There are still about two hours left before the ship approaches the next port.

Qiu Xuan sat alone on the fence on the deck, rubbing the strangely shaped pendant box in her hand.

Zhao Yigui said: "The pendant box needs Leviathan's heart to open. Zhao Yigui said: "If you can win from this trial ground with the first score, I can send you home." Zhao Yigui said: "You can go back, go back to before everything happened, and continue to live that unfinished life." ”

Go home.

When she was in that weird mountain villa, Qiu Xuan didn't want to go home all the time. She hated the rulers who had inexplicably pulled her into the stakes, she hated the inexplicable game of death, and she hated him for a while when she knew that Qin Jiuyuan was also involved.

But so what?

Even if you know the truth, so what?

Qiu Xuan took one last look at the pendant box in her hand, she suddenly smiled without warning, and with a wave of her right arm, she put the pendant box into the accompanying space.

"Autumn ...... Afu, why are you sitting here alone? Just then, another figure stepped out of the restaurant. Liu Qing still didn't look very good, and she was surprised for a moment when she saw her. "Are you looking for a vice president? He went out alone, and I don't know where he went. ”

"It's not." Qiu Xuan jumped down from the mast and patted Liu Qing on the shoulder. "It's going to be regrouped in a while, did Bai Hexi tell you where to wait for him? By the way, this time we're in a group, how many points do you have now? ”

The vice president didn't say...... Huh? Are you in a group with us, didn't you say you had to pretend not to know each other...... Alas, it doesn't make a difference now anyway. I now have a total of 12,080 points, and the vice president is the same as me. ”

"Hmm."

After roughly calculating the score, the average majority of the people on the ship should be around 110,000 now, that is to say, if this momentum is maintained, it can probably barely survive.

But if you want to get the first place, this score is far from enough. And according to the principle of sharing the scores of that group, she absolutely can't stay with Lao Liang, who is already high-scored.

"Let's wait a minute, if you can't wait for Bai Hexi, you can stay with me. By the way, Liu Qing," Qiu Xuan turned her head to look at her, and said seriously: "I have no intention of asking Zhao Yigui what he said to you, but don't take his words to heart, don't be influenced by him, okay?" ”

"I know," unexpectedly, Liu Qing looked well adjusted, she turned back to Qiu Xuan and smiled, "He didn't say anything, just asked me if I felt guilty about those who died...... I probably know what he wants to do, but don't worry, now that I've decided to come out and survive, I won't be easily influenced anymore. ”

"Okay."

She and Liu Qing looked at the sea level through the towering cabin, watching the modest ship break through the snow-white waves and sail towards the shore harbor. Neither of them spoke, as if foreseeing the last peace of this moment.

"It's about to land, what are you two still doing on deck?"

A man dressed in a neat crew uniform strode over, and Qiu Xuan glanced up for a moment to find that it was the first mate named Arthur. She sat lazily on the mast, and didn't move, but said, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"The captain has something to look for you." Seeing her face clearly, Arthur's expression was complicated for a second, but he still cleared his throat and said. Qiu Xuan raised her eyebrows in slight surprise, and grabbed Liu Qing's hand, who was a little restless.

"Now?"

"Yes."

She pulled Liu Qing to jump off the mast, raised her chin and motioned for him to "lead the way". The latter just helplessly and firmly stopped Liu Qing on the side, and said, "You go by yourself, I have other things." Also, the captain only called you alone, and she couldn't go. ”

"It's okay, you go, I'll go back to the lounge and wait for the vice president first."

"Be careful yourself."

After explaining that Arthur took Liu Qing back by the way, Qiu Xuan lifted his feet and stepped on the already familiar stairs leading to the command room. On the way, she also met Ah Lin and his party, and the woman who had already brought the other two companions out of the bottom warehouse of the ship nodded politely when she saw this, and pulled her teammates who were still on guard to leave.

She stared at the departing backs of the four for a few seconds.

