In the end, how those survivors survived is already self-evident.

They have found a source of food, and they have also been touched by the original sin that should not have been touched.

But Nie Yuan didn't know why Walter would tell his three outsiders about the situation at that time.

He asked, "Why are you giving us such details?" ”

Buck answered for Walter, he put down his cigarette bottle, looked at the already mad sailor, and said, "You're not a survivor, are you?" At least not entirely. ”

"Yes!"

Walter replied very cheerfully this time, saying: "I, I didn't hold on, and in retrospect, I realized that each of them seemed to hide things from me, including my little Frank!"

So they had more physical strength than I did, and they held it up until the last moment, when endless tiredness came over me, and sleepiness wrapped me like a tide.

The sea breeze was not cold, on the contrary, it was softer than usual, but it blew so hard that I couldn't open my eyes, and it was so dry that I felt like I had stuffed a handful of sand in my eyes.

My tears kept flowing, maybe because of the unbearable dryness, or because of the attachment to life, and the fear of death......

I thought, just close my eyes, close them, wait for me to rest for a few seconds, and throw the dryness and sleepiness out of my body completely.

But......

I'm so sleepy.

I can't control my body anymore.

Maybe the moment I closed my eyes, I knew my end.

Yes, I fell asleep.

I, yes, the sacrificial ration! ”

At this point, Walter no longer hides anything.

In the blink of an eye, his body changed.

The strong smell of the sea came to the face, and people couldn't help but want to hold their breath, and the fishy smell was really unbelievable.

The sea water gushed out from all over Walter's body, poured down, and soaked the ground, causing the fire to make a "sizzling" sound, and finally extinguished completely.

He had changed his face, and he couldn't see anything of what he had just looked like.

The head was like it had been soaked in the sea for months, huge and ugly, but strangely not rotten.

The body below the head has been completely hollowed out, leaving only the skeleton and broken skin.

On this skeleton, in addition to the few remaining strands of flesh, there are corals, barnacles and other things, which are tightly attached to it.

Walter, who completely revealed his true appearance, looked at Buck with his extremely ugly, swollen eyelids, eyes that could not be opened like mung beans, and his voice was ethereal, and said:

"Old thing, you've already found me, haven't you?"

Buck didn't hide it, nodded quietly, and said:

"Yes."

"I just, just wanted to seek revenge on Frank, step by step from the bottom of the sea, step by step, to the mouth of the sea, and from the bottom of the river, step by step, step by step to here! But you are ignorant and fearless, and you want to be my ration! ”

"Fool."

Nancy said this, and it instantly broke the terrifying atmosphere that should have been.

Walter looked at the little girl and said, "There are many children who don't grow up, and the reason is that they die before they grow up!" ”

Ooh!

When the words landed, the strong fishy smell on Walter's body rushed towards Nancy!

At this moment, it seems that people can see the illusion of earth-shattering waves, sweeping and turbulent, and about to completely bury people in them.

But this treacherous arrogance, before Nancy was completely devoured, was suddenly dispersed by the monster phantom that suddenly appeared on Nancy's body!

Roar!!

Like a giant beast in the wilderness, it roared in the mountains and forests, stirring birds and beasts to scatter.

Walter was stunned, speechless for a while, he seemed to be unable to figure out why this situation was happening.

Nie Yuan finally spoke, and said, "Sure enough, even if it is a xenomorph monster with spiritual intelligence, it does not have a normal IQ. ”

Buck was always calm, and said: "It's usually like this, in special circumstances, especially when provoked, their cognition will have problems, and their minds will be clouded by madness, and it is precisely because of this that it is basically impossible for humans and monsters to live in peace except for a few exceptions."

Further, it will evolve into a source of infection, perhaps after finding that Frank, achieving revenge, and completing the obsession. ”

The two of them seemed to be talking about an extremely ordinary thing, and they were not panicked by the scene in front of them.

When he looked at Walter, he looked like a guest at a market, judging a piece of fresh pork.

If the monster had always been able to maintain normal human thinking, it would have noticed that something was wrong.

How can ordinary people still look careless in the face of this kind of scene.

However, Walter, who was enraged, had already developed cognitive biases, and he couldn't imagine that there were other meanings behind the abnormal attitude of the three people.

That's why he chose to ignore it and go straight to Nancy, which is why Nancy said he was a fool.

But after being downplayed and defusing the attack, he was stunned in place.

