Chapter 1396 Thirty-eight. On board the Immortal Giant
Lu Li walked around and saw nothing.
Only the passengers in the cabin were talking about the strange and thick fog that had filled the air before.
The sense of security brought by the gathering of people made them less afraid. Lu Li squeezed through the crowded corridor in front of the deck and returned to the lower cabin.
When he opened the door, the old couple still hadn't come back, and Aled was writing in his diary with his head down.
"Did you see that?"
After writing the notes, he shook the palm of his hand that had a red mark from the old pen and capped the pen.
"The fog has cleared."
"That's such a pity." Alide blew dry the ink traces on the diary, "I have never seen such a heavy fog, it's like flying through the clouds... The farmland is really wonderful."
It just has nothing to do with the farmland.
Aled handed the diary to Lu Li: "Read it again for me? I'm going to record what I saw on the road and show it to my Lisa when I get to Belfast."
Lu Li took the diary.
【The third day of sailing】
It's morning now. I just went to the deck and heard some sailors saying that there was fog in front of the route before dawn, but it dispersed quickly. Unfortunately, I didn't see it...
Hi Lisa, I saw fog, just now.
The fog was so thick... Do you understand what I mean? I couldn't see a sailor even if he was standing more than ten meters away. But I was a little worried, wouldn't I hit something in such a heavy fog? I asked
I met a first mate who had a good attitude toward civilians. He told me that the ship's speed had been reduced to the minimum, there were no rocks along the route, and we would only stay in the foggy area for a while, and there would be no problems.
He was right, and it didn't take long for the fog to clear.
The content stopped abruptly, probably not finished yet.
Not long after, Alide ran out of the cabin again, still worried about the thick fog from before.
Lu Li opened the curtains, and the last trace of camel red outside the porthole disappeared into the sea level. There was a noise outside the door, and when he opened the door, two crew members took the keys and opened the gas light valves in each cabin.
Soon it was Lu Li's turn in the second-class cabin, and a crew member recognized Lu Li.
"Who are you……"
The crew members who realized something shut their mouths, pretended not to recognize Lu Li and his companions, opened the valve, and left.
Lu Li, who didn't care about the crew's attitude, returned to the cabin. The gas lamp hanging on the wall was already dimly lit.
Lu Li pulled up the curtains to block the possible peeping of the deep sea outside the round window. He lay on the bed where he could only curl up his legs, wrapped in a windbreaker, and prepared to rest before everything came.
He was about to fall asleep due to the rocking hull of the ship. Lu Li was awakened from his light sleep by stargazing as the passenger ship slowed down, followed by conversations in the corridor.
The cabin door suddenly opened, and Aled returned to the cabin with the noise outside. He panted slightly and seemed to have run back.
"What's wrong?"
"The fog...is here again..."
With an ugly face, Alide took out the diary and pen from his arms and continued writing under the dim gas light.
Lu Li put on his windbreaker and came behind Alide, watching him add in messy handwriting at the end of the third day's content:
It's already dark... Lisa, I don't feel right...
In the evening I went up to take a look, and there was thick fog on the sea again. It was not suitable for sailing in this situation, and the captain ordered to drop anchor and stop sailing. But...that's not what I said was wrong...
Atmosphere...yes, atmosphere.
The atmosphere on the ship is not right. The sailors have ugly faces, and the rich and aristocratic first-class passengers who often talk on the deck can no longer be seen on the deck...
I don't think they hate fog.
Did those rich people and nobles know something?
I heard other first-class passengers say that a lot of strange things happened... I don't know if what they said is true. These guys are like minstrels, always telling all kinds of lies, or
The truth is mixed with lies.
There are still twelve days until we reach Rodster Port. I really want to...
The night, the vast sea, and the unknown fog made Alide feel scared, even though there were thousands of people on this boat...
"ah!"
Alide turned around and was frightened by Lu Li behind him, who threw out his pen.
Lu Li picked up the pen and put it on the bedside table: "Is there anything else?"
"You mean the top? I don't know, they won't say anything..."
Lu Li nodded and walked out of the cabin to the deck.
…
Flavichman, chairman of the Hodgkin Royal Sailing Company, the captain, first mate and second mate gathered on the bridge.
"Why anchored?"
The captain seriously answered Chairman Flavichman’s question:
"Such a heavy fog makes it impossible to navigate, and we can't contact the farmland..."
"Can't reach you?"
"This strange fog seems to have blocked the signal, and the navigation compass has also failed."
Outside the ship's bridge, thick fog enveloped the sea, and only the front and rear decks were visible, and even the side of the ship could not be seen. The watchtower seemed to rise into the clouds and disappear.
The captain continued: "And the fog is too heavy, we can easily lose our way."
The advantage of chairman Flavichman is that he never points fingers. He accepted the decision to stop sailing and anchor: "Beware of icebergs."
The gaslight divided the shadow of the captain's face: "...Rather than icebergs, I think we should worry about...anomalies."
"You mean the exorcist?"
The captain nodded: "Maybe all this has something to do with him..."
"...Stay vigilant, we will arrive at the farmland tomorrow evening." Flavichman was noncommittal, but did nothing.
The first mate inspected the restaurant as usual, and then found the rescued exorcist sitting in the restaurant eating quietly.
"Sir, why are you here?"
"Eat something." Lu Li replied.
"There is also a restaurant in the lower cabin."
"It tastes terrible."
That was a shock to Lu Li's new taste buds - not even as good as the canned food from Land of Light mixed with alchemy.
The first mate suddenly lowers his voice: "Do you know anything about the fog outside?"
"I don't know anything about it."
It looked like a weird fog, but the weird fog didn't appear during the day, and he didn't see anything weird in the fog yet.
The first mate didn't believe it, but he couldn't argue and could only drive Lu Li away.
"First Mate, is this how the Immortal Giant treats its guests?"
A female voice stopped him.
"Miss Kate..." The first mate looked at the approaching figure in surprise, then left the restaurant in silence without saying anything.
"Who are you?" The girl with mature makeup sat next to Lu Li. This action made her reveal the holster and flintlock under her long skirt.
"You know."
Lu Li cut into the steak, and the woman heard their conversation from the beginning.
"I can guess that they thought the fog appeared because of you."
"Very stubborn ideas, right?" Kate didn't care about Lu Li's perfunctory, "They actually think that there are monsters because of the appearance of the exorcist... Just like..."
Bang——
"...just as ridiculous."
Kate's metaphor was belied by the muffled sounds and screams outside the restaurant.
"Hide, the more hidden the better."
Lu Li picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth. As he walked around the woman, he pulled out her flintlock gun, stood up and walked out of the restaurant.