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The wind was very strong on the sea, mixed with snowflakes, which hit people's bodies and 'crackled', almost like a small hailstone. + Title novel, o

Everyone was wearing thick jackets, and on their feet were German-standard non-slip leather boots, with the experience of the previous group of expedition members missing, no one dared to slack off, everyone carefully gathered together, and walked towards the front with difficulty.

Zhou Quanbei wore a thick deerskin hat on his head, and a scarf was wrapped around his face and neck a few times, revealing only his two eyes.

Just now, when he got off the boat, Zhou Quanbei had already investigated, and the ice on the sea surface was probably more than 20 centimeters, not to mention people, even if it was a huge polar bear, walking on it would not have the slightest problem.

It's just that, due to the movement of the seawater, these ice layers, not like the ice layers on freshwater, are all connected, but are divided into pieces, if you are a little careless, fall into the gap of the connection, then the Daluo immortals, I am afraid that they will not be able to climb out.

The cold wind was blowing, and even at close range, it was not easy to speak, and everyone could only use simple gestures to communicate.

The team of more than 80 people, except for Gong Xue, a woman, the rest are all strong and strong old men.

Originally, Zhou Quanbei didn't want Gong Xue to participate in this operation, but she was not at ease, she insisted on refusing, and Zhou Quanbei could not dissuade her, so she had to let her follow her closely and take care of her carefully.

After about ten minutes, everyone finally arrived at the 'ghost ship'.

This 'ghost ship' is not too big, looking at its appearance, it has a displacement of dozens of tons at most, perhaps it has been frozen in this cold wind for too long, and the entire hull has lost its original color, black and white, most of which are covered in thick ice.

On the side of the hull, there is still a ladder left by the first group of expedition members, but at this time, it has already been frozen on the hull, and only a few damaged cabin buildings above it, in the cold wind, make the wind sound of 'Ulu Ulu'.

"Zhou~~, what should we do?" Jer~Mason gasped, and asked several people to form a human wall in front of the two of them, and shouted to Zhou Quanbei.

Zhou Quanbei frowned, this ship is really a little weird, and Zhou Quanbei can't say why, but in front of it, it makes people feel instinctive and very depressed.

It's a pity that Zhou Quanbei doesn't know much about ships, and from its foreign trade, it is impossible to judge what kind of era this is.

However, the expert group of the Mason family also came, and Zhou Quanbei waved his hand for Zhang Dajun to summon them over, and asked, "Now, can you judge the time of this ship?" ”

Several people carefully observed the hull of the ship, their brows furrowed, and they were obviously a little confused.

A strong man in his fifties, carefully pulled out a dagger from his boot, scratched the ice at the bottom of the cabin, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but say to himself: "It's strange." Looking at the steel structure of this hull, it seems to be decades old. Could it be that those Japanese people are really so short of money? ”

He spoke German, and Zhou Quanbei didn't understand it, but Gong Xue did, and hurriedly asked in English: "Sir, isn't this the Japanese expedition ship before?" ”

The strong man thought for a moment, "Looking at the style, it seems to be Japanese, but I can't be sure now." ”

Jer~Mason couldn't help but be anxious, "Uncle Klaas, is this a Japanese expedition ship?" ”

Klaas shook his head, his brow furrowed, "Boss, I think we may have made a mistake in our previous judgment. It's a Japanese ship, but it's not an expedition ship, it's ~, it's like a whaling ship. ”

Zhou Quanbei's brows also furrowed, he also had some understanding of the whaling ships of the island country.

Japan is the only country in the world where whaling is legalized, and the Japanese have a natural love for whale meat, and although it is expensive and expensive, they enjoy it.

It wouldn't be surprising if it was during the hottest summer months, when it wasn't frozen yet, and their people came here to hunt whales.

"Uncle Klaas, are you sure?" Zhou Quanbei looked into his eyes and asked.

Klaas diǎn diǎn head, and then looked at several other experts, all of whom also diǎn diǎn head, agreed with Klaas's judgment, "Mr. Zhou, I think so. It was a Japanese whaling ship. It's not the expedition ship we judged before. ”

Zhou Quanbei glanced at Gong Xue, and Gong Xue was also a little surprised in his eyes.

If this is not a Japanese expedition ship, it means that Zhou Quanbei and these people may have taken a detour.

"Zhou~, since it's not a Japanese expedition ship, then~, let's, do we still want to go in and have a look?" Jer~Mason said a little tremblingly, obviously, it was not the answer he wanted, and he had already retreated in his heart.

Zhou Quanbei shook his head, "Jer, this ship is very weird. If we don't figure him out, I think we're going to get in a lot of trouble. You don't have to worry, there are so many of us, and the firepower is also extremely strong. It's going to be fine. ”

These team members are basically 'samurai' under the Mason family, many of them are retired soldiers and officers with military experience, there is no problem with their personal quality, and the equipment is also the same advanced equipment of the German army.

This is also where Zhou Quanbei's confidence lies.

The only drawback is that these people are not the younger brothers directly under the jurisdiction of Zhou Quanbei.