"You ...... What is it. ”

The coral on Walter's body clicked and fell, and the aura of being an alien monster became stronger, and the sea water on his body gushed out faster, as if he was liberating his own power.

And in the process, he questioned Nie Yuan's soul.

When Nie Yuan saw this situation, he also felt the abnormal cognition of the alien monster, he didn't even have the heart of fear, and he still wanted to compete with himself and the others.

"Walter."

Nie Yuan said quietly: "Thank you for your warning, I think that in the future, when we encounter a situation without food at sea, we all know that we can't fall asleep, but unlike you, ......"

Walter's ugly little eyes looked at Nie Yuan with puzzlement, waiting for his follow-up.

The aura on Nie Yuan's body also changed, becoming deep and ancient, and he said seriously: "Unlike you, we can stay up all night more than the other. ”

A wisp of black feathers emerged from his back.

Like the phantom projected by Nancy, Walter's final ending was finalized.

……

in the nearby town.

Hei Nie Yuan, who was wearing the mask of the Scarlet Moon, was swaying slowly.

His chic appearance also attracted a lot of attention, and the sheriff of the town also came up to him for questioning.

However, that vigilant attitude disappeared when Hei Nie Yuan took out the official certificate.

With a servant of the level of Asseph, it is of course easy for Hei Nie Yuan to get an identity that can bluff the local sheriff.

Not long ago, he sensed the nature of the body in front of him, and stayed outside the town, and did not continue to walk, nor did he enter the town.

Although he didn't know why, he naturally couldn't shake the ontological idea, so he simply came to this town by himself to take a walk.

Ahead.

A group of six or seven people ushered in.

They were all residents of the town, and they were a group of young people.

Like the rest of the townspeople, they also cast a surprised look at the masked Black Nie Yuan.

However, those who also kept their distance did not come forward to provoke, and young people are still more accepting of such "performance artists" than older people.

Hei Nie Yuan was inexplicably touched in his heart when one of them looked at him.

As if he hadn't noticed anything unusual, he walked forward, but in his heart he was aware of the young man who had given him a special sense.

It was evident that the man had a high status in the eyes of the other young people, and everyone was either gathered around him or walked behind him, and spoke with great compliments.

"Brother Frank, can you hear the roar that just came from outside the town, what kind of beast it is?" Someone asked.

Frank, who was walking in front, shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm not a hunter, how can I hear it, but don't worry, wild beasts usually don't dare to enter the town easily, and tomorrow morning the sheriff and them should go to sweep the woods." ”

"Just lock the door at night."

Someone else spoke, and said, "If you ask Big Brother Frank about sea creatures, he will definitely be able to answer, but there are so many beasts in the wilderness, and the hunter must not be able to tell how many of them are based on their voices." ”

"I'm just asking......"

The man spoke, and then said, "Brother Frank, do you think I will be able to pass the sailor's interview, I think I should be no worse than Walter, and I want to wait two months to be like you, to go on an adventure at sea, and earn a sum of money back." ”

This made others interested as well.

Someone complained: "I was there at the beginning, but the sailor interview was really strict, and no boat wanted me, but I don't know why Walter was able to pass the interview, alas, sometimes it depends on luck." ”

Another said: "I haven't been there yet, but since even Walter can pass the interview, I think I have a chance, and the same goes for those of you who have been, why don't we wait two months and try it together?" ”

Listening to everyone's discussions, the smile on Frank's face retracted.

He glanced at everyone, his expression was very serious, and said: "The interview of sailors is actually not as strict as imagined, but we lack a lot of things compared to young people in other big cities.

This is not to blame you, after all, not everyone can have access to good educational resources from an early age, and the physical fitness of a sailor is not the most important, but the more important thing is the knowledge you have.

In big cities, it is only a poor choice for young people to go on ships to become sailors.

And don't think of the sea too gently, many times, it's more like a monster that wants to devour you, and everyone on the ship, you can see that every moment, is fighting against it.

And this is not a real adventure compared to those ocean-going ships and fishing and hunting vessels, because with our qualifications, we can only board offshore trading ships at best. ”

Someone muttered when he heard this: "But luck is really important, we are not afraid of exchanging our lives for money, but we lack this opportunity, I heard that there are still people who are directly recruited on the ship because they look very similar to the first son."

There are also people who amuse the interviewer because they are very good at telling jokes, and they are also directly recruited......"

Someone chimed in: "Yes, not everyone is as capable as Big Brother Frank, and he is hired on the ship completely by virtue of his strength, just like Walter, he is ...... lucky"

"That's it!"

