Anomaly 077, ranked in the top 100, has caused double-digit ships and thousands of sailors to be killed in storms. It has the characteristics of sanity and "living creatures". It is a dangerous anomaly that deserves to be treated with caution by the local church no matter which city-state it is placed in -
He just chose to close his eyes and pretend to be dead in front of Lawrence, refusing to use his own power.
Lawrence had imagined countless possibilities after activating Anomaly 077, and conceived several plans to reseal "Sailor", but he never expected that this would happen!
The old captain raised his head and looked at each other with his first mate. Both of them felt that the condition of the mummy in front of them was different from what was recorded in the data, and at the same time they were wondering what went wrong - but soon, from
Their astonishment was interrupted by the roar of water jets from the nearby sea and the sound of the White Oak's self-defense artillery firing.
Now is not the time to be stunned, the "Petrel" is almost catching up!
Unable to fight again and again, unable to escape, the "sailor" with the ship's ability to teleport is the White Oak's only hope of getting out of danger.
Lawrence lowered his head and stared at the mummy, which was pretending to be dead with its eyes closed - no matter what the problem was with this thing, he had to find a way to make it cooperate and lose control!
"Wake up!" Lawrence stretched out his hand, grabbed Anomaly 077's collar and shook it - such close contact with a mummy was undoubtedly revolting, but at this time he couldn't care less.
"I know you have escaped from the seal. Listen, you are at the helm of this ship. Sailor, don't you have the instinct to control the ship? Don't you have the initiative to lose control? Take action! Take over the ship and lead it
Let’s get out of here!”
The mummy lying on the ground was shaken and made a weird sound of joint friction, but it still had its eyes tightly closed. However, the obvious rise and fall of the chest could not hide from anyone's sight. At the same time, the White Oak was constantly surrounded by
The sound of the explosion also made Lawrence more and more irritated. He finally couldn't help but reached out and slapped the mummy: "I know you're awake!"
The mummy on the ground finally couldn't lie still, and opened its eyes in a series of shaking. However, its first reaction was to duck to the side, trying to avoid Lawrence's sight while shouting: "Don't make trouble! Don't make trouble!"
I can't go back to sleep, can't I go back to sleep?! You can't make such a joke! This ship cannot be touched, cannot be touched!"
How could Lawrence care about this? When he saw the mummy open its eyes, he immediately pulled it to stand up and dragged it towards the bridge. Several sailors next to him also reacted at this time, and those who were brave enough
Hurrying forward to help, several people almost pressed the withered body of "Sailor" and pressed it in front of the bridge. The first mate yelled next to him: "Press it on the steering wheel! This way its ability will take effect the fastest.
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However, Anomaly 077 kept making shrill screams and struggling extremely fiercely: "Let me go! Let me go!"
"You can't do this! Help, help!
"Who are you all? Just do it, just do it!"
"Just touch the steering wheel!" Lawrence shouted while pressing the mummy onto the rudder with all his strength, "It will be over soon!"
"I won't! Help!" Anomaly 077's resistance was so strong that even several big-bodied white oak crewmen couldn't hold down its arms. It struggled wildly while trying to turn its head to look in the direction where it was lying just now.
, "Let me go back! Okay - you just put the rope around my neck, just put it on, I will sleep peacefully, and I will never get up again! How about you give me the rope,
I'll hang myself...don't let me touch this!"
There was chaos on the bridge, and this scene was extremely weird - Anomaly 077, who has a notorious reputation among many captains and sailors in the Infinite Sea, struggled and begged for mercy like a victim tied aboard, but Bai Bai was in a desperate situation.
The oaken crewmen fiercely pressed the "abnormal" arm to the rudder. This scene was something that even the sane madmen in the mental hospital could not imagine in their wildest fantasies, but now it was really happening in Baidu.
It's happening on the Oak.
However, Lawrence no longer had much thought to reflect on how wrong what was happening at this moment. He only knew that the figure of the Petrel was getting closer and closer, and the accuracy of its artillery was also increasing rapidly. The side of the White Oak had been hit continuously.
A fire is burning at the stern of the ship. If the next shell hits the machinery room or ammunition magazine, or even hits the bridge, it will be all over!
And just as he was thinking this, a shrill whistling sound suddenly reached his ears. Listening to the direction in which the whistling sound fell, Lawrence's mind suddenly went blank.
Oops.
The next second, an earth-shattering explosion swept across the upper deck. A huge fireball rose against the bridge and exploded. The Haiyan's shelling hit the side of the White Oak's bridge. This blow... was fatal.
