The Day of Apocalypse: Chapter 47: The Ghost Ship
The wind came with the peculiar smell of the ocean, a huge freighter was quietly moored in the sea not far from the dock, it was now midnight, the ship had no lights or engine sounds, the hull was tattered, and moss was all over the hull, and the ship was found by the dock guard, who contacted the freighter when he saw it, but the ship ignored any instructions given.
Drifting aimlessly around the docks, the guard reported the matter, and soon the chief of the dock led a group of managers here, and after some observation, the chief ordered a few good men to be sent to investigate.
When the crew approached, they found that there were two withered bodies on the ship's plywood, with mutilated limbs, legs and arms had disappeared, and the scene became more and more terrifying as everyone entered the ship's interior to investigate.
The corridor was littered with limb remains, and in the cabin galley, there was a cauldron on the stove, which contained a human bone and arm, as well as some pieces of fat and flesh, all around the cauldron.
The piece of meat was already crawling with maggots, and the contents of the pot had not changed qualitatively because of some kind of cooking. There were human remains everywhere on the ground nearby, and many people present saw the scene here, and they were a little physically unwell and vomited.
After exploring around, it was found that there was no normal food and drinking water on the ship, so it was speculated that this was a source of food that the crew had to accept because of hunger at that time.
It's hard to imagine what happened to the ship, and what is going on with this tragic situation?
Mu Yu looked at the report in his hand and wondered where to start investigating?
Originally, this incident should not have alarmed the Ministry of Security, but because of the disappearance of the guards on the ship the next day, and the strange noise in the middle of the night, even a team of investigation teams sent by the government lost contact here on the third day, so it was transferred to the Ministry of Security.
The idle people who are now in the department are Mu Yu and Jiang Ying, as well as Liu Jiao, who is also staying in the department, originally Ah San was also going to come, but Jiang Ying and his injured body have not yet recovered.
However, with Liu Jiao's joining, Mu Yu was a lot more relieved, after all, she had also cooperated with the other party, and she was really good at something, especially reliable.
"Three comrades, is there anything else you would like to know about this matter?" Chief Zhang Xing was on the side, waiting for the three of them to finish reading the information, two hours had passed, and seeing that the other party had not moved, he couldn't help but ask.
In the past two days, because of the strange rumors of this ghost ship, people here have been panicked, and many workers have already started to resign, plus the dead person has been confirmed, and most of the partners have begun to negotiate the withdrawal, how can people not be in a hurry.
Mu Yu raised his head and saw the man's anxious look, so he spoke: "We have seen the specific things in the report, and now I want to go to that freighter to see the situation, I wonder if you can arrange a traveling ship for us?" ”
"Eh! Good! I'll arrange it! For Mu Yu's suggestion, the chief was naturally happy, and it was more important than anything else to be able to deal with this matter as soon as possible.
The report was personally sorted out by the Ministry of Security, and it was handed over to them after they were here, and the information group of the Ministry of Security was naturally absolutely detailed, so Mu Yu did not ask the chief what relevant information he had, and directly proposed to check it, Jiang Ying thought that Mu Yu had more ideas than herself, and let him command this trip, while Liu Jiao didn't care who would command, so Mu Yu was able to hold the idea in this mission.
Earlier, the ship had been towed back to the dock for safety reasons, but the next day when people came to check on it, the ship was back to where it had been yesterday, and the guards who remained on board were unaware of the ship's movement at night, but when the number of people was counted, it was found that two people were missing.
After searching all over the cabin, there was no one to be seen, and the police who came to investigate the matter of the freighter also came, and the freighter was towed back again, but after a day of investigation, there was still no whereabouts, just as night fell, a team of members was also left to guard, and the next day the same situation happened, the freighter reappeared on the sea, but this time all the guards disappeared.
The strangeness and horror of the ship spread, and no one dared to tow it back to the dock anymore, and the news also attracted the attention of the society and the Internet, and various media rushed to report it.
At that time, the captain of a cargo ship testified that before the ghost ship appeared, he had seen a ship similar to the ship on the sea a thousand miles away from Fuso, and because he noticed the strange behavior of the ship and considered whether he needed help, the captain sent a signal to the ship, but the crew of the ship stood motionless on the deck of the ship without any response.
