The Midnight Owl

"Ding--"

The four of them had just realized that they were at sea, and before they had time to think about anything else, a new reminder was updated in the <Small Paper>.

<Welcome to Endless Sea, please choose a route.East Treasure Beach/West Treasure Beach/South Flying Island/North Flying Island? >

"This is the start of breaking through?" Qian Ai looked at the options on his arm, and Monk Zhang Er was puzzled, "Go to the coordinate point by boat?"

Kuang Jinxin glanced at the stern of the ship inadvertently, and made a new discovery: "Captain, binoculars!"

Since Xu Wang was elected, Kuang Jinxin updated his name very much to save face. It's really a sweet little padded jacket. If it wasn't for the long road and tight finances, Xu Wang would have wanted to give him a red envelope as a change fee.

It was a single-lens copper telescope, and the style of the whole sailboat was very consistent. It looked like Pirates of the Caribbean coming back.

Although the sea is calm, there are always some small waves, gently shaking the hull.This sense of instability is fine when sitting or standing, but once you walk on the deck, it becomes obvious. Unless you are a person who has been on the boat all year round, it is difficult to walk on the ground.

The four of them went to the stern of the boat together, and Wu Sheng, who walked the most steadily, arrived first, and naturally became the first person to look into the distance.

Xu Wang, Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai were a step behind, they just raised their hands to cover the sun and watched with naked eyes.

Not to mention, the naked eye is not completely useless, and the masts and sails of some distant ships can still be seen to some extent. Although they are a bit blurry, the outlines should be similar to their ships, scattered on the sea level...

Anyone else?

Xu Wang was agitated, and immediately asked Wu Junshi, who had the clearest lookout, "What did you see?"

"Lighthouse." Wu Sheng said.

"Lighthouse?" Xu Wang blinked vigorously, and looked into the distance again. It was indeed a ship. Where did the lighthouse come from?

"One in the southeast, one in the west." Wu Sheng turned the binoculars, the lens tube moved through 180 degrees without stopping, and continued to turn to the bow of the ship, that is, behind the four of them, "There is one in the north."

"Is it far?" Xu Wang asked.

"Very far away." Wu Sheng said.

"Then can you adjust the focus and look up close." Xu Wang probably knew the source of the discrepancy between his and Wu Sheng's conclusions.

It's rare for Wu Sheng to be obedient, so he probably thought it would be safer to look far and near, so he quickly adjusted the binoculars to bring his sight closer.

The so-called close is already a barely visible distance for the naked eye, but with a telescope, it is clear at a glance.

"There are colleagues." Wu Sheng reported straightforwardly.

Xu Wang, who was mentally prepared, nodded, and then looked at the looming white sails, and felt that there were drums beating on them.

Colleagues are enemies.

Gao Shuai Shou Bai used practical actions to make them understand this sentence.

"No way, there are so many people in this level?" Qian Ai finally saw the few white dots under the reminder of his teammates. They are too scattered, in all directions, and they rise and fall with the waves, and they will disappear for a while.But no matter what the exact number is, one ship is one team, and if these teams haven't handed in their papers, then the fierceness of the future competition can be seen.

Kuang Jinxin leaned over to Wu Sheng's side, holding the last sliver of fantasy: "Can you see the people on the boat clearly? Could it be an NPC?"

He really doesn't like fighting, not at all, why can't everyone sit down and drink tea and chat?

Wu Sheng didn't answer yes or no. The monocular was fixed in one direction under his operation for a while. Finally, he left the telescope and looked at his teammates: "Someone help me identify it."

The three teammates were unclear, so: "Huh?"

"I saw Gao Shuai became thinner and paler." Wu Sheng said, "I don't want to admit that I'm dazzled but I don't want to accept this reality."

Captain Xu volunteered to step forward and took over the observation task. Without using the binoculars, it was clear when his eyes were attached: "Damn, it's true."

"Aren't they supposed to be in the first level?" Qian Ai squeezed away the captain, stepped forward to make an appraisal, and quickly recognized this cruel reality.

The three teammates have all been appraised, and Kuang Jinxin didn't waste that effort, but just felt strange: "Even if they passed the first level again yesterday, they should go back to the second level today, why did they come to the third level?"

"Unless..." Wu Sheng gazed at the vast sea thoughtfully, "This is not the third pass."

The waves suddenly surged, and the sailboat bumped accordingly. The four of them were able to stand still at first, but it soon developed that they had to hold on to the railings to stabilize their bodies.

"They're going over there!" Qian Ai held onto the railing with one hand and the telescope with the other, leaning against the telescope frame with his knees for stability, and his single eye was still sticking to the lens barrel to spy on the "enemy situation".

