Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Feeling the pitying gazes of the crowd, Jinse's mentality collapsed: "No, there are people shorter than me too. Why are they all looking at me? Huh?!"

Shuidi Chenxing said unhappily, "They chose a dwarf as their race, but you were born this short. How can you be the same? Why don't you compete with a werewolf for hairiness?"

Brother Tangshan: "??? No, I'm talking about werewolves, so why are you all looking at me?"

Amidst a flurry of noise, the players swarmed onto the ship prepared by the Church of the God of War. This was a bit different from the perfunctory treatment given to the players before. Before, the players could only be regarded as Wayne Stewell's followers, and it didn't matter if they were squeezed like sardines in a can of vehicles.

At least now their treatment was fully up to par, and the NPCs of the Church of the God of War had shown a noticeable improvement in their attitude towards them. This was especially true for the players who had become angels, who were now being treated with the courtesy of powerful beings. Jinse felt like she was about to float.

The Kingdom of Revendreth wasn't very far from the Republic of Byron, only about 1100 nautical miles in a straight line. It took about two days to sail. However, the journey involved passing through the Sea of ​​Fog and a tidal zone with frequent lightning and thunder.

However, after hundreds of years of continuous exploration, the pirates of the North have already found a safe route through the foggy sea.

After the Northern Pirate Kingdom was essentially overthrown, many veteran pirates joined various neighboring nations, bringing significant convenience to navigation. Zhou Ning could responsibly say that if he hadn't intervened, the next trend would likely have been the Age of Sail.

This is actually similar to the trajectory on Earth. In the late 18th century, American inventor Robert Fulton successfully built the commercial steamship "Clermont", marking the beginning of the steamship era and promoting the booming development of trade, travel and exploration.

In the Apocalypse World, steamships also existed, but they were only widely used in the Kingdom of Luins. If it weren't for the overwhelming popularity of alchemy, and if it weren't for the foggy sea and numerous weather tides on this world's oceans, this time point would have been much earlier.

Zhou Ning stood on the deck, listening to the players' noise and letting his thoughts wander freely to different places.

In fact, he had already prepared the initiative. His small clone Merlin Bross who logged into the real world had already stayed in Boldan Castle. This meant that the map had been opened. In theory, he could have teleported the players there through the "Border Crosser".

He could indeed do so, but his spirituality gave him a crazy warning. In his spirituality, the city was completely surrounded by a long black river of time, and even extended into countless time tributaries.

This was something only possible after one had complete control over time, and it required a grand ceremony. Perhaps only the Earth Goddess possessed this ability. If he rashly teleported there, he would likely be lost in the tributaries of time. Even he might not be able to escape.

Therefore, Zhou Ning had no choice but to go to Fort Bordan by sea, which fortunately only took two days.

On this voyage, Zhou Ning's captain was Valentin's former confidant, "Lord of Lavidus" Saroyan, one of the pirate "Five Kings," with a bounty of 20 victos. Zhou Ning had once sunk the enemy's ship and killed Lavidus during a hunt, causing him to fall silent. Unexpectedly, he had joined the Church of the God of War. His priestly attire reminded Zhou Ning of Qiu Qianren. During the second Huashan Sword Contest, he was forcibly converted to Buddhism by Master Yideng and became a monk.

Gallup III, who was beside Zhou Ning, seemed to have noticed Zhou Ning's thoughts and smiled.

"There's nothing we can do. I hope you can understand. We, the Church of the God of War, also need naval power to fight against the Church of the God of the Sea and those rebels. Under the norms of order and law, he is no longer the pirate king who killed countless people."

Zhou Ning nodded. The Church of Poseidon actually had similar laws and methods. He wasn't going to restrict the actions of his allies.

And this level of sailor is indeed very helpful for this journey. In addition to being the pirate king, Saroyan is also a powerful shaman.

Unconsciously, the fog around him began to grow thicker. Suddenly, in the distant fog, a huge ship with sails hoisted came into Zhou Ning's sight.

There were many ships following behind, one, two, three, four... They formed a long fleet, but after seeing the situation of the fleet here and the flags hanging, they dispersed quickly.

Gallup III said calmly:

"These are northern pirates hired by the former royal family of the Byron Republic. Their purpose is to attack merchant caravans bound for the Byron Republic. The Byron Republic is a major agricultural nation, with a very poor industrial base, and is heavily dependent on trade. If maritime transport is blocked, merchants must cross the Barnard Desert and the trading city of Ruskin in the desert to conduct trade, which is extremely difficult."

"The Barnard Desert is currently under the control of the former royal family. Their strategic goal is to redirect trade back to land."

"As an ally, I can be honest. This is actually the work of our Church of the God of War and the official Sifalik Kingdom. Otherwise, how could a royal family that has been out of power for over a hundred years have so much financial resources?"

"However, the Byron Republic officials have also received assistance from the Church of the Earth Goddess. They don't seem to be in a hurry to end this civil war. Especially the Church of the Earth Goddess, who only provided assistance a few times at critical moments. They seem to be using this war to perform some kind of ritual. I personally suspect that the giant time element weather tide enveloping Fort Boldan is their work."

Zhou Ning nodded. This made perfect sense.

According to previous understanding, the God of War started a series of wars in order to successfully advance to the Old Ones. It is obvious that the Earth Goddess is also using this war to hold a ceremony to set off a meteorological tide of the time element, thereby changing the timeline here. At this moment, this leads to associations and certain speculations.

The God of War and the Goddess of Earth may have formed an alliance because they have a basis for cooperation. Zhou Ning does not understand their purpose yet, but it is nothing more than a few reasons, either to prepare for the promotion ceremony, or even to open a passage to the back of the Apocalypse World and compete for the origin of the world.

Both are possible, but the common goal is to get as much promotion as possible and survive the possible doomsday.

If it's the latter, there are likely three factions: the God of War and the Earth Goddess, the Guarani family, and finally the Sun Goddess and the Life Spirit Goddess. And then there are the forces behind them.

Judging from the God of War's current state, their faction must have suffered a great loss. So what is the current situation of the Earth Goddess?

Zhou Ning stared for a while and whispered unconsciously:

"Is a new war between gods about to break out..."

The players listened in bewildered confusion to the conversation between Zhou Ning and Gallup III, trying to decipher the plot. Grantham, beaming with delight, hatched one conspiracy theory after another, preparing to post it on the forum.

According to the setting that Wayne Sternwell would die wherever he went, Fort Borden would probably be in trouble next.

At this moment, Grantham's eyes focused, and he saw in the white world, a huge monster rising from the sea, and he opened his mouth unconsciously.

He actually forgot Wayne Stewell's other title: Vehicle Killer!

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I contracted the influenza A virus on the first day of the Lunar New Year. I already had some heart problems, and I am only feeling a little better today. I mentioned this at the end of the previous chapter. I will resume updating today, and there should be another update in the evening.