Hearing Miss Nightingale's frightened scream, Fang Plover turned around and rushed into the captain's room. But when he saw the scene inside, he couldn't help but stop, shook his head, and sighed - a bird flapped its wings.
Big bugs were buzzing around the lamp, and Miss Nightingale huddled in a corner, staring at the thing warily.
She had even pulled out the long dagger and held it in her hand, and the tip of the knife was swimming up and down with the flying insect.
Fang Plover stepped forward and put his hand in front of the light, and the insect bumped into it head-on. He squeezed it with his hand and gently pressed its front and back to catch it firmly.
The insect made a sharp hissing sound and struggled hard. It was quite strong and showed abundant vitality. Others also walked in from the outside at this time. Tian Lan looked at the insect on his hand curiously and tried to
He reached out and touched its long tentacles.
Alyssa relaxed and put away the knife. Goosebumps appeared all over her body. When she saw Tianlan's actions, she couldn't help but said: "Be careful, this insect may be aggressive. Tianlan, stay away from it."
some."
Fang Plover turned the insect over on his hand and looked at its mouthparts. He shook his head and said, "Don't worry, this one is probably herbivorous. Just be careful not to anger it. Its mouthparts are quite sharp."
What kind of bug is this, brother Ed?" Tian Lan asked.
Fang Plover shook his head and couldn't help but take a second look at the bug on his hand. The bug looked like a genus under the Cerambycidae family. It had a frontal process and antennae. The antennae had sixteen segments, and the pronotum was raised.
But there are no horny elytra, only two pairs of feathered wings.
He opened his forewings, which were broad and gray in color, and the hind wings were membranous, with a well-developed abdomen and tail barbels. They looked like something close to the order of cockroaches. He had never seen such an insect before, but Etalia
There is a sea of creatures that have never been seen before.
What's more, there is the etheric realm, and this bug may itself be a magical creature.
Miss Nightingale looked at the big waving six-legged insect with disgust on her face and stayed far away, "Dear Captain, please throw it out."
"Throw it out?" Fang Plover shook his head quickly, "That's not possible, this thing is very precious."
"precious?"
Alyssa looked at him with some horror.
At this time, more insects flew in from outside. Fang Plover suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "Let the others go back to the cabin and close the doors and windows. This thing may feed on wood, so we must prevent them from getting into it."
Go down to the lower deck and lay your eggs there."
Everyone hurriedly closed the doors and windows. Luo Hao, Box and the Papalars also entered the cabin from the other side and closed the cabin door there. Dalil and Siesta caught the insects that flew into the captain's room one by one.
light, and then dropped into a wooden box.
At this time, a deafening buzzing sound suddenly came from the heavy fog.
Fang Plover suddenly changed his expression, looked up in that direction, and saw an overwhelming number of insects flying in the gray-green mist, falling on the deck like a heavy rain, hitting the glass and the bulkhead, making a hail-like bang.
Banging sound.
"Ah, so many!?" Even Tian Lan was startled and screamed.
She suddenly jumped three feet high and shouted: "It's broken, brother Ed, there's still something down there!"
Fang Yu also reacted and immediately rushed to the stairwell and came to the lower corridor - he saw that the corridor was already covered with a dense layer of insects, like a squirming carpet. When he saw this scene, his scalp felt numb, but he also
I had to bite the bullet and step on these bugs, making a squeaking sound, and move forward step by step.
He walked to the door of the room and pushed the door open - inside was the dormitory of Luo Hao and others, which was already crawling with bugs, and there were even many bugs flying in through the portholes. He walked over and pulled down the window, making a sound
Muffled sound.
At that time, a bug flew out of the fog, hit the glass with its head, and splashed into a ball of colorful juice in front of him.
Others also followed into the cabin, Lark, Marigold, Trish and Ian, Sky Blue, Daryl, Siesta and Sylvide each entered their own rooms, and the infirmary went to close the windows.
The scene inside was a bit tragic, and the ladies screamed one after another.
Fortunately, those bugs were not aggressive, and they only caused a lot of psychological damage to everyone.
