, and a hint of hesitation and indecision appeared in his eyes.

She knew!

Unlike other family members who were kept in the dark, she knew very well... what the "ship girl" and the "navigator" would become once the "Serve Project" was launched...

With good luck, a person's "talent" is exhausted, and the boat girl is paralyzed.

If you're unlucky!

Once a person's talent is exhausted, all that's left is lifespan. And after this competition, the ship girl might be completely deformed, unable to deploy her ship again, and forced to live as a humanoid monster...

This is the price for breaking the taboo!

Although the [Big Family] has been dedicated to researching [serum] for many years and can guarantee the lowest possible level of side effects, [serum] still has inherent instability.

[Number One] is not afraid of becoming a sacrificial lamb for experiments.

only...

Looking at Klein, she pursed her lips: "Who cares! He's not Zheng Hao! If he's crippled, he's crippled!"

Muttering harsh words, the ship had already circled around, stopping outside the path of the rolling ball...

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"

What's even more frightening now, beneath the seabed, is the sound of liquid evaporating.

The Song of Calamity ripped apart the Iron Ball and appeared behind the Spring!

"Hello!"

"Hello!!!"

"Boundless Sea, what kind of monster is that?"

"How can it keep burning and emitting smoke underwater?"

As the scorching heat behind her drew ever closer, Roanna's face turned deathly pale inside the Captain's Cabin of the Spring!

I can't imagine what it would feel like to have that thing hit the hull of the ship.

The [Spring] can [Rebound] kinetic energy damage and some [Skills], but when this burning fire ship gets close, it wants to burn your [Spring]. You can rebound the force, but you can't return the heat!

"【The Eye of Foresight】!!!"

Hai Wuliang glanced at the ship behind him and his eyelids twitched violently!

Since the ship's hull had changed shape, he certainly knew what was going on!

Breaking Limits!

The [limit breach] occurred after the injection of [serum]!

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

In his azure pupils, Hai Wuliang saw the future!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

If I had stood firmly in front of the [Song of Calamity], I could have used the brief rebound to create distance again. But... the result was that a tornado would quickly rise at the entrance to the [Second Zone]!

The waterspouts can be so large that they twist and rotate the entire track, and the iron balls will swirl around inside them.

Once his [Spring] got involved, he would be unable to escape. After spinning in the waterspout for two and a half seconds, he would be smashed into a deformed shape by the spinning iron ball!

"Tsk..."

"So... is that the power of weather forecasting after [breaking the distance]?"

"An underwater tornado? A giant whirlpool?!"

"......"

Hai Wuliang's face showed a hint of fear. After opening his eyes, he looked at the [serum] in his hand. He didn't rush to use it. Instead, he frantically turned the helm and quickly steered the ship to the left!

"Sizzle—"

A plume of burning steam flashed past the ship's side!

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud "boom" as the iron ball rolled by!

With a "whoosh" sound!

The "Song of Calamity" rushed into the entrance of the "Second Zone." The iron ball, initially drawn back to the entrance by the suction force, was about to reseal it...

Can...

"Hehehe—"

"Hehehe—"

"The Song of Calamity...will not let you win!!!"

From inside the fire-ice ship came a soft, distorted child's voice!

immediately!

To Luke's utter astonishment, the four disaster buttons, including the one for "Wind," suddenly slammed down!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

Beneath the calm surface of the sea, after the [Song of Calamity] disappeared, the iron ball at the center suddenly began to vibrate and spin strangely, with waves of swirling ripples spreading out from the midline point, faster and faster!

"Boom!"

Until the very end!

At the center of the disc, a twisting waterspout rapidly unfolded!

The massive iron ball, feared by all, was suddenly twisted and spun by the waterspout, swinging up and down at the entrance to the [Second Zone]! The tornado and the iron ball had become an obstacle to the [First Zone]!