Chapter 42: Blind Depth
The Evil Lord first explained what Red Eyes were. He told us that it was a bark spider endemic to Onishima that rubbed its legs against its abdomen and rubbed some of the black stuff off. These plushs are barbed and poisonous, and people or other animals can faint when they get it.
In addition, this spider has only six single eyes, and the last row of single eyes is particularly large, red when opened, and can also spew out very thick filaments, which are used to drag prey, and are also good at catching pupa.
Finally, the evil king also used his hand to draw the shape of the basin, indicating the size of the red-eyed body.
We all understood, and I was even more impressed by the comparison, because I had dealt with the ghost-eyed spider the most.
The evil king sighed again, saying that he was deceived by the map on the skin of the dried corpse, he thought that the ghost island had not changed much as before, but this only referred to the appearance and topography of the ghost island, and he did not expect that the ghost eye spider that originally lived in the depths of the island could move south and live on the originally safe coast.
While I heard this, I had an idea in my heart, the ghost eye spider is so powerful, it is estimated that it is also the top predator in the food chain, it will not change territory for no reason, it is likely to be forced to migrate, and the creatures that can force them to go must be very simple.
I already had scruples about Onijima, but now on top of that, a shadow has cast a shadow on my heart.
None of us spoke, and the Evil Lord said what he meant again, originally wanting to take everyone to go deep into Oni Island according to a safe route, but now that we see that this route is full of dangers, we have to recalculate how to go.
I don't think it's right, I said that after the Sea King arrived on Ghost Island, why did the evil monarch become so active? The four of us are just hitchhiking, so we shouldn't be ordered by the evil lord to come here and "sightseeing" with him, right?
Jiang Shaoyan was still a little bored, and kept his head down and didn't speak. I saw that he did not speak, and it happened that the iron donkey was sitting next to me, so I quietly consulted with him.
I want to make it clear that if the Evil Lord can't cooperate with us in this mission, then we will each do our own thing, and the four of us will be separated from him for a short time, and then we will agree on a place to meet when we are done with business.
Iron Donkey was the exact opposite of what I thought, he thought it would be nice to go around the island with the Evil Monarch and his party, and this was also our mission this time.
I heard a buzz in my head, and my heart said Okay, with this trip to Ghost Island, there is no case at all, just to do an investigation?
I don't know if we're going to tread every inch of the island with our big feet, but I do know that this kind of wandering is dangerous, and even a cat with nine lives won't have enough lives.
I'm worried. The old cat was interested, and asked the evil king, "Tell me about the next route." ”
The evil king found a pen and paper, and first drew a pig's heart shape, but he emphasized that this is the shape of the ghost island, and in the center he also drew an area with a pen, saying that this is also the place we are going to this time, and the ghost island has a characteristic, the situation is reversed, we should not be greedy, if we want to get here as safely as possible, we should take more waterways.
The old cat nodded and took his gaze away from the paper. The iron donkey was more aware of me, he was afraid that my emotions would fluctuate, and he did not agree with the evil king's idea.
I'm not a fool, although the boss is not happy, but since my opposition is invalid, then what is the objection? In response to the old saying, if you can't change it, try to enjoy it.
The evil king said that he would leave early in the morning, and it was still night, so let's rest again.
I have a hunch that tomorrow will be a big task, so I will hurry back to the cabin and try to make up for as much sleep as possible.
But the evil king was merciful, and I slept until the morning, and when I was woken up on the deck by the little man, I was stunned.
I always thought that the Evil Lord was an old man who didn't know how to use modern equipment, but I was wrong. Now on the deck of the Sea King, there is a lot of equipment that I am familiar with.
There are very advanced diving equipment, as well as flamethrowers and shotguns. This is not the equipment that the four of us brought, which means that the Evil Lord prepared it in advance and hid it in a certain warehouse.
I was quite puzzled, and when we were in danger before, why didn't he bring out such a good thing? I only thought of two possibilities, one is that the evil lord is reluctant to use this set of equipment on the blade, and the blade is the ghost island. In addition, when we were attacked by a giant squid, the evil lord was so mad that he had the energy to tell us where the equipment was.
It's all in the past, and I don't get too serious about it. The Evil Lord also prepared two new wooden ships and assigned the existing personnel.
The Evil Lord emphasized that the Sea King could not sail along the perimeter of Onishima, otherwise it would definitely suffer too much trouble, and in that case, a small number of people should be left on board. He preliminarily calculated that the minimum number of people who could drive the Sea King away was five, so it would be better to keep five people. The rest of the people set off in small wooden boats, and when they were done, they returned to join the Sea King.
I thought he would leave the hunchbacked old man and the four dwarfs behind, but in fact, he also left Jiang Shaoyan behind.
Jiang Shaoyan is the backbone of the four of us, without him, what else will we do on this mission? Originally, I didn't agree with the way the Evil Lord was distributed. But the iron donkey persuaded me, saying that the distribution of the evil king was very reasonable.
