Ye Yuehuan picked Victoria up and placed her on the sofa. She stood up and looked around. There was nothing inside the bar. As he looked at the rows of wines on the shelves, Victoria leaned closer and scanned the bottles.
(Note: Some readers might not understand why the main character would do something useless. For example, now, it was because the plot was a trap. If he didn't do much, Victoria would lose the "Chaos Fragment", and the rest would be even more difficult. Sigh.）
"There are portugal| Where's the wine?"
"Hmm…"
Victoria pulled out the cork and poured it into the glass beside her. Bright purple liquid| Under the reflection of the crystal chandelier, the body emitted a dazzling light.
Victoria stared at the label. Then, he picked up the wine glass and sniffed it.
Then, Ye Yuehuan said,"
"This shouldn't be an old high-end portugal.| Grape wine."
" Yes." Victoria nodded.
"According to the label, this is…"
While the two were talking in low voices, Nie De approached with his head in his hands.
"Little| brother| Brother, what are you doing?"
(Who the hell is it that you are small| brother| Brother, don't you have it? Is your lower body flat?）Hearing the familiar Nie De (a golden-haired opera singer, here the hound that caught the rabbit), he suddenly felt that he was a little afraid.）As soon as he said that, Ye Yuehuan began to ridicule him in his heart. (Can the reader tell me if there is a word like "Fuxie"? I used to read novels like this, but I realized today that it's not the case. Please teach me.)）
" No, I'm just looking for clues..." Ye Yuehuan forced a smile on his stiff face. Ugh, he felt like vomiting.
"It's best not to touch anything."
"Well, if there's nothing else, please…”
(Go, go, you pervert, don't disturb me and Victoria.)
" Alright, I'll leave." Nie De seemed to know what Ye Yuehuan was going to say, so he turned around and left.
Nie De looked around and approached the table with the tennis racket and tennis balls on it.
There were whiskey bottles, ice cubes, and glasses for two on the table. The ice cubes had not even melted. It seemed that the person sitting at the table had just left. The next table seemed to have left halfway through a game of cards, and several cards were scattered on the table.
On the other hand, Ye Yuehuan was walking in and out of the bar counter and pacing around the stage. The spread sheet music seemed to be a part of classical music, as if someone had just stood there and played it.
At this moment, a man suddenly stood up and shouted angrily,
"Don't be sneaky!"
Ye Yuehuan and Nie De turned around in shock.
The man was wearing a high-class suit with gemstones on his sleeves. He was a rather dignified man. His dark brown hair was combed into a neat suit, and his freckled cheeks were trembling with anger.| shaking| He didn't stop.
"You, you know how dangerous this ship is, right? Sit down! He didn't know what would happen if he moved around!”
"What will happen?"
At this moment, Victoria's muttering could be heard in the quiet lounge. The man quickly turned around, but because he couldn't find the person who made the old woman's voice, he stood where he was and asked in confusion,
"…Who spoke just now?"
"It's me."
Victoria calmly raised her hand and admitted it. Everyone looked at her together.
Everyone held their breath when they saw the girl sitting in the corner. Victoria's green eyes glanced at them one by one. Her golden hair was like an untied scarf, draping over her small body.
Hmm…sighs rose and fell.
" Not bad…"" It's really beautiful!”The sound of whispering continued to spread. The men were amazed at first, then they stared at Victoria with interest, who looked like an exquisite doll.
Ye Yuehuan rushed to Victoria without hesitation, blocking their line of sight, and then hugged Victoria in his arms.
Victoria's face turned red at first, then she asked suspiciously,"
"What are you doing now?"
"To protect you from the evil gaze.”
"Yes." Victoria whispered, and her face turned even redder.
The man who shouted just now stared at Victoria fiercely.
"There's no room for children to speak here!”
Just as Ye Yuehuan was about to fly into a rage and was about to retort, he suddenly realized that someone had appeared in front of him. He raised his head and saw that it was the red-robed woman with a pair of bright and stubborn eyes.
"However, uncle, this ship is indeed very strange.”
An unhappy expression appeared on the man's face as he turned around and left. The young woman pointed to a nearby table and said,"
"Look at this table. The racket, the ball, and the whiskey with water that hadn't even melted the ice. It was as if someone had just played tennis and was about to enter the lounge to drink. The table was littered with cards, but there was no one…except for us.”
"Shut up!"
The man roared,"
"Woman, be quiet!"
The woman in red widened her eyes in surprise. Nie De, who was standing at the side, jumped out.
"Hey, hey, hey! Uncle, she's right…"
"You're just an actor. Shut up!”
"…What!?"
