Chapter 585: Boarding the ship
Before leaving, Chen Ziyang drew almost all the spirit runes he could draw, and stuffed all kinds of spirit runes that could defend himself into the pockets of Yang Lei and Umbrella Shi Shuai's clothes, for fear that these two people would take one less.
Seeing Chen Ziyang's nervousness, Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai were a little overwhelmed. In the past, when he went to the tomb, although Chen Ziyang knew several times that the things that everyone was going to face were not easy to deal with, he had never been so cautious.
Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai both clearly know that Chen Ziyang has a famous saying, that is, one more second of life is counted as a second, and one step at a time. It was his attitude that made Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai have a fearless mentality, but this time it was different.
Chen Ziyang's prudence infected Yang Lei, and even he closed his mouth that he couldn't keep shut, didn't make a joke, and kept following Chen Ziyang to help with this and that.
After receiving the weapon from Liu Cong, Yang Lei did not have that feeling of joy, but kept checking the firearms with Umbrella Shi Shuai, and no longer had the leisure to shoot targets.
Seeing Liu Cong and them take out so many guns, Hei Qi's face was as usual, and he just curled the corners of his mouth and smiled.
The sailors who have been adrift at sea all the year round have never seen any strong winds and waves, and the people they come into contact with are very mixed, and there are all kinds of people, and it is not uncommon for them to bring guns on board.
Because of the particularity of the deep-sea salvage industry, Hei Qi will often go in and out of the high seas, and often bring back some salvaged things, so he can always rely on those approval procedures to do some extra things, such as smuggling, or transporting some prohibited goods.
The goods transported by these are also all strange, dead and alive, and there are even many things that Hei Qi has never seen and can't name.
There was even a time when someone asked Heiqi to transport back a U.S. military Humvee with a heavy machine gun welded to the top of the Humvee, which was said to have been brought back in Iraq. In contrast, Liu Cong and others only brought guns, which is already very civilized.
The two rubber boats carried the first batch of people under Liu Cong to row towards the white wave pill floating in the distance, because of the magnetic field, even the motor installed on the rubber boat could not be used normally, and the people sitting on the rubber boat could only row forward slowly by relying on the wooden oars, the speed was very slow, and it was very laborious.
Yang Lei held a telescope and kept looking at the Bailang Pill in the distance on the Hailao Yue, and then he understood why Chen Ziyang was so nervous and cautious this time.
In addition to the white wave pill that Chen Ziyang told him to be demonic, there is a more important point, that is, everyone is going to a ship. If you really encounter any danger on this ship, you won't have a place to run.
There is a vast sea nearby, where can you run after getting on the White Wave Pill? Even if you jump into the sea, the swimming speed is not fast, even if you escape to the rubber boat, you have to row back to four people, it is difficult for people to achieve coordination in a nervous state, and it is difficult for four people to row the rubber boat at the same time because of panic.
And the sailors on the Hailaoyue and the team members left behind under Liu Cong wanted to go to the rescue, and everything could only be solved by the dozen or so people on the two rubber boats.
The sun on the sea is particularly scorching, especially now that it is still noon, and the sun is very dazzling. Even though he couldn't open his eyes because of the strong sunlight, Chen Ziyang still hoped that the more poisonous the sun was, the better, because he saw that after this morning's exposure, the demonic energy emanating from the Bailang Pill had weakened a lot.
However, even if a large amount of demonic energy dissipated under the sunlight, the remaining demonic qi was still staggeringly strong.
Originally, Chen Ziyang wanted to suggest that Liu Cong wait a little longer and not board the ship immediately, but stay here for two more days and let the sun shine for as many days as possible, but he knew that this was impossible, and Liu Cong had already given himself face by not boarding the ship yesterday.
The White Wave Pill was originally a wreck, although the hull structure is still intact from the outside, but maybe there will be a dark wound somewhere, maybe it won't be long before the White Wave Pill sinks into the sea again, and it will be troublesome to salvage it at that time.
