Chapter 272: 'Competitive Compass' (2-in-1)
"It's impossible for a whale to come ashore and come into the forest." Owl affirmed.
"Let's go." Jiang Cang held two knives in his hand and took the lead towards the deeper forest, there is something to talk about and watch while walking, but it is best not to stay, as long as possible to delay the progress of time, it will also run into risks.
Who knows if there's something watching you in this weird forest?
His own divine consciousness may also be suppressed by the rain of the same attribute aura? Or if there is some seal on the island, the place that can be observed now is only a hundred meters in radius.
But the eyes and perception are not affected, I don't see any sudden situation, danger sensing, but it's better to be careful.
And it is also Jiang Cang's divine sense that can probe a radius of 100 meters, so he naturally sees more than them.
When everyone carefully walked away from the whale carcass twenty or thirty meters later.
Jiang Cang looked at the surrounding mountains and forests, and saw that there were some plants and fish on the ground that belonged to the deep sea, but now they were hidden by the branches of the trees and the leaves of the rain.
"This island is 100% a piece of ocean land in the deep sea under our feet."
Jiang Cang took a knife and flicked the leaves on the ground, revealing a lot of deep-sea coral remains, as well as a few deformed and twisted deep-sea fish corpses, which let Xiao and the others take a look.
They didn't look closely, but they couldn't see it.
Time.
Everyone glanced at the whale carcass behind them, and then looked at these fish and plants, and now they basically understood.
The dragon head was right, he didn't guess wrong from the beginning, and he and the others were really exploring the 'deep sea ruins' in the heavy rain. ’
Especially when everyone continued to walk forward, listening to the heavy rain in the forest, they found that the neighborhood was really quiet, and there was no insects and beasts roaring, just like a dead island.
But the more this is the case, everyone is as cautious as Jiang Cang when walking.
In the world with aura, all kinds of strange things will appear, although they feel that their strength is good, it is better to be vigilant.
The things that could have been avoided are because of careless negligence, and they expand more and more, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Especially in the eyes of the owl, it is obvious that this small island did not appear because of the 'ordinary' movement of nature.
As he walked, he thought about the 'trees and spiritual rain' before the dragon's head, and finally summed up the whole process of the emergence of the island, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
"If I'm not mistaken.."
Xiao looked at the dark forest scenery and heavy rain around him, and speculated one by one: "The island was originally in the deep sea. But perhaps it was led by some kind of force, and the 'acceleration' emerged, and the whale swelled up on the shore, without giving it a chance to escape, and ran aground here, and the trees grew wildly, piercing the whale carcass.."
"Maybe that's it." Jiang Cang, who was walking in front, kept looking around, "But now I don't know if there are some strange beasts growing on the island." ”
"If you have it, kill it!" Wu Hong didn't smile in business, but when he looked at Xiao, he said, "Master Jiang has already guessed it." You are a typical afterthought, always trying to take what others have speculated into your own use. ”
"I'm just afraid you're stupid and can't think of it." Xiao's expression remained unchanged, "That's why I told you specifically." ”
"You.." Wu Hong paused, thought about it carefully, and found that even if Master Xiao was doing his job, he still had the kung fu to make a verbal stumbling block for himself, so that he accidentally touched the Tao.
Then everything you say will be lost, or don't say it, wait for the opportunity, and look for the next encounter.
"The trees here should grow in seven days." Yun Mu touched the nearby trees and judged the time, it was also during this time that he had long been accustomed to the bickering of the two brothers, but now he was able to calm down, not listen to nonsense, but do the right thing.
"Is it a spirit tree?" The shadow, who had been following behind Jiang Cang's side, asked at this time, "Can you produce spiritual energy fruits?" ”
"It's an ordinary tree." Yun Mu shook his head when he saw the two brothers looking at each other, and said, "If it is a spirit tree, even if they are blessed by spiritual rain, they will not be able to grow so fast." ”
"That's right." The shadow nodded, and stopped asking, so that Yun Mu's words about a series of academics and refining medicine were blocked.
Jiang Cang didn't care about the people behind him, but he stepped on the trees again to look, looking at the eyes in front of him, but after twenty breaths, he didn't know what he felt, and suddenly took it back, as if he had passed through Xiao and the others, and looked at the road behind him.
"How?" Xiao raised his head and asked, guarded, and stopped in place.
Jiang Cang didn't say anything, the distance was too far, and he was a little unsure, so he whispered down the branch again, in case he didn't see the things in the distance, and he was seen by other things in the forest first.
"Something is coming after us?" Wu Hong listened attentively, and slowly turned behind him, also careful.
