Chapter 30: The Ghost Ship
Chapter 30: The Ghost Ship
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Lu Chen: They boarded the ship for a long time, but still no one came out to ask.
The sudden disappearance of the song made Lu Chen's heart tighten. For everything that just happened, the big boat, the black cat, and the disappearing song Lu Chen felt familiar, as if exactly the same thing had happened before, the same place, the same scene, the same action, and even the same himself!
But Lu Chen really hasn't been here, let alone boarded this big ship, could it be that he has traveled back a few seconds ago? That's why the same scene comes to mind?
"Brother, buddy, me, me, what, it doesn't feel right, you see there's a blood-stained axe over there!" Chen Xin hugged Lu Chen's hand, pointed to the axe on the side of the deck, and said tremblingly.
Lu Chen looked in the direction of Chen Xin's finger, and a worn-out axe with rust stains and dark red spots on the blade and blade of the axe was thrown on the deck at random.
The front cargo hold was opened, the hatch cover was placed on the deck facing the sky, the bilge was already waterlogged, the ropes were discarded on the deck at will, and some were thrown overboard, a mess, a silence.
"It's just an axe, let's go to the cockpit and find the captain and ask them to help find Kiki and Cher!" Lu Chen pulled Chen Xin and ran to the cockpit.
When the hatch was opened, the wheelhouse was empty, the equipment inside was full of technology and antiquity, and the rudder was unattended, swinging at will.
"It's strange, are they all hiding in the back warehouse to sing, and they don't even want the rudder?" Chen Xin muttered quietly behind Lu Chen.
Lu Chen quickly opened the door of the captain's cabin, a wave of moisture came to his face, the cabin was very bright, the porthole was inexplicably open, everything was damp, and the moisture just now also came from here.
The contents of the cabin were all in good condition, the clothes were still hanging on the walls, and there were some rolled charts on the table.
Lu Chen put away the chart, and opened the cabin of the first mate next door, because the porthole was closed, it looked very dry, and everything was placed in an orderly manner.
The strange thing is that the toolbox is opened on the carpet, isn't the toolbox generally placed in the sailor's cabin, Lu Chen opened the logbook on the table in doubt, and the handwriting on it was blurred, leaving only two coordinates 36.57N and 27.20W.
Lu Chen wrote down the coordinates and entered a rest cabin again, where it looked as if people had just left, and there were soup plates and cutlery on the table.
Lu Chen touched the soup on the table and it was still warm, but there was no one, there was a sewing machine next to the lampholder, there was an unfinished child's clothes, and there were toys on the floor, it seemed that there were still children on this ship!
Lu Chen also saw a notepad on the desk, which said that on October 27, 1872 in the Netherworld Calendar, the ship was ordered to go to the Pillar of Babel to explore the elixir. At 8 a.m. on October 30, 1872, the ship encountered a bizarre incident, and it seemed that someone had deliberately slipped behind it with some kind of sharp object, and it was not clear to see.
In the drawer on the desk, Lu Chen found a bundle of letters, stationery and documents, all of which were words that Lu Chen couldn't understand.
In the lower drawer he found a treasure box with pearls, unlocked, containing rings, jewelry, spirit stones, and many knick-knacks. There is also a slightly larger treasure box next to it, which is full of medium-grade spirit stones, a full ten pieces!
What's going on? The ship was not built to rob, but where did they go?
Chen Xin wanted to put away the treasure box but was stopped by Lu Chen, "The current situation is unknown, don't mess with other people's things!" ”
Chen Xin broke free of Lu Chen's hand, put away the spirit stone, and said with a smile: "Dude, there must be no one on this ship, how do you know that this is not a treasure hunt egg arranged by the system!" ”
"I always feel that something is not right, let's be careful!" Lu Chen said worriedly.
"Ahh Chen Xin said indifferently.
Lu Chen didn't want to say more, so he walked to the exit the same way again, but he suddenly stopped the captain's room.
What's going on? He suddenly noticed that the room was full of water stains, except for a small box.
Could it be that someone has been following them all this time and bringing this box here? Lu Chen broke out in a cold sweat behind him, pointed to the box and asked, "Was this box here just now?" ”
Chen Xin looked at it and said, "I don't know, it should be, ah, don't scare yourself, hurry up and find those two beauties and then find the land!" ”
"Meow!" A miserable cat meow came from outside, and Lu Chen and Chen Xin were stunned, and they glanced at each other and rushed towards the deck.
I saw that the head and body of the black cat were separated, the head fell to the ground, the cat's tail was tied with a rope and fell on the deck, and the neck was broken and blood kept lying down, forming a small blood waterfall, dripping on the worn axe that was cut on the deck at some point.
The dark patches on the axe became more and more vivid under the water of the cat's blood, giving people an evil feeling.
Seeing this scene, Lu Chen and Chen Xin felt a chill spread from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.
"Dude, what's the situation? Is there really someone who kills cats to scare us? But that's too cruel, isn't it? Chen Xin said uncertainly.
