A Crisis Hidden Beneath the Surface

Gloomy clouds had shrouded the whole sky, and a fierce wind was constantly howling like an infuriated wild beast.

Mighty waves were emerging and surging forth in the boundless sea. A row of several feet high monstrous waves were constantly issuing deafening sounds. These monstrous waves looked like a mighty troop that was rushing ahead on the sea's surface in an endless manner.

There was a fleet of twenty-two large ships on the sea's surface. They looked like a massive black sea-snake which stretched several miles in the sea. In fact, this sea-snake seemed to be rushing ahead while cleaving through the mighty waves. The fleet had come from the east, and was advancing toward the west.

The ships in this fleet looked like small black hills. A miraculous radiance was flickering on the surface of these ships. The ships often got engulfed or raised by the mighty dark waves of the sea.