Please be my partner.

Moreover, this Carl has some of the qualities of a novel protagonist...

As the captain's son, he has a certain family foundation in navigation, both in terms of connections and relevant knowledge and skills.

After a disaster, the Golden Rowling turned into a ghost ship, and my father and many elders were trapped in it.

With a pure heart, he spent all his family wealth without hesitation when faced with the compensation demands from his elder relatives.

The leadership qualities can convince the newly recruited and unruly sailors.

Add to that the sudden appearance of the "old man" Mellen, and the buffs are stacked up!

Thinking of this, Melen changed his idea of letting Spike adapt to water battles and quietly conveyed an idea to Xiao Honglian.

The little guy immediately understood and quietly activated his blood control ability.

In the sea, the strange fish that was accelerating at full speed and preparing to launch a fatal attack on the Breaking Waves suddenly felt something was wrong. It turned out that the wound caused by the arrow was spraying blood at an abnormal speed.

As the blood in the body lost, even though the strange fish was a second-level extraordinary life form, it couldn't help but become weak, and this weakness continued to worsen as the blood lost.

But for the strange fish, the arrow is on the string and it has to be shot.

"Boom!~"

A strange fish crashed out of the sea, and Carl led the sailors to fight it.

Although several sailors were injured in just one collision, this situation actually made them very happy.

Because the strange fish was much weaker than they expected!

The sailors were immediately inspired, and then under Carl's leadership, they took out their hook nets and spears, and after a difficult battle, they finally killed the strange fish.

What made many sailors even happier was that there was no casualty in this battle!

They cheered and surrounded Carl, truly recognizing his position as captain.

Carl looked at Mellen's back as he turned and returned to the captain's room, a thoughtful look on his face.

Chapter 145 Golden Rowling

"Mr. Mellen, just now, were you the one who made the move in secret?"

In the captain's room, Carl asked respectfully.

He was also an extraordinary person, so he naturally noticed that the strange fish was in an abnormal state before and after.

Mellen didn't hide anything and nodded casually.

Karl asked in confusion: "Mr. Mellen, with your strength, why do you have to do this?"

In Carl's opinion, Mr. Mellen in front of him was mysterious and unpredictable, and his strength must be extremely powerful. He could easily deal with the extraordinary life like the strange fish.

Mellen smiled slightly and asked instead of answering, "Karl, what are your plans after this voyage?"

Karl was stunned for a moment, a little dazed, as if he had never thought about this question. After thinking carefully for a moment, he said hesitantly: "Maybe, I will continue to go back to work. After all, there are still Lulu and the others who need to be taken care of."

"Are you willing?" Melen asked calmly.

Carl fell silent.

Are you willing?

How could I possibly accept this?!

If he stays in the dark all the time, sooner or later all his edges will be smoothed out and he will be lost in the crowd.

But now that he had become the captain of the Breaker, once again enjoying the feeling of riding the waves, gazing out the window at the roaring sea, was he truly willing to accept this?!

Childhood dreams and father’s teachings once again echoed in my mind.

Carl originally thought he had forgotten all this.

Suddenly raising his head, Carl said in a hoarse and difficult voice: "Mr. Mellen, I want to go to sea! I want to have a free adventure on the sea!"

Mellen nodded slightly and said, "After this voyage, I will fund you with a ship and will also ask you to do some work for me. If you perform well enough, these sailors on the Breaking Waves should become your first loyal subordinates."

Only then did Carl understand Mellen's good intentions.

In ancient times, those aristocratic families often trained three to five hundred elite soldiers. Once the opportunity arose, they could use these as the foundation and backbone to expand into an army of tens of thousands in a short period of time.

This principle is applicable in any world.

If Carl could completely subdue the twenty sailors on the Breaking Waves, it could be said that he would immediately have the foundation to control a large ship.

Moreover, the condition of exploring the ghost ship itself is a kind of screening. Those who are willing to accept recruitment despite knowing this condition are more or less genuine.

Mellen looked at Carl with excitement on his face and thought to himself that maybe he could really make a career in the future.

