A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

Joey screamed nervously, pushing the "boa constrictor body" wrapped around his body with both hands, but he couldn't let it relax in the slightest.The end of the long tentacle was raised against his face, opening four pairs of claw-like, knife-sharp appendages.

The mouthparts of this thing are still wriggling, opening layer by layer, making Joey feel sick.

Only then did he straighten out his thoughts, thinking to himself: Is this guy going to eat me?What the hell is this, a giant sea worm?Alien from the abyss?

Really unable to break free, he was about to resign himself to his fate, but he heard another "click" from the stairs behind, the sound of a bullet being loaded and the gun locked in place.

Laila closed her left eye tightly, held the machine gun taken from the mercenary who stayed behind, and pulled the trigger in this direction.

In order not to hit her boyfriend with bullets, she purposely aimed at the spot where the "boa constrictor" got into the boat, and the bullets slammed away, killing the green-brown meat vine as thick as a person. It was so pulpy it almost broke.

The monster seemed to be in pain, and as soon as the strength binding Joey loosened, he threw him down; but in the violent movement, the wound that was bruised by Laila was completely torn open, and rolled out from the inside to the other side. A shadow came.

Laila tossed the empty magazine of the machine gun aside, hurried down the stairs to help her boyfriend up, and the two looked up together.

The monster had already escaped from the hole on the side of the ship, but the shadow that was "spit out" just now stood up unsteadily, and upon closer inspection, it clearly looked like a person.

No, this guy is a human being!

After the shadow stabilized, Joey and Laila screamed almost at the same time.

All the skin on the figure's body was gone, and the flesh and blood all over his body turned into a pool of blood-red mud, hanging loosely on the skeleton.That face was even more frightening, as if it had been half-cooked in the pot, one side of the eyeball and teeth were exposed, and there was some mucus dripping from the unmelted cheek, it would be frightening even when the mother came. Couldn't figure out who he was.

"Wait... this guy seems to be..." Lyra said softly.

"...it seems to be a half-digested insect." Joey answered. He was still naughty when he was a child, and he used to observe "predatory plants" such as pitcher plants with great interest.Although it is a bit disrespectful...but the bugs that were soaked in the bag of pitcher plants for a day or two at that time were exactly what the person in front of them looked like now.

As soon as the figure opened its mouth, it let out an earth-shattering scream, presumably the pain nerves were still working normally.He should have been swallowed alive by the monster, and then felt himself being digested and decomposed little by little in the dark. He really wanted to die...

The figure turned to this side with the remaining half of its face, and squeezed out its only request from its mouth: "Kill me...Kill me..."

Joey and Laila looked at each other, picked up the machine gun next to them, and loaded a new magazine.

Chapter 45 Blood Sea Corpse Mountain

"The elevator closest to us has direct access to each floor... but I really don't recommend you do that. Why can't we go out first and then signal outside the ship? This is a sightseeing ship, most of the The rooms all have portholes, so they must be able to see the outside..."

When asked how to get to the lower level quickly, the captain said so.

He knows his ship much better than a thief like Cui Lin, including how big each floor is and how many cabins there are... If these mercenaries really search for their teammates carefully layer by layer , even if it didn't take several days to find it!

Hanover patted the radio next to his ear irritably.

Of course, they were also equipped with modern communication tools before boarding the ship, but once inside the cruise ship, these things were not so easy to use, maybe because of the distance, but more likely because of the extreme distance of the entire ship. Most of the structures are made of metal... In the case that the communication system of the cruise ship itself has been destroyed, it is impossible to communicate with the radios hanging on their ears.

"...Let's go, let's get off the ship now..." The captain continued to persuade, but the mercenaries just pointed their guns at him, which meant very simple.

"It's not your turn to decide here!"

The captain wanted to say something more, but Finnegan on the opposite side suddenly raised his palm to silence everyone: "Shh... I seem to have heard something."

