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Chapter 294 Treasure Cave

It is said to be the commanding height, but in fact it is only about [-] meters higher than sea level.

Standing here and looking around, the terrain of the island is roughly in the shape of a mango.The terrain on three sides is steep, and only the side where the cruise ship is moored is relatively flat.

There are many trees on the island, but there is no big tree with a height of more than three meters.

Apparently, hurricanes often pass through here, and the trees are so big that they are easily uprooted.

In order to adapt to the environment, plants have also become much smarter.

The habitat of seabirds is the cave on the cliff that has been eroded by wind and moon for years.The reason why they like to gather at this island bend is because the wind and waves here are small and it is easier to catch fish and shrimp.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking back at the super dream cruise ship, the blue capsule shell is completely integrated with the ocean.

If it wasn't for the abrupt and regular stretching in the bend of the island, people who don't know it will definitely think that it is a strangely shaped reef!

"No wonder the dark side sent out so many advanced detection equipment, but they couldn't find us. If they didn't know where our cruise ship is, people who saw it for the first time would definitely think it was a cylindrical reef!" Shui Jingxin said with a smile .

Ou Zhou looked through the binoculars and couldn't help but feel a sinking heart. He said worriedly: "I hope there will be a heavy rain today to wash away those nasty bird droppings. Otherwise, it will affect the stealth ability of the cruise ship."

Jiang Yang also looked at it, and scolded: "It turns out that the seemingly weak seabird is our biggest nemesis!"

Shui Jingxin and Ke Feier took over the telescope and looked at it, then asked worriedly: "What should I do?"

"The heavy rain on the ocean is coming as soon as it is said. It looks like a sunny day, and maybe it will be stormy soon." Ou Zhou comforted.

"Let me tell you, for the sake of safety, we will anchor here. When the heavy rain washes away those nasty bird poo, when will we set sail."

"That's good, anyway, we are free to cruise, and there is no time limit. It's better to stay nearby if you set sail on an adventure. With this small island, you won't be lonely." Ou Zhou felt at ease.

Shui Jingxin smiled and said, "Let's go around and see if there are any strange things?"

Ke Feier continued: "In short, our super cruise ship is going to sea for the first time, and everything is based on complete success. Let's go, go around."

The length of the island from north to south is less than 2000 meters, and the widest point should be 1000 meters.With a certain area, more species can be accommodated.

Baptized by years of wind and rain, the rocks show a distinct brown-gray color. If seabirds stand on it, it is difficult to distinguish their figures.But if it is flying, the color of the underside of the wings and the abdomen is off-white, which is very eye-catching.

"Which seabirds are you talking about, the gray-white wings and abdomen are so conspicuous reflected in the sea water, why don't the little fish and shrimp know how to avoid them?" Shui Jingxin wondered.

"You are a Ph.D. student in the Department of Life Sciences. You don't even know it. How do we know?" Ke Feier smiled and said.

"The colors of animals and plants have the characteristics of adapting to the region and background. The brown appearance is that they are not easy to attract the attention of natural enemies when they are still, and the gray and white abdomen should be when flying in the sky. It is convenient for the same kind to interact with each other. Let's identify it!" Ou Zhou said.

The four siblings walked eastward along the ridge for about half an hour facing the sun. When they looked down, they saw slightly steep rocks with no trees or weeds.

When he was about to turn around and walk back, Ou Zhou's ninth-floor cave detective Wei Xinfa concentrated his attention for a while, and discovered the secret underneath.

Can't help laughing: "It's meaningless to turn back like this, there is a cave under this crack, how about going in and exploring?"

His words immediately aroused everyone's enthusiasm.

Ou Zhou then took the lead to climb down, the further down, the mountain gradually became steeper, with jagged rocks.

Further down, a huge crack formed by the mountain blocked the way.

"Where is the cave?" Shui Jingxin asked.

"It's hidden in this crack." Ou Zhou pointed.

The four of them slowly climbed up the rock and went down to the bottom of the crack.

"If it weren't for the strange rocks underneath, we would have gone down with one vertical leap, why bother!" Ke Feier said.

Indeed, with the skills of the four of them, there was no need to bother like ordinary people.

But if you jump down, if your foothold is unstable, it will be interesting.

Sharp rocks are likely to injure your body.The bottom of the fissure is about three meters wide, and there are strangely shaped rocks all over it. Although it is not big, it is not convenient to travel.

When I got to the bottom and looked, sure enough, in the middle of the north-south crack, there was indeed a cave with a height of one person, facing the direction of the rising sun.

If viewed from the sea, the entrance of the cave is not visible at all because it is covered by the other side of the crack.

Ou Zhou took the lead and got in, but almost cried out in fright.

It turned out that there were three or four skeletons not far from the entrance of the cave. The posture of the skeletons was very strange. Among them, the one closest to the entrance of the cave had a sharp knife stuck in its back.

The skeleton was lying face down on the ground, with a weapon in its hand.Judging from the situation, it was clear that he was shot by a sharp knife thrown by one of the skeletons inside, and fell to the ground to die.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, looking at the skeletons in horror.

The second skeleton was lying on the ground. There was no weapon beside him, but there was a very obvious knife wound on the waist, and the weak ribs were all cut off.Obviously died of serious injuries, and there was no sharp knife beside him, which meant that he threw the sharp knife and killed the person at the entrance of the cave.

Of the two skeletons inside, one had a deep knife mark on its skull, and the other was stabbed in the chest by a sharp knife. It was obvious that they were killed immediately.

Further inside, there are two wooden boxes measuring [-] to [-] centimeters.

The inside of the cave is much wider than the entrance, and relatively flat.

Ou Zhou stepped forward to open the wooden box, which was full of gold, silver and jewelry.

