What evil intentions could an evil god possibly have?

Seeing that she had agreed to his request, the Night King breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at the collapsing dreamscape out of the corner of his eye and said, "Then, would you be so kind as to lend a hand..."

"Of course not."

Gu Yuqiu got up from her chair and walked towards the door, casually saying, "If you don't survive tonight, then it proves that the person you're relying on is no good and has no right to negotiate with me."

After saying this, she pushed open the door and walked through the banquet hall, which was swaying in the wind and waves, as if walking on flat ground.

Lin Mushi, who had been silent for a long time, followed quietly behind her, unlike the others who swayed with the boat.

As the Night King watched their retreating figures, the inverted people around them, and the world turning upside down, he suddenly had a strange feeling…

Perhaps it's not just my imagination.

Because he felt that the person walking at the very front was like a god.

……

……

At this moment, the Fool's Ship was pitch black and rocking incessantly, much like a famous scene from a well-known movie about a piano, where someone plays the piano at night.

However, there were simply too many people standing in the hall. As the dream world slowly crumbled, cries of fright continued, and everywhere one looked, there were anxious expressions.

In this environment, Gu Yuqiu and Lin Mushi stand out as quite special.

The two went to the window again.

Looking at the undulating river, Lin Mushi suddenly asked, "Who exactly are you?"

She hadn't planned to ask this question, but the situation tonight was so bizarre that she couldn't rest easy and had no choice but to ask.

Gu Yuqiu glanced at her and said, "You really want to know?"

"I...I don't know."

This is Lin Mushi's true thought.

At this moment, her feelings were extremely complicated. She was worried that Gu Yuqiu really had ulterior motives and would cause great harm to the city, but she was also wondering why he didn't keep these things from her.

Most importantly, she had a fear that everything she had experienced these past few days was a lie.

It was all just a pipe dream.

As for the idea that Gu Yuqiu would kill her to silence her after she saw these things, she hasn't had that thought yet.

Gu Yuqiu looked out the window at the waning moon and said softly, "I still don't know how to treat you better."

Lin Mushi looked at her and said in a low voice, "So how do you explain what you just did... You're making me think there's something wrong with you, and I'm wondering if I should report you."

Gu Yuqiu was well aware that this was a complex emotion arising from the conflict between the values ​​she had developed since childhood and the things she cherished in her heart at this moment.

She met Lin Mushi's gaze, smiled gently, and said, "Didn't I already explain my reasons for doing these things?"

Lin Mushi looked completely bewildered, wondering when exactly she had said that.

Gu Yuqiu whispered in her ear, "You still have to treat me to that late-night snack~"

Chapter 53: Crimson and the Ship About to Sink to the Bottom of the Sea

Lin Mushi took a step back, keeping her distance, and looked at Gu Yuqiu expressionlessly, saying seriously, "I'm not joking with you."

Emotionally, she was willing to accept this extremely absurd explanation, but rationally, she could only believe it was a lie, a pure fabrication.

Gu Yuqiu guessed what she was thinking and said with a sigh, "Do you think I'm making up a story for you?"

Lin Mushi didn't say anything, she just looked at her.

"pity……"

Gu Yuqiu sighed, "I really didn't lie to you about this."

Lin Mushi was silent for a moment, then asked, "How can you prove that you are telling the truth?"

Gu Yuqiu gave a slight mocking smile, turned to look at the shattering moon hanging in the dream, and said calmly, "I still say it, they are not qualified to talk to me."

Lin Mushi thought to herself, "Didn't you take that coin?"

Just as she was thinking this, Gu Yuqiu took out the coin.

For some reason, the fog that had been covering the coin had completely dissipated, and the previously blurry pattern now revealed its true form.

The coin has a strange pattern engraved on it, and it is clearly not the currency of any country.

Lin Mushi looked at it carefully and recognized the coin's origin. Her expression suddenly tensed up, and she subconsciously said, "Is this crimson?"

Gu Yuqiu hummed in agreement.

Once a transcendent being reaches the fourth level, they can leave their mark on that vast, empty sea. Only those at this level can possess a title.

Crimson is not a person's name, but the title of a transcendent being who has reached the fifth level.

However, Crimson has always been a loner, rarely collaborating with others, and has been quite quiet in recent years, with almost no news.

After learning that the person's belongings were left in Xin Chu, the Special Affairs Bureau immediately began to pay attention to and investigate those powerful individuals who were qualified to participate in the competition, and kept a close watch on them.