Nie De was so angry that he was about to make a move. Fortunately, the woman said," Calm down, calm down…" before he could control himself.
Looking around, it seemed that the man was only angry with Ye Yuehuan, Victoria, Nie De, and the woman. The others were men of similar age or slightly older than him. They were all watching from their seats.
Nie De and the woman also walked to Ye Yuehuan's side.
Nie De complained to Ye Yuehuan in a low voice,"
"According to what he said, only Uncle is qualified to speak?”
"Oh…"
"What kind of twisted logic is this? Really, what's so great about it? It's really unpleasant."
Nie De mumbled and complained non-stop.
Victoria, who was at the side, said with a serious expression,
"…It's Chaos, right?"
Speaking of Victoria, when did you reply? Did you change your face?
The woman in the evening gown began to think as she walked. It seemed to be her habit to take five steps forward and then turn around and take five steps back. She kept repeating the same action. Victoria looked at her with interest.
Of the twelve men locked up on the ship, eight of the older men seemed to know each other-ruddy, in high-class suits, shiny leather shoes, and even neatly trimmed beards-and they seemed to have not seen each other for some time, asking each other quietly about how they were doing. From the conversation he heard, he knew that the eight of them were senior officials of the Suval government, the boss of a large textile company, and the cadre of the foreign education department.
Even at this time, perhaps out of habit, they were still bragging about their titles and the school their children attended, but after these topics were over, they began to whisper to each other with uneasy expressions.
"However, this ship…"
"Yeah, it's just like the box back then. I didn't notice it when I boarded the ship just now…"
"Could it be…"
Nie De secretly peeked at them from the side and heard their uneasy whispers. He did not know what was going on.
He suddenly noticed the decorative vase on the antique cabinet beside him. It seemed like he had to sacrifice himself.
Just as Ye Yuehuan reached out his hand to the vase…
The men all held their breaths.
The dignified man suddenly stood up and shouted anxiously,
"Hey! Don't touch that vase!"
He had been waiting for this moment. He touched it lightly and quickly squatted down.
Whoosh!
The sound of something slicing through the air rang out. The arrow from the crossbow grazed past Ye Yuehuan's head and pierced through it.| Inside the wall.
The young woman who retreated repeatedly covered her mouth with both hands.| Bam! He let out a mournful cry. Nie Debasda also let out a strange sound, not knowing what to do. Even Victoria's emerald green eyes widened as he looked up in surprise.
He was a beat too slow…
The men shouted in unison,
"As expected…!"
"This ship is indeed…!"
They scrambled to their feet and ran for the door. Some of them fell to the ground and groaned because they were too anxious.| Yin.
Victoria quickly ran to Ye Yuehuan's side and touched his body. She asked in shock,"
"Huan, Huan, are you okay?”
Hearing Victoria's shrill cry, Ye Yuehuan felt as if his heart was pricked by needles. He pressed one hand on Victoria's head and said,
"Victoria, calm down, calm down, I'm fine.”
After a pause, Ye Yuehuan continued,"
"I just thought about it, but now I know for sure that the ship we're on is probably related to the sinking of the Queenberry ten years ago.”
Victoria cried, her hands tightly holding Night Moon.
Burying my head in Ye Yuehuan's chest| Mouth.
"I won't allow you to do this again. You're going to…"
"Hey, hey, I haven't even asked you to admit that you're my girlfriend. Why are you courting death?”
Suddenly…
The lights in the room suddenly went out.
The overly bright lights suddenly went out, and the lounge was instantly surrounded by darkness. The men who were scrambling to push the door seemed to be in a panic. One after another, they roared loudly, and their angry voices were mixed with screams. Under the influence of their voices and darkness, Night Moon stretched out his arms to protect Victoria.| He reached out his other hand and hugged Victoria.
At this moment, the lights came on again, and the lounge was surrounded by a deathly silence. The men who shouted earlier seemed to have woken up from their dreams and shut their mouths tightly.| He lowered his head in embarrassment. Perhaps because they had calmed down, or perhaps because they had yet to wake up from the shock, no one said a word.
Suddenly, Nie De let out a shrill cry. Everyone was shocked and turned to look at him.
Nie De stared at a wall-the wall of the bar counter. The red-robed woman standing by the wall was also shocked and turned to look at Nie De.
Nie De raised his hand and pointed at the wall with the exaggerated and impeccable movements of a stage actor. The woman who was originally leaning against the bar counter slowly turned her head in the direction he pointed.
She took a deep breath.
Then, she let out a shrill cry,"
"…Waaa
The others also noticed it and were a beat too slow to shout.
