This rapid alarm, in the silence of the night, was particularly piercing, stinging the nerves of most people in their sleep.

Yang Congyi was the first to wake up in this scream.

He sat in the cabin, dozed off slightly, and when an alarm sounded outside the cabin, he suddenly woke up, got up and walked out of the cabin a few steps.

"What's the situation?" He saw two sergeants with their spears as if they were facing a great enemy, and walked quickly to them.

The sergeant pointed to the dark sea next to him and replied very nervously: "My lord, the lantern of that sea ship was extinguished just now. ”

Yang Congyi turned his head and saw that the two red dots on the sea next to him were too far apart, and there should be an existence between them, since they were gone, as the sergeant on duty said, it should be extinguished.

Between the two red dots, the gathering should be more than three miles at this time.

During the day, the distance of three miles is not far, and the two ships can see clearly, but at night, the situation is very different, and the sight distance drops greatly, especially at this time there is no moonlight in the sky, and the fire of the lantern is three miles away, it must be faint, and it is not real, and it is a little farther away, and it will disappear.

On a moonless night, the lanterns on any ship are extinguished, and if they are not lit in time, it will not be long before the rear ship loses its navigation target, and in the dark night, the consequences are unimaginable.

The navigator is the first ship, it is at the front, and the ships behind it are like blind people who walk at night by holding on to the clothes of their predecessors, and once the placket is broken, they will either stop and crash together, or they will walk by feeling, and as for where they go, the blind people who follow behind will not know what danger they will encounter, and they will not know anything, and they may fall into a pit, fall into the water, or even go on a fork in the road.

The extinguishing of any beacon of navigation in the fleet is in such a great danger.

"How long has it been gone?" Yang Congyi immediately asked.

"As soon as the lights go out, you will call your lord." The sergeant was still on guard at the bow and did not look back.

From the time he called the police to the time he came out, it was only a few breaths, and the lantern had just been extinguished, so it was okay.

It's normal for the night to be windy and occasionally turn off, as long as it can be lit up again, there will be no problem.

Yang Congyi was slightly relieved and looked at the sea where the lights should be lit. In a few breaths, the stern sergeant should be able to light the lantern and renavigate the ship behind.

"You're on duty, there's no problem." Yang Congyi stared at the sea where the lights should be lit.

As soon as the words fell, before the sergeant could answer, another point of light flickered and disappeared not far away.

"My lord, kill another one!" The sergeant's voice was full of horror, and at the same time he involuntarily took a few steps back, his eyes fixed on the direction of the bow of the ship, and he did not dare to move away from the slightest bit.

Yang Congyi naturally saw that point of light, and it was extinguished in a flash. The two adjacent lanterns went out one after another, was it accidental?

"Don't panic! Wait for them to turn on their own lights. Yang Congyi was still calm.

The lantern is hung on a wooden pole, leans out and hangs in the stern of the ship, and it takes some time to re-light the lantern and put it away, how can it be turned on and off as easily as an electric light.

Even if the people on duty at night fall asleep and don't find that the lights are out, they still have a back hand to guarantee that they are worry-free.

Long before going to sea, they took into account the fact that the lights went out and the night watchman dozed off and failed to light it in time, so that each ship was equipped with a horn so that when the lights went out more than a certain limit, the horn would be blown to warn the ship in front.

But once the horn sounds, it will wake up all the people of the front and rear ships, and it is easy to cause unnecessary trouble in the dark, so there are strict regulations on the use of the horn, more than a quarter of an hour, the navigation lantern of the front ship is not lit, and the rear ship can blow the horn to remind.

Now that the two lights have just gone out, it's too early to give them some time.

At this time, although there is a sea breeze, but the wind speed is not large, the sea conditions are good, the speed of the ship is stable, as long as the tail rudder does not move, within a quarter of an hour, the sea ship will basically not deviate.

Yang Congyi looked at the sea where the lights went out very calmly, there are wind and waves on the sea, how can there be a reason that the lights will not be extinguished, as long as they are lit up within a quarter of an hour.

"Destroy another one!" After a few breaths, the sergeant with the gun on guard screamed.

Yang Congyi frowned, and another lamp flickered and disappeared under his gaze.

Within sight, there have been three lights extinguished, the first two nights but none of the lights went out, now the sea breeze is not strong, the waves are not strong, three lights in a row are extinguished, what a hell!

"Don't panic, look again." Yang Congyi remained calm, although the lights went out a lot, but the time was short, give them some time to relight the lights. Moreover, there are follow-up measures, and it is not much of a problem to turn off the lights for a short time.

As far as the eye can see, the lights still lit on the sea, faintly only the last two, one in front of the other, out of reach, Yang Congyi's warship can be seen on one side, but the two lantern-lit ships can't see each other.

Although Yang Congyi was calm on the surface, he was still a little nervous in his heart, staring at the dark sea, hoping that the lights would go out, and the ship quickly lit up the lantern, not waiting for a quarter of an hour, so that the people in the back boat and him were tormented and worried.

"Destroy another one!" The sergeant was even more frightened and retreated to Yang Congyi's side.

