Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 69 Sunny Island in the Fog
On the sea shrouded in fog, the Valkyrie sailed left and right under the command of Cheng Lang.

But what made everyone uneasy was that as they sailed, the fog around them became thicker and thicker, and more and more ship lights were looming in the fog. On the contrary, the already weak sea breeze almost disappeared.

At the end of the journey, if the Valkyrie wanted to continue moving in the direction indicated by the metal bowl, it could only rely on consuming the energy of the false ship's heart to drive the dragonfly fins to swing.

Fortunately, although the boat was sailing slower and slower, Cheng Lang's physical strength was finally recovering slowly.

With each turn command, the sky grew darker and darker, and the pointers of all the clocks, watches and pointing devices on the ship's clock tower began to rotate tirelessly at a high speed.

The Valkyrie, with all its sails furled, continued to move forward at a slow and feeble pace under the captain's feeble guidance.

At some point, a hazy array of ship lights appeared to the Valkyrie's left, right, and back. A moment later, everyone could see the hazy silhouettes of ships closing in from three directions through the dense fog.

"go"

Cheng Lang took out the only three cups of Poseidon's blood and handed them to Yun Ji beside him. "First, throw one cup into the center pool at the bow of the cargo hold. Hurry up, and wait for my signal for the rest."

Upon hearing this, Yun Ji immediately took the three cups of Poseidon's blood, jumped over the stair railing and started running down.

In just a few breaths, as the first cup of Poseidon's blood was thrown into the fake ship's center pool, the nine pairs of dragonfly fins that had just been transplanted to the ship seemed to have been injected with chicken blood and paddled hard, rushing out at an exaggerated speed that almost made the ship leave the water. In the blink of an eye, the three ghost ships were left far behind.

"Full right rudder"

Cheng Lang, who had been staring at the metal bowl in his hand, issued a new order without even looking up. Shen Ba beside him immediately turned the steering wheel.

In just a moment, the Valkyrie almost turned to the right in a bending posture, and everyone on the ship was almost thrown out.

"Back to normal"

As the new order was issued, Shenba immediately turned the steering wheel again, and the ship corrected its posture before capsizing.

I don’t know how much time passed, but there were more and more ship lights and ship shadows on both sides, but the speed of the Valkyrie’s ship was getting slower and slower. Everyone’s mood became impetuous, and they had the urge to jump into the sea immediately.

"Shoot!" Cheng Lang issued a new order without even raising his head.

Upon hearing this, Yafuso immediately opened the window, raised the flintlock rifle towards the outside and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

Amidst the dull sound of gunfire and the rising smoke, Yun Ji, who received the signal, immediately threw the second cup of Poseidon's blood into the pool in the center of the ship. The speed of the Valkyrie also increased again, and it once again narrowly passed through the surrounding ghost ships.

"what happened?"

At the same time, on the deck of the Honest Man, the merman Tinissa, who had come on board as a supply carrier, was looking at everything around her in astonishment, especially the sailors with dazed expressions who were fighting each other with scimitars.

"Captain, these sailors seem to be under control." One of the merfolk exclaimed, "Look around! Look around! Ghost ships! They're all ghost ships!"

"Ghost Ship?!"

Tinisha let out a scream, and the scales on her beautiful fish tail even exploded subconsciously!
"What should we do? Jump off the boat and run?" another band member asked in panic.

"No! We can't run!"

As she spoke, Tinisha had already taken off the large canvas bag that she had just carried when she left the lower cabin. After rummaging inside for a while, she struggled to pull out a music book that was almost as thick as her thin and slender body.

"Let me think! Let me think!"

Tinissa muttered to herself as she flipped through the music sheet. After a moment, she immediately shouted, "Morning Aria! Quick! Let's play the Morning Aria! This will definitely work!"

"But."

"No buts! Hurry up!"

Tinisa gave a delicate cry, and the other several merfolk immediately gathered around the thick, old music score.

The seven fledgling fish-tailed mermen looked at each other, and then plucked the strings on their fish tails together.

