Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring’
Chapter 219 - 219 219 Bizarre

219: Chapter 219: Bizarre 219: Chapter 219: Bizarre Shortly, The Crane Orchid, under Zi Qing’s command, drastically altered its course and headed towards the direction of the main fleet.

The voyage was exceptionally smooth.

Inside the control room, not long after Zi Qing finished operating, a puzzled voice emerged.

“Huh?”

“What’s the matter?”

Qian Chengxue sensed that something was amiss and asked.

“I’m not sure if it’s just a feeling, but shortly after we adjusted our direction, the ships that were surrounding us on the flank also changed their course to match ours, adopting what seems to be the optimal interception angle.

Of course, this doesn’t have any substantial impact on us since I am heading towards the main fleet,”

Zi Qing explained.

“It’s not without impact, especially if we need to break through.

Don’t you think our approach to the main fleet is suspiciously smooth?”

Qian Chengxue’s gaze turned even colder.

She had the nagging feeling that something was off, and even had a strong sense that they were being herded like ducks towards an area designated by their adversaries.

“This…”

Zi Qing and Chen Xijie were at a loss for words to answer Qian Chengxue—it wouldn’t do to say that approaching the main fleet smoothly was a bad thing?

Calmly, Su Mo suggested, “I think we don’t necessarily have to meet up with the main fleet.

Considering the vastness of the sea and the strong capabilities of our ship, we can look for opportunities to break through while we move closer to the main fleet.

Even if we do encounter their ships, as long as they are not numerous and not main battleships, we can forcefully sink them.”

Qian Chengxue looked up at Su Mo and decisively gave her orders.

“Do as Su Mo says!”

She highly regarded Su Mo’s suggestion.

“Understood!”

Zi Qing and Chen Xijie responded simultaneously.

Then Zi Qing personally took the helm, constantly adjusting The Crane Orchid’s course, while Chen Xijie continuously input commands to maximize power output, accelerating the ship’s progress.

Qian Chengxue kept a close eye on the red dots on the radar!

The red dots began to change correspondingly, adjusting their courses as well, with those ships positioned ahead of The Crane Orchid reacting most conspicuously.

If they continued on the current trajectory, they would undoubtedly collide head-on with the enemy!

Therefore, Qian Chengxue ordered again, “Change direction, switch to a different course!”

“Understood!”

Zi Qing swiftly changed the course.

Unfortunately, it was of no use.

No matter how they adjusted, the enemy would also adjust accordingly, making the situation extremely eerie.

One must know that The Crane Orchid’s radar was far superior to the enemy’s.

Ordinarily, The Crane Orchid should be the one seeing them, not the other way around.

How could they react so precisely?

It felt as if they were being watched by an invisible pair of eyes.

Lin Zinuo and the others present all had increasingly grim expressions on their faces, and a heavy silence fell, adding to the eerie atmosphere.

Boom!

Suddenly, a clap of thunder resounded in the sky!

Only then did everyone realize the weather had changed.

The previously clear sky had turned oppressively dark without their notice, almost suffocating.

Immediately after, the rains poured down in sheets.

All eyes turned to Qian Chengxue.

“Sister Xue, I feel like we’re being watched by a venomous snake.

How is the enemy tracking our every move?”

Sun Li asked in utter confusion.

It’s known that the sea is different from land.

On the ocean, it’s extremely difficult to surround a distant target unless you can lock onto it.

Otherwise, it’s like finding a needle in a haystack, having more ships doesn’t help much, let alone encircle with such precision.

And judging from the radar scan’s red dots, the enemy’s force distribution was also very sophisticated.

There were large red dots accompanied by groups of small red dots, with no particularly weak areas.

“There are only two possibilities, one is that we have a spy on board,”

Qian Chengxue said calmly.

“Impossible!”

Sun Li was the first to blurt out, in her view, the selection this time had been very cautious; it was basically made up of confidants and those they trusted.

“Then they are using special methods to monitor the entire area,”

Qian Chengxue stated astutely.

“If they were using early warning aircraft or something of the sort, there’s no reason The Crane Orchid wouldn’t have detected it.

Unless they’re not tampering in the air, but in the water?”

Zi Qing said, suddenly realizing halfway through her sentence.

Upon saying this, Zi Qing immediately activated The Crane Orchid’s special reconnaissance facilities, the KBD sonar echo detection device—a device designed for close-range detection of all foreign objects in the vicinity of the ship, mainly used to avoid threats like submerged reefs and mines.

Sure enough, an object was detected floating not far from The Crane Orchid.

“An object has been found.”

“Head over there, bring it up!”

Qian Chengxue immediately issued the command.

“Understood!”

Zi Qing immediately maneuvered the ship towards the floating object!

Shortly after, a mechanical object resembling a sea urchin and covered with green algae was brought into the control room.

Chen Xijie squatted down to inspect it, her face turning very ugly as she said to Qian Chengxue, “Sister Xue, I think we’ve fallen into a trap.

This is a DSC relay regional monitoring buoy.

It can monitor everything in a certain range of the sea.

The enemy must have scattered these things throughout the sea.

We have entered a trap they prepared in advance.”

“Doesn’t that mean that whatever we do, the enemy knows it all, and our biggest advantage has been negated?

It’s a good thing we didn’t choose to break through at the start, otherwise, we’d definitely be hunted down and attacked by the enemy group by now,”

Sun Li said gratefully.

“Even now, our situation isn’t looking good; we’re forced to converge with the main fleet,”

Su Mo remarked as he realized there wasn’t much hope for a breakout.

“One thing also puzzles me, why would the enemy just let us join the main fleet?

Could it be that they plan to wipe us all out together?”

Lin Zinuo asked with doubt.

Upon these words, everyone fell silent, their faces looking grim as they turned to Lin Zinuo.

Lin Zinuo, seeing everyone looking at him, also felt very embarrassed.

Could it be that he had made a correct but ominous speculation?

Su Mo shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, to the southeast of The Crane Orchid, a nuclear-powered battleship, the Auspicious Cloud, was advancing at a steady pace.

Inside the control room, a young man with a sharp gaze and hands folded behind his back stood confidently looking at the strategic display of the maritime area.

“Zuo Mu-sama, The Crane Orchid is more cunning than we imagined.

It not only saw through Mu He-sama’s intent to approach but also didn’t choose to break out immediately.

Our original plan for a separate encirclement is probably ineffective.”

A glamorous female executive officer respectfully reported to his side.

“Qingzi, you seem to have underestimated the enemy.

They are not just cunning; not only did they avoid our prepared trap, but they also probed the entire encirclement.

But no matter, their only way out now is to converge with the main fleet—exactly the prey on our plate, ready to be wiped out together,”

Zuo Mu declared confidently, pointing at the center of the big display.

“Yes, Zuo Mu-sama.”

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