"Ahh A high, shrill female voice came from the cabin.
"Kiki!" Lu Chen, who heard the female voice, was very surprised.
Glancing at Chen Xin, he ran towards the bow of the boat, opened the door, and it was also full of water.
I didn't have time to look through the door, so I ran down the stairs in the direction where the sound came from.
This is supposed to be the crew's cabin. Nothing out of the ordinary, except for water at the bottom of the ship, a few beds, and a few cabinets, all of which were the sailor's personal belongings. There are also some beautiful seashells on the table next to it.
But Lu Chen suddenly found some smoke in the shell, which is the sailor's favorite thing! Only in the event of a very urgent situation will they bother to take away such a beloved object. What terrible thing happened to this ship to make them leave in such a panic!
Continuing to look next door, here is the kitchen cabin, pots, bowls, scoops, and basins are all floating on the water. In the pantry there are also many food items: ham, bacon, vegetables, flour, dried fish and plenty of fruits. The stock is enough for the whole ship to eat for half a year.
There are also plenty of tanks in the bow with plenty of fresh water.
Almost half an hour had passed, and no one on board, dead or alive, had been found.
After not finding Qiqi for a long time, Lu Chen gradually became agitated.
kicked away the basin floating on the water, and Chen Xin called out from outside the cabin: "Dude! I've found Kiki! ”
Hearing the shout, Lu Chen ran out in a hurry.
When he came to the deck, Lu Chen found that Qiqi was throwing herself into Chen Xin's arms, crying.
Seeing Lu Chen coming, Qiqi immediately pounced, got into Lu Chen's arms and cried, "Woo woo! Uncle, my sister was taken away, leaving me here alone, and there was a head flying in there just now, which scared me to death. ”
Looking at Kiki, who was crying in his arms, Lu Chen's eyes were different, and he comforted: "It's okay Kiki, we will definitely find your sister!" ”
"The lifeboat on the back deck is gone, and the four-person dinghy is gone. The handrails on the left have been removed. There may really be no one alive on this ship except us! Chen Xin walked over and whispered to Lu Chen.
"No one? How to explain the song just now! What about the hot soup on the table? How to explain the wooden box that was moved, the black cat in a different place, and the flying head that Kiki said? There were more and more questions in Lu Chen's heart.
What the hell happened to make a boatload of people disappear without a trace in such a short time, and even the treasure didn't have time to take it away.
Lu Chen was pondering, the pillar of light in the distance suddenly diffused outward a circle of light, the circle of light centered on the pillar of light, spreading around, driving the mist to appear a short vacuum, and quickly reflux to fill the vacancy.
The aperture swept across the deck, and the strong air current pressed Lu Chen and them to the deck unable to move, and the wooden hull blew "squeak".
After the aperture passed, a mournful song sounded from the bottom of the cabin, one after the other.
"Hmm!" A terrifying roar also pierced through the fog in the distance.
Then there was a strange roar coming from the fog.
The mournful singing at the bottom of the cabin was stimulated by a strange roar in the black mist, and the song was melodious and poignant, and the sound became louder and louder.
Lu Chen and the others were in the roar, covering their heads, their faces were painful, and the strange sound seemed to be about to burst their heads.
Eventually, the aperture dissipated, and the pillar of light returned to its original form, and the roar in the darkness and the singing of the cabin gradually quieted down.
Lu Chen and the others were lying on the deck in a cold sweat, panting heavily, just now for a moment Lu Chen really thought that his head would be blown up by the sound waves one after another.
"Uncle, my sister was arrested in the bilge, uncle, go and save my sister!" Kiki shook Lu Chen's hand and said anxiously, with tears on her face.
Lu Chen stared at Qiqi and was silent for a long time without speaking. Kiki was stared at very unnaturally, crying and saying, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" You won't be a sister, will you! Woo woo, how can you do this! If you don't go, I'll go myself! ”
After saying that, Kiki was about to run to the bilge.
Chen Xin grabbed Qiqi and said to Lu Chen with anger on his face: "You cold-blooded animal, I still think you are affectionate and righteous, I always thought that you were worried about them, but who knew that you really wanted to save them, but you hesitated." Coward! ”
After scolding Lu Chen, Chen Xin said to Qiqi again: "Little beauty, don't be afraid!" That ruthless and unrighteous person is so ruthless that he won't save your sister, I'll go! Let's go! ”
Chen Xin pulled the little beauty and was about to go to the bottom bilge, but the little beauty didn't move, looking at Lu Chen pitifully with a pair of big watery eyes.
Lu Chen sighed and said, "It's nothing, let's go to Xue'er." ”
"That's pretty much it!"
Seeing that Lu Chen agreed to go to Xue'er, Chen Xin said.
Lu Chen took Qiqi and Xue'er and walked towards the bottom cabin.
Lu Chen, who was walking in front, looked at Qiqi from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally, and sighed helplessly in his heart, "I hope my guess is not true!" ”