Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

She had only ever seen such a beautiful moon in photos or movies.

Unfortunately, the Azure Star was already shrouded in a dense fog of memory, making it difficult even for sunlight to penetrate.

Unexpectedly, the Fog City, born in the labyrinth area of ​​the Memory World, saw the real moonlight.

Just then, the night sky seemed to be shattered by a giant hammer, rapidly splitting apart, and the unique feeling of weightlessness characteristic of spatial teleportation struck.

Black Tower instinctively closed his eyes tightly, and just two seconds later, a deafening roar slammed into his eardrums.

The combined sounds of raging waves and frequent thunderclaps were terrifying.

Black Tower opened her eyes, and a cold, fierce wind rushed towards her, the heavy moisture wetting her skirt.

Looking around, one realizes that the scene before them is enough to make anyone with a weak mind tremble.

The ocean is vast and boundless, and the gale whips up giant waves tens of meters high in the distance.

At this moment, she and Qi Zhimu were standing on an iceberg floating on the sea.

Where the sea meets the sky, it is pitch black, with no island outlines visible, let alone a coastline.

The sky overhead hung extremely low, with thick, dark clouds constantly flashing with powerful lightning, making the dim environment feel rather oppressive.

In the harsh natural environment, the existence of humankind seems insignificant.

Black Tower frowned and looked down at the iceberg.

There was a small private boat moored there, violently rocking in the raging waves and swaying with the iceberg.

"I have no recollection of this place. The surrounding environment is too broad to determine what work of art has brought this world to life."

Could it be that we need to rely on that ship below to leave this place?

Qi Zhimu let the strong wind mess up his long hair, a nonchalant smile playing on his lips.

"What a coincidence! I know nothing about this world either."

Black Tower was not surprised; he focused his attention and began analyzing the spatial coordinate data.

A moment later, a look of excitement flashed across her little face.

"I have sensed the spatial coordinates of the Azure Star."

She turned to look at Qi Zhimu, speaking faster.

"Although it's a bit blurry due to interference from the coordinates of the memory world, the direction is definitely right."

"Perhaps if we leave this sea area and travel through a few more worlds, we can leave the labyrinth area."

"Once we pass through the final no-man's-land of memory mist, we will see the equatorial defense line and truly return to Azure Star."

Upon hearing this news, Qi Zhimu acted swiftly, beckoning his staff to appear before him.

"Time waits for no one. Let's go, get back as soon as possible, and get things done."

He reached out to embrace the black tower's slender waist, intending to mount the staff and take off.

Black Tower shook his head, his gaze falling once more on the violently rocking boat.

"Let's take the boat first, to save our energy as much as possible."

At this point, she looked up and stared directly into Qi Zhimu's eyes, asking a rational question.

"You used magic to control your staff and carry me across long distances, traversing the entire ocean. The energy consumption couldn't have been low, could it?"

Qi Zhimu raised an eyebrow, his eyes darted around, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"It's not low, but I'm in a hurry... kid."

He leaned close to Black Tower's ear and whispered:

"I've wanted to eat you for a long time. Now I just want to cross this broken sea as fast as I can, get back to Azure Star to fulfill your wish, and then we'll have a meal."

"That wrecked ship below probably can't even match a fraction of my flying speed."

Hearing these blunt words, Black Tower nodded calmly, not intending to say anything more.

She knew Qi Zhimu's personality; once he made up his mind, it was hard to change it. But she didn't expect the latter to suddenly change his tone.

"But then—"

Qi Zhimu reached out and pinched Hei Ta's cheek, smiling as he said:

"Since this world is a manifestation of the works of the original humans, there must be some kind of underlying setting."

"Perhaps this dilapidated ship, which looks like it could fall apart at any moment, has a crucial role that we don't yet know about."

"Maybe it's the only vehicle that's allowed to leave, as set in this script."

"If we just leave it like this and go ahead, it might trigger the same restrictions as in the previous world, where we couldn't leave without meeting certain conditions."

Having said that, he put away his staff, grabbed the Black Tower, and leaped onto the boat.

"..." The Black Tower remained silent.

He's indulging himself again, using a hypocritical approach.

The engine starts, the sails are raised, and the journey begins.

Good fortune seemed to smile upon them slightly, as the sea breeze happened to blow in the direction of the Azure Star's coordinates.

However, favorable winds do not necessarily mean smooth sailing.

The waves at sea can be as high as ten meters, and every time a boat rides up to the crest of a wave, it will be swept back down the next second.

The violent jolts far exceeded the physiological limits that ordinary people could withstand.

Hei Ta couldn't maintain his balance on the deck or in the seat, so he could only lean tightly against Qi Zhimu's chest, his arms wrapped around his waist.

The massive spray and waves that came crashing towards them were all blocked by the wind wall summoned by Qi Zhimu just before they were about to touch the two of them, and slid off after hitting it.

Before long, the weather at sea became even more extreme.

The winds grew increasingly fierce, and the deafening thunder startled the sky, causing it to change its expression in an instant, with a torrential downpour.

Small boats cannot handle this level of rainfall.

In addition, seawater was constantly flooding in from the deck, and the water level at the bottom of the cockpit was rising at a visible rate.

If the water isn't drained immediately, it will sink in just a few minutes.

Qi Zhimu held the girl tightly in his arms with one hand, while his other hand moved rapidly in various hand gestures.

Wind magic instantly circulated and formed around the ship's hull, with airflow rotating at extremely high speeds to create a streamlined, massive wind wall.

It forcefully pushes aside the seawater that is flooding in from all directions, sealing off the left, right, and top directions, perfectly isolating the torrential rain from the outside.

In the face of constant, massive waves, a boat is as small as a withered leaf, rising and falling endlessly.

It seemed as if it could be swallowed by the sea at any moment, facing the crisis of capsizing.

Fortunately, the boat never encountered any problems and continued its solitary journey across the ocean.

In such an extremely oppressive environment, where there is a lack of reference points, people are very likely to lose their sense of the passage of time.

I don't know how much time passed, but the sky changed from dim to pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

In the absolute darkness, only the flames summoned by Qi Zhimu burned silently in the cockpit, serving as the sole source of light.

That sense of loneliness that silently surges in from all directions, if given enough time, is enough to drive anyone with thalassophobia to a mental breakdown.

Hei Ta pressed his cheek against Qi Zhimu's chest, listening to the steady and powerful heartbeat, suppressing the chill in his heart that felt like he was being stared at from the abyss.

"Are you sleepy?" Qi Zhimu asked.

"...A little."

Hei Ta's voice was tinged with weariness, and a slight movement suddenly came from his lower abdomen.

Qi Zhimu was speechless.

"You little rascal, I haven't even said I'm hungry yet."

Despite his sarcastic remarks, Qi Zhimu's actions were completely different; he immediately took out some portable food.

He also knew that Heita only ate in the morning and at noon, and spent the rest of the time traveling.

Here, eat.