Chapter 31: The Ghost Ship's Visit

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When the battleship sailed into the Sea of Death, sensing how dangerous the special natural environment here was, Luo Zhengdao strictly ordered the sailors to clean the battleship every day from the bilge to the deck. (Please search for the fastest novel website!) Small creatures such as cockroaches and rats have become a thorn in his side, and he does not hesitate to close the cabin in sections and ask Vina to clean it up with toxin-based magic. The sea of death is a place where negative energy gathers, and a healthy human body can barely resist the silent erosion of negative energy, which is nothing more than a negative weakness that makes people feel exhausted, similar to staying up late and working overtime to take out a hangover and sub-health. If you accidentally fall ill, it will be a big deal, and slowly wait for a small lesion, a big illness, and a big illness to braid!

In such a hostile environment, keeping the ship clean has become a very necessary means of coping, and the direct cause of the death of most of the voyagers can be attributed to infectious diseases, especially in a terrible place like the Sea of Death, where the epidemic unfortunately broke out on board, and the whole ship had to play together.

The general lack of hygiene among the inhabitants of the New World has nothing to do with the level of medical care, but simply because their education is too low, and it is an exaggeration to say that they do not bathe once a year, and it is a common habit not to wash their hands before eating and after using the toilet. Most pirate warships were as unhygienic as merchant ships, and lazy sailors let rats run rampant in their cabins, keeping a few more cats to catch mice, and the hard work of cleaning the decks regularly was a harsh habit of the navies of the great powers. The motivation of the officers is not to improve sanitary conditions and thus reduce the probability of outbreaks of infectious diseases, but the need for the Navy to maintain the appearance of warships at all times to avoid degrading the necessary decency and image of the national army.

No one knows what the next chocolate will taste like, Forrest Gump said this, and many times, life is so incredible.

Luo Zhengdao, who was once regarded as a plaything by the division commanders, was demoralized, and he finally didn't indulge in games like the Age of Discovery, and he also read a lot of surrounding materials and something, even if the depth of knowledge accumulation in this area is not comparable to that of professionals, he can take out some of them and apply them to use, and he is still sure of managing his own two warships.

Walking to Zola Hegel's side, Luo Zhengdao, whose face was ashen, spoke:

"How's it going, is there anything special about today?"

"No, Your Excellency, Captain. The sea has been calm and unusual. ”

Staying in this gloomy environment is a great test for people's spirits, not to mention that there is still negative energy at work here, and the hellish place of the Sea of Death, just staying still is already a terrible mental destruction.

Luo Zhengdao looked at the gray sky, glanced at the mental outlook of the sailors around him, and felt that his emergency response plan was good, he nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Alright! Pay attention to the sea situation, notify me immediately if there is anything, and I hope that Your Excellency the Boatswain will not be too rough with them, the Sea of Death is not a place for people, and I will tell the Quartermaster SΓΉ to relax the food standards a little, and we are not short of food now. ”

Hearing this, Zola Hegel glanced at Luo Zhengdao and felt that he was not joking, so he nodded and agreed:

"Yes, Your Excellency, Captain."

Hearing that they could enjoy the special treatment of extra meals during this time, the faces of the sailors with wooden expressions finally showed a long-lost look of joy, and they could only feel alive when they ate, and not become the walking dead like the undead who wandered the sea of death.

The crisp chime of the bell signaled that it was time for lunch, and the sailors on deck began to change shifts to eat, and in the dimly lit Sea of Death, the dim lighting conditions were comparable to the polar regions of the Old World when the polar night arrived. When I was on deck, the situation was slightly better, and when I entered the cabin, I had to light oil lamps and candles even in broad daylight, otherwise I would only be separated by a line from Cheng DΓΉ, who could not see his fingers. Lighting a lamp is not the same as igniting a fire, the ship is full of flammable and explosive materials, and playing with fire in this kind of place is not much different from igniting **. Staying on deck can make a fire, which is absolutely not allowed below deck, but fortunately, the level of technology in the New World is not up to standard, magic can also replace technology products, and sailors can get a very limited lighting service when they are not lighting candles.

As Luo Zhengdao rubbed his fingers against the cheap magic crystal, the mage trick stored in it was activated, and this magic lamp gradually brightened up the entire captain's room, and this light was still very soft and did not hurt the eyes!

Seeing this scene, Luo Zhengdao sighed at the magic of the magic world, and shook the dinner bell in his hand with him. When the waiters outside the door began to put the food on the table, Luo Zhengdao invited Vina Dubov to lunch as usual, which was also the most sumptuous meal he had on the ship in days.

"It's been a long time since I left Tahuna Island to have such a formal lunch!"

Eat a trench, grow a wisdom. The time for the Yangwei and the Yong to dock in the fairy garden was very short, Luo Zhengdao accepted the tragic lesson of being carried by the goblin fleet the first few times, and being frozen and hungry all the way, as soon as Bu landed on the shore, he assigned men to carry out high-intensity and full-load replenishment, and the current Yangwei's abundant supplies were by no means comparable to those earlier voyages.

