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Chapter 51 The Shipwreck

"I've been wondering about one problem." Lina pushed Catherine's back and let her turn around in place. The light column behind her surrounded the wide space: "If the mermaid and this giant beast were fighting side by side, I would like to know how it died. If it wanted to kill such a huge monster, the wounds left behind would be large, but at least at least, no trace of bone damage was found in it."

"You may not know much about killing this type of monster will not leave any scars on the bones." Panis explained: "The best way to cause fatal damage to this monster is to attack it from its body, and to penetrate their tough skin from outside and then break through their muscles thicker than the human body is almost impossible. So, if I fight this monster, I will do my best to penetrate into its mouth, and then either destroy its brain upwards or destroy its internal organs inwards. No matter which one choose, it will not be reflected in the corpse."

"Well, so this person wanted to rush into the giant beast's mouth, but was bitten by the giant beast on the road?" Catherine said to herself: "It's possible, but a person with only half of his body obviously cannot kill the giant beast."

"It's not that there is only one person, maybe..." Lina suddenly shook her head halfway through her speech: "Search nearby, maybe there are other humanoid corpses. If you can find them, you can verify everyone's guess."

"This is too difficult. Forget it." Panis shook his head and said, "I have participated in this kind of excavation work. It is unlikely that I can dig the space in the mouth of the giant beast. In addition, the range outside the corpse, I don't think about it without a month or two. So instead of wasting time for such a thing, it's better to go and see the shipwreck now, maybe there are any clues to find there."

"Then this corpse...is Doris' ancestor." Catherine looked at the mermaid's corpse, hesitated for a moment before gritting her teeth and said, "Let it be here first. If we can solve the problem, let Doris and the others deal with it themselves. If it cannot be solved, we will take it out. As for this unknown corpse, it will be buried on the spot according to the etiquette of the adventurer."

The few people simply buried the remains in the mud and sand at the bottom of the sea. Instead of jumping back to the bottom of the sea, they swam directly into the shipwreck from the sea.

From a distance, the shipwreck was covered with phosphorus algae. On the dark seabed, it was as bright as the moon. The cold white light was not dazzling, but it allowed everything outside the shipwreck to be clearly seen. Seeing the shipwreck, everyone looked at each other and felt that it was not unexpected at all. This was a very ancient shipwreck, and there was no way to tell which era of the shape belonged to. Although the original wooden structure had decayed, the coral polyps and seaweed that were attached to the shipwreck strengthened the decayed part, allowing the shipwreck to remain in its original shape.

Half of the hull of the ship was buried in the mud and sand, and the front half of the hull was lifted up and exposed to the seawater. From time to time, mollusks on the seabed wriggled along the ship wall, feeling the current of the water brought by the people who were gradually swimming, and quickly drilled into the cabin along the wreck's porthole. The five people swam near the wreck and circled around the ship. No obvious damage was found on the exposed hull, and the reason for the ship's sinking could be seen. Of course, it may also be that the part of the hull buried under the mud and sand was damaged. However, it is not yet confirmed. The entire ship is not large, and now it is considered a medium-sized sea ship. Wanting to use a ship of this size to navigate the trekking area is like suicide, but the ship appears here.

Everyone stepped on the water and slowly landed on the tilted deck of the wreck. There was no sailor on the deck. The rudder near the bow had fallen off, and most of the masts were broken, leaving only a tragic situation after the catastrophe. After walking around the deck exposed on the surface of the sea, everyone was lucky to find that the door leading to the cabin had not been buried yet, which means there was no need to drill into the inside of the hull from the narrow porthole. Switching to the walking mode, several people walked into the ladder leading to the cabin carefully.

There are almost two worlds inside and outside the cabin. There is no phospho algae growing inside. In the cabin with portholes, you can see things clearly with the help of the light coming in outside the window. However, in most cabins without portholes, there is only a darkness in front of you. Catherine turned on the lighting device behind her again. The lighting equipment that was originally not very effective in the open seabed, but it is particularly effective in the hull. Once it is turned on, the entire environment will be illuminated clearly.

Walking down the stairs, what appeared in front of us was a long corridor. Both sides of the corridor were filled with doors leading to various cabins. Various debris floated on the top of the corridor under the buoyancy of the sea water, like a wonder of gravity reversal. Slowly moving along the corridor, small fish that were alarmed escaped from several people from time to time, and even some panicked creatures hit the girls head-on, and the sudden impact would scare the girls.