Standing at the door of the captain's room, Qiu Xuan had just raised his arm when he heard a voice from inside. "It's coming...... Ahem, ahem, come on in. ”

So she pushed the door open and walked in, and the man who couldn't tell his age was still sitting on the chair of the operating table as she had seen it for the first time, but his back seemed to bend day by day.

"See you again, ahem, my child."

"Are you sick?" After glancing around, Qiu Xuan said casually: "I don't feel like you look good." ”

"Haha, it's old, and it's hard for you to see it." The captain sat with his back to her, his bulging right hand muscles supporting the helm, and his left hand coughed as he handed a handkerchief in front of his eyes. "I won't be able to do it for many years, and if nothing else, this position will soon be Arthur's turn."

If he was not mistaken last time, then he had been coughing up blood, and the handkerchief he saw twice was red, and he didn't know what was wrong. Qiu Xuan lowered her eyelashes and looked at it for a moment, but she didn't care too much, just said, "Is there something wrong with me?" ”

"There's something I do, I have something I want to ask you for help with."

"Huh?"

"On the ship of fools, something bad is going to get in. I hope you can stop it before the worst happens, find out that imposter madman, and save the ship of fools. ”

He said it in a fog, Qiu Xuan frowned, and just as he wanted to ask again, he saw that on the sea level of the setting sun, the shadow of the town and the port seemed to be close at hand.

"How did you get there so soon?" She leaned over the wooden platform and looked out of the transparent window of the command room, and sure enough, under the escort of layers of soldiers, a row of centipedes like a long line of white-robed madmen were winding through the narrow passage of the port.

"I have a hunch." The captain followed her gaze as well, "This will be the last time the Fool's ship has docked, and again, there is something that wants to take advantage of this last opportunity to get on board." So I want you to do everything in your power to keep this ship. ”

So, this will be the last batch of executioners. When this group is finished, they will literally float on the sea forever, until the day when the Leviathan's incarnation trial is over.

Qiu Xuan touched her chin and glanced back at the captain as if she remembered something.

"So, this is the task you gave me, isn't it? Who else did you give it to? ”

"It's a personal mission, ahem."

"Liar."

“……”

His expression stiffened for a moment, and the captain turned his back to wipe the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief. The atmosphere became awkward for a while, Qiu Xuan patted him on the shoulder helplessly, and said, "Harm, what's this?" You want to save this ship in a hurry, so it's understandable to cast a wide net, don't feel sorry for me. ”

“…… Ahem, I don't feel sorry for you. ”

"You say yes, yes, last question. What do you mean by 'the thing that came on board', does it have any characteristics or ways to distinguish it? ”

"It's for all things."

- Equivalent to not saying.

Now that he urgently needs such a small stove-style personal task to add points, Qiu Xuan waved at him and walked straight out. I went around and found a spot with the best view, and condescendingly took in the entire port, including the crazy people who were about to board the ship.

There were a total of twenty-one people waiting to get on the ship this time, including ten executioners and eleven aboriginal insanes of the world. Qiu Xuan's eyes first focused on the executioners, except for the four who obviously seemed to be newcomers who couldn't figure out the situation, there was a woman standing there with a big sword in her arms, and her aura was extremely special.

As if noticing someone's gaze, the woman looked up and looked straight at the lookout. The voyeur was caught red-handed, and Qiu Xuan was not ashamed at all, so she simply raised her right hand and waved it at her in a friendly manner.

The woman smiled as well, and then rolled her eyes upwards at her.

Qiu Xuan: "......"

After shaking twice, the ship docked in the berthing area, and seeing all the sailors and crew disembarking to replenish the ship, Qiu Xuan slid down the pole of the lookout with a brace of her wrist.

"Hey, Aph." Jiao Guancheng, who was hurrying on the other side, saw her and hurriedly trotted towards this side. "We'll try not to stand too far apart when we wait, and try to get a group in the next round. In this way, a few people in our group will win, as long as not too many people die. ”

"Okay." Agreeing, Qiu Xuan's toes moved a few steps out.

