I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 281 - 193: Penance Strait

The cliff walls on both sides are steep and towering, endless in sight, with a faint scarlet glow seeping through the fog overhead.

Unlike the almost boiling waters of the Five Major Seas, the water within the strait is pitch-black and deep.

It is so unnervingly calm that it feels terrifying, leaving one to wonder just how deep it goes beneath.

As the Gelin ship gradually ventures deeper, the view behind them starts becoming shrouded in mist.

[You have entered a Sea Black Fog, and the save point has been automatically saved.]

[Mysticism·Peeping Secret provides you with additional information.]

[The history of Penance Strait is far older than the Five Major Seas, it is the only gateway from the Five Major Seas to the outside during normal times.]

[However, no one knows specifically where it leads, within the strait, up is down and left is right.]

Rogel stands on the deck and sets down the Sound Transmission Conch.

Sure enough, inside here, the Sound Transmission Conch loses its functionality.

He has no choice but to focus on the information.

It seems that Penance Strait should also belong to the [Extraordinary Trait Manifestation]?

Then it should also have its own [Black Fog Rule].

And the statement in the information that "no one knows specifically where it leads" is quite intriguing.

Could it be that Penance Strait randomly sends the passing ships elsewhere?

Rogel frowns and raises his head to glance ahead.

Though the fog surrounds them, the cliff walls on both sides are still visible.

This indicates that for now, Penance Strait does not have other branches.

"The pointer is broken."

Yas looks at the constantly jumping pointer in his hand and frowns.

It seems it might be the force of Penance Strait affecting it.

"The path is becoming narrower and narrower, how did the Fire Seed Ship manage to come in?"

Lina raises this question.

Upon hearing her words, Rogel suddenly realizes this fact.

He was just preoccupied with the information and didn't notice this matter.

Thinking about it now, they can see the cliff walls on both sides from the deck, which indeed shows the path is becoming narrower.

The current width of the strait is far smaller than the width of the entrance!

This width is simply insufficient to accommodate the Fire Seed Ship's progress.

"Should we go back and take a look now?"

Mira asks.

"Alright, let's try turning around."

Rogel nods.

The Gelin ship begins to turn to return to its original place.

However, after a long journey, they still haven't returned to the entrance of Penance Strait.

At this moment, everyone realizes they already cannot leave Penance Strait.

"Oh no, we can't go back!"

Noemi expresses her concern.

"As expected."

Rogel isn't surprised, this situation is within his expectations.

If Penance Strait were so simple, it wouldn't be renowned for being mysterious and dangerous.

Just then, a sense from Heisatan brings another wave of eeriness to Rogel.

On Heisatan's side.

Rogel looks upward yet feels no glow at all!

Mind you, he has been swimming under the Gelin ship not far below all along.

But just moments ago, the previously visible ship body of Gelin suddenly turned pitch black.

When he ascends again, Gelin has already disappeared.

What's even stranger is, Heisatan now cannot locate the surface at all!

Rogel takes a deep breath.

Heisatan's tentacles begin to dance, its entire body swimming rapidly upwards.

One minute, two minutes...

Ten minutes...half an hour...

Above...it's still a terrifying pitch-black!

Heisatan seems to be trapped in a water domain without knowing the depth or surface!

At the same time, beside Rogel, Noemi speaks seriously.

"Brother Rogel... look at the cliff beside!"

Rogel turns towards the sound.

To see the regular rocky cliff is now crawling with unknown deathly white fungi.

These fungi appear to spread as the Gelin ship proceeds.

Eventually, they cover the entire wall.

"Watch the front!"

Accompanied by Yas's loud shout, Gelin's forward momentum is suddenly halted.

Creak...

The ship emits twisted sounds, and everyone feels a lack of balance.

Fortunately, most people on the ship are Extraordinary, such an abrupt stop wasn't enough to topple them.

But right now, no one is concerned with this, or even checking on others' conditions.

Their attention is drawn to the surroundings of the Gelin ship.

Fungi.

Like a web, densely packed white fungi.

They emerge from the mist, firmly blocking Gelin's advance and adhere to its hull.

Rogel pulls out the Brocade Wood, hacking at these white fungi, only to feel a strong resilience.

He frowns, increases his strength, wasting no small effort to sever the fungi with difficulty.

The other crew members also deploy powers to break free from the fungi' bondage, but have little success.

"Damn, what are these, so sticky!"

Noemi struggles with the fungi on her ear, but is painfully pulled by its tremendous stickiness.

After pondering for a moment, Rogel positions his left hand, a blue-purple flame rises from his right hand.

When the Spirit Flame Curse's flame touches the fungi, the fungi recoil as if alive in pain.

Even a faint, sharp wailing sound emerges from nowhere.

The fungi's reaction to the flame indicates they are indeed living.