Crimson was no exception; according to the feedback received by the Special Affairs Bureau, she never showed any interest in the relics from beginning to end.

So all of this was fake?

The dream world began to shatter, followed by a cracking sound. Countless hurricanes appeared out of nowhere, crashing onto the river and stirring up raging waves.

As the giant waves crashed against the Fool's Ship, the gasps of alarm turned into screams of agony, because their mental worlds were also deeply shaken.

The hull had obvious cracks, splinters of wood were flying everywhere, and even half of the windows were gone.

Gu Yuqiu stood by the window, facing the storm, admiring the giant waves whose edges were adorned by the moonlight, seemingly unaware of the deep red.

Then she glanced at Lin Mushi, met his complicated gaze, and casually flicked the coin away, letting it fall into the towering waves.

This coin is merely a token; even if it is associated with a fifth-tier powerhouse, it could not possibly remain intact during the disintegration of a sacred artifact.

Lin Mushi then fell silent.

Gu Yuqiu smiled and asked, "Do you have any more questions now?"

Lin Mushi didn't remain silent to think; she asked the question directly.

This is also the thing she can least understand.

"I just treated you to a late-night snack, it's such a small thing, why are you doing so much for me? I really don't understand..."

She looked at Gu Yuqiu's profile, hesitated for a moment, and then mustered up her courage to ask, "Could it be that you... have taken a liking to me?"

……

……

Meanwhile, outside the dream, there is White Horse Lake.

After Gu Yuqiu and Lin Mushi disappeared into the night, the Special Affairs Bureau member codenamed Seven Pairs immediately reported to Zhong Chongshan.

Zhong Chongshan's decision was quite normal; he would continue to observe, wait for news, and ensure the safety of the two people in the dream.

However, just minutes after he made his decision, the night suddenly churned, followed by a muffled, loud bang.

boom!

A thunderclap seemed to appear in the pitch-black night.

Countless car alarms blared simultaneously, shattering the tranquility of the White Horse Lake.

The residents living nearby couldn't help but open their windows, curiously taking out their phones and pointing them at the source of the sound, wondering what was going on and whether someone was going to die.

The person is not dead yet.

Zhong Chongshan's face looked even worse than if his mother had died.

He looked towards the direction of Baima Lake, sensing the changes in the night, and quickly issued an order: "Everyone go directly to the scene."

Just as he was preparing to go to the scene in person, someone broke through the Special Affairs Bureau's cordon and came to him.

"It's you?"

Zhong Chongshan looked at the newcomer, his expression slightly grave, and said, "Why are you here?"

The person who arrived was Su Yan.

Tonight, she wore a navy blue hoodie, and her overall look was clean and neat. Her shoulder-length hair was ruffled by the night wind, but it didn't look casual or lazy; instead, it made her appear even more sharp.

"You'll know once you think about it."

She didn't explain further, her gaze falling on the shore of White Horse Lake. After a moment of silence, she said, "It's a dream world that's shattering, but it's not the Church of the Sleeping Souls; it's a sacred object."

Zhong Chongshan was taken aback, because he had only seen the first layer and thought that the person who was in charge of this illegal gathering tonight came from the Youmian Church.

The next second, he remembered something and quickly asked, "What is the name of that sacred object?"

"It's probably the Fool's Ship."

Su Yan's voice was very calm.

Upon hearing this answer, Zhong Chongshan's expression changed drastically, and he said weakly, "If your guess is true, then people in dreams will probably all go insane."

As the world's premier supernatural agency, the Special Affairs Bureau naturally has its own answers to the questions about the relics, and the Fool's Ship is undoubtedly among them.

Because Cha Shao always acted as a middleman, the Special Affairs Bureau's records of the Fool's Ship are quite detailed.

The name of this relic may originate from a literary term, a real event, or both.

After boarding, a small portion of the passengers' willpower will become fuel, propelling the Fool's Ship forward through the storms and out of the public eye.

When the voyage ends and the passengers disembark from the Fool's Ship, they can retrieve that small portion of their mental will, and apart from feeling slightly tired, there is no harm.

But all of this is predicated on the Fool's Ship not collapsing.

If the Fool's Ship were to disintegrate, the passengers would sink to the bottom of the spiritual world along with the ship, merging and merging together, unable to extricate themselves.

To put it simply, people can go crazy.

"What do you recommend?"

Thinking of this worst possible outcome, Zhong Chongshan's face grew increasingly grim, as did his tone.

Su Yan asked, "Who did you let in?"

Zhong Chongshan glanced at her and said, "Lin Mushi."