Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 71: Strategies for Wuling
"Magic mirror?" Cheng Lang asked tentatively in the conference room.

In the mirror, although the magic mirror had a flattering look on its face, it seemed to be frozen. Instead, its eyes were moving around flexibly and making faces.

"You can't speak?" Cheng Lang asked, "If you can, blink."

As soon as he finished speaking, the magic mirror blinked immediately, but soon, his eyes suddenly widened. Although he could move his eyes left and right, he could not close his eyes.

Just this instantaneous change made Cheng Lang realize that perhaps the fog spirit, or perhaps some other existence, could hear their communication through the magic mirror.

Looking at the eyes in the magic mirror moving back and forth, Cheng Lang realized that he might only have one last chance to ask a question.

After thinking it over, he said, "The mist spirit is to your left, the thing on the stone is to your right, the zombies around are above, and the area under the island is below. Which one should I deal with first?"

As soon as he asked the question, the magic mirror immediately looked to his left, then downwards, and then only the whites of his eyes were left - his eyeballs could no longer move.

What kind of weird start is this?
Cheng Lang muttered to himself, and then he found that the image of the magic mirror in the mirror gradually collapsed, and then a blurry image of a woman appeared. She was tall, with a slender waist and a large skirt, but everything in the mirror was extremely blurry, so that Cheng Lang could not see her appearance at all.

The magic mirror was obviously trying hard to express something, but in the end, with a crisp "pop" sound, the mirror exploded into countless pieces.

At the same time, in the core area of ​​the island, the range of the moonlight covering the lake suddenly became smaller, and the magic mirror on the stone shattered into countless pieces.

Even the zombies surrounding the lake subconsciously took a step forward.

"Deal with the fog spirit first, then go under the island"

Cheng Lang muttered to himself as he closed his eyes, secretly pondering the hint given to him by the magic mirror.

Going to the bottom of the island is easy, as long as I wait for my strength to recover. The key issue now is how to deal with the fog spirit.

The lake was surrounded by those captains, and even if there were no zombies around, he couldn't figure out how to get rid of the troublesome fog spirit.

It would be nice if there was a plug at the bottom of this island.
Cheng Lang was trying to find a way to amuse himself. If there really was a plug, as long as he recovered his strength and dived underwater to pull it out, the things in the lake would be gone.
Hmm? A plug?

Cheng Lang was stunned for a moment when he thought of this, and then he immediately shouted, "Shenba! Shenba!"

"Oh!"

The door of the conference room was pushed open by Shenba from the outside, "What's wrong, Captain?"

"Hurry, help me to the bow deck!" Cheng Lang urged.

"okay!"

"Don't carry me! Hold me!" This time, Cheng Lang took the initiative to express his dissatisfaction with his subordinates' way of carrying him.

"I saw the vine goblins holding you like this, and I thought the Captain liked it."

The silly boy Shenba muttered something in a low voice, then supported Cheng Lang's arm and took him to the second-floor open deck at the bow, almost jogging.

Almost at the same time, Yun Ji, who heard the shouting, also ran over.

"telescope"

Cheng Lang said after he stood firm with the help of the bed crossbow, and Yun Ji, who had just arrived, immediately picked up the telescope fixed on the ship's clock base and handed it to him.

"Do you have a solution?" asked Yun Ji.

"I remember that elves are natural archers?" Cheng Lang asked while looking at the lake in the distance with a telescope.

"What do you need me to do?"

As Yun Ji spoke, she had already walked to the side of the crossbow. This place was not far from the lake, and the crossbow was powerful enough. She was confident enough to hit any target on the island, but she needed to ask the captain what he was going to do.

"If we get rid of Wu Ling, what will be the consequences?" Cheng Lang asked after putting away the telescope.

"Deal with the fog spirit?"

Yun Ji was stunned for a moment. "You can't kill Wu Ling with just a bed crossbow, not even a cannonball."

"what about this?"

Cheng Lang took out something before Yun Ji finished speaking.

"you mean"

When Yun Ji saw what was in Cheng Lang's hand, her eyes lit up. It was a boat bottle filled with fresh water.

She naturally understood Cheng Lang's plan. Since the boat bottle could be filled with wine and water, theoretically it could also be used to pour the liquid mist spirit in the lake.

"The boat bottle needs to fall into the lake intact."

Cheng Lang said, "If it breaks accidentally, not only will we be unable to deal with the Wu Ling, but we may also lose a boat bottle."

