Chapter 12: Shipwreck
Chapter 12: Shipwreck
Chu Chengan's swimming skills have been rusty for a long time. Logically speaking, he shouldn't compete with the pirates who have lived here for many years in swimming.
But Chu Cheng'an is good at one thing, which is his excellent night vision. He often goes out for a run at night, and sometimes he would run into people riding bicycles without turning on the lights, but they would never hit him.
The pirates chose to rob at night because they did not want to alert the local troops stationed at the port. Generally, those military leaders were lazy at night and would lie down to rest after dinner and did not want to move.
There are also travelers passing by at night who would be even more frightened if they were robbed like Chu Chengan, and would want to hand over all their money to pay for disaster relief.
Chu Chengan must have thought of what the pirates thought of, but he wondered if the leader was as good as him in night vision competition?
He swam further and further away from the light at the edge of the sea, and the torches near the coast patrol station also moved farther and farther away from them until they could no longer be seen.
The pirate leader held a knife in his hand. Such a big object made it difficult for him to swim fast. Although he could usually catch up with others easily, he did not have much advantage in front of Chu Chengan.
Chu Chengan led him to a completely dark place before turning back.
Under the dark moonlight, the leader looked determined to win. He set his sights on the gold ornaments on Chu Chengan's hands and feet. He was like a glowing fat sheep.
He just didn't expect that this fat sheep of the noble family who had just luckily defeated his group of useless people would be so powerful in the sea.
Chu Cheng'an waited for the leader to approach, then he took advantage of his blind spot and suddenly rushed over to punch him on the wrist, snatching his knife before he could react in time, and then counterattacked. His actions were done in one go without any delay.
This was Chu Chengan's first time killing someone (the old witch was an old monster, not a human), but he had no choice. It would be better to just give his life to someone else than to talk about mercy at this time...
The leader always had his eyes wide open with hatred when he died. What kind of noble family is this? Could it be that they were sent to deliberately lure him out (:D) and kill him?
Chu Cheng'an picked up a knife of fairly good quality and swam back to the shore with a smile.
When he returned to the hotel where he was staying, everyone was asleep and no one saw him carrying such a large object.
The next morning he also had to check out early and leave here as soon as possible. Counting the days, he would set out for sailing almost tomorrow.
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After a night of feasting and eating to his heart's content, and because they were staying in the most expensive hotel, the charcoal in the room was warm, and Chu Cheng'an felt that his quilt was warm as well, and he fell into a sound sleep.
In the middle of the night, a suffocating smell made Chu Chengan sit up in shock from the bed.
"This... this could be the smell from the charcoal fire, right?"
Chu Chengan quickly wet a quilt with water, covered his nose and mouth with it, broke the window, and jumped out.
Of course, when he left, he did not forget the precious sword he had obtained.
It seemed that day was about to dawn, so Chu Cheng'an simply walked towards the port.
After he jumped out of the window, he didn't know that someone in the hotel with his face covered had sneaked into his room again after the smoke had dissipated.
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The twenty-odd elite sailors at the port were very obedient and appeared in front of the big ship he bought earlier than Chu Cheng'an.
Chu Chengan stabbed the knife into the ground with satisfaction, put his hands on his hips, and looked smug. He was very efficient in his work.
In front of this group of sailors, Prince Chu Chengan lost all his image and looked like a pirate boss who was about to take his brothers out to sea.
He couldn't help thinking in his heart: I didn't expect this trip to be so smooth, Lu Zhenqiu and Yan Qing must be among these twenty-something sailors, otherwise they would not be able to catch up with the main storyline.
Yan Qing is a girl, and there are no girls in it. It should be that the system has changed their identities. Didn’t you see that he also changed from the handsome Chu Chengan to an even more handsome prince?
After all, this is an A-level difficulty world. They just randomly put teammates in a group for you. What if someone is lazy and wins without doing anything?
Chu Chengan firmly believed that his other two teammates had gone through a lot of hardships to find him.
It's really difficult for them. Only he has activated the "money ability", so his task is the easiest.
After boarding the ship with more than 20 sailors, Chu Cheng'an did not delay and quickly asked someone who knew how to sail to set sail.
It will take a month. During this month he will meet an important NPC, the mermaid princess, and start a wonderful, beautiful and heart-wrenching story with her. It doesn't matter. He will comfort the NPC well. He does not treat the NPC as a lesser person.
The big ship quickly entered the channel.
Chu Chengan started his old routine again.
He called the sailors in one by one for questioning.
These sailors were still a little nervous. They were all hired by the old king at a huge expense, so they wouldn't reveal themselves in front of the prince, right?
After Chu Cheng'an played with his sword for a while, he asked Sailor A: "Odds change, but evens don't..."
Sailor A was afraid that he would die from talking too much, so he interrupted the prince and said, "I have never been to school, so I don't know what chicken slices, lotus root slices, duck slices, or garlic slices are. This sea area is very dangerous, and I have to go on patrol!"
