A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

When he heard the news, not only did the scholar not have time to study hard, he also had no time to go to Beijing to take the exam.

When he came to the tavern to drink again, he suddenly had a magical idea.

He asked Boss Xue at that time, there is a tavern door on my side, and there is also a tavern door on Lanruo Temple, so will there be a tavern door in the capital?

Ning Caichen not only thought so, but also did so... So he found that the two places separated by thousands of miles of rivers and mountains can only be reached in an instant by using the tavern as a transit.It’s just that this kind of transfer is of course limited, and the departure and destination have to be places that have an impression in memory and can be roughly described.

Xue Li immediately reminded Finnegan: You can do the same, just open the door and go back to the speedboat to save the person you want to save.

Of course, Finnegan couldn't sit still anymore, he turned his head and opened the door, wanting to bring his two crew members here too... No one knows what the monster on the cruise ship is going to do, whether it will destroy like crazy Drop everything around.

At this time, Ma Rulong, Luo Sanpao and Jack were also talking separately, telling the situation of the world they lived in one by one.

At the end of the story, Luo Sanpao asked: "Jack, you don't want to stay here anymore, do you? There is a fortune-teller who is nagging me to tell you that everyone is singing, and you are also the nine pirate kings." One of them must go back."

"Yeah, it's time for me to go back...Since all of you can go to Davy Jones' prison to catch me, it's probably useless for me to hide anywhere. But at least...do things from the beginning to the end, I You have to deal with that guy on the cruise ship before you go back." Jack replied.

In fact, he can't wait to go back to his own sea, but... things that are too easy will not be cherished, so these people can't let these people see how he feels.

No... from now on, he shouldn't let anyone know what he's thinking.This can also reduce the probability of being betrayed, right?

So the problem went back to the original point - now we have to find a way to solve the guy who looks like an octopus and looks like an ooze monster.

Until Finnegan brought his crew back, the few people sitting around the tavern didn't think of any good solution.Although Duran Duran's weapons are not very good, they are already the strongest equipment they can obtain... They will not bring the "Positronic Death Beam Cannon" as the original form here, first of all, that thing can't be used at all. Squeeze in through the door of the tavern, and secondly, they just want to kill the monster, not blow up the earth together!

Just when the few people were at a loss, an unexpected employee had already approached on his own initiative.

The bishop of the bionic man always had that kind and non-threatening expression on his face. He joined the discussion at this moment and reminded his boss: "Xue... have you ever thought that there is actually a living 'myth' in our tavern?" 'biology."

"Mythical creature? Who, Amelia... I'm afraid she can't compare with that kind of big guy..."

Xue Li was halfway through speaking, and immediately understood who he was referring to, and immediately confirmed: "You mean... Hephaestus?"

This small ball with the name of Vulcan is not only related to the myth, but its ability can also be called the myth level.Its full body, Matzmoth, is a huge creature that can devour planets and turn the entire planet into its own nourishment, and so far everyone only knows that "dream weavers" like the Queen of the Night can control it to some extent, but not Know how to destroy it.

Any weapon is ineffective against it... because in essence, this is an energy creature, but it is only in the form of a liquid.

But Xue Li never thought about letting Hephaestus also assume the responsibility of "employee" and go to other worlds to exert his power.

If it is not in this tavern, even if it is in a dormant state, this small ball will always absorb the life force of any creature that comes into contact with it; it is even more terrible when it wakes up, and its temperature is so high that it can burn almost all substances.

When he asked the bishop this question, the bishop simply pointed at himself.

"I'm a bionic person... There is no so-called 'life force' in me..."

Xue Li suddenly realized that it was true.When Ripley and the others landed on Matzmoth in that universe, it did not absorb the energy in the spacecraft engine as "life force", presumably because mechanical creations were not considered "biological creatures" from the very beginning. ".

Although this may be a bit rude to the bishop, his "operating principle" is more like that engine than a human being...

But that doesn't mean there aren't other problems.

"If it stays in that world, the consequences will be very serious... None of us are prepared to destroy a planet, and of course we can't make such an important decision for the guests." Boss Xue said.

The bishop tilted his head, and the electric spark in the memory might have flashed several rounds.

He opened his mouth slowly: "Boss, you have accepted its existence as an 'employee', and it is not inferior to us, but belongs to another form of wisdom. If you refuse to believe it, it will be wrong from the very beginning. Will leave it here, won't it?"

To put it more seriously, doesn't the bishop himself, this "bionic man" also belong to another kind of creature?Boss Xue didn't check his memory, and only based on Ripley's experience, he thought that he was "harmless" to human beings... because the best way to determine the good and evil of an "individual" is from his "Action" starts.

