Sitting in his bed, Lu Ban still had a feeling of unreality. The small town in the fog, the monster with a fish head and a human body, the disgusting dinner, the mud that emitted a metallic stench, and the white statue were like a nightmare. As long as he closed his eyes, those scenes that tortured his sanity would appear before his eyes.

He looked at the morning sunshine and for the first time felt how quiet and peaceful the world was.

But Lu Ban knew clearly that beneath the calm lay an even more intense darkness.

In Jiangcheng Grand Theater, Lu Ban was illuminated by the light of distant stars, which was enough to erase his sanity. This meant that this world also had such strange, powerful and indescribable evil existence.

At least in Lu Ban's cognition, there are already more than four great beings whose powers surpass those of ordinary people.

“Not safe…”

Although this world has the Internet, electricity, and all kinds of modern facilities, people don't have to be twisted into strange monsters or sacrifice their families in exchange for peace, but is it really so?

He thought of Du Danping.

To be honest, when Lu Ban heard Du Danping's name from Trist's mouth, he hadn't reacted yet.

But after careful consideration, he sensed something was wrong.

Du Danping died twenty years ago, and his soul was bound in the Jiangcheng Grand Theater, fighting against the great existence of Aldebaran.

But Drizzt said that the last time he got information about Du Danping was two missions ago. According to the situation in the Quiet Land, the interval between the two missions would not be as long as twenty years, and Drizzt himself looked to be in his early thirties!

Is it that the person Trist met was not Du Danping, but some kind of existence disguised as Du Danping, or is it that the flow of time in the Quiet Land is very different?

Considering that every time you enter a foreign land, the Land of Silence will prompt you to convert the time flow of the two worlds, can you assume that the time in the foreign land is faster than the reality where Lu Ban is?

In other words, can the Land of Silence travel through time and reach a foreign land in the past or future?

Lu Ban couldn't figure it out.

Of course, he didn't tell Trist that the boss who led him had been burned to death and his soul's head had been smashed to pieces by Lu Ban.

This is for Drizzt's own good. Keeping him a little hope will increase his motivation to survive in the Silent Land!

Lu Ban also asked Trist about the information about Du Danping that he had previously learned. According to Trist, the last time Du Danping contacted him, he was in the foreign land of Hedao, and there was no news from him since then.

Lu Ban knew clearly that Du Danping must have returned to reality and then died due to an accident.

"So, if you have a chance in the future, you can go to He Island and look for clues about Du Danping. By the way, [Sigh of the Uncertain Mist] is also a material produced in He Island. If you can get it at once, you will make a profit."

Lu Ban made up his mind that if he had to choose a foreign land in the future, he would give priority to Hedao.

Faced with a potentially crazy world, Lu Ban must strengthen himself. At least, if he meets fellow travelers again in the future, he will be able to help them to a certain extent, just like Tristram helped him this time.

Putting Du Danping's matter aside, Lu Ban began to sort out the gains from his mission.

"Close to 13,000 Silence Points. I'm rich."

Lu Ban sighed.

Calculated based on the normal completion rate of 9,000, this is an increase of about 40%, which is equivalent to earning an extra mission.

If I hadn't explored those stone statues and those weird-looking zombies in the fog, if I hadn't explored the beliefs of the Black Queen Mother, if Lu Ban and Trist hadn't realized the connection between the Hai family and the Black Queen Mother, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to achieve such a high level of mission exploration.

Of course, this is at [Erosion] difficulty.

Lu Ban was very skeptical. If he chose the [Mortal] difficulty, he might not even be able to enter the Hai family's gate, and could only watch the wedding procession on the street and join in the fun.

"The last 5% should be the cause of death and true identity of the Hai family members who died in the cave, right?"

Lu Ban was thinking, although the information obtained from that man indicated that the monster with a fish head and a human body was essentially the alienation of humans, and the reason for the alienation was the sludge that emitted a metallic stench, but who exactly was that fish-headed man, why did he die there, and how did he die, Lu Ban knew nothing about these. There must be some secrets behind this that have not yet been revealed.

But this should have nothing to do with the final outcome. The Hai family is destined to be destroyed, that's all.

The regular video materials have already been stored in Lu Ban's computer.

"It's so big...it's going to burst."

Lu Ban looked at his 2T hard drive. There was clearly still a lot of space before, but now it was all gone.

How big is this material?

If I have to spend a few more days on the subsequent tasks, I'm afraid my hard drive will really burst, right?

Lu Ban quickly went online and bought a few large-capacity hard drives as backup.

It would be bad if the system found that its hard disk was not big enough and forced it to delete some movies.

Lu Ban did not check the contents of the hard drive for the time being. He first looked at his balance.

16836 Silence Points.

The accumulated points of silence are close to 30,000. After completing the career development tasks and completing one more task, it is estimated that the accumulated points will exceed 50,000 and open the next stage of the store.

If he is lucky enough to obtain materials in every mission, after about three more missions, Lu Ban will be able to unlock the next stage of the essence of [Last Words].

“…When I think about it, I’m so poor.”

The essence alone would consume 50,000 points. If Lu Ban didn't save them up, he might not be able to afford even [Madman's Knowledge] all of a sudden.

Lu Ban has no plans to spend for the time being, at least until he completes his career development tasks and faces the next choice.

He checked the skills he had acquired again.

[Underwater breathing]

"The ability to breathe underwater means you can breathe underwater, right? Or does it have other uses?"

Lu Ban went straight to the bathroom, blocked the hole in the sink, turned on the faucet, and soon a pool of water flowed.

Lu Ban in the mirror seemed a little confused. He saw Lu Ban buried his head directly in the sink.

At this moment, Lu Ban felt something strange.

Humans generally cannot see clearly in water, but now, Lu Ban can clearly see the tiny cracks on the ceramic of the sink.

The sound came through the water and was extremely clear.

Lu Ban, who was holding his breath, finally let it go.

He first smelled the smell of bleach flowing into his nostrils, followed by cold water.

The water flowed into his lungs, and the alveoli extracted the oxygen in the water, converting it into the energy that Lu Ban needed, and then expelled the water with breathing.

Lu Ban knew clearly that as long as he was in water with oxygen, he could continue to breathe as if he was on the shore.

At the same time, he also had a complete knowledge of swimming in his mind, and he could sway in any complex water at a speed that surpassed athletes in sharkskin swimsuits.

This feeling was wonderful, just like opening the door to a new world, making Lu Ban immersed in it.

Until the oxygen in the pool is exhausted.

“Pfft, pfft, pfft—”

Lu Ban, who almost became the first chosen one who mastered underwater breathing and was drowned by the water in his own sink, raised his head.

Lu Ban's appearance was reflected in the mirror. He saw that cracks appeared on the skin beside his cheek, near his throat. The cracks were like the gills of a shark, slowly opening and closing, and gradually smoothing out and disappearing as he left the water.

"I can be the breath-holding champion from now on!"

Lu Ban said excitedly to Lu Ban in the mirror.