They misled the captain and also the players.
If going by what Baiye of 507 said, then the [Players] could at best only serve as nodes to summon other existences.
"So the Heart Stealer sent out a distress call not in hopes of someone rescuing it, but rather to use whoever is drawn to it as bait to attract other existences?" Li Changhe thought.
As expected, these guys were no good. If they managed to harm or even defeat the captain.
They would cease protection, allowing the unit serving as the node to perish.
The other side doesn't need human stowaways to become believers. Instead, they use humans as nodes to summon new stowaways.
Therefore, every single player here can become a node. This would put everyone in grave danger.
The fate of the [Players] can result in three possibilities.
The first one, the plan fails, the summoned existence can't defeat the captain either, or it isn't willing to fight the captain, it takes one look and leaves.