Chapter 117: The Cave and the Crab
Lao Wang looked at Zhuzhong's excited expression and said in his heart, What's the matter? Can it still inspire thinking with a satirical bald scoop? Could it be that the word "extremely smart" is true?
He pressed Takenaka's shoulder, which bounced up because of excitement, and said, "Okay Bamboo, don't be happy, if you think of something, just give a conclusion." ”
The little guy squinted his eyes again and looked at the ruins in the distance, as if after going through his own reasoning in his mind, he affirmed: "I think that the so-called 'think again, think again' is actually worthless, what is expressed is the literal meaning, that is, let us interpret the meaning of the clue again, and the really important part should be the content that we have deduced again based on what we saw on the island after we went to the island." ”
"That is to say, the clue that the white manta ray said before, through the second interpretation, can find the location of the treasure of the skeleton Viking?" Lao Wang suddenly realized, indeed, if according to Takenaka's explanation, the route to the island is correct, but after landing on the island, the strange situation of not finding clues makes sense, the first time the explanation is correct, and the location of the treasure is not found because the second interpretation has not been carried out.
"That's right, uncle, not only that, but I also figured it out this time to interpret the information again, and speaking of which, I really want to thank Miss Mary. Takenaka smiled at Mary.
The little guy stretched out his hand and pointed to the tower-like part of the ruins, motioned for everyone's attention, and then said: "The land in the sea I just mentioned, do you think it can be understood as an island? ”
After Takenaka finished speaking, he buried his head in the ground and began to work, first digging a shallow circular pit, and then using part of the excavated mud to pile up a bulge similar to the ancient tower in the ruins in the center of the round pit, and in a few simple strokes, a small model of the ruins that was reduced according to the scale appeared.
Takenaka pointed to the small minaret in the mud pit and said, "This is the ruins we just guessed and observed, let's look at this bulge, does it look like an island?"
How can this be like an island? What the hell is Takenaka going to say?
Seeing everyone's expressions, Takenaka stretched out his index finger and began to point at his model of ruins.
Everyone stared intently at the index finger of the bamboo, followed the trajectory of the stroke, and listened to him continue to explain: "Maybe it's not quite like it, right? In fact, the so-called invisible, that's what it means." ”
Takenaka patted the mud on his hands and said, "To put it bluntly, if the island is not visible, can we understand that what we see is not an island? ”
The little guy said too quickly, his mouth was a little dry, he swallowed his saliva and continued: "In this ruin, the cause of this situation is actually that this raised ancient tower is not surrounded by water, everyone look at it, then at best it is only an ancient tower, not an island. ”
Speaking of this, Takenaka casually picked up the two water bladders of himself and Lao Wang and began to pour them into the shallow pit, and when the shallow pit was completely submerged by the water, he threw away the water bladder and said: "Now let's look at this ancient tower, is it like an island?"
Sure enough, the shallow pit area around the ancient pagoda was filled with water, and only half of the ancient pagoda was left exposed, which really looked like an island.
Lao Wang looked at the model, and then looked at the smug Zhuzhong, and couldn't help but say: "Bamboo, there is really yours, this is all associated with you." ”
Takenaka smiled and continued: "Now we can interpret the clues of the white manta ray again, first of all, we have found the 'invisible island', and the second sentence 'its location is not far away', which is very easy to understand, because the island is so small in area, so this sentence is also explained, and the next part is where I think we should think completely different from the first interpretation." ”
"Is it the beginning of the sentence 'the map is by your side'?" Tan Liang listened to Takenaka's analysis from beginning to end, just like when Mary listened to Takenaka's analysis when he first listened to Takenaka's analysis, Boss Tan is now full of admiration for the little guy, and his thoughts completely follow Takenaka, hearing him say this, he couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, Mr. Tan, let me put it this way, the previous map refers to the map where the island was found, that is, the star line, and in the second interpretation, the map points to the map where the Skeleton Viking Treasure is buried. Takenaka affirmed.
