57. Ship in a ship
At the bottom of the dark sea, the wreck of a shipwreck sleeps quietly, looking from a distance, like an ancient beast, entrenched at the bottom of the sea without moving.
On the shipwreck, there is a person, a man wearing a goose helmet and a red gold lock chain armor, a majestic military general wielding a war knife underwater, his body is like a dragon, his breath is like a rainbow, and his heroic posture is extraordinary. That bit of silver light was not the scale light on the fish at all, but a little bit of cold light flashing on the blade in the general's hand.
If it weren't for the occasional school of fish swimming around, Fang Jing would even think that he had arrived at a certain martial arts arena, or that time had passed, and he was in a battlefield in a certain era of cold weapons.
This, this, this...... What the hell is this?
In the dark seabed, how can anyone hold a big knife? And that armor doesn't look like a modern person's attire, the important thing is that this is the bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea! Important words to say three times.
Fang Jing himself was able to appear at the bottom of the sea hundreds of meters deep, and he could see because he had the golden finger of water bubbles, even if Cen Jiu was shrouded in water bubbles and could swim unhindered, he could still only see the distance of a few meters in front of him with the help of the light, how could that person be at the bottom of the sea hundreds of meters deep, wielding a knife and gun unhindered?
Fang Jing suddenly felt that the hairs on his body stood up, this was completely beyond his comprehension ability, and the more he thought about it, the more weird it became.
However, after a while, the ethereal figure disappeared again, and Fang Jing thought that what he had just seen was just an illusion caused by his nervous confusion after diving in the sea for too long.
Although Cen Jiu did not have Fang Jing's golden finger against the sky, as a Great Qi secret guard who had crossed over, Cen Jiu's own strong force value and keen five senses were his biggest golden finger, even if he didn't see anything in front of him, but he could understand that there must be something very dangerous ahead based on the tense aura exuded by Fang Jing around him for a moment.
What to do?
Fang Jing reflexively turned his head to look at Cen Jiu, but through the heavily armed diving equipment, he couldn't even see Cen Jiu's face clearly, and he couldn't reveal his thoughts to Cen Jiu.
Cen Jiu raised his arm and touched him, motioning to step forward and take a look.
To see or not to see? This is a very serious question.
Fang Jing thought about it for a while, and in the end, it was the treasure of the sunken ship that prevailed, gritted his teeth and agreed.
At this point, the shipwreck is already in sight, and you can't give up because of the hallucinations that are very likely to be dazzling. At this moment, Fang Jing deeply understood the essence of people dying for money and birds dying for food.
Cen Jiu made a gesture, motioned for Fang Jing to follow behind him, and took the lead in swimming forward, his long flippers were like duck webs, and he swam far away with a stroke.
Fang Jing was worried that the underwater pressure was too great, and the water bubbles were too far away to cover Cen Jiu's body, even though he was terrified in his heart, he still resolutely followed.
After swimming forward for a few minutes, the image of the wreck became clearer and clearer, like an ancient beast, sleeping quietly at the bottom of the sea, with a cold breath.
The original appearance of the wreck is no longer clear, and only a vague general outline can be seen.
The lower part of the hull was well preserved, Fang Jing swam around the wreck, estimating that the wreck was about thirty meters long and seven meters wide, with iron nails and iron plates on the board, and the entire hull was covered with moss. Fang Jing tested the thickness of the moss, at least it had been underwater for some years, and there was a dead silence around him, and there was not even a trace of the breath of a living thing.
This was not the first time Fang Jing had seen a shipwreck, nor was it the first shipwreck he had salvaged, he had just fished a Siamese treasure ship a few months ago, however, this shipwreck made him feel cold from the bottom of his heart, and even the sea around the wreck was much colder than elsewhere.
The two swam to the deck, Fang Jing didn't know if he was scared or he was not used to his vision in a diving suit, his legs didn't know what he was hooked on, the deck had been eroded by the sea for so many years, and it had long since decayed, so when he touched it, he immediately broke a big hole, and one of Fang Jing's legs immediately fell down, and under the deck where a hole was broken, there was a faint gray light floating one after another.
