144. [Age of Discovery IV] Encounter with an unmanned ship
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After a few hours, the sun set and the stars shone again.
The great white shark still dragged Nanxiao and kept swimming to the northwest. Nan Xiao clutched the hook in the shark's mouth and continued to insist.
As the night passed, the endurance competition between man and shark continued.
Before dawn, the weather was very cold, and Nanxiao relied on his mind to keep warm. Anyway, the fish is also soaked in water, and if it can survive, I can survive.
The sky was getting brighter, and the rising sun showed half of its face. The sun was shining on my back and it felt warm.
The hook was still taut. Fish and people keep moving at high speeds. From time to time, Nan Xiao pulled the hook or punched the shark twice in the face to force it to adjust its direction. He found that riding on the shark's head was the best way to do it. Wrap your legs around its gills to control its direction.
Suddenly, a bird came along the road. It has no webbing on its feet, so it is not a waterfowl, but it must be a long-distance migratory bird. It was probably also very tired, and regardless of sharks or people, it landed directly on the hook. It grabbed the hook and stood there, resting for a while, tilting its head to look at Nan Xiao.
When he looked at the bird, Nan Xiao had a wonderful feeling, as if he could feel the bird's emotions. It's very happy, it's the kind of Jedi escape, the joy of finally picking up a life. I was so tired that I was about to fall into the water. Its fur does not shelter from water like waterfowl, and once wet, it cannot fly. No matter how tired it is, it has to keep flying until it sees its destination.
But the sea is so vast that a bird can fly over it?
Who knows, as long as you persevere, butterflies can also fly across the sea.
"Have a good rest, little bird," Nan Xiao encouraged him, "persistence is victory." ”
This sentence was also said to himself. Fighting great white sharks is very energy-intensive. He felt hungry and desperately needed something to eat.
It's hard to catch fish. The great white shark rushed so fast that all the fish ran out.
After many attempts, he finally got lucky and caught a small tuna that was too stupid to run away.
It's really small, less than two feet long, and it's still a cub.
The cubs don't let go either.
He held the heirloom jade seal in his left hand, wrapped the hook and rope around his arm to control the great white shark, carefully pressed the fish's body, cut its back with his fingernails, and tore off the crimson flesh of the fish. He shoved the fish into his mouth and chewed slowly. It tastes good, and it's even better if there is wasabi and soy sauce.
After eating the tuna, he threw the bones far away, watching it disappear into the waves.
It was then that he saw the boat.
It looks like a small dhow, with two sails, but both are rolled down, and it looks like it is weak. And the condition of the boat is not very good, the hull of the ship is tilted to one side, as if it has entered the water.
In any case, it is much better to have a boat than to ride a shark at sea.
Nan Xiao looked at the great white shark and thought, it's time to contribute your meat, Lao Tie.
He took a breath, raised his fist, and struck a heavy blow that gathered the strength of his whole body!
Boom! Both of the shark's eyes bulged out, and he jumped desperately and somersaulted a hundred and eighty degrees in the air. It fell heavily into the water, shaking its head and tail, trying to shake Nan Xiao off. However, Nan Xiao tightened the hook even more, looked at the dented place on its head, and continued to punch hard!
After a few punches, the shark finally died. It stopped struggling crookedly, and its tail stopped waddling.
"This way!"
Nan Xiao waved at the sailboat and motioned for them to come over.
However, the sailboat did not respond to his cry, and floated afloat with the waves, moving slowly.
What's going on, did it happen that they encountered pirates, and all the people on board were killed?
Looking closely, Nan Xiao found that there were multiple injuries on the bow and side of the ship, which seemed to be traces left by the knife and axe. Well, I have a bad feeling.
In any case, he decided that he must get on this boat.
Dragging the shark's carcass, he paddled with one arm and swam towards the sailboat.
The ship that had dropped its sail went extremely slowly, and the route was also a dull straight line, and it was caught up by Nan Xiao little by little.
After catching up with the boat, Nan Xiao used his climbing skills, grabbed the gap in the ship's board, and climbed onto the boat in two times. He bit the hook in his mouth and looked around warily. Sure enough, they were all corpses. Some were hacked to death, some were shot, and most appeared to have been killed in battle. There are also those whose hands are tied, and at first glance they are executed.
Anyway, let's take a look around first.
Tying the shark carcass to the side of the boat, Nan Xiao decided to go deep into the cabin to investigate.
Before that, he searched the corpses on the deck and came up with a fairly complete robe. These people don't look like Ming people, they have the head of the moon dynasty of the Japanese people, short and dark, very much like the mud bombardment natives.
Nan Xiao is tall and has a hard time finding clothes. The trousers were not long enough at all, and the robe was worn on him like a short straight jacket. I had no choice but to settle for a while.
What matters is the weapon. He found a short knife, which, though broken and blunt, was better than being unarmed.
How much damage do the weapons of this world do to me?
Nan Xiao urgently needs to know the answer to this question. He tried it with a short knife and found that he was very capable of carrying it. The blade slashed through the palm of the hand, and it felt like it had touched the skin of an elephant or a rhinoceros, so smooth and tough that it could not be cut at all. In the end, it was already very hard to barely leave a trace of white marks.
Muskets may need to be careful, but he believes that no matter how good the muskets of this era are, they will not be able to win over modern pistols. When Mr. Zhendong left, he was hit seven or eight times in a row by two guns, and he only felt a little pain, not even bruising. What can I do with the soft buckshot of the breech musket?
It's good, so it's much more reassuring.
The ship was small, with only seven cabins. Enter through the aft cabin and explore the captain's quarters. It was empty, and things were turned into a mess, and it looked like it had been taken captively. There were no bodies, no blood, and it seems that the ship's resistance had been suspended by the pirates when they ransacked the place.
Descending a narrow staircase, Nan Xiao began to explore the bilge.
It was dark inside, and there was no light, only a little light leaking through the cracks in the planks. There are five cabins underneath with some worthless sundries. A few buckets, some wood and iron nails, some salted fish and sauerkraut. There was not a single cargo at all, all were snatched. A torn strip of silk hung from a certain cabin door. Nan Xiao grabbed it and sniffed it, there was a woman's aroma, like a skirt.
I didn't see anyone, and everyone was already dead?
Listening quietly, Nan Xiao began to scout the surroundings.
I heard it, faint breathing! Someone hid behind a barrel in the corner of the cabin. Although he tried his best to suppress his breathing, he couldn't escape Nan Xiao's perception at all.
Nan Xiao walked towards the barrel and said, "Come out, I have seen you." ”
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