Over the next period of time, they would occasionally encounter attacks from extraordinary marine life.

Of course, none of them are as strong as the strange fish. They are basically ordinary marine creatures that have been transformed into extraordinary and mysterious creatures, with only one or two first-level ones occasionally.

With Mellen's support behind the scenes, Carl and his team naturally defeated powerful enemies time and time again. In the process, Carl's reputation grew day by day, and this small team gradually showed good cohesion.

Among these extraordinary marine creatures, the one that impressed Melen the most was a giant five-meter-tall female crab.

It is a bit like an enlarged version of the flower crab, and it also brings with it a group of small crabs that should have been born not long ago, but are the size of an adult's palm.

Of course, what really impressed Melen was not its strength, but the crab roe of this female crab, which was super delicious!

The same goes for those small crabs. After being stewed and roasted, the shells that have not yet completely hardened will become crispy and crunchy when you bite them!

Similarly, this voyage also exposed some problems. Although there were sufficient supplies such as food and fresh water, there were not enough materials for ship maintenance.

This also shows that Carl lacks experience. Sailing in safe waters and sailing in unexplored waters are two completely different concepts.

In safe waters, it is absolutely impossible to encounter attacks from extraordinary marine life so frequently.

Only half of the one-month voyage had passed when the Breaking Waves had to return to a safe route and head to the supply island to replenish necessary supplies.

There was a delay of two days, and by the time the Breaking Waves returned to the previously explored area, it was already October 10th.

This mistake also inspired Carl to learn again. He no longer stuck to his previous old ways, but began to study various navigation books on his own. He even communicated with sailors frequently to absorb some useful or useless experience tips.

What made Melen feel the most outrageous was that as the sailors gradually returned to their faith, Carl also obtained an extraordinary professional inheritance called [Sea Patrolman] from one of the sailors.

Although the inheritance of this profession is incomplete and only at the first level, it is one of the most suitable professions for a captain.

[Sea Patrol] After completing the job, you will immediately gain the ability to control the sea water in a small area.

This ability is not about turning seawater into weapons in a sophisticated way, but about controlling it as a whole.

This enables the ship to accelerate or decelerate more quickly, and turn around more smoothly.

With this ability, he is simply invincible in naval battles of this era!

Looking at this incomplete professional inheritance, Melen was silent for a long time before saying, "You want to enter the extraordinary through this path, of course it's feasible, but this inheritance is ultimately incomplete."

Carl quickly said, "Heinz, the sailor who gave me this professional inheritance, said that this was found in a deep-sea cave by his grandfather when he was young. There are more things there. Perhaps the continuation of the Sea Patrol professional inheritance lies within."

"However, it seems that those people accidentally touched some mechanism, causing the cave to collapse. In the end, only Heinz's grandfather survived."

"Afterwards, Heinz's grandfather went to look for it several more times, but was unable to find the door. He could only record the relevant information in the form of a diary."

"Now, the reason Heinz was willing to share this extraordinary professional inheritance with me is partly because he hopes that I can lead the fleet to explore that underwater cave in the future and complete this professional inheritance."

Mellen looked at Karl in silence for a long time, then uttered two words: "Not bad!"

Time passed, and several days passed in the blink of an eye.

Although Mellen was prepared for a long search, the lack of results for more than ten days made him gradually become a little impatient.

Fortunately, although Xiao Honglian still gained nothing, the turning point he had been expecting actually came quietly in a way he had never expected.

Mellen looked at Carl in the captain's cabin, who seemed a little off, a little weak, and a little excited, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you saying that you feel something approaching us?"

Carl frowned, as if trying to suppress some discomfort, and said, "Yes, Mr. Mellen, I can feel something very large approaching us, but..."

He struggled for a long time but couldn't find a suitable adjective.

Mellen was able to analyze a lot from Carl's words.

Thinking about Carl's life experience and the people from the Special Affairs Bureau who have been lurking far behind them.

A vague answer seems to be about to emerge...

The Golden Rowling!

Mellen pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think that thing you sensed is coming for you?"

