Chapter 31: Fresh Water
Charles lifted the quilt and just got out of bed, when a piercing tinnitus sounded in his ears, and a mountain of murmurs immediately came up.
This time the situation was much more serious than any previous one, and Charles even began to hallucinate in front of his eyes,
The crew's bodies began to rot, strange deformed tentacles emerged from them, and all of them turned into flesh and blood monsters.
Ignoring anything else, Charles hurriedly took out the box given by Elizabeth, took out a large piece of green gel from it and swallowed it.
The murmuring in his ears quickly became quieter, and the appearance of the crew finally returned to normal, and Charles, who was covered in cold sweat, stood in the distance panting.
Ignoring the concerns of the others, Charles spoke: "Inform everyone, the captain's room is combined." β
Soon, the rest of the narwhal began an emergency meeting in the captain's quarters.
"Where are we?"
"Uh...... I can't confirm it at the moment, but the narwhal seems to be shot far away by the huge waves, but fortunately, the first mate is experienced, and the ship finally didn't capsize. β
"What about crew losses?"
"The sailor was gone, and he must have been swept into the sea, and the two-wheeled tube was stabbed to death by the butterfly's claws, and the chef Frey's left arm was dislocated. β
As soon as the second officer Knona finished speaking, the chief engineer spoke.
"Captain...... The monster's forefoot plunged directly into the turbine bay, and although the hole was filled, the turbine power was damaged, and the narwhal's speed was only one-fifth of what it had been before. β
The bad news came one after another, and Charles could feel the weight on his body getting heavier.
He took a deep breath and said: "The first mate adjusts the crew's duty time, fills the vacant task, cancels the original mission, and the ship sails south first, and there are the most human islands in the south, and the probability of encountering it is also greater." β
The crew took orders one after another, and the Narwhal, which had been paralyzed for half a day, finally began to act.
When the crew had left, Charles took a sip of the bottle from underneath, and the previously calm captain was gone, his eyes filled with deep fear.
Is that arm, which is as huge as a mountain, the giant of the dream world? What is he?
He had heard of the gods of the earth and sea before, whether it was true or not, he had an indifferent attitude, but today, when he really saw the gods, he knew for the first time the insignificance of human beings.
"Is this place really still the earth? There can't be such a big creature on the earth! Gravity alone can crush its body!!"
For a moment, the idea of selling the boat and returning to the island for the rest of his life came to Charles.
But the vague appearance of the family flashed in his mind, and Charles's eyes slowly became firm, "I can't give up, even God can't stop me!"
Charles lifted the bottle and took another sip, then put it away, his expression returned to indifference and walked outside.
Time passed, and under Charles's command, the narwhal finally regained its calm, and although it was not out of danger, the morale of the crew stabilized.
Some crew members even had the leisure to collect those yellow snows in an attempt to go back and show off to others.
But as for the giant hand that stretched out from the bottom of the sea, everyone tacitly did not mention it, as if that thing was a taboo.
"Mr. Charles, Deepp, he bullied me!!"
In the cafeteria, Lily, the white mouse, ran to Charles who was eating and complained.
"That guy said if he didn't have anything to eat later, he was going to eat my friend!"
Seeing the rat suing him, Dipper, who was holding back a smile, raised his head, "Captain, I'm teasing her, and besides, rats are not delicious." β
"Can you stop being so naΓ―ve, we're not out of danger yet. Charles finished reprimanding the boatswain and looked down at Lily on the ground
"If the food is enough, if it is not enough, you can also cast a net and fight the fish, and you don't need to eat your friends. β
After hearing Charles say this, Lily was relieved and jumped in front of Deepp to confront him.
Although Charles was not nervous at all, he was secretly anxious in his heart, food was enough, but fresh water was not enough.
If the next place of residence is not found before the fresh water runs out, the entire boat will die of thirst.
As if knowing what Charles was thinking, the large pair of bandages that were biting the bread on the side leaned over. "Captain...... I have a way out of it......"
Charles's heart moved, "What way?"
"Sacrifice...... Just three ...... Soul, God Photan will guide us ......"
There was a hint of disgust on Charles's face, "Forget all these disgusting things." β
After being silent for a while, Bandage looked at the sailors in the distance and said: "The fresh water on the ship can last for a month, if you commit suicide by lot...... The living drink the blood of others...... The last three people can last for half a year......"
Charles turned his head sharply, his pupils narrowing to the bandage beside him, as if he was the first to know him. This guy isn't as harmless as it seems.
"Sorry...... This is an emergency plan...... I've been in this situation before... I ate my captain..."
"Alright!!
The next day, the crew found out that the fresh water on the narwhal began to be limited, and no one objected, but the crew seemed to realize something, and there were a lot fewer smiles on their faces.
The amount of fresh water is decreasing day by day, and even Charles's wine is taken out and divided.
When each person could only get a glass of water every day, someone finally couldn't jump and desperately wanted to jump into the sea, but was stopped by the other crew members.
The bandage once again proposed a sacrifice, and just as Charles was a little shaken, a blurred pillar of white light swept through the darkness in midair, it was the light of the lighthouse.
Standing in the midst of the cheering and excited crew, Charles exhaled heavily, his hanging heart finally fell, and that hellish scene finally did not come.
As the narwhal approached, a strange island appeared in front of everyone, and if the other islands were a piece of cake, then this island was an egg.
A hole was made in the bottom of the egg, and various steamships with red flags came and went.
Due to the loss of bearings, Charles did not know the name of the island, and he did not remember the location of the island on the charts.
However, since it is a human island, it can basically communicate, and the narwhal sailed into the Dome with the other ships.
Inside the egg is a huge city, with various Gothic buildings lined up neatly, perhaps because it is a cave and bats often fly over the city.
"Boatswain, ask them if they have a shipyard where the narwhal needs to change its turbines. β
"All right!" said Dipper, holding two small green flags and gesturing quickly at the bow of the boat.
After a while, Dipper ran back and said with a strange expression, "Captain, their flag language is very different, I can't understand it." β