A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

In this way, since the purpose of coming here has been achieved, Boss Xue stopped talking nonsense and took Luo Sanpao and Ma Rulong to that door again.

Before setting off, the nagging witch Tia Doma came over again and warned a few people: "You must be quick... Davy Jones' devil prison is the residence of the dead, and it will surely give the living who break into it. It will bring very bad influence. Tell Jack that the song has been sung, the sea is already burning, and the nine pirate kings will answer the call to go to the shipwreck, that is his inescapable responsibility."

Luo Sanpao nodded, of course he wanted to come back quickly...but he couldn't leave the brothers who didn't understand the language for too long.

Xue Li took one last look at this strange world, and led the two of them through the door of the tavern.

Luo Sanpao, the overlord of the sea, has been chased by the British army recently, and he hasn't been to the tavern for a while. Seeing the wonderful arrangement here, he can't help but feel a little dazed.

Only now did he realize that his situation...in fact, he could be regarded as leaving his hometown.

The other world also has China, the same few islands, and even more British people all over the world, but it is completely different from my own world after all.

If he hadn't made a boat his home and was floating all day in the empty sea, he would have felt more deeply.

...he never had a hometown.

Xue Li invited the two of them to sit at a table, and poured them two more glasses of wine... He still had to introduce the situation of the world he was going to.

"...Finnegan is also a captain, and his ship is very modern. When he came here last time, he said that a group of mercenaries with strong firepower hired his ship to carry out missions overseas. It made him very worried...that's why he asked Jack for help. We are going to be in danger at this point in time, and we need to carry weapons and practice in advance to learn how to use them.

"I'm not talking about other swords in your waist...it's real hot weapons."

Saying this, he asked the two people to wait a moment, then went to the basement and brought out two storm pulse rifles.

Chapter 43 Scale Claws

As he walked through the corridors of the ship, Jack began to regret it a little.

This woman shouldn't have been released... She doesn't know anything about what happened on this ship, and she must follow him, and she can't get rid of him.

"Ah... I was accidentally locked in the storage room. Yes, I just wanted to find a safe place to breathe, but I went in the wrong direction and locked the door by mistake..."

Jack didn't believe a word the woman said.

He didn't need to try much, but he could feel the temperament similar to himself in the woman - unwilling to obey the rules, willing to cross the edge of order to gain benefits for himself, or to put it more directly, an outlaw.

Wearing a relatively simple little red dress, this beautiful woman dressed up beautifully was walking with him, while constantly looking at his whole body, and her eyes stayed on the rings, necklaces and other wearing objects for a long time, which can be seen See... she should be a thief.

It's not that Jack has a problem with thieves, he's a pirate himself, and there's absolutely no sense of moral superiority in what he's done; but this woman keeps staring at his valuables, and it's creepy, and it's still going on. Talking to him as if insinuatingly asking what happened.

"Speaking of... who are you?"

After following Jack for a long time, the woman finally asked the most crucial question.

Jack was lowering his head and staring at the direction pointed by his compass. Hearing this, he grinned and said, "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow. Also, ma'am, can you please put the gun hidden behind my waist?" Put the gun back? You don’t know how to use it, so be careful to hurt yourself.”

The woman smiled embarrassedly, this is a professional habit, but what did this "Captain Sparrow" just say?gun?

She looked at the thing in her hand again, and found that it did have the shape of a firearm.

There is a trigger slot in front of the silver handle, which is similar in design to an ordinary pistol...but the part above it is not normal. There are dots of light shining in a transparent container like a glass tube. Metal hoops are wrapped round and round around the tube; the normal gun in front should be the muzzle part, and the three crystal pyramids are arranged in an equilateral triangle, which looks more like a signal transmitter than a "gun".

"This... If it's a gun, wouldn't it be enough to just pull the trigger on someone? What can't be used?"

She asked again with a dazed face.

That's right, no matter what type of firearm, it can't escape the most basic design: pull the trigger at the target.

But the difference with this gun is that if the so-called "magnetic track" is not prepared in advance, even if the trigger is pulled, the "ammunition" cannot be fired anyway.

Jack doesn't understand the principle of this aspect. He only knows that Boss Xue and the person who brought this gun to the tavern have solemnly told him to load and warm up one or two minutes before entering the battle, and never use it at close range or forcefully. Magnetic environment firing.

