Chapter 133 - Endless Seas 08 (1/2)

Ch133 – Endless Seas 08

At night, Xiao Lou was sleeping in his seat. He was confused when he sensed his body being pushed and a familiar voice entered his ears. “Professor Xiao, it is 3 o’clock. Time to change s.h.i.+fts.”

Yu Hanjiang had been sitting in the driver’s seat. Xiao Lou rubbed his eyes and woke himself up. He went to Group Leader Yu’s side and sat down. Then he looked back and asked, “Chief Shao, nothing happened?”

Shao Qingge replied, “There are no anomalies for the moment. It will be hard for the two of you.”

Xie Qi sleepily handed the teleportation card to Yu Hanjiang. “Group Leader Yu, I’ll give this to you. It might be useful.”

Yu Hanjiang nodded. “Yes, go to sleep.”

Shao Qingge and Xie Qi went to the back row to sleep. Xie Qi placed two pieces of wood into the furnace and sat in the front row. Yu Hanjiang whispered in his ear, “Has the skill of the Qin Guan card refreshed? You should change the binding object to me.”

Previously, in order to facilitate the exchange of information on the cruise s.h.i.+p, Xiao Lou had connected to Liu Qiao and Shao Qingge to Old Mo. All card skills had refreshed at midnight and Liu Qiao was asleep. Xiao Lou took out the Qin Guan card and bound it to Yu Hanjiang again. In this way, they didn’t need to talk to each other and didn’t need to worry about the impact of their voices on their sleeping teammates.

The surroundings were very quiet and Yu Hanjiang’s voice soon rang in Xiao Lou’s mind. “Old Mo said that most of the teams in the Card World are stuck at the eighth level. I don’t think this is right. Can’t the elite teams of the major guilds pa.s.s 8 of Hearts?”

Xiao Lou replied, “Old Mo’s previous team didn’t dare to go to 8 of Hearts and we don’t know the exact situation. Once we return to the main city and pa.s.s through the B-grade secret rooms, we can try to find the Intelligence Bureau for some information.” Speaking of the Intelligence Bureau, Xiao Lou was very interested in the boss called Tang. He couldn’t help joking, “Say, the boss of the Intelligence Bureau is so mysterious. Can we directly spend money to check their boss?”

Yu Hanjiang seriously replied, “I’m afraid not. The Intelligence Bureau must have rules to protect their internal members because their members know too much. It would be too dangerous.”

Xiao Lou smiled. “Group Leader Yu, what are you so serious about? I’m just kidding.”

Yu Hanjiang looked back and happened to meet Xiao Lou’s eyes.

The Night Pearl illuminated the clear eyes with a shallow smile, as bright as a star… no, more than stars. Yu Hanjiang felt that this pair of eyes were the best eyes he had ever seen since childhood, especially when laughing. It melted people’s hearts.

Xiao Lou’s face was slightly hot—because he sensed the thoughts in Yu Hanjiang’s mind. Group Leader Yu was boasting in his head that Xiao Lou’s eyes looked good. Xiao Lou hurriedly moved his gaze away, heartbeat somewhat stalling.

Yu Hanjiang also reacted. He forgot that their heart channel was still linked. He quickly changed the topic. “It is more than 3 o’clock. If people want to take action, shouldn’t this be the time?”

Xiao Lou controlled his heartbeat and spoke calmly. “It is very quiet around here. Most of the people on the escape boats are keeping guard at night. Those people might be waiting for the right opportunity.”

Yu Hanjiang nodded. “We will be vigilant.”

The sea was calm with no waves. They chatted over their spiritual link. After an hour, nothing happened around them and Xiao Lou was puzzled. Perhaps all the challengers in the World Weekly were more dutiful this time and wouldn’t use extreme means to s.n.a.t.c.h cards from other challengers? If so, at least there would be no intrigue.

Just then, a breeze blew through. Many escape boats were shaking and the bright Night Pearls were also shaking from side to side. Xiao Lou didn’t mind it. He thought the cause was the wind. As a result, Yu Hanjiang suddenly held his shoulder, looked to the right and spoke in Xiao Lou’s mind. “There is movement over there.”

Xiao Lou followed Group Leader Yu’s gaze. It was an escape boat in the southeast direction with a Night Pearl. The moment Xiao Lou looked, the Night Pearl shook violently and disappeared.

If their observation wasn’t detailed enough, one out of dozens of Night Pearls disappearing wouldn’t have attracted attention. Xiao Lou immediately tensed and he spoke in his mind. “That escape boat had an incident?”

“I can’t see clearly in the darkness but the Night Pearl shook so badly. It doesn’t seem to be due to the wind…” Yu Hanjiang frowned. “I didn’t hear the sound of any heavy objects falling into the sea or a struggle. If something happened, how can there be no sound?”

“If there wasn’t a fight, perhaps we are thinking too much?” Xiao Lou also felt incredulous. If something really happened to an entire s.h.i.+p, how could there be no sound?

