After a loud reminder from the lookout.
On the Queen.
Everyone stopped what they were doing.
Whether it was those who were nibbling on black bread, those who were secretly drinking rum to quench their thirst, those who were lying on the deck dozing off, or those who were trying to curry favor with Wang Tiandi by combing his messy fur … everyone stopped their actions.
Wang Tiandi opened his eyes in dissatisfaction.
"Woof woof!"
However, after the dog opened his eyes, he didn't unreasonably swipe at the 'dog hair combing specialist' with his paw. Filled with curiosity, he strode forward with his four legs and scuttled to Irin's side in the blink of an eye. Stretching out his dog head, he gazed out of the ship.
Well, he was just a dog, not a real dog. He was still reasonable.
Irin felt the atmosphere was strangely heavy. She whispered to the experienced Ruth beside her, "What's a ship's grave?"
As she asked, the two of them approached the bow of the ship.
Ruth's expression was similarly heavy. She no longer had the time to stealthily throw flirtatious glances at Elizabeth Ling. She hurried to the side of the railing and retrieved a monocular from her body. Then, she held her breath and carefully observed.
Monocular?
Irin recalled that she seemed to have such a plaything.
Hence, Irin secretly crushed her card and retrieved one of the small tools she had plundered from Tortuga Island.
[Exquisite Military Monocular].
It didn't have any special properties. It was just a monocular.
Irin squinted her eyes and gazed into the distance.
She could only see the wreckage of countless ships floating on the distant sea surface like corpses.
The original appearance of those wreckage could no longer be discerned. They were scattered everywhere. Some of the wreckage even had their sturdy keel broken into pieces. It was unknown what kind of power had caused this, but it looked extremely frightening.
"It's a pirate flag! That's not right … there's also a navy flag! "
Ruth's pupils shrunk slightly. On top of a few of the wreckage, she could roughly discern the possible origins of these ships before they were complete.
Soon.
After a rough observation, Ruth identified the direction of the wind. She knew that Irin didn't understand navigation at all. Without bothering to seek Irin's approval, she quickly issued out orders.
"Attention little ones! Raise your spirits! We are about to pass through the 'ship's grave'! "
"Lower the sails! Reduce the speed! Slow down! "
"All sailors, f * cking stay in your positions and don't run around! Be prepared to evade at any time! "
"All gunners in position! Prepare to reload! "
"…"
Following Ruth's instructions, all the sailors didn't dare slack off when they learned that the Queen was about to pass through the "ship's tomb." Even the slightly tipsy pirates instantly sobered up and busied themselves with their respective positions on the deck and in the cabins.
It had to be said that although the Irin's method of recruiting crew was somewhat unique, but through the crew panel, although the loyalty of the pirates recruited by the Irin wasn't high, but other than Flooring Charlie, most of the pirates weren't mediocre, they were all experienced pirates.
At the very least, if he killed it, his Chaos Value wouldn't be low.
After lowering the sail, the Queen's speed suddenly slowed down.
Ruth's plan was very obvious. She would follow the established course and pass through the range of the ship's grave.
This was because after Ruth identified the direction and strength of the surrounding currents, she realized that even if the current retreated, it was already too late. The waves caused by the sudden turn would instead cause too much movement.
Five minutes later.
The slow-moving Queen was about to enter the range of the "ship's grave."
Without Ruth's reminder, all the sailors who specialized in combat were armed with a flintlock in one hand and a scimitar in the other. They were vigilant of their surroundings.
But compared to their previous experience of passing through the ship's grave, they were more confident now.
After all, the captain of this ship was a skeleton gentleman who knew "black witchcraft"!
He wasn't an ordinary pirate!
Even if something emerged from the bottom of the sea, they believed that the skeleton gentleman captain who knew "black witchcraft" would definitely be able to push anything back into the sea.
Irin saw that the atmosphere was heavy, she didn't dare to be negligent and released her senses.
Well, there was no problem with the "safety measures" that tied the wooden barrels together.
Irin was relieved.
The Queen was careful.
The sailors were also careful.
The atmosphere on the ship was strangely quiet.
Ka ka ka.
From time to time, the sound of waves hitting the ship's hull and the sound of the hull crashing into the ship's wreckage could be heard.
The sea area where the Queen was located had long been away from land. The experienced pirates didn't naively think that this vast stretch of wreckage was as simple as hitting a reef.
Ruth took a deep breath. Seeing that there weren't any changes for the time being, she explained to Irin.
However, before Ruth explained, Irin understood the meaning of the "ship's grave."
— The ship's grave.
But for some reason, including Ruth, everyone's expression was so tense and the atmosphere was so heavy.
"If I'm not wrong, these ships should be left behind by a fleet of naval warships when they were eliminating pirates."
"Only dense wreckage can form a" ship's grave. "After a long time of being washed by the sea, the ship's wreckage would be scattered to every corner of the sea. Most of them would be washed ashore with the tide or sink to the bottom of the sea … With such a large number of ship's wreckage, it means that a disaster happened here not long ago."
"If I'm not wrong, the disaster happened here not more than three days ago."
Irin looked at Ruth strangely. "Aren't you running a pub? How come you're so familiar with this? "
Ruth rolled her eyes and didn't explain why she was so familiar with it. Instead, she continued to explain on the topic of "ship's grave."
