"..."
Silence is Cambridge tonight…
After a brief silence, Old Chen gave her a helpless look and sighed, "Should we turn off the live stream?"
"It's off." Su Yao nodded in response.
"Alright, now we can get down to business." He glanced at the deep sea and then dragged Su Yao into the captain's cabin.
The oil lamps hanging high overhead were swaying violently with the ship's hull, but everything in the not-so-large captain's cabin was exceptionally well-organized.
Apart from the ceiling, every wall had a faint magic circle, and all the items were stuck in place with a paste-like substance similar to glue.
There were only a few nautical charts and an oil lamp on his desk. Su Yao leaned closer and saw something that looked like a map of ruins below the nautical charts.
"This is the ocean ruins you were just talking about!?" Looking at the densely packed location map, Su Yao couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaim in surprise.
Old Chen slumped in his high-backed chair, snatched the picture from his hand, and nodded with interest: "That's right, Atlantis is laid out in a diamond shape, symmetrical to the temple. The ruins should be here."
He pointed one finger towards the scarlet circle on the drawing, while carefully stroking his right beard with his other hand.
"After I stole the Heart of the Ocean, I could clearly sense the changes in magical power beneath the seabed. Any non-mermaid race that entered had their magic suppressed..."
He tapped the edge of the drawing with his knuckles, and the hand rubbing his beard applied slightly more pressure.
"So I think only mermaids can get in there!" Sitting up straight, Old Chen clasped his hands together, becoming serious for the first time in a long time.
"ah?"
She immediately put on a dazed look, and Su Yao nervously rubbed the hem of her clothes: "Okay, I think I understand. When does it start?"
"Glug glug..."
Without answering her question, Old Chen pulled a flask of liquor from under the table and gulped it down…
After swallowing the last drop of wine, he smacked his lips in satisfaction and said in a calm tone:
"Don't rush things. You should level up first and let them continue their internal war. Wait until the ocean races are tired of fighting and don't want to fight anymore..."
"vomit…"
He let out a burp, and his cloudy eyes suddenly lit up. His sly laughter spread along with the strong smell of alcohol.
"Hehehe... Let's put the Heart of the Ocean back into the sea, and let them fight over it again..."
...
One hour ago—
Upon hearing that Old Chen was going to Atlantis to search for magical ruins, Tess immediately set sail for the East China Sea under the pretext of gathering intelligence.
To avoid suspicion, Thess plundered and pillaged his way through the region, ruthlessly seizing ships used by the Caesar Empire for trade with the elves and dwarves.
Only when he approached the port in the East China Sea did he release his carrier pigeons, and then casually grabbed a few fishermen to take back as a formality.
For the next eight years, the great war between the sea creatures in the Sea of Destiny never ceased, and life-or-death battles raged constantly on the seabed…
Naval Headquarters —
Eleven years after the triumph, and after stabilizing the domestic situation, the Caesar Empire convened its first naval mobilization, with nearly 300,000 troops gathering in the city of Tamilia.
Meanwhile, Cliff, Ye Feng, and Aston, codenamed Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji respectively, were awarded the rank of General.
Following strong suggestions from everyone in the live stream, the three jointly submitted a design proposal for the general's uniform.
A pure white cloak trimmed with gold, and behind it were the huge characters for "Justice"!
Furthermore, after being specially processed by dwarven artisans, attacks from rank 6 mages and below can no longer penetrate the cloak's defenses.
News of pirates robbing merchant ships arrived again, and the atmosphere in the council hall became extremely oppressive, with everyone only able to hear each other's heavy breathing.
Jekaderina sat in the main seat, her gaze sweeping back and forth across the letters, her brow furrowing more with each line she read.
The three people sitting opposite her, including Ye Feng, seemed unsurprised. After all, Roger was a player, so it was understandable that he would do something so monstrous.
"bump--!"
Jekadelina slammed her hand heavily on the documents on the table, her face flushed with anger: "This is outrageous! These beasts! They won't lift a finger when fighting the demons, but they'll rob their own people without any mercy!"
Her chest heaved violently with her rapid breathing, and her puffed-out cheeks and cheekbones were flushed crimson.
"This is outrageous...! Does this even deserve to be called human?!" She gritted her teeth, her thin lips pressed tightly together.
...
"Hahaha, what beastly thing has Roger done this time? He's made our Queen so angry! *chuckles*..."
"Roger and Su Yao turned off the live stream. They're preparing to search the ruins! They were afraid we'd leak their secrets, so they ended the live stream to discuss their plan!"
"How dare they! They always call us family! How can they not trust us at all!"
"Exactly! We must inform on him! Let the three admirals of the Navy go to Atlantis and have a good fight with him!"
...
After glancing at the comments, Ye Feng took a deep breath and then removed the note from the carrier pigeon's leg.
After opening the note, he confirmed the facts of what the viewers in the live stream had said: if Roger got the ruins, the coastal region would be doomed.
"Nana... the undercover agent has sent word that Roger is preparing to search for the magical ruins of Atlantis."
Ye Feng broke the silence by speaking first, and then handed the note in his hand to Jekaderina.
Her gaze slowly swept over the contents of the note, and a look of dejection appeared on Jekadelina's face: "The ancient ruins are far too helpful to a Grand Magister; we can't give Roger any more chances to become stronger..."
Ye Feng told Jacqueline everything Roger had done, which made the girl, whose health was already poor, even more pronounced her dark circles.
Over the years, under the guidance of players like Ye Feng, Jekaderina has barely reached the level of an eighth-tier mage.
However, because she was a native, her mindset and perspective could never reach the level of the players, so her skill level remained stagnant for a long time.
Of the three generals, Ye Feng had reached the second-tier Grand Magister level, while the other two were both first-tier. The three of them were undoubtedly the backbone of the entire kingdom.
"Fight if you want! I, Aokiji, will fight to the end!" Aston twisted his neck, casually trimmed his nails, and stood up.
With a calm and even tone, Cliff deliberately drew out the last syllable of his sentence and occasionally let out a chilling laugh: "Oh my, Pirate King Roger? How terrifying~ Hehe."
Compared to the two who had completely embraced their codenames and identities, Ye Feng seemed more normal, simply picking up his cup and taking a sip of coffee.
Jacqueline was not idle either; she deployed a combat plan based on the existing sea routes.
The quill flew across the paper as she wrote two separate requests for joint action to the demon race and the dwarf race.
Standing up, Ye Feng lazily yawned and rubbed his eyes: "The great war between the underwater races is nearing its end. Now we just have to wait for Roger to release the Heart of the Ocean."