Meanwhile, on the smuggling ship.
Old Xu was leaning against the cabin door, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, puffing away. Beside him was a young man who seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the smell of the smoke.
"Bang! Bang!"
There were occasional noises on the deck, which made Xu Laobie frown. He glanced impatiently at the man beside him.
"Pockmarked guy, go check on it! What's that little beast up to now? Add some seawater if it's gone, don't let it die!"
"You won't get much money if you die!"
"Okay, I'm going right now!"
The man named Wang Mazi nodded repeatedly, then took a deep sniff of the smoke before turning and running towards the deck.
"You little bastard, behave yourself! If you cause any more trouble, I'll whip you to death!"
Wang Mazi cursed under his breath as he picked up a half-bucket of sardines.
If Fu Wan were here, she would have noticed the details that she had missed earlier at a glance.
The deck of the smuggling ship was covered with a thick black cloth. Wang Mazi lifted the cloth, revealing a huge water tank underneath.
Inside lay a sperm whale calf covered in wounds, making weak, clicking sounds in its throat.
Wang Mazi frowned as he looked at it, then poured the sardines from the bucket into the water tank with a splash.
"Eat up, eat up! If you keep making a fuss, I'll skin you alive!"
Wang Mazi made a fierce threat, but the sardines he poured in covered the sperm whale's face. The sperm whale shook its big head with difficulty, not even glancing at the sardines it usually loved.
"Not eating? Fine, then!"
Wang Mazi spat and quickly covered the black cloth back up.
The light it had just gained was once again taken away, and the little sperm whale cried out, a tear rolling down its cheek.
After finishing all that, Wang Mazi took out a cigarette, smelled it, and put it in his mouth.
He didn't have a watch and didn't know what time it was.
But I figured there was still some time before the delivery was due.
Tsk tsk, there's quite a lot of cargo on this ship. Old Turtle Xu promised them that after they handed over the cargo that others wanted on the ship, they would take the rest of the cargo back. Once they sold it, each of them would earn at least eight or nine hundred yuan!
Originally, it was supposed to be five or six hundred per person, but some idiot got on the boat and started rummaging through things, which offended Xu Laobie. So, they dealt with him, and of course, they divided his money among themselves.
Thinking about it, this guy was really stupid. They all got on the ship by giving gifts to acquaintances. What difference does it make what they did? But that guy just liked to rummage around everywhere. Now look what happened, he's ended up inside a shark's belly!
Haha, Wang Mazi is really smart. He noticed that kid was up to no good early on, and one tip led to the kid being caught red-handed!
Tsk, this kid is so blind, he doesn't listen to him. Stupid people should just reincarnate and not interfere with Wang Mazi's money-making!
Thinking this, Wang Mazi couldn't help but feel that he was really clever, so he took out a match and lit his cigarette.
This cigarette was given to me by Old Master Xu when he was in a good mood; it's a genuine Marlboro, and it's very satisfying to smoke.
Just as Wang Mazi was puffing on his cigarette, a loud splash suddenly came from not far away. Wang Mazi almost dropped his cigarette, thinking it was another noise from the water tank behind him. But when he looked up, he was surprised to see a whale tail on the surface of the sea.
"Damn it, it's that giant sperm whale!"
Wang Mazi cursed under his breath, then turned and strode quickly toward the cabin.
Xu Laobie was sleeping in the cabin, and there were still a few hours before their agreed transaction time.
With nothing else to do, he decided to take a nap.
Just as he fell asleep, a loud bang startled Xu Laobie awake.
Before he could get up, Wang Mazi strode over and knocked on the wooden door of the cabin.
"Boss, that giant sperm whale is here, should we...?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Laobie quickly sat up straight.
He then yanked open the cabin door.
"What do you want? That sperm whale is bigger than our ship. What are you waiting for? Get the dwarf to steer the ship away!"
He turned around and pulled a hunting rifle from under his pillow. "Go tell the dwarf to start the boat quickly. I'll go check the back!"
After saying that, Xu Laobie picked up his gun and hurriedly went to the deck. Because he was afraid of too many people talking, there were only three people on his boat, including himself.
There were originally four, but one of them, a simpleton, couldn't understand human speech and discovered the artifacts. The plan was to lock him up for two days to make him behave, but he escaped on his own. There was nothing else he could do but throw him into the sea to feed the fish.
That sperm whale was stupid; if it hadn't been so big that the fishing net couldn't hold it and it had managed to escape, it would probably be lying in the fish box on the boat right now.
No, the water tank on my own boat is too small to hold it all. Damn it, I need to get a bigger boat like the one we just had!
Xu Laobie had a brainstorming session. He stood on the deck and picked up his hunting rifle. It was a foreign-made gun that he had specially acquired for self-defense, but he hadn't used it much yet.
Xu Laobie was about to pull the trigger with his gun when, just then, he spotted the large ship he had encountered earlier, passing over the sperm whales in the sea.
Damn it, why is this ship chasing us?
Was it deliberately following me?
Xu Laobie immediately dismissed this possibility, because the ship immediately changed direction and seemed to be heading east.
Looks like they were just passing by.
Xu Laobie let out a long sigh of relief, then picked up his hunting rifle again and began searching for sperm whales in the water.
He had considered seizing that big ship, but it was too large, and he had too few men on board, so he didn't have much of a chance.
Especially since he has so much cargo on his ship, it would be a huge loss if the cargo was delayed because of the attempt to seize the ship.
"Heh heh, you beast, I've found you!"
Xu Laobie sneered and fired a shot into the water. Because it was night, the seawater was as black as ink.
After firing a burst of shots, Xu Laobie didn't even know if he had hit anything. The sea was calm around the boat, and the sperm whale was nowhere to be seen.
Sure enough, even a whale this big has to behave itself in front of a gun.
Xu Laobie's face showed a hint of disdain. He took out a cigarette and was about to catch his breath when suddenly the world spun around him and the boat beneath his feet began to rock.
He quickly grabbed the railing on the side of the boat and looked out into the sea. The sperm whale hadn't run away; instead, it was pushing the boat with its head!
It looked like it could capsize the boat at any moment.
"Damn it, he's just asking for it!"
Xu Laobie cursed angrily, picked up his gun and reloaded it, but the boat was rocking so much that he couldn't aim at all.
"Damn it, how did this beast suddenly become so smart?!"
Xu Laobie was completely baffled. He finally raised his gun, aimed, and was about to pull the trigger when the sperm whale immediately dived into the water, then changed position and continued to thrust violently at the boat.
The chains securing the water tanks on the ship rattled loudly. Xu Laobie was so focused on killing the sperm whale that he didn't notice a ghostly figure tumbling up from under the ship and hiding under the black cloth on the deck.
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