Fang Pliance exited the room, only to find Miss Nightingale standing at the top of the stairs with a look of despair on her face, looking at the insects crawling up one after another, looking like she was struggling.
"Miss Alisa," Fang Pliong said, "you stay in the captain's room and close the door."
Miss Nightingale gave him an ugly look. Although she was extremely physically uncomfortable, she still couldn't help but ask: "What about you?"
"They are not aggressive at all. Just block the entrance and don't let them in. The cabin can be cleaned slowly. These are just ordinary bugs." Fang Plover said.
"Then..." Alyssa nodded, "Okay then."
She closed the door, and the others were exiting their rooms one by one. Siesta was crushing the bugs one by one, and then swept them aside.
Darier was standing aside, looking at the expressionless maid with awe.
"Brother Ed," Tianlan said to him while holding the crystal, "Miss May and Mr. Baggins have already inspected the air combat deck and greenhouse. Luo Hao and Box have also visited the kitchen and utility room over there.
The doors and windows are blocked.”
"Where's the central control room?" Fang Yu was worried about the Guy generator.
Tianlan shook her head, "Jita said that there are no bugs seen in the magic engine yet."
In theory, the number of bugs should decrease, but in fact, the number of bugs in the channel is still increasing.
Fang Yu suddenly thought of a problem - the anchor chain room - bugs could crawl in through the hole and window where the anchor was placed. He made a prompt decision and immediately walked along the corridor through the kitchen and greenhouse to that place, only to find Luo Hao
, the box and the Papalars have already arrived one step ahead.
At this time, the number of bugs in the anchor chain room has become overwhelming. The layers are stacked on top of each other, almost like turbulent black mud. The Papalar people are standing outside the door shouting, "Why don't you go in?"
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"Are you a nightingale or am I a nightingale?" Luo Hao said angrily.
"A nightingale is a nightingale," said the Papalar man, swatting away the bugs that flew into his face with one hand, "I'm not an expert in pest control!"
"I didn't ask you to remove the insects," Luo Hao said, "I just asked you to block the anchor chain holes."
"Then how do I get there?" Parker asked, "How about you throw me over?"
Fang Yu didn't know where these bugs came from. He was about to step forward when he heard someone calling him from behind. When he looked back, he realized that Jita had appeared there at some point.
Miss Naturalist's face was a little pale, and there were faint marks on the scars on the corners of her eyebrows, but she still looked calm. Seeing this, Fang Yu asked, "Jita, are you okay?" The girl pushed up her glasses and shook her head, "
Captain, not only the anchor chain room, but also every air hole has insects that can penetrate, but I have sealed those places with magic."
Only then did she look in that direction. A magic book appeared in her hand. She pointed with her hand and murmured something in her mouth. A dense white light rose from the pages of the book. She stretched out her hand and pointed over there. The white light pointed towards the anchor chain room.
Floating over and flying into the anchor hole, the insect screamed and suddenly spread its wings and flew over.
Luo Hao and the box, the Papalars were startled and quickly retreated. The dense insects had almost flooded the knees of the shortest Papalars. "Help!" He shouted almost desperately.
.
Fang Plover calmly took out a chimney, pulled out the fuse and ignited it, using thick smoke to drive away the insects. These chimneys were still used by them to repel insects in the dense forests of Fenris, and they have been left there.
Until now.
After finally blocking the openings everywhere, bugs could no longer infiltrate into the cabin. Shesta, Dalil, Luo Hao, Xiang and others were divided into two groups, and it took nearly half an hour to clean out the bugs in the cabin.
.
However, there are still countless fish that slipped through the net and hid in the utility room, luggage or bottom cabin.
The insect tide outside lasted for nearly an hour before it ended. The deck and mast were crawling with the same kind of insects, and the silver-maned spider silk sails were even bitten with holes--it was almost impossible to reuse them.
.
It took everyone another hour to clean up the deck and replace the spare sails - the corpses of the exterminated insects had piled up like mountains, exuding a stench, and the ship was covered with colorful juices left by these insects.
Do not use it again until it has been thoroughly cleaned.
