Chapter 1216 Return to Zuimo Island (Part 1)

Although the effect of the title skill [Must Flash (Best Effort)] is a bit tricky, strictly speaking, it is still a "causal skill", and there is no external energy or obvious special effects when it is activated; after the Viking fell to the ground, at least among the NPCs present, no one could see the problem.

So, the players got away with it smoothly...

Up to this point, they had completed two of the three side quests they received; and the remaining [Help Blackbeard find his old subordinates on the Devil Island], which would undoubtedly be done after landing on the island.

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It was dusk before the boxing match was over.

After the fight, the sunset was about to end.

However, there is no such thing as "sleeping at night" when sailing on the sea.

The Sea of ​​Chaos is like a moody lady. No matter day or night, you have to be alert and ready to deal with her various emotions at any time, otherwise you will pay a heavy price.

Therefore, even when night falls, the pirates only slow down slightly, and other things are basically the same as during the day.

Just like that... Queen Anna's Revenge continued to move forward in the night.

The calm night, the gentle wind and waves, made it difficult for people to feel the passage of time.

But those experienced sailors all felt the turbulent undercurrent from this calm...

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The night was getting darker, but the view on the sea became better than in the evening.

At some point, a blood moon was hanging high in the night sky, reflecting the black ocean into a deep red.

Feng Bujue and Hong Hu had seen this kind of celestial phenomenon before, and they all knew... that this meant they were not far from their destination.

"Guys! The shadow of the island can already be seen!" Soon, a shout from the observation tower verified their thoughts.

The lookout at this time was no longer the one in the daytime. After all... people in this position can hardly rest, so several people have to take turns.

The shout of this lookout was also very loud, and he obviously had some special ability related to "sound". His shout could penetrate the entire ship and be heard by everyone on the ship.

Squeak——

Ten seconds after the shout, the door of the captain's room opened.

Blackbeard came out with his invisible pressure and walked to the helmsman's desk with a solemn face.

When passing by a cadre, he took the telescope from the other party with a very natural movement.

"Lower the sails, slow down." Then, Blackbeard gave a new instruction in a voice that the crew on the deck could just hear.

Before the voice fell, the pirates were busy in an orderly manner under the command.

As "guests", Feng Bujue and the other three did not have to participate in these tasks - after all, they did not know how to operate such a large multi-masted sailing ship.

So, the three people who had nothing to do simply gathered at the bow and used their extraordinary eyesight to look into the distance with their naked eyes.

"Sure enough... the terrain has changed a lot." Honghu is a player who plays with arrows after all. The vision of an S-level shooting expert is more useful than a telescope at certain times. He can already see the trees on the island.

"Heh... After our last 'tour', it's reasonable that it's completely unrecognizable." Feng Bujue said with some pride.

Snow originally wanted to complain, "Are you monsters? Why do you change the terrain just by taking a walk?" But he thought about the end of the Brown Algae... He chose to swallow his words and said, "Then can I understand that the 'experience' you two had last time here is almost useless in this script?"

"It should be." Hong Hu replied, "Zuimo Island was originally a 'place of exile' and a 'prison'; but before we left last time, the chief designer of this island, or the 'warden', had already died... Under this premise, the time in the main world has passed for who knows how many years, and it is really hard for us to judge what the situation on the island is now."

"I can be sure of one thing." Unexpectedly, Brother Jue said something quite surprising at this time.

"Oh?" Hong Hu asked suspiciously, "Did you come here again after the team nightmare?"

"That's not the case." Feng Bujue replied, "It's just..." He raised his hand and pointed at the blood moon in the sky without looking back, "That... you should have seen it many times, right?"

"You mean... the blood moon?" Hong Hu continued.

"Yes." Jue nodded.

"Well..." Hong Hu thought thoughtfully, "Indeed... I have seen the blood moon in many scripts, and those scripts seem to take place in the main universe." He paused and looked at Jue, "I have long suspected that there is a connection between them, but I have never had the opportunity to solve this mystery..."

At this point, he looked at Feng Bujue with an inquiring look.

Seeing this, Jue Ge smiled slightly, shrugged and replied: "It's not really a mystery. The truth is... Wherever the blood moon appears, it means that the forces of the 'Phantom Demon Church' are active in this area."

"Oh!" Honghu looked enlightened when he heard those four words, "So it's the Phantom Demon Church! Hi... So the blood moon is..." He didn't say anything else, but held his chin with his eyes moving...

It seems that the key information given by Feng Bujue helped Honghu solve a series of problems. He needs some time to stitch together the many fragmented clues in his mind.

Brother Jue and Snow were both smart people. They knew what Honghu's reaction meant, so neither of them disturbed him, but just waited silently.

About three minutes later, Honghu smiled awkwardly and said again: "Sorry... my brain is a little slow."

"It's okay." Feng Bujue immediately followed up with a compliment that was very characteristic of Feng Bujue, "These days, having a 'brain' is already precious, and it's meaningless to demand more speed."

The moment this sentence reached his ears, Honghu raised his eyes and squinted at his brother for the first time in a long time: "Do you know... every contact with you is a good opportunity to test how much I have grown."

"Hehe... that kind of faint irritability and impulse, and the mentality of suppressing it, remind you that you are more mature than before, right?" Feng Bujue's summary was quite accurate.

"How about we talk about the Phantom Demon Church?" Honghu was not prepared to continue chatting with the other party on that topic.

"Sure." Feng Bujue said, "I am roughly one of the three leaders of this organization. If you don't understand anything, just ask. I will selectively answer you according to my mood and the value of the information."

"[Beep——]" The next second, Honghu made a shielding sound, which seemed to be an excitement that brought out some discordant interjections.

"What's the matter? Is that church powerful?" Snow, who didn't know the truth, asked curiously when he saw Honghu's loss of composure.

"The Phantom Demon Church is a secret society in the main universe founded by three "world-class elites" whose strength is second only to the Four Pillars. The number of its believers, specific purposes, overall combat power, etc. are all unknown..." Honghu explained, "According to the official information released, as well as the summary and speculation of some players on the forum... The three leaders should be Samodil, Taliom, and Duoling."

"Duoling has been killed." Feng Bujue interrupted at the right time.

"Then you took over, right?" Honghu turned his head and looked at Brother Jue and replied.

"No." Feng Bujue spread his hands, "I got involved before he was killed, um... it was during the S2 preliminaries... I got involved through Samodil's relationship; but... the preliminaries hadn't been recorded publicly at that time, so no one knew about it."

"How many hidden identities do you have... and how many high-level beings in the main universe are you colluding with... Speaking of which... you can even call Dou Mo... what's going on?" Hong Hu rubbed his eyes and asked a few questions that were close to complaining - he also knew that other people would not easily tell such information.

Of course, Feng Bujue is an unpredictable person.

At this moment, Jue Ge actually responded in a very relaxed tone: "If you ask that..." He paused for half a second and continued, "To put it in a broader sense... now all the high-level forces in the main universe, except for 'Dou Mo' and 'Black Beard', are basically my little [beep——] smash." (To be continued.)