Chapter 14: Inside the Ship
Likong shook his head slightly and said, "You and I can guess, why bother." ”
"Hehe......" He chuckled and continued: "Of course I know that Xiaolong can't die this time, but he will definitely suffer a living crime, just let you guess how long he will last this time." ”
"How long?" said Kong, shaking his head and saying: "What's the difference between a day and a minute, Xiaolong's body is strong, those guys don't have intelligence, if they attack brutally, they will definitely be frustrated, and the result will not be the same after the end, that is, you and I are like Xiaolong who don't know why, and if you fall into it, you will shed your skin if you don't die." ”
He nodded in agreement, and when he saw that his brother was no longer speechless, he closed his eyes again and meditated on pranayama.
At this time, Wang Lung naturally didn't know what kind of trouble he would encounter, and after entering the upper layer of the bottom of the boat, he found that this place was no longer as empty as the bottom of the boat, and many places could not be seen at all without turning around or borrowing the road.
There was no danger in the sight, and he didn't see the small trash fish mentioned in his mouth, Wang Lung looked up at the top of his head, there was still a layer of boat planks above, and it seemed that those small trash fish were still on the top layer.
The place where the body stands is the end of a layer, although Wang Lung came up alone to investigate, but did not relax at all, he understood that this seabed is Ao Qing's territory, and he will encounter danger at any time, this ship appeared here suddenly, there is no sign at all, and it is empty to remind himself to see, if it is not the level set by Ao Qing, he will not believe it.
The two brothers didn't know that Wang Lung could have this kind of thought, thinking that he lacked vigilance and would remember it if he suffered more, but he didn't know that after Wang Lung escaped from the mouth of the giant snake, he already understood that from the moment he went to the sea, the experience prepared for him by Ao Qing, the guardian of water, had already begun.
As the saying goes, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. Ever since he had been to the Green Plains Star once, Wang Lung had understood that arrogance would eventually lead to its own consequences, and if he wanted to go further on the path of cultivation, he had to be cautious, and he might be able to get away with it once he was careless. But a person can bear several mistakes in his life, and if he does not change his teachings, he will eventually die.
Moving cautiously all the way, Wang Lung couldn't stop looking around with his eyes, and whenever he heard any sound, he had to stop first to make sure that there was no danger before continuing to move forward.
This floor of the cabin, except for the aisle is quite smooth, the rest of the place is uneven, walking more than 20 meters. Nothing was found, Wang Lung rarely took a boat, and he knew very little about the internal structure of the hull, and some strange things were connected to the hull, and he couldn't distinguish the function.
With a soft sound, Wang Lung stopped, his left foot seemed to touch something, and he looked down. A strange object came into view, and he leaned down to pick it up. It is more than three meters long, and if you look closely, it is somewhat familiar, as if you have seen it somewhere.
After thinking about it, Wang Lung suddenly remembered that this should be the Changge held in the hands of those warrior statues. This thing has been severely eroded by the sea, rusty, and the front of Changge has been corroded and deformed, if he hadn't seen it before, he wouldn't have thought of it.
Wang Lung was going to throw Chang Ge away. But before the movement of the hand was made, a question suddenly came to mind.
Only soldiers and generals will use this kind of weapon, transport ships are mostly used for cargo transportation, even if there are guards, they should be armed with long knives and swords, Changge was a sharp weapon in land warfare in ancient times, isn't this ship a transport ship?
Thinking of this, Wang Lung looked at his feet again, trying to find out if there were any other weapons, sure enough, he didn't take a few steps, and it was another Changge, and there was a weapon next to that Changge that was broken for an unknown number of knots, due to serious damage, it was impossible to tell what kind of weapon it was, but it could be seen from the appearance that it was definitely not a Changge style.
With this discovery, Wang Lung divided his attention into two parts, one side to focus on the situation around him to avoid falling into danger, and the other side to search for possible weapons on the ground in order to discern the specific purpose of the ship.
It is said that when he found an ancient weapon, he didn't care what Wang Lung was, but he was too careful, and any suspicious point could be a trap, so he had to search slowly.
