Chapter 438 Bloody Alchemy Matrix

"I heard from little friend Kenta, uncle, you came to the North Pole to find the mysterious island."

Lu Mingfei asked curiously.

"Hahaha.

Uncle Iwata scratched his head and burst into laughter.

"That kid is really saying anything. It's such a shameful thing..."

"Disgraceful?"

"Well, speaking of it, there is indeed something..."

Uncle Iwata took a sip of wine.

"Everyone has childhood dreams and so on. Some of the boys in the village said they wanted to be the world's best cartoonist or the world's best writer when they grow up. Each one has bigger dreams than the other."

The uncle's words also brought back Lu Mingfei's memories.

He remembered the days when he once lived with his master and his little junior sister.

The master asked them what they wanted to do in the future and what kind of life they wanted to live, and Lu Mingfei described it longingly.

"You have to have endless money."

“You don’t have to work every day.”

"You can go wherever you want, no one has to worry about it."

As for the junior sister, when Lu Mingfei said something here, she nodded once, holding her face in her small hands, her face full of yearning.

There was only the master, whose face turned darker the more he listened. He didn't say anything after that, and just punished the two little guys to practice the exercises for an extra day.

Thinking about it now, Lu Mingfei would still smile and shake his head.

Childhood dream.

"Everyone has it, a childhood dream."

"me too."

Uncle Iwata let out a breath.

"I don't know if Mr. Lu still remembers it. A few decades ago, I should say it was the last century. Unsolved Mysteries of the World, One Hundred Thousand Whys, and popular science books on science and astronomy were quite popular."

"Speaking of children who grew up in that era, they were really lucky."

Uncle Iwata came to his senses and shook his head.

"It's too far-fetched."

he continued.

"This is the Mysterious Island I saw in a book of Unsolved Mysteries."

"I think Mr. Lu should have read similar reports."

"Mysterious Island, or a moving island, is said to appear in many different places. The book lists the sighting records of seven sailors, all at different latitude and longitude points."

"But."

Lu Mingfei said.

"Since they saw it in different places, how can they be sure that it is the same island."

""The skirt of the goddess.

Uncle Iwata looked at the dark sky in the distance.

He turned his head to look at Lu Mingfei again and smiled.

"Brother Lu, have you heard of it? This is what the locals call it. How about this translation? It's very beautiful."

He murmured with emotion again.

"The skirt of a goddess.

The local people Uncle Iwata refers to are the Eskimos. They live in igloos, dig holes in the thick ice to fish, and survive tenaciously in the Arctic.

The skirt of the goddess actually refers to the aurora, a unique phenomenon in the polar regions.

Every time the mysterious island appears, it is accompanied by an aurora, and at the same time there are messengers of the goddess swimming in the surrounding waters.

These two features made them sure that the island they saw was the same one.

"Uncle, how long have you been looking for the mysterious island?"

"How long..."

Uncle Iwata looked thoughtful.

"I went to sea for the first time when I was fifteen years old. Until now, I have been floating on the sea every year. In total, it has been thirty-one years."

Lu Mingfei glanced at him in surprise.

He went to sea at the age of fifteen, thirty-one years old, which means that Uncle Iwata is at least forty-six years old.

I can't believe it. The uncle is so muscular that he can still fight the sea monster. He doesn't look like a man who is almost fifty years old.

Uncle Iwata seemed to understand Lu Mingfei's thoughts.

"Why, I don't believe it."

He gestured with his arms and made several toned movements.

Suddenly the muscles seemed to come alive, expanding and contracting.

"awesome."

Lu Mingfei sighed.

It's okay for a person who usually pays attention to exercise to be able to achieve this level, but for Uncle Iwata, who is almost 50 years old and can still maintain such a figure, it really has to be said that it is amazing.

Lu Mingfei's previous record was there. Even without asking, Uncle Iwata could tell that this little brother Lu was definitely not an ordinary person.

