Chapter 436: Refill

"Miss Yun, Miss Yun, the person has woken up!"

Early the next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, Yun Mu was awakened by a hurried knocking at the door.

"Who is it?" She rubbed her eyes in a daze, then suddenly snapped to her senses.

"Already awake? I'm coming!" Without time to wash up, Yun Mu got up, quickly changed her clothes, and then pushed open the door to the captain's quarters.

Appearing before the door was none other than Meiyin. As the ship's only nun and part-time doctor, she had been nursing the patient since last night and had come to find Yun Mu the moment the person regained consciousness.

"Viktor, Viktor, the person is awake, why didn't you wake me?" Yun Mu followed behind Meiyin, heading toward the infirmary, while using the contract to ask the Ship Spirit.

"Explanation: Ms. Meiyin arrived to notify me the moment the person regained consciousness. It has been less than half a minute; I deemed it unnecessary to specifically wake you." A white, spherical mechanical body emitting a faint blue arc appeared beside Yun Mu, explaining to her.

As the new Ship Spirit of the Xiangyang, Viktor could appear anywhere on the Xiangyang at any time and any place. Of course, the prerequisite was having Yun Mu's authorization.

And when it lacked permission, its range of activity was limited to just that little bit of space on the desk in the captain's quarters.

This was also the reason why Viktor had only appeared in the captain's quarters previously.

But now, Yun Mu had completely unlocked its permissions; never mind appearing anywhere on the ship, it could even fire the cannons by consuming Gold Frost!

It was just that every time it fired the cannons, it needed to go through the contract within Yun Mu's body first.

As long as Yun Mu wished, she could interrupt Viktor's control permissions at any time.

It was all about being cautious.

Arriving before the infirmary door, Lita and Lucy had curiously gathered around. After Meiyin pushed open the door, the lady who had been fished up earlier looked over at the sound.

Soft, light brown long hair draped over her chest, making the lady appear somewhat gentle. After waking up, within those opened amber eyes, one could clearly see feelings of confusion and helplessness.

"How do you feel? Do you need to drink water? Are you hungry?" Meiyin stepped forward to ask immediately.

She had fed the other party some cool water and liquid food while she was unconscious, but after all, she was an unconscious patient, so she couldn't feed her too much. Now that she was awake, she could consider replenishing her nutrition.

"... I feel alright." Hearing Meiyin's words, the woman lying on the infirmary bed answered subconsciously.

Then she thought of something and hurriedly asked: "Um, may I ask where this is?"

"Hmm..." Meiyin turned back to look at Yun Mu. The two met eyes for a moment, then Yun Mu spoke up: "This is the shipping lane from Falanaka in the Orc Federation to Frostfall City in the Frost Kingdom. This is the captain of this ship, the Xiangyang."

"You were salvaged by us from the sea last night... speaking of which, may I ask your identity? And the reason you were in distress?"

"I..." The other party opened her mouth slightly, frowning as if she had a headache. She said: "I can't remember."

"In my last memory, there was only the cold seawater, and those ship fragments that were broken beyond recognition..."

"Amnesia?" Yun Mu looked at Meiyin subconsciously.

Noticing her gaze, the latter lowered her head and pondered for a moment: "Hmm... perhaps it was brain damage caused by prolonged oxygen deprivation while at the bottom of the sea?"

The human brain requires a lot of oxygen; once the oxygen supply is insufficient, a person will kick the bucket in less than half a minute.

Therefore, it is possible that oxygen deprivation caused brain damage leading to amnesia, but the probability... right? Normally, if the brain is deprived of oxygen, the person would be dead; how could it just be amnesia? That would make it more likely that the other party is lying!

But then again, what reason would the other party have to lie? If she were just an ordinary victim salvaged by them, there would be absolutely no need to lie. Moreover, Yun Mu didn't think the expression on her face looked like she was lying.

"Then do you know what your name is?"

"Also, can you think of where your home is?" After thinking for a moment, Yun Mu asked her.

The other party shook her head blankly: "Sorry, I can't remember anything... but, that place you mentioned just now, Frostfall City, I seem to have some impression of it."

As she spoke, she covered her head: "I think I was planning to go there."

"The destination matches? Hmm... that's normal, after all, she appeared on this shipping lane."

"Then you should just rest well on this ship for now. If you have any needs, you can just say so." As she spoke, Yun Mu looked at Meiyin: "I'll leave her care to you."

Calling it care, it actually also meant keeping her under surveillance.

After all, the other party's background was unknown; being careful was never wrong.

Speaking of which... after walking out of the room, Yun Mu's gaze turned to Lita.

The latter had an incredulous look on her face, appearing as if she had thought of something but was not quite sure, thus hesitating whether to speak or not.

Just as Yun Mu was about to ask what she was thinking about, the other party spoke first.

"Miss Yun, that... lady, I feel she looks familiar," she said.

"Familiar?" Yun Mu was slightly stunned and said subconsciously: "You know her?"

"Maybe?" Lita shook her head, then explained to her: "I felt she looked familiar the moment I saw her, but I just couldn't remember where I had seen her."

