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Because of her resistance, Tao Sai suffered a heavy fall but was not seriously injured. She pulled herself up from the ground and recalled what had just happened with a blank expression.
She selected the coordinates Yingxue sent her, and then activated the skill [Space Warp].
Transmission... failed?
Apparently, she was denied entry to the wormhole.
Tao Sai's brain was working rapidly. The maximum distance of the upgraded A+ level [Space Warp] was 1,000 kilometers. The coordinates sent by Yingxue showed that they were now at the same latitude, 30° north latitude. Her longitude was approximately 120°, and Donghai City's longitude was 125°. One degree was about 111 kilometers, and at 30° north latitude, it had to be multiplied by cos30°. A simple calculation showed that the straight-line distance between them was less than 400 kilometers.
But why did the transmission fail?
It's not an energy problem. She has plenty of energy now, and the upgraded [Space Warp] consumes less energy.
She couldn't figure out what went wrong. After a few minutes, she used the coordinates Yingxue gave her again to open the space wormhole, then slowly walked into the vortex. As her whole body was immersed in it, she encountered the invisible barrier again, and the wormhole squeezed her out.
After a few minutes, Tao Sai tried to open another wormhole. The other end of the wormhole was in the forest on the shore. She walked in and completed the crossing smoothly.
A few minutes later, she increased the distance and chose the other end of the wormhole on the diagonal of Donghai Island, and it was still smooth.
Teleportation can be performed normally for medium and short distances, but it fails for long distances. The other end of the wormhole cannot be opened to the distant coordinate city.
In other words, she was trapped within the confines of Donghai City.
Suddenly, a chill came from behind Tao Sai, and she sensed danger.
Tang Yingxue waited there for a long time but no one showed up. She was anxious and could only ask in the alliance channel.
[Tang Sixi (Lv3)]: Sister Sai? Are you here?
[Cx330 (Lv4)]: Something's wrong here. You guys hide first, stay away from them, don't act rashly.
[Tang Sixi (Lv3)]: Oh, okay.
[Three Feet of Life (Lv4)]: What's wrong, Sister Sai? I'm here, just tell me if you need anything.
[Cx330 (Lv4)]: Not needed for now. I'll call you when I need you.
[Three Feet of Life (Lv4)]: Okay!
Tao Sai believed that there was no problem with the [Space Folding], but that there must be human interference in her teleportation. Judging from the current situation, she suspected that someone had erected a wall around Donghai Island to prohibit teleportation, trapping her inside.
If she hadn't gone to pick up Tang Yingxue and the others, she might not have noticed.
When was this wall built? I don't know.
What is their purpose? I don't know.
At this moment, Tao Sai stood on a beach, with the tide rising and falling in the distance and the sea breeze blowing. She stepped on the fine sand, thinking as she walked.
Combining what happened during this period, Tao Sai had a preliminary idea in his mind.
From the moment she released the coordinates on the world channel and put out the bait, Minghao took the bait, but he didn't bring any S-level skills, which was a very suspicious point.
Minghao's backer was Jiange. Although his nickname, "Feizhou," didn't begin with "One Sword," it wasn't hard to tell from his comments on the World Channel that he was in cahoots with the other Jiange members. He had allies, but he still came alone.
At first, Tao Sai thought that he might just be reckless. The three S-level skills might be a fatal temptation, making him lose his mind a little. He did not leave any tricks for himself. He was confident or conceited, thinking that he could kill him with one blow.
Now that I think about it, maybe he and the Jiange behind him actually made more plans that night. On the one hand, they sent him to try his luck, and if he didn't, it didn't matter, to test her hand. On the other hand, they quietly laid a trap.
It was no secret that she possessed teleportation skills, so Jiange erected a wall to prohibit teleportation when sending Minghao.
For those who are obsessed with skills, three S-level skills are equivalent to pirates' treasures, and Jiange is very likely to send out all its forces.
They may not let it go just because Minghao died.
After that night, Jiange changed its normal behavior on the world channel, and all members became much more low-key.
Tao Sai was never afraid of those arrogant and inflated opponents. If God wants to kill a person, he must first make him mad. And the venomous snake that knows how to keep a low profile and hide is the most deadly.
If her guesses were all correct, then why hasn't Jiange taken action after so long?
Perhaps because Donghai City is so large, with a long coastline and complex deep-water ports and fishing boat docks, they came from other places and don’t know much about the local situation, so they are still slowly exploring and investigating.
In other words, they had actually already begun mobilizing troops, but after that night, they were afraid of her, so they did not launch an attack directly and took more time to plan and deploy.
Thinking of this, Tao Sai couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Three or four days had passed since that night. They had plenty of time to study her and plot against her, while she knew nothing about him.
