Chapter 549: Shoebox

Fifteen days later, on the barren Gobi Desert, the tracks of the Narwhal were turning rapidly, and the crew members were at their posts, doing their own things.

They are now located in the Gobi Desert behind the previous desert. This is an untouched place. With the Narwhal, they can go further.

The sailor Norden held the helm under the guidance of the first mate, and beside him stood a thin, bald old man. He was the new second mate, from Hope Island, and an old captain who knew everything.

A blackness flashed across the air on the side of the ship, and it turned into a man in a black cloak at the door of the cockpit.

"There is no abnormality and no gain on the left side." Orderic said to the bandage inside.

Bandage nodded silently, and quickly drew a dotted line on the map on the wall with a pen.

"Captain, haven't you come back yet?" Orderic groped into the cockpit.

"No, the governor said that we need to turn around a few more places." The second officer said casually.

"Okay, then I'm going down, call me after you need to explore other places." After Orderic finished speaking, he turned into a bat again and quickly slid down the communication pipe to the turbine cabin.

The big wheel tube was dead in the last exploration, and he is now the big wheel tube tube of the Narwhal.

As soon as Orderrick left, the cockpit fell silent.

The bandages were originally of this character, and Norden didn't dare to speak rashly when he saw that the first mate had no intention of communicating.

In the end it was the new second officer who spoke first. "Hey, don't you mind if I smoke a cigarette? My mouth is a bit dry."

"Hmm..." Bandage simply responded.

"Thank you." Charlie, the second officer, took out a cigarette from his pocket, took out a lighter and lit it.

He slowly exhaled a smoke ring, "Before I came, I was a little surprised when I heard that I was going to board the Governor's ship. I didn't expect to get along with him quite well, and I don't have any arrogant attitude from the people in the heart of the island."

"Um……"

"I grew up from the garbage dump, and I hate that kind of contemptuous eyes. When I cut off the goods, as long as I met those guys who looked at people with their chins, their end would be to feed the fish in the sea."

When Norden heard this, his pupils shrank slightly. He wanted to say something, but when he saw that the bandage next to him was indifferent, he forcibly held back.

"This... ship... has died... many people... How dare you come...?"

The second officer stretched out his right hand with the cigarette in it, and scratched his shiny scalp.

"I know, but it doesn't matter. I'm 74, and I'll die when I die, but my grandson has just been born. The island can't be flooded. He can't just die when he comes out."

Speaking of this, Charlie's wrinkled eyes showed a trace of tenderness.

"Listen...the captain said...you have a...special relic...that's why he...choose yours...?"

"Yes, yes, that thing is really good. I planned to leave it to my grandson, but the relic is not a good thing. There is too much blood on it. Think about it and forget it."

"I told the governor, as long as I die, the relics will belong to him. I don't want any reward. I just want him to do everything possible to prevent the sea from rising, so that my grandson can live safely as an ordinary person."

With the chat, the relationship between the new crew and the old crew got a little closer. The atmosphere was finally not as stiff as before.

Just as Charlie was vividly describing to the bandage that his well-behaved grandson never made any noise at night, he suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings coming from outside.

"Left rudder 30, I saw something strange over there!" Charles, who had changed back to human form, rushed in with a serious expression.

"Found... what?" Bandage was very surprised by Charles' attitude.

"I knew it in the past. I don't know if those things have something to do with the disappearing darkness."

The Narwhal began to turn quickly and headed in the direction Charles said.

In just half an hour, something came out of the barren ground, some dots of soot-like powder.

The further you go, the more powder there is, and finally it reaches the point of snow.

"Huh~!" The bat that Orderic turned into flew quickly over the powder, and when he returned to the deck, he held the things in both hands and sent them to the ship's doctor Linda. "Give."

Charles, who was engrossed in his surroundings, turned his head to look at her, and saw the other party gently fanning the powder with his hand to smell the smell. "I seem to have seen this kind of thing somewhere."

"Are you sure you've seen something on the surface before?" Charles questioned Linda's words.

Linda didn't refute anything. She looked at the powder carefully, and finally picked up a little bit with her fingernails, stuffed it directly into her mouth, sipped it, and then spit it out.

"I can't guarantee it, but I think this thing is very similar to ashes."

"The ashes of what?"

"Human ashes."

As soon as Linda said this, everyone on the deck was silent for a second or two.

"Did you judge wrong, doctor, you mean that there are human beings on the surface?" Di Pu said in surprise.

Hearing this, Charles' heart skipped a beat.

"I also don't think it's possible, so I'm not sure."

After thinking for a while, Charles patted Lily on the shoulder with his hand, "Let your mouse prepare for battle. The front and rear deck guns must be ready to fire at any time."

"Okay! Mr. Charles!" Lily jumped off his shoulders and ran towards the muzzle.

This was the first time that Earth Sea had seen such a situation. Facing the unknown danger, everyone cheered up secretly.

But this scene was far longer than Charles had imagined. It lasted for three days, and the powder seemed endless.

At four o'clock in the morning on the third day, Charles, who had just been lying down for a long time, was woken up. "Captain! Wake up! The sailor on duty on the deck saw something! It seems to be a huge house!!"

When he came to the deck in a hurry, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

A huge square metal building appeared in front of him, and the Narwhal was parked next to it, like a toy boat next to a shoebox.

The powder on the ground was sprayed out from the small hole above the "shoebox", and the amount had accumulated into a slope. The powder they had seen before was blown out here with the wind.

"Is there really someone on the surface? Are they still alive?" Charles looked at the gate on the building, and his heartbeat began to speed up involuntarily. "Investigation."

The bat flew over, and the mouse rushed over quickly. They began to investigate around this huge building, but their results were not great, there was nothing outside, except for the thick layer of ash.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ! ”

Following the footprints of the mouse, Charles led the crew to the huge building.

"Captain, the door seam has been completely welded." Di Pu reported.

Charles stood where he was, touched the cold wall with his hands, his expression was smooth and smooth, and it looked like a man-made building.

"We must find a way to go in and take a look. If there are really people inside, then we may have another option besides looking for darkness."

In order to open the building, Charles used various methods, explosives, acid corrosion, and mechanical cutting.

After grinding for nearly six hours, the welded iron gate finally opened a crack that barely allowed people to enter.

"What kind of metal is this? It's much harder than Alloy No. 3." Dipper complained.

"Shh, don't talk, there are voices inside."

As everyone held their breath, faint voices came out of the crack.

"It's...a singing...I've...heard this...song..." After the bandage finished speaking, he went straight in.