Due to the different uses and environments, such as the rapids and rapids in the inland areas of Chinese mainland, ancient China began to manufacture ships with a rather sharp bow below the waterline, and the hull above the waterline was usually made for release, and a horizontal beam was installed below the waterline as the stern.

In addition, the hull of the two or more layers of Chinese ship is actually made of thin sheets, which gives the hull a huge longitudinal support, and in the event of a collision, the outer layer of the ship can also protect the inside.

That's why Charles just glanced at the ships and saw a connection to ancient Chinese manufacturing techniques.

After hearing this, Yin Wanmeng said, "You mean that these boats are transformed from boats traveling on inland rivers?" ”

Charles nodded: "That's pretty much it, just like the ship we are on now, this should be the technology that appeared in the Ming Dynasty in China, and there is a certain difference from the wreckage of the ships on the right side in front of us." ”

Saker pointed to a boat huddled in the corner on the left: "There's a modern yacht there." ”

Charles's eyes lit up: "We'll have to go over and take a look, it looks like the ship is still new, we might be able to find something useful to help us get out of this damn place." ”

Now it was up to Charles's skill and mind to get out of the island, so the only way to get on the modern yacht was to approach the wreckage and try to board the modern yacht, as Charles said.

But at this time, something happened that everyone forgot because of an accident - it was time for Charles to become a mermaid.

Charles didn't care so much, took off his clothes and jumped into the beach, under the gaze of everyone, let out a strange cry, and then turned into a half-human, half-fish monster, wandering in the sea, but after all, he still had human consciousness, so although he grinned at Wei Chiran and the others, he did not approach them to attack.

Yin Wanmeng raised his hand to look at his watch and said: "It's too bad, he won't change back until the evening, what if those Sen kickers come during this period?" ”

The falcon looked at the top of the sea cave: "Let's kill one by one, doesn't it mean that there are only 300 murderers on this island at best?" We have the most firepower in our hands to deal with it. ”

Wei Chi frowned and looked at the falcon, it seemed that there was nothing to scare him, but if the Sen Kickers really swarmed up, just a few of them, they would definitely die.

Chu Xia looked around and said, "Prepare first, arm yourself, Yin Wanmeng, you are responsible for vigilance." ”

After nodding silently, Yin Wanmeng jumped onto the highest point of the wreck of the ship next to him, and stood there looking around.

It's strange to say, there is no trace of anyone in this place, if there are ships that have been drifted here and killed by the Mori Kickers, how can there be corpses and other things around here, and the Mori Kickers will not kill them and then bury them, right?

Even if they were thrown into the sea, according to the direction of the current, the corpses could not be washed out, and eventually they would sink in the water, and the water below could almost be said to be crystal clear, there were no corpses or anything like that, only some iron tools on the ship.

Yin Wanmeng stared at the almost transparent water, watched Charles swim quickly, and at the same time found something following Charles, originally she thought it was the splash brought by Charles's swimming, but after a closer look, she found that it seemed to be a school of fish.

Yin Wanmeng squatted down, took out a telescope and looked at the water, and found that when Charles stopped, the group of things suddenly disappeared.

Could it be the reflection on the surface of the water? Yin Wanmeng subconsciously glanced at the cave above her head where she could see the sky, and the location where the light shone down was not there.

"Is there a situation?" Hatsu asked, who came out of the cabin.

Yin Wanmeng shook her head and said, "No." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Charles again, who was swimming in the water, and behind him, the unknown things she had seen before reappeared.

At this point, those things were getting closer and closer to Charles's location.

Yin Wanmeng subconsciously said: "Look behind Charles, there seems to be something following him. ”

Wei Chiran and the others stood on the deck of the ship and looked down, but they didn't see anything.

Wei Chiran looked up at Yin Wanmeng: "No." ”

Yin Wanmeng said: "You stand here with me, you can see it." ”

Everyone was skeptical, climbed to the location where Yin Wanmeng was, looked into the sea below, and sure enough, they saw something following Charles.

Seeing this, Chu Xia shouted to Charles to remind him, and Charles continued to swim in the sea as if he couldn't hear it, enjoying it very much.

At this time, a terrifying scene happened, but a long blood line appeared behind Charles, who was wandering in the seawater, and the blood line became thicker and thicker, but Charles didn't seem to notice anything unusual at all.

The crowd shouted to no avail, and the Saker simply picked up the thing next to it and threw it directly at Charles.

Charles was hit, so he stopped to look at the falcon, and at the same time, he also found that the sea water around him was all stained red, and he was also startled, and then as if he had found something, he began to struggle in the seawater.

Wei Chiran and the others immediately jumped down, stood on the deck and threw ropes downward, trying to drag Charles up.

But at this time, Charles was completely crazy and rolled in the water, as if he was dodging something, and finally crashed headlong into the wreck of the ship next to him, hitting his head and bleeding, but even so, he still struggled, and finally swam towards the position of the shallows.

Lieutenant Chi immediately jumped off the shallows, and together with the others, tried to drag Charles directly to the shore, but when they approached Charles, who was struggling in the shallows, they found that the surface of his body was covered with a layer of transparent things, like scales, but blood continued to flow from under those scales.