Later, when the captain ordered the crew to approach the ship, the ship had disappeared without a trace.
However, according to the information of this ship, it has also been broken by people on the Internet, some say that it is a ship that disappeared decades ago, and some say that the ghost ship from a hundred years ago reappeared, anyway, there are different opinions.
However, the information given by the Ministry of Security contains detailed information about the ship, and it is even more bizarre than the rumors on the Internet.
The ship, named Ryoei Maru, departed from Miki Port in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 18, 2023, and was captained by Miki Kizo, Miki Tokizo, and 11 other crew members who went out this time to transport a batch of goods, and set off again at 3 a.m. after docking in Chiba Prefecture the next day due to weather conditions.
The trip was about fifteen days, and the Ryōei Maru was supposed to return to port in early August, but the ship was gone after it departed.
Mu Yu boarded the wreck of the broken ship, and when he saw the rusty hull, it was hard to imagine that this was a ship that had just left the sea a month ago.
On board the hull, the tragic scene in the report was not seen, and by the time the police investigated, all the remains had been taken away, replaced by a white strip with a human silhouette, indicating that this was the location of the victim.
There is no dusty scene in the cabin that Mu Yu imagined, although the objects are lying on the ground in a mess, but the overall look is still clean, it seems that the hull is corroded like this, and the objects in the cabin have not changed much.
"What are we going to do now?" Jiang Ying asked Mu Yu and said that he had come to investigate the disappearance of the members, but so far, the information after boarding the ship is basically the same as in the report, and there is no direction that can be investigated.
Mu Yu is also speechless, how did this big stupid girl get transferred to the execution team, does she have no logical thinking ability at all?
"So far, it's been at night, so now we just have to wait and see what happens here at night."
"So what are we going to do now?"
"Looking for something, a logbook, I want to know what's going on on this ship." Mu Yu pushed open the first mate's room, and it was the first mate's job to record the logbook.
In the report, it is mentioned that the police officers found nothing when they searched for the logbook, and if they could find it, they would know what happened during this period, and if there is no information recorded, at least they can know when the ship went missing.
Jiang Ying thought about it like this, and felt that it made sense, so she turned to other rooms to look for it, and Liu Jiao went to the cabin command room.
After searching for a while, the two heard Liu Jiao's call: "Found it!" ”
The two quickly made their way to the cabin, only to see each other holding a small signal pen.
Mu Yu also knew why the police couldn't find the logbook, even he had a preconceived idea that it was a diary, but he didn't expect the crew on this ship to be so chicken thieves, using a signal pen to record, which was mixed with the debris everywhere on the ground, it was really difficult to find, and the police stayed on the ship for a day, and there was an accident, and there was no time to investigate everywhere.
"I've seen someone record things with such a signal pen before, so when I first saw it, I noticed it, and after listening to it, it was indeed a logbook." Liu Jiao handed over the signal pen to Mu Yu and told her how to use it.
Mu Yu returned to the place where the signal pen had originally recorded and started playing.
There was a sound of rustling, and after a while, a deep male voice came, which was a Fusang dialect, which was originally intended to test whether the recording was normal.
Jiang Ying raised her hand and tapped it twice on her wrist. said to Mu Yu: "This bracelet has a translator, you can adjust it in the settings, you can understand what the other party is saying." ”
Mu Yu sighed again that this thing is really practical and powerful, and he is still worried that he can't understand Fusang language, and the person who designed this thing is really a genius.
The three of them debugged it before playing the log again.
The original Fusang has become fluent in Chinese at this time, and the tone is not an uncomfortable machine sound.
That really made Mu Yu praise the designer twice again, it's so fucking human!
The man was telling about the setting sail, and he could hear the laughter and playfulness of the crew here, thinking that when they first set sail, everyone did not expect that it would turn out like this.
Everyone was still singing and laughing, and now looking at the broken ship, it was warm and lively.
After that, it was all the men's boring and boring records, what they passed by, what the beach was, what the direction was, and even how many buckets of water were used, and the amount of food was recorded in this log.
Hearing that Mu Yu and the others were drowsy, it was indeed that except for the landmarks and directions, everything else seemed too smooth and unrefreshing.
But when the log came to July 27th, the real event came.