Online Game: The Dragon Raid

Chapter 182 Frozen Harbor
Lele was suddenly dumbfounded, and could only stare blankly at the boundless sea.

Although she had a little bit of confidence before coming here, knowing that it would take a lot of effort to go to Jiangcheng without the teleportation array, but she never thought that after reaching the border of Jiangcheng, she would not be able to take another step.

There is no way. If we go back from a long distance now, walking from the side of the Cangcheng teleportation array will consume too much energy and time, and we have to go around Qingcheng to get to Cangcheng. This idea was rejected by Lele as soon as it was born up.

However, Lele thought of a good way for a while, but after holding it in for a long time, he didn't find any clue. It was the kindness of the lively little fisher girl who took Lele in.

In this small fishing village, Lele counted and felt that there were no more than thirty households, but the strange thing was that there were no strong young men fishing, and most of them were women and old people. Lele couldn't help being surprised for two "Xiao Miao, why haven't you seen some good fishermen?"

Xiao Miao is the nickname of this little fisher girl. Before she could answer, a coughing sound came over, and the voice of an elderly, hoarse old man answered.

"Adventurer, you really didn't come at the right time. All the men in the village went out to fish, and so did the child's father. It may take a while before he comes back, ahem..."

The old man has reached a certain age and is skinny. Even when he walks, he has to support a cane to take two steps tremblingly. Just coughing like this, it looks like he wants to cough up his heart and lungs. Lele Shocked, Xiao Miao ran over in a hurry to help the old man, her brows were tightly frowned, and her face was full of worry.

"Grandpa, didn't Xiao Miao say that it's windy outside, so don't come out if you're not in good health..."

"Understood, Grandpa understands, Grandpa's old bones will not die for the time being, but there have been no outsiders in this village for a long time..." The old man gently patted Xiao Miao's hand, because the voice of the old man was not loud, Lele could only hear these few words, but couldn't hear the content behind them, but even so, the content of these words really made her care a little bit.

No one has come to this small fishing village for a long time. Isn’t this normal? It’s strange that there are players coming to such a remote small fishing village, but at this moment, it’s really strange for the NPC in the village to say it. It sounds like they It seems that I have been expecting adventurers to come to this village.

In this situation, it is not that the villagers are particularly warm and hospitable, then there are some clues contained in it, and this sentence is a reminder.Looking at this fishing village, it really can’t match the hospitality. The first guess can be rejected, and then only the second one is left...

After thinking about it, Lele's eyes rolled, and she took the initiative to go up to talk to the old man, with a sincere attitude, "Dare to ask the old man, is there anything that we adventurers need to help? Why don't you ask it? "

The old man paused, glanced at Lele with cloudy eyes, and then looked around, but found nothing, and his face could not help showing a little disappointment, "Yes, there is indeed something wrong in my village. I want the old man to help , but adventurer, you are here alone, no, no, you can’t help with this job, there are too few people, too few..."

Could it be a team mission, where can we gather people at this moment?

"Old man, even though I am alone, maybe I can really help a little bit, old man, why don't you tell me your difficulties before making a decision...?"

"This..." The old man looked at Lele for a while, as if he was thinking about something, frowned tightly, and finally nodded, "Well, it can only be like that now, come here , let’s talk in this room..."

Supporting Xiao Miao and listening, he grinned at Lele, pointed to the house not far away, and then slowly led the old man to the house, and waited for the old man to sit down before rushing in and out for Lele Pour a cup of warm water, the village is very poor, there is no such thing as tea, not to mention that there are no outsiders for a year, the natural plain boiled water is taken out.

Lele didn't care much, but seeing Xiao Miao, the little fisher girl looking at her with a little bit of anxiety, Lele thought for a while, looked at the cup in front of her with a small mouth missing, and picked it up without hesitation. After taking a sip, Xiao Miao smiled reborn.

"Xiao Miao, go outside first. Grandpa and this adventurer have some things to discuss..."

"Okay, Grandpa." After all, it was a young girl, Xiao Miao responded readily, and ran out bouncing around.

Lele and the old man were left in this simple house. After a while, the old man said slowly, "Adventurer, you have seen it too. All the men in our place have gone out to fish in the deep sea." , but in fact, we almost only fish nearby, and don't go to the deep sea very much, but a while ago, there was hardly a single fish caught in the nearby sea area, so we had to risk our lives to go out to sea..."