Speaking of which, this is the only "new product" in the tavern. According to Boss Xue, he can be regarded as a "practical tester".

The woman following behind was not completely ignorant, seeing that he didn't answer, she returned the gun to him and put it back in the hidden belt buckle behind his waist.

It was so quiet for a while, her mouth couldn't stay idle again, and she asked curiously in a low voice: "Where are we going?"

"...for my captain," Jack replied.

"Uh... Didn't you say you are the captain? How many captains are there on this ship?"

The woman felt that her head was in a mess, so she shook her head quickly, and when she wanted to ask more questions, she suddenly saw Jack in front of her stop, squatted down suddenly, turned her head and put a finger on her lips: "Shh... "

She also squatted down quickly, only to hear another deep voice of "Woo... Roar..." coming from the end of the corridor, rolling past the ventilation duct above their heads like thunder.

This time the sound was louder than what I heard before... It was also mixed with the sound of metal impacting, and the entire corridor was shaking, causing the two people to suddenly feel an instinctive sense of fear.

Jack listened intently to the movement above his head, regretting that he hadn't finished warming up the gun behind his waist just now... Now he could only draw out his short knife again, and asked the woman behind him, "What's your name?"

"W-why are you asking me this now?" The woman trembled in fear, but swallowed quickly, and answered in a low voice with difficulty: "My name is Cui Lin..."

"Cui Lin... I'm sorry, I just thought that if one of us dies here, the other can set up a tombstone for the other." Jack said, with a self-deprecating smile on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly raised the volume Shouted: "Low your head!"

Cui Lin didn't know what happened, but subconsciously obeyed the order of this strange man, lowered her head so hard that she fell directly to the ground.

Hearing a "swish" sound from the back of his head, Jack held the knife in his hand, his legs exerted force, and his whole body sped up like a spring. poked into something.

Cui Lin felt the things behind her screaming, thumping against the surrounding bulkheads, bringing up a gust of wind, she dared not stay where she was, she quickly rolled forward, and ran behind Jack.

Jack glanced at the sharp short knife in his hand, and saw that transparent, slightly pink mucus was dripping down from it, making a soft "chi chi" sound.

If Ripley was here, she would definitely feel this déjà vu immediately... But no matter what this thing is, its body fluids are not as acidic as the alien.

Injured, it bumped around in pain in the corridor, and after a while, it gradually slowed down.

At this time, Cui Lin had also got up from behind and saw the appearance of this thing clearly.

It looks like a boa constrictor coming out of a ventilation duct, but without a snake head; it also looks like the tentacles of a large squid, but without a suction cup, and there is an extra mouth at the tip.

The "giant mouth" that is as thick as a person is opening towards the two people at this time, and the four pairs of insect-like thorn-like appendages on both sides have sharp points, which look like sharp points used to pierce the body of prey. Teeth and claws.

In the middle of the mouthparts of this strange creature, which should be the part of the esophagus, is dripping transparent mucus with thin pink lines similar to the liquid on Jack's knife.

I didn't see any visual organs on this thing, but it kept facing the two people with its mouth wide open, so it could clearly determine their positions...

"Damn!" Cui Lin exclaimed.

Jack decisively threw the knife at the big mouth, then turned around and ran to the other end of the corridor without looking back.

Of course, Cui Lin, who had amazing eyesight, did not stay where she was. The two of them rushed through a waterproof hatch with all their strength, and when the monster behind was still roaring in pain, they quickly pushed the door shut and screwed on the airtight hatch. valve, and then there was a loud bang, and the all-metal door was bumped so that it protruded a lot to this side.

"What is that ahhh!" Cui Lin yelled, holding her head, with a shocked expression on the verge of collapse.

"No matter what it is, we are in big trouble... I suggest we talk while walking." Jack replied calmly, pulled out the gun from his waist, and twisted it according to the method he learned in the tavern After a few switches, the light in the bottle gradually began to become brighter.

He took back the strange pistol that was gradually "warming up", and asked Cui Lin: "Can you tell me about the structure of this ship? Since you want to steal things, you should prepare the layout and layout in advance." Did you do some research?"

