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He hid in the wardrobe and narrowly escaped the carnage on the ship, but he never came out of the wardrobe again...

Xu Ming sighed, placed the diary on the corpse, and then closed the wardrobe door.

The corpse in the wardrobe then slowly closed its eyes.

After leaving the crew quarters, Xu Ming went down the stairs to the area below deck.

Below deck, there was a long passageway that seemed to lead to a warehouse in the front and to the engine room in the back.

Xu Ming chose to move forward.

When he pried open the warehouse door, a strong smell of blood mixed with the stench of decay hit him.

There were five or six corpses lying haphazardly in the warehouse.

The bodies were covered in wounds; none of them were intact.

Black bloodstains mixed with bits of flesh covered the warehouse floor.

Right in the center of the warehouse was a huge wooden crate.

A golden glint flashed from the wooden box.

This must be the treasure they took from the island.

Xu Ming shook his head.

It's true what they say: people die for wealth, and birds die for food.

Even without activating his spiritual vision, he could sense the intense resentment emanating from these treasures.

These terrible resentments are almost materializing.

They dare to touch this kind of thing.

These people are really stubborn.

Xu Ming had absolutely no interest in possessing those antiques.

After experiencing the massacre of the village and the infighting among the crew, these antiques, which had absorbed a massive amount of resentment, had completely transformed into something resembling a "monster" or "weird".

They may not show any signs of life, but anyone who dares to touch them out of greed will immediately be cursed.

For an ordinary person, whoever touches them will die.

This scourge cannot be allowed to remain.

Xu Ming picked up his phone and pointed it at the box of antiques.

However, he hesitated for a moment and then put his phone down.

At this point, the entire ship had not yet been inspected and its safety had not been confirmed, so naturally, they had to hold onto their trump cards tightly.

Anyway, these antiques aren't going anywhere, so it's not too late to deal with them last.

Xu Ming turned and left the warehouse.

Back in the passageway, Xu Ming turned and walked towards the engine room.

As soon as the engine room door was opened, a strong smell of diesel fuel mixed with the stench of blood rushed out.

"!!"

Xu Ming stared in disbelief at the uniquely shaped diesel engine installed in the very center of the engine room.

All that could be seen on the diesel engine's metal surface were patches of pink flesh.

These fleshy parts are connected by thick blood vessels, beating like a heart, just like a living thing.

A dozen or so figures blended into this terrifying, flesh-and-blood diesel engine.

These figures emitted a faint, eerie blue light, and their forms appeared somewhat illusory, like a mirage.

Their lower bodies were completely integrated into the flesh-and-blood diesel engine, while their upper bodies were raised with their hands outstretched, mouths agape, constantly emitting silent wails.

These figures are not 'strange'; they are solidified souls.

No wonder he hadn't heard the roar of the diesel engine.

It turns out that this flesh-and-blood diesel engine is actually powered by these souls!

Xu Ming found the faces of these souls very familiar. Weren't they the corpses on the deck?

Xu Ming had always found it strange.

The crew first entered Starfall Island, a forbidden area containing a large amount of negative energy.

Then he touched an antique that was carrying a lot of curses.

In the end, they even turned on each other.

These people are repeatedly washed and corrupted by a large amount of negative energy, and the probability of them becoming monsters after death is much higher than that of ordinary people.

However, Xu Ming didn't notice anything strange on the ship.

This is absolutely abnormal.

The answer is now revealed.

This was the final fate of the crew.

They killed each other in their lifetime for treasure.

After death, they became fuel for ghost ships, never to be reincarnated!

It's truly heartbreaking.

After carefully examining the flesh-and-blood diesel engine, Xu Ming left the engine room.

With the Flesh and Blood Diesel Engine destroyed, the fishing boat will most likely lose power, so how can we take him to Starfall Island?

Moreover, according to his observation, although this flesh-and-blood diesel engine uses souls as fuel, ordinary people will not be in any danger as long as they do not get close.

Compared to other strange entities, this mindless, flesh-and-blood diesel engine is far less dangerous; it wouldn't cause any major problems even if left unattended.

As for these souls, in a sense, they brought it upon themselves.

If they hadn't been greedy for those antiques, they wouldn't have ended up like this today.

After leaving the engine room, Xu Ming thoroughly searched the entire fishing boat and used his mobile phone to clean up the antiques.

After the resentment attached to the antiques was purified, the antiques turned into ashes all at once.

However, this situation is normal.

Exposed to wind and rain at sea, and with the strong corrosiveness of seawater, these antiques are protected by negative energy, which is why they have been able to maintain their original shapes.

Now that the energy protection is gone, these antiques have naturally reverted to their original state.

However, a hint of doubt appeared on Xu Ming's face.

He returned to the crew quarters, staring intently at the wardrobe containing the corpse, without uttering a word.

The diary mentioned a strange golden box, but Xu Ming searched the entire fishing boat without finding it.

It is theoretically impossible.

The fishing boat is not large in tonnage or size, and with such a conspicuous box of gold weighing forty or fifty kilograms, it should be easy to find as long as it is still on board.

Was he accidentally thrown into the sea by the crew during the fight?

This seems to be the only reasonable explanation.

Xu Ming was so fixated on this golden box.

His intuition told him that the golden chest must be an important clue.

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"Yonai, you haven't rested for two days. Go get some sleep."

"But... I understand, Mother."

Yukinoshita heeded her mother's advice and stood up from the sofa.

A wave of dizziness washed over her, and Yukino quickly grabbed the back of the sofa for support. Under her mother's worried gaze, she swayed and walked toward the bedroom.

Back in the bedroom on the second floor, Yukino went into the bathroom first, turned on the tap, scooped up a handful of water, and then splashed it vigorously on her face.

The icy, bone-chilling sensation instantly cleared her somewhat muddled mind.

Yukino turned off the tap, wiped her face clean with a towel, and stared blankly at her slightly haggard face in the mirror, her hand unconsciously stroking the strange mark on her neck.

Chapter 381 Arrival at Starfall Island

After a while, Yukino Yukinoshita sighed, turned around and left the bathroom.

"Huh? What's this?"

A golden light flashed in the corner of her eye, and Yukinoshita Haruno subconsciously looked in that direction.

A finely crafted gold box, about the size of a shoebox, sat quietly on her dressing table.

The front of the gold box is engraved with flame-like patterns.

Yukino couldn't help but reach out, her fingertips gliding over the flame patterns.

"Ayase, has anyone been in my room?"

Yukinoshita called out loudly to her maid.

Strangely, there was no response, as if everyone in the mansion had vanished.

Yukinoshita Haruno felt something was off.

It seemed that her movement triggered a mechanism in the golden box.

With a click, the golden box opened, the latch unlocked, and the lid slowly and automatically opened.

When Yukino saw what was inside the golden box, she was so frightened that her pupils dilated, her face turned pale, and she stumbled back two steps.

Inside the golden box was a woman's head!

Yukino's heart pounded wildly, and her breathing became increasingly rapid, as if she had asthma.

She sensed something was wrong and instinctively wanted to run away.

Just then, the woman in the box suddenly opened her eyes, her malevolent gaze falling directly on Yukinoshita.