As the shadows of the spirit realm quickly receded from the surroundings of the Lost Land, the sea gradually returned to its normal blue color, and the real-world sky light and mist roaming around the ships covered the entire sea.

Nina ran from her room to the deck, and soon spotted the eerie ship that was nearly torn apart with a dark green flame not far in front of the Lost Land.

The ship, destroyed by the explosion and now powered entirely by spirit flames, was slowly slowing down, but still sailing forward, and in the direction of its bow was the "border" that had been in the textbooks, but was only seen for the first time today.

The magnificent wall of dense fog stretched through the sea, and the clouds like a waterfall poured down from the top of the huge wall, turning into a thin mist that filled the entire sea, and in front of it, everything seemed small—even though she had seen many incredible things with the Lost Place, Nina couldn't help but widen her eyes at this time, and then let out a long exclamation: "Wow-"

Shirley also ran out at this time, leaning on the guardrail on the side of the boat and looking into the distance, exclaiming with Nina, "Wow-"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Ah Gou's voice coming from the shadows: "So let you read more books on a regular basis, and if you have a little more vocabulary, you won't just 'wow' after seeing such a magnificent curtain on the border......"

Shirley's eyes widened when she heard this: "Isn't Nina also 'wow'?" Why don't you talk about her? ”

Ah Dog jumped out of the shadows, shaking his head while casually muttering: "Nina's 'wow' is because she thinks this word is appropriate here, and 'wow' is because you only know this one word, you two are different......"

Listening to Ah Gou's chatter, Shirley puffed up her face angrily and said, "I...... I have a lot of vocabulary, and I have so many tone particles, isn't it that the captain and Old Man Morris don't let me use them! To open up to me, I ......"

But the dog had stopped paying attention to her, and the fierce Hound became more and more cautious when it arrived at the border, looking around, as if sensing the breath coming from other dimensions, and after a moment muttered, "...... It's not the same as in the safe sea...... There was an unstable aura everywhere, and even though it was in the reality dimension, I could vaguely smell the spirit world......"

"This is the border, and only the most insignificant part of the myriad strange and dangerous properties of the border," Lucrecia's voice came as a flying stream of colored paper swirled in, "Here, the boundaries of 'reality' will be blurred, and all those 'things' that are suppressed in the safe seas...... will become active, the probability of evil in the machine will be high, the books will attract more and more dangerous snoopers, and many things on the ship will become easy to activate, and at certain times, especially if the ship and some invisible 'field' accidentally overlap, these dangers will be multiplied. ”

She strolled to the edge of the deck, stared at the fog in the distance, and continued softly in her thoughts and memories—

"So, there are hardly a few sane explorers who come here on the border to 'try their luck'...... There is no honor or wealth, only a cold and eerie environment, and a dangerous and terrifying fate, and the few 'madmen' who dare to set foot here have summed up some 'rules of conduct' that are unique to the border, such as not carrying any idols or portraits with human characteristics on the ship, not shouting in the fog, not staying in front of the mirror for too long, etc......

"But these rules and taboos can only reduce the risk to a certain extent, there will still be experienced explorers who will disappear into the fog near the border, who will forget where they are when the fog rises, who will push open a door that does not exist in the cabin, and who will even think in a trance that they have completed a thrilling and long frontier exploration, and return to the city-state where they have settled, their tense nerves will relax, and they will finally breathe a sigh of relief and step on the solid ground of the dock - and thus walk into the dense fog of the border. Only the empty ghost ship was left floating on the sea. ”

Shirley listened to these strange and terrifying things described by the "Witch of the Sea", her eyes widened and widened, and finally subconsciously shuddered: "I...... Groove ...... That sounds a little scary......"

"Yes, it's scary, so under normal circumstances, people like you who have no frontier exploration experience shouldn't be near this sea at all—but you still don't have to worry, because this is the Lost Country, and you're part of the Lost Fleet."

Lucretia smiled faintly, looked out to sea, and spoke unhurriedly.

"Father and this ship...... It's not what I remember it to be, and if it's the Lost Ship now, I'm sure even if something really gets mixed up with the ship and opens your door, you'll politely apologize and close the door when you leave......"

