A night passed.
By early the next morning, the storm had finally subsided, and the North Star set sail again, heading toward its destination.
But now the North Star's aft deck was packed with people. Passengers from first class, second class, and even third class were all scrambling to squeeze their way over.
Their reason for coming was simple: the enormous, bizarre fish lying on the deck.
The creature took up almost the entire aft deck, and its head alone was as big as a bus. Even sailors who had spent years at sea had never seen a fish this large, let alone those on their first voyage.
"To be honest, I really thought you were drunk earlier, Mr. Li Wei."
Standing on the deck, looking at the strange fish's corpse, the captain could barely conceal his excitement and astonishment, even with a pipe clenched between his teeth.
"I've sailed the seas my entire life, and I've never seen a fish this big."
"You make it sound like I have. If I had a choice, I'd happily go my whole life without ever seeing this thing."
Li Wei stood beside him and rolled his eyes. After killing the sea monster yesterday, he had sent the second mate to fetch some people, only to cause a stir among practically every sailor aboard. Quite a few had even abandoned their posts just to get a look at the creature.
Of course, hauling such an enormous sea monster aboard was no easy task. An ordinary fishing net certainly wouldn't do. Fortunately, the North Star had cranes for loading cargo. They had sent several dozen sailors into the sea to bind the strange fish securely before carefully hoisting it aboard.
Even then, they had damaged two cranes in the process and nearly smashed a