Frank interrupted him directly, his expression even lowered, and said, "Walter is dead, do you still think he is lucky?" And he was the one who saved me and the others and died for it, and I always thank him, the only thing I regret is that I didn't bring his body back for burial.

Because he has been gnawed beyond recognition by the monsters of the sea...... And at that time, we couldn't protect ourselves.

His ability, but you can't see it, don't doubt the interviewer's vision, because every person who is recruited must make the interviewer, let the first mate, feel that he can be trusted.

When you get to sea, everyone's lives are tied to a rope, do you really think it's just a matter of luck?

Yes, I also know that there are people who get on board the ship and become sailors by virtue of their ability to tell jokes, even if such a person is not worth mentioning in your eyes, and is even the object of usual bullying.

But at sea, a person who can liven up the atmosphere is very rare, because the daily mental state of the sailors is very important. ”

There are fools who can't notice the abnormal atmosphere, and they are still there:

"Well, let's admit, it's not all luck, but luck does exist, and there are countless examples there......

Brother Frank, we just think it's ridiculous to be on the boat because we can tell jokes, and the sincerity of our sleeping in the past is not as good as a few jokes?

Then why not give a joke book to the sailors, one by one. ”

Frank turned his head, stared at him earnestly, and said, "Now, immediately, immediately, tell us three jokes, and make us laugh." ”

"I, I ......"

The man was a little confused, and in the face of Frank's oppression, he stuttered a little for a while.

But he racked his brains and tried to tell: "Once upon a time there was a king, and the king had a daughter, a princess...... Princess she ......"

"Alright."

Frank walked forward and said, "You don't have to tell it anymore, even if it's really a funny story, I think if you tell it like this, people won't laugh, and even if you laugh, it's because of your performance." ”

"But ......"

The man chased after him unconvinced, and said, "But I'm not ready, if I give me some more time to prepare, it will definitely not be like this." ”

Frank didn't reply, "Do you think the interviewer will give you time to prepare?" The interviewers on each boat are different, and the questions asked and the attitudes they show are also inconsistent.

More than that, you need to improvise, even if it's just a few jokes, and all he observes is how you are in the face of him.

Just like the legendary sage who was hit in the head by a pear and realized the shocking formula.

Do pears matter? No, that story may have been made up casually by him in order to make you remember that formula, but it is he who counts.

If you are so nervous that you stutter even when you give an impromptu speech in public, don't rush to the interview, and if you want to make a big show, reflect on yourself.

Because for poor children like us who have no skills and no academic knowledge, we can only rely on 'telling jokes' to get opportunities, we have to talk and act.

Otherwise, why should others recruit a person who does not have any skills on board?

Either recognize the status quo and accept mediocrity, or try to change.

Being a sailor is not so easy.

Also, don't look down on Walter anymore, he is the benefactor I remember deeply! ”

At this moment, everyone felt the anger of Big Brother Frank.

Although they don't know where this anger comes from, no one is unaware of the good and bad anymore, and they try to be smart.

They were savoring Big Brother Frank's words, and their hearts were blocked.

After all, for young people who want to make a big difference, it is more uncomfortable to make them accept their mediocrity and admit their incompetence than to kill them.

The group followed Frank silently.

Presumably, no one will mock Walter, the clever ghost they despised in the past, in front of Frank.

Shadow Nie Yuan watched this scene quietly.

When they were far away, they wondered if they should follow and see what unknown qualities there were in that Frank.

But before he could make a decision, someone helped him choose.

Shadow Nie Yuan sensed something, and no longer cared about Frank, but chose to take another path and walked out of the town.

Because the ontology is coming.

It is in the direction where you are.

But the goal is unlikely to be its own.

It should be for that Frank.

Sure enough.

About five minutes later.

Frank, who was so complicated in his heart that he forcibly suppressed a certain quality of his own, got rid of the imps in the town and returned to the house alone.

But what he didn't notice was that someone had come in with him, from the other end of the room.

When he closed the door, turned on the light, and was about to take off his shoes, his heart jumped.

Suddenly, he looked behind him.

A face that Frank never wanted to see appeared on the table.

Or rather, a head.

But there was only a head, and the devastated body that was originally eaten by himself and the other two crew members didn't know where it went.

Walter!

Walter, whose head is all too big!

Just put it quietly on the table, staring straight at yourself, lifeless!