Chapter 281 Dagu

After a huge crisis, the small fishing boat was severely damaged. The power unit was destroyed in the whirlpool. Now the fishing boat is completely drifting with the tide. I don't know where it will take us.

I looked around on the deck, and there was no end in sight. The sea water was still black, and the evil spirit in the water was thick, just like the legendary underworld, full of ominousness.

Soon, I saw my master.

He stood on the bow with a sword, his long gown was stained with a little blood, staring into the distance, his eyes were solemn and deep, and from time to time he would flash a trace of doubt. This was the first time I saw him like this. Obviously, he was not sure about the current strange situation.

The deck was in a mess, and the bodies of mermaids could be seen everywhere. I roughly counted and found that at least nearly twenty mermaids were killed here. It can be seen that the bow was the hardest hit area at that time, and only a few fish that escaped the net got into the cockpit.

Old man Li was lying on the deck with his arms and legs spread out. He was wearing a shabby outfit, and his thick cotton coat had long been soaked with blood. He was motionless.

Wushuang was startled and thought that the old man was injured. With red eyes, he rushed up in two steps. As a result, the old man jumped up like a clockwork, grabbed Wushuang's arm, and shouted that his pipe was lost. A damn mermaid took it away when he escaped...

I was speechless for a while, thinking that your bag of dry tobacco was not worth twenty yuan, so it was lost. Why did you look like you were dead?

Lao Bai told me that the old man had actually done a great deed this time. Although they had dealt with each other before, he had either seen the old man bully the weak or was tricked to death by the Water Prince, and was so hungry that he almost wanted to eat shit. These were quite extreme. He really had no idea how strong the old man was. This time he saw it, and in two words - sharp!

As expected, your uncle is still your uncle. Don't look at his age. When he is really pushed to a certain point, he jumps up and down like a big monkey. I have seen the abilities of those mermaids. They move very fast, their vision is not affected in the dark, and they are very powerful. They can tear human bodies apart. The sailors on the ship are actually good fighters. As a result, they collided head-on and were killed in one encounter. I was able to suppress them by awakening the Earth Spirit Pearl. At that time, 20 to 30 mermaids jumped on the ship at once. My master was naturally calm and could kill one with one sword wherever he passed. But Lao Bai and Brother Yaozi couldn't stand it. It was because of this old man Li's strength at the critical moment that we achieved such fruitful results!

Lao Bai smacked his lips and couldn't help but sigh: "Fighting the wind and rain, sailing with the wind, the old man pushing the cart, farting loudly, the rural old man is not lying to me, the four most powerful things in the world are indeed true, let alone this old man is really powerful..."

I shook my head and was too lazy to respond. Seeing that everyone was fine, I was relieved.

Not long after, there was more laughter on the deck.

People who make a living by hanging their heads on their belts are like this. As long as they are still alive, they can't stop talking nonsense. As for where they are now, I don't want to think about it. Anyway, they are still alive, right?

After a short rest and a simple bandage of the wound, Lao Bai and I got up and started to clean up the bodies on the deck.

Maybe it was because of the fight and the physical consumption, Lao Bai felt a little hungry. While carrying a mermaid corpse with me, he asked me with a smile whether the mermaid was delicious. It looked round and the big tail must have more meat and less thorns.

I was frightened by what he said and asked him to stop immediately. The upper half of this thing at least looked like a human. Unless I was desperate, I would definitely not be able to eat it.

Lao Bai didn't believe it. While cleaning the corpse, he was studying these mermaids. After a while, even he was disgusted by his own thoughts.

Because, except for the extra fish tail, the other structures and shapes of these mermaids are almost the same as those of humans! ! !

"What the hell are these things?"

Lao Bai rubbed his face and couldn't help muttering to me: "Some of them said that there is actually another world in the sea, where things similar to us live, but we have never seen them. I thought it was bullshit before, but now I start to believe it a little bit?"

Who can say for sure?

I thought about it and said to him, "There is a saying that we humans may not have been monkeys before, but came from the ocean. Otherwise, why did our ancestors draw the ancestor of human beings with a human body and a snake tail? Maybe the mermaids are originally from the same source as us, but we went ashore and they didn't, so they evolved and look different. So you'd better be honest. Eating this thing is almost the same as eating people. Do you really want to try it?"

