The team member was holding a strangely shaped thing in his hand, but the pointer was pointing steadily in one direction.
Qin He snatched the "compass" and compared it with the direction marked by the team member on the simple nautical chart. He was so excited that he almost jumped up and patted the team member's shoulder hard.
"Good boy! You have guts! You still have to rely on your brothers at the critical moment!"
He sighed and glanced at the exhausted team members.
Hey, you know what, there really is strength in numbers! If I were to do this alone, I wouldn't be able to figure it out even if I spent tomorrow groping around!
However, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, a cold system notification sounded without warning in everyone's client:
[Regional Notice: Player "Lu Ye"'s ship is experiencing continuous interference from an unknown force field, causing the total power of the power system to drop by another 20%. The current total efficiency is... 10%!]
"What?!" The smile on Qin He's face froze instantly.
He quickly calculated, his expression turning grim. "Only...only 10% of the power left? Then...then if our ship wants to reach its destination, won't it be more than twice as slow as originally planned?!"
Oh my god, this game is so unbearable! Just as I solve one problem, a bigger one comes along!
Lu Ye stood by the helm, listening to the system prompts, his brows only slightly furrowed.
He didn't panic when the power system efficiency dropped by 70%, and now it has dropped by another 20%, which is nothing but adding insult to injury.
Again? This debuff has a continuous stacking effect?
Okay, you’re so cruel.
He glanced at the "Unknown Scroll Fragments" in his inventory, and then looked at the several complete but unknown uses of the [Primary Summoning Scrolls: Aquatic Affinity] in his backpack that he had previously opened but had never used.
make a prompt decision!
"Qin He! Have your people watch carefully! What does professionalism mean?"
Lu Ye's voice was not loud, but it was filled with determination.
He suddenly grabbed the complete scrolls with a faint blue light from the storage space, without even looking at the specific instructions, and threw them hard towards the surging sea outside the ship's side!
"Plop! Plop!" With a few soft sounds, the scroll dissolved into the water, emitting a faint light visible to the naked eye.
Then, he grabbed the pile of "unknown scroll fragments" that he had opened earlier and threw them all down!
Let's give it a try! These junk things are just taking up space, so let's take a gamble!
Qin He and the people on his boat, including the team members who had just calculated the coordinates, all stared at Lu Ye's actions in amazement, completely confused as to what he was up to.
Is Brother Lu...excited? Throwing a reel to feed the fish? Can this thing also increase the boat's speed?
Just when everyone was in doubt, something strange happened!
“Crash—!!!”
A deafening sound of water exploded, and just in front of Lu Ye and his crew's ship, a huge shadow suddenly and rapidly emerged from the deep sea!
The shadow is getting bigger and clearer!
“Ahhhh!!!”
A low but penetrating roar resounded across the sea, and a deep-sea monster of such enormous size that it was suffocating broke out of the water!
Its entire body was covered with dark blue scales, and it had ferocious bone spurs on its head. Its pair of giant lantern-like eyes flashed with faint blue light, and it was staring at Lu Ye's ship!
"Monster...monster!" Someone on Qin He's boat screamed in fright and almost collapsed to the ground.
Qin He was also frightened out of his wits. Just as he was about to yell at Lu Ye to be careful, he saw Lu Ye calmly snapping his fingers at the giant beast.
A strange scene happened!
The deep-sea monster that looked like it could swallow their two ships in one gulp actually lowered its ferocious head meekly after hearing the snap of fingers, and let out a meaningless growl. Then its huge body sank and dived into the water, but did not move away.
Immediately afterwards, everyone felt Lu Ye's boat shake violently, and then it broke through the waves and rushed away at a speed several times faster than before, even faster than when it was not affected!
The stern of the ship stirred up snow-white waves several meters high!
"This... this is..." Qin He stuttered and could not speak clearly.
Lu Ye's voice came faintly.
"Nothing, just found a free coolie to pull the boat. The scroll wasn't thrown away in vain."
Deep sea fish? He should be called Deep Sea Daddy! What a magical operation!
This luck, no, this strength, is simply incredible!
Qin He felt that Lu Ye had once again refreshed his worldview.
With the powerful traction of this "deep-sea taxi", their speed increased instead of decreasing, even faster than the fastest time before.
As the coordinates left by Meng Yang and others on the nautical chart got closer and closer, Qin He's mood calmed down from his initial shock and became a little nervous.
He hesitated for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to shout towards the shadow of Lu Ye's boat in front of him.
"Lu...Brother Lu, there's something I...I need to confess to you."
Lu Ye seemed to have expected this and just said "Hmm?" lightly.
Qin He swallowed, as if he had made some kind of decision.
"Actually...actually, I used to be a member of Brother Meng Yang's team. But in this crappy game, the spawn points are too far apart, so it's impossible to form a team. Later, we each looked after our own business."
Fearing that Lu Ye might misunderstand, he hastily added, "Don't worry, Brother Lu! This is a different time now! Now, I, Old Qin, am yours in life and yours in death! From now on, I will absolutely serve you like a slave, even to the bitter end. I will never have second thoughts!"
Don't think I'm a spy sent by Meng Yang! My life depends on you now!
Hearing this, Lu Ye's mouth curled up in an ambiguous arc.
Oh? There's this kind of relationship? That's normal. In this game, sticking together for support is the norm.
However, Qin He's desire to survive was extremely strong.
He didn't say much, but continued to move towards the target coordinates without slowing down.
Just when they were less than a nautical mile away from the coordinates left by Meng Yang, and could even vaguely see several ship wreckages floating on the sea ahead, a sharp electric interference sound suddenly exploded from the old radio station on Qin He's ship!
“Sizzle…sizzle…”
Then, what came out of the radio station was no longer human voices, but waves of monster roars that made one's scalp tingle, full of violence and bloodthirstiness!
"roar--!!!"
“Gah!!!!”
The sound seemed to come from the abyss of hell, sharp and piercing, with a dull sense of oppression, which instantly made everyone on the boat's hearts rise to their throats!
Just as everyone was horrified, a hoarse voice belonging to Meng Yang, mixed with loud noises and gasps, squeezed out from between the roars with difficulty.
"Brother Lu Ye?! Is that you?! Don't come over here! Don't get close to this sea area! Run! There's... there's a monster!!"
Before he could finish his words, the radio communication was suddenly cut off, leaving only a dead silent "hissing" sound.
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