A Xiang swallowed his saliva. He knew that if he rashly asked about the scene he had just seen, Xia might kill him.

But Xiang was still curious, so he asked.

"Is there anything wrong with your body?"

He regretted asking the question the moment he asked it, because it was definitely not a problem. It was like asking a dying person how long he could live. It was as stupid as it could be.

"I'm sorry, I meant..."

Axiang wanted to explain, but Xia just smiled and took off her gauntlets.

Under the silver armor was not the girl's slender white hands, but a mass of rotting flesh.

The mass of flesh trembled slightly with the beating of the heart, and soft tentacles were climbing on it. Xia spread out her five fingers, and the bones were twisted in some strange way. It looked more like the body of some monster than human limbs.

There seemed to be some kind of pure flame burning inside that arm, making the skin transparent and the entire palm appear in brilliant colors.

Such marks spread all the way to the upper arm and finally disappeared into the armor.

Axiang didn’t know how many parts of Xia’s body were the same as those of ordinary people, but the current situation was obviously not “normal”.

Just by seeing that appearance, A Xiang felt his scalp tingling and some hallucinations appeared in his vision, causing him to feel dizzy, which he had not felt in many years.

Seeing this, Xia put on the gauntlet and patted Xiang on the shoulder again.

"Wake up."

She said, causing Xiang to calm down a little.

"Is this a wound?"

A Xiang hesitated for a moment, and finally asked.

“That’s the price.”

Shia replied.

"In this world, the more you know, the more unfortunate you are."

"The more you know, the more unfortunate you become?"

A Xiang adjusted his glasses, looking extremely confused.

"The more things you witness, the more your rationality will be challenged. In many cases, you will lose your humanity. Don't pursue knowledge beyond your limits, otherwise you will only face an end that is more terrifying than death."

Xia said, looking at the calm sea.

"You have curiosity, which is a good thing, but excessive curiosity can also lead to danger."

Perhaps it was because Axiang's behavior was too similar to a wizard Xia once knew, so she couldn't help but say a few more words.

"But this is the risk that comes with acquiring knowledge."

A Xiang was a little persistent and tried to argue.

“If there had not been those navigators who ventured into the sea and crossed the sea in storms, we might not have known about the new continent on the other side of the ocean until now, and we would not have been able to find a safe route around the doldrums and thunderstorms, and the world would not have developed.”

"Ms. Xia, I know very well that if I want to gain knowledge, I will inevitably put myself in danger. But if I can benefit future generations and pass on this precious knowledge, then I think it is worth it even if I have to sacrifice my life."

Hearing what Xiang said, Xia sighed.

"You don't understand the nature of this world. Even if you can control everything for a short time, you will all end up in the same place, destruction."

It’s like a long night. Even if there are brilliant fireworks in the middle, everything will eventually return to silence, waiting for the dawn that will come at an unknown time.

Axiang did not refute Xia because he knew that he definitely did not know as much about the world as this young lady.

And for many things, if you don't investigate, you have no right to speak.

For a child born on an island, the world is just an ocean. He has never seen the vastness of the land, mountains, grasslands, or lakes. He will form his own independent worldview, even though it may be far from the real world.

On the sea level in front of the bow, the gold became brighter and brighter, and a ray of morning light illuminated the entire sea. The calm sea like a mirror reflected the brilliance of the rising sun, like a magnificent ensemble.

"Rest a little longer, the journey ahead may be very tiring."

Xia patted Axiang, and for some reason, Axiang suddenly felt sleepy. He returned to his cabin woodenly, lay down, closed his eyes, and when he woke up again, the sky outside the window had already turned into dusk.

"How long have I slept?"

Without any dreams and without any disturbance, A Xiang woke up feeling that his mental state was better than ever.

He asked the sailors coming and going, and one of them answered him.

"It's almost time for dinner, Xiang."

After hearing this answer, A Xiang felt that he was very hungry.

When he arrived on the deck, he saw Xia and Lu Ban drinking soup made from salted fish from bowls.

Thinking of what he saw in the morning, he wanted to ask Xia how she was doing, but he felt that it was unnecessary.

"Come and drink some soup. Fresh fish soup is here. Drinking fish soup is such a wonderful thing."

When Lu Ban saw A Xiang, he immediately called him over to drink.

A Xiang picked up the bowl. This fish soup was no different from the ones he had seen before. Although he had lost his appetite when he recalled the scene he saw in the morning, when the soup went into his stomach, he felt that it was the most delicious bowl of soup he had ever tasted.

In no time, Axiang finished the fish soup.

At this time, the sun had just sunk below the sea, and the last ray of afterglow was fleeting, making it impossible to capture that moment of brilliance.

The sea was plunged into darkness again.

It's like a weekend off, playing games all night until the early morning, looking at the rising sun and thinking that I must relax this weekend, but when I wake up, I find that it's already dark.

There is a feeling that time has been stolen.

"We will reach that island soon."

Standing behind the rudder, Nagamasa looked at the treasure map in his hand and said.

Stars lit up the night sky, and the arrangement was different from the original starry sky. Nagamasa relied on the positions of those stars to find the direction, and soon he saw an island emerging on the other side of the sea.

The island was very large, roughly the size of a city. There were low mountains on it, covered with vegetation, but no signs of any living things. From a distance, it looked like a solitary mountain standing on the sea.

According to what was said before, the monster that only existed at the 42nd second should have noticed the people who landed on the island.

"Xia and I will go check out the situation first. If there is no problem, we will notify you."

Lu Ban said.

Although it was Nagamasa's ideal and pursuit to explore the island personally and discover the buried treasure, after witnessing the strange situation on the passenger ship, Nagamasa also knew that he would only get killed if he rashly went to the island, and that staying alive was the best way to go.

He stayed on the boat obediently.

Since there was no port on the island, when the boat arrived at the waters near the island, Lu Ban, Xia, and Bao Bao rowed towards the island in a small boat.

Soon, the boat ran aground on the beach, and Lu Ban stepped into the cold sea water and landed on the island.

In an instant, Lu Ban felt the solidified air around him begin to flow.