"Can you speak, can you speak human language?" Lao Wang, as the old talker of the whole boat, still looked like a master in the end, and after being stunned for a while, he began to communicate with the giant fish that called himself manta ray.

Everyone didn't expect that the so-called information appeared after activating the task was so simple and child's play, and the random space in the rigor of arranging the task, the style of action has always been a realistic painter, strict and cautious, meticulous, and this time, people played a big abstract school, and directly made a magical creature to transmit information, which made people a little uncomfortable.

"Your language is actually relatively simple to pronounce, and it is not difficult to speak. The manta ray gently slapped the water with its pectoral fins, and said with ease: "I feel the breath of a messenger from you, which means that you have accepted the task of finding the treasure." ”

"Uncle, tell him what we think directly, this fish is here for the mission, and I don't think there is any danger. Takenaka suggested to Lao Wang in the team channel that the white manta ray's voice was only relatively soft, but in fact, this volume could be heard by the whole boat, and Takenaka naturally knew what the other party said.

"As you said, we got the coordinates here from an old sailor and came here for the famous 'Skeleton Viking' treasure. Lao Wang's expression was concise and to the point.

"You're right, human seafarers, why you're here is a deliberate choice. The manta ray rose and fell slightly with the water, and seemed to nod its head: "In a way, I used to be a member of the 'Skeleton Viking' pirate group, and that old sailor was just a messenger sailor I chose, he didn't follow the 'Skeleton Viking' himself, he only met me by chance."

And the message of the treasure is deliberately conveyed by me through him, so that people can find it. ”

Lao Wang waved his hand, signaling that he hadn't followed, and there was a hint of puzzlement in his voice: "This... Sir, I don't understand here, you are the original member of the 'Skeleton Viking', that is to say, you actually know the information of the treasure, or in other words, you know the content and location of the treasure, logically speaking, your responsibility should not be to protect these treasures, why do you have to go so hard to find someone to dig up the fruits of your own labor. ”

"I'm guessing you'll ask this. The white manta ray's voice seemed to be laughing, and continued: "The so-called treasure is not a treasure or anything like that, our group was very able to spend money back then, basically nothing was accumulated, and the treasure you are looking for is actually a kind of inheritance of the 'Skeleton Viking'." ”

"Inheritance?" asked Wang.

The white manta ray paused for a while, seemed to recall something, and said slowly: "I was just a pet of the pirate group at the time, but I witnessed the greatness of the 'Skeleton Viking', and then the irreversible decline of the pirate industry, the heroes who robbed the rich and helped the poor on the sea in the past became dirty and lowly stinky thieves, I am not a human being, but it is also very sad to see this loneliness."

That's why I want to pass on the props and items that the ship's heroic pirate leader used before, after all, these things will only never see the light of day with me, so I entrusted him to spread the word everywhere, hoping that someone with a heart can come here, pass the test, and inherit the will of 'skeletons into gold'." ”

"While inheriting the items, won't you want us to inherit the mantle and continue to rob the house, right?" asked Lao Wang a little uneasily.

"As long as you pass the test, you'll just be a legacy item, the equivalent of keeping some 'Skeleton Viking' symbols in today's Age of Sail, and I'm sure that's what the Bosses want. The manta ray said, her voice a little sad.

The situation is the same as Lao Wang's conjecture, this mission is just a treasure hunt, and there are almost no coercive measures that are common in ordinary tasks, which further proves that the props in the mouth of the big manta ray should be very powerful equipment.

"We're on the hunt for the treasure of the 'Skeleton Vikings', so please tell us the clues. "Old Wang.

"Please find the invisible island first, its location is not far away, your map is close to you, but it looks close and feels far away, think about it, think again, and you will find the end of the legacy. After saying a few words that made people misty, the white manta ray patted the water again and was about to sink.

"Wait, is this the clue?" asked Lao Wang, who hurriedly stopped it.

"The treasure hunt itself is also a means of testing whether you are qualified to own the inheritance and possession of the treasure, the puzzles and levels were designed by the leaders themselves back then, and you will encounter many dangers, but with all due respect, I can't say too much, goodbye. The manta ray gave a simple explanation and hid in the water.

