123: The Floating Mysterious Woman

When the "ten thousand seas" sailed away from that heart-palpitating deep-sea region and entered the relatively familiar coastal waters, Qin Feng's tensed nerves finally relaxed slightly.

At the zi hour of the next day, when he received the information again, he found that the content on the panel was indeed much more "normal."

[Ding! The zi hour has arrived! Daily information has been refreshed!]

[Today's Information:]

[Green Information: Approximately 10,000 meters deep beneath the current sea area, there is the wreckage of the merchant ship 'Treasure' which sank three hundred years ago. Inside the ship is a vast amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and antiques, with a value sufficient to rival a nation. However, salvaging it is extremely difficult.]

[Green Information: In about half an hour, a small school of 'Saber-Toothed Fish' will appear ahead on the route. These fish have sharp teeth and tough skin. After tanning, they can be made into Profound Rank Low Grade leather armor, making them good Artifact Refining Materials.]

[golden legend: Approximately five miles to the northwest, a woman is drifting with the waves. Her identity is ????]

"As expected, with insufficient strength, it's safer to stay in the coastal waters," Qin Feng thought to himself as he looked at the first two pieces of Green Information. While the sunken Treasure was good, the 10,000-meter deep sea was simply beyond his reach for now. The school of Saber-Toothed Fish, however, could be caught in passing, and the Profound Rank leather Materials could be sold for money or used to arm his subordinates.

But when his gaze fell upon the third piece of information, his pupils suddenly constricted!

"A golden legend!

Encountering one for the second time!

And... her identity is ?????"

This was the first time the System had encountered a situation it couldn't identify! Those question marks seemed to contain some kind of mist, making it impossible to fathom.

What shocked him even more was that a cold, mechanical prompt, one he had never heard before, immediately rang out in his mind:

[Ding! It's not that the System cannot identify her, but rather that knowing her identity at this stage would cause an unbearable 'Black Death Calamity' for the Host; therefore, it has been blocked.]

Qin Feng's whole body shook; he almost thought he was hallucinating!

"System? You... you can talk back?" he instinctively asked in his mind.

However, there was only silence. That cold prompt seemed as if it had never appeared; the System panel still floated quietly before his eyes, offering no response. That sentence just now seemed more like a preset automatic warning triggered by certain conditions.

"Black Death Calamity... Just knowing her identity would bring about a fatal disaster?" Waves of shock surged through Qin Feng's heart. Just what was this woman's background? What kind of terrifying existence was involved? Even the System had to be so cautious as to block the information!

A golden legend represented a massive Opportunity, but behind this Opportunity lay the highest level of known danger, explicitly warned about by the System!

To save her, or not to save her?

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Qin Feng's mind. Leaving her alone might avoid unknown risks. But a golden legend-level Opportunity was right before him, and it appeared in such a distressed manner; if he missed it, he would likely regret it for the rest of his life.

Wealth is found in danger! Besides, it wasn't in his nature to watch someone die without helping.

He immediately made a decision, rushed out of the cabin, and shouted to Captain Zhang Yuan, who was commanding the navigation, "Captain Zhang, change course! Veer five miles to the northwest! Quick! Someone has fallen into the water there and needs rescue!"

Although Captain Zhang Yuan wondered how Qin Feng knew someone had fallen into the water five miles away, after multiple incidents, he was already convinced of Qin Feng's ability to foresee things. He immediately ordered a course adjustment.

The "ten thousand seas" carved an arc and sailed toward the northwest.

About fifteen minutes later, a sailor on the lookout tower shouted loudly, "Floating object ahead on the sea surface! It looks like... a person!"

The ship quickly approached. Sure enough, on the shimmering sea surface, a figure was bobbing with the waves. As they got closer, they could clearly see it was a woman, dressed in a light blue dress of special material that was now tattered. Her long hair spread out like seaweed, partially covering her face. Her eyes were tightly closed, her face was as pale as paper, her lips were parched, and her breath was so weak it was almost imperceptible.

Even more shocking was that on her exposed skin, such as her arms and neck, were attached some dark green seaweed, and even a few dead, shriveled Deep-Sea Blood-Sucking Worms were tightly stuck to her! It was clear she had been drifting at sea for a long time and had endured unimaginable hardships.

"Quick! Lower the sampan! Use a fishing net to carefully haul her up!" Steward Liu, though his injuries hadn't yet healed, still forced himself to command.

Several sailors lowered a small boat and carefully used a fishing net to lift the unconscious woman from the sea, avoiding any secondary injuries, and then carried her onto the deck of the "ten thousand seas."

As soon as the woman was laid down, an aura mixed with the smell of the sea, blood, and a faint strangeness permeated the air.

"Xiao Chun! Come take a look, quickly!" Qin Feng shouted urgently.

Xiao Chun rushed over upon hearing the call. Seeing the woman's miserable state, her face turned pale, but she immediately knelt down and began a professional examination. She carefully cleared away the seaweed and those disgusting dead worms from the woman's body, and then her hands bloomed with a soft green light as she fully activated the healing techniques of the Body of a Hundred Medicines, enveloping the woman's entire body.

"She... she's so badly injured!" Xiao Chun's voice was filled with shock. "She has very strange internal injuries, as if her Meridians and organs were jolted by some powerful force. There's also severe dehydration and weakness... It's a miracle she's even alive!"

Green life energy continuously poured into the woman's body. Her face seemed to regain a hint of color, but she remained unconscious, her brow furrowed as if she were enduring immense pain.

Qin Feng stood to the side, his gaze complex as he looked at this stranger's face, which was somewhat swollen from being soaked in seawater but still showed traces of an extremely beautiful silhouette. The System's cold warning still echoed in his ears.

"A golden legend..."

Just what kind of existence had he saved?

Whether it was a blessing or a curse would likely only be revealed when the woman woke up, or when he possessed enough strength to face that "Black Death Calamity."