Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 89: Eternal Coffin and Eating Everything
"What happened again?"

In the captain's bedroom, Cheng Lang got up again with sleepy eyes and asked. He had just thrown the Holy Grail three times before going to bed. Although this time did not make him as weak as the first time, it was still enough to be considered tired.

He even subconsciously wondered whether the current set of "hardware" could support him in throwing the Holy Grail nine times in a row.

Maybe, but you might end up becoming a ghost like the Silver Queen.
"Dear Captain, I'm very sorry to wake you from your sweet dream again."

The Magic Mirror apologized at this time, "But the sailors just dug out the Eternal Coffin from the sea monster's intestines. This matter is too serious. I have to wake you up while the other sailors are resting."

"Wait for you"

Cheng Lang yawned and rubbed his eyes as he asked, "Aren't our sailors..."

“They have awakened”

The magic mirror explained, "And a lot of gold coins were found in the sea monster's stomach, at least..."

"Gold coins?" Cheng Lang, this "vulgar man", immediately became more sober. "Did you find a lot?"

“Probably”

The magic mirror reacted halfway through his words, "Respected Captain, now is not the time to discuss those worthless gold coins. The Eternal Coffin, the sailors have discovered the Eternal Coffin!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Cheng Lang said as he put on his clothes, "I'm getting off topic. What's going on with the Eternal Coffin?"

"Just now."

The magic mirror "replayed" the scene of discovering the Eternal Coffin, and also repeated his guess.

"Wait, you just said you found a boat bottle?" Cheng Lang asked as he walked out.

"That's right."

The magic mirror said anxiously, "Respected Captain, now let's talk about the conspiracy behind the coffin."

“Nothing to say”

Cheng Lang was quite calm. "Whether these conspiracies are directed at me or the Valkyrie, we can't hide from them now. And at the moment, we are increasing in value, which is a good thing."

"A good thing? Is this a good thing?" the magic mirror asked blankly.

“Of course it’s a good thing.”

Cheng Lang replied nonchalantly, "If all this is a conspiracy, I mean, if it has been a conspiracy since I met you, then my wealth has been increasing and my fighting power has become stronger and stronger, so this is a good thing."

“But what if in the future?”

“Have more confidence in yourself”

Cheng Lang said, "I'm almost certain that if this is a conspiracy, the people behind the scenes who are using us as pawns probably want us to uncover the secrets of this world."

"It seems to be true," the magic mirror said belatedly.

"Although I've never officially admitted it myself, I don't think so. Whatever, I just don't have it."

Cheng Lang said, "Although I have never officially admitted that I also want to unlock the secrets of this world, this conspiracy, which I don't know whether it exists or not, is currently consistent with our goals, isn't it?"

"That's right," the magic mirror agreed subconsciously.

"Of course, it's not ruled out that there was no conspiracy at all and everything was just a coincidence."

When Cheng Lang said this, he had already walked to the open deck of the Valkyrie. The busy little crabs next to each other reluctantly made way for him in a narrow passage.

He flicked his whip and left the Valkyrie, and he also left the "voice communication range" of the magic mirror.

However, when he stood next to the wound bitten by the sea monster itself, he couldn't help feeling dizzy.

It had only been a short sleep, but under the cold moonlight, the sea monster's skin had been peeled off into a section hundreds of meters long, and a section of its spine had been removed.

Could it be that the Valkyrie also sucked on Poseidon's body in the same way, breaking his bones and pulling out his tendons?

Cheng Lang almost subconsciously glanced at the Honest Man behind him who was also surrounded by those young maintenance workers.

After coming to his senses, he ran as fast as he could to the edge of the island - the cut stomach.

"Captain!" White Bread immediately put his hand on his chest and bowed.

"We are seamen. We are sailors. There's no need to be so polite."

Cheng Lang didn't wait for the other party to respond before he urged impatiently, "Tell us about our gains!"

"We've found over 6,000 gold coins so far!"

White Bread immediately gave Cheng Lang the good news he cared about the most, "There are also two large buckets of gold products. These gold products are worth at least 5,000 gold coins."

At this point, White Bread handed over a ship bottle that was even larger than the one on the Valkyrie's boiler. "And then we found this ship bottle."

