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Chapter 586 In the Darkness (4k+)

A match was lit in the darkness and thrown into the kerosene lamp. The dim orange light finally drove away some of the darkness around.

Millie Tang held a kerosene lamp and looked at Liu Yonglu in front of her. At this time, Liu Yonglu was still wearing the old windbreaker he usually wore when fishing, and holding a wet chicken in his arms.

"Mr. Richie, can you tell me in detail what happened just now?"

Millie Tang was wearing a coat, pajamas underneath, and slippers on her feet.

Unlike Liu Yonglu, Millie Tang is a night owl. The darker it gets, the more energetic she becomes. She slept well this morning, but was suddenly awakened by a violent tremor. Fortunately, the furniture on the exploration ship is specially made, and most of the tables and chairs are fixed to the floor, otherwise Millie Tang would have had the furniture smashed.

After the shaking, Millie Tang carefully got up from the bed, put the ancient relic on the bedside into her pocket in the dark, and casually put on a coat.

Millie Tang struck a match and looked at her pocket watch, frowning. It was seven o'clock, why was it still pitch black outside?
Considering the loud noise and the violent shaking of the ship, Millie Tang knew that something had happened, something big had happened!

Fortunately, I met Liu Yonglu as soon as I went out. In addition to him, several other members of Shi Wei Tian also came out of their bedrooms and gathered in the corridor.

Liu Yonglu actually had no idea what had happened. He was fishing... and suddenly the fish was eaten?
But in the end he stayed on the deck and witnessed the whole incident, and told everything he saw and heard.

"We... were swallowed by the sea monster that had been following us!?"

Millie Tang held her forehead and asked in disbelief, while her mind was working rapidly, trying to figure out the cause and effect behind the sudden incident.

"How did the walking chicken get into the sea?"

Millie Tang sensed something was wrong. She had just speculated a week ago that, assuming the sea monster was related to the foolish will of the Source of No Source, then the other party's means of tracking the fleet might be to track the mystical aura on the ship.

And the whole fleet... the one with the biggest smell is Chicken Run. Although it looks a bit cheap, this guy is indeed a genuine god.

It is very likely that the few minutes he spent in the water attracted the sea monster.

"Mili Tang, you need to take care of your wicked man. I don't know what's wrong with him today. He wants to use me to fish.

Oh, I slept well in the morning, but BK put me in the bucket and kicked me into the sea. If I didn’t have some basic knowledge of freestyle swimming, I really wouldn’t be able to get up.”

Under the oil lamp, Millie Tang's murderous look scared Zou Ji. Among the people in the family, Zou Ji was most afraid of Millie Tang. Seeing that the revenge was coming, Zou Ji hurried to seek justice and file a complaint.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're getting more and more careless. You only have one leg, how can you swim freestyle?
Besides, I didn't know you were in the bucket! I was going to ask you, what's going on? Are you sleepwalking or having hysteria? Why did you jump into the bucket instead of sleeping in your bed?
Mi Li'er, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me. If you don't believe me, ask Shani, he can testify that I didn't touch the bucket from the time I prepared it to the time I kicked it down. "

When Liu Yonglu heard that Zou Ji was going to throw dirty water on him, he hurried to explain.

"I'm hysterical? Even if I'm hysterical, I'll just go to your room and spit into your cup!

Why would I jump into the bucket when I was fine? Yonglu? What do you mean? A real man should take responsibility for his actions, but now you don't dare to admit it?"

The chicken in Liu Yonglu's arms was also angry. It was unlucky enough that he was kicked into the sea today. If Millie Tang took care of him personally later, he would really die unjustly.

Liu Yonglu pulled the chicken's wings, and the chicken poked Liu Yonglu's stomach with its mouth, and the two of them started fighting in the corridor.

"Well, chicken run, Ricky, this matter... is my fault. I put the chicken run in the bucket last night."

Seeing that the misunderstanding was getting bigger and bigger, Marquette hurried out to mediate.

"It's you, boy! Marquette! We have a pretty good relationship. Do I always have a couple of drinks with you every time you come to our house?

What's going on? You didn't learn anything else from Yonglu, but you learned all these mean and bad skills right away?"

The culprit admitted it himself, and he jumped out of Liu Yonglu's arms and fell to the ground, flapping his wings and starting to scold Marquette.

