Artifact

It is said that many, many years ago, the East China Sea was not as rough as it is today, and the fishermen of Xizhou would return with a full load every time they went out to sea, but all of them followed the rule of leaving early and returning late, and never spending the night in the East China Sea.

Among the fishermen was a young man, the only son of a local priest who fell in love with the owner's daughter.

Once, the owner of the ship set sail and gained a lot along the way, but he forgot the time of return, and it was not until the sun pressed the horizon that he realized that the hour was not early, so he rushed back.

The boat quickly turned around, and when the boat owner returned to the sea at high speed, the owner's daughter accidentally fell into the sea due to a mistake in her heart, although the owner was heartbroken, but once and again adjusted the sails, the sun completely set.

At this moment the young man dropped a sampan and went to rescue the girl.

After the ship returned, the two did not return until the next day, and then there were rumors that there was a red sea over the East China Sea, and all those who strayed into it would suffer from being separated from their loved ones, and the blue sea would never be seen.

Fishermen call this phenomenon the red tomb, which means red tomb, and once you enter, don't think about it.

Since then, the East China Sea has also changed its face and become choppy and unpredictable!

Night Thirteen listened impatiently and shouted in a low voice: "This is a natural phenomenon, don't be suspicious!".

He calmed the sailors with this drink, and then listened to someone on the side

"What Uncle Thirteen said is that this is a red tide, an aquatic insect!"

Yin'er held a hand-copied book, pointed to the pictures inside, and said word by word.

Night Thirteen was curious, although he knew that it was a natural phenomenon, but he had not learned about it:

"Yin'er, what is this?".

"This was given to me by Ruoli's sister, whose family had been fishing in Naro Lake for generations, so she recorded a lot of what she saw and heard on the lake. "

"What is written on it?".

"It is said that this is due to the overgrowth of a water bug called bloodworm, which has also happened several times in history in Lake Naro, and each time it has caused a large number of fish to die. "

Night Thirteen understood: "Well, that's not called a bloodworm, it should be an algae plant or bacteria, they multiply in large numbers and block the sun, so the fish under the water are all suffocated due to lack of oxygen, this is also called red tide." It's just that it's rare for such a large red tide to occur. "

Yin'er looked at Night Thirteen with a look of adoration.

The sailors listened to what Night Thirteen said, and besides, the ship had already sailed into the red tide at this moment, and it was too late to leave now, so they had to work hard according to their apprehensive mood.

After nine nights and ten days, the ship never saw the blue sea again, and its eyes were full of this red tide of Wang Yang, as if it had entered a red hell.

On the evening of the tenth day, several of the oldest sailors on board gathered in the room of the thirteenth of the night, and they had come to report an even more troublesome matter, and that the ship had not much food to stockpile.

After the thirteenth count, the whole ship counted himself and Yin'er a total of thirty-nine people, and set out with enough food for thirty days and more than twice as much fresh water, and now the journey has been nearly fifteen days, and if he does not return now, every day that passes will mean a greater risk.

Originally, I thought that food could be replenished at any time on the way, after all, in the sea, the fish were still quite abundant, but who knew that when I sailed into the red tide, not only did there be no living creatures here, but even the surroundings were dead and silent, and the waves were stiff.

Even more troublesome than food is fresh water.

Since the fishermen have never been on a one-day ocean voyage, they have no idea how to get fresh water except when it rains.

With the knowledge of Night's Thirteen, fresh water can be distilled using seawater, but distillation requires fire—there really isn't much that can be burned on a ship, unless the planks are dismantled and burned for firewood.

Of course, the reverse operation of freezing the seawater will also separate the fresh water and salt, but it is estimated that it is impossible to do it with the current technology of the Yan people.

This puts us in a dilemma.

Half of the ship's food and fresh water reserves are left, and even if they return to the sea now, the survival rate will not be too high.

Why?

Because the world in this array has only the sun as a light source, and there is no moon or stars, even the most experienced sailors can only calculate the general direction, and at the moment in the red tide, even the direction of the sea tide cannot be discerned, which undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty of returning home.

If you continue to move forward, you will inevitably be unstable

Hungry and thirsty is a very dangerous thing, between life and death, people's survival instinct will overwhelm all reason, maybe there will be a tragedy of cannibalism!

The vivid reality stimulates Night Thirteen, urging him to make the final decision whether to return or move on.

Just as he was struggling, there was a sudden chaos outside the door, and then Yin'er's urgent voice came:

"Uncle Thirteen......! Sea monster !!

".

Everyone in the room was shocked, and Night Thirteen rushed out in a few steps!

When everyone came to the deck, they saw a large and strange thing appear on the surface of the sea with a faint green and blue phosphorescent light.

It looked like part of an oval that had risen out of the sea, like a mountain, but it was too rounded, and beside it, dozens of thick, long cylindrical tentacles stretched out into the sky, pointing into the air, swaying slightly under the impact of the sea breeze.

The whole thing is about 100 zhang high, and the part that floats in the water is not less than 400 zhang wide, so big and terrible but it can't move, and I don't know whether it's a living thing or a dead thing.

Because it is so far away, even if there is a newly installed feng shui bulb on the ship, it is not a searchlight after all, and it cannot illuminate the position so far.

With the naked eye, the sailors couldn't see what it was, that is, the body and eyes that Yejuju had strengthened by eating Penglai Chiguo could faintly detect the general appearance of this thing.

"Come on, put down the boat, I'll go and see!".

Night Thirteen gave the order, and all the sailors were shocked.

Even if you are the protector god, in the face of a sea monster as huge as a mountain island, I'm afraid there is no chance of winning, right?!

Yin'er said: "Uncle Thirteen, you are on the ship, let Yin'er go!".

She tugged at Night Thirteen's sleeve.

Since Night Thirteen asked Yin'er to call herself Uncle Thirteen, this little girl suddenly became much more intimate with Night Thirteen.

It's just that Ye Thirteen knows what Yin'er is thinking, so he can't let her go, otherwise how to explain to Ruoli and Yiqing!

"What if you go? I'll go alone. "

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Yin'er jumped out of the deck in one step, fell into the water with a pop, and shouted in the water:

"Uncle Thirteen, I said that I would accompany you to death, so I will go wherever you go!!

".

Night Thirteen's heart moved again, and he clearly saw Vanilla gnaw on his arm and said the words that made people tremble:

"This is my stamp for Uncle Thirteen, and Uncle Thirteen will be my thing in the future......

."

Night Thirteen subconsciously looked at his arm, the tooth marks were long gone, but Vanilla's words seemed to be imprinted in his heart for a lifetime.

He suddenly felt a heat in his chest, and a strange emotion spread throughout his body!

Whether it's for silver or vanilla, you must find a way out of the red tide and solve the mystery of the sinking monument in the East China Sea!

I'm thirteen nights, and I'm definitely not going to die here!