Chapter 535 A Familiar Face

Don't let the "Must Dodge (Trying My Best Type)" title skill's slightly underwhelming effect fool you; strictly speaking, it's still a "law of causality skill," and when activated, there's no outward energy or obvious special effect. After the Viking fell, at least none of the NPCs present could see the problem.

And so, the players smoothly fooled everyone...

Up to this point, they had completed two of the three side quests they had received. And the remaining one, "Help Blackbeard find his old crew on Jumo Island," undoubtedly had to wait until after they landed on the island.

...

The boxing match hadn't ended yet, but it was already dusk.

After the fight, the setting sun was about to disappear.

However, when sailing on the Chaos Sea, there was no such thing as "sleeping at night."

The Chaos Sea was like a capricious woman; whether day or night, you had to be alert and ready to deal with her various moods at any time, otherwise you would pay a terrible price.

Therefore, even as night fell, the pirates only slightly slowed down their speed; other than that, things were basically the same as during the day.

And so… the Queen Anne's Revenge continued to advance through the night.

The calm night, the gentle waves, made it hard to feel the passage of time.

But those experienced sailors all felt the surging undercurrents from this tranquility...

...

As night deepened, the visibility on the sea surface became even better than it had been at dusk.

Without anyone knowing when, a blood moon had already hung high in the night sky, reflecting on the black ocean and turning it into a sea of ​​crimson.

Feng Bujue and Honghu had both seen this kind of celestial phenomenon before, and they also knew... that meant they were not far from their destination.

"Lads! I can see the shadow of the island!" Soon, a shout came from the crow's nest, confirming their thoughts.

The lookout now was not the same one from the day; after all... people in this position almost never got to rest, so they had to find several people to take shifts.

The current lookout's shout was also very loud, and he clearly had some special ability related to "sound," as his shout could penetrate the entire ship, allowing everyone on board to hear it.

Squeak—

Ten seconds after the shout, the door to the captain's cabin opened.

Blackbeard walked out with his invisible pressure, and strode onto the helmsman's platform with a solemn expression.

As he passed by an officer, he used a very natural movement to take the telescope from the other party's hand.

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

Before his voice faded, the pirates were already busy and orderly amid the commands.

And Feng Bujue and the other two, as "guests," didn't have to participate in these tasks—in the end, they didn't know how to operate this kind of large multi-masted sailing ship.

So, the three of them, with nothing to do, simply gathered at the bow, using their superior eyesight to look into the distance with their naked eyes.

"Sure enough... the terrain has changed a lot." Honghu was, after all, a player who used arrows; an S-level Marksman's vision was more useful than a telescope at certain moments, and he could already see the trees on the island.

"Heh... after our last 'excursion,' it's only natural that it's completely unrecognizable," Feng Bujue replied, somewhat smugly.

Snow originally wanted to retort with a sentence like, "Are you monsters? How can taking a stroll change the terrain?" But he thought about the fate of the Brown Algae… and chose to swallow the words back, instead saying, "Can I then understand that your 'experience' from the last time you were here is almost useless in this script?"

"That should be the case," Honghu replied. "Jumo Island is originally a 'land of exile,' a place similar to a 'prison'; but before we left last time, the chief designer of this island, or rather the 'warden,' already received his lunch box… under this premise, an unknown number of years have passed in the main universe, so we really can't judge what the situation is on the island now."

"I can confirm one thing, though." Unexpectedly, Jue Ge then added something quite surprising.

"Oh?" Honghu asked suspiciously, "Could it be that you've been here again since that team nightmare scenario?"

"No, I haven't," Feng Bujue replied. "It's just..." He raised one hand and pointed to the blood moon in the sky without looking back, "That... you should have seen it quite a few times, right?"

"You mean... the blood moon?" Honghu replied.

"That's right." Jue Ge nodded.

"Hmm..." Honghu murmured thoughtfully, "Indeed... I've seen the blood moon in many scripts, and those scripts seem to all take place in the main universe." He paused, and looked at Jue Ge, "I've long suspected that there's some connection between them, but I just haven't had the opportunity to solve this mystery..."

Speaking of which, he looked at Feng Bujue with a questioning look.

Seeing this, Jue Ge smiled slightly, shrugged his shoulders, and replied, "Actually, it's not much of a mystery. The truth is... wherever there is a blood moon, it means that the 'Illusion Demon Church' forces are active in that area."

"Oh!" When Honghu heard those four words, he revealed a look of sudden realization, "So it's the Illusion Demon Church! Ha... so the blood moon is..." He didn't continue speaking, but instead supported his chin and his eyes moved rapidly...

It seemed that the key information Feng Bujue had given had helped Honghu solve a series of problems, and he needed a certain amount of time to piece together many fragmented clues in his mind.

Jue Ge and Snow were both smart people, and 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 then spoke again, "Sorry... my brain's a bit slow."

"It's okay." Feng Bujue immediately replied with a compliment that was very characteristic of him, "These days, having a 'brain' is already rare and valuable, so it's pointless to be too demanding about speed."

The moment those words entered his ears, Honghu narrowed his eyes in a long-lost fashion and looked askance at Jue Ge: "You know what... every time I come into contact with you, it's a good opportunity to test how much I've grown."

"Heh... that faint irritability and impulsiveness, and the temperament to suppress it, reminding you that you are more mature than before, right?" Feng Bujue summarized it quite accurately.

"Why don't we talk about the Illusion Demon Church?" Honghu didn't intend to continue talking about that topic with the other party.

"Sure," Feng Bujue said, "I'm roughly one of the top three leaders of this organization, so ask me anything you don't understand, and I'll selectively answer you according to my mood and the value of the information."

"Bleep—" In the next second, a censored sound came from Honghu's mouth; it seemed that some inharmonious auxiliary words came out due to excitement.

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

"The Illusion Demon Church is a secret society in the main universe created by three 'world-class elites' whose strength is second only to the Four Pillar Gods. The number of its believers, specific goals, overall combat power, etc., are all unknown..." Honghu explained, "According to the official information released, and some summaries and guesses from players on the forums... those three leaders should be Samodir, Taliorum, and Soul Plunder."

"Soul Plunder has already been killed," Feng Bujue interjected appropriately from the side.

"And then you took over, right?" Honghu turned his head and looked at Jue Ge in response.

"No, I didn't." Feng Bujue spread his hands, "I was involved even before he was killed, hmm... it was during the S2 preliminaries... intervened through Samodir's relationship; but... there were no public recordings of the preliminaries at that time, so not many people knew about it."

"How many hidden identities do you have... and how many high-level beings in the main universe do you have connections with... speaking of which... you can even mobilize Dou Mo... what's going on?" Honghu adjusted his glasses and asked a series of questions that were close to complaining—he also knew that information like this wouldn't be easily revealed by others.

However, Feng Bujue was an unpredictable person.

At this moment, Jue Ge actually responded in a very relaxed tone: "If you ask me that..." He paused for half a second, and then said, "To put it bluntly... now, all the high-level forces in the main universe, except for 'Dou Mo' and 'Blackbeard,' are basically my little [bleep]s."