19: Chapter 19 Enemy in the Dark

A sense of déjà vu instantly made Chen Fan recall the Level 8 support from the afternoon.

When facing that tentacle, a similar feeling had also appeared.

Chest tightness, increased heart rate, difficulty breathing.

After observing his surroundings, everything on the ship was normal, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Navigator, turn on the searchlight.

Yes, my master.

Drake saluted and turned on the searchlight directly.

A beam of light shot into the darkness, attracting a sky full of mosquitoes.

Where the beam shone, dense schools of fish surged beneath the sea surface.

Looking out, a sense of vertigo emerged again.

Urgh—

Chen Fan stepped back twice and rubbed his temples.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the sky full of mosquitoes, constantly swarming towards Drake.

Among them, there were many strange, finger-long insects mixed in.

Turn off the light!

Squinting his eyes to adapt for a moment, Chen Fan looked out again and found that the insects were leaving one after another.

This dungeon is a bit eerie.

Shaking his head, Chen Fan opened the region channel.

At this moment, many players were already spamming the chat.

Damn it, as soon as I went in, I was overturned by the fish in the water. Guess what? I was torn apart by the fish!

Holy crap, so what are you like now?

I returned to the main storyline, and all my supplies were wiped out.

...

It's so dark here, darker than the night outside.

Why is there no light at all? Where is the moon?

Oh my god! Look at the sky, everyone!

What sky... Holy crap!

F*ck, what the hell is this thing!

Chen Fan withdrew his gaze and looked up in confusion.

Just one look.

His pupils contracted violently.

This isn't that there's no sun; it's clearly that the sun has been blocked.

A mass of black fog spreading across the sky seemed to envelop the entire world.

Inside the black fog, countless flocculent objects wandered back and forth, layering over each other to weaken the sunlight.

By the time it passed through the black fog, it was already just tiny specks of starlight, and the faint light revealed was only enough for people to vaguely see the black fog.

Countless black, pillar-like objects were connected to the black fog, hanging down.

Because the distance between the sky and the sea was too long.

These starlights could not illuminate the pillar-like objects, so it was unknown how long they actually extended.

long time ship: This black thing, could it be that tentacle from before?

Hiss... that's actually possible.

Ah, I can't take it, I have megalophobia, it's so terrifying.

Damn it, I want to get out! You damn system, let me out!

At this moment, the group chat rang, and several messages flooded the screen.

Samo: Everyone, look at the fish in the sea, they seem a bit strange.

Samo: Image x10.

Vase: Wow, as expected of a fishing enthusiast, you started fishing as soon as you changed maps.

long time ship: These fish, did you send duplicates?

Chen Fan clicked to open them and nodded slightly.

The ten pictures sent by Samo showed fish that were exactly the same, even the broken teeth were identical.

Samo shook her head and continued: I didn't send duplicates. These ten pictures are exactly the ten fish I caught; they look identical. Of course, there were others that were different, but I didn't send those.

After speaking, she added: I've only seen this before with Brother Huaxia.

Once these words were spoken, everyone went quiet.

That's right, these identical fish, aren't they just like they were copied?

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes, put 100 Sailors into the sea, and gave them the order to catch fish.

As soon as the Sailors entered the sea, they let out bursts of wailing sounds.

The fish in the sea seemed as if they had been starving for a year and began to tear into them frantically.

Severed limbs and remains splattered everywhere.

In less than five minutes, all the Sailors were killed.

But they gave their lives to catch twenty fish and threw them back to Chen Fan.

After Chen Fan carefully observed them, his gaze gradually became serious.

Out of these fish, 16 were exactly the same.

The remaining four had exceptionally sharp teeth, and when they bit, they made a teeth-grinding 'crunch' sound.

Chen Fan tried to Recruit, but the system prompt made his heart sink.

[Unable to Recruit dungeon NPC!]

After a moment of silence, Chen Fan said in the group chat:

Indeed, many fish look like they were copied; they look exactly the same.

Once this was said, The Five Women immediately felt their scalps tingle.

Vase: Wuwuwu, it's so scary, I want to go home.

speechless ship: Look at the system prompt, in one hour, we can voluntarily give up this dungeon.

Vase: I have to wait another hour? I can't take it anymore. So many fish are gnawing on my raft.

long time ship: Same here, I need to reinforce it.

Chen Fan nodded slightly and gave everyone 100 Wood and 50 rope.

I'm going to do some Exploration, you all try to stay where you are and don't move. Anyway, even if you die, it's just a reset, just level up again.

Mhm, mhm.

The Five Women replied in unison.

Chen Fan opened the support interface and found that all the buttons on it were disabled.

It seems that support is not allowed in the Night Instance.

Shaking his head, Chen Fan gave an order to Captain Kuka.

The sailboat sailed slowly at a speed of 10 knots.

Unlike the feeling of sailing in the main storyline, Chen Fan could even feel that the bottom of the ship was constantly crushing through schools of fish as it sailed.

Are the schools of fish overpopulated?

Countless speculations flashed through Chen Fan's mind.

Suddenly, the hair on his body stood on end.

Subconsciously, he summoned a circle of Sailors to surround him.

Pfft—

A sharp weapon pierced through skin, emitting a muffled sound.

Immediately, three Sailors fell to the ground in response.

Chen Fan's eyelids twitched, and he immediately replenished a circle of Sailors, who crowded around him as he ducked into the cabin.

There are other players!

No, other players don't have three-shot bows.

Could it be an NPC?

Chen Fan cursed under his breath, took the searchlight from the Navigator's hand, and handed it to the Sailors.

The next moment, the Sailors mounted the camera and appeared on the deck again.

Shoo...

As soon as they appeared, the Sailor holding the searchlight was instantly headshot, brain matter splattered everywhere.

However, the remaining Sailors seemed fearless of death, picked up the searchlight, and shone it in the direction of the attack.

Through layers of flying insects, Chen Fan finally saw clearly.

A hundred meters away, a ship that was several times larger than his sailboat and entirely pitch black was docked.

The searchlight shone directly on the bow of the ship, on that bow drawn to its full length.

Three arrows were lined up in a row.

The next second, the searchlight and two Sailors were hit simultaneously.

Everything around them turned pitch black again.

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes, his rage brewing wildly.

If I can't deal with the tentacle, can't I deal with you?

Boys, load the ship crossbow!

At his command, the Sailors quickly ran to the ship crossbow fixed in the corner.

After skillfully unlocking it, they aimed the crossbow bolt into the darkness based on feeling.

Shoo—

Another arrow came from the opposite side, shooting down the Sailor operating the ship crossbow.

That's the direction, fire!

Chen Fan roared, and the Sailor who took over immediately went to work.

The four-meter-long crossbow bolt cut through the darkness with a whistling sound and disappeared.

At this moment, the Navigator had already handed over a respawned searchlight.

As he commanded a Sailor to hold the searchlight and shine it in the direction of his memory.

The bow of the ship that had been pierced by the crossbow bolt was slightly dented.

A piece of the crossbow bolt's tail was exposed, trembling continuously.

Heh, you little brat.

Chen Fan chuckled and was about to command the Sailors to continue attacking.

Just at this moment.

Boom—

A loud noise came.

Chen Fan was confused for a moment, and then his brain exploded.

Holy crap, a cannon?!