Chapter 17: Escaping the Ghost Ship (IV) (2/2)
“And I don’t want you to die either!” Feng Yu Lan’s voice was so determined and powerful; his shouts suppressed Luo Jian’s timid voice Luo Jian’s head was harshly lifted by the other, but he quickly lowered his head back down, feeling aggrieved
Feng Yu Lan took a deep, ragged breath and forced himself to calm down He brooded over how he should hat he wanted to say, then finally looked to Luo Jian and announced, “I know I’est fear is that you believe that I’ you down I’m afraid that you think I’m a burden or that you have no other choice but to take into consideration your brotherly role whenever you’re with h you despise it And if that’s truly the case, I think you’d be better off abandoning me”
“It’s not…” Luo Jian i his head But he was soon interrupted by Feng Yu Lan
“I know! I don’t know much about this cha like you, not nearly as good as you…”
“Ah Lan, you’re very good, much better than lish is better than ure these clues out!”
Without warning, Feng Yu Lan seized Luo Jian’s hand and forced hiht against each other, like sorin, he declared, “Then let’s make an oath!”
“Make what oath?”
“An oath to never betray each other!”
For some people, verbal pro, only to turn away and forget about it, perhaps disregard it entirely Violating an oath was like skipping a regular meal, completely norh people’s mouths; people casuallyin the skies—there were more and more that appeared by the day
In fact, many people had this kind of trouble You couldn’t say that you were perfect, that you’d never break any vows or agreements that you’ve reatly, that you’d place above your own life, as these promises were ones that you and others have solemnly sworn to, oaths that’d be deeply embedded into your bones, that’d take over your soul, that’d never be forgotten, and naturally, would never be broken
This was precisely Luo Jian and Feng Yu Lan’s oath at this time
The downpour at sea had stopped, but the surroundings were enveloped by the thick fog; the hull of the shi+p swayed slightly with the undulating waves Staying here for a long ti Yu Lan walked out of the great cabin, they discovered that the Stalker had vanished from the deck They didn’t knohere he disappeared off to, but at least knowing that he wasn’t here gave the two individuals a little peace of mind
“Look around to see if there’s a secret door; they’re generally located in obscure places, like the corners” Luo Jian and Feng Yu Lan assigned each other tasks to start searching every spot on the entire deck,every plank This task was undoubtedly daunting To say this ghost vessel was large wasn’t necessarily true, but to say it was small would be definitely be false In addition, it was hard to see with all this darkness and fog, and the likelihood of h It was extre from each other, but if they didn’t split froer time
Nevertheless, Luo Jian ulti Yu Lan After all, they only had one oil laure, Luo Jian would feel uneasy So they both started searching from the bow of the shi+p, felt every plank all the way to the stern and, eventually, found a secret hatch hidden in the corner of the aft-ed at it, and the board was soon pulled open
Stairs and dark tunnels stared back at the at this htened They two people gaped at the black hole for such a long tie, taking the lead and advancing forward He held the laainst the walls, tracing long lines and issuing a slight scratching noise But in this quiet, narrow staircase, those sounds were ear-piercing
“Why are youbewilderment
“We’re not dark creatures Darkness and silence aren’t advantages for us; rather, we’re disadvantaged We need to remind our enemies of our arrival, show that we’re armed and prepared for battle”
The dark stairasn’t too long, and they soon reached a long corridor They way before them was still shrouded by darkness, but Luo Jian rejoiced at this glooht, without a single fork in the road There were no e the course of their attacking and escaping
The tunnel came to a dead end, and at this point, there was a door to the room There wasn’t a lock on the door, so he cracked it open just a bit It was dark inside The door appeared to be untouched by anyone for centuries Moss grew all over the place, and it was cold and slippery; this feeling was si the skin of a monstrous serpent Goosebuers
But he finally braced himself and pushed the door open
The room behind the door was narrow, much narrower than the constricted, enclosed roo his first chale rope hanging down in thefroht of the oil la It scared the living daylights out of Luo Jian and Feng Yu Lan, and they clung to each other, shi+vering
The body gently swayed back and forth along with the bobbing shi+p Wearing a long, white gown covered in dust, thick and long cascading locks, naturally scattered over the shoulders, flowing down like a waterfall, the figure before them was, no doubt, a wo Yu Lan after seeing the hanging body He see, so he leaned in to take a closer look The woman’s corpse was, indeed, nearly decayed She was just a pile of dead bones and head of unkeilance, and he dragged the inquisitive Feng Yu Lan back to his side, repri him
“Don’t be so impatient to reach a conclusion Maybe she’ll also co as she may be the last murderer”
“But this is just a dead body How can we possibly find out where the ‘door’ is from her”
“Find if there’s another note”