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"But to sleep so peacefully, and then be 'sent out' unharmed... that's practically unheard of..."

Once one adventurer started speaking, the other adventurers began to chime in.

Xiao Ce then said to Odin, who was standing to the side:

"They're manipulating all of this. Not only can they create this eerie fog and low-frequency attacks, but they can also precisely control ocean currents, and even... control the ships!"

Odin was astonished upon hearing Xiao Ce's words: "How is this possible?"

Despite saying that, Odin still arranged for people to test the ocean currents.

The fleet captain, who was waiting on one side, said directly to Odin, "General Odin, this is an ocean current chart..."

The fleet captain then handed a map to Odin.

Odin took the picture and began to look at it...

After looking at it for a while, Odin muttered to himself, "Is this map the latest one?"

The fleet captain nodded...

After Odin finished reading, he said to the fleet captain, "Is this ocean current the same as it was before we went in?"

The fleet captain nodded again: "So, according to this ocean current chart, you couldn't have come out by the ocean currents... There's only one possibility: you sailed out on your own... or, some force pushed you out..."

“Manipulation…” Odin chewed on the word, his face growing increasingly grim.

At this point, Xiao Ce made a startling statement.

"This sea area has become a giant laboratory or cage for some being! We are like fish in his glass tank!"

Xiao Ce's metaphor is very down-to-earth.

Those present naturally understood...

Although their actions were incomprehensible, there was truly no way to explain them.

General Odin then looked at Xiao Ce: "Mr. Ce, so, is someone preventing us from going in?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "Obviously, yes..."

General Odin was completely helpless at this point, for no other reason than this.

Faced with these bizarre circumstances, any experience is simply a joke...

General Odin said to Xiao Ce, "Mr. Ce, what should we do next?"

Xiao Ce did not answer immediately. He walked to the side of the ship and gazed at the thick fog that seemed to have never changed since ancient times.

His fingers tapped slowly on the cold, damp metal railing, his gaze icy, his voice firm as he spoke.

"Try again!"

These four words, spoken calmly, struck everyone's hearts like a boulder crashing into a lake.

The adventurers looked at each other.

They all seemed to have something to say, but since General Odin hadn't spoken, they naturally remained silent as well.

At this moment, Yin Pan'er's hands clenched unconsciously, her eyes revealing intense unease: "Your Highness, was sending you out a warning? If we go back in..."

Da Lei suddenly looked at Odin: "General, if we do it again, will we just fall asleep and come out again?"

After hearing the thunderbolt's words, Odin gave a wry smile. "Once is already the limit of luck! They drove us away this time, but what about next time?"

Odin then looked at Xiao Ce: "Mr. Ce, forgive my bluntness, but we escaped unscathed this time! If what you say is true, that the people over there can be controlled... it's very likely that they just don't want to eliminate us for the time being. This mentality is unpredictable! If there's a next time, we might face a truly devastating blow! Those examples of ships being destroyed and people dying... are probably the price of trying to challenge the rules."

Seeing Xiao Ce's expression, General Odin added, "Mr. Ce, I'm not afraid... I mean, this time, you shouldn't go... we should go instead..."

Xiao Ce slowly turned around, his gaze sweeping over the anxious and fearful faces of the crowd, before he looked at Odin.

"General Odin is right, their unwillingness is our only chance of survival!"

"The first time we entered, we were like a blind group, completely unprepared. But this time, at least we know what weapons the enemy has!"

Xiao Ce raised his hand and pointed to the stark white wall: "That deadly stick, that's sound! A low-frequency resonance that drives people to the brink of madness! This thing always has its source of sound! And its limits! And that strange power that manipulates ocean currents and ships! Behind them are people! At least some kind of purposeful intelligence!"

"Being thrown out means we've run into their 'firewall,' an expulsion process. What does that tell us?"

Xiao Ce's lips curled into a cold, challenging smile. "This means they have surveillance, perception, and a control center on the island! A control center capable of pinpointing our ship's location, controlling ocean currents, and potentially even interfering with our propulsion systems, even through fog tens or hundreds of nautical miles away! Find it! Capsize it!"

Xiao Ce's analysis was meticulous and thorough, like lighting a faint beacon in a desperate situation, making the vague fear concrete and a fortress that needed to be conquered.

The despair in Odin's eyes faded slightly, replaced by a fierce, desperate glint that belonged to the old sea wolf.

“The source…the origin…” he murmured, “If only we could block or destroy that sound…”

“Sound is a wave, it’s energy, and energy has attenuation and a range!” Xiao Ce interrupted him decisively. “They’re using wide-ranging low-frequency resonance to create a fog and psychological suppression. This coverage area must have varying degrees of intensity, and it also has possible pathways! The first time we were like headless flies, this time…”

"I'll devise a new entry point and route!" Odin suddenly stood up, his eyes rekindling with renewed fighting spirit!

"They can sense and control ships? Then we'll use the most primitive methods! Small boats! Unpowered! Like true drifters, we'll squeeze through natural crevices! As long as we reach a certain critical point! As long as we can get ashore before that deadly noise really reaches its maximum effect and completely knocks us unconscious... we'll have a chance!"

Upon hearing Odin's words, the adventurers nearby immediately chimed in, "That's right, small boats... Many of us used small boats to enter..."

"Furthermore, we have beehives here... our beehives are fast enough, and then we can all disperse together..."

"That's right. Previously, we suspected to be poison. If there's no poison, and it's just a sound, we can take some corresponding measures..."

...

These individuals began to make plans...

However, the methods proposed were all extremely outrageous.

Yin Pan'er's face turned deathly pale instantly, her lips trembled but she couldn't utter a sound.

