Chapter 47: The Treasure Left Behind by the Great Evil Spirit

The wait finally came to an end as the sound of magical explosions in the distant sky gradually faded.

—System Prompt: Warning! You are being targeted by an evil spirit once again to re-establish a soul link. You must respond with all your might...

What the hell, here we go again! Does this mean the greater evil spirit won after all?

However, Dachun immediately noticed that the prompt mentioned an "evil spirit" rather than the previous "powerful evil spirit," which suggested that its expenditure must have been quite high as well.

Elaine pointed at the sky: "Look!"

He saw it. In the dark sky, a blurry, trembling, dark red moon had appeared!

"What is this?"

Elaine said in a deep voice: "This means the opponent is also trying to establish a contract space in your soul similar to the one I have with you. Once it is established, you will be controlled..."

A brain tumor, is that it?

Dachun panicked: "Can we go and destroy it?"

Elaine gritted her teeth: "Then let's go destroy it!"

As she spoke, an imposing aura erupted from Elaine's entire body, like a violent gale blowing from beyond the heavens. The trees and glass in the entire mansion's courtyard rattled with a rustling sound.

"And what is this?"

"Naturally, I'm going to use my contract space to ram into its space! The chances are high since it just established it."

Dachun suddenly remembered something: "Won't the secret of your existence be exposed then?"

"No, it can only see that outer layer of the water sphere and cannot see me here. This water sphere is the purifying power of the whale; no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with an evil spirit."

That's good then. It felt as though this whale power was suppressing Elaine just like wrapping up a virus.

That "dark red moon" was getting closer and larger. The greater evil spirit finally discovered the anomaly and was utterly shocked: "You actually—"

Then it burst into wild laughter: "You refresh my evaluation of you time and time again. You truly are a treasure among treasures. I will leave my memory and story right here; you will definitely come looking for me of your own accord! Until next time!"

—System Prompt: Congratulations! The invading evil spirit has retreated. You have regained control of your body.

—System Prompt: Your body is in a state of severe drunken fatigue and coma, unable to wake up.

It left? But clearly, it didn't discover Elaine.

The next moment, the dark red moon became as large as the Earth viewed from an astronaut's perspective!

Dachun was startled: "So huge?"

Elaine, however, let out a huge sigh of relief: "A space without a host is as illusory as a dream, isn't it?"

True enough, there was no imagined comet-colliding-with-Earth scenario. The mansion seemed to drift into a red cloud, and looking down, there was a sea of red!

Looking up, vast patches of sunlight chased away the darkness. Dachun felt as though he were inside a circular holographic theater, seeing the outlines of the streets outside the sky and the setting sun...

Dachun was amazed: "I'm lying down like this? Is this the soul perspective? Can I see the outside world without waking up and without using my eyes?"

Elaine replied: "Yes, but the field of vision is limited and details are blurry, incomparable to real eyes. However, you can see things that eyes cannot see."

It feels just like the spiritual perception and internal vision found in immortal cultivation novels!

Elaine added: "Also, take a closer look. You should be wearing his steel diving suit, which is why you won't suffocate after all this time."

What the hell! How did it change clothes? Saint Seiya-style one-click changing?

Dachun stared for a long time, but truly couldn't see clearly. It seemed this ordinary commercial-grade setup couldn't render such high-end game special effects.

Dachun asked again: "What about the slime monster?"

"I can't see it either. It probably escaped back heavily injured, but it left behind quite a bit of deathly aura along the way. Perhaps this slime monster also possesses undead attributes."

Fine, I suppose that leaves a weakened boss for me to fight.

As they spoke, the mansion space landed steadily upon the red sea, turning into an island villa.

Elaine exclaimed in surprise: "My contract space has merged with its residual space. I feel like my power has increased again!"

Dachun asked pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that the larger the space, the stronger your strength?"

Elaine smiled: "I only realize this now! It's probably equivalent to an evil spirit devouring the energy left behind by another evil spirit."

At this moment, the accompanying Four Seas Soul leaped joyfully and plunged straight into the seawater. Only then did Dachun notice the shadow of a sunken ship beneath the sea surface, with the radiance of jewelry faintly glowing through the cabin windows.

Dachun remembered what it said before leaving: "All his stories are in the sunken ship?"

"Let's go down and take a look."

Thus, Dachun and Elaine plunged headfirst into the seawater. They immediately felt the resistance of real seawater, except there was no sensation of holding one's breath.

As they drew closer, it turned out to be a large warship. Although its specifications couldn't match the flagship of the Silver City, a treasure-hunting ship prioritized maneuverability, so its size wouldn't be overly massive.

Moreover, compared to the blurry and sketchy nature of the seawater, this warship was meticulously intact, with every single screw and cable fully detailed.

