Chapter 28: Setting Sail
Miss Rabbit chose to drag “Yu Yinchuan” into the water for a simple reason: she lacked the ability to bring “Yu Yinchuan” out alive. The task assigned to her by Constantin was destined to fail, so “Yu Yinchuan” had to perish at sea.
Conversely, if she let “Yu Yinchuan” go, and after using her innate ability to escape, if “Yu Yinchuan” survived by any means and informed Constantin about the new Elders’ Council’s attack and the events on the ship, she would have no good days ahead.
On one side was the newly formed Elders’ Council, which had just attacked the Solar Eclipse Society, causing the Elders’ Council to go missing ever since; on the other was a mob leader feared even by the Night Alliance, a legendary demon hunter from M Country… there were hardly any spiritual ability users or urban legends that could survive between these two forces.
Therefore, as long as Constantin believed that everyone and every urban legend on the Killer Whale had perished at sea, it would be fine. After that, she just needed to abandon her identity as Jesse Wooly and start anew.
“Mr. Yu, do you know what they did after injecting their powers with the help of the Elders’ Council? They immediately rebelled against the Elders’ Council and severely injured or even killed several elders!” Miss Rabbit continued.
She wanted to tell “Yu Yinchuan” everything she knew about what the new Elders’ Council had done and the secrets related to their powers.
The more Yu Yinchuan knew, the less likely Charybdis would let him leave alive.
You™ still say so, right? Luxianbei, who could no longer hide, twitched the corner of his eye and decisively jumped out from his hiding place, landing on the deck, then, under Miss Rabbit’s astonished gaze, applauded towards the sea.
“Well done! This would be… Lord Charybdis, right?” As he spoke, he bowed towards the surface of the sea. “I am here, representing Lady Lan Yi and all the members of the Lan Yi Party, to express our gratitude to your new Elders’ Council for everything you have done for the Elders’ Council.”
The rebellion against the Elders’ Council by Lan Yi and her reappearance after several years of silence in an attempt to reorganize the Lan Yi Party within the Solar Eclipse Society had not yet spread widely, but anyone closely tied to the Elders’ Council of the Solar Eclipse Society could hear some rumors.
The enemy’s enemy is a friend… Luxianbei said this to express to Charybdis that his position bore similarities to the so-called new Elders’ Council.
However, before the words fell, without waiting for Charybdis on the sea to respond, Miss Rabbit let out a surprised exclamation first, “You are a member of the Lan Yi Party?”
She suddenly felt that she had missed an important opportunity.
Not long ago, she had attempted to seek help from Lan Yi.
If not for realizing after an assassination attempt that the communication network of M Country and even the entire Western Hemisphere had fallen under the surveillance of the new Elders’ Council, she might have continued trying with Lan Yi instead of turning to Arthur Constantin.
However, if this Mr. Yu truly has a deep connection with Miss Lan Yi, then he definitely needs to d*e!
If he survives and tells Lan Yi about what happened on the ship, then I can no longer trade with Lan Yi… Miss Rabbit thought darkly.
Luxianbei looked at Miss Rabbit, his chin slightly raised. “Is there a problem? We aren’t familiar; is it necessary for me to tell you such things? Am I someone who would spread my secrets everywhere?”
After being provoked, a hint of gloom appeared on Miss Rabbit’s face, and she sneered, “That’s right, you don’t look like that kind of person, but unfortunately… I am!”
Pausing, she looked at the sea and continued, “Moreover, I might as well tell you that these guys calling themselves the new Elders’ Council have a different objective in betraying the Elders’ Council than Miss Lan Yi. If you attempt to get close to them using the identity of a member of the Lan Yi Party, I’m afraid you will be disappointed.”
“As long as you know their secret, no matter what, you will perish here…”
Different objectives for betraying the Elders’ Council than Lan Yi? What are they for? After hearing Miss Rabbit’s words, Luxianbei was slightly taken aback.