When he reached the middle of this layer, Wang Lung had found no less than 100 weapons, Changge was the most, and the other weapons were also roughly the same, it is not difficult to deduce that there are two kinds of weapons in this ship, Changge and an unknown weapon, and the original purpose of this ship can also be guessed from the shape of the hull and the number of weapons, which is nothing more than two functions.
One is that this ship was originally used for weapons sales, and the other is to transport sergeants, apart from these two functions, Wang Lung can't think of anything else.
If you want to confirm your conjecture, it is actually very simple, if it is a weapon sale, then there are not many people on this ship, the cabin is empty, and there are more storage, if it is to transport sergeants, there must be a lot of personnel, and the sea voyage is not short, there must be cabins for sergeants to rest, and there are quite a few of them.
After understanding, Wang Lung saw that his gaze was withdrawn from under his feet, and carefully recalled the hull structure he had seen on the way, which was neither like a warehouse nor a rest cabin, and his eyes looked into the distance, it was still very messy, and perhaps he would gain something from the next floor.
Ignoring his feet, Wang Lung walked straight down the aisle to the opposite side, the aisle was not straight, and every time he reached a fork in the road, he would look carefully to make sure that nothing would move forward.
Due to the slow speed of walking, the distance of 100 meters took more than 20 minutes, and there was no gain except for those weapons along the way, but Wang Lung did not plan to collect those weapons, for no other reason, those weapons were corroded and broken, and the appearance was not well preserved, which still had some value for archaeology, but it was worthless to him.
Atlantis is a legend, and this place is Ao Qing's territory, he doesn't want to take away those broken copper and iron, if he inadvertently reveals it, it will definitely cause trouble, not to mention that he is not interested in archaeology, since it is a legend, let Atlantis remain silent.
Walking to the end of the other side, Wang Lung looked up at the top of his head, there was no passage above, and there were a lot of them on the way when he came, but most of them were closed, only one place was open, and it was still in the middle, enough for the two to pass side by side.
Walking slowly back to the middle passage, Wang Lung raised his eyes and looked up, still found nothing, looked around, there was nothing worth paying attention to in this layer, and as soon as his feet were slightly forced, his body floated upward.
Again, as at the beginning, head out and enter the upper floor, first look around the situation, and then enter without any danger.
As soon as his head was halfway out, Wang Lung spotted a straight aisle. On both sides of the aisle were rooms standing side by side, just as I had just guessed.
Seeing that there was no danger, the body as a whole floated out, standing in the aisle, Wang Lung looked back and forth a few times, and the figure of the little trash fish was still invisible. Taking two steps forward, he stood between the two hatches, both of which were open, and the interior of the room was unobstructed, except for the bed that was fixed to the hull of the ship.
The bed is divided into two layers, and due to the long-term immersion in the seawater, the bed frame has been corroded and rusted, and there are signs of fracture everywhere. The bed is crooked, and if it weren't for the fact that it was connected to the hull, I am afraid that it would not be able to distinguish its original appearance.
There are more than 50 beds in each room, and this is only a calculation based on the size of the space, and it is impossible to verify how many were placed in the first place.
The hatches on both sides are opposite, and this layer is relatively longer than the lower one, which is only one hundred and twenty or thirty meters. There was only one hallway and a room for the sergeant to rest, and nothing else.
Since it is right in the middle position when entering. Wang Lung can only choose one direction to explore first, this situation of choosing one of the two is not difficult for Wang Lung at all, he will not consider whether there is danger in which direction and which is safe, just search for it according to the position within the reach of his eyes, anyway, after searching this side, he will explore the other side.
Not all of the sergeants' resting quarters were open. Most of them are closed, and every time Wang Lung encounters a closed hatch, he first opens it according to the original method, and if it really doesn't work, he will use huge profits.
In fact, Wang Lung already knew in his heart that the inside of these hatches must be similar. It doesn't matter if the door is opened or not, he has the idea of what if, after all, there are sergeants living here, and the generals who lead the army also have to live, and the sergeants estimate that they have no wealth, but the generals are generally rich and oily, and in the absence of danger, wouldn't it be worthwhile to take the sheep by the hand.
