Chapter 4790 — A Solemn Apology
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He recounted the whole affair from beginning to end, sparing no detail, and Ning Xuefei and Liu Ziqi gasped again and again as they listened. When they heard that the sea dragon had appeared, their eyes lit up—even Liu Ziqi's—for clearly a creature so close to the Sea God himself was no ordinary thing. Everyone had heard the legends of it.
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As Wei Zhao and the others were talking, a stir ran through the crowd. Oda Ba had come.
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After casting Wei Zhao a glance thick with complicated feeling, Oda Ba did not come straight over. Instead he turned to face the assembly and announced in a ringing voice, "Everyone—because of the crisis just now, our warship has burned through every last reserve of spiritual qi and cannot sail on for the time being. We must wait for qi to gather and replenish. During this time, none of you are to move about on your own. There is no Beast-Warning Formation, and no defensive formation either. What danger that means, your captain need not spell out."
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"What? Then what are we to do?" The crowd paled in alarm. They had stayed the whole while in the relatively enclosed living quarters and knew little of what had happened outside; as for things like the Starfall Formation or the Ten-Thousand-Mile Formation, they had never so much as heard the names. All they knew was that they had been attacked by a horde of top-tier sea beasts. It had never crossed their minds that the situation was so desperate.
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The ancient warship was in their hearts a colossus that roamed the seas, against which no sea beast could pose a fatal threat. And now they were suddenly told that every ounce of its spiritual qi was spent. To keep drifting on the open sea like this—was that not a road to certain death?
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"There is no need for undue worry. If we hold out for a day and a night, the warship will have drawn in enough spiritual qi to set sail again. It is dangerous out there, true, but so many top-tier sea beasts died this time that nothing should dare come near for a good while yet. We are reasonably safe. There is no cause for panic," Oda Ba said, steadying their hearts.
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Only then did the crowd breathe a little easier. If holding out a single day and night would put them back on course, then surely it would be no great trouble.
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"But to be safe, we must double our watch in the meantime. Vice Principal Liu, you and I are the strongest aboard this ship. I fear we must bear the hardship," Oda Ba said.
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"It is my duty. No problem at all," Liu Ziqi answered at once.
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"Good. If there is nothing else, everyone may disperse." Oda Ba nodded, then, under all those watching eyes, walked over to Wei Zhao. He hesitated a moment, then spoke: "Young Hero Lin, what happened before was purely a misunderstanding. At a time like this, what we need most is a danger lookout..."
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Before he could finish, Wei Zhao waved him off. "I am done with it. Since none of you would listen to me, what use is there in being some danger lookout? Forget it—spare us both the wasted effort!"
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At that, Oda Ba's face darkened, but he was no fool. The business with the North Island treasure ship could be written off as baseless rumor, but what had happened today he had seen with his own eyes.
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This Wei Zhao's gift for seamanship was like nothing he had seen in all his life. Compare men and you want to die; compare goods and you throw them away. Today he had truly come to know what it meant to be a top-tier genius born for the sea.
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Consider the ship's rightful lookout—a veteran older in service than even himself, a man whose wealth of experience was praised by all in seafaring circles and whose standing and prestige aboard ranked only a shade below the captain's own, beyond even the vice-captain and the first mate.
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