twin moon

Chapter 3 Prologue

"Wake up, wake up quickly!"

A rush of slaps on the face brought Yan Yan's consciousness, which was drifting in dreams and memories, back to reality.He struggled to lift his heavy eyelids upwards, and the blurry figure standing in front of him was vaguely reflected in a pair of ink pupils with water marks.

"Boy, the boat is about to sink, so hurry up and run with me while you still have your life!"

It was the ship's cook who woke up the boy.After all, they were at a growing age, and Jiang Yan often went to help him in private in exchange for some food to fill his stomach that never seemed to be full, and they were considered acquainted with each other.It's just that the young man didn't expect that this bald man opposite him, who was usually obedient to everyone, would be the only one who took the risk to save him at this time.

The chef's tone revealed the slightest undisguised panic, and he used his usual meat-cutting knife to cut the ropes that bound the black-eyed boy.Jiangyan's vision gradually became clearer, and he finally noticed a strange blue light flickering under the dark sea around the tiger-head flying fish boat.

"That light is... what?"

"God knows what is shining in the water! But suddenly countless eddies appeared in the sea, and a big hole was opened in the bottom of the boat somehow! The keel has been severely damaged now, if you don't want to sink to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish, just shut up and follow me !"

Chef, who had never blushed before, suddenly roared at Jiang Yan.Only then did the young man notice that the sound of war drums that had been beating on the sea just a moment ago was getting lower and lower.The voices that filled my ears were the chaotic shouts of more and more soldiers, as well as frequent cries for help from people falling into the water.

The bloody twin moons rose to the sky again, like a pair of bloodthirsty devil's eyes, quietly staring at the solitary ship undulating in the black water, how did the ants-like crowd move forward? Step towards the end of death.

"Full right rudder, full right rudder! Whoever abandons the ship without authorization will be beheaded on the spot!"

Luo Jianli's voice also drifted into Jiang Yan's ears with the wind.However, on the chaotic deck, the strict military rank has long been reduced to meaningless code names.The commander's order didn't have any effect, instead, more and more soldiers spread their legs and fled in panic on the deck, just like a group of rats panicked before the flood.

The chef put Jiangyan's arm on his shoulders and dragged him with all his might towards the upturned tail of the flying fish boat.The hull became slanted, and it seemed that the water intake was near the starboard flank.And the stern, which was originally higher than the rest of the hull, quickly became the only place where people could survive.

With a loud noise, the cables on the mainmast could no longer withstand the double pull of the constantly changing sea wind and the vortex, and were directly torn into two abruptly.The mainsail fell suddenly, causing the ship to completely lose its forward momentum and sank even faster.

"There is a small boat at the stern, if we don't act swiftly, the others will be the first!"

The kitchen chef tugged Jiang Yan's belt with one hand, and quickened his pace.But before taking a few steps, he suddenly pushed the black-eyed boy to the side, and shouted: "Be careful!"
In the howling wind, Jiang Yan, who lost his balance, heard a strange "woo" sound behind him.Suddenly a warm liquid splashed all around, instantly soaking through the young man's clothes.

He struggled to use his arms to prop up his body again, only to see that the chef beside him was cut in half from the waist level, and his intestines and intestines were flowing all over the floor.And on the mainmast not far away, half of the cable covered with blood and minced meat was hanging, swaying in the wind.

Gathering up all his strength, Jiang Yan quickly rushed to the man who sacrificed his life to save him, but he could only see his limbs twitching slightly like a pig that had just been slaughtered, and his bloody mouth could not even say a last word. After saying that, he only groaned twice before he was completely out of breath.

But the boy knew in his heart that the other party had exhausted his last breath of strength to urge him to leave quickly.Since boarding the ship, the chef, who is over half a century old, has taken good care of Jiang Yan everywhere, and often talked about his son who died of famine, and how much he missed him.

Ever since he boarded the boat, the young man had already vaguely felt that the other party almost treated him like his own son and took care of him everywhere.But he did not make any response to this, and he never even asked the man's exact name.And now, even if he wanted to try his best to comfort this benefactor before he died, it was too late.

