 Hoping that this land could be filled with gold, Perfilyev agrees.A few more daredevils volunteer for the mission.The finally gathered crew consists of Ilyin himself, officer Evgeniy Krestovskiy, Perfilyev's servant Ignatiy, who is given a task of killing every other crew member in case they really find any gold, and Gubin, a Katorga runaway and a former doctor.