Chapter 18: Secrets
In the basement of the 'shelter', as soon as Yorkham Jones wanted to answer, the beautiful girl suddenly pointed to an iron box:
"That's it, don't choose. β
glanced at the iron box, and found that there was nothing unique, basically the same as the next one, and then Yorkham Jones glanced at the beautiful girl again, and nodded:
"Okay, how much does it cost?"
"One person 5 Wakey, three people, 2 Waq. The beautiful girl put on a sweet smile and stretched out her small white hand.
"You've miscalculated!" Marcus immediately glared through his mask.
"That's right. The beautiful girl pointed at Yumi and motioned to the cat to calculate the fare.
"Okay. Yorkham Jones smiled slightly, handed over 2 Wall, and pulled the basket into the iron box.
The beautiful girl glanced at the walr coin in her hand, and when she found that there was one more, she smiled even more happily, but she didn't speak, just glanced at Yorkham Jones meaningfully, and then left directly.
"Uncle! You are really rich! You don't frown when you spend money, people say how much you want! You definitely don't have a bargain when you buy things, right? Do you know that the things here are basically 20 percent more expensive than those at the exchange meeting. β
Marcus found out about the large tip that Yorkham Jones was giving and complained every step he took, as if he had taken the money that Yorkham Jones had spent as his own.
As soon as he walked into the iron box, Marcus saw that Jingqing had been staring at him.
"What are you thinking?" Marcus quickly shrank twice.
"Nothing. β
Qin Jing hurriedly shook his head and took off the mask:
"Sister Marcus, let me tell you, Jones is very good at making money, and if you stay, you probably won't have to lie to people everywhere. β
"Call brother! Yes, brother, not sister! Also, I'm doing business, not cheating. Marcus immediately yelled, raised his Adam's apple again, and even tried to take off his clothes on the spot.
"But, you really look like a sister!" the little cutie pouted aggrievedly, that look, as cute as she wanted.
"But... I'm really a man..."Marcus was a little tearless, and he didn't know how to explain something to the child.
Haha, finally someone understands my pain!
After laughing inwardly, Yorkham Jones looked at Marcus:
"Marcus, you've sold so many things, and you've gone on expeditions a lot, what about the money you're making?"
"Would you believe me if I told you that I had to sacrifice gold to a special being every day, or else my 'bad luck special' would infect everyone around me?"
As he spoke, Marcus stared earnestly into Yorkham Jones' eyes, and even breathed a little heavily.
"I believe, after all, there are always many things in the transcendent world that cannot be explained. Yorkham Jones nodded.
"Hahaha! Uncle, you are so cute, you believe what others say, in fact, I lied to you!"
Marcus immediately pinched his waist and laughed a few times, and as he put on the fixture, he spoke:
"I've spent all my money, hallucinogens, red light districts, casinos, these are my favorites..."
"Marcus..."
Qin Jing just wanted to call her 'sister', but when she saw Marcus staring at her very seriously, she changed her words with a smile:
"Brother Marcus, the front one is easier to believe than the reason in the back, and next time you make up the reason, you can think about making it up. β
Marcus listened, and immediately looked at Jingqing seriously:
"Is your cuteness just pretended?"
"Cuteness is real!" Qin Jing immediately glared and yelled.
At this time, Yumi's little head suddenly popped up and pointed to the side of herself:
"Jones... I have a little hole here to see outside!"
"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and change the box, or you will be drowned!" Marcus quickly yelled and began to unfasten his own device.
"It's okay, don't go back to the sea. β
Yorkham Jones whispered, glanced at the hole, and pondered:
"These boxes are going in and out every day, and there must be people checking them every day... So it's unlikely to be damaged, let alone a very small hole..."
"Earlier, that beautiful girl suddenly pointed to this box, so it's likely that she chose it for us, and even the small hole was made by her..."
"So, what does she want to do?"
"Do you want me to draw a map of going out, or do you see something through this little hole, or is it a cry for help?"
"Jones, someone's coming. At this time, Qin Jing reminded in a low voice.
