A few days later, the weather turned exceptionally good.
A gentle breeze caressed them, and the sunlight was warm, neither too harsh nor too weak.
On the training ground of the China National Team, five National Government Mentors were giving their final motivational speech to the team members.
"Our China National Team has never been a strong contender in the National Mansion War. Last year, we even stopped at the top 32. It's truly a shame for an ancient country with thousands of years of history and countless magical legends to achieve such a result. We have let our ancestors down."
Mentor Song He's expression was solemn, his tone heavy, and his eyes flickered with complex emotions, clearly recalling the disastrous defeat of the previous National Mansion War.
His words fell like a heavy hammer, plunging everyone present into silence.
Jiang Yuan understood in his heart that China had not yet fully risen in the magical world at this time.
However, in his original world, China had already firmly established itself on the world stage, and its influence was growing day by day.
At the same time, China had achieved catching up, overtaking, and even far surpassing in most fields. It faintly showed the signs of a great nation.
Given time, it would surely stand at the pinnacle of the world again, realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
But in this magical world, surrounded by powerful enemies, China's path to rise was full of difficulties and obstacles.
"I didn't want to mention the National Government's decline, but the reason I bring it up today is because we, the mentors, unanimously believe that in this National Mansion War, the China National Team will surely achieve an extremely high ranking and make history!" Mentor Feng Li's voice was strong and resonant.
After speaking, he and the other four mentors' gazes fell on Jiang Yuan in unison.
The meaning was clear—it's up to him!
Jiang Yuan smiled and nodded in response.
"You must remember that the training abroad is crucial. This not only concerns your ticket to participate in the National Mansion War in Venice, but also the cultivation resources you can obtain in the future…" Dean Song He continued to admonish.
The other mentors who had not spoken before also added a few words.
The team members paid close attention, engraving these words one by one.
At the time of departure, there was no grand farewell ceremony, and the departure time and the order of the nations' training were strictly kept secret.
Even the roster of the National Training Hall had not yet been publicly announced to society.
One day passed in a flash.
The sky was clear, the clouds leisurely, and large patches of sunlight spilled onto the beach, as the salty sea breeze quietly dampened everyone's clothes.
The waves crashed, accompanied by the cry of a seabird.
"Damn it, the mentors just threw us here?" Mo Fan looked at the rocks continuously battered by the waves, let out a long cry to the sky, on the verge of tears.
Not far away was an ordinary small fishing village. A few small wooden boats were tied with ropes to a makeshift dock, swaying up and down with the waves.
Everyone looked at the scene before them, their expressions not very good, but only Mo Fan vented his inner dissatisfaction.
After all, all their identity documents and bank cards were unusable, making them completely unregistered residents.
If they sought help from others and exposed their information, they would be directly eliminated.
This was completely different from the wonderful journey of eating, drinking, and traveling around the world that Mo Fan had imagined.
The huge disparity made him very emotional.
"Mo Fan, calm down! These small difficulties are nothing at all," Jiang Yuan comforted him.
According to the mentors' arrangement, they had to rely on their own abilities to travel from the coast to Japan, which was euphemistically called ability training.
The mentors' purpose in putting them here was not so simple; it was also to solve the children's disappearance case in Feiniao City.
Jiang Yuan was familiar with the plot and knew that the reason behind the children was that Councilman Su Lu needed Titan Hearts, but his subordinates couldn't gather enough, so they could only use children's hearts as a substitute.
The children's disappearance case actually involved many coastal cities and had started five years ago.
By now, their collection progress was almost nearing its end.
As long as they could solve the problem in Feiniao City, identity exposure was not an issue; these were just scare tactics.
They couldn't possibly replace all the most outstanding students just because their identities were exposed, could they?
"Let's go, let's go to that small fishing village first," Jiang Yuan pointed to the small fishing village and said decisively.
The others nodded upon hearing this.
Immediately, the group marched majestically towards the small fishing village.
The scale of the small fishing village was truly tiny.
There were only a dozen houses built from gray-black stones and wood, scattered along the vast coastline.
However, even such an inconspicuous small fishing village had stubbornly survived for hundreds of years under the continuous erosion of the waves.
Some small children were playing and laughing at the entrance. Upon seeing strangers, they instantly scurried into their houses like startled deer, hiding in the shadows and carefully observing Jiang Yuan and the others.
"The scammers are here!" a child suddenly shouted loudly.
Upon hearing the shouts, the adults rushed out, grabbing their tools. The old village chief, holding a hoe, looked displeased and shouted loudly, "It's you scammers again! Do you have to force us to move into that damn resettlement house?"
"Elder, you might have misunderstood. We just arrived here…" Ai Jiangtu quickly stepped forward to explain.
The villagers looked at each other, confused.
After some patient explanation, they finally believed that Jiang Yuan and the others were just passing through.
Jiang Yuan and the others asked the old village chief about the location for going out to sea.
The old village chief told them everything without reservation, also revealing the truth about the monsters frequenting that area.
When speaking of monsters, the old village chief's eyes were filled with grief and deep fear.
"Captain Jiang, what should we do next?" Jiang Shaoxu, from the team, asked with sparkling, watery eyes and a smile.
She looked exactly like a cunning little fox, her gaze fixed directly on Jiang Yuan.
Mu Ningjiao, seeing this, frowned slightly, a strange surge of jealousy rising in her heart.
"Go to the dock the old village chief mentioned, and we'll depart from there," Jiang Yuan said concisely, then strode towards the sea.
With his keen perception, Jiang Yuan didn't even need someone from the small fishing village to guide him; he easily found the location of the bay dock.
In his perception, the aura of those sea monsters was too dense and active.
It had to be said that the number of sea monsters was enormous, far exceeding land monsters, and powerful high-level monsters even appeared in groups.
"The mentors putting us here certainly doesn't have a simple purpose. Jiang Yuan, what do you plan to do next?" Ai Jiangtu asked.
Jiang Yuan nodded, agreeing with Ai Jiangtu's statement, and then said, "Didn't that old village chief say that this sea area is frequently infested with sea monsters? Under normal circumstances, the sea area near the dock would be regularly cleared of sea monsters; it's impossible for them to appear so frequently. I plan to start with the sea monsters."
"Yes, Jiang Yuan is right. I think there's something wrong with this dock; there's too little cargo. Under normal circumstances, with such a good dock location and scale, there would definitely be a large volume of cargo coming in and out," Zhao Manyan analyzed.