Fishermen can be said to be good hands in the sea. They live by the sea, but they are more afraid of the sea than anyone else, just because they know how terrifying the deep sea is. .

And the fishermen in this small fishing village are also the same. They follow the group training and only fish in the relatively shallow waters nearby. The fish in the nearby seas are abundant and reproduce quickly, so there is no need to worry about the shortage of fish.Moreover, a problem has arisen. A while ago, their fishermen caught any fish. The fishermen without any living resources endured it for a long time, and they didn't have any food in stock. They couldn't bear it anymore. The men in the village Only then did the good fishermen make a decision to go fishing in the deep sea. No matter how dangerous it was, the villagers would not starve to death like this...

"However, it has been more than a month now, and it has already passed the originally agreed time to come back. Not to mention coming back, there is not even a shadow of a boat. That is almost the entire labor force of our small fishing village. I am really afraid They never came back..."

"The old man, what do you mean, you want our adventurers to help you find the fishermen who haven't come back...?"

The old man nodded. Lele was really embarrassed. It was true that she could not complete such a task. It is estimated that a mercenary team would be able to take over the task. She couldn't help but sighed and shook her head at the old man. Although she knew the result, the old man still I couldn't help being disappointed for a while, "I'm sorry, I really can't complete this task by myself, and I'm not good at water, by the way, old man, is there really no way to go to Jiangcheng..."

"I'm afraid it won't happen, adventurer. Jiangcheng is on the other side of the sea. To get there, you must have a big boat and a powerful motor. It's impossible to be close to our small fishing boats. They don't have enough power to withstand the bigger waves. , and there is no direction of sailing, and most importantly, there are almost no fishing boats in the village, and all of them have gone out to sea and have not returned..."

Lele couldn't help but sink, could it be that this is really a dead end, and he can only turn around and pass through Cangcheng?But at this moment, Lele suddenly remembered something, and his eyes lit up, "By the way, wasn't this a small seaport before? Are there no broken ships left behind? As long as those ships are repaired, they can go to sea ?"

"Yes, there are, but you are an outsider, adventurer. I don't know why the small harbor was abandoned. There are quite a few ships left in the past, but none of them can be used. You can find out when you go to the small harbor. Yes, if you walk eastward from this small fishing boat for a while, you will see it..."

After all, the old man's face was exhausted, and he waved his hand to express that he didn't want to talk anymore. Lele knew that even if he asked more questions at this time, he would not be able to ask anything, so he might as well go directly to the small harbor and listen to the old man's tone. Could it be that the small harbor was not a natural decline, but was abandoned due to some unexpected reasons?
No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't come up with any clues. Lele simply went there by herself. She didn't know how long she would stay, so she asked the little fisherman for some food. Although food was in short supply, here The fishermen are generally simple-minded, and after struggling for a while, they still gave up a small part of their food reserves to Lele.

Because this fishing village is too remote, there is no place to replenish equipment and potions. They can only rely on this small amount of food to slow down the physical consumption. After preparations were completed, Lele walked east in the direction the old man said.

At first, Lele thought she would have to spend a day or two to see the harbor, but she didn't expect that the small harbor would appear in Lele's sight after only walking for a long time, which made her gasp At that moment, she finally understood why the old man said that the boats in the small harbor could not be used.

It's just because the small seaport that Lele's eyes touched turned out to be a small seaport that was frozen. The thick layer of ice completely covered the entire seaport. , except that some parts have been destroyed, most of them are completely intact, no, they can even be said to be lifelike.

The faces of the businessmen who came and went froze with horrified expressions, and their eyeballs were wide open, as if they had seen something terrible.The fishmonger's fish basket was knocked over during the crowd's escape. The live fish inside jumped out, but were frozen in mid-air. Not far away, several luxurious ships were heard, intact.

Lele thought that if it hadn't been sealed by the ice layer, she really thought that this scene was just that time had stopped at a certain moment, and everything was well preserved. As long as the hour hand was turned again, all of this would be fine. Come back to life.

This situation reminded Lele of the previous dungeon, where there was also a vivid banquet scene in the spiers of the outlying island.What happened to this harbor before?
(End of this chapter)