Tianlan suddenly shouted on the deck. When everyone came to the deck, they found that the dense fog around them was gradually dissipating, and the landscape of Cape Lavia's continental edge reappeared in the distance - between the cliffs, a tower appeared.
small town.
"Look over there!" Tian Lan pointed in that direction and shouted.
Fang Plover looked in the direction she was pointing, only to realize that it was a natural anchorage. The town was located in a bay of clouds surrounded by cliffs, immersed in the night. The houses were built against the mountains, layer upon layer, and there were many buildings on the cliffs.
A lighthouse.
s??????.???
It was dark without any light.
"It's Varta," Catherine said with some surprise, "The mist actually sent us here?"
Fang Plover looked at her and asked, "Is this your secret anchorage?"
"That's the case on the surface, but our anchorage needs to be deeper," Catherine squinted her eyes and looked in that direction and told him: "But there is also a dock in the town, you can just dock there."
"Does it often fog around here?" But Fang Plover's mind was still on the heavy fog before. The sudden fog that dispersed without warning was really unsettling, as was the overwhelming swarm of insects in the fog.
He asked: "Do you know what happened just now, Ms. Catherine?"
Catherine shook her head, "Like you, I still don't quite understand what the mist is and why there are so many bugs in it."
Fang Yu took a closer look at her and found that she didn't seem to be lying.
But since this is the anchorage of privateers, they should be very aware of the surrounding environment, or is the fog just a coincidence?
"Why, are you still thinking about what happened before?" Catherine said, "There are all kinds of situations in the air and sea. In fact, you don't need to think so much. Giant whales as big as floating islands, mirages, there are many more spectacular sights than this."
She crushed a bug that crawled to her feet, "These bugs look ordinary, there should be no secrets."
Fang Plover said, "I'm not talking about these insects."
These bugs may seem harmless, but their ecology is very special. They have never been seen in the outside world. They cluster in such a cluster and should not be so unknown unless they live in a closed and unique ecology.
middle.
What group do they belong to, and where do they live? He always felt that those insects came from that giant ship, and when he thought of the ship that broke into two pieces in the mist, something was slightly wrong in his heart.
Although the boat is as big as a mountain, can it really accommodate so many bugs? What do they eat and make a living on when they live on the boat? Let alone develop an ecology that is completely different from the outside world.
His studies were originally related to this. Ordinary people may not be able to see these details, but in his opinion, these bugs are full of mysteries.
"Ms. Catherine," Fang Pliong asked the other party again, "You also saw the previous scene. Where do you think that boat came from?"
Catherine slowly shook her head, "The empire doesn't have such a big ship, and their main battleship is much smaller than that ship. The Hill of Giant Trees is even worse than the ship of Corin-Ithulian, Lotta
The same goes for Austrian ships."
She looked at Fang Plover, "Why, do you think it's too much of a coincidence?"
Fang Yu nodded. Luo Hao, Box and the Papal people all thought that the appearance of the giant ship looked familiar. In fact, he had a similar feeling in his heart. He returned to the captain's room and took out the sketches he later drew from memory.
Notes from Shadow Man's Giant Ship.
But it's still not right.
It's not the Shadow Man's fleet either.
Or is it that there are still sailboats of unknown forces that he doesn't know about in Aitaria, the elves of Numerin? The legacy of the snake-men era of Xinthus?
He closed the note, but the Seven Seas Traveler needed a place to dock anyway. After all, the ship needed to be thoroughly cleaned, and biological control was also required to check whether the bugs had laid eggs on the ship, and to remove any remaining residue in the corners.
Once cleaned up.
Otherwise, when the larvae hatch, it will be a big trouble.
What's more, Navarta is the privateer's secret anchorage in San Juan. One of the shipyards Catherine mentioned is also here. This was originally one of their expected destinations.
So he made up his mind and told Miss Tata and others to prepare to dock - so the Seven Seas Traveler hung up the sails again and began to slowly move towards Navarre Towers. However, not long after, the female pirate leader came to see her again.
Him, tell him:
"Little guy, tell your people to slow down," Catherine looked wary, "something's not right."
