Undead.

When Fang Zheng saw the person coming, he quickly determined his identity. As for why? It was very simple. What else could a walking skeleton be called if not a ghost?

There were more than ten skeletons in total. Of course, it was impossible to tell their height, weight or size from their appearance, but the clothes they wore still showed that they were probably a group of sailors. I saw this group of skeletons coming from the other side, then they looked around a few times, and then turned around and walked to the other side.

Is this patrol?

Looking at this scene, Fang Zheng frowned, then closed his eyes to sense it, and then he suddenly opened his eyes.

"No breath of death? Are these living people?"

Fang Zheng felt that he had really seen a ghost this time. He had not sensed the aura of the dead in that cemetery-like ghost place before, but when he came here, the skeletons were running around in front of him, and he still could not sense the aura of the dead. On the contrary, the aura coming from those skeletons was actually the aura of living people!

Are you fucking kidding me?

Is this also an illusion?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng frowned slightly. He seemed to understand who created this Bay of Dead Souls and why. From what he had experienced along the way, the greatest ability of this magic item to create an illusion was that it seemed to be able to cover up the original existence. And its working principle should be roughly to project a plane from the parallel world to cover up the original thing. Fang Zheng didn't know much about space magic, but during his time in the main world, he also learned some common sense about this continent. Now it seems that the other party did this for the souls of tens of thousands of sailors.

Fang Zheng knew that according to the "settings" of the main world, people in this world would leave this plane after death and go to the divine realm where the gods they believed in were. Of course, if you believed in the big guys in hell, then you would go down there and fight a bloody battle.

But in short, the rule of the main world is that the dead souls cannot stay in this world. No matter whether you go to heaven or hell, you have to move forward. It's like you swipe your ticket and enter the station. If you don't get on the train, you will be forcibly repatriated. Of course, there are some who slip through the net, but they are very few. Otherwise, look at how many people have died in this main world continent in the past thousands of years. Can the dead souls account for one percent of the total population in these years?

The entire Dead Soul Bay - no, Golden Bay had tens of thousands of people killed in one go, so Fang Zheng didn't believe that all these souls would stay in the main world on their own initiative. So if we follow this line of reasoning, we can quickly come to a conclusion. Someone used that evil magic item to trigger a massacre to collect the souls of these sailors, and in order to avoid being noticed by the Goddess of Order or some other bigwigs, he put another layer of cover on it to block the perception of the main world.

As for why these undead had no dead spirit aura, Fang Zheng guessed that it was the same as the projected plane above. It was probably because the magic item brought the plane projection of these people over, covering up the dead spirit aura on them. Otherwise, with the sensitivity of Fang Zheng as a paladin, tens of thousands of undead would be sensed as soon as they entered the sea... Wait, why do I have a bad feeling...

"bite!"

Sure enough, just as Fang Zheng felt the sensation, a familiar system prompt sounded, and then a series of task prompts appeared in front of him again.

[Main world mission trigger: Sea of ​​the Dead]

[Countless souls are suffering from the erosion of darkness, and only death is the best relief. Holy Light, this enemy is worth fighting (breaking the seal of the demiplane space and liberating the bound souls. If the mission is successful, the recharge exchange ratio of the Dimension Code will be changed to 1:1. If the mission fails, the recharge exchange ratio of the Dimension Code will be changed to 100:1)]

“…”

Looking at the task prompt in front of him, Fang Zheng was completely speechless. He raised his head to look at the dark sky in front of him, then lowered his head to look at the medal on his chest.

My goddess, shouldn't we have boarded your pirate ship in the first place?

"What's wrong, Brother?"

Seeing Fang Zheng's strange expression, Tilia asked curiously. Facing Tilia's question, Fang Zheng gave a helpless bitter smile.

"Nothing... I just feel a little troubled..."

To be honest, Fang Zheng really didn't want to take on such a dangerous mission. His original idea was to come and see what was going on here, and take advantage of it if there was any, and retreat if there wasn't. But now...it looked like he had no choice but to go!

What a joke, you have to know that the original exchange ratio of Spirit Crystals and Dimension Points is 5:1, which is already a rip-off. If the system adjusts it to 100:1, how can you play? Of course, the risk is high and the return is high. If the exchange ratio is adjusted to 1:1, then Fang Zheng will naturally make a lot of money!

According to the profit-sharing agreement between Fang Zheng and the Northland Chamber of Commerce, half of his monthly income must be converted into spiritual crystals for delivery. Fang Zheng had already received his first month's "commission" from the Alchemist Association before boarding the ship. After those spiritual crystals were converted into dimensional points, they were only worth 1,500 points. This is still the result of a 5:1 exchange ratio, but if you change it to 1:1, hehehe...

As a game planner, Fang Zheng certainly wouldn't be so stupid as to think that he can do whatever he wants just because his assets have doubled. Hmm? Why? Do you know about inflation?

After being with the system for such a long time, Fang Zheng has come to understand this annoying kid. Even though the adjustment from 5:1 to 1:1 seemed to be a win for him, in fact, truly useful skills require a large amount of dimensional points to upgrade.

For example, Fang Zheng's [Time Manipulation] was upgraded to level D. Originally, according to the setting, he needed to spend 1,000 points, but because Fang Zheng used the task reward, he was upgraded to level D for free. So the question is, how many dimensional points are needed to upgrade [Time Manipulation] from level D to level C?

Ten thousand points...

When you reach level B, that’s 100,000 points…

At A-level... S-level...

Haha, can your salary increase keep up with the price increase of commercial housing? Not possible.

Oh, it would be nice if there were more players.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but sigh. The 200-square-meter top-floor suite in the city center that he had before traveling through time was donated by the players. Without everyone's donations, he wouldn't be able to live such a good life.

So Fang Zheng vowed at that time that he would release more pay-to-win games in the future, so that players can recharge willingly, spend money comfortably, and play with peace of mind... Well, that's all for later.

But now, as a Paladin, the contract has been signed, what else can Fang Zheng do? Just get ready to work? After all, the Goddess of Order is on his side. Fang Zheng knows exactly why he has not been hunted down by the Temple after killing a Knight Commander. Admittedly, there is a component of Fang Zheng's trickery with the enhanced Malthael, but if the Goddess of Order had not acquiesced to his pretense and helped him, who knows what the result would be now.

There's no other way. The purpose of life is to help each other.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also strengthened his determination and clenched his hands tightly.

For justice, for the world, for peace, for humanity, for freedom, and for order. I swear to take away that terrible magical item and free the bound souls here!

This is the duty of the Paladin!