Chapter 200: The Man in the Boat
It was so tattered that I couldn't tell how old the ship was, but looking at the anchor chain, it looked like it had been drifting at sea for decades.
The smell was terrible, I resisted the urge to vomit and stood on the deck to watch, Ah Chuan took out a very bright searchlight from the cabin and shone it on the boat, this fishing boat is not small, it looks like it is for ocean fishing operations, but unfortunately the mast and the like are all broken, I look carefully, as long as there is a metal wrap where there are strong signs of corrosion.
I became more and more strange, if nothing else, this slime was very strange, if it had really been floating at sea for decades, it would have dried up and cracked long ago, and it was impossible for so many disgusting things to hang on.
There was a lot of mess in the slime, shiny and strangely silvery white, like fish scales and skin, and a large mass of black stuff stuck together in the corners of the deck.
It's a lot like vomit, and I can only think of this, Agawa took a searchlight and shone it on the hull, the outside of the ship should have been painted, but unfortunately it was all corroded, and it was impossible to judge its source.
"Anyone?"
Ah Chuan shouted loudly, and there was silence on the other side, and there was no sound.
The whole ship exuded a gloomy aura, and it became more and more strange on the dark sea, and I got goosebumps all over my body, it was really a disadvantage, and I had encountered such an unlucky thing before the adventure had even begun.
I have heard a lot of legends about the sea, the ghost ship is the most widespread kind, the drowned water ghost does not enter the reincarnation, the shipwrecked ship will have its own will, become a ghost ship that can cross the two worlds of yin and yang, the water ghost who is thirsty for life will unconsciously gather on the ghost ship, and gradually become the sailor of the ghost ship, luring the ship into an accident, looking for a substitute ghost for himself.
Fishermen all over the world regard encountering a ghost boat as the most unlucky thing, and they will avoid it when they see it from afar, and I look at this boat and feel very blocked, and it casts a shadow on the rest of the trip.
"Go up and have a look."
Nineteen said, back to the wheelhouse and drove the boat to a distance of less than half a meter from the ghost ship, I looked at him in a daze, he said firmly, as if there must be a clue on it, this ghost ship is a long time old at a glance, there can be no one, why bother to see it.
No one objected, Nineteen and Eleven put on heavy rubber shoes and rubber gloves, and as soon as Eleven stepped on the edge of the ghost ship, the rotten wood suddenly cracked, and seeing that Eleven's body was crooked and about to fall into the sea, he quickly stretched out his feet and kicked on our boat, and fell lightly into the ghost ship.
The ghost ship shook and cracked, and I saw obvious footprints under Eleven's feet, the surface of the ship was completely decayed, and the strange slime was pulling under their feet, and the smell seemed to be heavier.
The slime must have been slippery, but they walked lightly, and the two of them made their way to the hatch, a metal frame that slapped down with a slight pull, slamming it on the deck with a sticky "snapping".
It should be dry in the cabin, I can't see them anymore, Ah Chuan was surprisingly quiet, his eyes were looking at the hatch without blinking, and Ah Qing looked preoccupied, he must have found something.
I didn't dare to breathe through my nose, the smell was so pungent, with the strange smell of chemicals, it was a strong acid, and I couldn't think of why there was a ship in the middle of the sea that was corroded by acid.
Could it be that the ship was already filled with strong acid, because of the accident capsizing, I knew that this was impossible, and the strange debris on the ship had already indicated that it was vomit.
I don't know how big the biggest whales are, it shouldn't be easy for them to swallow such a big ship, the ocean is an area that humans know very little, and who knows what is hidden in the deep sea that humans can't tread.
"Bang!"
There was a crisp sound in the ghost boat, and there seemed to be a splashing sound of liquid, I was startled, and when I came back to my senses, Ah Qing opened his mouth and shouted.
"It's fine."
It's the voice of Nineteen, this is a fishing boat, there must be a fish warehouse in the cabin, they may have opened the fish warehouse just now.
There was a commotion on the other side, and I heard Nineteen whispering a few words, saying repetitive words, but I couldn't make out a single word, and soon there were footsteps inside, and they came out, and Nineteen actually recited a man.
I craned my neck to see that it was a middle-aged man I had never seen before, his hands and feet were tied with ropes, his face was a terrifying blue red, and the red on his mouth seemed to have been taped, and he had just taken it off, and they jumped back on the boat, cut the rope and put the man down, and Ah Qing rushed into the cabin and took out the medical kit.
"Si Yu! Si Yu! ”
Nineteen screamed a few times, but the man didn't respond, his face was still ugly, and his lips were chapped and chapped, as if he hadn't drunk water for a long time.
I looked at him in a daze, my head booming, and I realized that this was what they had been talking about.