A few people came out of a small hall in front of the vault before. In order to ensure the safety of their belongings, the roads there are not all-round.Starting from the hall, turn left and you can only turn a few turns, and go back to the back of the banquet hall from the outside, which is the back door on the side of the exchange counter; turn right to a long corridor, which finally leads to here. The elevator hall to the side of the banquet hall.

At the same time as the captain pressed the button to call the elevator, there was another strange humming sound from the ventilation duct above, getting louder and closer.

Everyone nervously raised their guns and pointed upwards, looking for the source of the sound.

It didn't take long before the sound gradually disappeared again, and except for the sound of rain outside the porthole, the scene was completely silent.

"It didn't find us?" Finally a mercenary didn't hold back and asked in a low voice.

"...Maybe..." Finnegan also replied in a low voice.Maybe it was not discovered, or maybe it was just that the so-called "monster" made a huge echo when it was active in other areas, and it came here along the ventilation pipe.

While talking, the elevator arrived, the captain stepped in first, and a mercenary followed.

"Let's go... let's go down first and then talk..."

Hanover said so, and when he was about to enter the elevator when he turned around, he suddenly saw the top of the elevator being smashed through with a bang, and several huge tentacles swung down suddenly, entangled the two people in the elevator and pulled them out.

The mercenaries screamed in terror, pulled the triggers and fired again and again, but only a few bullets landed on the tentacles, and the rest missed.Hanover stopped his subordinates from wasting bullets, rushed up in a few steps, and carefully turned on the flashlight on the muzzle from behind the elevator entrance, shining it upwards.

The top of the elevator was completely torn off, but the towing rope was not broken, and it was still shaking the seriously deformed car back and forth; the monsters and people had disappeared, not even a scream was left.

At this moment, no matter how brave he was, he didn't dare to search for his team members layer by layer, and of course he didn't dare to take the elevator anymore.

"...take the stairs and get off the boat immediately!"

He ordered, and the mercenaries turned their heads in the other direction without any objection.It's a pity that a teammate died... But since it is certain that there are monsters and monsters did it, the first task is of course to ensure that you survive!

"Wait, where is that... that ship owner, the one named Simon?" Finnegan asked suddenly.

Hannover heard the words and looked around, but he didn't see Simon, only a door in the distance was shaking flickeringly. The green fluorescent light on the door was very conspicuous, spelling out four subtitles: EXIT.

"Damn, you run really fast."

He cursed in a low voice, knowing that this guy just took advantage of the unexpected incident and slipped away when no one was paying attention to him.

Several people hurriedly followed, and ran down the stairs a few floors, only to see Simon squatting on the ground with his head in his arms, and a person next to him with a table knife on the back of his neck.

"Jack?" Finnegan said, pushing forward and asking, "Why are you here?"

"I came up to find you." Captain Jack looked at the mercenaries standing behind him, and at the weapon in his hand. He understood what was going on in his heart, lowered his eyes and began to organize a group will have something to say.

Sure enough, Hanover stepped forward and asked straightforwardly, "What happened to the boat? Where's Billy?"

"The boat is okay, still won't move, repairing; your brother didn't survive..." Jack shrugged, "I guess you've seen that thing too?"

The mercenaries nodded at him.

They subconsciously believed that there was a causal relationship between "not surviving" in Jack's mouth and "seeing that thing", that is, Billy was attacked and killed by a monster on the speedboat; If you remain hostile, you must help each other in order to hope to escape this ship of death.

"How long have you been here, have you seen any of us?" Hanover asked again.

"Do you want to find someone else? I'm afraid it's impossible... I'll take you to see that." Jack said, kicking Simon, who was blocked by him in the stairwell, and the mercenary next to him immediately came over and picked him up. This unknown "ship owner" followed Jack with a group of people and pushed open the security door on this floor.

Cui Lin, a female snitch standing behind the door, first greeted Jack when she came in, then saw the captain Simon, came up with a sneer, and spit on his face.

"Shut me up in the storage room, you old fellow!"

Jack had no choice but to turn around and introduce: "Cui Lin, the female thief, came on board to steal things...Of course you heard it too, she was caught by this 'Simon' and locked in the storage room."