"Which side?" Wu Sheng asked hastily.

Qian Ai didn't have the skills of a military adviser, and couldn't tell the difference between east, west, and north, so he could only use the arm holding the telescope, and waved his big arm: "Over there—"

Where is that over there?

Xu Wang and Kuang Jinxin were confused by this answer, but fortunately they have a humanoid compass.

"East," Wu Sheng identified the direction in seconds, looked down at the line still scrolling on his arm, "Please choose a route", and had an idea in mind, "They chose Dongbao Zangtan."

Why, in terms of time, it is absolutely impossible for Gao Shuai, Shoubai, who passed the second level, to appear here and have the same right to choose the route as them?

Xu Wang couldn't think of an answer, but he had already made up his mind: "Let's go there too."

"Uh," Qian Ai let go of the binoculars, and turned around with a rare sense of compassion, "It's not very natural to pick up the wool with a sheep."

According to the urine nature of "Owl", there will definitely be competition on the same route. They have already rubbed the handsome and thin white on the ground once, and they chased after them in a different place, which is really a bit of a persimmon.

Xu Wang was in a delicate mood, unilaterally defining the other party as a "fat sheep" would only increase hatred.

Stepping forward to take the binoculars, he continued to track the tall, handsome and thin white ship: "They have more experience than us, and there must be their reasons for choosing the east side. We will learn from it, and we won't suffer a big loss."

While talking, the waves got bigger and bigger, the deck was completely wet, and several people's shoes were soaked.

what is that?

Xu Wang was about to end his observation, when he suddenly saw smaller black dots floating in the open water between the sailboats, and when he zoomed in, they turned out to be floating balls.

The diameter of the ball is only one meter, and the whole body is transparent. There is a person sitting in each of them. At first glance, it looks like countless gashapons floating in the waves.

In the increasingly high waves, these floating balls are extremely inconspicuous, and they are swallowed up by the waves most of the time. If it weren't for the fact that one of them was just thrown into the air by the waves, it fell down quickly, drawing an arc in the field of vision , he didn't notice at all.

What is this operation?Can you fight alone?

Xu Wang was wondering, when Wu Sheng's quiet voice suddenly came from behind: "Quick, look up at the gods."

Reflexively raised his head, Xu Wangcai realized after a while that what an unbelievable invitation he had cooperated with.

But in an instant, he felt ashamed of his ignorance.

flying carpet.

A bohemian-patterned flying carpet is carrying four men in the air about ten meters above the sea, flying northward. All the stormy waves have nothing to do with them. They are playing poker, and they can see that the hand shape looks like a four-man fight. landlord.

"It's fucking okay!" Qian Ai howled, expressing the envy and jealousy of the four people on board.

Why is their stationery so targeted? Look at theirs, Death Gaze, Hot Wheels, Zhonghuan Shisanlang, Invisibility Cloak... none of them seem to be able to walk by water!

Feeling the sourness of foxes under the vines, a huge shadow suddenly appeared on the sea under the flying carpet.

The turbulent undercurrent oscillated from the shadows, and even their ship, which was separated by a certain distance, swayed violently!

A monster that looks like a fish but not a fish or a beast breaks out of the water and rushes towards the flying carpet!

Its body is several times the size of a whale. Its body is like a fish, but it is covered with crocodile-like skin and hard knots. Its head is like a crocodile, but its big mouth is full of fine and sharp teeth like piranhas!

Without giving the people on the flying carpet any chance to react, the monster closed its jaws and easily swallowed the person and the blanket, flicked its tail in the air, and fell into the sea again.

The waves rolled violently, like boiling water.

The four people who watched the whole process were holding on to the railing tightly, their breathing was stagnant, and they couldn't react for a while.

"Just... died?" Everything happened so fast that Qian Ai couldn't recover.

"It should have bounced back to reality... right." Xu Wang couldn't tell for sure, he could only speculate based on his own experience of being attacked by a bear.

Wu Sheng took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, with a heavy and complicated mood: "It's better to keep a low profile."

In the turbulent waves, the hull gradually tilted.

At first, the four partners thought it was a normal jolt, but they didn't realize something was wrong until they found that the direction of inclination was persistent and their bodies were leaning back more and more, so they turned their heads one after another.

Then, they understood what it means to laugh at a hundred steps at fifty steps.

A huge tentacle protruded from the waves, and it had already reached the railing on that side!

The tentacles are flesh white, like a giant octopus, with countless suckers, large and small.Under the action of huge external force, the hull is gradually tilting in the direction of being hooked by the tentacles!

"What should I do?" Qian Ai's sweat came down immediately.

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng looked at each other, and suddenly felt blessed, and ran into the cabin together!