Suddenly, the open deck that had turned into an arena was enveloped by the magnificent sound of the piano. The sailors and even the pirate captains who were originally fighting each other began to move more and more slowly, and finally stopped.

Just at this moment, one of the merfolk played a wrong scale, and the sailors also let out a terrifying scream.

"clam down!"

Tinissa let out a cry, then plucked the strings vigorously and began to lead the aria's accompaniment:
Having been lost in the dark abyss for so long, everything on the sea seems like an endless curse.

Strong winds and raging waves accompany sin, and the temptation of treasure taints pure souls.

The ray of morning light was like a gentle caress, penetrating the haze and repairing the rotten bow.

She whispered about love and freedom, and the sailors' numb hearts began to tremble.

Listen, that is the prelude to hope!
The waves are no longer noisy and the wind has become gentle.

Under the guidance of the morning light, let reason return and let kindness remain.

The ode of the morning light is the redemption of sin!

Brave sailors and tribes, may the morning light bless you and keep you away from the dark seas from now on!

"crash"

Just as Tinisha's solo ended, the sailors around her unconsciously dropped their weapons.

"Lost in the dark abyss for so long, everything on the sea seems like an endless curse."

In the new round of piano music, the other six piano-tailed fishmen also began to sing in chorus under the leadership of Tinisha.

The sailors also knelt on the deck, opened their arms, raised their heads as high as possible, and burst into tears.

"Lost in the dark abyss for so long, everything on the sea seems like an endless curse."

When the second round of chorus began with the much more rapid piano music, the pirate brothers were the first to regain consciousness and rationality.

Just by looking at everything around him, Kervik realized what was happening and subconsciously looked at Tinisha who had been looking at him.

"Where is the Valkyrie?" Kervik asked loudly with a frown.

Tinisha, who was still leading the singing, didn't dare to stop at all. She just shook her head, pointed at her mouth with her other hand, then pointed at the music score among them, and then pointed at the sailors around her who were gradually regaining their senses.

"All sailors! Join the chorus!"

Kervik immediately gave the order that Tinissa most wanted to hear, and the latter nodded vigorously while leading the singing, her tears almost falling!
Gradually, the chorus on the Candide became more and more uniform and loud, and the ghost ships around them that were almost right next to them finally failed to affect the sailors' reason.

"Whitebread! Set sail with your men!"

Kervik issued a new order, "Bervik, throw out the cable, I need a straight direction!"

As the order was given, the deck captain immediately ordered some sailors to start adjusting the sails. At the same time, Belvik immediately ran to the stern deck, cut a huge rope net with a machete, and threw the cables with many oak barrels and waterproof ship lights hanging on them into the sea.

As the sails caught the wind and began to carry the Honest Man forward, the experienced pirate captain Kerwick also turned his back to the bow and held the steering wheel on the open deck in reverse, his eyes fixed on the straight cable pulled by the ship.

Whenever the cable floating on the sea bends, Kervik immediately turns the steering wheel to straighten the cable again to ensure the straight course.

Gradually, the voices of the sailors in the chorus became hoarser, and the blood oozing from the fingertips of the merman gradually dyed the colorful strings on the fishtail red.

But under the threat of the increasing number of ghost ships around, no one stopped, and the chorus became much louder instead.

"boom!"

On the Valkyrie's interior bridge, Yafuso, under Cheng Lang's command, pulled the trigger for the second time. Immediately afterwards, Yun Ji also threw the last cup of Poseidon's blood into the center of the ship.

With the blessing of this last cup of blood, the speed of the Valkyrie increased sharply again, and once again left behind the increasing number of ghost ships around it.

"Get the gorillas ready"

Cheng Lang said without even looking up, "The goats, pigs, hens raised on the ship, as well as the meat and fish oil we have in stock, everything that can provide energy for the ship's center pool is ready and ready to be thrown in at any time."

"I'll go right away!" Gerta said, and ran into the cargo hold.

After an unknown amount of time, the Valkyrie's speed began to slow down again, and the shadow of the ghost ship appeared around it again.

"Shoot!" Cheng Lang said without raising his head.

