"The church's ship has arrived. Let's have one more drink here and go aboard when the deck is a little quieter. It's better not to go up and get crowded now."
"Hmm... Drinking coffee peacefully on a sinking ship is such an amazing experience..."
While muttering, Nephnis walked to Dorothy and sat down, and Dorothy smiled and made her a cup of coffee.
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As time passed, the church's fleet finally approached the White Pearl, which had lost its power. After keeping a certain distance, the church's fleet finally stopped. Then, countless lifeboats were lowered from the warships and passenger ships, and the people on them rowed the lifeboats to the side of the White Pearl. Because the deck of the White Pearl was too high and the large ship was too close to it, it was very easy to collide, so it was impossible to use the method of laying wooden boards to directly transport passengers, so Joad chose lifeboats as the power to transport passengers.
On the White Pearl, Captain Costa was concentrating on organizing the evacuation of passengers. He organized the sailors to lower the gangway and let the people on the deck climb down the gangway to the lifeboat below one by one. After getting on the lifeboat, countless passengers would be distributed to various ships in the fleet, and then come back to pick up other passengers. During this period, people who occasionally fell into the water would be rescued immediately.
Under effective command, the passengers did not rush to the deck, but were organized and sent off the ship in groups. The large size of the rescue fleet gave the passengers a great sense of security, so most people obeyed the command. Although there were constant small disturbances at the rescue and transportation site, the overall order was still there, and there was no overall panic.
Although the efficiency of using lifeboats to transport passengers was not high, there was still enough time. With perseverance, the passengers on the White Pearl were transferred to the church's fleet in an orderly manner.
As time passed, the Shining White Pearl finally began to show obvious signs of sinking. Although this was dangerous, it also lowered the height of the deck, making the efficiency of the entire rescue operation higher. With the rapid return of the lifeboat, the number of people on the Shining White Pearl decreased rapidly. After more than three hours of busy rescue operations, there were not many people left on the Shining White Pearl.
At dusk on the sea, Dorothy, under the guidance of the head corpse doll, took a lifeboat near the end and headed towards the church's fleet. On the distant lifeboat, Dorothy turned her head to look at the half-sunken White Pearl, and the steel behemoth that she had sent to the bottom of the sea with her own hands.
"It's a big loss for such a big ship to sink. It's the first time in my life that I've destroyed something this big, so it's a big achievement..."
Looking at the huge ship that was gradually sinking into the sea, Dorothy couldn't help but think in her heart. Suddenly, she had a sudden thought: if someone knew that she was the one who sank the ship, would they come up to blame her and demand compensation?
"I don't think so. After all, I'm only thirteen years old. I'm just a kid and I don't know what's going on."
As Dorothy thought about it, she turned her head away from the sinking ship. She then rowed the lifeboat all the way to the church fleet, and finally stopped at a passenger ship. With the help of everyone, she successfully boarded the passenger ship with her "parents".
After boarding the passenger ship, Dorothy and other rescued passengers were taken to the deck, where several priests and nuns were conducting simple physical examinations on the rescued passengers.
Just as Dorothy was searching among the crowd, a soft voice sounded behind her and the corpse doll of her parents.
"Sir, in order to confirm your condition, I will perform some simple examinations on you and your daughter. Please cooperate with me."
Hearing this familiar voice, Dorothy slowly turned her head and saw a nun in white clothes, wearing glasses and smiling. After seeing the nun in front of her, Dorothy responded with a smile like an ordinary girl.
"Damn~Sister Nun."
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As the night grew darker, the church's fleet was still suspended on the sea. All the people on the White Pearl had been rescued, and the rescue work was now in its final stages.
On the flagship of the pilgrim fleet, in the captain's cabin decorated with a strong religious color, Costa, the captain of the White Pearl, was meeting with the supreme commander of the Glorious Escort Fleet and describing the details of the accident on the ship.
According to Costa, the main cause of the accident on the White Pearl was a malfunction in the boiler system. In his words, the boiler of the ship had intermittent problems after setting sail. It was not noticed at first until the speed of the ship was severely reduced. Then Costa said that he sent someone to check the condition of the boiler, but what no one expected was that before the inspection results came out, a serious explosion occurred in the boiler, leading to the shipwreck.
"As expected, is it a problem with the boiler? I don't know what went wrong with the boiler that led to the current result..." After listening to Costa's report, Jod, who was dressed in a uniform, murmured. As he spoke, he looked at the scene outside the window. On the distant sea outside the window, the huge hull of the White Pearl had sunk by one-third.
"Yes, Sir Joad, what puzzles me most now is what went wrong with those boilers? What was the specific cause of the failure? But now the White Pearl has sunk into the sea, and I'm afraid no one will ever know the answer... I didn't prevent the accident in time, which led to such a great misfortune. This is my duty as the captain."
Costa said this with a sigh in his words and a look of loneliness, as if he was really blaming himself.
"It's not all your fault. At sea, many crises come suddenly and without warning, and not everyone can cope with them. The sinking of the White Pearl was indeed a misfortune, but the silver lining is that although the ship sank, the lives of most people were saved. Compared to the ship, people are the most important.
"Mr. Costa, you did a great job organizing the evacuation of the passengers. You fulfilled your duties as a captain at the critical moment. Your performance today is at least qualified in my eyes. If anyone wants to investigate you for this incident later, I will say a few words for you."
Jod said this to Costa, and after hearing his words, Costa immediately responded with thanks.
"Thank you so much, sir. To be honest, if it weren't for you today, I don't know how big this tragedy would have been. It was you who saved us. On behalf of all the crew members of the White Pearl, I would like to express my highest respect to you."
"Haha... Don't thank me. The one you should thank the most is Saint. It was she who showed us the way and brought us here."
"Ah... Praise be to the Holy Father..."
While saying the compliments, a hint of indignation appeared in the depths of Costa's eyes, but he immediately suppressed it.
After a pause, Costa looked out the window at the White Pearl which was gradually moving away and about to sink completely, and then asked.
"By the way, I have another important question for you, sir. Where is your fleet going? We will be sent to your destination."
Hearing this question, Qiao De did not hesitate at all, but spoke without thinking.
"Our destination is Ivig, the same as your previous destination, but I'm sorry. Due to the problem of supply storage on the fleet, we can't take 2,000 more people on a long voyage to Ivig.
"Therefore, my fleet is now heading north at full speed and will dock as quickly as possible. We will be able to see the land of Castile in less than a day. We plan to dock at Navaha, the nearest port from here, where everyone on the White Pearl will return to land safely."
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Well...a classmate is getting married in the next two days, and I have to travel a long way to attend it, so I'm a bit busy and may not be able to update it. If I can update it, the number of words will probably be halved. Please forgive me.
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