Chapter 130: Wheel/Plate at Sea (8)
No one dared to speak.
Everyone ate in silence.
Everyone was afraid that this big boss might also be unhappy with them.
However, this Skeleton Captain is obviously a villain NPC, forcing them to live in fear of random death. Su Yue kills the Skeleton Captain every day, and they are quite happy about it.
Today's dinner is also steamed potatoes and fish. This is how dinner is at sea. The vegetables are very monotonous. Although there are some changes in the fish, they are all steamed and the taste is not much different.
If the fish itself didn't contain salt, my mouth would taste bland after eating it.
As usual, Cang Zhi gave Su Yue some of the fish, and Su Yue gladly accepted it. The onlookers were already used to this blinding operation and pretended not to see it.
After dinner, someone suggested, "Let's explore some more."
Although they escaped death in the past two days, the story did not develop optimistically. Apart from knowing that they were "expeditioners" and that there were only six days left in the voyage, they knew nothing at all.
Where they are going and what the "expedition" actually means are unknown.
The atmosphere among these players wasn't particularly friendly, but it wasn't bad either. After all, they were all veterans, and they knew that cooperation was more important than scheming against their teammates.
Some people have already explored this. Although there is not much free time on the ship, everyone will be careful when working.
But not too optimistic.
Everyone originally thought that since it was a ship, there would be at least some logbook or something like that, but the player responsible for cleaning the cabin didn't find any related items in two days.
There seemed to be no information on the ship, it was simply full of "explorers" and no one knew where they were going.
There is another mystery on the ship. Looking at the route, they are not very far from the land, so they should not be short of food. However, the captain only fishes every day. I don't know if it is because he doesn't want to get close to the land or because he is in a hurry or for some other reason.
It could also be simply to meet the KPI of killing one player every day.
In short, no matter what secrets this ship holds, there are only a few core locations.
The captain's room, the navigation office, and Su Yue still remembered what Su Chen had said, the secret room hidden under the cabin on the underground floor.
Everyone then went their separate ways.
It was a waste of time to form groups because everyone was afraid of dying at the hands of others.
However, for every person who dies, there will be one less meal at night. Everyone now understands that "eating" is the key factor in ensuring that they can survive tonight, and there will be one less meal every day than the scheduled number of people, so the fewer the total number of people, the faster their life will come to an end.
This can be considered as a check and balance. In order to survive, people will not easily attack others.
Su Yue, Cang Zhi, Su Chen, and the young man with ponytail who had previously criticized Su Yue went to the underground cabin.
The man in sunglasses went to the captain's room, and the player with dark purple eyes followed him in a group, along with another player. The couple and the other two went to the navigation room.
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On the first day, Su Chen said that he felt there was something under the sealed cabin, and Su Yue also smelled a strong fishy odor there, so of course he rushed straight there.
This time, Su Yue's physical discomfort was relieved, and he also discovered something he hadn't noticed yesterday:
The basement floor is actually a downhill slope.
The tilt angle is very small, and the friction of the ground is very large, so the dining table is stable and will not slide down at all when placed on it.
But the slope does exist, from the bow to the stern, and the lowest point is where Su Chen discovered water seeping from the floor yesterday - actually, it was blood.
Su Yue tried to pry the floor, but it was welded tightly and Su Yue couldn't find a way to open it.
If it were in any other place, it would be easy, he could just use his strength to make a miracle happen, but this is the bottom of the ship.
Although the probability is very small, if he punches it, there is actually no secret room under the floor, and he directly punches through the ship, and everyone on the ship will be doomed.
So the four of them split up and tried to find the secret door in the cabin, but they found nothing after searching for a long time.
But Su Yue confirmed once again that this ship was very strange. He found that the mechanical components at several joints of the hull looked very old.
Su Yue pointed at the railing: "Do you see what this is?"
The young man immediately leaned forward with his eyes narrowed: "Rust?"
"Nonsense." Su Yue looked at the railing that had almost turned gray-green. "Does it really take you so close to see the rust?"
Young man: “…”
Su Chen struggled to hold back his laughter.
Cang Zhi echoed: "Nonsense."
Young man: “…………”
Su Chen finally couldn't help it and turned around and laughed for a long time.
Su Yue almost laughed out loud. He hadn't expected Cang Zhi to suddenly become so silly and cute again. However, his attention quickly returned to the railing. He pointed his finger at the thick layer of green rust covering it and said, "Take a closer look."
The young man came very close this time, with his nose almost touching the railing. He didn't dare to breathe because the green rust looked too lethal. He could only squint his eyes and observe carefully.
