"What's wrong?"

"what is inside……"

People started talking in a panic, and the crew's high-decibel screams came out again:

"Soul...soul clan"

"There are souls on this ship!"

Like a thunderbolt exploding in the crowd, the crowd instantly became panicked.

"Isn't this the great Ater? The Ater carries the hope of the future of the empire. How could there be souls mixed in with it!?"

"The soul clan in the Art Empire is obviously almost extinct, why are they still..."

"It's over, it's over, it's over! There are still two full days until we reach the sea city. I don't know how many people will die during this period..."

After learning about the attack by the soul tribe, the expressions of the people who were singing and dancing changed instantly. The joy disappeared from their faces, and they became like a group of sheep who were afraid of their natural enemies.

Su Ming'an didn't know why these people were so scared. He only saw the system information introduction, but he still didn't understand the terrifying nature of the Soul Clan.

He approached the room where the incident occurred and looked through the crack in the open door.

A faint smell of blood came from inside, and dark red blood oozed on the floor.

In the room, lying on an extremely uneven bed, was a woman who was still staring at death.

There were two small holes in the woman's neck, with a few drops of blood remaining on them. Her face was pale and her eyes were lifeless, as if her soul had been taken away.

But the terrifying race that caused his death has disappeared.

...Is this how people who are attacked by the Soul Clan die?

It is said that the soul tribe feeds on human blood and souls. This woman indeed looks like her soul has been drained out.

Su Mingan didn't know if the so-called Soul Clan would be his biggest enemy for completing the level perfectly, but judging from people's emotions, the Soul Clan seemed to be very scary.

"cold……"

I don't know when, Saya walked to his side.

She held his clothes tightly with her hands, looking very scared.

"The Soul Clan has actually infiltrated the great Ater..." There was great panic in her eyes: "What on earth...should we do?"

"Don't panic." Su Ming'an said: "After a ten-day voyage, the dead who were attacked by the soul clan have not appeared until now. This means that there are not many soul clans mixed into the Yate, and it is very likely that there is only one...so that

He couldn't hide it from the crew in the early stage and coordinate the operation. He had to wait until the last moment to take action... But I hope we won't get news of other people's deaths at the same time."

"..." Saya's eyelids drooped slightly: "Rin, I also hope there is only one. If the number increases, the number of casualties will increase even more..."

She looked at the woman's dead appearance and looked away: "If the soul tribe wants to survive, they must prey on humans regularly. Although they can temporarily suppress their appetite, as long as this attack is opened, the next victims will only

There will be more and more..."

She continued to speak, with some sadness in her voice:

"They... have the power to completely crush humans. Unless they are soul hunters, ordinary humans cannot fight against them... Moreover, Rin, what I am more worried about is that this is the Art, the hope of the empire. Although it is on board

There are also great soul hunters, but the soul tribe is good at disguise. If we don’t catch them, there will be no peace on the ship, and our ship of hope will fall apart..."

She raised her head and sighed softly in his ear:

"Rin...it seems that we must protect ourselves in the next two days."

Su Mingan listened to her words and gradually understood the importance of the Art Stone.

It is the only method that can accurately identify the soul clan, but the number is extremely rare. So it can only be used to identify some people with suspicious identities.

As for those large numbers of civilians, although they have undergone strict review and are under the supervision of dedicated personnel, they have not been identified by the Art Stone after all, and there is also the possibility that they may be mixed into the Soul Clan.

The Stone of Art is very precious, very important...and very scarce.

Even Saya only holds a small one in her hand.

Su Ming'an didn't know why, as a down-and-out noble, he would hold one.

The two were talking near the door when they suddenly saw a group of people coming down from the cabin to conduct an identity check on the people gathered in the hall.

People were forced to stop the music, take off their masks, and stand in a line waiting for inspection, like a group of prisoners waiting for interrogation.

Saya tried to pull him into the crowd, but was caught instantly.

"……Miss?"

An old voice came from a row of interrogators in dark uniforms.

That was the old housekeeper who was with Saya before.

However, what was different from before was that he was now wearing a transparent star on his chest and carrying a dark object like a sword bag on his back, which was the exclusive attire of a soul hunter.

He was currently staring at Saya, who was covered in dust, with a serious look on her face.

"Grandpa Varun..." Saya was like a child who was caught doing bad things, afraid to go out.

Warren's gloomy eyes moved to Su Ming'an's face, with a faint murderous intent in his eyes.

However, the murderous intention only passed away in an instant. Soon he calmed down the emotion in his eyes and stretched out his hand towards Saya:

"Miss, don't come to such a chaotic place in the future. The voyage will end in two days. Stay in a safe place. With the help of the soul hunters, you will be fine."

"Uh-huh……"

Saya responded timidly, returned to Varun, and followed him out of here.

When turning around, Warren's sharp eyes glanced at Su Mingan again, as if to warn him not to approach Saya again.

Su Mingan looked at him with no fear on his face.

...It's really a story of a poor boy and a noble girl fighting against each other.

Although he felt that he was unlikely to be an ordinary poor boy, Saya was also unlikely to be an ordinary aristocratic girl.

He didn't care about Valen's gaze. In his opinion, Valen's strength was unlikely to surpass his.

In the current copy, except when encountering a being with a combat power of 9999 like Shengqi from the Fifth World, some large waves of SS-level characters are basically unable to defeat him. He does not need to be afraid of some NPCs who are not outrageous.

In his opinion, the key point of the current dungeon should be the soul clan...

Sure enough, just when he thought of this, a system message popped up.

"Ding dong!"

[It has been detected that this copy is an open world and will provide auxiliary services for perfect customs clearance routes. 】

[Get perfect clearance·Heaven Line·Main Mission]

[Main mission·Searching for the truth (1/3): Find the murderer of the attack before the Ater arrives at the sea city. 】

[Task completion reward: Open the next link of the line and obtain key props for perfect clearance. 】

[Perfect clearance progress: 10%]

…

After Saya and the old man left, Su Mingan did not wait there.

The civilians around them exuded a smell that combined the smell of dust and sea. This smell was very difficult to bear, and one didn't know what suffering the players who were possessed by the civilians suffered.

He showed his identification directly to the inspector and successfully returned to the fourth floor.

As he walked up the stairs to the rooftop on the fourth floor, he glanced outside and suddenly discovered something.

It was already three o'clock in the morning, and it was deathly silent outside.

Bottomless darkness engulfed the giant ship sailing in the storm, and there was no one on the deck.

The heavy rain covered the window. He opened the window, covered his forehead with his hands, and looked into the distance.

The reason why he did this was because he vaguely saw a special area.

……up in the air.

Blazing white thunder split the dark sky and earth, and with that decisive light, he saw a black shadow floating in the sky.

As if appearing out of thin air, the black shadow appeared in the snow-white thunder and lightning like a huge and thick dark cloud.

The dark shadow was extremely inconspicuous. If Su Ming'an hadn't turned off the shadow state and looked with all his strength, he wouldn't have been able to find a shadow there.

...Yunzhong City.

If his prediction was correct, it should be a city of treasures floating in the air, a city of gods floating on the city on the sea.

From this point of view, the city on the sea should not be far from the giant ship. Looking at this distance, we can reach it tomorrow.

…But why did the crew say there were still two days left on the voyage?

Su Mingan felt a hint of conspiracy. He closed the window, shook off the water droplets on his hands, and walked to the door of his room.

With a "click", the door opened.

He entered and walked straight towards the bottom of the bed where the last clue was, which he had not had time to look at before.

He knelt down and saw a suitcase under the bed.
To be continued...