And if the time drags on too long, maybe something unexpected will happen, not to mention that Liu Cong is already a little impatient, and he can't delay it for a few more days anyway.
If people's greed can be substantiated, then Chen Ziyang estimates that the greed in the hearts of Liu Cong and Hei Qi is no smaller than the big group of demons in front of them, but what the two people are eager to get is something different.
After more than 20 minutes, two rubber boats came to the vicinity of Shiranamaru. Because Shiranamaru is a cargo ship, the supporting equipment is not complete, and there is no ladder on the side of the hull that allows people to go up and down, and it is very likely that it was there before, and then rotted in the sea.
Therefore, the first group of Liu Cong's team members to board the ship borrowed the grappling hook tied to the long rope and the railing at the top of Bailang Bay to build some rope ladders, and slowly climbed up these rope ladders, and then the two rubber boats returned the same way, ready to carry the second group of people over.
This time it was the turn of the three brothers Chen Ziyang, Liu Cong and Hei Qi, who sat in a slow rubber boat, and after coming to the bottom of the white wave pill, the people on the rubber boat climbed up the rope ladder one by one.
Standing on top of the White Wave Pill, Chen Ziyang took a brief look around, except for the dense sea creatures attached to the White Wave Pill that made people look uncomfortable, there was nothing on the surface of the boat at all, and there was a trace of fishy smell in the sea breeze blowing through.
There were only four people left on the deck of the Shiranamaru, and it seemed that the others had already taken the lead to explore the cabin. Because of the magnetic field, the communication equipment could not be used at all, which made Liu Cong feel very uncomfortable, and he didn't know what happened to the people who went down to the cabin.
However, according to the people who remained on the deck, no gunshots or other shouts were heard so far, and it seemed that the people were still safe and should have continued to search the cabin.
Through the type and quantity of items transported by Bailang Maru on the previous cargo list, Liu Cong judged that Bailang Maru should be a bulk carrier. The hull structure of Japanese-built bulk carriers during World War II was similar, with either a single or double side structure.
Cargo holds usually have a single deck, a double bottom, a bottom tank, and a top side cabin. The advantage of this structure is that it is very convenient to change the structure of the cabin, and the size and number of each compartment of the cabin can be changed at will, which is very flexible. This makes it possible to load many kinds of items at the same time.
But for the search for the iron book, this has become a bad place. Because the structure of the cabin below is more complicated, and the cargo compartment is also divided into many areas, it is more troublesome to search, but fortunately, the target is relatively clear.
All the team members have seen the photos of the Iron Book, although the photos are relatively blurry, but in general, the size and style of the Iron Book can still be seen very clearly.
On the shipping list, the iron book is listed with some other antiques, that is to say, when the iron book was loaded on the ship, it should have been put together with those antique vases and calligraphy and paintings, as long as you find piles of antiques, you should be able to find the iron book.
With these two points as a reference, Liu Cong and his subordinates will not be blinded, and the efficiency of the search will be much faster.
In order to be able to accurately find the location of the coffin and find a way to destroy the magnetic field of the coffin, Liu Cong ordered someone to bring the coffin nail.
Although the instruments connected to the glass cover before could not operate normally because of the magnetic field, this glass cover can still isolate the magnetic field emitted from the coffin nails, so as not to let the coffin nails affect other people's minds.
Since arriving on the white wave pill, the coffin nail has changed the direction again, the tip of the coffin nail is still tightly attached to the side wall of the glass cover, and the whole coffin nail is pointing diagonally in the direction of the cabin, still as if floating in mid-air.
Now that everyone has figured it out, it is estimated that the tip of the coffin nail points in the direction where the coffin is located, and if there is no glass cover, this coffin nail is likely to fly out directly and directly integrate with the coffin.
In this way, as long as you follow the direction indicated by the tip of the coffin nail, it is not difficult to find the coffin. As long as the coffin can be destroyed, then the electronic instruments on the Haiyu Moon can be used, and the things that everyone is most worried about can be solved, otherwise it is very likely that more than 200 people will be trapped in this sea forever.
