Watching the sunrise at sea is a very enjoyable experience, especially when the first ray of dawn pierces the dark night sky. This scene is most comforting, just as the Zen saying goes: "Today, the dust is cleared and light is born, illuminating mountains and rivers and ten thousand flowers."
"Creak," Shen Feng emerged from the wardrobe, stretched, and let out a long sigh. Looking at the mess on the sea, he couldn't help but knock on the door of the adjacent cabinet and say, "Wake up, it's time to row. Let's head south to Shenyu as soon as possible. I saw others set off overnight!"
Li Keyi also slowly pushed open the cabinet door, but she wasn't in a hurry to row. Instead, she found a comb, dipped it in water, and began to comb her hair. As she combed, she said, "Don't be so anxious. With your special ability, your speed will surely be far beyond ordinary people. Rushing isn't a good thing!"
Not far away, Chang Haojie was also rowing over in a plastic basin. Behind him followed Guo Pinming and Qi Lingshan, who were sitting on a wooden table.
Chang Haojie couldn't fly all the time; he also needed to land and rest. Fortunately, there were many floating objects on the sea. When the ferry broke apart, these items drifted on the sea, providing everyone with a place to land and rest temporarily.
"Brother-in-law, hurry up and row! If we wait for Dr. Li to finish her grooming, two hours will have passed, and we'll have even less time!" Chang Haojie said casually.
Li Keyi, while grooming herself, asked, "Don't slander me. When have I ever taken that long to get ready?"
Chang Haojie chuckled and said, "I've heard that women take a long time to get ready. Just like my sister, she casually tidies herself up after waking up, but then at the City Lord's mansion, she still has her secretary help her continue to get ready. In short, the more beautiful a woman is, the more time she spends on her appearance."
Li Keyi tied her hair back with a hair tie, forming a small bun, and then said, "Little brother, your vision is still too limited. How could a naturally beautiful woman like me need elaborate makeup? Even appearing bare-faced, I would still captivate a crowd!"
After speaking, Li Keyi looked at Shen Feng and asked, "Tell me, am I very beautiful even without makeup?"
"How should I know?" Shen Feng averted his gaze, not looking at Li Keyi seriously.
"Why don't you dare to look me in the eye? If you look at me, I don't believe your eyes will be empty," Li Keyi continued to ask with a smile.
Shen Feng, too lazy to answer, changed the subject: "Let's get ready to depart. Tie the plastic basin and the table onto the wardrobe. Li Keyi, prop up the wooden board. We're ready to go!"
Then, the five of them tied the wardrobe, plastic basin, and table together. Li Keyi removed the wardrobe door and propped it up in the center of the wardrobe. Shen Feng held the other side. Next, Shen Feng summoned a strong wind, and the wardrobe slowly sailed, drifting towards the south.
At sea, the ability users from the Heavenly Selection Bureau and the Ability Administration had already left this sea area overnight without even informing Shen Feng. Clearly, Shen Feng's self-preservation during the disaster the previous night had caused dissatisfaction among others. Everyone had fallen into the water and survived a near-death experience. One ability user from the Heavenly Selection Bureau was even vaporized by a beam of light. Only Shen Feng, with his advantage of flight, hadn't fallen into the water and remained spotless.
As a result, this situation immediately drew opinions from others. They could accept the fact of falling into the water, but they couldn't accept others faring better than them. Why were they all so miserable while Shen Feng was so fortunate?
In the end, everyone else left for the south without informing Shen Feng. Shen Feng wasn't in a hurry, as the fleet wouldn't appear until noon. As long as they arrived on time, it would be fine. If the fleet left early, he could take Chang Haojie to the west, as they could fly.
"It seems you don't have good people skills, and even the people from the Ability Administration have abandoned you!" Li Keyi said with a smile, looking at the empty sea.
Shen Feng shrugged helplessly upon hearing this and said, "I don't care about people skills. I don't need to act according to others' whims!"
Chang Haojie, sitting in the plastic basin, which wasn't very large, couldn't even stretch his body. He had to place his head and lower legs outside the basin, finding a more comfortable position to lie down. He mumbled, "The people from the Ability Administration are ungrateful. Back in Yuzhou, my sister gave them a lot of evolution bases. I didn't expect them to leave without even a word. This is human nature!"
Shen Feng, while using his ability to propel the wardrobe, turned his head and said, "The people from the Ability Administration are actually difficult to manage. Although Qin Kewe is the captain, her authority is insufficient, and her subordinates like to act on their own. In the future, without a strong captain, they will become even weaker."
Shen Feng felt that Qin Kewe was a relatively kind woman, but not suitable as a captain. Her becoming the captain of the ability users was likely due to her older age, being thirty years old, she always had more experience.
Therefore, at critical moments, Qin Kewe could be swayed by her subordinates, and thus, she ultimately did not inform Shen Feng.
Li Keyi held the wardrobe door, which served as a sail, and the wind blew directly, propelling the wardrobe forward. She said to Shen Feng, "I'm worried that the journey to the fleet won't be easy, and even if we get on board, the sea beasts might not let us go and will continue to pursue the fleet!"
Li Keyi didn't continue, but Shen Feng understood her meaning. Li Keyi was saying that even if they successfully boarded, they might not have escaped. Hundreds of sea beasts were gathered in Shenyu, which was a paradise for them. The fleet had already shown signs of weakness when facing just three sea beasts. If they were to fight against hundreds of sea beasts, wouldn't it be a certain death?