Everyone couldn't get close to Charles, who was screaming and struggling, and Chu Xia directly took out the tranquilizer gun he had prepared a long time ago and hit Charles directly, and Charles lost consciousness within seconds after being shot.

Everyone immediately stepped forward to drag Charles ashore, but at this moment, a translucent scale armor climbed up the captain's wrist.

Wei Chiran felt a pain in his wrist, and quickly grabbed the scales, but he didn't expect the thing to suddenly swell, and his body changed from flat to three-dimensional, and turned into a translucent shrimp with a translucent body, and the shrimp's head was full of jagged teeth, and it bit directly towards Wei Chiran's fingers.

Wei Chi hurriedly shook the thing away, and at the same time warned the others: "Be careful, it's a shrimp!" ”

At this time, the other people who were dragging Charles were also attacked by the shrimp, so they could only leave Charles's body and run towards the shore, while helping each other to peel off the shrimp that was crawling on their bodies.

When everyone was out of danger and went to see Charles in the shallows, they found that only half of Charles's body was left on the blood-red sea.

The four of them were stunned, and stood there watching the remaining half of Charles's body gradually decrease under the devouring of that man-eating shrimp.

"Go ashore and go back!" The lieutenant chisely beckoned everyone to leave quickly.

The frightened crowd returned to the ship and stood on the deck to look down, and Charles had not even a bit of scum left below except for the red-stained sea.

This time, even the falcon, which was not afraid of heaven and earth, couldn't say a word.

Wei Chi said, "Does anyone know what that thing is?" ”

Yin Wanmeng came back to his senses and said: "Wood shrimp, the scientific name of that kind of thing is wood shrimp, it should be that kind of thing." ”

Everyone looked at Yin Wanmeng, and Wei Chiran asked, "What is it?" Where did it come from? ”

Yin Wanmeng said: "It was first found in the Mariana Trench about 10,000 meters away, it was once caught, this thing just looks like a shrimp, to be precise, it looks like a shrimp that has been shelled and boiled, the head will be hidden in the body, and it will only poke out when hunting, with serrated teeth below, and the body has enzymes that can digest wood. ”

Wood shrimp? Wei pondered for a long time, and suddenly remembered what Charles said before, he said that the bottom of the surrounding ships was corroded by something, could it be that they were all eaten by these wooden shrimp?

But why don't the wooden shrimp eat the hull on it, is it because these things can't live without the sea?

Wei Chi analyzed for a while and said, "It seems that as long as we don't go to the sea, we will be safe." ”

Chu Xia said: "Could it be that these wooden shrimp are dragging the boats here in groups?" And then cannibalize ships and people who inadvertently go to sea? ”

The falcon looked above the sea cave: "There are forest kickers on the island, there are wooden shrimp in the sea, and now we are trapped, even if we find something useful, we don't know how to use it, plus Charles is dead, we are equivalent to losing our eyes and limbs." ”

What now? If you can't leave this place by boat, is there only one way left to go deep into the island?

Although the supplies in the cabin were sufficient, enough for them to live for half a month, they could not take them with them at all, and if they ran out of supplies, they would have to go back to the ship to get the supplies.

In the cabin, the remaining four people were silent, and Hatsu finally spoke: "Now, all we have to do is find a ship to leave this place. ”

Yin Wanmeng said: "There is another way, that is, to send a distress signal directly, the Indian side should send someone to rescue, although it is not allowed to enter here, but the actual situation is not what we want to come, we can take photos of the wreckage of the ship here as proof." ”

Saker didn't disagree, but said: "That's the next policy, because the Indian side must be closely monitoring the surrounding area, and ships like the Ghost Mother must be on the watch list of the intelligence departments of the surrounding countries, and it is so coincidental that a few of us with the identity of country T appeared on the nearby Beisen Island, and the Indian side will definitely find a reason to detain us, even if we are released safely in the end, the time will be completely delayed." ”

Yin Wanmeng said: "We are trapped here, and time has been delayed. ”

"If this route is detained, and if we can't use diplomacy, we may be trapped for months, even years," Saker said. ”

When Yin Wanmeng was about to say something, Chu Xia got up and said, "Okay, don't argue." ”

After that, Chu Xia looked around: "The only way is to send a signal to Hou Wan." ”

Just as he pulled out his satellite phone in early summer, Saker quipped, "At times like this, it is usually impossible to communicate with the outside world." ”

Chu Xia frowned when he heard this: "There is really no signal." ”

As soon as the Saker's smile appeared on his face, Hatsutsu said, "I'm kidding, the signal is good." ”

After that, Chu Xia called Hou Wan and explained to him what was happening now.

Hou Wan was silent for a moment and said: "I will go to the black market to find a pilot who dares to take risks and is willing to make money, and rent a civilian helicopter to pick you up on the island, but the premise is that you must find a nearby location where the helicopter can take off and land, and the surrounding countries have issued an early warning, there will be a storm in the Bay of Bengal within three days, you should pay attention to your own safety." ”