Wang Lung thought well, but unfortunately he was destined to be disappointed, it was not that he didn't find the cabin where the general lived, but after opening it, he found that although there were not many beds inside, it was still empty, not to mention the gold ingots, even if he didn't see a copper plate.
I can't help but be disappointed, Wang Lung does not give up, when he walks to the end of the aisle, a hanging ladder comes into view, there are two of this hanging ladder on this floor, one at each end of the aisle, the size and style are not the same, there is only one difference, that is, one is open, one is closed.
I raised my eyes again and looked overhead, but I still didn't find anything, the ladder can lead to the upper floor, according to the initial estimate of the shipwreck, this ship is only three floors, I have already explored two floors, and if the bottom layer is not counted, then this ladder is the lead to the deck.
Although the puppet snake has retreated, but this news is empty to inform, with the two empty brothers, you can release your divine sense to take a good look, whether entering the deck means that you can get out of the shipwreck, if the giant snake comes back and hides on the side and waits for the opportunity, but he doesn't know, and the two brothers are not by their side at this time, if the puppet snake gives himself a guard, what is the difference between going out of the river and sending him to death.
Wang Lung hesitated a little, and wanted to go out to take a look, but he was afraid that the giant snake would be on the side, and it would be difficult to make a decision for a while.
It was also a choice of two, but this time it stumped him, after all, it was a matter of his own life, and Wang Lung had to make a careful choice.
Suddenly, the sound of the thorn came into his ears, like a spark emitting from a wire, Wang Lung wondered in his heart, could it be the sound of those small miscellaneous fish, once said that there were small miscellaneous fish living here inside the boat, but the sound was not like that of fish and shrimp, could it be that the puppet snake really went and returned?
But it was different when he saw it, he had been wrestling with the serpent for hours, and the puppet snake had not made such a sound.
There will definitely be danger, but I don't know what the extent is, since I have come to this point, it will definitely not work if I don't go to see it, Wang Lung finally made a decision to go up and see what is going on.
Along the slope of the hanging ladder, Wang Lung carefully floated upward, and only when his eyes could see things did he stop and look around.
Sure enough, it was the deck, and there was no longer a hull above the head, and all kinds of rocks and corals stood overhead, and the pressure was so low that normal people could not walk upright, even if they squatted down.
Seeing that there was no danger around, Wang Lung slowly floated his body up and lay on the deck to advance a little bit.
At this time, Wang Long's position is exactly the head of the wreck, the deck is wide, but it is blocked by coral, and his vision is somewhat limited.
Entering the deck, I didn't encounter danger for a while, but unfortunately I couldn't walk upright and the speed was too slow.
Since this ship is a warship for transporting sergeants, then the deck must be empty, and there is no trouble in sailing in peacetime, so it is used here to train soldiers, in addition to this deck, it is said that there should also be an operation cabin, but unfortunately it cannot be seen for the time being, and it can only be groped forward a little bit.
The words are simple, wait for Wang Lung to crawl for nearly half an hour, only to faintly see an outline, it must be the operation room is true, the whole wreck has been turned over by itself, and there is never a small miscellaneous fish, Wang Lung guessed, since the so-called small miscellaneous fish can be found, then there is only one place to hide, that is, the front operation room.
Crawling slowly, when there are still twenty or thirty meters away from the operation room, then I can see its appearance, although it has been eroded by the sea, but it is not damaged, and the operation room of an ordinary ship is roughly the same, but the space is larger than the current ship, at least ten times.
Wang Lung swam to the door of the operation room, and did not immediately open the door to enter, but wanted to see the internal situation first, where this little miscellaneous fish was sacred, and the movement that came out could be transmitted to the bottom of the boat.
There is only one door in the operation room, although this door is closed, but it is seriously damaged, even if it is not opened, it can crawl in, Wang Lung just showed his head and looked in, only a glance, and saw a light green light flashing, with a stinging sound. (To be continued......)