Six-thirty in the afternoon, somewhere in the Sahara Desert.
Bediwell and others returned to Cairo from Zvar, walking from west to east, with a time difference of about two hours. Cairo fell into the night earlier than Zvar.
Their "fishing" has not yielded any results yet. The sand boat sailed in the quiet twilight, while Bediwell and others who were bored were chatting---mainly Seglade and Solar were chatting.
Deville and Elaine listened.
"Desert Boat Meow?" Seglade asked in confusion: "The [Desert Boat] you are talking about, is that... Camel Meow?"
"No," Solar licked his lips and narrated in a low voice: "According to local legends, there is a strange sand boat wandering in the Sahara Desert all year round. It has no one driving it and relies on its own power to move forever.
Traveling in this wilderness, it is loaded with thousands of treasures. This treasure ship is called the [Ship of the Desert], although it may be just a legend."
"It's so stupid." Bedivere was also listening to Solar and the others' chat. Hearing this, the werewolf couldn't help but interjected: "It is absolutely impossible for a ship to sail on its own. To be able to sail in the desert, there must be something."
Who is driving it. And... [treasure ship]? What do you think of this kind of ship that is full of treasure but never docks to unload its cargo?"
"It's just a legend, my friend." Solar waved his hand and said with a smile: "According to legend, this magical treasure ship likes to use treasures to lure greedy people onto the ship and wait for opportunities to kill them, absorbing the energy of the victims.
The soul is used as fuel for the ship."
"Wow! Is it a ghost..." Elaine shuddered.
Bediwell and Seglade looked at each other. They had encountered ghost ships at sea before, and felt that ghost ships were no big deal. After knowing the reason, they discovered that the so-called ghosts were just the work of evil spirits. No.
We don't know what this treasure ship called the Desert Ship is about, but it must have a reasonable and scientific explanation.
"Did you hear all this from the human hunters across the street?" Bedivere kept an eye on it and asked Solar in a low voice.
"Yes, my friend." Solar looked towards the other side of the boat and happened to catch the eyes of the guys over there. The few human hunters who were fishing saw Solar looking over and immediately waved.
Say hello with a few hands.
"Oh haha." Solar also smiled innocently and waved: "They are also very friendly hunter friends. If you want to get to know them, I can introduce them---"
"Let's talk about that kind of thing later." Bedivere interrupted hurriedly. He was originally very wary of those human hunters, and of course he would try not to deal with them if he could. Besides, after they completed this commission,
I'm afraid I won't have the chance to meet these human hunters in the future, so why bother getting to know a few passers-by in life?
At the same time, the werewolf's fishing rod began to tremble, and a fish was caught.
"Okay, let's get to work." Bedivere pulled the rod hard, intending to catch the damn desert shark (although it would most likely jump out of the sand sea, just like before).
The fishing rod was also quite heavy, and the desert shark he caught was probably very heavy. Seglade came over to help pull it, and they planned to work together to pull the big fish out of the sand sea, but unexpectedly they pulled out a shining golden fish.
thing!
"Huh?" Bedivere let out a surprised groan, and just wanted to see clearly what it was. The sand sea was filled with dust and mist, and the night was getting dark, so the visibility was extremely low. All he could see was that it had a long, streamer-like shape.
shape.
"What the hell is that, meow?" Seglade also groaned in confusion.
"Anyway, let's pull it out first!" Bedivere ordered.
The two of them winked at each other and pulled together. The thing barely struggled, and was just dragged out of the sea of sand.
It was a huge earthworm that was thirty feet long and as thick as a human thigh. It had a streamlined strip shape, and had fine bristles on its surface. It was still squirming the moment it landed on the deck, scaring everyone.
.……
Bediwell's scalp was numb and he stared at the disgusting big earthworm for half a second. Then he acted quickly, grabbed the Seglade spear and stabbed the earthworm in the head! Because he was really disgusted, this shot
It was also stabbed very hard, and the tip of the spear directly penetrated the head of the big earthworm (assuming that was the head), penetrated into the deck of the sand ship, and even left a deep hole in the heavy deck of the sand ship!
"Is it dead? Is it dead?" Elaine was so frightened that he ran away and looked at this disgusting big earthworm and asked in horror.
"No..." Bedivere had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the big earthworm twisted at an even crazier speed and struggled even more fiercely! A golden shimmering juice splashed from its body and flowed all over the deck. Although the scene looked luxurious, it was also really disgusting!
Bedivere grasped the spear tightly with his right hand, his left arm had already emitted electricity, and wrapped the big earthworm tightly with the turtle tongue whip.
Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap! Amidst the electric shock, the golden earthworm was roasted until it continued to emit green smoke! After struggling for a while, it stopped moving. It seemed that it was really dead this time.
