"Where?" After hearing Chen Fan's words, both of them raised their heads and looked at the area pointed by Chen Fan.
Less than a few hundred feet away from the freighter, there are several huge islands and reefs. The islands and reefs are jagged with bones. A large number of sunken shipwrecks are scattered on the islands and reefs. Even under the water, there are many wooden boards that have been broken.
, the entire water area was shrouded in a weirder miasma of fog, appearing eerie and dark, like a real death basin.
"That is the death route we are about to enter."
Seeing this, Hai Li's expression became grim, and he slowly came to Chen Fan and said, "On this route, there are reefs and whirlpools everywhere, and there are also many terrifying marine beasts lurking underwater.
A few years ago, we had a cargo ship that sailed here. We didn’t know what kind of attack it encountered, causing the entire ship’s cargo and guards to mysteriously disappear. We must be careful next.”
"Look, there are several iron-headed whale carcasses ahead!"
Chu Tian soon discovered something. He quickly pointed to the sea in front of him and was shocked.
"Huh?" Hai Li narrowed his eyes and instinctively walked forward. When he stopped and took a look, he found that there were many similar corpses of sea beasts floating in the sea ahead, no less than ten in total.
"Oh my god, there are so many iron-headed whales, they really happened this time!" The accompanying guards cheered excitedly. An iron-headed whale is worth hundreds of thousands of gold shells, and the iron-headed whale carcass here is far away.
There are more than ten. If all these iron-headed whales are salvaged ashore, it will be a huge income for most ordinary guards.
"Everyone, be careful and don't bother with the carcasses of the iron-headed whales yet."
In contrast, the senior management's eyes became cautious. Hai Li looked around and suddenly whispered to Chu Tian beside him, "Iron-headed whales rarely appear in groups. How could they appear all at once?"
So many of their corpses? Take someone to the front to have a look!"
"Yes!" Chu Tian immediately accepted the order, led a few strong guards to jump off the deck, and rowed several sailboats towards the sea ahead.
Chen Fan did not enter the water, but walked to Hai Li and asked in a low voice, "Is there something wrong with the sea area ahead?"
"It's not clear yet, so we have to stop the cargo ship first."
Hai Li's expression looked extremely solemn. He first waved his hand to Chen Fan, and then quickly issued an order for the accompanying guards to find a place to park the boat first.
Soon, the cargo ship sailed to an island and stopped moving.
Chen Fan asked Hai Li, "Is this place within the scope of the death route?"
Hai Li said, "Not yet, but we are very close to the death course. If we continue sailing forward for half an hour, we will completely enter the death course. However, it seems that the wind direction ahead may not be very good."
The so-called "wind direction is not good" is actually a metaphor. Chen Fan was naturally able to understand Hai Li's meaning, and immediately narrowed his eyes tightly and carefully observed his surroundings.
After waiting for about two hours, the sound of paddling appeared again in the thick fog. Soon, Chu Tian led the guards to jump back onto the deck. Hai Li hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How's the situation ahead?"
"Young master, the wind direction in front is quite stable, we didn't find anything." Chu Tian quickly reported.
"Is there really nothing?" Hai Li frowned immediately and turned his attention to the other guards. Several guards said the same thing as Chu Tian, saying that the situation ahead was calm and there was nothing unusual.
Hai Li frowned and said, "If there is no danger ahead, what happened to these dozen iron-headed whale carcasses? Mr. Sun, what do you think we should do now?"
The "Old Sun" in Hai Li's mouth is an old man with a white beard. He looks very old, but he is energetic and has a high prestige in the caravan. Even Hai Li, who is the young master of the sect, also
Very respectful to him.
Mr. Sun raised his eyes and looked into the distance, fixing his cloudy old eyes on the sea not far away. He narrowed the corners of his eyes slightly and pondered for a long time before he said, "Young Master, based on my experience, it is best for us to go back."
Withdraw."
"Did Mr. Sun discover something?" Hai Li immediately asked.
"Not yet." Mr. Sun shook his head, but pointed to the corpses of sea animals that were constantly rising and falling on the water. "But the corpses of these iron-headed whales can already explain the problem. If it was really calm out there, how could there be so many of them?
The sea beast died suddenly?"
Hai Li frowned and said, "But...if we take a detour, we may lose more time, but we may not be able to make the delivery in time."
Mr. Sun stroked his beard and said, "If we can't catch up with the delivery, at most we will just pay a commission, but it is better to risk the lives of so many brothers."
Hai Li was still hesitating, but Chu Tian frowned and said, "Mr. Sun, are you too worried? I just rowed to the front and checked, and there is nothing in front of me."
Mr. Sun moved his lips and was about to say something when Hai Li also said, "How about we send someone over to inspect it again?"
Seeing that Haili was not far away from abandoning this route, Mr. Sun could only say in a low voice, "That's fine, be careful with the ten thousand year ship and send someone to the water again to take a look."
Hai Li immediately ordered his troops and decided to let them go into the water to investigate the situation. This time, even Chen Fan was called by name. A total of more than 30 guards jumped off the deck, divided into three teams, and headed towards the water ahead.
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Chen Fan was assigned to Chu Tian's group. This team had the smallest manpower, but its overall strength was much stronger than the other two groups of guards. In addition to Chu Tian, there was another fourth-level combatant who was
assigned to the boat.
Soon, the three small boats sailed towards the center of the thick fog. Chu Tian stood directly in front of the bow of the small boat, looking away casually, curling his lips and saying from time to time, "Mr. Sun is getting more and more courageous now."
When I was young, I didn’t understand what there was to inspect in this place.”
Chen Fan smiled and said, "It's not too cautious to be cautious. After all, when sailing on the sea, the probability of encountering danger is much greater than on land."
Chu Tian laughed loudly, waved his hand and said, "Brother Chen, don't be nervous. I have been a member of the Chamber of Commerce for decades. I have been on so many ships and have never encountered a major danger. The sea is not as exaggerated as you think."
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It was a good thing that he didn't say this. Almost as soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden cry from another small boat. Then, the entire small boat started to spin without warning, and the small boat almost got on board.
All the guards were thrown into the water.
"What's wrong?" Chen Fan immediately turned his eyes and saw a huge whirlpool with a diameter of more than ten meters suddenly appeared under the originally calm sea level. The small boat happened to be caught in the center of the whirlpool, and there were more than ten people on board.
All the guards were shaken here and there, shaking unsteadily. (To be continued)