There was something on the wall that didn't exist a few seconds ago. It seemed to be written in blood.
The blood words left behind a message…
Ten years had passed since then.
The days passed so quickly.
This time, it's your turn.
The box was ready.
Come on…"
"'Hare,'run!"
The dignified man shouted loudly,"
"Waaah!"
The fat man beside him seemed to be affected and began to shout,
"That invitation…!"
" Night of the Sandbox Court…!"
" The main dish is wild rabbits…!"
"We are not enjoying the running of wild rabbits…but we are…wild rabbits!”
Among the eight men, some were dejected, some were holding their heads, and some were angry. Their reactions were all different. As they spoke in a mysterious manner, they let out terrified cries.
"It's a ghost! Those young people are back. This time, they want to use us as sacrifices!”
"These bloody words are the best evidence!”
The fat man stood up.
He began to run towards the door in an attempt to escape from the lounge. He grabbed the door handle and pulled hard.
The door that had been locked just now somehow opened with a gentle pull.
The man intended to dash out of the door and take a step outside.
Something was flying down the corridor-a black line. In Ye Yuehuan's eyes, it was like a black line drawn by an ancestor.
The line pierced through the man's forehead and came out from the back of his head before stopping. The black line seemed to have been drawn with a strange red pen. Only the front end was dyed red and black.
It wasn't a line.
Instead, it was the arrows and crossbows that flew from the corridor. Everyone was stunned at the scene. Seeing this situation, they did not move.
The man's head was like some kind of soft| The soft material was easily pierced by the arrow of the crossbow…The arrowhead stained with blood and brain matter was exposed from the back of his head.
The man's momentum was offset by the power of the arrow. After standing still for a moment, he immediately retreated...
Bang!
He collapsed.
After a moment of silence, the woman…
"Don't!"
She screamed as if she was about to cry. Then, he hurriedly explained,
"I, I, just wanted to open the door, but I couldn't! It was true! Believe me! If I open it, I'll…"
Victoria narrowed her eyes and carefully looked at the woman's face that was convulsing with fear.
However, the remaining seven men did not care about what she said. Everyone immediately stood up and rushed to the corridor.
All of them were saying strange things.
"This door is safe! The trap has been removed!"
"The deck! Go to the deck!"
"Escape is more important…we will be killed by the ship!”
They stepped over the bodies and rushed into the corridor, sprinting away. They rushed to the deck.
Victoria and the others looked at each other.
Nie De's expression was also distorted by surprise and doubt.
"Shall we go with them?”
Ye Yuehuan, Victoria, Nie De, and the young woman also came to the corridor with trepidation.
The luxuriously decorated corridor was filled with oil lamps. Every time they take a step, it's soft and comfortable| The soft red carpet sank deep into the floor. When he finally found the stairs and was about to walk up to the deck, Nie De, who was walking at the front, muttered,
"It's raining. The weather has turned bad…" He sighed.
- climbed the stairs to the narrow deck at the stern. Under the pounding of the heavy rain, the entire ship was surrounded by the thunderous night sky and the dark ocean. The deck had also become slippery because of the rain, and one could slip if they were not careful.
In the dark sky, even the stars had disappeared, leaving only a heavy darkness.
The black waves on the surface of the sea beat fiercely and then retreated. The ominous darkness seemed to be sucked in just by looking at it. The sound of the waves was even louder.
The woman couldn't help but frown.
"The weather is terrible…"
Nie De turned around and asked her,
"If that's the case, we can't take a lifeboat, right?”
"Of course, of course. This kind of heaven-chosen candidate taking a small boat was simply suicidal. It will sink immediately."
Hearing the woman's words, the men turned around and shouted angrily,
"Then what should we do?"
"What should we do…"
Nie De shouted,
"Yes, just go to the helm! Drive the boat back!"
Hearing Nie De's words, the men scrambled to run away again.
The wet deck was unusually slippery. The anxious men either fell or sprained their ankles. After everyone fell down, they cursed angrily.
He finally found the helm. Because the door was locked, Nie De used his body to smash the wooden door. However, Nie De, who had rushed into the room, came out with a stiff face.
"I have no choice…"
"Why?"
Nie De seemed to have been provoked when he saw the men shouting angrily.
"The helm is damaged. This way, the ship could not move at all.”
"Liar!"
A few men pushed Nie De away and rushed into the helm. Nie De staggered and almost fell. The men walked out of the helm resentfully and said unwillingly,
"It's really…destroyed!"
"…Didn't I tell you?"
However, these people did not respond to Nie De's words and just stood there in a daze.