When you push a few cabins open, it looks like a very ordinary sailor's room. A few beds in the narrow room are fixed on the wall of the boat. The bedding has long been rotten and turned into debris. Even the bed board will break a big hole under the slight touch of your fingers. The empty sailor's room is empty except for the necessary beds, which is also in line with the identity of the sailor's room. After all, the most important requirement in the room on the boat is to save space. These sailors who exist as the bottom layer on the boat are naturally the main objects of space saving.

"Huh?" When Catherine pushed open a door again, she suddenly exclaimed in surprise. On the top of the sailor's house, six corpses turned into bones floated. The corpses were obviously humanoids, or judging from the shape of their bones, they were probably humans. These corpses were pushed by the buoyancy of water on the top of the cabin. Since the water in the hull was difficult to flow quickly, these bones still maintained a relatively complete human form.

Catherine silently put on gloves, took off one leg bone and looked at it. With a light break, the leg bone was broken into two sessions. Catherine shook her head: "These sailors are not professionals, they are just bones of ordinary people."

"It's conceivable." Freya nodded and said, "Even a low-level professional, even a sailor is a higher-level sailor. The captain cannot let such a sailor live in such narrow conditions."

After exiting the room and continuing along the corridor, there were more and more rooms where sailors were corpses, and sometimes there were many corpses floating on the corridor. Seeing this situation, Catherine frowned and whispered: "What's wrong."

"There is indeed a problem," Panis nodded, "No sailors who dare to sail in the Trek area are not experienced veterans. They are as familiar on the boat as they are at their own homes. Even if a shipwreck occurs, no matter how quickly the ship is silent, it is unlikely that so many sailors will be blocked and drowned in the cabin."

"Yes, the number of sailors of this size should be between 200 and 300. Now we see more than 30 corpses. This is only the first floor, and less than half of the rooms inspected." Catherine bit her lip, but there was no doubt on her face. There was only an incredible look: "From the appearance, this ship should have a five-story structure. Even if the bottom floor is a warehouse, there are three-story areas for sailors to move. According to this ratio, at least more than half of the sailors were trapped in the cabin and drowned alive. This is not reasonable at all. I can think of only one reason, but how is it possible?"

"After excluding all the interference answers, the only remaining answer may be the correct answer, no matter how bizarre the answer is," said Panis. "If nothing unexpected happens, the ship did not encounter a shipwreck, but was directly pulled closer to the sea from the sea. The whole process is likely to be only a few seconds."

"So these sailors don't have time to escape?" Catherine said in a deep voice: "No, even so, these sailors still have a chance to escape. Their swimming skills are much better than us, and they are much more familiar with the sea. Even if they suddenly enter the sea, they can escape along the corridor, unless, unless, unless the ship is quickly pulled closer to the deep sea, the sudden increase in water pressure makes them die directly without the chance of escaping."

"Weston is on." Freya exclaimed: "Even a demigod can't do this. It's incredible to pull such a large sea boat directly from the sea to the bottom of the sea."

"No, what if it was the giant beast outside?" Catherine asked back, "I feel that I have enough strength to do this."

"Big Beast..." Freya smiled bitterly, "Maybe you are right, it does have the strength to do it."

"I think we have found the clue." Catherine said with a serious expression: "I tried to imagine that if one day a long time ago, a ship entered this area with a secret that could allow the sea clan to be controlled, although it did enter this area. Then this incident was discovered by the sea clan, so the strongest man in the sea clan controlled the deep-sea beast and launched a sudden attack on the ship. The result of the attack was obvious. The sea clan and the giant beast died in battle, but before his death, he also died with the top strong men on the other ship, so the secret remained at the bottom of the sea."

"Two questions." Panis raised his finger and said, "First, if there is really a secret to control the sea clan, why is the sea clan that fought not under control? Second, if such a serious problem is really, there are many strong people in the sea clan, why don't there be more people fighting together? If these two questions are not explained clearly, your guess is just a guess."

"I really can't explain this." Catherine shook her head, "but I always think this is the right way of thinking."

"Why?" asked Penis.
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