As soon as she finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Normally, they don't have a chance to close the door and apologize. ”

Lucrecia turned around and saw that Duncan had arrived on deck at some point.

"Just now Vana received a psionic communication, the Deep Sea Church's 'Tide' has come to the nearby waters, and it will appear soon, and the two capital ships of the Death Church are also nearby, and they are sending a small reconnaissance boat to confirm the situation in the surrounding waters first."

Lucrecia nodded, "That's fine, we need to figure out what's going on around here - the Church fleet, which patrols the border all year round, is a little more professional than us." ”

Duncan let out a "hmm" and didn't say anything more, just controlled the Lost Country to gradually move closer to the big ship that "led the way" in front of it, and next to the Lost Country, the Bright Star had also left the spirit state and sailed unhurriedly.

Ten minutes later, the Lost Land and the Bright Star came to the vicinity of the shattered ship, cruising slowly at a constant speed.

Perhaps because of the closer to the "Veil", the fog on the surface of the sea seemed a little thicker than before, and the layers of fog floated in all directions like a flowing veil, and even the faint green flames escaping from around the Lost Country could not completely dispel the fog.

On Duncan's orders, the three ships came to a halt before the fog became thicker.

"Let's wait until we meet, then move on," Duncan glanced at the foggy sea in the distance on the bow deck of the Lost Land, "light the lights first." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the "guide ship" at the front.

With a snap of his fingers, the burning dark green flame on the big ship suddenly strengthened, and the blazing spiritual fire instantly exploded and rose up, releasing a light that was enough to pierce the mist!

A "lighthouse" made entirely of spiritual fire rose in the misty border seas, and the light of the flames shone violently across the sea, and in the place where the light shrouded, on the sea near the three ships, the fog finally showed a slight sign of dissipation, and visibility was restored a little.

Vana and Maurice were also on deck, the latter was now curiously observing the surface of the sea near the side of the ship, and he saw that the color of the sea seemed to be a little more intense than beyond the fog, and the dark blue water looked rather calm, with only a slight undulation with the breeze—and the undulation looked rather strange, it was slow and sticky, as if it were ...... The entire sea is a thick, smooth layer of grease that lacks surface detail.

Vanna frowned at the strange, suspicious surface of the sea, and after a moment of hesitation, she pulled out a small wooden amulet—a wave amulet carved from sea polyp—and threw it into the sea.

The amulet, which symbolized the faith and protective power of the Storm Goddess, landed on the viscous and sluggish surface of the sea, bouncing as if it had landed on solid ground, without causing any ripples or sinking in the water.

It just stayed on the viscous and slow "surface" of the water, and after a few seconds, it was suddenly dyed with a layer of inky blue by the surrounding seawater, and quietly "melted" into the water.

Vanna watched in amazement at this unexperienced scene.

But in her ears, the soft sound of the waves still came out as always.

Despite the strange nature of the process, the power of the goddess Grimona has descended as usual—and the protection of the Goddess of Storms can still be applied in this abnormal sea.

Even...... Seems to take effect a little faster?

At this moment, Vana seemed to suddenly sense something again, and looked up at the misty sea in the distance.

Almost as soon as she looked up, a melodious and loud whistle suddenly broke the calm of the border sea, and then a hazy light appeared in the depths of the fog - after the light, a large ship gradually emerged from the fog.

The soft sound of the waves sounded, and in the psionic resonance, she confirmed the news from her fellow Churchmen, and at the same time, the huge shadow of the ship in the distance began to slow down from a distance, and several smaller escort ships appeared around the silhouette one after another.

Through the drifting fog, the ships that came to rendezvous and the Lost Country and the Bright Stars, which arrived here first, confirmed each other's identities - a very important link in the border waters.

Moreover, this "confirmation" of identity will also accompany the entire process of action later, and it will have to be repeated every once in a while.

After all, in the dense fog of the border, you can't always be sure that the person next to you is the person you knew the other second.

"It's the Tides of the Deep Sea Church and its escort formation," Vanna quickly walked over to Duncan's side, bowing her head and reporting, "It's been confirmed by psionic resonance." ”

Duncan nodded, "Okay, allow them to get closer, let them enter the range illuminated by the spiritual fire." ”

(End of chapter)