Chapter 86
After confirming that the anonymous package had been received by the other party, Xia Mo stood up and walked out of the post office while replying to the message Taotao had just sent.
[Taotao: Mo Se, can you still come to the sea area activities tonight?]
Xia Mo said it succinctly: [can]
[Taotao: Okay, I’ll wait for you]
Today is the 7th day of the sea adventure activity, and it is also the settlement day for the first week of the activity.
Through their efforts, they had raised the team's ranking from outside the top 20 to third. If everything goes well today, third place will be almost guaranteed.
As usual, Xia Mo and Tao Tao usually do sea missions in the morning.
But as everyone saw today, in order to make time to prepare for the guild war, she had already skipped classes for the entire afternoon, and she didn't dare skip the morning, so she temporarily changed the activity time to the evening.
Fortunately, everyone was free in the evening, and at 8:15, everyone gathered in the Sulu Sea on time.
"Today is the last game, everyone hold on tight!"
Fenghuo, who seldom participated in team missions and had never won any place in the limited team missions, blinked his eyes and was extremely excited.
Tang Sheng patted his shoulder, looking hopeful: "Come on, buddy, try to get a few more deformed species tonight."
Fenghuo: "It's a must! Our goal today is to maintain third place and fight for second place! Or even first place!"
Taotao, who was connecting with the NPC and preparing to land in the sea, turned around and smiled: "Okay, good luck everyone~"
Tsk.
While chatting and laughing, Xia Mo suddenly heard a light clicking sound.
She turned her head and met the warlock's teasing gaze.
The other person just looked at her without saying anything, but Xia Mo felt a provocation coming from his bones.
After the provocation, he withdrew his gaze and followed the team disappearing on the beach.
Xia Mo didn't say a word, and followed Taotao into the sea a few seconds later.
At the dock of Yayaluo Town, motor boats were docked densely on the side. Fenghuo and others who were already familiar with this process did not hesitate and immediately found their own boat according to the number printed on the hull.
The power boat roared towards the ocean.
Behind them, Xia Mo noticed that there were two ships keeping a distance from them, one at 4 o'clock and the other at 8 o'clock.
At first glance it looked like a triangle formation, but in fact, the two ships at the back clearly wanted to launch a pincer attack on her.
During sea adventures, ship-to-ship conflicts are common. For example, when they landed on the sea on the first day, weren’t they intercepted by a ship?
Sometimes these players are out to steal the fish from other people's boats, primarily because they enjoy being lazy and not working; sometimes they're just out of control, simply enjoying messing with others and getting pleasure from their anger...
There are many reasons, but none of them is as serious as the situation they are facing now - a joint attack.
Unbeknownst to her, the two ships behind had reached some kind of consensus, intending to keep an eye on them from the moment they entered the sea area and not let them have an easy time.
This is where it gets a bit tricky.
Xia Mo frowned. If there was only one ship, it would be fine. The gap between the two sides was not big, and she could still shake them off by running around. But if there were two ships...
Even if you get rid of one ship, another one will catch up from the side.
In this case... then I have no choice but to take the risk.
Having made up his mind, he immediately turned the rudder to the side, and the boat hummed towards a direction they rarely went.
Noticing that her steering direction had changed, Fenghuo yelled, "Boss, where are we going?"
Xia Mo: "Geta Cliff."
Fenghuo glared: "Isn't that the map we almost entered on the first day?"
On the first day, they were inexplicably intercepted by a ship. In order to get rid of these sea pirates, they had no choice but to rush towards the steep cliff, successfully tricking the other party into it, and then were smashed to pieces by falling rocks from the cliff and resurrected back to the dock.
In Fenghuo's impression, the Geta Cliff is like hell in the sea, a place where there is no return.
But now, when he heard her say that she would actually go in on her own initiative, he was immediately surprised.
He was not the only one who was surprised. When Tang Sheng heard about it, his first reaction was also stunned.
After so many days of fishing with her, Tang Sheng had a general understanding of her personality. If she hadn't encountered something, she wouldn't have gone into the dangerous map for no reason.
"Is it because of the two ships behind us?" Tang Sheng frowned when he noticed the power boat following them.
Xia Mo hummed: "Yes."
The people on the boat became nervous instantly, looking back from time to time, fearing that they would be caught up by the two ships.
"I don't understand," Fenghuo frowned and shook his head. "Even if they attack us until the ship sinks, they won't get any points!"
They haven't caught many fish yet. If the ship really sinks, there won't be many fish. Even if the two boats behind try to pick up the leftovers, they won't be able to catch many. Why do they have to do such a thankless task?
Xia Mo's face remained calm, as if it wasn't him who was being squeezed, but someone else. "They won't gain any points, but we will lose points."
Once the points drop, the overall ranking will be directly affected.
They are now ranked third. If someone were to ask who would benefit the most from a drop in ranking, Xia Mo's eyes flickered as he recalled the male warlock he had just seen before entering the event. He was probably the fourth one just below them.
As mentioned before, the top 20 teams in the sea activities will receive generous rewards, but the rewards are divided into several levels.
11th-20th is one tier; 4th-10th is another tier; 2nd and 3rd place have another tier, and finally the first place is the well-deserved highest tier.
The warlocks are now in fourth place, only one place away from advancing to the next level. This temptation is so great that anyone would want to fight for it.
Xia Mo looked at the points gap between the fourth place and his own side.
To be honest, the gap is quite big, it's more than 8,000 points lower here.
If you want to catch them, you have to catch at least 35 more pelagic sharks than them.
