There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

``` Swish— The waves surged. This time, Luo Kai entered "Ship from the Nautical Legend" alone. After all, he had extracted the script, and as the director, he had the authority to enter the script at any time, but he could no longer interfere with any plot developments. This time, no one on the ship could see him. Luo Kai leaned against the stern, lit a cigarette, and quietly smoked, quietly observing how the situation unfolded. After escaping the storm, Daping Hao drifted leisurely on the sea for the first half of the night. Then, shortly after 11:00, the black ship silently appeared in front of Daping Hao, gradually moving parallel to it. Boss Zhou noticed something was wrong, gave orders to the sailors to set sail in a new direction in an attempt to bypass the black ship. But it didn't take long for the black ship to catch up again. What happened before played out again—all of them went mad, killing each other. Boss Zhou released the lifeboats from below decks, sending Xu away. The first mate bravely resisted the crazed sailors, and the young sailor and Xu said their tearful goodbyes, eventually dying. The half-dead Boss Zhou climbed onto the deckhouse, shakily trying to steer the ship northward. By this time, the black ship had already merged into one with Daping Hao. On the calm sea, a dilapidated ship drifted eerily under the night sky. And before dawn, Xu, who was drifting alone, was successfully rescued by fishermen. As she disembarked on shore, she suddenly turned to gaze at the pitch-black sea. It seemed like she saw something, or perhaps realized something. Her eyes brightened for an instant, and for that same instant, were filled with sorrow. In the end, she threw the Compass into the sea. And with that, the script concluded. ... Cigarette butts littered the area around Luo Kai's feet. He took a deep breath and then entered the script again, to watch it another time. And then another time. And another time. After several repetitions, As a director, Luo Kai felt that he had completely understood the ins and outs of the story, even its most minute details! The true cause may have been from the moment they emerged from the storm. Perhaps at that time, Daping Hao was already damaged. What they saw as the black ship was Daping Hao itself. The Daping Hao that had been damaged in the storm. But everyone on board was unaware of this fact; they continued living and acting out of habit until night fell, and death and silence governed by the darkness enveloped them. Some saw visions of despair and evil before they died, but others saw their desires and pursuits. Some feared the approaching death, while others faced it calmly. Xu saw nothing. Because from the beginning to the end, she never died. And after leaving the sea area that muddled their thoughts, perhaps she knew the fate of Daping Hao, or perhaps she finally realized what that thing was that drove everyone mad. Because of her, everyone died. The script restarted once more. Luo Kai lay on the gunwale, staring down at the rippling waves below with his hands dangling over the edge, a cigarette languishing between his fingers. There was still one thing he didn't understand. Where was the monster? The one lurking beneath the black ship, the swirling black fog too turbid to make out its true form—a creature apparently dozens of meters huge?! Previously, when Luo Kai jumped onto the black ship to investigate, he was accidentally attacked and fell into the lower deck, then continued to fall into the seawater beneath the ship. Numerous tentacles bound him tightly, pulling him down into the deep sea, a situation so terrifying that Luo Kai instinctively attempted to escape. That was when he discovered the creature below. As expected, it was probably the boss of this script. Luo Kai conjectured that the creature's strength was at least around level four, which is why when he and Xu Shuo split up, he advised the latter to wait for his return before fighting, and to exit the team if anything unexpected occurred. ``` The outcome... well, the monster didn't materialize. And even though the monster didn't materialize, the manuscript extraction was completed. "Impossible!" Thinking of this, Luo Kai furrowed his brows tightly. Although he had never extracted a Mutant Script in the present world, under the guidance of a fellow director senior, he had come to know some aspects. If it were Mutant Script, one would need to crack the mutant elements within; if it were Abyss Script, one must first subdue the Abyss Creature within the script to succeed in the extraction! That's because during the extraction of the script, the power of the Abyss would interfere with the formation of the Subspace! Therefore, some directors would always fight the Abyss Creatures to reduce the impact of the Abyss power on the Subspace until the script is completed. Stroking his chin thoughtfully, Luo Kai mused, "Could it be that guy took down that gigantic creature all by himself?" This idea, how should one put it... It's so chilling. You're supposed to be just a level two player damn it! Luo Kai felt the fear of being dominated by a newbie. He lit a cigarette to calm his nerves. Just then, the black ship near Daping Hao launched another attack, countless dark tentacles swarmed toward Daping Hao and finally "boom" punctured a hole near the ship's bow. Sea water rushed in through the hole, the ship tilted and tottered losing its balance, and the sailors on board completely lost their sanity. Meanwhile, Luo Kai, who was lying on the ship's side, was petrified. The cigarette he had just lit hung from his lips, forgotten; the lit end smoldered down the length of the cigarette, emitting wisps of blue smoke before his eyes. Luo Kai gazed fixedly at the breach, That very spot perforated by tentacles! He had previously thought there was nothing wrong with the attack from the Abyss, considering those creatures were mindless beings that would flail about in disarray, attacking anything they saw—less methodical than the sailors' chopping. But! Upon careful reflection, Luo Kai wondered, was someone standing at that spot just now? When they were extracting the script before. Wasn't that guy standing right there, too lazy to even move?! But their script extraction was just a replay of past events, how could it be a literal return to hundreds of years ago? So he wasn't entirely sure. Because at that time, Luo Kai was inside the black ship, resisting the bindings of the Abyss, and when he jumped out, he saw Xu Shuo enshrouded in a cocoon by the tentacles. Therefore, he never considered the significance of that punctured hole's existence. However, long before the Abyss launched its attack, Luo Kai had sized up that black ship closely. [It was fully sailed, yet weirdly its speed maintained parallel to the Daping Hao, perhaps it was due to the excessive number of holes in its sails.] [At the bow, there was a large hole, and the surging sea water poured in intermittently, but despite that, it showed no sign of sinking.] Damn it! The hole in the position exactly like Daping Hao's before it was attacked! So there really are time elements involved, huh? Luo Kai thought deeply and with dread. He looked at the black ship merging with Daping Hao, then took out his Patterned Han Sword and lit the Ruby on its hilt. Once ready, Luo Kai jumped into the sea. He felt he needed to find an answer. The seawater was icy cold, and underneath the black ship was a dense ink-like fog, bottomless and impossible to probe. But this time, Luo Kai didn't feel a strong sense of crisis. So, he steadied his mind and continued diving until his entire being entered deeply into the black fog, after which he discovered— This damn thing is just ordinary black fog! Of course, not entirely ordinary, but without the Abyss Darkness harboring huge creatures, it was just a soulless darkness! There really were no more monsters! It must have been devoured by that newbie! …