Karl's expression changed slightly. Apparently, he also realized something. After a moment of silence, he said, "Maybe..."

Mellen nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

Judging from its current identity, the Golden Rowling was affected by the power of the origin of the sea of blood and was transformed into a ghost ship. It should be an enemy of this world.

After all, from the little information Mellen had obtained, the Endless Sea of Blood was not a glorious and positive existence. On the contrary, its goal was to devour the world and pull it into the Endless Sea of Blood.

This is clearly demonstrated by the world's instinctive hostility towards the life in the sea of blood.

But is this really the case?

In Mellen's opinion, not really.

Or at least not yet.

Look at Little Honglian. In order to avoid bringing its own "misfortune" to others, this little guy was even willing to stay in a cage that made it feel disgusted and even afraid.

Because he restrained his instincts and did not absorb blood in large quantities, his abilities could not be fully awakened.

If anyone says that such a cute dog is hostile to the world, Melen will give him a big nose.

It was also from this point that Melen understood that as long as the Endless Sea of Blood did not launch an attack on the world and summon its followers that were contaminated by the power of the Sea of Blood, then beings like Little Red Lotus would most likely be able to retain their own will.

If interpreted from this perspective, the Golden Rowling may not necessarily be their enemy.

So now, the person who has the closest connection with the Golden Rowling is... Carl!

In other words, once Carl gets in touch with the Golden Rowling, he will most likely be able to influence or even control this ghost ship to a certain extent!

Mellen re-examined his actions after entering Farsail Port. There was nothing wrong during the period, and all his thoughts came from his heart.

So all this is just... coincidence?

Or is it fate?

Gradually, thin wisps of mist with a hint of blood spread out.

In the far distance of sight, a hazy black dot suddenly appeared and headed towards the Breaking Wave at an extremely fast speed.

A dreamy light appeared in Mellen's eyes, like an automatically focused telescope, and he saw it clearly. It was a large steam-powered ship.

What is more strange is that steam-powered ships are the latest technology in the Kingdom of Crow. Even the earliest ones would not have a service life of more than ten years. However, the one in front of us looks like an antique that has experienced hundreds of years of wind and rain.

Broken, decayed, and ancient, it seems as if it was pulled out from the scroll of history.

This is the Golden Rowling that has turned into a ghost ship!

As the huge ship slowly came to a stop, the Breakers stood in stark contrast to it, the latter like a baby in front of a strong man.

All the sailors were somewhat terrified. Even though they had learned when they were recruited that their target was the Golden Rowling, which had transformed into a ghost ship, when the ghost ship really appeared before them, their self-righteous courage quickly collapsed and they dared not even breathe.

Bewilderment and confusion flashed across Carl's eyes, followed by understanding and clarity.

He murmured to himself: "It's here to pick me up..."

"Pick you up?" Mellen frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?"

After a moment of silence, Karl said, “I don’t know, I just feel this way.”

Looking at the Golden Rowling, which was sailing alongside the Wavebreaker with no intention of leaving, Mellen suddenly laughed and said, "It seems we need to go up there to find the answer. It just so happens that I have something else to clarify."

If Mellen's guess is correct, then the people on the Golden Rowling may still have self-awareness. In this case, perhaps we can learn from them where they were transformed into a ghost ship.

If the destination could be locked directly, it would save Mellen a lot of time.

Carl looked at the cowering sailors around him, and finally looked at Mellen. He said seriously, "Mr. Mellen, the Golden Rowling is coming for me, and I have reasons to go aboard. You don't have to go up with me."

"If you want to find out why the Golden Rowling became a ghost ship, then I can help you. After all, this is one of the reasons why I boarded the ghost ship. This way, you don't need to take risks. Just wait for my news on the Breaking Waves."

Mellen shook his head slightly and said, "No need to say more. I went up there for my own reasons."

Seeing Mellen's firm tone, Carl didn't say anything more.

Next, Carl quickly gave some instructions and arrangements, then lowered a small boat. After Mellen got on, he personally rowed the boat towards the ghost ship.

When the sailors on the Breaking Wave saw this, their expressions became different.