So, it is really worth feeling proud to get a compliment from this person.

"Hahaha."

Uncle Iwata lowered his arms.

"In the past few years, every time I want to go to sea, someone comes to persuade me. They think that I am too old and not suitable to be a captain. They hope that I will give up the Sonny and find another ship to be the first mate. "

Uncle Iwata waved his hand.

"Stop joking!"

"old?"

"How could I, Iwata, grow old before I found the mysterious island!"

“Besides, how could I give up the Sonny!

"My crew members came aboard the Sonny because they believed in me."

"There is absolutely no way I can betray their trust!"

Uncle Iwata stood on the side of the boat, facing the freezing cold wind of the Arctic, and made such a heroic declaration.

Lu Mingfei applauded.

"You are so ambitious, uncle."

"hey-hey."

Uncle Iwata rubbed his arms vigorously and smiled honestly.

"Actually, it's nothing."

"After all, I am a man, and it is only right to do this."

"By the way, Brother Lu."

A rare look of hesitation appeared on this uncle's face.

"The first mate and the others should be okay."

"The first mate and Pepper."

"You can really wake up."

Although Kenta had told him many times, Lu Mingfei repeatedly assured that the first mate and Pepper were just unconscious and would definitely wake up.

But Uncle Iwata was still worried.

He wanted to hear his own promise from Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei looked at the worry on this man's face, an expression that couldn't be fake at all.

The so-called man is a person who can truly shoulder the responsibility.

"Um."

Lu Mingfei nodded vigorously.

"sure."

Uncle Iwata breathed a sigh of relief.

He laughed heartily again.

"Brother Lu, leave this to me. You can go back and rest!"

"You must be tired after not sleeping for two days!"

He slapped Lu Mingfei on the shoulder hard, as if the captain of the Sonny from before was back.

Lu Mingfei didn't show off.

"OK."

He nodded.

"I'm going to bed."

Watching Lu Mingfei's back disappear, Uncle Iwata's heroic smile gradually faded, and his tall figure stooped down. In any case, he is nearly fifty years old, and even if he is a mixed race, he has his limits after all.

I heard that in the distant American continent, there is Cassel College. Their principal, Angers, is a man who is over a hundred years old and can fight with dragons.

"It can't compare, it can't compare."

Uncle Iwata shook his head and wrapped his coat tighter.

He glanced at the ghost ship not far away. The ship floated lifelessly on the sea, like a corpse. It had become the lair of the sea monsters. Uncle Iwata thought of the dense golden eyes he saw that night. , I still have lingering fears when I think about it.

He had never thought about what the so-called messenger of the mysterious island would be before, but he never expected that it would look like this. These monsters completely tainted the word goddess.

Uncle Iwata felt a shadow in his heart. The mysterious island he had been pursuing for most of his life was actually related to a monster like the Kraken. So the question became, what exactly was the mysterious island he was pursuing?

This time, thanks to Lu Mingfei, if it weren't for him, everyone on the Sonny would have died.

But what about next time?

Uncle Iwata lowered his head and stared at the dark sea.

He was suddenly thinking about a question.

Lu Mingfei...Have you seen the mysterious island?

Pepper wakes up at night.

She was not seriously injured and had no wounds on her body. After Lu Mingfei's examination, it was determined that Little Pepper was just out of strength. She needed to supplement her nutrition and get proper rest, and she was basically fine.

Originally, the first mate also served as the doctor on the Sonny, but he is now in a coma and has not yet woken up. Fortunately, Lu Mingfei is here. It is said that medicine and martial arts are not separated, and the same is true for Kyushu martial arts. Every accomplished martial artist has a special influence on the human body. They all have a considerable level of understanding. Although he can't be called a master of rejuvenation, compared to laymen like Uncle Iwata and Kenta, Lu Mingfei's medical skills can be said to be much more professional.

