Chapter 346: It's easy to come and hard to go
"Ready to shoot...... Fire! β
"Tomβ"
"Whew-"
An ichthyosaur that had been grazed by a falling stone projectile from the arc and was only injured but not dead suddenly became furious, and it leaped up from the sea like an arrow from the string and rushed straight towards the Yangwei. Zola Hegel, who was watching in horror beside him, could no longer hold back, he stepped forward and pushed away the gunner, grabbed a 12-pounder gun, and then raised his left thumb to measure the distance with one eye, and shouted:
"Listen to my orders, the muzzle of the gun will be lowered by two degrees, and everyone will concentrate their fire on that fish dragon!"
"Tom! Tong! Tong! Tom ......"
At the command of the boatswain, the continuous golden light of the cannon fire illuminated the liquid sea, and the silver ichthyosaur, which weighed tens of thousands of pounds, was blasted into a mass of minced meat of indistinguishable shapes by the dense stone projectiles, but its death only meant the beginning of trouble, not the end of the trouble. At this time, more and more sea dragons rushed towards the fleet together, quite a bit of a kamikaze death squad's fighting posture.
Seeing this, a sailor could not stop trembling, and said in a trembling voice:
"Aren't these sea dragons afraid of death? They must be cursed. β
But all creatures have the instinct to survive, which has nothing to do with whether they have wisdom or not, and top predators such as tigers and lions will immediately turn around and flee regardless of face when they find themselves potentially fatally injured during the hunt. Even seemingly small injuries are likely to cause the beast to remain sick and weak for a long time, and the weak hunter will not be able to catch the prey, and the final result can only be starvation. Therefore, unless they are sure that they will not be able to escape, the beasts will fight to the death in despair. Saving oneself is an instinct for living beings, and species that lack the instinct of self-preservation have been extinct early in the morning, and I have never heard of any species with a tendency to self-destruct that can withstand the elimination of Mother Nature.
These sea dragons who gathered to besieging the fleet saw their kind turn into bloody slaughter in the roar of cannonballs, and they continued to rush forward without flinching, such an abnormal situation could not have occurred in a natural state, and there must have been some unknown force behind the scenes.
If you can't see the level of your eyebrows at this time, it is purely a matter of IQ, Luo Zhengdao, who realized that he had been calculated again, had a gloomy face and said:
"Anchor, let's get out of here."
At first, the voyage was relatively smooth, and the battleship with an average speed of more than 18 knots raised its full sails, and got rid of the following sea dragons in a few minutes, but Luo Zhengdao paid attention to the changes in the scenery around the route, and his originally cloudy and overcast face became darker and darker, and he saw that it was about to turn into a thundershower.
"Your Majesty, why don't you go back to the cabin to rest?"
Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao almost became angry, then restrained his smile, shook his finger and said:
"Rest? What to rest? Didn't you notice? We've been going round and round in circles! β
As soon as they heard this, the sailors present froze and ran to the side of the ship to watch the changes in the scenery nearby. Sure enough, wearing tinted glasses to re-observe the changes in the surrounding environment, people immediately saw that there was something unnatural in the changes in the scenery. To put it more colloquially, it's much like playing online movies when the internet speed is not high, and occasionally there will be jams and mosaics, but these anomalies appear for a short time, and the impact is in the subtle parts, if you don't pay attention to it, it's really difficult to detect the abnormality.
ββ¦β¦ Your Majesty, we have entered the trap of the treasure hiding place. β
Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao nodded and said:
"It's easy for us to get in, but it's hard to get out of here."
Listening to the words of the top boss, the more mysterious they became, the more bottomless people became in their hearts, and an attendant asked tentatively:
"Your Majesty, are you talking about hallucinations?"
Throwing Shen Shen out of the clouds in an instant, Luo Zhengdao couldn't help but burst into laughter, and said hilariously:
"Hahahaha, have you ever heard of so many people hallucinating together?"
"Nope! Your Majesty, do you mean that what we see is real? Impossible! β
Luo Zhengdao did not care about philosophical issues such as survival or ruin, he wanted to solve practical difficulties, and said bluntly:
"Whether it is possible or impossible, the facts are in front of us, and we are trapped here with no way back but to move forward."
Needless to say, the person who laid out this suspected treasure location doesn't know if it was a certain pirate king from the previous one, in short, this guy's methods are very insidious and vicious, according to Luo Zhengdao's speculation, it is likely that special methods have been set up somewhere near the reef. If the outsiders don't know the inside story, once triggered, the trap will automatically take effect, and the intruder will be trapped in a circle by this huge labyrinth divided into isolated spaces.
Having said that, Luo Zhengdao, who was pondering for a while, still wanted to test it to see what kind of dishes this arranger, who he would probably never see, had prepared to entertain him, and said:
"Changing course and returning to the reef may have another way out."
