Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

Behind that stone gate is a brand-new pirate ship preserved inside the massive mountain!

"This is... a pirate ship?"

Shirley's eyes widened.

This adorable scene before her eyes was undeniably shocking for a young girl in the prime of her youth. Although Sherry was a genius scientist, she was actually only eighteen years old.

A brand-new, unused, yet weathered multi-masted pirate ship sits silently within a massive mountain.

The entire mountain was hollowed out, with a vertical drop of fifty to sixty meters. A large part of it was carved out by hand. The deliberately modified rock walls and slopes cleverly support the arched bottom of the pirate ship from both sides, so that it can remain stable and not capsize even without the support of seawater.

Beneath the bow, a stone goddess statue leans slightly forward, as if leading the pirate ship as if riding the waves; unfortunately, it is not made of gold.

"Hmm, a genuine pirate ship, and from over three hundred years ago." Lin Xiaofeng examined it by the light of the lamp.

There are many traces of human excavation in this underwater space. In addition to the place where the pirate ship docked, there is a stone slope going up to the left of their entrance. The slope is not steep but it is very long, extending from the bow to the stern. The edge of the slope is right next to the hull and the height is level with the boarding gate, which can be used for boarding.

Above the stone slope, there is another small platform parallel to it, with the same length.

Lin Xiaofeng turned the lamp upwards and saw that there were fire pits supported by sheet metal at intervals, probably for lighting in the mountain, and they were filled with firewood.

Unfortunately, they did not bring any torches when they came, and they didn't even have anything to start a fire, so they had to give up.

"Is Amboni and Marie-Ride's treasure hidden in this pirate ship?" Shirley wondered.

"Maybe, possibly, should... never mind, I don't know." Lin Xiaofeng tried to rephrase his words several times, but finally shook his head.

"It's possible, or it's not... Historically, these two female pirates had a pretty miserable life. But then again, what good end can a pirate have?"

"Why don't we just witness it with our own eyes?" This time, Shirley pulled Lin Xiaofeng's hand, tilted her head towards the huge ship fixed in the mountain not far away, and smiled slyly.

"Then let's go." Lin Xiaofeng nodded slightly.

Anyone with a modicum of curiosity would feel a little excited about the opportunity to personally board a pirate ship built by a legendary female pirate more than 300 years ago.

This all-wood pirate ship has remained intact for three hundred years without showing any signs of decay. In such a dry environment, it's impossible to say how brittle the wood would become. One step might be fine, but the next step could leave a hole and cause you to fall in.

The captain's cabin door was pushed open from the outside, and the electric light of the 21st century shone in. Lin Xiaofeng saw that there was only a table and two captain's chairs in the captain's cabin.

“There are two captain’s chairs!” Shirley exclaimed. “One of them must have been left by Amboni for Marie-Ride!”

"Right?" Lin Xiaofeng glanced around. "But it's pretty much as I imagined, there's nothing there."

"You never know," Shirley thought, still holding onto a glimmer of hope.

When the two went down to the cabin, they found that there was no priceless gold or silver treasures in the huge cabin, not even half a gold coin. There were all kinds of daily necessities, as well as wine barrels and wine glasses.

"There really is nothing here." Shirley's face showed disappointment.

“Yes,” Lin Xiaofeng said calmly.

He and Shirley weren't there for Schrödinger's treasure; they were just tourists exploring independently, so they weren't too bothered by not finding the treasure and had a very positive attitude.

“If I remember correctly, Amboni escaped here, while Marilyde was still in prison at the time.”

"Could it be..."

“That’s right, it’s the one you’re thinking of.” Lin Xiaofeng said, “I should have been the one who dug this huge cave after Amboni escaped here, and built a new pirate ship here, just so that we could sail the seas together again after Marilyn was released from prison. I just didn’t expect that I would not be able to wait for my dearest friend until I passed away.”

“Marie died of a fever in prison…” Shirley murmured.

“That’s how it is.” Lin Xiaofeng snapped his fingers crisply. “But it’s not wrong to say that there is treasure buried here. At least for the pirates at that time, the real treasure was neither gold and silver nor fame and status, but their own pirate ship and their crew.”

"Alright, now that we've seen the sights, let's head back the way we came." Lin Xiaofeng, like a tour guide, led the way up the stairs towards the cabin exit. "Dear passengers, please remember to take your trash with you and don't litter in the scenic area!"

