traveler among pirates

Chapter 54 The next stop is the city in the fog
Hughes took a bucket of clean water from the side casually.

Whoa!
The clear fresh water rushed down from the top of Hughes' head, Hughes shook his hair, and the water droplets splashed.

The Crimson Sakura was drifting disorderly in the sea on a gust of sea wind, and Hughes had no intention of taking the helm.

Although there are not many supplies on the ship, it is enough. Besides, on the sea, there are pirate ships coming to attack Hughes from time to time, and those are also reserve supplies.

Hughes tossed a record pointer in his hand, which he found on a pirate ship. After forcing... to ask those pirates, they didn't know where the record pointer pointed to.

They said they found it in a wooden box drifting at sea, and Hughes asked them to hand over the wooden box and its contents.

The wooden box is full of strange mechanical parts, but among these things, there is a gear that Hughes is very concerned about.

There are actually a few light blue mysterious lines on the gear, very similar to the lines that Hughes had in the bombed-out laboratory before.

But Hughes doesn't look like the small island before the direction pointed by the recording pointer, and the pointer of the recording pointer doesn't point to one direction and doesn't move. The pointer is rotating, although the speed of rotation is not very fast.

"No way, that island will still move." Hughes thought of this possibility. After all, even the existence of the plant turtle island, no matter how strange the island, Hughes would not be surprised.

"Hmm~" Hughes continued to drop the record pointer, "Let's go and have a look."

Hughes is still very interested in the secrets in that laboratory. Although the laboratory is gone, Hughes thinks that the place pointed by the record pointer should not be too bad. As for why, um, this is Xius His intuition.

After making a decision, Hughes also took action immediately, turning the rudder to move in the direction of the record pointer, but because the direction of the pointer is changing at any time, Hughes has to pay attention to its steering at any time, so as not to deviate course.

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"Damn! Isn't there any way to make the ship move in the direction of the pointer by itself!"

Hughes looked at the record pointer in his hand angrily. Over the past few days, during the voyage, Hughes had to stare at the record pointer in front of him almost all the time.

Hughes really had enough. He is a little irritable now. During the voyage these days, Hughes deviated from the course if he didn't pay attention. "The moving island is really troublesome."

It seems that he felt the resentment of Hughes. In the past few days, no pirate ship has approached Hughes, and there is no unthinkable Neptune to attack Hughes. The resentment accumulated by Hughes in the past few days is almost materialized.

"I hope that island can be more interesting, otherwise I won't be sorry for my hard work these days!" Hughes said through gritted teeth.

"Damn! It's moving again!" The pointer started to rotate again, and it didn't rotate in an orderly manner. It shifted to the left and right, and there was no law at all.

Hughes quickly turned the rudder to catch up, "When I land on the island, I will definitely not make it easier for you!"

Although Hughes doesn't know why the island moves, after all, it is impossible for all the moving islands to be on the backs of Neptunes.

After Hughes chased the moving island for an unknown amount of time, a thin layer of mist suddenly appeared on the originally clear sea surface, and the recording pointer in his hand became unstable, shaking erratically.

Unlike before, although the pointer can still rotate, but the pointer is still pointing in one direction stably, now the pointer has started to rotate crazily.

Hughes stared intently at the gray mist floating on the sea, a little surprised, "Can it still affect my perception?"

This mist is not entirely composed of water vapor. There are a lot of dust and metal particles in the gray smoke, and a strange energy is mixed in the mist.

It is this kind of strange energy that is constantly interfering with the knowledge and perception that Hughes spread out.

Although this kind of interference didn't have a great impact on Hughes, it was enough for ordinary people to get lost in this fog.

Hughes sensed it for a while, and steered the Scarlet Sakura towards the center of the gray fog. Although the record pointer in Hughes' hand no longer worked, Hughes guessed that he might have arrived at his destination.

That moving island should be in the center of the thick fog.

The gray fog on the surrounding sea is not a natural product at a glance. Looking at the gray fog full of heavy metal smell, Hughes guessed that the island should be a city with a very developed industry.

It's a bit like the smog city in the previous life. The city is filled with smoke and dust, and the surrounding area is gray, and it is impossible to see the distance clearly.

"Ok?"

Hughes noticed that the gray fog around him had started to thin out, and the metallic smell had also started to fade, "Does this mean you don't welcome me?"

Hughes is about to leave the sea area covered in dense fog, but unlike the dense fog in the Magic Triangle Sea Area before, the movement of the gray fog here is still traceable.

Hughes kept adjusting his direction, and his knowledge and knowledge firmly sensed the movement of the gray fog.

After completely entering the gray fog, the line of sight has been completely blocked, and the direction of progress can only be judged by sensing the thickness of the surrounding fog.

Hughes sealed all parts of the cabin, and he covered his face with a mask made of plants, which can block most of the virus and microorganisms.

The closer to the center of the fog, the more complex the composition of the fog, and there are even some floating animals in the air.

Here, the eyes are no longer needed, because they are useless at all, and even Xerthus, who knows and hears, has to concentrate on sensing the surrounding situation.

The energy in the gray fog is similar to the energy inside the two cores in Hughes' pocket, but the energy in the gray fog will interfere with people's perception.

Not only the knowledge, but also the sense of direction is affected. Sometimes Hughes is clearly moving forward, but Hughes feels like he is sailing towards the sky.

This gray fog seemed to push Hughes away all the time, it didn't want Hughes to go to the island.

"How could I just give up like this, I found it so hard!" Hughes closed his eyes, and now he has completely "seeed" the way by his own knowledge.

He got on top of this small island wrapped in gray mist. Although the small island was moving, Hughes was still a line faster than it.

But fortunately, only the gray fog will affect Hughes in the gray fog, and there is nothing else to stop Hughes.

In the gray fog, Hughes didn't know how long time had passed. The sunlight couldn't penetrate the gray fog at all. Hughes didn't even know whether it was night or day, and his surroundings were always in a gray state.

After chasing in the gray mist for an unknown amount of time, Hughes vaguely heard a sound similar to the operation of a steam machine.

"I caught it!" Hughes excitedly looked at the black silhouette not far away, his hands kept moving, and he turned to move forward.

In the center of the gray fog, the silhouette of a small island emerged faintly from the dense fog.

(End of this chapter)