Since he knew that this place might be a dead end for Xu to enter but not to get out, Luo Zhengdao ordered the fleet to circle around the reef, such a high-end atmosphere and high-grade arrangement, even if it is not where the evidence of the overlord is, there must be other secrets hidden in it, in line with the basic principle that thieves do not go empty, he has to think carefully about the countermeasures.
After a while, the lookout on the mast of the battleship pointed to somewhere on the shore and shouted:
"Report, waterfall spotted ahead!"
Indeed, when the expedition team circled the headland of the black reef from the outside, the pitch-black reef in front of it suddenly took on a new look, and a canyon appeared in front of people's eyes.
At the top of the canyon is a huge waterfall that cascades down from a high place, and the water is white and stands out against the large black rocks.
Seeing this scene, Luo Zhengdao thought for a while, and intuitively told him that this unusual discovery was of great significance, perhaps hiding the key link to crack the maze, so he greeted him and said:
"Get ready to get over there!"
"Whew-"
At this moment, those sea dragons who were unwilling to be lonely appeared again, and it seemed that they did not catch up when the fleet left just now, not because the speed was too slow to catch up, but because the black hand who played the chess game did not intend to keep these thugs away from the rocks.
Seeing this dramatic scene, Luo Zhengdao no longer knew that he was shabu-shabu, so he simply forgot to eat brain fragments when he went out, and scolded angrily:
"Full speed ahead!"
Glancing at the red-faced Luo Zhengdao, Zola Hegel, who was becoming more and more calm, did not accuse anything, and added to the herald stupidly:
"Order all ships to fire on all the reptiles and repel these crawlies!"
"Tom ......"
Whizzing solid stone projectiles and explosions. The bullet finally exerted the power of the god of war of artillery, and blessed the expedition team through the most dangerous part of the mouth of the canyon, and continued to sail deeper into it, only to see that the rock walls on both sides of the canyon continued to narrow, and the main channel in the middle was only less than a hundred yards wide, and the sea dragon genus adapted to the deep water environment could not be used here. In short, the view ahead is suddenly open to the sight of a rocky canyon and a cascading waterfall that cascades from above. The water below the bottom of the boat also turns a bright light green hue, and the sand and rocks under the water are clearly visible.
This circular harbor in the depths of the canyon is so calm and serene that the bloody battle of the right people feels like an illusion, and the rapid switching between movement and stillness makes the expedition look at each other.
"Drop anchor and prepare to land."
With a command, Luo Zhengdao stood in front of the steering wheel on the stern deck again, and now he doesn't need to think about any danger or not, anyway, he put his whole head into the trap, and then talk about what safety is not funny, isn't it funny?
"Reconnoiter in groups, and return immediately if you find the situation."
With a wave of his hand, Zola Hegel, who was in charge of the manpower, climbed over the bulwark like wolves, and separated from each other to board the sampan and land on the beach with various equipment.
When the situation was unknown, waiting was an incomparably long and boring thing, until half an hour later, a group of flustered team members fled back, shouting and saying:
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! β
Hearing the movement, he opened the monoculars and turned to the shore, staring at the direction behind them, Luo Zhengdao frowned in confusion and muttered:
"Undead? It's not the Sea of Death, how could so many undead creatures pop up for no reason? β
The classification of undead creatures in the new world is extremely broad, specifically, from the standard miscellaneous cannon fodder such as the weak to worthless decayed skeletons, to the dragon lich and the demigod lich, the tall and ruthless characters who are about to be wiped out when they collide with the adventurer can be classified as undead creatures, and the gold content inside is very different.
Pirates with only money in their eyes have always disliked dealing with the undead, and they are not clergy, so they have no interest in appeasing souls who refuse to rest. Most of the undead are poor ghosts with little oil and water, except in the case of guarding ancient tombs and treasures, otherwise no matter how many undead you kill with your life, the post-war capture will be frustrating for a long time. It's just a matter of blood and sweat, and in the end, if you win, you have to pay for medical expenses and equipment repairs at a loss, and naturally no one wants to participate in this kind of sad upside down battle!
As a qualified pirate, Zola Hegel, who hated poor ghosts the most in his life, looked at his people with a gloomy face at this moment, and he shouted angrily:
"Fire! Maximum range, fire coverage! β
"Knock knock ......"
If it was left 10,000 years ago, this undead creature full of pits and valleys could almost wipe out an unprepared city-state, and the professionals rarely looked forward to being in the city, they were all busy people who couldn't stay idle, and only ordinary armies participated in the defense, and the towns that were raided by large groups of undead creatures were very lucky.
With the great progress of modern weapon technology, the undead creatures whose combat power was standing still were completely surpassed by the living, and at this time, the low, roaring steel cannon projected an explosion of astonishing destructive power. Bullets and shrapnels, a powerful shock wave raised heavy dust from the ground, and for a moment white smoke obscured the sky. By the time these light and heavy firearms have stopped, the undead that once filled the sand deep in the canyon have become flying bone meal and rotten meat scraps, and the land here will be lush with vegetation and flowers in the coming year, and for no other reason, this fertilizer is too much.