As the large ship slowly approached, the Old Man with a Beard immediately activated the lighthouse and flashed its signal repeatedly toward the island. Seeing it, the survivors on the island quickly gathered at the dock, ready to unload supplies once the ship came ashore.
But as the ship drew closer and closer to the dock, the bearded old man's brow furrowed.
"Something's wrong... We're already this close to shore. Why isn't that ship slowing down? It's actually getting faster?"
He picked up his binoculars and looked toward the ship's bridge, his eyes instantly widening.
No one was at the controls in the bridge!
"Run!" The Old Man with a Beard immediately shouted down below. "There's something wrong with that ship!"
However, his voice could not be heard clearly from below. The people only saw him shouting and turned back with puzzled expressions.
"What happened?" The Bald Old Man climbed up and looked outside, also noticing something unusual about the ship. He took a deep breath, and his chest and neck swelled unnaturally, like a frog's. Then he exhaled and shouted down below, "Something's wrong with that ship! Run!"
His shout was like a train whistle, making the bearded old man beside him cover his ears as his head buzzed. Thanks to that terrifying volume, the people below finally heard the warning.
At that moment, the ship seemed to have been provoked. It suddenly accelerated unnaturally and charged straight toward the dock!
Everyone immediately turned and ran back. The ship crashed into the pier without slowing down, sending wooden planks flying as it barreled after them.
Fortunately, most of them managed to escape the pier and reach the shore. Only one person tripped while running and failed to get away. The ferocious ship was about to crush him!
Just then,