"And for this kind of disaster to destroy both fleets, other than a natural disaster, it could be some kind of sea monster from the deep sea … or …"
Ruth's voice gradually trailed off. Finally, she seemed to be worried about something. She looked around and quickly lowered her voice. "Anyway, no matter what, if it's a hurricane or something like that, it's fine. If it's a sea monster or something like that … it's very likely that 'that thing' hasn't left the sea area, so we have to be careful."
Irin thought for a moment and asked the experienced Ruth, "Why don't we turn around and leave this place?"
Ruth knew that her baby Elizabeth Ling was an idiot when it came to sailing, so she wasn't surprised that Irin would ask this question.
She smiled and explained. "Haha, you don't understand. If it's really a sea monster, our current course is following the direction of the sea current and the wind. If we force ourselves to sail against the current, it's very likely that the small waves and tides will disturb 'that thing' … "
"I understand."
After listening to Ruth's explanation, Irin more or less understood.
In other words, once they encountered the "ship's grave," it meant that there was a high possibility that some kind of sea monster was hiding in the sea area around the ship's grave. It was even more likely that it hadn't eaten its fill and was still wandering around nearby.
Generally speaking, if such a small boat quietly passed by, the sea monster might not care. However, if it caused too much noise and disturbed the rest of the sea monster, it was very likely that the Queen would join this "ship's grave family" in the next second.
It was no wonder that the experienced pirates and sailors instantly reduced their movements and didn't even dare to breathe loudly when they got close to the ship's grave.
It wasn't Irin's fault.
In terms of sailing experience, perhaps even Charlie, who was the "Combat Floor" of the Queen, was dozens of streets ahead of Irin.
On this ship, in terms of sailing experience, Irin, the captain, was undoubtedly ranked second from the bottom.
Without a doubt, the first from the bottom should be Wang Tiandi.
Wang Tiandi's dog head moved forward and took a few glances. After it didn't seem to see anything interesting, it simply lay down at Irin's feet, shook its fur, and basked in the sun.
Irin speechlessly looked at the dog beside his feet.
Did it really think that it was the ship's mascot?
Irin was really curious about how this dog passed the previous trials in the inner world.
He remembered that in the other timeline, Irin had never heard of Wang Tiandi and had never met him in the trials.
Wait.
There were three possibilities.
First, in the other timeline, Wang Tiandi died in advance.
Second, because of some butterfly effect after Irin's rebirth, a dog became an apostle.
Third, if Wang Tiandi's trajectory didn't change … then in the other timeline, Wang Tiandi's level was far beyond Irin's imagination.
There was no need to think too much about the dog for now.
The scope of this ship's grave was beyond everyone's imagination.
While everyone had their own plans, the Queen carefully passed through the ship's grave.
A few drops of sweat appeared on Ruth's forehead. She kept looking ahead with the telescope and calculated the scope of the ship's grave on the nautical chart.
Half an hour later.
There was finally a sea area without any ship wreckage.
And the sea monster that everyone imagined didn't appear.
Everyone was overjoyed.
No one wanted to witness the terror of the sea monster.
Even if some people had never seen it in their lives, they didn't want to use their lives to see it.
No one discovered it.
At the bow of the ship.
Sachs's body trembled slightly. His gaze was fixed on the various ship wreckages floating around the Queen. His expression was complicated.
"Hmm?"
Irin noticed that there were some strange marks on these ship wreckages.
Some of the ship wreckages had an arc-shaped gap. The edges were sharp, as if they had been burned by something. They were as black as charcoal.
In Irin's impression, there was only …
Irin's expression darkened. His intuition told him that it was unlikely.
Finally.
When the Queen had completely left the area of the "ship's grave", when the spectacular ship wreckage gradually disappeared from the surface of the sea, all the pirates on the Queen let out a sigh of relief. They gulped down large mouthfuls of rum.
For pirates, rum was their eternal companion.
They drank when they were happy, drank when they were happy, drank when they were satisfied, drank when their wife died, drank when they discovered treasures … In short, in life on the sea, they could have no women, but they couldn't stop drinking rum.
After a false alarm.
Irin silently returned to the cabin.
Outside, Wang Tiandi was basking in the sun. There were also lookouts on the mast. Generally speaking, life on the sea was dull and boring. If there weren't any accidents, it would be very boring.
Irin silently made another cross on the calendar.
— He was recording the date.
If he didn't make a detailed record, on this vast sea, it was very likely that he would forget the concept of time.
Just as Irin was about to untie the little white rabbit, Ruth quietly pushed open the door and walked in.
In the eyes of others, the "Chief Officer" and the "Skeleton Gentleman Captain" had a close relationship. They were practically "good brothers" who slept under the same blanket. Therefore, no one found the behavior of "Chief Officer Louis" strange.
Anyway, those who understood understood.
On the surface of the sea, the waves sparkled and the moonlight sprinkled down. It was as if a layer of gold had been laid down.
When Ruth sneaked in and saw that Irin was still awake, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. But very quickly, she laughed like a hoodlum. She extended her hand towards Irin, her ten fingers moving: "My dear captain, do you need this little one to massage your sore shoulders?"
Irin originally wanted to refuse.
But when he thought of the very practical BUFF, he couldn't help but nod.
Just as Ruth was about to do it.
In the silence, Irin suddenly asked: "When we were passing by the ship's grave, what was the thing that you were really afraid of?"
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