Tianjin people will never lose SAN

Chapter 443 Rib Mountain and Sea
In the captain's room of the Dog Riding Rabbit, various books and bottles and jars were placed on the table. In the silver petri dish in the center, a fist-sized piece of blood-red meat was wriggling unconsciously. Organs like the eyestalks of a snail were gradually evolving, and thin tentacles were carefully groping and feeling outward.

Millie Tang poured a little fish blood from a small bottle onto the piece of meat. The piece of meat swelled up like a catalyzed fruit, and then shrank back down after the blood was completely absorbed by the body.

Similar to some kind of god's clan recorded in the book, Milly Tang nodded and sprinkled the powder at hand on the piece of meat. The originally fresh and soft flesh and blood seemed to be frozen. The grayish-white stratum corneum covered the red and white flesh and blood, and the shape of the meat piece was also frozen at this second.

The "Flesh Melting Technique" seems to be the right remedy for the problem. Fortunately, we had obtained key information from Father Fonse before, otherwise it would not have been so easy to win on the cemetery island.

Originally according to Millie Tang's plan, she was going to rest for a while after rescuing Liu Yonglu and the other two. However, she didn't expect that a secret passage would suddenly appear before her eyes, so she quickly took some blood and flesh samples of the monster for further research and then set a fire to burn the entire island.

"Squeak."

The sound of the door opening was heard, and Liu Yonglu stretched his neck and entered the captain's room.

"Fortunately, I have a solid foundation, otherwise I would have gone crazy again!"

Liu Yonglu walked to the table, bent down to look at the frozen meat in the culture dish, then consciously took out two tea bags from the cabinet and made two cups of black tea for himself and Mi Lier.

"It's hard work, drink some tea, drink some."

"Humph."

Faced with Liu Yonglu's courtesy, Millie Tang curled her lips, but still took the tea and took a sip.

After leaving the island, Liu Yonglu first found an empty room to do some criticism and self-criticism, and promised that he would never act rashly again in the future. Only then did Millie Tang's face barely turn from gloomy to cloudy.

"Is Captain Pedri feeling better now?"

"I feel better now. My goodness, I have to go through all the master's exercises. Do you know how tiring it is?"

Captain Pedri's previous state could be described in one word: "looking for death".

He and Mustang were in different situations. To be frank, Mustang was just playing around with his subordinates on this ocean expedition. Did he have any feelings for his subordinates? Yes, but deep down he treated these crew members as his subordinates, otherwise he would not have let the three witch doctors sacrifice themselves to use forbidden spells without hesitation.

Pedri was different. He started out as a sailor and worked his way up. The crew members of the Poseidon Shield were old buddies who had been through thick and thin with him. As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. He didn't expect to sacrifice his brothers' lives for the benefits promised to him by the Mosesad royal family.

Although people who make a living on the ship are accustomed to life and death, and the crew members themselves have a very high level of awareness, the death was too tragic. So many lives were sacrificed and slaughtered by monsters in front of them, and their spirits could not bear it all of a sudden.

Fortunately, Liu Yonglu still had the title of Saint Barlax, and he performed a simple water and land ritual on the ship to comfort Captain Pedri, saying that all the crew members would go to heaven in the future. He had already greeted the old saint and would take good care of them there. Only then did Pedri's emotions stabilize a little.

Although he is not crazy, he is very depressed.

"Mr. Richie, otherwise the matter of the Lost Sea..."

Millie Tang reached out and rubbed Liu Yonglu's frowning brows. Just as she was about to continue speaking, there was a hurried knock on the door.

"Captain! Captain! Come to the deck!"

Liu Yonglu and Militang followed Kogan out to the bow, only to find that the other key figures on the ship, Lin Brown, old Peleus, and the two captains were all standing in front of the steering wheel, staring forward in amazement.

In the distance, they saw two mountains.

The mountains on the left and right rise abruptly from the sea, giving a sense of unreality beyond common sense, because the two mountains are steep and reach straight into the sky, they are definitely not just ordinary coral islands.

These two peaks echo each other on the left and right, and their positions and sizes are almost the same. Considering their slightly inward curvature, people can't help but think that they are the ribs of some creature.

"There's more ahead... there's more ahead."

Captain Mustang had a dry mouth and slowly raised his arm to point forward. Yes, two equally symmetrical peaks appeared three or four hundred meters ahead.

If there was one thing that made everyone feel at ease about this secret waterway, it was that the white fog that had previously shrouded the sea had dissipated, and now the people on the boat could enjoy the wonderful scenery before them without reservation.

