I Got on a Ghost Ship By Mistake and Was Forced To Be the Captain

Green District.

Crescent Street 64 b.

A series of exquisite dark red brick-connected townhouses stand side by side on this street.

What came into view was a two-storey townhouse with a floor area of ​​125 square meters and a small garden of 20 square meters.

The exterior is decorated with brick red wall paint, and there is a unique black chimney on the top.

In exchange for a house in a second-tier coastal city at the same price in China, Tu Fu calculated his salary and pension, did not eat or drink, and provided that he did not raise an unworthy child, he would just be able to pay back when he became a centenarian. Clear the mortgage.

The future is simply promising.

There is a metal sign welded at the entrance of Block B, engraved with a line of "Winster" written in Baia language.

As soon as I got home, my aunt hummed a song in a happy mood and prepared today's dinner.

The knife and fork prepared in advance on the dinner table, the fragrance of the stewed mutton with potatoes stimulated Tu Fu's taste buds, and the wonderful chemical reaction between the two cooked meat and vegetable ingredients.

Even as a citizen of the big foodie empire, Tu Fu would like to give a thumbs up to Aunt Anfeier, who is a superb cook. Even ordinary ingredients can make excellent delicacy in the hands of her aunt.

Putting the heavy schoolbag back into the room, Tu Fu felt tired for no reason.

One day at school, in addition to learning about this mysterious world, I also learned about the content of the selection exam for children of this age.

There are seven subjects for higher education selection, including grammar, arithmetic, geometry, history, geography, general studies and ancient Assyrian.

It runs through the liberal arts and sciences, covers a wide range, and adds an ancient language that originated from modern languages.

Compared with the college entrance examination system, it is also difficult. Although the total score is 700 points, the basic requirement for domestic public university applications is above 450 points.

The seven-school alliance with the most stringent requirements even stuck the score line above 650.

The so-called Seven Schools Alliance is the seven top universities jointly selected by the Northern Continent, Ryan's Duz University, Landis' San Nordin University, Bania's Freer University...

Of course, Baia's most famous is of course Columbia University, located in the capital, Göttinghagen.

TOP7 colleges and universities are sacred places of learning built with the strength of a country. Most of its students are descendants of nobles, members of big capitalist families, and basically come from the middle and upper classes of society.

"Fortunately, I traveled in time and inherited the basic knowledge of the original owner." Tu Fu slapped his chest angrily, even though his grades were only at the level of passing the passing line repeatedly, it was better than not knowing anything.

If this had come a few years earlier, relying on his own efforts, he would have ended up helping people shine shoes on the side of the road.

Like all graduates, since he passed the peak of his life in the college entrance examination, he has also experienced the waste life that I could solve this problem in three seconds before, and now he can eat three bowls of rice in one go.

After a brief wash, Tu Fu walked down the stairs, and just two steps down, he heard a clear female voice laughing, "Look, the young master of the Winster family has come to eat in person, and his lovely sister is planning to replace the maid." Put it on and deliver the meal."

You don't need to guess that it's Sophie, she seems to be avenging last night, this yin and yang tone is so powerful that my aunt really taught it.

Maid outfit, sounds pretty good...

"Sophie, you speak like a lark. It's really beautiful. It's the most beautiful voice I've ever heard." Looking at Miss Winster's puzzled eyes, Tu Fu walked over slowly and sat down, "Don't say it next time. .”

"you……"

Sophie widened her big Kaziran eyes, slightly surprised.

I've never seen this kid talk like this before.

"Well, it shouldn't be like this between brothers and sisters." Mrs. Anfield was used to such scenes, and she took the initiative to smooth things over, "Did anything interesting happen at school today?"

"What else can there be? The ghost ship in Eastport has exploded in the whole of Leeds, and the whole school knows it."

Sophie suddenly showed an expression of interest, "Father, you went to Donggang today, right? I heard that the boat is 300 meters long?"

Hearing this, Ethan Winster put down the "Leeds Daily" in his hand. Most of the front page of today's newspaper is about the mysterious "ghost ship" incident.

"Sure enough, in a small place like Leeds, if you fart casually on the street, the next day everyone in the city will know what you ate last night." The uncle told a cold joke with a smile on his face.

