Chapter 136 Mermaid Cruise

Behind the low awning there is a small door leading to the cabin.

Uncle Yu confirmed again and again that the young man in front of him was willing to replace his employees and was very conflicted after being sent to the cannibal banquet.

"Young man, are you sure? If you've just had enough of living, you can always find another way to die. I mean, a cannibal banquet is not a good place." It didn't know whether to persuade or not, and its words were incoherent.

Xu Zhiyan didn't care about it at all. His mind was now full of the box he found inside the steam turbine.

[Congratulations to the player for triggering the branch quest - Violator]

[Note: The owner of the box is looking for his sister who disappeared after boarding the Leviathan...]

[Task Tips: Find your sister, she knows how to open the box. ]

[Progress: 30%]

[Mission Reward: Blade of Violation]

The Blade of Violation, what a fresh item.

This name sounds very suitable for causing trouble in the dungeon, and he must get this weapon.

Seeing that Uncle Yu was still hesitant, Xu Zhiyan gave more reasons.

"Don't worry, the young master you mentioned is my acquaintance. This is just a little trick. Life needs some surprises, doesn't it?"

He had not been able to get into the kitchen before, and he had not used his blood vessel control skills. If he was lucky, he might be able to find a monster suitable for control there. The kitchen behind a cannibal banquet sounded very bloody.

"But I want to meet that girl. After all, I have to let her know who saved her." Xu Zhiyan said.

Uncle Yu stared at the young man in front of him with his dead eyes, and finally nodded: "Okay."

It believed what the young man in front of it said.

This man has delicate skin and tender flesh, and he certainly doesn't look like someone who would seek death on his own initiative. He must really have a backup plan.

"Come with me."

After saying that, it called Xu Zhiyan to the small door leading to the cabin.

Passing through the narrow staircase filled with the smell of fish, the two arrived at the employee rest area just below the fishing area.

It was dark inside, and the fishy smell was getting stronger.

Unlike the cabins on the deck and the more functional steam turbines, which all use electric lights, since the fishing area is purely for entertainment and leisure, and there is no queue, there is only a kerosene lamp on the table at the door, which barely illuminates the inside.

With the dim light, Xu Zhiyan could barely see that there were two people inside.

The person lying on the outer bed was a man, and as expected, he was the waiter who had been transferred away.

There was also a person lying on the bed in the corner, but it was too far away to see clearly. She was probably the violator's sister.

"Azhuo, someone is looking for Shanshan, please go and light another lamp." After Uncle Yu walked in, he directed the man on the bed outside to get the lamp.

Azhuo sat up and nodded. From his position, he could see Xu Zhiyan's appearance. He seemed to be frightened by his outfit. He immediately stood up obediently, not even daring to say a word.

Xu Zhiyan looked at Azhu with a smile. For some reason, after taking the lamp, the other party's hands began to tremble violently.

The flickering firelight stretched the outsider's shadow infinitely, and a huge black shadow enveloped the entire cabin, which was depressing and terrifying.

"What are you afraid of?" Xu Zhiyan was a little confused.

He hadn't done anything since he came down, and the waiter in front of him wouldn't be so scared for no reason. Besides, Azhuo wasn't a young man, so even if he was to be sent to a cannibal banquet, he wouldn't be sent there.

In a trance, Xu Zhiyan thought of the information he got from the bearded man.

Some people seemed to have the ability to foresee the situation and moved themselves away from the dangerous position before the violators hurt others.

Theoretically speaking, Azhuo should have a lot of means and connections, and should be living a comfortable life.

But now the appearance doesn't match.

Ah Zhuo was skinny, with deep sunken eye sockets, as if he hadn't had a good rest for a long time. In addition, he was shaking like a sieve when we met...

The only possibility is that this person has something to hide.

Xu Zhiyan took the lamp, looked at the sweat on Azhuo's face, and jokingly said, "Do I look like someone who can eat people?"

"No, it isn't."

Azhuo shook his head frantically, but after looking up at Xu Zhiyan, he suddenly lowered his head, extremely frightened, as if the well-dressed person in front of him was an evil ghost.

Uncle Yu ignored all this and picked up a plate of leftovers from the table with a frown on his face.

"Azhuo, you didn't feed Shanshan. Didn't I tell you to tie more knots? What if she gets upset again?"

