Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 76 Little Surprise

In the lower cabin of the Valkyrie, all the crew members gathered around the main mast, looking at the thick mast with the sea-viewing vine clinging to it with trepidation.

There are a few black mushrooms with blood-red stripes growing sporadically on this mast.

These mushrooms are not big, each one is only the size of a thumb, and there are less than ten of them.

“I picked one.”

"These mushrooms are very strange," Yafuso said. "They have no spores, are not poisonous, and don't even have a taste."

"Have you eaten?" Gerta exclaimed.

"A little bit"

Yafuso gestured with the tip of her little finger. "I can guarantee that they are not poisonous at all, and they will definitely not reproduce everywhere."

"Don't do such stupid things next time"

Yun Ji reminded, "We don't have a doctor on board. The only thing we can use to treat illnesses is those elven healing potions."

Hearing this, Yafuso nodded quickly. She knew that she had to behave well at this time. After all, she was probably the only one on the ship who cared about these mushrooms!

"Is it only available here?" Cheng Lang asked cautiously.

"Only here!" Yafuso said quickly.

Cheng Lang glanced at the mirror hanging not far away without leaving a trace, and the magic mirror immediately nodded at him.

Slightly relieved, Cheng Lang thought for a moment and asked, "Um, Yafuso, what are you going to do with these mushrooms?"

"I"

Yafuso thought for a moment and said cautiously, "At least wait until they grow up?"

After exchanging a glance with the others, Cheng Lang finally nodded with difficulty, "If they start to flood again."

"Sunbathe them!" Yafuso said immediately, "Sunbathe them to death!"

When this little girl set out like this, everyone around her, except the Silver Queen who didn't know what was going on, breathed a sigh of relief. They were all scared of these poisonous mushrooms.

"So are there any other changes to this ship?" Cheng Lang asked.

Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Cheng Lang asked again, "So what problems do we have now?"

"The biggest problem is that our food supplies are almost gone."

Gerta said, “Apart from oats and beans, and some delicious mushrooms, the rest is basically gone.

Captain, we need to find the Honest Man as soon as possible. If we can't find them, we may need to return to the Pirate City as soon as possible to resupply."

"Send a letter to the Honest Man and ask about their location." Cheng Lang said immediately.

"The sea fog around us hasn't dissipated yet."

Yun Ji warned, "In this kind of awful weather, even Xin Weng might not be able to find the Honest Man."

"Don't worry"

The Silver Queen said at this time, "The surrounding sea fog has begun to dissipate. Probably by evening, this sea area will be completely clear."

"In that case, let's return to the ship."

Cheng Lang glanced at Yun Ji, who winked at him, and said, "Shenba, you take charge of the helm."

"Leave it to me!" Shenba responded confidently.

"Captain of the Ship"

The Silver Queen hadn't yet adjusted to her current role, so calling her Captain was a bit awkward. Even so, she said, "Please assign me some work. Also, I've discovered I can't get into the poop of this ship."

"There's no rush for work. As for the stern deck, I'm sorry, that's the Magic Mirror's territory."

Cheng Lang pretended to be helpless and spread his hands. "Although I am the only one who can see him on this ship, the stern deck is indeed his territory, so you may..."

“I’m just curious.”

The Silver Queen paused and then said, "Also, I might have a way to show everyone the magic mirror."

"Do you have a solution?" Cheng Lang became interested after hearing this. "What solution do you have?"

"Please don't forget, I am Wu Ling, the best medium."

The Silver Queen said gently and generously, "So please take some of the mist spirit liquid from the ship's center pool. As long as it is applied to the mirror, Mr. Magic Mirror should be visible to everyone."

"That's good too. It's time for the Magic Mirror to meet everyone."

Cheng Lang said, looking at Yafusuo, "Yafusuo, you will be responsible for this matter."

"Yes! Captain!" Yafuso immediately responded happily.

After sending away the new and old crew members, Cheng Lang asked Yun Ji to follow him out of the lower cabin and back to the office in the stern deck.

“Now it’s time to take stock of the harvest.”

As Yun Ji closed the door, she said, "Although we lost a large amount of food supplies, we obtained a total of more than 2000 gold coins from the undead on this island."

"So many?" Cheng Lang exclaimed subconsciously.

"It's only worth a cup of Poseidon's blood."

