Chapter 37 Unending Expanse

The waters remained a boundless expanse. Gu Fei and his companions were aboard the triangular sailboat, pursued by system guards from behind, and poised to encounter the water bandit group ahead. They appeared to be caught in a pincer movement, yet the situation filled the three with delight.

The triangular sailboat was truly sailing against the wind and waves. The swimming guards were, of course, no match for a ship, no matter how fast they swam. As for the water bandits ahead, the distance between them was rapidly closing.

These fellows had now clearly seen the approaching triangular sailboat, and each of them doubted their own eyes. Players from Linshui City were no strangers to this type of sailboat. Several of these vessels were permanently docked at the Linshui City pier. Players could not control them, and no quests involved them; they never left the water.

But now, this triangular sailboat had suddenly been launched and sailed so far from the shore, leaving these fellows completely perplexed.

“Could it be that we've stumbled upon some mysterious quest?” For a moment, these guys even started dreaming.

But regardless, the triangular sailboat was rushing straight at them, and they couldn't just let it crash into them. The five small boats quickly scattered to the sides.

“They're scattering!” Mang Mang de Mang Mang, on the lookout, observed with a telescope, shouting to Xi Xiao Tian in the wheelhouse below.

“Direction!” Xi Xiao Tian shouted.

“About 10 degrees to the left!” Mang Mang de Mang Mang said.

“Understood!” Xi Xiao Tian replied loudly.

Xi Xiao Tian steered the boat to turn, but she was just a novice. How could she be so precise as to turn exactly 10 degrees? Moreover, Mang Mang de Mang Mang wasn't a professional surveyor either, so her estimate of 10 degrees was probably also off. As a result, as soon as she turned, Mang Mang de Mang Mang immediately shouted, “Too much, turn back a little!”

Xi Xiao Tian quickly turned back, asking loudly, “How is it, how is it?”

Gu Fei, standing at the bow of the ship, witnessed these two girls shouting at each other, rocking the sailboat from side to side until it almost fell apart. The water bandits also saw the sailboat suddenly start to tremble, and for a moment, they didn't understand what was happening. While they were still wondering if it was a sign of some super quest, the figure of a mage in black robes was clearly reflected in everyone's eyes.

“It's that guy!!!” Almost everyone shouted this out.

Instantly, they no longer had any good feelings towards this triangular sailboat, only wondering how this mage had gotten his hands on the pier's triangular sailboat. They knew that these water bandits had been coveting these sailboats for more than just a day or two. It seemed that players still had a way to get their hands on this ship.

Even at this moment, these guys were still thinking about it. Xi Xiao Tian, controlling the ship, had already rushed over menacingly. Although she didn't directly hit a small boat head-on, the difference between an ant and an elephant was such that a glancing blow from the side capsized one of the small boats.

“Well done!” Mang Mang de Mang Mang gave Xi Xiao Tian a thumbs up.

At this moment, the waves generated by the approaching sailboat were enough to cause the small boats that had not been hit to shake violently. Three more people lost their balance on the spot, and before they could grab anything, they fell into the water.

Xi Xiao Tian continued to control the sailboat, ramming both boats and people. These water bandits had always been bullies on the water, but today they had finally met someone stronger. At this moment, they were helpless as the sailboat bullied them. Mang Mang de Mang Mang stood on the lookout tower, giving blind commands, and Xi Xiao Tian steered the boat blindly in circles. After all the chaos, none of these water bandits could stand on their boats anymore. The lucky ones could still hold onto the hull after falling into the water. The unlucky ones had long been swept away by the waves stirred up by the sailboat, and no one knew where they had gone.

At this time, the fearless system guards also caught up, but facing the waves stirred up by Xi Xiao Tian's erratic sailing, they could no longer control their bodies and were scattered everywhere by the waves.

The people who fell into the water were certainly miserable, but the three on the sailboat were also in a terrible state. Xi Xiao Tian was really too much of a novice. How could a boat change direction so frequently? The waves it stirred up were certainly tormenting the guys in the water, but their sailboat was also suffering. Moreover, because the ship was larger, the amplitude of the turbulence was even more terrifying.

Even though Gu Fei had practiced his stance diligently, there was always a limit to everything. At this moment, his sense of balance could no longer hold his body steady. After an accidental slip, he became a glider on the deck, rolling left and right, and occasionally going back and forth.

Xi Xiao Tian in the wheelhouse looked quite different. At first, she was holding onto the helm tightly, but she lost her grip during one particularly strong shake. She crashed around the wheelhouse, hitting her head until it was sore and dizzy.

But the most miserable one had to be Mang Mang de Mang Mang. She was standing high on the lookout tower. As a result, during one of the ship's bounces, she was thrown out directly. Fortunately, this girl reacted quickly and grabbed onto the lookout tower. At this moment, her body was swaying back and forth with the ship's movements, and she was struggling to hold on.

What was even more deadly was that this situation didn't seem to be ending anytime soon.

Don't forget that the ship was constantly sailing on its own with unknown, mysterious power. At this moment, Xi Xiao Tian didn't know which direction she had turned the helm. In short, the ship was constantly shaking and spinning in place, shaking more and more violently.