"But we've been around the tower several times, not to mention the map, not even the murals or graffiti, is this really the right idea?" Mary continued.
"Miss Mary, don't worry, maybe I misled everyone by pouring water into the pit of the model, now I ask you to put aside what you just saw and put the problem in the actual situation, and think about it, without a giant water bladder to fill this huge shallow pit with water, then when will the ancient tower in this ruin become an island like the model?" Takenaka asked everyone: " I think that this map appeared just as the ancient tower was turned into an island, and at the same time as the map appeared, the island was also formed, so what is the most needed in this process?"
"You need water!" Lao Wang said without thinking, and then he suddenly understood something, and raised his voice: "Bamboo, what you said is that it rains?!"
"Uncle's straight-line thinking is the fastest! That's right, it's raining, and the amount of precipitation is not small, so you have to make Guta an island. Takenaka replied to Lao Wang, and then said in a firm tone: "I speculate that the rock wall after the rain will appear because of the absorption of water, but after the water dries, there will be nothing, you can see the map, but you can't take it away, this time we need to extend the explanation, the map is in front of you, this is 'looks close' and can't be taken away is 'it feels far away', the above is about the second interpretation of all my reasoning, I believe there will be no mistakes." ”
"You little calf, you really don't eat your uncle's Northeast rice for nothing, this brain, really let the gods enlighten you. Lao Wang smiled and made a gesture that he hadn't done for a long time, and he rubbed his hair in the bamboo.
The little guy struggled away like a fuss, although he didn't like it, but he knew that Lao Wang was sincere, and his face was full of pride and joy.
After the seemingly clueless problem is solved, things have become much simpler, a few people look at the sky, there will be no rain in a short time, but with the boatload of manpower that Lao Wang now masters, it is no problem to create an artificial precipitation in a small area.
Lao Wang ordered 30 sailors to come back on the White Tulip, a total of 40 people set up a simple pipeline around the ancient tower, and began to pour the outer layer of the ancient tower with four water hoses, sure enough, after a short time, a map drawn by white lines slowly emerged on the stone wall of the ancient tower, and Zhuzhong's guess was completely correct.
It may be a random spatial conscience discovery, the interpretation of this map seems much simpler, everyone can understand at a glance, the map marks the location of the treasure is at the southern end of the island, according to the display, there is a cave at the southernmost end of the island, when the island is completely out of the water, this cave is still in a state of being completely submerged by water, go along the cave, you will enter a larger cave, the map is drawn here, in the deepest part of this cave, a ×, should represent the treasure in this place.
Lao Wang and a few people knew it, sent the redundant sailors back to the White Tulip, leaving only the initial 14 people to go to the south of the island, at the location marked on the map, they sent two water-skilled sailors in the sea to explore, and they got an accurate reply in a short time, the underwater part of the grotto appeared, and formed a sealed air chamber for breathing, laughing can accommodate the whole team, to ensure that breathing is not hindered.
The route is right!
The group didn't say much, leaving four sailors to meet outside, and the remaining 10 men packed into the water and entered the grotto that led to the Skeleton Viking Treasure.
As soon as they entered the cave, everyone was attracted by the murals that greeted them, the 'Skeleton Vikings' pirate group is really different from the general pirates who rob houses, they seem to have a certain artistic talent, draw their own adventure stories on the rock wall, the lines and colors are very catchy, the content of the murals is also very rich, there are explorations, there are battles with sea monsters, and naturally there are also members of the group who are robbing the rich and helping the poor.
The Selectors had precious time, and after a brief inspection of the cave, they found a deep path, exactly as shown on the map, which was the path to the larger cave, which was the highlight of the treasure quest.
Less than 3 minutes later, the exploration team arrived at the second cave, which was about 5 times the size of the first cave, roughly circular, and the difference was that the rock walls around this cave did not have the biographical mural records of the previous caves, but they were neatly carved out a row of seat-like grooves, which were neatly arranged along the perimeter of the stone wall, giving Lao Wang a very strange feeling, and always felt that this was not a grotto used for gatherings, but a bit like a... What is it like?
