The atmosphere in the venue froze for a moment, and the contrast between the turbid air and the heavy breathing became more and more stark. Only Gray's slightly lustful eyes flickered, looking around at everyone in the cabin.

"Kill me!"

The captain, who had a double-barreled shotgun pointed at his head, roared angrily, as if he had suffered an insult more unacceptable than death.

The sword in Kay's hand was turned upside down, and he took it out without hesitation, nailing it to the wooden board only a few centimeters away from the captain, shaking tremblingly.

"If you really think so, I don't mind doing it."

There was a fierce look in Kay's eyes that made the captain particularly fearful. This kind of look is a special quality that only sailors who spend their lives dancing among the waves can have. But this kind of character that he should be accustomed to has a lot of problems for him.

In other words, it just means being difficult to deal with, cunning, and doing whatever it takes to achieve the goal.

"Tell me where we are now!"

Kay took a step closer, and the muzzle of Gray's gun was raised a bit, aiming directly at the bearded cheek, and the smell of gunpowder was faintly visible.

"Huh, this is a lost road. I don't know!"

"Then open the door and let's go out and see for ourselves."

Kaye was not discouraged by the expected answer. Instead, he made the request in an extraordinarily gracious manner, like a diner who settles for the next best thing on the restaurant menu.

"Impossible! The cabin has been locked from the outside and no one can open it."

Gray handed the gun to Kaye, used his power to push the locked iron door, and pulled the door handle in all directions, but it didn't move at all, as if the door was just a special decoration on the wall.

Suddenly, there was a sudden wave inside the ship, and the ship's hull seemed to be shaking, as if it was about to overturn the iron prison.

"...Who are you, the military police sent by Cardwell Military Industry?"

A weak voice suddenly sounded, and the passengers in the ship became more agitated. They were surrounded by exclamations one after another, calling out a name together.

"Mr. Sionnis."

The middle-aged man lying unconscious on the ground carefully avoided the wound on his arm, slowly got up from the ground, and leaned against a suitcase.

"We are not police detectives, and we have no malicious intent. If anything, we are just people looking for answers."

Kai smiled and dusted himself off, "What I'm more curious about is, why are you pretending to be unconscious and lying here until now?"

Mr. Sionis stood up with help, and the passengers stood behind him. Combined with the glaring captain, Kay and Gray seemed to be suddenly helpless.

The thin middle-aged man took out his pocket watch and tried his best to tell the time, "I just rested for an hour. You are too harsh on a wounded person."

From the beginning to the end, Gray used the same momentum as the captain, facing him regardless, holding the gun without any trembling. At this time, he took the initiative to turn his head and said, "Kay, he doesn't admit it."

Kay spread his hands carelessly, but completely gave up the opportunity to hold the knife, and faced the passengers in the cabin defenselessly.

"Of course we don't object to sleeping, but I'm really impressed that you fell asleep at such an appropriate time and woke up at such a precise time."

The passenger behind him took the initiative to speak out: "You are not allowed to slander Mr. Sionnis! He has been protecting us!"

But the middle-aged man stopped him from speaking.

"It's okay, let him continue talking."

Kai smiled and continued: "From the beginning, although your breathing was weak, it was too steady. I felt a little strange. You are the commander of this ship's route. I really need your guidance.

,Where are we now……"

"There are two heaviest things in the world: one is knowledge and truth, and the other is reality and dreams."

Mr. Siannis said helplessly, "The weight of knowledge and truth lies in their visibility, and the weight of reality and dreams lies in their elusiveness. If you pursue the truth, can you let go of these people who want to live in dreams?

Where is the way out?"

After speaking, he whispered to the captain: "Open the door for them."

The captain frowned, picked up the pipe that fell on the ground, wiped it carelessly and put it back to his mouth.

"That's not how the door opens, young man."

The captain laughed ferociously, kicked over the old seal, and knocked on the locked iron door. Suddenly, a wave of threats and roars that could shake the world came to mind outside the door.

