"If you're going to Gunkanjima, or Hashima, you should know the story of the past, right?" The old man whispered, looking out the window from time to time, as if he was worried that someone was eavesdropping.

Gu Huaiyi was next to him and translated the old man's words to Tang Shuxing, Ji Kefeng, and A Ling, who didn't understand Japanese.

Ah Yue nodded: "We know, and we know a series of weird stories about Hashima later, the disappearance of the fishing boat and the story of that photographer." ”

"Yes, it's all folklore, no, what should I say?" Jun Cao's father looked at Jun Cao and asked.

"Urban legends." Jun Cao added that he still hadn't taken off his old military uniform, and it was uncomfortable to sit there on his knees.

"Yes, urban legends." Juncao's father shook his head and said, "Originally, a former atheist like me shouldn't believe this, but seeing is believing, there are indeed monsters and sea monsters on Hashima!" ”

"Ahh This was something she never knew, and she didn't get any information from any source that there were sea monsters on Hashima.

"Yes, sea monsters, I saw it with my own eyes." Juncao's father said "sorry" again, got up and walked to the window to look around, and after seeing three Self-Defense Force officers patrolling near the hotel, he turned to his son and motioned to go down to the sentry.

Jun Cao immediately got up, grabbed the rifle that had been placed next to him, made a "relieved" expression to the people sitting in the room, and then turned around and went downstairs.

After Jun Cao left, the old man continued: "This is what happened in the last few months, that is, the period when earthquakes and disasters began to occur frequently, because of the depletion of fisheries, the people of the town began to stop fishing in the offshore sea and went to a little farther away, but you must know that it has not been peaceful recently, and they dare not go too far, and they all go to the surrounding areas of Takashima or Nakajima, but because of the legend, no one dares to go to Hashima. Although Hashima and Nakajima are already very close......"

Although Juncao's family runs a hotel, because the cuisine is unique and the hotel is very clean and comfortable, most tourists who came to visit in the early days would choose his home. Some people even postponed their trips without making a reservation in advance, and later due to the expansion of the Self-Defense Nagasaki base and the stationing of some U.S. troops, many tourists were reluctant to come back to the town, and business was depressed.

Therefore, Juncao's father decided to change his business strategy and make their family's unique bonito, which is actually dried fish.

However, to make bonito, the bonito selected must be in a deep-sea area, which is not easy to catch offshore. It had to be caught in the sea with a water temperature of about 15 degrees Celsius, so Juncao's father began to return to his old business and sail out to sea with other fishermen.

"At that time, we went out, and the planned time was half a month, because the drinking water, fuel, etc. we brought were only enough for half a month. If we don't gain much in half a month, not only will we lose money, but we won't even be able to pay the salaries of the hired crew, so the captain and I are very anxious. "We followed the predetermined route and decided to try our luck on Takashima first, because someone had been there with a full load before. But we found nothing there, so we had to turn the ship around and head towards Nakajima, and on the night we arrived at Nakajima, something strange happened......"

When the fishing boats arrived near Nakajima, there was not much hope because there were too many fishing boats around. And it's actually inshore, how can there be so many fish? But just when the captain turned on all the fishing lights on the fishing boat and made the crew wait for the net to be released, a miracle happened - everyone saw that the sea level was less than a meter down. There are schools of fish swimming, and they are quite numerous.

Everyone on board was stunned when they saw this, and then burst into cheers, and immediately began to lower the trawl under the captain's command. Because the fishing boat is a double trawl, it is very troublesome to go down, but the range is wide and the length of the net is enough, so the captain and Jun Cao's father understand that maybe if this net goes down, maybe they can go home directly.

The trawl was scattered, and then waiting, who knew that at this time something strange had happened - the boat began to move, and the captain immediately rushed into the cockpit to see what was going on, but found that there was nothing wrong, and at this time the hull began to turn, and the captain realized that something was in the direction of the trawl and began to drag the fishing boat forward.

"Collect the net!" The captain shouted, starting the machine at the same time, but it had no effect at all, and the winch machine then made a terrifying "click" sound, if the net was forced to close again, I am afraid that the equipment would be damaged.

The captain had to force himself to calm down, judging from the speed at which the hull was being towed, it could not be some other large fish, like a large number of fish in the trawl still moving in the direction of the current, but many years of fishing experience told him that this was impossible, because the fish in the net would collide in all directions, and it was impossible to swim in one direction collectively, let alone something that could pull the fishing boat.

Jun Cao's father was also anxious at this time, and asked, "What should I do?" ”

"Wait! In a hurry, the fish will soon get tired, there are too many fish in the net, and there is no room for movement. The captain affirmed, but there was also a hint of uncertainty in his heart.