He was taken captive, why did he appear on a ghost ship? God knows what exactly he went through, what about the floating islands? And what about the people who kidnapped him? What the hell is going on?!
I was stunned, I saw Nineteen tearing off Si Yu's collar and giving him artificial respiration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, he had been locked in the fish barn, and he must have fainted because of lack of oxygen.
"Ahem...... Ahem......"
Si Yu coughed a few times, his blue and red face gradually improved, and I also surrounded him, he opened his eyes with trembling eyelashes, his gaze stayed on Ah Chuan's face, and he shrank back suddenly.
I was startled, and when I looked at it again, his face had regained its calmness, and Ah Qing handed over a bottle of water, and Nineteen helped him to sit up and brought the water to his mouth.
He drank half of the bottle in one gulp, and Nineteen carried him on his back to the bed in the cabin, and we looked at him in a circle.
It turned out that this was the feeling of watching from the sidelines, and I was a little awkward, because I was usually the one who was lying there, and I suddenly became a bystander, and I was a little uncomfortable.
"How's it going, are you getting better? Do you want to eat? Nineteen spoke.
"Hmm...... No. Si Yu's voice was soft, and his wheezing was heavy.
"What did that guy do to you?!"
Ah Chuan roared suddenly, completely different from his usual unfazed appearance, as if he had lost his mind, except for forcing me to give up at the beginning, I had never seen him so excited.
His eyes were overflowing with anger and killing intent, I was at a loss, I didn't know what was going on, and thinking about what Ah Chuan said, I couldn't understand what the connection was between him and that person, how could there be such a big hatred.
"Ah Chuan, calm down." Ah Qing raised his hand and patted him.
Ah Chuan's gaze was extremely cold, he suddenly closed his eyes, sat down heavily, let out an irritated sigh from his mouth, covered his face, and inserted his slender fingers into his hair.
"He wants to know where the floating islands are." Si Yu spoke in a low voice, angry as a gossamer.
"Where did they go? Is the floating island coming? Nineteen spoke.
"Come up, it's still more than ten meters from the sea at noon today, then they went down, locked me in the fish barn, and then ......" Si Yu frowned, "The boat shook very much for a while, I heard the sound of breaking and squeezing outside, the fish silo became very hot, the air became less and less, and there was a strange smell, I fainted." ”
"You weren't displaced?"
I couldn't help but scream, that ship was ghostly, I thought it had been adrift for many years, but I didn't expect that this was originally the one that Si Yu and they were on, so what did this ship go through to become like this?
I panicked, those people entered the floating island, and they must not know what happened to their boat, how dangerous was the vicinity of that floating island?
"Don't be cranky," Nineteen suddenly reached out and patted me, "You're too nervous, go out and get some air." ”
I was really depressed, and I ran out in three steps and two steps, and it was not easy outside, and the strong sour smell stimulated my eyes to tears.
I swallowed my saliva at the lifeless ghost ship, and I retreated without even seeing the shadow of the floating island, which was not a warning, telling us to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, and that no good results would be achieved if we continued to explore.
There is also the serious nineteen, the abnormal Ah Chuan, even if they keep saying that it is not a big deal, I can detect from their abnormal behavior that it is not trivial, especially Ah Chuan, who is too abnormal.
I was shocked, and turned my head and ran towards the cabin, I was so stupid, Nineteen let me come out and came out, who knows what they said inside, I should stay there and listen to more information.
It was already late, and as soon as I entered, I saw that Nineteen was covering Si Yu with a thin quilt, and they had already finished speaking.
"Let's go, since we have already floated up, hurry up, they may have already got the jade, and there is no boat to escape, but it has created an opportunity for us, Ah Qing, you stay on the boat and pay attention to the movement, don't worry about us when necessary, if they dare to get on our ship, just solve it."
Nineteen's voice was very steady, but it made me panic, especially the last sentence, how to solve it and kill them?
Ah Qing's body trembled obviously, and there was a not-so-obvious panic in his eyes: "Nineteen, you know, I can't do it......"
Nineteen looked at him, his eyes lowered and hid in the darkness, and he spoke for a long time: "That's it, do your best, no matter what the outcome is, you and Si Yu's lives must not be lost, and if you don't have enough spirit, give up on us immediately." ”
Ah Qing didn't answer, he also raised his hand to cover his face, I looked at Nineteen in a daze, he asked Ah Qing to give up on us, didn't he plan to take care of my life?
I know it's selfish to think like this, but human nature is like this, I've never been a gentleman, and without A-Qing's feedback, can we really come out safely?
Things were getting worse and worse, and before I could even start, I felt the feeling of being surrounded by despair, and Nineteen suddenly reached out and pulled me out of the cabin, and I was dragged by him to the other side of the ship, and in the dim light, his eyes were as deep as the sea.