Navigator: I have a double six-story house

Su Qing rushed onto the deck in three quick steps.

The sea breeze rushed in, carrying a salty, damp smell.

The azure sky has begun to fade, and the sunset is painting the sky red.

Selena was already standing at the stern, holding a monocular telescope in her hand, her long pink hair flying in the wind.

"position?"

In an emergency, Su Qing went straight to the point and asked questions.

"About two nautical miles to starboard aft," Selena said, handing over the binoculars. "They're accelerating."

Su Qing took the binoculars and put them over her right eye.

Through the lens, on the twilight sea, a jet-black two-masted sailboat was cutting through the waves and approaching them.

The ship was long and narrow with a low waterline, and its two black sails were billowing in the wind. The bow cut through the sea at an extremely sharp angle.

It was not a merchant ship.

Merchant ships tend to have a wide and rounded shape, prioritizing cargo capacity over speed.

The entire design of this ship is for one purpose only.

fighting!

Su Qing adjusted the focus and aimed the lens at the other side's deck.

Several figures were standing on the deck.

One, two, five...

He stopped counting when he reached the tenth. That was all he could see on the deck, but it was hard to say whether anyone was hiding in the cabins.

These ten men were not badly equipped; some carried longbows, while others had scimitars at their waists.

The man standing at the bow of the ship was wearing a dark gray leather armor, with his arms crossed, and was staring in the direction of the Sunshine.

Su Qing put down her binoculars.

I quickly went through it in my mind.

The current route is a fixed route from the first Midway Island to the second Midway Island.

According to the rules of the Age of Exploration, each route was an independent space, and under normal circumstances, no other ships would appear.

It's not pirates; this route doesn't have a mechanism to spawn pirates.

Other players you don't encounter randomly, and before reaching the second Midway Island, the flight paths won't overlap.

That leaves only one possibility.

Someone used special tools to forcibly enter his flight path.

The person who could get their hands on such a prop wouldn't be some nobody, and the person who went to great lengths to break in wouldn't be here to offer help.

Wild Waves Merchant Guild.

Su Qing remembered that name.

On the first Midway, he got into trouble because of his own cleverness and was outmaneuvered by Mr. Zloty.

Mr. Zloty had told himself that he was being targeted.

Su Qing didn't take it too seriously at the time. After all, the current flight path was independent, and under normal circumstances, the other side wouldn't be able to catch up at all.

But he underestimated the other party's commitment.

"Captain," Selena's voice was steady, "the enemy is a two-masted ship, a fast attack type, most likely a level three ship."

She paused for a moment.

"We are a second-class ship, and our normal speed cannot compare."

"But I have the passive bonus of being a navigator, plus the extra speed boost from the ornament in the captain's cabin, so if I run at full speed, I can keep the gap under control."

"Can you shake them off?"

"Even if they don't have a navigator," Selena assessed the other ship's course, "they can manage!"

Her tone was firm and decisive.

Wang Yao jumped down from the mast, the new shield gleaming in the sunset.

"Why are you running?"

He looked defiant.

"There are still enemies we can't defeat at this stage. Why don't we just charge in and take them down?"

Selena didn't reply, but turned to look at Su Qing.

Su Qing put the binoculars away and tossed them back to Selena.

"Speed ​​up."

Wang Yao curled his lip. "Su Zai, are you serious? When have any of us from the Sunshine Orphanage ever backed down!"

He was referring to the Sunshine Orphanage, not the Sunshine.

"Who said they were going to run away?"

Su Qing interrupted him, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Wang Yao was stunned for a moment.

"First, create some distance."

Su Qing patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the best is yet to come."

Looking at Su Qing's expression, Wang Yao realized he had seen that calm demeanor masking scheming more than once.

Every time Su Qing makes this expression, it's always the other side who ends up getting hurt.

"Alright," Wang Yao swallowed back the words he was about to say, "I'll do as you say."

Selena had already turned around and grasped the steering wheel.

The moment her fingers touched the wooden rudder, the angle of the sails began to adjust automatically.

A mysterious force climbed onto the Sunshine, causing the ship to tilt slightly forward and its speed to increase visibly.

Su Qing stood at the stern, her back to the direction of travel, her gaze fixed on the black two-masted ship behind her.

The other side had clearly noticed that the Sunshine was accelerating. They adjusted the angle of the black sails and turned the bow slightly, trying to catch up with their tracks.

But the gap is widening little by little.

From two nautical miles, to two and a half nautical miles, and then to three nautical miles.

Thanks to Selena's Navigator skill, the Tier 2 ship managed to reach the speed of a Tier 3 ship, and it continued to pull ahead.

That's enough.

About ten minutes later, Su Qing spoke.

The distance between the two ships had increased to nearly four nautical miles.

The other ship became a blurry black dot in the twilight.

Selena turned to look at him. "Keep running?"

"No need." Su Qing walked back to the center of the deck from the stern. "Just maintain the current distance. Don't let them catch up, but don't lose them either."

Wang Yao leaned against the mast, arms crossed, and asked, "Su Zai, what exactly do you want?"

Su Qing did not answer him.

He went into the captain's cabin, rummaged around on the table for a while, and then came out again.

I have three more things in my hands.

An architectural blueprint and two palm-sized cloth bags.

Wang Yao stared at the three items, his brows furrowing.

"What do you mean?"

Selena also peeked out from behind the steering wheel, her gaze falling on the scroll in Su Qing's hand.

Her eyes lit up instantly, and she understood the captain's intention.

The edge of that parchment scroll faintly gleamed with a pale golden light.

Su Qing picked up the architectural blueprints and looked up at the increasingly smaller black dot in the direction of the stern.

[Class C Building Blueprint: Giant Wave Impact]

Type: Ship conversion parts

[Effect: Installed at the bow, it causes significant structural damage to the enemy ship upon ramming.]

[Special Mechanism: Retractable design, normally hidden inside the bow, pops out when activated]

[Construction Costs: 50 units of wood, 100 units of steel]

Logically speaking, at this point, an average captain would have a hard time finding even 10 units of steel, let alone 100.

However, Su Qing had been fleecing Mr. Zloty, and happened to have 100 units of steel on hand.

The materials are fine!

Su Qing placed the materials package next to the architectural drawings and pressed her hand on the drawings.

"use."

The lines on the blueprints lit up, and golden light spread from the parchment, flowing along the wood grain of the deck towards the bow.

The steel ingot and the hardwood plank shattered into points of light, which were swept up by the golden stream of light and flowed toward the bow of the ship.

The whole process lasted about ten seconds.

After the light faded, the bow of the Sunshine remained unchanged.

But as the captain, Su Qing understood that beneath that seemingly ordinary bow lay a terrifying weapon.

Seeing that Su Qing had finished, Wang Yao knew it was time to retaliate, and he looked intently at Su Qing.

Su Qing noticed his gaze.

"What did you just say?" Su Qing turned around and looked at him, "Just charge in and take them down?"

Wang Yao's lips began to curl upwards.

"Selena." Su Qing walked toward Selena, who was at the helm.

"exist."

Do you know what's most important in fishing?

Selena tilted her head, her eyes filled with confusion, not understanding why the captain had suddenly asked this question.

"A fishing rod...?"

"wrong!"

A confident smile spread across Su Qing's face.

"It's bait!"

"Now, slow down."

Selena nodded and began to slow down, another question arising in her mind.

The captain looks like he knows a lot about fishing, so why hasn't he caught a single fish yet?