Chapter 189: Ship Grave
After a loud reminder from the lookout.
On board the Queen.
Everyone stopped moving.
Whether it's nibbling on black bread, secretly drinking two sips of rum to quench your thirst, or lying on the deck dozing, or flatteringly helping Emperor Wang Tian comb his messy hair...... Everyone, all of them stopped their movements.
Emperor Wang opened his eyes dissatisfied.
"Wow!"
But after the dog opened his eyes, he didn't unreasonably paw the "grooming commissioner", with a little curiosity, he opened his legs, and in a blink of an eye, he rushed to Yi Rin's side, stretched out the dog's head, and looked out of the boat.
Hawkers, people are just dogs, and they are not real dogs, which is still very reasonable.
Irin sensed that the atmosphere was strangely solemn, so he whispered to Ruth, who was all the more experienced around him, "What is a ship grave?" β
As they asked, the two approached the bow of the ship.
Ruth, too, had a solemn expression, and could no longer bother to quietly wink at Elizabeth Rin, she quickly came to the fence, took out the monocular from her close parts, and then held her breath and looked closely.
Telescope?
Irin remembered that she seemed to have such a thing.
So Irin, too, secretly crushed the card and took out one of the props he had scavenged on Tetuga Island.
- [Exquisite military monoculars].
It doesn't have any special properties, it's just a telescope.
Irin squinted his eyes and looked into the distance.
I saw the wreckage of countless ships floating on the sea like corpses on the sea in the distance.
The wreckage of the ship has long been unrecognizable, scattered, and even some of the wreckage has broken even the hardest keel into pieces, and I don't know what force caused it, it looks very terrifying.
"It's a pirate flag! Wrong...... And the flag of the Navy! β
Ruth's pupils shrank slightly, and above the wreckage of several of them, she could roughly identify the possible origins of these ships through the mutilated flags, before they were intact.
Soon.
Ruth made a general observation, then identified the direction of the wind, knowing that Irin didn't know anything about navigation, and didn't bother to get Rin's consent, so she quickly gave instructions one after another.
"Attention the little ones! Lift up the spirit! We are about to pass through the 'Ship Grave'! β
"Lower the sails! Decelerate! Decelerate! β
"All sailors give special to the old ...... Lao Tzu is frozen in his position, and he is not allowed to run around! Be prepared to avoid it at any time! β
"All gunners in place! Get ready to reload your shells! β
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As Ruth gave instructions one by one, all the sailors did not dare to be lazy when they learned that the Queen was about to pass through the "ship's grave", even the slightly drunk pirates instantly sobered up and got busy on the deck and cabin with their respective positions.
I have to say that although Irin's way of recruiting crew members is somewhat unique, through the crew panel, although the pirates recruited by Irin's ships are not very loyal, except for Charlie on the floor, most of the pirates are not mediocre and are skilled pirates who have been in battle.
At the very least, if it is killed, the chaos value is not low.
After lowering the sails, the Queen's movement slowed down suddenly.
Ruth's intention was obvious, and she was going to follow the established course and pass through the range of the ship's graveyard.
Because Ruth judged the direction and strength of the surrounding current, she found that even if the rapids retreated bravely at this time, it was too late, and the waves set off during the sharp turn would cause too much movement.
Five minutes later.
The slow-moving Queen, about to enter the "ship graveyard" range.
There is no need to be reminded by Ruth, all full-time combat sailors, with a flintlock pistol in one hand and a scimitar in the other, are vigilant around.
But compared to the previous experience of passing through the ship's grave, they are now more confident in their hearts.
After all, the captain of this ship is a skeletal gentleman who can "black magic"!
Not your average pirate!
Even if something comes out of the sea, I believe that the skeletal gentleman captain who has mastered "black magic" will be able to press anything back into the sea.
Seeing the solemn atmosphere, Yi Rin didn't dare to slack off and let go of his perception.
Well, there are no problems with the "insurance measures" tied together in barrels.
Irin was relieved.
The Queen was cautious.
The sailors were also careful.
The atmosphere on the whole ship was eerily quiet.
Click.
Around the hull, the sound of waves crashing against the hull and the sound of the hull crashing against the ship's wreckage was heard from time to time.
The sea area where the Queen is located has long been far away from land, and experienced pirates are not naΓ―ve to think that this large expanse of endless shipwrecks is just as simple as hitting the rocks.
Ruth took a deep breath and saw that nothing had changed for the time being, so she explained it to Rin.
However, before Ruth could explain, Irin understood the meaning of "ship graveyard" as the name suggests.
- The ship's graveyard.
It's just that for some reason, everyone's expressions, including Ruth, are so tense and the atmosphere is so solemn.
"If I'm not mistaken, these ships are supposed to be left behind by a fleet of Navy warships that happened to them while they were fighting piracy."
"Only dense shipwrecks form 'ship graves', and after a long period of sea erosion, these shipwrecks are washed away to all corners of the sea, most of them are washed ashore with the tides, or sink to the bottom of the sea...... Such a large-scale shipwreck, that is, a disaster has just occurred here. β
"If I'm not mistaken, there will be no more than three days of disaster here."
Irin gave Ruth a strange look, "Aren't you running a tavern?" How can you be so proficient with these? β
Ruth rolled her eyes, and didn't explain why she was so skilled, but continued to explain on the topic of "ship graveyard".
