Chapter 1 The Island of Chewed Magic

The ship slowly sailed into the sea area where the Island of Chewed Magic was located.

The island, once covered in a purple mist and of unknown size, had now fallen apart.

From a distance, one could see fragments of soil of varying sizes scattered across the sea, exposed to the light of the blood moon.

"Captain, the terrain ahead is too complicated, we can't go any further!" As the Queen's Revenge slowed down after lowering its sails and approached the fragments of the island, the lookout shouted to Blackbeard again.

Blackbeard's reaction was also very decisive. After hearing the words, he gave an order almost without thinking, "Drop anchor."

...

After all, it was a festival mode with rewards, and the difficulty faced by the players was very different from when they were queuing for a "Team Nightmare" instance.

The last time Feng Bujue and Honghu came to the Island of Chewed Magic, their levels were only a little higher than Snow's current level, and their combat power was obviously inferior to the high-level NPCs on the island; moreover, the island was completely covered by poisonous purple mist, which not only restricted the players' air combat ability, but also added a deBuff to them that "physical sensations that make people feel uncomfortable (such as hunger, thirst, fatigue, pain, etc.) will be highly restored, and if they are not relieved, various values will drop sharply"; what was even worse was that the system was constantly issuing phased tasks that "would be directly erased if they were not completed."

But this time they landed on the island... the situation was very different.

Not to mention how much Jue Ge and Honghu's combat power had increased, or how much trouble the dispersal of the poisonous mist could save everyone, the most critical point was actually... the entire Blackbeard Pirates were now in an alliance with the players.

To put it more bluntly - there was a whole ship of powerful cannon fodder for Jue Ge and the others to use.

"Suantou, Godfrey, Marty." As soon as the ship stopped, Blackbeard, from the helm, glanced at the deck, and then ordered the three, "You three take the lead, with ten people, and go down to check it out first."

"Yes, Captain." Suantou didn't hesitate to obey the captain's order. He immediately responded and gave Godfrey and Marty (it was only at this time that the players learned that the hairy guy was called this name) next to him a look; the two also understood and immediately took action...

The three of them were very efficient in handling various matters. In less than three minutes, Suantou and Godfrey had prepared a small boat for landing, and Marty was responsible for selecting ten sailors with little experience on the ship from the crowd.

After all thirteen people boarded the boat, the pirates on the deck used zip lines to smoothly lower the small boat, which was fixed to the side of the Queen's Revenge, onto the sea.

Splash—

As soon as the small boat entered the water, twelve people, including Godfrey and Marty, picked up their oars and began to row forward.

"Row slowly, watch out for the water." Brother Suantou was the only one who wasn't rowing, but his task was more demanding; at this time, he was holding a skull-shaped probe lamp in his hand, sitting at the bow of the boat, paying close attention to the movements ahead.

In this area full of reefs, it was relatively safe to use this kind of small boat powered by oars, and basically there was no need to worry about running aground; of course, what Brother Suantou was worried about was not running aground, but something else...

...

"Gentlemen." After sending out the scouting team, Blackbeard came to the three players and said to them, "There are some things I can tell you now."

"Oh?" Feng Bujue felt that there was something hidden in these words as soon as he heard them, "Judging from this... these things... weren't convenient to say before."

"Yes." Blackbeard replied expressionlessly, "Because after you heard them, you might regret cooperating with me, or take the opportunity to bargain with me."

"Hmm..." Honghu also analyzed some information from the other party's words and immediately continued, "So... at this moment, we don't even have room for bargaining?"

"Heh..." Blackbeard laughed, and what was revealed in that smile was the villainy and faithlessness that a pirate should have, "That kind of 'room' has never existed. If you think it exists, it must be because I deliberately made you feel that way for some purpose..."

"Okay~ I didn't expect you to be very trustworthy anyway." Feng Bujue shrugged indifferently and said, "Tell me... what's the matter?"

"The matter has to start a few months ago..." Blackbeard continued, "At that time, I had just returned to this ship. In order to make the next trip more efficient, I sent out a scout with special abilities... and his main task was to inquire about the whereabouts of my old subordinates in various parts of the main universe and confirm whether the locations where I hid my treasures had changed."

"Let me guess..." Feng Bujue said, "Is your scout a dancing shadow person?"

As soon as these words came out, Blackbeard's eyes changed slightly, but he quickly concealed his emotions and sneered, "Heh... you really know a lot."

"It's okay, you go on." Feng Bujue's tone was still relaxed, giving people a sense of unpredictability.

"In short..." Blackbeard didn't want to reveal too much other information to them, and used the phrase "in short" after only saying two sentences, "[Shadow of Dance] last brought me news when he came to this Island of Chewed Magic."

As Blackbeard spoke, he reached into the pocket of his captain's coat and took out a silver conch, bigger than an ordinary mug, "This is the 'Thought Conch' he used to send me messages. You can touch it."

"Touch?" Snow immediately looked suspicious, because when he saw the item, his first reaction was - this should be a device similar to a tape recorder, and you only need to "listen" to it.

But... Blackbeard asked them to touch it.

"Yes, touch it with your hands." Blackbeard turned his gaze to Snow and replied.

Seeing this, the three players immediately exchanged glances and reached a consensus; they almost simultaneously put their hands on the silver conch...

At that moment, a chaotic piece of information flooded into their minds like an electric current.

[Illusion Demon Church... Guardian... River of Time... Lost power...]

[Derivative... Summoning... Four Gods... Revenge...]

This content was neither "sound" nor "image", it was purely "information", as if someone had directly transferred a part of their memory into your brain.

"Whoa~" Snow's mental strength was relatively poor. After receiving the information from the "Thought Conch", he couldn't help but stagger a few steps and almost fell.

Feng Bujue and Honghu could still stand firm, but they didn't leave their hands on the conch for too long, because they had vaguely felt that this thing had the characteristics of a "spiritual intrusion item."

"How long ago did Shadow of Dance give you the message last?" A few seconds later, Feng Bujue looked at Blackbeard and threw out a more constructive question.

And Blackbeard's answer was, "Long enough... long enough that I no longer expect to see him again..."