"42 seconds."

Lu Ban looked at the time displayed on the piece of wood in his hand and saw that it began to flow according to normal body sensation. He said.

"That monster exists at the 42nd second of every minute."

Since time is delayed and frozen in this doldrums, there must be similar creatures existing here in some special way.

The skeleton snake in the clouds was severely polluted and mutated, and the monster that Lu Ban had just seen was obviously also seriously polluted, or it could be the source of the pollution.

Under some special mechanism, it was sealed, but obviously, it was not an existence that could be completely sealed like those Old Ones, or the person who cast the seal was not as powerful as the residents of the Glorious Realm and could not completely block the pollution.

Therefore, the monster is bound by 42 seconds of every minute. When the time reaches 42 seconds, the monster will appear in reality. It tries to escape, but just one second is not enough for it to escape. Even for this monster, it may not know what is happening to it and still moves at the original pace. However, in this case, it can never break free from the constraints of this second. No matter how it struggles, it can only affect reality for one second.

In fact, after seeing this, Lu Ban also roughly understood the characteristics of this doldrums.

Everything here will be affected by the extraordinary power entrenched here, and the passage of their own time will be affected. For ordinary humans, their time may only exist in one ten-thousandth of a second. Even if it is just a blink of an eye, thousands of years will pass in the outside world. The more powerful a person is, the closer the speed at which their own time passes is to real time.

As for the monster shrouded in black fog, since its own time flow could not be slowed down, it was only bound by the extraordinary power within one second. In that second, it could affect the entire doldrums, but once it left that second, it would not be able to affect anything in reality.

It's like adding a monster to one of the frames in a movie film. Once the movie plays to that frame, the monster's appearance will be revealed, but it will disappear in a flash.

And after being caught just now, Xia took some time to get away and return to reality.

As for the missing sailors, they were noticed by the monster in that second and were directly enveloped by the black fog. They were probably in great danger. Even if they were still alive, they were dragged into the same time as the monster. Unless they possessed extraordinary powers like Lu Ban or Xia, they would be swallowed by the monster.

Time passed, and Lu Ban saw that it was almost approaching the 42nd second.

He and Shia immediately left the ship and returned to Nagamasa's ship.

This time, the 42nd second passed quickly and nothing happened.

"It looks like it'll notice something on the ship that's parked here."

Xia glanced at the sailors on the ship, and then at the lights and candles on the magnificent ship.

After the three of them left, the ship returned to its original silence, just as before.

Perhaps for the people on the boat, nothing has changed. Their consciousness still stays at the moment of the banquet. For many of them, this journey is full of expectations. There may be wonderful encounters, it may be to the other side of the sea where their loved ones are, or it may be the last journey of a happy life.

But everything has been frozen, remaining in the last moment.

To the monsters caught in the cracks of time, this ship must have been docked here for a long time, and the appearance of Lu Ban and the others was like a few small black dots suddenly appearing on the screen that they were used to seeing. The monsters would definitely find it strange and would want to see what they were.

After all, Nagamasa's ship had no way of noticing a monster that only existed for one second.

Just like before, when the skeleton snake appeared, the monster existing in the time gap did not attack Lu Ban and the others. As long as there was no action that could accelerate the passage of time here, there would be no attack from the monster.

"We have to be careful. It's best not to approach the ships docked here. There are no living people on them, only mutated monsters."

Shia said to Nagamasa.

Nagamasa broke out in a cold sweat. He nodded hesitantly and looked at the big ship again.

"Ah Xiang, did you write down the names of those who just disappeared?"

He asked the scholar around him.

"I remember them all."

A Xiang did not board the ship, but he could hear the screams and knew that there was probably some dangerous situation on the ship.

“Remember to give their share of the money to their families when the time comes.”

Nagamasa said that this was the rule at sea. If a sailor died at sea, as long as the ship could return safely, his share of the money would be kept for his family. If they were found not to follow this rule, then those sailors would not work for the captain anymore.

This rule was also set to prevent sailors from having evil intentions and killing each other after finding treasure at sea, thinking that one less person would give them more money and thus causing riots.

Axiang looked up at the starry sky and found that the arrangement of the stars here had changed and was different from what he had known before. Fortunately, there were instructions on the treasure map. According to the current speed, it would only take another day of sailing to reach the island where the treasure was.

But according to the current situation, once they get to the island, they will be noticed by the monster and will be in danger every minute.

No wonder no one can get this treasure even though its location is marked.

As dawn approached, the sea level ahead turned golden. On this absolutely calm sea, the golden color and the sky reflected each other, emitting a dazzling glow.

Ah Xiang lay in his bed, having not slept all night. The strange environment made it difficult for him to fall asleep, so he got up and went to the deck.

The sailors on night watch were playing cards and chatting, but their expressions did not appear as relaxed as usual. Instead, they looked more serious, probably trying to divert their attention and not let their hearts be occupied by the silence of the sea.

He saw Xia sitting at the bow, so he went over to say hello.

Xiaya was flipping through a book, seemingly still studying in the morning light. Axiang called out to her, but Xiaya didn't respond at all.

Axiang thought she was too focused, so he cleared his throat and came to Xia's side.

He called out again and patted Xia's shoulder again, but the girl, who was concentrating on her reading, ignored him.

At this time, A Xiang suddenly discovered that there seemed to be something wriggling between the gaps in the armor on Xia's arms, like a twisted maggot between rotten flesh.

Ah Xiang's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the shocking scene.

"What's wrong?"

At this time, Xia suddenly spoke and looked at Axiang.