Yun Ji's tone became more excited when she spoke of this, "In addition, we also obtained a total of 184 cups of Poseidon's blood and 91 pieces of armor.

However, in order to create the magic box for the Silver Queen, only 11 cups of Poseidon's blood were left, but the armor pieces are still there."

As she spoke, Yun Ji took off a canvas bag that had been hanging around her waist and placed it on the table.

Opening the drawstring of the pocket, in addition to occupying most of the armor pieces, there were the remaining 11 cups of Poseidon's blood.

"The gold coins are being cleaned by the Fujiman," Yun Ji added, "and Wukong will deliver them once they're clean."

“Although there were many twists and turns, it was ultimately a good harvest.”

Cheng Lang said, and directly took out 6 cups of Poseidon's blood from the box and handed them to Yun Ji, "Three dark elves, two cups each."

"Are you serious?" Yun Ji asked in surprise, her heartbeat quickened a bit - the hypocritical mask they got could be used!

"Just a few glasses of Poseidon's blood."

Cheng Lang said, "Take it. The next task is to find the Honest Man. I hope they are still alive."

“They must still be alive.”

Yun Ji was particularly certain about this. "When I was changing the blood of the Boat Heart Pool, I saw the contract engraved on the bottom of the Boat Heart Pool. If they died, those contracts would disappear."

"I feel relieved when you say that." Cheng Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are a generous captain"

Yun Ji shook the six cups of Poseidon's blood between her fingers, turned around and ran out of the captain's office happily.

“I’ve always said I’m a good person.”

Cheng Lang muttered to himself, and asked to himself, "Magic Mirror, I'm about to meet everyone, do you have any ideas?"

"Dear Captain, I have just met with everyone."

The magic mirror said flatteringly and gratefully, "Everyone is a good person. They didn't laugh at my ugly appearance."

Hearing this, Cheng Lang smiled and said, "I hope you get along well with everyone."

"As you wish, my captain." The Magic Mirror's attitude became more respectful. "In addition, the Silver Queen and I have prepared a little surprise for you." "What surprise?" Cheng Lang immediately became interested.

"Please move to the conference room," Magic Mirror invited with a nod and a bow.

"immediately"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he picked up the bag of armor pieces and walked into the stair compartment. He took out the four armor pieces he had accumulated before and threw them into the canvas pocket, and then threw them into a box.

Now, he owns 95 pieces of armor, 5 cups of Poseidon's blood, and more than 4500 gold coins, making him a truly wealthy captain.

As for other things, let alone.

Finally, he took out the discarded ship armor Mirage from his pocket and threw it into a box. Then Cheng Lang left the captain's office and went to the conference room upstairs.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the magic mirror and the surprise prepared for him by the Silver Queen.

At this time, the nautical chart on the wall on one side of the conference room had disappeared, replaced by a mirror with ripples on it.

Immediately afterwards, the huge mirror displayed a dynamic sea chart, and then showed a real-time picture looking down from the top of the Valkyrie.

"Dear Captain"

The magic mirror walked from the edge of the mirror to the middle of the mirror. "This is the little surprise that the Silver Queen and I prepared."

“Real-time satellite footage.”

Cheng Lang muttered to himself, then asked curiously, "How did you do that?"

"The Silver Queen is essentially a fog spirit. As long as there's fog, she can see everything around her, so she will also serve as our lookout."

As soon as these words were spoken, a thick ring of fog appeared around the Valkyrie in the bird's-eye view.

"This is the fog wall summoned by the Silver Queen. It is located one nautical mile away, is only 10 meters thick, and is over 50 meters high.

This circle of sea fog is enough to block our vision and serve as a warning, but it also won't block the sunlight. In short, thanks to Ms. Silver Queen, we will be much safer at sea in the future."

The magic mirror explained, "I am a mirror. After being coated with the mist spirit liquid, this wall is also equivalent to a mirror."

As the magic mirror spoke, the wall also displayed the situation below the sea surface. "I'm responsible for monitoring the seabed. Although the range is not as good as the Silver Queen, at least I won't be ambushed by the Kraken."

"Good job"

Cheng Lang couldn't help but sigh. He had begun to look forward to finding more substitutes for the original world in this world.

“Thank you for your compliment”

The magic mirror tipped its hat and saluted. "Next, we will temporarily return to this foggy sea by taking the shortest route."