Yu Hanjiang’s ears p.r.i.c.ked up and he stared intently at the southeast. Then nothing happened. Both of them thought they were too suspicious but after 10 minutes, a Night Pearl on a southeast escape boat also shook violently before going out quietly, like an invisible hand had suddenly taken it away.

It was a dark and moonless night, a good time for killing.

Yu Hanjiang frowned and spoke decisively. “Professor Xiao, do you remember Compa.s.s’ second skill? The 10 metres diameter range is invisible. Draw a circular boundary to protect our escape boat. I’ll put on an invisibility cloak to take a look.”

“Will there be any problems if you go alone?” Xiao Lou looked at him with concern.

“Don’t worry, I’m invisible and they can’t see me. There is also the heart channel so I can always communicate. I can use Xie Qi’s teleportation card to fly over the sea and see who is a troublemaker.” Yu Hanjiang spoke calmly.

“Yes, I’ll stay here.” Xiao Lou quickly took out Compa.s.s and drew a circle. The metal ring instantly enlarged to a diameter of 10 metres, forming an invisible circle around the boat. The upgraded second skill of Compa.s.s was equivalent to a safety circle, making a circular area free from any attack and control cards.

Yu Hanjiang put on the invisibility cloak and used Xie Qi’s card that allowed him to teleport 50 metres to instantly come to the incident area. He used his memory to find the direction where the Night Pearl disappeared.

There was indeed something wrong with the first escape boat. The people on the escape boat were dead. Everyone’s throats were cut! Yu Hanjiang’s pupils shrank and he immediately moved to the other escape boat.

The s.h.i.+p’s challengers were also killed. The man sitting in the driver’s seat stared in disbelief, like he had seen a terrible monster. Yu Hanjiang thought of the word ‘monster’ and Xiao Lou immediately asked after receiving the spiritual signal. “Group Leader Yu, is it a sea monster attack?”

Yu Hanjiang replied, “It isn’t a sea monster. It is man-made. All of them had slit throats. Two boats of challengers have already been killed. Professor Xiao, be careful…”

Just then, Xiao Lou’s voice was heard in his head. “I feel someone underwater.”

Yu Hanjiang didn’t hesitate and immediately returned. It took three seconds to return to Xiao Lou’s side. He saw abnormal fluctuations under the sea. This group of challengers actually had the idea to hit their escape boat!

At that time, Old Mo had deliberately parked on the periphery to avoid risk.

It wasn’t surprising that these people picked the outside boats. There were so many boats in the inner circle that it was easy for other challengers to notice something was wrong. The perimeter was far away and there were fewer people. It was convenient for them to commit crimes. Even if one or two escape boats disappeared, it would be difficult for others to notice in the darkness.

If it wasn’t for Xiao Lou’s early use of the Compa.s.s, because their boat would’ve also been killed. Xiao Lou unexpectedly found that he couldn’t hear any sound and called out to Yu Hanjiang, “Group Leader Yu, there is no sound around here. I can’t even hear the sound of my own breathing. It is strangely very quiet. Can you hear me talking?”

Yu Hanjiang thought about it. “I understand. It should be a sound s.h.i.+elding card that affects the environment. We are communicating spiritually and aren’t making a sound, so I can hear you.” He whispered, “Don’t worry, I’ll be around you.”

Hearing these words, Xiao Lou’s mood relaxed a lot. “No wonder why no sound was made when the two s.h.i.+ps of challengers were killed. It seemed they have a card to eliminate sound within a certain range, which is why their a.s.sa.s.sination is so quiet.”

This was simply an a.s.sa.s.sination. Two s.h.i.+ps and 16 people died in the silence of the night sea. There were countless challengers standing guard but everyone was unaware of them.

If it wasn’t for Yu Hanjiang’s sharp eyes that found the shaking Night Pearls wasn’t normal, maybe he and Xiao Lou would’ve also ignored the two escape boats in the distance. Blood had already dyed the sea red but due to the darkness, it couldn’t be distinguished from the colour of the sea at all.

Yu Hanjiang looked extremely serious. This should be a very professional a.s.sa.s.sination team. He took a deep breath and called out in his mind, “Wake up Old Mo!”

Xiao Lou nodded and immediately woke up Old Mo.

At this point, the sound of the environment around the s.h.i.+p was completely s.h.i.+elded. Old Mo opened his mouth and found that although his mouth was moving, there was no sound. He stared at Xiao Lou in shock and pointed to his mouth. He thought he had become mute.

Xiao Lou quickly wrote on the palm of his hand. “It is an environmental sound s.h.i.+elding and there is an a.s.sa.s.sination team underwater.”

Old Mo followed by writing on Xiao Lou’s hand, “Hunters?”

Xiao Lou saw this word and hurriedly sent the message to Yu Hanjiang through the heart channel.