Not only is this boat-shaped bottle large in size, but it is also filled with thick fog, and the bottle mouth is sealed tightly with gold.

"Where is the coffin?" Cheng Lang said as he stuffed the boat bottle into his arms as a matter of course.

"Here"

White Mianbao immediately took Cheng Lang around to the other side of the dismembered sea monster's body and saw the so-called eternal coffin.

This coffin is almost a rectangular block with a square cross-section. There are a large number of mysterious symbols carved all over it, and there are also tassels and reins wrapped around it. One of them is even embedded in a removed spine.

"Can't open it?"

"Can't open"

White Bread replied, "I'm afraid we can only wait until Princess Misty Shadow wakes up and let her figure out a solution."

"Carry it away, send it to the Valkyrie, and then have the gorillas carry it to my office." Cheng Lang made the decision without thinking.

"Yes!"

White Bread immediately called over a few sailors who had become much stronger. They worked together to lift the heavy metal coffin and walked towards the wound not far away with difficulty.

After taking a look at the mixed-race sailors who were still searching for treasure in the "Shit Lake", Cheng Lang decisively gave up the idea of ​​going up to help, and looked at the remains of the sea monster in the moonlight.

Thanks to his night vision ability, which was similar to that of the dark elves, or perhaps even derived from the dark elves, he could clearly see that the heart, lungs and even the swim bladder of this sea monster had been removed by those inconspicuous but numerous small crabs.

At this time, the huge sea monster was almost completely surrounded by small crabs. From time to time, some things such as scales were sent to the two boats.

At the rate at which the ants are gnawing on the elephant, by this time tomorrow, there might not even be a skeleton left here.

Just how big are these two ships combined?
Cheng Lang couldn't help but wonder, even if these two boats were opened up to load, how much stuff could they hold?

With all these worries, Cheng Lang returned to the Valkyrie. Before he could get on board, the Silver Queen floated out from the bulkhead.

"Mr. Captain"

The Silver Queen lifted her skirt slightly and saluted, "Some accidents also happened in the cabin."

"What accident?" Cheng Lang asked curiously.

"Those Fujimuros and Mist Shadow have just laid eggs."

The Silver Queen said, "Also, the vines of the Sea-Watching Vine have taken root in the flesh of this sea monster."

"Take root?" Cheng Lang asked in surprise, "How do we take root?"

"Drilling into the Flesh and Blood"

The Silver Queen pointed to the contact surface between the hull and the esophagus. Looking in the direction of her finger, Cheng Lang discovered that under the dragonfly fins, there were indeed "aerial roots" as thick as thighs.

Without waiting for questioning, the magic mirror explained, "I noticed that, too, but I don't know. This has never happened before. I can only say that it's probably not a bad thing."

"Let's go take a look inside the cabin first."

Cheng Lang took one last look at those "aerial roots", flicked his whip, and returned to the boat. He waited patiently for the little crabs to make way for a narrow passage, and then he stepped into the false ventricle at the bow of the cargo hold.

At this time, there was a "black egg" at the corner of the ship's ventricle, connected to the heart of the ship by thick blood vessels.

"The mist shadow is inside," said the Silver Queen, pointing at the black egg.

With the help of the bright ship lights next to him, Cheng Lang took a closer look and found that this huge black egg was covered with fine scales all over, so that it looked like an oversized snake skin fruit.

"Can we communicate?" Cheng Lang asked.

"No," Silver Queen shook her head worriedly, "The only thing I'm sure of is that she's still alive."

"Let's go to the lower cabin and take a look." Cheng Lang said as he turned and walked out of the naval chamber.

"Mist Shadow She"

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

Cheng Lang and Mo Jing said almost in unison, "Chuan Xin won't harm her."

Hearing this, Queen Silver breathed a sigh of relief and followed Cheng Lang to the lower cabin.

At this time, the lower cabin was also covered with a thick layer of small crabs, and in the spaces left by these small crabs were "black eggs" that were almost the same as Wuying's current state, but much larger in size.

These black eggs lying against the wall were connected to the floor by a thick vine, and the lower cabin was filled with the rich aroma of fruit wine.

“It seems that I can only continue to wait patiently.”