Qian Ai didn't wait for an answer, and when the two ran away, he was going crazy: "Aren't you two——"

Howling, howling, he also ran.

Kuang Jinxin didn't know, so he followed the main force to the cabin, but because he was the last one to start, when he ran to the hatch, the three partners had already come out with weapons.

It turned out that Xu Wang and Wu Sheng were not looking for a place to hide, but went to find a "weapon" at hand - since there are binoculars on the deck, there may be other useful things in the cabin, since they landed on this ship, Haven't been to the cabin yet.

Why not use stationery?

The lesson of the flying carpet is too tragic. Who knows whether "using stationery" in this sea is a deadly taboo.

There is indeed "equipment" in the cabin, but—

ax.

spear.

bow and arrow.

Is this the fucking era of cold weapons! ! !

"Where's mine?" Kuang Jinxin's blood boiled, only to find that his teammates brought out three weapons.

"It's gone." Qian Ai held the bow and held the quiver under his arm. He pulled the bowstring in a somewhat strenuous posture, and when he let it go, it hit his hand, almost hurting him to death. "Use this." He decisively handed the bow to his teammates without any hesitation.

Kuang Jinxin, who watched the whole process, felt tremendous pressure.

"Little Kuang," Xu Wang, who was holding an axe, quickly walked towards the tentacles without looking back, "You are responsible for letting the wind out. If there is any movement, whether it is a monster or another ship, report it immediately!"

"Received!" The tilt of the ship's hull has exceeded 45°, and Kuang Jinxin quickly moved to the stern while holding on to the railing, combining the naked eye telescope.

Qian Ai failed to change duties, so he had to bite the bullet and go to join the captain.

Xu Wang picked up the ax and slashed at the tentacles, but the tentacles slipped away at the first stroke, and the tentacles were covered with water and mucus!

Wu Sheng who came after him stabbed straight with a spear, turned his head to Xu Wang and said, "Come again!"

Xu Wang raised the ax high for the second time, and it fell heavily!

bang——

The blade of the ax was deeply embedded in the wooden railing, and the tentacles snapped at the sound. The end of the ax that fell on the deck was about half a meter long.

The injured tentacle quickly left the railing and submerged in the water.

The hull didn't turn right, because the waves were getting higher and higher, and the force of the waves was far stronger than that tentacle. It seemed that the whole ship could capsize anytime, anywhere!

Another tentacle reached out.

No, five!

All five tentacles are hooked on one side of the railing, from the bow to the stern, as if tied to a drag rope!

Xu Wang wanted to continue chopping, but just as he raised the axe, the ship suddenly fell forward!

Except for Kuang Jinxin at the stern who was holding on to the railing, all three of them lost their balance and rushed towards the tentacles!

Wu Sheng and Qian Ai reacted quickly and grabbed the railing in time. Because Xu Wang was holding the axe, he had no time to react, so he slammed into the railing with his waist, but the inertia didn't stop, and he fell over the railing and fell into the sea!

The icy seawater instantly flooded Xu Wang's eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

There is no distinction between true and false, and in an instant, he thought of two words, death.

That comes from people's instinctive fear of the deep sea.

Holding his breath, Xu Wang tried his best to go upstream, just when he was under the surface of the water, a wave happened to hit him, pinning him to the bottom of the water, unable to get his head out!Xu Wang struggled hard, when his fingers suddenly touched something, he opened his eyes with difficulty, and in the salty sea water, he saw a section of the spear shaft.

Xu Wang stretched out his hand and grasped the shaft of the spear, which seemed to have a sensor on it. As soon as he grasped it tightly, the spear was lifted up hard, and quickly pulled him out of the water!

When he got out of the water, he saw that Wu Sheng was already hanging on the rope ladder outside the hull, holding the soft rope ladder with one hand, and pulling him hard with the spear behind his back in the other hand.

Seeing his head up and taking a deep breath, Wu Sheng heaved a sigh of relief and pulled him closer.

Xu Wang finally returned to the side of the boat. In the turbulent waves, he struggled to grab the end of the soft rope ladder and followed Wu Sheng to climb back to the deck.

Reborn, Xu Wang knew that it was thanks to Wu Sheng, but his gratitude came to his lips, and he only said dryly: "Thank you."

Wu Sheng held the spear in one hand and poked the deck, like a general of the Yang family: "Next time I will tie a rope around your body and forget it."

Xu Wang gritted his teeth, but he owed favors, so he lowered his eyebrows and looked down.

As soon as I lowered my head, I discovered a new situation: "Oh? Why isn't it crooked?"

The hull has regained its balance at some point. Although it is still bumpy, it is much better than when it was "overturned" just now.

