Mysterious Sea

The group found an unusual sea area.

From a distance, this place looks no different from other sea areas. But when you sail along it and get close to the surface, you can see a faint golden light beneath the water.

This is a special area that is not marked on the map.

Based on the general characteristics of this field, fishing should also be possible here.

Without further ado, Wang Rengui and Zhang Min, whose mental energy was almost depleted, gathered their cards and began fishing.

Wang Rengui cast a few cards but found nothing. But as soon as Zhang Min made his move, he sensed a big fish under his fishing rod.

"Naliren, come give me a hand, there's a big one down there!"

Nariren activated the card's body enhancement function and took the fishing rod.

As a C-rank card master, she immediately realized the problem.

It seemed that she couldn't pull up the thing down there with her strength.

It's worth noting that Naliren could have caught the fish that the others had released earlier. However, they were either extremely agile or had special properties, making it impossible for them to keep them after catching them.

Wang Rengui hurriedly went to find Ning Xi.

Ning Xi stepped out of the card maker's room and her mental energy sank into the water.

The entire sea area was shrouded in a faint energy field. After entering the special sea area, the intensity and nature of the energy field changed, but it was still within their control.

Meanwhile, the energy field beneath the ocean is continuously strengthening.

"Let go, let's get out of here!" Ning Xi immediately made the decision. Naliren released her grip, and Yu Xiangyin was already prepared, the boat sailing in the opposite direction.

After the ship sailed away, the seemingly calm sea revealed its blade-like dorsal fin, which was dyed a brilliant gold in the glow of the setting sun.

...

Meng Shalian's plan was a success.

The scattered participants thought the dangerous waters would be safe from the war for the time being. As they struggled against the harsh natural environment, their boats, like sharp blades, pierced the weak points of the hulls and ended them in the shortest possible time.

"There is a small boat ahead, which is estimated to have been reinforced only once or three times."

That's basically cannon fodder.

Meng Shalian's teammates all thought so, but she still reminded them, "Be careful, we don't know what the other side is like."

"It looks like the ship from Mingxin Academy is on the other side."

“Mingxin Academy?” Meng Shalian took the telescope materialized from the card. “Why aren’t they with the main force? I think I saw Naliren. I heard she has a good talent in combat.”

"There must be some grudge between them. Have you heard of Ning Xi, the card maker for this team?"

"She is a freshman with strong abilities. Since entering university, she has been comparing herself to Luo Qing'an of the Luo family. In the end, she completely outshone him in the card maker competition. It can be said that she has made enemies with the Luo family."

“Luo Shangqi is a veteran member of the ‘Magicians’ team, and I don’t think she has no opinion on this matter.”

Although she did not join the academy, Meng Shalian had a mature understanding of the intricacies of aristocratic families.

A team that has conflicts with the main team of Mingxin Academy... Interesting.

“Let’s go,” she thought for a moment, “and test their strength.”

【broken. 】

[The student who ranked first in academic credits had incredible luck; he went into dangerous waters early in the morning and ran into a large ship not long after he turned back.]

Didn't they defeat a guild once before?

[There are boundaries between guilds, is that hard to understand? Aoki is one of the largest guilds in the area.]

[I'm new to this planet, and I don't quite understand: isn't it said that where the academy is powerful, the guilds won't be too strong?]

[Actually, as long as there are frequent incidents in a region, the guild won't be weak, since the academy and the military can't possibly cover everything.]

[Look, they're using an invisibility glitch!]

Meng Shalian's ability to succeed time and time again was largely due to her use of C-grade concealment cards. The ship changed direction, the crew suppressed their mental energy, and moved closer to their target.

The other ship turned and left at high speed.

Is it a coincidence? Or did they discover themselves as well?

"Change direction and continue approaching."

The ship quickly made adjustments, indicating that their location had been tracked.

Her teammate asked her, "Should we keep chasing, or find another ship? The other side has at least one member who is good at reconnaissance."

"We're faster, keep chasing."

Meng Shalian dropped her disguise and began to chase after him with all her might.

...

The new reconnaissance cards quickly came in handy.

After assessing the size of the opposing ship, the group immediately decided to flee.

Are you kidding me? Do you think they can compete with the scale of the other side?

Their ships weren't heavily enhanced, so they shouldn't be very fast. But a ship's speed depends not only on the ship itself, but also on the driver and the cards used to steer it.

At least for now, Ning Xi's newly created driving card is working well, steadily driving away from the opponent without reaching its maximum speed.

Just then, a paper airplane landed on the ship's side and turned into a communication card.

After a careful inspection, confirming that it had no other functions, Ning Xi connected the communication—within the domain, conventional communication devices were difficult to use, and only cards could be effective.

The voice emanating from the card is gentle, endearing, yet irresistible.

"We are the Magicians team from Mingxin Academy. Classmate, if you lure their ship into our encirclement, we can give you points as a reward."

Ning Xi asked, "How can you prove it?"

A soft laugh came from behind: "You can't get rid of them on your own. Cooperation is your only option."

Just then, she noticed that the other person had sped up again.

So their speed just now wasn't their limit. Where is their limit? She dared not gamble.

After a brief discussion, the group decided to follow the "Magician" team's instructions. After a series of actions, the opposing team stopped following.

Ning Xi: ……

That can be considered as achieving the goal.

But the "Magicians" team wouldn't agree.

"Because of you, we missed a great opportunity to defeat them. How are you going to compensate me?"

“That’s not something I should be concerned about,” Ning Xi said. “After all, no ships are chasing us anymore.”

"Don't be so sure yet. How about I show you a magic trick?"

The communication card suddenly exploded, and an unusual energy field spread out.

It wasn't an attack, nor was it a reconnaissance... Ning Xi couldn't quite put her finger on what it was, she could only sense that the large ship from before had returned.

...

"Quick, turn around, we're going back to the dangerous waters!"

Yu Xiangyin: "Shouldn't we lure this ship into the encirclement? I heard they're the guild's main force; we can't beat them, can we?"

"They might be able to beat us, but would they care if we live or die?" Ning Xi hadn't expected things to develop this way. Mingxin Academy has several strong teams, so why did this mission fall to the "top in credits" team without any discussion?

Were they being ostracized by the college?

Ning Xi thought of the energy field in the dangerous sea area. Perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope if they could find a breakthrough there.