Gu Fei slid from the left side of the deck to the right side of the deck, from the bow to the stern. He saw that if they continued to shake like this, this sailboat would not be a sailboat anymore, it would have to become a capsized boat.

At this moment, the most important thing was to stabilize the helm and control it to a correct position. Mang Mang de Mang Mang on the lookout tower certainly couldn't be relied on. It would be good enough if she could take care of herself and not fly off to some unknown corner.

Controlling the helm, of course, depended on Xi Xiao Tian, who was still a human bumper car in the wheelhouse.

While continuing to glide on the deck, Gu Fei stretched his neck to look in the direction of the wheelhouse, thinking that this girl wasn't already dizzy, she should think of a way to take some measures!

During one of his passes by the wheelhouse door, Gu Fei was just about to shout a reminder when he saw Xi Xiao Tian's figure flying out of the door, colliding head-on with Gu Fei. After the two of them flew out horizontally, before they could say a word, the ship veered in a certain direction again, and the two of them slid out one after the other.

Gu Fei saw that he couldn't rely on this girl either, and in the end, he had to rely on himself. After sliding east and west, bumping left and right, and tossing around for a few more rounds, Gu Fei finally had another chance to pass by the wheelhouse. Gu Fei was waiting for this moment, seized the opportunity to use Instant Step, and flashed into the wheelhouse.

But even so, his body wasn't stable. After entering the wheelhouse, he was still floating. But Gu Fei's skills were much stronger than Xi Xiao Tian's. With a wave of his arm, he grabbed the helm, straightened his waist, and stretched out his legs, and his feet braced against the other end of the wall. His body was suspended in mid-air.

“Awesome!” Just at this moment, Gu Fei heard a shout. Looking outside, Xi Xiao Tian was giving him a thumbs up, having just passed by the deck in front of the wheelhouse door.

Given the current shaking trend of this sailboat, Gu Fei really didn't know which direction to turn the helm was correct, so he didn't dare to act rashly. But at this moment, Gu Fei had already stabilized the helm. Apart from continuing to bump with the waves, the sailboat finally had a stable direction of progress. If he could just persevere, the situation could improve a lot.

Gu Fei pushed off the wall and jumped back to the ground, continuing to hold the helm firmly with both hands. After judging that the bow seemed to be constantly rotating to the left, he began to slowly turn the helm in the opposite direction, little by little.

The sailboat finally gradually moved onto a straight line. As it moved away from the area of choppy waves, the bumping became lighter and lighter. Xi Xiao Tian on the deck finally stopped gliding and carefully stood up.

After falling and bumping around for so long, although she wasn't dead, it was inevitable that she was a little dizzy. Gu Fei grabbed the helm in the wheelhouse and didn't dare to relax at all. He watched Xi Xiao Tian get up and walk forward unsteadily on the deck, all the way to the mast at the bow, and start climbing. After climbing up to the lookout tower, she pulled up Mang Mang de Mang Mang, who was still hanging there.

The two girls sat down in the lookout tower, gasping for breath. At this moment, they didn't have the strength to shout, and sent a message to Gu Fei: “How is it?”

“Okay, I've got it under control,” Gu Fei replied. The ship was becoming more and more stable.

“What about the others?” Gu Fei asked the two in the lookout tower.

Then he saw Mang Mang de Mang Mang tremblingly stand up in the lookout tower, holding up her telescope and looking around.

“I don't know, I can't see them. Who knows where the waves washed them away!” Mang Mang de Mang Mang replied. In her telescope's field of vision, she finally found two small boats floating.

“Take this time to get ashore quickly. Which way is the land?” Gu Fei asked.

“40 degrees to the left!” Mang Mang de Mang Mang started again.

“I'll steer!” Xi Xiao Tian seemed to have developed some feelings for driving the boat.

“No, you should rest!” Gu Fei still had lingering fears about what had just happened.

After the sailboat changed direction, it moved forward steadily. After Mang Mang de Mang Mang carefully observed her surroundings again, she said with certainty, “I really can't see anyone anymore.”

“Forget about the players, the system guards definitely know our location. I guess they'll be chasing after us soon,” Xi Xiao Tian said.

“Chasing what? They can't swim as fast as a boat. They'll only get further and further away,” Gu Fei said. Gu Fei welcomed this situation, so he would have more time to wash away these annoying PKs.

The sailboat sailed straight towards the land, and nothing else happened.

The waterfront of Linshui City had fine sand like a beach, and the sun shone brightly. Unique aquatic monsters roamed there. Whether for fighting monsters or relaxing, this was a good place and a gathering place for players in Linshui City.

Although it was nearly dawn, there were still many people. When they saw a triangular sailboat getting closer and closer, everyone's eyes widened. Like those water bandits, they recognized that this sailboat was the same as the ones that hadn't moved for ten thousand years at the pier.

“Is it some special quest?” Everyone excitedly gathered at the shore, facing the approaching sailboat.

In the wheelhouse of the sailboat, Gu Fei was sticking his head out, asking the two girls, “Do you know how to stop the boat?”

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