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The Snow Wind also sounded its deep whistle at this moment.

It was the signal to set sail.

The four ships at the head of the column raised their sails and detached from the fleet.

Crescent Bay, Sunset Island, Shallow Water City, Twin Dragon Island... the ships of the four major merchant guilds followed the Snow Wind, slowly sailing towards the Shady Sea.

The originally wide field of vision gradually became blurred, and the sunlight also dimmed. Although the distance was only about a thousand meters, it felt like entering a completely different world.

When the deck was shrouded in a thick mist, Camilla felt the vibration of the ship disappear.

"What... happened?"

"Don't worry, the power unit just stopped working." Margie seemed to see her confusion, "The most important trick to sailing here is to go slow. It's easier for small boats, but for larger ships, the speed of gliding on the water slope is enough. Look behind you—"

Camilla looked in the direction she was pointing. The merchant ships that had just raised their sails had lowered them halfway, and some of the sails were facing each other, which would never be seen in normal sailing.

In addition, each ship had a blazing brazier set up at the front and back to mark its position, but even so, she could only see traces of two ships. The outline of the third ship was completely hidden in the fog, and the faint firelight was like a flickering firefly, while the fourth ship seemed to have disappeared completely.

"Are we going downhill?" Camilla asked somewhat suspiciously. After spending some time on Sleeping Island, she was no longer completely ignorant of the sea. When the rising seawater swallowed those caves or crevices, swirls would appear on the surface, small ones no thicker than a finger, and large ones up to several meters. But in any case, the seawater would converge from all directions towards the center of the vortex, faster the closer it got to the end.

She had previously thought that the ocean was too vast to clearly feel the changes in the ocean currents, but now the fleet had entered the depths of the Shady Sea, and the surface was still so calm that it was a bit unreasonable.

Even, she saw algae floating on the water drifting towards the outside of the sea!

This meant that the direction of the ocean current had not changed at all, not to mention converging towards the bottom of the slope, not even showing signs of turning back—at least not in this area!

"It does seem incredible, but that's the truth," Margie nodded, "If the low tide was caused by a huge vortex, we wouldn't even think about exploring. Because a vortex that can affect the entire ocean must be as deep as the abyss of hell, and entering it would definitely lead to death. It's precisely because it's so special that Thunder hopes to explore it." She paused, looking at Joan, who was staring at the sea in a daze, "But human abilities have their limits. It's almost impossible to dive into the sea, and it's your help that has given us hope."

That being said, this place was a bit too weird. Camilla looked at the wet stone pillars and reefs around her, feeling a faint chill in her heart—the ones that were close together were okay, at least she could see their real shapes, but the distant reefs were just shadows of varying depths, like ghostly claws reaching out from a nightmare.

"Ah! Fish! Red fish!" Joan suddenly exclaimed.

Camilla turned her head and saw a bright red "river" suddenly appearing on the starboard side of the Snow Wind—even though Thunder had told her about it in advance, she still felt a heartfelt shock when she saw it with her own eyes.

"Ghost Shadow Red River."

A special waterway made up of schools of fish!

"Don't smack your lips, redscale fish aren't tasty." Margie patted Joan's head, "As long as you follow the Ghost Shadow Red River, you can reach the ruins of the Triangular Tower—Her Highness Tilly should have mentioned it to you. Inside the ruins, there is a strange instrument similar to a telescope that can see a vast continent never seen before, which is also the ultimate goal of our voyage."

"She did tell me about it."

"It's a pity that our current destination has nothing to do with the ancient ruins, otherwise you could personally feel the majesty and wonder of those ruins." The merchant woman said with regret.

"No... I'd rather not." Camilla said decisively. If she could, she hoped never to set foot in this sea again.

"Your reaction is completely the opposite of Her Highness." Margie chuckled.

After sailing slowly for about an hour, the Snow Wind docked next to a large reef, followed by the three-masted ships of the four major merchant guilds—after the fleet anchored, the leaders of each party gathered on the deck of the flagship.

"Not a single one missing," the Snow Wind's lieutenant sneered, "I thought you'd run your ships into some rocks and then cry for help."

"Excellent captains and sailors aren't just limited to you," the people from the four major merchant guilds naturally wouldn't pretend not to hear, "Steel ships are good, but the people on the ships aren't necessarily."

"Alright!" Thunder's appearance interrupted the argument in time, "It's already the best result that we arrived safely. Did you encounter any dangers on the way?"

"No," the merchant guild leaders said one after another, "It seemed particularly quiet this time, we didn't even encounter a sea ghost."

"I also thought it was strange, usually there are always one or two unlucky guys who get dragged into the water by sea ghosts."

"Or did the route we chose avoid the ancient ruins, and those monsters prefer to use the ruins as their nests?"

"That sounds somewhat reasonable."

Thunder pondered for a moment, then waved his hand to quiet everyone down, "Since that's the case, then we shouldn't delay. The low tide will last until dusk at most, so it's best to go deep into the seabed before then. If we find nothing, we must leave before the tide rises, otherwise we will be trapped in the archipelago and unable to move." He looked at the two witches, "Joan, Ms. Camilla, the rest is up to you."

"Aye." Joan nodded seriously.

"As long as you can make all these people shut up," Camilla glared at the explorers unhappily, "Let me state in advance that I need to concentrate when I perform mind linking, so if anyone shouts and interrupts me, don't blame me if I don't start over!"

After receiving Thunder's guarantee, she placed her hand on Joan's shoulder and closed her eyes at the same time—after a slight dizziness, another picture appeared in her dark eyes, which was Joan's vision.

"Go," Camilla said in her mind, "If the connection is broken, or you encounter any dangerous situation, you must return immediately, understand? Don't be reckless, your friends are still waiting for you to come back."

When she mentioned the word friend, she clearly felt a slight tremor from the other side, and then the whole spirit became firm, "Got it, aye!"

Then Joan jumped back and jumped into the sea.

A cool and comfortable feeling immediately enveloped Camilla.

The fatigue of her whole body seemed to be swept away.

But she knew that it was just an illusion, it wasn't her who was feeling the comfort, but Joan—she shared Joan's joy.

"How is it?" Thunder asked.

"Everything is going smoothly so far, the depth is about fifty meters," Camilla replied, "The stone pillars don't seem to be getting thicker, nor are the reefs... I don't see any seabed or underwater mountain peaks, they're all separate."

This was her task—although Joan could move freely in the water, she couldn't accurately describe what she saw. The only way to know everything she saw as much as possible was through the ability of mental resonance.

"The depth exceeds one hundred... the light has obviously dimmed, but the scenery in the field of vision is still very clear. The stone pillars and reefs are still continuing, with no signs of reaching the bottom," Camilla muttered in a low voice, "Damn it, they're too long. Maybe those reefs that look like small islands aren't real islands, but..."

"But what?" someone asked.

She swallowed her saliva, "But just thicker stone pillars."