Chapter 126 Your Name

When Huai Shi and the others rushed onto the deck, not even a single person could be seen.

All the sailors disappeared.

In other words, they are all dead.

All that was left on the spot was a handful of pale ashes, and a set of uniforms that were 80% new... Wait, 80% new?

It seems that the detection skill was quite successful. Huai Shi actually found additional information, such as the condition of the uniform, and even... the material of the handful of ashes.

Huaishi put on her gloves, carefully picked up a handful, and sniffed.

Thanks to Van Helsing's excellent alchemy, he could almost immediately identify the ingredients inside - calcium, carbon, phosphorus, sodium, etc.... almost all ingredients contained in the human body.

In other words, are these the ashes of the crew?

Huai Shi couldn't believe that there would be any power that could burn all the crew members to ashes from the inside out in an instant, but not even a single scorch mark was left on their uniforms.

It can be seen that these guys basically had no reaction or struggle, and were burned to death in an instant.

And everyone is working together, otherwise the abnormality will not be discovered.

Such a large number and such a terrifying degree of accuracy...are they really something humans can achieve?

But when he turned over the ashes, he found a burnt note in it... When he carefully searched for other ashes, he found the same note inside.

After being burned in an instant, those fragile pieces of paper still remained curled, and were extremely crumbly when touched. With the vampire's astonishing vision, he could tell that there were words written on those charred and carbonized papers that looked like names.

It's on every note.

"Artificial beings." Ai Qing concluded decisively: "These guys are all artificial beings, small miracles created by imitating human beings through alchemy."

Huaishi couldn't help but click her tongue.

Of course he knew about the artificial man. In fact, it was a tool often used in alchemy, and it could be said to have a very ancient history.

This kind of puppet, which is made directly from various metals, elements and a large amount of water, has no self-will at all, and can almost be said to be a puppet like a walking zombie.

Before making them, the maker will put a piece of paper with a name on it into the container, and use this name to make them work.

But the biggest limitation is that this kind of artificial human can only last for one day and night at most.

No matter when it is born, it will collapse on its own once it is exposed to the next day's sunlight.

This is a flaw that no matter how outstanding alchemists are throughout the ages, they cannot avoid it.

But the entire crew of the ship is actually artificial humans? And it looks so agile and even possesses considerable strength, which is simply unbelievable.

"Don't be in a daze." Ai Qing suddenly woke up: "Go to the captain's room, immediately!"

Huai Shi nodded, followed Ai Qing's instructions, turned around and sneaked into the cabin, silently running towards the captain's cabin at the top.

Regardless of whether the captain still exists at this time, if there is something fishy on this ship, there will definitely be traces in the captain's cabin. Even if there is nothing, at least we can find information about this ship and information about the New World.

But his speed has slowed down. When he was rushing towards the captain's cabin, he saw the same figures rushing towards the captain's cabin on the road. It was not just Lao Xiao and the others, but the pair in the restaurant last night were quite weird. The couple also rushed to the captain's cabin quickly.

As he ran forward, the wife, whose face was full of dust, was still scolding her man for wasting time. But when they suddenly pushed open the ajar door of the captain's cabin, they saw only a chair.

Empty.

There is nothing here except the chair. Just on the chair, you can see the captain's loose uniform and the remaining ashes.

There was still wine left in the wine bottle leaning on the floor, and the carpet showed signs of being soaked.

It seemed that he was still drinking wine at the last moment before dissipating, and he did not expect the destruction that would follow immediately. Or maybe they had anticipated it, but chose to enjoy themselves at the last moment.

Now the wine bottle has fallen to the ground, soaked in the ashes after his collapse. In the dust, you can see a wild flower that looks like it was picked from a tree on the shore.

There is still a faint fragrance left.

It was as if I had found the meaning of life in the short period of time between life and death, so when I left, I felt as if I had been relieved.

It's obviously a puppet with a body, but it looks like a real human being.

Among the people who followed behind, someone screamed softly. When Huai Shi looked back, he saw Hela with a look of astonishment.

She glanced at the ashes on the ground, and her expression changed, seeming to be pity.

Soon, he turned and left.

Nothing was found.

Huai Shi sighed and turned around to leave, but her footsteps suddenly stopped. Among the chaotic sounds of people and those rummaging around, she heard an extra step.

Thanks to the vampire's excellent hearing and vision, Huai Shi even saw the dust on the ground rising up for no reason.

It's like it's stuck in the gap of a pair of shoes.

He narrowed his eyes and stared at the few grains of dust quietly leaving in the chaos. He hung far behind the footsteps and followed them.

Like hanging out.

He walked to the back of the now empty deck, looked at the dim light of the morning sun in the distance, sighed, lowered his head and took out a bag of tobacco and a stack of white paper from his arms, rolled one out skillfully, and lit it in the corner of his mouth.

Then, he drew his sword from the waist, and the short sword screamed, slashing at the quietly leaving footsteps behind him.

"Get out of here!"