Compared with eating Western food with chopsticks, Luo Zhengdao and Vina Dubov, who have a slightly nondescript image, have a lot of goblin jingles who eat together, she jumped to the snack plate with a cheer, and shouted with a pudding that was more than ten times larger than her own body:

"Yo! Clank loves pudding! ”

Seeing this, Luo Zhengdao knocked on the table with chopsticks and reminded the little goblin to say:

"Hey, Jingle Bell, can you finish such a big pudding? Why don't you share it! ”

"Jingle wants pudding!"

Hearing about Luo Zhengdao's construction, Ding Dong was as fierce as a vicious dog protecting food, and the little goblin clenched his fist the size of a flower bone to demonstrate to Luo Zhengdao. Driven by appetite, her combat power has soared from at least 5 to 6!

Luo Zhengdao, who was originally depressed by the gloomy environment of the Sea of Death, was completely knocked down by the goblin's cute performance, and he couldn't help laughing and said:

"Alright! All right! Even if you eat well, I can still afford a pudding. ”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the captain's room, and a voice came from outside, saying:

"Your Excellency, the boatswain said that the sea is in good condition, please go up immediately."

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao's appetite was disturbed, and he didn't complain anything, he pulled off the napkin and got up and walked to the stern deck. Seeing this, the half-elf beauty also stood up, and only the carefree little goblin Jingle continued to nibble on the honey fruit pudding ten times the size of her body without care.

Luo Zhengdao, holding the hilt of his sword, walked quickly to the stern deck, and the boatswain Zola Hegel took the initiative to meet him, and as soon as the two sides met, he handed Luo Zhengdao the monoculars in his hand and pointed to the sea with his finger. There is no need to describe it in too many words, just looking at the distorted face of the boatswain who seems to have caught his wife stealing people, Luo Zhengdao knows that things must not be good. He didn't ask much, just closed one eye and looked over. After a while, Luo Zhengdao's face changed slightly, put down the binoculars, and said:

"When did it appear?"

"It just appeared, it seemed to come out of the fog out of thin air, and there was no sign beforehand."

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao pondered, and after a while, he seemed to have made up his mind, and said solemnly:

"Zora, ring the bell! Wake up all the sailors on board and get ready for battle. ”

Battleships will not stop at anchor to rest when performing ocean-going missions, and the 7x24-hour continuous rotation of duty is adopted during the voyage, and even in broad daylight, there are quite a lot of sailors who take turns to rest in the cabin, after all, someone has to be on duty at night, right? This is true at all times except when the ship is berthed in port.

Luo Zhengdao is not a person who likes to make a fuss about nothing, but the scene in front of him makes him feel very bottomless, and he has to prepare for the worst to deal with the unforeseen situation. What is it that makes Luo Zhengdao so nervous? At this moment, through the foggy haze of negative energy floating on the sea, the outline of a black hull loomed into the field of vision of the sailors. Able to maintain a silent and extreme silence in a state of high navigation, the ghost ships that hovered on the sea of death were actually ghostly and eerie beings, and if they closed their eyes, ordinary people would not even be aware of their existence. However, when you open your eyes again, the wisps of the ghost ship's dilapidated sails dancing in the wind, and the old black hull that is so decayed that they all remind the observer that this is an alien who does not belong to the world of the living.

"Your Excellency, Captain, combat readiness is in place!"

Zola Hegel's report was the only good news Luo Zhengdao had heard in nearly an hour, and he worriedly leaned on the side of the ship, stared at the ghost ship that was following him in the shadow, and said:

"Don't take the initiative to fire if the other side doesn't move, they dare to approach...... Shoot your guns immediately and get away from them to avoid a white-knuckle fight. ”

Since he decided to solve the problem by artillery battle, Luo Zhengdao's eyes fell on the half-elf beauty of the part-time artillery commander, nodded to Vena and said:

"It's all up to you this time."

"Well, don't worry, I've had some dealings with the undead."

Apparently a veteran adventurer would not be too sure of an elusive foe like the Ghost Ship, Vina Dubov, though confident in her words, was far less resolute and hesitant than in her speech.

As the minutes ticked by, the ghost ship that followed the Yang Wei and the Yong always maintained a delicate distance from the two living warships in front of them, neither pounced nor turned away, like hungry wolves in a snowy night following their prey all the way.

Soon, the sunset on the Sea of Death came, the already twilight and haze sky was completely dark, and a waning moon appeared in the direction of the celestial dome, and the faint moonlight could only barely make people's eyes find a glimmer of light. At this moment, the ghost ships that had crashed behind the fleet began to speed up towards the Yangwei, and the reason why they chose to pounce on the Yangwei instead of the weaker Yong was because the position of the head of the fleet had been quietly replaced by the Yong during the formation sailing. Of course, this was a decision made by Luo Zhengdao, otherwise according to the rules of the pirates, they would definitely abandon the weakest warship in order to preserve the rest.

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