Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

"Also, we can't rule out the possibility that the unknown entity possessing Edward is currently with Little Book and Carl Robbins. We must be extremely cautious when facing Little Book. Although our trump card is powerful, it may not be able to withstand the powerful combination of Little Book and that unknown entity."

"Wait, what is this?"

Zhou Ning casually glanced at the menu in his hand and was shocked by its contents.

The posada skull soup and blood cheese pot that Elsa mentioned before are fine, but what about the human head pot, rat burgers and plague salad?

Zhou Ning's biggest weakness at the moment is his idol image. He absolutely does not want to be spanked in front of the players and would rather face Archbishop Edward directly.

He frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and ordered two dishes that looked somewhat acceptable, the Blood Cheese Pot and the Broken Tongue Butter Baked Garlic Ghost Mushroom.

The name seems dark, but it is actually okay after the dish is served. The blood in the blood cheese pot is actually a red tree sap that tastes similar to syrup. The cheese is coated with a thin layer of sugar coating. Chewing it is no different from eating dessert, and it has a fresh fragrance. It is very delicious.

As for the Butter-Baked Garlic Ghost Mushroom, the ghost mushroom inside is a rare fungus that grows in dark caves. It is an alchemical material for making secondary invisibility potions and can only be grown in large quantities on the island of Tartarus. After being baked with garlic cloves and butter, it has a sweet and fragrant taste and is juicy in every mouthful. The only regret is that the tip of the tongue will be temporarily invisible after eating it, which is also the origin of the word "broken tongue" in the name.

Compared to Zhou Ning's ease, the three players were a little scared and excited. According to Zhou Ning's guess, they probably wanted to adapt to the local customs and experience the feeling of being spanked.

After finishing his meal, Zhou Ning ordered a local beer, took off his ring, and sat among the crowd, quietly listening to the rumors of the past few days, some of which he had heard before and some of which he was completely unaware of.

Several ghost ships appeared on the sea near Tartarus Island... Due to the worship of the dead, many local natives went to explore on the ghost ships, but found nothing... Three days ago, a large number of strange disappearances occurred on Tartarus Island. A large number of natives disappeared, and the only traces were large amounts of blood and some torn clothes... "Thunder General" Bilson and Valentine's subordinates, and the fleet of "Black Baron" Jeffrey fought in the southern part of the island chain of the Motley Islands, and Thunder General won.

Zhou Ning listened to the rumors silently without saying a word, and almost understood what he wanted to know.

These ghost ships should be the ones he encountered yesterday. As for the disappearance case... the time coincides with Archbishop Edward's departure from those ghost ships and the direction he was heading before.

According to my own understanding, evil spirits like this that possess others often need a lot of energy replenishment to satisfy their instinctive pleasure and the need for gradual recovery.

This energy could be the soul of a living being, their flesh and blood, or even their resentment. This also completely matches Archbishop Edward's behavior.

This unknown entity is likely still on Tartarus Island.

Afterwards, Zhou Ning spent some time in the bar. At Elsa's suggestion, he played a few rounds of weather cards with her and several other players. Zhou Ning had never lost at this game.

Not long after, after Zhou Ning touched the gourd with three-color rain and two-color snow, Erza began to regret it, her eyes flickering as she wanted to end the bet. However, Shuidi Shenxing performed well, using her observation Haki to perfectly evade and win a small advantage.

"Remember, never gamble with a roaming gunman."

Zhou Ning glanced at the underwater star, smiled, and pushed the banknotes piled in front of him back to them. This also made Elsa and the two players smile with relief.

For a while afterwards, Zhou Ning didn't hear any useful information. He glanced at the table and saw that only Brother Tangshan had a little food left. It looked like he didn't plan to eat anymore, so he didn't intend to stay in the bar to continue having fun. He drank the rest of the beer and stood up.

Brother Tangshan smiled and was dragged away by "Shen Teng" to be spanked, while Elsa rushed to pay the bill. Zhou Ning glanced at the bill, haha, five people ate 60 Viktorias, which was equivalent to his annual salary when he first crossed over.

Coming outside the bar, listening to the sounds of players spanking each other inside, Zhou Ning took out his pocket watch from his arms and glanced at the time. There were still about two and a half hours before the ship sailed.

"I'm going to check out the black market on the island. What about you?" Zhou Ning turned to look at Elsa and asked frankly.

"I'll go with you. It's a good opportunity to buy some protective gear." Elsa said without hesitation.

After the players walked out of the bar, Elsa looked at Brother Sugar Mountain with disdain, identified the direction, and headed towards the "shoulder" of Tartarus Island.

Compared with other cities or islands, since most of the roads are spiral-shaped and only the top of the island has a flat road, Zhou Ning rarely sees vehicles like horse-drawn carriages or steam trains running on flat roads. Instead, there are many sedan chairs carried by two domesticated kangaroos, with corresponding low-level druids selling tickets and directing them. The natives of the island also use this method to transport goods.

Shuidi Chenxing curiously asked about the price, and it was not expensive, only 7 Luoshen was enough for the whole day.

Along the way, Zhou Ning felt a very strong aura of the spiritual world. He guessed that part of this island might be similar to Nathaniel's underground ruins, overlapping with the spiritual world.

This is why the residents here and the island itself are contaminated with the breath of the spiritual world.

At this time, the weather began to change. Through his observation Haki, Zhou Ning had predicted that there would be a heavy rain in this place soon.

He was too lazy to change the weather through the Sword of Cortes or the King of Heaven. He opened his umbrella with a snap, and almost at the same time, heavy rain fell from the sky.

The other people also predicted the heavy rain in advance through weather sticks, and now they also followed suit and opened their umbrellas.

When passing a corner that spiraled upward, there was suddenly a sound of something heavy falling from above.

With his god-level observation Haki, Zhou Ning foresaw this happening half a second in advance. He calmly took a step back, holding Brother Tangshan by the collar. A moment later, a kangaroo slipped and fell from the sky, landing in front of him with a "bang", bringing down a large amount of bricks and wood chips. The scene was in chaos.

After a while, the kangaroo's owner, a young druid, came hurriedly, apologized, and offered compensation.

Zhou Ning didn't say anything and let Elsa negotiate with the other party, but he couldn't help but frowned, and a strong sense of vigilance arose in his heart, including the heavy rain now. Is this seemingly unexpected situation really an accident?

The accident delayed Zhou Ning for about 5 minutes, but no accidents happened from then on until the entrance of the black market. This also made Zhou Ning's thoughts waver. Was it really an accident?