"I say bamboo, Mary, you have a lot of knowledge, help me think, how do I think this place is a bit like a place of interest that you introduced me to when you were teaching me illiteracy?
Lao Wang raised the doubts in his heart in the team channel, and before he heard the reply, he heard a loud bang behind him, and the passage that the 10 of them walked over collapsed for some reason, and the huge stone fell in its entirety, blocking the road back to the small grotto, which is equivalent to locking everyone up in this big grotto.
As the boulder fell and closed the road, Lao Wang finally heard Mary and Takenaka's answer to his question, and their voices were in unison, but with a little horror they spit out a word: "The Colosseum!"
When Lao Wang heard this, he couldn't react, what could he do in the Colosseum in ancient Rome? Isn't that obvious?
He said loudly: "I***, this grandmother is going to treat us as gladiators? That big fish is not a good thing, you want to try our color, why don't you say it in advance?!"
Late.
The collapse of the passage had stopped, but the shaking in the cave did not become smaller, but larger and larger, and the small stones and dust were shaken down, scattering everyone's heads and faces, and even the wet ground began to tremble.
"Everyone, come behind me, there's something coming. Lao Wang shouted to everyone, and he faintly heard a few crashes, the sound was far away, a little muffled, and even more difficult to hear in the trembling of the cave, but he was sure that something was definitely coming at them, and it was not good.
"Boom!" the rubble flew, and Lao Wang saw a white crab the size of a quarter of a white tulip waving out from under everyone's feet, and it effortlessly broke through the hard rock formation of the cave, as if a layer of puff pastry had been opened, and appeared in the center of the exploration team domineeringly and abruptly.
Lao Wang and they watched vigilantly for a long time, but they didn't expect the enemy to attack from under their feet, and they were unstable for a while, so it was so, no wonder the voice sounded a little muffled and a little far away.
Seeing that everyone couldn't dodge, the big crab followed a flurry of slashes, trying to take advantage of the surprise attack to inflict damage on the enemy.
"Get out of the way!" Lao Wang shouted when he saw this, kicked the nearest bamboo away from the crab's attack range, and then quickly took out his hunter axe, changed it to dual-wielding mode, and slashed directly at the crab's giant pincers.
Lao Wang's body was stunned, and he was lifted away by a huge force, and his slash was directly bounced away in a sharp metal sound, but he didn't expect to rely on this hasty attack to make a contribution, he needed to attack at the first time, attract the opponent's attack to himself, in exchange for instant reaction time, and let his attackers enter the right combat position.
The tactics worked, and Mary, Takenaka, Tan Liang, and the 6 sailors had dispersed, leaving only Lao Wang and the giant crab to confront each other in the smoke and dust.
The big crab failed to hit the target, and he was also angry in his heart, "click, click" clamped his pliers a few times, and hit the body horizontally Lao Wang rushed over, the eight limbs moved like flying, and the top was also cold and shining, and the danger was not much worse than the pliers.
Lao Wang held the axe in both hands, looked at the big crab coldly, his combat instinct broke out again, just now he probably tested the crab's defense, it is very hard, the guys with shells are like this, pure sharp weapon attacks are difficult to work, you have to use blunt weapons and concussion attacks, directly kill the soft meat in the shell, or, Lao Wang looked at the arc carapace of the crab, and had an idea in his heart.
Wang Mancang pinched the rhythm of the crab rushing over, dragged the axe and began to run, kept a relative stillness with the crab, and then slashed it down with an axe.
The axe slashed into the ground heavily, at such a close distance, Lao Wang actually missed?
However, from Wang Mancang's smile, it can be seen that things are obviously not so simple, he did not choose to attack the hard carapace of the crab directly, nor did he use concussion or blunt force to hit, Lao Wang used the second idea just now.
He knew that the crab's body and upper limbs were thick and strong, and although the eight legs below were hard, the center of gravity must not be stable enough.