CH.76 Exploring the Snake Cave
The season has reached the beginning of the rainy month, and the sky is drizzling, and the crystal clear raindrops are like tears looking forward to the return of lovers.
The two ships of the Dragon Pirate Regiment had arrived at Snake Cave Island as scheduled, and in front of the two ships was a hazy purple poisonous mist, and an island with a hideous mouth was hidden in it, looking mysterious and dangerous.
Tang Ke has always been enthusiastic about this treasure hunt, and will never back down in the face of the vicious poisonous fog.
Because of the serious shortage of antidotes, the two ships could only choose a small number of people to enter Snake Cave Island. If the number of people who go is too small, the danger increases. There are too many people to go, and the antidote will be stretched thin.
They only had 200 portions of the potion actually made from mandrake and unicorn horn powder. It takes twenty days to enter Snake Cave Island and go back and forth, and you need to take an antidote every five days, otherwise you will die due to poisoning with your surname.
In this way, it is safer to control the number of people entering the island at 50.
"Donke, this treasure hunt is very dangerous, and you, as the soul of the pirate group, I feel that it is more appropriate to stay." One-Eye seriously suggested, "Let's do the risky things." ”
"I have to go," Donk didn't think about retreating at all, "It's not that I'm a swollen face and a fat man, but here I have the strength to deal with all kinds of situations, don't forget that I'm a summoner." ”
Tang Ke was originally a bold man, and with the Pirate King system, he was even more fearless. When others get inside, they can only resist when they encounter danger, but when they encounter danger, they can still use the Pirate King system to find a way to deal with it.
Seeing that Donk was so confident, One-Eyed stopped persuading.
The final arrivals were Donk, One-Eye, Flowerdew, Cliff, Seba Stephen, and some sailors. It was naturally incumbent on the others to go, but Hua Lu was pulled in because of her good eyesight and her ability to help.
"Don't worry. Even if I use my own body to block the knife, I will definitely ensure that you come back unscathed. Donk assured Dew by patting his chest.
Hua Lu bit her lip and nodded, although she was scared in her heart, but Tang Ke had saved the people of Starfish Island, and she was willing to help Tang Ke as much as possible.
Of the key crew members, only Wendy was assigned to stay behind to take charge of the Tornado.
"Wendy, the Tornado is in your hands!" Standing on the bridge at the stern of the ship, Donk shouted at the Dragonodo, which was fading away.
"Don't worry! If you don't come out after twenty days, I'll rush in and find you!" Wendy replied.
"Don't say that kind of unlucky thing, my life is very hard, don't forget that our agreement hasn't been fulfilled yet! What if you don't come back! ”
The so-called agreement, of course, is that Wendy said that she would serve Donk well for one night. Wendy wasn't shy about that kind of thing, but showed a hint of loneliness and began to dwell on the disfigurement again.
The Black Pearl rode the wind and waves, resolutely sailed into the purple poisonous mist, and headed straight for Snake Cave Island.
The topography of Snake Cave Island is very special, and the whole is a zigzag shape, like a long snake. At the end of the island there was a sea cave, and that was the entrance, and there was sea water flowing into it, and it was possible to drive the boat into it, and this sea cave led to the snake's tail, and the sky was there.
Snake people inhabit sea caves, they have the special surname of sea snakes, and can forage in the seawater. At this time of year, snake people gather at a wide site in the sea cave for mating and reproduction.
The only chance for them to enter and search for the Sky is to enter through another sheep gut path during this time, avoiding the gathered snake people and reaching the final location.
It would take a whole day just to get through the poisonous fog that drifted away.
This is not the place to stay for long, the Black Pearl is full of sails and moving at full speed. And use the Statue of the Wind once a day to speed up the boat.
"This poisonous mist is quite fragrant." Donkti sniffed it vigorously, and it was similar to the scent of perfume lilies, which was very strong. He was leaning against the guardrail on the side of the ship, looking at the nearby island of Snake Cave.
"It's better to smoke less, and remember to wear a mask all day." Seba Stephen suggested.
Now everyone on board is wearing masks, and these vicious pirates are wearing masks, and they look nondescript.
Because of the masks, the pirates got hooked on a joke. One person would suddenly attack and take off the mask of the other person, and then the person who was taken off would choke his neck and pretend to be highly poisonous, shouting, "I'm poisoned!" I'm going to die! ”
The pirates had a lot of fun.
At the turn of the moon, the Black Pearl arrived at Snake Cave Island, where you can experience the strange scenery of this serpentine island up close. The origin of the poisonous fog on the island cannot be verified, because of this poisonous fog, the vegetation on the island is covered with a layer of purple. There are also steaming poisonous swamps that make people shudder.
Donk: Their target is not the island, but the sea caves within the island.
The entrance to the sea cave is like a big mouth of blood, and there is darkness inside, and the stalagmites are sharp and long, and the sea water seems to have been swallowed up. From the Black Pearl were two rowing boats, each of which could easily accommodate twenty-five people, and had twenty pairs of oars.
In this way, the only way to move forward was to paddle by man, but fortunately, the pirates were in good health, and this kind of thing was not a problem. Two small boats sailed into the sea cave, like two big fish that did not know whether they were alive or dead.
