"Yue!"

"Ugh!"

"Seriously? You're getting 'seasick'? Aren't you all ace mecha pilots? How can you be seasick?"

They hadn't even been at sea for an hour, and some players were already feeling nauseous and throwing up. Naturally, their behavior caught the attention of the other players.

"Who knows? Maybe it's the game's task data design... Ugh!"

Before he could finish explaining, the speaker couldn't hold it in any longer and started to vomit again.

Seeing this, the other players, afraid that he would throw up on the dinosaur head and be repaid with ingratitude, quickly and deftly carried the "seasick" player horizontally, hanging his head and half his body over the sea.

As a result, they were docked two points for polluting the environment.

Not only was the "seasick player" penalized, but the players who carried him to vomit were also penalized.

"Seasick Player": I'm impressed by you guys!

Players penalized for their good intentions: Oh! I'm a total fool!

The players' disheartened expressions made everyone else laugh and cry.

After all, "seasickness" was rare, and some players suspected that they weren't really "seasick" but had simply eaten too much and were suffering from indigestion.

As some players had said before, they had all experienced mecha piloting and various anti-vertigo training, so how could they have such a low-level adverse reaction?

While they were still arguing about whether it was overeating or genuine "seasickness," Ming媚 and Mu Chen were standing on the deck, gazing into the distance at the scenery.

Looking at the unchanging blue, Ming媚 felt her mood calm down a bit.

Her eyes met those of wild beasts and animals emerging from the sea to breathe, and she smiled knowingly at them.

Such peaceful moments were rare in these days of escape, and Ming媚's gaze towards them was much kinder than it had been on the shore.

Of course, the feeling was mutual.

They drifted on the sea for the better part of the day, until the setting sun dyed the waters ahead red, and Ming媚 and the others were thrilled to see a faint outline in the distance.

"Am I seeing things?" Ming媚 murmured in disbelief, pointing to the distant black outline, and asked, "That's not a mirage, is it?"

"It is!"

Hearing her voice, the others looked in the direction she was pointing, and the outline of the continent made everyone want to scream!

"Really! I really see it! It doesn't look fake!"

"My god! Are we finally here!"

"How much longer will it take?"

"Now that we can see it, it shouldn't be too far!"

Everyone was filled with boundless joy, and Lu Gui and Mu Chen didn't try to stop them. For them, it was indeed exciting news, but they quickly calmed down and gradually regained their previous vigilance.

"We're only one step away from success, so we can't afford to mess up. Don't you remember the corpses on the beach before?"

The most clear-headed players in the group reminded everyone.

"Oh, right! And the ones in the sea!"

"We're afraid when they show their heads, and we're still afraid when they don't... Ah, when will this end?"

Someone sighed, and it was true.

"Who's to say? If they don't appear, we worry about a sneak attack, and if they do, we worry about not being able to beat them..."

The cheerful atmosphere in the group was swept away once again by the lurking dangers in the sea.

"It's getting dark, and night is different from day. We can't light a fire on its head, and our vision is limited, so we need to be even more vigilant later."

"That's right!"

"We need to be even more vigilant!"

Hearing these words, the players' hearts tightened, and they looked once more at the now visible outline of the continent, knowing they couldn't afford to fail now!

...

The sea was windless at night, and the moon was big and round.

But this tranquil and beautiful night seemed all the more unreal, making everyone think of the calm before the storm.

"The moonlight is reflected on the sea, shimmering and sparkling, making the seawater even clearer at night."

Mei Ruita and Wang Wenfei held their weapons, staring intently at the sea within their field of vision.

Although they didn't see anything else, the moonlit seascape had a unique flavor.

"My family has a resort planet that was originally planned to be developed into a tourist, shopping, and healthcare destination, and the sea there is also very beautiful."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, but after my mother went there once, the plan was stopped. Now, only some basic living facilities have been built on that planet."

"Why?"

Wang Wenfei heard Mei Ruita's soft voice talking about something completely unrelated to the scenery before her, but she gave her face and continued to ask.

"Because that was the bride price my father gave her. She said it was good that the planet was still the same as when my father gave it to her..."

Mei Ruita's voice was soft and tinged with melancholy as she turned to Wang Wenfei and said, "In fact, ninety percent of that planet's surface is covered in water. My mother even took me there to live for a while.

"The nights there are very beautiful. Although there isn't such a big moon, the sky there is full of stars every night. The sea there is like here, with very little wind, and the entire surface is like a black curtain studded with those jewel-like stars..."

As Mei Ruita spoke, an image of her mother appeared in her mind.

A solitary, slender figure standing on the beach, looking up at the starry sky with a lost expression.

She understood that her mother must have been missing the past she shared with her father.

"Your parents' relationship is really good."

Lu Gui had come over at some point, and it was unclear how much he had heard.

"They did have a good relationship." Mei Ruita didn't notice the mockery in Lu Gui's eyes when he heard this.

"So, if one of them dies, the other is like a walking corpse with no difference, and I don't know why they continue to live..."

"Lu Gui!"

Wang Wenfei frowned. She didn't know the details of Mei Ruita's family situation, but judging from her earlier words, Mei Ruita's father might have passed away.

Lu Gui's words were too much.

Before she could say anything, Lu Gui chuckled lightly and said, "So, in the end, the children are the ones who suffer. Parents are caught up in their love for each other, unable to escape the pain of separation and death. Children are unimportant to them, aren't they?"

"That's a rather biased way of putting it, isn't it?"

Wang Wenfei's eyebrows were now furrowed even more tightly. She hadn't expected Lu Gui to be so extreme.

"My mother loves my father very much, and she did change a lot after he left, but that doesn't stop her from continuing to dote on me.

"On the contrary, I feel a little guilty. The care and love she gives me is not as much as I give back to her. I even hoped that my mother would remarry and find someone to spend the rest of her life with."

Mei Ruita didn't agree with Lu Gui's words either. The resentment in his words was too obvious.

She looked up, about to change the subject, when she saw Lu Xiaoyao walking up to Lu Gui. Her face didn't have its usual smile. With a cold expression, she reached out and took Lu Gui's tightly clenched fist.

"Brother."

With just a soft call, Lu Gui seemed to lose all his strength. He turned to meet her concerned gaze and smiled.

"I'm here."

"That's good... Brother, don't get angry over irrelevant people."

With that, Lu Xiaoyao nodded slightly to the two standing there and led Lu Gui away. Mei Ruita opened her mouth, wondering what Lu Xiaoyao's words meant.

"It's not like we made Lu Gui angry!"

Mei Ruita complained in a low voice to Wang Wenfei, who also lowered her voice and shook her head gently, saying, "She might not be talking about us..."

"Then who is she talking about?"

"Who... knows?"

When Wang Wenfei said this, a complicated look flashed in her eyes. They, as outsiders, didn't know much about the Lu family, but after playing with Lu Xiaoyao for so long, Wang Wenfei was sure of one thing—Lu Xiaoyao and her mother didn't have a good relationship.

She hadn't thought it was this bad.