35, not 3 or 5. Unless there is a big problem with Xia Mo’s boat, which requires a lot of points to repair the boat, they have no chance of winning as they are in fourth place.
But obviously, that's what the fourth place has in mind.
They were smart enough to know that they had little chance of winning a 1v1 fight with her at sea, so they joined forces with the second-ranked team to snipe her together.
The second person is not stupid either. If he agrees to cooperate, he must be able to benefit from it.
Xia Mo looked at the points of the second place again, and sure enough, the gap between them and the first place was quite large.
It would be difficult to make up for the gap if you only relied on points earned from fishing, but if you could get double the points, you would be much more efficient in catching up.
If you want to ask where the double points come from?
The answer is: the fourth person actively contributed.
Xia Mo guessed that the agreement reached between the two teams should be that the second team would help the fourth team to kill Taotao's team and let the fourth team be promoted to third team. After the promotion was successful, the third team would transfer the high-priced fish they caught to the second team to help the second team reach the first team.
This is a win-win cooperation. As long as the person is not stupid, the second party will definitely agree.
In this situation, fighting head-on is definitely not a good idea. Although she is confident enough in her combat ability, don't forget that there is also Fenghuo, a life-oriented person, on the ship, and Tang Sheng, whose performance depends entirely on opening blind boxes. If they get rid of the two of them, it would be easy for her, Taotao and the swordsman to suffer losses when competing with the 10 people on the opposite side.
Things have come to this point, and Xia Mo will never give up the ranking no matter what.
So I pushed the boat into the full 3rd gear, accelerated first, and then when I saw one of the entrances to the Geta Cliff, I suddenly slowed down and turned.
The stern of the ship created a small wave on the sea surface, and the bow of the ship, like a flexible water snake, dived into the cliff and disappeared without a trace.
Behind them, two ships were forced to rest just off the cliff.
"They actually went in! Damn, they're so brave!"
On the fourth boat, someone gritted his teeth and spoke rather unwillingly.
His teammates also frowned: "This is forcing us to go in and fight to the death."
After a pause, he turned to the leader and asked, "Boss, should we chase them?"
If I don't chase, not only will my ranking not improve, but I will also be likely to be overtaken by the fifth place who is chasing me closely; but if I chase, there are rocks falling from the cliff constantly, and I heard there are some scary sea monsters in there. If that happens, I will not only fail to get a ranking, but end up losing myself.
The situation was in a dilemma, and all the crew members looked at the leader, hoping that he would make the decision.
The warlock called Boss narrowed his eyes and did not answer his teammates immediately. Instead, he asked the second team not far away.
"Do you want to chase?"
The captain of the second boat pondered for a few seconds and shook his head: "No pursuit."
They are already ranked second. Although they would like to strive for first place if given the chance, they will never risk the entire ship by rushing off the cliff. The risk outweighs the gain.
Unexpectedly, the alliance that had just been established would be broken so quickly by her interference. The warlock looked at the group of people disappearing at the entrance of the cliff, grinned and chuckled.
"We don't have to chase them. The environment inside the cliff is complex and unpredictable. Even if they hide there, they may not be safe. However, to be on the safe side, I suggest guarding the entrance and exit of the cliff. If we find them escaping, we can immediately take action on the spot."
There is an open ocean area near the cliff, so they can monitor and fish at the same time.
After hearing his suggestion, the captain of the second ship thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then we'll go to the exit, and you guard the entrance."
"good."
The partnership that was about to break down was repaired, and the two boats turned around and began patrol fishing in the nearby area.
Inside the Geta Cliff, rocks kept falling into the narrow waterway, splashing with dull gurgling sounds.
Xia Mo stared at the cliffs on both sides to prevent falling rocks, while observing the water surface that was like a narrow path to prevent the bow of the boat from turning incorrectly and crashing head-on into the cliff.
This operation is not easy.
You should know that the widest part of the waterway in the Geta Cliff is only the width of three ships, and most of the rest of the water surface can only accommodate two ships.
In addition, these waterways are winding. Looking down from a God's perspective, they look like a ball of tangled wool. If the boat is not careful when moving forward, the bow or stern will hit the cliffs on both sides.
Seeing with his own eyes how she controlled the boat to move in an S-shape on the waterway, Tang Sheng swallowed and silently turned on the recording function.
Rocks fell from the cliff from time to time, but fortunately Xia Mo had superb boat skills and was able to avoid them with an error of several angles each time. Thanks to this, although the people on the boat were nervous, it did not delay their fishing at all.
"Don't say that, the fish in this cliff are a little ugly, but they sell for a very high price!" Fenghuo sighed as he reeled in the line and looked at the illustrated book.
Xia Mo took the time to open the warehouse and found that Fenghuo had caught more than ten extremely rare cliff sea fish in a row.
These fish are not found in nearshore or offshore areas, but only grow in the Geta Cliffs. They are rare and therefore fetch a high price.
Looking at Fenghuo's extremely good luck, Xia Mo suddenly felt a little itchy in his heart.
But she didn't dare to say openly that she wanted to go fishing. After all, she couldn't even guarantee her luck.
So quietly, after entering a slightly wider waterway, she slowed down the boat, took out her long-missed fishing rod, and quickly threw it toward the bow.
Gurgle, the bait entered the water, creating ripples.
After a few seconds, the bait is pulled and the system issues a hook prompt.
She was delighted and hurried to the recycling line.
Click.
[You caught a rotten blue mackerel (Note: In a rotten state, it cannot be traded in the seafood store)]
The smile froze at the corner of his mouth.
Xia Mo: ...
Her silence is deafening :)
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