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land?!

The peaceful and cozy atmosphere was shattered by Ivan's shout.

Even Jiro Sato's eyes lit up with surprise.

Almost as soon as Ivan finished shouting, Renyi leaped a few steps to the bow of the ship and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Where?"

"Over there!" Ivan pointed to the horizon to his left.

If you casually place your hand on your eyebrow and squint, you can indeed see a blurry black dot on the horizon below the setting sun.

After wandering for so long, the sudden discovery of what appears to be land is quite exciting, even for someone as random as me.

"It seems a bit small."

Trying to see more clearly, it didn't look like a continuous coastline.

"Could it be an island?" Ivan couldn't contain his excitement. "Finally, we won't be drifting anymore!"

Klaus silently took out a simple monocular telescope.

The lens is made from the glass from the crystal shoe we caught last time. Although it's not as good as optical instruments after careful polishing, it's still better than the naked eye.

He excitedly raised his binoculars and observed the black dot for a few seconds, then said disappointedly,

"It's definitely not land, nor is it an island."

"If it's not an island, what is it? It's so big!"

Ivan, skeptical, snatched the binoculars and respectfully handed them to Ren Yi, saying, "Boss, take a look! This guy's eyesight must be terrible!"

Klaus glared at Ivan upon hearing this, but did not refute it.

Xiao Jiu curiously drooped down one of its tentacles and grabbed the edge of the telescope, wanting to watch with Renyi.

"It seems... it really isn't an island..."

He hesitated for a moment, then said that the lens was still a bit blurry, but he could barely make out that it was not the texture of rock or earth.

On that vast expanse of black and gray 'ground,' there seemed to be a few striking patches of white.

and......

What are those tiny, densely packed things jumping around on it?

[Holy crap, finally a new map?]

[Come on, Coffin Bro's luck is off the charts. Did you guys forget about the coffin lid at the start? I had a feeling it wasn't a good place.]

[My guess is it's the shell of some giant sea monster? Like the old turtle from before?]

[Don't jinx it!]

Put away the telescope and gently tug at Xiao Jiu's tentacles.

Do you know him?

Little Jiu stared for a long time with its two black bean eyes, then twisted them in confusion, and the color changed from blue to a depressed gray.

Finally, he shook his tentacle at Renyi.

[Xiao Jiu: Knowledge blind spot, next.]

[You don't even know Xiao Jiu?]

Ivan was getting anxious. "Should we still go?"

"Go." The answer was casual and without the slightest hesitation.

The unknown also represents opportunity.

"Okay!"

"receive."

Under Klaus's control, the Ghost Bone Boat's newly fitted "centipede patch" sails billowed in the wind, and the siren statue at the bow led the two ships toward that mysterious black dot.

As they drew closer, a faint scent began to permeate the air.

It had a heavy, pungent smell, a mixture of fishy, ​​salty, and putrid odors.

The more one furrows their brow, the tighter the smell of highly decomposed organic matter.

Until the sun was almost touching the horizon, the shadow finally revealed its complete outline in the telescope.

It wasn't an island, but a corpse.

The carcasses of creatures of unimaginable size floated on the sea like icebergs.

The dark gray parts are only the skin and flesh that have not yet completely rotted, while the glaring white is the exposed, stark white bone.

And those hopping dots are flocks of seabirds of various shapes and sizes...

They screeched and circled, like vultures, frantically tearing apart the gluttonous feast.

As soon as they could see clearly, the ghost bone boat stopped.

The group was stunned by the magnificent yet eerie scene, and no one spoke for a moment.

That was probably a whale.

A giant whale that has been dead for an unknown period of time.

The portion of the whale that was above the sea was dozens of times larger than their ghost ship, and its size far exceeded that of any whale species they knew.

A huge wound, like a broken cliff, stretched from its back all the way to its tail.

Beneath the rolled-up flesh, several exposed vertebrae resembled the arched beams of a palace.

The water around the body seemed to be boiling.

There were countless fish scrambling for scraps of meat that had fallen from the birds as they pecked at the surface, and several huge dorsal fins were swimming on the surface, probably from sharks that had been attracted there.

Death is here.

This has spawned even more noise.

"My God..."

Ivan had witnessed countless life-and-death situations, but this was the first time he had faced such a vast and primal scene.

[Holy crap...]

[Is this... a whale fall that brings life to all things?]

[I'd only ever seen them in documentaries before; I never imagined I'd see them alive...dead, here.]

[That's spectacular...]

[I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like crying.]

This is a vision that transcends language and culture, originating from a touch in the DNA of life.

Any dark pupils reflected this 'sacrifice' under the setting sun.

Whale fall.

His demise in his previous life was like a grain of sand sinking into the deep sea.

If he was destined to die in this ocean, he hoped that, like this unknown creature, his life would not simply slip away silently.

It needs to have some value.

However, the most important thing right now is not the cycle of life or natural miracles.

He scrutinized her with an almost cold indifference.

It consists of bones, fat, high-quality flesh and blood, and countless other materials.

It could transform him and his companions completely...

A floating treasure trove.

"Boss... what are we waiting for?" Ivan licked his lips, his eyes brimming with excitement. "This is more effective than a year's worth of fishing! Let's go!"

He gripped the "secret" tightly.

Get ready to jump into the sea and fight the mutated sharks at the boss's command.

"...Rush in and then what?" Klaus sat back down speechlessly.

"Then the boss will dismantle that big thing, and we'll be rich!" Ivan said eagerly.

"Now, this whale carcass is the main course."

He glanced at the sunset and said casually, "If we went over there and removed the main course, guess what would happen next?"

The analogy was so accurate that Ivan's excitement instantly cooled by half.

He imagined being treated like a cookie by countless mutated creatures and couldn't help but shudder, yet he also felt somewhat resentful.

"Surrounded by a mountain of gold, are we just supposed to sit back and watch...?"

How is that possible?

He casually smiled and uttered a single word:

"wait."

......

The boundary between the sea and the sky was slowly erased.

The night was dark and the wind was high.

It was exactly like stealing a chicken...

It's a good time to help the poor Mr. Whale "collect his corpse".

Klaus and Xiao Jiu stayed on the Katyusha, while Sato Jiro was also tied up and locked in the cabin.

With the [Bio-Photonic Module] deactivated, the ghost bone boat blended perfectly into the deep night.

Thanks to its ability to increase speed by 50% at night,

The sleek ship moved silently toward the island of death.

Most of the noisy flocks of birds have disappeared, and the fish are not as active as they were during the day.

Only Renyi and Ivan participated in the operation.

Tonight's task is simple.

Act as a porter!