After waking up, Little Pepper was confused for a long time, and bit by bit she retrieved the memories before her coma, Kenta and Uncle's golden eyes, and her own awakening.

"What on earth is this..."

She looked at Uncle Iwata, hoping to get an answer from him.

Lu Mingfei closed the door, leaving the space to Uncle Iwata and Little Pepper.

It's just that the sound insulation effect of the Sonny is not very good. Even if the door is closed, Lu Mingfei can still hear Uncle Iwata's voice coming from inside.

"Your sister..."

Lu Mingfei paused, then continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.

After going around a few turns, we found the mountain.

The big man was sitting cross-legged at the door of the first mate's room, counting the clouds in the sky out of boredom.

"Hey, mountains."

When he heard the noise, he immediately turned his head and realized it was Lu Mingfei. Dashan laughed innocently.

"It's you, boss."

Lu Mingfei was a little helpless. He was not used to being called boss at first. After all, there was an Uncle Iwata on the Sonny, but that kid Kenta was so stubborn that he would not listen no matter what he said, and he still went his own way.

Fortunately, Kenta took the lead, and even an upright person like Dashan started calling him boss.

Lu Mingfei had no intention of explaining to Uncle Iwata, and was still thinking about how to speak. As soon as the two met here, he heard Uncle Iwata say something.

"Hello, Boss Lu!"

Lu Mingfei:......

He couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at Uncle Iwata's face, which looked like a child's successful prank.

The people on this ship are really... "Is the first mate awake?"

Lu Mingfei went to ask Dashan.

Dashan did not answer immediately, but looked into the room, and then said to Lu Mingfei.

"No, the first mate is still asleep."

"That's it."

Lu Mingfei sat on the ground next to the mountain.

Cross your legs and lean against the wall.

Dashan tried his best to move to the side, trying to make more space for Lu Mingfei, even a little bit.

"Okay, okay."

Lu Mingfei called for a stop.

Dashan scratched the back of his head and smiled innocently.

The two of them looked up at the clouds.

"Anyway, idle is idle……"

Lu Mingfei said.

"How about we have a chat."

"OK."

Dashan thought for a while.

"But what to talk about?"

"Let's talk about how your village is."

Lu Mingfei suggested.

"For example, Pepper's sister."

…………

The Sonny remained parked and did not move forward, partly because the first mate had not woken up, and partly because of problems with the Sonny itself.

The battle on the Kraken that night caused considerable damage to the ship. It was absolutely impossible without replacement parts in many places. The tricky thing was that they didn't carry enough parts. The Sonny had to undergo a major overhaul. The specific operation If there are Uncle Oyama and Iwata, others can also help and contribute some strength.

It's just that the problem of parts is difficult to solve. The Sonny is already in the Arctic Circle. There are very few ships passing through the waterway here, and even if there are ships passing by, they are either scientific research ships or cruise ships. How much help can it bring to them? This is really hard to say.

Just when they were at a loss what to do, Lu Mingfei turned his attention to the ghost ship not far away.

"You said, where to go?"

Uncle Iwata was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and looked at the ghost ship in the direction of Lu Mingfei's finger. What he wanted to say stuck in his mouth, and he swallowed it. His eyes slowly lit up.

"Yes!"

Uncle Iwata punched his left palm with his right hand, as if he suddenly realized something.

“We can also use parts from them.”

The two ships are not far apart. The Sonny put down a small boat, with Lu Mingfei and Dashan on it. The Sonny cannot do without Uncle Iwata. The first mate is not awake yet, and Little Pepper has to recuperate. Leave someone to look after you so that if something unexpected happens, you will be able to deal with it.

"Safe travels!"

"Be careful, Boss Lu!"

Uncle Iwata and Kenta waved to Lu Mingfei on the Sonny.

The small boat raised a high white wave and sailed towards the ghost ship.

Dashan is responsible for the direction, and he must come. With Uncle Iwata staying behind on the Sonny, as the only engineer on the ship besides the uncle, if Dashan doesn't come, who will help see which parts can be used and which ones can't?