"Hmm. β
Nodding, Yorkham Jones looked at Yumi:
"Yomi, use your chip to record the outside environment, project it in, and then draw an overall road map. β
"A bag of sweets. Yumi immediately raised her cat's paws.
"Do things seriously, I'll let you eat until you die!" Jokham Jones immediately glared.
"Don't regret it, you have to kill me!"
Yumi immediately stared at Yorkham Jones seriously, and when she saw him nodding, Fang stared towards the small hole.
After a few seconds, the scene outside was projected into Yomi, and in the picture, several big men walked in, they were dressed like the big man who delivered Yorkham Jones limes in the morning, they were just some staff.
When they reached the center of the room, they opened a gap in the floor and pushed some of the boxes one by one towards the gap.
"Uncle... It's mysterious... You say, they wouldn't want to feed us to some creature, would they?"
Yorkham Jones immediately rolled his eyes:
"Quiet. β
"Marcus, when Jones was doing things, he didn't like people talking very much. Qin Jing reminded with a smile.
"You're quiet too. β
Yorkham Jones glared again, and at the same time roared in his heart with great irritation:
"Two talkers, how are you going to live your life in the future!"
Soon, a few big men pushed the boxes in front of them, and it was Yorkham Jones' turn.
With a few shakes of the box, with the help of the projection, they could see themselves being pushed into a ramp passage.
After sliding down the slope for a few minutes, the iron box landed in a cave.
The cave is very large, with countless cavities above, each of which is a tunnel, and the walls around it have very neat cutouts that seem to have been polished by hand.
There is a river in the center of the cave, and the iron boxes that fall down the hollow will be smashed into the river, but the iron boxes do not sink, but float out with the river.
Suddenly, a low roar came from the depths of the cavern, and from the sound, Yorkham Jones could hear pain and madness, as if the vocalizing thing was suffering.
After drifting for more than ten minutes, the iron crates floated down the river into the sea, and then, the huge mechanical claws grabbed the boxes one by one.
Controlling the mechanical claw is a large sea ship, and with the help of the projection, Yorkham Jones can see a blood-red skull logo painted on the sail.
"The Blood Skull Piratesβ" Marcus muttered suddenly.
"Do you know this sign?" asked Yorkham Jones softly.
Marcus nodded and replied:
"Well, this group of pirates is active around the Immortal Seas, and their leader is called 'Scarlet Skeletron', and the pirate group is named after him. β
"It is rumored that he is a creature from the Immortal Sea, but no one has ever seen him, and it is his spokesman, 'General Hell' Harden, who usually comes forward. β
"And this sea ship should be just a small detachment of the 'Blood Skull Pirate Regiment'. β
"I see. β
Nodding, Yorkham Jones continued to observe the projection, muttering inwardly:
"The title of 'king' corresponds to the domain... In this way, this matter is not something I can handle now, so I will record it first, and then I will talk about it when my strength improves..."
Once the claws have collected the crates, the ships of the Blood Skull Pirates head in the direction of the setting sun.
At this moment, the sun's falling sun was already close to the sea, and the sea and sky in the distance were reflected in orange.
After about half an hour's travel, the ship suddenly stopped and divided the iron boxes into speedboats.
On the same speedboat as Yorkham Jones, there were two other iron boxes, but the iron boxes were very tightly sealed, and it was not known who was inside.
At the same time, Yorkham Jones noticed the man driving the speedboat.
He was dressed in animal skins, much like the natives of some island, and when he opened his mouth slightly, he could see that his tongue was broken, and his ears seemed to have been pierced by something, almost deaf and dumb.
After a few glances, Yorkham Jones asked Yumi to change her perspective again.
After a quick look at the speedboats, Yorkham Jones confirmed that they were all deaf and dumb, and that they all came from some isolated island.
"Uncle, the entry and exit routes are so mysterious, you say, this underground market won't hide a treasure, right?" Looking at the picture in the projection, Marcus was already surprised to close his mouth.
"The 'Straw Hat Emperor' once said, 'The more mysterious the treasure, the more likely it is to be a trap.'" ββ
Yorkham Jones smiled slightly, and continued to sweep towards the pirate ship, his soul suddenly shaking twice as his gaze fixed on the 'Blood Skull Pirate Banner'.