The speed of the bee boat is indeed fast.

But how fast could the bee ship possibly penetrate that forbidden zone of death? Although the bee ship was fast, it offered absolutely no cover.

This is practically suicide!

"Your Highness..." Yin Pan'er looked at Xiao Ce with a worried expression and tried to speak.

Xiao Ce didn't look at her, his gaze fixed on Odin: "What are the odds?"

Odin took a deep breath, his gaze fixed intently on Xiao Ce: "Less than one-tenth! But this is the only method we know that can maximally avoid some of their rules! Like the most cunning fish, we'll huddle close to the crevices of the reef to avoid the fishing net. We'll use the fragmented encounter information provided by the adventurers who successfully entered Lost Island to analyze the difference between 'being spared' and 'being destroyed,' betting on a 'non-standard path'! Betting that we can infiltrate the inner circle of their defenses before the 'expulsion procedure' is activated!"

This Odin certainly has a very rigorous way of thinking.

Seeing Yin Pan'er's worry, Odin said, "Agent Yin, you don't need to worry... We've divided the team into countless small squads... I'm with Mr. Ce on a beehive... Let them conduct preliminary experiments..."

Odin said to Xiao Ce, "Let's conduct an experiment first, to test whether our predictions are correct..."

"Since you've said so, then let's bet!" Xiao Ce's voice was resolute, without the slightest hesitation.

"Immediately select the most capable and determined individuals! Prepare lightweight beehives! Remember, we need stalkers, not soldiers! Also..." He turned his gaze to the fleet captain. "All warships, after we depart, immediately conduct probing bombardments towards the fogged area! Do not enter, fire from the perimeter! Create chaos with overwhelming firepower! The more noise you make, the more we'll appear as a speck of dust in the darkness!"

Then, Xiao Ce said to Odin, "Also, don't do any probing reconnaissance... You only have one chance!"

Previously hesitant and worried, Yin Pan'er looked at Xiao Ce and said, "Your Highness, I have a request... I know I can't change you... I want to be with you..."

Xiao Ce agreed without even thinking.

At this moment, the fleet captain nodded, "Yes, Mr. Ce! After you enter, we will launch a large-scale feint attack to attract any possible surveillance attention!"

Odin immediately began summoning all the awakened adventurers and core sailors.

Inside the captain's command room, a huge nautical chart was laid out.

Odin's fingers moved quickly across a few scattered points on the outskirts of the misty area, points that adventurers had previously claimed to have briefly approached or "ignored."

They compiled information gathered before they fell into a deep sleep...

As Odin drew on the blueprints, he discussed the matter with the adventurers once again.

"Point A, Black Reef Gorge. This is a turbulent and extremely unstable area, but adventurers have briefly encountered the edge of the mist here without being swept deeper..."

"Point C, the Silent Whirlpool Zone. The ocean currents here are eerily still, like a mouth that keeps opening and closing. Legend has it that ships 'swallowed' by it are eventually 'spit out' in another place... One of the locations points to the depths of the mist!"

“Point E…here!” Odin’s finger finally landed heavily on an inconspicuous blank area at the edge of the mist, right next to a spot marked with an extremely violent storm symbol. “The back of the ‘Eye of the Storm’! This place seems the most dangerous, completely obscured by the storm zone, but physically there is a brief period of wind vacuum! Records show that the wreckage of a small merchant ship that sank seventeen years ago was last found inside the Misty Island! But it’s uncertain whether they drifted in or…walked in!”

This information is disorganized, fragmented, and even contradictory.

But on a brand new, specially made nautical chart, Odin used thin lines of different colors to connect and summarize these points, and combined them with his lifelong knowledge of ocean currents and meteorology, he managed to outline an extremely strange "path" that twists and turns like an earthworm burrowing into the ground.

They were discussing it incessantly; in fact, they had proposed this design during a previous meeting.

However, at that time they were still misled by one piece of information: they mistook the sound for poison...

Now that they've received important news that has changed, their plans are being adjusted accordingly...

“This is our ‘serpentine’ route!” Odin pointed to the red line, his voice filled with an almost gambling frenzy. “It’s imperfect, full of dead ends! But it’s the route least like a ‘ship’ would take! The route most likely to avoid their preset ‘expulsion threshold’…”

Just as they were discussing animatedly, Yin Pan'er looked at Xiao Ce, whose gaze was firm.

"Your Highness, you don't seem nervous at all? And you let me in without saying a word... Do you have some kind of backing? Do you think we won't be in danger this time?"

After hearing Yin Pan'er's words, Xiao Ce patted Yin Pan'er's head.

Then he said to Yin Pan'er, "Pan'er, you're right... what they're saying is professional... actually, I don't understand these things very well..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er looked at him curiously: "Then you are...?"

Xiao Ce said to Yin Pan'er, "I'm betting on human nature... or rather, on people's hearts..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er became curious: "Human nature? Human heart?"

Xiao Ce smiled at Yin Pan'er, then said, "Not bad, human nature and human heart..."

Yin Pan'er looked at Xiao Ce and said, "You mean, this time they only made you unconscious, and didn't even subject you to the mental anguish you suffered. They might have unintentionally hurt you..."

"So it's just a matter of clearing them out. You're betting that they don't want you dead... they don't want you to die..."

Xiao Ce nodded to Yin Pan'er: "That's right, we're almost certain now that this Lost Island is under human control... If it's under human control, it means they don't want me to die... and if they don't want me to die... then we have a chance to get inside..."

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er nodded first, then asked, "What if... what if it was just a fluke? Your Highness, what if your guess is wrong...?"