Chapter 3: The Island of Dreams
It's been a year since autumn turns to summer, and occasionally a fish or two leap up on the calm sea, and then the birds in the sky swoop down and fly off with their victories. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Luo Qi, what the hell do you think the captain is thinking? I haven't seen him have the idea of docking for so long, and I'm going crazy at sea all the time!"
"Sure, we've all been pirates this year, but have you noticed that we're not the only ones wandering around in these waters? I've seen the same ship three times last week, and it seems like more ships are converging here lately. β
I don't want to stay at sea any longer, and it seems that I must talk to the captain. β
"Wait! Alas, Ace, you'll listen to me. β
In the captain's room, the captain was discussing something with the left guard and the right door, and Ace knocked on the door to get permission and walked in.
Before Ace could speak, the captain preemptively said, "It's Ace! I was just about to look for you, so you came, sit down." β
"Looking for me?"
"A child like you, I think you're already bored at sea!" the captain patted Ace on the shoulder, "But people must learn to be patient, and the day will come when you pay off! β
"What chance?"
"A chance to get power! In this world, power is everything, don't you want it?"
Ace scratched his head, looking dazed.
"You've noticed that there have been a lot of ships in this area lately, right, but we got the news a year ago, but we still haven't been able to come out on top! β
"Captain, wait-, Iβthe more I listened, the more confused I became. β
"Well, forget it, I'll get straight to the point, your task is to help me solve this puzzle, and you will have to benefit from it afterwards. β
As he spoke, the captain handed Ace a piece of paper with a 10 by 10 box drawn on it, with a number in each row and column on the edge of the frame, and nothing else.
"Is this a hint?"
"No, think about it slowly, give me the answer before dinner, I didn't care about your food and your accommodation in the past year, I think you should know your position. β
Looking at this is obviously something drawn by the captain himself, Ace knows that the captain has many things to hide from him, but these are not important, maybe from the moment he unlocks the Rubik's Cube, he has already determined his value on this ship.
Ace returned to his room and meditated, the ship that had been sailing at will before seemed to be illuminated in the darkness after the captain's communication crystal lit up, the captain at the helm of the left guard and the right door stood behind like two gods, and the others struggled to rock the oars.
As they moved forward, many other boats appeared around the boat, and everyone was a little worried at first, but the captain said that he didn't care, just paddled quickly.
It was past noon, and the captain still did not allow everyone to rest, and even did not allow everyone to eat lunch, but just blindly asked everyone to speed up, speed up, and speed up again. Ace is still at a loss for puzzles, and it is not feasible to always be locked in the room and "work behind closed doors", but he has no heart to eat, so he takes the initiative to add people to the ranks of paddles, and friends are to share weal and woe.
Just as everyone was about to strike, the captain sent a new instruction - to prepare for landing!!!
Sure enough, there was an island not far away, and everyone who had lived in the sea for a long time suddenly burst out of strength, and they arrived on the island in a short time.
This island looks quite small from a distance, but when I get closer, I realize that it is the size of a large city, and more than a dozen ships are still isolated on the shore.
The first thing the captain did after going ashore was to find Ace, and when he heard that he had not been able to solve the puzzle, the captain showed obvious disappointment on his face, and had no choice but to order everyone to disband, and then take the left guard and the right gate to the depths of the island.
After some time, the captain returned, and beckoned Ace and Rozzie to accompany him, while the others were "free". Passing through a forest, Ace and his party of five came to a hill, in front of a stone tablet, in the middle of the tablet engraved a big "wisdom" word, the lower part of the tablet also has "Dream Island" three small characters, behind the stone tablet is a cave that extends downward.
Entering the cave, the captain snapped his fingers and a small fireball appeared out of thin air, Ace knew that this was the elemental power of this world, but because it was the first time he saw it, he was still surprised, but the left guard and the right door had no expression, even Luo Qi had a calm look that made Ace unbearable.
With the lighting, the speed in the cave was not slow, and with the winding steps Ace came to a stone gate, but there were already many people gathered there, but fortunately the space here was large enough to be not noticeably crowded.
The captain walked up to a fat man and asked, "How's it going?"