Because at this time, everyone was only about a mile or two away from the center of the island, and it was indeed possible to encounter danger, and not everyone on TV was acting like this.
Yunmu is also ready to try to manipulate the nearby trees to meet the enemy at all times.
But after a few minutes, it was still raining heavily in the mountains and forests, and there were no weird or strange beasts.
But they found that the shadow of leaving at some point suddenly appeared in front of them and others.
"Captain Qian, they've landed on the island." The shadow looked at Jiang Cang, "Dragonhead, we..?" ”
"They're chasing fast." Jiang Cang nodded, "Wait a minute, they actually followed, then let them explore the way together." It's better than the five of us, there are a lot of people. ”
Jiang Cang said this, but smiled, "If there are really strange creatures in the center of the island, we are almost there, and sooner or later we will meet them, it is useless to be careful, but it is useful if there are many people." Ever heard of the Decoy Meat Shield? ”
"Isn't it a bit out of order?" Wu Hong was a little surprised, thinking that the person who had a dragon head and a single eye, how could he use such a method?
Although everyone agrees that this method is very good, not only to reduce the danger of their own people, but also to increase the safety of 'pathfinder and stepping on the mechanism', but they just want to ask.
"It's better for them to be next to us than to wander around the island, and it's safe to come." Jiang Cang didn't hide his thoughts from his own people, "To put it mildly, they want to die outside, and it's not worth dying." These are more or less cooperative friends, even if they pull them, they also help us step on the road. It's all for treasure, for profit, to help each other, we have done our best, we can't hold hands anymore, and life and death are in peace. ”
"That's true." Wu Hong smiled, thinking that this was right, they wanted to get the treasure, but they didn't want to pay, how could there be such a good thing?
And when Jiang Cang and the others stood in place, waiting for Captain Qian to come.
Four miles away, off the coast of Storm Island.
Ten ships docked next to the Pioneer.
In addition to the dozens of people on their ship, the remaining more than 200 crew members and eleven captains all came to the island in the rain one after another.
"What did you find.." Captain Qian asked a few crew members who had disembarked in advance to investigate.
The people the shadow saw before were them.
"No.." Several people shook their heads, basically saying the same thing, "We explored the neighborhood, there are mountains and forests everywhere, heavy rain, the sky is too dark, and we can't see anything.. Captain Jiang was also not found.."
"What was that big shadow before?" Captain Qian pointed to the mountains and forests, and when he saw that these people did not answer, he knew that they were scared, and did not investigate further.
"I saw it on the boat before." The bearded captain interjected at this time, and then looked at Captain Yan, who was a little downcast next to him, as if encouraging him, and said, "Old Yan, you also saw it, right?" ”
"Yes.." Captain Yan came over confused and nodded, "I saw it."
"Captain Jiang, they should be there." Captain Qian looked at the people behind him, waved his hand, and motioned for everyone to go to the shadows to take a look first, and see if they could meet the people of the Pioneer who landed on the island in advance.
I believe that Jiang Cang and they came over in advance, there should be more information about the island that can be provided to everyone in the team.
He also went with them to the forest, and this man was indeed bold, and he was indomitable, braving the heavy rain and opening every tree.
And they also realized that this rain was a bit magical, just like spiritual spring water, which could restore physical strength.
At the same time, as they went deeper into the forest, they also saw whale carcasses, the remains of deep-sea fish everywhere, and speculated that the island should be a 'deep sea land'. ’
The approximate calculations and conjectures are similar to those of Jiang Cang and others, but there is an additional explanation of mythology, that it is the 'gods' who brought this island back to the sky.
In addition to this.
They continued to walk, and with the expectation of the treasure, they walked carefully for about four miles, and also saw the five pioneers in the forest ahead, as if they were waiting for them.
At a glance, Jiang Cang and the others were unscathed, does it prove that there seems to be no danger on this island?
You know, they've traveled about three or four miles, and they're almost at the center of Storm Island.
"Captain Jiang .."
The expectation of the treasure is getting stronger and stronger, and it is also the location of Jiang Cang and the others close to the center of the island.
The first thing the blonde young man said when he saw Jiang Cang and the others was to ask politely, "Do you have any discoveries?" ”
The blonde young man said, and the remaining ten captains, including the more than 200 crew members, all looked at Jiang Cang and the others, wanting to see if Captain Jiang and the others had come early and had come to the center of the island, had they already obtained any 'treasures'? ’
This gaze, their suspicious gaze, is honestly a little annoying.
Jiang Cang looked displeased.
"Don't tell me any treasure now."