"arrive."

"Um."

It was said to be a ghost ship, so no one would throw a rope ladder down from it, but boarding the ship was not difficult for a hybrid and a warrior.

Dashan swung the hook lock, threw it on the net, and the hook circled the railing several times. He pulled hard and nodded after making sure it was stable.

"Me first."

Lu Mingfei alternated his hands and climbed onto the ghost ship. After landing on the deck, he looked around and flashed the flashlight downward three times. The mountain that received the signal also climbed up.

"The rest is up to you."

"okay!"

Dashan puts his head heavy and leads the way.

Lu Mingfei still knew that professional matters should be left to professionals. The core of the ghost ship's expedition this time was the mountain. He was responsible for finding parts. What he needed to do was mainly to protect the safety of the mountain.

By the way, if possible, Lu Mingfei also wants to find out the reason why this ship turned into a ghost ship.

He wanted to know how everyone on the ship died.

"There are signs of fighting here!" "And here."

Lu Mingfei communicated with Dashan.

It was dark inside the ghost ship. They were using flashlights. The ship's own lighting system had been paralyzed and the generator block had stopped running. The two used flashlights to illuminate and saw many traces of the battle.

Dashan found many bullet marks and named the names and models of several firearms.

Lu Mingfei could distinguish the traces left by the sea monsters, their claws and snake tails, as well as human blood.

It is conceivable that a tragedy must have occurred on the ghost ship at that time.

A boat of people was targeted by a monster, and some of them were equipped with guns. However, after encountering the monster, the weapons that had always been invincible were unable to penetrate the scales on the body, which made them despair.

"fine."

Dashan breathed a sigh of relief.

He explained to Lu Mingfei.

"This is a luxury cruise ship. It uses the most cutting-edge equipment. There are four power generation modules and three spare ones that are almost 100% new."

When he said this, Dashan's tone was full of emotion. He had always been tinkering with the equipment on the Sunny, but he really couldn't put it down after getting started with these goodies.

It’s similar to the excitement a drunkard would feel when he sees a wine jar unearthed from an ancient tomb. Even if the wine jar is filled with solidified amber paste, there’s no telling if it’s dangerous to eat it. Have a taste too.

Lu Mingfei could naturally hear the emotion in Dashan's words, and he laughed accordingly.

"So, our ship can move?"

"Um!"

Dashan nodded vigorously.

"Definitely."

He looked around with emotion.

"Boss, you may not know that even though this ship is in tatters, the equipment inside it is all in good condition. With a little repair, no, I think it may not even need to be repaired, and it can be started directly."

Lu Mingfei nodded.

Thinking about it, the goal of the Kraken is simply to kill, kill humans, and kill all living creatures. Obviously, luxury cruise ships are not an option in the Kraken's killing list.

Monsters have no interest in destroying dead things.

Just...a luxury cruise?

These days, Lu Mingfei has learned about the world through various channels. He also knows what the word luxury cruise represents. People who can afford luxury cruises often don’t have their identities. Otherwise, they would not show up. In the remote Arctic, ordinary places can no longer satisfy these wealthy families. They have to go to places that ordinary people cannot go to in order to satisfy their status.

However, taking a luxury cruise ship to the North Pole was originally just for fun. I never thought that I would die because of it. I don’t know what these rich people would think about before they died.

Dashan took a notebook to record and at the same time removed some usable parts.

"You're busy, I'll go take a look around."

"no problem."

Dashan made an "OK" gesture.

Lu Mingfei took a second look and thought to himself that it seemed that he still didn't know enough about this world, so he would have to read more books later.

After opening several cabins one after another, Lu Mingfei found traces of dragging inside but no body.

Will the Kraken still clean up corpses?

Lu Mingfei thought.

Give each room a cursory glance and go to the next room if there is nothing unusual.

Nothing has been gained.

