The two CHN investigators Charles said appeared at the Philippine base were Damin and Brother Long. Since they learned that Lin Xiaofeng was going to Ghost Island alone, they rushed to join Lin Xiaofeng day and night, for fear that something would happen to him alone, and there would be no one to take care of him.

Departing from Shazhou City, Long Ge and Damin flew directly to Manila in the Philippines, a Southeast Asian island nation, where they turned around and went to the United Nations Relief Base (which was temporarily established after the disaster) on the east coast of Luzon. It is said that supply ships that lead to the waters of Ghost Island can be found here.

Coincidentally, due to the remoteness of Ghost Island, few ships pass by in normal times, but recently there has been a large-scale shortage of supplies in Latin America, and the international emergency deployment of materials from all over the world in the center of the response, the Philippines happens to be a transshipment center. In this way, after Damin and Brother Long arrived at the Philippine base, they didn't have time to rest, they met a ship that could go to the waters of Ghost Island, and even rushed to Lin Xiaofeng to get on the boat, and they were not stranded in Sydney City for many days like Lin Xiaofeng.

Besides, on Lin Xiaofeng's side, he had already guessed that the investigators from the two CHN regions who boarded the ship in the Philippines were Brother Long and Brother Damin. Counting the sailing time, it is estimated that he will be able to reach the waters of Ghost Island less than two days later than him. This made him feel more steady, at least there was a response.

Of course, Lin Xiaofeng is counting the situation where everything is normal, and it is different if there is an emergency. For example, not long after Brother Long and Damin boarded the ship, the transport ship they were on encountered a typhoon.

It is normal to encounter typhoons when sailing in the Pacific Ocean, and it is only when Magellan sailed around the world that he took shit luck, skillfully avoided all dangers, and paddled for so long without encountering wind and waves, thinking that this was really a "Pacific Ocean".

Although the ships are usually prepared to deal with such unexpected situations. However, when the wind and waves really hit, people really feel so small. It stands to reason that the ship that Damin and Brother Long are on is relatively large, but it is still as inconspicuous as an ant in the rolling sea, and it has almost capsized many times.

When the storm finally passed, everyone's hearts calmed down a little, and they were glad that they had survived the disaster.

However, Brother Long and the people were not happy at all, because in the wind and waves, the boat they were on went northeast with the current, heading straight for the Alaska Peninsula. Even if the crew turned around and headed south immediately, it would have to sail for almost a day. There are too many variables in this day, and I really don't know what accidents will happen.

Actually, the worries of Damin and Brother Long are justified. Just when they were facing the test of life and death, Lin Xiaofeng and the others also encountered a lot of trouble, their ship was kidnapped by pirates.

In fact, encountering pirates is a normal thing for ships traveling to and from Ghost Island, which is far away from various continents, and Interpol has no time to rescue, and it belongs to a vacuum. Ships that usually come and go here are equipped with some kind of weapons for defense.

When it happened, Lin Xiaofeng was chatting with Captain Dylan. In fact, I didn't talk about anything important, just idle talk, after all, the days of sea navigation were too boring, and men who had nothing to do could only brag about it together.

Although it was a small talk, Lin Xiaofeng was actually most interested in some of the situations near Ghost Island. For him who has never been there, this is a mysterious place, and he has heard all kinds of lace news about this place before, but it is all hearsay, not seeing is believing, and it is not counted. Sure enough, in Captain Dylan's description, which often travels here, the real-life ghost island is not the same as the legend.

According to Captain Dylan, the family probably started with his grandfather and ran the route from Australia to Ghost Island. At first, it was because his grandfather owed a lot of money because of his business failure, so he ran this little-traveled route to make money, in order to have a high commission.

It did get a lot of trouble at first, but it wasn't as dangerous as everyone said. The first trouble is the weather and road conditions, the climate on this route is changeable, the road conditions are complicated, there are many reefs and undercurrents, if you are not careful, you will run aground, and it is too late to call rescue. However, these troubles can be avoided naturally after a long time.

The most troublesome for them are the Barrals who are active in this sea, and because they are far away from other civilizations, they have preserved many strange customs. Some of them were even learned from the colonists of the past, such as walking around the island and praying for food.

It is said that the origin of this activity was the Spanish officers and soldiers who patrolled around the island. The local Barral people watched these outsiders do nothing every day, neither fishing nor hunting, but walked around the island to have a large boat to bring food. They couldn't understand it, so they did the same under the bewitchment of the local wizards......

Later, the colonists disappeared and these strange customs were preserved.

Later, with the advent of the era of global integration, the Barrals had a return to people's vision, and this time, the exchange was mutual. This has profoundly changed the society and perception of the Barral people. Traditional societies began to disintegrate, and with it came modernization and upheaval. The pirates who are active in the nearby seas are tribes of the Barrals. They relied on robbing some merchant ships to obtain industrial goods.

Just when Captain Dylan and Lin Xiaofeng popularized these knowledge, the pirates really came.

As was customary, Dylan asked Charles to take something and take it as a toll. It's not Dylan's instigation, it's mainly that he doesn't want to cause trouble. Anyway, it won't cost a few dollars, and it's even cheaper than the cost of guns and ammunition, and you can get a good guy. Why not?

However, after a while, Charles returned with a serious expression. He leaned into Dylan's ear and whispered a few words. The voice was very small, and with Australian English, Lin Xiaofeng couldn't hear exactly what Dylan and Charles were saying. However, he could tell from Dylan's expression that Dylan was angry.

Out of politeness, Lin Xiaofeng waited quietly on the side and did not speak.

I saw Dylan say a few more words to Charles, and Charles left.

Dylan also got up, saying that he had some trouble and needed to deal with it.

Lin Xiaofeng heard the last words Dylan said to Charles, probably because the pirate group opened his mouth this time...... He felt that he was idle, and he could not help in any way.

Dylan thought for a moment, the ship was indeed understaffed, and if something really happened in a while, for example, if there was a fight, it would be good to have an extra helper. So he invited Lin Xiaofeng to follow......