11:45 PM.
Fifteen minutes had passed since Shi Ming gave the order to turn back.
The helmsman steered the wandering ship, his eyes fixed on the planned route without blinking. A thin layer of sweat beaded on his forehead.
He was nervous.
He had followed the captain's orders, heading back the way they came.
Normally, a ten-minute voyage should have been enough to leave the area of abnormally high Sea Crystal Stone concentration and return to normal waters.
But the ship had been sailing at full speed for fifteen minutes and was still within the abnormal region. It seemed they had lost their way—or worse, gone even deeper.
On top of that, a fog had risen over the sea.
The fog was growing thicker and thicker!
'What the hell!'
"Sea Crystal Stone energy concentration: 345%!"
"It's gone up again!"
"We're supposed to be heading back. How is the concentration getting higher?"
