Chapter 10: The Phantom of the Mast
I looked at the open sea, saw the ups and downs of the whale salamander, felt that the mind was open, and suddenly there was a sense of life and death in the "life between the world and the world, suddenly like a distant traveler", and I was faintly worried about the uncertain future, so I said to the fat man: "The grandfather of the golden captain, Cao Laoda, was in the east of the exhausted stone to watch the sea, and the two of us are also considered to be in the south of the exhausted stone, which is really more than a thousand years old, and the world has changed, but you look at the vast sea, boundless, our boat is in the waves and its unfathomable depth. It's really too insignificant, and if you want to find out the remnants of the Southern Dragon under the sea and the location of the Yin Fire, I'm afraid it won't be too easy, but you have to be mentally prepared to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations. \.οΌ±ο½βΈγ ο½ο½Π\\β
The fat man said nonchalantly: "What is there to worry about, to be honest, I can't wait to touch the eggs, before in the desert in Yunnan, how many times have we rubbed shoulders with the priceless Ming utensils, always under the pretext of picking up sesame seeds, the whole waste of watermelons, corruption and waste is a great crime, I am too upright, in addition to the pain of cutting the flesh, it is a pain to pay money, from now on we can no longer knowingly commit it, this time no matter what, I have to make a hard profit, I have already been ready to eliminate all difficulties, It doesn't matter if it's going to the moon for nine days, or catching turtles in the five oceans, we're all out of the way. β
I agreed: "That's right, the gold declaration is good, let's either not touch, since we have touched it to the end, it is our bounden duty to be a qualified egg people, although the burden on our shoulders is not light, but those who have aspirations should shoulder the heavy responsibility, and shed the last drop of blood for this great cause, even if it is broken bones, it is also a red heart that will never fade, and will not give up until the goal is achieved...... But what did you just say about climbing up to the bright moon in the nine days, why aren't you afraid of heights? β
The fat man said: "In order to touch the eggs, it is also a glory for me to fall down and make a meatloaf, then I will become one with the earth, and we will only go to the sea and not ascend to the sky this time, so why should this commander be afraid?" Listening to Yang Shen, he didn't fall to the sea from a high place. That's similar to the consequences of smashing on the gray ground, is there anything you really say? β
I was walking from the bow to the stern with the fat man, chatting and chatting to relieve my boredom, and saw the blood-red sun slowly falling in the stern, and the glow was so bright that the sea was like a red snake dancing, and suddenly the black and thin monkey-like boy "Gu Chai" ran to the back deck and pointed to the bow of the ship. Motioned for us to hurry over, something was wrong.
Gu guess this kid shaved how ugly and ugly the pot lid is, although he is not very old, but he has a special physique, he was born with a pair of fish eyes, is an innate sea ghost, can dive and collect eggs for a long time without ventilation, even I have to look at him impressed, he and Ruan Hei also learned a few words of Chinese together, we can have some simple exchanges between us.
Then I saw him hurrying to find me. Know that there must be a situation at the bow of the ship. didn't bother to ask, so he hurriedly ran to the bow of the boat with the fat man, and then found the east side. That is, fog began to rise on the sea directly in front of our bow, and the further the ship drove forward, it would enter the fog, and the visibility ahead would become less and less.
This fog is very strange, about ten meters high, the fog is pressed on the sea surface, from where we are, the sea fog and the sky are distinct, and from the fog the sea air rises, the surging abnormal sea air produces five wisps of black smoke straight into the sky, this scene is just like a black claw out of the fog. The strange hand pointed at the sky, looking very terrifying, at this time the sea wind and waves are surprisingly calm, and the sunset is about to fall with the last afterglow.
I asked Uncle Ming's opinion, Uncle Ming had seen the wind and waves, and he was a little drunk at this time, so he didn't pay attention to this situation, he said: "What's the fuss about, the visibility of the advection fog on the sea will be minimized." There was an accident in the Buddha Hall Gate where two ships collided, killing and injuring more than a dozen people, it was caused by the sudden appearance of sea fog advection, the sea here is so wide that there is no need to worry, now there is still some distance from the coral spiral, to that sea area, the topography of the seabed will suddenly rise, so we just need to slowly sail past at night, until dawn after the fog dissipates to reach the periphery of the big spiral. β
I heard Uncle Ming's black mouth say that there was no need to worry, so I had to be extremely worried, so I used the "clairvoyant microphone" to beckon the rest of the people in the boat to get on the armor, and it was not possible to be careless at all when sailing at night in the sea fog, and the foggy sea was too quiet, even a little terrifyingly quiet, as if it was brewing this unknown catastrophe.
Our salvage team did not dare to relax their vigilance, the "Trident" slowed down to the minimum, slowly advanced, all the searchlights were turned on, the ship did not have a mast, but still deliberately hung on the top of the ship on the eye-catching mast light, the mast light is the old ship hanging on the mast of the old signal light, also has a certain lighting effect, it is said that the night voyage can drive away ghosts, touch the gold captain usually use the lamp to Bu Ji, I don't think it is also widely used in the maritime industry, but the principle is different, the mast light is windproof and waterproof, it will not go out easily, hanging in a high place, Coupled with the special strong searchlights on the bow and side of the ship, although it will attract small fish, but it can keep the deep-sea tribes away, even if there is no reef, it is not a joke to overturn the boat with a huge whale salamander in the cold, in case of a shipwreck here, the people on board will not be spared, even if they are not drowned in the sea, they can only die in the belly of the fish.
