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After the initial adaptation period, life at sea is still very monotonous.
Before I knew it, another day had passed, and the next day was still sunny, the wind was gentle and the waves were calm, but looking forward and backward, it was blue.
Occasionally, seabirds flutter their wings and descend from high altitudes, resting on their masts and ship sides.
Xia Ren took some crumbs of dried bread and sprinkled them on the deck, watching with interest as the seabirds pecked at them, their long legs jumping on the plank.
He was sitting in the bow of the boat, feeling the watery sea breeze on the other side, squinting in the pale golden light.
"Xia Gongzi..."Tian Mengrou, who was riding clogs, carefully walked from the side of the boat, carefully leaning on the iron edge of the cabin to the bow of the boat, and shouted softly: "I just brought some oranges, I want to eat more fruits when I go to sea." ”
Although the sea breeze was not strong, the wind in the open area was still far better than the land, blowing away her long hair, which had been carefully coiled.
She held the basket in one hand and tried to straighten the butterfly hairpins on her sideburns with the other.
A sudden cross current caused the ship to shake.
"Oops. She exclaimed, and the clogs on her feet were forced to turn sideways, and the whole person actually threw herself towards the side of the ship.
Outside the ship is a calm and gentle blue, which seems to be calm, but it is a place where countless lives are nurtured and buried.
It is both a cradle and a cemetery.
If she doesn't hold on to the railing, or if her hand slips. I'm afraid I'll die directly in the sea.
A basket of oranges fell sideways at the same time and flew out.
"Ahh
There's the sea below, and if you fall, you'll never recover.
At this moment, an unsheathed katana sword lay across her shoulder, the blade silent as a mountain, without the slightest trembling, and quickly maintained her body, making her tilt but still.
Xia Ren didn't know when he was already squatting on the railing, his left arm was slightly forced, and he immediately pushed Tian Mengrou back to the boat.
"Hey, be careful next time. ”
Tian Mengrou looked up at the young man with the sun behind him, he was squatting on the iron railing like a god, although his face was immersed in the darkness and couldn't see clearly, but it was too chic...
It can satisfy all the fantasies of the amorous girl about the hero.,Of course, the premise is that the amorous girl doesn't know what the man in front of her has done..
For example, the red leaf ghost town that has been turned into a forbidden place, such as the Dongchuan Road that was almost destroyed, and the change of ownership of Qinglian Villa in the "Five Great Mountain Villas" that mortals have never even heard of.
"Thanks... Thank you!" Tian Mengrou's cheeks were a little hot, of course, half of the situation was like this, and the other half was really moved.
Xia Ren's katana was not exhausted, and once again drew a slight arc, and a large yellow orange that fell fell steadily on the tip of the knife.
He leapt from the railing like a seabird, inserting the ordinary katana back into his waist as he grabbed the orange that had been tossed in mid-air, and fled.
It's late at night, and if there is no abnormality, you will be able to enter Amaterasu Port at dusk tomorrow.
Xia Ren sat with his eyes closed, thinking about how to deal with the series of problems he was about to face.
In the closed cabin, a burst of candlelight flickered, his eyes suddenly opened, his heart felt something, pushed the door out, but saw the wall fire in the passage flickering, pulling his figure up and down, bright and uncertain.
There was no wind, and the hatch was closed...
He squinted and slowly walked along the passage. The snoring of the crew members in the cabin on both sides slowly died down, revealing an eerie silence.
It was nearly midnight, and only the samurai on the bridge and the sailors on duty on the ground floor hid the night watch.
Xia Ren walked down the dark staircase to the top floor, pushed the door open, and a cold wind rushed from the door, carrying a cold chill.
With the strength of his arm, he pushed the door all the way to the end, but it was darkness as far as he could see.
The lights in the wheelhouse, which were always on, were all turned off, and the mustachioed samurai at the helm was not at the helm, but on the contrary, there was a figure lying on the yellow-veined wooden table, which seemed to be asleep.
On the four-legged wooden chair for the lookout, a figure with his head tilted sits with his back to the door.
There is usually only one person in the cab, especially late at night, how can there be people?