This sentence reminded Xu Zhiyan.

Compared to finding what Azhu is hiding, getting the props is the most important thing.

When he walked into the room with the kerosene lamp, he finally understood why Uncle Yu asked Azhu to feed him.

The girl was tied to the bed with a thick hemp rope, but the rope was very loose, as if it could be easily freed. Her hair was messy, her eyes were dull, and she had no reaction to the outside world.

Xu Zhiyan leaned down and waved his hand in front of the girl, but she did not respond.

Uncle Yu shook his head and sighed.

"Ever since Azhuo told Shanshan about her brother, she has been like this. After jumping into the sea and being rescued several times, she refused to eat. In order to prevent her from committing suicide, she was tied up..."

It means well.

Shanshan came here much earlier than Azhuo. She is very hardworking and is very much liked by Uncle Yu.

Xu Zhiyan understood the whole story, and then looked at Azhuo who was obviously having problems. He called up the panel and found that after getting more information, the task progress had moved forward by another 10%.

Seeing that the girl didn't respond, he thought for a moment and said, "Hello, I'm your brother's friend."

As soon as these words were spoken, Shanshan reacted.

There was still no life in the girl's eyes. She blinked and big tears fell.

A fishy smell filled the room.

Xu Zhiyan frowned and turned his head, looking towards the source of the foul smell.

Azhuo, who had just been standing with his head down and not daring to look up, now had a pale face and was a head shorter than before. The sweat oozing from his forehead no longer dripped down, but instead hung on his body like mucus.

Seeing Xu Zhiyan looking over, he seemed to finally be unable to bear it anymore, and pointed at the other person's nose and cursed: "Aren't you dead? Why are you still pestering me..."

Hearing the curse, Xu Zhiyan was stunned at first, then as if he remembered something, he took out the box he brought from the steam turbine.

Azhuo, who was so arrogant just now, collapsed to the ground the moment he saw the box and retreated to the corner. His whole body became much softer, like a wax figure that began to melt, which was extremely weird.

Xu Zhiyan felt the chill close behind him, and glanced at Shanshan, who was lying motionless on the bed, with her body a little stiff.

The breathing of a fifth person appeared in the room.

It is known that there are four people in the room, three of whom are in his field of vision, so who is the person standing behind him?

In the live broadcast room, the audience probably didn't expect that this branch line would be so rich, and they were caught off guard to see the violator evil spirit sticking behind Xu Zhiyan.

Rather than being an evil spirit, it is more like a corpse that is somewhere between a state of advanced decay and a mixture of the miserable conditions it experienced in life.

Its entire body was an abnormal purple color, and the accumulated bruises even made it look a little black. From time to time, a part of it would become rotten. Various mottled scars covered almost the entire body, not to mention the black blood stains.

Some strange creatures parasitized on its wounds, algae grew out of the wounds, and several mollusks shuttled through its rotten eye sockets...

【……】

【vomit--】

[Oh my god, what is this, the soul of a violator? Why is his body not so disgusting, but his soul is so disgusting! ! ]

【Ahhhhhhhhhhh I’m going to puke! 】

[I've already vomited. Ugh.]

[I have played the game many times and have seen many more disgusting creatures, so why am I still shocked by something so disgusting! ]

【I almost threw my phone out just now. 】

[Because I wasn't prepared. Actually, if I had had a high-energy warning in advance and knew there were disgusting creatures behind me, then... cough, it would have been fine. ]

The frightened audience began to curse and demanded that the main system update the live broadcast system.

[@Main System, one person wrote in blood to ask for equal treatment. Why do they censor when there are colors, but not when there are disgusting corpses? Isn't this funny? ]

[+1 Two people's blood letter! ]

[+2!! Damn, my phone screen has been broken several times while watching live broadcasts recently! ]

[Support! Either no code! Or both code! ]

[Aa ...

[I have to admit that md has such a high level of mental ability. ]

In the dim space, Xu Zhiyan held the box, turned his head, and was almost face to face with the sea slug with tentacles extending from the other party's eye sockets.

He clenched his fists with his hanging hands and took a half step back to keep some distance.

Just like Mr. Fang’s boat ticket, it turned out that when he got the box, he had already been entangled by the evil spirit in front of him.

