On the deck, all 50 to 60 people on the ship were present, including the sailors in the bilge and the engine crew.
The old captain held his scimitar and looked at the three night patrol sailors with bright eyes. The other crew members also looked at them with vigilant gazes. The three sailors stood there trembling, not daring to speak.
After a while, the old captain waved his hand, and a sailor handed him a cloth smeared with mucus. He threw the cloth on the deck and said,
"Something sneaked onto the ship just now. It's among you."
The three sailors were terrified. One of them immediately said, "We were awake all the time.
"Someone was awake the whole time. If something sneaked onto the ship, I wouldn't be alive, but I'm still alive."
He tore his shirt and revealed his chest. Everyone subconsciously took a step back and pointed their guns at him. Even the two sailors by the side subconsciously took a step back.
The sailor was stunned. He quickly lowered his head and saw that there were many finger-sized black bumps under the skin on his chest that were still moving. He immediately let out a frightened scream. The small bumps on his chest paused and quickly gathered to form a large black bump in the center.
Bang!
The sound of a gunshot rang out, and one of the sailors accidentally fired out of fear. The steel ball bullet hit the man's chest, and a black bruise burst open. A sticky black liquid spurted out, and a slimy worm as thick as a finger fell to the ground along with the black liquid.
The worms didn't have eyes on their heads, but they had a mouthpart. When they fell to the ground, they bounced up one to two meters into the air and towards the crowd.
The sailors were shocked and fired back. Loud crackling sounds could be heard.
The old captain raised his scimitar and accurately chopped off three worms. A one-eyed man standing to the left of the old captain also raised his scimitar and chopped off two worms.
At the same time, Lin Xiao, who was standing to the right of the old captain, raised his scimitar and chopped off two worms. The rest were killed by the experts on the nearby ships.
After killing these worms, everyone looked up at the other two sailors. Their faces were pale as they slowly lowered their heads to look at their chests. Before they could unbutton their clothes, the two of them trembled at the same time. Their bodies stiffened as they raised their heads and opened their mouths. A strange worm drilled out of their mouths. The worm's head swayed and looked at everyone before crawling out of their mouths and bouncing out.
However, it wasn't bouncing towards the crowd, but towards other parts of the ship.
At the same time, their sailor suits bulged and were quickly dyed black. The bottom of their clothes moved, and strange worms slid out from under their clothes and surged in all directions.
"Stop them!"
A group of people swarmed forward and chased after these strange insects, but no one cared about the corpses of the two sailors.
When they were not paying attention, several strange insects slid out from under the clothes of the corpses and slid silently along the flowing black water to the edge of the deck. In the darkness, no one noticed the strange insects that had blended into the black water.
Not long after, the other strange insects were killed. The three corpses were thrown into the sea and floated with the waves. The Explorer continued to move forward.
After more than ten seconds, the three corpses suddenly moved slightly and opened their eyes. Black liquid flowed out of their pupils, and a strange smile appeared on their faces as they silently sank to the bottom of the sea.
The rest of the journey was smooth sailing. Nothing unusual happened along the way, but there were a few sailors who kept making mistakes.
When a cluster of lights appeared in front of them in the distance, everyone cheered. They had arrived at Pearl Island.
On the sea, only islands with lords dared to light up their lamps on a large scale. On a ship, no one dared to light up their lamps on the deck.
The ship docked at the shore, sold the goods on board, and returned to the station. After paying the salaries, the old captain announced that they were dismissed.
Next, these sailors would spend half a month drinking and drinking until they ran out of money.
Lin Xiao first went to the dock and made a conspicuous mark at the dock. If his companions had woken up and came to the island, they would recognize it. Then, he went to the Adventurer's Association's entrance, the hotel's entrance, and a few other places that outsiders would go to. He also made a mark.
After that, it was time to complete the mission.
If he could ensure his own safety, he had to kill the descending Nightmare Child.
He did not know if there were any Nightmare Children on this island, nor did he know what they looked like. How to identify them was a problem.
Everything was difficult at the beginning. Now, he was in the dark and did not know how to start.
"Let's increase my strength first!"
It was not wrong to increase his strength without a clue.
He counted the money he had saved now. Fortunately, before he woke up, he did not spend extravagantly. He still saved some money and could buy some monster meat.
He stopped a carriage and went to the Lord's Market. There were only two places on the island that sold monster meat. One was the Chamber of Commerce, and the other was the Lord's Mansion. The Chamber of Commerce had the advantage in terms of variety, but the Lord's Mansion had the advantage in terms of quality.
Logically speaking, Lin Xiao needed variety and not quality. With the Tesseract's purification and strengthening, there was no quality that could compare. He chose the Lord's Mansion mainly because it was safe and reliable.
After all, he was a businessman …
The monster meat was placed in a specially thickened glass box. Inside, there was a magic potion that could reduce its activity.
Although it was just meat, it did not mean that it was not dangerous. Some powerful monsters could kill you just by looking at you, not to mention their flesh.
