"What?!"

"Yuan Qing is dead?"

After seeing the message from Shi Jun, Fang Yu's pupils suddenly constricted, his heart shook.

"How is that possible? Considering Yuan Qing's abilities, even if he couldn't achieve significant military merits, self-preservation should absolutely not be a problem, how could he have died?"

Fang Yu couldn't help but type in the private chat.

"I don't know, someone found a heap of shipwrecks on the sea surface, and identified Yuan Qing's ship features from the wreckage."

"Yuan Qing, along with all the troops under his command, were annihilated at sea without any news whatsoever."

Shi Jun sent a sighing emoji.

It was evident he felt very incredulous and saddened by the news of Yuan Qing's death.

Although everyone is a competitor, after all, it's a healthy competition, and they had worked together as teammates and recognized each other's abilities.

Now, no one expected Yuan Qing would perish at sea.

Fang Yu was silent, never imagining Yuan Qing would just inexplicably die at sea.

But... with the current state of war, it shouldn't escalate to the kind where Yuan Qing had absolutely no chance to react and died on the spot, right?

Considering now that Yuan Qing, Shi Jun, and others have reached level 30, their ships have upgraded from cargo to warship level.

Furthermore, with military backing.

Combat power has already grown much stronger than before; they wouldn't even be sunk facing multiple warship-level warlord sea ships alone.

But now...

"Something doesn't sit right..."

Fang Yu typed, his expression slightly grave.

"There's something wrong, actually, I suspect..."

Shi Jun paused, but continued typing: "It's very likely an inside job problem."

"Only an inside job could leak Yuan Qing's information to the marine warlords, allowing them to sink Yuan Qing's ship through ambush blockade."

Shi Jun's words made Fang Yu's heart sink.

"An inside job?!"

"Do you suspect a Blue Star captain betrayed the Duorong Federation and joined forces with the marine warlords?"

"That can't be... Anyone can see, joining the marine warlords now is far too risky, even if one were to join, it can't possibly be now."

Fang Yu shook his head, denying this guess.

"It might not be defections, just pure... treachery!"

Shi Jun sent an angry emoji, then continued typing:

"You must have been too busy recently to notice some messages on the forum."

"Some cargo-level captains, who ranked high on the combat leaderboard, upon learning they could acquire military authority at Qiyun Port, rushed to Qiyun Port overnight."

"Among them are a few notorious individuals willing to stop at nothing to achieve their aims."

"Each corps has limited spots for recruiting Outer Realm Captain Commanders."

"I suspect they secretly leaked information to the marine warlords... tricked us to kill off and create vacuum spots, thus seizing those positions."

Shi Jun typed.

Seeing Shi Jun's words, Fang Yu frowned slightly.

Someone wants to compete for military power?

If the corps slots were already filled, then killing off those with military authority positions would indeed be highly effective for these people.

But...

Would they really go to such lengths purely for military authority, with no scruples, willing to kill fellow Blue Star captains?

Fang Yu felt cold, his heart full of regret for Yuan Qing's death.

"Anyhow, you should be careful lately, I've heard among these people, some are very displeased upon seeing you rise ever so quickly."

"Some have even publicly said on the forum that they want to meet you and such."

"Try not to give them any chance to harm you."

Shi Jun warned.

Seeing Shi Jun's message, Fang Yu's heart warmed slightly, he then sent a relaxed emoji over: "Thanks, Shi Jun!"

"Should be..."

...

After closing the private chat window, Fang Yu had a thoughtful look on his face.

After thinking about it, he decided not to let these people disrupt his normal rhythm.

Whatever was planned should be executed as planned.

Things like this, can only choose to be more cautious.

Now the enemy is in the dark, Fang Yu doesn't know where those people are, nor when they might harm him.

Or perhaps Yuan Qing's death is just an accident, and his and Shi Jun's speculations may not be true.

All are possible.

No matter what, the Sea Mine Battle must go on, Fang Yu has already mobilized various forces to prepare for the big action, there's no way just because of speculation or caution would he give up actions and shrink away.

If he really shrinks away, he would achieve these people's goals, instead letting them mock and gloat.

Do what needs doing...

Yet...

Indeed it requires some preparation, being extra cautious.

Thinking about this, Fang Yu looked at his panel.

Within his panel space, Lord Points remaining: 6.

This was what remained after recently leveling up twice.

Now sensing potential malice from the shadows, Fang Yu didn't hesitate, directly invested these 6 Lord Points:

5 points are invested in the mid-level enchantment [Thick Armor Breathing].

1 point in crew member Luo Kuan.

Luo Kuan's leadership skill is to enhance everyone's shooting precision and proficiency.

Previously, Fang Yu already invested 2 Lord Points in Luo Kuan, now he intends to continue investing in Luo Kuan.

First unlock Luo Kuan's level 5 leadership skill before anything else.

As the 6 Lord Points are utilized by Fang Yu.

In the next moment...

The enchantment information in the panel underwent a dramatic change:

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