He originally thought that whether it was the new Elders’ Council or Lan Yi, their betrayal of the Solar Eclipse Society’s Elders’ Council was largely due to their own strength reaching a certain level, unwilling to continue being bound by the Elders’ Council. Essentially, it was like children growing up wanting to stand up to their parents and yearn for independence.
The only difference was that Lan Yi encountered “the most frustrating adult at the most powerless age,” while the new Elders’ Council had genuinely gained strength, relying on their powerful abilities to turn the tides against the Elders’ Council.
But if the purposes of the new Elders’ Council differed from Lan Yi’s, why would they do this?
Luxianbei pondered, looking at the sea, mustering his courage to try to approach the powerful entity in the water, “Uh, Lord Charybdis, this guy shouldn’t really be serious, right? I think our Lan Yi Party should cooperate with your new Elders’ Council!”
“Think about it! Although the Elders’ Council has been removed by you, there are still the President’s faction, right? Those guys in the President’s faction wouldn’t allow a faction comparable to the Elders’ faction to grow stronger in the Solar Eclipse Society, would they? At such a time, we should unite to deal with the President’s faction rather than fight amongst ourselves.”
“From now on, it will just be the Lan Yi Party and the new Elders’ Council, or if it doesn’t work out, just the new Elders’ Council will do!”
Luxianbei hadn’t spoken this much nonsense to an enemy in a long time. As his spirit energy fluctuated and strength increased, his behavioral pattern had changed to fight powerfully if he could win, or escape completely if he couldn’t.
But this time, being in an environment where powers were constrained and lackluster, he could only use more words.
“…”
That’s right, getting rid of the Elders’ Council doesn’t mean there isn’t the President’s faction?
If he realized this, as long as he wasn’t an idiot, he should choose to cooperate, right?
If he could lead the new Elders’ Council to take down that man, it would be even better! Luxianbei thought.
However, Charybdis showed no response, seemingly entirely uninterested in his proposal.
Seeing this, Miss Rabbit’s teasing words rang in his ears again, “Mr. Yu, given the current situation, you cannot leave alive. How about I tell you this guy’s secret before you d*e, so you can understand before you go?”
d*mn? You™ just won’t stop, will you? You must be happy to bury me? Luxianbei felt a shock in his heart.
He was extremely annoyed.
Typically, it should be him standing there, tormenting others with words.
Now that the roles had abruptly switched, he realized he had been wrong in the past; he should have been more forceful rather than less!
As he pondered this, he stepped forward and began to chant a spell.
“Scorching Sky… Convey the Sword of Calamity, the Flame of Heaven’s Punishment, Flame Sword’s Heavenly Burial!”
As he swiftly chanted the spell, brilliant light rapidly gathered in the palm of his alchemical prosthetic.
He knew that Miss Rabbit wouldn’t stop talking until he knocked her unconscious.
At the same time, Charybdis, wanting to silence Miss Rabbit as well, pushed his control over the waves to the extreme. Eight giant tentacles made of swirling seawater rose from the surging waves, high in the air, obscuring the sky with clouds and thunder.
As if not noticing the horror of the rising heat waves and the sea water tentacles falling from the sky, or as if already unconcerned about life and d*ath, Miss Rabbit’s crimson lips curled up slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.
“These new Elders’ Council members found the Elders’ Council, and in order to help them inject new symbols into their powers, they devised a code-named plan [Saint IV] and spent a significant amount of manpower and resources over the past few years, nearly driving the previously established [Saint III] plan simultaneously…”
“And just over a month ago, the [Saint IV] plan succeeded! The once mighty sea monster, Charybdis’s powers were infused with new symbols, volatility and release…”
“Shut up!” A thunderous roar erupted from the surface of the sea.
Along with the roar, atop the water tornado that lifted the Killer Whale, eight whirling vortexes resembling deep-seated eyes appeared, and eight thick tentacles of seawater extended from the vortex, rising high, and then smashed down heavily from the sky.
Amidst a booming sound like the collapse of a mountain, tons of seawater poured down as if the ocean was venting its fury.
Simultaneously, a crimson long rainbow formed of flames descended, surging energy oscillated.