Now everyone has no time to worry about stealing or not. After pulling Cui Lin away and preventing her from going up to beat the captain, the group continued to follow Jack.

Jack led them to a closed cabin at the stern, pushed open the door and walked in.

Simon seemed to recognize what this place was, and muttered something in shock while holding his head; and after everyone followed Jack into it, they knew that this place should be the kitchen.

The refrigerators on both sides and the cooking area in the middle have been smashed to pieces, and the large exhaust fan above is missing, leaving only a dark hole... Of course, it is more terrifying, and it attracted everyone's attention at the first time The most striking thing is that there are skeletons soaked in water here and there, human skeletons.

There is also a layer of bright red jelly hanging on these skeletons. It looks like the flesh and fascia that have not been fully digested, melted and then condensed together, so that the bones of the victims can still roughly maintain the connection of the human shape. Did not roll in a ball.

The bones of these dead people were piled up in three layers on the inside and three layers on the outside. They were tall on all sides and short in the middle. The bones next to the door were piled up along the wall, almost becoming a hill; More than a thousand people died.

"That thing looks like a snake, but it eats more like a spider... After swallowing people, it turns the flesh into juice, and then spits out the rest." Jack was also a little nauseated, but he could see After all kinds of worlds, I can still speak normally at this time.

Simon in the back had already vomited so badly, the air in the kitchen had a mixed smell of blood, an inexplicable sour smell, and an unpleasant stench, which made people dizzy as soon as they smelled it.

Hanover frowned, and decisively decided to adopt the advice of a dead captain just now, and quickly escaped to the outside of the ship... He is not like the skeletons in front of him, who have experienced the most terrifying and painful way of death in the world .

"Quick retreat, brothers... Pay attention to your surroundings, and remember to save yourself the last bullet."

He ordered, quickly closed the kitchen door, and ran to the stairs first.Now it's too late for him to care about what's there and what's not, so if you haven't kept up, please ask him to ask for blessings!

Finnegan was about to follow Hanover, but Jack quietly grabbed him and winked.

He was taken aback for a moment, then thought of something, deliberately pretended to be behind, and waited until he was far away from the group of mercenaries before asking in a low voice, "What's the matter, what do you mean?"

"I can't go there..."

Jack shook his head meaningfully, and lowered his voice to Finnegan and Cui Lin, and said, "If we want to go back to the ship, we have to go up first. You believe me, and come with me."

It’s all at this juncture, so how can you believe it or not?

Finnegan made up his mind and told him to lead the way. By the way, he handed over the pistol he picked up from a mercenary just now to Cui Lin, giving the female snitch the minimum means of self-defense.

Several people quietly left the large group from behind, instead of running down with them, they climbed up the stairwell.

The top floor of the cruise ship is the open-air swimming pool...of course there are various entertainment facilities around it such as deck chairs, water bar, dance floor and so on.

While going there, Jack still turned around and explained to Finnegan: "This lady and I have encountered that monster a few times just now, and we have also used the secret weapon we got from the tavern before. ... so it should run back to the bottom floor to lick its wounds for the time being, and the group of mercenaries will definitely run into each other when it goes down now. We can only survive by fleeing from the upper floor to the outside of the ship while it is attracting attention possible."

"The upper floor? It's tens of meters away from the sea surface. Jumping from that height is no different from falling directly on the concrete floor!"

Finnegan immediately questioned.

"That's right...so of course we're going to use tools," Jack replied, winking at him.

Chapter 46 Two Roads

While Jack took Finnegan and Cui Lin to the top floor, Hanover began to march towards the bottom with a gun in his hand.

He believes that the safest way to evacuate is of course to return the same way!

The cabin door they came in just now should still be open, and there is Finnegan's speedboat outside, and there is no need to play any signal flares after boarding... They have been calling their companions on the radio, but there has been no response. ; Judging from the hellish scene in the kitchen just now, these brothers are already in danger, and there is no need to wait any longer.

Hanover thought so, and rushed down with the few remaining members of his team.

