Just as the three were discussing, a light mist suddenly rose on the sea.
The fog spread quickly, and in a moment, it covered the skyline and then wrapped the two ships inside.
"I feel the fluctuation of magic power. It seems that those guys can no longer sit still." Xiao Chen turned his head and looked at the side and front of Hou Yi. He said, "It's from the south. Something is coming."
Xiao Chen released a Mage's Eye, and the thick fog obscured the effect of the Mage's Eye, causing the unknown enemies that were slowly approaching to hide behind the fog and could not be discovered.
Huang Zheng rushed to the deck and reported: "Before the fog covered us, Lin Lichuan vaguely saw something like a ship approaching us from about ten nautical miles away. But it was still too far away. Even from the Mage's Eye, they were just some black dots, not clear, and were soon covered by the fog. But he roughly estimated their speed. Since they were heading in the same direction, if we didn't slow down, we would probably meet them in more than ten minutes."
Xiao Chen led everyone back to the bridge quickly and said to the captain Ma Anmin who was on high alert: "Order the Xingtian to get closer to us and prepare to implement the first defense plan."
Ma Anmin was the ship model enthusiast. When there were no reliable sailors in the Tower of China, he was assigned to be the captain of the Houyi. Yin Mocheng, the captain of the Xingtian, was the son of a fisherman. He was elected because he had been on his father's fishing boat several times during the summer vacation. Fortunately, their navigator and boatswain were recruited veteran sailors with sailing experience, and Herrez and others were assigned positions to help them control the ship. Herrez is now the deputy captain of the Houyi.
Ma Anmin issued an order through the internal communication array: "Attention all departments, we are now going to implement the first defense plan. The crystal power room will reduce its power output by half, the shield squad will prepare to activate the defense force field, the gun squad will enter the combat position and open the gun port. The Marines will take their positions on the upper deck, and the magic and martial arts advisors will return to their respective posts..."
So under the command of the captains of the two warships, they began to move closer. The gun ports opened one after another, revealing the pneumatic cannons inside. There was a layer of faint white light curtain covering the two warships, which not only covered the area above the warships, but also the part below the waterline.
Although this layer of defense is not as good as the city defense barrier, it is still much stronger than the ordinary wizard shield. It is now only in a basically activated state. Once the enemy's attack begins, it will be upgraded to a higher intensity.
Although these personnel were new sailors, they were all veterans with combat experience. After the order was given, it only took them ten minutes to complete combat preparations.
However, when Xiao Chen looked outside, the surroundings were still shrouded in fog and there was no sign of any enemy.
Jerez said with a very serious expression: “I have only heard of the situation today, but I have never encountered it myself.
The people who created the fog are probably not simple. Only mermaid mages can use fog to block vision. This usually happens in battles between large fleets. The long-range attacks of the sea people are much worse than those of humans, so they rely on these methods to get close to our fleet.
But ordinary small tribal pirates don't have this ability. There are no big islands nearby. These people may have come here specifically for us!"
Although Xiao Chen's face was serious, he was not too nervous. He said, "That's perfect. I would like to meet the masters among them."
Just when Xiao Chen's fleet was ready for battle, the enemy did not come close. Instead, streaks of singing were heard from behind the fog.
The song was melodious and plaintive, and the melody was very different from the music on the mainland, with a strange but attractive rhythm.
When Xiao Chen heard this sound, he found that his mental power fluctuations had become calmer, and he actually felt a little sleepy. He was startled and quickly mobilized his mental power to sweep over his body, and then formed a barrier outside his body to isolate the air vibrations.
But he found that although the effect of the sound was weakened, he still received that tone in his mind.
He realized that this was a mental attack launched by the opponent. It not only had real sound waves, but also had mental magic that directly attacked consciousness. The opponent's attack made him, a top mental magician, feel a little sleepy. His strength should not be underestimated.
But when Xiao Chen was ready, the strange singing had no effect on him.
Xiao Chen raised his head and looked around. Luo Ling and Mei Tiantian were fine. It seemed that they had just been freed from the effects of magic just like him.
Huang Zheng's condition was a little worse. He also realized his problem, and was unable to cheer up immediately. He decisively raised his right hand and slapped himself, waking himself up immediately.
Although Lin Lichuan's realm was not as good as Huang Zheng's, he was as calm as ever. He woke up after squeezing his eyes hard.
Once these high-level mages are completely free from the influence of the singing, they will no longer be affected by the singing.
But it was completely different for the other people in the room. Some of them didn't notice the problem with the singing at all and fell asleep.
Others noticed the abnormality in the singing and were struggling to keep going. Some used their hands to pry open their eyes, and some slapped themselves in the face like Huang Zheng did.
However, as long as your strength is below the intermediate level, it will be difficult to resist the power of the song, and you will eventually fall asleep.
As for those above the intermediate level, most of them need to mobilize their mental strength and singing to resist, so their combat capability is naturally greatly reduced.
For example, blue fighting spirit erupted from Heres' body, but the fighting spirit had limited effect on him resisting this kind of sound. He held the table with both hands, looking shaky.
Seeing this, Xiao Chen hurriedly set up a soundproof barrier on the boat to block out the physical sound waves.
Then he and Luo Ling used their mental power to stimulate those who fell down, but it didn't have much effect.
Mei Tiantian said: "The person who made the move is at least a great magician, and he must have a powerful holy weapon in his hand that can put people into a deep sleep. Otherwise, if an ordinary person falls into a state of sleep, he would have woken up long ago if he was stimulated by mental power. We must use a stronger stimulation method."
Xiao Chen gritted his teeth, and from his open fingers, more than a dozen silver-white whips shot out, and the master-level mental whip was lashed at the people around him. When the mental whip fell, both the awake and asleep people let out terrible screams.
The eyes of those people, which had been closed, were suddenly opened by the beating, giving Luo Ling an opportunity to immediately cast a mental shield, which combined with Xiao Chen's soundproof barrier, and finally resisted the opponent's singing attack. (To be continued)