The sea changed from milky white to light green again and finally returned to pitch black, much faster than when the white manta rays appeared, and finally the sea was calm and smooth as a mirror.

The White Tulip also maintained a brief calm, and then erupted in the loud cheers of the sailors, this is the treasure of the 'Skeleton Viking', when they were not sailors, the stories of these legendary pirates grew up with them, after following Captain Van der Kamp, none of their managers had anything to do with the legend, in the future, will they also become legends, this is the dream of every man who survives in the ocean.

Lao Wang ordered the sailors to calm down, and ordered Ferdinand to crush the whole ship, while he took Tan Liang to the helm, patted Zhuzhong on the shoulder, and said, "Zhuzi, it's time for your ingenuity to come into play." ”

With a smile on his face, Takenaka signaled to Lao Wang not to worry, and at the same time beckoned Mary to come to the helm position in the team channel, looking confident.

When the people arrived, the little guy looked at the three of them and motioned for everyone to gather around and said: "The riddle is divided into two parts, first of all, there is an 'invisible island' in the clue, which is not a 'non-existent island', that is, the island itself exists, but for special reasons, we can't see it." ”

"Is there magnetic interference?!" Mary blurted out, and as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she felt that something was wrong, and continued, "I forgot that there is no radar in this era. ”

"Hehe, of course not invisible on the radar screen. Takenaka was also amused by Mary, a beautiful journalist who is very knowledgeable and rarely makes this type of low-level mistake.

The little guy continued: "We only need to consider the invisible within the scope of the naked eye, in this era there are very few factors that can cause a physical island to disappear, the most intuitive, only the tides, the so-called invisible, that is, the island is flooded by the tides. ”

Everyone felt justified and nodded their heads, and Lao Wang asked, "What do you say about the clues behind?"

Takenaka flicked his finger lightly on the rudder and said: "The map around us, 'it looks close, it feels far away,' this is actually all literal, as long as you figure it out, it's very simple, what are the carriers around us that can be used as a map to point to a certain location?"

The little guy threw out a question and replied to himself: "It is nothing more than the sky and the sea, which can guide the seafarers, and at the same time, these two in the eyes of the naked eye, because they are close to infinity, will give people a feeling of being within reach, which is the so-called 'looks close', although the sea is not reachable to touch, but it is also within the reach, it is excluded here, it can be seen well, but it cannot be touched, only the sky, so that it satisfies the description of 'touching but far away'." ”

"It all makes sense, but this map still lacks the necessary directionality, how should we go, and in what direction?" asked Mary, who was also puzzled by Wang.

"The stars are directional, and 'right next to you' is a pun here, which has the meaning of being readily available and often used, and the coordinates commonly used by sailors in navigation, aren't they stars?" Takenaka's reply was reasonable, and everyone began to look up at the starry sky.

All noticed that directly above the White Tulip, there was an extremely bright star that was shining, and not far from it, there was a star that was equally shining enough to distinguish it from the others.

They looked further along the star, and it was the next same star, the next one, and the next one... It stretches out of the reach of the people's eyes.

Takenaka's voice sounded around everyone: "The last meaning of the puns, the starting point on the map is indeed very close to us, right next to us. ”

The little one's reasoning process was reasonable, the explanation was quite reasonable, and everyone agreed, and Lao Wang immediately ordered the White Tulip to anchor and sail along the starry route to the sea ahead, looking for invisible islands.

"Bamboo, there's one more thing. After the old king finished the order, the man still stayed near the helm position, and said to Takenaka: "After we rush over, if the island is still underwater, how should we land on the island?"

Takenaka corrected the course to the sky and said: "Uncle is now so good that I like to worry, the task is time-sensitive, since it is ten days, then at least the tide will recede during this time." ”

Lao Wang smiled, as if he felt that he was now a little worried, he had lived in the real world in a mess, and he didn't feel that he had to worry so much, but now his horizons are getting more and more broad, the responsibilities on his shoulders have also increased, and his own obsession has changed from living to a deeper desire, and at the same time, there are more questions in his heart.

Takenaka's words were like an introduction, which made Lao Wang fall into a long period of contemplation, which was not a bad thing for the random empty selector.

If you don't ask questions about something deeper, then the selector is a marionette of space after all, even if it is a marionette as huge as a mountain, it has the power of destruction with every move, and after all, it is still held by someone who has the thin thread of ultimate truth.

