Chapter 282: Qi Monkey
I doubtfully picked up the telescope and looked into the distance. At this time, the ship was still far away from us, but it can be roughly judged that this ship should be much larger than ours. It should be a giant ocean-going ship, drifting in the distance.
In the darkness and thick fog, it was difficult to see clearly what was going on on the deck and whether there was anything unclean, but the flag floating on the bow of the ship was clearly visible. It was indeed a sword crossed with a shield.
I gave the binoculars to Lao Bai and the others again, turned around and was about to speak, but I saw Shunzi burst into tears at some point.
His symptoms of dehydration were very severe, his face was pale, and he was extremely weak, but he kept mumbling to himself: "Dago... Dad... Dad..."
I had goosebumps all over my body, and I couldn't help but have a very shocking idea, so I kicked the old one-eyed man, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately asked: "Could it be that... this Daku is the ship that Shunzi's father used?"
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The old one-eyed man nodded numbly, and after a while he slowly told us about the Taku.
This ship can be said to be one of the few ocean-going ships in the Hai Gang. It was launched in Tianjin Port that year, so it was named Dagu and has been responsible for overseas exploration.
Shunzi's father's name is Luo Songyuan. As Old Man Shi said, he is extremely talented and promising. When the ship was launched, he was directly appointed as the captain because he was good at using swords and shields and his style was extremely fierce and brave.
Therefore, his flag is his weapon. It is unique in the entire sea gang, and Old One-Eye will never admit it wrong.
It has been exactly ten years since Luo Songyuan's Dagu boat disappeared in District 17!
In other words, the Dagu boat has been floating here for ten years?!
Ten years is a long time, enough to change a lot. If a ship floats for ten years without maintenance and control, it will almost become a piece of scrap metal, right?
But I saw through the telescope that the ship was still very well preserved, especially the flag on the bow, which didn't look rotten at all. It was really weird!
For a while, a few of us gradually calmed down and thought about whether we should go to the ship to have a look.
"Yes, I must!"
Old One-eye licked his lips, but unfortunately there was no saliva in his mouth. Instead, he licked all the skin on his lips. With a gleam of excitement in his eyes, he said: "Our fresh water has been exhausted. We have to rely on that half-open mouth."
You can't drink too much of the membrane-separated seawater. If we continue like this, we won't be able to carry it for a few more days. Rather than dying of thirst here, we might as well go there and take a gamble. Even if there is something, with Mr. Zhang here, what are we afraid of?
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Lao Bai's eyes lit up: "Are you sure there is fresh water on that boat?!"
"There must be some!!"
The old one-eyed man nodded fiercely: "The Daku is a giant ship of 10,000 tons. It is not comparable to our small broken ship. It will store at least three hundred tons of fresh water on it, and there is water making equipment on the ship. Even here
Even if the sea water has been treated with water-making equipment, it is not drinkable, but the three hundred tons of fresh water are enough to save lives. As far as I know, the Dagu had just been replenished at the dock not long before the accident, and it was impossible to have fresh water on the ship.
Even if it has been consumed for ten years, some of it must have been stored. Although it has gone bad a bit, but... it will not kill you if you boil it!!
Moreover, our ship is broken down, even if the Taku is inoperable, there must be a lifeboat on the ship. With the lifeboat, we can at least control the direction by ourselves, right?"
After he finished speaking, not only Lao Bai, but also the usually cautious Brother Yao Zi was moved.
Indeed, if we continue to waste time on this broken ship, death is waiting for us!
"But how are we going to get there?"
Zhang Xinya said with some embarrassment: "You can't just swim over like this, right? The sea water here is very evil. If we go in alive, our strength will be reduced by 50%. There must be sharks under the water. When the time comes, they will swarm up. This
Something is going to happen..."
Before she could finish her words, my master suddenly interrupted her: "We don't have to go there, the Dagu is coming towards us!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. The situation of the ship was already strange, but my master’s words were even more shocking!!
"dad……"
Shunzi jumped up and shouted: "It must be my dad, he must be on the boat!!"
Several of us looked at each other in shock. The Daku has been drifting here for ten years. Even if the ship sails on the ocean for a long enough time, it will not be able to float for ten years without docking. To put it bluntly, the people on the ship are sure
Die early!
Could it be... a ghost ship?!
The more I think about it, the more it seems possible.
"No matter what it is, this ship is aboard. If it doesn't come, we have to go there. It's just the right time for it to come!"
My master put his hands behind his hands and said calmly: "Xinya, take out the water you have separated in the past two days. Let everyone drink some to regain their strength and prepare to seize the ship!!"
His words were the final word. With a command, Zhang Xinya took out all the fresh water.
