Chapter 566: Atoll
The Aki Beast stretched out its forelimbs towards Xu Dong, "Immeasurable Immortal Monarch, the little beast will go to the bottom of the sea to relax first, and if you have any orders, summon the little beast." ”
Xu Dong sent him a message back, "Okay, you can go." ”
After landing on the barrier reef, Xu Dong found that it was the same as what the Aki beast said, there was no one on it, not even a demon beast, a pure place where no grass grows, not to mention rabbits, and even birds fly over without stopping to pull a soak of.
This atoll is not very desolate, because it itself is very simple, only the ochre and "color" stones, and there is no scenery, and there is no "desolation" in the place where there is no scenery, and there is no "dead silence" in the place where there is no life, and everything is static.
Because the area of the barrier reef is not large, the five people walked it all over in a moment, and as a result, they saw a stele on the coastal side of the barrier reef, which described the barrier reef as Missidark Island, which used to be a very large island, and there were indigenous inhabitants on it, because the sea rose year by year, or the island sank year by year, the area of Missidark Island gradually shrank, and the people on the island moved away one by one, and in the end only such a place remained.
Xu Dong looked at the inscription carefully, and the inscription specifically explained that this atoll was formed by the last group of residents of the island to build an embankment with stones to keep out the water, which was formed by some people who refused to leave their homeland even after death, and they increased and strengthened the embankment year by year, until the last person on the island died, and this monument was carved by the last person who died.
This proves that Lu Xu'er is not lying, she was born on this island, Xu Dong remembered one thing, that is, the book "Haitian Tuzhi" in Xing Yu's hand, since Lu Xu'er only left Missidark Island when he was three years old, it proves that this island was flooded by the sea for more than ten years, why is there no record of Missidark Island in "Haitian Tuzhi", this is clearly what's strange in it, but where is this strange.
Shunji interrupted his contemplation, "Senior brother, it doesn't make any sense for us to find this Missidark Island, because it can't provide us with anything, I really think it's enough, it took more than a month in the southwest sea, I spent almost all my effort, and I almost died in the mouth of the ten-eyed beast, it's really infuriating to find such a place where it's nothing." ”
Xu Dong was about to persuade Shunji and Ma Wudao, "In my opinion, we can't give up easily, we have to look around here, maybe like Luoguo'er Island, there are natural karst 'caves' below." ”
Huang Fengyan said, "I said Deacon Ma, let's save some effort, such a palm-sized place is really full of Tibetan soldiers' 'holes', and it can't hide hundreds of people and horses, who would choose such a place as a base." ”
Ma Wudao, "Huang Daoyou's words are wrong, you can't see that it only has such a large area on the water, the most important thing is the underwater part, since this island is flooded by the sea water below, then it should have a considerable area underwater, if it is hollowed out, then it is not a problem to hide hundreds of thousands of horses in it." ”
"Hey, Deacon Ma, if it were you, would you do this, what a huge project, this immeasurable sea island has, since there are hundreds of thousands of horses, why not occupy a ready-made island, but come here to play the mouse all day long to make a 'hole'. Huang Fengyan said.
Ma Wu still insisted on his own point of view, "If there is a big karst 'cave' in the original, then it only needs to be transformed a little, the project is not particularly huge, this is equivalent to the same situation as Luoguo'er Island, but the scale is larger, why not occupy the ready-made island, it is because it is more hidden underground, it is not easy to be used as a target, and no one guards against such an army that does not exist on the surface, once the people are pulled out, it will have the effect of surprise." ”
What else did Huang Fengyan say, Guangneutron said on the side, "Don't argue with the two seniors, since we have worked so hard to find this atoll, we will not let go of this place easily, we must give it a thorough look inside and out to rest assured, I think everyone should stop standing and talking now, it is better to start probing as soon as possible." ”
Xu Dong said, "What Uncle Zhongzi said is 'quite reasonable', let's start searching along the water's edge, don't let go of every suspicious place, even if it's a loose stone, it may be the entrance and exit of a certain karst 'hole'." ”
So the five men divided into two groups, one searching clockwise and the other counterclockwise, and after three hours the two groups met but found nothing suspicious.
