The giant worm passed through the steamboat, slowly making its way into the orderly yet crowded houses.
"Captain, what is that??" Deep's fishlike face was filled with confusion.
"Its real body is underground; what we're seeing outside is just its shadow," Charles said as he stared intently at the ground below.
Just as a person's shadow is black, the shadow of this thing was the giant worm.
That strange light, which transcended human vision, was fading away, its color visible only to him.
Seeing the crisis pass, the crew members breathed heavily, patting their own chests in relief from the cold sweat and fear, and began to mock each other's embarrassed looks when they realized they had narrowly escaped disaster. However, the appearance of several small dots in the distance made everyone alert once more.
