A huge fleet shuttled across the vast sea, with turbulent waves and howling winds constantly coming. Except for the luxury ship Li Mu was on, which could handle it with ease, other ships responsible for escort and logistics supplies had already appeared in varying degrees.
Danger.
"Captain, we have officially entered the Devil's Triangle. The wind from the north is too strong and the mainsail cannot be fully opened."
"Captain, two supply ships are calling for help. The hulls of the ships are damaged. We are organizing all the manpower to repair them, but I'm afraid they still can't hold on."
Bad news came one after another, and the captain standing on the bridge looked extremely serious. It was almost impossible for a huge fleet of this size to pass through the Devil's Sea with zero losses.
To ensure the greatest degree of survival, as a commander, he can only make the decision to rescue the ship in distress and allow the ship to be abandoned in critical moments.
If the supplies are lost, they are lost. As long as they cross this sea of death safely, there will be multiple supply ports along the way, enough for them to reach Moro City on time.
As an old captain, he was unwilling to accept the plan of the man in golden uniform from the bottom of his heart, but as the so-called official rank kills people, the other man can be said to be the bread and butter of this fleet.
Without the support of their own forces, hundreds of subordinates who work with them to earn a living may face the dilemma of unemployment, or even return to their original life of selling coolies.
"What a bastard. If it weren't for the livelihood of my brothers, I would have taken off my clothes and quit."
As we get deeper into the waters of the Devil's Triangle, the interior of the originally glamorous ship begins to gradually collapse. Many services are temporarily suspended, but basic restaurants and bars are still open to the public.
This became the only place for Li Mu to obtain information. Although the true situation of the fleet was deliberately concealed, there were still some passengers who got some information from familiar crew members and used it as conversation material in the bar.
After several days of summarizing, Li Mu came to a somewhat scary conclusion. For some reason, this fleet was passing through a very risky sea area. If you were not careful, the ship might be destroyed and people would be killed.
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But even with such speculation, there is not much that Li Mu can do. Unlike on land, where he can intervene if he finds someone behind the scenes, fighting rashly will push him into a desperate situation.
To be honest, there is actually no evidence that this route change is a conspiracy. In the dilemma, Li Mu can only comfort himself not to worry too much. After all, the fairy world is so big, how can he encounter black-robed men everywhere to cause damage?
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After three full days of the most arduous voyage, the fleet that set off from the Cangyun Empire finally passed through the harsh area of violent storms. When the sun shone on the deck again after many days, it had been a long time since I had slept.
The captain finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he has not yet left the Devil's Triangle, judging from his experience, the most difficult and dangerous part has passed. As long as the cloudless weather continues, the fleet will soon be able to enter the South China Sea.
"It's a pity that two cargo ships were lost in the end. Fortunately, Mr. Mo did not blame him for this. He quickly arrived at Moro City. This work is considered completed."
Picking up the pipe next to him, the exhausted man took a deep breath. The white smoke spit out from his mouth, but suddenly dispersed as it slowly floated up. An invisible force suddenly swept across.
Passed by and swept the entire fleet.
However, the captain who was smoking did not seem to feel the incoming force. He was just a little curious as to why the smoke he exhaled dispersed without wind. After knocking down the remaining ash, he turned and left.
Most of the people on the ship, like the captain, were still enjoying the long-lost warm sunshine, but there was a very small group of people whose faces were full of shock, and Li Mu was one of them.
"What's going on? Why can't I feel the vitality of heaven and earth?"
Li Mu first realized that he could not sense the vitality of the world around him, and quickly checked his own situation. Then he was surprised to find that even the speed of mobilizing the vitality in his body had dropped to an incredible level.
Judging from the current situation, his combat power at the Infant Transformation Realm was less than 10%, or even lower. This sudden change left Li Mu in a state of confusion.
The first thing that came to mind was that someone had set up a magic sealing array on the ship. This wonderful magic array had appeared in the defense battle of Qinglan City, and it could prevent the monks in the area from mobilizing the vitality of heaven and earth.
But this hypothesis was quickly ruled out by Li Mu, because first of all, the magic sealing array has extremely strict layout requirements, and secondly, the energy that escapes during its operation will never be undetectable.
With doubts and uneasiness in his heart, Li Mu quickly walked out of his room and wanted to go to the deck to investigate the situation. On the way, he happened to bump into Ge Tian who was also in a hurry.
From the opponent's expression as if he had seen a ghost, Li Mu understood that the opponent had also encountered the same situation, which meant that at this moment, all the monks on the entire fleet had lost most of their combat capabilities.
"Brother Ge, what happened? Is this man-made?"
Li Mu and Ge Tian flew all the way, and soon arrived on the wide deck. There were still ordinary passengers and crew members who knew nothing about it, but there were also scattered monks who were constantly trying to re-perceive the vitality of heaven and earth.
"It's not man-made. If I guess correctly, we seem to have encountered the legendary vitality tide."
Ge Tian's words shocked Li Mu. The term "vital energy tide" was something that was rarely noticed even in the Fuxi clan's treasure trove of knowledge.
If Ge Tian hadn't mentioned it, the word would not have appeared in Li Mu's mind at all, because its rarity could almost be described as unique.
The vitality tide, as the name suggests, is a tidal activity directed at the vitality of the heaven and earth. The Fuxi clan has inherited it for tens of thousands of years, and no one has actually encountered this phenomenon. It is only slightly recorded in the documents of a small number of oceanic tribes.
It is said that the conditions for its formation are extremely complicated, and most of the cases where writings are left occur in inaccessible deep-sea areas. No one can explain clearly why it appears, and no one has described how to deal with it.
"When I was young, I followed a fleet to the archipelago in the far north of the East China Sea. There was a tribe living on the sea. They talked about this kind of vitality tide with great disbelief."
"Not only because this phenomenon can make their most powerful warriors helpless, but also because every tide of vitality heralds that the large sea monsters hiding in the deep sea will come to the surface.
This set off a storm."
Ge Tian's face was solemn, and he slowly recounted the secrets he learned about the vitality tide in his early years. At the same time, the observation boat at the front of the fleet sounded a shrill siren.