Shen Feng heard Li Keyi's analysis but didn't reply. Instead, he pointed to his ear and then to the distance, his meaning clear: someone from the Heavenly Selection Bureau could hear him.
Subsequently, Shen Feng took out the map he had prepared long ago, pointed to the Chata'er Islands, then to New Zealand, and whispered, "Do you understand? We don't need to entrust our lives to others!"
Seeing the map in Shen Feng's hand, they immediately understood his intention. It turned out that Shen Feng had already thought of a fallback plan. If they were attacked by sea beasts even after boarding the fleet, they would find a way to reach New Zealand. After the situation calmed down, they would return home. After all, Shen Feng could control the wind direction, and once they found a sailboat, they could move quickly.
"You're still so clever, having already thought of a fallback plan!" Li Keyi couldn't help but praise Shen Feng.
"Before a battle, I always consider what to do if I fail. This is my habit, and it's why I haven't fallen in these past two years. If all else fails, I'll run. I always have a retreat," Shen Feng said with a smile.
This was not Shen Feng boasting. Back when Shen Feng was at the Jiangxin Island base in Jiangyang, he had already planned for failure. At that time, Shen Feng thought that if he couldn't retake Jiangyang, he would take a boat downstream and go directly to Jinling.
However, in the end, Shen Feng led his men to kill the Corpse King and then retook Jiangyang, which led to his later occupation of Yuzhou.
When Shen Feng arrived at the southern part of Shenyu, he found that over eighty ability users had already gathered there. These ability users were likely the last survivors. A black dot was slowly approaching from the west, which was undoubtedly the distant fleet. However, just outside Shenyu, waves were constantly rising on the water surface, and dark shadows were continuously appearing underwater, indicating that sea beasts were guarding outside Shenyu.
Shen Feng thought for a moment and said to Chang Haojie behind him, "Fly into the sky. Old Guo, Qi Lingshan, protect Chang Haojie! You guys try to leave Shenyu first. Li Keyi and I will observe the situation."
Chang Haojie was obedient and immediately summoned clouds, taking the two with him onto the clouds.
Guo Pinming and Qi Lingshan quickly said, "City Lord, please rest assured, we will protect the Young Master!"
Chang Haojie rapidly ascended, flying and saying to Shen Feng, "Brother-in-law, you guys hurry up too. I'll take them to the fleet first, and if I have any extra energy, I'll come back to pick you up."
Chang Haojie flew to a height of a hundred meters in one go, far from the sea surface. At such a high altitude, sea beasts were basically out of reach. Guo Pinming and Qi Lingshan were still protecting him on both sides. Chang Haojie's safety was no longer a concern.
Chang Haojie flying in the sky was indeed safe. During this time, no sea beasts attacked. It was possible that the sea beasts had poor eyesight and mistook the things in the sky for white clouds. In any case, Chang Haojie was not disturbed while flying in the sky.
"The sea beasts are coming, let's go!" At this moment, a blonde, blue-eyed woman suddenly issued a warning.
It was already eleven o'clock, and the outline of the fleet was becoming clearer. However, at this moment, Natalie discovered the anomaly underwater. More than twenty sea beasts suddenly gathered towards them from the distant sea, moving very fast. If the sea beasts arrived, everyone on their side would die.
Andorf gritted his teeth upon hearing the intelligence from Natalie behind him and said, "Are these sea beasts really trying to exterminate us? They're not even giving us a way out, this is too much! Everyone scatter!"
Andorf knew that gathering together would make them too large a target for the sea beasts, making it easier for them to attack. To reduce casualties, it was necessary to disperse, which would also increase the attack range of the sea beasts.
However, after Andorf issued the order, there was little response from those around him. Instead, they all rushed out of Shenyu. It was known that there were two sea beasts lurking outside Shenyu. Rushing out now would definitely make them live targets for the sea beasts.
As these people rushed out, they shouted, "Let's go together! Let's rush out now and kill the sea beasts, then we can board the ship!"
These people rushing out in a hurry were not seeking death, but they had their own calculations. The fleet was already nearby, and whoever could board earlier would survive earlier. Now that the sea beasts were approaching, the best way was to take a gamble, to gamble that the sea beasts outside the Silent Sea were not strong enough to kill all the ability users at once, so that eventually someone would be able to rush up.
As long as they got on board and had a foothold, everything would be fine.
Andorf saw these people rushing out desperately and was so angry that he cursed, "A bunch of scoundrels, all trash! Rushing out at this time, the fleet is still far away. Once the sea beasts unleash their large-scale destructive abilities, you will all be killed!"
Andorf deeply resented his "pig teammates" around him. If they had followed his command, casualties could have been greatly reduced in a short period. However, a group of ability users rushed out, as if they were afraid of dying too slowly, truly a bunch of troublemakers.
In matters of life and death, no one could remain calm. The ability users were blinded by the hope of survival. Seeing the fleet not far away, they desperately wanted to break out of the Silent Sea.
However, at this moment, a foul odor spread across the sea, a stench like that of a toilet, which made people feel disgusted upon smelling it.
Bubbles were continuously rising from the water surface, clearly indicating that these foul odors were emanating from underwater.
"This is ammonia gas, let's get away from here quickly!" Li Keyi's face changed, and she quickly reminded Shen Feng. Shen Feng no longer cared about the wardrobe beneath him and quickly opened the paraglider on his back, holding Li Keyi as they flew into the sky.
At the same time, "Boom..." scorching flames spread across the sea. The ability users who rushed out of Shenyu had gambled incorrectly. The sea beasts underwater not only possessed large-scale destructive capabilities but were also very powerful.