Xu Zhiyan smiled, resisting the urge to vomit. He glanced at the side quest panel that was halfway through, and said to the evil spirit in front of him in a friendly manner: "Hello, it seems that you have been following me for a while."

Although it still made people feel a little uncomfortable when they thought that the evil spirit of the violator was following him so carelessly.

But for the remaining 50% of the branch quest progress, Xu Zhiyan had to bite the bullet and send out friendly signals.

Unexpectedly, the evil spirit in front of him didn't even look at him.

It staggered towards Azhu who was hiding at the door, leaving a mark of the extremely smelly sea water with every step.

Xu Zhiyan glanced at the indifferent Uncle Yu and Shanshan who was still lying on the bed, and realized that other people seemed unable to see the evil spirits.

Azhuo was trembling and almost collapsed to the ground, looking more and more like the sea slug in the eye socket of the violator's evil spirit.

"Don't come over here. I've done what I said... Don't kill me. If it weren't for me, your sister would have died long ago..."

Through Azhuo's intermittent words, Xu Zhiyan understood the reason behind everything.

Shanshan was the first to be sent on board, and her brother followed her on board in order to find his sister. However, by some coincidence, the two were not assigned to the same position. Instead, the brother met Azhuo after becoming a waiter in the upper-class cabin.

Azhuo said that he had connections who could help him find his sister, but the price was that he needed to find something for Azhuo.

It is rumored that the guests are all favored by God.

They possess immortal lifespans and stunningly beautiful looks, and the secret to their longevity is that they eat mermaids.

In order to gain immortality and become a guest, Azhu asked him to steal a small bottle containing mermaid blood from a cabin.

"I asked you to hide your things, but you were discovered. Not only were you discovered, but you also hurt that distinguished guest. My God... everyone will be in trouble with you!"

As he said this, Azhuo actually felt that it was not his fault.

I don’t know if it’s because he suddenly found a logical rebuttal, but Azhuo, who was lying limp on the ground just now, seemed to have gotten a lot better. His body was no longer sliding down as limply as before, and he had regained some of his human form.

What happened next is that the brother was discovered, but he hid everywhere for the sake of his sister. Finally, he accidentally ran into the steam turbine and died at Gaby's hands.

Xu Zhiyan looked at Azhuo who was gradually becoming tougher, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

This guy really deserves it.

He knew clearly that stealing on the ship was a serious crime, but for his own selfish interests, he let the newcomer do it.

No wonder Azhuo had dark circles under his eyes and didn’t sleep well the whole day. He determined the other person’s death and informed Shanshan even though the violator was only missing.

It seems that before he picked up the box, the evil spirit of the offender had locked onto Azhu's location and was able to harass his enemy from time to time.

But since no one else can see it, it can only wait silently for the person who gets the box to bring it here completely.

"Ah - don't come over here again! Help - Uncle Yu, save me! Save me!"

Azhu shouted, hoping someone could save him.

But since the evil spirit appeared, Uncle Yu has been standing at the door with a blank expression, as if he has been completely controlled by the evil spirit.

Xu Zhiyan leaned against the wall, playing with the box in his hand, looking towards the corner expressionlessly. The violator evil spirit lowered its head, and several blue sea slugs fell out of its eye sockets and landed on Azhuo's head and body.

More and more sea slugs fell out, and in the end, there were not only blue ones, but also green, yellow, and red ones...

Countless sea slugs crawled out from the evil spirit and directly covered the screaming Azhu.

Watching these sticky things penetrate every hole, they got into Azhuo's open mouth, nostrils, eye sockets, and even his ears, and a lot of them went into his clothes.

Evil will be punished.

Azhuo has worked on this ship long enough and does have ways to transfer out of his position, so it shouldn't be difficult for him to find Shanshan.

It is even more likely that he already knew Shanshan's location from the beginning.

Although Azhu had no obligation to help Shanshan's brother, he took advantage of his brother's weakness and made him die for him, and even indirectly caused the entire first-class cabin waiters to lose their tongues.

Now that we are being attacked by evil spirits, it can only be said to be cause and effect.

Even if no player triggers this branch quest, he may not survive long as the influence of the evil spirit gradually deepens.

Xu Zhiyan looked at these slimy creatures that were particularly good at burrowing holes for a while, then looked at Azhuo's bulging belly. He shuddered all over and looked away.

Damn, this way of dying is really a bit creepy.

But he had no sympathy for Azhu at all.