In an instant, the blade pierced the air, and a figure suddenly appeared in the void. He parried the knife in a panic, but it turned out to be Yin Yan's figure.

Red Hat's invisibility is truly terrifying, even vampires' unique heat vision can hardly find any traces. But Yin Yan's stealth skills were so poor that he didn't even notice the two specks of dust following him under his feet.

"Don't do it!" He waved his hands in panic: "One of our own...one of our own..."

"The ones who will be chopped off are your own people!"

A harsh sound erupted.

The dagger grazed his ear and was nailed to the cabin board, startling him so much that he couldn't react. Then Huai Shi held him down and strangled his neck.

"Brother, spare your life, spare your life..." He widened his eyes and raised his hands: "I surrender, how about I surrender? There is no need for the two of us to fight because of that stinky woman Ai Qing, right?"

Huai Shi was stunned for a moment and then shuddered.

How does he know that he is moving freely now and is not controlled by Ai Qing.

"I'm familiar with her, buddy, much more familiar than you are." Yinyan saw his stunned expression and knew that he had guessed it right. He couldn't help but grinned: "I knew who she was going to bite as soon as that mad dog opened her mouth. Oh...you acted so harmlessly, so harmlessly that it made me feel innocent.

Don't kill me, how about I go out and give you money? Don’t worry, I will never tell others nonsense, really!

Besides, it's not worth going through life and death for that cripple. You don't know how many people she has tricked, right? As long as it was profitable, she would even sell her own father..."

Bang!

Huai Shi's face was expressionless. She raised her hand and punched him, knocking out one of his teeth: "Say a few words and no one will think you are dead!"

Yin Yan shut up obediently, raised his hands, and blinked his eyes.

Ai Qing seemed unprepared to express her opinion and left all this to Huai Shi to decide.

"What did you take from the captain's room?" Huai Shi asked coldly: "Don't lie, you only have one chance. You have to understand: Even if you are a teammate... you don't have to be one more."

Yin Yan definitely rushed to the captain's cabin at the first moment, and the ajar door that opened with a push was one of the evidences. If he didn't find anything, there was no need for him to hide and run out quietly, he could just stand there.

"I...I'm just afraid of trouble..."

After hearing this, Huai Shi coldly pulled out a poison-quenched flying knife from his sleeve: "If you lie in the next sentence, I will ask your cousin how to use it on you."

"Etc., etc!"

Yin Yan hurriedly begged for mercy and was about to speak when his eyes suddenly lit up and he looked behind Huai Shi with an expression of surprise.

Huai Shi sneered and didn't look back.

If you want to use this kind of trick on my little Peppa Pig from Huaihai Road, you are probably overthinking it! I've been playing this since I was eight years old!

But then, behind him, who was supposed to be empty, a sharp and gloomy voice suddenly sounded.

"Young man, what are you going to do to my dear traveling companion?"

Huai Shi turned around in shock, only to see the old lady appearing behind her at some point. Her luxurious dress was now stained with blood, and she was holding a dead chicken in her hand. Her hair was disheveled, and she looked like She is a madwoman.

But such an old lunatic appeared inexplicably behind his back...

Yinyan took the opportunity to break free from his restraints, and then hid beside her, saying sweetly and asking for no money: "My dear, you came just in time.

Otherwise, the secret I originally planned to share with you will be taken away by this guy. "

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to the old woman like a loyal dog. With sharp eyes, Huai Shi discovered that what he was holding turned out to be the captain's relic.

Yes, it was the piece of paper the captain took out and read in the restaurant last night.

The crazy woman looked at Huai Shi coldly, and a murderous intention locked onto him, making him break into a cold sweat... Could it be that he was going to die at the hands of this bastard's concubine today?

Damn it, I should have known you were a teenager!

But soon, the murderous intention dissipated as she took the piece of paper from Yin Yan's hand. When she lowered her eyes to look at the paper, she was stunned for a moment, and then she could not conceal her surprise... and fear. .

Palms tremble.

Huai Shi stood on tiptoe and glanced at the paper quietly. She saw that the words on the paper were exactly what the captain had recited in public last night, but there was an extra signature.

A curious signature.

It seems to be scrawled ancient characters, but the writing is not limited to the usual left to right or top to bottom, but turns on the paper almost at will, with sharp corners, and in the end, the beginning and the end are connected.

It turned into a star-like pattern.

Wisps of jet-black ink spread out from its trajectory, radiating out around like the light of stars.

Huai Shi can almost distinguish those scrawled characters, which are the records that Crow forcibly brainwashed into the Book of Destiny when he taught himself the origin of alchemy, one of the oldest writings in the West - Hebrew.

"Helel... Ben... Shahar?"

He frowned and read out the characters with a stutter.

At that moment, the old woman suddenly raised her head, and her originally blue eyes had turned blood red. Whether it was fear or madness, her distorted face twitched in one place, and she roared at him like a roar:

“——Don’t pronounce that name!!!”

I'm still a little stuck. I'm going to eat something and think about it later.