It seemed that the Queenberry was just drifting aimlessly on the stormy sea. He didn't have a pilot and didn't know where he was going. He just floated on the sea.
The men began to ask Nie De. They seemed to think that Nie De was the one who was most familiar with ships. But Nie De, who did not know what to do, could only answer,
"I don't know what to do…Ah! I got it. Can't I just use the radio to call for help? The Sea Rescue Team will come to save us."
The group of men shouted in unison,
"Then hurry up and do it! Why are you still so slow?"
Nie De suddenly felt very unhappy. But after adjusting his mood, he pointed to the other end of the deck, the bow.
"The radio room is at the bow. Go over there!"
"Hurry up!"
The strong rain hit his skin, and he even felt a little pain.
The deck was about twenty meters wide. The bow of the ship was at the other end of the ship, completely invisible in the darkness.
Nie De, who had been running, suddenly stopped and turned around.
"What's wrong?"
"Not good…"
The woman following behind also shouted,"
"There's a decorative chimney here... too big. It was too unnatural for the design of the ship. Anyway, it's better not to go over…"
Although it was hard to see clearly in the darkness, there was indeed a huge black chimney there. It was not because the sky was too dark that they could not see the bow of the ship at all. It was because their vision was blocked by the chimney, which was the chimney that Ye Yuehuan saw when he first boarded the ship.
On cruise ships that valued design, there were often decorative chimneys.
It was surprisingly large in proportion, completely separating the front and back of the ship. However, the height of the chimney was too low.
Ye Yuehuan and Nie De looked left and right, but they didn't find a path. The passage connecting the bow and stern of the deck was completely blocked by this strange chimney.
The young woman looked back at the group of men. The intense rain drenched her black hair and dress, sticking to her snow-white skin. (So tempting| (I'm confused.)
"You can't pass from above, you can only pass through the inside of the ship.| Turn to the other side."
"No!"
The men shouted and trembled.| shaking| He said,
"If you go back inside, you'll turn into a hare! You mustn't!"
"What exactly is a wild rabbit?"
The woman shouted back impatiently. Nie De also stood beside her.
"Exactly. From the beginning, I didn't understand what Uncle was talking about! And those bloody words! Do you all know what happened? Tell me what you know! This is your duty! Ah, hello…"
The dignified man shouted and pointed at the lifeboat. The group of men began to work together to lower the lifeboat. However, in the stormy sea, it was not suitable to put down a lifeboat.
Nie De, the woman, and the ill-intentioned Ye Yuehuan tried their best to stop them.
"The weather is so bad. You'll capsize and drown if you do this!”
"Cut the crap! Shut up!"
One by one, they jumped onto the boat. They completely ignored Nie De and the others who were shouting and trying to stop them. They only wanted to escape as soon as possible.
Just as the dignified man was about to board the boat, he suddenly turned around with an uneasy expression.
The woman shouted,"
"It's too dangerous! Stay!"
The man's bloodshot eyes seemed to be hesitating as they wandered in the air for a moment.
After a few seconds of silence-
"Alright then."
The man looked at the turbulent sea, the lifeboat, and the young man on the boat in turn.
The men in the lifeboat did not notice him at all. They did not even turn their heads. The dignified man looked at them with confusion and anxiety.
The lifeboat landed on the surface of the sea, ignoring the woman's shouts.
The lifeboat carrying six men landed on the sea.
Nie De and the others grabbed the railing and leaned out, staring at them.
The lifeboat swayed in the waves. Then, a huge wave hit and the lifeboat capsized after shaking violently from side to side.
They did not even have the chance to scream before they were swept into the sea. White bubbles rose in the waves. Even the lifeboat had disappeared.
This happened in just a few seconds.
The intense rain fell on the people who stayed on the deck.
Ye Yuehuan looked up at Nie De and the woman beside him.
Nie De's face was pale, and his entire body was trembling non-stop. Even his lips were blue, and he had completely lost the ability to speak.
As for women…
The woman looked down at the disappearing lifeboat with a strange smile on her face. His cold gaze was terrifying.
Her red lips moved as she muttered something.
He wasn't talking to anyone else, but the content of his muttering happened to reach Ye Yuehuan's ears.
The woman said,
"…Didn't I say it earlier? I already warned you.”
He suddenly realized that Ye Yuehuan was paying attention to him. This time, she turned to Ye Yuehuan and said in a bored tone,"
"Daren is so stupid. She was always full of confidence and did things that she did not understand.”
She shrugged and walked to the stairs leading back to the cabin. He could only watch her slender back as she left.
(Write a 6000-word one. Thank you everyone for your encouragement. Oh right, there are three updates today.) This is the first chapter.
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