Jiang Cang saw that they were thinking carefully, or asking seriously, so he directly vetoed it: "Let's wait until we get to the center of the island." When I arrived, I saw it, and then I said it. I can't see it, it's useless to say anything. ”
Jiang Cang's words fell, and he directly took Xiao and the others to continue to walk forward.
"You mean you didn't see the treasure?" The bearded man asked more, and looked at the back of Jiang Cang and the others moving forward.
'Click' Jiang Cang, Wu Hong and the others stopped in an instant and turned to look at him.
"Joke .. Joke.." The bearded captain was startled and didn't dare to say anything.
Even the remaining ten captains and more than 200 crew members were taken aback by Jiang Cang and the others, remembering that the pioneer was not a 'bad good person', but after killing the black fox a month ago, they didn't dare to ask with their eyes.
"I don't like jokes." Jiang Cang looked at the bearded man and the timid people in his heart, "Say one more thing, before I arrived, before I saw the treasure, who said more about the treasure, suspecting that I, Jiang Cang, took the treasure privately, then don't blame me Jiang Cang's ruthlessness." ”
"Captain Jiang, what's the point.." Captain Qian played a round field, and the captains next to him were also echoing, indeed they were carried away by the treasure just now, and what they did was a little wrong.
Teamwork, the most feared is mutual suspicion.
Jiang Cang didn't say anything more, the rest of the road is not far, let's mention it when we arrive first.
There was some silence among the people, and some defensiveness continued to move forward.
After the last mile of the journey, the surrounding mountains and forests slowly became sparse.
Go another 100 meters.
The crowd also heard a faint 'squeak' from the dark rain curtain ahead.
From time to time, lightning streaks across the sky, illuminating the surroundings.
Everyone looked intently and saw that 200 meters ahead, there was a squeaky sound, and there was an open space.
In the center of the clearing, there is a small mountain peak, which is covered with long-dead corals and other marine plants, and it is very colorful and dazzling under the reflection of lightning.
But below the mountain peak, there are more than sixty monsters about two meters tall, pitch black, and eyes the size of fists!
Now that they noticed Jiang Cang and the others approaching at the edge of the forest, they also stopped their 'squeak' chirp in an instant, moved their feet similar to chickens and ducks, did not make a sound, and slowly walked towards Jiang Cang and the others, like wild beasts hunting and lurking in the night.
"These things.." When Captain Qian and the others saw these monsters, they were stunned for a moment, as if they remembered some kind of legend, and did not let the panicked crew attack them in advance, seemingly fearful.
Especially Captain Qian was still afraid that Jiang Cang and the others would make a move and provoke them, so he explained and persuaded Jiang Cang in front of him,
"Captain Jiang . . . They are a living creature that dates back thousands of years. Like the 'Sea People'... They can live not only on land, but also in the deep sea, but they are as rare as mermaids, and no one seems to have seen them for so many years.."
Captain Qian spoke quickly, revealing anxiety, "But we'd better not provoke them... They eat people... And these monsters of the Sea Human Race, according to the records in the historical records, each of them has about the strength of our Central Plains warriors, the 'peak of the day after tomorrow'... In particular, there are more than fifty of them, and there are definitely more than five of them. And now we seem to be close to their territory to provoke them... Why don't we retreat first, and then discuss it again, it will be safer."
"These little things still need to be discussed?" Jiang Cang asked rhetorically, and then turned his head to look at Wu Hong and Shadow beside him, "A group of cannibalistic things, kill them." ”
"Yes!" Wu Hong smiled and paced forward.
A flash of sword light appeared from the shadow's waist, and it followed.
Suddenly, before everyone could persuade again, he stretched out his hand to stop it.
Fifty-seven monsters of the Sea Human Race, six of them were innate, and in the shocked eyes of Captain Qian and others, accompanied by the screams of 'snort', they were killed by Wu Hong and others in just one minute!
Boom—
When the lightning shone into the sky again, they saw that the monsters were in different places, leaving only a patch of green blood juice and organs, mixed with heavy rain.
Wu Hong and the others were swordsmen and killed simply.
For a moment, with exclamations, praises, in the heavy rain, there were endless ears.
Captain Qian exclaimed, and also found that he didn't need to make a move, and now there was only nonsense left, which proved that they were dispensable.
And Jiang Cang didn't care about the pursuit of these people, but felt that this sea human race was 'very weak', and it didn't look like a high-level powerhouse who could use 'divine power' to control the island that emerged.
So the mystical speculation about God, I didn't guess wrong, I was absolutely wrong, there can be no 'true God' in this world? ’
There is only one reason why the island is on the surface.