Things might actually be even more cruel.

For example, the loose rope, the words he deliberately told Shanshan, and his refusal to listen to Uncle Yu and feed the girl, all these actions represented that Azhu wanted the girl in front of him to die.

Otherwise, why was Gabi, who tortured his brother to death, not attacked, but Azhu was retaliated by the undead...

The screaming stopped.

The evil spirit had exacted its revenge.

The fishy smell in the dim cabin disappeared, and the evil spirit of the violator disappeared without a trace.

In the corner, only a piece of skin was left of Azhu.

Countless sea slugs propped up his skin and squirmed underneath it, and soon the human skin was also eaten.

Uncle Yu, who was standing at the door, still looked as if he was being controlled.

It tilted its head, staring at Xu Zhiyan with its two dead fish eyes without any emotion, and said hoarsely: "You will enter the cannibal banquet in place of my sister."

It was the evil spirit of the violator that controlled Uncle Yu.

Xu Zhiyan nodded, thinking that it was no wonder that he didn't sense any malicious intent.

If the evil spirit of the offender had been following him, then the other party should have already known about his proposal to go to the cannibal banquet on behalf of the girl.

In the live broadcast room, everyone praised Xu Zhiyan's luck.

[This evil spirit is much stronger than the one on the shore. ]

[…Awesome, why is it that every time I encounter this kind of evil spirit, it wants to chase me all the way! ]

[Because you didn't show kindness to the evil spirit at the beginning. ]

[You say Xiao Baiwan has good luck, but he always encounters such difficult side quests. But if you say he has bad luck, he took the initiative to ask to be an ingredient, and directly resolved the direct conflict, making the evil spirits feel good about him. ]

[Laughing and getting rich, Schrödinger's lucky F? 】

[Indeed, who the hell would actively ask to enter a cannibal banquet on behalf of an NPC, and finally escape...]

However, many viewers noticed Xu Zhiyan's next move.

[Attention! Xiao Baiwan is starting to touch the ring! Xiao Baiwan is starting to get naughty! ]

【Hahahaha, everyone understands it now! 】

[Huh? Why is he touching the ring? Didn’t Xiao Baiwan always bang his fingers on the table when he was doing bad things? ]

[Haven't you noticed this new habit that started in this instance? Whenever he thinks, he touches the ring. Tsk tsk, who gave it to him?]

[Anonymous, that ring looks like an awesome prop.]

[If I were given this prop, I would even put it in my mouth! Not to mention touching it! ]

[That’s enough of what’s said above. If it gets any more disgusting, it’ll be too much! ]

Xu Zhiyan glanced at the task progress that was stuck at fifty, and knew that the next step was to replace Shanshan as the ingredient, so that he could successfully open the box and get the props.

But before that…

"Come to think of it, you already owe me a lot of favors." Xu Zhiyan shook the box at Uncle Yu who was controlled by the evil spirit.

"……?"

Uncle Yu tilted his head, and the evil spirit was puzzled.

"I helped you kill Gabby, and then brought you here. Before that, I said I would go to the cannibal feast on behalf of your sister. I am your great benefactor!"

Although it may sound a bit shameless, doing good deeds and leaving a name behind is one of Xu Zhiyan's life creeds.

The evil spirit fell silent after hearing this.

It seems to be the case?

Seeing Uncle Yu nod stiffly, Xu Zhiyan cleared his throat and pointed at Shanshan who was lying on the bed without any reaction.

"Your ultimate goal is to take her off the ship, because you know it's dangerous on the ship, and I just happened to have bought a boat and have a way to send her away."

Uncle Yu's eyes turned twice, and this time the violator's evil spirit appeared directly behind him.

Stared at by two sea slugs in their rotten eye sockets, Xu Zhiyan showed no fear at all. Instead, he took a few steps forward with his eyes unusually bright.

"I can send her away. I know you are not a bad person. You are kind-hearted, so you will definitely repay me as your lifesaver, right?"

The evil spirit listened and nodded.

Xu Zhiyan saw that there was a play, and then he said: "You are a good evil spirit, so you will protect me closely in the future, right?"

The evil spirit hesitated for a moment and nodded again.

"You are very grateful to me for sending your sister away, so while you are protecting me, you are also willing to listen to me and occasionally help me control one or two cooks in the kitchen, right?"