"...Although I did come to steal things, there is no need for you to say it so directly." Cui Lin followed his footsteps, took out a necklace from the gully in his chest, and put the oversized metal The decoration was unscrewed, and there was a design drawing inside... Although it has been shrunk many times, the main structure and cabin distribution can still be roughly seen.

This cruise ship is too big, with more than a dozen floors from top to bottom, and each floor is connected by stairs and elevators, just like a building.In addition to the open-air swimming pool on the top floor, the most important locations are the banquet hall, the captain's cabin, and the safe that can accommodate thousands of people.

Why is there a safe on board?Because the cruise is for people to watch and play, in addition to the natural ocean scenery, some artworks for viewing, jewelry for exhibitions and auctions, etc. must be provided.On top of that, of course there is a casino on board the ship... Cash will be tucked away in the vault for most of the journey, and chips will be the most used on board.

Jack had been a pirate for half his life, and his eyes lit up as soon as Trillin mentioned the "vault".

Needless to ask, those mercenaries must have gone there too... Of course, there was Finnegan who was kidnapped and went with him.These people insist on hiring a speedboat to arrive at this particular place at a certain time, of course because they want to board the boat to rob.

The captain of the Black Pearl is still thinking, if there were such cruise ships in our time, then why would I rob merchant ships... There are thousands of rich and luxurious people on the ship, and the money they spend for a single pleasure is enough for a certain colony Blacksmiths have spent their lives hammering in front of furnaces.

But... the closest road to the safe is in the engine room area of ​​the ship that the two of them just escaped from.There is an elevator dedicated to the crew and two rows of walking ladders. The cockpit is directly above it, and the vault is half a floor below the back of the cockpit, not far from the banquet hall.

In order to facilitate the flow of funds and luxury goods, the vault is located not far from the entertainment venue... but only the crew is allowed to enter and exit there, and the entire ship can be regarded as having a "defensive force".

Jack and Cui Lin said that they would not turn back and go to the ship's engine room area, so they could only find another route to go up according to the design drawing.

Chapter 44 Misfortunes never come singly

Just as Jack and Cui Lin took a detour to go to the upper floor, Finnegan himself in front of the vault also encountered a crisis.

As soon as the group of soldiers opened the door, the black man at the head was hit on the forehead with an axe by the people in the safe, and he died at that time; Hanover's men were shocked and angry, and they fired a burst of light machine guns inside. Beat the unsuspecting people inside into a sieve.

Hiding behind the thick vault door, the owner of the ship, Simon, and the captain who was in charge of driving and managing the crew managed to escape the round of flying bullets, but they were quickly caught and resisted with guns. It looked like he was about to lose his life.

At this tense moment, Finnegan hurried forward to persuade: "Wait, wait, Hanover, we should ask them what happened."

"Fuck you, Finnegan, this guy hacked our brother to death!" Among the mercenaries present, someone shouted excitedly.

However, as the captain, Hannover was obviously more sensible. He stopped his men's actions, stepped forward, patted Simon's face with a gloomy expression, and said, "You can start talking, where are the people on this ship going?" ? Who are you hiding here to guard against?"

From when they boarded the ship just now, until now, the mercenary team has not even seen a single passenger.The supposedly bustling banquet hall was empty, only a few puddles of blood remained on the surrounding walls and floor, and the tables and chairs in the venue were in a mess.

After going to the upper and lower floors separately, there was no news from each group, no one could be seen in the cabin, in the corridor, or even in the surrounding sea... Everyone already felt that something was wrong.

Sure enough, the captain standing aside said first: "...Yes, monster! God knows what it is, it ate up the entire ship!"

Finnegan frowned, and said in disbelief, "You said... ate it?"

This time, the ship's owner, Simon, said, "Eat it, swallowed it! There are thousands of passengers on the ship, and there is not even a single body left. Aren't you surprised?"

While speaking, he pointed to the porthole in another direction, looking at the opposite side of the cruise ship's hull, which happened to be where Finnegan was parked.

Everyone rushed in that direction, opened the porthole and stretched out their heads.

In the wind and rain all over the sky, a large hole in the side hull of the ship can be clearly seen.

The broken cable line spewed electric sparks, and then sprinkled down to the sea surface, splashing and exploding.

The voice of the owner Simon also sounded from behind at this time: "We thought we had hit a reef... It turned out to be much more serious than the reef."

