The black mark on the photograph was just a rough outline, wide in the middle and pointed at both ends, like a shuttle, and if you look at it suddenly, you can't tell what it is.

"According to this scale, the things at the bottom of the river should not be small." Maitreya still touched his chin and said while thinking: "I estimate that the convoy is just an advance team, and when the preliminary situation is completed, there will be a large team coming." "

What the hell is this? I took the photo and looked at it for a long time, looking upside down from side to side, and when I reversed it back and forth a few times, I suddenly felt, this seems to be a boat?

"Look, is this a boat? A boat embedded in the bottom of the river? "I asked Maitreya, but I was not sure, according to normal circumstances and my experience, a boat of this size could not stay at the bottom of the river, because the water level dropped during the dry season, and if there really was such a large boat, it would have been discovered long ago.

"I don't know." Maitreya's eyes were a little confused, he lowered his head and thought for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and said, "You can go." "

"What did you say?" I was immediately confused by this sudden remark.

"It's a bit dangerous, I don't want to drag you into the water." Maitreya took out some money from his pocket, stuffed it into me, and said, "I have to go back and see, so don't follow, this is your salary, take it." "

I thought it was very strange, pinching the money in my hand and looking at Maitreya, why was he so dignified that he was going to drive me away? But it's obvious, and I suspect that Maitreya probably already knew what it was when he saw the information, especially the picture, and he didn't want me to know it. I am definitely not reconciled, although the money is put in my pocket, but I still don't leave, and I rub against Maitreya.

While the two of us were grinding and chirping, I heard a very soft but strange sound, tinkling, like a string of bells ringing in the wind. The sound was faint, apparently coming from a great distance. Hearing this, Maitreya didn't care about grinding with me, so he ran away.

I ran with him, and after running a little way, I could see that Maitreya was still heading in the direction of the riverbank. As we ran, we could still hear the sound of bells. At that time, we stole the materials for the sake of safety, so we escaped a long way, and now we want to run back to the river beach, and we can't get there in a while. But the sound of the bell was like a talisman, and Maitreya shook his fat body and ran fast.

"What a sound is that! Why are you in such a hurry! "I ran out of breath.

"The things in the river are coming out!"

Maitreya replied and stopped talking, and ran as hard as he could. It was supposed to be about two hours of travel, but it only took us an hour to run back, and after two tosses in a row, I was so exhausted that my legs were as heavy as lead. When I was about to run back to the riverbank, I froze. The convoy was definitely quite numerous, whether it was an advance team or not, but at this moment, the river beach was empty, and no one was gone.

"What the fuck is going on with that!?" As soon as my eyes turned, I froze again, there was no one on the empty riverbank, and the dense floating corpses on the surface of the river were gone, only a splash of water that seemed to have been boiled, gurgling like a spring. A dozen trucks parked not far away, with empty driver's seats, but they seemed to be dragged by an invisible rope, running crookedly towards the river. The trucks were lined up, and several had already driven into the river, and when Maitreya and I arrived, there were only six or seven cars left, and although the cab was empty, there was no one, but the horns of the cars were beeping, and they continued to slide crookedly towards the river.

"What about people! Where have all the people gone? "

"I can't tell yet, but do you see it, the things in the river have already appeared!" Maitreya pointed.

Sure enough, as soon as he reminded me, I really saw the upturned bow of the boat floating out of the splashes that were bubbling like springs. On the bow of the ship was a pole more than seven feet high, and a string of bells seemed to hang from the pole.

"It's really a boat!"

After the bow appeared, the entire hull gradually surfaced. It took three or four hours for Maitreya and I to steal the information and leave, I don't know what happened during this period, how did Lao Yu's gang get this boat out of the water?

boom

At this time, I don't know what is under the water There is a muffled sound, the water splashes, and the powerful water waves shake the big boat that is half of the surface of the water from side to side, and with this sound, the big boat floats faster. The corpses of the black carp and the sand puff on the river beach are also nowhere to be seen, but I have a clear mirror in my heart, there was a fierce battle last night, and those messy things in the river attacked Lao Yu and them, obviously guarding the boat.

What's in the boat? Let these demonic things be protected like life?

In a short time, the ship was completely on the surface of the river. It was a very large ship, a little strange-looking, without sails or masts, flat and stable, the boat had been sinking in the river for an unknown amount of time, and the hull was covered with a layer of mud and sand. The whole ship was lifeless, probably because it had sunk in the water for too long. Rivers, lakes and seas, anything that has been sinking under the water for a long time will lose its original breath. Only the bell at the bow of the ship, which was almost rusted, was still ringing faintly.