Marquette was also angry, and he lit a cigarette and said unhappily:
"Humph, you know what you did. If you didn't go and cheat those believers out of their money, would I have nothing better to do than to tease you?"

The genius brother and sister have been staying on the "Dog Riding Rabbit" for the past two days. Haverson is helping Captain Peleus, and Roselis is helping Milly Tang with some odd jobs of organizing information.

When they heard that the prostitute had cheated the believers of their money, their eyes widened:

“The mercy of the Saint shines upon the earth, Zou Ji, how could you do such a thing? Saint Barlan is the patron saint of the Saint’s will and the preacher of the gospel.

Do you know that your behavior is likely to affect the reputation of Saint Barlan? This reputation was earned by Saint Barlan with courage and wisdom in the battle against heretics, and it was not easy to come by.

Tell me! What did you do? "

Seeing that the truth had been revealed, Kougan, another member of the fraud duo, lost his composure and really knocked Zou Ji to the ground. He was not spared:
"Havrison, Roselis, both of you calm down, calm down.

There must be some misunderstanding here. Zouji went to another ship to preach these two days. Many believers donated out of piety and faith, but it was all voluntary..."

"That's enough! Shut up, everyone!"

Millie Tang couldn't bear it any longer and clenched her fists and shouted, "It's already this time, why are these guys still arguing about trivial matters!"
I am unlucky to have so many weird teammates:

"The exploration ship has been swallowed by the sea monster. Let's find out what's going on!"

When Millie Tang got angry, no one dared to say a word. Millie Tang looked around and found another big problem: Lin Brown was gone!

Hiss...where has this guy gone? Maybe he was so angry that he went to fight the sea monster with a weapon.

Holding a kerosene lamp, Millie Tang led Shi Weitian's men towards the deck. When they turned a corner, they saw a man standing in the dark corridor.

The man didn't move or speak, just stared blankly at a bust sculpture in the corridor.

Who is this person...why is he talking so weirdly?

Everyone became alert and drew their weapons. When the light from the oil lamp was shone on this person, everyone realized that it was Lin Brown standing in front of them!

Lin Brown's eyesight was not good to begin with, and after the sudden change, the hull and the outside of the ship became pitch black, and he was basically blinded by the quilt.

After finally finding his clothes and getting out of the room, Lin Brown mistook the statue in the corridor for Liu Yonglu.

"Stop touching the wet blanket, something bad has happened!"

Liu Yonglu quickly lit another kerosene lamp and handed it to Lin Brown, and told him what had just happened. After gathering all his companions, they walked to the door leading to the deck and found that the old captain Peleus was already waiting at the door. To be precise, the old man was not waiting, but guarding.

After the "Dog Riding Rabbit" was swallowed by the sea monster, the crew members on duty and patrol on the deck ran into the cabin in a panic, found the old captain and updated him on the current situation.

"Ricky, Millie Tang, I counted the number of crew members. The current situation is fine. Except for a dozen people who cannot be contacted for the time being, no casualties have been found."

Old Peleus frowned, and seemed to be deeply worried about the current situation. In his decades of sailing career, this was the first time he was swallowed by a sea monster:
"I don't know the situation outside right now. All I can do is to comfort the crew, prepare the weapons on the ship, and wait for the opportunity to find a way to escape."

What the old captain meant was that the current situation was a special event, and he didn't dare to rashly investigate what was happening outside. He was waiting for Shi Weitian's people to give him a direction.

"Captain, well done. You stay at the rear and we'll go out and see what's going on."

Liu Yonglu was a smart man and naturally understood what the old man meant. Andreas, who had difficulty walking, stayed in the cabin to provide support. The others followed Liu Yonglu and slowly opened the door to the deck.

It was pitch black outside the door, just like inside the house. Liu Yonglu sniffed and could smell a damp and moldy smell.

The deck was quiet, without a sound. Liu Yonglu slowly walked out of the cabin door and waved his fan to clear the way ahead. The dim light could not dispel the thick darkness. The visibility at this time was only one or two meters.

The deck still maintained the mess from the hasty evacuation, with buckets, lifeboats, ropes and other debris lying crookedly on the deck. No water was pouring in, which was the first good news.

Liu Yonglu was afraid that once he opened the cabin door, there would be a layer of rising sea water outside, which would be very difficult.

