It sounded like the roar of a tiger and a lion. It was a sound that Zuo Qingcang had never heard before.
However, judging from the intensity of the roar, he felt that the animal that could make such a sound was not to be trifled with. Zuo Qingcang came to the deck and looked at the surrounding sea level. He didn't know when it started, but the nearby sea had been completely shrouded in endless fog. He couldn't even see the other ships of Da Qi State's fleet.
In this sudden fog, the roar of the beast suddenly disappeared. There was only the sound of rolling waves in the fog. Other than that, there was silence. He could only see the shadows of the ships. The whole sea was like a ghost town.
Amidst this silence, Zuo Qingcang's brows suddenly twitched, and he felt his heartbeat quicken a little. When he looked at the deck under his feet, he saw a dark figure appear under his feet.
According to the position of the figure, the other party was standing less than a meter behind him.
'Who could be here?'
'I've checked the whole ship. There shouldn't be any living people.'
'Could it be those pirates?'
Zuo Qingcang turned around abruptly. The first thing he saw was a pale face close to him. The eyes of the face were strangely wide, and even the corners of the eyes were torn. The mouth was slightly tilted, as if it was laughing mockingly. The most special thing about the face was its pale skin. It was as if there was no trace of blood. It was deathly pale.
On a ship full of corpses, such a strange 'person' suddenly appeared behind Zuo Qingcang. Even someone as calm as him couldn't help but be shocked and his heart beat faster. However, even though he was shocked, years of training and experience had already turned calmness and rationality into Zuo Qingcang's instincts.
In the face of this strange person who suddenly appeared, Zuo Qingcang's instinctive reaction was not to retreat, but to take the initiative to attack. The axe in his right hand landed on his opponent's neck with a bang, but it felt like the axe had hit a tree instead of a human body.
After pulling it out, Zuo Qingcang realized that the axe was stuck inside. He immediately retracted his hand and pulled out a dagger from his waist, holding it in front of his eyes.
Zuo Qingcang was once again shocked when he saw the strange man whose neck seemed to have been chopped by an axe.
Judging from their uniforms, they were Da Qi State soldiers on the ship. However, this Great Qi Dynasty's soldier not only had a pale countenance, but his eyes were also abnormally big. There was also an axe stuck to his neck, but he was still looking at Zuo Qingcang with a face full of mockery. The whole scene had an indescribable sense of strangeness. There was still a fatal wound on his neck from when he fell to the ground.
What was even more astonishing was that, at some point in time, all the corpses of the sailors and soldiers on the deck had stood up. Their countenances were also pale, their eyes were wide open, and they were looking at Zuo Qingcang with the same strange smile.
Zuo Qingcang let out a deep breath and slowly moved to the edge of the deck. His eyes quietly stared at the "crew" in front of him, as if he was guarding against them suddenly pouncing on him.
He had checked every single corpse here, and they were all dead to the point where they couldn't be any more dead. However, these corpses stood up and looked at him with a sneer. Even someone as bold as Zuo Qingcang couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Whether it was in Zuo Qingcang's memory or Liu Zhicheng's memory, this kind of thing had never happened before. The so-called zombies and zombies were things that only existed in legends. But now, they were right in front of Zuo Qingcang.
Just as Zuo Qingcang slowly stepped back, all the pale corpses on the deck turned their heads and stared at Zuo Qingcang. Their eyes followed his movements. As Zuo Qingcang stopped, they all stopped and continued to stare at Zuo Qingcang.
It was the first time he had encountered such a situation. Just as Zuo Qingcang was hesitating about how to deal with it, the loud roar of the beast sounded again. A huge shadow the size of a mountain rushed out of the fog, and all the pale corpses still stood there stupidly, motionless.
"Monster!"
Zuo Qingcang did not manage to see the whole thing. He only saw countless pitch-black scales that were the size of a table. At the next moment, the entire ship trembled fiercely, releasing terrifying tearing sounds. The ship under his feet started to flip over and tear apart. After a series of dizziness, Zuo Qingcang fell into the sea together with those pale corpses.
Zuo Qingcang knew that in such a situation, it was very likely that a vortex would be formed when the ship sank, pulling him into the sea. He tried his best to swim, wanting to break free from the invasion of the sea currents. However, the monster at the bottom of the sea was far too powerful. Just by swaying its body casually, the waves formed caused Zuo Qingcang's efforts to be rendered useless.
Under such a situation, his physical strength was severely depleted. It was only until a few minutes later that Zuo Qingcang felt exhausted.
At that moment, a wooden plank hit the back of his head. Zuo Qingcang's vision turned black and he lost consciousness.
…
Waves, sunshine, Zuo Qingcang slowly opened his eyes and spat out the sand in his mouth.