It was like two athletes starting from the same starting line. She was distracted at first and didn't hear the starting gun. By the time she reacted, she was already far behind and was in an absolutely passive position.
The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. She really hates this passive situation.
Tao Sai suddenly stopped, her hands clenched into fists at her sides, and her gaze hawk-like, she wanted to see what the wall surrounding Donghai City was, and if she couldn't teleport out, could she just pass through it?
Using her mind to drive [Space Folding], she opened a small wormhole 10 kilometers away from the coastline. She walked into the vortex and came out from the other end of the vortex, using [Gravity Adaptation] to float on the sea surface.
There is no "wall" here, the scope of the "wall" is even larger.
She extended another 10 kilometers, but this time, she was bounced back by the invisible barrier, so she locked her position within the range of 10 to 20 kilometers.
She tried twice more and finally saw the "wall" with her naked eyes 17 kilometers away from the coastline.
The mottled moonlight sprinkled on the sea, and not far away on the sea stood a layer of black fog that extended infinitely to both sides.
Tao Sai looked up and saw that the black fog was not a vertical wall, but a curved surface. On a larger scale, the black fog took the shape of a hemisphere, enveloping the entire East China Sea Island.
As time went by, the black fog was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, getting closer and closer to where she was hovering.
Towsey approached the black fog and could see it was a thin layer, like a veil. She threw a shell she had found on the beach into the mist. It passed through it intact and landed in the water behind it. Objects seemed to pass through the mist easily, unaffected.
She stretched out her hand again, and her entire palm went straight through.
The black fog was moving towards her. A minute later, her entire body was immersed in the black fog and she was safe and sound.
She wanted to return to the black fog from her hovering position, but since she had no power and couldn't push off the ground with her legs, she could only use the skill [Teleport] to complete the movement, otherwise she would have to wade through the water.
[Teleport] was activated, and her figure disappeared. The next second, she was bounced out from the black fog where she should have appeared.
[Teleport] and [Space Warp] are both unable to pass through the black fog.
She tried again and threw her clone into the black fog. [Clone] was activated, and the shadow that had not yet taken shape crashed into the black fog. The moment of contact, it was bounced back, and a human figure exactly like her fell into the sea.
If you use [Space Warp] to return to the inside of the black fog, it probably won't work either.
Tao Sai held his chin in his hand and thought deeply, and made a simple summary of the characteristics of the black fog: people and objects can pass through this layer of fog freely, but it only rejects skills.
The black fog was still shrinking towards the coastline. If she was in the black fog, she would no longer be able to move to other coordinates as quickly as before.
If the black fog continues to shrink and shrinks to within a few kilometers, and Jiange launches another siege on her, she, the "Deep Sea Fish" and He Zhaonian's "Wee Light" will be completely trapped and annihilated in the black fog.
Tao Sai even had reason to suspect that they might be waiting for the black fog to shrink, or might have been lurking near the anchorage.
The situation is extremely urgent.
She made up her mind and no longer hesitated.
[Gravity Adaptive] lifted her high into the air, and she free-falls. The moment her legs touch the water, she adjusts her stance, pushes off the surface with her feet, and sinks into the sea. Using a moment of buoyancy and the sudden decrease in gravity, she smoothly bounces into the black fog. This skill is performed outside the fog, so her glide encounters no resistance.
The moment she entered the black fog, she opened another space vortex and returned to the captain's room of the "Deep Sea Fish".
Zhou Ning stretched out her body. After completing her study tasks for today, she was about to brush her teeth and go to bed.
When she turned around, she saw Taotao standing behind her, his whole body wet and still dripping.
"Taotao, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Ning asked in surprise.
Tao Sai's expression was serious. "Don't worry about that for now. Go and have them raise the anchor, collect the cables, and prepare to set sail."
Seeing Tao Tao so serious, something extremely serious must have happened. Zhou Ning had no doubts and ran out quickly without asking any more questions.
Since objects can freely pass through the black fog, we should drive the "Deep Sea Fish" out of the black fog before the fog circle surrounds us.
Once they pass through the black fog, they will be free to fly freely in the sky and no one can trap them anymore.
She quickly changed into dry clothes while speaking on the alliance channel.
[Cx330 (Lv4)]: @(三尺微命), the situation is urgent, we must move immediately, weigh anchor, follow my ship closely
[Three Feet of Life (Lv4)]: Good!
Although Sister Sai just said not to worry about it, He Zhaonian already felt the seriousness of the situation, so he kept watching the chat box so that he could see the messages Sister Sai sent him first.
The cable was retrieved from the shore by the commandos, and the anchor was simultaneously recovered into the anchor locker.
Zhou Ning and Zhou Weixing both came to the cockpit, all the lights in the cabin were turned on, and at the same time, the high-intensity searchlight on the bow was turned on, ready to start.
