After the armed airships broke through the storm and returned to safe airspace, Old Qin rejoined the command structure and quickly took charge, directing the army to slaughter the fishmen until they were shrieking. Their coordinated counterattack, combined with the pirates' support from the sea, swiftly turned back Dagon's fishmen.
But just as victory was within reach, the airship Murphy's Hammer, where Old Qin was stationed, was "commandeered."
Lord Murphy said he had some "secret work" to do here that was extremely important to the entire Order faction. Being a man who knew how to put the greater good first, Old Qin promptly led the entire staff to the airship Merchant Dynasty and continued directing the battle from there.
Afterward, people from all sides gathered aboard the airship, which had been placed under lockdown.
Old Flynn from Base R-9 and his apprentice and assistant, Heru, arrived first, along with a group of biology bigwigs from the Explorers' Guild. They traveled by astral jump, and with Pipi Snake personally escorting them, transported some specialized equipment via "astral logistics," overseen by Triton, before beginning on-site calibration.
Next, "Madwoman" Bonnie, captain of the Blood Eagle Grand Duke's personal guard, arrived with Dorothy, the boss of the Blood Rat Gang, as well as "Dragonflame" Lina, whom they hadn't seen in a long time. They had also come by way of the astral plane.
The astral plane was now in considerable turmoil, and the dangers of astral teleportation—which had already been perilous—had doubled. Everything connected to Murphy was a target for the chaos demigods roaming the astral plane. If this weren't such an important matter, Murphy wouldn't have asked his warriors to travel this way.
Fortunately, Pipi Snake's astral demigod gang was quite powerful. They had set up a "safe passage" for dealing with incidents