Upon hearing that joining the Officials might suppress him for a lifetime, Robinson William became silent and spoke no more.

Seeing Robinson engulfed in silence, Ye Liuyun immediately asked, "There must be other options besides joining the Officials. Just speak up, no need to hide anything."

"Of course, there are other ways out. Despite the current flood disaster, the model of the Hunting Team from the old base still exists. Only now, instead of hunting wild creatures, the targets are the Mysterious Ships."

When Dong Tianyu mentioned the Mysterious Ship, the brows of the others present furrowed instantly.

Although everyone on the deck had acquired Companion Spiritual Treasures using the Mysterious Core, except for Dong Tianyu, none had actually entered the Mysterious Realm; they had directly used the Mysterious Core to obtain their Companion Spiritual Treasures.

Thus, the others had only heard of the Mysterious Ship and did not have a detailed or specific impression of it.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the others, Dong Tianyu felt somewhat puzzled. He could understand the old folks, and Ye Liuyun could be overlooked, but Robinson’s expression shouldn’t look like that.

After all, as a combatant, he shouldn’t be fearful of the Mysterious Ship.

Actually, Dong Tianyu didn’t understand that although Robinson hadn’t entered the Mysterious Realm, his frown wasn’t due to fear but rather irritation.

After that incident involving Ye Liuyun, Robinson was unofficially demoted from the front lines to the logistics department. It seemed like Robinson had been promoted and moved to a more secure work environment.

But in reality, it was a covert demotion from an authoritative frontline department to a nominal position in logistics. Although the logistics department seemed to hold substantial power, after his promotion, he was unable to keep informed about the outside world.

After being silent for a while, Dong Tianyu seemed to comprehend the thoughts of the others, and he began to describe the situation with the Mysterious Ship.

It was at this moment that the others truly heard detailed intelligence about the Mysterious Ship for the first time. When Robinson heard that most Mysterious Ships could be dealt with by directly destroying the Mysterious Realm to obtain Mysterious Cores, he then understood Dong Tianyu’s idea.

As Dong Tianyu continued his explanation, it dawned on the others that the Companion Spiritual Treasures they had acquired using the Mysterious Core could actually be enhanced by devouring Mysterious Cores.

Besides, they only then learned about the existence of Blood-Colored Mysterious Cores, and at this moment they realized that the small ship Dong Tianyu had used to bring them here was actually his Companion Spiritual Treasure obtained through the Mysterious Core.

After listening to Dong Tianyu’s explanation, Robinson gradually became more confident. Although he was transferred to the logistics department, Robinson had not given up cultivation, so even after some time away from the front lines, not only had his combat power not decreased, it had even improved slightly.

Apart from Robinson, thoughts were also stirring in Ye Liuyun’s mind. Although his previous business ventures had earned him a lot, personally, beyond living more comfortably, they had offered him no real enhancement.

To put it bluntly, once money accumulates to a certain extent, it truly just becomes a string of digits. No matter how money is spent, there are only so many ways to spend it.

Spending more or less, the experience doesn’t vary much; thus, as Ye Liuyun earned more and more money, he gradually lost his drive to earn, leading him to later make the absurd decision to abandon his original business and hastily agree to develop in Kyoto by Dong Tianyu’s persuasion.

However, when he heard that his Companion Spiritual Treasure could be limitlessly enhanced by devouring Mysterious Cores, his interest was piqued once again. After all, for someone with a strong compulsive collecting disorder, this unrestricted mode of enhancement was perfectly to their liking.

Seeing the newfound clarity in the eyes of Robinson and Ye Liuyun, Dong Tianyu hadn’t expected that a mere introduction to the Mysterious Ship could bring about such a profound change in their attitudes.

And when Dong Tianyu finished the presentation about the Mysterious Ship, Mr. Thompson, from observing the Jade Ship Dong Tianyu had used to ferry them, realized that his son was now truly a capable man, as the primary material of the Companion Spiritual Treasure of other people was wood, whereas Dong Tianyu’s was made of jade.

Regardless of whether before or after the catastrophe, these two materials differed greatly both in their hardness and in terms of their intrinsic value.

After learning the nature of the mysterious ship, Robinson William eagerly observed the surroundings of the Wave Rider, unable to wait to find a mysterious ship and test if the mysterious realm was as simple and easy as Dong Tianyu described.

However, the more you want to find a mysterious ship, the less you see it, and the less you want to encounter one, the more likely you are to come across it.

While Robinson William was patrolling the deck and looking around to see if he could spot a mysterious ship, he inadvertently noticed a dark shadow moving under the water.

Having finally spotted something unusual, Robinson William felt very happy at the moment and walked over to Dong Tianyu excitedly, asking, "Zachary, do all mysterious ships look the same?"

"Not really, mysterious ships have thousands of strange appearances."

"Then how can we differentiate a mysterious ship from an ordinary ship?"

"Mysterious ships are enveloped by eerie fog, covered mostly in black eerie fog and a few surrounded by blood-colored eerie fog. I’ve only seen these two colors of eerie fog; as for whether there are other colors, I’m not too sure.

What’s up? You ask so precisely, it looks like you have found a mysterious ship. Where did you spot it?"

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s question, Robinson William immediately took him to the side of the deck, and others, having never seen a mysterious ship, were also curious and followed them.

Robinson William pointed to the water not far away and said to Dong Tianyu, "I just saw a dark shadow flash by under the water. You just mentioned that there are various kinds of mysterious ships, so is it possible that there might be something like a submarine among them?"

Hearing this, Dong Tianyu was taken aback for a moment. Though mysterious ships were bizarre in appearance, he had never encountered one resembling a submarine.

However, since Robinson William had seen something under the water, Dong Tianyu naturally expanded his Divine Sense to see what exactly it was.

As his Divine Sense coverage increased, Dong Tianyu didn’t find the dark shadow described by Robinson William. Just when Dong Tianyu thought it might have been a mistake of the eye,

a swarm of tiny fish, each only the size of a little finger, caught Dong Tianyu’s attention. Although small in size, the school of fish covered a substantial area. Perhaps the dark shadow Robinson William had seen was indeed that group of fish.

Just as Dong Tianyu was about to retract his Divine Sense, thinking little of it, he suddenly remembered something. Since the flood, the water level had been rising, and besides the survivors who fell into the water, Dong Tianyu hadn’t seen any living creatures in the water.

These tiny fish were actually the first aquatic creatures Dong Tianyu had seen since the flood began. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Just as Dong Tianyu was pondering how these fish appeared, they seemed to have noticed the Wave Rider and swam directly towards their location.

As these fish swam towards the Wave Rider, dark shadows appeared on the surface of the water just like Robinson William had described earlier.

Seeing the shadows reappear on the water, Robinson William shouted excitedly to the others, "Look, there’s the dark shadow I was talking about in that direction. Zachary, check if that thing is a mysterious ship."

To be honest, Dong Tianyu was surprised by Robinson William’s strong reaction; it seemed he had a great interest in mysterious ships.

Since the school of fish would be near soon, Robinson William would find out what was under the water, so Dong Tianyu didn’t inform him in advance about what the thing in the water was.