Tang Ke's [exchange] system can only be exchanged for something that exists in this otherworld, otherwise he would really want to buy a few flashlights. In order to solve the problem of light source, four glass lamps were hung in front and back of the boat, and the circular halo spread out, shining on the strange rock black water, the sea water appeared dark and deep, and the stalagmites looked strange and inexplicable.
Yesterday the pirates were still giggling and joking, but in this dark environment, everyone felt inexplicably depressed and stopped moving. And in order not to alarm the snake people on the island, Tang Ke also ordered that no loud noises should be made, and it was forbidden to have nothing to gossip.
The poisonous scent in the cave is even stronger, but everyone is not happy with the aroma. There was only the sound of waves and bats flying around in the cave, but the snake people did not see a single one.
The treasure map in Donke's hand records the general shape of the sea cave, plus he has a [sea chart] system, it is safe during the voyage, but he is worried about the threat of snake people, and he always feels that in the dark seawater, there are those snake people with sharp teeth and sharp mouths, and they are implied to be highly venomous.
The so-called small island is only reflected on the map, and when you actually get here, it will take at least ten days to go back and forth.
The cave is full of stalactites, these misshapen stones that have taken thousands of years to form, hanging like ice picks overhead, dripping cold water from time to time, falling on the necks of the pirates, causing them to stir their spirits.
The people on the boat alternately rowed, and the one-eyed was timed by an hourglass, and everyone could take turns sleeping for six hours a day, and the rest of the time had to move quickly. On the fifth day, everyone really had a poisoning reaction, feeling paralyzed in their limbs, and getting stiffer and stiffer.
Everyone hurriedly took the first wave of antidotes, not daring to delay any longer.
The antidote was bitter in the mouth, and immediately vaporized, and when it reached the stomach, it had already broken down without a drop, and it was diverted to the limbs, and the paralysis quickly disappeared.
Only one specific pirate did not drink the mandrake antidote, but instead drank the antidote that Donk had redeemed with the system. This is to experiment with the effect of this antidote, and if this antidote is also good, then there is no need to worry about the problem of slow surname poisoning.
After the pirate drank it, it was still a little effective at first, and the paralysis disappeared, but after an hour, there was a violent rebound, and the whole body quickly stiffened, and the eyes were red. Seba Stephen immediately stepped forward, pried open the pirate's mouth, and poured the authentic antidote, which brought the pirate back from the ghost gate.
In this way, everyone can only give up the "summoned" antidote, and regard the mandrake antidote as more precious. After the pirate's poisoning incident, everyone sped up their rowing, all of them working hard because they wanted to get out of this damn place sooner.
On the seventh day of the voyage, everyone was munching on dry food and sipping a few rums, and Tang Ke suddenly felt a shaking, at first thinking that the hull of the ship was shaking, but the frequency of shaking suddenly increased, and the sea under the light also fluctuated.
He took a bite of bread and ate a few drops of cold water, and more cold water dripped on his body. It was only then that he felt the seriousness of the matter, as if it was not just the sea water that was shaking, but even the entire sea cave was shaking.
"Do you feel it?" Donk asked.
"It looks like it's shaking, what's going on?" Big Cliff scratched his head and said that he was the fastest paddler among them.
"Is it an earthquake?" Seba Stephen was the first to think of this answer.
The crowd said yes and accepted the explanation.
Tang Ke breathed a long sigh of relief and said with deep luck: "Fortunately, it is a small earthquake, which has little impact on us. ”
As soon as his crow's mouth was closed, the whole cave shook violently, as if an invisible hand was stirring the sea, and the two small boats swayed weakly, and the sea water poured into the cabin, and the pirates screamed loudly, and one of the ships was overturned by the waves, and the whole ship fell into the water, and the situation was urgent.
Mo said that it was dozens of them, and even the entire sea cave was emitting a "pop" scream, and stalagmites broke and fell one after another, and some people were smashed on the back by stalagmites, and blood flowed on the spot. The stone wall cracked due to the earthquake and had a tendency to collapse.
The earthquake lasted for a few seconds before it stopped.
The sea was calm, and Donk's boat did not capsize, and they stretched out their oars to rescue the man who had fallen overboard.
"Medicine box! Go get the medicine box! Seba Stephen's shout woke everyone up.
Fortunately, there was a part of the air in the medicine box, which did not sink immediately, and was hugged by nearby pirates, but unfortunately the whole ship sank into the sea. In this way, only fifty people can be crammed into one boat, and the waterline of the ship is much lowered, which is a bit dangerous.
After experiencing a violent earthquake, Donk still had palpitations and hurriedly purchased a small rowing boat through the system, spending a hundred bonus points. The boat first appeared in the system warehouse, and he moved the image of the boat in the void to the sea, and with a movement of his mind, the boat appeared out of thin air, splashing a circle of waves.
"I summoned this ship, and the other half of the people should get on that boat. Also, don't worry about food and water, I can summon it too. Pointing to the new ship, Donk said that it was the first time he had summoned a ship, as he had been reluctant to spend bonus points.
"The head of the regiment is amazing! You can even do it! Naturally, the pirates were not immune to praise, but as they spoke, the stone wall above them made a crisp cracking sound, which made people panic and stop talking.
Tang Ke saw that the wind and waves were calm, and said in a deep voice: "We've arrived here, we can't be scared back, let's move on!" ”