Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 148 Take the Pearl
Carp was holding a fish-killing knife, and his bloody hands turned over and over on the ghost octopus' forehead. Just when everyone couldn't stand the strong stench, his expression changed, and he put two fingers of his right hand together and made a gesture. The gesture of pulling out, and then, a red thing was pulled out by him, and rolled to the ground.

It was a round thing, covered with a layer of blood-red meat film.I used to sell fish and often kill seafood and other things, but I never knew that there would be such a round meat lump in the forehead of an octopus.

Are there really beads?

Duan Fei covered her mouth, her little face changed color, and said, "It seems that I won't be able to eat lunch today, Ah Ying, what are we going to have for lunch?"

Aying said: "The original plan was to eat octopus on a plate, but now I think you can't eat it anymore, so I temporarily changed it to mackerel stewed potatoes."

Tofu said bitterly, "It's this again. I've been eating it since I got on the boat."

Ah Ying smiled and said, "There are only two options, or should we still eat octopus?"

I waved my hand and said, "Don't talk about food, just stew potatoes." Immediately afterwards, I squatted down and picked up the meat lump. I'm not too afraid of getting dirty, and I'm used to killing seafood before.

The fleshy lump was hard in the hand, as if something had been wrapped in it.I immediately tried to tear off the fleshy film on the surface, and after the red fleshy film was torn off, a burst of precious light came out instantly, I only felt dazzled, and the rest of the people on the boat were also amazed.

The precious aura flickered for a while before the brilliance faded away. When I looked closely, it was a round pearl the size of a pigeon egg. Its color was milky white, like a pearl, and its texture was more transparent than a pearl. Light.I have visited a lot of jewelry stores with Xiao Jing before, and I have never seen such an eye-catching treasure. The brilliance of that thing intertwined with the bloody flesh on my hand, forming a strange contrast .

Carp himself probably didn't expect it, and he spoke a little tremblingly: "There are really beads, so dangerous, fortunately, they didn't just throw them down. It seems that the things passed down by the ancestors still make sense." After that, he hurried to dissect it. Another ghost octopus, with the previous experience, pinpointed the location of the spirit bead, and after a while, it took out another bead, which was bigger than the one in my hand.

There is nothing wrong with Tofu's statement. The robots got it with their efforts. Even if they don't want it, it should be blamed on me and Tofu. But this is the case with benefits, and everyone feels that they should share a little.Tofu is not greedy, and acts according to reason, but he doesn't know that he has offended someone.

Don't be afraid of enemies like wolves, but teammates like pigs.

Fortunately, the four bald-headed people didn't pay much attention to this thing, but handed it over to Professor Lin, to the effect that it would be confiscated.Professor Lin adjusted his glasses, put away the things seriously and cautiously, and said, "I only know about clam pearls, and this kind of pearl production is indeed rare. These two things are of great research value."

In an instant, the carp patted its bloody hands and threw the bodies of the two ghost octopuses into the sea.It was a thrilling night for everyone. At this moment, dawn was about to break, and they were hungry and sleepy. Ah Ying made a fuss about cooking a pot of food, and everyone didn't have the mood to chat. After eating quickly, they fell asleep with their heads covered to make up for the consumption of the night.

This sleep was very long. When I woke up, I looked at my watch and slept for a full eight hours. From five o'clock in the morning to one o'clock in the noon, I recovered my mental and physical strength.

When I got on the bow, I saw Ah Ying in the command room, sitting in front of a row of modern operating equipment to control the ship, while the rest of the crew were still sleeping, and Carp was also replaced.

I had nothing to do, so I lit a cigarette and sat next to Ah Ying to watch her operate, chatting casually.

Not long after, Ah Ying suddenly said: "It seems that the sky is about to change." Following her gaze, looking through the transparent glass front desk, I saw that the sky outside had been covered with clouds at some point, and it seemed that it was about to change. rain.

I nodded and said, "In the ocean environment, changing faces is as fast as turning the pages of a book." Ah Ying probably was tired, so she yawned, her eyes were watery, and I thought of her as a woman who hadn't slept for a long time. After looking at it for a while, most of them were pre-set navigation programs, and I had mastered most of them, so I asked her to rest and I helped to watch.

