Navigator: I have a double six-story house

Special item detected: Gluttony (residual)

[Current Status: Bound (Su Qing)]

Two system notifications appeared in front of Su Qing's eyes.

And then that was it.

Ok?

Su Qing rubbed her eyes, wondering if she had seen wrong.

After checking repeatedly, he found that this seemingly impressive thing only had these two prompts.

One name, one binding information.

There are no attribute bonuses, no usage instructions, and no item description.

This was the most perfunctory system notification he had ever seen.

He even wondered if Selena was joking with him.

Considering that some people are willing to pay a high price to snatch this thing, and that there wasn't even a gold medal as a reward this time, it all proves that this item is extremely valuable.

Su Qing withdrew her gaze and looked at Selena.

"Gluttony?" He repeated the name the system had given him. "What exactly is this?"

Selena sat on the wooden tub on the deck, swinging her legs slightly, without answering immediately.

She pressed her finger to her face, thought for a moment, and instead of answering directly, asked Su Qing, "Captain, do you know how many captains there were during the Age of Exploration?"

Su Qing shook her head; this was something difficult to calculate.

"a lot of."

Selena stretched out her arms and drew a circle in the air, the biggest circle she could draw.

"Much more than you imagine."

"Beginner routes, intermediate routes, deep-sea routes..."

"Countless ships are sailing on every route."

"Among these captains, some are forever stuck on the novice route, while others struggle to make progress on the deep-sea route."

He withdrew his arm and looked at the blue crystal in Su Qing's palm.

"But some captains, due to various circumstances, are able to have smooth sailing."

Su Qing lowered her head, the blue crystal in her palm pulsating continuously.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but the frequency of his pulse was the same as the frequency of his heartbeat.

"Was this a matter of fate or serendipity?"

"The complete form of this."

Selena corrected Su Qing's words.

"What you have in your hand is just a fragment."

"The complete Gluttony has been shattered into countless pieces, scattered throughout the various corners of the Age of Exploration."

"Don't underestimate this piece of debris; it's enough to drive an entire fleet crazy."

Su Qing frowned; he wasn't satisfied with Selena's answer.

"I can tell from your voice that this is something of immeasurable value."

"But... what exactly is it?"

Selena looked intently at Su Qing, her eyes seeming to flicker with fire.

"It is authority, and it is also the key, the key to the end of the world."

Su Qing remained silent for a moment; even he found Selena's answer difficult to understand.

If you keep asking, you probably won't get a direct answer.

A thought suddenly arose in his mind.

He suddenly looked at Selena, his eyes narrowing slightly—a dangerous sign.

"You joined the Sunshine, not just for this, right?"

Selena tilted her head and gave an innocent smile.

"Captain, you're overthinking it. Even our Windrise Merchant Guild doesn't have the ability to predict Gluttony."

"but......"

Selena paused for a moment.

"Perhaps this is fate."

Su Qing stared at him for two seconds, knowing that further questioning might not yield an answer, and decided to instead study how to use the device.

"It's bound to me; only I can use it?"

"Yes." Selena nodded. "The shard binding is irreversible. It started the moment you touched it in the dungeon; it chose you."

"Choose?" Su Qing frowned. "I thought item binding was determined by the system."

"Ordinary items are..."

Selena's tone took on an unusual seriousness.

"Binge is not an ordinary thing."

"It has its own will; from the moment you step into that instance, you enter its field of vision."

"It is choosing its owner."

"so......"

Selena braced her hands on the edge of the barrel and leaned forward.

"Everything is fate's arrangement; it was waiting for you, and you walked up to it."

Upon hearing the word "fate" again, Su Qing's lips involuntarily twitched slightly.

I have never believed in fate.

His tone was calm, but behind that calmness lay an unquestionable absoluteness.

The children who grew up in the Sunshine Orphanage did not believe in fate.

If they believed in fate, they would have just watched helplessly as the orphanage was demolished.

Selena smiled happily when she saw Su Qing's unusually resolute expression.

This is the captain he chose.

A captain who can guide them to the right course in the darkness.

"Whether you believe it or not is up to you, Captain."

Her tone returned to its usual light and airy manner.

"Anyway, the fragment is now bound to the captain. Whether to use it or not is up to the captain."

"Anyway, no one else can use it."

She paused for a moment, her smile fading slightly.

"But I have to tell the captain something beforehand."

Su Qing looked at Selena, waiting for her next words.

"After using it, your future will undergo irreversible changes."

"A positive change?"

"There must be benefits now," Selena said. "And in the future..."

She shook her head.

The deck was quiet at this moment, with the sea breeze blowing and the ropes on the mast swaying gently.

It was as if the whole world was waiting for Su Qing's decision.

Wang Yao had squatted down nearby at some point, listening intently for a long time before finally unable to hold back any longer.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

"Can't you two speak like normal people?"

"What is this? What's irreversible? What's going on?"

No one answered him.

Su Qing turned to look at Wang Yao.

Wang Yao was in front of him, and through Wang Yao, he saw more of existence.

He saw his younger sister, Zhang's mother, and the other friends he had grown up with.

They also saw surging giant waves, turbulent undercurrents on the seabed, and a fleet that blotted out the sky.

A smile appeared on his lips.

"I see."

He turned to look at Selena, his eyes blazing with fury.

"So this wonderful thing also brings endless risks, right?"

Selena nodded, and Su Qing smiled happily.

It wasn't a wry smile or self-deprecation; I just simply found it funny.

Since the day he entered the Age of Exploration, there has never been anything without risk.

As the saying goes, the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!

He clenched his fists, gripping the Gluttony Fragment tightly, without hesitation.

The moment he grasped it, the fragments shattered, transforming into a sky full of starlight.

Starlight surrounded him, like a sky full of stars.

Then all that starlight rushed into his body.

There was no pain, just a cool sensation that traveled through my veins and spread throughout my body.

The light spot disappeared, as if it had never existed.

Su Qing looked herself over and found no obvious changes.

At this moment, a system notification popped up.

There is only one line of text.

[Talent awakening in progress...]