After leaving two people on the deck to guard the rubber boat tied to the side of the cabin, Liu Cong organized his team and prepared to enter the cabin.
There are two entrances to the cargo hold on the deck, neither of which is too wide, after all, these two entrances are for the crew, and the wide cargo lanes for loading cargo are opened on both sides of the hull, and the hatches of these two passages are tightly closed.
The team members who had arrived at Hakurangmaru had already searched the cockpit of the ship. Because of the immersion in the sea water for many years, all the instruments in the cabin are no longer usable, and even the manual equipment has rusted to death, and the cargo doors on both sides have not been opened at all, and can only be lowered from here to the cargo hold.
If the instruments on the sea fishing moon can be used, this problem is not a problem, you can directly pull the white wave pill to the vicinity of the sea fishing moon, and then use the cutting equipment on the ship to cut the cargo hatch on the side of the white wave pill hull, and then the situation in the cargo compartment will be clear at a glance, but now this point cannot be done.
After discussing with Liu Cong, Chen Ziyang and Liu Cong decided to divide their troops into two ways, with two people each leading a team and entering through the two hatches. In this way, each team has at least one Maoshan descendant, who can deal with some evil things.
But the disadvantages are also obvious, after all, there are only two people with mana, if two people are separated, there is no way to support each other if they really encounter something difficult to deal with, and some are weak. However, in order to speed up the search process and take into account the safety of others, this is the only way to go.
Because there was a compass of the Du family in the backpack that could be used to find the coffin, Chen Ziyang asked Liu Cong to leave the coffin nail, and he just told Liu Cong that he had a way to locate the coffin, and Liu Cong didn't say anything.
Very different from the steel shell, the staircase leading down to the cargo hold is actually made of wood. These planks have been soaked in the sea water for many years, and because of the isolation of the air, they are not too rotten, but the surface has turned dark black, and there is a slippery feeling when stepping on it.
After coming to the cabin on the first floor, Chen Ziyang and the others did not see the team that came down before.
The passage in the cargo hold was still very narrow, and both sides of the passage were covered with blackened wooden planks, which separated the entire cabin into one small room after another, and the dark passage was unknown at a glance.
After tapping the wooden planks on both sides a few times, Chen Ziyang found that these wooden planks were much stronger than he imagined, basically maintaining the strength and toughness that wood should have.
"Dry for thousands of years, wet for 10,000 years, not dry or wet for two or three years, completely soaked in water because it can't touch the air, so it will be better preserved." Yang Lei had heard of this truth for a long time, but he had never had the opportunity to see the wood soaked in the sea water all year round, and now that he saw it with his own eyes, he finally solved a question in his heart.
The wooden structure in the cabin not only reduces the overall weight of the cargo ship, but also makes it easy to retrofit. Now the entire upper cargo compartment has been completely separated by these wooden planks, and the only way to see what is in the cargo compartment is to look for it from room to room.
Walking along this passage for a distance, Chen Ziyang found that many of the cargo doors on both sides of the passage had been opened, and there were obvious pry marks on the edge of the door, which should have been done by the members of the team that entered before.
It seems that the cargo holds near here are used to store some small volumes of cargo, and it is very likely that they are temporarily converted into cabins, which are provided for the army and the evacuated Japanese to live, but there are no corpses in these cabins, which makes Chen Ziyang a little puzzled.
After walking forward for some distance, Chen Ziyang, who was at the front of the team, found that several hatches on both sides were closed, probably because the team that had come here before had lost patience during the search, and felt that there would be nothing here, so they walked forward directly.
But a feeling of uneasiness lingered in Chen Ziyang's heart, Liu Cong was so interested in Tie Shu, and it was impossible for his team members to let go of any cabin, which was a little wrong.
Could it be that something happened that caused these team members to have no time to search for the iron book?
(End of chapter)