"Should we keep going?"

Although Captain Peleus was knowledgeable, he had never seen such a strange mountain in the sea. I'm afraid everyone was thinking the same thing at this moment: this dark brown stone tower might not be a mountain but the ribs of some creature.

But... if the ribs are so huge, it's hard to imagine what the creature looked like when it was alive.

Or maybe he is not dead...

Just as everyone was stunned, the Dog Riding Rabbit had already passed the first mountain peak.

"There are sculptures... Look."

Kogan was also shocked by the wonder before him, he pointed to the port side and muttered.

Rows of towering reliefs meander upward along the rib-shaped peaks. The stone carvings are covered with dark green seaweed and barnacles, proving that these peaks were once submerged underwater. Perhaps they were reawakened by Captain Barlov's blood sacrifice ritual.

"Ricky, come with me."

Millie Tang and Liu Yonglu climbed onto the lookout. With one hand she quickly wrote something down in her notebook, while with the other she tightly grasped Liu Yonglu's wrist, her finger joints turning white due to tension.

Although the murals are primitive and rough, the plot outlined by the simple and clear lines is not difficult to understand.

The sculpture on the first mountain depicts the end of a kingdom. People in the square are prostrating themselves on the ground, holding various offerings in their hands and worshiping towards the sky.

The king was also in the crowd. He took off his gorgeous robe, bare his chest, and knelt at the front of the team with his head buried deep under his body.

And diagonally above the sculpture, a huge flat fish is floating in the air. Unknown body fluid is secreted from the edge of the fish's body. When the liquid drips onto the sea surface, the sea water boils; when the liquid drips into the fields, all things wither.

A huge whirlpool appeared under the body of the strange fish, and all the decomposed things were sucked into it.

Some hieroglyphs were also carved on the mountain around the sculpture.

"God" "abandoned"

Millie Tang murmured.

At this time, the second sculpture on the starboard side of the ship depicted the king sitting decadently on the throne in the kingdom's palace, with his crown fallen at the bottom of the stairs. Many court servants also fell to the ground, their clothes ragged, revealing their skin and bones.

A tall noble stood at the bottom of the stairs at this time, raised his right hand and guided the king to look into the distance.

There was a divine body there, curled up inside an irregular stone platform. Its shape was similar to that of a human, but its body was wrapped in countless layers of tentacles. Its one eye looked coldly at the king.

The king stretched out his hands and touched the forehead of the divine body. In an instant, a light shone everywhere, and the king and the tall noble who introduced the king were both stung by the light.

The two blind men raised their hands in awe and touched the freed divine body, which was a huge, amorphous mass floating in the air.

"Don't worry about Captain Pavlo!"

A tall man with two big tumors on his eyes. Liu Yonglu suddenly remembered him.

"Worship" "New God" "Saved"

Millie Tang wrote silently in her notebook. The boat continued to move forward following the pink undercurrent, and soon the second set of ribs appeared beside them.

The third sculpture on the port side is relatively peaceful. The people of the kingdom are boarding a large ship with many tools and livestock on board.

Captain Barlov was now sitting with the king, enjoying the treatment of a living prophet.

They came to the new island singing and dancing. An old man couldn't stand the ravages of time and lay in a coffin, but with the prayers of Captain Pavlo and the king, the old man miraculously came back to life.

People built statues of the god, offered sacrifices, and sang praises of his greatness.

However, in the corner of the statue, a child hid behind the statue of the god, looking at the resurrected old man in horror.

“Eternal Life” “Price”

The fourth statue on the starboard side has a sudden change in style. The originally gentle lines suddenly become abstract and wild, and the content it expresses becomes somewhat difficult to understand.

People seemed to still be living a peaceful life. They always had smiles on their faces. They built palaces for the gods, and men and women played and reproduced in the forest. The king and Captain Pavlo sat in their seats and watched everything with satisfaction.

And beneath the surface, countless cruel and blasphemous scenes repeat themselves. Are they the dreams of the islanders? Or are they part of their real lives?

Millie Tang also looked confused.

Who carved these sculptures? The islanders?

At the end of the sculpture, the boy who had previously stood in fear behind the statue of the god has grown up and taken out a dagger and blinded one of his eyes.

Who is this...

"Sacrifice", "Shelter", "Escape"

I have to say that the sculpture in front of me proves at least one thing: the ancient book in the Holy See is not wrong. This is the only way to the Cursed Island.

