Lu Ban followed the fishman and the bandaged man into the engine room.

This is the center that controls the power of the cruise ship, and there are also various electronic communication equipment. If you want to start the cruise ship, you must control it here.

It was much darker here, and beyond the light from the last window, there was nothing but darkness.

Don't be in absolute darkness. This is the advice Lu Ban got from Feng Yu.

"What monsters are there in the darkness?"

Lu Ban asked.

"A unique monster. You can call it a shadow demon, or a shadow eater. They can only move in complete darkness. It's not because they are afraid of sunlight. In fact, these monsters will not die even if exposed to sunlight. They just have a special way of existence."

Feng Yu explained with lingering fear.

"Once they are recognized by creatures with a certain degree of intelligence, they will appear as shadows and cannot move, be damaged, or be killed. In layman's terms, when you see it, it is just a shadow, but when it disappears from your sight, it becomes the most sensitive creature in the world."

"But if it touches me, it can be considered as being recognized, right?"

Lu Ban asked.

"Yes. When Shadow Demons touch other creatures, they will also turn into a shadow that cannot be destroyed. Therefore, their hunting method is to move in groups and quickly surround the prey when it is not paying attention, completely isolating it from the outside world. Then, when the prey is completely dead, they will return to their original state and start eating."

Feng Yu explained.

"When I boarded this ship, I didn't notice the existence of the shadow demons in advance, and was almost completely surrounded by them. I could only escape by abandoning part of my body."

"Part of the body..."

Lu Ban thought of the huge mouth on Feng Yu’s chest. So, what exactly was that thing?

"Because I lost a part of my body, I ate something else to replenish my body, and that's what you see."

Feng Yu once again read Lu Ban's inner doubts.

“Are those things delicious?”

Lu Ban was really curious.

"…It tastes just so-so, the kind you definitely wouldn't want to eat when you have nothing else to do."

Feng Yu didn't expect that Lu Ban would have a special liking for this kind of question.

"You can take me to try it next time. I haven't eaten anything like it before. The rat I ate last time tasted very good. I think that things from foreign lands have elements that don't exist in our world, so the taste must be unique."

Lu Ban was already thinking about how to eat those monsters.

"I'm wondering, if these exotic things are brought to our world, would they also be considered a form of pollution? If humans eat them, similar elements will exist in their bodies, which is equivalent to being polluted. If we can find some safe, reliable ingredients with no side effects and promote them in this world, wouldn't it quickly increase the pollution level around the world?"

He suddenly smelled a new business opportunity.

"Moreover, these things can be sold in real life after appearing in the movie. Just think of it as an advertisement. It will definitely be very convenient to promote them, and the money earned can be used to expand production. Even if it requires exotic soil or ecology, I can use props and the like and let Xia and Drizzt look after them."

“…”

Feng Yu was speechless.

"You should solve the problem at hand first."

"I don't think I need to go in, right?"

Lu Ban asked.

His goal at most is to stop these people from lifting the seal. Since the Shadow Demon is guarding the engine room now, if these people go in, they will definitely not be able to walk out alive. Then Lu Ban only needs to guard the door.

Feng Yu fell into the trap because he didn't know the situation at the beginning. Since Lu Ban knew everything clearly, he could have easily avoided it.

"No, no. As long as this ship is here, similar Chosen Ones will continue to appear. We can guard against them this time, but we may not be able to prevent them next time. We must resolve this situation once and for all."

Feng Yu said.

"Keep showing up?"

After Lu Ban asked the question, he reacted quickly.

The Land of Silence can transport people to a foreign land at any point in time, and the same is true for the storm.

The emergence of this city caused a typhoon. While the typhoon lasts, countless chosen ones may come here to try to unlock the seal.

After all, even without Lu Ban, this mission is not easy at all. It has the difficulty of [Alienation]. There will definitely be a Chosen One who will die here or the entire team will be wiped out.

Therefore, the opponent's gods will continuously throw in their chosen ones and let them try to pass the level.

While Lu Ban was thinking, he vaguely grasped some key information.

“Wait a minute, why was it dropped on this ship instead of on the island? This ship seems very important… Is it because of the scene?”

Lu Ban watched the two men walk into the engine room and disappear into darkness. He stood at the door, thinking in the sunlight in the corridor.

"Even if it is Silence, it cannot put people in any time or place at will. It also has to follow certain rules?"

Feng Yu did not respond, he seemed to be thinking, as if hesitating.

"No matter which mission it is, the starting time is very abrupt, and there is still a certain amount of time and distance from the core of the mission. Does this mean that the current situation must form a pattern before the Land of Silence can send us here?"

Lu Ban’s thoughts became clearer and clearer.

It's like, a game.

In RPG games, players are not normally allowed to face the BOSS directly upon entering the game. Usually, players are given time to upgrade and fight monsters. However, the quests in the Silent Land are a little different, because most of the Chosen Ones are very time-pressed and will not have extra time to upgrade. The situation when entering the quest is almost the same as when completing the quest.

The mission in the Quiet Land is more like a scene, a scene without a beginning or an end. The elements of the scene are fixed, and the only difference lies in the chosen ones who enter.

These gods place the chosen ones into the scene, give them tasks, and ask them to complete the goals. If they fail, they will send people again until they succeed.

Moreover, Lu Ban suspected that these scenes might not even be the real history of the ravings, but might just be a projection, a simulation.

After extracting this scene separately, put the Chosen One in again until it succeeds, and then cover the successful one on top to make it real history.

Lu Ban quickly thought of an answer as to why it was so troublesome.

That is, these scenes did not appear out of thin air or were created for no reason, but were reproduced following certain rules.

For example, in this temple, this ship may be a necessary event. This ship is necessary, and the chosen ones must set out from the island in order for the mission to proceed.

Thinking about it this way, the accident on the Stars might also be the work of the Chosen Ones. The inconsistent actions of those key figures in people's mouths might be because when the incident happened, their existence was replaced by other Chosen Ones!

As for why even gods could not create these scenes and they had to be reproduced in their original form, Lu Ban thought of the exploration level of the mission.

The missions in the Quiet Land all have exploration settings to encourage the Chosen Ones to explore things beyond the mission objectives. So, if these scenes were set by these gods, there is no reason for them not to know what is in the scenes they set.

In light of this, Lu Ban could only draw one conclusion.

That is, these scenes were originally constructed or collected by certain beings other than gods.

Whether it is the Land of Silence or other chosen ones, they all want to explore these scenes and obtain certain secrets.

As we all know, in foreign lands, knowledge represents pollution.

The intelligence and information obtained from these missions are all serious pollution to God's Chosen Ones!

But those great beings who place the Chosen Ones in the scenes can obtain the corresponding knowledge through the Chosen Ones.

This is probably the real purpose of the Land of Silence!