Yuan Tong

Duncan Abnomar was transmigrated to a magical world.
Most of the lands of the world had sunken, and the surviving humans could only live on islands. Due to an unknown reason, the world was also contaminated and strange phenomena and things would randomly appear.
Humans had developed steam gear technology, and the islands were connected through boats. They survived by studying strange phenomena that happened all around the world.
However, as the captain of a scary-looking ghost ship, Duncan was facing a huge challenge.
"How the heck do I steer this ship?"
Highly recommended by experienced editor: MC is transmigrated to a world mostly covered in water and far from civilization. He becomes the captain of the ghost ship, the 'Homeloss'. He steers through the fog and adventures through the broken world and the unknown deep sea. As he discovers the ruins of abandoned civilization, he would also stumble into the war between the strange phenomena and the devil gods.
The story takes place in a combination of ocean and Chutly mythology world, a new and interesting background. It’s an attractive story to read due to the author’s sense of humor and mastery over the ambiance of the story.
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Another-style introduction:
"On that day, a thick fog engulfed everything. 
On that day, he became the captain of a ghost ship. 
On that day, he crossed the dense fog and faced a completely overturned and shattered world – the former order was completely gone, and peculiar phenomena dominated the endless seas beyond civilized society. 
The island city-states and the fleets challenging the sea have become the only lights of civilization left, while the shadows of old days still lurk in the deep sea, waiting to devour this dying world again. 
But for the new captain, there's only one pressing question – Does anyone know how to sail this damn ship?!"

Ashes Of Deep Sea

In the age of sailing warships a century ago, the shipbuilding craftsmen of each City-State followed one rule when working on the keel—they had to cut a piece of timber from the raw wood material.


They would treat this piece of wood in the same way as the keel, through carbonization, steeping in medicine, and oiling, and they would place it together with the unfinished ship on the shipyard. However, once the ship was completed, this piece of "Keel Timber" would be left in the shipyard and permanently preserved on land—usually, the ship owners would also pay extra money to have the priests of the City-State regularly bless the timber, or they would simply send it to the church for safekeeping and supervision.


At first, the practice of preserving the "keel sample" was part of a quality standard for ship owners to verify the selection and initial processing of the keel to meet the technical requirements of a ship. But later, it became a symbol of praying for safety—


Chapter 628: The Displaced's "Curse