Netherworld Retrograde

Li Yelai and Jing Lin bid farewell to Zhao Gang and took their respective Taboo Items to activate the ark tickets.

Captain Zhao Gang had provided them with the Taboo Items.

They were Level C Taboo Items, Emotion Pocket Watches.

Their effect was to influence the emotions of targets within a certain range.

Whether joy, calm, or anger...

The cost, however, was that the user would become extremely sensitive for a short time, easily falling into extreme emotional states.

This pocket watch belonged to No.1 Border City, brought aboard the fleet to ensure the mental health of the crew.

Now, with only Zhao Gang remaining on the Yan Yun Fleet, there was no longer a need to use such Taboo Items.

Another item was a Mysterious Ice Coffin obtained from a Dead Sea Wreck by the fleet.

Its Danger Level was unknown but presumed not to reach Class B.

Its effect was to devour heat and oxygen, used to preserve the bodies of soldiers who now had turned to dust, safeguarded within the cabin. This Taboo Item was no longer needed.

The final Taboo Item, a D-level Taboo Item, the Repair Stone Hammer, was left aboard the Yan Yun Fleet, allowing Zhao Gang to regularly conduct maintenance.

Hoping he would find the way home...

Li Yelai took the Emotion Pocket Watch, which was simply a trouble-making artifact for a Dark Pile.

Especially for those of the Blood God Sect who were particularly belligerent, if their anger could be manipulated, the scene would probably be quite spectacular.

As for the cost of easily falling into extreme emotions, the Wise Stone could bear the cost for Li Yelai, so there wasn’t too much worry.

However, the Wise Stone had shrunk slightly after bearing the cost multiple times, so if it was a bearable cost, it would better not to use the Wise Stone.

The ice coffin, on the other hand, was carried away by Jing Lin and would be studied jointly by the officials of Giant City and the Jing Family.

This trip’s gains were significant, not only did they find the Border Fleet, but they also witnessed its glory.

Li Yelai himself also enhanced his Spiritual Energy significantly by sacrificing his head, although there were some risks...

Moreover, he acquired a Taboo Item, and a black long rod or, shall we say, a black long nail?

All in all, the gains were not small.

As the two activated their ark tickets, a white light obscured their vision, and at the same time, a feeling of weightlessness struck.

By the time the white light faded, they had already arrived inside the Ark Hall.

At the same time, the voice of the ark captain came from deep within the ark.

”Congratulations on your safe return, both of you electors...” the captain’s voice had a hint of laughter, ”and also, the stowaway, it’s too cold in the coffin, why not come out for a meeting?”

In the coffin? Just back in the hall, Li Yelai and Jing Lin immediately set down the ice coffin they were carrying.

Because inside the ice coffin, an inexplicable surge of Spiritual Energy suddenly began.

This change in expression from the two was due to what the Fleet Soldiers had said.

They had found the ice coffin in a black wooden ship.

When the ice coffin was discovered, it had already been opened, and there was nothing inside.

It was unknown whether the contents of the coffin were taken out by a flesh mutation or if it had risen from the coffin itself.

This ice coffin had remained in the cabin of the Yan Yun Fleet for nearly forty years, unscathed.

Now, however, there was something mysterious hidden within it.

This sent a chill down the spines of Li Yelai and Jing Lin, who had just been carrying the ice coffin!

The two immediately drew their weapons, warily eyeing the ice coffin.

”You two, please don’t mind,” said the ark captain with a laugh, ”the Book Holder was indeed very precise... after the seventh challenge to the Dead Sea Wreck, a stowaway would board the ship.”

”Was this stowaway also in the Book Holder’s plan? Did he predict that we would enter the Dead Sea Wreck?” Jing Lin, holding his long spear, stared intently at the ice coffin.

Li Yelai, with his Black Gold Dragon Pattern Halberd and black long rod in hand, was ready to strike.

The ice coffin was still empty, but an eerie Spiritual Energy was gathering, the entity not existing in a physical form!

”No, whether it’s you two or other electors,” replied the ark captain, ”in any case, he told me that after the seventh challenge to the Dead Sea Wreck, an accidental stowaway would be brought inside the ark. This is, indeed, a part of fate...”

Inside the ice coffin, no sound was emitted. But a chilling cold began to emanate, lowering the temperature in the hall.

”This won’t do, it’s not very polite of you...” the captain’s voice remained cheerful.

In reality, the stowaway posed a significant threat to the captain.

It was known that the captain was invincible aboard the ship, no electors of the ark could harm the captain inside the ark.

He was like a king in his own realm, no one could wound him.

Yet the stowaway was not subject to these restrictions and, in theory, could threaten the captain’s existence.

But the captain seemed unconcerned about this assassin who could topple kings.

As his voice trailed off.

The ship slightly trembled, and a phantom silhouette appeared on the ice coffin, seemingly a female figure, but only the antiquated white robe could be seen, her face unclear. Only those indifferent eyes transmitted a soul-penetrating chill.

The silhouette shifted, the ice coffin released a stronger chill, causing Li Yelai and Jing Lin’s Spiritual Barriers to slightly solidify.

But simultaneously, a force from the ark emerged, suppressing the chill.

The next moment, the silhouette vanished instantly, and the chill dispersed at the same time.

Li Yelai and Jing Lin vigilantly scanned their surroundings, but still found nothing.

”Don’t worry anymore, the stowaway has left the ship,” the captain pronounced.