194: Chapter 194 What Does It Know

[Former Dynasty World: Independent Great World dungeon, time and space exist independently.]

[Exclusive Prompt: Want to know where Su Jie and your future self are? Come explore this world; this is your exclusive invitation.]

The deck was very quiet.

The Wan Si Fleet, which had been cheering just a moment ago, now looked as if someone had grabbed them by the throat.

It wasn't that they didn't want to shout; it was that those few lines of text were just too unsettling.

Su Jie.

Your future self.

As soon as these words appeared, even Su Mei stopped her movements.

A melon seed fell from He Yushui's hand.

Yun Jinxin looked up.

Bing Yu's nine tails stood up one by one, then quickly retracted.

Li Taiping looked at that drop of black water.

He frowned and fell silent.

The Former Dynasty World dungeon had no time limit whatsoever.

No countdown, no mandatory missions, no failure penalties—even the entry conditions were written very gently, like an invitation left on a table.

But the more it was like this, the more it felt like a silent abyss trap.

Li Taiping wasn't afraid; a trap was just a path once you crushed it underfoot.

But he didn't like this feeling, as if a hand had reached out from a very distant place and set up the chessboard for him in advance.

“Su Jie...”

Su Mei whispered the name once.

She didn't ask who that was.

She knew that for some things, if Li Taiping didn't want to talk about them, asking was useless.

Bing Yu, however, couldn't help herself and whispered, “Your future self? This thing talks so weirdly, like a scam text message.”

He Yushui glanced at her.

“You even know about scam texts?”

Bing Yu puffed out her chest.

“I've lived a long time; I've seen everything.”

Yun Jinxin added a dry jab: “Except courage.”

Bing Yu: “...”

This conversation was over.

Li Taiping raised his hand, and the black tide remnant key fell back into his palm. That drop of black water was sucked back in, drilling back into the character for 'Tide' on the key.

The prompt disappeared, and the night sky returned to tranquility.

The massive void left by the Floating Island was also slowly closing. The red full moon hung in the distance like an unblinking eye.

Li Taiping watched for a while and suddenly let out a laugh.

“This world is truly interesting.”

Su Mei looked at him.

Li Taiping stowed away the black tide remnant key.

“It seems to have been born for me.”

He Yushui blinked: “That sounds very villainous.”

Yun Jinxin nodded seriously: “And the kind that lives until the very last chapter.”

Bing Yu curled up in the corner, muttering, “You guys really dare to say anything...”

A trace of contemplation flashed through Su Mei's eyes.

Born for him—the phrase sounded arrogant, but since Li Taiping entered the Survival World, many things had indeed been too coincidental.

Various threads were converging in one direction.

It didn't seem like a coincidence.

It was more like someone had spread a net over the sea in advance, just waiting for Li Taiping to sail his ship right into it.

Su Mei didn't like losing control, and Li Taiping liked it even less.

In the distance.

Shen He led the men to finish collecting all the purple light orbs.

Chest after chest of spoils were carefully brought into the Many Children, Many Blessings ship.

These fleet Crew Members were very sensible.

No one touched the golden light orbs, no one secretly hid the purple light orbs, and someone who even picked up a Perfect Grade material held it in both hands, not even daring to breathe heavily while walking.

“Register them!”

“Register by ship number!”

“Sync the battle contribution records to the Mistress System!”

“If anyone dares to report falsely, I'll hang them from the mast to blow in the wind for three days!”

Shen Xiu's voice boomed back and forth across the decks.

He cursed as he kicked several Crew Members who hadn't yet recovered from the pollution into the Medical Pods.