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Chapter 445 Sinking Again
Because the ship twisted so much and very quickly this time, Chen Ziyang, who was unprepared, only felt that his feet were empty. Coupled with the inertia brought by the heavy gold in the backpack, he was immediately taken by the backpack. Go out and fly out of the hole you just opened.

With a sound of "plop", the gold in the backpack broke the surface of the water and fell into the seawater along with Chen Ziyang.Yang Lei and San Shishuai in the cabin looked at each other, and then both of them guessed what happened.

"Er Yang, you boy is not authentic! Selling your teammates is so thorough, a dead fellow is not a poor fellow, right? You ran away first when the exit was opened, and you don't care about us?" Yang Lei shouted loudly.

Based on what he knew about Chen Ziyang in the past, Yang Lei knew that Chen Ziyang must have fallen out by accident, and he didn't want to run away first, because Chen Ziyang was not that kind of person at all.The reason why he yelled like this was entirely to vent his depression and vent his feeling of losing gold.

With the sound of falling into the water, Yang Lei knew that he had lost that bag of gold.The reason is very simple, the gold is very heavy, and anyone who takes him will definitely throw away the gold after falling into the water, otherwise he will be carried into the sea by the gold and drowned.

This result was beyond Yang Lei's expectation. He never thought that Jin Jin would end up returning to the sea again and again.The reason why he hesitated when handing the gold to Chen Ziyang before was because he was afraid that the gold in the backpack would damage the backpack when it hit the steel hull.

If the backpack is really broken, it is very likely that the gold will be thrown out, but he thinks this possibility is very small, because the backpack is relatively strong, and it will not be smashed under normal circumstances.

Therefore, according to Yang Lei's estimate, the worst case scenario is that the gold in the backpack is smashed and deformed. It doesn't look good, but it doesn't affect the value of the gold.But he never expected that the situation now turned out to be worse than he expected.

Yang Lei, who had lost his gold, felt his heart tighten, and he felt like crying, and even the tears rolled uncontrollably in his eye sockets.

"Don't stand still, hurry up!" Just when Yang Lei was hesitating whether to cry, Liu Cong suddenly shouted loudly, and at the same time, Liu Cong asked two team members to form a simple person under the hole ladder.

Only at this time did Yang Lei and San Shishuai realize how bad the situation is now.Whether it's the burning gasoline on one side or the crowd of living dead on the other side, they are not far from this hole. It won't be long before these two deadly things will swallow up the team.So the two of them didn't hesitate anymore, they hurriedly climbed up the simple ladder to the hole, and jumped into the sea one after another.

After surfacing, the two saw a splash of water not far away, and Chen Ziyang's head emerged from the sea.Seeing that both of Chen Ziyang's paddling hands were empty, Yang Lei's tears finally flowed out. Just as he guessed, the backpack was really thrown away.

"Swim fast, stay away from Bailangwan. If this ship sinks into the water, it is likely to create a vortex and suck us all in. Before the hull is completely sunk, swim as far as possible." After seeing the surrounding situation clearly, Chen Ziyang hurriedly spoke out to remind him.

More than a dozen flashlight beams were sent out from the Hai Lao Yue, and all of them shone on the hull of Bailang Wan.The bright beam of light is like a lighthouse in the dark night, pointing out the direction for everyone.

Bailangwan made such a big commotion, it's impossible for the people on the Hailaoyue to not know. Although they couldn't get through, they kept watching the situation here. After it got dark, they stayed on the Hailaoyue The people on board turned on the lights, and the light beams of the flashlights were locked on Bailang Wan.

The change that happened on Bailangwan surprised the people on the Hailaoyue. They saw the side of the ship's hull tilted high, and everyone knew that the ship was about to sink again.Especially some of Liu Cong's men who stayed on the boat stomped their feet in anxiety, but they couldn't help.

However, the three of Chen Ziyang who jumped into the sea one after another made the people who stayed on the Hai Laoyue exclaim a few times. Direction crossed out.

