This pirate only wants to farm.

After flipping through the notebook several times, Lin Qi leaned back in his chair, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Lin Qi pinched the bridge of his nose with a hint of helplessness.

"Although I had suspected that these people had unusual backgrounds, I didn't expect them to be this unusual."

Even the Mink Tribe, born scholars, did not know that the Windless Sea was also known as the Sea of ​​Mourning, nor did they know that such a place existed at the center of the Windless Sea.

Therefore, the identities of this group of people who suddenly appeared must be quite extraordinary.

Although Lynch has lived on the Calm Sea for several years, his understanding of this world and the Calm Sea itself comes entirely from old Tony.

Lin Qi stroked his chin: "So, they were the guys who came to the Windless Sea looking for some being, but failed to achieve their goal and instead released something extraordinary?"

"These people even knew about the Corruption and Aberration, which means they were aware of its power before they came."

As he thought about it, Lin Qi felt a tightness in his brow, as if these people had done something wrong.

"Could what they released be related to corruption and mutation?"

The thought of this possibility made Lin Qi feel a slight pain in his teeth.

The reason why the knowledgeable pirates of the Windless Sea didn't take corruption and mutation seriously is because these things only affect humans and other intelligent races.

But what if decay and deformity start to affect the animals...?

Lin Qi shuddered and stopped thinking about the possibility of destroying the world.

As a farmer, what I fear most is natural disasters and man-made calamities.

If it's just a single magical beast that's been released, that's fine. But if it really causes some kind of disaster and affects the harvest on the Netherworld, Lin Qi will probably go crazy.

Thinking of this, Lin Qi couldn't help but grit his teeth: "You'd better not interfere with my farming, otherwise a farmer going crazy can be quite terrifying!"

He only wanted to cultivate his own land and live his own life well; Lin Qi didn't really care what others were doing.

But the tsunami mentioned in the diary made Lin Qi tremble a little.

How could a tsunami suddenly appear on a windless sea with not even a wave?

So the reason these people's boats ended up on the island is because they were swept there by the tsunami?

The fact that the ship's hull remained intact is most likely due to the protective shield on its hull...

Although this explanation was plausible, Lin Qi felt something was amiss the more he thought about it.

This whole thing is eerily strange.

Thinking about this, Lin Qi felt a little irritated. Just as he opened his arms, ready to stretch and cheer himself up, he bumped into the sparkling crystal ball on the table.

Lin Qi quickly bent down and caught the crystal ball that was about to fall.

"That was close! I almost broke this precious thing."

However, Lin Qi was suddenly taken aback.

"Wait, could this be the Horcrux mentioned in the diary? It seems the diary says that this is what opened up that island."

The diary mentions that there is an unseen island in the center of the Windless Sea, and only by using this Horcrux can the island's disguise be broken.

"But how exactly do you use this thing?"

Lin Qi held the Horcrux and looked at it from left to right, even trying to input magic into it, but the thing remained as still as a stone, without even a glimmer of light.

After studying it for a while, Lin Qi clicked his tongue and put the crystal ball directly into the drawer of his desk, along with the nautical chart and diary.

Let's wait until the next deal with Tony to ask.

Lin Qi originally wanted to ask Elizabeth if she knew the contents of the diary, but after thinking about the vague words in the diary and Elizabeth's unpredictable intelligence, he gave up.

Forget it, I won't make things difficult for that child.

It's nice to play happily with the monkeys every day.

But this incident strengthened Lin Qi's resolve to go to the center of the Windless Sea. Since he was going there anyway to collect ships to expand his farmland, he could take this opportunity to see if anything had changed.

If something bad really happens, then they can prepare in advance.

As Lin Qi was thinking this, he happened to see a man and a monkey playing around outside the captain's cabin.

Lin Qi couldn't help but feel a little envious.

True happiness is being able to be carefree and mindless with joy.

"There's not a single person on this huge ship who can help me with my problems. It seems I'll need to hire a crew member once I expand the planting area."

"This time, we absolutely have to find someone with brains."

Looking at the man and monkey pulling at each other outside the door, Lin Qi secretly made up his mind.

He absolutely cannot be the only one losing his hair!

Lin Qi quickly forgot about the secrets and annoying things in the diary, and clapped his hands loudly towards the outside:

"Alright, stop fooling around. Elizabeth, go and take all the meat out of the warehouse, and while you're at it, gather some tangerines and find some branches on the island. Wangcai, go peel a few tangerines, and remember to keep the peels."

"Today we'll smoke all the remaining meat, and I'll also make some citrus marmalade to go with tonight's barbecue."

"Yay!"

"Squeak!"

Amid cheers from the man and the monkey, Lynch began his work on dinner.

His cooking skills were as popular as ever among the crew, and Elizabeth and Wangcai ate so much that they went into the cabin with their bellies full.

As night fell, Lynch and Wangcai fell into a deep sleep, while Elizabeth tossed and turned in her cabin, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

"Well……"

"The captain and the second mate are both very capable. I feel like I'm not very useful except in battles like this."

"Judging from the captain's troubled look today, I wonder what he has discovered."

While Elizabeth was playing around, she really wanted to go to the captain's cabin to share the burden of the problem, but then she realized that her brain wasn't quite up to the task. What could she possibly do about something that even the captain was struggling with?

Elizabeth buried her head in her pillow in distress. Although she was usually carefree, Elizabeth knew very well that her real purpose on this ship was to get the captain's help to save her father.

I had originally thought that the terrifying ghost ship captain would torment his own soul in exchange for my father's safety.

But to her surprise, the captain not only didn't torment her, but he's even gained a little weight recently...

Fortunately, Elizabeth could feel that the picture book connected to her soul was being opened by her father from time to time, and her father was in relatively good condition, otherwise Elizabeth would have been unable to sit still long ago.

"What should we do?"

"Why don't we go find the captain and let him torment my soul?"

The moment the idea popped into her head, Elizabeth smacked herself on the head twice. Putting aside how stupid the idea was, she figured even her own soul captain wouldn't approve of it.

This is going to be difficult.

How can I ease the captain's burden and get him to help me rescue my father?

After much thought, Elizabeth realized that the only things she could rely on were strength and swordsmanship.

Otherwise, any sailor could do those jobs better than her.

But Elizabeth knew very well that her strength was far from enough, and at least she was not yet good enough to catch the captain's eye.

Thinking of this, Elizabeth suddenly sat up in bed.

"No, I can't keep going like this!"

"I must become stronger quickly and become a fighting force that the captain can rely on. This is the only thing I can offer."

Elizabeth wasn't the kind of girl who liked to overthink things. Once she decided to become stronger, she wouldn't hesitate for a moment, just like when she decided to start practicing swordsmanship a year ago.

Picking up the Silver Moon Sword, Elizabeth stepped out of the cabin and onto the deck, carrying the green oil lamp.

Hanging precariously on the mast, the swaying skeleton second mate noticed the commotion below. He looked down and found himself face to face with Elizabeth.

Elizabeth swallowed hard, suppressing her fear.

"Second Mate Skeleton, may I learn swordsmanship from you?"