This thick layer of copper rust looks extremely old, as if it had been etched by the wind for decades, or soaked in water for a long time. Every copper flower bears the traces of time, and staring at it for a long time gives one a sense of mysterious horror.
The young man stared at it for a while, then suddenly he started and realized what was happening.
"Those marks on it." He pointed, his voice trembling. "They were left by...water plants, right?"
Su Yue nodded.
There were some inconspicuous patterns on the copper rust of the ship's railings. Compared with the jagged rust protrusions, these patterns were so gentle that they looked like decorative lines, so the young man did not notice them at first.
But if you think about it carefully, how could the decorative patterns be wrapped around the rust on the railing?
He suddenly realized that these lines were the marks left by seaweed that had been entangled on the railing for a long time and had grown on it together with the rust.
"So..." The young man shuddered, "This is a shipwreck?"
Su Yue nodded: "We are on a ghost ship."
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The legend of ghost ships has a long history. The most famous one is the "Flying Dutchman". It is said that this warship was cursed by the devil while on a mission and could never approach the harbor.
So whenever a storm comes, people can see the figure of this warship in the wind and rain. It flashes red light and sails in the storm, like a flame that never goes out.
There are also some similar legends, such as "The Saint", "Maria" and so on.
In these legends, the causes of shipwrecks vary. Some are passenger ships, some are cargo ships, some ships are phantoms, and some ships can even be climbed and taken a look at in the legends.
All in all, the details vary.
The only thing they have in common is that these ships can only be seen during storms.
"That's why we can't get close to the harbor." Su Chen finally realized, "Because we are a ghost ship, and the weather is clear now, no one can see us."
"Then what are we?" The young man's voice trembled even more. "Are we ghosts? Are we still alive?"
"Don't be nervous. No matter what our character settings are now, this is just a game." Su Yue seemed extremely calm at this time. "As long as we pass the level, we can return safely."
The young man also understood this, took a deep breath and told himself to stay calm.
Ghost ship, no wonder the captain can be reborn every day but they can't dock, no wonder the ship has heavy signs of rust, no wonder it can sail on its own.
"But!" the young man's voice trembled again as a sudden thought struck him. "Where is this ship going? It's not going to send us all to hell, is it?"
"No," Su Yue replied, "Ghosts are born out of obsession. This ship is still going to the same place it was going before it sank."
After a pause, he said to the young man who had just cheered up, "The bad news is, we don't know where it's going."
Cang Zhi & the young man & Su Chen: "..."
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If they are on a ghost ship, then their current status may be that of a ghost. The identity of "ghost" is probably useful, but no one knows where its use lies.
"Is it possible that we are all transparent?" The young man suddenly had an idea and reached out to touch Su Yue's arm.
Su Yue quietly dodged to the side, leaving the young man empty-handed. "That's not the case. Don't even think about it."
After all, he slept in the arms of Cang Zhi, who is also a ghost, the night before, and ghosts can't sleep in arms.
The young man was also very sensible. He glanced at Cang Zhi and then retreated very cautiously, muttering to himself, "It seems that this identity will only be useful later."
However, Su Yue and his team still couldn't find any clues about the hidden room below the basement. The young man also felt that there must be another level below, but there was no way to guarantee it. Even a 1% chance of failure was not something to be taken, so Su Yue couldn't take action.
Anyway, according to the order, it will be his turn to clean the cabin tomorrow. He plans to send the others away and let Cang Zhi help him stand guard while he uses his divine power to detect the situation. In this way, if there is a dark room underneath, he will know it clearly.
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They didn't chat for long before it was ten o'clock in the evening. At the ringing of the bell, everyone returned to the cabin to rest.
At night, Su Yue did the same thing as yesterday, asking Cang Zhi for a hug, and woke up the next day feeling refreshed.
However, Su Yue on the third day was not much more energetic than on the second day. It seemed that eating every day would only keep the "corruption and lesions" in his body at a certain level, and there was no way to fully restore his health.
In the morning, the players came out of the cabin one after another and greeted each other. Su Chen sneaked over to find Su Yue mysteriously, as if he had something to do.
Su Yue then stopped and the two of them walked side by side, giving Su Chen a chance to speak.
"Boss, have you ever dealt with that guy in sunglasses?" Su Chen asked.
Su Yue shook his head, but he also paid attention to the man in sunglasses because he was indeed very eye-catching.
"What's wrong with him?" Su Yue asked.
Su Chen looked around and lowered his voice: "According to the people who went to the captain's room with me last night, that guy is very violent. Boss, you must be more careful."
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