King of the Nine Seas

　　 "Are you sure those three guys had been carrying the books left by the Santa Maria pirates before?"

On the Grey Shark, Aran asked the last crew member about the three people. For Aran’s question, the crew was very difficult to answer and behaved very fearful. It seemed that even if he mentioned the previous things, he might change himself. Like the three people before, many pirates are very superstitious, and this one in front of Aran is obviously no exception.

"No, that's right, those three guys are lazy, saying that the books are too many and light are just right... I, I have already said that the books are unlucky, but they don't believe in evil, but in the end, I still got my point. I…"

Looking at the more and more panicked crew, Aran sighed helplessly. The pirates’ superstition problem is actually quite unsolvable. The popularity of knowledge in this world is terribly low, and it is simply inferior to the previous Middle Ages on Earth. Ignorance will inevitably lead to Superstition, superstition will inevitably hinder human progress.

The reason for this is that in the depths of this world, those ancient and unnamed existences hidden in the depths of the world, or intentionally or unintentionally kept their spiritual will in some books and knowledge, only the strength is strong and the spirit is firm. People can avoid the pollution of their spiritual will, this kind of situation is naturally not conducive to the dissemination and learning of knowledge.

In fact, ordinary knowledge and learning will not cause such a situation, but the key is that this world is hidden in the history of layers of fog. There are certain people or certain existences that are mixed with ordinary knowledge. The secret existence of spiritual will has caused great danger for human beings to spread and learn knowledge.

The dissemination of the spiritual will is either a small stick figure, a short paragraph of philosophical discourse, or simply a syllable, a name. The spiritual will transmitted by these methods is very weak, but that Compared with the indescribable existence itself, for ordinary human beings, even if the spiritual will of those existences is weak, once contaminated, the final result is either physical distortion or spiritual madness, without exception!

　　 Otherwise, based on the nature of human learning, even if the world is quite special, human development cannot become the deformed state it is now.

Of course, Aran did not know these inside stories about the truth of the world, he also learned from other people at the gathering, but it seems that these so-called truths and inside stories are not what some people think. Too big secrets, at least not the core secrets, otherwise those people wouldn't be able to tell these things directly in the party.

Of course, Aran himself was a little wary of that mysterious gathering. Let’s not talk about what happened in that place, who were the people in it, and what was the purpose. It was the question of how Aran was selected and brought into it. It was enough to make him be careful.

　　 rubbed his eyebrows, Aran sighed and let the pirate leave.

Seeing the guy who walked away with a sigh of relief, Aran shook his head helplessly. Although these guys didn't dare to deceive him, but from the bottom of my heart, they resisted the crew who remembered the incident, how could they really remember? What details or key clues.

　　 In fact, it was possible to get the clue that the three people had come into contact with the book collection on the Santa Maria, the predecessor of the Grey Shark.

Of course, Aran didn’t plan to end this matter like this. Now that he has a clue about the collection of books, then just follow this clue to investigate. He has the ability to detect, and he can find out in advance when he is in danger. , Will not let yourself fall into the danger of being unable to turn.

　　 went straight to the library, which had been evacuated by the three people, and only empty bookshelves and rooms were left. After a little observation, Aran saw that the bookshelves were quite tidy and there was little dust on the ground.

Obviously, the crew of the Santa Maria, the predecessor of the Gray Shark, often cleaned this library. This is quite a rare act among pirates, and the most important point, if it is really those books. Question, so why are there no things to the Santa Maria pirates who often clean this library?

　　 Is it because the distortion of the three people is not due to books, or because they themselves have a way to protect themselves from the influence of the spiritual will in the books?

　　Walking into the library, Aran watched and thought about the unreasonable part of the matter. At this moment, Aran suddenly felt a faint sense of disobedience.

　　 frowned and raised his head, Aran looked at the library, then went out to observe the rooms around the library, and finally he returned to the library, standing in front of the bookshelf on the right, where the wall thickness is problematic!

　　Aran has been on the Black Shark for many years, and he knew the structure of the hull for a long time. It is also because of this that he was able to keenly discover the problem in this library!

"Interesting, the thickened walls contain books with unknown spiritual will. How do you look at those books are like bait, a kind of protection, in order to hide and protect the things in this wall, such tight protection, those guys What the **** is hiding here?"

　　 closed the door of the library, Aran pulled out the dagger and checked all the corners of the bookshelf on the right.

　　 Click!

　　 Aran’s dagger pierced into the gap of the bookshelf and touched the mechanism. The top layer of the bookshelf opened a square space the size of a human head, and inside it was a small obsidian box!

　　 When his eyes lit up, Aran subconsciously wanted to reach out to grab the obsidian box, but he stopped halfway as soon as his hand stretched out. Aran's pupils contracted slightly, and he used his exploring ability to look at the obsidian box again.

　　【Obsidian Box: A box made of obsidian as the main material. It is made by a special method to conceal the traces of any items placed in it. The surface is cursed and cannot be touched directly. 】

　　 "Hoo... it's so risky!"

　　 Fortunately, he didn't touch the box with his hands rashly. Aran used a dagger to pick up the lid of the obsidian box, revealing a roll of paper made from the skin of an unknown creature, and nothing else.

　　 paper?

　　 Yalan frowned slightly, this is not a good thing.

　　 If there is an inexplicable spiritual will in a handful of books, the possibility that the leather will contain those existing spiritual will is at least 30 or 40% higher.

　　 The pupils of both eyes contracted again, and Aran used his abilities to look at the leather in the box.

　　 There is such a thing!