"But I suddenly thought just now that Dad once showed me photos of my mother..." A rather complicated expression appeared on her face: "Thinking back carefully, they are exactly the same."

"But..." Lita looked somewhat incredulous: "Dad said my mother passed away long ago. Besides, even if she hadn't, so many years have passed, how could she still maintain her original appearance, let alone be salvaged from the sea by Miss Yun?"

"It is indeed a bit suspicious." Lucy spoke up at this time. After pausing slightly, she suggested to the two: "Let's just keep an eye on her for now. Aren't we going to Frostfall City anyway? Mr. Edward wouldn't fail to recognize his own wife. Besides that, during this time, we can try to probe and see if this lady can recall some memories."

"Hmm, let's do that then." Yun Mu nodded in agreement.

Her thoughts were similar to Lucy's. Although the whole thing was permeated with a hint of oddity, but... Yun Mu glanced at Lita.

Since this matter concerned Lita, she had to investigate it seriously no matter what! "By the way," she suddenly thought of something as she was leaving: "In that case, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Perhaps after hearing your name, Lita, the other party will think of something?"

"Me?" Lita first looked at Yun Mu with some surprise, but then, thinking of something, she nodded and said: "Then let me do it."

"Phew." She let out a long breath: "I will try my best."

"Don't be nervous, nothing has been confirmed yet." Seeing this, Yun Mu patted her shoulder.

"Hmm." Lita nodded, looking preoccupied. Yun Mu had no way to deal with this, so she just let her be.

As for whether the woman fished up by Lucy was really Lita's mother... let time decide that.

"Right!"

After leaving the infirmary, Yun Mu suddenly slapped her forehead, remembering something.

It wasn't anything particularly important, and it had nothing to do with what had just happened.

It was mainly because ever since Chester was released from the Game Panel by Yun Mu, it had often been playing around on the deck of the Xiangyang, and it was very fond of dragging her along.

And Yun Mu had her own things to do; she couldn't accompany Chester every day, so according to the original plan, she intended to create a playmate to drain Chester's energy.

Besides this, she also planned to release all the Leader bosses she had recruited.

After all, aside from the Gold Coins required for the initial recruitment and Resurrection, there was no cost to summoning them at any other time.

There was not even any consumption of Spirituality or Qi Strength.

Previously, it was because she had no territory of her own, and the Leader bosses basically didn't look human, so they couldn't be taken out for a stroll on the street.

Now she had the Xiangyang, and furthermore, after the incident with Viktor, the hull of the Xiangyang had grown quite a bit larger.

There was already enough space to accommodate these Leader bosses; the only problem was how she should tell the crew that these Leader bosses were "harmless"? A clear and foolish look gradually appeared in Yun Mu's eyes. The next day.

"Everyone, don't worry, these are all creatures I summoned; they won't hurt you."

Yun Mu gathered all the crew members and, right in front of them, summoned all the Leader bosses she had once defeated.

Besides this, she specifically released the Undead Wizard from the Undead Wizard's Phylactery, and of course, that included its young bone dragon.

Meanwhile, the crew members below on the deck were sweating profusely.

Nearly six meters tall, with exposed blood-red muscles all over its body, sharp claws, and a chin that faintly drooled, paired with that spiked great shield taller than any of the crew members—it was hard to imagine how they would handle it if this monster went berserk.

Besides this, there was also the Goblin Brave, which stood at the pinnacle of low-level Monsters in the wild; any adventurer with even a little knowledge of Monsters knew just how troublesome this thing was.

Plague Mad Crocodile, Burning Monarch, Gatekeeper of the Painted World, and the Scarlet Knight.

No matter which one was singled out, one could feel the powerful aura emanating from its body.

However, what chilled the crew members the most was the Undead Wizard, with its tall body hidden under yellow robes, from which faint dead bones could be seen, and eerie blue Ghost Fire emanating from within its skeleton.

To the crew, the other monsters could at least be considered living things, but the Undead Wizard...

This kind of monster involving the domain of death was usually what the living feared and dreaded the most.

Moreover, Yun Mu said these monsters were all summoned by her?

Could it be that their Captain, who looked so easy to talk to and was so beautiful, was actually an Evil Witch in secret? Some of the less loyal crew members were already thinking about running away.

Yun Mu did not feel surprised by this.

Fear was normal; in fact, it would be truly problematic if they weren't afraid.

But well, the Xiangyang was still drifting on the sea now, so even if these crew members wanted to run, they couldn't.

It was about ten days' journey until they reached Frostfall City, and human adaptability was always quite powerful.

She believed that after spending some time together and discovering that Yun Mu's summons would not take any dangerous actions, the smart crew members would choose to stay on their own.

After all, for sailors, where isn't work just work? If Yun Mu's summons were truly powerful while also not going berserk and harming the crew, then this Fear would eventually turn into a deep sense of security.

Of course, in order to let the crew adapt as quickly as possible, Yun Mu planned to have her subordinates, these summons, walk around the ship more often recently.

She would try to let every crew member see the appearance of the Leader bosses four or five times a day.

Don't blame me, this is all so that you can adapt as quickly as possible, Yun Mu thought silently in her heart.

(End of this chapter)