amaotonovel Chapter 186 Ice Wall, Sun, and Whale
Chapter 186 Ice Wall, Sun, and Whale
Yan Xun returned to the cabin where he had first woken up, while Ke Lun climbed onto the top of the double bunk bed.
At this moment, the Terror suddenly began to shake, and the lights hanging overhead swayed violently. Yan Xun even heard a whimpering sound. Koren made a "shh" gesture.
"We have officially entered the Sea of Evil Spirits."
It's probably raining outside right now.
"It's always like this when you first enter the Sea of Evil Spirits."
The ship was still rocking violently, but fortunately, everything inside the cabin had been reinforced. Yan Xun sat on the bed, trying his best to maintain his balance... He didn't know how much time had passed when, accompanied by the sound of two long and one short horns, night officially fell.
"Lie down quickly," Corren said, lying down on the bed and pulling the covers over himself, urging him on.
Yan Xun followed his example and lay down on the narrow bed. He closed his eyes. The ship was still rocking, making him feel as if he were on some kind of pirate ship. He could hear a constant, annoying whistling sound in his ears, and he didn't know if it was the work of an evil spirit or the sound of the wind passing through the gaps.
After a while, the rocking gradually subsided, and everything became peaceful. Even the whimpering disappeared, leaving only the even breathing of Coron beside me in the cabin.
In this inexplicable tranquility, Yan Xun slowly drifted off to sleep.
……
The sun was blazing overhead, a sun whose face was obscured.
Yan Xun knew that it should be a person, but another thought still popped into his mind—that it was the sun.
Everything in the sky was dyed golden by the scorching sun, and the Sea of Evil Spirits beneath their feet also turned a golden color. Everything seemed so peaceful and serene, without danger or evil spirits. The crew could find eternal safety here.
Yan Xun's subconscious sensed something was wrong, but in his dream, all his thoughts were assimilated.
He also praised the sun in his heart, standing there admiring the sun that would never set.
In the golden ocean beneath my feet, occasionally enormous creatures beyond imagination swim by, but those things are nothing to the sun. They quickly turn to ashes in the sun's rays, and the sun will bless its followers.
Yan Xun naturally couldn't look directly at the sun in the sky; in the places where the sun didn't shine, there were endless ice walls.
The sunlight could not fall on that ice wall.
Beneath the ice wall, there was a ship about the size of a sesame seed.
Yan Xun wanted to see the ship clearly, so he blinked—everything rapidly magnified in his vision, and Yan Xun saw the ship's true form.
It was the very ship he was on, the Terror.
But beneath the ice wall, the Terror seemed so small.
Yan Xun tried to look at the ice wall that seemed to cut the world in two. He vaguely saw a blurry black shadow under the ice wall, and then he heard a noise behind him... A whale's tail fin slammed heavily on the water, shattering the floating ice on the Sea of Evil Spirits.
But when Yan Xun saw that scene, he vaguely felt that it was absurd and terrifying.
He suddenly realized that he had never seen such a red whale before.
……
Yan Xun was awakened by the sound of a trombone. When he opened his eyes, Koren, who was on the upper bunk, was already standing on the floor. He was near the locker and seemed to be rummaging through something.
"How is it?" Keren heard the noise and turned to look at Yan Xun on the lower bunk.
"I dreamt of the sun." Yan Xun didn't mention the ice wall and the red whale, only the scorching sun in his dream.
“That’s normal,” Corren said to Yan Xun. “The sun in our dreams will also protect us…it will make us feel warm and safe.” He told Yan Xun, “Without the sun god, all that awaits us in our dreams is the icy, chilling sea of evil spirits.”
As he spoke, he shivered, as if recalling the kind of cold that could freeze bones into ice crystals.
He took some clothes out of the closet and tossed them to Yan Xun, saying, "Clothes."
"It should be frozen over outside by now."
He told Yan Xun, "Make sure you keep warm."
Yan Xun looked at the heavy clothes that were thrown at him. The clothes were extremely thick and seemed to restrict his movements. He could also smell an unpleasant odor when he got closer.
Seemingly sensing Yan Xun's subtle disdain, Coren shrugged, "There's nothing I can do, nobody has time to wash this."
"Hurry up, Yan." Ke Lun said, taking off his clothes and putting on new gear in front of Yan Xun.
The cabin was very cramped. Yan Xun sat on the edge of the bed, while Coron stood on the open ground. The distance between them was no more than two fists... When Coron was changing his clothes, Yan Xun saw a large bruise on his back.
However, the other person changed clothes very quickly, and the bruises were quickly covered up.
"Your back." Yan Xun pointed to Ke Lun's back, his fingertips landing on his waist. "What happened?"
Corren turned around and grabbed Yan Xun's fingers. "You can't expect a crew member to never get hurt, especially since we're on a whaling ship."
He put down Yan Xun's fingers and quickly finished dressing. "Hurry up, we need to deal with those frozen parts."
Yan Xun examined the clothes in his hand and, under Ke Lun's guidance, changed his clothes.
After the two left the cabin, Yan Xun quickly encountered his other teammates. The group of players looked at each other with varying expressions.
Some people have dark circles under their eyes, as if they haven't slept all night, and they still seem mentally disoriented.
Some people were in a state of high excitement, and no one knew what they were dreaming about.
Wen Yuanzheng naturally noticed the dark circles under Yan Xun's eyes—he naturally assumed that the other party was also suffering from nightmares due to the evil spirits—he learned from the old man that after entering the sea of evil spirits, even if one fell asleep, one would be surrounded by nightmares.
Well, he was prepared. He bought items related to the sun god from the ship's crew and hid them under his pillow.
Sure enough, there were no evil spirits in his dream. If he had to point out any troublesome thing, it would probably be the sun god who kept chanting "believe in me".
Wen Yuan walked up to Yan Xun's side. He couldn't bear to see his future little brother suffering from nightmares, so he deliberately coughed a few times, attracting the attention of several players.
"You're coughing?" Gao Wen took a few steps back in disgust.
"Don't infect me."
"That brat..." Wen Yuan cursed inwardly, but he knew that as someone who aspired to be a great hero, he couldn't stoop to the level of a nobody like this.
He ignored Gao Wen and spoke only to Yan Xun.
"Hey."
He whispered to Yan Xun as Ke Lun walked ahead.
"Go and buy some things related to the sun god from the crew."
Seeing Yan Xun turn around and look at him, Wen Yuan was smug for a few seconds—although afterwards he couldn't understand what was so great about being looked at by his future little brother.
"Those crew members all worshipped the sun god."
"They all carried items related to their belief in the sun."
"If you put that thing under your pillow, you won't have nightmares."
Wen Yuanzheng said in a low voice, "Don't tell anyone else."
After he finished speaking, he left Yan Xun's side and hurriedly walked forward.
Yan Xun lagged behind by a few steps... which attracted the attention of Koren ahead.
He turned to look at Yan Xun, "What happened?"
"My belt," Yan Xun said, clutching his pants. "I forgot my belt."
Before Koren could speak, he hurriedly turned back, looking as if he was genuinely afraid his pants would fall down.
Ke Lun watched Yan Xun's retreating figure for a while before turning around and saying to the others, "Let's go."