Hmm? Someone wants to collect my soul breath...
Is this the real purpose of the underground market? They are collecting the souls of different people...
How does it involve the soul again...
Could it be the same as the source of the 'Cult of the Reaper'?
As Yorkham Jones pondered, the speedboat suddenly headed in different directions.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you, your expression is suddenly so solemn?" Marcus asked.
"It's fine. β
After replying, Yorkham Jones fell silent, and when Jingjing and Marcus saw this, they also quietly looked at the projection screen.
After about twenty minutes, the speedboat delivered three iron crates to a goods transfer station.
"It should be over, if you guessed correctly, you will be sent to Whale Harbor by cargo ship later..."
Muttering, Yorkham Jones looked at Yomi:
"How's the road map?"
"What's the hurry, how to draw without a reference, get the Whale Harbor, and then use the Whale Harbor as a starting point to draw the other way around!" Yumi immediately glared.
What a fierce ...
I'll deduct your candy when I go back...
As Yorkham Jones muttered inwardly, they were loaded onto the ship to Whale Harbor as cargo.
....
In the underground market, inside the 'shelter', a beautiful girl is clubbing her chin on the counter.
Her eyes were looking at the orange clouds in the sky, but her pupils were dilated, as if the focus was not converging on the clouds, but thinking about something else.
"Sister, what are you looking at?" At this moment, a little boy ran over.
"Nothing. β
The beautiful girl shook her head, thought for a moment, and asked with a gentle smile:
"Deer, have you thought about getting out of here?"
"Ahh
Looking at the boy's back, the beautiful girl couldn't help muttering:
"yes... Everything is fine here, but Sister Jing won't lie to me..."
In her thoughts, the beautiful girl's memory returned to a rainy night.
It was a storm, and the waves around the island were very rough, and the beautiful girl liked this weather very much, and every time it rained, she would go to the coastline alone to watch the waves rush.
That day, the beautiful girl met Sister Jing, who was chosen a few years ago...
"Big sister, there's someone up there!"
The beautiful girl's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the boy from earlier, and then, a figure in a black robe walked into the 'shelter'.
Looking at the comer, the children around looked very excited, but the beautiful girl's eyes flashed with horror, and tilted her head slightly, and kept chanting in her heart:
"Don't choose me... Don't choose me..."
"Luke. A cold voice came from the black robes.
"Big sister! I've been chosen! I've been chosen!"
The boy known as 'Luke' was only about 7 years old, and his long flaming red hair on his head was very dazzling, and he yelled at the beautiful girl first, and then hurriedly ran towards the man in the black robe:
"My lord, I'm Luke!"
"Well, let's go. β
As the cold voice came out again, the beautiful girl wanted to stop it very much, but feeling the chill under the black robe, she hurriedly stopped thinking in her heart.
Looking at the distant figure, the beautiful girl ran violently towards the backyard, and ran quickly to a maple tree, she looked down at the mound of dirt rising in the grass, trembling and muttering:
"Sister Jing, before they choose me, I will definitely escape!"
At this time, a few maple leaves fell, and they gently hit the beautiful girl, as if to comfort her, as if to tell her not to be afraid.
...
The maple leaves were gone, the moonlight was on the sea, and Yorkham Jones was home.
Jingqing, Yomi, and Marcus were watching "Tom Meow" in the living room, and it seemed that the three of them had found common fun, listening to the laughter of the three, Yorkham Jones, who was busy in the room, could only shake his head helplessly.
Yorkham Jones was mixing alchemy potions, using a simple beaker and a psionic lamp, which is usually sold in the Vitality Ore Shop.
The psionic lamp that Yorkham Jones bought was the cheapest model, and it looked like a kerosene lamp, but the fire was green, a bit like a ghost fire.
This flame has no temperature, and its function is to decompose directly from the original proton of matter, which is one of the most suitable energy sources for decomposing transcendent objects.
This energy source was born in the 'Land of Illusion'.