Jer~Mason also understood what Zhou Quanbei meant, he gritted his teeth and said: "These miscellaneous Japanese, then let's go up and have a look." ”

Zhou Quanbei diǎn head, but did not rush into it, first selected a few strong men with the strongest and most sensitive bodies, opened the way in front, and then used ropes to connect them in series, if there is really an accident, the people behind can also react in the shortest possible time.

Soon, a dozen pioneers were on the deck, but there were no incidents, and they hurriedly shouted from above.

Zhou Quanbei and Gong Xue glanced at each other, and with a diǎn head, they also boarded the deck respectively.

Soon, except for a dozen people left behind, who answered below, the remaining sixty or so people all boarded the deck, loaded with bullets, and waited for battle.

Zhou Quanbei's eyes swept around, but he didn't find anything, and turned his head to Jeer~Mason and said, "Jeer, let your people go down and search carefully." The ship is not big, so it won't waste much time. ”

Jer~Mason diǎn diǎn head, let these expedition members work in groups of several people and quickly go to the cabin to check everywhere.

The two hid in the shelter and lit a cigarette each.

"Zhou~, this ship gives me a very bad feeling. I think we'd better get out of here as soon as possible. ”

Zhou Quanbei diǎn diǎn head, this is the boat where the little devils slaughter whales, God knows, how many killings they have done, if it makes people feel comfortable, then it is a ghost.

In less than twenty minutes, the expedition members of the various groups returned, without exception, they found nothing, not even a single human hair.

The dozen or so members of the previous expedition team were as if they had evaporated from the world and disappeared without a trace.

Gong Xue said: "Xiaobei, could it be that when something happened to this ship, the crew and sailors on the ship ran away in a lifeboat?" I don't seem to see a lifeboat here. ”

Zhou Quanbei diǎn diǎn head, "It is possible." ”

He turned his head to Jer~Mason and said, "Jer, let's get out of here first and get off the boat." ”

Jer~Mason had been waiting for Zhou Quanbei's words for a long time, and if he had been amnestied, he hurriedly waved his hand, causing everyone to retreat, and retreated to the ice under the boat.

Zhou Quanbei said at this time: "Jieer, this ship is really weird. I always have a very bad feeling about leaving it here, why don't we blow it up and sink it, even if there are any demons and monsters, let them go to the bottom of the sea to repent. ”

Jer~Mason instantly understood what Zhou Quanbei meant, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Zhou, just do as you say." ”

After all, more than a dozen expedition members were missing before, and these are all Jell ~ Mason's people, Zhou Quanbei came to give this order, and he couldn't help but be a little covetous, but ~, if he changed to Jell ~ Mason, everything was not a problem.

With the strength of the Mason family, how could they care about the life or death of these dozen minions?

As long as the treasure can be found, it is nothing more than a matter of a diǎn pension.

Soon, everyone retreated to their own expedition ship, and several demolition experts, connected the lead, and quickly retreated.

It wasn't until everyone boarded their own expedition ship that Zhou Quanbei let Jer~Mason give the order to blast.

As the detonator was pressed, a moment later, a loud 'boom' sounded from the bottom of the ghost ship, the ice was mixed with water splashes, just like an earthquake, this not too big ghost ship, at a speed visible to the naked eye, began to tilt, and then began to sink.

In the cockpit, everyone didn't have much expression, quietly witnessing all this.

It wasn't until they saw that the ship was about to sink to the bottom of the sea that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, a sudden mutation, a huge monster with a dark white body, like an octopus, rushed up from the bottom of the sea, opened its teeth and danced its claws, and hugged the ghost ship, just like a child seeing a beloved toy, and would not let go.

Its size, just about the size of the hull of a ship, and its countless tentacles hugged the ghost ship tightly, as if it were holding a leather ball, and struggled desperately.

In the cockpit, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

After a while, Jer~Mason was the first to react, and hurriedly grabbed Zhou Quanbei's arm and said, "Zhou, let's, what should we do?" ”

Seeing that the culprit showed his head, Zhou Quanbei relaxed instead, "What should I do?" Are you sure you can subdue that big guy? ”

This is an expedition ship, and there is no strong fire support, Jer~Mason hurriedly shook his head.

Zhou Quanbei shouted directly to the helmsman: "What the hell are you doing stupidly? Waiting for that guy to come up and eat us? ”

"Oh!" The helmsman reacted and hurriedly turned the bow of the boat and quickly headed to the other side.

It wasn't until the expedition ship sailed a few hundred meters out that the stunned bricks reacted and wanted to take pictures of the octopus-like monster, but under the wind and snow, it was already a blur.

It wasn't until the expedition ship rushed out more than ten kilometers that Jer~Mason was pardoned and sat on the ground, "Zhou~, I swear to God, I will never eat an octopus again in my life!" ”

Zhou Quanbei didn't bother to pay attention to him, but his mind was spinning rapidly, it stands to reason that in such cold conditions, how could such an octopus-like soft-bodied creature appear?

Gong Xue was also frowning, obviously, she was also thinking.

The rest of the experts are also contemplative.

At this time, Uncle Klaas shouted: "Boss, Mr. Zhou, I remember, I know why this kind of thing is here." ”

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