"Captain, I think we need to waste time going back to Dragonfly Island." Yun Ji suggested at this time.

"Tell me the reason," Cheng Lang said.

“Also related to the Silver Queen.”

Yun Ji paused. "Mist spirits are the best spiritual mediums. Perhaps we could invite some harptail merfolk aboard. Their singing would become even more powerful with the aid of the mist spirits."

“This is something we can consider.”

Cheng Lang nodded. "But let's reunite with the Honest Man first and then make a decision. I'm more worried about their situation."

"Hasn't the Valkyrie been found yet?"

At the same time, on the deck of the Honest Man, Kervik raised his neck and shouted.

Their ship was chasing the dissipating sea fog towards the core area, but the speed of the ship could not keep up with the speed at which the sea fog dissipated.

"no!"

In the watchtower atop the Honest Man's mast, the siren sailor Whitebread shouted back, "But there are more and more ghost ships escaping from the fog and committing suicide. By the Valkyrie! By the Poseidon! How many ghost ships are there in this sea fog?"

"Leave them alone!"

Kervik shouted, "I hope all those sources of disaster disappear! Keep your eyes on your surroundings. Our only goal is to rescue the Valkyrie!"

"Brother, what if the Valkyrie also becomes a ghost ship?" Belvik, who was at the helm, asked worriedly.

“That’s what I’m worried about.”

Kervik sighed and lowered his voice, "We signed a ship's heart contract with the Valkyrie, but not long ago, I clearly felt our ship's heart stop for a moment."

After saying this, Belvik couldn't help but shudder, his face pale as he said, "So we will become a ghost ship too?"

“At this rate”

Kervik looked at the dissolving ghost ships in the direction of the bow and the ink clumps on the sea that had not yet dispersed. "I'm afraid that before we become ghost ships, we will be killed by the sun."

"So we can only pray for the Valkyrie's mercy?" asked the merman Tinisha, who had come over at some point.

"We can only pray that the Valkyrie is far enough away from the edge of the fog, so far that even if we want to commit suicide, we won't be able to get out of the fog until after dark."

Kervik paused. "I mean, if she's already become a ghost ship."

"What are we going to do then?"

Tinisha swallowed and asked, this is the Sea of ​​Despair, there is no ship and no supplies, and even they will not survive much longer than humans.

"If the Valkyrie really became a ghost ship"

Kervik paused. "We need your band to help us neutralize the ghost ship's allure and create an opportunity for us to charge forward with our sailors and recapture the Valkyrie's captain. Then we might even have a chance of survival."

"I never thought that one day my band and I would have to compete with the Ghost Ship," Tinissa took a deep breath, "but I am sure!"

“I’m not sure.”

Kervik muttered something incoherently, turned and walked into the captain's room.

God knows how many ships have been transformed into ghost ships by this sea fog that has been moving across the Sea of ​​Despair over the past few hundred years.

But on this sunny day, as the thick sea fog in this sea area dissipated, ghost ships kept rushing out from it one after another and returned to the sea.

Finally, as the sun sank into the sea level and night fell, the stars lit up the night sky, and the ghost ships that broke out of the fog finally stopped collapsing and dissipating, but the captains of those ghost ships let out painful roars.

"What is this doing?"

Almost when Tinisha was holding a telescope and looking at the captain of the nearest ghost ship, the captain was suddenly strangled by a chain around the neck. He was then dragged by the chain, struggling all the way, and was finally hung on the top of the mast of the ghost ship.

"ah!"

Tinissa let out a scream, and the telescope in her hand fell to the deck.

"That's the bridle."

Kervik said with suppressed horror, "The captain was enslaved. He... Gulu."

Kervik swallowed his saliva. "His ghost will live forever on that ghost ship. I guess that's why the captains of those ghost ships are so eager to commit suicide."

"So Captain Cheng Lang."

Before the pale-faced Tinisha could finish her words, the ghost ship closest to them suddenly began to sink. Finally, when the thick fog on the sea surface completely disappeared, it also sank completely underwater and disappeared without a trace.

"Ship lights! Ship lights!"

Almost at the same time, White Bread, the Siren Sailor who had been on the watchtower all day, also cried out, "Captain! There's a ship light on the right front!"

"Release Xin Weng!"

At the same moment, the captains of the Valkyrie and the Honest Man each issued the same order—they both saw each other's ship lights.

(End of this chapter)