Chapter 736
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Han Dong, who was lurking in the shadows, fixed his gaze on the Sleeper.
Judging from the current situation, the crew member who couldn't wait to sleep had to rely on the conch to fall asleep. However, there was also a question about this.
Did he have to rely on the conch's absorption to fall asleep?
Or could it be that individuals could sleep on their own, but the conch's absorption could ensure their safety during the sleep period?
Recalling the middle-aged man who dragged the Filthy Conch through the wooden cart on the road before, Han Dong was more inclined to the latter situation.
"Perhaps this is the real reason why the port townspeople can keep their minds clear and not show signs of degeneration."
If one observed the Sleeper in depth, they would find that the transparent and clean tentacles connected to the crew member's nose and mouth would constantly suck out the filthy things from the crew member's head through subtle squirming.
The black spots in the crew member's pupils were also slowly disappearing. The brain became normal due to the touch of the conch's tentacles. It even replaced the seawater between the meninges and the brain to clean the brain.
Relatively speaking.
Due to the many flaws in the conch used by the crew, it was a low-cost defective product.
While using the conch to sleep, his body also underwent subtle fish-like changes. A few smooth fish scales grew from his skin, and his back became more curved.
"Conch, sleep, murloc … These are just the superficial problems of the town.
If I want to go deeper into the problem, I have to start with the conch.
Others will definitely be able to fully infiltrate the port town and find out some of the problems inside the port town. What I need to do is to go out to sea and take a look. "
Han Dong pretended to be a fisherman and walked on the coastline.
Soon, he found a fleet that was planning to go out to sea to catch conches in a dock. They were currently recruiting new crew members on a large scale.
The Galantis was a medium-sized steam ship.
It was 56.72 meters long and 13.14 meters wide.
It was equipped with several steam engines for navigation and large-scale catching of conches in the ocean.
The strange thing was.
For such a ship that often needed to go out to sea to catch conches, the crew should be fixed. Even if a small number of people were temporary workers, it was impossible to recruit crew members on such a large scale.
Unless … a large number of crew members were "consumed" every time they went out to sea.
However, this situation made Han Dong even more interested. He immediately went forward to report.
The person in charge of recruiting crew members was a bald, brawny man with a height of two meters.
His eyeballs were white and protruding outward.
The bridge of the nose degenerated and disappeared, leaving only two nostrils.
The teeth in his mouth had also turned from square to sharp … this was the 'fishman transformation' caused by the long-term use of inferior conch shells.
However, the burly man didn't mind.
Such a murloc form would give him greater strength and excellent athletic ability in the sea, which would increase his chances of survival when he went out to sea.
It didn't matter if he was ugly. As long as he had a high-quality conch, there would naturally be girls willing to accompany him.
At the same time, there was a box of weapons next to the brawny man. It was filled with low-quality single-shot rifles, which gave people the feeling that they had been soaked in water and could jam at any time.
"Welcome to the Glantis. I'm the current captain … Take your gun and get on board! We will set off as soon as everyone is here.
As usual, you'll get ten pieces of 'inferior conch'. "
This kind of "death warrior recruitment" didn't require any information level at all, and didn't even need to ask for names … After all, when they returned from the sea, most of them would be missing.
Even the captain could be changed at any time.
Only those who survived more than three times at sea in a row were worthy of knowing their names.
Han Dong picked up a rifle at random and directly boarded the ship.
More than 50 crew members had gathered on the Glantis.
Most of them looked gloomy with dark circles under their eyes. Most of them hadn't slept for more than a day.
They belonged to the lowest class of labor in the port city, or it could be said that they were the 'superfluous part' of overpopulation. Without a job, they couldn't buy the daily necessities – [Conch].
They could only come to the port and gamble with their lives and their luck.
"It seems that the conch is not only a daily necessity, but also the only currency circulating here."
Han Dong limped all the way to the front of the deck and stared at the deep sea shrouded in thick fog.
For some reason, an inexplicable sense of 'sleepiness' hit him.
Although the mental attack was immediately dispersed by 'Mad Laughter'.
Han Dong also immediately turned his head to look at the other crew members on the ship. Some of them couldn't stand it anymore and began to open their eyelids to avoid falling asleep during the voyage.
After a while.
One hundred crew members were recruited.
The bald captain carried a precision rifle that could fire continuously and held a sharp and heavy machete in his hand. His fierce appearance brought an invisible sense of deterrence to the newly recruited crew members.
"This voyage is estimated to take 24 hours.
The salvage of the conch can be basically completed with the fishing equipment provided by my little beauty "Glantis" … You only need to do one thing!
During the voyage, especially during the salvage process, please be sure to protect my little beauty!
Then, if any of you can help unload the cargo, I will reward you with an extra "conch".
However, I have to say the rules first … No crew members are allowed to secretly use the conch to sleep before we return to the port, and absolutely no one is allowed to keep the conch.
Once I find out, I believe the thing in the sea will be happy to accept your body.
Cheer up and prove your only value. "
Accompanied by thick black smoke from the chimney of the Glantis, the ship officially set off.
When the ship sailed into the thick fog on the surface of the sea, there were already crew members who became nervous due to fear. They widened their bloodshot eyes and stared at the surface of the sea …
Grumble …
In the fog, some slippery objects had secretly climbed up the ship's iron sheet.
They first wrapped around a crew member who was close to the edge.
Splash!
There was only the sound of water splashing.
A crew member was missing. Only one of his leather shoes and the soaked gun were left on the deck.
Just as more tentacles were sticking close to the hull of the ship, the ship began to tremble.
Han Dong slowly stretched his head out of the deck, opened his eyes wide, and stared at a large octopus lurking under the sea.
Just a glance.
All the tentacles that tried to climb up the deck were retracted. The large octopus quickly abandoned the target and quickly dived.
However, in Han Dong's view, this large octopus was just a 'small animal' hovering in the port … The real horror must be hidden in the depths of the fog, which was the area where the conch was salvaged.
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