"Obviously, these are four pirates fighting each other for property. Judging by the weathering of the bones, it's been 300 years at least," he said.

"As a result, they left themselves in this cave forever." Jiang Yang said.

"People die for money, birds die for food. This is the best testimony." Shui Jingxin said.

"But, are there only four of them?" Ke Feier wondered.

"This should be a small gang of pirates. After hiding the treasure, they suddenly became murderous." Ou Zhou analyzed.

"Why didn't a small group escape from the big gang?" Shui Jing said inwardly.

"It's also possible that the pirates stole two boxes of treasure and hid here after the pirates started fighting among themselves."

When Jiang Yang picked up a gold brick and flipped through it, he saw a line of writing written on one side: He was granted the title of General Military Officer of Ryukyu by the imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty.

"My God, this is actually Guan Jin, what is the official of the Ryukyu General Army?" He said in surprise.

Ou Zhou also picked up a piece and looked at it, thinking: "It seems that this gang of pirates is quite courageous, and dared to rob officials' money. It turns out that there were officers and soldiers stationed in Ryukyu during the Ming Dynasty!"

"The commander-in-chief's surname is He, but this island is five or six hundred nautical miles away from Ryukyu. How could the pirates hide here?" Jiang Yang said.

"Probably, they are trying to avoid hunting!"

Shui Jingxin and Ke Feier rummaged through each box to see if there were any rare items.

As a result, Shui Jingxin found an official seal, which was obviously made of pure gold, and the writing on it read: The official seal of the Ryukyu General Army of the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"Hey, look, it turned out to be from the reign of Chongzhen." She said in surprise.

Ou Zhou took it over and looked at it, wondering: "During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, it is not 300 years from now. But, which general soldier He was killed by pirates? Which general soldier should these treasures belong to?"

"A dignified commander-in-chief is protected by officers and soldiers when he travels, so how could he be robbed by pirates?"

"It's hard to say. Japanese pirates were rampant in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. They dared to go ashore to attack cities and villages. What's the point of robbing one or two official ships?"

Jiang Yang nodded and said: "That period of history is heartbreaking, and today these treasures fall into our hands, which shows the reincarnation of heaven, and has its own judgment."

"That being said, we would also like to thank these Japanese pirates. If it weren't for them, how could we have found such solid evidence." Ou Zhou said.

"That's right, in terms of emotion and reason, we should sort out their bones as a way of repaying them?" Jiang Yang said.

Ou Zhou smiled and said, "That's fine. But, how do we organize it?"

"They became mortal enemies at the last moment of their lives. The so-called death is dead. Everything returns to ashes. This cave is their best destination. Why don't you line them up and let them be friends again!"

"Okay, let's do it."

The two brothers and sisters started to arrange the four skeletons neatly, making them look like they were sleeping peacefully.

Then he took the two boxes of treasures and left the cave.It was a bit difficult to climb up the crack with the box in hand, so I stumbled along the crack and walked south.

Fortunately, the crack is not too long. After leaving the crack, find a place where the mountain is slightly slower to climb up, and then follow the ridge back to the commanding height of the island.

Then he put down the treasure chest and took a rest.

It was already eleven o'clock at noon.A large number of seabirds saw a few uninvited guests reappear on the top of the mountain. Those who still remembered them avoided them, and those who had never experienced the power of human beings still came to see them.

After all, this island is far away from land, and few people visit it.

Shui Jingxin picked up a few stones and shot them out. Because of the injection of strong internal force, those stones were like bullets, and with the sound of breaking through the air, they came to the seabird. The reaction was so quick that it screamed and flapped its wings to avoid it.Responding slowly, he left a few feathers to escape.

That's because Shui Jingxin didn't want to hurt them, otherwise there would be no life.

Seeing the panicked seabirds, Shui Jingxin laughed heartily.

"People say that curiosity killed the cat. Your curiosity only leaves a few feathers. It's really cheap to kill you."

Seeing that these uninvited guests didn't like them, the seabirds ran into the bay and continued to play.

When Ou Zhou picked up the binoculars to look again, he was furious and said angrily, "These flat-haired beasts are really disgusting. They even used our magic cruise ship as a habitat. Look, how many of them are there?"

After Jiang Yang saw it, he couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "This is really a narrow road for enemies. We occupied their islands, and they ran wild on our cruise ship. Fortunately, we closed the closer, otherwise we would be messed up by them."

After Shui Jingxin and Ke Feier took the binoculars and looked at them, they couldn't help but burst into anger.

Shui Jingxin scolded: "Let's pick up some more stones and take them back in the lifeboat, and use them as a target practice. If you don't teach them a bloody lesson, they don't know that Lord Ma has three eyes."

Ke Feier strongly agreed, and the two young mothers went to pick up stones.

Ou Zhou and Jiang Yang carried two boxes of treasures and headed down the mountain.

The seabirds who knew their strength hid far away, and those who didn't know were scared away by the stones fired by Shui Jingxin and Ke Feier.

When I came to the lifeboat and took a look, it was disgusting, there were more than a dozen piles of white birds on it.

Hateful Shui Jingxin and Ke Feier raised their hands, and every shot was sure to hit. In an instant, more than a dozen of the seabirds that were closer were injured and killed.

Ou Zhou shouted: "Enough is enough, any more beatings will be too much."

There was a cleaning brush on the lifeboat. After Ou Zhou and Jiang Yang dipped the white birdseed into the sea to clean them up, Shui Jingxin and Ke Feier went up and sat down, their mouths full of resentment.

Ou Zhou started the lifeboat and headed for the cruise ship.Those seabirds standing on the cruise ship turned a blind eye to humans and played leisurely.

(End of this chapter)