Chapter 292 - 271: Chasing the Eye of the Storm
Looking at the raging winds and tumultuous waves, Da Fei was dumbfounded!
If what they called absolute misfortune meant that a slight player mistake would instantly turn into disaster, how could one possibly avoid mistakes in a storm? Was I finally out of luck?
At that moment, Catherine said, "Captain, look at the sky!"
Da Fei looked up, and a massive, rotating cloud covered the entire sky, but directly above him, a patch of clear blue sky remained! Wasn’t this exactly the eye of the typhoon as mentioned in weather forecasts?
Catherine said sternly, "Captain, we still have a glimmer of hope. We are right in the eye of the storm!"
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, "Eye of the storm?"
Catherine said in a deep voice, "That’s right, the eye of the storm is the center, the point where the storm forms. But it’s the calmest place in the storm, while the outer edges roar with hurricanes and towering waves. The eye moves, and our only chance is to keep up with it. If we can’t, we’ll enter the storm zone, and then it’s beyond redemption!"
Da Fei was utterly shocked! Was my position precisely at the eye of the storm, the storm’s origin? Was this merely a coincidence or caused by misfortune? It couldn’t be just a coincidence, could it? Surely it was because of misfortune? Could my misfortune be this powerful? This was like a divine intervention, wasn’t it? But now’s not the time to think about that.
Da Fei urgently asked, "Do you know in which direction the eye of the storm is moving?"
Catherine’s red hair flew in the wind as she said gravely, "I have a general idea, but the direction must be constantly adjusted. In any case, this is our only chance; we must try no matter what!"
At that moment, Coltner pulled out a small fan-like, rapidly spinning anemometer and said in a trembling voice, "Leave it to me. I’ll measure wind speed and direction!"
Ah, though we are heroes who can be fully revived with full health and mana, only you and Spyr aren’t. You must hold on!
Da Fei solemnly patted his shoulder with a long sigh, "The fleet’s life depends entirely on you!"
Coltner turned even paler, forcing himself to grit his teeth and stay calm, "Leave it to me! The fleet needs to change course immediately, 34 degrees northeast!"
Catherine nodded firmly, "Alright! 34 degrees northeast, full sail and rudder!"
. . .
The fleet surged forward at full speed amidst towering waves and whistling winds. Even in the relatively calm eye of the storm, the power of the wind and waves couldn’t be underestimated. The sky on the horizon seemed to lower a thick black curtain, with purple lightning flashing within. Everyone knew that an unimaginably enormous storm was raging there!
Meanwhile, behind the fleet, a black curtain was sweeping in from the horizon. The fleet was racing against the eye of the storm!
—System Prompt: You are battling against a Nether Sea storm; your entire ship’s deputies gained 60,000 experience, and you obtained master-level navigator information.
—System Prompt: Your Vice Heroine, Katelina, gained God-level Navigation Skill information!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Alicia gained Intermediate Navigator information!
. . .
As Da Fei gazed at the constant flood of system messages, his eyelids twitched wildly, and his heart surged with waves!
His talent specialization experience began to benefit the whole group! Was this the effect of an expert-level navigator on talent enhancement? At this rate, how much experience could the whole team gain in a few hours? Catherine had achieved God-level Navigation Skill information in the North Sea’s mist last time; could she advance to God-level this time? Could the navigator level for the entire team advance this time?
Even if I prepared for the worst, wouldn’t it be worth it if everyone’s skill levels increased? Even starting from scratch, I could rise again, not to mention I still had the Flying! Fight on!
Time seemed to stand still within the storm, as everyone strove with all their might against the wind and waves, not daring to be negligent.
Suddenly, torrential rain poured down!
Catherine exclaimed, "We’ve hit rain! This marks the boundary of the eye of the storm, and we’re about to be overtaken! Alicia, activate the charge!"
—System Prompt: Radiant Wings activates the charge special skill, speed increases by 30%, lasts for 30 seconds!
Da Fei was startled! He quickly leaned out the window to survey the scene, as dense raindrops pelted his head like hail! The rolling black clouds, like avalanches and tidal waves, roared in! It was over, we were getting caught!
Were we finally losing the battle against the heavens?
Da Fei pulled out the crystal ball. What if I tried to escape from here? I could use it twice anyway, right? But could a crystal be used in this full-speed situation? Doesn’t matter, I’ll try when the charge runs out and we can’t escape! If it doesn’t work, I’ll rely on my Storm Navigation talent! After all, I survived the Blood Sea Storm and the Radiant Storm twice; even with absolute misfortune added, I could wrest more skill information out!
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your "Octopus" has leveled up to Level 2! Durability limit +300, speed +0.3. Octopus acquired a new special skill "Storm Ship"!