All twenty-one madmen boarded the ship, and this time the quality of the newcomers was surprisingly good, and none of them were directly annihilated because they unbelievably challenged the rules. Although the obvious panic of the four people was overwhelming, they were still at ease, and it was good to be in the last fifty.

"Rules."

Qiu Xuan glanced at the woman holding the big sword who leaned over next to herself, "Something?" ”

"Rules." The woman repeated succinctly, "Didn't you just make a gesture of favor to me?" It's trying to win me over to take sides, right, and looking at your sick look, you know that you must urgently need to find a strong teammate to form an alliance. In this way, you will explain to me all the rules of this proving ground, and if I am happy to hear it, I will consider covering you from now on. ”

Qiu Xuan laughed.

She looked at the woman with the big sword in her arms, and laughed one of the few times in recent times. "Not bad." She simply followed the woman's words and said, "My name is Afu, what is your name?" ”

Jiao Guancheng, who heard the whole process, glanced at her indescribably.

"Yavet." The woman simply nodded neatly, "I'm a knight." ”

"Valkyrie? Good name. Qiu Xuan also nodded at her decently, "Then I'll trouble you to cover me from now on." ”

She briefly explained the general rules of the ship to the knight named Avet, and a few seconds before the last sailor's footsteps completely left the pedals, she suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, when you came to the ship, did you feel that there was something wrong with the people around you?" ”

"Something is wrong? What kind of behavior is considered 'wrong'? ”

"I don't know, I still have to rely on my own understanding."

Yavette glanced at her wordlessly, clenching her greatsword the moment she heard the ship's bell ring. "Why are you so nervous?" Seeing that Jiao Guancheng had already put on his fist buckle and swooped away, Qiu Xuan still seemed to be walking slowly in his back garden. "You newcomers don't have to participate in the brawl, just stand in a team and divide into groups when the time comes."

"Of course I'm helping you." Yavette gave her an incredulous look with the broadsword on her shoulder, "Just take it as if you paid me back the rules, and I will help you too." Merely...... Even if you're playing support, you can't be so, so like a ......."

It could be seen that she was trying to organize the language, and Qiu Xuan kindly helped her pick it up: "So like a bastard? Be confident and get rid of the 'like'. ”

Specially reminded that it is best not to kill, she hid in the crowd and watched with great interest as Avet's greatsword swung out to sweep through thousands of troops, and the momentum storm set off by the wide section made several of the fighting executioners stop their movements for a while.

A considerable number of people's eyes were focused on the newly embarked Avet, the knight lady from the other world and the heavy greatsword left a strong mark in everyone's hearts for a while.

Seeing something, Qiu Xuan took advantage of no one to notice at this time and sneaked to the rest area where the newly embarked executioner was.

Of course, she won't seriously try her best to get points at the last minute, knowing that her current score is still shared with the big guy's group. The higher those scores are, the less likely she is to outperform everyone else to get the highest score.

"Hey, what were you just laughing at?"

Qiu Xuan stood in front of the bench and looked at one of the four newcomers sitting on the chair.

It was a man who looked to be in his twenties, wearing a leather jacket and even a bunch of car keys around his waist, as if he had just gotten off the locomotive of his own world.

He looked at the person in front of him and was stunned, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Just now, in the minute after the bell rang, you laughed twice, why?" Qiu Xuan repeated it good-naturedly.

"Who the hell are you, do we have to worry about chatting and laughing?" Without waiting for the man to speak, a girl who was also a newcomer sitting on the side was the first to speak. "Are you recording some tricky show, let me tell you, I don't like to play this, and the reason why I have endured it until now is just to see how hard you use your props. Hurry up now, or I'll bankrupt your company." ”

"It's not a show." Qiu Xuan suddenly sat down on the bench as well, ignoring the surprised expressions of the few newly embarking executioners next to him, and said seriously: "This is not a show, you have been selected to enter the testing ground of the Dominators." Death here is real death, so decide for yourself. ”

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