Ye Zhen stood there like a fool, unmoving, his eyes vacant, his mouth opening and closing as if speaking, yet not a sound came out. Opposite him, a terrifying puppet corpse, with pitch-black eyes, also stood motionless with its mouth open, seemingly speaking as well.

A human and a ghost stared at each other, exchanging communication that had already been ongoing for some time.

Yang Jian, seeing this scene, had no choice but to stay alert, ensuring that Ye Zhen wouldn’t be attacked by other ghosts.

Fortunately, after that puppet corpse ceased its actions, the ghost that had been stripped from its body quickly fell into a dormant state, showing no signs of activity, not even the pale, withered human leg that had protruded from the fourth room moved.

The influence of the Ghost Ship remained. As long as the ghosts weren’t particularly terrifying, their activity time was limited. Although ghosts could briefly act or even kill, they couldn’t maintain this state continuously, which was quite accommodating for those unexpectedly aboard the ship.

“Haven’t you finished communicating yet? Don’t ask weird questions, just get to the point. The more you communicate with a ghost, the more easily you’ll be confused. Be very cautious,” Yang Jian reminded once more.

However, seeing Ye Zhen’s dazed appearance, he felt this guy had already been confused.

Otherwise, how could he possibly communicate for so long?

To simply ask about the helm’s location wouldn’t even take half a minute, yet now he had been communicating for a full fifteen minutes and showed no sign of snapping out of it.

“I’ll give you five more minutes at most. If you haven’t broken off communication by then, I’ll nail that puppet corpse right here. We can’t linger here for too long; we must leave when the Ghost Ship emerges again,” Yang Jian said once more, readying himself to act.

Yet Ye Zhen remained fully engrossed in his communication, unaware of what he was discussing with the ghost that made him so involved.

Time ticked by bit by bit.

At this moment, Yang Jian noticed the vicious ghost behind the puppet doll, previously scattered, had reawakened after a period of dormancy. Meanwhile, sounds were also coming from the fourth room, indicating the imminent arrival of the vicious ghost’s second attack.

Yang Jian chose to remain silent, just waiting.

Another minute passed.

Ye Zhen continued his communication with the ghost, but the surrounding paranormal phenomena grew more severe. A silhouette of a vicious ghost even appeared in the dark corridor ahead, though it hadn’t locked onto the two of them yet and thus didn’t attack.

However, the two were now in a precarious situation.

Because when facing just one ghost on the ship, there might not be much to worry about, but facing multiple ghosts was truly horrifying. Even Yang Jian had a limited number of times he could wield his Supernatural Power and couldn’t counter multiple vicious ghost attacks.

“One more minute,” Yang Jian said in a low voice.

He could peek at the fourth room next to him, where the previously vanished pale, withered leg had extended halfway, exposing an ankle outside.

Yet the aura of this dead leg seemed familiar. After taking a closer look, he realized it felt somewhat familiar, as if he’d sensed it on some ghost keeper before.

“Sun Rui from the Ghost Post Office, the eerie aura emanating from that crippled leg seems somewhat similar to this one…” Yang Jian recalled this detail.

But Sun Rui only had one crippled leg; his other leg was normal. Yet here, the dead leg also appeared alone, with no second leg present. It seemed Sun Rui’s controlled dead leg was a pair with this one, but for some reason, this supernatural puzzle had been fragmented.

In this situation, Yang Jian felt no surprise; he was merely considering whether to cut off this dead leg and send it back to Sun Rui.

But as he was thinking about this, Ye Zhen’s mouth stopped opening and closing, his vacant eyes gradually returning to normal.

His communication with the ghost seemed to have ended.

“Good, from now on, you will follow me, Ye Zhen. As long as I, Ye Zhen, exist, I will ensure you won’t be wronged and promise you a good life,” Ye Zhen was saying to the terrifying puppet corpse before him.

From his words, it seemed he intended to take the puppet corpse with him, as a companion?

“Ye Zhen, after waiting for so long, did you find out anything?” Yang Jian asked, his face darkening.

Ye Zhen, walking towards the puppet corpse, responded, “Don’t worry. I’ve found out the location of the helm and, more importantly, learned that steering this Ghost Ship requires more than just the helm; a captain is needed too.”

As he spoke, he reached the puppet corpse, and the terrifying puppet didn’t attack him. Instead, it struggled and moved closer to Ye Zhen, slowly climbing onto him. Its two limp, slender arms hung down, and its entire body clung to Ye Zhen’s back. It even turned its head to look at Yang Jian with an eerie smile at the corner of its mouth.

“What on earth are you doing? Are you planning to carry this ghost with you?” Yang Jian asked in shock.