The crimson and deep blue surged towards the deck, colliding towards a chaotic yet beautiful figure, time seemingly paused in the violent energy collision, and just at that moment, Miss Rabbit’s physical form “collapsed.”
As if in an instant, bl**d and flesh vanished, bones shattered, energy dissipated, and that graceful figure was left with only a light, fluttering skin and a tattered black dress that swayed downwards.
She initiated her innate ability once more, transferring everything she possessed—powers, consciousness, and energy—to a prepared unfortunate girl that would serve as a vessel.
Thus, the now aimless waves and the taboo spell amplified over 7.684 times collided.
It was as if a large amount of highly active alkali metals were thrown into the water, resulting in an explosive reaction that erupted instantly, sending shockwaves, seawater, and boiling steam into the air above the Killer Whale, blooming like pale white d*ath flowers.
Following that, after evaporating tons of seawater, and with the spell’s residual power dissipating, the remaining seawater, no longer obstructed, poured down forcefully, pressing down as if a giant hand was shoving the Killer Whale into the roiling water tornado.
The Killer Whale was completely submerged, and the seawater infused with the power and vast energy from Charybdis rushed through the protective measures supported by the vessel’s internal energy circuits, filling all the cabins with water.
Inside the ship, Luxianbei found himself engulfed by the seawater, pulled into the cabin, and constantly crashing around.
It felt like falling into a high-power tumble dryer.
By the time he summoned the Ling Tai Purification to protect his body, pain shot through him from all over, as if all his bones had shattered. The air in his lungs could not withstand the immense pressure, desperately searching for cracks to escape.
Charybdis’s attack continued, and the fierce impacts caused by the towering waves transmitted through the water, creating terrifying whirlpools.
Could he only hide in the God Realm Prototype for safety? A thought flashed through Luxianbei’s mind.
In fact, he had the opportunity to escape Charybdis’s attack range.
However, at the moment when Miss Rabbit initiated her innate ability to escape, and the amplified [Flame Sword’s Heavenly Burial] collided with the seawater, he activated the ability borrowed from Zhang Yu, attempting to summon the alchemical ship, but…
He failed.
Clearly, he had piloted the Killer Whale before, and during his piloting of the Killer Whale, the ability of [Heroic Spirit Type Spirit Pattern: Roland’s Horn] had responded, but for some reason, he had not completed the summoning.
Just then, before he could figure out what went wrong, the brief shock and confusion caused Luxianbei to lose the best escape opportunity, becoming engulfed by the seawater, his body crashing violently in the cabin.
He had also tried to activate the North Goddess’s spirit seal to evaporate the surrounding seawater, creating enough space for a response, but the ocean environment and the seawater infused with energy from the mighty whirlpool monster imposed powerful suppression on the North Goddess’s powers, causing the spirit seal to operate as though it were rusty, excruciatingly slow. Several attempts were interrupted by sudden impacts.
The feeling of suffocation grew stronger, and it appeared the suppression on the North Goddess’s spirit seal had intensified.
At the same time, amidst the surging sound of water in his ears, disconcerting whispers filled with emotions emerged, like confessions from criminals before their judgment.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to speak ill of you; it’s just that if I don’t go along with them, I would also be bullied like you, so… haha!”
“That’s right, I blew up that building purely because it annoyed me. Do you know? Every time I passed by it, I felt angry, I couldn’t help but clench my fists…”
“I didn’t, I just… I just couldn’t control my emotions! She was getting too close to the male neighbor next door. There must be something going on; I couldn’t endure it. Rather than waiting for something bad to happen, it’s better to do it early… That’s right! k*ll them! Hahaha!”
“…”
Insecurities, irritability, suspicion, and lack of security twisted emotions, along with the violent and angry outbursts unleashed by these emotions, surged into Luxianbei’s mind amidst the whispers hidden in the sound of water, stirring his thoughts like a whirlpool, making him dizzy and disoriented.
This couldn’t continue; he had to enter the God Realm Prototype… Luxianbei thought.