Fang Jing immediately remembered the military generals he had seen before, and his cold hairs stood on end, and he was scared into a cold sweat.
He was frightened, turned his head to look around, and did not know if it was an illusion, the wreck actually swayed from side to side, and there seemed to be heavy footsteps faintly under the cabin, and with the sound of footsteps, the wreck made a creaking sound, as if it was overwhelmed.
It's underwater, how can you hear footsteps?
Fang Jing turned his head and looked down at the entrance of the cave, just as he crashed into a pair of gray, lifeless, cloudy eyes.
Fang Jing: "?! ”
Damn! There are some and there are ...... Someone!
Fang Jing was so frightened that he stepped back, bumped into Cen Jiu's body, his heart was pounding, and when he turned around, he wanted to give up the treasure and run away.
I also know that the people you bump into under the sea will not be a simple thing!
Yes, stuff!
Even if it was just a quick glance, even if it was a pair of eyes with human characteristics, Fang Jing could still see the difference between those cloudy and gray eyes and ordinary people, dull and lifeless.
Fang Jing's first thought was to grab Cen Jiu and turn around and run, but it was too late, the surrounding sea water was surging, a sky-high splash was lifted, and the deck of the wreck seemed to be overwhelmed, the ship quickly decayed and weathered, turned into foam and dissipated in the sea water, and a military general wearing a Yanling helmet and a golden lock chain armor appeared in front of the two of them with a splash.
Fang Jing: "?!! ”
It turned out that it wasn't an illusion just now, it was really someone.
As soon as the martial artist came out of the shipwreck, the long knife in his hand slashed at Fang Jing with the power of Thunder Wanjun.
What a cheat! Such a strange thing will appear in the shipwreck at the bottom of the sea, and the strange thing is actually holding a murder weapon and cutting people without saying a word.
Fang Jing's whole person was a little bad, he pushed Cen Jiu hard, and the two of them retreated and dispersed with the power of the current, and halfway back, Fang Jing felt bad, and quickly swam towards Cen Jiu.
This is a few hundred meters deep in the sea, and if there are no water bubbles to cover it, the huge sea pressure will kill Cen Jiu immediately.
The sword light behind him had arrived, and Fang Jing could feel the pressure of the blade breaking through the sea water in the water. Cen Jiu hugged Fang Jing, protected him in his arms, lifted his toes to force a little on the mast of the ship, and jumped back violently.
The mast had been soaked in the sea water for hundreds of years, and it had long since decayed, and under the force of Cen Jiu's toes, it suddenly turned into sea foam like a deck, and disappeared without a trace.
However, the blade has arrived, Cen Jiu followed Fang Jing, his wrist was raised, and the bracer was able to block the blade, but the martial arts general was born with divine power, even under the water, the force of the big knife holding the sea water slapped on his body, Fang Jing felt as if he was being pressed by a thousand catties of boulders on his back, his body lost his balance, and flew in the direction of the sunken ship.
Cen Jiu was shocked, hugged Fang Jing and turned over in the water, used himself as a back cushion, and fell into the sunken ship.
The shipwreck crumbles, stirring the surrounding waters turbulent, and strings of fine blisters rise.
Fang Jing was shaken so that his head was dizzy for a while, his hands and feet couldn't use his strength, and in the dizziness, Cen Jiu stuffed something in his hand, Cen Jiu hid him behind a box in the cabin, pressed down his head, turned around and returned to the cabin, and fought with the general.
Cen Jiu——
Fang Jing shouted, but he couldn't make a sound in the water, and could only watch as the sea water submerged Cen Jiu.
When he came back to his senses, he found that Cen Jiu stuffed a small dagger into his hand, Cen Jiu's dagger before he fought with the green shark when he salvaged the ebony, and Fang Jing didn't have time to find materials to repair it, Cen Jiu later polished a small dagger by himself, the blade length was only seven centimeters, and it was used for self-defense when he went to sea.
Now Cen Jiu gave him the dagger, and he met the military general with his bare hands.
Fang Jing knew that Cen Jiu was worried about what danger he would encounter underwater alone, and it was obvious that he needed weapons the most. Fang Jing's eyes were a little moist, but his face was hidden under the diving goggles, and he couldn't see it really.