Xu Dong only took everyone back, and when he left, Ma Wu also took out the compass to measure it, Huang Fengyan teased him, "I said Deacon Ma, this is the third time I've seen you take out the compass, why are you so worried about it." ”
Ma Wu said tepidly, "I don't know what's wrong, I'm just not at ease here, because from the direction, this and that desert island are facing each other, and there seems to be some connection between the two, otherwise, let's go up to that desert island and take a look." ”
This time it was not only Huang Fengyan who opposed Ma Wu, even Guang Zhongzi and Shunji thought he was too entangled, Ma Wu said, "Island Master, can you leave me a piece of 'Bilongju', I will go to these two places to investigate in detail alone, if I can't find out what the situation is, I will return to Luoguo'er Island as soon as possible." ”
Xu Dong thought that there must be a reason why Ma Wu was so persistent, and he could see that he was a little reluctant to give up on the atoll, so he said, "Yes, Senior Ma, I will leave you a piece of 'Bilongju', but you alone should be very careful, and use the messenger to notify me if there is any situation." ”
"Island master, don't worry, I don't have much other skills, not to mention what I have learned and practiced in my life, not to mention using it to take the initiative to attack others, it is enough to protect myself when I am attacked by others, you go first, I will stay here and investigate again." ”
Xu Dong gave Ma Wu a piece of "Bilongju", and left the atoll with Guangzhongzi, Shunji and Huang Fengyan on another "Bilongju", and returned to Luoguoer Island after two days and one night.
Although he returned to Luoguo'er Island, Xu Dong consciously stayed in the southwest sea, and he even regretted leaving Ma Wu there alone, and now he is worried about Ma Wu all day long, but the good thing is that Ma Wu sent him a few messengers in a row, all to reassure him, Ma Wu said that he was very safe.
However, something unexpected still happened, it was not that Ma Wu was in any danger, but that he betrayed Xu Dong and defected with the "Bilongju".
Ma Wu finally sent a message to Xu Dong saying that he was the prince of the Great Yue Kingdom, shouldering the glorious mission of recovering the country, although he inherited the love of the seventeenth horse master, rescued him from Zhao Lun, and reused him to make him the chief deacon of the Infinite Sect, but he was in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and he never gave up his ideal of recovering the country, so he now took the opportunity to leave the Infinite Sea and return to the desert.
After seeing the messenger sent by Ma Wu, Xu Dong fell into deep thought, he was not sure whether his actions were right or wrong now, and expanded Luo Tuo** The team conquered the countries, realized the unification of the entire continent, and gave the people of Li a chance to recuperate, which seemed to be a good thing, but it made him Xu Dong make enemies everywhere, and most of the kings and princes and nobles of those conquered countries, except for the most heinous people like the king of Longcheng, were executed, and most of them were under house arrest by him, and these people may not know how much they hate him, maybe they are cursing him all the time.
It can be seen from Ma Wu's defection that although the land of a country has been lost, the hearts of the people are never conquerable, such as Ma Wu, who have not yet given up their dreams, let alone the kings of those newly conquered countries.
Xu Dong put Ma Wu's messenger into the treasure bag, he wanted to keep it as a specimen, and then discussed with Xing Yu, Guang Zhongzi, Huang Fengyan, Shun Ji and others in the underground palace, he told the truth about Ma Wu's defection, as he expected, everyone was shocked when they heard it.
Huang Fengyan said, "In the past few days, I have been with Ma Wu, and I saw that there was something in his eyes, no, now there is really an accident, the island owner should not have given him the 'Bilongju' in the first place, and lost a Lingbao-level magic weapon in vain, otherwise, the island owner sent me a battalion of troops in the 'immigration army', I will definitely find him in the desert, and bring the 'Bilongju' back after killing him." ”
Xing Yu frowned and was thinking, and it took a long time to raise his head, "Island Master, I don't think this matter is so simple, as far as the observation of the poor Dao in the past few years, Deacon Ma has been doing his own thing conscientiously, and he has really paid a lot to the Infinite Sect, not like a person in Cao Ying's heart is in Han, there must be another reason why he did this." ”
Huang Fengyan grabbed Bai Dao, "Master Xing' Gate, no matter what the purpose is, Ma Wu's defection has already happened, I see that you have a good relationship with him on weekdays, so you have to find a way to defend him, but is this any use." ”
When Dafan met Huang Fengyan and wanted to argue with him, Xing Yu would generously choose to be silent, but today I don't know for what reason, his mood was extremely irritable, "Huang Daoyou, you have been an eagle dog in the Dragon City King Palace for many years, and of course your sense of smell is more sensitive than my generation out of professional habits, but I also have to remind you that not everyone is as bad as you think, you don't see everyone as bad." ”
was exposed by Xing Yu in public, Huang Fengyan was so angry that he was going crazy, "Xing' 'Gate' Lord, I, Huang, have always treated you as a senior, why don't you always give me a little face, yes, I, Huang, have been a Longcheng National Eagle Dog, but that was more than 20 years ago, in order to get rid of that criminal position, I took the initiative to ask to take someone to Taishou Mountain to hunt demons, and later abandoned the darkness and followed the island owner, my Huang someone's loyalty to the island owner can be seen in the sky......"
The more Huang Fengyan spoke, the more 'agitated' he became, foaming at the mouth because of anger, Xu Dong hurriedly comforted the two seniors, "Senior Xing and Senior Huang are both people that I respect Xu Dong, you don't want to tear each other down again, I just received a message from Senior Ma now, what happened is still unknown, this matter is here for the time being, don't mention it again." ”