Charlie had already figured out he'd wandered into a horror story, the kind where a curious investigator digs deeper into the unknown. And on this mysterious ship, the crew was clearly losing their minds one by one. The key he heard them mention probably referred to something they'd found on a place called Ake.
But Charlie's curiosity pushed him forward. Deadpool, the character he was controlling, was just an avatar, a way for him to explore without much risk. Even if Deadpool ended up cursed or killed, it wouldn't really affect Charlie. Besides, he didn't think Deadpool could actually die, not with his nearly unbreakable body and unhinged mind.
Even if the curse was from a powerful, god-like being, it would struggle to make Deadpool go insane or kill him. The chaos in Deadpool's brain was something even a god would avoid, and his body was nearly immortal. Charlie guessed that even a demon god would find Deadpool one of the toughest enemies they'd ever faced.
Meanwhile, Claire, one of the last surviving crew members, was acting more and more bizarre. When Deadpool asked him about the treasure, Claire started laughing in a strange, unsettling way. His laughter seemed to go on forever, and he began muttering words that made no sense. Sometimes, he'd even shout random things, but none of it seemed connected.
However, Charlie noticed one word that Claire kept repeating: "Yevgon."
This made Charlie frown. He remembered that "Yevgon" was the name of the star realm they were in—a large area in space. But he wondered if it might mean something more than just a place name.
Claire's muttering eventually turned into a strange story. He talked about an ancient legend where, a long time ago, a whole civilization on a planet was destroyed. These people had created their own tools, even weapons, and had left their home planet to explore other worlds. But they made a mistake. The supreme god, noticing their progress, wiped them out in an instant, like swatting a fly.
Charlie's heart started to beat faster. He wasn't sure if Claire's rambling was just the result of his shattered mind or if it contained real and dangerous information. If the story was true, it seemed to warn that technology was forbidden in the star realm. It made Charlie wonder if humanity was also walking a risky path by relying so much on technology and creation.
No wonder the strange visitor from the stars had been so hostile when it first arrived on Earth. Luckily, that being didn't seem to see humans as much of a threat, or else it might have caused even more harm. If it had taken its findings back to others in the star realm, Earth could have ended up in serious trouble.
Charlie thought about the way other civilizations in the star realm seemed to be protected by powerful beings. Technology, it seemed, was something these beings didn't want to spread on a large scale. Instead of spaceships built with engines for interstellar travel, people in the star realm used simpler ships and relied on "star gates"—portals that connected one star realm to another.
This was why the ship leaving Ake could only reach a place called Krafal. The star realm around Ake wasn't developed enough to have many star gates, so travelers had to pass through Krafal to reach other realms.
As the ship continued its journey through space, the last crew member seemed to crack under the pressure. He ran wildly through the ship, screaming and looking terrified. After a while, everything went silent.
When Deadpool explored the ship, he found every room empty, like he was the last living person on board. Claire was nowhere to be seen. Charlie, who had been focusing on other matters, noticed this when Deadpool finally checked on Claire's location. It seemed that Claire, unable to handle the mental strain, had left the cabin and ended his own life in the vastness of space.
Now, Deadpool was the last remaining "crew member." In a typical horror story, the investigator left alone usually becomes the final witness to madness, showing the audience his slow descent into insanity.
But instead of being scared, Charlie was curious. He wanted to see if the strange, eerie force haunting the ship—if such a thing was really there—could affect Deadpool.
As Deadpool wandered through the empty ship, he came across something unusual in one of the rooms. It was a small, strange-looking statue, shaped like an alien creature in an odd, twisted position. Though its form was unsettling, there was a strange beauty to it.
Charlie immediately knew: this was the treasure the unfortunate crew members had been searching for.