Chapter 48 Entering the Ghost Ship
The closer I get, the more uneasiness I feel in my heart expands.
The ship was still hitting the stone constantly, making loud noises.
I held the dagger and looked around the boat carefully, but I didn't find anyone's footprints.
"Is anyone? Is there anyone?"
I stood not far from the ship and shouted loudly at the ship.
But it was dark inside the boat and no one answered. After shouting a few times, I was sure that there should be no living people inside.
I couldn't help feeling a little sad, took a deep breath, held the torch and stepped on the stone beside me carefully and got on the boat.
My feet creaked and creaked when I stepped on the wooden board, making my scalp numb.
The door of the cabin was open, and I don’t know if it was blown by the sea breeze or hit by a stone, so it had already fallen apart.
I held the torch into the cabin, and then I realized that there was no one in the boat and it was empty.
The cabin was messy and dust was everywhere. As I moved, the dust flew, making me cough repeatedly.
The cabin was very big, but everything had become a bit ragged, and the wine bottle and teapot and water cup fell into the cabin.
The ship was still hitting the stones, and I was knocked to the point where I was tilted. The light of the torch was holding the torch could not be seen clearly.
However, after checking up and down, I was sure there was no one in the boat.
Then I couldn't help but feel shocked. This turned out to be a ghost ship!
I don’t know how many years this ship has been floating on the sea, but it actually wanders here to meet us.
It's really a timely help.
But after being happy, I couldn't help but wonder where the people in this boat went? If they were dead, why weren't the bodies on the boat?
But if it is not dead, how could this ship float in the sea?
I was very confused, but for a moment I couldn't grasp the thoughts that kept flashing in my mind, so I had to get off the boat.
The ship was still hitting the rocks with the waves. If it was allowed to hit like this for one night, the ship would probably be ruined.
With this ship at this time, for us, it was like a pie falling from the sky.
I quickly took the torch and shook it at the top of the mountain, shouting: "Come down quickly, there is no one in this boat, it is safe."
Immediately afterwards, I saw several torches flashing at the entrance of the cave one after another, and Wang Xiaoxiao and the others ran down in a short while.
Several people saw the boat, and their expressions flashed and dark.
"Are all the people in this boat dead, or is there no one?"
I told the situation inside, and several women frowned at the same time.
There was a huge layer of dust in the ship, and I don’t know how many years the ship had been floating.
However, a big ship came from the sky, at least we don’t have to work hard to build ships.
"If this ship can be used, we can leave here in the next few days."
After hearing what I said, several people became happy.
Wang Xiaoxiao walked around the boat and nodded: "Then let's pull the boat to the shore now, otherwise it would be a pity if it was broken?"
That's what I mean, but this ship is so big, we probably have no way to pull the ship over.
Later, Xiao Qiang thought of a solution. We took the branches and raised the bottom of the boat with the power of the stone, and then moved it into the water little by little.
He used the hemp rope in the cabin to fix the ship next to the stone, and dozens of branches were inserted on both sides of the stone to block it.
It was almost dawn after all preparations, but the ship finally stopped hitting the stones.
A few of us went back to the cave, carefully packed up all the food we were in our hands, and had a full meal.
After taking a nap, we got off the mountain and headed straight for the boat when it was dawn.
It was too dark last night and I didn't see it very clearly, but now it's dawn, I realized that the ship is very old, and the keel of the ship has broken, and the cockpit is even more messy.
There are also some canned meat in the cabin that has expired for many years, as well as some daily necessities.
Fishing rod, quilt, suitcase...
We were very happy to find a large box of brandy, some medicines, rice noodles and biscuits in the cabin office below the cabin.
But almost all of these things inside have expired.
I found a black suitcase under the cabin lounge again.
After the suitcase was opened, there was a black-tube hunting rifle inside, with 150 ten rounds, and a Colt revolver, with 100 rounds.
The bedding in the lounge is well preserved because it is not directly exposed to the sun.
There is also a mirror and some miscellaneous daily necessities.
When I came out with the black suitcase, I saw several women standing under the boat with very ugly faces.
"What are your expressions?"
Xiao Qiang turned his head and looked at me and shook his head: "This ship is useless. We went to the cockpit just now and saw that the entire ship was destroyed. The engine was flooded and rusted. Wang Xiaoxiao just now found a hole on the stern of the ship, but the hole was not big, but it had begun to seep water. In addition, the ship hit the stone here for so long yesterday, and now it seems that it is a wave that will fall apart when it hits the wave."
Actually, when I saw the model of this ship, I already knew that this ghost ship had been abandoned on this sea for many years.
Even if I can leave, I dare not go up. If it falls apart in the center of the sea, wouldn’t we be buried in the fish’s belly?”
But now I am not as depressed as yesterday. After all, the arrival of this ship has brought us a lot of supplies.
Not to mention the food and use of food, just with these two guns, for us who are now living on the island, it is life-saving.
As long as these two guns are in hand, we don’t have to worry about any danger of hiding in the dark.
I am not afraid of brown bears, wild wolves and even cannibals coming.
Several women were relieved when they saw the two guns.
Wang Xiaoxiao knew that the ship would not last long, so she took a few women to move all the supplies that could be used and could not be used into the cave.
We worked for two days before we cleaned up the ship, leaving only one ship rack.
However, the nails on the ship frame are very precious. I found a screwdriver from a tool box and removed all the nails that can be seen on the ship.
I also removed a few pieces of the iron plates that were not rotten on the ship. When I was finished, the sky outside began to become cloudy again.
Strong wind and heavy rain once again attacked the island. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!