“This is a huge gamble.”

Yun Ji took a deep breath and used a ship bottle as a bet. This could indeed be called a big gamble. Although there were three of these things on the Valkyrie, they were actually extremely rare.

"Are you sure?" Cheng Lang asked.

"I need to test shoot once," Yun Ji said cautiously.

“No rush yet”

Cheng Lang asked, "How is the cultivation of Yafuso's poisonous mushrooms going?"

"Failed"

Yafuso, who had also come to ask about this, said with a sad face, "I don't know what went wrong. I've tried many methods, but the poisonous mushroom spores I collected showed no signs of growth at all."

“Take your time”

Cheng Lang waved his hand and said, "Keep an eye on the situation in the middle of the island. Everyone, please be patient and wait until my strength recovers before taking any action."

Yun Ji and others naturally did not raise any objections, and Cheng Lang did not rush back. Instead, he raised the telescope again and looked at the zombies surrounding the lake again.

These captains included both men and women. Some of them were very old, and their clothes were covered with a thick layer of salt crust. In some of the damaged places, you could see various shellfish creatures attached to their bodies.

"Captain, I saw a man with what seemed to be the blood of Poseidon hanging around his neck!" Yafuso suddenly exclaimed in a low voice.

"Where?" Cheng Lang asked immediately.

"Right there! That's it!"

Yafuso raised her hand and pointed in a direction. "There's a big red feather on his tricorn hat, and the blood of Poseidon is hanging around his neck. Did you see it?"

"I saw it!" Yun Ji exclaimed, "There are so many?!"

"I saw it too!" Shenba exclaimed, "Goddess of Valkyries! How come there are so many!"

"Where is it?" Cheng Lang moved the telescope around aimlessly, searching.

Hearing this, Yun Ji stood behind Cheng Lang, took a look and said, "Point the telescope at the stone in the middle of the lake, then move it to the right until it is halfway between the stone and the lakeside, then move it upwards to look at the other side of the lake."

"never mind."

Cheng Lang decisively chose to give up. Although the moonlight covering the lake was cold, even with a telescope, the people on this side of the lake were already blurry. If the people on the other side wanted to see it, maybe they would have a chance when there was sunlight.

“We have at least one thing for sure.”

Although the captain couldn't see clearly, Yun Ji's tone was filled with excitement. "Although those ships seemed to have been looted, there should be a lot of things we can use on these captains gathered by the lake." "If those zombies are all captains..."

Cheng Lang reminded him, "Who knows what abilities the ship's heart has given them, so let's put the looting off for last."

"Right."

Yun Ji sighed, "So our problem now is how to get the boat bottle into the lake intact."

"I'll leave this matter to you guys to figure out," Cheng Lang said. "Don't act rashly until my strength recovers. Keep an eye on their movements."

"Okay," Yun Ji nodded in agreement.

"Help me back."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he handed the telescope in his hand to Yafuso and let Shenba and Yunji help him back to the captain's bedroom.

Next, the people on the stranded Valkyrie and the zombies on the island lived in peace with each other in a strange state of peace.

While the goblins were busy, the mushroom pus all over the Valkyrie was carefully cleaned. After Cheng Lang handed the ship bottle to Yun Ji with confidence, he took a difficult shower, changed into a set of clean clothes, lay comfortably on his big bed, and once again fell into the dream of standing on the podium and giving a passionate speech to the applause.

In contrast, Yun Ji and others were extremely busy. They were trying various methods to ensure that the boat bottle was safely and intactly delivered to the lake by the arrow.

"Captain, look over there!"

In the same foggy sea, Whitebread, the sailor at the helm of the Candide, asked in a hoarse voice.

Under the chorus led by the lyre-tailed fishmen, they managed to safely and luckily reach the edge of the foggy sea at the cost of almost everyone's voice becoming hoarse and unable to speak.

Although the sea area was still covered with sea fog, it was much thinner. They could even see through the fog and see the moon in the night sky.

Before they could let down their guard, the pirate brothers, the mermaid Tinisha who was promoted to acting first mate, and even Whitebread who was at the helm, all saw a string of hazy lights appearing on the sea outside the foggy sea one after another.

"Could it be the Valkyrie?" asked White Bread.

"Blackout" Kervik issued the order at this time.

"Blackout!"

Belvik repeated the order without thinking, and all the ship lights on the Honest Man went out one after another as the order was given.