The glass boxes were arranged on the metal counter. There was a label on each box that introduced the monster's information in detail, such as its size, strength, place of origin, ability, and so on. Even the magic potion used and the method of absorption were clearly written.
With the danger of this world, humans needed more strong people to resist the danger. In this regard, even the Chamber of Commerce would not lie.
There were too many choices, but Lin Xiao was not in a hurry. He looked through the boxes one by one.
The more he looked, the more he opened his eyes. These strange creatures had never been found in other worlds before in the human main world. Not to mention other things, just the variety of strange evil creatures in this world was quite valuable. It was especially important to Gaia's will.
If they were to plunder resources, the gods would plunder divine power and rules. The powerful gods and great beings would plunder the origin, and the human Gaia's will would plunder the different civilizations and history of the different Crystal Wall Universes.
This unknown Crystal Wall Universe was very novel. Combined with the power of the Nightmare World, it appeared in this mysterious world. To Gaia's will, it contained the civilization and history of its competitor, the Nightmare World. If it could devour and absorb it, it would be equivalent to absorbing a part of its competitor's rules.
Once it absorbed and analyzed this part of the rules, it would be equivalent to Gaia's will having a deeper understanding of the Nightmare World's rules. If these two powerful wills fought again, Gaia's will that understood a part of the Nightmare World's rules would have a huge advantage.
Correspondingly, if the Nightmare King had captured the three prodigies and sacrificed them to the Nightmare World's will, the Nightmare World's will would also gain some understanding of the Gaia world.
After looking through several boxes, Lin Xiao stopped in front of the sixth box for a long time.
This was a different race that lived in the bottom of the sea. Its race was composed of countless sub-bodies and only had one main body. It was similar to a bee colony. It looked like a slug-like soft-bodied creature. Although its body was very soft, it was also very tough. It could not be cut by a blade, but it was very vulnerable to energy damage like fire and acid.
Of course, if a weapon was imbued with energy, it could be injured.
The most valuable thing about this thing was its super recovery ability. If he could obtain several high level magic potions and fuse with the flesh of this different race, he would have the opportunity to obtain one of its two most valuable characteristics. They were body mutation and limb regeneration.
There was no need to talk about limb regeneration. It was the embodiment of super recovery. Any part of the body that was cut off could be regrown, and it would be exactly the same as before.
As for body mutation, it meant that the body was like this soft-bodied creature. Its internal organs could all mutate into flesh and blood and move freely, removing all its shortcomings. Even if its heart was blown up or its head was blown up, it would not die immediately.
This kind of mutation needed to be combined with super recovery to unleash its greatest power. If it was just mutation, even if it hit a vital part, the mutation would end eventually.
Even if the vital part could be transferred, sometimes the damage would spread across the entire body and it would still die.
If there was super recovery, no matter how serious the injury was, as long as the parts that were damaged were temporarily mutated, they would stay alive. When the body recovered and the vital parts were restored, they would return to their original state.
Lin Xiao bought two portions of the monster's flesh in one go. He spent all the money he had expected to buy two portions of the monster's flesh and returned to his residence with the items.
In this world, the most important thing was the ability to survive.
When he returned to his residence, he threw the two portions of the monster's flesh into the Rubik's Cube for purification. Then, he used eight units of Creation Energy to enhance the two strongest characteristics of the monster's flesh. Once again, he turned them into two lumps of clear jelly and sucked them into his mouth.
As the jelly entered his mouth, Lin Xiao's body uncontrollably swelled into a small giant. Then, his strong body began to soften. His firm muscles quickly turned into fat and softened. Soon, his entire body turned into a three to four-meter-tall lump of fat on the ground. However, his consciousness was still very clear.
"Good heavens. Am I a monster now?"
With a thought, all the bones and organs in his body softened. His entire body turned into soft mud. He propped himself up on his hands and feet and crawled, but his speed was not fast.
"Next time, I'll have to fuse with a mutated creature."
This state only gave him the ability to survive but no combat ability.
After about ten minutes, the flesh worm returned to its human form. Lin Xiao carefully sensed the two characteristics of the fusion and nodded with satisfaction.
A week later, Lin Xiao suddenly received a call from his father. When he returned to the courtyard at 254 Second Street, he found that half of the crew was there.
After a while, when everyone had not arrived, his father said, "Don't wait.
"There's no need to wait. We won't be able to return to the rest."
Lin Xiao was quite surprised. The old captain continued, "I've just received the news from the Lord.
"I've just received news from the Lord's Residence. An unknown alien race got onto the island through our crew. By the time we found out, hundreds of islanders had already died. Because of us, the Lord's Residence has fined us two million sols and exiled us. We have three days to leave Pearl Island, and we are not allowed to set foot on the island for five years."
This news was bad news, but the following situation was even worse. Because of the expulsion, half of the remaining crew members decided to leave the Explorer.
According to the rules, expulsion.
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