After saying this, he ran away in a puff of smoke.
Chu Chengan thought, this guy is a foodie. Neither Lu Zhenqiu nor Yan Qing should be a foodie. Although he and Yan Qing have known each other for a short time, the girl looks quite tall and thin. She must pay attention to her figure and don't eat much.
Sailor A will pass first.
We found Sailor B who seemed very reliable.
Sailor B was a cautious man. He firmly believed that no matter what the prince asked, he would not reveal his true colors and would never betray His Majesty the King.
Chu Chengan asked, "The sky is blue and waiting for the rain..."
Sailor B could no longer hold back his cautious face. His Royal Highness was indeed a man who had been raised in the palace all day, and had been influenced by noble ladies. The court ministers, dukes, and marquises spoke in sour and difficult-to-understand poetry. They all loved to play that game, and those who couldn't do it would be looked down upon.
But Sailor B was not afraid. He just wouldn't do that. Prince Lian would never imagine that a vulgar man like him would have any unspeakable secrets with the king.
Chu Chengan saw all the colorful changes in expressions on his face, which was as exciting as watching a palace fighting drama.
Did the system not allow his teammates to say it directly? Did they have to use facial art to signal him? No way? None of his two teammates had such a talent for acting.
Sailor B continued the poem that Prince had started: "In the lime-gray graveyard..."
What do you think? Isn't it rustic and disappointing? At the end, Sailor B even added this sentence: "I really have nothing to do with the palace. I'm just a fisherman."
Chu Cheng'an seemed to smell something. He sensed the care from his cheap father. Although they were only father and son in this strange world for a short period of time, they were hundreds of times better than the heartbroken biological father in his family.
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Later he asked a few more people, and none of them had similar personalities.
Lu Zhenqiu and Yan Qing, they should both be the kind of people who are very proud, their temperaments are not like that.
In fact, Chu Chengan had already discovered it vaguely when he just got on the boat.
But he didn't want to think about it. If they were not on the boat at this time, where would they be? Did they miss it, or were they in danger?
The first two days at sea were still very fresh, but then I would just bask in the sun, stare at the endless sea, or just lie on the deck to bask in the sun and sleep comfortably. I would sleep for an entire afternoon, and at night I would be so miserable that I couldn’t fall asleep. I would roll around like a catfish on the wooden bed in the cabin, but I just couldn’t fall asleep! It was so miserable!
Several sailors had a bad night's rest because of the noise.
King, your child is more jumpy and difficult to take care of than a seven-year-old kid. You have to pay more!
After finally holding on for another two weeks, Chu Cheng'an, a fellow on the ship, got tired of the food. He suddenly had an idea and asked the sailors to borrow a fishing rod. He wanted to start fishing for fun.
This time, I accidentally caught the waves.
Suddenly, there was thunder and lightning, and dark clouds seemed to be falling.
An experienced sailor immediately said, "Oh no! It's going to rain heavily! I've never seen thunder so close. It looks like it's going to..."
The other man quickly pulled the prince into the cabin and confiscated his fishing toys.
"Prince, hide inside quickly! Hide inside the cabin and don't come out!" In a hurry, he shouted the name directly.
Chu Cheng'an did as he was told, but he still secretly opened a gap, as he was about to face a heavyweight character.
The protagonist of this fairy tale world, the Little Mermaid.
And Chu Cheng'an can be sure that the several main tasks he will do later, including his ultimate passing condition, are all related to the mermaid princess.
There are no absolute bad guys among the fish in the sea, unlike the old witch in the last game world who tricked players into eating candy.
So what should he do so that the mermaid princess, the boss of the game, will risk her life to save him and let him pass the level?
Chu Chengan couldn't think for that long.
A huge wave hit, and the boat could not withstand the pressure and was completely overturned.
The sailors fell into the sea one by one.
Chu Chengan also opened the door and prepared to swim out.
Since the boat has already capsized, there is no point in him hiding.
These sailors fell into the sea and disappeared as if they had completed their mission, or they might have sunk deeper. In any case, Chu Chengan swam downstream for a while but couldn't find them.
The next big problem is, how long does he have to wait here for the mermaid to come and rescue him? How long will it take for her to hitchhike to rescue him? If she can't get a taxi, how long will it take her to swim over?
Chu Cheng'an made a preliminary calculation of his physical strength. The huge waves were still coming, and he had to stay conscious and not get knocked unconscious. Then he had to swim to a safer place as much as possible. That way, he could live until the princess came to rescue him, instead of being packaged as a corpse and given to others.
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The huge waves hit Chu Cheng'an for a whole day and night, but he remained strong.
The system is about to have a bug.
During the system repair process, it was discovered that the actor who played the prince, Chu Cheng'an, did not faint after the shipwreck. It was so shocking that it seemed as if the system had been invaded by a virus.
It sent out its tool rabbit to hit Chu Cheng'an on the back of the head with a small wooden stick, forcing him into coma and entering the main storyline.