Evolution game, nothing more than that!

Yi Shen nodded and told the other party what he had discovered before.

"It seems we think alike."

Assassin smiled and continued:

"However, it's not just the captain who has problems. Our chef also has one."

"Oh? What did you find out about him?"

"To be precise, it was his luggage. I found many kinds of poison in it. Any one bottle of it is enough to kill everyone on the ship!"

Chapter 43: The Uneasy First Night

"..."

When Yi Shen heard that the chef had poison in his hand, he couldn't help but feel scared.

He immediately made a decision to change his previous plan and definitely not eat any food on the boat from now on!

However, compared to food safety issues, the fact that the chef has poison itself means something.

"...Captain, doctor, and cook, but we've already discovered something unusual with three of them on the first day. It would be strange if this journey doesn't go wrong!"

He sighed.

"Oh? From what you said, there's something wrong with the ship's doctor too?"

Assassin asked.

"Ah."

Yi Shen nodded:

"Another player has already investigated. There are books related to the occult in the ship's doctor's room. It's clear that he's not just a doctor."

As he spoke, he also informed Assassin of the other information he had exchanged.

"...It seems obvious that there must be a 'wolf' among the NPC crew of this ship. I just don't know if it's the captain, the doctor, or the cook. It could even be all of them!"

Assassin concluded.

"The worst-case scenario is that all the core members of the entire ship are in trouble. Plus, there might be hidden 'wolves' among the players. The situation isn't optimistic!"

Yi Shen added.

"But you don't seem too worried?"

"Aren't you the same?"

As they said this, they couldn't help but smile at each other.

After discussing for a while, Yi Shen looked at the time, stood up and said:

"...Alright, your ability to make yourself disappear is quite useful. I suggest you try to maintain your 'non-existent' state for the time being. That way, you can use it as a surprise attack against both the 'wolves' in the game and the 'wolves' in the NPCs."

Assassin nodded without objection:

"No problem, that was my plan."

As she spoke, she looked at Yi Shen deeply, as if she was also a little surprised that he realized the nature of her ability so quickly.

But in the end, she didn't say much. She just took a few steps back and walked into the shadows, and then she disappeared, just like before.

"What a useful ability..."

He couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, and then he didn't stay here any longer, but returned to the cabin to rest for the night.

……

Although it was a rest, it was obviously impossible for Yi Shen to really sleep peacefully in such a dangerous mission.

Therefore, he used his old trick again, resting the left and right brain separately and keeping his consciousness clear at all times.

Of course, he did this just out of caution, and he really didn't think anything would happen on the first night.

However, at about two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, a shrill scream startled the entire ship.

Yi Shen stood up immediately, and the other players were also awakened at the first moment.

Everyone looked at each other, then immediately rushed out of the room, intending to rush to the place where the sound came from.

However, they had not walked far when they saw a sailor running towards them, howling and screaming like a madman, waving a knife wildly in his hand.

Since Yi Shen's bed was closest to the door and he got up and went out the fastest, he was standing closest to the front and had to be the first to face this seemingly crazy sailor.

Fortunately, he was just an ordinary sailor. Even if he went crazy, he could not pose any threat to Yi Shen.

He just took a step forward, first slapped the knife out of the other person's hand, and then slapped the other person in the face with a force that was neither too strong nor too weak, just enough to knock the other person's head unconscious, but not enough to cause him any substantial harm.

With a "thump", the sailor fell directly to the ground and couldn't get up in a short time.

At this time, a group of sailors came running from the other side of the aisle. When they saw the man lying on the ground, and then looked at Yi Shen and the others who did not seem to be injured, they also showed a relieved expression.

"Thank God, you finally stopped him!"

A sailor said so.

"what's going on?"

Yi Shen asked the other party:

"This guy just rushed over with a knife and was yelling and screaming, like he was crazy."

"Oh, I'm sorry, John seems to have had a nightmare and is a little confused."

The sailor on the other side said so.

"Damn it! You said he was just having a nightmare? I think he's really crazy. He almost hacked me to death!"

Upon hearing this, another sailor nearby immediately shouted in dissatisfaction, and even stretched out his arm to let everyone see the bloody scar on his hand - it was not deep, just a little flesh was broken, but it was about seven or eight centimeters long, and the blood had dyed a large area of ​​his sleeve red.

"Don't favor him just because he's from the same hometown as you. This guy is a lunatic with a problem in his brain!"

"I'm sorry Sam, but John doesn't usually act like this. It was just an accident..."

The sailor who spoke for John said this, trying his best to defend his fellow countryman.

