Immediately, I jumped onto the life raft, unlocked the hook lock on it and threw it hard. One end of the hook was firmly hung on the side of the ghost ship.
After that, I grabbed the other end of the hook lock and climbed up quickly using my hands and feet. Within a minute, I crossed the guardrail and arrived on the deck of the ghost ship.
Lonnie and the others followed suit, and all of them successfully boarded the ghost ship.
At the same time, with a crashing sound, huge waves appeared on the sea surface, and the Ocean Fortress slowly sank into the depths of the ocean and disappeared completely.
The sinking of the cruise ship did not have any impact on us. After standing still, we began to look around at the ghost ship.
From the deck position, I scanned all the way along the cabin, engine room, and wheelhouse, and found that all areas were lifeless and without any movement.
"Come on, let's go to the cabin and have a look!"
Seeing that the door to the cabin area was open, I said to Lonnie and the others.
Several people followed suit, passed through the cabin door, and walked in.
The cabin area is very large and is divided into several parts, including accommodation area, restaurant, entertainment area, etc. Several areas are connected by corridors.
They were scattered all over the cabin area. I looked around and found that although there was not a single person in sight in the entire cabin area, it was clean and tidy inside. There was not even a trace of dust on the ground.
After passing through the accommodation area, we followed a corridor and came to a vast hall, and began to look around.
The area is very large, with more than a dozen stalls on each side. It looks like it should be the dining area. There are dozens of dining chairs in the middle. This should be the ghost ship's restaurant.
The decoration style of the restaurant is outdated, not much different from the mainland canteens decades ago. It doesn't seem to be anything special, but soon, I discovered something was not quite right.
There were some dark things on the dining table. When I took a closer look, I found that they were some carbonized food!
Looking carefully, there are beef, pastries and vegetables among these foods, with chopsticks, knives and forks beside them. Many of the foods are just half eaten and then thrown aside.
Judging from the degree of charring, this ghost ship is at least several decades old. An unknown emergency occurred at that time, causing the crew members who were eating to suddenly disappear without a trace.
"Everyone, look!"
I was thinking about what happened on the ship when Bai Ze suddenly came over with a poster.
I took a closer look and found that there was a photo of a cruise ship printed on the poster, with the date of departure written on the left and a few large characters written on the right: Oriental!
It seems that the Vostok is the name of this ghost ship. According to the date on the poster, this cruise ship first went to sea in 1970 and has been missing for more than fifty years!
After searching around and finding no other valuable information, we left the cabin area and came to the pilothouse located at the bow of the ship.
As we expected, there was still no one in the cab, and all the electronics and operating systems had been completely damaged.
Strictly speaking, not only does this ship have no people, it doesn't even have a power system. It's just a hull!
What does such a decades-old ghost ship rely on to sail? What is its purpose when it suddenly appears in front of us?
After inspecting the entire ghost ship, I found no other useful information, and I couldn't help but become more and more confused.
Regardless of all that, I want to see where this ghost ship will take us.
Thinking of this, I gradually became more relaxed. The group came to the deck again, took out the dry food they had brought with them, and started eating and drinking.
The sky above the ghost ship is still shrouded in dark clouds. Looking from the deck, the sea in the distance is hazy, with visibility less than 20 to 30 meters. No one can be sure where we have sailed now.
Just judging from the time, more than three hours have passed since boarding this ghost ship.
"Everyone, get up quickly!"
After eating and drinking, I was about to lie down on the deck and have a good sleep, when Bai Ze suddenly shouted again.
"There's an island ahead!"
Hearing this sentence, I jumped up and looked into the distance.
Sure enough, less than a hundred meters directly in front of us, the fog dissipated, and the outline of an island was looming.
Is this the destination of the ghost ship?
Soon, the ghost ship docked at a shallow bay near the island and stopped.
Now that we are here, we naturally have to go up and see what this island is.
After calling a few friends, we jumped along the deck guardrail and jumped down.
After rolling on the dirt several times, the group finally stood on hard ground.
Not far ahead, there is a dense forest. A small stream is in front of you, and the chirping of insects and birds comes from the forest from time to time.
Unlike what we had imagined before, this island is not a lifeless desert island. Instead, it is full of life and vitality. Compared with the atmosphere on the ghost ship, it is completely opposite.
At the entrance of the dense forest, there is an artificial trail that extends deep into the jungle. It seems to be specially prepared for us.
The few of them looked at each other, then stepped onto the trail and walked deeper into the dense forest.
As we walked, there were fewer and fewer trees in front of us, and a bustling town gradually appeared in our sight.
The town is not big, and most of them are small buildings of two or three stories. The streets are neat and clean, and there are many shops on both sides of the streets. Some people in casual clothes come and go, and the flow is endless and very lively.
It’s like a paradise!
"I didn't expect that there is a town hidden here!"
Bai Ze and others couldn't help but open their eyes wide with shock on their faces.
Without saying anything else, we walked directly into the town, intending to find out what kind of place this was.
Oddly enough, this town seems to be isolated from the world, and there should not be many outsiders here.
What's more, our attire was completely different from that of the residents of this town. However, when the local residents saw us outsiders, they were not surprised at all. Instead, they all smiled and took the initiative to say hello to us.
"It's great to have new people here again!"
"Guests are coming, everyone, come and greet them!"
Soon, countless residents came out and danced enthusiastically to welcome us.
At the beginning, we were wary, thinking that these residents had evil intentions, but looking at their enthusiastic smiling faces, I couldn't help but relax my vigilance.
There is no evil spirit in these people. It seems that their welcome to us is sincere and there is no conspiracy.
Have we really arrived in a paradise?
