Lu Li glanced between the dark substance of the rhizome and the two things he brought.
There were intricate vines on the floor, covering layer after layer. Lu Li inevitably walked over them, but unlike other body parts of the plant he encountered, these vines were already dead.
Lu Li put the crowbar on his back and walked to the rhizome. His emotions of pain and longing became even more intense. He unscrewed the water bottle and poured it on the rhizome to help it wash away the black substance from the rhizome.
The black material near the roots is continuously washed away, revealing the original dark green color.
The painful emotions surrounding him gradually disappeared.
Lu Li briefly cleaned the area around the rhizome and screwed the cap back on. There was still about one-tenth of the water left in the water bottle, which was almost enough for him to clean his eyes.
He poured the feces in the iron box evenly around the roots, and the longing in the basement gradually became lighter, releasing goodwill.
Lu Li exhaled a breath of thick air.
He should now have access to the upper deck.
Back under the stairs, the eyes of the vines climbing on the wall were still staring at Lu Li, but he felt that their gazes no longer contained malice.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw something taped to the wall next to the stairs, with a yellowed corner exposed under the cover of vines. He walked to the wall, reached out and pulled towards the edge of the paper taped to the wall.
The eyes of the surrounding vines moved to make way for Lu Li, revealing a map whose content was almost unrecognizable.
Lu Li looked closer and found that it was impossible to tear it off, so he could only observe it here.
Most of the map was contaminated by black matter. Only a small part could barely distinguish the outline, and the markings were unclear. Lu Li used the remaining writing and outlines to find the location of the lower cabin on it, and then pushed upwards to find the upper cabin.
The upper cabin is connected to the deck. An unusually wide outline may represent the canteen, and more than ten meters further, you will reach the deck.
There is also the uppermost cabin on the map, where the captain's cabin is located.
After writing down the other outlines that were not covered by stains and the route leading to the deck, Lu Li turned back and looked around the basement to make sure that no other props were missing, and then walked up the stairs.
The vines spread out in front of Lu Li and closed behind him.
Lu Li returned to the basement door, closed the door, and headed straight for the stairs leading to the upper cabin.
Stepping up the stairs, Lu Li passed by the horned monster that ignored him. As he walked into the corridor of the upper cabin, the vine eyes on the wall no longer followed Lu Li.
Walking outside the empty cafeteria, the sea breeze blowing in your face brought with it the faint sound of waves.
But Lu Li's pace gradually slowed down, and a feeling of caution emerged in his heart.
He has always been exposed to the strange shadows in the lower cabin, but the strange shadows in the upper cabin have never appeared.
Will they believe Lu Li's disguise from the strange figures in the lower cabin?
Where are the minced meats that endlessly lead to the stove sent?
But until the outside deck appeared in Lu Li's sight, the strange figures in the upper cabin still did not appear.
It was as if only the lower cabin of the entire ship was still functioning.
The vines on the walls began to become sparse, and they seemed unsuitable for survival in the outside world.
The wooden board under his feet was getting cold. After a few seconds, Lu Li walked to the edge of the cabin.
Here you can completely glimpse the outside world.
A dark black sailboat sailed quietly in the dark deep sea, and the dark sea surface was rippled.
Dozens of humanoid silhouettes, as dark as the deep sea, gathered on the deck, standing in three rows, and a silhouette wearing a captain's hat stood opposite them.
The sea breeze blowing from there was completely silent. This scene was strange and mysterious.
There are eight people in each row, the first row has only seven people, and the second row from the left is empty. Counting the "captain", there are a total of twenty-four people.
Lu Li silently observed these shadows with completely human characteristics for a while, and then retreated to the cabin. He found the stairs leading to the uppermost cabin, and after confirming that there were no guards here, walked to the uppermost level.
The door to the captain's cabin was closed tightly. Lu Li sneaked to the edge and took a look at the deck below. Those shadows were still standing there, swaying slightly with the rocking of the sailboat, and looked strangely permeable.
Lu Li returned to the captain's cabin door, inserted the crowbar between the cracks in the door, and broke it with all his strength.
Click——
The sawdust on the edge exploded, and the captain's cabin door opened a corner.
After going back and observing the deck to make sure that the shadows were still there, Lu Li got into the captain's cabin and gently closed the door.
Pulling a chair over and placing it against the door, Lu Li turned around and observed the captain's cabin.
This place is also infested with black matter, and this sticky disgusting stuff is everywhere.
Looking past the items in the captain's cabin, including the single bed, wardrobe, dining table, rudder, and muskets on the wall, Lu Li first walked to the clock on the other side.
After erasing the black substance on it, the clock is still moving, showing a probably accurate time: 1:55.
There are still more than three hours before dawn.
Lu Li turned to the desk next to the helm of the ship. There were several books and papers on it. There was also a book that was still open, but the writing was stained by black material and could not be read.
Lu Li picked up the books next to the desk. Surprisingly, the pages inside were relatively intact. Lu Li flipped through a few pages and found that they were only used to relieve boredom.
After closing the books and putting them back where they were, Lu Li opened the drawer again.
Bang, bang, bang--
The drawer was shaken by the tug, but it was not pulled out.
It's locked.
Lu Li didn't have time to find the key and play the secret room decryption game, so he put the crowbar into the gap of the drawer and forced it open.
Opening the drawer, a flintlock gun, a diary, and a piece of paper came into view.
Because it was relatively sealed and located on the uppermost level of the sailboat, the drawer was not contaminated by the black substance, and all three items remained intact.
First pick up the flintlock gun. It looks a bit like a psychic gun, with a short barrel and patterns engraved on the sound of the gun. But it is not the same thing, and it is actually an old gunpowder pellet.
Putting it back to its original place, Lu Li picked up the diary again. After flipping through the pages, they were all blank, with nothing written in the diary.
The captain did not have the habit of writing a diary. As for why he put the diary in the captain's cabin...perhaps it was to make others think that he had the habit of writing a diary.
Picking up the last piece of paper, there was finally content on it.
This piece of yellowed parchment has the name and position of each crew member written on it.
Lu Li counted it first. Counting the captain on the list, there were a total of twenty-five crew members on the ship. The total number of shadows Lu Li saw was twenty-four, because there was a missing shadow at one location.
Captain-Wayne
First Mate - Steller
Second Officer-Bacon
Navigator - Leicester
Sailor-Lee
Mariners-Trunsler
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Sailors-Haben
A familiar name appeared in sight.
Lu Li thought of his neighbor Evelyn and her children. Their husband Haben was lost in a hurricane after going to sea. In the end, only his dissipating soul returned to Belfast.
Is it the person you know?
Was this sailboat... one of the many fishing boats that disappeared in the hurricane?