Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1986 Sailing
Judging from its size, the steel ship in front of us should be a destroyer, with a length of 106 meters and equipped with one main gun and four secondary guns.

The four secondary guns were all machine guns, which served as one of the warship's means of firepower, but more importantly, they also provided anti-aircraft firepower.

After all, what ships like these fear most at sea, besides attacks from underwater, is bombing from the air.

Although the Dark Elves lack aerial bombardment capabilities, their harpy units are quite troublesome, which is why this ship was designed with four anti-aircraft cannons from the outset.

Qin Fen was the main person in charge of this series of projects.

As a modern person, Qin Fen undoubtedly had the concept of destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers.

This allowed Qin Fen to clearly establish the entire system from the very beginning.

According to the custom of their Great Zhou Dynasty, the names of such ships are basically based on their serial numbers.

Take this destroyer in front of us for example. Right now, the number 'Destroyer 004' has been painted on its hull.

Clearly, three destroyers had already been launched and commissioned in the South China Sea before it.

The group quickly boarded the ship. Although the focus was on Zhou Xu and the other two, they still needed to bring some companions along, as someone would have to do some odd jobs and help keep things under control.

Besides that, the most important thing is to make sure you bring enough supplies.

After all departments completed their confirmations, the destroyer 004 sailed away from the port in an orderly manner, accompanied by a low whistle.

The elves, led by Wright, had clearly already completed some training during the testing of the destroyer 004.

During this training, all the elf soldiers who showed signs of seasickness were eliminated. The elves who were able to board the ship now were all seasick.

Normally, the Great Zhou Dynasty has a specific set of training methods for naval soldiers.

On the one hand, it can help some soldiers overcome seasickness, and on the other hand, it can train soldiers to fight on ships.

However, given the current special circumstances, there is no time to train the elven soldiers slowly, so the only option is to use the simplest and most brutal method for selection.

Standing on the deck of the destroyer No. 004, watching the Elven port shrink smaller and smaller in their field of vision, many Elven soldiers felt both nervous and apprehensive.

They had indeed undergone several rounds of shipboard training before, but this was their first time actually setting sail on a ship.

Even Light, the Elf King, was no exception to this.

Previously, Wright could never have imagined that he would one day be sailing out to sea.

This is a completely different landscape compared to the forest.

As Wright gazed at the boundless sea in the distance, the sea breeze blowing through him, and his recently suppressed emotions eased somewhat.

According to the information provided by the harpy, the journey from Dark Spirit Island, where the dark elves live, to the elven port takes about two to three days.

Because black-sailed warships were sailing ships, their speed was greatly affected by wind.

Whether the wind direction is favorable or not, and whether the wind force is strong or not, can make a huge difference.

Now, their Great Zhou ships are completely unaffected by this factor. With the harpies acting as guides, directly pointing the way, the distance that would take the Dark Elves' Black Sail Fleet two to three days to cover can be covered in less than a day by their Great Zhou's destroyer, the 004!
At this moment, the destroyer 004 is also sailing steadily on the correct course.

Just then, Zhou Xu, who was meditating on the deck, slowly opened his eyes.

"coming."

Immediately afterward, before Wright could even ask, "What's here?", Zhou Xu's voice rang out again.

"You don't need to do anything, just leave it to me."

Wright could only mutter, "I don't even know anything about this," but just then, he caught a whiff of an unusual ocean current in the distance.

Something is rapidly approaching us!

Upon hearing this, Wright recalled Zhou Xu's earlier words and quickly realized that Zhou Xu was about to discover the anomaly before he could.

At the same level, mages perceive targets through mental power, while martial artists rely on their senses.

This also means that most of the time, when a mage consciously spreads their mental energy to sense and warn the surrounding area, the coverage area is larger than that of a martial artist of the same level who relies solely on their senses, and they are also more perceptive than martial artists of the same level.

Before Wright could think any further, the sea not far away began to stir noticeably.

The Hydra, noticing the commotion caused by the 004 destroyer's voyage, quickly approached and was immediately intercepted by a giant water serpent.

Needless to say, this is Zhou Xu's incantation spell, "Water Serpent Dance".

'Water Serpent Dance' isn't exactly a powerful spell; it's primarily designed for attrition warfare.

But the True Word Mage who used this move was incredibly powerful!
During the brief exchange, Zhou Xu could roughly determine that the hydra's actual strength was only around two to three stars of the Vajra Realm.

He was a five-star Gold cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, far surpassing his opponent by a whole realm, and even by two or three stars.

With just the water snake dance, they directly overwhelmed Hydra in their home turf.

However, as a transcendent creature capable of cultivating to the Vajra Realm, the Hydra was clearly not stupid. It quickly realized that the water snake fighting against it was being controlled by a sorcerer from behind.

The next second, the sea broke open, and the Hydra, dragging the water snake that was entangled around it, had several of its heads emerge from the sea one after another. Then, without thinking twice, it unleashed a cloud of poisonous mist at the oncoming destroyer No. 004!
The sight of several snake heads simultaneously spewing poisonous mist was quite impressive. At the moment, the wind direction at sea was in their favor, and a large swath of seemingly solidified poisonous mist swept in front of everyone in the blink of an eye, prompting Wright to call out a warning.

"careful!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Xu was already standing at the bow of the ship.

The next second, he didn't utter a single note of chanting, but simply blew out a breath.

In an instant, a muffled 'boom' was heard, as if a gust of wind had passed by. The powerful wind swept away the poisonous fog that had swept in, and even the sea behind it was torn apart!

Hydra, who had hoped to break the deadlock by using the poisonous mist breath, now felt as if its heads had been hit by a whirlwind, the powerful impact leaving its mind blank.

Hydra was stunned, and Wright on the deck was dumbfounded...

(End of this chapter)