Somewhere in the abyss.
A space gate several meters high appeared and disappeared.
Several F-level monsters nearby noticed something strange and gradually surrounded it.
Half a day later, the space gate slowly stabilized.
One of the monsters stepped forward and first tested it with its claws.
After confirming that the space gate would not collapse, it roared and called on the monsters behind it to go with it.
At this moment, a long leg wrapped in black breeches stepped out of the space gate.
"Be careful, be careful..."
With a mumbling voice, a woman nearly two meters tall and wearing silver light armor stepped out of the space gate.
The woman had chestnut curly long hair, blue eyes, delicate and three-dimensional facial features, and fair skin.
There was a long sword on her side and a strange-shaped rifle on her back.
The gun was nearly one and a half meters long, with a huge jar at the tail and a circle of neatly arranged small holes around it.
The entire rifle was engraved with lavender runes, which shone even though there was no sun in the abyss.
The sudden appearance of the woman startled the beast outside the door.
The woman's nervous face was also stunned.
For a moment, the man and the beast stared at each other.
"Roar——"
The beast was the first to react, biting the woman's upper body and chewing it with a crunching sound.
"Woo woo woo woo..."
The woman's hands and feet kicked randomly in the air, like a frightened sparrow.
Bang——
With a loud bang, the beast's lower body was blown to pieces.
The woman fell to the ground and pulled herself out of the beast's mouth.
"Huh~ I'm saved."
The woman slumped to the ground.
The armor on her body had been bitten to pieces by the beast.
However, strangely, she had no wounds on her body, not even blood.
"Don't stand there, get started."
A stern female voice came from the space gate.
The woman turned her head and saw a female rider dressed the same as her walking out of a large group of white water vapor.
She was half a head taller than the woman, and her neat short silver hair was particularly eye-catching.
The female rider held the strange-shaped rifle in her hand and aimed at another strange beast.
Click--
She pulled the bolt hard.
A "gurgling" sound came from the can at the end of the rifle, like water boiling.
Bang--
The female rider pulled the trigger.
A large group of white water vapor was ejected from the small holes of the rifle.
At the same time, a black bullet was ejected from the barrel, smashing the strange beast being aimed at.
The woman finally came to her senses and drew out her long sword to chop.
With the cooperation of the female rider, several nearby F-level strange beasts were quickly dealt with.
"It seems that I don't need to take action."
A man with a cane, a black top hat and a tuxedo stepped out of the space gate.
Compared to the two female riders, the man looked more like a dwarf, only a little over 1.5 meters tall.
"Captain."
The woman with long chestnut hair ran towards the female riders.
The female rider captain nodded slightly, and then said to the man in the tuxedo: "According to the order of Her Majesty, I will lead this operation."
The man raised his hat: "Of course, Captain Gwennie."
The long-haired woman looked around and muttered to herself: "Is this the world outside the door? It's so desolate."
The female rider captain said in a deep voice: "Explore the surrounding terrain, find out the source of the monsters, and then go back to report to Her Majesty immediately."
The three set off immediately.
The long-haired woman walked in front, the female rider captain was in the middle, and the tuxedo man was behind.
After climbing over a small hill not far away, the long-haired woman pointed to the front and exclaimed: "There is a ship there."
The female rider captain looked over.
I saw a "long-standing" sailing battleship stranded next to the cliff.
The surface of the ship was full of traces of "battle damage", and there were several holes in the main sail.
From a distance, it looked very strange.
The long-haired woman murmured: "There is no water here, but there is a ship. Could it be a ghost ship?"
The man in the tuxedo said lightly: "Ghosts are just unfounded fantasies, and they don't exist at all."
The female knight captain made a decision: "Go aboard and take a look."
The three of them followed the anchor rope to the deck.
The deck was covered with a thick layer of sand and dust, and there was no trace of life.
The long-haired woman shuddered: "It's exactly the same as the ghost ship in the novel."
The three carefully explored and soon found the door of the cab.
The female knight captain pushed the door open with force, and dust rushed towards her in an instant.
"My God, what...what happened here?!"
The long-haired woman was stunned.
There were nearly twenty bodies lying on the floor of the cab.
They were dressed in uniform and wore a variety of animal masks on their faces..
The surface of the corpse was also covered with dust, but there was no sign of decay.
After the long-haired woman came to her senses, she squatted down curiously and poked the corpse with her fingers. The skin was still elastic.
Rather than being dead, these people looked more like they were asleep.
"This person is the captain."
Sitting on the chair behind the steering table was a guy dressed as a pirate, which was out of tune with the surrounding painting style.
The female knight captain reached out and wanted to take off the mask on the other person's face.
As soon as her fingertips touched the edge of the mask, the "corpse" suddenly opened its eyes.
"Oh?"
"A guest is coming."
The female knight captain was startled and quickly stepped back to distance herself, while picking up the rifle and aiming at the talking corpse.
"Still a pretty girl!"
"Oh my! Real long legs."
"Why is that guy so short? Is he cosplaying as the dwarfs in Snow White?"
"Hey, female knight, where's your horse?"
"I suggest that you tie the big black one to the boat next time, otherwise we won't know if someone comes."
"..."
The "corpses" around stood up one after another, looking at the three strange visitors curiously.
Each of them was extremely stiff, as if they had just adapted to this body.
"We have no ill intentions."
The female knight captain was tense and held the gun tightly in her hand.
Looking at the black muzzle of the gun, the ghost captain grinned: "You call this no ill intentions?"
The female knight captain didn't know how to answer for a moment.
The man in the tuxedo took off his hat and saluted very gentlemanly.
"We are an exploration team from the Glazed Sea. We mistakenly entered this ship. Please forgive us."
"Which sea area are you from?"
The ghost captain looked at the three people: "So you are new to the Abyss."
The man in the tuxedo frowned slightly: "Abyss?"
The ghost captain slowly stood up: "We are the Abyss Wild Team of the Great Circus."
"Everyone is a guest."
"Since you have met us, it is our responsibility to teach you the rules of the Abyss."
"Young men, welcome the guests!"
Bang——
The door of the cab suddenly closed.
Paopao appeared from the void, with his arms around his chest and his back against the door.
The sailor clones surrounded the three people with a sly smile.
The captain stepped into the air, activated the alien beast form, and became a real ghost captain.
He looked down at the three people and said, "First lesson of the abyss, don't get on a stranger's ship casually."
"Everyone, hand over the valuables on you."
The long-haired woman opened her eyes wide and exclaimed, "There really is a ghost!"