When approaching the island group, I saw flocks of white seabirds hovering over the island from a distance, Ye Zhenzhen enthusiastically introduced Nan Zhiqiao: "Senior Nan, the place with the most seabirds is 'Seagull Paradise', I have been here twice before, the seabirds on the island are not afraid of people, and they are very docile. ”

Nan Zhiqiao admired the beautiful scenery and did not answer, just nodded slightly.

The shipowner had heard Zhen Zhen say that he had been here twice, and then based on Zhen Zhen's occasional local accent, he asked guessingly, "Girl, are you a local?"

"Yes, my family lives on the hill next to your fishing village. ”

"Oh, fate, do you want to go straight to 'Seagull Paradise'?"

Ye Zhenzhen asked Nan Zhiqiao's opinion with her eyes again, Nan Zhiqiao raised his head to face the sea breeze, looked at the island group, and asked the boat owner, "How long does it take to circle around the entire island group?"

The owner of the boat didn't think about it, and replied directly: "At our current speed, if we only go sightseeing around the island group and don't go to the island, it will take about an hour and forty minutes." ”

Nan no Joe: "Now go around the island group, take a look at the panoramic view, and then choose the island you want to disembark. ”

"Okay!"

At Minami no Joe's request, the captain of the ship began to circle the outskirts of the island group clockwise from west to east.

The boat is under the control of the boat boss, not far from the island, so that the two people on board can see the panoramic view, one of the outer islands, the island is lush with trees, and the craggy reefs around the island can be seen everywhere, and the mountains and waters are integrated.

There is also a small island, in the shape of a dumbbell, composed of two hills in the north and south, the terrain is high and wide on both sides, low and narrow in the middle, and the cliffs are steep on all sides, and scattered trees and green grass dot it, like a dumbbell with green stripes embedded in the sea.

Some small islands have no vegetation, only bare rocks, and the islands are full of strange rocks and strange rocks, a kind of vicissitudes of beauty.

Although some small islands are small in size and not high in height, they are rich in vegetation, like a green pom-pom floating in the clear blue water.

After looking at the small islands, there is a large island in front of me, which should be the largest scallop island in the legendary offshore island group.

Scallop Island because of its appearance like a scallop shell, so it was named Scallop Island by the locals, before liberation, the island was inhabited by fishermen, and then because of inconvenient transportation, it was gradually abandoned, later, the Y city government built a marine life research base on the island, and later because of a typhoon, the base was destroyed, and three staff members died, since then, the research base was closed, and no one came to this scallop island.

These things were all told by the elders of the family, and she didn't know exactly what happened at the time, and the nearby fishermen were reluctant to approach this scallop island, saying that it was unlucky that people had died around the scallop island.

Ye Zhenzhen couldn't help but look at Scallop Island twice, but the boat boss turned the bow of the boat and moved away from the direction of Scallop Island.

Nan Zhi Qiao seemed to be very interested in Scallop Island, and said to the boat boss, "Go and see that fan-shaped island over there." ”

"No, you can't go up. The captain immediately refused, "There are reefs around Scallop Island, and there are often accidents where boats have accidents, and a small boat ran aground here two days ago. ”

"Aren't you familiar with the situation near the islands, you should know where there are reefs, just drive around them. Ye Zhenzhen looked at the shipowner's panicked face and was a little puzzled.

The boat owner lowered his voice and said: "The reefs around Scallop Island are very strange, sometimes there are, sometimes there are none, and some fishermen also say that those things that destroy the boats close to Scallop Island are not reefs at all, but water ghosts. ”

"Water ghosts?!" Ye Zhenzhen smiled, "Where are there any water ghosts? I have lived here for more than 20 years, and I have never heard of any water ghosts. ”

"Girl, don't believe it, the saying about the haunted water ghost of Scallop Island is also in the past half a year, the fishermen nearby say that they have noses and eyes, some fishermen fishing around Scallop Island, inexplicably the reef under the water, that is, the water ghost, to hit, the next day through the same place, the reef on the bottom of the sea is gone, and it reappeared in a few days, because of these elusive reefs, fishermen try to bypass Scallop Island, and now, whether it is fishermen or tourists, do not come to the vicinity of Scallop Island. ”

The owner of the boat said it vividly, and Ye Zhenzhen also began to feel that the so-called reef water ghost may really be some kind of mysterious sea creature, she has been studying and working abroad for the past few years, and she has gradually learned less about the affairs of her hometown, is there a new marine species?

Nan Zhiqiao was very calm, and the boat owner didn't look like he was lying, what was it that attacked a passing fishing boat? Is it an unknown sea creature? Or is it artificially designed?

Nan Zhiqiao asked: "In the past six months, what major events have happened about this island group?"

The shipowner replied casually: "What can be a big deal about this group of islands? It has been like this for decades, it has not increased or decreased, except for the growing popularity, nothing else has changed." ”

Speaking of this, the owner of the ship seemed to suddenly remember something, "Oh, by the way, half a year ago, I heard that a large group bought the right to use this island group for decades to develop this place into a tourist area, but since then, there has been no movement. ”

Nan Zhiqiao asked, "Do you know which group is going to develop here?"

The shipowner laughed self-deprecatingly: "How do I know so clearly? I only heard that it is a big group, and it has something to do with the wood in the south." ”

"Nanmu Group?" Ye Zhenzhen asked uncertainly.

"Oh, yes, it seems to be called Nanmu Group, and I heard from my cousin who works in the city planning bureau. ”

Ye Zhenzhen looked at Nan Zhiqiao in surprise, and Nan Zhiqiao made an expression of disknowledgement.

Ye Zhenzhen asked the ship owner, "Big brother, do you know why Nanmu Group hasn't developed this place for so long?"

"How do I know what is going on in a big group, rich people can do whatever they want, maybe it was a whim, buy an archipelago for vacation, and then I don't like it, so I forget about it. ”

The boat boss gossiped casually, and Ye Zhenzhen also echoed: "It's quite a loser." ”

Nan Zhiqiao coughed dryly and said to the boat boss, "I'll give you double the price and send us to Scallop Island to have a look." ”

The boat boss's head shook like a wave drum, "No, it's not about money, life is more important than money!"

The boat boss refused to drive the boat close to Scallop Island, but after receiving Nan Zhiqiao's money, he couldn't disobey the boss too much, so he thought of a compromise solution, "Otherwise, I'll drive the boat far around Scallop Island, and you can just look at his exterior scene." ”

This was already the biggest concession made by the ship boss, and Nan Zhiqiao nodded in agreement.

The boat circled around the scallop island, as the boat boss said, it was a long circle, a nautical mile from the coast of the scallop island, the scenery of the island was blurry, and two white wind tower-like buildings could be seen in the distance, but there was nothing unusual in sight.

Just as he was about to leave the area around Scallop Island and go to the next island, a white shadow suddenly fell from the sky and smashed into the driver's seat of the boat.