However, if you travel for a long time, you will encounter ghosts, and in the transaction a few days ago, Xue Laixiang finally messed up.

At that time, he had just gone out to sea when he was caught in a storm, so he had to let the fleet sail to a bay to take refuge, and this time, the private pirates who had been watching him for a long time finally seized the opportunity.

In the early morning of that day, just as he had escaped the storm and was about to set sail again, five huge slurry ships and dozens of small slurry boats suddenly appeared at the entrance to the harbor, and he was blocked in the harbor, forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat with an enemy who outnumbered him and had many times his number of ships......

There is no suspense that this outnumbered naval battle made Xue Laixiang lose everything.

Dozens of his men were killed, wounded, captured, ships and cargo were taken away, and he had to jump into the sea to escape, and in the end, he was left with only four companions and this desert island......

At this moment, Xue Laixiang could only stared blankly at the sea where the sun was shining and the scales were dancing, not far away, the layers of waves with white spray were rhythmically lapping the reef on the beach, under the blue sky and white clouds, the seagulls were hovering in mid-air, and the chirping of the seabirds came, making the world seem so peaceful.

And this beautiful world is so cold and lonely for Xue Laixiang, who is like ashes, as the so-called impermanence of the world and life is like a dream, Xue Laixiang can only sit weakly under a coconut tree, looking at the sea with empty eyes, and his wife and concubines and children who are far away in Leizhou flashed in his mind from time to time.

All of this will soon be a thing of the past.

"Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a deep dream"

For a moment, Xue Laixiang burst into tears......

However, at this moment, a wisp of clear smoke suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea in the distance, and the black-brown plume of smoke bent into the sky, and this sight also attracted several other partners in despair, perhaps, it was a volcano on the sea......

It is true that there are active volcanoes on the desert islands of the South Seas, however, the group of seafarers soon discovered something unusual - this column of smoke is moving!

Although the movement was not obvious, looking at the sea was the basic skill of the sea runners, and they quickly determined that the movement of the smoke column was not their own eyes, but what really happened!

In less than half an hour, the scene that Xue Laixiang and his companions would never forget appeared in front of their eyes—a pillar of smoke came out of a dark gray thing!

From the appearance of that huge dark gray "thing", it was clearly a ship, yes, it was a huge ship!

Xue Laixiang and his companions have seen all kinds of giant ships, from the ironclad turtle ship in the East to the galleon galleon from the Western Ocean, those ships are all amazing.

However, from a distance, judging from the perspective and proportions, the hull of the giant ship alone is almost as tall as the castle wall of the Kyoshi, right? The white house on the ship, estimated to be more spectacular than the city gatehouse, this ...... Is this really a ship?

After a long while, Xue Laixiang, who was so shocked by the ship on the sea in the distance that his thinking almost stopped, noticed even more shocked that this moving behemoth actually had neither sails nor slurry! And yet she braved the billowing smoke to break the waves on the sea!

At this moment, Xue Laixiang and his companions firmly believe that they have encountered a miracle, could it be that there are immortals living on the ship?

Or is it the devil?

Or is it the ghost ship that the Hongyi have passed on by word of mouth?

Is that power that drives such a behemoth divine power or magic?

After a moment of stunned, Xue Laixiang suddenly thought of something, he suddenly jumped up, shouted and waved his arms and rushed to the beach, his partners also reacted at this time, although they have been hungry for the past few days, and their bodies are also strong, but at this life-and-death juncture, their bodies burst out with amazing strength.

With the exception of the dying wounded, all four of them rushed to the beach shouting in unison, giving a hoarse cry to the huge boat.

However, there was no response, no change in course, and no reduction in speed.

"Fire Scythe!"

Xue Laixiang finally realized the reason why the other party didn't react, it must be that the "divine ship" didn't see them and didn't hear their shouts.

Xue Laixiang didn't have time to think about why the "Divine Ship" couldn't hear or see their shouts, he just snatched the fire sickle from one of his partners in a hurry and began to relight the fire around the bonfire, and the partners who reacted also hurriedly looked around for the ignition materials, and they frantically collected branches and fallen leaves.

After a bag of cigarettes, Xue Laixiang finally lit the pile of dead branches and leaves with trembling hands, and a thick smoke finally rose from the high slope of the desert island......

The sea is windy and sunny, and the Nicole is moving at a low speed.

Two days ago, the Nicole and Pride had just left the waters of Manado, but were forced to change course to escape an ocean storm, and now the fleet is sailing between several deserted islands about a hundred kilometers southeast of Porto Holo.

This is not a deep ocean, but a continental shelf sea full of islands and reefs, there are many reefs and shoals, Nicole as the deepest draft ship in the world, in order to avoid hitting the reef or running aground, Gu Jin decisively reduced the speed, reduced the original cruising speed of eight knots to five knots, and strengthened the lookout.

Today's Captain Gu, the sailing style is completely safety first, he will not walk if he can stop, and he will never walk fast if he can walk slowly.

Captain Gu also sent an additional lookout on the fort on the foredeck, and the first mate Xu Zhi was also assigned by Captain Gu to strengthen the deck patrol so that he could detect abnormal conditions on the sea surface in time, especially the islands and reefs that haunted the waves.

The first person to notice a column of smoke rising from a small island about seven or eight kilometers away on the port side was Wei @Hong, a lookout on duty, who had recently been sent to replace the Pride because of his sudden and severe seasickness, so the "difficult" post of the engine room or the lookout naturally fell on him.

The Nicole is much smoother than the Pride, and as long as you're not navigating the storm, the lookout is a pleasant place to be—if you're not tired of the ocean.

After discovering the situation, ** calmly took out the ranging ruler, and after determining the distance between the island and the port side again, he immediately rang the small bell next to him.

When dangdang, the copper bell suddenly resounded on the deck, which first attracted Xu Zhi's attention, he picked up the walkie-talkie, dialed it to the public channel and asked:

"Wei @ Hong, what did you find?"

"Wolf smoke in the telescope, ten o'clock on the port side! The visual distance is more than six kilometers! ”

At this time, Ren Ke on the foredeck also shouted on the walkie-talkie:

"Brother Xu! There is smoke! Port! Should we check it out? ”

"It's a shallow sea area, not on the main channel......"

"Maybe it's a wildfire, but what if someone calls for help? The island looked like a small desert island. ”

Plug in on the intercom.

"Well, I feel like I should take a look, and I'll ask the leader for ......"

Before Xu Zhi's voice fell, Captain Gu's deep voice came from the public channel:

"Contact the Pride with the flag, and ask Captain Lee to send a small boat to the island to land and investigate, this is not far from Holo Harbor, we need to know some of the nearby sea conditions and islands, whether anyone is calling for help, let's go and see."

"Roger! Contact the Pride and land on the island, and you're done! Wei @ Hong, send a signal. ”

Xu Zhi briefly repeated the captain's order and then gave instructions to Wei @ Hong......

And at this time, the Pride was racing, oh no, it should be said that it was a drag race.

The Pride was now fully furrowed and was rejoicing on the sea.

Because the wind direction was suitable, it was able to sail downwind at a strong 45-degree angle, which is a rare thing to encounter on the sea, so the Pride was speeding on the sea at a speed of 15 knots.

Because the Pride was much lower than Nicole's, and she was trailing less than a kilometer from the starboard side of the Nicole, her view was blocked by Nicole's huge hull, so even if she stood on the lookout, Pu Haixin, the lookout on duty, did not see the smoke column in the distance.

At this time, a short whistle suddenly sounded from the Nicole not far away, which was telling the Pride that a message would be sent......