It was almost noon when we returned to the hotel on Skull Island. This was the result of Leo urging Old Belen. In fact, Old Belen was unwilling to give up the investigation like this. He also wanted to make some trouble so that he could stay in the hotel.
On Nose Island, Leo was also involved, but was resolved by Leo.
For Leo, there is no need to be fussy, especially now that his main destination is the mainland of Minsk. If the trip is delayed due to other things, it will be a small gain.
Although Old Beren paid the reward, the remuneration he paid was discounted, and Leo's assistance was naturally discounted. In his opinion, he brought Old Beren out of Big Nose Island smoothly, and allowed him to successfully bring the people here to the island.
If the information is disseminated, it is worthy of the reward, at least that's what he thinks.
However, Leo did not do nothing. Before he left Big Nose Island, he secretly captured a treasure hunter and local residents whose seeds were planted. Through the double penetration of spiritual network and psychic energy, he secretly captured
I checked both their bodies inside and out.
Through examination, he found that in the treasure hunter's brain, the seeds actually penetrated into the pineal gland and merged with the brain nerves. This was very similar to the holy insect on Yam Island.
But in the islanders, Leo discovered a completely different situation. There were no traces of seeds in the islanders' brains, as if they had been digested, but there was something else in the islanders' brains.
A nervous system.
There are many creatures in the universe with more than one nervous system. The Earth Federation has also studied this and used the relevant results on biochemical humans. When Leo was a biochemical human, his body had five different sets of nerves.
Systems and organs, the main function of these nervous systems and organs is to enable them to exert their due power on the battlefield in different environments.
However, the residents of the island obviously have an extra nervous system than ordinary people. Judging from the cause and effect of the matter, it is obvious that this nervous system should be derived from the one implanted in their bodies by the big tree.
seed.
Although Leo doesn't understand what role this nervous system can play, judging from the strength of this nervous system, it is much stronger than the nervous system of ordinary people, and they are also related to the various characteristics of the residents.
The organs are linked together again, and once the nervous system is replaced, the new nervous system may be able to enhance those ordinary human organs, even temporarily.
According to Leo's estimation, if the extra nervous system can fully exert all its power, it can probably exert the physical strength equivalent to a third-level psyker. It is just physical strength. After all, he has that nervous system.
No extraordinary energy fluctuations were felt inside.
However, based on the nearly 7,000 permanent residents of the town on Big Nose Island, they are equivalent to 7,000 berserkers with the physical strength of third-level psykers, which is a significant number anywhere in the world of Velen.
A terrifying thing.
After Leo discovered these situations, in order to compensate Old Beren for his share of the reward, he told Old Beren the news.
Old Beren naturally attached great importance to this matter, and even used the last few pages of the book for this purpose. As for the final result, Leo was not very clear, he could only judge from the relaxed look that Old Beren showed at night.
It seems that I got the answer I wanted.
Leo rested in the hotel room on his second night on Skull Island, and took advantage of this time to sort out the research notebook. As he sorted out more and more content, he paid more and more attention to this notebook.
, and even regarded it as equally precious as the unexplained magical items in his storage space.
Because Leo has never done any systematic study in learning witchcraft, and his understanding of the basics of witchcraft is very superficial. Most of them use psychic methods to analyze witchcraft and use witchcraft. Now he starts from this research notebook
We can clearly realize that witchcraft is not only a derivative of cosmic spiritual energy, but also possesses other unique mysterious powers. This kind of power has never been seen even among the Omega-level advanced life forms in the universe.
For example, curse power. In this study on witchcraft, there is a detailed record of a low-level curse power. The method of using this power is somewhat like a religious ritual, which makes Leo feel a little absurd, but he still follows the above method.
He went for a test, and the test subject was a gambler who lived on the same floor as him and lived next door.
The result was a bit surprising. Under the influence of the curse, the gambler was sure to win every bet for a period of time. But at the same time, bad luck seemed to be accompanying him. No matter what he did, he would be injured, and his injuries became more and more serious.
The more serious it is, for example, drinking water will cause the cup to burst, cut his cheek, and almost blind his glasses.
What's more important is that this kind of power is silent. Even Leo, the user, only vaguely feels that he has succeeded. It's like some kind of illusion, and he can't seem to feel the energy fluctuations.
That way, feel the power of the curse.
Although this kind of curse witchcraft is very magical, as if it can bring luck and misfortune to others, it is not practical for Leo, and even the gain outweighs the gain.
First of all, this kind of curse witchcraft can only be used on ordinary people. On people with extraordinary power, the effect will be greatly weakened and eventually completely ineffective.
Secondly, the fate-changing power produced by this kind of curse witchcraft is not created out of thin air. It requires a price, and this price is the caster's own luck.
While the curse witchcraft had an effect on the gambler, it also had an effect on Leo. Although this effect was not as obvious or as harmful as that on the gambler, it still brought more or less harm to him.
There are some inconveniences, such as when he walks around, a piece of the ceiling above his head will fall off inexplicably and hit him.
This kind of blow would not hurt him, but it made him extremely surprised, because according to usual practice, he could easily avoid such an accident, but the strange thing is that he had no way to avoid it, even if he noticed, his
The thinking and reflex nerves will also seem to suddenly degenerate into ordinary people, unable to respond effectively.
This unpreventable and irresistible power made him surprised and surprised, but more importantly, he was curious because he could see how much potential this mysterious curse power had.
Just imagine, there is almost no need to meet the target directly, and only a few belongings of the target are needed to kill the target easily. This is simply an excellent method for assassination.