Time did not give him any chance to grieve.The tiger-headed boat rushed up to the top of a wave in the turbulent waves, and the violent tremor immediately spread along the deck to the bottom of the boy's feet.Then there was only a loud "click", and the thick keel of the hull was finally torn by the sea water, and broke in two.

Jiang Yan struggled to get up, but it was still difficult to stand firmly on the shaking deck, so he could only hold the side of the ship with his fingers tightly.In the distance, the stern of the ship, which seemed to be safe before, only slightly circled on the sea surface, and then led more than a hundred people on it into the foamy water, and disappeared completely after a couple of ups and downs .

The black-eyed boy realized that he might be doomed, but at the moment of his life and death, he suddenly thought of the poor girl who was escorted onto the boat as a prisoner yesterday.At this moment, the girl should be locked in a compartment under his feet. Regardless of whether he can get ashore alive, at least he must be rescued first!

There were more waterproof compartments at the bow than at the stern. Although the whole ship was broken in two, it was still barely able to float on the sea for a while.It was not difficult to find the room where the girl was held, because the surrounding walls and floor were covered with filth left by the soldiers wantonly venting their desires.

Jiang Yan tried his best to knock off the lock on the door with a long knife he picked up on the road, but the girl curled up in a corner of the cabin seemed to have no idea what happened outside, and immediately screamed.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not here to bully you. You, you put on my clothes first."

The young man hastily turned his head away, not daring to look at the girl's bruised and bruised body. He just turned his hand away and handed over the robe that he had just taken off.Although the girl recognized him very quickly, she didn't take the clothes, but shook her head feebly.Her tone was so calm that it was a little frightening, and she was completely different from the frenzied resistance when she was arrested before:
"It's you???you go on your own, why bother to save me?"

"The ship is about to sink! If you stay in the cabin, you will definitely be drowned!" Jiang Yan moved closer to the girl.

"That's why I let you go!" The other party suddenly raised his voice.

"Let's go together! Maybe we can survive!" Jiang Yan finally couldn't care less about being shy, shook the clothes in his hands, and immediately rushed to the naked girl, trying to drag her out of the compartment.

But what the young man didn't expect was that the other party would suddenly open his mouth and bite hard on the outside of his wrist.The girl bit so hard, before Jiang Yan could feel the pain, hot blood had flowed out from the corner of her mouth.

Jiang Yan had no choice but to let go of the other's hand, even though the girl pushed herself out of the door like crazy, muttering in her mouth like a dream:

"My family...all dead...all dead...continuing to live...has no meaning to me anymore. Thank you for allowing me to at least leave this ugly world with a free body..."

The boy turned his head and looked at the other party's eyes that seemed to be covered with dust.From it, he could no longer read any nostalgia for life, only endless resentment and hatred.Jiang Yan realizes that for the girl, the future full of sadness and despair has become heavier and more terrifying than death itself.

The seawater pouring into the cabin made a loud "bang bang", like the roar of countless innocent souls who died in the Chanying Sea throughout the ages, constantly hitting Jiang Yan's eardrums.Only then did he start to swing his arms away from all kinds of sundries scattered in the water in front of him, and swam towards the wooden steps leading to the deck with all his strength.The icy sea water quickly overflowed his chest, but the girl behind him never made a sound.

But it was too late.The dark black water had already flowed over the side of the ship, gushing in through the gaps on the deck.The last gleam of fire in the cabin was completely extinguished, and it was plunged into darkness.

"No one can save... I... No one can save... But, I don't want to die like this... I want to find my sister, I want to avenge my parents! I?????? want to live!"

The boy knew that he might never have any hope of leaving here alive, but he still held his last breath in his chest, swung his arms, and swam.The biting cold quickly grabbed his throat, flooded his nose and mouth, and finally covered the top of his head.The moment the bitter sea water choked into the lungs, it was a burning pain like fire.

Jiangyan pressed his hands tightly on the chest that seemed to be about to burst, but he still choked on a few mouthfuls of water uncontrollably, and then violently twitched in the sea.

(End of this chapter)