Chapter 1140 Ghost Ship
The sky gradually darkened, and Zhang Tuohai drove the boat forward.
Gradually mist rose from the sea.
Looking at the steaming fog, Zhang Tuohai frowned. In this era without radar and satellite positioning, detection and direction determination can only rely on lookouts and sextants. The rising sea fog greatly interferes with lookouts. It is easy for the ship to deviate from the course or even get lost.
This is very dangerous for ships.
Zhang Tuohai photographed two singing and dancing girls climbing to the top of the mast to see if they could see stars there, and then used a sextant to identify the direction.
But the sea fog was so great that even if the two singers climbed to the top of the mast, they couldn't see the sky clearly.
"Forget it, keep sailing in a straight line for now, and then correct the course when it gets daylight."
Zhang Tuohai turned the wheel and sailed towards the predetermined location relying on the route memory in his mind.
Anyway, this is a vast sea, surrounded by endless sea water. There is no need to worry about colliding with other ships, just keep driving forward.
The White Bird moved forward in heavy fog.
When the moon reached its zenith, the sea fog dispersed slightly, and the visibility went from less than five meters to about 20 meters.
"The fog has dispersed a lot. If we drive a little further forward, we will almost be able to escape the fog area."
Zhang Tuohai worked harder and was about to continue sailing at a faster speed.
Suddenly a muffled bang was heard.
The White Bird seemed to have hit something.
"Could it be that we hit a coral reef? But I remember that there are no coral reefs on this route."
Zhang Tuohai felt strange and asked Polly the parrot to see what was going on.
Polly the Parrot spread his wings and flew over. In just a few seconds, Polly the Parrot flew back quickly, shouting loudly as he flew back: "Captain, Captain, there is a ship! We hit the ship!"
"This can actually collide with a ship?" Zhang Tuohai felt a little incredible. On the vast sea, this is not a busy trade road, but two ships can actually collide with each other. This chance can be used to buy lottery tickets.
"Everyone prepare for battle, the Unsullied prepare to board the ship!"
Zhang Tuo let out the roar of the devil around his waist.
The Unsullied filed out of the cabin, each with a spear and a shield in their hands, and a long musket behind them.
"superior!"
Zhang Tuohai waved his hand, and a group of Unsullied rushed onto the ship. Zhang Tuohai also jumped onto the other side's ship along the springboard.
After boarding the other party's ship, Zhang Tuohai was shocked to find that there was no sound at all on the other party's ship. It was as quiet as a tomb.
I looked around and saw no crew members.
"There are still signs of recent use on the cable, and blood stains were found, which are also fresh."
An Unsullied found some clues.
"Where is it? Take me to see it." Zhang Tuohai said.
"Here." The Unsullied led Zhang Tuohai to a mast.
There were traces of cable friction on the mast, and there was a splatter of blood next to it. The color was very light, and it should have been stained recently, indicating that the ship was recently occupied.
"Work in groups of four, check separately, don't miss every corner, and report any findings immediately."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"yes!"
The Unsullied immediately took action and quickly searched the deck. A total of six places were found with blood, five on the deck and one on the platform.
The items on board also showed signs of recent use.
But there was just no one.
"What's going on? Did we encounter a ghost ship?"
Zhang Tuohai's mind changed rapidly.
"Enter the cabin and search!" Zhang Tuohai said.
"yes!"
The Unsullied entered the cabin with a spear and began to inspect each room.
Zhang Tuohai followed the Unsullied and searched the cabin. Except for some blood stains, he couldn't find half of the people.
"Did it get robbed by pirates?"
Zhang Tuohai guessed it was possible, but he quickly rejected it.
The food and fresh water on the ship were all there, and the artillery shells were also complete. Zhang Tuohai even found a box of dinars in the cabin.
These things are very important to pirates. If the ship is looted by pirates, there is no reason to throw these here.
Everything on the ship is full of weirdness.
"What's going on?" Zhang Tuohai was puzzled.
He led the Unsullied to continue searching, and finally came to the captain's cabin.
In the captain's cabin, various navigational instruments are neatly placed on the desk. On the desk are several nautical charts and a sailing diary.
Zhang Tuohai opened the chart first, looked at it carefully several times, and found that there were some things recorded on it that were not on his chart. He quickly recorded them one by one, then put the chart away and prepared to look back in detail.
Then Zhang Tuohai opened the voyage diary.
The first half of the diary is normal, detailing the cargo and voyage records on the ship.
When I turned to the last page, the painting style changed suddenly.
"Sea mist has risen from the sea. Poseidon bless me. I hope that legend is not true!"
"It's over, I heard that voice, the legend is true! Poseidon has abandoned us!"
"Here they come, they come!"
The record ends here.
"Sea fog? Sound?"
Zhang Tuohai frowned. He was sure that the people on the ship must have encountered some irresistible disaster, and it was still when the sea fog was rising.
Wait, isn’t today the time when the sea fog rises?
At this moment, Zhang Tuohai suddenly heard a murmuring voice echoing in his ears, as if someone was whispering in his ears, and the voice was getting louder and louder. Zhang Tuohai wanted to hear but couldn't hear the specific content, so he could only feel to someone shouting and arguing in his ears.
"How are you doing?" Zhang Tuohai turned to the Unsullied and asked.
Immediately, several Unsullied raised their hands and said they heard strange sounds, while others said they heard nothing.
"What on earth is going on?" Zhang Tuohai was also a little confused.
"Go up first and then talk."
Zhang Tuohai led the Unsullied people onto the deck. However, the moment they boarded the deck, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them.
At this time, the fog dissipated a lot, and a dilapidated sailboat docked next to their ship. The ship looked like it had just been fished out of the water. There were conches and water plants everywhere on the ship, and there were a few things crawling on the sides of the ship. Thick layer of mussels.
The sail is black and somewhat rotten, and a huge skull can be vaguely seen painted on the sail.
On the deck stood a large group of monsters.
These monsters have the appearance of humans, but their heads and bodies are the physical characteristics of various marine creatures. They either have shark heads, or their bodies are covered with scales, or their bodies are covered with thick carapace. The head of the leader is an octopus. shape, with eight tentacles constantly squirming.
These people were holding strange weapons in their hands and looking at Zhang Tuohai and others with eager eyes.