Twenty days later.
The Queen was sailing alone on the sea.
Lost and helpless.
Ding ding ding — —
There were all kinds of smithing sounds around the Queen.
The pirates were listlessly carrying wooden planks to repair the holes left behind by the Queen.
Ding ding ding.
Ding ding ding.
"Ah …"
Charlie looked up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle. There were no clouds in the sky, but Charlie felt that the sky seemed to be emitting a smell called sadness.
Well, there seemed to be the smell of rum.
On the observation deck.
No one noticed that Xiao Sa, who was good at playing with ropes, was rubbing his palms and slowly exhaling a white mist. Then, he took out an ancient compass from his chest and carefully identified the direction. His expression gradually became excited.
Gu gu gu.
There were sounds of hungry stomachs coming from every corner of the deck.
A pirate with a dark face took out a box from the bottom of the cabin.
"Hey, guys, does anyone want to eat bread?"
Bread?
Hearing this word, the surrounding pirates dropped what they were doing and pounced on the box like wolves and tigers.
"Hehehe, this is my collection!"
The moment the box was opened.
A musty smell rushed to the sky. Even Xiao Sa, who was high up on the observation deck, smelled the smell of the moldy bread and couldn't help but frown.
Not only that.
In the pile of dark green moldy bread, there were fat white worms wriggling.
"F * ck … … kkk! Even the worms are starving! They actually stole bread!! "
The others broke down and cried bitterly.
Generally speaking, pirates had the dignity of pirates. They could eat moldy bread, but they would never eat bread with worms.
Unless … … they were so hungry that they couldn't stand it.
"Wait!"
Another pirate suddenly thought of a way. From the gap of a pile of wooden barrels, he secretly took out a piece of dried salted fish.
"Yo — —"
The moment they saw the dried salted fish, the eyes of the surrounding pirates lit up.
Don't misunderstand, this dried salted fish was also full of worms, but it wasn't for eating.
The experienced pirates naturally had a unique way to deal with a box of moldy bread full of worms.
As long as they put the dried salted fish on the top of the bread, the hungry worms in the bread would automatically run out and dig into the dried salted fish to eat, proving the bread's innocence.
So.
A group of pirates on the deck gathered in a circle and stared at the dried salted fish on the bread in a daze.
An hour later.
The salted fish was covered with white worms, wriggling endlessly.
The moldy bread finally became "clean".
He gnawed on his bread.
Someone couldn't help but glance at the closed cabin door on the deck, his eyes filled with desire.
"It's about time."
Suddenly.
A dog walked out of the captain's cabin in high spirits, holding a bone with meat on it.
At the same time, he hooked the door with his hind leg and closed it again.
With regards to the dog's clever actions, the pirates were already used to it. Every day, around this time, the captain's dog would run to the captain's cabin regularly and pick out a piece of fresh bone. Then, he would squat on the deck and bask in the sun, happily picking off the meat on the bone.
Gulp.
The pirates on the ship, who were starving and munching on moldy bread, stared at the bone in the dog's mouth with bloodshot eyes and swallowed their saliva.
Two lines of envious tears flowed down her cheeks.
Why is it that even a dog has bones to eat, but we can only eat moldy bread?
We were so envious!
We want to be dogs too!
Now that we think about it, there's nothing wrong with being a dog!
Great captain, can you give us a chance to be a dog?
All the pirates made a beautiful wish in their hearts to be a dog in their next life.
However.
The pirates only thought about it in their hearts, glanced at it slightly, and craved it at the corners of their mouths.
Snatch a dog's bone? Hehe, that doesn't exist.
A few days ago.
There was once a naive pirate who went crazy from hunger and directly rushed up to snatch the bone in the dog's mouth.
In the end, his chest was shattered by the dog that looked too weak to stand up to the wind. He twitched on the deck for a full minute before dying happily.
Everyone clearly remembered that poor pirate. As the Queen swayed on the waves, the broken bones in his chest rubbed against the deck, making cracking sounds. It was very pleasant to the ears, but it made everyone's scalp tingle.
Since that day, no pirate who was not afraid of death dared to covet the bone in Wang Tiandi's mouth.
However, through observation, the pirates found out that the dog had a good habit.
Every time the dog finished gnawing on a bone, it would spit it out onto the deck in disdain. At that time, there would be a group of hungry pirates who would pick up the dry bones recklessly and lick the smell of meat that had not completely dissipated from the bones.
Even if they could not eat the meat, licking a few mouthfuls was also very good.
Irin: "…"
In the captain's cabin.
After sending Wang Tiandi away with a spare bone, Irin sat on the bed and silently studied it.
In fact, he had not appeared in front of others for a few days.
His daily life on the ship was completely taken care of by the intimate first mate, Ruth.
In the cabin, there were no outsiders. Irin also removed all restrictions and comfortably revealed his true self.
He finally understood why a portion of women in the real world did not like to wear underwear.
This kind of unrestrained feeling indeed made Yi Lin feel a sense of freedom that allowed him to fly freely.
Yi Lin silently gave him a thumbs up.
In front of Irin, there was a sheepskin scroll.
There were twenty-eight scratches on it.
Today was already the twenty-eighth day since they set sail from Tortuga Island.
"A third of the second main mission has already been completed?"
Irin shook his head helplessly. He took out a small notebook from under his pillow and looked at the scribbled records.