Maitreya stared at the boat, frowning and pinching his chin the next. I was suddenly very suspicious, he knew the bottom of this boat? But Maitreya didn't admit it, shook his head and said, "The first time I saw this boat, it was Wang Ba who lied to people. "

The two of us waited for a while, and the last truck on the river beach was slowly submerged, and Maitreya thought about it, and suddenly as if he had made up his mind, he said to me, "I have to go up and have a look." "

To tell the truth, my heart is full of doubts, Lao Yu's gang and the floating corpses all over the river are gone, and there is only a boat left on the river that suddenly appeared, saying that it is not dangerous, and the ghosts don't believe it. But this is the only chance, the chance to find the secrets of the ancient ship, if this opportunity is given up because of timidity, and when Maitreya returns from the ship, he will tell me the truth?

Thinking like this, I left all other thoughts in my mind and went to the boat with Maitreya.

"Are you sure you want to go up?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

Maitreya looked at me, and the honest smile that usually hung on his face was completely invisible, and he looked down for a while, and said to me, "Go." "

The beach was empty, and we had no more to guard against anyone, so we ran to the beach, and Maitreya picked up two crowbars for carrying things, and handed me one. The boat was large, lying in the middle of the river, and the water in the river was so turbulent and muddy that it was impossible to see if there was anything damn down there. Maitreya hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and puffed into the water, this distance was not difficult for me to swim through, we swam to the side of the boat one after the other, and climbed up with the boat.

The construction of the ship was relatively simple, with only one hatch at one end of the deck. Because it has been soaked for too long, many details can no longer be seen. The hatch was wide open, and I saw a few iron cages on either side of the hatch. The cage was very sturdy, as if it was used to hold something, but the doors of several iron cages were opened, and the cages were empty.

"I think somebody's causing trouble." Maitreya looked at the iron cages with an unnatural expression, looked back at me and said, "These cages have just been thrown up. "

The cage is welded with thumb-thick iron bars, and it is so strong that when I see the cage, I can't help but tremble in my liver, and even a tiger can't break free from such a cage.

Maitreya knocked on the iron cage with a crowbar, and glanced inside towards the hatch, this big ship was square wide, the deck was flat, and it was so high, the space in the cabin must be relatively large.

"Come on, buddy." Maitreya kicked open an iron cage with great effort, smiled at me, and said, "Let's see what those shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the river are guarding." "

There was a deathly silence in the cabin, Maitreya took out a flashlight, and took a picture of it, and there were some shadows in the cabin, most of them carved out of stone, many of them kneeling figurines touching the ground on one knee. After standing in the cabin for a while, my eyes adjusted to the surrounding environment, and Maitreya took the flashlight one by one, and when I took a circle, I felt very awkward in my heart. The cabin was filled with all kinds of figurines, of different heights and postures, but all the figurines had the same facial expressions.

They all seem to be crying.

There are so many figurines, crying and mourning, and they are hairy when they look at it. I am a little sensitive to the stone figurines, because I was scared by the aunt of the Tang family at that time, and my heart is the same as obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I looked at the height of the cabin and estimated that such a ship, if the space is used reasonably, then there may be three floors, the bottom layer can be loaded with some things and ballast stones, and the first and second floors of living activities, but the ancient ship is a bit outrageous, what is the purpose of this ship, and it is really hard to say now. I'm a little confused, those spirits and monsters in the river are guarding this boat? Or something in the guardian ship?

Maitreya and I were completely immersed in darkness and dead silence, tiptoeing slowly, looking around as we went. Suddenly, there was a gurgling sound from the front. It wasn't too loud, and it suddenly sounded like a chick was calling, but when I heard it again, I felt a chill down my spine.

The voice, again, was like a person's neck stuck and unable to speak, but the vocal cords were still vibrating, and the gurgling sound was hard to come out of the throat.

I involuntarily pinched the crowbar in my hand, and the flashlight in Maitreya's hand flickered forward, and suddenly, between the two kneeling figurines in front of me, a person suddenly crawled out.

The man was holding his hands on the ground, revealing half of his body, and I heard his nails scratching the board, and the sound was chilling. The man climbed out halfway out, as if he couldn't climb anymore, grabbed the plank hard, and slowly turned his head in this direction.

Is it Lao Yu!?

I was stunned for a moment, the man seemed to be Lao Yu, his mouth was half open, his face was covered with blood, and the gurgling sound came from his mouth.