"Holy crap!"

Bai Cheng jumped in fright, quickly retreating several steps.

But after she reacted, she found that there was only a shadow on the ground, and nothing abnormal appeared... Was it the shadow of the footsteps following her?

Just as Bai Cheng was wondering, a blurry figure began to gradually appear on the ground.

Its appearance looked like a human shape in size, but it had no arms and was more like a blurry mass.

Then, under the illumination of the eerie candlelight in the room, it began to twist, and a line of text emerged, attempting to convey information to Bai Cheng.

"Your companion has been ensnared by the uncanny... Your mental strength is very strong..."

Bai Cheng frowned at this, and just as she was about to ask who it was, it proactively gave the answer.

"My name is Ren Jian... I am the owner of this Chris (ship)... Your decision to act alone is correct... Hurry and reinforce the seal... Otherwise, your friend... will die..."

Bai Cheng was startled; she hadn't expected the footsteps following her to belong to the Captain!

And through the eerie candlelight in the room, she could now communicate directly with it.

Hearing this, Bai Cheng also realized the urgency of the situation, and she immediately asked it for crucial information.

The dark shadow on the ground kept changing, and soon gave an answer.

"On the table... the nautical log... the brooch in the changing room on the second floor at three o'clock..."

Bai Cheng paused, immediately looked back, walked to the table, and picked up the ancient logbook on it.

The second token could be said to have been obtained effortlessly; now only the last one remained.

However, before that, Bai Cheng had other questions to ask the Captain.

It quickly responded to her questions, explaining the various uncanny phenomena on the ship one by one.

For example, the ten wooden carvings in the third-floor corridor did not actually represent protective talismans for Bai Cheng and her two companions, but rather symbolized the progress of the uncanny breaking the seal.

Once all ten wooden carvings were completely damaged, it meant that they had completely broken free from the seal.

As for the illusions in the dance hall, the extra flight of stairs, and other uncanny phenomena, they were actually just a means for the uncanny to erode the psychological defenses of the three.

The three tokens, as the last trump card to restrict their seal, would naturally not allow Bai Cheng and the others to complete the task smoothly, no matter what.

"So, Yu Nian was right?"

"Only Leng Ningxue was truly ensnared?"

Bai Cheng walked precisely towards a certain room on the second floor, pondering this matter.

"No, the Captain said both were ensnared, so why would one of them still speak the truth?"

Was it merely to confuse and sow discord among the three?

At this moment, another wooden carving's head broke off, crashing to the ground from the corridor beside her with a thud.

Bai Cheng's heart tightened: "It's already the third one."

She had no time to think and quickly found the third brooch token, then headed straight for the Captain's room on the third floor.

Behind the wooden carvings was the Captain's room, which was also the room where the three tokens needed to be placed.

Before finally stepping through the door, Bai Cheng couldn't help but wonder: Is this task a bit too simple?

So, this time it's just a simple attempt to sow discord?

Creak—

The decaying wooden door in front of her was pushed open; everything seemed to go smoothly, and even the uncanny entities didn't try to stop her.

The interior of the room had a standard office layout, except that, like the first room on the second floor, unknown arrays were still outlined on the floor, and faint red candlelight flickered continuously.

And on the wooden long table, there were three small arrays, with hollow centers precisely for placing the three tokens.

Bai Cheng was still hesitant; she felt that things were not that simple.

At this moment, text appeared on the dark shadow on the floor, urging her.

"Quick... time is running out..."

As if to confirm what it said, the wooden carvings outside the Captain's room suddenly began to shatter.

One, two, three... The speed of shattering was ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) very fast, not giving Bai Cheng any time to think further.

"Your friend has been corrupted... The uncanny is about to revive... Hurry..."

Bai Cheng was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"To activate the sealing power of the three tokens... a sacrifice is required... just one person... and you can safely leave the Chris (ship)..."

"Please decide quickly... I will buy you time..."

With that, the dark shadow on the ground flickered and immediately rushed towards the wooden carvings outside the door.

Then, the speed at which the wooden carvings shattered noticeably slowed, but it was still much faster than before.

In reality, Bai Cheng now had only a few minutes to think.

"You want me to sacrifice someone to clear the trial?" She was furious, "What a joke!"

"Why didn't you tell me at the beginning!"

But this time, the Captain clearly wouldn't respond to her again; only the sudden cracking sound of the wooden carvings remained in the dead silent room.

Bai Cheng absolutely refused to believe there was such a mandatory death-inducing way to clear the trial. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Then wouldn't the system's initial opening of the train merging function have been superfluous?!

"You want me to sacrifice someone? Don't even think about it!"

Crack— Another wooden carving shattered; only four wooden carvings remained standing.

Time was running out, but Bai Cheng remained unmoved.

Even though she had known Leng Ningxue for a very short time, she would never do something like betraying a friend.

Rather than having one of them die, it would be better for them all to die together.

At this moment, Bai Cheng had shed her anger, replaced by a sense of calm readiness to face death.

Precisely because of this, her state of mind quickly settled down.

And after calming down, she quickly discovered a clue, and couldn't help but curl her lips into a cold sneer.

"It turns out I was also affected, otherwise I should have discovered something so simple much earlier..."

"Stop acting, you're not the Captain at all!" Bai Cheng's voice was frighteningly calm.

And as soon as she said this, the wooden carvings outside the door, which were gradually breaking, suddenly became still, and text began to reappear on the ground, illuminated by the candlelight.

Bai Cheng didn't even bother to look, but instead flipped through the three tokens in her hand, muttering to herself.

"Let me guess which one of these is you?"

"Is it the compass or the brooch? Or perhaps this nautical log?"

"Never mind, I'll just destroy them all then."

Then, Bai Cheng suddenly squeezed with force, and the decaying brooch and compass immediately twisted and broke, and she completely set the nautical log on fire with the candlelight in front of her.

Bai Cheng let out a long breath: "It's over, this terrible trial."

The next second, the scene before her eyes began to ripple like a disturbed lake surface.

When she regained her senses, Bai Cheng found herself back in the initial room.

The salty sea breeze continuously blew in through the dark window, and the sound of surging waves filled her ears.

And beside her, Yu Nian and Leng Ningxue were still closing their eyes, as if sleeping soundly...