Hephaestus, and its parent Matzmus, although they have the ability to destroy all living things, will eventually live in symbiosis with all living things on the planet, and will enter a long unconscious sleep.

On Star Set, the Queen of the Night probably killed more people than Matzmoth... If only "threat to human beings" is used as the criterion, then the "evil" produced by this creature is probably far worse than death Duran Duran, inventor of the light cannon.

Compared with life forms like aliens that prey on humans, this creature can even be said to like humans.

Xue Li thought hard, and finally called Finnegan.

"I will introduce you to one of our tavern employees... who has the ability to help you solve your problems, and as the bishop said, I believe in him. But this decision must be made by yourself... come Tell him everything you know, and then tell me if I should let it go to you."

With that said, he led the inexplicable Finnegan to the basement.

Chapter 49 The Argonaut Sinks

In the operating room of the hospital, Mike, the best doctor the tavern could find, was re-wrapping the bandages on the eyes of Laila, the speedboat's female mechanic.

"...I'm sorry, the medical technology of this era can only do so much. Your left eyeball and optic nerve are completely necrotic. Even if you don't remove it, it is impossible to restore your vision, and it may cause lesions in the surrounding tissues. But... I heard that there are two other worlds in the tavern that are of the so-called 'near future' level of technology, maybe you can consider replacing them with bionic organs."

As a tavern that can be connected from ancient China of gods and monsters to the era of inter-galaxy travel, of course there are more than one treatment methods that can be accessed.

Ordinary injuries, minor diseases and infections can be cured here; limb injuries and particularly serious internal organ lesions can be replaced by Ripley's bionic organs; genetic defects, cancer, genetic diseases, Barbaria The universe has also probably found a cure.Even if the person is really terminally ill, seriously injured, and is about to lose his life, at least there is still a way to "transform into a vampire".

But the lady in front of me just shook her head: "It's nothing to lose one eye... I'll ask Boss Xue when I feel really inconvenient... I'm really not used to being exposed to these things all of a sudden. Thank you ,doctor."

As she spoke, she moved her hands, got up and walked out in a down-to-earth manner.

The new things she has seen in the past two days are too many and too complicated, and she can't digest them for a while... After returning, she may have to stay on land for a while, relying on the familiar daily scenery to dispel this cultural shock .

Boyfriend Joey and Max who brought them here stood at the door, each with a cigarette in his hand, completely ignoring the hospital's regulations... But since it was midnight, no one came to stop them.

"Finnegan was in the military before, about ten years ago... he was in the US Marine Corps."

Joey squatted on the ground, pinched the filter with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, took a deep puff of the cigarette, and narrated with wandering eyes: "That year, the United States mobilized his team to participate in the operation that was later called 'just cause' , the main purpose is to subvert the Panama regime, and thereby continue to control the ownership of the Panama Canal and surrounding land. This guy is unwilling to obey, in his words...'I don't have a share in the Panama Canal'. Of course, I always feel that this It's an excuse, he just never agrees with the justice of this action.

"Finnegan didn't do anything to refuse the order in person, he just resigned and discharged from the army on the grounds of 'sudden illness', and then went to Miami for dry shipping.

"That's when he approached me, we had a little friendship before he joined the army. He said to me, 'Joy, I'm going to build my own boat, do you want to come and do it?'  …At the time I was in the worst stage of my life and I had no money at all, so I said yes right away.

"He got a decommissioned troop carrier through his connections in the army, and the two of us spent two weeks in the port, day and night, finally remodeling it into what it is now.

"It was very difficult to get business back then, and we didn't make any money back, but we both enjoyed it. Then one day, he went to the bar for a drink, and when he came back, he took Lila and said that the girl He's much better than me at repairing a boat.

"God, you don't know how beautiful I saw her at the time... I can't believe that such a beautiful girl is also a mechanic, because in our business, um, it's normal to be messy.

"Of course I'm not too convinced, I made a bet with Finnegan, find a problem to test, if I can't solve it faster than her, I will give them both a hundred dollars.

"As a result, you should have guessed..."

Before Joey finished speaking, his girlfriend came out of the operating room, snatched the pod from his hand and threw it out the window, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, said proudly: "Yes, I won at that time! "

"Oh honey, are you all right? How are you feeling?"

Joey quickly stood up and leaned forward to kiss his girlfriend, but Lila pushed him away in disgust: "It's time for you to quit smoking, Joey... I'm fine, but I may have to live with a blindfold in the future. You Don't you have an opinion on that?"

