Ghost Blowing Lamp II

Chapter 98
I looked at the distant sea, saw the whale salamander rising and falling, and felt a sense of openness in my mind. Suddenly, I felt a sense of life and death that "in the world, suddenly like a traveler", and I was a little worried about the uncertain future, so I said to the fat man: "The patriarch of Captain Mojin, Boss Cao, faced Jueshi in the east to see the sea. Our contemporary Captain Mojin can be regarded as a posthumous story about facing Juishi in the south. It is true that the past has passed through thousands of years and changed the world, but you Look at the vastness and boundlessness of this sea. Our ship is too insignificant on the turbulent and unfathomable sea. I am afraid it will not be too easy to find the remaining veins of the seabed Nanlong and the location of Yinhuo , You must be mentally prepared to deal with all kinds of emergencies.”

The fat man said nonchalantly: "There's nothing to worry about. To be honest, I can't wait to touch the eggs. In the past in the desert in Yunnan, how many times did we pass by the priceless artifacts? We always used picking sesame as an excuse, The whole waste of watermelon, corruption and waste is a great crime. I am too upright. Apart from the pain of cutting flesh, it is the pain of paying money. From now on, we can no longer knowingly commit crimes. This time, we must fish hard no matter what For the last stroke, I have already been prepared to overcome all difficulties, no matter whether it is going to the nine heavens to capture the moon, or going to the five oceans to catch turtles, we are all ready to go."

I agreed: "That's right, the Proclamation on Touching Gold said well, we either don't touch it, and since we touch it, we must touch it to the end. It is our bounden duty to be a qualified egg citizen. Although the burden on our shoulders is not light, but Those who have aspirations should bear the heavy responsibility on their shoulders, and go all out to shed the last drop of blood for this great cause. Even if they are smashed to pieces, their red heart will never fade. Lan Mingyue, why are you not afraid of heights anymore?"

The fat man said: "It's an honor for me to fall down and make meatloaf just to touch the eggs. Then I will become one with the earth, and this time we only go to the sea and not to the sky. Why should I be afraid? Listen to Yang Shen It doesn’t matter how high you fall into the sea, the consequences are similar to hitting cement ground, did you say that?”

I was walking from the bow to the stern with the fat man, chatting and chatting to relieve boredom. I saw the blood-red sun slowly sinking at the stern, and the rays of light were so bright that it looked like red snakes dancing on the sea. Suddenly, the boy who looked like a thin black monkey " "Guchai" ran to the rear deck of the ship, pointed to the bow, and motioned for us to hurry over, because something happened.

Gu Guai guessed that this kid shaved his ugly pot head. Although he is not very old, he has a special physique. He was born with a pair of fish eyes. He is a born sea ghost. He dives to collect eggs Even I had to look at him with admiration because he didn't need to breathe for a long time when he was young. He and Ruan Hei also learned a few words of Chinese together, and we can have some simple exchanges.

At this time, I saw him rushing to look for me. I knew there must be something wrong at the bow of the boat, so I didn't bother to ask, so I hurried to the bow with the fat man, and only then did I find the east side, which is the direction our boat was heading towards. Fog began to form on the sea ahead, and the ship would enter the fog any further, and the visibility ahead was getting lower and lower.

The fog is very strange, about ten meters high, and the mist presses down on the sea surface. Looking from where we are, the sea fog and the sky are clearly separated. Five wisps of black smoke pierced into the sky, and this scene was like a black claw coming out of the fog, with the strange hand facing the sky, which looked very terrifying.

I asked Uncle Ming for his opinion. Uncle Ming had seen the wind and waves, and he was a little drunk at this time, so he didn't take this situation seriously. He said: "What's the fuss about it, the visibility of advection fog on the sea It will be reduced to the lowest level. There was an accident where two ships collided at the Fotang Gate, and more than a dozen people were killed or injured. It was caused by the sudden sea fog advection. There is still a distance, and when we reach that sea area, the topography of the seabed will suddenly rise, so we only need to sail slowly at night, and we will be able to reach the outer periphery of the big spiral after the fog clears at dawn."

Since I heard Uncle Ming's black mouth saying that there is no need to worry, I had to be extra worried, so I used the "thousand-mile microphone" to call the rest of the cabin to go to the deck. Ye Hang can't be careless at all, and the foggy sea is too quiet, even a little terribly quiet, as if an unknown disaster is brewing.

Our salvage team did not dare to relax our vigilance. The "Trident" slowed down to the minimum and moved forward slowly. All the searchlights were turned on. It is an old-fashioned signal light hung on the mast of an old sea ship. It also has a certain lighting effect. It is said that it can drive away ghosts when sailing at night. Captain Mojin usually uses the light to predict good and bad luck. Unexpectedly, it is also widely used in maritime affairs, but the principle is It is different. The mast light is windproof and waterproof, and will not go out easily. It is hung on a high place, and the special strong light searchlight on the bow and side of the ship will attract small-scale fish, but it can keep the deep-sea aquarium away, even if there are no reefs. It is not a joke that a huge whale salamander overturns the boat. If there is a shipwreck here, the people on the boat will never be spared. Even if they are not drowned in the sea, they will only end up in the belly of the fish .