A lost civilization lives here, but I don't know what the evil god that Lin Brown carries has to do with all this.

The sculptures behind gradually became difficult to recognize, and Liu Yonglu and Millie Tang climbed down the lookout.

"Damn it, we should get out of this damn place! Everyone can see that the road ahead will only get more evil! For the sake of the saint, this is a wild place where even the gospel has never been spread.

I am not afraid of death! But I am afraid that rash actions will bring about irreversible and terrible consequences! "

"If you are afraid, then I will give you a small boat to go wherever you want! But I want to save my crew members! I did not bring them away from home to feed the evil god. They have wives and children too. Dying alone here is not the ending they deserve."

"Damn it, this isn't your ship, what right do you have to order me around!"

Before Liu Yonglu jumped down from the hemp rope, he heard a fierce quarrel. Captain Pedri and Captain Mustang had drawn their weapons. If Mr. Shani had not been there to calm them down, the two sides would have started fighting.

"Just quarrel! Just quarrel! There are thousands of people in the family and only one person is in charge! This is the place for you two to throw a tantrum!"

It can be said that Liu Yonglu's words were really effective. Firstly, he was the captain of the Dog Riding Rabbit, and secondly, he was also known as Saint Baran. When the two captains heard what he said, they immediately became angry and just glared at each other with red faces and thick necks.

While Liu Yonglu was smoking, Kou Gang reported the whole process to him.

It turned out that several people who had a say on the ship who had witnessed the strange scene had expressed different opinions. Some suggested that they go around while there was no fog in this sea area, and then consider whether to save people or go to the cursed island.

Some people insisted on continuing along the route, racing against time to ensure the safety of the crews of the two ships to the greatest extent possible.

Liu Yonglu glanced around and saw that many people lowered their heads unconsciously, obviously they all had their own little plans in mind.

"Well, don't accuse me of having the final say. Let's vote and tell us what we think.

But there is one thing, after voting, the minority obeys the majority, even if you are unhappy in your heart, just hold it in, do you hear me! "

If you don't express your opinions and keep them in your heart, they may cause trouble to you in the future. At the critical moment, Liu Yonglu felt that he had to tighten the rope.

After hearing what he said, several people present also made their choices.

Mustang, Old Peleus and the others were obviously reluctant to move forward. After all, everything that had happened on the Ship Graveyard Island was too shocking.

Whether they were afraid of death or out of a sense of responsibility towards other crew members, they were unwilling to rush in.

Kogan, Captain Pedri and others voted in favor. Although Kogan always seemed to like to take advantage of others, he had a pure heart and could not stand idly by when innocent people were in danger.

Captain Pedri is even more concerned about his old friends and will never back down.

As the voting went on, it was finally Liu Yonglu and Lin Bulang's turn. Before them, the votes were equally divided between those who agreed and those who disagreed. Their votes directly influenced the decision of the crowd.

Lin Brown kept the cigarette in his mouth, and the gray smoke column and ash remained long. He, who was always decisive, fell into deep thought.

He wanted to continue sailing forward more than anyone else. The countdown to the evil god's death was not far away. If he delayed any further...

I have been living in the abyss for nearly ten years. I will soon see the dawn of hope, but at the last moment I have to loosen the rope myself?

But he thought back to the vote. It was him who acted on his own and caused his closest partner and mentor to die in his hands...

"I think..."

"Let's keep going. We two brothers agree to keep going!"

Lin Bulang had just said half of his words when Liu Yonglu took over.

"If you go to a tiger mountain knowing there is a tiger, and don't scare two mice to death, you are not a true hero. Let's go! Have you voted? Done! No more nonsense now!"

Liu Yonglu guessed what Lin Quilt was thinking, and without waiting for him to say anything, he flicked the cigarette butt into the sea and slapped the board.

Since Saint Balan meant this and he had just said so, those who opposed it could not say anything more. Everyone returned to their positions and prepared for battle.

Having fought ferocious monsters in the ship cemetery before, it is conceivable that the road ahead will only become more and more difficult.

The Dog Riding the Rabbit sailed for more than an hour before finally seeing a small island in the distance.

This island is much larger than the previous ship graveyard island. The vegetation on the island is lush and looks full of vitality.

The bows were strung and the swords were unsheathed, and the boats slowly approached the shore.

"Another ship is coming, come and see."

Suddenly, the clear and joyful shouts of a girl were heard from the shore.

(End of this chapter)