Lao Bai waved his hands and asked me to shut up quickly.

I couldn't help laughing. In fact, these words were just hearsay. I don't know whether they are reliable or not. Anyway, it's a good thing to restrain Lao Bai's idea of ​​"trying something new". Who knows what these things are? The world is big, and there are too many things that people have never seen. What will happen if you eat them in one bite is unpredictable.

Soon, the bodies on the deck were cleared and thrown into the sea.

We know that there are definitely many mermaids here. For some reason, they are unwilling to attack us again. Throwing the bodies into the sea is also a kind of etiquette. In the past, when fighting, the enemy had to collect the bodies. We don't understand the rules of these mermaids, but it is better to give them back than for them to rob them again.

The boat is broken, and we can't just let it drift freely on the sea. Several of us don't understand this, so I had to go to find the old one-eyed man.

This master is actually very hard-hearted. At the beginning, he was in a state of loss. I didn't bother him all the time, just to give him some time to calm down. As a result, I found that I thought too much. Can people who make a living on the sea be ordinary people?

When I returned to the cockpit, I found that he was arguing with Da Nier.

These two people are collecting the bodies of their former companions.

Xiao Ni'er died, leaving only half of his body. No one knew where the left half was thrown away. Old One-Eye searched for a long time but couldn't find it, so he just found a leg to put together. Big One-Eye was furious and said that Xiao Ni'er's left leg and the small part of his left shoulder were all gone. What was the point of finding a leg? And it was a short leg. When placed together with Xiao Ni'er, the two legs were not the same length. It was obviously not Xiao Ni'er's leg. Could it be that they were trying to match the corpses?

Xiao Ni'er was his younger brother. I couldn't see any sadness in him at the moment. He was fighting with Old One-Eye. Rather than saying that he wanted his brother to die decently, it was better to say that he just wanted to quarrel with Old One-Eye.

I really don't understand what's going on with their brotherhood. Could it be that seeing too many deaths will make even family affection become indifferent? I think, even if I still have the life to continue wandering in this industry for decades, I'm afraid I won't become like him. If there really comes such a day, I would rather die.

Finally, the old white-haired man said that since the people were dead, what was the point of fighting? Were you playing Lego at that time?

So he kicked and beat Old One-Eye and Big Nian'er out, and finally looked at Shunzi who was huddled in the corner, thought about it, and finally did not do anything to Shunzi, but just let Shunzi go to the deck to get some fresh air.

Then, the two of us took action and threw all the bodies into the sea.

It's not that we are ruthless, but there is really nothing we can do. This place is under the deep sea, with extremely heavy evil spirits and yin spirits. These crew members are all people who died violently, and the probability of something happening is too high. Leaving the bodies on the boat is almost like putting a time bomb next to you, and something could happen at any time!

Old One-Eye and Big Nian'er left quickly and came back quickly, and told us dejectedly that the boat was completely broken and could not be repaired.

This is absolutely terrible news. Being in such a strange sea, the ship is broken and we can only go with the flow. What is the difference between this and being sentenced to death?

Moreover, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone.

The old one-eyed man also told us that our fresh water tank was also attacked by mermaids. At that time, the ship was in chaos, and no one noticed that a mermaid had sneaked into the fresh water tank and wreaked havoc there.

Before that, our fresh water reserves had already been declared to be exhausted, but that was the reserve of more than a dozen people. Now many crew members have died, and there are only a few of us left. If we use it sparingly, we may be able to hold on for a few days, but now... there is no drop of water! !

If a person has no food, he can at least hold on for ten days or half a month, but if he has no water, how many days can he hold on? No more than five days! !

I had to tell my master this desperate news.

My master fell silent after hearing this. He held a handful of tortoise shells in his hand and looked at the bow for a long time. Finally, he only said eight words to me: "Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by heaven."

Obviously, he couldn't see our future either.

No matter how desperate we are, reality will never change according to our will.

The fishing boat is still drifting on the vast Black Sea.