"White Bread, let's go over and take a look."

Kervik said as he gave the second and third orders, "Battle sailors, get ready! Gun deck, get ready! Band, get ready!"

"Yes!"

Everyone on board gave a unanimous response.

In the busy and tense situation, White Bread was the first to turn the steering wheel, allowing the Honest Man to hide at the edge of the thick fog and close the distance to the enemy.

On the open deck, the sailors also spread anti-slip sand, and Belvik took out the cloth strips given by the heart of the ship and made preparations.

On the double-deck gun deck, all the guns were loaded with propellant and shells, ready to fire at the enemy at the command.

"Dear brother, are we going to betray the Valkyrie?" Belvik asked Kervik who was standing beside him.

He did not lower his voice on purpose, and because of this, the surrounding small sailors and even the fiddle-tailed fishmen hiding on the second-floor open deck preparing to play all pricked up their ears.

"That ship must first be the Valkyrie."

Kervik wiped his scimitar with his sleeve and said without looking up, "But you forgot that the Valkyrie has nine pairs of dragonfly fins. How could she run so slowly?"

After saying this, everyone suddenly understood.

"And the ship was heading away from the sea fog."

Kervik said, "I do not believe our captain, no, our captain would abandon the Candide."

Seeing that everyone agreed with his analysis, Kervik said, "So sailors, prepare for battle. Let's see which bastard from Coral Grass is behind this."

"Yes!"

All the sailors, including the merman, responded in unison and drew their weapons. Kervik also increased the speed of the ship by manipulating the dragonfly fins through the center of the ship.

The people on the Valkyrie in the deepest part of the sea fog naturally had no idea about the battle situation outside the sea fog. Most of them were still busy figuring out how to safely throw the boat bottle into the lake.

After repeated attempts and simulations, the lake in the middle of the island was covered by bright sunshine for the third time, and Cheng Lang finally recovered completely from his weak state.

During these three days, he also found a pattern. After throwing the Holy Grail three times in a row, it would take three days for his body to recover from its weak state.

In other words, if he needs to throw the Holy Grail nine times in a row to get the clue of the reverse scale, whether he can recover in nine days by then is not the case. He might be "weakened" to death by throwing it nine times in a row.

After stretching his body for a while, Cheng Lang walked up to the second deck at the bow and asked, "Have you figured out a solution?"

"use this"

Yayafuso took out a gunpowder barrel that was not very big and was full of holes. "The ship bottle is fixed in this barrel with ropes. We have tested it and it won't break."

"Then let's get started"

Cheng Lang decisively issued an order, "We don't have much time. After dealing with Wu Ling, we must find the sailors on the Honest Man as soon as possible."

"it is good"

Yun Ji responded simply, and then, contrary to everyone's expectations, she stepped on the firing lever with a "click".

Suddenly, the arrow shaft on the crossbow made a "buzzing" sound, and drew an arc with several wooden barrels fixed on it. Finally, it crossed the lake accurately and hit the deck of a sailboat opposite.

"Shenba!"

Following Yun Ji's loud shout, Shen Ba also stepped on the trigger of the crossbow built by the pirate brothers next to him, and shot out the arrow shaft containing the ship bottle in the same straightforward manner.

Under everyone's gaze, the arrow flew in a parabola towards the lake in the middle of the island.

"boom!"

Just before the arrow with the boat bottle fell into the lake, the gunpowder barrel on the arrow that Yun Ji shot first also exploded. For a moment, all the zombies around the lake looked in the direction of the explosion and ignored the arrow that fell into the lake.

"Can't it fit in?"

Cheng Lang, who had hurriedly taken the telescope from Gerta and raised it, asked worriedly. The arrow shaft had fallen into the water, and the wooden barrel with the boat bottle on the arrow shaft was also under the lake surface, but the lake seemed unchanged.

"At least the boat bottle was definitely not broken."

While Yun Ji was saying this, Shenba and the leader of the Tengxiao, the Great Sage, had already pulled the crossbow together, installed the second arrow shaft, and adjusted the angle.

In just a short while, all the zombie captains stood up and rushed towards the direction where the explosion had just occurred.

"I'm going to the lake shore."

As Yun Ji spoke, she had already grabbed a rope and swung down from the bow deck.

"I should go underwater too."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he also swung the whip, wrapped it around the mast, and swung it towards the stern.

(End of this chapter)