"Ethan!"

These words caused my aunt to roll her eyes angrily.

Tu Fu pretended not to care about cooking, but actually pricked up his ears, not letting go of any news related to the ghost ship.

Uncle Ethan is the Sheriff of the Police Department. This position occasionally involves mysterious incidents. The information he possesses must be more reliable than ordinary rumors.

"Actually, it was too late when we got there, there were no ghost ships there, and there was nothing in the port.

What's even more ridiculous is that even the sailor who first discovered this incident forgot what happened last night, and could only hand it over to the department responsible for such strange incidents. "

The uncle smiled happily, "I guess he must have been infected by the idiots of the Freeing Life Church, even the red-haired baboons couldn't help but want to applaud."

Invisibly, the social status of the red-haired baboons has surpassed that of members of the Free Life Church.

"So this matter has been classified as a 'mysterious incident'?" Sophie widened her eyes, and couldn't believe it.

Anfeier frowned immediately when he heard his daughter's words, "Sophie, I have said many times, you are not allowed to inquire about things related to mysterious events, and you are not allowed to inquire into the secrets of the police department, and you are not allowed to touch without authorization."

"Actually, work in the police department has always been dangerous." Uncle shrugged and agreed, "Ordinary people can't do this job."

Sophie retorted stubbornly: "But even you are in it."

Ethan: "..."

These words are not very hurtful, but extremely insulting.

"Son, I know you want to contact Chaofan, but no matter how many times you say it, I won't agree.

Those who blindly chase the supernatural will not end well. I have seen too many children like you who like excitement and mystery when they are young, but you may not be able to afford the price of doing so. "

Now even Uncle Ethan, who has always been mild-tempered, spoke in a serious tone.

They all knew that Miss Winster in the family was a little different from most girls, perhaps because she inherited her aunt's genes when she was young, and she always liked to do something out of the ordinary because of her pursuit of excitement in her bones.

It is rare for the Winsters to maintain a consistent attitude when it comes to transcendence.

Tu Fu even felt that these words were not only for Sophie, but also for himself, don't think about it.

Perhaps it was because of the mysterious disappearance of the original owner's parents.

In a world full of mysteries, the parents of the traverser's history professor are engaged in archaeological research, and the death buff is almost stacked into a murder book... Tu Fu squinted his eyes, lowered his head and continued to cook.

My aunt agreed deeply, and even raised her voice a little: "The most important thing for you now is to sprint to the Seven Schools Alliance. There is nothing more important than this."

As soon as this topic came up, the atmosphere at the dinner table became deadlocked. Perhaps to make the atmosphere less awkward, Uncle Ethan took the initiative to break the ice, "Little husband, do you plan to stay in Leeds after graduation?"

"Of course, it's easier to apply for a local public university if you want to get a good grade in the exam." Tu Fu raised his head and expressed his true thoughts, then turned his face and said seriously:

"After all, I am a student that the Seven Schools Alliance will never get."

This well-timed self-deprecating humor immediately resolved the tense atmosphere, and even Sophie couldn't help showing a smile.

"This is even bigger than Sophie's ambition." The aunt also laughed wildly, "If even my husband has such self-motivation, why don't you work hard?"

"It's really a good idea." Among the family members, only Ethan nodded in support.

In fact, Tu Fu has also thought about his own future. If he really can't find the ship and go back, at least he must study in a university in this world to get a degree certificate, so that his life in the future will be easier.

Jobs in Baia that require a degree from an ordinary public university pay at least 10 to 15 crowns a week, which is enough to rent an independent apartment with a bathroom in a middle-of-the-road street community.

Well, at least one maid can be hired.

As for the difficulty for him to sprint to the seven-school alliance, it is the same as a college entrance examination student who barely passed the undergraduate line and sprints to Qingbei in the last few months.

Seeing everyone's satisfied smiles at the dinner table, Tu Fu also smiled.

Being able to bring joy to the family may be his only value in this family.

After this incident, Tu Fu silently packed the dinner plate without saying a word, and replied with a smile in his aunt's thanks, "This is what it should be."