Watching the faint, almost invisible point of light in front of him disappear into the darkness, Yang Congyi was in the dark, his brows furrowed even tighter.

"Wait." Yang Congyi still had to be calm, their warship couldn't help much, once they made a move, it might cause misunderstandings and cause unnecessary trouble.

"My lord, our lanterns have also been extinguished." Suddenly, the sergeant's voice came from the cabin.

Not long ago, the alarm of the sergeant on duty had awakened many people, and they came to the deck one after another to see the situation, and naturally they could see that the lights that had been in the vicinity all along.

"Re-ignite." Yang Congyi immediately ordered.

The sergeant who reported the report answered, and went to the stern of the ship in the dark to give the order.

The sergeants on the deck were talking and noisy for a while.

"Be quiet and don't talk!" Yang Congyi was a little flustered, this was too abnormal.

The lights of the sea ships were extinguished four in front of me, and even the lights of the warships under their feet were also extinguished. There are no strong winds, no big waves, what a hell of a life!

"Destroy another." A sergeant couldn't help but whisper.

The last faint point of light on the surface of the sea in the dim sight is gone.

Yang Congyi looked at the empty sea, his brows furrowed even tighter.

"Don't panic, wait a little bit." In front of the sergeant, he had to continue to remain calm, although his heart was already full of suspicions, but he was the backbone of the heart, and he couldn't panic or mess up, otherwise there would be a big mess.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

"What's that sound? Did you hear that? Another sergeant couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Yang Congyi listened carefully, and there was indeed a dull crashing sound around him. From the moment he got out of the cabin and stood on the deck, his attention was all on the opposite sea, and for a short time, he didn't notice the strange crashing sound at all.

The sound of "knock knock" was all around, and suddenly there was a noise on the deck again.

"Silence!"

Yang Congyi gave an order, and the deck was silent again.

In a blink of an eye, I saw that the two sergeants on duty who were on guard with guns in front of me were still aiming their spears at the bow of the boat, and they did not relax in the slightest.

Yang Congyi immediately knew that he was careless, and the two of them raised the alarm, obviously discovering an unknown situation, not just finding that a light next to him was extinguished!

"Shi Xing, what did you find out just now?" As soon as he thought about it, Yang Congyi immediately asked.

The sergeant who was on guard put away his gun and turned around and replied, "My lord, we found a foreign object under the ship. ”

"Foreign bodies? What foreign body? Yang Congyi was not satisfied with this answer, and immediately asked.

Shi Xing hesitated for a moment and replied: "My lord, I don't know what it is, according to my guess, it is estimated that it is ......"

Halfway through, he stopped, not daring to continue.

"What is it?" Yang Congyi asked again, his eyes were fixed on him, and if he slurred again, he would be in a hurry!

Shi Xing saw that the prison guard's face was very dark and his expression was not good, so he hurriedly replied: "I guess it is...... Kelpie. ”

Kelpie?

When the sergeants on deck heard about the water ghosts, they immediately panicked, and some of them turned around and ran into the cabin.

"Stand!"

"Silence!"

As soon as Yang Congyi heard the water ghost and saw the appearance of the sergeants, he immediately gave two orders in a row. He was a materialist atheist, with a complete education in modern socialism, and where would he believe in ghosts and gods.

But these vast majority of illiterate sergeants are different, they were born to accept feudal education, determined that "there are gods in the head and three feet", who does not worship one or two gods and gods in the shrine, since they all believe in gods, of course they also believe in ghosts, as soon as the words of water ghosts come out, who is not afraid?

What is a water ghost, Yang Congyi has naturally heard of it, when he was a child, he secretly went to the river to bathe, and he was scared by his parents. Until the more knowledge he learned, the more he did not believe in the existence of ghosts and gods, everything in the future generations must be scientific, all ghosts and gods tricks will be exposed in the face of science, after more than ten years of socialist education, where does he still believe that there are ghosts and gods in the world.

The intermittent dull crash of "Knock Knock Knock...... was once again heard on the silent deck.

"You two go and see what the ship is on." Yang Congyi immediately ordered the sergeant on duty to inspect it clearly.

Shi Xing raised his gun and walked slowly to the side of the boat, followed by another sergeant on duty.

When they reached the side of the boat, they did not dare to poke their heads out to look, for fear that the water ghost would jump up and drag them off the boat.

The other sergeants on the deck stood in place, listening to the occasional "knock knock" sound coming from under the boat, and they didn't dare to come out, looking at the frightened appearance of the two sergeants on duty at night, they were also very frightened.

"My lord, the lantern can't be lit." When the sergeant on duty was in a stalemate, there was a sergeant in the cabin who came out to report.

"Why can't you light it?" As soon as he heard this, Yang Congyi was suddenly shocked, and his heart chuckled, and his questions deepened.

"The lantern seems to be wet, the wick is wet, and it can't be lit again." The sergeant who had come to give the order replied.

The lanterns of the warships are not lit, and the lanterns of other sea ships are estimated to be the same, if so, it will be a big trouble.

But fortunately, it was only the wick that got wet, and it was replaced with a new one.

"Change the wick and turn the lights on immediately!" Yang Congyi immediately ordered.

The sergeant who gave the order left in response.