However, at the moment he made this judgment, the severely damaged Killer Whale suddenly glowed with a crimson light and then began to move at an astonishing speed, tearing through the water, leaping out of the sea like a real killer whale, with a loud “bang,” causing a spray of water.
Noticing the anomaly of the Killer Whale, Luxianbei didn’t think much and instinctively grabbed the exposed steel frame where the hull had shattered, allowing the Killer Whale to carry him out of the sea.
As air filled his lungs again, the icy seawater gusted through the damaged cabin, hitting his face, his consciousness suddenly cleared, and a question quietly surfaced in his mind.
Why did this broken ship suddenly start moving?
The captain had been thrown into the God Realm Prototype by me; who exactly was steering the ship?
Could it be that this battered vessel had transformed into an urban legend like the “Ship God” of Huacheng? Luxianbei wondered.
Just as he was pondering, the giant wave raised by Charybdis struck again.
Seeing the Killer Whale, which had suddenly started to move, charging fearlessly towards the enormous wave, Luxianbei’s face turned pale, and he gripped the steel frame tightly, shouting, “Hey hey hey, dodge! Dodge… gurgle—!”
The seawater suddenly poured into his mouth, the intense bitterness spreading in his mouth and respiratory tract, cutting off his words…
By the time the Killer Whale burst through the turbulent waves and he took a breath of air again, Luxianbei, clinging to the steel frame like a koala, saw the scene ahead, causing his eyes to twitch.
The earlier courageous charge against the massive wave had severely damaged the Killer Whale.
The wooden and steel materials enveloping the bow of the ship had completely peeled away, leaving only the ship’s skeleton engraved with numerous spell formulas, forming an energy circuit, exposed to the outside.
The stern had also been cut off by nearly one-fifth of its length due to the fierce current, the cross-section appearing as if bitten off, jagged, with red flames burning in multiple places.
Yet, despite being so damaged, the Killer Whale still pushed forward, bravely facing the incessant giant waves.
Luxianbei, “…” If this d*mn thing has truly turned into an urban legend, then it must definitely be a mutated type of urban legend, because otherwise, how could it possibly be so inept?
While thinking this, seeing the gigantic wave approaching him, he silently clung tightly to the steel frame and held his breath.
In the next moment, he was taken with the Killer Whale, plunging into the seawater.
——
On the sea surface several nautical miles away.
Watching everything that happened on the Killer Whale from a distance and seeing it constantly breaking apart in the waves, Gu Qiqi frowned, “System… should we go help Calamity? He won’t drown, will he?”
“Why should we help him?” the system replied irritably, “Come on, Gu Qiqi, tell me what you are thinking.”
“Um…” Gu Qiqi thought for a moment, “Isn’t our task to monitor Calamity? Then we can’t let him d*e, right? If he drowns, how do we monitor him?”
“…”
Faced with Gu Qiqi’s peculiar logic, the system hesitated several times before saying, “No need to help him, don’t worry; he won’t drown!”
“Are you sure?” Gu Qiqi tilted her head, looking at the Killer Whale, which now had only a skeleton and a pile of unclear mechanical devices, frowning.
It was damaged to that extent and still braving the winds and waves, like a human being had only a skeleton and internal organs yet could sprint at a hundred meters!
“I’m sure!” the system replied, “The alchemical prosthetics we sold him are equipped with propellers, right? If it comes down to it, he can swim himself!”
“Moreover, isn’t that guy’s God Realm still there? If he’s truly in danger, he knows to hide in the God Realm.”
“Then why doesn’t he hide in there earlier?” Gu Qiqi asked.
“Probably…” the system glanced at the distant figure of Luxianbei, which had shrunk to a black dot, and said meaningfully, “Probably it’s like encountering bad partners when dating—having invested too much, even knowing that continuing the relationship will lead to more suffering, they still don’t want to let go.”
As she spoke, she recalled her past.
“System…”
“Mm?”
“You understand so well! Have you dated before?”
“N-no! Never! Shut up!”
“Oh…”
