The dial-up conch that suddenly disconnected from contact and the dense fog that suddenly rose around the hull also aroused Gu Yunling's vigilance.

As an experienced captain, he immediately left the captain's room and gathered the sailors and soldiers scattered throughout the deck.

"Anchor and stop the ship immediately, Zhengqi, you take two teams of people into the cabin to patrol, especially the bottom cabin, and report back immediately if you have anything to ask. ”

Standing under the mast, Gu Yunling frowned and looked at the already blurred side of the ship, the intensity of the fog was really beyond expectations, he paused, and then said,

"Qian Lin, Wang Bonian, each of you will take a team of men and horses to patrol along the side of the ship, pay attention to the surrounding situation, and the rest of the sailors will return to the cabin, and the sergeant will take the captain's room here as the core, rest on the spot, and wait for dispatch!"

Lu Jing said that when he encountered a dense fog, he would return to the cabin, but Gu Yunling didn't hear it, but the problem was that the ships of the two sides had an essential difference.

The total length of the Tide Current is only 20 meters, and you can hear the situation of the whole ship while sitting in the captain's room, and it will not have any impact when you enter the cabin, but their ship is different, although it is temporarily leased, the scale and quality are not as good as the official ships, but how small can a ship that can carry hundreds of people.

If they were all in the cabin, they would not be able to detect an attack from outside, and the situation would only get worse.

Woo~Woo~

As soon as Gu Yunling's side started the operation, the sound of a signal flare launching into the air sounded nearby.

"This is the signal given by the Tide, and the sound is behind us, not far away...... Captain, it may be that they want to use flares to determine our position in order to get closer. ”

The old man with a goatee twisted in his right hand said and looked at the young man beside him,

"You go get a few flares and send them back. ”

"Yes, master. ”

The young man threw his leg over and went to the cabin to get the flare.

The old man's idea was correct, although Lu Jing closed the steam power room of the Tide Flow at the first time, he did not immediately retract the sails, but used the wind to let the Tide continue to move forward.

The reason for this is very simple, they are not far from Gu Yunling's ship, and they can completely get up with the previous momentum, in this dense fog environment, compared to a lone ship docking at sea, it is obviously not as safe as two ships approaching.

The distance between the two sides was no more than 100 meters, and with signal flares reminding each other, the Tide appeared behind the ship where Gu Yunling was located after a while.

"It's about the same distance, deflect direction, take advantage of this momentum to slide next to them, put the sail in first, wait until you get in the spot, and then drop anchor. ”

Lu Jing stood in the captain's room, looking at the signal flare rising from the stern in front of him, and contacted Xu Yu in the wheelhouse through the sound transmission conch.

Although the dial-up conch is problematic, the Transsion conch is a good product that it spent a lot of money to buy, and it is a short-distance communication, so it is not affected.

Fu Ju next to him immediately controlled the sand and iron puppet that was originally parked next to the mast and began to operate the sails, looking at the figure moving back and forth on the side of the opposite ship, he couldn't help but say,

"They don't seem to be going into the cabin, do you want to be reminded again?"

"No need, the situation on Gu Yunling's side is different from ours, it is impossible for everyone to enter the cabin to hide, let's just take care of ourselves...... Xu, you stay in the helmhouse with Gorman and keep in touch. ”

Lu Jing didn't plan to retract all the people into the cabin, the captain's room was only a few steps away from the wheelhouse, and because the wheelhouse was equipped with a large piece of glass, the view was better than the captain's room, and it was the control center of the Tideflow, so it naturally couldn't be empty.

As the people on the two ships made their own arrangements, the time passed imperceptibly, and it was already evening, and the darkening sky deepened the already thick fog again, and the visibility was inevitably compressed.

Click~click~click~

The two ships turned on their searchlights one after the other, hoping to ensure a view from the deck.

The dim gas light cut through the thick fog, barely illuminating a small part of the area, but also revealing the churning fog around it, and despite all the wisdom that told everyone that this was normal, it was still annoying.

The Tide Stream remained silent, there was a non-living carrying item like an iron golem, and Lu Jing and the others simply rested in the captain's room and wheelhouse, anyway, they didn't plan to sail at night.

Lu Jing was petting the cat, Fu Ju was studying the design drawings, and Xu Chu and Gorman were chatting with each other.

Of course, both control the sound.

On the other hand, Gu Yunling's side is much more troublesome, there are nearly 100 people on the ship, dinner is always to be eaten, and the distribution of dry food and water will inevitably lead to people moving around, and the movement is not small, Gu Yunling can't do anything about this, these people have psychological pressure when they enter the forbidden area, if they can't even guarantee food, they will definitely have to make a big move.

In the end, we can only send more people to patrol and do a good job of early warning.

......

"Always be careful of the situation outside the boat, if there is a strange sound other than the sound of water, be sure to alert as soon as possible!"

Holding the long knife at his waist in one hand and walking on the side of the ship with a kerosene lamp in the other, Wang Bonian withdrew his gaze from the Tidal Current next to him, and turned around to remind the team members behind.

"Captain, if this fog doesn't clear, we can't keep patrolling like this, and we haven't eaten dinner yet. ”

Holding his rumbling belly, the thin young man complained,

"Isn't it just a fog, didn't you often encounter it when you went to sea before, making a fuss......

"Shut up, Master Gu's orders are also arranged by you here, if you don't want to be beaten, cheer me up!"

Wang Bonian raised his leg to make a look of wanting to kick over, the young man hurriedly shrunk his body, with a smile on his face, and was about to say something, but his expression suddenly stiffened, and then he looked behind Wang Bonian with a stunned face.

"Captain, you, there's a bird parked on the side of the boat behind you!"

Someone stammered next to me.

"It's not normal for seabirds to rest on the side of the boat on this foggy day...... Grass!"

Looking at the expressions on the faces of the team members, Wang Bonian, who was vaguely aware of something, immediately turned around and drew his knife, and saw the "bird" parked on the side of the boat only one meter away from him at a glance, and immediately felt that his scalp was numb, and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

It was about the size of a normal seagull, but its feathers were stained with blood, and not only that, but its chest and abdomen were bloated like sarcoma.

The supposedly small and agile head turned sideways in a twisted posture, and there were no eyeballs in the bloody eye frame, only a tentacle that looked like a meat maggot.

Ga!!!

Under the gaze, it let out a sharp hiss, flapped its wings, and rushed towards Wang Bonian, who was standing in the distance because of this terrifying scene, while scattering the filthy blood and rotten flesh.

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