"Crossing January 2 of the ninth year.

"It's been more than twenty days since I went to sea, and the island explored this time is a bit far away, and the narwhal's resources are a bit insufficient. ”

"If 1002's island could be turned into a new island, it would be much better to replenish supplies from there. ”

"When I came, I went to take a look near the island, and from the messy surface of the island, the battle between Elizabeth and 1002 was not going well, and I am afraid that it will not be so easy to wait for this island to develop. ”

"But also, the weird power of 1002 is really not so easy to solve, I hope they go well. ”

Kid's side also started to act, and anyway, everything was going in a good direction.

I don't know where Anna is now, maybe I can ...... [cross out]"

After waiting for the ink to dry, Charles covered his diary and walked towards the deck to begin his daily patrol of the ship.

Just as he was about to push open the kitchen door, an excited Dip ran past with a fishing rod hanging from a jellyfish-like creature on the hook.

"Come on, come on, I've caught a crystal jellyfish, will you make soup out of it?"

From the kitchen came the angry roar of Chef Frey.

"Get out of here! Catch this mess all day long, you have to do it yourself! I won't do it anyway!"

Charles walked into the kitchen and walked around the two of them, making sure there were nothing unusual inside.

"Chef, this salty biscuit is starting to have worms, be careful. Charles's words interrupted the conversation between the two.

Frey hurriedly ran over, saying that he would change it immediately, and said that these raw insects were for the sailors to eat, and the captain had absolutely no problem eating them.

"What do you mean to feed a sailor, aren't sailors human?" Dipper quarreled with him again for the benefit of his subordinates.

Charles didn't stop it, compared to the trembling of the crew who entered the unknown sea before, they still have time to quarrel now, and sure enough, people are still able to adapt very quickly.

Coming out of the galley, Charles made his way to the other hatches.

Patrols are not just about monitoring the sea for anything to climb into, other factors are just as important.

Whether it's food or fuel or the mental state of the crew, any mistake can turn a ship into an iron coffin and kill everyone on board.

The deck, the cockpit, the turbine room, the crew lounge, the galley, the cargo hold, the water tank, every place, Charles carefully inspected one side.

Other captains may have different rules, but on his own ship, Charles always checks on himself.

Details determine success or failure, and he can live at sea for so long because of this carefulness.

In fact, these things are most of the captain's job, simple and boring, but very important.

"Captain! There is an island!" Charles, who was counting the fuel, was stunned when he heard the news, according to the actual situation, there should be three more days to reach the target point.

He hurried to the deck and saw the distant island blurring under the searchlight.

Unlike the previous islands, this one is very "high", and it is actually more like a flat-topped mountain, with nothing bare on the surrounding rock walls, and the platform above is too high to be seen.

Looking up at the oppressive island in front of him, Charles first waved his hand, first asked the sailors to anchor, and then said to his vampire crew: "Odrik, fly up and have a look." ”

The vampire nodded, turning into a bat and soaring into the sky.

Just as Charles waited for him to return, a puzzled Dipper walked over. "Captain, the anchor can't touch the bottom. ”

"This is next to the island, how can it not be touched?"

Charles led him to the windlass and found that the chains on it had really been lowered.

The narwhal's anchor chain is a full 100 meters, and it can't be touched, what is the structure of this island? A telephone pole that goes straight up and down?

Charles thought for a while, then said, "Then don't drop anchor, and when we get to the island, Frey and the sailors stay on the ship and watch." ”

Odrik soon returned, his expression a little odd. "Captain, there's a swamp up there. ”

"Swamp?" Charles was surprised by this answer, he really didn't expect a swamp to appear on an island.

"Anyway, let's go up and have a look, maybe this island is the king's island supply point. ”

With the help of the flying Odrick, a rope ladder was quickly laid on the rock wall, and Charles and the rest of the crew climbed up the ladder only to find that the vampire was right, that it was indeed a swamp.

This swamp is a little different from the swamp of the forest, there are no trees, no flowers, no life, only wet mud, stinky water and thick mist.

There was nothing in the swamp either, large and small rocks lying in the mud.

Throw some fish into the mud and no creatures come out to eat.

Charles walked carefully towards the mud and found that the place was not deep, the deepest place was only up to his thigh, and his right foot stepped on the mud, and the ground was actually solid.

"Hey, buddy, do you think this place looks like a hot pot? Look how those stones look like the white tofu in a sheep's deflated hot pot. ”

Charles didn't bother to pay attention to the teasing voice in his head, and put his hand in the muddy water before putting it to his nose, the peculiar smell of seawater mixed with the stench of decay poured into his nostrils.

The water in these swamps is seawater and has no use value.

Charles waved his hand back, motioning for the others to follow.

Everyone frowned at this harsh environment, no one would like to be dirty, and they walked in the swamp with the feeling of stepping into a manure pit.

Lily's rats turned into black briquettes shortly after they entered the water. Lily, the white mouse, saw where she dared to go into the water, hugged Charles's neck tightly, and said that she would not let go of anything.

Charles had dark vision, but the thick fog obscured his vision, and he couldn't see anything in a place like this.

This environment reminded Charles of the island he had explored for the first time, and he didn't want to make a second mistake for the same mistake, and every once in a while, he would keep track of the number of people on his crew and arms to make sure there wasn't one more or one less out of thin air.

The torches in the hands of the crowd pushed the dragon back into the fog, and they slowly walked towards the center of the island.

The muddy water in the swamp had a certain chill, and Charles had only been gone for half an hour before he could barely feel the presence of his toes.

Charles didn't dare to be careless, and asked all the crew to stand on the rocks and wait for their feet to regain consciousness before leaving.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the crew stuffed food into their mouths and ate some if they were not hungry to provide power to their bodies.