Soul Ripper 2: The Fifth Human Race Chapter 109 The Second Tells Ghost Stories
Zhang Yiwei translated, the second child immediately became excited, he was enthusiastic to let the young crew tell everyone a story, the crew did not refuse, he turned his head to look at the cabin, found that the boss had closed the hatch, he cleared his throat and said: "Actually, I have only been on this ship for a short time, I have been working on a bulk carrier called Jay Bellie, one night there is nothing to do, and everyone is not sleepy, so everyone got together to chat, At that time, the second mate of our ship told us a story about his own experience.
The Jay Belle is an old bulk carrier, and the speed of the ship is very slow, and it can only sail at a maximum speed of 11 knots when the wind is good, and it can only sail up to 8 knots under normal conditions. Once, when they were loading ore in Pakistan and returning from a four-day voyage along a predetermined route, something strange happened on board.
That evening, the second mate and a sailor of the first class were on duty at the bridge, and the job of the two men was to check the sailing route for an hour to make sure the ship was going in the right direction. At two o'clock in the evening, the second officer went to locate the position, and he found that the course had been erased from below one o'clock (one position per hour), and from one o'clock onwards a new course had been drawn in a southeasterly direction, the new course was about 20 degrees offset from the previous one, and a cross was drawn at the end of the course.
At that time, the second officer was very angry, because there were only two people on the bridge, he and the sailor of the first class, and no one else had ever been here, so the second mate speculated that this must be a prank by the sailor, so he went to confront the sailor, but the sailor denied it, insisting that he had not changed the course. The second mate saw that what the sailor said was conclusive and did not cause any accidents, so he did not pursue it further.
The next night these two men were on duty, and at two o'clock the second officer went to locate it again, and he found that the route had been tampered with again as last night, and the same crossed was drawn at the end of the route, the only difference was that this time the route deviated by 40 degrees.
This time the second mate was really angry, he asked the first mate to tell the matter as it was, the first mate was also very annoyed after hearing it, and decided to punish the sailor, but the sailor still insisted that he had not done it, and he had not even entered the chart room tonight, how could he change the course, and the most important thing was that changing the course would not be of any benefit to the sailor, why should he use this way for entertainment.
After hearing this, the first mate and the second mate also felt that what the sailor said made sense, and they didn't know what to do for a while, and finally in view of the fact that the sailor usually behaved well and was honest, so after the first mate and the second mate scolded the sailor fiercely, the incident was over. ”
On the night of the third day, the second officer had a heart, he had been staying with the sailor since one o'clock had determined the course, and had not left a single step, but when he went to locate it at two o'clock, the second officer was frightened and stupid, and he saw that the route had been changed again, but this time the route had deviated by as much as 70 degrees. The second mate speculated that there must be someone on board who had a bad idea, so he called the captain.
When the second mate told the captain what had happened, the captain was not angry, he frowned and rubbed his temples and said, 'It seems that the boy is back again, you should work harder, check the route every ten minutes from tonight to make sure that you are safe.' ’
The second mate was puzzled, and he asked, 'Captain, what is the situation, don't you find out who changed the course?' ’
Under the questioning of several people, the captain finally explained the reason. It turned out that a few years ago, there was a second officer on this ship, and that person was also in charge of the route, but this guy killed someone in China, and when the ship arrived at the port of another country to load the goods, he received a notice from his family in China, saying that the police had been eyeing him, so this guy took advantage of the return voyage to prepare to tamper with the route and smuggle to other countries, so at half past one o'clock in the evening of the fourth day of the voyage, the second officer who killed the person changed the route.
Others who didn't know the situation didn't find out that there was a problem with the route until the afternoon of the next day. After the conspiracy was discovered, the second officer who killed the man had a nervous breakdown, thinking that the crew members were the police, so he began to babble nonsense everywhere, and in desperation, the captain ordered several crew members to arrest this guy and prevent him from doing any more dangerous things.
But the accident just happened, and when the crew was chasing the second officer, the guy fell down the stairs carelessly, hit his head against the wall, and died at that time.
Since then, his ghost has remained on the Jay Bellie, appearing at least once or twice a year, and his appearance has been to tamper with the course between one and two o'clock in the evening, taking the ship to a reef or iceberg area, apparently because he wants the whole ship to be buried with him......"
After the story was told, the brothers had a chill down their spines, and they couldn't help but shiver, although the scorching sun was in the sky at this time, but this story seemed to throw everyone into the ice cave, and Li Yihan, who was beside Zhuo Yong, quietly leaned over and grabbed Zhuo Yong's arm. The latter stretched out his other hand and held Li Yihan's small hand in the palm of his hand.
At this time, Zhuo Yong's heart was full of guilt, the cute girl in front of her had become less talkative since Zhang Jin left, and she could see the anxiety and worry in her heart, but the brothers had experienced too many things recently, so Zhuo Yong didn't accompany Li Yihan well. Thinking of this, Zhuo Yong held Li Yihan's hand tightly, conveying concern and care in this silent way.
The fourth child, who saw the actions of the two of them clearly, said: "Brother and sister, are you scared like this, these so-called supernatural stories are all made up by the crew to liven up the atmosphere out of idle and boring, and they are not necessarily true......
The second child shook his head and said, "Not really, I have some true stories here, such as the Mary Cyrist, which was lost on November 5, 1872, and was not found until a month later." Although the ship was undamaged, all the people on board were missing, and the most bizarre thing was that the valuables on board were there, and the fresh water and food were enough for the crew to consume for half a year. This also became a typical case of the early ghost ship incident.
There was also the Dutch-flagged Medan Ourang, which received a distress signal from the Medan in 1947 when it was passing through the Strait of Malacca. The American ships that received the signal immediately rushed to the rescue, but when they arrived, they found that the Medan Ourang was not in any danger. But all the people on board, including the dogs, were dead, with hideous expressions and strange postures, almost all pointing in the same direction, and there was nothing in that direction......
There is also the Octavian, whose story dates back to 1775, when a whaling ship encountered the Octavian near Greenland, and the whaling ship found something unusual and sent someone to board the Octavian. But everyone was stunned by the sight on the ship, everyone in the cabin was frozen into ice, and the most bizarre thing was that the captain was sitting at his desk, as if he had been frozen in an instant. The brave man ran to the table and picked up the logbook to check it, only to find out that Octavian had been adrift for 13 years with all the crew members frozen to death, and had completed the task of navigating the Atlantic Ocean alone.
And the Flying Dutchman, the Lady Loviton......"
The second child wanted to continue, but Zhang Yiwei on the side looked at the second child, stretched out his hand to interrupt him, and said: "Xueba, if you want to convey all the information in your head to us, it is estimated that you can talk about it until next week, let's carry out the task first......"
The brothers were fascinated by the fact that they didn't notice the passage of time at all, and when they heard Zhang Yiwei's reminder, everyone looked at the diving watch they purchased yesterday, and found that the time had reached more than one o'clock in the afternoon. The brothers stood up and stretched, then retracted their thoughts and prepared to begin the expedition.