"Old Qian really can't use bows and arrows, so he changed his way." Wu Sheng raised his chin towards the bow of the boat.

Xu Wang raised his eyes and looked over, but he didn't see Qian Ai, only a "human-shaped fireball" jumping on the railing and hitting the only remaining tentacle continuously.

The flames around him were more than three meters high, covering Qian Ai's body from head to toe, or in other words, the flames seemed to burst out of his body, like a "flame coat", blazing hot air , Even standing with Xu Wang and Wu Sheng, I still feel ashamed.

The flames illuminated the bow, burned the railings, and burned the tentacles.

"Are you still pissed off? Huh? If I don't turn it into grilled squid for you, I'll be sorry for my old money eating the ID of Shenzhou!!!"

Xu Wang swallowed, hesitated for a while, and didn't dare to step forward, for fear of being burned by his berserk teammates.

"Invincible Hot Wheels?" He could only think of this one related to fire.

"En." Wu Sheng responded positively.

"Can I use stationery?"

"No problem has been found so far. The flying carpet just now may have been an unfortunate accident."

"All those claws were burned away by him?"

"It's cooked."

Xu Wang suddenly realized that it was no wonder that after returning to the deck, he always felt the smell of barbecue.

The last tentacle finally escaped from the "magic clutch" with all its strength, and retracted pitifully into the sea.

The waves are still so big, obviously the bottom of the sea is not really calm, but a trace of burnt fragrance dilutes the tension in the sea breeze.

The flames of the "human-shaped fireball" gradually weakened, and finally disappeared, revealing Qian, whose face was flushed from the roast.

There are scorched black marks on the railing, which are his medals.

"Excellent." Xu Wang gave him a thumbs up.

Qian Ai returned to his comrade-in-arms and nodded his head lightly, with a taste of hiding his merit and fame.

Xu Wang patted him on the shoulder: "Don't hold back."

Qian Ai shook his head slightly: "I thought that Invincible Hot Wheels was a hot wheel with a strong wind, which can be stepped on to fly, and can be swung to hit people..."

Xu Wang sighed: "I understand."

Qian Ai's majestic expression instantly collapsed: "Why did I turn into Hot Wheels! I'm not handsome at all, and I'm still very hot——"

Here classmate Qian asked the sky and the earth, and also wanted to ask superstition about fate, while Kuang Jinxin's alarm sounded at the stern of the boat: "Captain, there is a boat!"

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng were stunned for a moment, and immediately ran to the stern, taking Yu Wen's Qian Ai for a slow pat, and then followed.

Kuang Jinxin didn't use the binoculars, just looked ahead like that, and didn't raise his hand to point the direction to his teammates, because the ship had already arrived in front of them.

The distance between the two ships was no more than ten meters, and even the bumps followed the same wave.

The people on the opposite boat also saw them, their eyes met, and both sides were on guard.

It didn't look like they were coming at them, but it just happened that the two ships came together with the bumps of the waves.

Suddenly, a tentacle with a scorched black end slowly hooked the deck railing of the opposite sailboat from the right.

The sea monster that suffered from them has found a new target!

Kuang Jinxin shouted quickly: "Be careful behind your back!"

The three people on the opposite deck were startled, they turned their heads reflexively, and soon saw the tentacles on the railing.

For a while, the three of them quickly ran to the cabin, and soon came out with axes and spears.

Same boat, same weapon.

So, what about bows and arrows?

Xu Wang, who was full of doubts, found that not only the bow and arrow were missing on the opposite side, but also a person was missing.Looking around, he finally spotted the figure of a fourth man on the mast.

The man was sitting on the top of the mast. He was too high to see his face clearly. He could only roughly see the outline of a slender and well-proportioned body. He was wearing a jacket, which looked good.

Just like what they encountered just now, the opposite ship also began to tilt under the force of the tentacles.

Among the three, the one with the ax was also the main force in the battle, but his luck was a little worse than Xu Wang's. He slashed twice but failed to hit.

After poking with a spear for a long time, he didn't really help. The unarmed man got angry and raised his head to the mast and shouted: "Chi Yingxue, come down to help—"

"Don't struggle to your death," said the man on the mast, with a leisurely voice, with a bit of joking coolness, "For the three of you, falling into the sea is the inevitable destination, so why waste your energy."

"What do you mean we are three!" The shouter was angry, and wanted to give him wings so that he could fly up and tear the person surnamed Chi, "You are not a fucking member of the team!"

The person on the mast thought for a while: "In terms of appearance, it's really not."

"Fuck!" The people below were furious, but they had no choice but to look up to the sky and curse, "Zengyuan, you really have my eyes lame—"