The Zhou family father and daughter were the helmsmen appointed by Tao Sai. After the "Deep Sea Fish" was upgraded to level four, they had not driven it yet. However, the shelter ship as a game prop was much easier to operate than a real ship, and the operation method of the third-level shelter ship could basically be used.
"Taotao, which direction are we going?" Zhou Ning asked.
"Walk in a straight line. Use the coast as a reference and draw a vertical line. We will walk along the vertical line." Tao Sai said calmly.
She was tying her shoelaces. She had changed into tactical boots and a dark outfit. Her ponytail was tied in a ponytail. A 20-centimeter dagger was tied to the outside of her calf. The holster was fixed on her left upper arm. She pulled the Velcro tightly to make the T7 pistol fit firmly against her upper arm muscles.
There is bound to be a fierce battle today.
Tao Sai was fully convinced that the Deep Sea Fish would be ambushed during its evacuation, and that the enemy might be waiting for it near the black fog.
But there was no other way. Sitting there and waiting for death was even more foolish. Taking the initiative might offer a glimmer of hope. They had to move immediately, they had to fight their way out. As long as they passed through the black fog, she would immediately open the wormhole, and they would be completely out of danger.
The distance from the anchorage to the black fog was about 16 kilometers. Tao Sai considered teleporting the two ships directly to the black fog and then rushing out. But she quickly ruled this out. Suddenly teleporting to an unknown sea area was too dangerous. There were too many uncertainties. Unless she took some precautions, she would definitely not have enough time.
There is another very important reason. The energy consumed by [space jump] is not only related to the transmission distance, but also to the volume of the transmitted object and the time when the wormhole is opened. The diameter of the wormhole that can be used for two huge fourth-level refuge ships to pass through is unprecedented, and the wormhole will continue until the two ships are fully entered. Even if the distance is short, the energy consumed will not be small.
The more energy consumed, the longer the skill cooldown time. After the two ships pass through the black fog, there will be a skill window period of more than ten minutes or even longer, and they will not be able to open the next wormhole immediately. At that time, they will be sitting ducks on the sea.
Therefore, the safest way is to use [Space Warp] only once, outside the black fog.
She also left herself a backup plan. If they were chased and intercepted within the black fog, she could open a wormhole and transfer to the opposite point of the circle center, and break out from that position. They might not have deployed troops or their troops might be weak.
The propulsion system was started, the propeller began to work, and the "Deep Sea Fish" set sail. The "Wee Light" started simultaneously and ran parallel to the side and rear of the former.
Two level four refuge ships sailed towards the vast ocean under the cover of night.
Through the broadcast in the cockpit, Tao Sai informed all the crew members on board to put on life jackets and go to the bottom cabin. If the situation was not right, they could escape by rubber boat through the working platform in the bottom cabin.
The 26 commandos quickly moved the shelves and storage boxes on the deck into the large empty warehouse. Under Tao Sai's command, they held weapons in their hands and were ready to go into battle at any time.
Tao Sai climbed to the commanding heights of the "Deep Sea Fish" and used [Gravity Adaptation] to increase gravity, so that the soles of his feet would not be easily blown away by the sea breeze.
She used night vision binoculars to observe the situation on the sea in the distance, not missing any details.
After the Deep Sea Fish sailed out for several kilometers, Tao Sai had already found the surrounding black fog under the night vision goggles. She focused her sight near the black fog, searching for possible abnormal movements.
Ten minutes passed, and apart from the rolling waves, there was nothing wrong on the sea.
But her intuition told her that the quieter it was, the more it was a prelude to a storm and the more potential crisis it contained.
Everyone on the two ships, "Deep Sea Fish" and "Wee Light", held their breath at the same time, and a depressing and tense atmosphere spread among the crowd: An Song hugged Xia Ruowei and the sleeping little An Peng in her arms tightly, Cheng Cong huddled in the corner, and Sun Siyao hugged Da Huang beside him. They all looked back through the working platform in the bottom cabin, although they could see nothing but the hazy night and the gradually distant coastline.
With only five kilometers remaining to the black fog, Tao Sai made a decisive move and said into his headset, "Full throttle! Let's charge!"
"Okay! Go!" Zhou Ning responded in the headset, while pushing the thrust brake lever to the top.
At that moment, the panel in front of Tao Sai suddenly flickered. She frowned, as if someone was circling her on the world channel. She clicked on the [Interaction] module, quickly scanned the area, and then her eyes froze.
[One Sword Cuts Mountains and Rivers (Lv4)]: @(Cx330), boom!
Tao Sai's heart skipped a beat. Within a moment, she recovered and said urgently into the headset, "Tuantuan, reverse gear! Quick!"
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