Chapter 33: The Ghost Jellyfish
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The cold sea breeze did not tear through the deep night like a sharp blade, but made the night more and more cohesive, thick as sticky ink.
The cold wind carried the waves and roared outside the Rhea, like an abyssal monster lurking in the darkness, opening its huge mouth as if trying to devour everything in front of it.
In the large cabin hall, guests and hosts enjoy a belated dinner moment at an oval-shaped table. The thermostat continuously supplies its own heat, keeping the spacious hall as warm as early spring in the harsh winter.
With the warm hospitality of his master, Mo Chen tried not to waste every piece of food as much as possible, so that they could fulfill his ultimate mission, which was to put it all into his stomach.
Greasy hands kept roaming the table, and the sauce-stained mouth never stopped. The vulgar eating appearance of this waste material made the people present lose the mood to continue eating, and many times the people at the table were quietly watching this scene. Seeing him wipe his mouth unsatisfied, and even considering whether to call another one, made Irina's heart full of sympathy. This kid from the edge of the desert is really trying hard to eat! It is not easy for him to eat the banquet dinner of the high nobles of the Mu Continent in the style of a refugee.
Probably because of his poor life since childhood, he has lost a lot of good upbringing...... What a pity!
Dinner ended with Mo Chen's loud burp, and he turned down the invitation to have dinner after dinner, and he left the hall and walked to the deck alone.
The darkness of the night connected the sky and the sea, and if it weren't for the sound of breaking waves from the bottom of the ship, he wondered if everything here had been frozen.
The originally howling sea breeze gradually slowed down, and Mo Chen stood on the bow of the Rhea, looking up at the night that had already lost its starlight, and the accumulated dark clouds made the entire sea even darker. "Although I haven't seen the night for a long time, don't be so dark, why don't you leave me a few stars!" The dark night sky made Mo Chen cancel his desire to watch the night scene.
Suddenly, a pale blue light appeared on the sea in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, this monotonous ink color was ignited. Not long after, a pale blue flame of light swept across the entire sea in front of him, and a moment later, a huge blue-white "ground" appeared on the gray-black sea. That's right, and it's a "ground" dotted with pale blue flames.
What is that? Could it be a miracle from the sea! As soon as he thought of this, Mo Chen immediately became excited.
"Hey, Margaret, come out quickly, I seem to have discovered something very strange. Mo Chen shouted loudly into the cabin, such a beautiful scenery must be enjoyed by them together. As he spoke, the blue-white ground was rapidly moving towards the Rhea.
Seeing the fast-moving blue-and-white "ground", anyone in their right mind would wonder if these things were a threat to the ship, rather than screaming in surprise on the ship.
Margaret was still sipping evening tea, enjoying the harmonious atmosphere in the hall. I heard this waste wood screaming outside, and I was very angry. Fools who have never seen the world, I want to see what is worth your barking!
"If it's not a strange thing, see if I don't throw you into the sea to feed the fish!" Margaret put down the teacup and whispered in the direction of Mo Chen.
She was about to set off for the outside when the captain of the Rhea rushed in without permission. This middle-aged man who has been running on the sea all year round has changed his previous composure, and his face is full of panic that has been eroded into a purple color by the sea breeze.
"What the hell is it that makes you so flustered?" Veronica's pretty face was covered in ice slag when she felt Flora's surprised gaze. "I need an explanation from you!" though she knew the captain wouldn't be so out of shape if nothing was important. But this faux pas in front of this group of noble people made her lose face to others as a master, and she had to reprimand the captain in a stern tone, who had always been conscientious.
"A large group of ghost jellyfish is approaching us...... the middle-aged captain felt very aggrieved, and kindly ran to complain, but in exchange for a stern reprimand. Of course, he knew that his panic just now was too embarrassing and unacceptable. It's better to lose face than to lose your life! Who cares about your face if you die?
"Ghost jellyfish, you say?" said Irina's teacup, which poured tea on the floor, her pretty face filled with fear and shock.
"Hmm!" the captain nodded cooperatively, and just now he scolded me, how different is your current behavior from me? Look! I just said that my own life is important!
Veronica was also shocked by the name, but fortunately she did not lose her temper like her sister and immediately regained her composure. "Then you should quickly change course and stay away from those deep sea devils!
"It's useless! they occupy our path, and the way back is blocked by them, and now this sea is their territory, and more importantly, the Rhea's boosters are entangled in them......"
"You mean we're completely besieged in this area now?!" Originally, Veronica was expecting the Rhea to speed out, but when she heard the captain's words, her heart suddenly fell to the bottom.
The three of Flora next to them were in a fog, although they didn't know what kind of creature the so-called ghost jellyfish was, but judging from the performance of the three masters and servants, it was definitely not a friendly thing.
The faint blue light can already be clearly seen outside the cabin, which makes people inevitably have the illusion that they are in the deep-sea world of the Skynet documentary.
Flora pointed to the heterochromatic scene outside, and was about to ask if it was related to the ghost jellyfish, when she saw Mo Chen push open the hatch in a hurry, and in his hand was also carrying a fluorescent, translucent creature.
"I just told you to go to the deck to enjoy the beautiful scenery, why didn't you come out?" Mo Chen looked at the people in the cabin, with a hint of regret in his tone. "What a beautiful view! I'm sorry you missed it. But to make up for your regrets, I deliberately grabbed one from the outside for you to see up close. ”
"Don't you know how to swim, and how did you catch the creature?" Margaret stared at the soft creature in Mo Chen's hand, she didn't believe Mo Chen could jump into the sea and catch this thing for them.
