Chapter 47: The Man-Eating Shark
The wind is beautiful, the sky is cloudless, and the small dhows are sailing on the turquoise sea.
Chen Lingfeng accompanied Bobby to play in the sea water on the side of the boat, and Lin Zhenhong stood at the bow of the boat and drove the sailboat intently. On a small wooden board under the bow of the ship sits a pot of greenery, and although there are not many branches and leaves, the green colors are the most beautiful scenery on this endless sea.
After a half-day voyage, the dhows came to a human stronghold called the Golden Island.
It is said to be an island, but it is actually an offshore platform with several small boats spliced together. On top of the boats, humans here have built lofts suspended in the air out of old cables and wooden planks.
Lin Zhenhong slowly leaned the dnahow towards the Golden Island, Chen Lingfeng hugged Bobby, this kid has a lively and generous personality, and it didn't take long for him to become quite familiar with Chen Lingfeng.
There are not many permanent residents on the Golden Island, and according to Lin Zhenhong, this is just a shopping mall where humans exchanged goods in the past, so there are not many people living here except for the administrators. But there is a small bar here, which is said to be a bar, but it is not really sold alcohol, barter, and the only drink sold here is fresh water.
Freedom is the tenet of the Golden Island, and the administrator pays protection money to the Whale Gang through the exchange of goods, so no one dares to mess around here.
There are all kinds of goods here, jewelry, guns and ammunition, drinking fresh water, and even old-world paper, merchandise boxes, etc.
But the most expensive commodity of the Golden Isle is the dry, loose dirt, a symbol of life in the Old World.
Lin Zhenhong took Chen Lingfeng and Bobbi to the bar, which was owned by a middle-aged man wearing clock repair glasses and was also the manager of the bar.
"Lao Lin, it's been a while, and so is Bobby." The middle-aged man looked at Lin Zhenhong, and then reached out and pinched Bobby's face.
"This young man hasn't seen it before." The middle-aged man carefully looked at Chen Lingfeng, who was holding Bobby.
"Lao Zheng, this is Chen Lingfeng, who came from Freeport with us." Lin Zhenhong greeted the bar owner familiarly, and the two obviously had a good relationship.
"Why, I found something good again this time, every time you bring in an item that is always so sought-after. Here, this cup is what I invited. Lao Zheng returned to the back of the bar and handed Lin Zhenhong a small glass of fresh water to each of them.
Lin Zhenhong took the cup and poured all the fresh water inside directly into Bobby's cup, Bobbi looked at him with big eyes, Lin Zhenhong just touched her head lightly and asked her to drink the water in the cup quickly.
Bobby carefully held the cup as if he were tasting a delicious soda, and slowly drank the fresh water.
"Lao Zheng, this is what we are going to exchange today, we are going to go to the Ghost Reef." Lin Zhenhong took the burlap bag to the bar.
Hearing the words Ghost Reef, Lao Zheng was not in a hurry to check the contents of the bag, but looked at Lin Zhenhong in surprise.
"Lao Lin, did I say you are crazy? You know what's in the Ghost Reef, and you're going to take this young man with Bobby. ”
"Freeport can't stay anymore, the Whale Gang has come and given an ultimatum, and I think soon Freeport will be annexed. And then it's probably you. Lin Zhenhong frowned and replied seriously.
"No, it can't be, I have a contract with them, as long as they pay the rent they need on time, they won't touch the Golden Island." Lao Zheng shook his head and said.
"But what if they increase the amount of rent? What happens when you can't pay? They're just a bottomless pit, and they haven't touched you right now, just because you still have some use value here. Lin Zhenhong's words, why didn't Lao Zheng know? It's just that he doesn't want to believe it.
"So I decided to leave here, although there are all kinds of dangers in the waters of the ghost reef, but it is rumored that there is a small island there, a real island, maybe there is the answer to survival." After a short silence, Lin Zhenhong said with a sigh.
"Alas, forget it, I know it's useless to persuade you, in fact, I envy your courage, you can still toss so much at your age. Huh, so much, where did you get that? Lao Zheng regained his previous kindness, he opened the bag, looked at the bag full of dirt, and couldn't help but exclaim.
"You don't care where it came from, this is my treasure at the bottom of the box. Let's see how much fresh water you can replace. Lin Zhenhong smiled mysteriously, urging Lao Zheng to hurry up and see how much fresh water he could get, he didn't want to be too ostentatious here.
Lao Zheng nodded, turned around and took out a lot of jars from the warehouse behind the bar.
"That's enough water for you to use the Ghost Reef. I still have to advise, have you really decided? Lao Zheng helped Lin Zhenhong move the fresh water to the dhow.
"It's decided, I don't have anything to do with myself, but I have to think about Bobby's future, she can't be like us, just like us, just drifting on the sea for the rest of her life." Lin Zhenhong said this, and looked at Bobbi standing beside Chen Lingfeng kindly.
"Is the young man willing to go on an adventure with you?" Lao Zheng asked quietly after moving the last jar.
"Alas, I have wronged him, but I can tell from his eyes that he is not a character trapped in this floating and rootless place." Lin Zhenhong tied the jars of water one by one.
"Hmph, you can blow it, you can see it from the eyes." Lao Zheng smiled and walked back to the bar.
"Dang, dang, dang" The sentry tower of the Golden Island sounded the alarm, Chen Lingfeng and Lin Zhenhong both looked nervously at the sea outside the Golden Island, but they did not see the Whale Gang.
"What the hell is going on above, there's nothing on this sea." The young man under the watchtower who was wiping the boat shouted.
But soon he noticed something unusual, a line of blood floated in from the sea outside the Golden Island, and a triangular dorsal fin appeared on the surface of the sea, and it was rapidly approaching the Golden Island.
"Sharks... Shark! The young man wiping the boat dropped the rag in his hand and prepared to run high, but it was too late, and the triangular dorsal fin appeared behind him.
In the next second, a bloody mouth full of fangs bit his ankle, and without the slightest struggle, the young man was dragged into the sea by the shark, and more blood gushed out. Then a more urgent state of affairs arose.
The gushing blood attracted more sharks, and for a while, the Golden Island was surrounded by sharks. Everyone ran to the heights, but the sharks had no intention of retreating, so they were in a stalemate with the humans on the island.
There was a muffled sound, the simple attic made of wooden planks shook a few times, and everyone immediately looked at the sea below the attic, and the sharks were frantically attacking the planks, they were like hungry wolves, vowing to eat the humans in the attic.