Elaine was astonished: "So, did he gather all his obsessive memories onto this ship?"

Entering the cabin, the lights on the bulkheads automatically lit up, emitting a gemstone-like fluorescence. The corridors were piled high with high-end crystal ores and jewelry!

What the hell!

Elaine screamed in even greater excitement: "So much jewelry!"

Dachun immediately bent down and grabbed some, only to find they were illusions: "Calm down, calm down! They're just his memories."

Elaine excitedly said: "Memories like this are the most precious intelligence! Even the corridors are piled full; let's go check the cargo hold."

So they arrived at the cargo hold, and as expected, treasures were piled like mountains. All that was missing to complete the scene was a sleeping giant dragon!

Elaine excitedly flung herself into the illusionary mountain of jewelry to take a bath.

Sigh, women...

Dachun helplessly said: "Let's go to the cockpit; the answers should be there."

"Then let's hurry!"

Following the corridor lined with stacked jewelry into the cockpit, various instrument screens flashed with dazzling colors. A visual impact of sci-fi punk style rushed straight at them!

Good grief, is this a spaceship? To have a warship this high-end, this greater evil spirit must have been a super expert during its lifetime!

How could a nobody like me be fortunate enough to encounter such an expert? Was it simply because of the magic gold? Or the little boat's sea soul?

Then, he saw a few glowing books placed on the control console, atop which lay a note:

—"Did you see my cargo hold full of jewelry? It possesses a bewitching magic that made me commit the most greedy and low-level mistake—my ship was sunk by the overload of jewelry! Filled with remorse and defiance, I became an evil spirit, and I have constantly been choosing the most suitable candidate. You are the best candidate I have found. I have left you a few basic textbooks. Once you learn them, you can pilot my ship, and then come find the place where my shipwreck lies. Even more secrets await you..."

As soon as he finished reading, the note turned into sparks of light and vanished. Then the entire hull began to rumble and vibrate, and in an instant, the scene shifted. The entire warship burst through the water and floated onto the sea surface!

Dachun was stunned: "What is this?"

Elaine said: "Just a dream, naturally as you wish."

Dachun flipped open the first book, 《Navigation Log》.

—System Prompt: This book has been placed under a self-destruction taboo. You must reach Master-level Navigation skill to safely peruse it.

What the hell, a Master?!

Dachun had no choice but to flip through the remaining books: 《Hull XXX Operation Manual》, 《Hull XXX Maintenance Manual》, and 《Hull XXX Personnel Training Manual》.

Dachun was stunned: "He blurred out the hull number?"

Elaine said: "Knowing the hull number would allow someone to check with the maritime bureau or shipyard to find the owner, which would expose his treasure clues. It seems his identity was definitely not that Vilapiku of the Sea Otter."

At this point, Elaine grew excited: "These few books should be the textbooks he left behind. Although this is his memory, this ship is extremely real, which shows his intention is for us to first learn how to sail in this dream space. Being able to learn to pilot such an advanced and large ship definitely makes one a master, and then we can flip open this 《Navigation Log》 to find his shipwreck!"

Damn it, damn it. Failing to forcibly take over my body, he's still trying to arrange my life so thoroughly? Even if I ignore him, Elaine is clearly hooked!

Dachun panicked: "But there are only two of us. Can we pilot a ship this big?"

Elaine pointed at the dashboard in the cockpit: "But this ship is advanced! Furthermore, we have four sea souls to empower the vessel!"

That makes a lot of sense! Anyway, since I'm dead drunk and can't wake up right now, I might as well start practicing from the most basic operation manuals.

Flipping to the first page, it turned out to be a product manual.

Dachun couldn't imagine that in this fickle gaming capital industry circle, there would really be such a dedicated coder willing to design something so complex within a game? Or perhaps, was this something automatically synthesized by an intelligent system? If so, it would be better to let Elaine, who was also an intelligence, study it instead.

In short, following the manual step-by-step to understand the various buttons and operating them sequentially, the ship finally began to move.

Elaine clearly learned faster than Dachun and ended up guiding him instead: "Here, here, over there, over there..."

—System Prompt: Congratulations! You have studied navigation technology in the soul state. Your Advanced Navigation skill has upgraded to Level 2. Acquired achievement reward: Stamina +1, Carrying Capacity +1.

Damn it, learning skills in a dream actually works!

Dachun instantly got motivated. Looking at this "product manual," he suddenly felt a sense of "professional alignment"—after all, no matter how complex things in a game were, they couldn't possibly be more complex than his own profession.

Soon, the sails could also be operated automatically via the console without needing any sailors, which raised his skill to Level 3! At this momentum, reaching Expert level was basically secured! Let's keep going quickly.