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 field of "life between the world and the world, suddenly like a traveler from afar", and I was faintly worried about the uncertain future, so I said to the fat man: "The ancestor of the golden captain, Cao Laoda, was in the east of the exhausted stone to watch the sea. However, you see that the sea is vast and boundless, and our ship is too insignificant in the unfathomable sea with monstrous waves, and it is probably not too easy to find out the remaining veins and yin fire of the southern dragon under the sea, but we must be mentally prepared to deal with all kinds of emergencies. ”

The fat man said nonchalantly: "What is there to worry about, to be honest, I can't wait to touch the eggs, in the past in the desert in Yunnan, how many times have we rubbed shoulders with priceless Ming vessels, always using the excuse of picking up sesame seeds, the whole waste of watermelons, corruption and waste is a great crime." I'm 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 make a mistake, this time no matter what, we have to make a hard profit, I have already prepared for this to eliminate all difficulties, whether it is on the moon for nine days, or under the five oceans to catch turtles, we are all open. ”

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? ”

The fat man said, "In order to touch the eggs, it is a glory for me to fall down and make a meatloaf, then I will become one with the earth." And this time, we only go to the sea and don't go to the sky, so why is this commander afraid? Listening to Yang Shen say that he didn't fall to the sea from a high place, it was similar to the consequences of smashing on the ground of ashes, did you say that? ”

I was walking from the bow to the stern with the fat man, chatting and relieving 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 of the ship, pointed to the bow of the ship, and motioned for us to hurry over, something happened.

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.

At this time, I saw that he hurried to find me, and knew that there must be a situation in the bow of the ship, and I did not bother to ask carefully, so I hurried to the bow of the ship with the fat man, and found that the east side, that is, the sea directly in front of our bow was beginning to fog, and the ship would enter the fog if it drove any further, and the visibility ahead was getting lower and lower.

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 gave birth to five wisps of black smoke straight into the sky, this scene is just like a black claw out of the fog, the strange hand five fingers to the sky, it looks very terrifying, at this time the sea wind and waves are surprisingly quiet, the sunset is about to fall with the last afterglow.

I asked Uncle Ming's opinion, Uncle Ming has seen the wind and waves, and he drank a little too much at this time, so he didn't care about this situation, he said: "What's the fuss about, the visibility of the advection fog on the sea will be reduced to a minimum, 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 advection of sea fog at that time, the sea here is so wide and 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 sail slowly through the night, and when the fog clears at dawn, we can reach the periphery of the Great Spiral. ”

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 ship to go on deck, and the night voyage in the sea fog was not careless at all, and the foggy sea was too quiet, even a little terrifying, as if it was brewing this unknown great disaster.

Our salvage team did not dare to relax their vigilance, the "Trident" slowed down to the lowest, moved slowly, all the searchlights were turned on, the ship did not have a mast, but it was deliberately hung on the top of the ship with a striking mast light, the mast light is the old ship hanging on the mast of the old-fashioned signal light, there is also 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 is windproof and waterproof, light yì will not go out, hanging in a high place, Coupled with the special bright searchlights on the bow and side of the ship, although it will attract small schools of fish, 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 all around was a vast fog, 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 such a distance and the visual range was not much different from being blind.

Everyone added twelve points of caution, so anxious to move forward in the night fog, I hope that the sea fog will disperse, but the sea wolves who often fish and run boats at sea, have summed up a set of natural laws, Ruan Hei said to me: "Hu team, the fog is rushing and the wind is blowing, and I am afraid that there will be a big storm on the sea as soon as the fog disperses." ”

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 put Uncle Ming into the boat, and walked to the bow of the boat, and asked Shirley Yang, who was controlling the searchlight, and said, "After the fog clears, the wind and waves are urgent, can we pass through the outer rotation of the coral spiral in one fell swoop before this?" ”

Shirley Young said: "This is risky, but it is also feasible, but it will be troublesome if the timing is not good, I don't know when the fog will disperse, and at the current speed, we may not be able to reach the Coral Spiral at noon tomorrow, so we can only act at the opportunity." ”

Because the sea water in the South China Sea is undulating, so the South China Sea was also called "rising sea" in ancient times, and it is described in feng shui as a phenomenon that the South China Sea is too strong and turbulent, and the wind and waves are together, which is not trivial. I was discussing with Shirley Yang which contingency plan to use, but I heard the fat man shout: "Old Hu, old Hu, look over there...... There's something in the fog! ”

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 appeared a lonely bright yellow mast lamp, because it suddenly appeared in the fog, so when we saw the lamp, it was already very close, judging by the mast lamp, it should be a sea ship, but if it is a ship, why is there no other light on the ship?

Maybe a few seconds at most, before I could think that I was dazzled, an ancient sea ship painted all white had already appeared silently in front of me from the fog, except for a bright mast light, there was no other light on the ship, 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.

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 sea 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 Shirley Yang who reacted first, turned his head and shouted to Ruan Hei, "Turn the right rudder quickly, avoid it!" "The old sea ship that suddenly appeared out of the fog had struck our boat diagonally along the current, and Ruan Hei was reminded by Shirley 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 and see very really, the deck and hatch 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 the three white masts, which suddenly loomed in the night fog, like a ghost fire.