This is also a box monster, but its limbs are twice the size of the previous box monster, especially its legs, which are very long, about three or four meters.

If it were to unfold in a small chapel, it might just punch a hole in the ceiling.

Su Changxing still easily subdued it, splitting the box in two with a couple of moves, killing it and obtaining a piece of the fragmented Skeleton Talisman.

The three pieces, when put together, can form a complete whole.

Having gathered all the fragments, what might be in the next box?

Su Changxing thought of the various oddities on this small island. Initially, they weren’t looking for Nobu and the others but still ended up on this island.

The third box seemed quite ordinary, without any gemstone embellishments, but being placed here, it must not be ordinary.

Su Changxing reached out and, as per the usual procedure, tossed it into the Pocket Galaxy.

No reaction; the box seemed just like an ordinary box, but some black liquid could be seen seeping out.

Su Changxing slowly opened the box and was taken aback by what he saw inside, "Kasmin? No, it’s the Empress!"

A female corpse was soaked in the black liquid, her skin still retaining elasticity, and her face was exquisite.

He confirmed that the person in front of him looked exactly like the Empress he had seen before: elegant, noble, and exuding all the mature beauty.

"It should be the same person, right?"

Su Changxing wasn’t too sure either, furrowing his brows. He felt that the Empress should count as his wife in name, because Kasmin was indeed her daughter.

Previously, he wasn’t very concerned about this identity, considering it just an identity, but now he felt extremely conflicted. Suddenly, he had an extra wife and daughter, whom he didn’t even know.

There couldn’t possibly be anything more absurd than this.

The main issue was that he didn’t know this woman, and he couldn’t even get angry.

Su Changxing took the box out of the Pocket Galaxy again and placed it on the ground, gesturing for Kasmin to come over.

Kasmin walked over, looking at the tightly closed box with curiosity and asked, "What’s inside?"

Su Changxing didn’t answer directly, instead asking, "Does your mother have a sister who looks very much like her?"

Kasmin affirmed, "No, my mother doesn’t have any sisters."

If the Empress had no sisters, then who was this person?

Now it was Su Changxing’s turn to be puzzled. He opened the box and presented it to Kasmin. "Do you recognize this person?"

This person she undoubtedly recognized.

This was her mother, the familiar appearance, demeanor, and figure, just as engraved in her memory.

Kasmin stood dumbfounded, thinking, isn’t the person inside the box her mother?

But why does she appear here?

"Yes, she’s my mother, but why..."

Kasmin seemed incoherent, her chin trembling slightly.

Su Changxing closed the box again and, shaking his head, said, "I’m not sure either. I personally saw your mother hanging above the throne in the council chamber."

"But now we see her here again, leaving roughly two possibilities."

"One is that your mother was transported here after her death. The other is that the person who died there wasn’t your mother, but someone who looked identical to her."

Kasmin asserted, "This is definitely my mother. I’m sure. She has a mole on her abdomen, you’re aware of that."

I think I might not exactly know that...

Su Changxing opened the box again, lifted the Empress’s clothes, and discovered a mole on her abdomen. "This probably also indicates one thing: this corpse is physically identical to the Empress."

Kasmin was somewhat puzzled, "Isn’t that enough to prove she’s my mother?"

Su Changxing shook his head and said, "Since your mother appeared here, there’s nothing impossible anymore."

Kasmin closed her eyes, feeling confused. Everything was beyond her imagination, making her feel that the Empress’s death wasn’t that simple.

The coup in the Imperial Tower happened suddenly; none of them had time to react. The Empress was assassinated, and the guarding guards were swept by the Rune Warriors.

But all these had signs; the Duke’s actions couldn’t be concealed from everyone, yet the Empress acted as if nothing happened, letting things pass, only to ultimately meet her doom.

She witnessed all these, but as the Princess, there wasn’t much she could do. Even though she had a noble status, she didn’t have much power.

Su Changxing tossed the box back into the Pocket Galaxy, patting her shoulder, "Actually, how your mother died isn’t that important. What you need to do now is to take back Wodan, take back the Empire."

Su Changxing walked out of the church, only to find those monkeys had returned, seemingly insane, rushing at them from all directions.

"Is it because the box is gone?"

Su Changxing guessed the reason, pulling out firearms to shoot at the monkeys, intending to scare them away before leaving.

But unexpectedly, these monkeys truly went mad, like moths to a flame, running at them one by one, falling one by one.

Nobu showed an incredible expression, "Do these monkeys really believe in God? Just like those fanatical Believers at the Academy."

Monkeys are ultimately monkeys, though numerous, they are ultimately disorganized.

The gunfire ceased abruptly, the last monkey fell to the ground, the mountain path full of monkey corpses, blood, and fur.

Such a scene sent chills down the sailors’ spines. They couldn’t understand what drove the monkeys so mad, attacking them with no regard for their own lives.

Su Changxing, however, didn’t feel much about it. Killing these monkeys wasn’t much different from killing zombies or those creatures in the black mist; they were all just delivering Points to him.

Rationally, he didn’t want to engage in deliberate slaughter of these monkeys either; they were all life of Order.

But if they came to deliver, he had no choice.

Covered in the stench of monkey blood, they returned all the way to the Horror Ghost Ship. The Ghosts on the ship couldn’t roam far away from the ship and could only operate within a certain range.

The sky had completely darkened, sparse stars appearing in the night sky, separated by a line from the sea surface.

They set sail again towards Maelon.

"Now we should be able to reach Maelon directly," Weilian sighed, although they had only been sailing for a few days, it felt richer than everything they experienced in the previous months.

Su Changxing glanced sideways at Weilian, who was steering, and suddenly felt uneasy. He looked at the sky, seeing clear raindrops flying sideways, hitting his face.

This was eerily similar to the scene before encountering the storm yesterday.