Chapter 107 Trap

Soon, under Zi Qing's command, the He Lan changed its course drastically, heading towards the main force.

The voyage was particularly smooth.

Inside the control room, Zi Qing, having completed her operations, voiced her suspicions.

"Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

Qian Chengxue, sensing something amiss, inquired.

"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but soon after we adjusted our course, the ships flanking us also adjusted their angles to create the optimal intercept position. Of course, this doesn't have much of a practical impact on us, since I'm moving closer to the main fleet," Zi Qing explained.

"It does have an impact. It will affect us if we want to break out. Don't you think it's suspiciously easy for us to approach the main force?"

Qian Chengxue's gaze grew colder. She felt that something wasn't right. She even had a strong feeling that she was being herded like a duck, being driven by the enemy into the area they had designated.

"This..."

Zi Qing and Chen Xijie didn't know how to respond to Qian Chengxue. They couldn't very well say that approaching the main force smoothly was a bad thing, could they?

Su Mo calmly suggested, "I think we don't necessarily have to join up with the main force. The ocean is so vast, and our ship is so powerful. We can look for opportunities to break out while approaching the main force. See if we can force our way through! Even if we do run into their ships, as long as there aren't too many, and they aren't capital ships, we can just sink them."

Qian Chengxue looked up at Su Mo and decisively issued the order.

"Do as Su Mo says!"

She strongly agreed with Su Mo's suggestion.

"Understood!"

Zi Qing and Chen Xijie responded simultaneously.

Immediately, Zi Qing took the helm and continuously adjusted the He Lan's course. Chen Xijie continuously input commands to maximize power output, accelerating the He Lan forward.

Qian Chengxue kept a close watch on the red dots on the radar!

The red dots correspondingly changed as well. They also started adjusting their course, with the ships in front of the He Lan reacting most noticeably.

If they continued forward at this rate, they would definitely collide head-on with the enemy!

So Qian Chengxue ordered again, "Change direction, switch to another course!"

"Understood!"

Zi Qing quickly adjusted the course.

Unfortunately, it was useless. No matter how they adjusted, the enemy would follow suit. It was very strange.

The He Lan's radar performance far exceeded theirs. Normally, the He Lan should be able to see them, but they shouldn't be able to see the He Lan. How could they react so precisely?

It felt like being watched by an invisible pair of eyes.

The expressions on the faces of Lin Zinuo and the others also turned ugly. Everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere became very strange.

Rumble!

A thunderclap suddenly rang out in the sky!

Only then did everyone realize that the weather was changing. The originally clear sky had turned dark and oppressive, making it a little hard to breathe.

Then, a torrential rain poured down.

Everyone looked at Qian Chengxue.

"Xue-jie, I feel like we're being watched by a viper. How are they able to grasp our every move?"

Sun Li asked, puzzled. The sea was different from the land. It was very difficult to outflank a target at long range at sea. Unless you could lock onto it, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. No matter how many ships you had, it wouldn't be very effective, let alone forming such a precise encirclement.

And judging from the red dots on the radar, the enemy's troop deployment was also very ingenious. It was always a large red dot paired with a group of small red dots. There were no obviously weak areas.

"Then there are only two possibilities. One is that there's a spy on our ship."

Qian Chengxue said calmly.

"Impossible!"

Sun Li blurted out. In her opinion, the selection of personnel this time had been very careful. They were basically all confidants and trusted individuals.

"Then they're using special methods to monitor the entire area."

Qian Chengxue said acutely.

"If they're using AWACS or something, there's no reason the He Lan wouldn't detect it. Unless they're not doing anything in the air, but in the water?"

Zi Qing suddenly realized halfway through her sentence.

At this point, Zi Qing immediately activated the He Lan's special reconnaissance equipment, the kBd sonar echo detection device. It was specially used to detect any foreign objects near the ship at close range, mainly to avoid reefs, mines, and other threatening objects.

Sure enough, a foreign floating object was detected not far from the He Lan.

"Found a foreign object."

"Go over there and pull it up!"

Qian Chengxue immediately issued the order.

"Understood!"

Zi Qing immediately steered the ship towards the floating object!

A moment later, a mechanical object covered in green seaweed, somewhat similar in shape to a sea urchin, was brought up to the control room.

Chen Xijie crouched down to examine it, and said to Qian Chengxue with a very ugly expression, "Xue-jie, I think we've fallen into a trap. This is a dsC relay area monitoring buoy. It can monitor everything within a certain range of sea. They must have scattered these things over a large area of the sea. We've entered a trap they prepared in advance."

"Doesn't that mean they know everything we do, and our greatest advantage is nullified? It's a good thing we didn't choose to break out from the start, otherwise we would definitely be hunted down and surrounded by them individually."

Sun Li said with great relief.

"Even now, our situation isn't very good. We're now forced to join up with the main force."

Su Mo, seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, reminded them.

"There's one thing I find strange. They're just letting us join up with the main force? Are they planning to wipe us all out together?"

Lin Zinuo asked suspiciously.

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, staring at Lin Zinuo with ugly expressions.

Lin Zinuo felt very awkward when she saw everyone looking at her. Could it be that her jinx had come true?

Su Mo shook his head helplessly.

At this time, in the southeast direction of the He Lan, a nuclear-powered battleship, the Xiangyun, was advancing at a steady speed.

Inside the control room, a sharp-eyed, self-confident young man with his hands behind his back was looking at the integrated maritime map.

"Lord Saki, the He Lan is more cunning than we thought. It not only saw through Lord Mu He's attempt to approach, but also didn't choose to break out immediately. The original plan to encircle them individually is probably ineffective."

A glamorous female adjutant respectfully reported from the side.

"Qingzi, you're underestimating them. They're not just cunning! They not only didn't fall into the trap we prepared for them, but also probed the entire encirclement. But it doesn't matter. Their only way out now is to go and join up with the main force. That was already a piece of cake, so we might as well wipe them out together."

Saki raised his hand and pointed to the center of the map, announcing confidently.

"Yes! Lord Saki."