"And this kind of catastrophe that destroyed the fleets of both sides so completely, in addition to the shipwreck of nature, may be some kind of sea monster from the deep sea...... Or ......"
Ruth's voice gradually became quieter, and finally she seemed to be concerned about something, looked around a few times, and quickly lowered her voice: "Anyway, anyway, if it's a hurricane or something, it's okay, if it's a sea monster or something...... It's likely that 'that thing' hasn't left the sea yet, so we have to be careful. β
Irin, who pondered for a moment, asked the skilled Ruth-classmate, "Why don't we turn around and sail out of here?" β
Ruth knew that her baby Elizabeth Rin was a seafaring idiot, and it wasn't surprising that Irin would ask the question.
He smiled and explained: "Hehe, you don't understand. If it is really a sea monster, our current course is to follow the current and the direction of the wind, and if we forcibly sail against the current, there is a possibility that the slightest tide of the ocean will alarm 'it'......"
"Understood."
Listening to Ruth's explanation, Irin also roughly understood.
In other words, once you encounter the "ship grave", it means that the sea area around the ship tomb is very likely to hide some kind of monster such as a sea monster, and it is more likely that you are still wandering around before you have eaten enough.
Generally speaking, if such a small ship passes by quietly, the sea monster may not care, if it causes too much movement and alarms the sea monster big brother to rest, the queen is very likely to join this "ship graveyard family" in the next second.
It is no wonder that the experienced pirate sailors reduced their movement in an instant after approaching the ship's grave, and they did not dare to come out, so it was.
It's not Irin's fault either.
If you talk about sailing experience, maybe even Charlie, who is the "combat floor" of the Queen, can throw off Irin dozens of streets.
On this ship, in the ranking of sailing experience, Irin is the captain who deserves to be ranked second-to-last.
The penultimate one, if there is no doubt, should be Emperor Wang Tiandi.
Emperor Wang Tiandi leaned forward, looked at it a few times, and didn't seem to see anything of interest, then simply lay down at Yi Rin's feet, shook the hair on his body, and basked in the sun.
Irin wordlessly glanced at the dog at his feet.
You really think of yourself as the mascot on the ship, do you?
Irin's really curious how this dog had passed the first few trials of the inner world.
I remember that in another timeline, Yi Rin had never heard of Emperor Wang, and he had never met him in the trial.
Wait a minute.
There are three possibilities.
1. In another timeline, Emperor Wang Tian fell ahead of schedule.
Second, because of some butterfly effect after Irin's rebirth, a dog became an apostle.
3. If Emperor Wang's trajectory has not changed...... Then in another timeline, Emperor Wang's level was far beyond Yi Rin's imagination.
Don't think about the dog for the time being.
The scope of this ship grave is beyond anyone's imagination.
In the midst of all the ghosts, the Queen carefully passed through this ship's grave.
Ruth also had a few drops of sweat on her forehead, and kept looking ahead with her monoculars and calculating the extent of the ship's grave on the nautical chart.
Half an hour later.
Finally, there is no wreck in the sea ahead.
And the sea monster that everyone imagined did not appear.
Hi Da Puben.
No one wants to witness the horror of a sea monster with their own eyes.
Even if some people have never seen it in their lifetime, they don't want to spend their lives to grow up in such knowledge.
No one found out.
In the bow.
Sachs trembled slightly, his eyes staring straight at the various shipwrecks floating beside the Queen, with a complicated expression.
"Huh?"
Irin noticed that there were some strange marks on the wrecks.
Some of the shipwrecks had an arc-shaped notch, with sharp edges, as if they had been burned by something, black as charcoal.
In Irin's impression, it seems that there is only ......
Irin's face sank, and his instincts told him it was unlikely.
Finally.
When the Queen sailed completely out of the "ship's grave", it was not until the spectacular wreck gradually disappeared into the sea that all the pirates on the Queen breathed a sigh of relief and poured rum into their mouths.
For pirates, rum is the eternal companion.
Drink when you are happy, drink when you are happy, drink when you die of your wife, and drink when you find treasure...... In short, life at sea, a woman can have wood, but must not break the rum.
After a false alarm.
Irin silently returned to the cabin.
There was Emperor Wang Tiandi basking in the sun outside, and there were lookouts on the mast, generally speaking, life at sea was boring and boring, and if nothing happened to him, it was very boring.
Irin silently ticked another cross on the calendar.
- He's recording the date.
If you don't keep a detailed record, you may forget the concept of time in this vast sea.
Just as Irin was about to untie the white rabbit, Ruth quietly pushed the door open and walked in.
In the eyes of others, the "first mate" is closely related to the "skeleton gentleman captain", almost a "good brother" covered with the same quilt, so no one finds it strange for the behavior of the "first mate Louis".
Anyway, anyone who understands understands it.
On the surface of the sea, sparkling and sprinkled with moonlight, it seems to be covered with a layer of golden gold.
When Ruth slipped in, she was a little disappointed to see that Irin was still awake, but she soon laughed like a hooligan, and stretched out her hand to Irin with her fingers: "My dear captain, do you need a little one to massage your sore shoulders?" β
Irin wanted to refuse.
But when I thought of that very practical BUFF, I couldn't help but nod.
Just as Ruth was about to do it.
In silence, Irin suddenly asked, "What are you really afraid of when you pass by the ship's grave?" β
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