Zhang Xinya was the most knowledgeable among us. When she learned that we had no water to drink, she showed off her knowledge and said that she wanted to make a semi-permeable membrane to extract fresh water from seawater. First, she tore the wooly sheepskin coat of Old Man Li into pieces, and then exploited a lot of gallstones from Lao Bai. This thing is also called stone alum, which can avoid insect pests. People who study witchcraft always have some on them. She took the gallstones and went into the cabin for a long time. Finally, she distilled some sulfuric acid from the gallstones. She also asked Wushuang and Brother Yaozi to pull the leather coat of Old Man Li straight, and then asked me to use a knife to shave off only a thin layer, and then soak it in sulfuric acid. In her words, this is the ancient method of tanning parchment, which can be used as a semi-permeable membrane.

We don't understand semipermeable membranes, but Old Man Li looked at his leather jacket in pain as it turned into a mess. His pipe was lost, which made him even more upset. He lay on the deck with his belly up like a dead fish, looking like he had lost all hope in life.

Facts have proved that it is good to be knowledgeable. This parchment paper can really filter seawater. The effect is not very good. The treated seawater has a strange smell and is slightly bitter, but the salt content is not that high. At least you won't die faster after drinking it.

My master drank some and said that you can't drink too much. There is evil spirit in the water. Drinking too much is unbearable. Filling a living person with evil spirit is the way to raise a corpse. Drinking too much will cause big problems. A small cup a day is the limit.

It's better to have it than not. Although it's only a small cup, it can at least let us live a few more days. As time goes by, we inevitably gradually develop some symptoms of dehydration. When Lao Bai urinates, he screams like a ghost, as if the faucet is not tightened, dripping, dripping, which is a very appropriate description. He is afraid that the people on the boat don't know that he is in pain. We are all human beings. I naturally experience that feeling. It's really hard to describe. It makes people want to die, but we can endure it. For example, Old Man Li behaves very subtly. Every time he stands at the bow to accept it, his expression is very ecstatic. A light hum of "Oh, haha, um" makes people who don't know think he is going to ascend.

Dehydration is actually a terrible thing. I can feel that my physical strength is getting lower and lower. Gradually, we are too lazy to move, and sometimes we even have some hallucinations...

It is pitch black here, and there is no sense of time. I don't know how long we have been drifting. I only know that I can't stand it any longer. It won't be long. Even if I know that drinking too much water will make me a zombie, I will accept it and drink it to my heart's content.

On this day, as usual, we fell on the deck, half-closed our eyes and waited for death.

The old one-eyed man, whose lips were peeling, suddenly jumped up like a seizure, poked his elbow on the guardrail, squinted his eyes and stared into the distance, and shouted hoarsely: "Ship... I saw a ship..."

"Fuck you... How many times have you seen a ship these days?"

Old Bai cursed without raising his head: "Look at yourself now, hanging on the guardrail like a maggot, can you believe what you see?"

Old one-eyed man refused to come down and still hung on the guardrail.

I pulled the corner of my mouth and laughed. What Old Bai said was the truth. We really saw the ship more than once in the past few days, but it was all an illusion. So I raised my eyelids, raised my hand lazily and pulled Old One-eyed: "Okay, come down, this time we have admitted defeat, but you still don't admit it..."

The words stopped here, and my eyes looked into the distance along the gap in the guardrail. I saw that on the dark sea, there was really a black dot floating towards us.

I felt like I had come back to my soul. I suddenly had strength and jumped up. I looked into the distance. The more I looked, the clearer it became. I couldn't help but say, "Hey, don't lie there. It seems... there really is a boat!!"

If it was an illusion, it was impossible for me and the old one-eyed man to have the same illusion.

Old Bai and the others were startled and struggled to stand up. Sure enough, they all saw the black spot in the darkness.

In such a strange place, a boat suddenly appeared, full of ominousness and weirdness, but... for those of us who are waiting to die, even if it is ominous and weird, it is a kind of hope at this time, which is better than the silence of death and the coldness of being abandoned by the whole world.

"Telescope, my telescope!!"

The old one-eyed man kicked Da Nian'er fiercely. Seeing that Da Nian'er was slow, he took the telescope from Da Nian'er and looked into the distance. Then, he was shocked, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight. He muttered to himself with horror: "I saw a flag, a flag with a sword and a shield crossed..."

Shunzi suddenly raised his head and looked at the old one-eyed man.

These two people were so weird that I couldn't help asking what this flag meant...

The old one-eyed man handed the telescope to me like a puppet, and he sat down on the deck limply, his lips trembling constantly, and whispered: "It's really a ghost, no matter how I look at it... it seems to be... Dagu!!!"