According to the instructions on the chart, it would take Lu Jian about five days of sailing to reach the end of the Qiu Shan Channel, which is the junction of the far sea and the offshore sea. After passing Qiu Shan Island, what is left is an endless chain of islands. Each island has
There are many residents, which are completely different from this deserted area.
When Lu Tuan was bored, he looked for the location of Song Island on the sea, and found that it was far away from him, almost at the other end of the sea.
"I wonder what the current state of Utashima is?"
He murmured to himself and glanced at Amber sitting opposite him.
The food of the pirates is not very good, and the storage technology of the island itself is not developed. Most of the protein supply is dried fish, seabird meat, etc. Vegetables are lacking, and only sea plants such as kelp are indispensable.
All.
The most common thing is wine.
But I don’t know whether it’s due to the lack of brewing technology on the island itself or the poor craftsmanship of the pirates. These wines taste very bland, just like juice.
At sea, sometimes water becomes corrupted due to storage. Unless the official ship has good logistics, people wandering at sea often use wine instead of water. After all, alcohol can be disinfected, at least it will not be contaminated by some strange things.
Weird germs caught up with me.
"I don't drink."
Amber said.
"I heard that some shrine maidens chew rice and then use the chewed rice to make wine, which is called chewing wine. Is this true?"
Lu Tan asked curiously.
"???"
Amber has a question mark.
"There is no such custom!"
"It is said that wine is crushed by the feet of girls and fermented by the microorganisms on the feet."
Lu Tan looked at the wine-like liquid in his glass and took a sip.
"Can you really eat like this?"
Amber felt that Lu Tan didn't treat her as an outsider too much.
Wajima's fine tradition is to be subtle and restrained. Even when a man and a woman confess, they cannot directly say "I like you". They have to say that the moonlight is so beautiful. The education Kohaku received since childhood is more dignified and virtuous. Lu Kan can talk about any topic casually.
, which really left Amber speechless.
"I once went to an island. The people on the island had turned into monsters. Their food was all kinds of flesh and blood, tentacles, eyeballs, rotten remains and so on. In order to avoid exposing myself, I also
We ate those things together."
Lu Tan suddenly told a story.
"Then what?"
Amber was a little curious and a little sympathetic.
"Then everyone on the island was burned to death. I escaped and am still alive today, in good health."
Lu Tan said.
"so?"
Amber didn't understand the meaning of Lu Jian's story.
She tried to think about whether this was some kind of reference or hint, but finally gave up thinking.
"What I mean is that people are actually not as fragile as you think. In many cases, you are stronger than you realize."
Lu Tiao bit off a piece of dried fish that was almost as hard as wood.
"Yeah......"
Amber was thoughtful.
In the past few days, she had indeed experienced things that she had never experienced before, and she had also done many things that might be the only things in her life. In the past, she certainly did not think that she could be so strong.
"So, you can actually try chewing wine. It may taste better than the wine that has been stepped on."
Lu Tan persuaded him seriously.
"..."
Amber felt a little stupid for being so serious and angry.
At this time, a horn sound suddenly came from outside.
Lu Tan put down the food in his hand and stood at the window to take a look.
Under night, two ships were fighting.
Both ships look like pirates, with skulls hanging on the flying flags, but the shapes of the skulls are different. One has two knives under the skull's head, and the other has two knives standing on both sides.
side.
They have entered the stage of boarding battle. The pirates dragged the ropes and floated to the opposite deck to fight. The gunfire roared and the swords struck each other, which was extremely cruel.
In this kind of battle between pirates, one party usually surrenders collectively when it can no longer fight. Each time there are more people on the ship, more people may surrender in the end than originally.
Quite a bit like the Ship of Theseus.
Lu Tan originally didn't want to care about these people, he was just planning to run away quickly.
But I don't know who it was, but a cannonball flew directly over and almost hit Lu Tiao's ship.
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Lu Tan felt that fighting was not a good idea and decided to stop them.
He raised his hand, his last words ready.
Silent gunshots rang out, and bullets hit the hull structures of the pirate ships.
The next moment, the ship, which was already riddled with holes in the battle, instantly fell apart.
The pirates who were still arguing fell into the water one after another and tried to hold on to the floating planks.
"What the hell!!?"
The pirates were confused by this sudden and powerful attack. They looked around and saw a ship not far away.
Unlike normal ships, this pirate ship had no lights and looked pitch black.
Under the moonlight, there was no skull and crossbones flag on the mast, only a black flag.
At the bow of the ship stood a man.
Next to the man, there was a strange creature.
Behind the creature, there seemed to be a short dwarf captain.
"...Ghost ship? It's a ghost ship!"
The pirates quickly remembered the legends on the sea. Some ships that strayed into the unknown fog became ghost ships. They wandered confusedly on the sea and would sink any ship they encountered and kill all the sailors.
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For a moment, the pirates on both sides lost the desire to continue fighting.
If you encounter such an indescribable monster, it would be great if you can survive!!!
"Run quickly, go quickly!"
Both pirate ships were in pieces, but there were still some small boats left. On this night when the waves were not high, you could at least use the small boats to row to the island where your stronghold was located.
They began to swim quickly.
However, the pirate ship headed this way.
It was moving at a very fast speed, and without lowering its sails, it was gliding over silently, as if it was being pushed by something.
"No, no, no!"
The pirates became hysterical and struggled with each other, trying to escape from the ship.
At this time, the ship suddenly stopped.
Without any inertia, the ship is fixed on the sea and only floats up and down with the waves.
Those pirates who were originally extremely vicious, now looked pale and hugged the floating planks in the water, staring blankly at the man at the bow of the ship.
He has a handsomeness that does not belong to this world, like a perfect creature carved by the gods, which makes people think of some immortal monsters.
The creature at his feet looked like a dog, but at this moment it looked like some hideous and terrifying monster.
Even the woman behind them looked eerie and terrifying, as if she had crawled out of hell.
The man stood at the bow of the ship, glanced at the pirates who had fallen into the water, and stretched out a finger.
"Only one can live?"
"No, please, spare us!"
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"
"You can live as long as you kill other people, so cruel..."
When the pirates were chatting and talking, Lu Tiao, who was standing at the bow of the ship, spoke.
"Don't fight, fighting is bad."
"???"
The pirates were speechless for a moment, not sure whether this was a test or something else.
Immediately, without any warning, the ship turned around and sailed into the distance, never looking back.
The pirates looked at each other, not knowing what to do.