Xia Ren suddenly became vigilant, and all this in front of him was a sign that something was happening.
He strode along the outer wall, walked to the side of the high chair, and by the faint moonlight, he finally saw clearly... The person on the high chair turned out to be Kobayashi-kun!
So who is lying on the yellow-veined wooden table, next to the servo?
Wait a minute...
He flicked the mustachioed samurai on the high chair with his katana, snapped... The person in the high chair shook slightly, and his head immediately rolled down, and he still laughed weirdly.
Dodo...
Xia Ren suddenly turned around, but saw that the wooden rudder suddenly turned, and no one was controlling it at all.
"No, it won't." He hurried out, his katana leveled, and picked up the man lying on the wooden table from a distance, turning him over so that his cheeks were exposed to the moonlight.
It's still that mustachioed samurai, Kobayashi-kun!
Almost at this moment, Xia Ren's figure retreated sharply, pulling away to a moderate distance.
Krakala...
There was a strange sound behind him, and the headless corpse actually stood up.
Xia Ren drew his knife at will, and swung out a few cold rays, and the headless corpse was suddenly broken into several pieces.
A few pieces of the human body were scattered on the ground, but they suddenly turned into pieces of white clothes...
That white color seems to be a doctor's gown in a hospital.
Soon, the pieces of the white doctor's gown were reassembled and draped over Kobayashi-kun's body, and a strange sound came from him.
"Who is it?"
Xia Ren turned his head sharply, his eyes quickly observed in the cab, and he instinctively felt that there was still a presence here.
"You... Are you looking for me?"
A female voice came from in front of her.
Xia Ren looked up, but saw that the mustachioed warrior had straightened up, but his face was unusually pale, his pupils were wide, revealing a look of horror, and the white coat was hanging on his shoulders like a cloak. It's just that the size of the white coat is obviously smaller, and it is worn by a petite woman.
"Follow me... The possession doesn't last long..."
Her voice was jerky, hoarse, and odd, and she turned stiffly and slowly pushed the door open.
Xia Ren frowned, but still chose to go up with her.
The two figures descended to the bottom floor, and quickly turned around to a corner of the bottom, which was already abandoned, and the door was blocked with a mountain of rotting wooden boxes.
"Please move away..."
Xia Ren glanced at "Kobayashi-kun" and opened the box with bated breath, the seafood in the box was obviously placed, and it emitted an extremely heavy fishy smell.
Ten minutes later, the box parted, revealing one of the passages, and at the end was a door nailed by more than a dozen thick wooden planks and thick iron nails, and there was a faint smell of blood and foul smell coming from it.
"Please open..."
Xia Ren directly drew his katana and cut a few gaps in the wooden door, and then kicked the door open.
One of the naked and decomposed corpses was revealed, and the tear marks on her lower body were still visible.
"Kobayashi-kun" walked to a quick place and said, "Below..."
It was a floor that was more concave than the rest of the floor, and Xia Ren reached into it and pulled out a picture frame.
In the frame is an oil painting: in the wisteria flower arrangement, a couple with bright smiles, both wearing clean white coats, are obviously doctors.
"Oh . . . It's you. Xia Ren looked at the girl in the oil painting, wearing an embroidered foreign sunhat, with a ladylike atmosphere, smiling very sweetly, she was full of happiness and snuggled up to the tall, sunny man.
He looked at the miserable corpses on the cold ground again, and couldn't help but feel a chill.
"Say, what do you want to do? Don't think that I am afraid of you or pity you when you look like this. If you ask for something, you must pay for it, have you thought about it?" Xia Ren said lightly.
"I won't hurt you... Your arrival has helped me out... And, they don't know..."Kobayashi-kun's eyes stared directly at the cyan bead on Xia Ren's chest, revealing a hint of awe.
"Say what you want to do. ”
"Kill that negative man... He's in Amaterasu Port..."Kobayashi-kun's eyes showed an extremely resentful and hateful look.
"And as a reward, the Red Ocean Cloud Pill turned into a cursed ghost ship... You can be his master..."
Xia Ren squinted, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay then, let's talk about the details." ”
What is really missing, at least, the ship to return to the Tianlong Continent has already been found, isn't it?