“Of course. It’s under my control now, so there’s nothing to fear. You don’t need to worry,” Ye Zhen said proudly, even reaching out to pat the puppet corpse’s head.

Yang Jian immediately said, “This thing is so sinister. If you keep it with you, something will eventually go wrong. It should be dealt with now, and if you can’t do it, I can help.”

“No need, I have it under control.” Ye Zhen immediately refused.

Yang Jian stared at the eerie puppet corpse. He really wanted to dismember this thing, but seeing Ye Zhen’s demeanor, he knew that if he acted now, he would be stopped. A fight was inevitable, and fighting on the Ghost Ship was a very foolish action.

“We’ll deal with it after we get off the ship.” He could only suppress this thought for the time being, planning to find a way to deal with this ghostly thing after leaving the Ghost Ship.

“Let’s talk about the ship’s helm and the captain.”

“No rush, give me a few minutes, I’ll go get the helm first.” After speaking, Ye Zhen carried the puppet corpse and strode into the depths of the cabin.

Soon, he disappeared into the darkness.

Obviously, the location of the helm was deeper than Yang Jian had expected. If they searched one by one, who knew how much danger they would encounter. Now Ye Zhen had obtained information from that puppet corpse, which saved a lot of trouble. This was good news.

Less than three minutes after leaving, Ye Zhen’s figure emerged from the darkness once again, and at this moment, he had an old wooden helm in his hand. The helm had some minor damage, as if a small piece had been deliberately chopped off.

“This is the Ghost Ship’s helm. It’s dangerous here, we shouldn’t stay. We need to get out.” Ye Zhen tossed the helm to Yang Jian and said seriously.

Yang Jian caught the helm and said, “You’re talking about danger, but that thing on your back is what’s really dangerous.”

“Haha, it’s just a pet I, Ye Zhen, keep. It’s very tame and won’t be dangerous.” Ye Zhen said with a laugh.

He seemed exactly like those pet owners who let their dogs roam without a leash.

Yang Jian didn’t say anything more. He held the helm and began to retreat from the cabin: “You mentioned that besides the helm, we also need the captain? Let’s talk about the Ghost Ship’s captain. The captain who can control this thing is probably not simple.”

“The captain is not on the ship.” Ye Zhen simply stated: “We can’t become the captain either, plus, the captain is not human but a fierce ghost, and is also the supernatural source of the Ghost Ship. The helm was hidden by the captain before leaving the ship.”

“Your words are a bit puzzling. Since the captain is a ghost, why hide the helm?” Yang Jian said.

Ye Zhen replied, “I don’t know either. Anyway, that’s what it told me.”

“A ghost but with human thoughts? Is the source of the Ghost Ship suspected to be a ghost with living human consciousness? Moreover, where would the Ghost Ship’s captain go after leaving the Ghost Ship? There isn’t any news like this in the supernatural circle. Or is this thing deliberately hiding?”

Yang Jian furrowed his brow, with various thoughts continuously surfacing in his mind.

Meanwhile.

The two of them, without any danger, managed to retreat from the dark and terrifying cabin back to the control room.

“Since controlling the Ghost Ship requires both the helm and the captain, we now have only the helm and no captain, doesn’t that mean the helm is useless?” Yang Jian looked at the helm in his hand and said.

Ye Zhen said, “It still has some use. It can determine the direction of the Ghost Ship. Also, if we take the helm away, then the Ghost Ship’s captain can’t easily control the ship. Giving them some trouble is also good.”

“If it’s just that, then this adventure onto the Ghost Ship doesn’t seem to have yielded much. Even without the helm, the people from the King Organization have ways to guide the Ghost Ship forward.” Yang Jian said.

He was holding the helm hoping to control the Ghost Ship and sail it back, but being unable to do so was naturally frustrating.

“No matter, everything is under my control, nothing will happen,” Ye Zhen still said confidently.

Yang Jian had no choice but to put the helm away, then walked out of the control room to observe and prepare to leave the Ghost Ship.

The deck was still empty, nothing there, and everything around was pitch black, nothing could be seen. Clearly, the Ghost Ship was still sailing and hadn’t appeared in reality.

But Yang Jian didn’t forget, there was a ghost on the deck of this Ghost Ship, only now it had hidden again, unable to be seen.

At this moment.

The puppet corpse on Ye Zhen’s back started to open its mouth again, just like before, only moving its mouth with no sound coming out.

But Ye Zhen could hear what the puppet corpse was saying, and he immediately said, “Something’s wrong.”

“What’s wrong?” Yang Jian looked at him.

Ye Zhen said, “I don’t know, but my pet told me there’s a great danger approaching, we need to stay away from the deck.”

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