The evil king really looked at me differently, and explained more, "The crow can't go, otherwise he will die." ”
This has a deep meaning, I don't understand it thoroughly, I only know that the evil monarch can't lie to me, and he did it for Jiang Shaoyan's good.
In this way, I, the old cat on the iron donkey, and the evil king, took a boat, and the four dwarfs took a boat, and we took our equipment and went to sea one after another.
Both small wooden boats also had trunks with small locks on them, which I couldn't open without a key, but at first glance, I guess there must be something strange about them.
Ours was the head boat, and the Evil Lord asked us to paddle along the shores of Onishima, and although he also rowed, he did not do so frequently, occasionally staring at the sea or taking out a human skin map to calculate.
I can tell it, he is afraid that there will be a mistake in our route, so he calculates the direction. In fact, at such times, it is better for us to use a compass.
Jiang Shaoyan has a compass on the bracelet of his watch, the problem is that he is not here, and I want to see the sun, as long as it is not noon, it can also help us a lot.
But when I took the time to look up, I looked at the sky and was stunned. There are four or more suns in the sky.
The four suns were all obvious, and they all showed a scorching sun posture in the sky, while the other suns seemed a little empty.
I was startled, and said in my heart that Ghost Island is worthy of being a Ghost Island, and the evil king also said that the situation here is reversed, the sky is the earth and the earth is the sky, and even the sun has four.
But I pondered it for a while, and thought it wasn't so magical, there must be something in the sky here, or something strange in the atmosphere, like a transparent mirror, that refracted the sun in more quantities.
In this way, I also understand that the idea of using the sun guide is unreliable, and the evil king's approach is prescient.
I don't give random advice, I just work as a coolie. We rowed all morning, and by noon I was so drunk that I felt like I was going to smoke in my throat and eyes.
I asked the evil lord for water to drink, and who knew that this immoral thing told me that there was no water on the ship.
I don't believe it at all, because water is the source of life, and if we dare to come out and wander around without water, isn't this death? I also scolded the evil king in my heart, and said in my heart that how could anyone treat coolies like this, even if it is a donkey that pulls the mill, you must feed some forage regularly, right?
In the end, not only me, but also the iron donkey and a few little dwarfs also wanted water to drink, and the evil king still said that without water. However, after paddling forward for a while, the Evil Lord pulled out a monocular from the equipment he had brought.
He looked through his binoculars at the woods along the shore, and when he had finished his sentence, he took out another empty bag. It was made of sheepskin, and the Evil King told us all to stop the boat, and handed the empty bag to a little man, and gave him a dumb speech.
The little man Abba Abba answered, and jumped into the sea with an empty sac.
A minute later, the dwarf swam up again, and the empty sac was bulging and visibly filled with water.
The little man opened the empty sac first, and drank it with a bang. I'm scared to pee, and my heart says what's the joke, drinking seawater? If you drink too much of this thing, you'll go crazy or even die.
The other dwarfs also fought for me, drank the water in the bag, and then the little man went to the sea again, took a bag full of water, and handed it back.
I kind of understood, and when it was my turn, I tried to take a sip, yes, fresh water. I guess there is an undercurrent of an underground river in the sea beneath my feet, and even because of the special topography, some areas are flooded with fresh water.
The evil monarch sighed while watching me drink, and couldn't help but drink, "Leng Shijie, just drink water, what about wine?" Still drinking on your own? Hurry up, drink it to others. ”
I don't dare to quarrel with the evil king, otherwise I will provoke this old man, and I will not have good fruit to eat. I simply nodded and did so.
But then we are faced with another problem, we are thirsty, but our stomachs are still hungry, what will we eat for a while?
I remember that there was no food on both ships. This is not difficult for the evil king, or he has already planned, let us park the boat and go ashore together.
The big ship has to anchor, and the small boat like ours is not so particular and pushes it directly to the shore.
Except for the two dwarfs left behind, the rest of us followed the evil lord into the woods. The evil king is very purposeful and comes to a big blister.
There is still a road ahead of this blister. I remember Lu Xun said that there is no road in the world, and if you walk more, it will become a road.
This is also suitable for Oni Island, this road is definitely made by animals walking too much. The road is covered with all kinds of hoof prints.
The Evil King looked around and pointed to a few trees, which meant that we all climbed up and waited. I understood it all, and we were going to hunt together, and if any animal was unlucky enough to come over and drink water, we would catch it for lunch.
The group of us dispersed, and I climbed the same tree with the iron donkey, the old cat with one, and the evil king and the two dwarfs chose the other.
The evil monarch also played a trick, and I found that his ability to climb trees was not much worse than Jiang Shaoyan's, and he was able to go up to the top branches.
The branch was so thin that the Evil Lord was lying on it, holding it between his feet, and keeping his hands free and using his binoculars to keep an eye on the movements.
When a gust of wind comes, he will shake slightly with the branches.
After a while, the evil king learned a bird's call, indicating that an animal had come to drink.
I was a little excited, thinking about what I would have for lunch today.