"Plop", Liu Cong also jumped into the sea from the breach, and after a long time, he struggled out of the sea with great effort.The first thing Liu Cong did after surfacing was not to check the situation of the people around him, but to touch his backpack with both hands, and at the same time, he used his right hand to go around the back of his body, and supported the heavy backpack behind him. , it seems that there is something he cares about very much in that backpack.

Seeing Liu Cong's action from a distance, Chen Ziyang guessed that in all likelihood, this kid succeeded, and he had already found the iron book.It was precisely because of the heavy iron book in Liu Cong's backpack that it took him so much effort to surface.

Then Liu Cong's team members also jumped into the sea from the hole one by one, but Yang Lei and Shuai Shi noticed that there seemed to be two people missing, and it seemed that the two team members who took the ladder had no time to escape , Either it was engulfed by the sea of ​​flames, or it became the dinner of the living dead.The two of them even seemed to hear intermittent screams coming from the hole in Bailangwan.

Through the hole in the hull, Chen Ziyang saw bright flames. The flames inside the hull were burning fiercely, and some flames even protruded from the hole.And there is more than one hole in the hull like this.

The flames had already spread to Bailangwan's deck.Chen Ziyang reckoned that the flames should have spread from the initial ignition point, which was the organ's coffin.The fire is so fierce, I don't know if it will have the effect that everyone expected before, and I don't know if it can destroy the magnetism of the organ's coffin.

Two swimmers with relatively good water skills supported Liu Cong's arms and led him to swim forward together. With the help of these two players, the heavy backpack did not hinder Liu Cong anymore.The person who escaped from Shengtian desperately swam towards the direction of Hailaoyue.

"Crack..." Bailangwan, which was sinking, let out a final roar.Because the damage was too severe, the hull was sinking at an accelerated rate.The people who swam to a safe range floated on the water and turned their gazes to the burning hull.

Bailang Wan sank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and disappeared completely under the sea surface after a while, leaving only a huge vortex and burning gasoline on the sea surface.

After boarding the lifeboat that came to rescue, those who escaped from the Bailangwan were taken to the Hailaoyue.As soon as he boarded the boat, Chen Ziyang felt that something was wrong. The sailors on the Hailaoyue looked at them with resentment and a hint of anger.

After a little thought, he understood the reason, Hei Qi and the other two sailors were not in the returning team at all, so these sailors knew that their captain was dead, no wonder they looked at him with hostile eyes people.

Seeing the unkind eyes of these people, Liu Cong also became cautious. He slowly moved his hand to his waist, where there was still a pistol hanging.

Whether it was the team members who stayed on the Hailaoyue before or returned from Bailangwan with Liu Cong, these people slowly moved closer to Liu Cong.The two groups were instantly separated, with passengers on one side and sailors on the Hailaoyue on the other, and the tense atmosphere spread instantly.

"Hahahahahaha... It's good to be back, it's good to be back, if something really happens to you, the reputation of my ship will be stink, and no one will hire us again in the future. How about Mr. Liu, Did you get anything? Did you find what you were looking for?"

A voice broke the awkward atmosphere, and Chen Ziyang saw that one of the sailors in front of him slowly walked forward.This man was very tall, with a smile on his face, his eyes swept around Liu Cong and the others, obviously wanting to see what they had gained.

Chen Ziyang remembered that this person seemed to be the first mate of the Hai Lao Yue, but he couldn't remember the last name.

"Huh? What did he just say? My ship? What does it mean?" Thinking back to what the first mate said just now, Chen Ziyang had a doubt in his heart. Shouldn't the captain of this ship be Hei Qi?Why did the first mate suddenly stand up to ease the awkward atmosphere at this time, and what did he mean by saying that the ship was his.

Just when Chen Ziyang had doubts, he found that the sailors behind the chief mate were all also suspicious.These sailors looked at me and I looked at you, with puzzled expressions on their faces.But after a while, these sailors seemed to understand something, and their gazes towards Chen Ziyang and others eased a lot, and their hostility eased a lot.