The man thought for a while and gave the answer: "That would be even better... Would you like to learn some pirate slang from 'Captain Jack Sparrow'?"

Bald-headed Max saw that both of them were fine, he turned his head and thanked Mike first, and then prepared to take them back to the tavern...

Boss Xue arranged for him to bring these two people here for treatment, while he himself took the bishop, Hephaestus and others back with Finnegan to deal with the monster that swallowed the entire cruise ship.

The operation here lasted for two hours, and I think... the mission over there should be almost over.

In an unknown sea area, on the deck of the speedboat that originally served in the U.S. military and has survived at sea for nearly ten years after retiring, Xue Li and his group stood there, looking at the huge ship a few hundred meters away. cruise ship.

Xue Li also learned from other people that this ship was originally called the "Argo"... On the one hand, he complained that Westerners have no imagination in naming it, and on the other hand, he also inevitably has a sense of fate.

"Actually, there are quite a lot of valuable things on the Argonaut..." Cui Lin, the female snitch, said suddenly, "That Simon... really spent a lot of effort on this ship. I read in the newspaper that it was used as decoration on the cruise ship. Although there are no antiques, they are all created by him looking for realist oil painting masters, and the total value is more than 2000 million. In order to satisfy the rich people on board, Simon also organized a jewelry auction a few days ago. Said he made a lot of money."

Finnegan also nodded: "Yes, even if this kind of person is 'bankrupt', he is still richer than you and me."

Choking on these words, Cui Lin couldn't continue, she gave the man an annoyed look, closed her mouth and remained silent.

On the other hand, Luo Sanpao raised his eyebrows with interest. Artworks don't matter, and it's not like he hasn't snatched them... This kind of thing is difficult to sell, difficult to transport, and not durable to storage; but he still likes jewelry, gold and silver. If so, you can go up and get some.

It's just that he couldn't run to the cruise ship on his own, so he had to turn to others for help.Boss Xue probably wouldn't agree to this kind of request, but Finnegan...he would agree.Let's make money together!

But soon, his hopes were dashed.

In the eyes of everyone, the Argo suddenly split from the middle... Looking carefully, it turns out that the main structure in the middle of the hull has been ablated to form a huge hole, and countless tentacles are slapping the sea surface weakly , stirring up waves; the main body of the monster has been integrated with the metal hull, and it is still melting and disappearing.

Even at such a distance, you can feel the heat wave wrapped in water vapor in the air.

Even though Hephaestus is still small, it is enough to slowly swallow this monster made of flesh and blood... The waves on the sea just now were very big, Hephaestus should have entered his body Finally, the monster struggled to escape to the deep sea, but was forced to the surface of the sea by the pain that could not be relieved at all.

When Xue Li and the bishop just went to put Hephaestus on the cruise ship and woke it up, that big guy thought he had found other food, so he rushed to the top floor... If it had wisdom, it would have already been Regret to the extreme.

Soon, the entire ocean boiled, and the cruise ship broke in two, slowly sinking to the bottom like the Titanic.The monster's body turned into a pot of squid soup together with the nearby seawater, and was then inhaled by Hephaestus and restored to the most primitive energy.

After a while, the sea finally calmed down.

After the temperature of the air returned to normal in the rain, the speedboat slowly drove over, approaching the middle of the empty sea water.

According to Xue Li's instructions before, Hephaestus fell into sleep again after digesting the sea monster's body, turned into a transparent color, and quietly suspended above the sea water.

The bionic bishop stretched out his hand and held the transparent ball in his hand.

It has obviously grown a lot, and now it is the size of a volleyball. I don't know how to use such a small volume to hold all the energy of such a big sea monster.Perhaps because he has been considered a "dream weaver" in a certain sense, Xue Li can feel the satisfaction from his consciousness even outside the tavern.Or... this is just an extension of the "automatic translation" function of the tavern...

The bishop nodded to Xue Li, and went back to the tavern first.

Finnegan looked at the sea under his feet, and said to the people around him: "...if the search and rescue team found thousands of bloody bones from the Argonaut, how would they imagine and describe it? Maybe TV stations will come and report on it, calling it another great unsolved mystery."

"Skeletons like this are not uncommon under the sea. Many fish are carnivorous and carnivorous. The corpses in shipwrecks usually end up like this...but the process often takes decades." Jack replied.

Destiny is really unpredictable. The people on this ship may have been at the top of human society yesterday, enjoying all kinds of big fish, big meat, and fresh seafood. They must not have imagined that they would become seafood ingredients in a few days... just because I just bought the wrong ticket.