"Bang!" Yafuso immediately pulled the trigger. Upon receiving the signal, Gerta immediately instructed the gorillas to throw the goats and pigs that were originally used to pull the mill into the center of the boat, and the speed of the boat also increased slightly.

"It's not enough, shoot!" Cheng Lang urged.

"boom!"

"Throw the hen in too!" Gerta said, throwing the hen in his hand into the pool in the middle of the boat.

Amidst the sound of gunfire, the poultry and livestock stored on the Valkyrie were thrown into the center pool of the ship. The ham, bacon, and even the dried meat sent from Dragonfly Island were also thrown in. Even the little fish oil left on the ship was poured bucket by bucket into the center pool of the ship, which was like a garbage can.

"Bang!" At this time, another gunshot was heard.

"Mushrooms! Throw those mushrooms in too!"

Before Gerta finished speaking, the gorillas and even Yun Ji who stayed here helped to open the oak barrels used to grow mushrooms, and poured the logs full of mushrooms directly into the pool in the center of the boat.

In this busy and hectic environment, no one noticed that a not-so-large oak barrel was poured into the center pool of the ship.

If Yafuso was here at this moment, she would definitely collapse on the ground in fear. The oak barrel that she had hidden in three layers of wood contained the last spores of the corpse mushroom she had cultivated before!
But at this moment, neither the people who were busy pouring "nutrients" into this fake but voracious pool in the center of the boat, nor the people on the other side who were busy fishing out the indigestible impurities noticed this little accident.

Finally, just as Gerta poured the last basket of oranges into the pool in the middle of the boat, he was about to jump in and turn into nutrients.

The speed of the Valkyrie suddenly increased, and the swinging of the nine pairs of dragonfly fins even caused the bottom hull to leave the sea surface in an instant!
Amid everyone's exclamations, Yun Ji grabbed Gerta by the back of his neck and rescued him from the danger of falling into the pool in the center of the boat.

"What did they feed that trash can?"

Cheng Lang, who was still weak, asked blankly. The reason he didn't fall down was because of the whip that tied him to the ship's bell base.

"I do not know either!"

Yafuso, who subconsciously hugged Cheng Lang's thigh, gave an answer with an exclamation.

But soon, the little girl screamed even more sharply, "I know! I know what they threw into the trash can!"

"What is it?"

Cheng Lang had found the answer before he finished speaking, but the expression on his face became particularly wonderful.

He was indeed amazing. In just a short while, small purple-black mushrooms with some pink stripes had grown on the surrounding ground!
"Why is there such a weird thing on our ship!" Cheng Lang, who had no strength to get up, asked Yafuso who was hugging his thigh tightly.

"I don't know!" Yafuso flatly denied her dangerous attempt to steal.

"Didn't I already kill all the mushrooms in your culture barrel?!" Cheng Lang also let it slip subconsciously.

"So it was you who did it! I was wondering why I kept failing!"

Yafuso shouted angrily, then opened her mouth and bit Cheng Lang's thigh hard.

"Let go! What should we do now?" Cheng Lang asked loudly. He now felt that he was full of strength.

"how could I know!"

Yafuso roared back in grievance. She already knew clearly that the last few spores she had tried so hard to preserve were all gone.

"captain"

At this moment, Shenba asked, "Should we continue driving forward? The windows are covered with mushrooms and I can't see the front anymore."

"Left rudder 30!" Cheng Lang looked down at the metal bowl in his arms and saw that the small boat floating inside had just quietly turned, so he quickly gave the order.

"Are you hallucinating?" Shenba shouted, asking the second key question, "Why did the mushrooms on the window die?"

Hearing this, Cheng Lang and Yafusuo looked at each other, and they finally realized that they did not seem to be hallucinating.

Looking around, the mushrooms that had just grown had already withered and turned into pus. But soon, new mushrooms emerged from everywhere.

Not only the cabin, but almost all parts of the ship were covered with mushrooms, and the process of withering and festering, growing new mushrooms, and withering and festering again was repeated again and again.