Fang Yu looked at her, and then she shook her head and said, "I hope I'm worrying too much, but the situation in Varta is different from what I thought. It's very remote here, but it's not like this. On the pier
The people have not seen us yet, nor have they sent anyone to inquire about our purpose——"
"Are you worried that something happened to Navarta?" Fang Plover asked, "The blood shark pirates or the Imperials got there first and took control of your people first?"
Catherine's tone was a little confused: "I don't rule out this possibility, but if I were a member of the Blood Shark Pirates, I would never have exposed such a flaw. Even if they sent a ship, we wouldn't be able to see it in such a dark sky and from such a long distance.
Clear what."
"So Ms. Catherine's opinion is, stop? Or turn around and leave?"
"No," Catherine shook her head, "I just want to remind you to be careful and guard against all possible changes. This area is a privateering industry, and we can still use that shipyard."
Fang Yu thought for a while and decided to launch the boat first and send people to the shore to take a look.
As he came to the deck, he released the second batch of goblins - this time these small and flexible structures encountered no obstacles and flew smoothly into the town of Navarta, but these sophisticated copper structures
The body flew past the town, only to find that there was no one on the dock or in the town.
Fang Plover had to ask them to lower their height and searched around the town, but still found nothing. He couldn't help but become alert and let a few clockwork goblins fly into the building - but almost all the buildings in the town were dark inside.
A place without any lights.
He silently let the clockwork fairy fly back.
At this time, a sampan had been put down on the Seven Seas Traveler. Dariel, Mei, Alyssa, Box and Papalar were all organized into the advance team. Fang Plover himself acted as the commander of the advance team, and Catherine was also there.
on board.
Others stayed behind to guard the Seven Seas Traveler.
The sampan sailed through a few chains before gradually approaching the town's pier - the temporary pier was not too big, with only two semi-arched trestles extending to the sea.
A common style in the South.
There were boxes of all sizes piled up on the pier, and fishing nets were spread out, as if a batch of supplies had just arrived and had not had time to be transported away. Catherine sat on the bow of the boat, watching this scene and explaining to everyone: "There is a fixed ship in the town.
Sailboats carrying supplies arrive about once every two weeks."
"The sailboat is actually an asset of Cowling Navy?"
Catherine nodded.
Fang Yu was not surprised at all. He knew all too well what was going on here. The residents of this town said they were explorers from the Changhu area, but in fact they might be spies from the royal family. The entire town was built to cover up others' eyes.
What is covered up is naturally the secret anchorage of the privateering pirates behind it.
He wasn't too worried that these people would recognize the Seven Seas Traveler, because Catherine definitely knew this better than him. Since she didn't say anything, he naturally pretended to know nothing.
The Cowling royal family is beyond the reach of St. Huan. Whether those who stay here will listen to Catherine or the kingdom, you only need to look at the attitude of this female pirate to understand. She does not take His Majesty the King seriously at all.
thing.
"It depends," Catherine said, "it just left not long ago."
Fang Plover frowned.
Just now, the Clockwork Fairy found that the town was deserted, but it can be said that after the legendary female pirate was betrayed, the Blood Shark Pirates also attacked her forces in San Juan. In order to preserve their strength, these people had to
Don't hide.
But this cannot explain that the sailboats transporting supplies are still operating as usual, and even if the other party finds that the building is empty when they arrive, they will not unload the supplies on the dock and leave them here without anyone paying attention.
This doesn't make sense anyway.
He was thinking about this problem and subconsciously looked up, but the next moment, Fang Yu faintly realized that something was not right.
A faint red light shrouded the cliff where the Navarre Tower was located, the Bay of Clouds, and the forest on the nearby mountain. His mind had been filled with these complicated thoughts before, but he hadn't realized that there seemed to be something unusual about the moon tonight.
But the silvery moonlight was half-hidden between the clouds and mist, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it, except that there was a faint hint of red in the moonlight.
However, after a moment, Fang Yu realized that the red light was not emitted from the moon of Etaliya, but the second moon that complemented it on the other side of the sky - a red, high moon.
The 'moon' hanging in the sky.
It was the size of a human head, shrouding the earth with a strange, vermilion light.