"Who said I went out to sea to catch it? The boat had stopped for less than a moment, and this thing was the first to run to the deck, so I caught it. When I came in, many of them had already climbed onto the boat, if you don't believe me, you can see for yourself!" Mo Chen despised the ignorant girl in front of him fiercely, and then stretched out his hand to the deck behind him. "Wow!
Through the open door, the people in the hall could see from a distance that the deck of the Rhea was crawling with such creatures in Mo Chen's hands, slowly squirming their translucent bodies, and they couldn't help but feel numb when they saw this scene on the deck.
"Is this what you call a ghost jellyfish?" Margaret looked at the creature that kept writhing with long tentacles in Mo Chen's hand, and didn't feel anything wrong. "They don't seem to be in any danger, of course, it's just a little disgusting ......to look at," she had just finished speaking, when she heard a tooth-aching sound of metal rubbing in her ears, and the soft creature in Mo Chen's hand actually showed its inch-long white fangs, and was frantically biting at the metal door handle entangled in its tentacles.
Seeing Margaret's shocked appearance, the middle-aged captain shook his head with a wry smile. "This group of creatures is not too dangerous in itself, and we are not afraid of these ghost jellyfish, although their mouthparts can bite off steel alloys, but this alone will not cause any real damage to the Rhea. We seafarers fear these mollusks because the presence of them means that another creature is also ......"
"What creature can make you so panicked?"
Anyone who has sailed the seas knows that if you have seen a large number of ghost jellyfish, there must be such creatures underneath them. The ghost jellyfish is responsible for entanglement of the ship, but it is the Deep-Sea Ghost Chapter that actually does it. Under the attack of this deep-sea beast, no ship can be spared, let alone survive. So there's only one way to kill them on the sea!"
Flora and Natalia looked at each other, what kind of creature was that? As people who had always lived on land, they were limited to knowing a tiny fraction of the creatures in the sea. They had never heard the names of ghost jellyfish and deep sea ghosts, but they had eaten jellyfish skins and octopuses and knew they tasted good......
"Do you mean that we are already dead, and if we are going to die, please give us a detailed explanation of what it is. There was no nervous or frightened look on Natalia's face, as if she was not at all worried about the danger of her life at the moment.
Veronica motioned for the middle-aged captain with a dead gray face to return to his post, and then invited the guests to sit next to the café again.
"His Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince's cultivation makes our sisters sigh to themselves, since His Highnesses are not afraid of death, we have no reason to be greedy for life and afraid of death!
Mo Chen played with the ghost jellyfish in his hand, tying the tentacles of this creature into dead knots, and even pulling out the sharp teeth in its mouthparts that could gnaw on alloys one by one. After hearing Veronica's righteous words, he inevitably slandered himself in his heart: "Probably because of the resoluteness that rose after knowing that there was no hope of escaping, it should belong to the act of breaking the jar and breaking it, please don't say it so high-sounding." ”
Of course, he didn't dare to say it. After all, it's already good to be not hysterical at this kind of life-and-death juncture, but someone else can tell a story so calmly, with this courage, he Mochen can't compare. Not long ago, when he saw a giant steam robot in a dream, it was trembling when it spoke, and its legs were as soft as boiled noodles.
Now that he can torture the jellyfish in his hands so calmly, it doesn't mean that he has the courage to face death, just because he doesn't know where to be afraid. Look at the jellyfish swaying back and forth on the deck, then look down at the jellyfish in your hand. Is this really that scary?
Compared to the steam robots of their dreams, they are obviously inferiorly inferior in size and momentum. He couldn't believe that he would die at the hands of this group of boneless mollusks, including the deep sea ghost chapter he had never met.
When Veronica talked about how huge and ferocious the Ghost Chapter of the Deep Sea was, under her vivid portrayal, the appearance of the beast had already jumped into the hearts of the three of Natalia. If the Deep Sea Ghost Chapter is really more than 100 meters long, then it is only a matter of time before the Rhea is destroyed.
Irina occasionally added oil and vinegar to the side, which made the three girls feel a burst of hair in their hearts.
When the twins said that they were in the middle of their hearts, a trace of tears squeezed out of the corners of Mo Chen's eyes and yawned deeply. It was the sound that dispelled the terrifying atmosphere that had been coiling around the hall.
"Now, Veronica-san, have you ever seen that so-called Deep Sea Ghost Chapter?"
"No ......," Veronica heard and slowly lowered her head. I also heard from others, and I saw with my own eyes that the creature was still here to talk nonsense with you? Miss Ben just wanted everyone to be prepared, so that when they met the creature for a while, they would not be so panicked, and they could just keep their normal mind and wait for death.
"Oh, so you're also hearsay, seeing how vividly you describe it, I thought you had already said hello to that ghost!" Mo Chen said as he threw the ghost jellyfish in his hand on the deck, bored.
“......”
It's almost twenty hours, and nothing can happen. Only a large swarm of ghost jellyfish squirmed happily on the deck.
He was not interested in listening any further, and went to the deck and kicked the creatures into the sea one by one. But for a moment, Mo Chen sat on the deck, panting heavily. There's too much slimy stuff, isn't it! Looking at one of my bare feet, the shoes I had just worn on it had followed some ghost jellyfish into the ocean. Alas, until the group thinks of a way, I'll keep kicking the jellyfish.
Although the hall was as warm as spring, the mood of everyone at this moment was indescribably depressing. After all, death hangs over their hearts at all times, lingering.
"It's not a good idea to stay here all the time, it's not my style to sit and close my eyes and wait for death!Veronica-san go and ask the captain to open the boat!" Flora stood up and walked out of the hall on her slender legs.
"Isn't the ship besieged, and the boosters are not working, how can you drive the boat?" said Margaret helplessly, and Flora must have been delirious and unable to distinguish the reality.
"I'll figure it out, so don't worry about ......"
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