Chapter 228: Exploring the Quicksand River
An old man with a fairly strong figure was immediately shocked when he saw this, and immediately stood up and said in a loud voice:
"Who let you run out, this boy just invited a few of us old guys to drink and chat, you should go back quickly. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
After speaking, he arched his hand towards the thundercloud and said:
"This son, the children are not sensible, please don't be surprised, if there is anything, just say it."
Lei Yun nodded when he heard this, and then asked Xuanwu Wei to carry the box of ingots and gave each of the descendants two ingots, and then let them go.
Seeing that Xuanwu Wei had finished distributing the silver, Lei Yun said to the old men:
"I invited a few old men to come here, I want to ask about the island in the quicksand river, I don't know who can tell one or two, there will be heavy thanks in the next."
Several old men were still worried that Lei Yun would have something big to find them, but when they heard that this was the case, they immediately said "Hi" and said in unison:
"That's it?"
Hearing this, Lei Yun nodded and said:
"Of course, that's it."
The tough old man from before immediately said:
"I said it earlier, I scared my old man to death by engaging in such a big battle, let me tell you, that small island...
As soon as the words came out, the other fathers-in-law immediately stopped doing it, and said in a gossipy manner:
"I know this better than he does, I'll tell you."
"I know best about that island, I'll tell you."
"You know best, what am I doing? I'll say. ”
As soon as Lei Yun saw that these old men had suddenly become so active, obviously all for the sake of getting the white money, he was very happy, and immediately said:
"There is no need to rob it, one person says it, the others add it, as long as it is all clear, each person has twenty ingots of silver."
When several old men heard this, they immediately smiled, and said while eating wine and food, it turned out that the situation here was far more complicated than Lei Yun imagined:
It turns out that the reason why this 800-mile-wide quicksand river cannot be navigated is not because the water quality cannot float wooden boats, but because the river is full of undercurrents and whirlpools, and once the boat enters the water, it is very easy to capsize, so even these people who live by the river do not make a living by fishing, but farm for a living.
However, if you don't fish, it doesn't mean that you don't go into the water, you live by the river for a long time, the water nature of the villagers here is still very amazing, even if the water flow of the quicksand river is so treacherous, the average young man swims three or five miles into the water, it is still not a problem, and the bank of the river is rich in a kind of reed, if you tie it to the body, you can float in the water for four or five hours without sinking, so the villagers here rarely drown.
Because of the assistance of this reed, the villagers were able to swim far away, and soon they found that the surface of the quicksand river was about fifty miles, and the more they reached the middle of the river, the more gentle the water flowed, but the fog was very heavy, and the visibility was very low, so they could not find this situation without going into the water to try it themselves.
After discovering this situation, some bold villagers tried to continue swimming towards the center of the river, and finally one day, the three bold villagers found an island in the middle of the river, and there were "people" living on the island, but because of the isolation from the world, life was very primitive.
But these so-called people are not ordinary people, they are unusually tall, the shortest adults are six or seven meters tall, and the general height is about eight meters.
The leader of the giants was very kind to the villagers, not only provided him with food, but also took him on a tour of the island, and after the villagers had stayed on the island for a while, they wanted to go home, and then the giants made them a small boat with the swim bladder of a large fish, and invited him to bring his friends to play with him in the future.
Unfortunately, the three villagers encountered a whirlpool when they returned, and the boat was lost, and although they still came back safely, no one has ever visited the island again.
After listening to the introductions of several old men, Lei Yun asked with some doubts:
"Where are those three villagers now?"
An old man stroked his beard and laughed when he heard this, and said:
"Those three villagers are all dead a long time ago, and now they are all in coffins."
Lei Yun's face immediately sank when he heard this, and he was immediately startled by the old man, and quickly restrained his smile and said:
"This son, do you not believe our words and think that we are lying to you?"
Hearing this, Lei Yun said coldly:
"Yes and what? Now there is no proof of death, you can say whatever you want. ”
An old man next to him immediately said:
"We're not talking nonsense, we have evidence, one of the villagers was my father at the time, and he left this thing for me, you see."
After speaking, he suddenly took off a red rope necklace from his neck, and there was a big pendant tied to the necklace, and handed it to Lei Yun directly, saying:
"Look."
After Lei Yun took the necklace, he immediately felt that the immortal mark in the center of his eyebrows suddenly heated, and the prompt sounded immediately:
"You've got mission-critical items."
"You took the initiative to discover the descendants of the giants ---- the hidden mission, and you will be rewarded with 500 points, please choose whether to take it, yes/no?"