—Storm Ship: Passive skill, the ship’s wave resistance performance increases by 30%.
Ah, see? Exactly what I thought! It won’t show information till the direst circumstances, and now it’s leveled up! Wait! The small ship has leveled up, what about Old Man Renior? You’re in a critical situation, why are you still sleeping?
Da Fei urgently banged on the cockpit with his navigator’s sword, shouting, "Captain Renior!!! Wake up, there’s a big problem!"
"I know!" A muffled voice immediately echoed from the cockpit.
Hearing this extraordinarily calm voice, everyone couldn’t help but shout with joy, "Captain Renior, you’ve been awake this whole time!"
Renior sighed, "Friend, you’re accepting the wrong challenge, at the wrong time, in the wrong place again!"
Da Fei hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, this is still a continuation of the last mistake, right? Captain, what should we do now?"
Renior sighed, "I didn’t have a way either, but since you installed two bones of acceleration on the ship, I have a method now. In short, the only solution is for me to constantly provide power to the bones, maintaining the current accelerated state for as long as possible."
Da Fei was ecstatic, "There’s such a good thing?"
Renior sighed, "Good what? It was quite difficult for me to absorb the power from Skira! In short, I can only help you to that extent."
Da Fei quickly nodded, "Captain, rest assured, we’ll leave the rest to us! Once we get through this, we’ll kill another Skira to replenish you!"
"No need, I can’t handle it! Alright, I must concentrate entirely, don’t talk to me!"
"Understood!"
Boom, the ship’s hull shook violently again!
—System Prompt: Radiant Wings has entered a sustained charge state!
Old man, hold on! I know you have deep inner strength and can fight for three days and three nights, right? No, no, I can’t keep relying on the old man. Heaven’s grandmother would be disappointed in me; I should rely on myself! But the problem is, I know nothing! I was wrong! If I manage to get through this, I won’t act recklessly anymore! It’s just that I’ve been forced into it!
Time passed, second by second, as the fleet sped in the turbulence of wind and waves. The hull of Radiant Wings kept creaking under the dual load of wind and waves and overspeed. Everyone knew what this likely meant under absolute misfortune! It meant the ship could suddenly crumble unexpectedly! They could only pray that the baron took care and maintained it regularly.
Suddenly, Coltner shouted with joy, "The wind speed suddenly dropped!"
Everyone was suddenly overjoyed, "Really?"
Coltner said grimly, "However, this sudden decrease doesn’t seem like natural weakening; it should be due to the storm making landfall! Meaning, there’s land ahead! Judging from the extent of wind speed reduction, the coast ahead isn’t smooth but has cliffs or other terrain that significantly blocks wind!"
Catherine said solemnly, "Meaning we might be blown directly ashore by the storm, crashing into cliffs?"
Da Fei exclaimed, "Can you avoid it?"
Catherine sighed, "Being in the eye of the storm, we have no choice. Let’s see if we can find a suitable spot to beach and anchor."
Coltner’s face turned pale again, "May the gods bless us!"
Everyone’s heart twisted into a knot again.
Finally, the contours of mountains appeared on the distant horizon, and everyone exclaimed in shock! Though aware there were mountains ahead, they hadn’t expected these mountains to be so tall! They reached the sky! Strictly speaking, they were massive pillars piercing the clouds in the ocean! What majestic and magnificent topography! No wonder the effect of wind blocking was so obvious!
Catherine suddenly rejoiced, "We’re not going to crash into land; ahead is an archipelago, the perfect harbor to evade the storm!"
Coltner excitedly said, "Great, God, we’re saved!"
Da Fei laughed out loud again! I survived once more! Hahaha! Trying to take me down; it wasn’t that easy! At that moment, Da Fei seemed to see the light shining through the clouds, then a red light burst in front!
—System Prompt: Reconnaissance Skill Warning! You are about to enter the domain of a hostile Netherworld race; you will be attacked, please be on alert!
—System Prompt: You discovered the Netherworld city Ghost Dragon Cliff!
—System Prompt: You explored previously uncharted sea areas, discovering Ghost Dragon Cliff, you gained an additional exploration experience +500,000!
Everyone exclaimed, "Oh no! There are enemies!"
Da Fei suddenly froze! Damn! Although I did say I wanted to seek respite at a strong domain, but not right now, and not by directly attacking their city? Could it be—
Suddenly, an utterly wild idea surged in Da Fei’s mind! That’s right, a dark night for murder, winds high for arson! Anyway, I had no other choice now; the opponent likely couldn’t retaliate in this storm either, so let’s let the entire city get caught!
Everyone shouted to ask, "Captain, what should we do?"
Da Fei gritted his teeth and waved his hand, "Charge! Taste my Great Misfortune Technique!"