300. New Business Opportunity

Lu Ban followed the fishman and the Bandaged Man into the engine room.

This is the center for controlling the cruise ship's power system, as well as various electronic communication devices. To start the cruise ship, these devices must be controlled from here.

It was much darker here; beyond the light from the last window, there was only darkness.

"Never be in absolute darkness," was the advice Lu Ban received from Feng Yu.

What monster lurks in the darkness?

Lu Ban asked.

"A unique monster, you can call it Shadow Demon or Shadow Eater, that only moves in complete darkness. This is not because they are afraid of sunlight. In fact, these monsters will not die even if they are exposed to sunlight. They just have a special way of existing."

Feng Yu explained with lingering fear.

"Once they are perceived by a creature with a certain level of intelligence, they will appear as shadows and become immobile, indestructible, and indestructible. In layman's terms, when you see it, it is just a shadow, but when it disappears from your sight, it becomes the most sensitive creature in the world."

"But if it touches me, then it's considered to have been recognized, right?"

Lu Ban pressed for an answer.

"Yes, when Shadow Demon touch other creatures, they also turn into an indestructible shadow. Therefore, their hunting method is to hunt in groups, quickly surround their prey when they are not paying attention, completely isolate them from the outside world, and then wait until the prey is completely dead before they return to their original state and start feeding."

Feng Yu explained.

"When I boarded this ship, I didn't notice the presence of the Shadow Demon beforehand. I was almost completely surrounded by them and had to sacrifice part of my body to escape."

"A part of the body."

Lu Ban thought of the huge mouth on Feng Yu's chest. So what exactly was that thing?

"Because I lost part of my body, I ate something else to replenish it, and that's what you're seeing."

Feng Yu once again read Lu Ban's inner question.

"Are those things tasty?"

Lu Ban was really curious.

"The taste is just so-so, the kind you would never want to eat when you have nothing to do."

Feng Yu hadn't expected that Lu Ban would be so interested in this kind of question.

"You can take me to try it next time. I've never eaten anything like this before. The rat I had last time tasted pretty good. I think exotic foods have elements that don't exist in our world, so their taste must be unique."

Lu Ban was already planning how to eat those monsters.

"I'm thinking, if these exotic things were brought to our world, wouldn't that be considered a form of pollution? If humans ate them, their bodies would contain similar elements, which would be equivalent to them being polluted. If we could find some safe, reliable, and side-effect-free ingredients and promote them in this world, wouldn't that quickly increase the pollution level of the entire world?"

He suddenly sensed a new business opportunity.

"Moreover, these things can be sold in real life after they appear in the movie, which can be used as advertising. It will definitely be very convenient to promote them, and the money earned can be used to expand production. Even if we need exotic soil or ecology, I can use props or the like to have Xiya and Trist take care of it."

"."

Feng Yu was speechless.

"You should deal with the immediate problem first."

"I don't think I need to go in, do I?"

Lu Ban asked.

His goal at most is to prevent these people from breaking the seal. Since the Shadow Demon is guarding the engine room now, if these people go in, they definitely won't be able to come out alive. So Lu Ban only needs to guard the door.

Feng Yu was caught in the trap because he was unaware of the situation at first, while Lu Ban, who was fully aware of the situation, could have avoided it.

"No, this won't do. If this ship stays here, similar Chosen of the Gods will keep appearing. We can guard against them this time, but they might not be here next time. We must completely resolve this situation."

Feng Yu said.

"Keep appearing?"

Lu Ban quickly realized what was going on after asking the question.

The Silent Land can transport people to other realms at any point in time, then so too can this storm.

The city's existence caused a typhoon, and during the typhoon's duration, countless Chosen of the Gods may come here to try to break the seal.

After all, even without Lu Ban, this mission is not easy. It has the difficulty of "mutation", and there will definitely be Chosen of the Gods who die here or the entire team will be wiped out.

Therefore, the opposing deity will continuously throw in Chosen of the Gods, allowing them to attempt to pass the test.

While Lu Ban was thinking, he vaguely grasped some key information.

"Wait a minute, why throw it onto this ship instead of onto the island? The ship seems very important because of the setting?"

Lu Ban watched the two enter the engine room and disappear into the darkness. He stood at the door, lost in thought in the sunlight of the corridor.

"Even silence cannot arbitrarily place a person in any time or place; it must also follow certain rules?"

Feng Yu did not respond, seemingly deep in thought, seemingly hesitant.

"No matter which mission it is, the start time is always abrupt, and there is always a certain amount of time and distance before the core of the mission. Does this mean that the current situation must form a pattern the Silent Land can send us here?"

Lu Ban's thoughts became clearer and clearer.

It's like a game.

In RPG games, players are not usually immediately faced with a boss upon entering the game. Instead, they are given time to level up and fight monsters. However, the Silent Land quest is different because most Chosen of the Gods are pressed for time and do not have extra time to level up. The experience of entering the quest is similar to the experience of completing it.

The Silent Land quest is more like a scene, a scene without beginning or end. The elements of the scene are fixed; the only difference lies in the Chosen of the Gods enter.

These deities place the Chosen of the Gods into the scene, give them tasks, and let them complete the objectives. If they fail, they send someone else to do it again until they succeed.

Furthermore, Lu Ban suspected that these scenes might not even be the actual history of the ramblings, but rather a projection, a simulation.

After extracting this scene separately, the Chosen of the Gods is placed back in, and this process continues until success is achieved. Then, the successful moment is overwritten, becoming true history.

Lu Ban quickly came up with an answer to why it was so complicated.

That is, these scenes did not appear out of thin air or were created without any reason, but were reproduced following certain rules.

For example, this temple might be a necessary event for this ship. The Chosen of the Gods must set off from the island for the mission to proceed.

Thinking about it this way, the Starship incident might also be the work of the Chosen of the Gods. The inconsistent actions of those key figures in the public's accounts might be because their existence was replaced by other Chosen of the Gods when the incident occurred!

As for why even the gods couldn't create these scenes and had to reproduce them exactly as they were, Lu Ban thought of the mission's exploration progress.

The quests in the Silent Land all have an exploration level setting, encouraging the Chosen of the Gods to explore things beyond the quest objectives. So, if these scenarios were set up by these gods, there's no reason why they wouldn't know what's inside the scenarios they created.

Considering all this, Lu Ban could only draw one conclusion.

That is, these scenes were originally constructed or collected by beings other than certain deities.

Whether it's the Silent Land or the other Chosen of the Gods, they all seek to explore these locations and uncover certain secrets.

As is well known, in foreign lands, knowledge is considered a form of pollution.

The intelligence and information obtained from these missions are nothing short of serious corruption for the Chosen of the Gods!

However, those great beings who place the Chosen of the Gods in the scene can acquire the corresponding knowledge through the Chosen of the Gods.

This is probably the true purpose of the Silent Land!