In the dim light, the notebook gave off a faint warmth.
When Xu Ye opened it, he discovered that the coordinates were what had grown hot.
He had studied a map of the area before and knew those coordinates marked an unnamed island, the same place where the mermaid had appeared.
Had that mermaid been heading for these coordinates?
The seawater churned.
Gradually, it settled. The swarm of Aberrants beneath the Cruise Ship went silent, as though they had fallen asleep again.
Sitting on his bunk, Qin Feng's expression gradually darkened.
He took a doll from inside his clothes. By now, it had broken in two and no longer worked.
This was the Taboo Object he had obtained when he salvaged the treasure years ago, though the Qian Clan had later seized that treasure for themselves.
He hated them.
He had once been just an adventurer, but he had lived reasonably well in the Land of Exiles. Then he met Qian Yue, and they fell in love.
As an adventurer, Qin Feng often went exploring at sea, while also wholesaling goods from the Uman Islands in the Land of Exiles.
By chance, he discovered an enormous treasure hoard.
He had thought it would let him live happily and without worries for the rest of his life. Instead, the Qian family grew jealous and wanted to take it for themselves.
They colluded with a high-ranking Federation official to frame Qin Feng for murder. Although he was not sentenced to death, he still faced ten years in prison.
Fortunately, he had found a medicinal pill among the treasure. With nowhere left to turn, Qin Feng resolutely swallowed the unknown pill.
He became an Awakened.
Using his Sequence Talent, he escaped the Land of Exiles and began a life drifting at sea.
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