At this moment, the door opened easily, like a door that had never been locked. Gray and Kay unknowingly walked out of the rusty iron door and a rickety thing at the door.

Face to face.

In the gray fog, there was an extremely long and narrow ship-shaped coffin on the ashes-covered deck. The passengers inside seemed to sense their arrival. There was a dim light in the sunken eye sockets, and they glanced sarcastically at the blood-stained coffin.

Sharp fangs emerge from the twisted, grinning mouth, mocking its inevitable, ugly fate of destruction.

It opened its mouth, and what came out was a low and ironic bark, like the gloomy bark of some giant hound, coveting the flesh and blood of its prey for sacrifice. But as a gust of wind blew, the unknown body turned into

The smoke drifted into the sea and vaguely transformed into the back of a young man with hair standing on end...

"When the Aldebaran star shines on the dome, this island sunk under the sea will rise, carrying the breath of death that lasts for thousands of generations, presenting the most cruel ending to travelers..."

Mr. Sionis walked out of the cabin at some point and stood with the two of them. "In order to avoid being hunted, I took them out to sea to escape. As a result, all kinds of disasters happened one after another until I fell into this irreversible Kuroshio Island."

His tone was full of lamentation, "The truth can only be left to a few people. The passengers needed hope of rescue, so I became their hope; the passengers needed a target for their anger, so the captain became their enemy; the passengers needed

The mother and child are deeply hidden in the compassion...but what do the passengers ultimately need?"

"They just want to survive."

Kay's eyes did not waver and met Mr. Sionnis's tired eyes.

"What I hid from them is the last trace of redemption. Because once the redemption is shattered and the redeemer cannot come as promised, the hearts of the people on this ship will finally be stranded on Kuroshio Island..."

Kai seemed to understand something and whispered: "Yes... who can stand in the center of the whirlpool, shoulder the fate of everyone unswervingly, and keep going..."

Mr. Siannis whispered: "I watched him leave... He told us that he would come back and rescue everyone... So we must delay enough time, whether it is to deceive, coax, or design

, to divert attention, we must make the passengers forget the passage of time and wait for the salvation that may come at any time..."

"...Salvation, will it come?"

Kay had no reaction and continued in a daze.

"I originally wanted to be a poet; but the poverty, grief, and family crest in the city made me turn to a darker direction... My mask was too heavy, and I had to find a mirror..."

Mr. Sionis said incoherently, "Everyone said that the mirror was full of ominousness, but I felt that it was fate...ever since I saw the inhuman model in the basement..."

Kay listened to the narrative with confusion, feeling that all these reflections were morbid, but his keen logic and deep sense of humor cleverly offset them, leaving only an empty and dry body.

But when Kay turned around, he discovered that Mr. Sionnis beside him had disappeared, and there was only a frightening glow in the cabin...

"There's something in the fog..."

Gray remained silent from beginning to end, but his body was as tense as a fully charged bowstring, trying to peek out of his true appearance that was obscured by the gray fog in the sky.

But the next second, a huge, silent bomber suddenly sailed out of the gray fog and passed over the stranded ship at low altitude. But what followed with the chaos was an extremely huge long horn, like a bird walking upright.

The shark is fighting the invisible enemy in the void. Strange rays that obscure human recognition are emerging out of thin air, and its four-legged crawling body violently shakes the field of vision.

Farther away, two creatures covered with ugly patches were on the island. They looked like lizard-shaped toads, with their crocodile beaks fluttering open. Their faces were gloomy and swollen, and their outline looked like an ape-like monster.

The body is covered with scales and is as tough as rubber. There are huge claws on the front and rear feet, and malicious spikes protrude from the top of the head. It is fighting against unseen enemies.

At this time, the two monsters set off a huge storm that swept from high altitude, causing plumes of smoke to rise from the sky, peeling off layers of sky ash, and tearing apart all the corals, silt, and bodies in the sea, creating a natural disaster.

Tornado...

"It's time to wake up."
Chapter completed!