Chapter 1072

After receiving the report from the lookout, the captain decided to have a look without much hesitation.

It is impossible for a merchant ship to turn off its power and drift at sea. Maybe it has encountered some difficulties.

This is an unwritten rule on the sea. Although merchant ships are competitors, they have also formed the habit of helping each other. After all, no one can guarantee that the next victim is not themselves.

As the distance approached, the ship became clearer in the picture of peeping at the magic eye.

Its head is much smaller than the sea giant, and the whole is more streamlined, which makes its speed faster than the sea giant.

However, the ship has no sign of starting now. The propeller at the tail has stopped working, but the sail used as standby power has not been raised. There is a strange smell on the whole.

What's more confusing is that no one on the deck was seen in the picture of peeping at the magic eye.

This is the most abnormal place.

To make a ship move, in addition to an experienced captain, sailors proportional to the ship's volume are also a top priority, which is much more difficult than driving on land.

But there was no sign of any living creature activity on the peeping magic eye. Only the ship floated quietly on the sea like a tombstone.

"That's the elegant siren, old fox's ship."

The Captain stood beside an Yizhi, which was stained with the light of an Yizhi. He could just peep at the picture sent by the magic eye with a telescope with poor field of vision.

"This cunning old dog set out half a day earlier than us, and the boat was faster than us. How could he meet him here?"

That's what I said, but the captain's face was dignified and obviously had some bad hunches.

"Won't it be dangerous to keep approaching?"

"I don't rule out the possibility of danger, but at least I have to see what happened. I don't want this to happen on my ship."

He then joked:

"Old fox likes pranks. Maybe he did it."

I'm afraid no one will believe this excuse.

As the distance approached, the stagnant ship could be clearly seen with the naked eye.

There were no scars on its appearance and the deck was polished. It was obvious that the ship had been carefully maintained before sailing. Even the bow of the sea demon at the bow was clean, just like a new product.

But even if it has no scars, nor any trace of being attacked by pirates or sea monsters, it still exudes a strange smell.

The air around it is like solidification. When you look at it, there is even a cold feeling that the hot sun is filtered.

The whole ship of the sea giant was in full readiness for fear that some terrible monster would suddenly come out of the water. They most hoped that this was a bad joke made by the red nosed captain of the elegant sea demon. In that case, they would at best give him a few cups after returning to port.

No one spoke. In the silence, the sea giant approached the elegant Banshee side by side.

At this time, Haila, who stayed on ANN's shoulder, said:

"There is a strong smell of undead on that ship. It can't be made by a few skeletons or ghosts."

The captain was not frightened by Haila's sudden opening. Ann Yizhi's name was so loud that the captain had listened to the bards in the tavern.

——Although it's not a good story.

"Isn't it a ghost ship?"

"If only it were a ghost ship."

In this magical world, the existence of ghost ships is not uncommon.

Compared with the ghost ship with horror and mystery in reality, the ghost ship in the magical world is the real "ghost ship".

For example, it is not uncommon for all crew members to die quickly because of acute infectious diseases, and the soul of crew members is still attached to the ship to drive it.

But when it comes to danger, it's nothing. After all, ghosts are a group of scum with no combat effectiveness of 5, and the highest level is no more than 10.

The ship in front of me doesn't look like a ghost ship at all.

Because it's too new.

Even if the crew has just become immortal, many traces eroded by negative energy will still be left on the ship. At least the polished deck will become dull. Over time, the ship structure will begin to decay until the whole ship can no longer float on the water.

An Yizhi touched the Pearl of death and started the talent ability of ordering undead creatures. The feedback information showed that there were no undead creatures nearby, which further proved that the ship was not a ghost ship.

If an Yi refers to the captain, he will certainly order to stay as far away from it as possible and fucking help each other. The atmosphere revealed by the ship is too strange.

But the captain said he hoped to find out what had happened to the ship. If he could, he'd better find one or two survivors.

So he picked out four strong sailors, one of whom was said to be his nephew.

"Mr. an, I know this request is rude, but I hope you can go and have a look."

"OK, but I don't guarantee to protect those sailors in case of danger."

An Yizhi agreed happily, not only because the adventurer had the obligation to protect the ship when he was on the boat, but also because he was a little curious.

——Mainly by boredom.

In order to ensure safety, the sea giant was not too close to the elegant siren, but put down a small boat dozens of meters away.