But from beginning to end, no one on the boat had any hallucinations, nor did any poisonous mushrooms grow on their bodies - even though the air was filled with the disgusting smell of rotten mushrooms.

What was even more incomprehensible to everyone was that the nine pairs of dragonfly fins transplanted on the boat were paddling desperately like high-energy bikers, and they were not even under the control of the boat's center.

No, no, no, it should be said that what is out of control at this time is not the dragonfly fin but the heart of the boat!

Fortunately, although the ship's center has lost contact, the steering wheel is still useful!

"Right 15! Quick!"

Cheng Lang grabbed Yafusuo's belt and shouted at Shenba at the same time.

As Shenba turned the steering wheel, the Valkyrie also turned immediately, almost like a high-speed speedboat, drawing a dangerous arc on the foggy sea.

"Next time if you have something so useful, please take it out sooner," Cheng Lang shouted at Yafuso who was pressed to the ground by him.

"Give me back my mushrooms!" Yafuso felt more and more aggrieved, her face was almost pressed into the pus of rotten mushrooms!
"Captain, should we turn?!" Shenba, who had just opened the window in front of him, shouted.

“No!”

Cheng Lang realized something was wrong after he asked, "What's wrong?!"

"There's an island ahead!" Shenba shouted, "We're almost there."

"What? Stop the boat! Stop the boat quickly!" Cheng Lang, who couldn't see outside at all due to the height, shouted hurriedly.

"Our sails aren't even open!"

Shenba yelled in fear, "We're going to crash! We..."

"Hit! Hit!" Cheng Lang looked down at the compass in his hands and shouted the order.

"what--"

Amidst Shenba's distorted screams, the Valkyrie rushed straight towards the small island in front.

Amidst the violent friction sounds, the dragonfly's fins, still flying rapidly, were like huge, sharp sickles, easily chopping into several stranded sailboats that were within reach on both sides of the Valkyrie.

Perhaps it was because the dragonfly fins were too sharp, the Valkyrie did not stop after it ran aground. Instead, it continued to rush into the depths of this not-so-big island amidst violent bumps and harsh friction sounds, as well as the sound of rapidly flapping dragonfly fins cutting through various things along the way.

Finally, the Valkyrie came to a stop, and the nine pairs of sharp dragonfly fins gradually stopped flapping, and finally spread out evenly, supporting the hull like spider legs to prevent it from tilting left and right.

It was only at this moment that Shenba said belatedly, "I realized that the fog around this island is very thin, and I can see the sunlight."

"Sunlight?"

Cheng Lang was stunned and looked down at the small boat in the metal bowl. There was no track at its stern and the hull was spinning in place irregularly.

"Help me up quickly," Cheng Lang reacted and said as he put away the whip.

Upon hearing this, Shenba immediately grabbed Cheng Lang's arm and helped him up. At the same time, he also helped Yafuso, who had been holding Cheng Lang's thigh, to kneel on the ground - the poor girl with her face covered with mushroom pus was already seasick.

Cheng Lang tried to lift his legs but failed to shake off Yafuso who seemed to be about to vomit, so he could only look out the window.

However, when he saw the scene outside the window clearly, he was stunned.

"Help me to the open-air driving platform," Cheng Lang said with a frown.

Upon hearing this, Shenba bent down and helped Yafuso, who was as dirty as a mud monkey, to the recliner, and then carried Cheng Lang to the open-air driving platform.

The altitude here was higher, and the view was better. He could also clearly see that in the center of the island there was a small lake completely covered by sunlight.

The surface of this lake is exceptionally calm, with a large rock rising above the water in the middle.

The lake is surrounded by a circle of meadow full of flowers. This circle of meadow is like a dividing line. The sun is shining inside the meadow, but the outside of the meadow is shrouded in dark clouds and mist.

But what was even more terrifying than the clouds and mist was that in a circle outside the grass, there were sailors sitting densely packed next to each other!

Just as he was looking at those backs with fear and cold sweat, he found that the sailors actually turned around and looked at him in unison!
"gollum"

Cheng Lang and Shenba swallowed subconsciously almost at the same time.

(End of this chapter)