PDLP Chapter 191 I Know My Limits
Chapter 191 I Know My Limits
This is not good news, Yan Xun thought.
“There should still be that important person’s informant on this ship,” Yan Xun said. “And the captain can’t resist this person.”
Otherwise, the enemy could have taken advantage of the sea voyage to kill the remaining crew and escape.
Based on the current background information about the Evil Spirit Sea, not many marines would be willing to take such a risk to capture a fugitive pirate—especially since the captain was secretly brought out of the Black Prison by that important figure.
Currently, Yan Xun suspects three people.
Colum, Will, and the Whale Whisperer.
In the story's background, Coron is your neighbor, but the instance doesn't mention how long this neighbor has lived in Cedar Harbor, so the possibility that he might be an informant for an important figure cannot be ruled out.
They dared not look through anything else in the captain's cabin, fearing the captain would notice. Even the letters, they simply stood by the table and looked at them without touching them.
Soon, the three heard heavy footsteps and coughing.
They immediately moved away from the desk, and then the captain's cabin door was opened, and a one-eyed man walked in.
He bore no resemblance whatsoever to the man in the portrait.
Upon seeing the three, he didn't say much, but instead looked around the captain's cabin before finally saying, "That's enough."
"go out."
After he finished speaking, he coughed heavily a few more times.
Yan Xun and the others nodded and obediently left the captain's cabin.
...After they reached the next floor, they put down their cleaning tools, and Gao Wen finally spoke up, "He was probably checking to see if we had gone through his things."
"He just lays all those things out like that, isn't he worried about us recognizing him?"
“There shouldn’t be any crew members on this ship who can read these characters,” Yan Xun thought for a moment. “This is different from common writing, and our crew members are probably not very literate.”
—For this instance, if players can decipher the contents of the letter, the hidden quest "Blue Gold" will be unlocked.
If they didn't know each other, they would proceed with the story as normal, and Yan Xun shared his analysis with the two of them.
"So there must be something else in the captain's cabin," Gawain said, stroking his chin.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have specifically arranged the plot to let them enter the captain's cabin.
"Not necessarily," Yan Xun thought for a moment.
"It might be a sting operation," Yan Xun said.
"They deliberately led us to look for clues about the captain's cabin, and then abandoned us on the Terror."
“Every year, the Terror loses some crew members due to whaling, and every year it recruits new crew from Cedar Harbour. Everyone knows that.” Yan Xun put the rag into the toolbox. “It’s less about the losses caused by the dangerous voyage and more about the sacrifices made specifically for the purpose of catching whales.”
“The people of Cedar Harbour don’t doubt it because they’ve gotten used to it.”
"The Sea of Evil Spirits is such a dangerous place; every time we go there, some crew members disappear..."
If it were just new crew members, there would likely be some rumors circulating, so the missing crew members should also include some veteran crew members.
This matter left Yan Xun somewhat uncertain. Logically speaking, these veteran sailors were all in a community of shared interests. Once someone became a victim, the rest should all be in danger... unless someone deliberately divided them.
Yan Xun suddenly remembered the "heretics" that Koren kept reminding him of.
If an old sailor is discovered to be a heretic secretly practicing other religions, it would obviously be a matter of course for him to be eliminated.
As for being possessed by evil spirits... Yan Xun remembered that not long ago, Jin Ya had used this incident to hint at and threaten them, so these old crew members clearly knew what evil spirits were all about.
There's a chance it's true, but it's more likely just an excuse for them to abandon the new crew on the Terror and use them as bait.
Since that's the case... Yan Xun is a little curious: are there really any people on this ship who are possessed by evil spirits?
Or was it just an excuse for them to throw the new crew members overboard from the very beginning?
He shared his thoughts with the two of them.
“But I don’t quite understand,” Gao Wen said. “If that’s the case, is his goal to throw everyone in to feed the fish?”
"Koren said that once they were unlucky and their ship was capsized by a whale, and many people fell into the Sea of Evil Spirits," Yan Xun recalled.
His intention was clearly to explain to Yan Xun and the others where the previously missing crew members had gone.
Everyone naturally assumed that Coron, who was still laughing and joking with them, was one of the lucky ones who hadn't fallen into the sea of evil spirits.
"You suspect that Coron also fell into the Sea of Evil Spirits?" Gawain asked hesitantly.
"It's just suspicion," Yan Xun said. "There's no evidence."
"Unless you ask the old crew members."
Yan Xun looked at Qin Ke and Gao Wen. He and Ke Lun were roommates, so it wasn't appropriate for him to inquire about this.
Qin Ke and Gao Wen nodded.
“I’ll go and find out,” Gao Wen said.
After the three parted ways, Yan Xun went back to the warehouse where they had initially taken inventory.
Gu Jia continued tidying up things here, while also searching for clues about the heretics... Yan Xun went into the storeroom and closed the door.
"Any discoveries?" Yan Xun asked, approaching the wine barrels from behind.
Gu Jia pointed to the gap between the wine barrels and then took out a silver coin with a moon pattern.
"this."
He handed the silver coin to Yan Xun, saying, "It looks like a totem of some kind of faith."
Yan Xun reached out and took the silver coin. He examined it for a moment, then returned it to Gu Jia.
"And you?" Gu Jia asked.
He overheard Corren asking Yan Xun and the other two to clean the captain's cabin, "Did you find anything?"
Yan Xun told Gu Jia the information that Qin Ke had deciphered from the captain's letter.
Gu Jia listened for a while, then asked, "How credible do you think it is?"
"Half and half," Yan Xun said.
Only Qin Ke himself could understand the words on the letter... but Yan Xun always felt that this person was a bit suspicious, "The search for Blue Gold should be real."
"The system has given us a hidden mission."
"The ice wall mentioned in the letter should also be key."
In their dreams, they both saw ice walls and that unsettling dark figure.
"I don't think this mission will actually force us to confront that shadowy figure," Yan Xun speculated. "The instance will give us a way to escape before we get close to the ice wall."
Players clearly cannot defeat the monsters inside the ice wall.
"What about the hidden quest?" Gu Jia asked. He could tell that Yan Xun was very interested in the ice wall and blue gold.
Yan Xun looked at Gu Jia, "Are you worried about me?"
Gu Jia nodded.
"It's alright." Yan Xun patted Gu Jia's shoulder. "I know what I'm doing."
Gu Jia: "..."
He did hope that Yan Xun truly understood the meaning of "discretion."