Four years later.

Fog.

"We had a victim last night."

The candlelight flickered in the dim cockpit, casting six ghostly shadows on the wall. In front of the narrow metal table, faces illuminated by the candlelight, bright red, were staring at each other.

Creak, creak—

The exploration ship shook slightly, and a figure holding the steering wheel looked back and couldn't help rolling his eyes.

Su Zhe sat at the table and swallowed nervously.

"who?"

"Number four." Fang Mo said solemnly.

The others immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but Su Zhe could not help but stood up and cursed:

"Damn, which werewolf is so wicked?! He gave me three knives in a row! Can you give me some game experience?!"

Su Yuan silently turned his head and looked out the window, as if he was admiring the scenery.

"You are such a jerk, Su Yuan! You are trying to stab me again, aren't you?!" Su Zhe rolled up his sleeves, wanting to teach this disobedient sister a lesson, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He walked around the cab fiercely twice, then sat back in his seat, "Just wait for me!"

"Hmm? What do you want?"

"I... If I don't die next time, I'll vote for you first!"

While everyone was laughing, Fang Mo slowly stood up and walked to Lu Baoyou who was steering the boat. The candlelight made their dark purple cloaks look like an abyss.

"Won't you play with me?"

"Boring game." Lu Baoyou replied indifferently.

"Tsk, you're already the vice-captain, why are you still so unsociable?"

Hearing the word "deputy captain", Lu Baoyou's forehead was immediately covered with black lines. He glared at Fang Mo fiercely, "Don't mention this in front of me! If I hadn't exhausted my mental strength four years ago, how could you be the captain?!"

"Who was it that disobeyed orders and rushed to fight Mystery alone? You failed to kill it and exhausted your mental strength. If I hadn't arrived in time to kill it, you would have been half-dead even if you didn't die.

Whoever kills the mysterious creature first will be the captain. We made a bet at the time and asked Commander Lin to be a witness." Fang Mo spoke confidently.

"Besides, I'm just compromising... I'm the captain, and I use the name you suggested as the team name, so it can be considered an even split."

The corners of Lu Baoyou's mouth twitched slightly. After a while, he snorted coldly and lowered his head to sail the boat.

Fang Mo blinked and continued to ask:

"Have you found any trace of 073?"

"No." Lu Baoyou replied expressionlessly, "It's the middle of the night, and the moon is gone. Where can I find 073 for you?"

"……Too."

Fang Mo looked up at the sky. Except for a few bright stars shining in the foggy sky occasionally, the moonlight, which was originally the brightest, had disappeared.

The visibility on the sea surface had been reduced to the minimum at night. In addition, there were few waves and the ship was very stable. They seemed to be gliding in a dead silent black hole. There was nothing but darkness.

In this extremely quiet and dark environment, people's inner fears will be magnified to the extreme. If they don't find some fun to relax their minds, problems will arise sooner or later.

"Come to think of it, after the moon left, apart from the tides being a little weaker, there wasn't much impact." Li Zhenzhen walked to the window, looked out, and said in confusion.

"Yes, but it's too subtle for us to feel it yet." Fang Mo looked up at the dim sky. "The Earth's rotation is accelerating, and its axis is shifting... These things are happening, but four years is still too short for the Earth, so short that these effects may not even be perceived by humans... Maybe after tens of thousands of years, these effects will truly change the Earth's ecology."

Four years ago, when people discovered that the moon had disappeared, it did cause a period of panic, but the official still gave a scientific explanation to cover up the issue. After a while, people found that without the moon, life had not changed much, and attention gradually decreased.

"We have been ordered to track 073 for more than half a month, but now there is no result at all... How can we report to Commander Lin when we return?"

"If we can't find 073, we won't go back!" Fang Mo's eyes were full of determination.

"Instructor Shen Qingzhu has already beaten him so badly that he is on the verge of death. If we let him escape, our [Devil] team will lose face... We are the team that Commander Lin brought up. We can't be outdone by those foreign knights, can we?"

"That's right!" This statement was immediately recognized by all the team members, "We can't let the Knights take the lead no matter what!"

Fang Mo lowered his head and wandered around the cabin, as if thinking about something.

"Zhenzhen, please read the information of No. 073 again."

Li Zhenzhen nodded, picked up a document from the table, and read aloud:

"God Sequence 073, the eighth in the Daxia Night Watch's 'God Hunting' plan, the former Lord of Olympus, Alatus."

"Four years ago, Olympus was in turmoil. The six main gods besieged the king of gods Zeus, but Zeus killed two of them. After the remaining four gods exhausted Zeus, they fought for the position of king of gods. In the end, Poseidon, the god of the sea, won the golden throne and subdued the other two main gods. Only Alatus refused to obey Poseidon and was expelled from Olympus."

"In the same year, Commander Lin announced the 'God Hunting' plan, mobilizing many powerful humans to go out and systematically hunt the Outer Gods wandering in the mist. Since the Knights first discovered Alatus's trace a year ago, they listed him as the eighth in the 'God Hunting' plan, numbered 073."

"A month ago, the angel of silence Shen Qingzhu chased 073 to the nearby sea area and severely injured him, but he escaped by using the secret method of self-mutilation."

After reading the information, Li Zhenzhen sighed, "I heard that a few days ago, the ninth person in the 'God Hunting' plan was killed by Wu Tongxuan, and his body was hung on the divine rack, but we haven't dealt with the eighth one yet..."

"No matter what, we must not lose our composure. No matter how fast 073 runs, it can't escape this sea area. All we have to do is be patient." Fang Mo said slowly, "Although Alatus was seriously injured, he is a god after all. We must not underestimate the enemy."

Everyone nodded.

Su Zhe sat back at the small table and was about to suggest playing another game when Fang Mo's expression suddenly changed and he turned abruptly to look out the porthole.

His nose sniffed the air slightly, and a gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes!

"There's a smell of blood... He's nearby!"

He waved his hand, and the candles in the exploration ship went out instantly. Everyone in the cabin tensed up and scanned the surroundings little by little... Everywhere they looked, there was nothing but darkness.

At this moment, the exploration ship under their feet suddenly shook, the waves rolled, and a huge body of a god stood up with difficulty from the sea!

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