There was no sea water and no dangerous creatures had been seen invading. The entire "Dog Riding Rabbit" seemed to be placed in a glass showcase, maintaining an eerie still atmosphere.

Several people walked cautiously to the fence of the hull. Lin Brown took out several pieces of iron pipes from his small bag and spliced ​​them together to form a one-meter-long cane, which he poked in all directions outside the ship.

"Ricky, I didn't hit the wall, and it felt like there was a lot of space."

Lin Brown's voice was not loud, but there was a faint echo.

Marquette picked up a brush that a crew member used to scrub the deck and threw it over the rail.

"thump."

There was a sound of water coming from under the boat, and the boat should be floating on the water at this time.

"Haverson, I remember there are kerosene lamps under the deck floor. Take them out first and light them one by one."

Walking in a straight line along the deck on one side, Millie Tang did not find anything strange, and her pocket watch did not respond. Fortunately, the people on the boat should be safe.

Haverson opened the secret compartment on the stern deck and found seven or eight kerosene lamps. Following Milly Tang's instructions, Haverson waited two or three minutes before lighting each lamp.

Apart from the sound of water coming from under the boat, there was no sound or change around.

Half an hour later, Shi Weitian and his crew completed the preliminary investigation of the exploration ship. The "Dog Riding a Rabbit" should still be in the sea monster's stomach. The sea monster was huge, and the hull did not suffer any obvious structural damage in the process of being swallowed.

"Captain Peleus, come out. It's safe for now. Let's restore the power supply of the exploration ship first."

Millie Tang knocked on the hatch and asked the crew to return to their respective positions. She was swallowed by the sea monster... If she wanted to be safe, she would try to find a way out, but...

Millie Tang thought of Liu Yonglu's speculation a week ago:

"Assuming that the paintings associated with the slabs were moved around, this would cause discrepancies in the records of the slabs' locations."

Maybe this time we have come to the right place. The secret of the Source of the Sourceless is hidden among the sea monsters.

Liu Yonglu stood at the bow and gave a brief speech to all the crew members in order to stabilize the morale of the troops. Needless to say, if someone else had explained, no matter how inflammatory the tone or how powerful the content of the speech was, it would not be able to completely erase the tense haze that shrouded everyone's heart.

But Liu Yonglu... is used to doing this kind of thing. He can't say that he can let all the crew members move forward bravely as if nothing had happened, but at least their mental state is stable.

The night searchlights at the bow and stern of the ship were lit by old Peleus. With the "Dog Riding Rabbit" as the center, the lights dispelled the surrounding darkness, and everyone on the ship began the second phase of exploration.

Millie Tang found a piece of wood and threw it into the water, and discovered that the board was slowly moving backwards, proving that the exploration ship had a basic speed and direction under the influence of water current and wind.

Looking up, Millie Tang could vaguely see some uneven curved outlines. However, the ceiling above her head was very far away from the hull, at least several dozen meters away.

"Captain Peleus, please turn off the searchlights at the stern and sides of the ship, leaving only the bow light on. We need to save some energy."

Although the situation is better than expected, we still cannot be careless.

The ship drifted forward for more than half an hour, and the crew on the lookout shouted to the deck:

"Mr. Richie, Mr. Peleus, I think I see land!"

Land!? A piece of land appeared in the belly of the sea monster? During this period, Millie Tang tried many times to obtain some samples of the sea monster's flesh, but both the walls on both sides and the ceiling above were a certain distance away from the exploration ship.

Millie Tang felt it was too risky to risk lowering the lifeboat to take samples at close range.

Seeing land now? Mili Tang had to think of a possibility. There was no strictly physical space inside the sea monster's body. The area where everyone was located was probably an illusion.

"Keep watching and prepare to drop anchor!"

Captain Peleus instructed that since there was land, there might be reefs under the water, and approaching rashly might damage the ship and cause it to run aground.

"Mr. Peleus, it is definitely land, a U-shaped mudflat."

"Anchor!"

Following Peleus' order, the crew threw the anchor into the water, but three minutes later, the second mate shouted in disbelief:

"Mr. Peleus, the cable has been extended to the limit, but the anchor is still not fixed!"

The "Dog Riding Rabbit" is an ocean-going exploration vessel. The anchor cable is dozens of meters long and normally it would not be unable to get stuck on the reef. This situation only means that... the waters under the ship are unfathomable.

(End of this chapter)