"Uncle, our destination has arrived. It was only when the outline of the black island appeared on the sea level that Takenaka woke up the pensive Wang, and they followed the star line for about two hours, during which the king maintained a state of thinking.

At this time, the morning light has appeared on the sea level, the outline of the island is getting clearer and clearer, Lao Wang raised his head, thinking for a long time did not bring any discomfort, of course, these esoteric questions do not have any decisive conclusion, looking up at the stars and down-to-earth, both of which are his pursuit, so he stood up and blew the sea breeze, making people more sober, and began to meet the challenges that the space gave him.

Lao Wang spread out a small nautical chart, carefully observed it, and said to the three people who had gathered around him: "That's right, there is no such island on the nautical chart, it is the tide that has submerged it, and now we have activated the mission and reappeared, this is the first destination of our mission." ”

The White Tulip did not dock directly, this is what Lao Wang meant, they first circled around the island, completed the collection of basic data, and did a rough topographic mapping, leaving Ferdinand to coordinate the overall situation on the White Tulip, Lao Wang and the four of them landed with 10 armed sailors, and began the next step of the treasure exploration mission.

The island is indeed a small character, if you calculate the area, it may only be the size of three modern football fields, and 14 people did not spend much effort to roughly explore the situation on the island.

Because the island is buried in water all year round, it is completely different from those beautiful resort islands, the whole island is composed of black reefs, no greenery can be seen, except for Lao Wang and his party, only shellfish and crustaceans plus temporary seabirds, which can add a little life to this island.

In the end, Lao Wang and they found a semi-arc-shaped ancient architectural remains in the center of the island, the traces of artificial construction are very heavy, it should have been built when the island was still on the sea, looking down from the air, it is about an intermittent edge, the center of the circle is a tower-like high convex circle, but in the part from the edge to the center of the circle, the ground is somewhat concave, as if it has been excavated.

The search team carefully inspected the ruins, and found nothing, Lao Wang ordered the sailors to rest, their exploration has lasted for nearly 5 hours, everyone is spinning in a row, the selectors are nothing, but without rest, the sailors' exploration efficiency cannot be guaranteed.

"The whole island is bare, and there are barely traces here, is the treasure we are looking for here?" said Lao Wang, who drank his saliva and asked his companions around him.

"Uncle, we should still use the clue of the 'Skeleton Viking' provided by the white manta ray as the basis, and the last sentence, 'Think again, think again. What does that mean? At the moment, I don't understand that. Takenaka frowned, and his little face looked like a bitter gourd.

"It can't be that there was a mistake in landing on the island, right?" Tan Liang said with some worry, the task was his, and it was impossible to say that there was no expectation.

"It's impossible, everything on the island shows signs of perennial immersion in the sea, and the star line we followed before is too obvious to be wrong. Mary explained, and then offered her own thoughts: "Shouldn't we go back the way we came after we landed on the island, and that would be in line with the 'over and over again' suggestion?"

"This is a bit far-fetched, and judging from the reasoning about the star line just now, the clue will not be so superficial, Miss Mary. Takenaka said seriously.

"What a little old man, aren't you afraid of baldness, little guy?" Mary couldn't help but laugh when she looked at Takenaka, "When the time comes, you will be less than 20 years old, and your head will become the Mediterranean, and the middle will be bare, but no girl will like you, hahaha." ”

"Miss Mary!, what are you talking about?!" Takenaka stared at Mary's face, his whole face twisted with nervousness and solemnity.

"It's... Isn't this a joke?" Mary was startled by Takenaka's sudden appearance, and a hearty woman actually stammered in a rare way.

"No, Miss Mary, I'm not angry!, please repeat what you just said!" Takenaka continued to ask Mary like a madman.

"I said no girl wants to like you. Seeing Takenaka's appearance, Mary knew what he must have thought of, and repeated.

"It's not that, it's the front, what's it?" Takenaka continued.

"I said your head is the Mediterranean, with a bare top in the middle. ”

"That's it, dear Miss Mary, what a Mediterranean, no, it should be the middle of the sea. Takenaka looked excited and said, "'Think about it again, think about it again', I cracked it." ”