"It's okay, our mission has been completed, but it's a pity that your Captain Heiqi was in an accident and couldn't come back with us." Liu Cong said vigilantly while perfunctory the first officer.

"It's nothing. In our line of work, we have seen a lot of life and death. Captain Heiqi is a good captain. It's just that he was not lucky enough to come back alive. But don't worry, as the first mate of this ship, I would like to thank you Guaranteed, our previous agreement is still valid, and it will not be invalidated just because Captain Hei Qi had an accident."

Just as the chief mate finished speaking, there was suddenly the sound of a machine roaring from the bottom of the hull. After a few seconds, the lights on the deck of the Hai Lao Yue that were originally off flickered a few times, and then turned on. .

After hearing the sound of the machine and seeing the lights turn on, the three Chen Ziyang brothers looked at each other with joy in their eyes. It seemed that the three people's efforts were not in vain. The magnetic field of the mechanism coffin should have been blocked. If it's broken, that evil thing shouldn't be able to harm anyone in the future.

"What are you all doing in a daze, didn't you see that the generator is running? Hurry up and go back to your respective posts to see if there is any damage to those instruments. We are going home now." The chief mate replied He left and gave orders to the sailors gathered on the deck.

After being stunned for a few seconds, several sailors turned and left.Someone took the lead, and the other sailors dispersed.After a while, there were only seven or eight sailors standing behind the first officer.

"Mr. Liu, Captain Heiqi is dead. Now I have the final say on this ship. As I said just now, the agreement between us is still valid. I have fulfilled my promise. I don't know where you are..."

"It's effective! Listen, everyone, open all your backpacks and find out all the things in your pockets, and let the first mate check them."

At this time, Chen Ziyang remembered the previous agreement between Liu Cong and Hei Qi. The two had already discussed it before. In addition to the cost of hiring Hai Lao Yue to salvage, Hei Qi had another income, which was Except for the iron book that Liu Cong wanted, everything in the Hailaoyue belonged to the crew of the Hailaoyue.

After saying this, Liu Cong was the first to untie his backpack and dumped the contents on the deck. It was at this time that Chen Ziyang saw the iron book for the first time.

A square flat box-like thing was poured out by Liu Cong, but because the light on the deck was not very good and the light was very dark, Chen Ziyang could only see a rough outline.

The other team members also took off their backpacks and opened their pockets.Yang Lei glanced at Chen Ziyang, revealing a little aggrieved look.That meaning seemed to say that it was fortunate that the gold fell into the sea, otherwise it would have been confiscated by these people even if it was brought up.

"Hey, look, Mr. Liu, what are you doing? Don't we trust you? You make me a little embarrassed." Although the first mate said so, his actual actions were different. one thing.

After gesturing to the sailors behind them, the sailors stepped forward together, tossing and turning under the feet of Liu Cong and others, and even a few people touched the bodies of some team members, and They rummaged through their bulging pockets to see if there was anything salvaged from the wreck.

After seeing that there was indeed nothing salvaged from the sunken ship except the iron book, the first mate squeezed out a smile again: "Mr. Liu is indeed a dragon and phoenix among men, and he keeps his word. You must be exhausted after tossing around for so long. , Now that the machines are running, I will immediately ask my subordinates to boil hot water for you, so that you can take a good bath and relieve your fatigue."

After saying these words, the sailors behind the first officer also dispersed.Liu Cong also gestured to the team members to go back to rest, leaving only two team members with guns to guard the iron book.

The chief mate pulled Liu Cong far away while accompanying him with a smiling face.Even if he didn't need to eavesdrop, Chen Ziyang knew that the first mate must be asking Liu Cong if there was any gold in the Bailang Wan, and if there was anything worth salvaging again.

Now Chen Ziyang didn't have the mind to worry about it so much, he turned his eyes to the shadow on the deck, where the iron book was quietly placed.

(End of this chapter)