Until he finished the work at hand, while his family was not paying attention, Tu Fu picked up the newspaper that his uncle had just finished reading.

Attempt to obtain more effective information.

I saw that the masthead of the "Leeds Daily", while compiling this news, the newspaper also published a blurry photo of the ferry.

A string of vague text symbols printed on the ship that does not belong to any country in the world was used as a headline by the newspaper and marked with a huge question mark.

Tu Fu's eyes gradually became complicated, and the idea of ​​going back has never been so firm as it is now.

He made a sound that only he could hear,

Read the word aloud:

"Santa Maria?"

...

Back in the room that belonged to him, Tu Fu's pupils glowed with light, and he slowly put his palms flat on his heart, and he felt a powerful "bang bang" beating.

"The Santa Maria."

Repeatedly chanting this Spanish word that is incompatible with this world, Tu Fu calmly recalled and sorted out his past memories.

In fact, looking back now, the shipwreck at sea was a bit strange.

Tu Fu had heard from the ship's chief mate that he had received a signal from a shipwrecked ship, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Now it seems that something happened to the Santa Maria since then.

After the international search and rescue team left, he accidentally discovered the secret of the ghost ship and triggered some mysterious mechanism, which brought him to this world.

It is now certain that the ghost ship that caused a sensation in Leeds was the "Santa Maria" that wrecked in the first place.

Tu Fu looked at the ceiling and muttered to himself: "If you can send me here, you can definitely go back."

The top priority is to find a way to locate the ship.

"We can only try the method mentioned by Mr. Coleman."

Immediately afterwards, Tu Fu took out a pitch-black pen from the pencil case.

Thoughtful, he wrote down "Santa Maria" in Chinese, English, Spanish, Baia, and ancient Assyrian on the blank sheets of paper in front of him.

"It is said that the ship 'Santa Maria' was named to commemorate the name of a main ship of the Columbus fleet sponsored by the Spanish royal family. The name of the ship belongs to Spanish in the Indo-European language family. Word."

Tu Fu remembered the history of ship names that Captain Arthur had taught him, so he naturally knew that he had heard the names of passengers from various countries on board.

"The next step is to enter meditation." Tu Fu, who had seen some keyboard players on the Internet, tried to restrain his mind, let his mind be empty, and tried to outline the shape of the ghost ship in a white world.

While trying to meditate, he did not forget to silently recite the real name of the "Santa Maria" in various languages.

This is undoubtedly a long and meaningless challenge.

Just thinking about concentrating is exhausting.

Then I outline the shape of the boat. Even if I recall the boat and the experience on the boat so far, it is very scary, and it is extremely difficult to outline it in one go.

With several consecutive attempts, time passed bit by bit, but nothing happened.

Coupled with the long-term concentration, Tu Fu began to feel that the oxygen supply to the brain was insufficient.

"St. Mary... Santa Maria... Santa Maria..."

In the last attempt, he superimposed all the languages, and the pattern of the "Santa Maria" in his mind became clearer, and the hull of the ship began to appear after a layer of haze faded away.

Ok……

Tu Fu suddenly felt in a trance.

The flow of the surrounding air was obviously reduced, as if a layer of fog was gradually being pushed away, and various thoughts continued to pour into his mind.

Immediately afterwards.

A strange crimson light flashed in front of the pupils.

"Successful?"

Tu Fu raised his head and looked in front of him in a daze. In the calm air, a series of conspicuous green characters began to move, and kept beating as his eyelids blinked, as if making a tick-tock sound.

0:59:15

0:59:14

0:59:13

A string of weird numbers.

He simply stared at the string of numbers that kept beating silently, and compared the numbers before and after, only the last set of numbers was changing.

Tu Fu immediately concluded that this was a series of countdowns.

He tried to shake his head, and the numbers moved in the middle accordingly, presumably it was a ghostly countdown projected directly into his pupils.

"What could it be?"

Suddenly, an unreasonable panic occupied Tu Fu's heart. He took a few steps back unintentionally and bumped into the steel pipe locker with a "bang", but he didn't feel any pain.

What is the end of the countdown?

Countdown to life?

Back to where we were?

Or is it a trick of the Trisolarans?

The unknown, the only thing waiting for him is the unknown.

