"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

Outside the cave entrance, there was still a vast expanse of dark, bottomless seawater.

But without a doubt, that is the [Third District]!

"The passage is open!"

"I knew it!"

"What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

Seeing the newly appeared opening, the other navigators urged each other on urgently, releasing the hidden compartment beneath them, and scrambled to squeeze into the opening...

Can!

Ye Han was the only one who didn't make a move!

His eyes were fixed on the top of the last hidden compartment.

Although the Nightmare had been split in two by the saw blade, Focalman was nowhere to be seen among the two halves of the wreckage. Instead... white feathers were still being sprayed from the two halves of the hull?

"Puff puff puff—"

After the white feathers were sprayed out, the two halves of the ship that had sunk underwater vanished like ashes, turning into dust and being buried.

After the white feathers sprayed from the air slowly gathered, a pure white ship covered in feathers materialized and actually... actually began to move, surging forward?!

"That..."

What is that?

"She...she's also breaking limits?!"

"How is this possible?! How is this possible?! How can everyone be breaking their limits in one match? Breaking limits... when did breaking limits become so easy?!"

"......"

Ye Han's pupils contracted.

He had a vague feeling that these humans participating in the competition must have done something wrong!

"Damn it..."

"Burning the lives of ship girls, burning the lives of navigators, just to win a single match?"

"No! You want to control the course of the game, right?"

"Despicable and greedy humans..."

"You'd better pray I don't find any evidence... otherwise..."

With his fist clenched, Ye Han stared at the 'feather ship' when a sudden flash of darkness appeared before his eyes, and his thoughts inexplicably paused!

"Um?"

He looked around suspiciously, but there was nothing unusual in the surroundings.

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

With the ship's hull activated, the six [ship girls] surged towards the entrance of the [Third Area]!

......

At the same time.

"call--"

"call--"

"call--"

Focalman snapped out of his panic and was astonished to find himself lying among a blanket of white feathers. He looked around in bewilderment, wondering how he had gone from having a saw blade shoved into his face to now being surrounded by feathers.

"【nightmare】?"

"【nightmare】?!"

After shouting a few times in a panic, Fokaman tried to tear off his feathers to get out, but suddenly felt a sharp pain all over his body!

"hiss--"

He frowned and looked down, his eyes suddenly trembling!

he...

He has no lower body!

No!

To be precise, his lower body had become fused with dense, feathery coverings! Below his navel, there were only moving feathers! His legs were numb and shapeless, just swaying white feathers...

"this..."

"What is this?!"

Focalman was completely dumbfounded!

Only when he felt his body uncontrollably surging forward did he realize: he seemed to have become a "ship girl"?

That's right!

It means you can feel the movement of the ship, but you don't have control over it!

"【nightmare】!"

"[Nightmare] Say something! What's going on?!"

"Buzz—"

As he continued shouting, a panel flashed before his eyes!

【Nightmare Ship - Broken Gap - Made in Paradise】

Made in Paradise

[Propeller speed: 175 > 225]

[Bend Stability: 155 > 205]

[Sail mast wind capacity: 145 > 195]

[Hardness: 120 > 170]

[Anchor stability: 150>200]

[Range: 180 > 230]

[Overall rating of the ship girl: SSS+]

[Skill: Heaven]

[Heaven (Active): You can forcibly pull any opponent into the dream you construct. In this dream world, you can influence anyone's thoughts and ideas.]

[Heaven (Passive): You can enter a dream world and summon beings from within it to disrupt your opponent!]

(Note: Each activation of abilities within the dream world will severely deplete your own power; please use them with caution!)

"this..."

"This is..."

"This is my and Nightmare's distance-breaking mode?!"

"We...we've broken through the barrier too?"

Looking at the fluctuating data panel, Focalman's face showed both surprise and delight.

He never imagined that he could possess such power!

"Puff puff puff—"

As the [Paradise Made] moves swiftly, strings of white feathers fall from its snow-white hull, creating a scene of pure and magnificent beauty!

Focalman turned his head to look behind him again...

On the remaining dark panels, the boat girls remained motionless, seemingly... as if they were trapped in a dazed hallucination!