XXVIII. Hull mezzanine
The propeller gets tangled in something, it's not a dead end, as long as someone dives into the water and takes the tangled thing out.
However, at this time, the river outside is full of corpses, who would dare to enter the water in such an environment?
The vibration of the ship's hull woke Ayumi up, and she frowned deeply when she saw the corpse floating in the water, and it didn't look good.
Yang Xiaoqi turned off all the equipment on the ship, leaving only the generator, and then beckoned the two of us back to the cabin.
"What's going on?" Feijing and the others looked at the three of us and came out together to ask.
"Something got tangled in the propeller." I'll explain it to you.
When the others heard it, they didn't panic when they knew it wasn't a big deal.
"Then arrange for someone to go into the water and take a look," Feijing said, starting to walk outside the cabin.
"I'll go!" Yang Xiaoqi said without hesitation, but was stopped by Ayumi, "After all, you didn't grow up on the bank of the Yellow River, so I'd better go." Besides, there are corpses outside, and there will be some psychological pressure if you go to any extent. ”。
Although we all know that Ayumi's words make sense, but so many big men are here, but they want a little woman to take risks, and they can't be justified.
In fact, I am very good at water, and I won a swimming championship in school that year, so I believe that such an environment can still cope with it. Besides, Ayumi, a corpse digger by his side, is much more courageous when facing those corpses.
"I'll go into the water with you, and if you run into any trouble, you can take care of it." After a moment's hesitation, I said.
Ayumi thought about it and agreed.
She took out a special hook and rope from her equipment, which was a hanging rope. Then she took out a yellow amulet for me to carry with me.
The two of us had waterproof miner's lamps on our heads, daggers in our mouths, and axes in each hand, and nodded to each other to get into the water.
Feijing said: "The weather outside is too bad. Well, let's all go to the deck to pick it up. ”。
The deck was crackling with rain, and we had to shout loudly when we came out.
Ayumi and I agreed on a few simple gestures and slowly climbed down the net.
There was a disgusting stench on the surface of the river, which I knew was caused by the smell of decomposing corpses. Holding back his nausea, he slowly dived into the water.
Originally, I thought that I would not be able to see anything in such the water of the Yellow River, even if I brought a mining lamp. But to my surprise, the water here is so clear that it is not as clear as the sea, but you can barely see it five or six meters away.
The moment I entered the water, all the storms outside were cut off, and the whole world was quiet.
With our minds settled, Ayumi and I began to swim towards the propeller position behind us.
Suddenly, Ayumi in front of her suddenly stopped and looked at the entire hull carefully.
I also followed her gaze, and in addition to the river, there were several corpses standing in the depths of the river, although it was terrifying, but there seemed to be nothing else unusual.
Ayumi stroked the hull with her hand, as if she had discovered something important, she frowned deeply, as if she was thinking, and I was about to ask her what was going on, when I suddenly noticed that the pupils of her eyes contracted suddenly, as if she was greatly frightened.
Ayumi's frightened look flashed away, and was replaced by a very sharp look, barely a second in between, which I thought might be my own delusion.
She waved her hand, meaning to go out and talk, and led me to the propeller's position. The hull was not very long, and we were again in the water in the latter half, so it didn't take long to get there.
Sure enough, there was a corpse stuck in the propeller, it was a man's body, and it was very badly decomposed. Ayumi tried to tug at it, but I pulled off a layer of flesh on the man's hand, and I closed my eyes in fright. It's not fear, it's naked blood, and the average person will definitely spit out last year's rice.
Fortunately, my concentration was okay, and I could barely hold back.
The corpse's head and shoulders were stuck in the propeller, as if he wanted to get into the hull through the propeller.
Ayumi gestured to me, meaning that the two of us would work together to pull the body out.
After a long time, the person was almost scattered by me. When it was finally done, Ayumi gestured, and the two of us dived towards the river together.
Everything went very smoothly, it was simply beyond my expectations.
I thought there would be something thrilling about this burial place, but now it seems that I am thinking too much.
"How?" The Flying Mirror shouted from the deck.
I made an OK gesture and started getting on board with Ayumi.
As soon as her feet landed on the deck, Ayumi's face immediately changed, and she said to Yang Xiaoqi: "Go and sail and leave here immediately."
Her face was ugly, as if something really big had happened.
"What's wrong?" I asked, remembering her weirdness just now, and I couldn't help but start worrying in my heart.
Ayumi shook her head, let's go into the cabin.
Yang Xiaoqi and Hu Zi went to the cockpit together, and after a while, the ship moved.
Ayumi and I leaned against the brazier to keep warm, and after drinking a cup of hot water, we finally warmed up.
"Did you notice just now that our ship draft is too deep? And, it seems, the underwater part is even wider than what we see. Ayumi bangs are still dripping with water droplets, staring at me, looking beautiful. But I didn't have the heart to appreciate it.
"What do you mean?" I exclaimed.
"I think there should be a mezzanine in the middle of this plank. On the surface we can't see it, but just look at the draft of the hull and you can understand it at once. I think...," she stopped, as if thinking about words.
"What do you think?" Scar asked.
We all looked at her, waiting for the next words.
"This ship, there's something else. Moreover, it also carries a lot of weight. Ayumi said.
"But we've all checked, and there's nothing else," Feijing was also curious.
"I've already said it before. My guess is that there must be a mezzanine between the planks. Come with me. She took out a dagger and walked to the ship's storage compartment.
That's where the fishermen use to store their fish, the bottom of the boat, which means that a few inches below our feet is the water.
"What did you find?" I asked.
Ayumi didn't say a word, she came to the side of the hull by herself, and then took out the dagger and inserted it without hesitation. I was scared, and although a dagger would not sink the ship, it still scared me. If we really plug in the plank, the river from outside comes in, and we have to keep pumping water out, which is no joke.
Fortunately, Ayumi's strength was not very strong, and the board was not punctured. She made a hole and broke it with her hands.
The terrifying sound of wood breaking came, and Feijing also went to help at this time, and with the efforts of the two, we soon found that there was really a mezzanine in it.
The most terrifying thing is that the mezzanine contains not other things, but rows and rows of corpses.
The inside of the mezzanine is not wide, and we can't get in, so we can only use forced destruction.
Feijing's drastic means quickly made a large area, and in that piece alone, we saw no less than ten corpses.
"This...."Fei Jing was about to say and stopped.
Junzi continued his words from the sidelines: "The people of the front team"