Cheng Lang turned and walked towards the captain's office. "Are there any other abnormalities?" "Except for the merfolk who haven't woken up yet," the Silver Queen replied. "They have been almost completely devoured by the sea monster's flesh and blood."

“That should be normal.”

The Magic Mirror said, "Also, White Bread and the others found a lot of stones that look like ambergris. Maybe there are some treasures in there. Even if not, those smelly stones might be sold as spices."

"We'll talk about that later"

Cheng Lang couldn't help but quicken his pace. He was even more curious about the coffin. "Magic Mirror, tell me specifically what that eternal coffin is."

"It is said that it was left by a sea god long ago, a sea god before Poseidon."

In the mirrors along the way, the magic mirror explained in a low voice, "That coffin was originally used by the ancient sea god to seal her seriously injured husband.

But later, the sea goddess also died in battle. Before being stripped of her divinity, she used all her flesh and blood to nourish the coffin, hoping that her husband would have a chance to live.

"What happened next? Did he come back to life?" asked the Silver Queen curiously as she floated over.

“Survived”

The magic mirror said, "He even became the new god of the sea, but he was too weak and was killed by Poseidon before he could even climb out of his eternal coffin."

"Forehead"

"After being soaked in the blood of two sea gods, the coffin transformed into the Eternal Coffin it is today. It also became Poseidon's trophy."

After a brief pause, the Magic Mirror continued, "After Poseidon's fall, Panini took up residence in the pirate city that served as his chariot, and incidentally, he also seized many of Poseidon's relics, including the Eternal Coffin."

“That’s a problem.”

Cheng Lang paused. "If, as you said at the beginning, this eternal coffin was set up by Panini, then he could have placed it in Pirate City without worrying about it being discovered."

"That's why I said this might be a conspiracy." The magic mirror said worriedly.

"Let's first see what's inside that eternal coffin."

Cheng Lang said as he took another step, walked into the stern deck, went up to the captain's office, and saw the eternal coffin that had been carefully cleaned by the vine goblins and delivered.

“These are real bridles, made by Panini.”

The magic mirror that shuttled through the mirrors explained, "I'm afraid only that little fellow Wuying has the ability to take it apart."

After trying to pull the tightly bound reins, Cheng Lang walked around the coffin and tried to push open the "sliding cover" outside the "skylight".

Inside this metal sliding cover is a window that is only the size of two palms.

Through this exceptionally transparent window, Cheng Lang could clearly see that the coffin was filled with a light blue liquid full of bubbles, and in this seemingly extremely viscous liquid, lay a hazy human figure.

Unfortunately, apart from being able to tell that this should be a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes, one cannot even see her appearance clearly.

"Who do you think it is?" Cheng Lang asked the magic mirror.

"Can't guess"

The magic mirror answered simply, "Time is stagnant in the Eternal Coffin. I wouldn't be surprised if she was someone from a thousand years ago."

"If we open the Eternal Coffin, can she come back to life?" Cheng Lang asked as he pushed up the lid of the "skylight".

"If we just open the Eternal Coffin, she won't come back to life. She'll only come back to life if we take her out. But if she had any injuries before being sent in, she might still die from those injuries after being taken out of the Eternal Coffin."

“Maybe this is Panini’s purpose.”

Cheng Lang patted the heavy coffin and said, "If all this was done by Panini."

"Dear Captain, I'm sorry that I'm not able to follow your train of thought." The magic mirror said flatteringly. He was as smart as a mirror, how could he not understand!

"Whoever brings the person inside out will kill her, or whoever saves her will revive her."

Cheng Lang said, "Just like Sleeping Beauty, the key is whether the person kissing her is a prince or a toad."

"I don't understand what you are saying," the magic mirror said blankly. This time he really didn't understand.

"nothing"

Cheng Lang asked as he walked downstairs to the bedroom, "So all we can do now is wait?"

"I'm afraid that's the case," the magic mirror replied respectfully.

"In that case, if it's not a matter of life and death..."

Cheng Lang slapped his forehead mid-sentence, pulled out the large boat bottle from his arms, and waved it towards a passing mirror. "Can you tell anything about this?"

"Please put it on the table so I can take a good look at it," the magic mirror said respectfully, and he even put on a pair of glasses seriously.

