Chapter 4: The Ghost Ship

The sea ahead was still vast, and the Lisha sailed in this deep water unharmed, and nothing happened, which made Dongfang Yue and Lu Jiawei suspicious in their hearts, especially Lu Jiawei, his thoughts slowly began to waver, and he felt that maybe he was suspicious of the dark ghost - thinking too much. It is indeed impossible to confirm that the Lisha has deviated from the ground based on a few simple approximate data, not to mention that the world's most accurate satellite positioning system also shows that the ship's position is normal, which makes Lu Jiawei uncertain for several days.

Dongfang Yue made an exception to urge Lu Jiawei to implement the sacrifice to the sea as soon as possible, and the two worshiped the sea god quite solemnly at the bow of the ship, Lu Jiawei could see that this was one of the few times that Dongfang Yue was willing to do so.

Since it is possible that a ghost is hitting the wall, it is natural to worship the gods and ghosts, he thought.

He hoped that Dongfang Yue would think the same way.

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The Lisa continued to sail at its original speed for four or five days, and the sea was still calm.

In the evening of this day, the ship's radar found a small floating target, after measurement, this small target will pass by the Lisha at 1 chain (0.1 nautical miles), Dongfang Yue is on duty, so he just slightly corrected the course and kept the 3 chains with this target to pass, commercial transport ships are generally reluctant to avoid too far, not to mention such good sea conditions, after all, the burning oil has to be paid for by the shipping company itself.

Soon, they were able to spot it by sight.

A small cargo ship with a dilapidated hull and about several hundred tons just floated on the surface of the sea not far away.

Looking through the binoculars, there was not a single figure on the deck.

There was no crew activity on the deck, but there was no one in the wheelhouse, which was a bit strange, and Dongfang Yue asked several other people to observe for a long time, and made sure that no crew activity was found in any part.

Dongfang Yue pondered calmly for a moment, he measured the speed of this ship with radar, and determined that this floating target only had a drift speed of less than two knots, and he was a little relieved in his heart, at least it did not pose a direct threat to the Lisha cargo ship.

At this time, Lu Jiawei happened to walk into the cab.

"This ship looks like it's wrecked, how can you ...... quietly," Dongfang Yue muttered to himself with some confusion.

"Would you like to put a dinghy over and have a look?" he casually asked the eldest officer, Lu Jiawei.

Lu Jiawei's answer was not as he expected: "It's better to leave early...... This is the Dragon Triangle, and it's best to avoid it early. "He is an old seaman, naturally he has heard some terrible legends, about this, the retired captain Dongfang Yue does not have this kind of ideological baggage, he is a pure atheist.

For some reason, Dongfang Yue suddenly felt a wave of anger in his heart, these cowardly things like rats! He said in a deep voice: "What if there are survivors on the ship who need to be rescued, will we just die and not save them?" You have thought too much, let the dinghy go......" he ordered.

Almost no one moved, everyone was waiting for something, and sure enough, when Dongfang Yue was furious, several sailors were sure that this risk was inevitable today. Several sailors reluctantly hoisted the nearly 10-meter-long runabout from the back deck of the cargo ship, and before letting it out, Lu Jiawei once again asked the captain for his decision to ensure that Dongfang Yue would regret it again. If this was really the legendary ghost ship, he couldn't imagine what would happen next?

Dongfang Yue glared at him angrily, so Lu Jiawei sighed heavily, and slowly waved his hand to signal several sailors operating the dinghy.

The dinghy was quickly released, to be honest, the weather was very good today, it was the best few days of the month in the summer, there were almost no swells and waves on the sea, and the wind was unusually small, and the dinghy stopped on the sea without even shaking.

Seeing this situation, Dongfang Yue was even more angry, this group of bad men, who were frightened out of thin air by those negative news reports and mysterious legends in the Dragon Triangle, he decided to lead the team to set off in a small boat, and this decision immediately attracted a lot of opposition.

"Okay, tell me, who will lead the team?" Dongfang Yue's eyes were still filled with anger.

No one answered, and no one dared to look him in the eye.

In the end, it was the second mate Xia Yuanshen who dared to come over and say: "Actually, everyone thinks it's best not to go, and they are all looking forward to returning early...... Just now, through various technical equipment, there was no one on the ship opposite. Why should we take such a risk?"

"Let your * exhaust gas! Mu Lian, you go with me. Dongfang Yue didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then interrupted him, "You are all people who have been begging for life at sea for so many years, how can you say such amateur words?

Doctor Mu Lian stood next to him, and nodded when he heard this, but he said to the others: "Actually, the captain just went over to investigate, you don't have to be so nervous, come a sailor with my captain, the first mate and the second mate stay on the ship to organize manpower, if there is any problem, you can drive the ship back." His words made sense, and even Lu Jiawei's face slowed down slightly, and he nodded approvingly.

In the end, the sailor Wang Fang, as the most dispensable young man on the ship, went to investigate with the captain and the doctor.

Most people are a little inexplicably nervous.

Could this be the legendary ghost ship? To be honest, no one has ever seen it, especially no one can be sure if the ghost ship will appear in broad daylight.

The dinghy began to spew out the wake, leaving a white foam, although there was only a distance of four or five chains, but Dongfang Yue still pulled up the high speed, and soon the bow of the boat was cocked, and the wake sprayed out far away, as if venting the resentment in Dongfang Yue's heart, if this was in those years, these sailors were disobedient to the order and retreated, and they could be shot immediately.

The ship in front is getting clearer and clearer, and sure enough, it is a small cargo ship similar to the shape of the Lisha, only a miniature version, only about 3,000 tons, from the surface, this ship is still relatively new, not at all the rusty, bloody, lights flickering in the imagination of the ghost ship, but in the sunlight it really reflects some bright light.

"Everyone be careful, Wang Fang, you go up and bring a cable to the dinghy first......" The dinghy quickly approached the midboard side of the cargo ship, where the freeboard is relatively low, and you can board it by holding on to the railing, which happens to be the container deck, Wang Fang skimmed the thick cable on the bow of the dinghy according to his words, and then turned over on the cargo ship very quickly, and tied the cable to the bollard on the side of the ship with a quick movement.

So far, everything is extremely normal! But in the Dragon Triangle, no matter how normal it is, it makes people feel that there is an inexplicable emotion quietly grabbing everyone's nervous heart. [.]