Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

According to the normal route plan, it will take Sig half a month to reach the Dawn port in the New World, and the current route is only halfway through.

On this day, Sig went to the deck to blow the sea breeze, only to find that the man-eating sharks that had been following the ship were gone.

"I haven't gotten food for too long, so I gave up. Sieg laughed dumbly.

However, soon he couldn't laugh anymore.

It didn't take long for the ship to sail into a dark ink-stained sea, where the water was pitch black and the sky was covered with a thick layer of clouds. The oppressive atmosphere and the fear of the unknown hit head-on, and people's breathing began to become rapid.

"Where is this?" asked Sigger, grabbing a sailor.

The sailor was very young, and he looked like a child from a poor family who came out early to beg for a living, and he said a little nervously: "Lord Sige, this is the Wraithing Sea, the largest mysterious sea area on the New World route. ”

"Wraith Sea, what is this?" Sigur didn't know much about the Outer Sea.

"My lord, this is a thoroughfare between the East Coast and the New World, and thousands of ships come and go every year, many of them slave merchant ships. Legend has it that slave merchant ships were in a harsh environment, and large numbers of slaves often died, and they were thrown into the sea after their deaths, accumulating small amounts of resentment, and finally turning the sea black. The sailor's face became more and more nervous, as if he had little experience in the open sea.

Sieg let go of him, pondered for a moment, and then went to the captain's room.

The old captain was still at the helm, controlling the direction of the ship. On his shoulder, stands a parrot with a colorful tail.

"Mr. Seeger. Seeing Sieg come in, he took the initiative to beckon, "If you get into trouble this time, I may have to trouble you." ”

Sieg saw that his face was solemn, not like a joke, and then his heart sank: "What's wrong?"

The old captain shook his head, and then pointed through the glass window of the command room to the pitch-black sea outside: "These waters are getting deeper and deeper, and it wasn't like this when I ran this channel half a year ago. ”

The outer sea route has always been a chore, and generally large chambers of commerce take turns running this route.

"Those slave traders, in order to maximize profits, I don't know how many people are stuffed in one boat. When he died, he threw it into the sea, and as a result, he made such a large sea of resentful spirits, and it has only been half a year, and the sea has become much deeper, and I am afraid that something troublesome may happen next. The old captain said with some concern.

"Have you ever encountered any strange incidents on your offshore routes before?" Sieg folded his hands in front of his chest, staring at the deep black sea.

The captain fell silent, patted the shoulder for a long time, drove the parrot into the cage, then took off the pipe and said lightly: "I remember when I was young, I once sailed with a caravan, and it was also in this sea area, and I saw ......"

As the old captain narrates, a picture from decades ago unfolds in front of Sieg.

It was a quiet night, with no waves on the sea and a bright moon hanging in the sky.

The old captain was a teenager at that time, with curly blond hair and a beautiful face, and he was on deck to gather the ropes, ready to lower the flag that had been flying for a day.

At this time, the hull of the ship suddenly shook, as if it had hit something. The empty barrels that had been folded were shaken and rolled everywhere.

The sailors of the night watch, who were already half-squinting, suddenly became excited.

"What's going on?" someone shouted.

"I don't know, it looks like there's something underneath the water. Someone under the cabin responded.

As the hull continued to bump and bump, the captain urgently dropped anchor, stopped, and then lowered a small boat, wanting to send someone down to have a look.

A brave sailor volunteered to go down, while an arm-thick rope tied around his waist and slowly descended to the bottom of the ship with a dim kerosene lamp.

The crowd gathered around the top of the boat and looked down, only to see the brave sailor being lowered into the water with the boat, beckoning to everyone, then extinguishing the kerosene lamp and jumping into the water as if returning to his mother's arms.

Only a splash was heard in the darkness, and then a deathly silence followed.

After a long time, there was still no movement, and even the current captain, who had always been steady, was a little worried.

One by one, the people above began to frantically shout the name of the daring sailor below.