The crew also stood around the side of the boat and watched, and the captain turned off the fishing trap lamp and only used his own strong flashlight to shine it, and found that under the sea around the fishing boat, there were all dense fish swimming at high speed, and many of them even jumped out of the water.

Seeing this, the captain was so frightened that he dropped his flashlight into the sea, completely unaware of what was going on.

The speed at which the fishing boats were being dragged faster and faster, everyone was facing the sea breeze, and everyone asked the captain loudly, and some even suggested that the trawl should be broken. But the captain refused, because the trawl was not an ordinary fishing net, it was expensive, and according to the current situation, the double trawl must be entangled, and it was very troublesome to break it, and it would take a while to cut it with a saw.

The speed of the fishing boat became faster and faster, and time passed faster and faster, and soon after, Juncao's father, who was the first mate, finally saw something in the distance with a telescope, and immediately motioned for the captain to look.

The captain just took one look and exclaimed, "Oh no! He immediately turned around and rushed back into the cockpit, and after turning on the GPS positioning, he lost his voice and said, "The front is Hashima!" ”

After this shout, the people on the boat were all stunned, and they all looked at the huge black shadow on the sea in front of them, and no one did not know those strange legends.

"Break the trawl! Hurry up, hurry up! The captain didn't care about anything at this time, because it seemed that the fish were heading towards Hashima, and this speed would hit the shore of the island, which would greatly damage the ship, and maybe it would also lead to tilting and direct silence.

The people on the boat began to use chainsaws, axes, and all kinds of useful things against the trawl cables, and began to cut with saws, and they were sweating profusely.

The captain looked at the data on the dashboard and found that even though the ship was backing up at full power, it had no effect, and the whole ship had already crashed directly towards Hashima.

"It's over—" the captain was already a little desperate, while the crew outside shouted, "The first net is broken!" ”

After the first net broke, the whole ship shook violently, but the hull still slammed diagonally towards Hashima, and it was only 200 meters away from that side.

The captain ran to the stern trawl and began to desperately break the second trawl, not daring to look up to see how far away it was to hit Hashima, he had already decided to resign himself to fate.

"There are still a few tens of meters! It's almost bumped! Hold on to your surroundings! Juncao's father shouted, and then signaled that everyone except for the crew of the chainsaw was firmly grasping the surrounding things, ready to collide.

Closer, closer, the crew with the chainsaw didn't care so much, under the fixation of the two people around them, sawed off the steel cables, just when there was still the last steel cable left, something suddenly bulged on the sea surface in front of them, and then a black shadow rushed out of the bottom of the sea in front of him towards the sky, and the fish in the trawl net.

"Boom-" After the loud bang, the thing fell into the sea again, the trawl was bitten off, and the crew sawed off the last steel cable at the same time, and because of the huge wave caused by the water added by the thing, the fishing boat that was about to crash into Hashima was directly lifted.

The big wave hit and swallowed the whole fishing boat directly, and everyone on the boat was soaked, but they knew that they were saved, and they were cheering each other, but before the cheers passed, they heard the captain pointing to the sea and shouting: "What is that?" ”

Everyone looked at the captain's finger and saw that where the thing had fallen into the water, there was something half floating on the surface of the sea and half under the sea, rushing towards the fishing boat at a very fast speed, stopping more than 20 meters away from the fishing boat, and burrowing into the bottom of the sea.

The thing rushed and drilled like this, directly producing a series of continuous waves, wave after wave towards the side of the fishing boat, the largest wave almost overturned the fishing boat directly into the sea, everyone on the boat was so frightened that their faces turned pale, and a novice peed his pants directly.

The sea calmed down again, and it was calm in an instant, not even a few waves were gone, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

The people on the boat looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, and then everyone looked at Hashima, realizing that something bad would happen if they approached this area.

"Get out of here now!" The captain said to himself, rushed into the cabin, started the engine, and rushed towards home with full speed.

Just as the fishing boat was quickly moving away from the waters near Hashima, something strange happened again, and at the place where they left, the black shadow came out of the sea again, jumped in the air, and then retracted in the air, turning into a round ball, smashing into the sea like a cannonball, making a loud noise that shook the ship.

"What's that?" Juncao's father stood at the stern of the boat and watched, "Sea monsters?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a miracle occurred - a large number of fish jumped around the hull, and one by one they landed directly on the deck, as if they were hiding from something.

"Is this a miracle?" The captain, who was standing in the cockpit, looked at the various sea fish that had fallen into the boat like rain, and was completely dumbfounded like everyone else.