As the notification announced that ship activation had reached 80%, every vessel sounded its departure horn.
All the apprentices still in the city or by the roadside stopped what they were doing and rushed toward the port at top speed, but it was too late.
Whatever the reason—whether they had wanted to prepare more thoroughly, or had let down their guard because the ships had not started—they no longer had a chance.
Port City vanished in an instant, along with every apprentice who had not boarded a ship. It was as though they had been erased from a painting.
In the blink of an eye, all the ships had completed their departure, and everyone was now out at sea.
Yet every apprentice could see the end and boundaries of the sea: waterfalls surging upward on all four sides.
Near the surface at each of the four corners, four circular black holes slowly opened. No one knew where they led.
Some ships had already begun moving slowly, trying to search for clues to the treasure.
Motorcycle said, "We can't start up. We can't move."
Yu Xunge looked toward the large ship Song Gui was on. Their ship was not moving either.
Could it be that every ship that had taken a Ship Pet was unable to sail on its own?
That was too unfair! And since they were Ship Pets, they should theoretically be living creatures. Why was there no movement at all?
Yu Xunge's group could only watch helplessly as the ships without Ship Pets slowly scattered. Though they were all very slow, and moving one or two meters per second was already impressive, at least they were moving.
She tried attacking the other ships again and found that she still could not harm the ships of other apprentices, nor