Chapter 23 The Recording

"I think you should have guessed it," the woman exhaled, slowly saying, "This isn't a maritime accident, no, it should be said it's not a simple maritime accident."

"The last document that man took out revealed the whole story," the woman seemed unable to restrain her emotions, her voice trembling, "We've lost four ships there, one of which was a sister ship to the one we were on."

"That ship belonged to the same department as us and was docked in the same port."

"Half a month before the incident, I was sleeping soundly when I suddenly heard the emergency assembly bell ringing from the port. As a result, the next morning, that sister ship, along with the crew on board, had disappeared."

"But none of us cared at the time. After all, emergency missions were normal for us. We also had experiences of being woken up in the middle of the night for missions."

"But gradually, some people found something was wrong. They... were gone for too long," the woman explained, "Because of the limited equipment at the time, the ships were too susceptible to sea conditions, and their self-sufficiency was poor, so we rarely cruised in the far sea."

"Generally speaking, we had to return to port for supplies in about a week at most, but they disappeared for a full half month without any news."

"Later, all kinds of rumors spread, saying that they had probably had an accident."

"The people from the security department on duty said that some of them saw a car secretly driving into the chief's building of our port base at night, a pure black car, and without headlights. It was unclear whether it didn't have a license plate or was covered with black cloth."

Seeming to feel that she was talking too far, the woman steadied her mind and continued with her previous experiences on the ship, "The cause of the matter is no longer verifiable. I don't think even that man knew it back then. We only know that something strange happened in that sea area, and then the higher-ups sent two ships to investigate."

"But what we didn't expect was that the two ships lost contact with the higher-ups shortly after entering the incident sea area."

"Now the higher-ups couldn't sit still, so they immediately sent our sister ship to check urgently, and they sent armed forces to be stationed on it, but unexpectedly, they also had an accident."

"It was the second day they arrived, late at night. The previously normal communication suddenly began to become disordered, as if it encountered strong electromagnetic interference. The channels were full of hissing static."

Jiang Cheng frowned slightly upon hearing this. He vaguely felt that this section seemed familiar.

"And then?" someone urged.

The woman glanced at her, and that person immediately stopped talking. She was just anxious.

"Then our sister ship also disappeared in that water area, along with all the equipment and people on board, all disappeared."

Just when everyone thought this was another headless story, the woman's face changed, and her whole state was not right. Her neck was slightly red, and her breathing gradually became rapid.

Violent panting made her lungs feel uncomfortable, making a hissing sound like an old bellows.

"He... he played a recording, played a recording for us," the woman forced herself to say, "It was the last communication they sent before they disappeared."

"Communication content?" the motorcycle girl asked quickly.

"It's not very clear, very chaotic, very chaotic, there are gunshots everywhere, and screams," the woman's mental state was obviously not right, but no one interrupted her at the moment.

"The last voice was from the captain of that ship. I know him, I remember it very clearly, he... he shouted... it's hell, the gates of hell are open!"

"Don't come over! Ahhh...!!"

"What's even more terrifying is that after all the gunshots and screams stopped, we heard a chilling sound."

"Crunch... crunch..."

"It's... it's chewing!"

The woman was completely immersed, and just imitating it made the others present feel chills down their spines.

It is hard to imagine what it would have been like for this group of people to hear this recording with their own ears back then.

The fat man's face was pale, as if the blood on his face had been squeezed below his neck. He didn't know what he had done wrong, and how he could hear such a terrifying and bizarre story.

"I... is it over?" the fat man asked, hugging his body and shivering. He was so frightened by the woman's story that his back was cold, and he subconsciously wanted to go out and stand in the sun to warm up.

The woman ignored him and looked directly at Jiang Cheng, and then shifted her gaze to the young master's face.

Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, sighing that the woman was indeed extraordinary, with very poisonous eyes. The young master next to him was obviously not a simple character.

He even had a hunch that if the fat man and others had pushed the door open later, they might only have seen one of him and the young master.

And the latter was more likely.

The next second, the woman slowly opened her mouth. Her eyes were scattered, and her lips trembled for a long time before she said in a strange tone, "At the end of that recording, there was also a very strange sound."

The woman seemed to be trying very hard to search for adjectives to describe this sound, but she failed.

She shook her head and said in a very affirmative tone, "In short, that is definitely not a sound that should exist in nature. It was made by something. It is alive, like you and me, it is alive!"

After saying these words, the woman seemed to have been drained of all her life force. Her body staggered backward, but fortunately Jiang Cheng was quick to catch her.

Then he helped her to rest on a stone pillar next to her.

The woman was getting old after all.

While waiting for the woman to calm down, the remaining people divided into groups and began to explore the only building in sight.

The loli girl and the 2-meter-tall man behind her obviously knew each other. The two directly chose a ruin on the left side of the building, and then walked away hand in hand.

Everyone watched them leave.

Next were the motorcycle girl and the rock climbing girl. The two should not know each other, at least from the performance. They seemed to be very independent people.

So after a brief exchange, they chose the opposite direction from the loli girl and the two.

They explored the right side of the building.

The vision there was relatively better, and the terrain was not complicated.

After Jiang Cheng retracted his gaze from the motorcycle girl and the two, he happened to meet the young master's gaze. He happened to meet it, but the latter seemed to be waiting for him.

The young master smiled and nodded: "Then I will trouble you brother, and this fat brother," he turned to look at the fat man, and said gently: "You go around to find clues together."

The fat man couldn't ask for anything better than to be in a group with the doctor. Just as he was about to agree, Jiang Cheng spoke first: "I don't like being with the fat man, you go with him."

Jiang Cheng looked at the eyes hidden under the broken hair and continued: "I'll stay and take care of the old woman."