"Huh." Bedivere wiped a cold sweat. The turtle tongue whip he took back was covered with golden mucus secreted by large earthworms, which also became extremely disgusting. Could this mucus contain some unknown substance?
Germs?
Kana was still at the bow of the ship directing the sailors to stow the solar sail. When she saw the commotion on the left string of the ship, she immediately rushed over to see what was going on. When she saw Bedivere killing the big earthworm, she not only smiled sweetly:
"Haha, what a lucky guy, did you catch a golden bug?"
"Golden bug?" The werewolf frowned. He had never heard of such a thing.
"A rare bug that appears in the Sahara Desert. This guy's body fluid is a rare enchanting material, so its price is very expensive... One kilogram can be sold for hundreds of thousands of Egyptian coins."
Bedivere glared at Kana: "However, this is something caught during your commission and belongs to the caravan, so you plan to confiscate it, right?"
"It's nothing." Kana sneered and waved her hand: "Muhammad's caravan basically only deals in food. Goldworms don't belong to the food category at all. Even if they are given to us, we can't deal with them. That's why I say you are lucky."
, if you catch this thing, it’s yours.”
"Very good..." The werewolf scratched his head: "Then, who will teach me how to deal with the body of this thing...?"
"Oh, this is easy to handle. Since it is already on the ship, the caravan will be responsible for helping you transport it back to Cairo's Sand Port - of course, we will charge a small portion of the transportation fee. What to do after arriving at the port?
This, that's your problem------of course, I can help you contact the transport vehicle and take this thing away."
The more Bediwell listened, the more something was wrong: "Then...? Where should I transport it to sell it?"
"Haha, how could I know such a thing?"
"you do not know?!"
"Listen," Kana joked, kicking the body of the gold bug with her foot: "This is the kind of goods that have a price but no market. Most people can't afford it, and those who can afford it don't necessarily know the goods. The most important question is
Yes, the technology of using gold bugs to make weapons has long been lost. Even if there is a market for it, there is no one who can use it. So..."
"It's just trash." Bediwell said unhappily: "Just throw it back into the sea of sand."
"Don't make a decision so quickly." Kana advised: "This thing is hard to come by. Maybe there are some curious collectors in Cairo who want to buy it? You never know how things will develop."
"But if not, I will even pay for the shipping fee..." The werewolf thought for a moment: "How much shipping fee do you want to charge?"
"It still has to be weighed, so it's hard to say." Kana poked the body of the golden bug with her cane again. The surface of the thing was as soft as rubber, and you could feel that it was full of juice: "By visual inspection, this guy has about two
The weight in tons. Calculate the shipping cost per kilogram is 1,000 Cairo dollars, so the total cost is 20,000."
"The money you gave us is only 70,000 yuan..." Seglade protested dissatisfiedly: "Can't you charge us cheaper?"
Kana thought for another half second: "Maybe. I'll go back and discuss it with the boss. The question is, do you plan to transport this back? Or do you say no and just throw it into the sea of sand?"
"...Yes, of course." Bediwell was not going to let go of any good opportunity to make a lot of money, and what he saw in front of him was a priceless gold mountain: "I'll just ask you to transport it back... By the way,
The most important thing about it is just bodily fluids, right?"
"Exactly."
"That's easy. Can I borrow some water containers?"
There was no need for Bediville to pick it up, as several sailors had already come over with empty barrels. The sand ship had just unloaded its cargo before, and some of them were empty containers.
"These wooden barrels are not free. Each one costs 100 Egyptian coins and has a capacity of 500 liters. Looking at it, it can hold twenty or thirty barrels." Kana added: "It depends.
What do you mean, do you want to spend money to solve it or just throw away the golden bug?"
"If you remove the skin and flesh and only use body fluids, how much does it weigh?" Bedivere asked again.
"Including the weight of the barrel, it's about a ton." Kana said, looking at the golden mucus on the ground. The liquid had begun to take on the shape of semi-solidified jelly, and it was obviously heavier than water. With the same volume,
Also heavier.
Bediwell made a rough calculation and found that the cost of shipping and materials (barrels) after putting everything into barrels should not exceed fifteen thousand yuan, which feels good.
"Let's do it like this." The werewolf nodded and said, "I'll leave it to you to put it in the barrel."
"Please ask us?" Kana glanced at the werewolf: "You said it wrong again... The sailors have no obligation to help you install it. If you want to install it, you have to include labor costs. Just send three people to help you install it, one person per person.
Is this okay if you charge a thousand yuan?"
"Tsk!" Bediwell was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of old blood. He was tired of talking about money with businessmen: "Forget it, I won't bother you anymore, I will fill the bucket myself..."
"Woo! Yes, a fish has been caught!" But there was movement on Elaine's side, and he caught a desert shark.