The "Trident" slowly sailed into the fog, and the sea was quiet and could only hear the sound of the propeller stirring the water, as if even the sea water was still, and the surrounding was all foggy, and it was impossible to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, even if there was still visibility of dozens of meters in the fog, but on the sea, there was only a visual range of this distance, which was almost the same as being blind.
I hope that the sea fog will dissipate as soon as possible, but the sea wolves, who often fish and run boats at sea, have summed up a set of laws of nature, Ruan Hei told me: "Team Hu, the fog is rushing and windy, and I am afraid that there will be a big storm on the sea as soon as the fog disperses." β
Although Ruan Hei made a living by collecting eggs and fishing on Coral Temple Island, rarely sailed into the open sea, and did not know as much about maritime affairs as Uncle Ming, his advantage was simplicity and tenacity, his ancestors had worked in the Nanyang Shipyard, three generations of extreme poverty, and belonged to a veritable bloodline working class background, but he was much more reliable than Uncle Ming.
I signaled to Ruan Hei that I knew what was going on with the wind and waves, and seeing that Uncle Ming was about to get drunk, I asked Ruan Hei to take the helm for him, and then dragged Uncle Ming into the cabin, and walked to the bow of the boat, and asked Shinley, who was controlling the searchlight, and said, "After the fog clears, the wind and waves are high, can we pass through the outer rotation of the coral spiral in one fell swoop before this?" β
Shinley Yang said: "Although this is risky, it is also feasible, but if the timing is not good, it will be troublesome, I don't know when this dense fog will dissipate, and at the current speed, it may not be able to reach the coral spiral at noon tomorrow, so I can only act at the opportunity." β
Because the sea water in the South China Sea is undulating, so the ancient South China Sea is also called the "rising sea", in feng shui described this is the South China Sea air is too strong, the phenomenon of surging out, wind and waves together, it is not trivial, I am discussing with Shinley Yang which set of emergency plans to use, but I heard the fat man shout: "Old Hu Lao Hu look over there...... There's something in the fog! β
We hurriedly stopped talking, and tried our best to open our eyes to see the deep fog of the night, and sure enough, on the foggy sea, there was a lonely hanging bright yellow mast lamp, because it suddenly appeared in the fog, so when we saw the lamp, it was already very close, judging from the mast lamp, it should be a sea ship, but if it is a ship, why is there no other light on the ship?
It was probably a few seconds at most, but before I could suspect that I had been dazzled, an ancient sea ship painted all white had appeared silently in front of me through the fog, and there was no light on the ship except a flickering mast light, and there was no human figure in the bow, and there was no movement in the ship, and the doors and windows were tightly closed. Wenxin Pavilion Falcon Wind Hand Fight.
Including Ruan Hei, the boss of the ship at the helm, everyone was dumbfounded, this scene was as unbelievable as a strange hallucination, in our dictionary of touching the gold world, "unbelievable" is probably an adjective that has been overused, but I still have to use "unbelievable" to describe it, it is too unbelievable.
This sea area is a blind spot where all regular routes will pass for no reason, where will there be other ships on the vast ocean except us, the sea is vast and boundless, and hitting another sea ship head-on in the sea fog is more clever than a thumb-sized meteorite falling from the sky and smashing it on the head, unless it is an uninvited "ghost ship".
Fortunately, it was Shinley Yang who reacted first, turned his head and shouted to Ruan Hei: "Quickly turn the right rudder to avoid it!" "The old sea ship that suddenly appeared out of the fog had struck our boat in the slanted spurt of the current, and Ruan Hei was reminded by Shinley Yang Yi, and suddenly came back to his senses and slammed into the right rudder.
Although the "Trident" is not big, but the ship is small and good to turn around, and has been carefully designed and modified by British navigation experts, the structure is almost perfect, the maneuverability is very strong, the bow of the ship quickly deviated, avoiding the bow of the white ghost ship, the two ships are almost attached to each other and obliquely wiped over, because the distance is too close, we stand in the bow of the ship to see very really, the deck and door of the ancient ship, there are large areas of blood everywhere.
After a few days of calm and calm, the sea air in the deep sea gradually accumulated, before the sea swelled up and waved, there was a sea fog, plus the sky was already dark, the visibility on the calm sea surface dropped to the lowest point, the sea fog shrouded in water, suddenly appeared a ghostly ancient sea ship, and our "Trident" passed by, the three-masted ship, the hull is all white, although there is also a mast to raise the sails, but the sails are all picked, it drifts along the current, there are no lights in the night sailing ship, Only one mast lamp hung on three white bare masts. Suddenly looming in the night mist, like a ghost fire.
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