"I didn't litter!" Shirley retorted playfully, following closely behind.

At that moment, the ship suddenly began to shake violently.

370. Stealing Sherry's First Kiss

"An earthquake...?!" Shirley's face showed terror. To be caught in an earthquake in a place like this, wouldn't they be doomed? The ground beneath their feet, along with the ship, shook violently, and rocks rained down from above. They were currently in an underwater palace hundreds of meters below, a place even the most skilled rescue team couldn't reach. Moreover, if the underwater palace collapsed, a massive influx of seawater would rush in instantly. With the limited number of oxygen tanks they carried, they wouldn't last until the rescue team arrived before drowning from oxygen depletion.

"Rye, what do we do now!" Sherry could only rely on Lin Xiaofeng, after all, he was the peerless, once-in-a-millennium, invincible and powerful detective Lin Xiaofeng.

"Give me a kiss, and I'll tell you what to do?"

"What's wrong with you? Making jokes like that at a time like this!"

"Who's joking with you!"

Lin Xiaofeng's face turned serious.

"Don't lie to people."

"Do not lie to you."

"Ugh—"

Sherry's soft lips kissed Lin Xiaofeng's cheek.

"Alright then." Shirley glared at Lin Xiaofeng with annoyance. If Lin Xiaofeng was playing her tricks, she would definitely kill him with her own hands before she was killed by the earthquake.

"A kiss on the cheek doesn't count, it has to be a kiss on the lips." Lin Xiaofeng smiled and asked Shirley for a kiss.

"You bastard, you're pushing your luck!" Shirley really wanted to slap Lin Xiaofeng. This was blatant harassment! It was a miracle he wasn't arrested!

"Hurry up, we don't have much time left," Lin Xiaofeng reminded him.

"Mmm—" With no other choice, Shirley could only kiss Lin Xiaofeng's lips. Her beautiful and gentle first kiss was thus stolen by Lin Xiaofeng.

"Mmm-hmm." Lin Xiaofeng responded affectionately to Shirley, making her experience the feeling of suffocation in the seawater.

"Cough cough—do you have any ideas at all?" Shirley coughed for a while, then covered the drool from the corner of her mouth.

"Yes... I guess so..."

"???"

hiss—hiss—

A slight hissing sound, mixed with the thud of the falling stones, reached Lin Xiaofeng's ears.

He looked around alertly and found that the sound came from a crack in the rock wall. There was no crack there before, but the sudden earthquake caused cracks to appear in the rock wall, and a large amount of gas stored underground was gushing out through these cracks.

"Methane?" Lin Xiaofeng suddenly realized.

He raised his hand to block a rock the size of a human head that was falling from the sky, and with his other hand he put his arm around Shirley behind him to protect her tightly, and strode towards the deck.

“Come with me, I have a plan!” he shouted.

The two quickly escaped the cabin and hid in the captain's cabin on the deck. The sound of falling rocks continued to come from above and seemed to be getting stronger. The entire underwater palace was on the verge of collapse.

Lin Xiaofeng removed the nearly empty oxygen cylinder from Shirley and connected it to his own.

"Listen carefully, if you want to escape, stay indoors obediently, understand?" Lin Xiaofeng said seriously.

"Mmm-hmm!" Shirley knew the situation was urgent, so she stopped joking with Lin Xiaofeng and seriously followed his instructions.

Lin Xiaofeng smiled and reached out to ruffle the girl's hair.

……

Meanwhile, waves began to rise on the sea, and dark clouds began to gather in the sky.

A fishing boat was moored at the same spot where Lin Xiaofeng and the others had launched earlier. Xiaolan and Yuanzi stood on the deck at the bow of the boat, looking anxious.

"Xiaofeng and Shirley, why haven't they come out yet? I'm so worried!" Xiaolan said anxiously.

"No problem. We should trust Xiaofeng! He and Shirley will be safe and sound." Sonoko was very confident.

Kimiko Yamaguchi also comforted the two girls: "There should still be enough oxygen in the underwater palace. As long as they successfully enter the palace, there shouldn't be any major problems for the time being."

boom!

A pale white bolt of lightning ripped across the sky, followed by a deafening clap of thunder that echoed throughout the heavens and the earth's core.

The turbulent sea seemed to tremble violently at that moment.

To everyone's astonishment, a large mass suddenly appeared out of thin air on the sea not far in front of their bow, just like the Kraken rising to the surface.

