The Cursed Ship

Enqi Town was near Desi Bay and close to the coast, so Sifa knew quite a lot about seashells.

Therefore.

Looking at the sailor before him, he began counting involuntarily. "Spiny murex, pearl oyster, crown conch, clam, long-nosed conch... There's even a jewel box snail?"

Yes.

Under the crimson moonlight, countless seashells had grown across the sailor's face, chest, arms, and other parts of his body. They were crammed together in dense clusters, clinging tightly to him. The sailor himself seemed completely unaware of them and did not seem to feel that anything was wrong.

Besides the seashells, Sifa even saw coral. Plump sea cockroaches crawled through the sailor's body, and several of them had even burrowed into his mouth before crawling back out through the corners of his eyes.

What had happened to him?

What was going on?

Suddenly, Sifa thought of a terrifying word: contamination!

The sailor before him looked very much as though he had been contaminated by Beyonder powers.

"Quick, get back to the ship!"

Sifa made the decision at once and ordered the sailors to leave this eerie sailing ship that was on the verge of sinking.

The other sailors did not dare show off, either. They retreated one after another and returned to the small boat.

As Sifa was heading back, he heard a weak voice repeatedly uttering the same word: "Celeste... Celeste..."

He raised the lantern and looked toward the source of the voice. It turned out to be a middle-aged to elderly man. He seemed to be the captain of the ship, wearing a sailor's cap and a double-breasted long coat over a black jacket and a white linen shirt.

He had collapsed onto the ground, utterly distraught, his gaze unfocused as he repeated that incomprehensible word over and over.

Fortunately, there