The same goes for Simon, no matter how clever his plan is, he can't escape the end of losing both people and money... His ship has indeed sunk, and the insurance company has to admit it, but since there are no beneficiaries, of course there is no need to lose money.

How can this kind of person who drifts with the current in the ocean of material desires and doesn't know which direction to sail in can truly control his own destiny?

"Well, looks like I should go back too," Jack said, shaking Finnegan's hand.

Finnegan also said: "I wish you all the best...I really didn't expect to drag you into such a serious incident. I hope that monster didn't scare you."

"Actually, you don't know... I've seen this kind of thing more than once."

Thinking of what he would face when he went back, Jack Sparrow couldn't help but his face darkened.

Chapter 50 Return from the Deep of Death

In Davy Jones's Devil's Hell, on that empty beach, everyone is going crazy.

They couldn't imagine how Jack survived in such a place... There is nothing here, no food, no fresh water, not even day and night.In the far distance in the sky floated a few clouds that looked so unreal, as if they had been hard-painted with a paintbrush on a blue background; the weather was always sunny and calm, and even the tide that washed them ashore seemed so weak .

Now the Interceptor has been broken into more than 800 pieces. If Jack can't find it, don't they want to stay here forever?

The few people who didn't feel anxious were Barbossa, the witch Tia Doma, and William Turner and Elizabeth.

William approached Elizabeth again. This time, he did not discuss the meaning of the relationship between the two, but sat next to her and asked softly: "If you and I can survive after everything is over, what will you do by then?" Woolen cloth?"

Elizabeth smiled wryly and shook her head: "I haven't thought that far. Whether we can really survive, or whether we will be caught by Beckett, I don't know what to do now. I'm afraid... afraid of death... thinking of not being able to walk again, I am afraid from the bottom of my heart that I can no longer talk, see my relatives, or even have the ability to think. I am actually such a cowardly person..."

Turner nodded: "Fear of death is definitely not cowardly. You have always been the one among us who can act more decisively and face crises more fearlessly..."

As for the other question, he didn't wait for Elizabeth to answer, and said on his own: "If I can survive...then I want to build an 'iron ship' in Port Royal. Mr. Luo said that he had seen this before." Such boats...iron can indeed float on water."

"You...didn't you say last time that your father is now on the 'Flying Dutchman'?" Elizabeth could not help but ask curiously.

"Yeah... But aren't we openly confronting Lord Beckett now? If we survive, it can only mean that we have won, and Davy Jones has also been defeated by us. Naturally, we can find a way to save him... If we If you lose, don’t worry about it anymore, maybe we will report to that ship too.”

Turner said.

Elizabeth somehow looked towards the horizon in the distance.

In Davy Jones' Devil's Prison, the blurry distance is very monotonous and boring, but in her eyes, it is a rare spectacle.

She liked the sea since she was a child, and often pestered her father, Governor Swan, to ask: "What is the end of the ocean?"

The father would answer, "It is the earth."

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"What is the end of the earth?"

"It's the ocean."

After thinking about it for a long time, Elizabeth suddenly turned her head and said to Turner: "If there is a day when all this is over, I will take your iron boat and go to the other side of the sea to see."

"Okay..." Turner laughed.

Life is really too short, and when it is too short to pay attention, you may have missed a lot of things.When you come across something you really want, you have to go all out and grab it with all your might.

On the other side, Barbossa also approached Tia Doma.

"I've never been to this kind of place before. Davy Jones' Devil's Prison is really scary...Why did Calypso let him have this ability?"

The old pirate who lived for decades, died, and came back to life said so, and sighed.

Tia Doma held a crab that came from nowhere, and said in her usual mysterious and sticky tone: "...because it wasn't given to him by Calypso. , but Davy Jones built it himself... It is a reflection of his mental image. The hole in the man's heart is getting bigger and bigger, and now it is boundless."

Davy Jones, once the bravest sailor on the seas, has become a heartless man.

After all, he is not a hero, but an ordinary person who is trapped by love and forgets his responsibilities... There is no divine brilliance in him, and he cannot escape the teasing of fate.

Tia Doma's voice was ethereal, as if reaching everyone's ears from another world.

She said softly: "...In the age of the gods, the Greek hero Odysseus embarked on the road to return. The sea god Poseidon set up all kinds of difficulties and obstacles for him, and it took him ten years to overcome After many difficulties, he was able to return to his hometown and met his wife Penelope. What kind of unswerving love can make that man persevere and remain determined after ten years of wandering?"