But that wasn't a Kraken, it was... a pirate ship!

The bow broke the surface of the sea first, followed by the hull, and then the stern!

Its posture was just like the Flying Dutchman emerging from the sea in Pirates of the Caribbean!

The pirate ship, bow raised, broke through the sea surface and then crashed down, a massive amount of seawater pouring down from the deck like a waterfall, drenching everyone on the fishing boat like a torrential downpour.

Just now, due to the earthquake, many cracks appeared on the rock walls outside the underwater palace, and a large amount of methane gas leaked and accumulated at the top of the cave. Lin Xiaofeng went over and detonated the gas, and the entire cave ceiling was blown open, allowing the island ship to float up in one go.

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"Hi everyone!"

Lin Xiaofeng leaned against the railing at the bow of the ship and waved to the crowd below, his bright smile contrasting sharply with the dark clouds looming in the sky.

The captain's cabin door was pulled open from the inside, and Shirley, clutching her forehead, staggered out. Despite being fully equipped with diving gear, the moment the pirate ship burst out of the underwater palace, the surging seawater from all directions easily flooded the captain's cabin, turning the entire room into a giant washing machine. And she was the garment being washed inside that washing machine…

"Uh, I... I feel a little dizzy..." Shirley said. "I can feel the sea breeze. Are we in heaven?"

"No, we just passed through the seabed and arrived at a new world," Lin Xiaofeng said casually without turning his head. However, when he turned around, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. Shirley's appearance at this moment was truly hilarious. She had probably been brought in by the seawater that had rushed into the captain's cabin earlier. A small wisp of seaweed was hanging on the tip of her nose, and a starfish that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere was stuck on her head, replacing her headband. Coupled with that bewildered expression... Ahaha.

.. . ....

“Oh my gosh… my dear scientist Shirley, how did you become Patrick Star?”

Patrick Star? What the heck?!

Shirley was dizzy and hadn't recovered yet.

Lin Xiaofeng had no choice but to walk over and help remove the seaweed, and also brush away the starfish that were clinging to the girl's head.

Suddenly, a crisp sound of wood breaking came from not far away.

Click!

That's the sound coming from the mast.

A tiny crack appeared on the mast of the pirate ship without warning, and as time went on, the crack expanded at an extremely fast speed, soon spreading to tear the entire mast apart, and it even showed a tendency to continue to spread to the entire ship.

"Oh, let's go!" Lin Xiaofeng immediately sensed that something was amiss.

Lin Xiaofeng reacted quickly, scooping up the still adorable Sherry in a princess carry and using his Flowing Sakura skill to fly up with her.

"I can't believe my eyes. Xiao Feng is holding Shirley and flying up." Xiao Lan rubbed her eyes, incredulous.

"Little Wind can fly? That's amazing!" Sonoko was equally incredulous.

Kimiko Yamaguchi was also amazed by this; that handsome guy named Lin Xiaofeng was simply too cool and hot.

371. The Temptation of My Sister-in-Law

A guesthouse on Shenhai Island.

As if by accident, a small, delicate, and fair foot stepped onto Lin Xiaofeng's back from behind.

"By the way, don't you feel like you've forgotten something you were supposed to tell me?"

Feeling the force coming from the little feet behind him, Lin Xiaofeng turned around with great enthusiasm.

"Nani?"

"Well……"

Their eyes met, and the girl, who had been so haughty and queen-like just a moment ago, instantly looked away, her delicate face flushing crimson. Her foot, which had been on Lin Xiaofeng's back, landed directly on his face, and Lin Xiaofeng caught a whiff of something…

"This tastes like... sherry."

"You're such a pervert, deliberately smelling someone's feet."

Shirley quickly put her foot down and took a step back.

"You're the pervert, okay? What are you trying to do by putting your foot on my face?"

"I just wanted to disgust you, but I never expected you to be such a pervert!"

Sherry crossed her arms, clearly annoyed: "By the way, haven't you remembered what you wanted to say to me yet?"

"what?"

"It's that kid named Conan Edogawa. Didn't you say you'd use him as a guinea pig? You can't expect me to arrest him and take him to the lab, can you?"

"Oh. It's a small problem." Lin Xiaofeng didn't take it to heart at all. "I brought you to Shenhai Island to have fun. The guinea pig thing isn't urgent."

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

A slow, steady knocking sound suddenly came from outside the door.