"See? We didn't lie to you."
A hollow voice came from the darkness, pulling Zhou An back to reality.
"Okay, I really want to thank you for this. What was this collaboration you mentioned before?" Zhou rubbed his thumb, secretly pondering.
"You get on our boat first."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhou An saw a ship drifting towards him from the dark sea. He hesitated for a moment, then stepped aboard.
He's willing to take the risk if there's enough benefit.
The moment Zhou An stepped onto that deep, dark ship, it was as if some mechanism had been triggered, and the black hull sank rapidly into the dark sea.
He lost his balance and his body swayed uncontrollably, losing his usual composure.
He quickly steadied himself, a strong will to survive welling up inside him, wanting to escape from the black ship.
However, just as he was about to take a step, he found that his feet were as if they were tightly bound by invisible chains, and he could not move at all.
The moment his body touched the icy seawater, fear, like a cold wind, instantly swept over his entire body.
Zhou An's pupils contracted sharply as he looked around at the darkness in terror, trying to find a glimmer of hope.
His hand, like that of a drowning man grasping at the last piece of driftwood, stretched out desperately, yearning to touch anything that could help him escape this bottomless abyss. But all around him was nothing but endless darkness and silence.
Finally, unwilling to accept his fate, he silently drowned in the sea.
Zhou An's ship shone brightly in the darkness, but it was completely empty.
Just then, the game's announcement echoed throughout area 2333.
[Game Announcement: The first slave has appeared in area 2333. Slave ID: 13579, Zhou An.]
The game announcement was repeated three times to ensure that everyone in area 2333 knew about the news.
Gu Xi, who was training, immediately stopped all her training and quickly opened the chat channel.
District 2333, Regional Chat Group (94832/100000):
"What's going on? What slaves?"
"Zhou An, isn't he the one who first sold food?"
"What the hell? Does this game even want people to live? We finally found someone to lead the way in selling food, and now they've been enslaved."
"Am I the only one curious about how he became a slave?"
"Shouldn't we be asking why slaves exist in the first place?!"
"Mom, the ocean is too dangerous, I want to go home!"
"Is there anyone who knows the inside story? Come out and explain!"
"I guess it's probably related to the deep-sea creatures."
"Spoiler alert: Once you encounter three different deep-sea races, you can unlock the intelligent race affinity system. A special reminder: pay close attention to the affinity points given by the game. Not all deep-sea races are hostile to us. However, if you encounter a hostile deep-sea race and you can't defeat them, stay as far away as possible."
"What? Nobody's going to talk about the slaves?"
"Everyone, something bad has happened! I can't find Zhou An's trading slot anymore, and all the food is gone too."
"The leaderboards too."
Several unscrupulous individuals also hurriedly checked Zhou An's friends list and discovered that he had disappeared from it.
Someone posted this message in the chat channel.
"Everything related to Zhou An has disappeared from the game system." (This chapter has been read. Please click to continue reading the next chapter!)
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