Lei Yun was stunned when he heard the information---- he was rewarded with 500 points just for finding this task, it seems that this is likely to be a very remarkable task, so he immediately chose to take it without hesitation, and then immediately shared it with all members of his team.
"You have chosen to receive the mission, this mission is an exploration mode mission, please arrive at the island of exile within ten days, investigate the situation on the island, and after leaving the island, the system will issue a mission reward according to the exploration situation."
The other three were all surprised to see that Lei Yun had received a hidden mission, and at the same time, they immediately believed the words of a few old men.
Lei Yun, who received the task, quickly fulfilled his promise and gave each old man twenty silver ingots, and because he also took one of the old man's "ancestral relics", he gave the old man an additional silver ticket of two thousand taels as a deposit for that thing, promising to send the "ancestral relics" back once he returned from the island in the middle of the river.
When the old man saw the silver ticket, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly put it away carefully, and then said:
"Childe, if this thing from my father can help you, I will give it to you, and you don't have to return it."
Lei Yun was a little stunned when he heard this, and it took him a long time to realize that his two thousand taels of silver were no longer coming back.
However, Lei Yun is now making money every day, and he doesn't care about this little money, so he directly asked Xuanwu Wei to escort a few old men back, and then led everyone to the river, ready to go into the water.
As soon as a few people arrived at the river, they saw that the river was full of whirlpools, and the water was extremely turbulent, but everyone except for the people who flew in neon clothes were not afraid of this, but after all, there were only three treasures to avoid the water, so after discussion, they let Wutianji and Shangguan Caiyun hold a water-avoiding pearl and a dragon scale, and go into the water with everyone, and the others will stay here and wait for them to come back.
Needless to say, the miraculous effect of the water beads was not to mention, and soon everyone went down to the bottom of the water and began to walk towards the center of the river.
As they walked, everyone found that this quicksand river was inaccessible to people, and there were many aquariums in it, almost everywhere there were groups of all kinds of swimming fish, and the bottom of the river was also covered with shrimp, crabs, loaches and other aquariums.
At the same time, the bottom of the river is not full of mud and sand as everyone imagined before, but more of a hard rocky ground, which feels very warm under your feet, and strings of bubbles emerge from the rocks from time to time, which quickly rise to the surface of the water.
Because he couldn't ride a horse, it was a chore to march at the bottom of the river, and soon Wu Tianji and Shangguan Caiyun were a little unbearable, and Lei Yun saw this and let Xuanchen's three-headed dragon turtle carry Shangguan Caiyun and Wutian Ji forward, at this time, although the three-headed dragon turtle was only a semi-mature body, but the size was already very huge, carrying two people forward, still looking very calm.
Chu Lianyi's existence as a pet of Lei Yun soon showed the strong potential of the digitization of the body of the plot characters, as if he would not get tired at all, and walked all day with Lei Yun and a few people in one breath.
The underwater environment is basically the same, so there is nothing to watch, but fortunately, the speed of the three-headed dragon turtle is fast enough, so on the first day, everyone walked nearly 200 miles, which is basically close to the position in the river.
On the morning of the third day, the thunderclouds finally arrived near the position mentioned by the previous masters, so they left the bottom of the river, walked closer to the river, and continued to move forward, while letting the tireless five Xuanwu guards move forward separately and explore the surroundings.
Thunderclouds walked for a while, and suddenly found that there was a huge shipwreck under their feet, and they were immediately attracted to it, and when they got closer, they found that the shipwreck was amazingly big:
The whole ship was about a kilometer long, and although the structure of the ship was no different from that of a normal ship, all the oars, steering wheels, and even cables were at least three or four times larger than ordinary ships, and it was clear at a glance that they must have been built by those giants.
Lei Yun and the others originally came out with the mentality of doing things while playing, so as soon as they saw the wreck, they immediately had the interest of going on an adventure, and soon lit a few torches and walked into the cabin.
Because the torch was bought from the Immortal Seal, it can still be used in water, and because of the conduction of light by water, the range of illumination is increased.
Upon entering the cabin, they soon discovered that the interior was lavishly decorated, and although the ship had obviously sunk for many years, the decoration was still very beautiful, neither faded nor damaged by the water.
After walking further inside, everyone suddenly felt that their eyes suddenly opened up, and they came to a huge cabin, which was not only more beautifully decorated, but also inlaid with many beautiful crystals on the four walls of the cabin, and immediately magnified the light of the torches many times, and reflected the whole cabin as if it were day.