288. Let's Go Traveling Together!

Subconsciously, Lu Ban conjured up the [Last Words] in his hand.

If Feng Yu is replaced once, he could be replaced a second time.

Who knows if the person standing in front of Lu Ban right now is actually her?

"Don't be nervous."

Feng Yu's lips curled up even more, as if mocking Lu Ban for making a mountain out of a molehill.

"It's just been slightly polluted, like the plants on your body, a form of mutation that's within a controllable range."

She took a step back, straightened her collar, and outwardly, Feng Yu was no different from any other human.

"This is the price of gaining knowledge. If this body becomes too polluted, I might replace it with another one sooner. Maybe the next time I see you, I will be Qin Tiantian."

Feng Yu spoke gently about something terrifying.

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Lu Ban was speechless for a moment.

Spending a lot of time with Feng Yu makes you subconsciously overlook some things.

For example, Feng Yu is not a real human being; she is just pretending to be human and living with everyone else.

As a being capable of traversing different realms and replacing someone, Feng Yu's values are inevitably different from those of ordinary humans.

For Feng Yu, the body is merely a vessel that can be replaced at will; the soul, or rather consciousness, is the true self. The body is to her what clothes are to humans: she naturally likes beautiful clothes, but if they are damaged beyond repair, they can only be thrown away or turned into rags to wipe the floor.

"Just kidding."

When Feng Yu saw that Lu Ban remained silent, he narrowed his eyes again.

"I can only become her after she dies in an accident."

"That makes it even scarier, okay?"

Lu Ban couldn't help but complain, but from his conversation with Feng Yu, Lu Ban also vaguely gained some knowledge.

That is Feng Yu's way of avoiding pollution.

Under normal circumstances, organisms become corrupted when they acquire knowledge, and over time their bodies become alienated. However, Feng Yu's race can change bodies, or even use the bodies of other races, to completely replace a person.

Therefore, Feng Yu can use the body of "Feng Yu" to acquire knowledge and endure pollution. When he can no longer bear it, he will abandon this body and enter other containers.

In this way, Feng Yu can acquire more knowledge while minimizing pollution.

Of course, there is no doubt that Feng Yu's mind has been greatly corrupted, but this level of mental corruption does not seem to be terrible to her, probably because the threshold is different for each race.

Northerners will scream and shout when they see Southern Cockroach, while southerners will just think, "Is that all?" when they see cockroaches from the north. It's a difference in thresholds.

Lu Ban was like a northerner encountering a huge Southern Cockroach, which even flew up. Feng Yu then swatted it to death with a slipper, and even glanced at the corpse with white pus oozing out from the sole of the slipper.

"Is this how your race resists pollution and acquires knowledge?"

Thinking of this, Lu Ban couldn't help but ask.

Feng Yu didn't answer, but just blinked.

Even this matter, being a form of knowledge, contains elements of pollution.

If Feng Yu were to tell Lu Ban this directly, it would also have some irreversible effects on him.

Knowing too much in the Silent Land is really not a good thing.

"So, you can't just tell me the deeper reasons you mentioned earlier, can you?"

Lu Ban pressed for more information.

"That's right, but I can show you."

Feng Yu nodded slightly.

Just like when he showed Lu Ban the Horror Cinema in his own world last time, Feng Yu could impart knowledge to Lu Ban by showing it to him directly.

"Do you have time in a month? Early July, I mean the time when you go abroad."

Feng Yu asked.

"Going abroad? Where are you going?"

Lu Ban asked subconsciously.

"Western Pacific."

Feng Yu thought for a moment, then spoke.

Are you aware of the Stars cruise ship incident?

"Is it the one that got stuck in the typhoon and eventually caught fire?"

Lu Ban immediately recalled the news reports he had seen before.

The cruise ship, carrying many tourists from Jiangcheng, encountered a typhoon in the Western Pacific and was stranded on an island called Pohnpei. It eventually caught fire due to an accident, causing considerable casualties. Many of the tourists had only returned to China at the beginning of this year. Lu Ban had previously met a tourist who had suffered a mental breakdown due to a traumatic experience at the Jiangcheng Mental Hospital.

"A ghost ship has appeared in the Western Pacific. According to the descriptions of the fishermen who saw it, the ghost ship is exactly the same as the Starship, which was destroyed by fire and sank to the bottom of the sea. However, there is no one on board. When the ship appears, it is surrounded by thick fog and sometimes there are big waves. No fishermen have ever boarded the ship. However, in the weeks following the report of the ghost ship, two fishing boats went missing and more than ten fishermen disappeared."

Feng Yu explained briefly.

"Why are they so sure it's the Star? Maybe it's some other ship, and the fishermen made a mistake?"

Lu Ban was curious.

"Although the ship has the words 'Stars' written on it and there are photos to compare, if you ask me, because I have boarded that ship before, I can confirm that it is the Stars."

Feng Yu said it casually.

"Your wound is because of this?"

Lu Ban wasn't sure if it was appropriate to use "wound" to describe Feng Yu's change.

"That's one way to think about it."

Feng Yu nodded, and then continued.

"The Starship may have become an anomaly in this world. By exploring its origins, we can gain more knowledge about this world, or rather, the Silent Land."

"A ghost ship?"

Lu Ban pondered to himself.

Ghost ships are a classic scene in horror movies. Whether it's the terrifying cruise ship that can trap people in an endless Loop, the cruise ship that once severed the bodies of a deck of people with a single cable, or the elusive Black Pearl, ships drifting on the vast ocean always give people a mysterious and eerie feeling.

So perhaps all the mysterious rumors in the world are not unfounded, but rather projections of some strange phenomena over the years. Since the Horror Cinema is real, it is normal for the ghost ship to possess the Starship.

Understanding the true causes and processes of the strange phenomena is also part of protecting this world for Lu Ban. After all, even without other pollution from other realms, the strange phenomena inherent in this world can still harm others. If it is not stopped, perhaps one day in the future, this place will become a wasteland.

"No problem, I'll arrange the time."

Lu Ban agreed, saying that he could now delegate most of his work to the company and focus on studying and exploring the world. He could easily travel to the Western Pacific for a week or two.

"Well then, I'm really looking forward to our first trip together!"

Feng Yu blinked, and Lu Ban saw something resembling tentacles flash across her eyes.

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October's first bonus chapter for monthly pass winners (3/3)