Of course, the premise is that the real use method of this power can be found, rather than performing those seemingly crazy mysterious rituals. In addition, it is also key to eliminate the flaws of this power. Otherwise, killing a target but leaving yourself half dead will be a problem.
Some losses outweigh the gains
In the early morning, the old captain of the Snow Queen knocked on the door of the hotel room where the passengers on the ship were staying and informed everyone of the departure time. The passengers on the ship also took advantage of the time to go to Skull Town to buy
Some local specialties and souvenirs.
Leo had nothing to buy, so he picked up his luggage, checked out of the hotel room, and went to a small restaurant near the pier alone, eating breakfast while waiting for the boat to sail.
The curse force acting on his body had disappeared in the early morning. Otherwise, he would not have left the hotel room, lest he encounter some inexplicable accident while walking on the street and become a joke and conversation topic for others.
He had just ordered breakfast in a small restaurant when a burst of noise came from the restaurant counter. The owner of the restaurant looked at the newspaper that had just been ironed by his employees, with a look of shock on his face, as if
It seemed like I had seen something horrific.
Not only Leo was curious about the reason for the boss's reaction, but also the guests in other restaurants around him. One of them looked like he was working on the dock. He should be a regular customer and asked everyone the doubtful questions.
.
"Has the unsinkable miracle star sunk?" The boss handed over the newspaper in his hand, took out a bottle of wine under the counter, and after taking a sip, he still had not recovered from the shock, and murmured in reply.
When everyone heard the boss's words, they didn't react to the news at first, but soon they realized the meaning of this sentence, and everyone gave the most obvious look of shock.
Miracle Star can be said to be the highest achievement of the shipbuilding industry of the Kingdom of England. It has been the focus of attention of the whole world since its construction. When Miracle Star successfully completed the launching ceremony, sailed away from the shipyard and docked at the dock, people all over the world
All eyes were focused there, and even the split of the French Empire was pushed off the front page.
After that, the internal transformation of the ship, the steam machinery used and various decoration details were the first choice for the front page of every newspaper. Almost any topic related to the Miracle Star would become the hottest topic at the time and would never be the same.
The title Sunken Miracle Star was also given by everyone who participated in the naming discussion, and it was recognized by shipbuilding experts throughout the Velen world, because in the eyes of these professionals, this ship is indeed impossible to sink.
But now something that surprised everyone happened. This unsinkable ship actually sank on its maiden voyage. This accident was simply unacceptable to people who were still immersed in the fantasy of the highest masterpiece in the shipbuilding industry. What was even more unacceptable was that
In the end, more than 5,000 passengers and more than 1,000 staff on the ship perished in the sea. The reason was that the ship owner believed that the ship would never sink and would never need to be equipped with lifeboats, so four of them were put on the ship as a show.
, there are no other lifeboats except the ones that haven't even been painted yet.
It is conceivable that when the Miracle Star sank, everyone was in despair when faced with the sea with nowhere to escape. These details made people shocked by the sinking of the Miracle Star, but also felt extremely angry.
For a time, all kinds of insults were heard in the small restaurant, all directed at the ship owner, designer and everyone related to the ship. Not only in the small restaurant, but even on the pier outside the restaurant, there were also shouts of abuse.
There were all kinds of exclamations and yells, and it was obvious that the news had spread on Skull Island.
Leo was not too surprised by the sinking of the Miracle Star, because when he first saw the Miracle Star, he had a feeling that something might happen to the ship. Now it just confirmed his idea.
.
He took the newspaper from a woman's hand and quickly read the contents. He found that perhaps due to communication difficulties, the newspaper was from three days ago, and the Miracle Star sank when they
The day before entering Skeleton Bay.
Leo did not pay too much attention to the Miracle Star. He was more concerned about the follow-up of this matter. There is no doubt that this matter will have a great impact on the entire shipbuilding industry of the Kingdom of England. All matters related to the shipbuilding industry
All industries will be greatly affected, including Leo's United Group. After all, some of the mechanical parts they produce are mainly supplied to the local shipyards in the Kingdom of England.
On the surface, the Kingdom of England shipyard and the entire shipbuilding industry will be affected, and many related industries will definitely go bankrupt or struggle to survive, but the political impact of this matter is actually greater.
The construction of Miracle Star was promoted by most members of Congress, and many related policies were even implemented for the construction of Miracle Star. This was mainly aimed at supporting the shipbuilding industry. Because these members of Congress have people of all sizes under their control.
The shipbuilding industry and related industries, supporting the shipbuilding industry is equivalent to supporting their industries.
Naturally, the royal family and the traditional landed aristocracy were dissatisfied with this, but members of Congress acted in accordance with the rules and could not fault anything.
Now, something happened to Miracle Star, and the industries of these members of Congress will inevitably be affected. At the same time, some people need to be kicked out to take responsibility for the Miracle Star incident. In this way, many seats for members of Congress will inevitably be vacant.
At that time, there will inevitably be some political turmoil within the Kingdom of England because of these parliamentary seats.
While Leo was thinking about what he should do about this matter, on the pier outside the restaurant, the sailors of the Snow Queen had already begun to trim the sails in preparation for the upcoming sailing.
Seeing this, Leo put down the newspaper in his hand, picked up his luggage and walked towards the ship.
At this moment, all the conversations on the pier seemed to have the same content. While everyone was shocked by this incident, they also felt inexplicable fear. After all, even the unsinkable Miracle Star will sink, so
What other types of ships are safe?
In these conversations, there were many anti-intellectual remarks, such as the belief that the Miracle Star sank because it was an all-steel ship and fully steam-powered, and that it would be safer to return to the era of sailboats.
Chapter completed!