I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 90, page 1.7, section 7: Lias's Voyage
In the dimly lit room, only a dim oil lamp was lit on the table, barely illuminating half of it.

The boy sat upright at the table, holding a pencil in his left hand and drawing something.

“This map is strange…” His icy blue eyes were fixed on the hand-drawn map, his brows furrowing slightly. The boy’s youthful face had not yet fully matured, giving it a gentle and delicate feel. Although it could not compare to the handsome appearance of an adult man, it had its own unique charm.

White wisps of hair slightly obscured her smooth, full forehead; her curled eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes flickered with confusion.

He circled a small section of the ocean on the map with a pencil and wrote a few words on it: "The Sea of ​​the Mysterious Kingdom".

Then, a dotted line was drawn with a green pen, starting from the Kingdom of Truth and ending at the Kingdom of Fairy Tale, forming an S-shaped curve to represent the cruise ship's route. A short section of dotted line was drawn with a black pen to represent the distance already traveled, but it was clear that the route had deviated somewhat.

Dao Lin preferred to light an oil lamp in the dark, as the unpleasant smell helped clear his mind. Therefore, when he was focused on something, he would always turn off all bright lights and only light a dim oil lamp.

That was enough for him, because darkness would obscure other unimportant things, and he only needed to focus on the glimmer of light before him.

"This is really strange..." Dao Lin rested her chin on her hand, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed. She felt that something was wrong with this map, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

He thought of the four silver coins he had found during the day. He had deliberately left one at the door of room 0302 and another in the banquet hall. Now he had two left.

He casually took them out of his pocket, held one up to the oil lamp, but couldn't see anything different about it.

While Daolin's attention was entirely focused on the silver coins, the map he had set aside suddenly underwent a subtle change, completely concealing the original discord.

Dao Lin sighed softly and put down the silver coin in his hand. As expected, he still knew too little.

but……

The rules seem to mention the special environmental mechanics of the Mysterious Kingdom, could it be...?

Dao Lin suddenly stood up, staring at the map in disbelief, and picked up the pen he had tossed aside to calculate the cruise ship's speed.

His hand holding the pen trembled slightly, but he still calculated smoothly, even though he was eager to verify his inner guess.

“As expected… 24 hours…” Dao Lin took out his gold pocket watch and glanced at the time. The hour hand was on 'II' and the minute hand was on 'XII'.

Although he had anticipated that the plot would be changed a lot, he never expected it to happen so quickly, with only 24 hours left.

When the cruise ship reaches the waters of the Mysterious Kingdom, that's when it will sink. Natural disasters are something no one can prevent; it's an inevitable part of the story. In other words, you have to prepare how to escape when the ship sinks.

No wonder the sea area on this map looks so strange. The waters around the Kingdom of the Unbelievable are full of reefs, clearly designed to send this cruise ship to its doom.

As for the pirates, they will appear from 2 AM to midnight. After all, if the pirates don't want to be fish food, they will definitely be separated from the shipwreck storyline.

Now that we know the approximate time of the pirate attack, we don't need the remaining two silver coins.

He casually flicked the silver coin into the air with his thumb, caught it easily, stood up, pulled a carving knife from the sole of his boot, and decisively began to carve on the coin.

The idea is to make the most of everything. Since they are no longer needed, we should use their last value to bring that person into the open.

The inhabitants of the Sinful Kingdom are known for habitually carrying all sorts of items and weapons on their person. Having been through nearly ten dungeons in the Sinful Kingdom, Lu is no exception, as these items are indeed very useful in crucial moments.

No one knew how much Daolin was hiding on his person. On the surface, he only wore a white shirt, brown riding breeches, and riding boots, nothing else. But in reality, there were many places to hide weapons, such as riding boots, riding breeches, and belts. If you wanted to, there was practically nowhere you couldn't hide them. Even his daytime waiter's attire offered plenty of room to conceal them.

Daolin picked up the hand-drawn map on the table, tore it into pieces, and threw them all into the trash can. Since the ship was going to sink tomorrow, it didn't really matter where he threw them. He was actually quite hoping that other players would discover the map, so he could play with them.

The oil lamp was extinguished, and the room fell silent and dark. Daolin lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.

the other side.

Mu Yegui sat on the railing of the cruise ship deck, his feet dangling in the air, facing the sea and listening to the surging waves.

Jin Yin curled up into a little ball and lay on top of Mu Yegui's head, fast asleep, as if it had already made that place its nest. Its little mouth moved slightly, revealing sharp teeth, as if it were talking in its sleep.

"I was wondering who was standing here daydreaming instead of sleeping. So it was you..." Shu Ming squinted and chuckled as he stood behind Mu Yegui, seemingly lost in thought.

“Mr. Shu Ming hasn’t slept either.” Mu Yegui turned his head slightly to look at Shu Ming and said slowly.

"I can't sleep. My greatest enemy is dead. Now I don't know what to do." Shu Ming walked to Mu Yegui's side, leaned on the railing with one hand, and squinted at the boundless ocean.

“Mr. Shu Ming must really like your fiancée,” Mu Yegui said, gazing at the ocean.

"I wouldn't say I like her, but it's a responsibility. Since I've decided to marry her, how could I possibly let her down? It's just a pity... I can't protect her..." Shu Ming's voice was very soft, easily drowned out by the sound of the waves.

"Compared to guilt, Mr. Shu Ming's biggest regret is actually not being able to protect her, since it means you're not capable enough. Is that right?" Mu Yegui analyzed point by point, although her words sounded strange no matter how you looked at them.

"You're right, people are selfish. I'm just making excuses to try and cover up my fragile, almost vanished self-esteem. I, her so-called fiancé, was standing right next to her, but I could only watch her die. Isn't that the biggest blow a man can take? Because of my incompetence, that's why she died." Even though his fiancée had only been dead for a little over a month, he could no longer remember what she looked like or what her personality was like.

Mu Yegui turned around to face him and asked seriously, "So, Mr. Shu Ming, what do you want?"

"Money? External possessions? When you have no purpose, external things can actually satisfy your vanity better, don't you think? A person's heart always needs to be filled with something to feel fulfilled." Mu Yegui pointed his index finger at Shu Ming's left chest and said slowly.

"There's nothing wrong with being a little greedy. It's all human desire. If you lose a lot, you need to gain even more to maintain a balance. Spirit and matter are always complementary. If you feel spiritually empty, can't you fill it with material things?"

Her fair fingertips were now lightly touching a faceted gem as deep as the ocean, which Mu Yegui had unraveled from the puzzle box.

The deep blue touched his thin lips, and Mu Yegui put it into Shu Ming's mouth.

The cool, round silver pupils had somehow transformed into vertical pupils, possessing an unusual and mysterious beauty, accompanied by an aura of danger and terror.

The simple black ring on her left middle finger shimmered faintly. She gently stroked Shu Ming's face, leaned close to his ear, and said, "Goodnight."

The loud 'plop' as the heavy object fell into the sea was drowned out by a sudden gust of wind.

On the pitch-black deck, only the girl in the long black dress remained, her misty gray hair billowing in the wind as if dancing.

The girl, barefoot, stepped onto the smooth deck, gently lifting her long skirt with both hands and twirling slightly. Her silver vertical pupils were beautiful yet filled with danger, like a high and mighty king looking down on everything, her slightly pursed pink lips slowly curving into a smile as if mocking something.

"Mammon..."

(End of this chapter)