Is there definitely some treasure in the mountain peak cave behind them, or is there any rule in this world that has been touched, which has triggered this 'treasure opening?' ’
Combined with this, this is the 'competitive world'. ’
Jiang Cang thought about it, and felt that this should be a kind of 'prelude', for example, a 'warm-up' before the battle? ’
Is it suitable for all primordial beings to obtain the 'competitive conditions?' ', is there a guide in the mountain?
"Too weak!" Wu Hong didn't think about it so much, he felt that he had turned around for half a circle, and there was no one who could fight.
Couldn't help but look at the captains behind him, let them stop praising their words, and then startled.
"There's definitely a problem.." Xiao and Yunmu both felt that something was strange, so they looked at the dragon's head, which meant 'go in and have a look?' ’
The answer may lie in the cave.
The task of the Yuan Energy Rules can't be so simple, maybe this is a storm that tests courage, and it's a 'body refining spiritual rain', warming up and killing monsters, just a kind of 'competitive ticket?' ’
"Let's go." Jiang Cang didn't say anything, he took the lead and left, thinking so much, it was better to go and see it directly.
This was followed by a shadow that had not spoken all this time.
He didn't speak, but he was just as curious.
And these captains, you look at me, I look at you, they are also the strength of the pioneers of fear, and in the end, eleven captains followed Xiao and the others into alone, leaving the crew outside the cave, saying that they and others just had a look, and there was no other meaning.
Go into the cave also.
The crowd was on guard and searched the neighborhood.
Jiang Cang passed by a potholed wall, and touched a raised stone, echoing his own divine bead from afar, and as before, it melted and merged into the divine bead.
I got another one for my 'fetish attachment'.
At the same time, they went to the cave, and in the darkness, they rummaged through five old chests covered with green moss, and when they gradually opened them, they found that the contents of the box had not been damaged or soaked in the bottom of the sea, and that the contents had not been damaged.
It's just that inside the chest is a pile of gold and silver jewelry, which still sparkles in the dark night, but looks useless to the pioneers.
But Captain Qian's eyes widened, and their hearts were already beating drums, thinking that this trip was 'done!' ’
"Look for it again.." They ignored Captain Qian and the others, and were still rummaging through the jewels, following the task prompts, rummaging for a while, and finding an 'old compass' in these jewels that made Captain Qian and the others stare at greedily. ’
Compared with these jewels that can shine in the dark, this kind of 'old objects', a few antiques, as if they were placed in it at random, really inconspicuous.
"I found something.."
When the owl saw the dragon head coming, he gave the compass to the dragon head.
Jiang Cang took it and saw that the object was made of 'spirit stones', and the 'pointer' inside it had been pointing in one direction, in the north.
I thought about it for a moment.
Jiang Cang found that the 'guiding place' was in the waters of Fengzhou, 20,000 miles away.
Coincidentally, under the prompt of Jianhui, Feipeng and they seemed to be rushing in the direction of Fengzhou.
Jiang Cang thought about this, as if he had grasped a key.
If you don't guess wrong, then combine the 'ticket' guess before.
It should be with the opening of the 'Storm Treasure' this time, and at the same time, there are also treasure points similar to the 'Storm Ruins' in other parts of the world.
As long as the 'rest of the primordial beings' enter these 'ruins' and obtain a compass or similar 'objects', the final guidance will point to the place of Toyosu.
It should be a common 'treasure spot', the first 'competition' of the primordial beings. ’
I haven't guessed wrong, otherwise, these monsters will never be so 'simple', and feelings are a 'ticket guard'. ’
In other words, these monsters of the sea people are not worth mentioning to their own pioneers, such as local chickens and dogs, chopping melons and vegetables.
But for most of the rest of the primordial powers, they may be fierce enemies of life and death, and after nine deaths, they may not be able to get the tickets, and they may also lose their lives in other ruins.
Then the hurdle of this 'ticket' is indeed quite high compared to the 'average of current Yuan Ability' recorded in the data of the previous life.
How many innate beings are there now?
The monster of the ticket is a 'touchstone' of the realm of strength. ’
I've beaten it, and I'll go. If you can't beat it, you won't be able to participate, or you will die in the ticket ruins.
Thoughts fell.
Jiang Cang took the compass, ignoring the fact that Captain Qian and the others next to him were counting the gold, silver and jewelry, but instead glanced at them, feeling that the Yuan Capable people who had obtained tickets and rushed there now might not be too few.
At least the pioneer team will definitely go to see the excitement no matter how far away it is.