The bright moon hung overhead, gradually sinking westward.
The moonlight was cool as water.
Jiang Ning stood on the deck, his gaze fixed on his panel.
``` [Source Energy]: 31773
Over the past few days, his source energy had once again climbed past thirty thousand points.
Then, with a thought, he set it in motion.
His source energy points plummeted.
[Source Energy]: 11773 (31773→11773)
As the points drained away, Jiang Ning closed his eyes.
Just then, the strange phenomenon overhead suddenly intensified, and ripples spread through the void like waves.
Wind and waves rose across the lake. Towering swells slammed against the ships.
The thick iron chains anchored deep in the lakebed snapped taut, and the hull creaked and groaned.
As the phenomenon overhead rapidly intensified, waves rose half a zhang high, washed over parts of the tower ships, and surged into their cabins and rooms.
Yang Lake, quiet until now, erupted with curses and commotion. Torches flared to life, lighting up the ships.
Jiang Ning, however, had entered a wondrous state.
With his eyes closed, he saw ripples spreading across the sky of his Inner Heaven and Earth.
They spread downward from above and enveloped him.
"How did the spatial ripples from outside appear here?" Jiang Ning froze. As he watched the ripples in the sky of his Inner Heaven and Earth, his mind was gradually drawn into them.
Outside, a series of footsteps sounded.
Zhong Yue stepped onto the deck.
"Inspector Jiang?" He had barely spoken when he saw Jiang Ning standing with his head raised and eyes closed, his expression peaceful. Zhong Yue's gaze sharpened.
Is he... comprehending something? Zhong Yue wondered.
He looked up. The void seemed to be breaking apart.
The spreading ripples were many times stronger than they had been during the day.
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