Lu Mingfei didn't know what he was doing.

There's just one question in my mind that I can't get rid of.

What happened to this luxury cruise ship?

Why is the Kraken targeting them?

In fact, Lu Mingfei had a guess in his mind. Perhaps, it is not the Kraken that is eyeing this cruise ship, but the owner of the Krakens, the mysterious island that Uncle Iwata has been pursuing for decades.

He searched room by room, looking for any evidence that could prove his conjecture. Although the hope of finding it was quite slim, he was idle anyway, and it was good to have something to do to pass the time.

Moreover, how should I put it, when Lu Mingfei had a sudden glimpse of the deep sea a few nights ago, the huge black shadow like an island always appeared in front of his eyes from time to time.

There are such huge creatures in this world!

Lu Mingfei was very concerned.

Jiuzhou martial arts also has magical powers that can control the heavens and the earth, but there is no such thing as martial arts in this world. How did this huge island-like creature do it?

In addition, Lu Mingfei was also curious, wondering whether there was only one such huge creature in this world, or whether there were many.

The state of finding nothing continued until the last few rooms.

Lu Mingfei made up his mind. If he didn't get anything from these rooms, he would go back directly. He couldn't leave Dashan alone all the time. It would be bad if something happened.

He turned the handle and pushed open the door. When the furnishings in the room appeared in his eyes, the expression on his face suddenly changed.

What a strong smell of blood!

Also, this is...

What he saw were patterns drawn with blood, triangles, squares, cones, various styles that Lu Mingfei couldn't name, and some kind of symbols similar to words.

He felt strange.

This would always feel strange to Lu Mingfei whenever he was here, unless there was a vice-principal of Kassel next to him, because the symbols in this cabin were all the most advanced knowledge in alchemy, and It is not something that ordinary alchemists can understand, and only legendary alchemists at the level of vice principal can interpret it.

Lu Mingfei was still curious. He wondered why he didn't smell the smell of blood in the corridor outside, but he smelled it when he opened the door. What kind of trick could it deceive his nose?

If the vice-principal were here, he could explain to Lu Mingfei that this is a special formula in alchemy, which isolates a sealed space from the level of mysticism. This sealed space is both powerful and fragile. It prohibits all internal and external aspects. The exchange of information and the smell of blood were sealed in this room. Of course, Lu Mingfei outside could not smell it.

But it is also very fragile. Even if it is not Lu Mingfei, someone else can destroy this confined space by opening the door casually.

Lu Mingfei glanced at every rune and pattern drawn with blood.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, you will never go wrong if you write it all down.

Somehow, after coming to this world from Kyushu, although Lu Mingfei was unable to use the inhuman level of strength in his body, his brain was very good and his thinking was quick, and one idea after another kept popping up. , and the memory is much stronger than that of Kyushu.

At least Lu Mingfei couldn't write down so much content in a short time when he was in Kyushu.

After writing it down, Lu Mingfei began to rummage through the boxes.

He had an intuition that the reason why this luxury cruise ship turned into the ghost ship it is today was precisely because of the ghost symbols in this cabin.

Lu Mingfei dug out a logbook from the drawer.

When he opened it, Lu Mingfei raised his eyebrows. There were unfamiliar words on them, but he could understand them.

This feeling is similar to how you can naturally understand the language of Pepper and Uncle Iwata after waking up in this world.

Now Lu Mingfei is no longer the same person he was when he first woke up. He knows that Uncle Iwata and Little Pepper use a language called Japanese, and the Kyushu language he is familiar with is very similar to the Far East of this world.

Lu Mingfei was puzzled at first that he could understand a language he had never learned before, but later he thought about it. It was probably because of time travel. After all, even traveling between two worlds was impossible for him here. It happened, so what does it mean to learn a language without a teacher?

So much so that now he is also self-taught in an unfamiliar language and is not surprised. Lu Mingfei also attributes this to time travel.