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The airwaves came with a roar, and the metal and glass were torn into pieces under the power of the cannonballs. The scattered wall structures turned into deadly fragments. Lawrence's field of vision lit up with a dazzling fire, and then he saw his own
The first mate flew up, and his body was instantly swallowed up by the waves of fire coming from the side, followed by the other sailors on the bridge, and then himself.
The flames engulfed everything. Lawrence saw the fireball expand and engulf the entire bridge. He saw his body gradually burned up in the flames. Time seemed to slow down. He watched everything happen clearly, and even watched the flames inch by inch.
Spreading in the air, it is gradually dyed with a layer of strange green - green?
Lawrence was suddenly confused. He barely had time to realize what was happening before he saw the red fireball pouring into the bridge instantly turn into a sea of green fire. The sea of fire formed by the spiritual flames licked everything in sight.
, metal, wood, glass, leather...
Everything burned by the flames all appeared translucent as if they were spirits, and the crewmen swallowed by the fireball also fell to the ground one by one. They were wrapped in the flames of the spirits, and their flesh and bones were as crystal clear as chalcedony, and then one after another
The two stood up as if nothing had happened, and looked at each other in astonishment.
This scene... was exactly the same as the first encounter with the Lost Home.
It was as if the horrific scene that happened on the White Oak that day was repeated.
A feeling of down-to-earth came, and Lawrence suddenly woke up from his trance. He saw that he was standing in front of the bridge at some point, and his body was also burning with raging spiritual flames. He subconsciously grabbed forward, and his hand was grabbing
On the steering wheel.
For a moment, he felt -
He felt everything about the White Oak, from a screw, to a window, to a rope, all reflected in his mind as clearly as his own body.
He has been with this ship day and night for so many years, and he has never been so closely connected with it as he is today.
Along with this feeling, there was also an extremely strong idea that poured into his mind, as if there was a voice full of endless majesty announcing his fate to him——
Now that you are a member of the Homeless Fleet, go and pledge your loyalty to Captain Duncan.
Lawrence held the steering wheel blankly, feeling the White Oak turning deftly in his mind, and pointed the bow of the ship little by little at the "enemy ship" that was rapidly approaching in the distance.
Anomaly 077 is still there. The mummy almost huddled up next to the bridge, trembling as it watched the flames rising from the surrounding spirits, while wailing: "I said I wouldn't touch it, but if you insist on letting me touch it, I dare
You touch me, sailors who usurp power will be tied to cannonballs and thrown into the sea! I understand the rules on the ship! I am a sailor!"
Lawrence slowly lowered his head and glanced at the "Sailor". In fact, he was still in a daze and had no idea what was happening, but his gaze made Anomaly 077 quiet down instantly.
The mummy closed his mouth, stood up cautiously, and took a look at the surrounding situation - the bridge that had just been torn apart by the shelling was rapidly recovering amidst the burning of the spiritual flames, and all the crew members were standing at their posts.
The people now looked like ghosts, but their instinct and remaining reason still allowed them to return to their posts immediately, waiting for the captain's next order.
"Captain..." Anomaly 077 turned his head and looked into Lawrence's eyes, "What do you want to do next?"
Lawrence was dazed for a moment, and then slowly lowered his head as if he felt something.
"Fight back!" First Mate Gus's voice also sounded from the side. Flames were rising all over his body, and his voice was mixed with the crackling and popping sounds of flames. "Captain orders, fight back!"
"fight back!"
On the bridge, the crew shouted loudly, and in every corner of the White Oak, every crew member who was transformed into a ghost "heard" the order from the captain at the same time. The ship, which had completed its transformation in the flames, immediately took action.
It stood up - its steam core roared, all the turrets began to rotate, and a loud and roaring whistle resounded across the sea!
The ship under his feet began to accelerate in the direction of the Petrel, and almost at the same time, Lawrence saw another shadow next to the White Oak - it was another ship, one with almost only a dark outline, covered by thick fog and
A ship covered in smoke.
Its outline is vaguely similar to that of the White Oak, making it look like a sister ship of the same type.
The shadow-like ship accelerated side by side with the White Oak, and simultaneously launched an attack in the direction of the Petrel.
Through the rising spiritual flames, Lawrence stared in astonishment at the phantom-like battleship that suddenly appeared on the sea next to him. After an unknown amount of time, he murmured its name as if in a dream——