Watching the fish’s relentless behavior, Zachary understood that the Companion Spiritual Treasures acquired by the survivors using the Mysterious Core would gradually replace ordinary boats.

Based on past experience, the appearance of such small fish in the waters now suggested that bigger and more powerful creatures would definitely emerge over time. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Drawing on pre-catastrophe nature, the largest creatures in water significantly surpassed those on land in size.

After the catastrophe befell, creatures like Godzilla and Vajra, reminiscent of those from movies, had already appeared on land; thus, similar creatures were bound to appear in water.

The hulls of many ordinary boats could hardly withstand the nibbling of such small fish, let alone hold up against the bigger aquatic creatures that would appear later.

Beyond that, Zachary had an unsettling suspicion that the natural dispelling trait of the Companion Spiritual Treasures might be similar to the Overbearing Pressure, Murderous Aura, Dragon’s Might, or Kingly Aura often mentioned in novels.

In fact, many people believed obtaining a basic form of Companion Spiritual Treasure was quite easy — a single Mysterious Core was all it took for everyone to possess their own.

It should be noted that the Companion Spiritual Treasure naturally possessed the ability to disperse, and in its initial form, it was roughly the size of a square meter — eloquently put, it was a Raft; colloquially, it could also be described as a wooden board.

Since the Companion Spiritual Treasure naturally had the traits of dispersing and floating, as long as one was creative enough, ships like the large Water Base that housed many survivors did not need to upgrade the level of their Companion Spiritual Treasures.

The Officials could simply organize the survivors living on it to summon their Companion Spiritual Treasures and affix them directly to the hulls of their current ordinary boats, using those initial form Companion Spiritual Treasures as external armor like those on a tank.

This would not only enhance the security of their existing boats but also directly disperse the type of small fish that had just appeared, thus preventing their boats from being attacked by these aquatic creatures.

However, this sort of spiritual pressure-based defense was effective only against smaller creatures; creatures not much weaker than oneself could already ignore it, and if discovered by far stronger creatures, it would be regarded as a provocation.

So this makeshift method could only be used in the early stages. If the innate dispelling power of the Companion Spiritual Treasure continuously proved effective, it might have been acceptable, but if the powerful water creatures ignored the Companion Spiritual Treasure’s dispelling ability, the consequences could be very severe.

Thus, this shortcut could work in the early stages but ultimately, real strength was required as time progressed.

Realizing this, Zachary suddenly felt that even if he sent his parents to the Magic City Number Three Water Base, they might not enjoy peaceful days for long.

Although the emergence of fish schools in the water had alleviated the survivors’ food crisis, it also brought about much greater dangers.

But now, one could only take things one step at a time, as even Zachary’s own Companion Spiritual Treasure, which had evolved once and had been enhanced with two Blood-Colored Mysterious Cores to change and improve the hull material, had not shown any upgraded or altered dispersion trait.

Zachary, while not guaranteeing that his Companion Spiritual Treasure had swallowed the most Mysterious Cores or had the highest upgrade level, could be sure he was among the top tier, and it would take ordinary people a lot of time to catch up to his progress.

After experiencing many catastrophes, Zachary knew that each disaster always left a glimmer of hope for the majority.

Thus, from the current situation with his Companion Spiritual Treasure, Zachary knew that the aquatic creatures capable of ignoring the natural dispelling trait of Companion Spiritual Treasures would not likely be encountered by ordinary people anytime soon.

Or perhaps such aquatic creatures were extremely rare, and although they could ignore the Companion Spiritual Treasure’s dispelling trait, most people would likely never encounter them.

Compared to the second scenario, Zachary actually believed that such aquatic creatures that could ignore the dispelling trait of Companion Spiritual Treasures would become common in the future, but like the current trait of dispersion, future upgrades might grant the Companion Spiritual Treasures even more powerful traits.

Having understood all this, Zachary did not change his original plan, and for now, he decided to temporarily place his parents and Madeline’s family in the Magic City Number Three Water Base.

With a mere thought from Zachary, the Wave Rider which had been moving at a steady pace gradually began to speed up. Some of the small fish that had been circling the other side of the boat sensed the increasing speed, some gave up and searched for other targets, while others clung to the ship’s hull like suckerfish, taking advantage of the free ride.

Knowing that these small fish could not cause any damage to the Wave Rider, Zachary simply ignored those underneath the hull.

Although the original flying journey had taken just over a half day of travel time, even with Zachary’s nightly secretive acceleration, it took nearly a week to reach the area where Magic City Number Three was located.

At that time, around Magic City Number Three Water Base surprisingly were numerous ships of varying tonnage which looked to be escorting the platform.