But just as he was about to reach the bottom, he felt something was wrong... There was already a shallow layer of water under his feet, covering the soles of his shoes.

He pushed open the door on the ground floor, only to see that the bottom of the steps had been submerged by half a person's depth of sea water, and all around were fragments of the ship's hull and table and chair decorations.The lights above the head have been dimmed, and the entire floor has been cut off, so I can only use a flashlight to shine in front, otherwise I can't see which direction to go at all.

"What's the matter, Captain?"

The mercenary behind him asked inexplicably, but immediately saw this scene, and could not help but curse: "Damn it!"

Hannover probably stretched his feet down to check the depth of the water, made a decision, and said to the people behind: "The water is not particularly deep, let's wade through it... Pay attention to your feet."

After making this decision, he acted first and stepped into the deep water in the bottom cabin.

The half-person-deep seawater, which covered his upper abdomen, was producing buoyancy, which made him feel a little weak every time he stepped down, and he had to lift the gun in his hand to his shoulder at all times, maintaining a shooting position, so as not to let it be poured into the seawater .

Although this new firearm can fire underwater, like all automatic repeating firearms, it also needs to eject the shell... The resistance of the water will seriously affect the action speed of ejecting the shell and resetting the bolt, resulting in jamming.

Above the muzzle of the light machine gun, the flashlight emits a beam of white light, which shines directly on the place where several people can see, allowing them to see the situation here clearly.

Hanover moved forward cautiously.

It's not that he doesn't have experience in fighting in harsh environments, but this is the first time he has performed a mission on a cruise ship... especially a leaking cruise ship.

The surrounding sea water seemed to be squeezing him, making him take a lot of effort every step he took; the silent air was even more frightening, and he couldn't help but think about what happened on this ship.

Thousands of passengers were eaten by that monster... Biologically speaking, the weight of food is directly proportional to the weight of the predator itself.

What kind of giant is that guy?What the few people on my side saw just now should be only a part of its body...

Thinking of this, the mercenary couldn't help but glance back.

It’s okay not to look at it, but after seeing it, he yelled again: “Where’s Finnegan? Where’s the captain, Simon?”

The mercenaries here looked at each other in blank dismay. A few people were terrified just now and ran too fast, no one noticed where the others went.

Originally, Hannover didn't care. Aren't there two mechanics on board?It doesn't have to be that Finnegan sails the boat himself, does he?

But that Simon was different... Without him, this business would not be profitable, and a dead brother would have died in vain. As the organizer and commander of this private team, he would have to pay a large pension.

"...Damn...forget it." He cursed, but in the end he couldn't make up his mind to go back to the upper deck of the cruise ship.

As for the money, just work hard to earn more, but now the most important thing is to save your life!

He turned his head and continued to wade through the water towards the hatch.

But before he took a few steps, he heard a short scream from behind.

[77. No. 77]

"What's the matter?" He immediately turned around and asked with his gun raised.

The last mercenary turned pale and stammered, "I... I seem to have tripped over something."

"...Will that thing move?" Everyone present stared at him closely, and Hanover asked the most critical question.

"Maybe, I don't know, I don't know!"

The elder brother, who may have just tripped over the legs of the table that sank to the bottom of the water, was about to collapse. He picked up his gun and was about to shoot underwater, but as soon as the flashlight shone under the water, he saw a huge black shadow coming from the bottom of his feet. Swipe away.

"Ah! Damn it!"

A few mercenaries yelled and pulled the trigger, and bullets faster than the rainstorm outside the boat slammed into the water until a tattered sunfish floated up on its belly.

"Stop it, damn it, stop it! Stop shooting! That's a fucking sunfish!"

Hanover yelled, and finally told the mercenaries to cease fire, and everyone looked at the fish together in a daze.

Presumably, if the fish had spirits in the sky, it should also be looking at them with a blank expression.

"Don't fucking waste bullets. Let's go, go back to the boat..." Hanover had just finished speaking halfway, when he suddenly fell down, sinking into the sea water that was only as deep as his upper abdomen.