Four sailors rowed close with weapons. It was much easier to install a finger. He picked up a bundle of ropes, directly opened the wings of the dragon, flew over, unfolded the ropes and tied them on the side of the ship to facilitate the sailors to climb up.

Then he looked at the ship.

As seen from the magic eye before, there was no one above the deck, no shadow of any crew, and no one on duty could be seen from the watchtower on the mast.

There is no cargo on the deck. Because the sugar needed by Haizu is a luxury even on land, it is easy to be damaged and damp if piled on the deck.

The slightest chill is like a bug drilling into the pores of the skin. This feeling is very uncomfortable, which is also the most direct sign of excessive negative energy.

An Yizhi hoped that this was a ghost ship worthy of the name. In that case, he could explode it by dividing five by three, but the situation was somewhat strange.

Watching, the sailors who were one step late also rowed and climbed up along the rope that Ann had dropped.

Seeing the situation on the deck was also stunned. The ghost ship had heard of it occasionally, but it was the first time to see a ship without anything like this.

"If any of you are familiar with the structure of the ship, I'd like to go to the captain's room and cabin."

One of the sailors volunteered:

"I have a brother who works on this ship. I've been here."

An Yi nodded:

"Well, if you lead the way and take out all your weapons, it may be dangerous."

Even an's fingers trembled, and the other sailors were like facing the great enemy. They took out their waist machetes and took off their small round shields. The sailor who had spoken before led the way, and the five people walked towards the cabin.

The seeming cold is more obvious in the cabin. The level of negative energy is high enough to make strong sailors feel uncomfortable. This situation usually only occurs in unregulated mass graves for many years, or the nests of powerful undead creatures.

An Yizhi also drew out the magic wand and formed a three-layer defense barrier with the mage's armor and shield skill and the shield book. This is not a fuss. It's always right to be careful.

No matter how powerful and terrible the undead is, the sun is their eternal enemy. Even if they don't get hurt by the sun, they won't feel how comfortable the sun exists.

If the ship is attacked by a powerful undead, its most likely hiding place should be the lowest cabin, that is, the cargo warehouse.

So an Yizhi decided to explore from bottom to top to find out what happened to the ship.

Walking down the slightly steep stairs, the drumming sound made by the contact between boots and wooden stairs was particularly obvious in the silent environment, and several sailors could even hear their own heartbeat.

The lowest cabin was dark. In order to prevent a very deadly fire at sea, all the lights on the ship were powered by magic.

But they found that all the magic lights they met on the road had lost their power and could not be used.

This is a very strange place. Magic lamps don't consume much energy. A magic crystal the size of a fingernail is enough to keep them running for a week. More expensive magic lamps even have a weak Magic Gathering array, which is almost the existence of a semi perpetual motion machine.

For the time being, Haila couldn't tell what caused it. There was too little information.

As the distance decreased, an Yizhi had to start the dance light to provide lighting.

It didn't take much time to get down to the bottom of the cabin, but they walked for several minutes, mainly worried about meeting monsters.

When they came to the lowest floor, they saw that the square wooden boxes filled with goods were neatly placed in the cabin and fixed with ropes. There was only a narrow passage between the goods that could accommodate one person. It didn't look like a monster hiding here.

"Although the negative energy level is slightly higher than the above, I don't see any trace of undead creatures. It may have been here and left a strong smell of negative energy, but it has already gone."

Haila's words let the four sailors breathe a solid sigh of relief.

An Yizhi asked the sailors around him for a dagger, went to the nearest box and stabbed it in.

The dagger was very sharp. Without much effort, it was completely submerged. With a smooth pull, a series of white crystals flowed out of the breach.

It's white granulated sugar. It's the favorite trade product of the sea people.

It can be seen from the appearance of these white granulated sugars that they are quite high-grade sugars. Ordinary sugars will not be refined to this extent. They can be sold at a high price when transported to Haizu.

However, those white granulated sugar soon changed from snow white to dull and even gray with the naked eye.

"It should be a powerful ghost undead that attacked the ship. Only the smell left by them will turn white granulated sugar into this virtue."

In this world full of ghosts, things such as salt and sugar are not only condiments, but also have a certain mysterious function.

Sugar can sense whether ghosts have come, and salt can form a barrier that ordinary ghosts can't pass through. Therefore, it's not nonsense to sprinkle salt to expel evil spirits here.

But there is one thing to pay attention to.

This is the sea. The salinity of the sea water is very high. The sea water is very uncomfortable for ghosts.

So, what is a ghost undead that can attack merchant ships in the sea?