Finnegan turned back and asked, "Why didn't you call the police? Why didn't you call for help?"

Simon replied: "The wireless communication has been broken long ago, and there is no way to contact the outside world."

Hanover didn't seem surprised, just nodded, pulled Finnegan over, and asked, "Is your ship repaired? If the engine is repaired, the wireless communication station should be able to work, right?"

Hearing this, Finnegan's expression suddenly changed, he slapped his thigh, and said, "...Oh no, the people on my boat don't know what kind of monster it is, maybe..."

As for whether Jack had already made a move or whether there was a fire on board, he was not so worried at this time.Now there is really a monster in the sea, no matter who is missing on the boat, it can actually make it through.

On the contrary, if the few people on the ship were to face this kind of natural disaster-like monster that devoured thousands of people on the ship, there would be a real possibility of something going wrong... a big problem that would make everyone unable to go back.

He hesitated for a moment, and was about to pick up the gun in the arms of the black man with an ax stuck in his forehead.

The mercenary next to him immediately pushed him away and scolded, "Stop, what are you doing?"

"I have to go back to the speedboat now... I need heavy firepower to defend myself. If you want to go back alive, it's best not to stop me."

Finnegan said, looking back at Hanover: "...you should think more about why people who searched on other layers... why haven't you been able to reply for so long."

Hannover stared into his eyes for a long time before untiing his teammates' weapons and handing them to him.

The mercenary captain then said: "No matter where we go, we have to act together...You guys, take these two guys with you, and we will go back together."

After finishing speaking, a group of mercenaries picked up the captain and the owner of the ship and began to walk down layer by layer.

Every time they reach a floor, they have to search for their teammates first, so it's not that fast...

Meanwhile, on Finnegan's speedboat, engine problems became a reality.

Just as two mechanics, Joey and Laila, were installing a torpedo and its launcher on the deck, they suddenly felt a shock from the hull of the ship, and Joey almost fell into the water. Fortunately, his girlfriend caught him by the side. He grabbed his trousers and dragged him back.

When they came to the bottom floor, they saw that the bulkhead of the engine room was dented, a large piece of the hull was torn apart, water was pouring into the crack, and one of the two engines had stopped.

The gap is too big and can’t be pulled back tightly. As a last resort, the seawater poured into the cabin can only be pumped out with a water pump, and at the same time, a metal plate is temporarily added to weld, and the gap is completely blocked and welded. Like patching jeans.

Joey fixed the water pump, while monitoring the status of the engine that was still running normally, pulled the water pipe to the upper floor, stretched out through the open porthole, and poured the pumped water back into the sea; Laila put on a mask, With a welding torch in hand, he salvaged the leaks in the cabin.

"I don't know what happened to Finnegan?"

After a period of tedious and somewhat boring work, Joey couldn't help asking in a low voice.

[76. No. 76]

Lila just finished welding one side of the metal plate. Hearing this, she raised her mask and observed the tightness of the weld, and said, "That guy's life is terrible. Let's worry about ourselves first... ...Is that engine still alive?"

"...It's hopeless, the cylinder wall is broken, the transmission rod is broken, and the piston flew somewhere...I'm really curious about what hurt it like this..."

While Joey was talking, he suddenly felt the ship shake violently again, the lights in the cabin dimmed, and his girlfriend shouted, "Joy!"

He immediately shuddered and rushed towards the direction of the crack. Relying on his feeling, he caught Laila just in his arms.

"What happened, what happened?"

Laila let out a cry of pain, gritted her teeth and said, "My eyes... ah!"

At this time, the lights came back on, and Joey hurriedly dragged his girlfriend back.Under the light, I saw a large piece of mucus on the left eye of my girlfriend under the mask. Although she closed her eyes tightly, a trace of blood still leaked out.

Pulled back by Joey, she gritted her teeth without saying a word, plunged her head into the sea water behind her, diluted and washed away the mucus, and barely opened her swollen eyelids.

"I just drove something off with a welding torch... Come up, Joey!"

She hurriedly ran to the stairs while yelling, trying to go back to the upper floor to find the medicine box, but when she looked back, she saw that the iron plate that had just been welded on the bulkhead was knocked open again, and a giant green-brown python The same thing got in through the gap and was wrapping Joey upright.

"Ahh! What the hell!"