This man was the same pirate captain that Lotie had seen, and he replied, "What! It turns out that there are four entrances to this island, and the other three entrances have been opened, and many of them have gone elsewhere to find opportunities." β
"Leave those idiots alone! I mean, have you figured out a way to get this entrance?"
Everyone shook their heads, but one guy muttered, "If we had thought of a way to get in earlier, who would have had time to wait for you here." β
The captain glanced at the man, estimated the difference in strength between the two sides, endured it, and then said to Ace: "The mystery I gave you before has not been solved, has it? Now it is time for you to atone for your sins, come and open this door for these people to see." β
As Ace walked towards the stone gate, the captain added, "Don't forget that we swore to the dragon god that we would give a portion of our points to the one who opened the door, no matter what the outcome was. β
"Naturally, we don't forget. β
"I'd better wait until you open the door!"
"Of course it will be distributed to the person who opens the door. β
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Ace had always been disgusted with people who wanted to share the fruit before they succeeded, but now he can't help himself in the rivers and lakes!
The captain is a user of elemental power, these people can talk to him on an equal footing, and their strength is about the same, so many "highly capable" people are helpless, thinking that this is not something that can be directly destroyed by force, and if you want to open the door, you have to find clues from the door.
This stone gate is nothing special except that it is made of stone but cannot be destroyed, but if there is anything discordant, it is the couplet next to the door. The upper joint autumn heart is really better than the stone festival, and the lower joint spring moon is like clouds and gold, and then the horizontal batch is charged.
Fees? Look at these people who come here, they don't look like the lord who is short of money, the things in the cave can attract them, but I am afraid that they are more attractive than money, the cave owner will be so generous? Besides, who should this entrance fee be handed over? How to pay it? How much to pay? So no matter how you think about it, it's suspicious!
"Can anyone tell me about the other entrances?"
For Ace's question, some people were indifferent, some people waited to see the joke, some people were just happy, or the fat man stood up and could see that he and the captain were on good terms.
If there is a difference, the words engraved on the stone tablet in front of the cave entrance are different, the stone tablet on the north side is engraved with 'De', the east side is engraved with 'body', and the west side is engraved with 'beauty'. β
"Morality, intellect, physique, beauty," Ace pondered for a moment, and said to the captain, "Captain, now you should tell me how you found this place! β
"Well, there's no need to hide it when you get here," said the captain, pulling a piece of paper from his bosom, "remember the square box you played with? β
Ace took the paper and looked at it, one of which he had already seen, with the words "There is only one way, find it" next to it, and another was a nautical chart, which was not difficult to see that the specific location of the island was on the sea, and the words "Find here and find everything you wanted" were marked next to it, and then the rest were some sketches with words, which were drawn on the corners of the paper, and the degree of randomness could be seen from the spilled ink droplets.
A stone pile, next to which is written the word "foot", and then a set of utensils is placed on it, and with the word "supplement", and then the food is a few plates of bamboo around the word "life", and there are some qiongbei scattered around, and it happens to form a "Shang" character with the small objects around;
Under a symbol like a word and a picture, an apple tree has a word "come" written next to it, and then the tree is full of fruit very attractive, and a branch has a "no" shape, and then in the faint shadow of the tree there is a person who is sleeping peacefully, there is a "wisdom" word on the chest of his clothes, and the word "take" is next to him.
"Could it be that you're here for this reason? Who else has it, can you lend me a look?"
"Here you go!" said the fat man, taking out the same piece of paper, "although everyone has different paths, but the goal is the same, and now it is time to cooperate." β
"It seems that your relationship is really not ordinary!cooperation?" a thin man sneered, "That's true, but I think the things in everyone's hands should be the same, so there is no difference between one and three, you two should not be colluding to think-"
Hearing him say this, the hearts of the others, who had been hesitant, suddenly became firm, and the fat man glared at them angrily and turned his head away. Ace sighed in his heart, even the guys who didn't understand such a simple truth as 'It's not Qiongbei in his hand, no matter how much he has', it's just like that!
But that's not the question of what to think about now, as the thin man said, the two pieces of paper are really exactly the same, but that's enough!