What happened recently made him feel a sense of uncertainty.

Watching the time ticking away, Tu Fuqiang suppressed the panic in his heart, recalling the despair and suffering on the ship, he suddenly regretted this attempt, no matter how bad life is, it is better than facing the fear of the unknown.

It's just too late to say anything.

Tu Fu finally realized that something had to be done now.

He immediately packed the snacks in the room and filled the bottle with water, walked into the kitchen and quietly picked up a kitchen knife and hid it next to his body.

"not enough."

Tu Fu knows that once a dangerous situation is encountered, these measures are far from enough to resolve unknown difficulties.

Hearing his uncle's voice in the corridor and the trampling downstairs, a strange thought drove him to go outside.

Until he walked into the Winsters' room by accident, he held his breath and reached into the cabinet where his uncle kept important documents, until he found a touch of cold metal texture, quickly threw the things into his pocket and left without looking back.

It was a brass-colored revolver and several powder bullets.

There is also a series of numerical marks of the police department engraved on the fully carved handle of the gun. Only the personnel of the police department in the city are eligible to issue and carry the right.

But the incident happened suddenly, and Tu Fu couldn't control so much in the face of life threats.

Just like he had hurt others on the boat in order to protect himself.

"00:10:09."

After packing up everything and carrying it with him, Tu Fu, who had prepared emergency measures, noticed that the countdown in front of him was only ten minutes away.

After a brief absence, many thoughts flashed through his mind.

He wanted to say goodbye to the Winsters, but he didn't know how to explain the ins and outs.

When she was hesitating at the door next door, Sophie just opened the door, noticing Tu Fu's bewildered and embarrassed expression, a trace of doubt flashed in her diamond-like blue eyes.

"Hey, Sophie, good evening, I have something to tell you." Tu Fu forced out a pleasant smile.

"If you have nothing to do, I swear to make you look good."

Tu Fu wanted to say goodbye in person, but after thinking about it, he felt that this move was too hypocritical, so he gave a provocative look, "I bet you can't beat me in a game, dare you bet."

"Only by you?"

Sure enough, the strong Sophie gave a funny "ha" and accepted the challenge without hesitation.

"That's the time pointer of the cuckoo clock. Now each of us takes turns turning our backs and counting silently for 30 seconds or more. The person with the smaller second difference wins."

Tu Fu showed a sly smile, and stretched out a palm, "It starts at 5 pools each time."

The rules of the game are not complicated, and you can understand it immediately after explaining it once.

But when it came to the real competition, when she lost three crowns, Sophie was completely in a state of shock, "Are you cheating?"

"In the name of God, I did not."

Looking at William II with a mustache printed on the dark green banknote, Tu Fu flicked the banknote with his hand and made a "thump" sound, as if it was the most beautiful sound in the world.

"Thank you again for your generosity."

"Now, to hell with you and your shit game."

It was rare for Sophie to lose so thoroughly in the confrontation between the two sides. Finally, she gritted her teeth and turned around to leave.

hehe,

Tu Fu, who has never failed to cheat children for new year's money, finally showed a satisfied smile.

In the era he experienced, it was rare to see a girl as easy to deceive as Sophie. Such a cute sister should be able to cry for a long time with a punch.

At least, in case I can't come back, I can still leave the impression of Brother Fantastic in Miss Winster's heart.

Squeezing out the last trace of value from this mysterious phenomenon, that period of numbers finally entered the final countdown like a trial.

During the last ten-second countdown, Tu Fu's heart rate was about to explode, and a sense of powerlessness swept over his body, and he subconsciously followed along with the counting.

5.

4.

3.

2,

1,

0...

Time seemed to be permanently frozen at this moment, the air stopped flowing, and the world suddenly became very quiet.

A strange mist then hit, covering Tu Fu's whole body.

A strong sense of dizziness strikes again, as if being in a space-time vortex, with various strange voices whispering in his ears, entering an indescribable state.

I do not know how long it has been.

When he woke up again, Tu Fu found himself stepping on the deck, a lot of salty smell came to his face, and the whistling sound of waves lapped in his ears.

he,

got what you want,

Return to the ghost ship.

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