This island is the largest one nearby, and the plane that Lu Ban and his friends took when they came here landed here.

Most of the indigenous people on the island have also started tourism-related industries, and even fishing is used as a performance item.

Therefore, it is rare to see fishermen working hard out to sea before daybreak.

"Don't we feel weird walking here now?"

Xia asked suspiciously, she glanced at Lu Ban who was carrying Amber on his back.

There was no one on the street, only the faint sounds of people getting up from the second floors of the houses on both sides of the road, and occasionally the crying of a baby.

Xia was referring to the fact that they had originally taken a boat to the deserted island, but now had inexplicably returned.

According to Amber, all of this was caused by some existence behind the scenes, so the information Xia and the others received was wrong.

It is possible that Zou Changyu and his wife had already died, and all the people they met on the island were fake monsters. Even the ship that sent them there might have been a monster in disguise.

So, what will happen to those who die on the island?

According to the official archives, how did Drizzt and his companions end up?

Or maybe, because all of this is an illusion created by the [Man of Darkness], so the dead will be directly erased from existence?

After walking for a while, Lu Ban saw a 24-hour convenience store on the side of the road that was still open, so he took the two girls in.

The cashier was playing with his phone and didn't notice the person coming in.

“Is this human?”

Lu Ban asked subconsciously.

"Yes, I do."

Amber nodded.

The cashier heard the conversation between the two people, looked up, looked at them suspiciously, and found that all three of them were looking at him.

"?"

A question mark popped up in the cashier's head. He thought about it and pointed to the shelf next to him selling safety measures.

"Ten on top, fifteen on the bottom."

Obviously, he understood that these were indulgent tourists who came here to buy and consume.

"We don't want this."

Shia said immediately.

"?"

The cashier looked at Xia, then at Amber on Lu Ban's back, and then at Lu Ban who was covered in blood.

I silently sighed in my heart that young people nowadays are having so much fun.

"Do you sell flip flops and sandals?"

Shia asked in English.

These convenience stores near tourist attractions are different from the small shops on the streets. They sell slippers, sandals, swimsuits, and even surfboards.

Lu Ban was now covered in blood, and the cashier was the only one who hadn't woken up yet. He didn't notice what was on Lu Ban and thought it was just a print on a T-shirt.

"On that shelf over there."

The cashier rubbed his eyes and pointed to a shelf further inside the store.

Lu Ban was somewhat thankful that Xia still had some cash in her pocket. They bought sandals for Amber, a new set of clothes for Lu Ban, and some food and water. After going to the bathroom to change clothes, they ate at the open-air table outside the convenience store.

On the way, Xia also used her strong communication skills to "borrow" a tablet computer and was browsing online information.

"I checked the information about Uncle Cui and Hongye, and found that all the relevant information was gone."

Xia said as she swiped her fingers across the tablet.

"I can't find any news about the case, it's as if it never happened."

At this time, she stopped moving her fingers.

"I searched the island we visited before, and the search engine showed that the island sank due to geological changes ten years ago. Most of the residents on the island did not have time to evacuate and died in the disaster. Since then, that area of ​​the sea has been listed as a no-sail zone due to the complex seabed topography and the ease with which ships can run aground. Even small fishing boats are not allowed to pass through."

Xia pushed the tablet computer over for Lu Ban to see.

"...Have you ever caught mutated fish here?"

Lu Ban saw that beneath the ordinary news, there were some gossips of unknown origin, such as nearby fishermen catching fish with four legs in the sea, and diving enthusiasts discovering white humanoid monsters in the sea.

This kind of report that sounds like marketing news can also be searched on the Internet, but because this is a small place, there are only one or two relevant reports, which have been copied and pasted by countless media outlets.

Lu Ban suspected that what caused the island to sink ten years ago was not a geological disaster, but a sacrificial ceremony that was held there. After the entire island sank, the pollution remained on the seabed, and some fish that accidentally approached it were contaminated and turned into mutated fish.

As for the humanoid monsters, they were probably the islanders when the island sank.

To be honest, at the rate at which the pollution spread, Lu Ban felt that he might not encounter these extraordinary events until he died in this world. It seemed that Charlotte had helped him a lot in some way.

"I just called home and asked about it. My parents don't know Uncle Cui anymore. The purpose of our coming here has become a vacation instead of investigating the case."

Xia said again.

This level of information manipulation is easy to do under the control of an outer god, and may not even require the will of the original body.

"I think we'd better return home as soon as possible. If we continue to stay here, those white monsters might come back again."

Shia suggested, glancing at Amber.

Although Amber will listen to Lu Ban and will not do anything to her now, there is no guarantee that if the situation continues to develop, Lu Ban will still be able to suppress Amber, and Amber will become anxious and act regardless of Lu Ban's will.

So, it's best to go home as soon as possible.

Moreover, although Xia was also curious about those evil gods and monsters, now was definitely not a good time to stay here and continue exploring. She had to at least contact research institutions or even relevant departments and make full preparations before coming back.

Compared to the characters in many exploration and adventure movies who are unprepared, want to drill into holes when they see them, and cannot even walk when they see graves, Xia is obviously more rational.

"I checked and found that we bought the tickets with our ID cards. We can go back as long as we go to the airport to change the tickets."

"Going back..."

Lu Ban thought for a moment and thought of one thing, that is, if all the people in this world are projections of the real world, under certain circumstances, they can also awaken their original memories, then how did existence like Baobao appear?

Lu Ban did not think that the [Man of Darkness] would risk copying Baobao's soul, so the Baobao in this world was obviously just an ordinary human without a past soul. Moreover, she did not appear next to Lu Ban, and he could not tell anything by only seeing her through TV programs.

With this kind of thinking, Lu Ban quickly thought of someone.

He appeared next to Lu Ban, and he was definitely a person without a soul.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban immediately opened the browser's search bar and started searching for the other person's name.