Please be my partner.

The area marked by Mellen was exactly the direction in which the Golden Rowling had deviated.

He didn't need to search the area completely. Where the origin of the sea of blood was, there must be strange phenomena.

Melen can use the power of the fairy tale kingdom to extend his spiritual perception over a large area, greatly expanding the searchable area.

At that time, they only need to search in sections, and if they are lucky, they will find clues quickly.

Not long after Mellen and his team left the port, two people from the Special Affairs Bureau found the port staff and conducted detailed inquiries about the Breaking Waves.

After a while, they seemed to have gotten the results they wanted and left quickly.

The sea is undoubtedly vast. For those who see it for the first time, they will feel as if their minds and horizons are instantly opened up.

The sea is also ruthless, its changes are unpredictable and difficult to control.

It may be sunny and blue-sky one moment, and pouring rain the next.

During the day, the wind is howling and the waves are riding on the wind, but at night it is like entering a doldrums, the sea surface is as smooth as a mirror, without a single ripple.

Fortunately, the sailors recruited by Carl are indeed capable, and they have been able to calmly deal with all the emergencies encountered so far.

Of course, Carl is also an excellent captain. Thanks to what he has learned since childhood and his rich practical experience, he manages the entire ship in an orderly manner.

They are still sailing on fixed routes. These routes are regularly cleared by the navy of the Kingdom of Kro and the pirates of the Golden Island. There is basically no threat from extraordinary marine life, and they are safe routes.

A few days later, the Breakers arrived at the edge of the area designated by Mellen and began to deviate from its course and enter it.

Half a day later, a large ship arrived here. It seemed to know the location of the Breaking Waves. It turned without hesitation and chased in the direction of the Breaking Waves.

On the Breaking Waves, Melen looked towards the stern with a sense of something. The vast ocean stretched as far as the eye could see.

But there, it seems...

"Mr. Mellen, what's wrong?" Carl asked puzzledly.

Mellen retracted his gaze, shook his head, and said, "It's okay."

Then he looked at the chart in Carl's hand and asked, "Are you done?"

Carl nodded and unfolded the nautical chart in his hand. The area previously marked out by Mellen had been divided into more than a dozen squares of different sizes.

He said, "According to your request, this will be our search route for some time to come."

After a moment's thought, he added, "Mr. Mellen, I must remind you that if we follow this search route, we can indeed compress the search time to less than two months, but we will miss a large area."

Mellen shook his head and said, "It's okay, I have my own plans."

Seeing that Mellen was well prepared, Carl finally felt relieved.

Chapter 144: Mechanical Spike's Vision and the Monster in the Ocean

The White Dove is one of the exclusive ships of the Yuanfan Port Special Affairs Bureau and is usually dispatched when carrying out long-distance missions.

In addition to the regular members of the Special Affairs Bureau, there are also two elite teams and a deputy director.

At this time, the three leaders were communicating in the captain's room.

Team Three's captain, Zago, said with some boredom, "Wasn't the ghost ship incident a long time ago? Why bring it up again now? And it even forced us to travel all over the ocean."

Team Four Captain Box smiled and consoled him, "Alright, stop complaining. The Director is just being cautious. Carl's identity is somewhat special, after all. He's the son of the former captain of the Golden Rowling. He's suddenly making such a drastic move, so of course we have to pay proper attention."

Zago scoffed and said, "Appropriate attention? Appropriate attention would send us here?! It's obvious that the director is still unwilling to give up and wants to study that ghost ship!"

Box sighed and said, "It can't be helped. The ghost ship's movements are elusive. Over the past few months, there have been several sightings, including suspected ghost ship attacks. Unfortunately, these incidents have occurred at locations far apart, with no apparent pattern."

"According to statistics from the Maritime Bureau, shipping at Yuanfan Port has been significantly affected during this period. Many important figures have already paid attention to this matter, and the director is under great pressure."

Zago curled his lips and said, "Didn't we already come to the conclusion that ghost ships don't attack on their own initiative? Those who were attacked by ghost ships were either pirates or they took the initiative to provoke the ghost ships by dying."

Boxer said helplessly: "So what? Who cares what they really experienced? People only believe what they want to believe."

Zago snorted and didn't continue speaking.

At this time, Deputy Director Fabien, who was leading the team, turned his gaze away from the nautical chart and said, "In any case, Carl is the person most closely associated with the Golden Rowling. If anyone can lead us to the ghost ship, it should be him."