Just as he got up, the surrounding seabirds flew into the sky in fright.
Looking at the beach in front of him, Zuo Qingcang slowly recalled what had happened before.
Liu Zhicheng, Da Qi State, the resurrected dead, pale corpses, and the dark, huge monster.
"What a messy world."
Zuo Qingcang did not get up immediately. He just lay on the ground and began to check his body to prevent any careless movements from causing harm to his body. Even at this moment, the calmness engraved in his bones still played a role.
After Zuo Qingcang checked himself, he did not know whether it was luck or Liu Zhicheng's body was strong enough. In such a shipwreck, not only was he washed up on land, but he was also unharmed.
After confirming that his body was not injured, Zuo Qingcang slowly stood up. The clothes on his body were already in tatters. He simply took off his shirt, revealing his slender and lean upper body.
After looking around, he realized that he was not the only one. There were many ship wreckages on the beach.
"Did I come here with the current?"
Zuo Qingcang did not know where he was now. However, according to Liu Zhicheng's memory, they should only be three-quarters of the way to the New World. Feeling the hunger in his body, Zuo Qingcang guessed that he had been sent to a tropical island in the West Sea.
The West Sea was the ocean between the Old World where Da Qi State was located and the New World where Liu Zhicheng had gone before.
"The worst case scenario is that this might be an uninhabited island. I have to be prepared for a long battle here. First, I have to find food and water.
"If it's a tropical island, I can try to find it. I wonder if there are any in this world …"
Next, Zuo Qingcang walked more than 200 meters on the beach and found the plant he was looking for. It was a coconut tree. Coconuts were very popular fruits in tropical areas. They were rich in water, potassium, vitamin C, and carbohydrates.
In some places, they were known as the Fruit of Life. Some people even survived for a month just by eating coconuts. Seeing the coconut tree in front of him, Zuo Qingcang breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that he did not have to endure the fatigue and weakness in his body for the time being. He did not have to go to more dangerous places to find food and water, such as the nearby shallow sea and the forest behind him.
However, coconut trees were very tall. The one that Zuo Qingcang chose in front of him was more than 20 meters tall. It was equivalent to the height of an eight or nine story building in the city.
After exhaling, Zuo Qingcang used the shirt that he had taken off earlier to tie a bundle of cloth. He put the cloth under his armpits and tied it to the trunk of the coconut tree. This could help him climb up the coconut tree. It was also a method that many ethnic groups used to climb up coconut trees.
Next, he saw his feet getting stuck in the cracks of the coconut tree. The cloth tied him to the trunk of the coconut tree and he climbed up bit by bit.
However, the negative effects of the shipwreck were more serious than Zuo Qingcang imagined. He was only halfway up when he felt severe fatigue and weakness.
However, coconuts were the food that he urgently needed. Otherwise, he would not be able to replenish his nutrients. He could only persevere and climb up bit by bit. Finally, he reached the bottom of the coconut. He leaned on the cloth tied to him and slowly twisted the coconut with one hand. Then, he let the coconut fall to the ground by itself.
Just as Zuo Qingcang was about to twist the third coconut, his eyes suddenly focused. He saw from the coconut tree that there seemed to be a person lying on a floating wooden board about 300 meters away from the surface of the sea.
After picking another coconut, Zuo Qingcang began to descend from the tree bit by bit. After landing on the ground, he was not in a hurry to check the situation of the person on the surface of the sea. This was because he was not in good condition. Swimming 300 meters in the sea was too dangerous for him. Although he also wanted to drag the person ashore and get some useful information for him, he did not dare to do so.
Instead, he first found a stone, broke the coconut that he picked, and began to eat the coconut juice and flesh inside. After eating a coconut, Zuo Qingcang sat on the ground and rested. He began to replenish the physical strength that he had just used up from climbing the tree.
While he was resting, he looked at the shadow more than three hundred meters away. Sitting on the beach, he obviously couldn't see as clearly as when he was on the treetop. If he didn't look carefully, he wouldn't have noticed that the shadow was a person lying on a wooden board.
Zuo Qingcang narrowed his eyes and looked for a while. The other person seemed to be from the same fleet as him. He also seemed to be wearing the uniform of the Da Qi state soldiers.
When he thought of this, the other person seemed to raise his head, revealing a pale face. A blood-red wound split his face in half. The dead face looked up in Zuo Qingcang's direction and then smiled coldly.
Zuo Qingcang was shocked. But when he looked again, he realized that the other person did not raise his head at all. Or rather, at this distance, he should not have been able to see the other person's details clearly.
Rubbing his temples, Zuo Qingcang wondered if he was hallucinating because he was too tired. But when he thought of the strange corpses on the ship, Zuo Qingcang picked up a stone and slowly walked towards the sea.
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