The "Trident" sailed slowly into the fog, and only the sound of the propeller churning the water could be heard quietly on the sea. There are still tens of meters of visibility in the middle, but at sea, the visible range of only this distance is almost as small as blindness.

Everyone was extra careful, and just walked forward in the night mist with trepidation. I hoped that the sea fog would dissipate as soon as possible. However, sea wolves who often fish and run boats at sea have summed up a set of natural rules. According to the law, Ruan Hei told me: "Captain Hu, the fog is rushing and the wind is blowing. Once the fog clears, there will be big storms on the sea."

Although Ruan Hei earns his living by fishing eggs on Coral Miao Island, he seldom goes deep into the sea by boat, and he is not as familiar with maritime affairs as the back of his hand, but his advantage is that he is simple and tenacious. , belonged to a veritable blood working class background, but was much more reliable than Uncle Ming.

I signaled to Ruan Hei that I knew about the wind and waves. Seeing that Uncle Ming was almost drunk, I asked Ruan Hei to take the helm for him. Then I dragged Uncle Ming into the cabin, walked to the bow, and asked Shirley Yang who was controlling the searchlight. Said: "After the fog clears, the wind is high and the waves are rough. Can we pass through the outer rotation of the coral spiral in one fell swoop?"

Shirley Yang said: "Although it is risky to do so, it is also feasible, but if the timing is not right, it will be troublesome. I don't know when the thick fog will clear, and at the current speed, we may not be able to reach the coral spiral at noon tomorrow. We can only see the opportunity now." It's done."

Because the sea water in the South China Sea is undulating and surging, the South China Sea was also called "Swelling Sea" in ancient times. In Feng Shui, it is described as the phenomenon that the South China Sea is too strong and turbulent. The wind and waves together are not trivial. I am discussing with Shirley Yang Which emergency plan should be used, but the fat man shouted: "Old Hu, Lao Hu, look over there... there is something in the fog!"

We hastily stopped talking, and tried our best to open our eyes wide to look at the depths of the night fog. Sure enough, a solitary bright yellow mast light appeared on the misty sea. Since it appeared suddenly in the fog, we When I saw the light, it was already very close. Judging by the mast lights, it should be a sea ship, but if it is a ship, why are there no other lights on the ship?
It may have been a few seconds at most, before I suspected that I was dazzled, an ancient sea ship painted all white appeared in front of me silently from the fog, except for a bright lamp on board. There was no other light from the mast light, and there was no one at the bow, and there was no movement in the ship, and the doors and windows were tightly closed.

Including Ruan Hei, the captain of the ship at the helm, everyone was stunned. This scene was unbelievable like a weird hallucination. In our dictionary of Mojinjie, "unbelievable" probably means a person who is about to be overwhelmed. It's an overused adjective, but I still have to say "unbelievable", it's unbelievable.

This sea area is a blind spot where regular routes will not pass by for no reason. Apart from us, there are no other ships in the vast ocean. The sea is vast and boundless, and we bump into another ship head-on in the sea fog , It's even more coincidental than a thumb-sized meteorite falling from the sky and hitting your head, unless it's an uninvited "ghost ship".

Fortunately, Shirley Yang was the first to react, and turned to Ruan Hei and shouted: "Turn the right rudder to avoid it!" The ancient sea ship that suddenly appeared from the fog had slanted towards us along the ocean current. Ruan Hei was reminded by Shirley Yang Yi, and suddenly came back to his senses, and suddenly drove full right rudder.

Although this "Trident" is not big, it is small and easy to turn around. It has been carefully designed and refitted by British navigation experts. Its structure is almost perfect and its maneuverability is very strong. The bow quickly swayed, avoiding the attack of the white ghost ship. At the bow, the two ships were almost close to each other and passed obliquely. Because the distance was too close, we stood at the bow and saw it very clearly. There were large bloodstains everywhere on the deck and hatch of the ancient ship.

After several days of calm and calm, the sea air in the deep sea gradually stagnated. Before the sea swelled with waves, a sea fog appeared first. In addition, it was already dark, and the visibility on the calm sea had dropped to the lowest point. The sea fog On the surface of the shrouded water, a ghostly old sea ship suddenly appeared, and passed our "Trident". Sail, but the sails are all taken off, it floats along the ocean current, there is no light in the night sailing ship, only a mast light hangs on the three bare masts, which suddenly disappears in the night fog, like a will-o'-the-wisp. (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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