Zago asked doubtfully, "If that's the case, why didn't we contact Carl earlier? Instead, we waited for him to make a move before sneaking up on him?"

It can be seen that Zago is very dissatisfied with the behavior at this time.

Fabien shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. In fact, we have been secretly monitoring Carl. From his actions, it's not difficult to see that he has always been obsessed with the Golden Rowling."

"We had originally proposed providing him with some financial support to see if he could help us uncover the secrets of the ghost ship, or even..."

At this point, Fabien paused and did not continue. Instead, he said: "But this proposal was rejected because the risks involved were too great."

"We're taking some action now, firstly to observe Karl, and secondly, just going with the flow. After all this time, we've prepared several methods, so let's see if they work."

Seeing that Fabien came prepared, Zago and Box nodded slightly and said no more.

They naturally understood what Fabien had not yet said. He simply wanted to see if he could control the ghost ship through Carl.

But as Fabien said, it would be too dangerous for this level of power to fall into the hands of outsiders.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Special Affairs Bureau has never given up monitoring Carl.

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Life at sea was not as boring as Melen had initially imagined. The sailors could always find unexpected ways to entertain him.

Just observing it up close is much more interesting than the variety shows Melen watched in his previous life.

As time went by, Carl and the sailors completed their own jobs without any impatience.

For those who have been drifting on the sea for years, not to mention ten days or half a month, even two or three months without going ashore is just a drizzle.

After observing for a few days, Melen was basically certain that someone was following them.

He once asked Xiao Honglian to secretly explore every corner of the Breaking Waves, and also used the power of dreams to detect the sailors' every move, but found nothing wrong.

From this, we can see that the person hanging far behind them must be using some pretty sophisticated tracking methods.

Melen guessed that those people were most likely from the Special Affairs Bureau, and their purpose might be related to the ghost ship Golden Rowling.

Shaking his head, not thinking about this question for the time being, Melen looked at Xiao Honglian who seemed a little restless beside him.

Mellen stroked the little guy's head and asked, "Still can't sense it?"

The little guy turned to the left, then looked to the right. After a while, he came to Mellen with some frustration and shook his head.

Mellen comforted him, "It's okay. Now that we've confirmed it's in this area, we'll find it eventually."

As she arrived in this area, not only did Xiao Honglian's perceptions become suppressed, but even her most basic sense of direction became disrupted.

This made Xiao Honglian a little panicked, so she had to follow Melen all the time. For this, Melen had to release some dream power to attach to the little guy, forming an effect similar to a sealing collar.

Letting the little guy stay close to him like this, Melen looked at another little thing at hand... a mechanical dog.

After studying the basic mechanical structure for a period of time, Garuru has made rapid progress. Not only has the racial strength reached the first level, but the ability of mechanical transformation has also been activated.

Although so far it can only transform into some simple mechanical creations, it is still somewhat useful.

Under Merlen's command, Garuru transformed into revolvers, long swords, seats, bicycles and other items, with a smoothness comparable to that of a Transformer.

Of course, this is the only way now. Larger and more complex mechanical creations are not yet within the control of Garuru.

Looking at Spike lying not far away, Mellen had a lot of inspiration in his mind, such as...

Spike super evolves...Mecha Spike!

I think if Spike was equipped with a set of multifunctional mechanical armor, his strength would be able to reach a higher level.

Mellen made a lightning-fast move and lifted Garuru up. The mechanical dog took advantage of Garuru's inattention and was about to attack the rare metal safe in the captain's room.

This gave him a headache. Or did all the dogs that looked like Erhu in the universe have the instinct to destroy the house?!

At this moment, Melen suddenly felt the ship shaking abnormally.

This shaking was not the kind of tilt caused by strong winds, but more like it was caused by sudden collision with something.

Mellen quickly came to the deck and saw Carl giving orders in an orderly manner.

The sailors were frightened but remained calm. Although they looked a little careless on normal days, at this critical moment, they carried out orders calmly and efficiently.

Mellen didn't go forward to interrupt, but he also understood what they were facing from the orders issued by Carl...

Extraordinary life in the ocean.

Since the return of the spiritual tide, not only have various extraordinary career paths for humans reappeared, but ordinary lives will also awaken and become extraordinary lives under various coincidences. This is true on land, and the ocean is no exception.

In fact, because the ocean is vast and sparsely populated, the extraordinary life that exists there far exceeds that on land in both quality and quantity.