After placing the boat bottle he brought back on the table, Cheng Lang went into the bathroom and took off his clothes that were once again stained with fishy smell.

When he emerged from the bathroom, the magic mirror immediately spoke up, "It's strange. This ship bottle is indeed from Gotland, but the sealing process is from Rikka, and..."

"And what?" Cheng Lang asked.

"And there's a Drunken Golden Rose pattern on the seal," the magic mirror said. "That's a pattern only Princess Lika is qualified to use."

"Rika again? That princess again?"

Cheng Lang glanced at the direction indicated by the small wooden boat in the metal bowl on the table, which only he could see, and asked casually, "What is the mist in the bottle?"

"We'll only know if we open it," the magic mirror replied respectfully. "There might even be danger."

"We really don't lack boat bottles."

Cheng Lang picked up the large boat bottle and put it in the drawer of the bedside table. "Keep it for now. I'll use it later when I need it. I need to get some sleep now. Don't wake me up unless it's important."

"As you command, Captain." The magic mirror responded respectfully.

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Lang had already laid down on the bed. It was not because he was careless, but because he was really tired after throwing the Holy Grail.

"So it's not that serious?"

On the bow of the Valkyrie, the Silver Queen asked the magic mirror.

"If the captain says it's not serious, then it's not serious."

The magic mirror muttered worriedly, "But why didn't Panini leave the coffin in Pirate City?"

Just as the Magic Mirror and the Silver Queen were pondering this problem, they didn't know that the vines of the Sea-Watching Vine had already begun to spread rapidly into the flesh and blood.

At the same time, the sailors were busy sifting out more and more strange things from the fish feces. Even the inconspicuous little crabs moved some valuable things to the deck.

When the sun once again illuminated the sky and the sea, when many sailors including Cheng Lang opened their eyes, they were shocked by the scene outside the cabin.

It had only been one night, and the flesh and bones of the huge sea monster's body had disappeared. The two boats were parked side by side on the sea surface, which had been dyed yellow-green by the feces and was extremely smelly.

At this time, all that was left on the island were the various spoils washed out from the manure, and the piles of manure that had not been washed out, and of course, the sailors who were busy digging manure all night long and were extremely happy to do so.

As for the intestines and so on, they had also disappeared, leaving only a series of iron lumps formed by the various undigested scrap iron accumulated in the intestines. Cheng Lang had seen this thing before in the stomach of Swallow Island.

"Where is the sea monster's body?" Yafuso asked blankly, pinching her nose.

"Eat it," the Magic Mirror and the Silver Queen looked at each other and replied.

"Eated?" Shenba, who also came over with his nose pinched, asked in surprise, "Who ate him?"

"The Valkyrie, and the Mist Shadow."

Seeing Cheng Lang approaching, Mojing raised his voice slightly and explained, "The Valkyrie absorbed the sea monster through the Sea-Watching Vine. Whatever the Valkyrie couldn't eat was supplied to Wuying through the heart of the ship.

In short, even the manure was not wasted. Mr. Gerta got up early to collect the manure. He said it would be very good nutrition. "

"vomit--"

Shenba was the first to vomit. At the same time, he also saw Gerta on the island who was filling the oak barrel with dung essence.

"When can we leave here?" Cheng Lang asked.

"If it's just a short distance, it's fine," the magic mirror replied respectfully, "but if it's a long voyage, we have to wait until the vine goblins wake up."

"Then just wait."

Cheng Lang couldn't wait to ask, "Did you find anything new last night?"

“There are indeed new gains”

The Magic Mirror said excitedly, "It's a huge haul. The gold coins and gold products alone are worth at least 20,000 gold coins. In addition, there are hundreds of pieces of the highest quality scale armor. The sailors even found a precious gall bead."

"Bile beads? What are those?"

"Found in the gallbladder of a sea monster," the magic mirror explained, "it has the power to detoxify."

Gallstones?
Cheng Lang muttered to himself and asked, "Have all the spoils been brought up?"

“Everything has been moved up here.”

The magic mirror replied, "But there is still a lot of feces that has not been washed, so it still needs to be washed."

Magic Mirror hadn't finished his words when the others saw Cheng Lang looking at them and immediately scattered in all directions. They didn't want to dig out manure.

(End of this chapter)