NCCnovel Chapter 185 Possession Characteristics
Chapter 185 Possession Characteristics
The system fell silent, it was unclear whether it thought Yan Xun's words made sense or was considering other countermeasures.
"Why don't you go lick him a few times?" the system suggested again. "He might just let it slip in his excitement."
Yan Xun thought to himself, "You're even giving me advice."
Don't you know we've drifted apart? I don't trust you at all.
However, the system specifically pointed out that Wen Yuanzheng had problems and was suspicious, so Yan Xun decided to be more careful.
And so, to Gu Jia's bewildered gaze, he became Wen Yuanzheng's sycophantic lackey.
With Yan Xun's enthusiastic support, Wen Yuanzheng became even more talkative. He looked at the others with a smug expression, thinking to himself that these bumpkins really didn't know the background of this instance.
He then looked at the rebellious teenager named Gawain and asked, "Do you know about the Ghost Ship and the Terror Ship?"
Gao Wen thought to himself, "Where did this idiot come from?" But he also knew the meaning of "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down," so seeing that Wen Yuanzheng was so eager to show off, he simply shook his head and said, "I don't know."
The same was true for the remaining few people.
Immediately afterwards, Moon Won-jung began to talk to everyone at the table about the background of the whole story.
"However, midway through the journey, some locals saw them and said that a polar evil spirit had possessed the crew," Wen Yuanzheng said mysteriously.
Yan Xun had, of course, also read this account, which said that the crew encountered the evil spirit Tupirac and thus met with misfortune.
"I think the evil spirits in this sea area are probably similar things."
"It is said that it will keep finding people to possess, and after a person dies, it will possess the next crew member."
“I reckon the evil spirit that Corinth was talking about probably evolved from this story,” Wen Yuan said, looking at the others.
"I see." Yan Xun feigned sudden realization. "So, what we need to be careful of is this evil spirit?"
“I think besides the evil spirits, we should also be careful of the heretics and whale whisperers mentioned in the mission,” Moon Won-jung said.
"And the captain."
"We can also try to find out what he thinks."
After Wen Yuanzheng finished speaking, he looked at the others and asked, "Do you have anything to add?"
The others shook their heads.
Gao Wen looked at Yan Xun until Yan Xun turned his gaze towards him, then he looked away.
Unexpectedly, their eyes met those of Qin Ke, who was standing next to him.
"What are you looking at?" Qin Ke asked.
For some reason, when Qin Ke asked him that question, Gao Wen felt a chill run down his spine. He shook his head and said, "I was spacing out."
He looked at Qin Ke and asked, "Don't you think there's something wrong with Wen Yuanzheng?"
Qin Ke shook his head. "He's fine."
"He's willing to share the background and answers of the puzzle with us." Qin Ke looked at Gao Wen with puzzlement. "Is there something wrong with him?"
Damn it, another idiot has appeared, Gao Wen thought. Why would someone so young enter this kind of instance?
While the players were discussing, the crew seemed to realize that it was getting late. Coron stood up and said, "Let's go back."
"Any later, and the evil spirits will come."
He looked at the group of new crew members, and with his usual warm-hearted expression, he said with concern, "Don't forget what I said."
"We only believe in the sun god."
"And on the night we arrive at the Sea of Evil, we need to rest."
Yan Xun looked at Ke Lun and asked, "How do we tell if it's time to rest?"
"Don't worry." Coron smiled. "During rest time, there will be a trombone sound in the cabin. Two long and one short horn sounds are the signal to rest."
"Or you can watch your roommate; when he's asleep, you should go to sleep too."
He reached out and beckoned Yan Xun over.
Yan Xun glanced at his nominal neighbor, slowly walked to his side, and was then pulled into Corinne's arms. "To prevent you from making a mistake," Corinne said, putting his arm around Yan Xun, "you will all be living with the old crew members."
"That way you won't be possessed by evil spirits."
He suddenly laughed again as he spoke, but this time there was no laughter in his eyes.
"Of course, it also makes it easier for them to find out if you are possessed."
"We will drive away the possessed crew members..."
Koren said with a grin, "Throw the possessed person into the sea."
Yan Xun discovered that Corinth was much more robust than he appeared; the arm draped over his shoulder felt as heavy as a boulder. He tried to remove Corinth's hand, but Corinth simply pulled it back around him.
“You’re not cute anymore, Yan,” he said vaguely. “You were an obedient child when you were little.”
“You always say I’m your older brother,” Corin said, winking as if he found Yan Xun quite amusing at the time.
Gu Jia spoke up at this moment, "What are the characteristics of a person who is possessed?"
“Let me think.” Corinne, still with her arm around Yan Xun’s shoulder, looked up and pondered deeply. “They’ll lose their appetite, become delirious, and mutter things we can’t understand…”
"Oh, right, they also shout that evil spirits are coming, saying that someone is calling their names in their ears."
“Once you find someone like that,” Corren added, “remember to report it to your roommate, or you can communicate directly with me and the brown-haired Will.”
He pointed to the brown-haired crew member that Yan Xun and his group had first met.
"He will handle this."
Yan Xun looked at Coren beside him, "Did the previous crew members also encounter evil spirits?"
Corren turned to look at him. "We're unlucky."
"The boat was almost capsized by a whale."
"So quite a few unlucky souls fell into the sea of evil spirits that time," Corren said with a sigh. "This time we'll be even more careful."
"Try to catch whales using other methods."
Yan Xun nodded and did not ask any further questions.
The others at the table were trying to remember the characteristics of being possessed by an evil spirit that Koren had described—but Yan Xun felt that these characteristics did not match the sea of evil spirits that Koren had described at all.
"At least the limbs must be bent backwards, or crawling on the wall, for it to be considered possession by an evil spirit, right?" Yan Xun couldn't help but say to the system in his mind.
"Mental confusion and loss of appetite... can also be caused by seasickness."
"The only thing that could be considered as being possessed by an evil spirit is probably shouting 'The evil spirit is coming!'" Yan Xun said, "But who knows..."
Did they really see evil spirits?
You think there's something wrong with Kelun.
“No,” Yan Xun said.
The system thought to itself, "Impossible, right?" Then it heard Yan Xun say again—
"I think everyone has a problem."
system:【……】
It's not surprising, it thought.
“Let’s go back to the cabin first,” Corren said again.
He turned and yelled at the group of drunken crew members, "Take your new partner with you!"
The group left the restaurant... Yan Xun glanced back at the messy table and asked Ke Lun beside him, "Shouldn't we just leave it?"
Although Corren had also been drinking, he was clearly sober.
He followed Yan Xun's gaze to the pile of leftover food, then shook his head.
"Someone will clean it up."
Will someone clean up? Yan Xun glanced at the dining table again before turning his gaze away.
Who would risk being possessed to clear the table on a sea of evil spirits at night?