Cen Jiu is working hard for him, and he can't do nothing. He concentrated, trying to soak the water bubble in two, barely enveloping himself and Cen Jiu in a water bubble.
The military general was very fierce, and he didn't have the slightest advantage in the water with Cen Jiu, and the two quickly fought and separated in the seawater, and they couldn't tell the difference for a while.
Fang Jing knew that it would not be useful on this occasion, and rushing forward not only could not help Cen Jiu, but would only drag him back.
At this time, he had already noticed that the military general was a little strange, at least not like a normal living person, a ghost? Ghost? Or even a ship elf?
Fang Jing grew up in a fishing village and knew a lot about the legends passed down by word of mouth from fishermen. Fishermen rely on the sea to eat, for the ship on which they depend for their livelihood is naturally very cherished, carefully cared for, over time, some ships gradually have their own consciousness, dedicated to protecting the owner of the ship, and even the owner of the ship died, the ship consciousness that lost its restraint became the ship spirit wandering the world.
Could it be that this military general is actually the legendary ship elf?
Fang Jing didn't believe in these before, but the strange scene at this moment reminded him of these ghostly legends.
If this general is really the shipwreck's ship elf condensed and not dispersed, it must be because the ship's owner has some last wish, or the dead ship's owner is disturbed by someone and his soul cannot pass away, which attracts the ship's elves.
Fang Jing glanced at Cen Jiu who was fighting with the general, although he would not be defeated for a while, but the ship elf was just a wisp of consciousness and never tired, Cen Jiu was flesh and blood, and after a long time, Cen Jiu would inevitably be defeated.
He had to do something, or he and Cen Jiu would both be buried at the bottom of the sea.
finally had a blistered golden finger, his family was healthy, his career had a goal, and he found a boyfriend who he was waiting for, Fang Jing was unwilling to die so tragically, and finally sank into the sea and became the burial object of the ocean.
He forced himself to calm down, endured the surging qi and blood in his chest, looked around, and found that he should be in a cabin, with a rusty anchor hook hanging on the wall near the outer cabin, and a few green-haired stones scattered under the wall in the middle, and a skeleton crooked in the corner, the skeleton's right hand clenched tightly together, and there seemed to be something in the fingertips.
Fang Jing swam over, broke the five fingers of the skeleton, and a small and round mutton fat protective jade cicada rolled out between his fingers, even if it was soaked in seawater for so many years, it was still as smooth as jade.
After the death of the ancients, there was a habit of burying with jade in the mouth, the king with pearls, the nobles with jade, can use such a good texture of the body jade cicada as a funeral item, at least it shows that the owner has a lot of identity when he was alive.
However, this sheep fat mouth jade cicada was found in the hands of this skeleton, and it was obvious that this skeleton was not the owner of this jade cicada.
Fang Jing couldn't think of the reason for this, put the jade cicada in his pocket, and continued to explore the shipwreck.
The wreck didn't seem to be a cargo ship, there were very few things in the upper cabins, it was empty, only a galley-like cabin was found, and a few scattered cups, bowls, plates and jars were found, maybe just an ordinary fishing boat.
Fang Jing continued to swim towards the next cabin, and found that the staircase was blocked by an iron plate. He tried to remove the plate, but it didn't move, and there was a keyhole at the top of the plate, as if someone had locked it from the inside.
It's more like a block, as if to prevent something from escaping inside.
Fang Jing took the dagger to pry the planks around the iron plate, which were made of wood, and like the previous deck and masts, they were badly decayed. At the slightest touch, it turns into water foam, revealing a narrow staircase.
Fang Jing pushed the iron plate to the side and went downstream, his eyes widening suddenly.
There was no cabin at all under the stairs, but another wreck was buried.
Most of the shipwreck's hull was buried under the sediment of the seabed, and only a small part was exposed, which was completely hidden by the wreck above, and it looked like a shell.
Fang Jing had never seen such a strange thing, and he had a hunch that the ship spirit who was now inseparable from Cen Jiu at the bottom of the sea must be the ship spirit of the shipwreck below.