The shouting continued for a long time, followed by a splash, as if something had surfaced.

"Quick, get the searchlight!" ordered the current captain.

At this time, the old captain, who was still young, ran to the cabin storage room, got a powerful searchlight, turned on the switch, and ran back to the deck.

The light shone on the dark and deep sea below, and in the eyes of everyone looking eagerly, I saw that the bold sailor was lying peacefully on the water at this moment, and the corners of his mouth outlined a strange arc, as if with a hint of mocking smile.

The expression was serene, but there was an indescribable sense of weirdness.

Everyone on the boat gasped.

However, the matter did not end there, and soon a corpse with the same eerie smile quickly appeared below the surface of the water!

One...... Two...... Three......

More and more corpses floated up from under the water, and everyone's already fearful psychological defense line completely collapsed.

"It's not good, I've encountered a wave of floating corpses. The captain of the ship at the time shouted, "Quick, bring the cross of the Lord of Light!"

When the sailors next to him heard this, they frantically poured into the cabin, and the old captain ran to the warehouse at once, and together with several other sailors who came running, they carried out a huge cross.

Crafted from an unknown material, the cross is said to be a must-have item for companies traveling to and from the open seas, and possesses the divine powers of Halsey, the Lord of Radiance.

The cross was huge, a head taller than the old captain at the time, and everyone worked together to carry it to the bow of the ship, and then inserted it vertically in the front.

One by one, some timid sailors fell to their knees in front of the cross, their hands crossed and their mouths whispered, praying.

Judging from their trembling bodies, it seemed that only the cross of the Radiant Lord could give them a little comfort.

"Boost the power and get me out!" The captain of the ship, who was also an experienced navigator, gave the order and the steam boilers began to roar, piles of coal poured into them, and the speed of the hull increased suddenly.

And at this time, the sea was already full of dense white corpses at some point.

The corpses were unscathed, all with eerie smiles and serene expressions. Among these corpses, there are mainland humans and alien slaves from the New World, and many corpses are mixed together and spread to the end of the sea and sky.

It was as if the entire sea was going to be filled with these corpses.

The huge steel ship slammed forward under the shelter of the bow cross. The mood of the people on the ship was so anxious that generally speaking, mortals who encounter occult events are nine deaths.

This night was extraordinarily long, and even decades later, the old captain could still remember the moonlight that night and the appearance of his companions in cold sweat all around.

"Did you finally break out?" asked Sigurt subconsciously, and then realized that this was really a pointless question.

The old captain spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "I am standing in front of you now, what do you say?"

"You're in luck. Sieg said heartily.

"Nope. The old captain shook his head, and said sadly, "It's my luck...... Everyone else died. ”

"Huh?"

"In the process of escaping, I fainted because the hull of the ship hit something under the surface of the sea. The old captain explained: "When I woke up, all the people on the ship were dead, and I was the only one alive, adrift alone on the sea......

"However, when I was cleaning up the bodies of the people on board, I saw ......" The old captain seemed to recall something terrible, and his pupils began to constrict.

"What do you see?" said Sieg curiously.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. The old captain was suddenly silent, and after a long time, he changed the topic and said: "It should be that I am dazzled, hehe, I suddenly experienced a great disaster, and my psychology was shocked, and I always saw some strange hallucinations, so I don't mention it." ”

"Later, I met a passing merchant ship, they rescued us, and they left there. The old captain recalled what happened back then, and he was very emotional.

"Okay. Sieg was speechless: "I hope nothing strange will happen this time." ”

Although he has now reached the quasi-first level, it can be said that he has stepped into the ranks of the first-level powerhouses with half a foot, but the continent here is different, on the vast sea, the ship is the only refuge that can be relied on, if this ship is gone, Sig is not confident that he can float across this heavy ocean.

However, from the old captain's experience and conversations, Sieg could always feel that he did not say it completely, and seemed to be hiding something.

But this is someone's personal secret, and he doesn't want to ask too much.