With the sound of quarreling, more and more sailors were woken up and attracted over, and the crowd grew bigger and bigger.

Just as the scene became increasingly chaotic, a majestic voice like a huge bell rang out behind everyone:

"Who can tell me what happened?"

Everyone turned around and saw that it was the captain, who was looking at everyone with anger on his face.

Seeing the person in charge appear, the sailor named Sam spoke first:

"Captain, it was John. He went crazy for some reason. He suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, yelling and slashing at me with a knife. I almost died at his hands!"

"No, Sam, I said John was just having a nightmare, he's not crazy!"

The other sailor still refused to give up defending John.

"John...is that the one lying on the ground?"

The captain squeezed into the crowd and saw the sailor lying on the ground in the innermost part, then looked up at the others:

"Well, who knocked him down then?"

"it's me."

Yi Shen on the side shrugged.

"It's you."

The captain took a look at Yi Shen's tall and strong figure and nodded:

"Okay, good job."

After praising Yi Shen, he leaned over and grabbed John from the ground, slapped him in the face several times, and woke him up.

However, after waking up, John was still in a state of mental confusion, shouting nonsense like "Don't kill me" and "There is a monster", while struggling desperately.

However, the captain's physical fitness, which is several times that of an ordinary person, was revealed at this time.

Even when he was holding a strong and struggling sailor, his arms were still as steady as steel.

He slapped him a few more times, trying to wake him up, but it still had no effect. The captain had no choice but to throw John to the side of the boatswain who had also squeezed in to watch the fun, and ordered:

"Let's put him in the confinement room first and have a doctor check him out tomorrow. If that doesn't work, then we'll just have to keep him there forever! Oh, and you... you should go see a doctor right away and get your wound treated!"

He said the second half of the sentence to the sailor who was chopped.

"Yes, Captain."

Sam went to see a doctor with his arm folded.

"As you command, Captain!"

The boatswain on the other side had a helpless look on his face. He could only hold John with both hands to control him, and then called on several sailors nearby to help, and together they dragged this guy into the confinement room.

Chapter 44: Sudden Death

The storm just dissipated, and the sailors returned to their cabins in twos and threes to continue their interrupted sleep.

In most people's minds, this is just a small thing on the journey.

After all, anything can happen during a long and boring voyage. It is not uncommon for sailors to go crazy like today, and it can even be said to be common.

At most, someone went crazy right after we set sail this time, which is quite rare.

So, except for the sailor who was from the same hometown as John and was full of worry, no one else took the matter seriously.

But the players are different.

They were keenly aware that the sailor's madness might be part of the "strange events" hinted at by the evolutionary game.

"You really can't wait to come. It's only the first day..."

Some people couldn't help but sigh like this.

However, no one answered him.

After this incident, everyone became extremely vigilant and kept a close eye on the movements of everyone around them.

Because of this, Yi Shen had to cancel his original plan to use the Five Visions to monitor John's situation. He didn't want too many people to know that he had this means of remote monitoring.

Time passed minute by minute, and the players spent the first night on board the ship without any sleep.

Fortunately, gamers who can pass the novice trial have some extraordinary qualities. Even if they haven't slept all night, most of them don't look tired, not to mention cheating players like Yi Shen who can let the two halves of the brain rest separately and stay conscious for a long time around the clock.

The next day, the players were still working in various places on the ship under the arrangement of the first mate and the boatswain, but they were all secretly paying attention to the situation of John last night.

However, they soon learned shocking news - John was dead!

Yes, John, who was full of energy last night and required several people to control, was found dead in the confinement cell the next morning.

Moreover, according to the sailors who helped collect the bodies, John's expression when he died was extremely terrified, as if he had been frightened to death.

Such rumors caused a great sensation among the sailors for a while, and some people suspected that John had really offended some evil creature.

But soon, the captain issued an order, requiring everyone to be forbidden to talk about this matter. At the same time, at noon that day, John's burial at sea was held in a low-key and quick manner - that is, simply throwing the body into the sea to feed the fish.

Yi Shen immediately realized that there was indeed something wrong with John's death and even his previous madness.

He found an opportunity to run to an empty corner alone, and sure enough, a few minutes later, Assassin appeared beside him.

"Well? How did John die?"

He asked bluntly, not seeming at all concerned that the other party hadn't observed what was happening.

Sure enough, Assassin did not disappoint his expectations.

“There was no sign of outsiders taking action.”

The woman shook her head and said:

"It looks like that guy was really scared to death."

"But that's just how it looks, isn't it?"

Yi Shen said this.

Assassin nodded, agreeing with his statement: