How unlike Dong Tianyu just now, using his possessions however he wants without bothering to mind others’ opinions.

At this moment, Sunny King was facing such a situation. Although he had already learned from Dong Tianyu about the evolution of the Companion Spiritual Treasure, even with his possession of numerous Mysterious Cores, he couldn’t invest them all at once.

Although he was the captain, theoretically all properties of the entire fleet belonged to him, he couldn’t just act on a whim since using up that many Mysterious Cores in one go would definitely have a significant impact on the fleet. This was the downside of joining forces.

Having heard Dong Tianyu’s story and thinking about his own fleet’s situation, Sunny King felt somewhat helpless and could only look again at the Companion Spiritual Treasure beneath Dong Tianyu with envy.

Both men had learned what they wanted to know from one another. Although they hadn’t shared their names with each other, at this time, it was indeed normal.

After all, under the Imperial Court’s advisories, many were aware that some Awakeners possessing unique artifacts had awakened with the ability to Curse, although each Awakener required different preliminary conditions to use their Curse abilities. One could never be too cautious as there might be someone who could curse others by their names.

This also made most ordinary people, when meeting strangers, avoid using fake names if they didn’t intend to deceive the other party, as everyone would prefer to avoid awkward situations in future meetings.

Perhaps knowing that their conversation was over, the junior who Sunny King had sent to retrieve the locator from the main ship had just returned.

After handing over the locator to Dong Tianyu, Sunny King spoke, "Brother, you’re also lucky to have surfaced early and met someone like me, a family member."

Had you come up a bit later, this area might have turned into a battlefield, and even I wouldn’t be able to chat with you as calmly as I am now.

You could easily be mistaken by us and the other side as reinforcement for the enemy, considering where you appeared. If you had emerged in the middle of the battlefield, you could have easily been caught in the crossfire from both sides.

Now that you have the locator, if it’s convenient, you’d better leave quickly underwater, just in case you run into the Basin Chicken fleet. Given their mannerisms, you’re very likely to suffer unintended harm."

Hearing the reminder, Dong Tianyu too was curious. While he had just wiped out one of the Basin Chicken’s fleets, he guessed from the five original items carried that they might be destined for someone else.

Dong Tianyu thought Sunny King wanted to attack the fleet coming to collect those five original items, but surprisingly, the fleet Sunny King intended to attack was the one Dong Tianyu had already annihilated.

Considering they were both compatriots and the other was Basin Chicken, out of kindness Dong Tianyu offered, "Otherwise, I can stay and help you."

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s kind offer, Sunny King immediately declined, "No need, the upcoming battle is a large-scale naval conflict. If you weren’t lying, besides being able to submerge, your Companion Spiritual Treasure isn’t equipped with any offensive weapons."

Once the fight starts, you certainly can’t just ram your Companion Spiritual Treasure into the enemy’s ships. Although we both know Companion Spiritual Treasures are extremely durable, it really isn’t necessary."

Trust us, when our opponents are the Basin Chicken fleet, our side is sure to unleash unimaginable combat power and morale is always high."

Since Sunny King had put it that way, Dong Tianyu didn’t say more, as he generally followed advice.

Having received the locator, Dong Tianyu bid farewell to Sunny King and returned into his Companion Spiritual Treasure, controlling it to submerge once again as he followed the direction indicated by the locator.

Unlike his previous extreme dive, this time Dong Tianyu controlled the Companion Spiritual Treasure to proceed at a depth of about ten meters underwater. Although he took the advice to leave, he was still curious to see if he might encounter the Basin Chicken fleet mentioned by the other party.

If that Basin Chicken’s fleet proved strong, then so be it; but if the fleet lacked skilled fighters, Dong Tianyu wouldn’t mind lending a hand to dispose of them.

But fate wouldn’t favor Dong Tianyu; after traveling for a considerable time, he had still not spotted the fleet of Basin Chickens that Sunny King had mentioned.

After such a long voyage, Dong Tianyu inadvertently discovered something rather interesting.

That was, along the journey, by observing with his Divine Sense, he saw numerous Mysterious Ships on the surface, but since he was underwater, those ships, even if they roamed right above Dong Tianyu, could not touch his Companion Spiritual Treasure, and thus couldn’t drag Dong Tianyu into the Mysterious Realm.

While there were also Mysterious Ships underwater, these vessels were generally situated at a depth of about fifty meters. Even when Dong Tianyu maneuvered his Companion Spiritual Treasure above them, these vessels would not surface to pull Dong Tianyu into their Mysterious Realm.

In the area between ten and fifty meters underwater, there were only some aquatic creatures moving around, but as the Companion Spiritual Treasure possessed the Aquatic Affinity trait, these creatures would not attack Dong Tianyu.

In this manner, Dong Tianyu inadvertently discovered a relatively safe waterway, although by now, Dong Tianyu could easily obtain the Mysterious Cores from those small-sized ships.

But being dragged into a Mysterious Ship was still a troublesome matter. After all, to obtain a Mysterious Core, one needs to break the Mysterious Realm, and to break it, one must enter into the Mysterious Realm.

Using an internet joke from before the calamity, if one saw a fifty-dollar bill on the ground, they wouldn’t bother to bend down to pick it up, because in the few seconds they spend picking up the money, they could earn far more than fifty dollars.

Although this was a joke from the internet, for Dong Tianyu’s current situation, it wasn’t too far off. After all, the evolution value provided by the small-sized ships was too low; Dong Tianyu really wasn’t interested in them anymore.

Unlike before, when he needed to hunt down these small-sized ships, now when encountering them, Dong Tianyu would only find them bothersome and would avoid them instead of actively attacking as he had done previously. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

It was at this time that Dong Tianyu realized submersible navigation offered not only the ability to dive underwater to hunt more powerful Mysterious Ships, but it also provided the capability to avoid Mysterious Ships and enter into an easier, safer waterway.

The journey unfolded just as Dong Tianyu had predicted; besides actively surfacing to deal with a few large-sized ships he encountered along the way, the rest of the time, Dong Tianyu submerged to the bottom to travel faster without any trouble.

It was not until Dong Tianyu was about to arrive at Magic City Base One that he maneuvered his Companion Spiritual Treasure to the surface.

After using his Divine Sense to observe the area, Dong Tianyu found that the situation here differed from that of Magic City Base Three.

When Dong Tianyu left Magic City Base Three, all the people basically moved freely through the water base’s Inner Harbor.

However, at Magic City Base One, although it, like Magic City Base Three, possessed the same Inner Harbor, to enter the base, one first had to register at a nearby vessel.

After registration, one needed to transfer via the base’s ferry to enter the Inner Harbor; at Magic City Base One, private vessels were not allowed inside.

Though it was just an additional step, the first impression was that this place had become much more formal.

While initially many learned people boasted about the high standards of foreigners, when everyone opened their eyes to the world during the meteoric rise of fast theft networks, they realized that most of the situations described by the learned were fictitious.

Now, the additional checks at Magic City Base One might not be very useful, but at least they could alleviate the congestion in the Inner Harbor.

Dong Tianyu wasn’t sure if it was because Magic City Base One was closer to the border, but from his brief observation, the number of people being transported by ferries had already exceeded several times the number he had ever seen at Magic City Base Three.