Chapter 17: islands

　　 Charles and his party boarded the Narwhal. Compared with the dilapidated Mice, the Narwhal was undoubtedly much more spacious and clean. It was a pleasure to watch.
　　 He ran to each cabin and checked it carefully to make sure nothing went wrong. As a captain, you must be familiar with every part of the ship as you are familiar with your body.
　　 After checking that everything was normal, Charles returned to the cockpit and waved his hand slightly. The narwhal's chimney began to billowing black smoke, and the ship slowly sailed into the deep sea.
　　 glanced at the coral island that was getting smaller outside the glass, Charles walked up to the communication pipe and shouted inside, "Chief Engineer, how does the new ship feel?"
　　 A few seconds later, James’ honest voice came from the pipe,
Captain, the boat is fine! The steam comes out very quickly! And it’s not hot at all, it's only 39 degrees.

　　 "Turn the turbine to its maximum, let's try its speed."
　　 "Yes, Captain."
　　 As the black smoke in the chimney began to emit continuously, the speed of the Narwhal began to climb. When the speed reached its peak, Charles at the helm even felt like driving a speedboat.
　　 Charles estimated that the Narwhal was at least three times faster than the Mouse.
　　 At this moment, there was a white thing on the surface of the sea. "Chief engineer, slow down!"
　　 The galloping Narwhal slowed down, and Charles also saw what it looked like. It was a giant corpse.
　　 He was supposed to be lying in the water and being eaten by fish, but now he stood on the sea with strange feet, staring at the Narwhal motionlessly.
　　 Charles is certainly not curious about the origin of this guy. He has seen things even stranger than this at sea. He just wants to find a target for his new gun.
"Boom!" The recoil of the deck gun made the hull tremble suddenly, but the power was amazing. The swollen corpse burst instantly. No matter what force made it stand up again, it must be in front of the shells. Lie down.
　　 Charles is sure that if he was on this ship when he encountered the beacon monster before, the ending would be completely different.
　　 After testing the performance of the new ship, Charles cast his eyes on the chart on the wall.
　　 That is the chart given by the Explorers Association. Only with this thing and a compass can you find the target.
　　 "Go along the route No. 6 first, and when you reach the No. 68 navigation mark, turn south to your destination." Charles's finger slid on the chart.
　　 "Okay, Captain!" the second officer at the helm responded. The red-haired guy looked a little excited, his eyes looked around.
　　 "I remember your name is...Knonna?"
"Yes, Captain, that's my name, and my mother gave it to me. Captain, have you really explored an island like Frey said? That monster can really create a human memory People who don’t exist? How did you find them in the first place?"
　　 Charles frowned slightly, he seemed to think of something unpleasant, "Just sail the boat, the time is up, the first mate will come for you."
　　 Seeing his captain push the door and walk out, Knonna was a little confused, "Did I ask anything that shouldn't be asked? The flattery is ready."
　　The days at sea passed day by day, and the old crew and the new crew were also getting in touch with each other. Except that Dip was too young to be dissatisfied, everyone else got along well.
　　 The Narwhal was very fast, and after just 7 days, they came to the sea near the target.
　　The bright beam of light blazed around the dark sea, searching for the target island.
　　 The nautical chart and the compass can only find the approximate location, and the specific coordinates can only be found slowly through clumsy methods.
　　 In the cockpit, Kenona looked at Charles beside him. "Captain, I heard that some people on the sea have special ways to find islands. It's much better than that. It seems like a kind of magic. Will you?"
　　 "Stop talking nonsense, and drive your boat." Charles felt that these two mates were really talking too much.
　　 "I...I have a way..." The bandage sitting on the stool rarely interrupted.
　　 Seeing the eyes of the two people projected on him, the bandage slowly continued: "In the church... there is a... ritual that you can pray for... the help of the Futan, you need... the sacrificer."
　　 Charles looked at the bandage somewhat complicatedly. It seems that his first mate has not gotten rid of Fatanism. I hope time can relieve the cult's brainwashing on him.
　　 "Forget all the disgusting things, we don't need it."
　　 "Captain, look! What is that!" Charles looked forward along the fingers of the second officer, and a fuzzy island appeared in front of him in the distance, and they found it.
　　The excited crew members stood on the deck, looking at the distant islands.
　　 With lessons learned, Charles did not rush to the island and let the Narwhal watch around the island.
　　 The brightness of the light is limited, and only the periphery of the island can be seen. The island is very large. It took 3 hours to complete a circle at the speed of a narwhal. UU Reading www. The island under the light of uukanshu.com is very barren,
The largest number of stones on the island are strange-shaped stones. The large ones are as high as three or four stories, and the small ones are half-human. They are very separated from each other, and they seem to have a certain pattern. For a time, Charles came to pick The illusion of the stone field.
　　 "Can people live in this place?" Dip asked hesitantly, and no one could answer this question.
　　 Charles knew that no matter whether the island could be inhabited or not, there must be some danger on it. This is an island with a danger level of 5. There have been five exploration ships that have never returned after exploring the island.
　　 "Throw some live fish up there and see if there are any meat-eating guys on the island."
　　 Charles gave an order, and some marine fish were thrown on the beach, and some wounds were deliberately cut on the fish. The smell of blood began to permeate, and everyone looked nervously.
　　The water-deficient marine fish suffocated to death in a short time. After half an hour, Charles suddenly saw a pair of eyes lit up in the pile of stones. "Squeaky~"
　　 Black hair, long slender tail, and black eyeballs the size of mung beans. It was an ordinary mouse.
　　 Under the eyes of everyone, the mouse ran to a dead fish and bit it.
　　 The faces of all people showed joy. It was good news that normal creatures came out. If mice can live on this island, so can people.
　　 But before they were happy, more greedy eyes emerged from the rocks, and groups of mice swarmed towards the dead fish like waves, and the white beach was instantly covered by dark brown hair.
　　 The sound of chewing on the coast one after another, the people on the boat listening to it were creepy.
　　 "This...there are a lot of mice..." The second officer Kronner looked at his captain with a grudging smile.