Chapter 1218 Return to the Magic Island of Juju (3)
Even though it has now been disintegrated, Jumo Island is still an area of unknown size. From the side of the landing, it is still impossible to judge how big the "broken island" is in front of us.
In addition, the deadly environmental factors on the island are also something that people cannot be careless about, so it is necessary to explore the way.
Five minutes after launching into the water, the pathfinding team led by Suan Tou had safely passed the shoal in front of the Queen's Revenge.
Because there was no fog on the sea and there was a light on Guan Tou's hand, the pirates on the big ship could directly see the actions of those on the small ship.
After a brief pause and watching, Suan Tou was the first to step onto the beach with the skull lantern in his hand.
There is a saying among pirates: "Never set foot on an unfamiliar land with bare feet."
Although he is not a cadre, Garlic is still considered a senior member of the Blackbeard Pirates. It is impossible that he has not heard this. Therefore, when he was preparing the boat earlier, he deliberately put on a pair of loose boots.
Some people may find it strange that this is not a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, but just a beach. So what if you step on it with bare feet?
The answer is...
Garant had just stood on the shore for about three seconds when everyone on the boat heard a sound similar to that of teppanyaki roasting meat.
Garant's reaction was very fast. As soon as the voice started to sound, he turned around and jumped back into the boat... then he only laid his body across the boat and his feet were hanging outside the side of the boat.
"It's locust sand! Hurry up and pick out the knife for me!" The Garlic Man had only finished halfway through his swooping movements, but he had already shouted the words.
Ma Di, who was sitting at the bow of the boat, also had quick eyesight and quick hands. He immediately pulled out the scimitar from his waist and, with a few strokes, chopped Garlic's shoes into pieces. After the sand-stained shoes were broken into pieces and fell into the water, Garlic was again
He turned over, bent his knees and entered the water, rinsed his feet in the sea water at a very fast speed, and then retracted his legs and returned to the boat.
"Tch... what a fucking bad luck." After being out of danger, Suan Tou sat down on the boat, spat, and then ordered, "Go back, go back, there is no way to land here."
The crew members on the small boat didn't say much, so they picked up the oars and turned around to return.
the other side……
The players who saw this scene had doubts in their hearts. Snow was the first to ask: "What happened? Is there something on the beach? Why did you come back before you even landed?"
Feng Bujue and Honghu didn't know what was going on, so they didn't talk to him immediately.
"It looks like 'Locust Sand'." However, the well-informed Blackbeard had already seen the clues.
"Oh?" Feng Bujue followed the other person's intention and asked tentatively, "Is the sand on the beach some kind of corrosive substance?"
"It's not 'matter', but 'animal'." Blackbeard responded, "'Locust Sand' is an animal that looks very much like ordinary sand."
"Let me guess..." Snow smiled for some reason, "Or a carnivore?"
"Not only meat, they also eat fur and textiles, and the digested substances... will be converted into new locust sand in a certain proportion." Blackbeard replied.
"Hey~" When Feng Bujue heard this, he almost instinctively said, "It's a good thing, you can definitely use it."
"Huh..." Hearing this, Blackbeard seemed to have remembered something, and continued with interest, "A long time ago, there was a guy in my pirate group who was engaged in architectural design... I can't remember his name.
Get up... I just remember that he used to design prisons and torture instruments for the tyrant of a small country." Blackbeard looked at Brother Jue and said, "In short, that guy's ideas are very similar to yours. With his suggestion
, I built a 'Locust Sand Pool' on the ship, specifically for disposing of corpses; I have to say... that pool is indeed very convenient. Just throw the captured prisoners into it... In less than a minute, including the human body.
The clothes will disappear completely, but the metal, wood and paper on their bodies will remain intact."
"I guess... this is only half of the story." Honghu had vaguely guessed something from the several "past tenses" in Blackbeard's words (the other party was speaking English).
Blackbeard smiled again and continued: "Huh... more than half, because the next step is the end." He paused for a second and then said, "One month after the completion of the pool, on a stormy afternoon,
The guy who was doing the design accidentally... fell in; haha... He told me two things with his life. First, he seemed to have forgotten to design a device for the pool that could provide emergency rescue in the event of an accident;
Secondly, it’s not a good idea to breed animals like locust sand on a rocking boat.”
"Okay, the story is very touching." Feng Bujue didn't seem to be very interested in Blackbeard's story, "Well... you don't mind if I go over and collect some animal samples as a souvenir, right?"
"Ha! 'Leave a souvenir'..." Blackbeard thought these four words were funny.
In a sense, it's really funny.
"It's up to you. Do you want me to give you a small boat alone?" Blackbeard replied.