Originally, with Irin's memory, there was no need for him to record such matters.
However, such a aimless sailing life made it difficult for Irin to muster the energy to remember such boring matters. He might as well use such boring and clumsy methods to kill time.
"Pirate ships sunk: 6."
"Heavily damaged naval ships: 3."
"Storms encountered: 2."
"Crossing thundercloud zones: 2."
"Small vortex encountered: 1."
"Cute tentacle sea monster encountered: 1."
"…"
These were the battle records of the 'Queen'.
It was also the various reasons why the 'Queen' was so heavily damaged.
Every time Ruth mentioned this matter, she would have an odd expression.
She never expected that in a short twenty days, they would experience such a plentiful 'calamity'.
What was even more unexpected was that the 'Queen' was still alive.
Irin closed his eyes and pondered carefully.
Soon, he opened the captain's panel again.
Now, Irin was already very familiar with the various data and operations of the captain's panel.
…
[Captain's panel]
[Name] Skeleton Gentleman
[Flag] Gentleman's Flag
[Reputation] 2233230000
Famous all over the world
[Skills] Captain's Vision
[Crew] Ruth Emily, Sax Sparrow, Wang Tiandi … (click to view details)
[Curse] "Bringing women on board will bring bad luck."
[Fleet] The 'Queen'
…
As the required Reputation Points for the subsequent Reputation Levels increased, the Battle Records mentioned above only allowed Yi Lin to level up from "Famous Rise" to "Renowned Throughout the World".
It seemed that there was still a certain distance between him and the 'Pirate King'.
Irin shook his head, sighed, and pointed at the 'Queen'.
The crew of the 'Queen', supplies, equipment, damage, cannonballs … all the data were clearly listed in front of him.
"The comprehensive damage has reached 42%. Once it exceeds 50%, it is likely to affect the next voyage."
"Moreover, the supplies are also limited …"
Irin felt a headache again.
This trial was not like the game where he could casually skip the garbage time.
Every minute and every second on the sea, no matter how dry and boring it was, he had to personally experience it bit by bit. As fresh water and food became scarcer, Irin gradually felt the terror and vastness of the sea.
Even an apostle might not be able to completely withstand this terrifying loneliness and suffering.
Irin silently took out half a piece of black bread that did not become moldy from the storage dimension and took a bite.
Ruth beside him had already come over and opened her mouth obediently.
Irin glanced at the pitiful Ruth and stuffed the bread into her mouth. Seeing that Ruth was about to finish it in one big bite, he immediately pulled out the long piece of bread and quickly kept it in the storage dimension to prevent the hungry Ruth from finishing it in one bite.
Ruth licked her lips. Seeing that the tempting bread had 'magically' disappeared again, her face was filled with resentment.
"My dear captain, if you continue like this, you will lose me …"
"F * ck off."
Irin always had this indifferent attitude towards Ruth.
Ruth sighed and did not continue to make a scene.
"My dear Ling, according to my calculations, if we do not think of a way to replenish our supplies, our food and water can only last for five days at most."
Actually, if not for Irin being able to magically create 'fresh' food out of thin air, Ruth would not have been able to hold on.
Irin nodded and did not say anything else.
"Also, those guys are starting to get restless. If not for your dog … hehe."
To pirates, trust was sh * t, and betrayal was a common occurrence. In this situation where food and water were gradually drying up, if not for Wang Tiandi standing guard on the deck, the group of pirates would have long risen in revolt and recklessly charged into Yi Lin's room to snatch the food.
After all, Gou 'zi could scoop out a piece of fresh meat bone from Irin's room every day. If someone said that their captain did not secretly store food … who would believe that?
Irin was already aware of Ruth's reminder.
The biggest change on the captain's panel, other than the pile of supplies data, was the number and loyalty of the crew members.
After experiencing all kinds of battles and shipwrecks in the past 20 days, Irin's crew of nearly 200 people had sharply decreased to 101 people … and one of them was a dog.
It was worth mentioning that Charlie, who had a very low combat power … was still alive. It was unbelievable.
Other than Wang Tiandi's loyalty which was still at zero, and Ruth's loyalty had strangely doubled, the loyalty of the other crew members had plummeted, and many of them had already fallen into the negatives.
— They could betray at any time.
Just as Ruth had said, if it weren't for the dog holding down the fort and Yi Lin showing enough deterrence in the previous naval battles, this group of lawless pirates would have overthrown the rule of the skeleton gentleman captain.
Another half a day passed.
Sachs, who was on the observation deck, suddenly frantically pulled the alarm.
"Another enemy ship?"
Ruth's expression changed. She skillfully pulled her clothes behind her back and tied a standard bow on her chest. Soon, she returned to her "First Mate Louis" outfit and rushed out of the cabin.
Because Ruth's figure was not as exaggerated as Elizabeth Ling's, her speed of dressing was more than twice as fast as Irin's.
Irin was deeply helpless about this.
Irin quietly released Bai Xiaoyi and quietly planted a hole on the deck.
She saw that outside the ship, the light was dim.
There was a layer of thick fog surrounding the ship.
Unknowingly, the Queen had sailed into a sea filled with thick fog.
Irin saw that the enemy ship did not appear as she had imagined, so she quickly put Bai Xiaoyi away.
Ten minutes later.
Ruth ran back again.
But her expression was a bit strange. "Ahead … there seems to be an island."
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