Chapter 29
The biggest difference between legendary ghosts and people was that they had no shadows.
After all, no one had ever seen a ghost. Just because Wang Gui had no shadow, they couldn’t arbitrarily judge that he was a ghost.
But one thing was for sure.
Wang Gui was different from them. His role in this test was not just as simple as a guide.
Liu Jin’an’s brain was working rapidly, his face was calm, and he was eating normally like everyone else.
Someone at the table couldn’t sit still: “It’s a mess outside, how can you still eat? I’m leaving anyway!”
He raised his fist and waved it toward Wang Gui.
Wang Gui took a step back, and the man’s fist fell into the air, but he had already violated the third rule against attacking Wang Gui and his daughter.
A white light flashed, and he disappeared without a trace.
When everyone present saw this scene, they immediately felt chills running down their spines and couldn’t even eat.
Who knew whether that person returned to the real world or died quietly?
“An’an, luckily you reminded me not to break the rules,” Hu Jianye said, terrified.
He couldn’t stand being lonely. If Liu Jin’an hadn’t reminded him to follow the rules, he would have been unable to control his desire to go out for a walk.
Zhang Wenqian whispered, “The rules here are so overbearing, and I don’t know what other tricks will be used to make things difficult for us next.”
Liu Jin’an knew in his heart that the punishment for violating the rules was not as severe as everyone thought, and that person had just been sent out.
He didn’t know if that person would regret it in the future when he learned that the longer he stayed, the more benefits it would have for his body.
Those who had initially been ready to make a move stopped and concentrated on eating after seeing the man’s fate.
After everyone had had enough wine and food, Wang Gui waved his hand again, and all the leftovers were taken away.
“Everyone, please enjoy the moonlight on the ship,” he said. He bowed slightly and walked past everyone back to the cabin.
Someone wanted to follow up to find out what was going on, but was stopped by someone else: “The rules say you can’t go back to the cabin after the sun goes down!”
“Then didn’t he go back?”
“He is different from us. He may be the one who makes the rules, but of course, he doesn’t have to follow them.”
‘Make rules?’
Liu Jin’an’s eyes flashed with thought. They were in the test of the spiritual treasure, so the owner of this boat must have been the Jialinhe.
The only one with the right to make rules was Jialinhe.
He was still not sure whether Wang Gui was the spiritual treasure, but Wang Gui must have been inextricably related to Jialinhe.
Perhaps the breakthrough in finding Jialinhe lay with Wang Gui.
The evening breeze on the sea was chilly, and many people were wearing seasonal singlets, so it was inevitable that they would feel the chill.
A kind-hearted young girl released supernatural powers and lit up the dark night.
“My power is fire. Come to me, everyone, and warm yourselves up.”
In the cold night, the girl held a flame in her hand, and the warm light shone on her delicate features, making her even more charming.
Everyone sat around her, chatting with each other.
Liu Jin’an soon found out that the girl’s name was Chang Siqin. She was 18 years old and a student at a local high school.
Leisure time was always short.
Everyone had just gotten acquainted and was discussing some small games to play when the whole ship suddenly started to bump.
At first, it was just a little shaky, but everyone supported each other and still managed to hold on.
As the shaking became more violent, everyone gradually became uncontrollable and staggered around. Some of the weaker ones vomited out all the food they had just eaten.
Seeing this, Zhang Wenqian quickly summoned Zhang Bao: “Everyone, hold on tight on Xiao Bao, don’t fall off the boat!”
Even though he was a little pig, Zhang Bao was quite heavy and could stand motionless like a mountain.
Relying on Zhang Bao’s stable chassis, everyone pulled each other and finally survived the sudden bumps.
The deck gradually became stable, and before anyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a dark tentacle suddenly fell from the sky and struck the deck, leaving a deep whip mark.
“There is a sea monster, everyone, be careful!”
Liu Jin’an looked at the tentacles with teeth and claws. From his perspective, he couldn’t tell what kind of sea monster it was. He could only see dozens of tentacles as tall as a man, wreaking havoc on the deck.
Everyone hurriedly retreated to the entrance of the cabin, which was the farthest from the deck and the safest.
But they were shocked to find that even if they retreated there, the tentacles could still attack them.
Their safety couldn’t be guaranteed unless someone stood in front and was targeted by the tentacles.
Liu Jin’an immediately realized: “The tentacles are much longer than what we see. If we want to survive, we can only fight.”
He was thinking that if this was part of the test, then with the gentle test method given by the Jialinhe, the sea monster shouldn’t have been difficult to deal with.
In addition to them, there were ten people with superpowers in their group.
Except for Chang Siqin’s fire power, the others all had body-enhancing powers.
Body-enhancing superpowers had a very obvious characteristic: the stronger the physical fitness of the superpower, the greater the increase the superpower would bring to them.
For example, Shi Yuning, with just one speed ability, was enough to join the ranks of the strongest in the Falcon Group, relying on his strong physical fitness and fighting skills.
For most ordinary people, body-enhancing superpowers could only help them transform into superhumans and improve their physical fitness.
The increase in combat effectiveness was extremely limited, especially when everyone only had level-one abilities.
Seeing that these superpowers were in chaos, Liu Jin’an simply gave up communicating with them and roped in Hu Jianye to find a breakthrough.
“You’re crazy. There are so many tentacles. If you don’t hide and rush forward, aren’t you going to die?”
A middle-aged man next to them saw it and quickly advised them not to go.
Liu Jin’an knew that the other party had good intentions and nodded toward him.
But the companion next to the middle-aged man said: “You don’t have to care what they do. It’s hard to persuade these youngsters. It’s not bad to let them be the first to explore the way for us.”
When Zhang Wenqian heard this, she immediately became furious: “Hey, you look like a dog, I thought someone didn’t lock the chains properly and let you out.”
“You!”
“What are you, you? I’m talking about you!” Zhang Wenqian pointed at the man. “You are older than the two children combined. But you are such a coward and a bastard. A bastard of a thousand years will be a turtle of ten thousand years. I wish you to be a coward for the rest of your life!”
A barrage of words made the other party speechless.
Even the middle-aged man turned away from his companions with a red face and hid aside.
“Aunt Zhang is right. At this time, we should save ourselves. Blind hiding is not the answer.”
Chang Siqin stood firmly beside Zhang Wenqian. Although she was weak, she looked extremely determined: “Although we can’t do anything, we can help them with manpower. I have observed the frequency of tentacle attacks. As long as you dodge when you see the tentacles raised high, you’ll definitely be able to avoid the tentacle attacks.”
After the girl finished speaking, she ran out of the safe area, followed closely by Zhang Wenqian and Hu Deyi.
More than a dozen people rushed onto the deck one after another, and in a blink of an eye, only eight people were left at the hatch of the ship.
Seeing that the middle-aged man was about to go, his companion quickly grabbed his arm: “Old Xing, don’t be stupid! They like to show off, let them do it. It’s important for us to save our lives.”
Old Xing looked at his companion in confusion, as if he had just recognized the person in front of him for the first time: “Even a little girl knows to save herself. We are both in our forties, are we not as good as a little girl?”
“Old Xing!”
“I can’t be as cowardly as you, take care of yourself.”
As Old Xing rushed to the deck, a thick tentacle quietly emerged from the cabin and swept all the remaining seven people into the cabin.
“Ahhh!”
Those seven people only had time to let out a scream before they were dragged into the endless darkness.