My different world is game mode.

"swirl?"

Lindsay certainly didn't doubt Valar's warning.

But he really didn't hear anything.

"..."

Lindsay pondered for a second, then opened his bag and drank a bottle of Eagle Eye Potion. He zoomed out to the farthest point of his vision, but still couldn't see any change on the sea surface; he then activated his map skill, extending the detection range to its limit, but still couldn't find the whirlpool the other party had mentioned.

"Wala waala, what is the exact distance you perceive?"

"To be precise—around 45 kilometers?" After answering, Wala Wala looked at Lindsay with a questioning gaze. She knew her reconnaissance skills were somewhat superior, but those players' skills were no joke. "Lindsay, you really can't sense it?"

Lindsay shook her head seriously:

"My senses aren't responding, and my skills can't detect it either."

"Huh? I'll try again." Wala Wala was completely puzzled.

She wasn't in a hurry to prove herself, nor was she in a hurry to refute Lindsay. Instead, she closed her eyes, activated her own artistic qualities, and listened attentively to the sounds carried by the sea breeze.

Waves, flow, eddies.

Unless there was something wrong with her skills as an artist, the sound of the wind in her ears was indeed telling her that a whirlpool was approaching!

"Lindsay, can I borrow the [RPG] module seed?"

Lindsay created a module seed, and Vala Vala took it and skillfully opened the panel to activate the skill.

drop--

A few seconds later, a message came through my friend list.

Lindsay opened the list and saw a blue image sent by Wala Wala, which was the graphic displayed on the map skill screen.

Forty kilometers away from the two, a rushing current dominated the seascape, and the scene was clearly visible.

usually.

A flat map cannot fully reflect the magnificent landscape in reality.

But Lindsay fell silent after seeing the photo—it was enough to reveal the terror of the vortex!

The map that Wala Wala sent was just a segment of an arc on the outer edge of the vortex.

With her source energy, she can detect targets 40 kilometers away, and the map diameter she can illuminate is about 4 kilometers.

The curvature of this vortex boundary is almost negligible in the photo!

I didn't mishear "Wala wala".

The vortex was far larger than imagined, unlike any natural landscape that would normally form!

"This...you must be joking."

Lindsay raised an eyebrow.

He used his basic mathematical knowledge to calculate it and quickly arrived at a number that was even more exaggerated than he had expected:

"Is this vortex over 200 kilometers in diameter?"

At the same time, after confirming several times, Wala Wala opened her eyes:

"The scene detected by the map skill is the same as what I perceive."

“This is not normal!” Lindsay pointed to the wooden plank beneath their feet. “If there really is such a large whirlpool, the water currents it stirs up would be enough to prevent us from navigating normally.”

"..."

The two stood facing each other, and fell silent for a moment.

Both being awakened beings, the two perceived completely different situations: one saw a calm sea, while the other heard a rapidly flowing stream.

Both players use the same skill, but one sees a calm sea, while the other sees a raging torrent.

The same awakened individuals, the same skills, yet they achieved different results.

"Hallucination?"

"It's impossible that some sea ghost is dragging us into an illusion again, right?"

"Try using magic runes."

Lindsay's thoughts naturally turned to the attack from the sea monster.

After all, they had just experienced a similar attack not long ago.

He immediately opened his baggage, exchanged equipment with Wala Wala, and checked his personal attributes and abnormal status.

But a few seconds later, the situation remained unchanged.

Neither they nor the other were affected by any external forces, and their physical condition and the flow of their source energy were all normal.

Lindsay analyzed:

"Now we can be certain that we were not attacked."

“Otherwise, the enemy who could trap the two of us in this situation could easily deal with us, and there would be no need for these tricks.”

Wala Wala's expression became even more conflicted.

Although the plank beneath her feet was still sailing normally, what she heard and saw reminded her of the approaching whirlpool.

As an artist who perceives and understands the world, the girl also has unwavering faith in her ability to receive and judge information from the outside world.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Could this vortex be like Jia'erna's poem, engaging in some kind of gender discrimination that favors women over men?!"

wow-

Just then, Wala Wala twisted her foot.

The whirlpool ahead was large enough to swallow a city, and the waves rising from its edges finally began to pull at her body.

However, Vala Vala is, after all, a powerful Awakened One.

She didn't even need to exert much effort; she simply straightened her feet and immediately regained her balance.

But the next second, the girl's body was out of her control.

Because she was right next to Lindsay, she instantly stepped forward, grabbed her right hand, and pulled her back sharply, freeing her from the spot where the water had just appeared!

"Lindsay, you can feel the water flow too..."

The girl was about to speak, but stopped abruptly the next second.

Because she could clearly see that Lindsay was standing in the same spot she had just been, but completely unaffected by the water flow, as if she were standing on a calm beach.

thump--

While Wala Wala was still in shock, Lindsay kicked the anchor device on the boat into the water with her left foot, firmly stabilizing the boat in its original position.

"I sensed something was wrong with you just now, like you were about to disappear."

“Now, you stand here, and I’ll go over and give it a try.”

As Lindsay explained, she walked forward, jumped off the plank, and stood on the sea surface.

The results are obvious.

He remained standing steadily, and what soaked his shoes was a calm seawater, completely different from the turbulent waters in Wala Wala's eyes.

"..."

No need for many words at this moment.

As awakened beings, both of them became aware of the current situation.

Only Wala Wala could perceive this water flow, and even its effects only applied to her!

“Wait, is there another possibility?” Lindsay pondered for a few seconds and suddenly realized a possibility. “Think about our current flight path, and the warning he gave us before we parted ways with the Starfleet!”

Upon hearing Lindsay's prompt, Wala Wala looked up ahead.

After all this commotion, the sun had completely set, leaving only a faint afterimage floating on the western sea, which would not cause any discomfort to the naked eye.

Darkness, the unknown.

They were sailing in that direction.

The Starfather tells them that the way to leave the Sea of ​​Lost Paths is to stay in the Sea of ​​Lost Paths, no matter where you are, as long as you head west, you will reach the whirlpool that symbolizes the end!

"West... vortex..."

The girl exclaimed:

"What I'm seeing now is the passage out of the [Sea of ​​Lost Souls]!?"