Only in areas with fixed routes that are frequently cleared will it be difficult to encounter these extraordinary marine life forms. Once you leave the fixed routes, the probability of encountering them will increase significantly.

Just like now.

"Boom!~"

The ship shook violently again. Although several sailors on the edge of the deck had secured themselves, they still staggered and almost fell into the sea.

They shouted, "Right here, quick, the monster is right here."

Following their shouts, several sailors who had been prepared quickly threw out the special hook nets in their hands.

This is a large net similar to the one used for fishing. The net rope is thicker and stronger, with sharp hooks on it, and heavy objects are tied to the four corners to ensure that it can fall into the water quickly.

The extraordinary life forms in the ocean are generally much larger than those on land at the same level. The design of this hook net makes it difficult for them to fall off after being entangled. In fact, the more they struggle, the tighter they will be entangled. It is a powerful weapon for dealing with those large extraordinary life forms in the ocean.

As the sea rolled violently, the sailors shouted in surprise: "Hit! The monster in the sea has been entangled!"

Carl's face lit up with joy, and without paying any attention to Mellen, he quickly issued a new order: "Start steam power to accelerate the voyage..."

"Adjust the direction of the Breaker and keep the hull stable..."

"Push the spear gun over here, load the arrow in advance, and attack immediately when the right angle appears..."

"Jamie, take someone to the lower deck to check the damage..."

Melen looked at the busy crowd and temporarily gave up the idea of helping. He just watched quietly from the side and supported them.

Soon, the Breaking Waves moved some distance away and had a suitable shooting angle.

The spear gun is actually not a gun, but a large crossbow. It was originally used to capture large marine creatures. Since the return of the spiritual tide and the emergence of extraordinary life in the ocean, people have found that this weapon is surprisingly effective against them. Since then, the spear gun has almost become standard equipment on all ships.

Having a spear gun, regardless of whether it will work or not, is at least a psychological comfort.

"Bang!~Ong!~"

As the fishing gun was fired, there was a huge noise, accompanied by a buzzing sound that hurt the eardrums. A thick arrow exploded into the sea at an extremely fast speed. The struggling monster let out a scream, as if it had been severely injured.

However, before the sailors could be happy, the monster in the sea suddenly surfaced, revealing part of its appearance.

This is a strange fish that is over ten meters long, with a big head and a small body. Its mouth can open to an extremely exaggerated extent, and is filled with rows of staggered sharp teeth. More importantly, its tongue is slender and sharp, and can extend to more than ten meters to cause cutting attacks.

Wait, tongue?

Melen looked carefully and found that this was not a tongue at all, but a parasite that lived in the monster's mouth and achieved symbiosis with the strange fish in this way.

Although the strange fish was hit by the spear gun, it was not hit in the vital parts, and the hook net wrapped around its body had been cut open by the parasites in its mouth, and it regained its freedom.

The strange fish stared at the Breaking Waves, with brutality and madness flashing in their eyes, and then they dived into the sea.

"Oh no! The monster has broken free! Hurry! Prepare a new hook!"

"It's too late! It's too late! These monsters are very cunning. Once you've been tricked once, it's basically impossible to trick them anymore!"

"Damn it! Shut up! Hurry up and load the spear gun! I want to show this monster my 'big baby'!"

"How could this happen?! Damn, this monster is at least a level two monster. I've been drifting on the sea for ten years, and this is the first time I've seen one. Am I really going to die here today?!"

"..."

"Everyone!"

Just as the sailors were getting a little confused, Carl suddenly shouted, suppressing all the noise and attracting everyone's attention. Then he stepped forward, drew the dagger at his waist, and said in a deep voice: "Prepare for battle!"

At this moment, Carl exuded the aura of a leader, giving this team, which had not had a long time to get together, a real core.

Under Carl's leadership, the sailors' panic was quickly eliminated and they returned to their previous order.

Melen nodded secretly, and at the same time, some other ideas came to his mind.

Originally, in Melen's view, Carl followed him only because they currently had a common goal, and after this voyage was over, they would naturally go their separate ways.

But after seeing Carl's potential, he felt that maybe he could invest a little in training him, and maybe he could be of help in the future.

You know, Melen's father left him some things in the magic cave on the Golden Island. As a neutral place where pirates, adventurers, mercenaries and other complex forces are entrenched, if he can lay the groundwork in advance, his future actions there will definitely be easier.