"No, I have a way to get there myself." Feng Bujue said, "However, I want to ask you for a container that can be used to hold locust sand."
"Oh..." Blackbeard responded, raised his hand and grabbed it into the void, and in the blink of an eye, a glass bottle appeared in his hand.
Players have seen that bottle before, it was the bottle that Blackbeard originally planned to use to contain the "Brown Algae".
"Well..." Feng Bujue took the glass bottle from the stern black bearded man. He originally wanted to say, "You are a bit petty," but after thinking about it, he held back his words.
go back.
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A few minutes later, Brother Suan Tou's boat came back, and Feng Bujue had already walked back and forth to the beach.
Because Jue Ge's [Taixu] has the special effect of "standing in mid-air for a period of time", there is almost no difficulty or danger when he collects sand, and he can complete it quickly.
After Brother Garlic briefly explained the situation to the captain, Blackbeard ordered the pirates to lift anchor and rudder and plan to land at a different location.
However...just when we were weighing anchor, something unexpected happened.
"Hard, you bastards! Haven't you had enough to eat?" Mr. Vog, whom the players had met below the deck, had now arrived above the deck, instructing the sailors to weigh the anchor.
On a multi-masted sailing ship, there is naturally no anchor windlass (a device for winding back the anchor) used in modern ships. 90% of the things on the ship are done manually, including anchor lifting.
For the crew members of the Blackbeard Pirates, this job is not difficult. Some cadres do not even use the rotating shaft (which can be understood as a windlass driven by human power), and can turn the anchor into life with their own brute force.
Drag me up.
But right now, in this area near the island where the seabed is not very deep, the sailors couldn't lift the anchor even though they tried their best.
"Let me do it!" Just when the sailors responsible for weighing the anchor were in trouble, the "corkscrew" guy who had lost in the first round of the deck boxing match stood up.
Even though this guy lost in the boxing match, without limiting his strength, he is quite strong, especially in terms of "strength". The corkscrew's confidence is not inferior to some of the cadres on the ship.
"Oh, it's your kid. You came just in time." When Vog saw that it was the bottle opener coming to help, he quickly called to the minions next to him to get out of the way, "Everyone, open the door and let him come."
The bottle opener was also unambiguous. After everyone gave up a certain amount of space, he ignored the anchor's rotating shaft and directly grabbed the chain that tied the anchor. He lifted it up and pulled it open in one breath.
His tug was really effective...
The anchor did not rise at all, but the ship tilted a few degrees.
"Ah" a few seconds later, the bottle opener obviously lost its power, he shouted, and sat down on the ground as soon as he let go, "Drink~ What's going on?"
Not only him, but everyone around him was also shocked and confused; even the ship moved, but the anchor still didn't move... This must have nothing to do with whether the sailors used their strength or not.
"The anchor must have been stuck by something underwater." At this moment, Honghu came over and gave the pirates a possible hypothesis.
After hearing this, Vogel turned his head and glanced at him, but did not respond.
However, he still accepted Honghu's words, and then said to the pirates: "Did you hear them all? Why are you still standing there? Go down and take a look."
When the words fell, several pirates near the side of the ship looked at each other. After a few seconds of hesitation, four of them rolled over the side of the ship one after another and jumped into the water.
On Blackbeard's ship, even the lowest level sailors all have special skills; diving from a high platform (the deck is still quite far from the water) is not a big deal, and staying underwater for three to five minutes is also a basic job.
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It's just that... not everyone can see in the darkness under the sea. The four people who jumped into the water just now can see things within two meters of them at most under the water, and those who died during the day
Erdini is not comparable, but he is much better than ordinary people.
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Time passes while waiting...
As the four people submerged under the sea for longer and longer, the thoughts and moods of those on the deck were also undergoing subtle changes.
"We can't wait any longer." Suddenly, Feng Bujue came over and said, "I'll go down and take a look too."
The eyes of the pirates and players were instantly attracted to him, and Blackbeard, who was standing in the distance, couldn't help but turn his peripheral vision over.
"Hmm... This is a bit surprising..." Snow couldn't help complaining softly, "In this situation where there seems to be only danger but no profit, he actually stepped forward..."
"Ha... I have long given up on trying to catch him." Honghu, who was standing next to him, heard this and immediately chuckled, lowering his voice and responded.
While they were talking, Brother Jue was ready to go.
However, he took out an [oxygen pipe], put it in his mouth, and climbed onto the side of the ship without saying a word.
Two seconds later, under the gaze of everyone, Feng Bujue stood up on the side of the ship; then, he opened his arms and fell forward... Using a "leap of faith" movement, he jumped into the cold ice in front of him.