The evil spirit paused, as if it wanted to refuse, but when it caught a glimpse of its sister, it nodded heavily.

“I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation.”

Xu Zhiyan touched the round ring and said to the evil spirit in front of him with a smile.

It’s great to get a high-strength evil spirit bodyguard!

After the blood vessels were completely fused, Xu Zhiyan discovered that one requirement for control was that both parties would be dragged into the same space, and he had to win in order to control the other party.

This is not good news for him who is not very aggressive.

Damn it! Didn't Party A ever think that he would lose in the Crack Space? When he got out, he would definitely ask the other party to change the rules in the Crack Space!

This is also the reason why Xu Zhiyan has never used this skill - he is afraid of not being able to win.

Now with the evil spirit bodyguard, after selecting the target, you can ask the opponent to help beat him half to death first, and then drag him into the gap space, the probability of successful control will be increased to 100%.

Half an hour later, Uncle Yu shook his head, unable to remember what had just happened and why he was suddenly back on the deck.

It looked at Xu Zhiyan beside it and frowned: "Why are you wearing our clothes?"

In order to replace Shanshan, Xu Zhiyan had already changed his proper attire and put on a deck waiter's shirt with a red bow tie around his neck.

Seeing that Uncle Yu was awake, he was not panicked at all and was playing with a black box in his hand.

"It's noon now, and the cannibal banquet starts in the evening. Will I be taken away soon?" There was a hint of eagerness in his tone.

I hope the monsters in the kitchen are powerful enough to help him choose the right person to be controlled.

"I don't know what the banquet kitchen looks like. I really want to go and take a look now." Otherwise, my skills would be wasted if I controlled an NPC like Uncle Yu.

Uncle Yu looked at the young man next to him as if he were a monster, and he felt a little unwell.

Just after Xu Zhiyan asked Uncle Yu to take good care of Shanshan, the waiter in charge of delivering food came to the deck again.

There were many people following behind them, and almost everyone looked pale.

Xu Zhiyan looked at the leader. He no longer looked like a human. When he opened his mouth, his mouth was full of sharp teeth, at least three rows in total.

Before the man could speak, Xu Zhiyan quickly walked into the team and smoothed his hair that was blown by the sea breeze to maintain a perfect image.

“…”

Everyone was silent.

The leader who was about to call out to Uncle Yu opened his mouth, pointed at Xu Zhiyan and asked Uncle Yu: "Is it him?"

"It's him." Uncle Yu nodded.

Before leaving, Xu Zhiyan reminded Uncle Yu: "Remember to take good care of Shanshan!"

The favorability of the evil spirit bodyguard must be maxed out.

“…Okay, okay.”

Uncle Yu answered hesitantly, always feeling that something was wrong.

On the deck, this time the team heading to the cannibal banquet was a little strange.

A person following behind did not look desperate like the other selected ingredients. Instead, he was in high spirits. Even the leading waiter could not help but cast glances at him frequently.

As a social phobic, Xu Zhiyan took the initiative to infiltrate forward after discovering that the people behind him who were also ingredients had nothing to say.

Soon, the leader found that the people around him had changed.

The energetic ingredient actually replaced his subordinate and moved closer to him.

He immediately glared at him and started cursing.

"Who told you to put this cheap ingredient in... me... um... what do you want?"

An unopened bottle of Poseidon's Brew was handed to the leader.

The leader's expression changed in an instant and his tone softened instantly.

He found that the ingredient in front of him had a well-proportioned figure, fair skin, and a faint teardrop mole under the eye. He looked very good and did not look like he was chosen randomly.

Xu Zhiyan narrowed his eyes and took out his gold pocket watch, opened it to reveal the photo inside, and showed his blue bracelet, hinting: "This is the person who is going to eat me today. You know, it's just a little fun."

He deliberately stretched out the word "eat", almost sticking some kind of hint on his face.

The leader understood what the other party meant almost immediately. According to the order, the people at the fishing spot should indeed give the fishing spot exclusively to this distinguished guest. This kind of fun has happened before and he has seen it many times.

"I'll inform the kitchen in advance."

No wonder this guy is so calm.

"Thank you very much."

After using up his cash ability, Xu Zhiyan felt much more at ease.

If he goes into the kitchen and the other party outnumbers him and plans to bleed him first, there will be no fun later!