In the middle of the boundless sea, a large steel ship is slowly moving forward.

In the blue sky, there are occasional clouds and seabirds passing by, and the oncoming sea breeze carries the smell of summer.

The winters of Mercury 42 are very short, and most of the planet resembles the Earth's subtropical climate, and for some reason the altitude is generally low, and if you are not crazy enough to climb too high, you will not see snow.

The streamlined oval hull and the huge whistle from the tail to the middle section, accompanied by the slow rotation of the "limbs" wheel, a large amount of water vapor and whistle sound rise at the same time.

"Woooooo

The surrounding sea was trembling slightly, and the birds and fish that were too close were scared away together.

The whole behemoth seemed to be slow, and considering its size, it was probably a super-fast ship.

And if it is far enough away or high enough, then you can see that this "big whale" is more like a sea beast than a ship.

And under the ripples of the shallow sea, there is a faint black shadow that is slowly squirming.

"Mr. Road, Mr. Road"

On such a large ship, it is scary to feel empty.

There was no one to be found on the deck where the wedding banquet could be held, the empty engine room was filled with only the roar of machinery and the turning of gears, and the bridge that pointed the way was still nowhere to be found, even though the lights and equipment were lit in the dark.

The big ship with at least a hundred crew members could not find a single crew, and as a boarder favored by fate, Dahl and his party were a little uneasy and even frightened.

"Mr. Lu, lunch is ready, do you want to eat some?"

And at the top of the ship, on the lookout that seemed to reach into the sky, a man seemed to hear the shouts below.

"Hiccup, no need, I'll bask in the sun."

For the fishermen and refugees, Lu Ping'an waved his hand, and he didn't bother to go down, after all.

"This cake, isn't it a little too sweet?"

He now stood alone on the spire, eating alone, and his mouth was full of oil.

The new ship is on the road, as a "life", it doesn't actually need a crew, and other people naturally enter the courtyard For many people, time is progress, and the courtyard can even buy time, and it is not cost-effective to stay outside.

The helpless BOSS stayed outside to work alone, but he encountered some victims who were adrift at sea, so he rescued them.

It's not that Lu Ping'an is reluctant to distribute food to these victims, but it's better for some things (courtyards) to be known by fewer people, and it's a trouble to really spread the word. He put some grain in the cabin, and with the catch they caught, it was a great meal in this era.

"It's better than the food they cook, and they eat it with relish."

The fisherman couldn't see him clearly, but he could see the road below, and he felt more and more subtle as he looked at the victims below who happily shared fish soup and meat.

At the beginning, I had two meals with them without flavoring, no salt, and even no fishy fish soup, and Lu Ping'an didn't squirt out the first bite, which was already quite polite.

They took some broken rice from the barn and cooked it into rice soup, accompanied by a fishy fish head paste, which was already a feast for their overjoy, but the local owner was really a little unaccustomed to it.

"Is this the era?"

The communication with them made Lu Ping'an a little surprised.

Their lives are no different from before, in the literal sense of the word, their villages are slightly stronger but limited than the feudal fishing villages of the Middle Ages, and they don't even feel the changes of the times when they leave the big cities.

"A big fish came ashore, so we ran away."

And the reason why they became the victims of the disaster is so simple that it is incomprehensible to let the way to safety.

Lu Ping'an thought it was a big monster, but after asking, he found out that it was actually a crocodile form sea beast about six or seven meters long.

"There's no supernatural ability, no hard armor, not even strong aggression, maybe just a fishing village as a beach for sunbathing."

Such a thing, passing by in front of Lu Ping'an, he would even ignore it, but if it appeared in an ordinary village, it would make a village, large and small, give up everything, and directly become a refugee and flee.

"I'll check back in a while."

"If you're lucky, you'll be able to go back."

The sea is full of unknown dangers, but if the sea beast arrives in its home, it is a known nightmare.

As a rule of thumb, after a few months, the sea beast may return to the sea because it can't find food.

That thing. The "extra meal" in the eyes of the professional is a natural disaster that cannot be resisted at all in the life of ordinary mortals.

"Just passing by, I'll help you dispose of it."

Lu Ping'an said casually, and changed the route slightly, but got the other party's heartfelt thanks.

I'm afraid they also know that it's not normal for someone to cross the sea alone. But the weak have the survival wisdom of the weak, and to get to the bottom is to find themselves unhappy.

It is also a kind of luck to be able to meet generous and friendly strong people by chance, of course, they can trust Lu Ping'an so quickly, and the identity of "human" is quite important.

"Humans, mostly good people."

"The Guru is said to be human."

is too simple to concept, so that Lu Ping'an doesn't know how to evaluate.

And hearing the name of the mentor made him feel even more subtle After communicating with several local "recruits", Lu Ping'an also knew who the mentor was.

It was written by Lulu, and she wrote it with some of your other apprentices, and she also joined some of the opinions and stories of other people in the group, but at least ninety percent of them were what you once said."

Lu Ping'an originally wanted to ask who "Lulu" was, but in fact, it was too famous and basically nonsense, but the origin of this name was quite subtle.

"Lu. Road, 313 Lu."

Slaves are often born with a name without a surname, and in Eastern culture the teacher is the closest to the identity of the father, and it is normal to borrow it.

But now, when the road. Lu has become the one-eyed marshal of the Salvation Army, the banner of the savior, which makes Lu Ping'an feel delicate, like a derelict father who didn't care much about giving birth to a child, and in the blink of an eye, the child has become a derelict father who doesn't know how to deal with it.

It's just that they probably did a good thing, at least the existence and wide circulation of "Mentor Said" did inspire the people's wisdom in a sense.

Leaving aside the vague and vulgar theories, at least it offers an additional possibility, a way of life that is completely different from that of the world today, a world that may develop peacefully, and which many locals look forward to. On the other hand, this adds a lot of points to the human race.

Of course, if the human beings here didn't do anything, these "good feelings" would have disappeared a long time ago, and since there are still common good feelings, then the people left behind should do a good job. At least there wasn't any massacre or anything like that.

Friendly people get a friendly response, and it is easy to return it with "friendliness", and Lu Ping'an will take the initiative to do what is convenient.

But when I really arrived in that area, the development of events was completely different from what I expected

"Servants of the Octopus?"

The smell of filth can be heard from afar, the old houses are burning, and the servants of Octopus are disgusted with life "on land", and they follow the ancient blood of the sea life as always.

Even with it, it is the area under their jurisdiction, and it is a sin for "inferior people" to make fires at will

The transcendent sea beasts that surround them, as well as the riding beast community, are their labels.

"How can there be an Octopus?"

Lu Ping'an's inquiry was not answered, and the faces of those victims were only blank and desperate.

If the sea beast will always leave one day, and if the octoclaw becomes food or cannon fodder, there is actually no different ending.

In a sense, the sea beast saved them, and if they hadn't left early, it would definitely not have ended well.

"Can you give us another ride?"

The fishermen begged numbly, hoping to borrow a big boat to get far away.

And in their desperate and numb eyes, the man stood liltly on the deck, and then fell, leaving only a word.

"I will fulfill my promise and give you back my homeland."