NOVPUBChapter 595: Chapter 514: Ship from the Nautical Legend Chapter 595: Chapter 514: Ship from the Nautical Legend Under the night sky, above the sea, there was no fog.
The ship appeared clearly before everyone’s eyes, yet until just a moment ago, nobody had noticed a ship in their course of travel.
Upon seeing the dilapidated ship, Luo Kai was stupefied, his last half-smoked cigarette snatched by the sea breeze.
The crew aboard the Daping Hao hadn’t reacted yet, but Luo Kai, with exceptional Vision Power and observational skills, had already spotted the problem—the ship’s structure was the same model as the Daping Hao!
Or to think more broadly, it was the Daping Hao!
As the ship continued to move forward, the Daping Hao was now parallel to the other ship.
At this point, anyone could see the oddity of this ship; it was under full sail, yet eerily maintained a parallel speed to the Daping Hao, though perhaps it was due to the excessive holes in its sails.
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On the silent sea, this ship was like a decaying black cloud, noiselessly paralleling the Daping Hao at a close distance.
Luo Kai watched the ship on the opposite side with a grave expression.
Its hull was pitch-black, its sails filthy, as if coated with a layer of some substance, in a complete mess.
An eerily familiar stench of decay drifted over with the sea breeze.
And at the bow of the ship’s forecastle, there was a large hole through which the rolling waves occasionally poured in, yet even so, it showed no signs of sinking.
“Quick, go wake up Old Zhou!”
A sailor felt the situation was very strange and hurried off to call for help.
Old Zhou was the stalwart captain who, though nearly in his sixties, was still vigorous and energetic.
He woke up quickly at the sailors’ shouts, thinking something had happened and hurriedly came out.
But the ship wasn’t pitching or rolling, and the sea remained endlessly calm and undisturbed, without even a wisp of fog.
It didn’t seem like a big deal?
“Look at that ship!”
Old Zhou turned his head at the exclamation and saw, just a dozen meters away from the Daping Hao on the sea, an almost completely parallel, pitch-black, dilapidated vessel!
Even the regulations of that ship were barely different from those of the Daping Hao!
This discovery sent shivers and goosebumps all over Old Zhou! 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Not only because if the ships were too close, a collision was likely, but worse was the strangeness of this ship!
He looked up at the night sky, judged the position, and then shouted at the sailors on deck, “All of you, face forward and don’t look back!
If any of you turns around, I’ll kill you myself later!”
While bellowing, Old Zhou charged into the wheelhouse with an imposing aura, pushed the bewildered helmsman aside to take the wheel, and instructed the other sailors to hoist the sails to the max.
The crew obeyed the order, those who were asleep were dragged up to work.
Soon, the Daping Hao was rapidly changing course, breaking away from its parallel course with the other ship, heading towards another area of the sea.
To avoid losing their bearings entirely, Old Zhou steered while sticking his head out to observe the position of the stars in the sky, trying to keep the Daping Hao from deviating too far from its intended direction.
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On deck.
Luo Kai reached out and turned Xu Shuo’s head, which was craning to the side, back around manually to keep him looking straight ahead where the ship was sailing.
“Don’t attract trouble,” Luo Kai said.
“It wasn’t me,” Xu Shuo retorted.
Upon hearing this, Luo Kai followed his gaze, which had turned around again, and saw a sailor on the deck staring blankly behind.
Luo Kai: “…”
Since it was an NPC, he couldn’t stop it.
But even so, Luo Kai manually turned Xu Shuo’s drifting head back again.
NPCs could look, but he couldn’t!
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After sailing at full speed for a while, the eerie black ship had completely disappeared from sight, and the speed of the Daping Hao also slowed down.
The surrounding sea was still calm and waveless.
A sailor tidying up seemed distracted as he occasionally glanced behind the ship, but behind was an endless sea, with nothing to see.
He thought about it, puzzled.
The ship that had just passed was bright and shiny, seemingly belonging to some major family; he even saw decks full of gold and silver treasures.
He had thought that the captain would have them go over to interact, and perhaps they would even receive some gifts from the other side, but against his expectations, they had avoided it like they would a storm.
The sailor felt deeply regretful.
He kept reminiscing about the ship, the more he thought about it, the more discontented he became, even feeling resentful towards the captain who had given the orders.
But he wasn’t the owner of this ship and couldn’t make the decision for the Daping Hao to turn back.
The sailor shook his head, his emotions complex as he neatly coiled the scattered ropes on the ship and stowed them before entering the aft cabin to rest.
He tossed and turned, thinking that if it didn’t work out this time, he might encounter that ship again when he went out to sea on his own.
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The commotion on the ship had not awoken Xu, who was sleeping soundly in her cabin, and she had even forgotten about learning the Leading Star Technique from her grandfather after 11:00 to determine directions.
While outside was chaotic, the cabin remained a tranquil sanctuary.
Having moved away from that area of the sea, Old Zhou stopped the ship and ordered a sailor with the Astral Divination Plate to go out and observe the star positions in the sky to reset the course.
The sailors who had been on watch for the first half of the night were replaced, and now it was the turn of a few sailors who had been resting during the first half of the night and had just been woken up to carry out their tasks.
“Captain, what was up with that ship just now?”
While Old Zhou was observing the stars, a young sailor helping to hold the Astral Divination Plate couldn’t help but ask.
Hearing the question, Old Zhou glanced at him indifferently and said, “What’s there to be curious about?
Don’t ask about things you shouldn’t.”
The young man was not satisfied and protested, “But if you don’t tell me anything, the next time I encounter a situation like that, won’t I be completely clueless about how to handle it?”