There is evil in this water. Originally, I could only drink a small cup a day. I couldn't bear more. But now that the crisis is coming, who can care about it? I drank a bottle of water, and it was like drinking cold ice. In an instant,
A cold breath filled my body. I shivered unconsciously, and the coldness became more and more serious. I immediately sat down and meditated in a posture with five hearts in the sky. It’s not that there is anything magical about this meditation.
The key to its effectiveness is that it can make me calm down and feel clear-headed, so that I won’t be overwhelmed by evil spirits!
Time passes minute by minute.
The Taku ship was just as my master expected. It slowly drove out of the darkness and broke through the fog. We finally got a glimpse of its whole picture. The roar of the internal combustion engine broke the peace here, and billowing smoke spewed out of the exhaust pipe.
White smoke.
"You bastard, someone is really driving the boat!!"
Lao Bai jumped up, holding on to the railing with both hands, staring at the ship, and said to himself: "Is this ship a fairy? It has been trapped here for more than ten years, how can it still have fuel?"
No one can answer this question!
This is all so weird and full of unreality.
I stood up silently. After a period of adaptation, the evil spirit in my body temporarily stabilized, so I awakened the Tianguan Blade and held the Baipi knife on guard. Unfortunately, compared with that giant ship, our small broken ship was really weak.
It was so small that I couldn't see clearly. Even if I raised my head, I couldn't clearly see the situation on the opposite deck. Seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer to us, my whole body's nerves were shattered to the extreme.
As a result, the strange thing was that when the Daku reached a distance of less than 100 meters from us, the ship actually made a whistle sound of "wuwuwu", and the huge hull like a prehistoric monster gradually stopped, obviously
When the power is turned off, the roar of the internal combustion engine can no longer be heard.
Several of us looked at each other, not sure what this meant.
At this time, Old One Eye said with a strange expression: "Listen to this whistle, one long, one short, and another long. The other party is asking to contact us!"
"Hey, it's his grandma's fault. I have been wandering around in the world for most of my life, and this is the first time I have encountered this situation."
Lao Bai sneered and said: "The Yin soldier thought he was alive and continued to fight after he died. Is it possible that the ghost on the other side is the same way? He still wants to be a sailor after he dies?"
Old One Eye looked at my master: "Mr. Zhang, what should we do now?"
My master thought for a while and said: "Since the other party didn't come to force us, we won't come to force them either. Let's find out what's going on. In this case, you go and reply to him and say that we need rescue here!"
Old One-eye hurriedly ran towards the cockpit. This small fishing boat was almost broken, but there should be no problem with the whistle. Soon Old One-eye responded, three short and one long, and the whistle sound was like a broken gong...
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Soon, the Daku ship on the opposite side responded again, one long, one short, another long and one short, four times in total. Old One Eye came out of the cabin with a happy face, and the other party actually agreed.
After a while, two rescue boats were launched into the water, and the Daku was like dumplings being dropped, with three people getting off one after another.
I have been looking at the situation over there through the telescope, and I can only roughly see that they are three men. I can't be sure whether they are people or something. Of course, in my subconscious, I am more inclined to think that these are not people, because there is no one.
People can survive in such a harsh environment for ten years!
The two rescue boats moved very quickly and arrived close in the blink of an eye.
A group of us had already been on guard by the guardrail, so naturally we got a clear look at each other's appearance for the first time.
The leader was a man in his forties, with a medium build but very strong, with a full face of beard. There was a hideous scar from a knife on his face, which went diagonally from the corner of his right eye to his left chin. He was probably stabbed in the face by someone.
It was a miracle that they could survive one knife attack. Perhaps because of their long-term wandering, the eyes of these three people were slightly red.
I stared at these three people for a long time, and the more I looked, the more frightened I became...
No matter how you look at it, these are three people!!
No, they are still panting. The temperature here is very low, and you can see the white breath puffing out between the mouths and noses of these three people.
I was unsure of the situation and glanced at my master subconsciously, only to see that my master also looked surprised!
Others are frightened when they see ghosts, but in this place, seeing people is more frightening than seeing ghosts!!
"Qi Monkey?"
"Qi...Uncle Qi?"
Lao Duyan and Shunzi exclaimed almost at the same time.
When the man on the rescue boat heard the two people exclaiming, he subconsciously raised his head and looked towards us. He first glanced at Shunzi and frowned, as if he didn't recognize him. Then he looked at Old One-eye, and the more he looked, the more he looked at us.
His expression became more and more weird. After a while, he asked tentatively: "Are you... Old One-eyed?"
Seeing this, I was even more confused. What was going on? Even if there were still people left alive on a ship that had been lost for ten years, these people who came off looked like... acquaintances?
Chapter completed!