A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 110 Boarding the Ship

Tang Qianqian seemed to remember something and continued, "I've read records about this ship before, and what Xiuli said is true."

Huang Mengting said in shock, "Strange, how could the pirate ship that disappeared 150 years ago appear here?"

Everyone was completely baffled, their faces filled with confusion. Chao Bufan frowned and whispered, "Qianqian, you all go inside quickly and stay there. Don't come out and don't start the engine."

"And what about you?" Tang Qianqian quickly asked.

"Let me observe first, hurry, go in quickly."

"Bufan, let's get out of here quickly, this ship is too strange," Tang Qianqian said timidly.

"It's alright, you guys go in first."

Everyone could see that this ship was very strange. Just a moment ago it was so far away, but in the blink of an eye, it was right in front of them, and it stopped abruptly without anyone shouting or making a sound, as if it had always been moored there. However, one thing they were certain of was that since it was a pirate ship, it was definitely being robbed.

Huang Mengting, Li Wei, and the others had never encountered such a scene before, and they were all terrified and at a loss for what to do. Li Wei said in a panic, "Let's go inside quickly! I'm scared."

"Go inside," Chao Bufan said solemnly. "No one is to come out without my order."

Huang Mengting and the others dared not linger any longer and quickly walked towards the ship's window. Tang Qianqian hesitated for a moment, then said, "Bufan, be careful!"

Chao Bufan gave him a reassuring look and said, "Don't worry, I know."

After Tang Qianqian and the others entered through the ship's window, Chao Bufan walked to the railing with a solemn expression, squinted at the uninvited guest, and asked after a moment, "Senior, you said such a big ship, how come there are no living creatures inside? It feels lifeless."

The old man asked, "Why are there no living things here?"

"Hmm?" He smiled slightly and asked, "Senior, have you discovered something?"

"This is a ghost ship."

"Ghost... what? A ghost ship?"

Chao Bufan was startled, feeling a chill run down his spine and his scalp tingling. He asked weakly, "Senior, are there really ghosts inside?"

"Why don't you go and take a look?"

Ghosts, those are eerie creatures! Just hearing about them is enough to send shivers down your spine and make your hair stand on end. No one would dare to look at them. So, Chao Bufan shuddered, feeling a chill run down his spine. He said, "Let's forget it and get out of here!"

"Go? Where?"

"Of course we're going back!"

Joke, ghost ship, what a terrifying word, just thinking about it sends chills down my spine.

"Kid, you can't escape. Don't you think it's strange that this ship is here? It's after the jade pendant around your neck."

"You're after this jade pendant around my neck?" Chao Bufan was startled and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Have you forgotten that this jade pendant is a divine object? If I'm not mistaken, there must be something on this ship that can rival the jade pendant around your neck. Otherwise, this ship wouldn't have appeared here for no reason. They definitely want to get the jade pendant around your neck and then use these two things to be reborn."

Chao Bufan frowned, feeling that what his senior said made some sense, so he asked, "Senior, do you have any good suggestions?"

"My suggestion is to go up and look for that thing."

"what?"

Chao Bufan was startled and quickly said, "Senior, are you sure you're not mistaken? You want me to go up? No, no, it's too terrifying."

"Kid, is that all the guts you have?"

“Senior, this isn’t a matter of courage. Didn’t you just say that this is a ghost ship? Ghosts are terrifying things.”

"Alright, kid, since this ship is coming for you, then it's fate. I'm sure there's some earth-shattering artifact on that ship. If my senior brother gets his hands on it, then the two of us are definitely going to die."

Hearing the old man speak so seriously, and not seeming to be faking it, Chao Bufan frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Alright! I'll go up. But I don't know any way to deal with the ghosts inside! Senior, do you have any good ideas?"

"They're all ordinary ghosts inside. Dealing with them is easy; all you need is light."

"Light?"

"Yes. These ghosts are the souls of those who died on this ship. Perhaps because of that divine object inside, their souls were unable to find release after death and have been imprisoned in the dark underwater. So, once they come into contact with light, they will instantly vanish into nothingness."

Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan felt there was some truth to it. Since ancient times, ghosts and spirits have been afraid of light; otherwise, they wouldn't live in darkness. After the old man explained it this way, Chao Bufan felt relieved and said, "Senior, I understand. Let's go up now."

As he spoke, Chao Bufan bent his body slightly, pushed off with his toes, and with a light touch, he was like an arrow released from a bow, standing on the deck of the Godwalker in the next second.

However, the moment his feet touched the deck, a slight "ping-pong" sound suddenly came from below. Immediately afterwards, the entire deck began to tremble, like a minor earthquake; at the same time, a strange sound rang out from below the deck, as if many things were hitting the deck simultaneously.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Chao Bufan frowned immediately, his butcher-like eyebrows furrowing into a tight knot. His hawk-like eyes quickly scanned his surroundings. He saw that the spacious deck was already covered in rust and empty, with only strange noises coming from beneath his feet. He knew that these strange noises must be made by the ghosts and monsters inside the ship.

He hesitated for a moment, then walked solemnly toward the ship's window. Reaching the window, he hesitated again, then pushed hard. A creaking sound followed by a loud crash—he had used too much force, and the heavy iron door collapsed. Immediately, a musty, rotten smell wafted from inside, making him cough. He instinctively covered his nose with his left hand, frowned, and hesitated for a moment. Then, he flipped his right hand, and a fist-sized, white-glowing orb of light floated in his palm. He then cautiously stepped through the window.

Using the light emanating from the orb in his hand, everything within a ten-foot radius became clearly visible. It was a passage ten meters long and two meters wide, with the staircase at the end of the passage.