Ah Ying smiled gratefully when she heard the words, gave up her seat, and explained to me the basic operation of the podium, then went back to the waiting room with a yawn.

It is one o'clock at noon, and the sun should be the hottest in summer, but at this moment the sky is gloomy and the air is a bit stuffy. The people on board, except me, are resting and have nothing to do. While adjusting the course of the ship, the room wanted to write something.This trip to sea is not going well, and it is not known whether Mrs. Tang's ghost is still on board.

According to the navigation display, sailing at this speed, we can reach the coast of Bohai Sea in five hours and 26 minutes.

While thinking about it, I looked at the sea and sky outside again, and at this glance, I suddenly felt that something was wrong.The weather outside was abnormally gloomy, even darker than when I was talking to Ah Ying just now.Although Shenzhen is a city near the sea, when the weather changes at sea, the coastline will be blocked, so I have no experience to judge whether such weather is within the normal range.

The thin dark clouds before have covered the sky like thick ink, and I can no longer see a ray of sunlight. They hang down and press down on the sea, giving me the feeling that the sky and the earth have never been as close as they are now. A feeling of falling down.

Just when I was thinking about whether this kind of weather is normal, Tofu came up from the lounge kicking his slippers, looked outside, snorted, and said, "It looks like it's going to rain." A flash of purple lightning flashed, vertically and horizontally in an instant, bursting out with dazzling brilliance, the whole world suddenly lit up, and then plunged into darkness.

Accompanied by the lightning, rumbling thunders sounded in the clouds, one after another, connecting into one piece, shaking people's ears and hearts numb.

My vigilance made it impossible for me to ignore it, so I said to Tofu: "Don't be stupid, go and wake up the carp. There will definitely be storms at sea in this change of weather. It is more reliable for the ship to be controlled by professionals. "Tofu nodded, and immediately walked to the lounge, and retreated from the stairs when he was halfway there. It turned out that the carp had already rushed out while putting on his clothes, probably woken up by the thunder.

He shouted loudly: "What's the matter, what a big thunder." At sea, the weather is very important, and the only thing humans can rely on is the ship, and the safety of the ship is largely related to the safety of the ship. Weather is closely related.

Storms at sea are relatively common, and the power system of modern ships is relatively strong against storms, so there is no need to worry most of the time, only when encountering larger storms will there be danger.

Generally, when a boat goes out to sea, the connected system will have a weather forecast. When it is not suitable for going to sea, fishermen will stop sailing.

Carp is relatively knowledgeable. He looked at the sky and frowned. Then he connected to the navigation system, pressed a few buttons, and called up a copy of the weather data. It showed that the area we are in is calm today. Suitable for days out at sea.

Tofu stared at the data, curled his lips, and said, "It's obviously nonsense, so the weather forecast can't be trusted."

Carp sat in the command room again, and said, "Look at the weather, this storm is a bit fierce, I'll turn on the wind speedometer." The wind wheel will automatically obtain data.After a while, a piece of data was uploaded to the display screen, and the carp's face suddenly turned pale, and said: "The wind speed reaches 39 meters per second, and it is a strong typhoon of level 13. It's really unlucky."

When he said this, there was still a sunny icon on the upper right corner of the chart screen, which seemed extremely ironic.

At this time, thunder was roaring outside, and the rest of the people gathered in the command room one after another. Since the doors and windows here are closed, we can only see the dark clouds rolling outside and the dazzling lightning through the glass. The sound of thunder and surging waves cannot be felt by the sea breeze.However, according to the transmitted data, if it really reaches level 13, and we are now in the sea and at the center of the wind force, then the wind force outside must be very strong, and a person like that little girl will be swept up into the sky as soon as she goes out.

We were in the command room and didn't feel anything, just listening to the sound and the increasingly strong swing of the ship, we could already feel the power, and no one dared to go outside the command room for a while.

At this moment, Gu Wenmin suddenly said, "Where did that little girl go?"

Duan Fei said: "She has been sleeping on Ah Ying's bed."

Ah Ying heard the words and said in surprise: "Mr. Chen replaced me just now. When I went back to bed, I didn't see anyone. I thought I was with you?"

(End of this chapter)