Treasure Hunters, Sail the Blue Sea

Chapter 263 Identifying Goals
Early in the morning on the 2nd day.

Everyone dispersed and began to act on the target.

First, Balazs took Jason to the homes of the people he had obtained information from before.

Facing Balazs who came to them again to ask about things decades ago, they didn't show any impatience.

After all, they give money.

Then he sent his deputy to take Xia Dati to collect those maps. Of course, funds are necessary for this link.

With Balazs, the local snake, everyone's actions went smoothly.

When night came, everyone returned to the boat.

Gathered in the captain's room again.

But this time it was an internal meeting.

Xia Daiti first took out a lot of various maps from his pocket ring. It can be seen from these maps that most of the maps are basically hand-painted.

However, due to the technical problems of hand-painted people, these maps are uneven. At worst, you can't recognize it as a map at all, but think it will be a child's graffiti.

Can these things really be called maps?How thick-skinned is it to do such a thing?
Alka felt that he who had just transmigrated could paint better than them.

"These are all the maps that can be found. They are all around here. Some of them are many years ago, and some of them are repeated."

"Most of these maps were drawn on inhabited islands among the surrounding islands.

The population is too small, there are no islands with special resources, and there is no map. "

Speaking of this, Xia Daiti also felt a little helpless.

"And the island chain system seems to be different from what we thought."

"How?" Alka asked curiously.

"The island chains linking islands are not fixed at all, and over time, some islands, especially the fringes, will leave forever.

Some new islands will also connect to the new island chain with the waypoint island, becoming part of the Broken Sea. "

"It's just that this process takes a long time. Basically, it started in a hundred years. Fortunately, at least in the past 20 years, no new islands have joined, and no old islands have left."

Hearing this, Alka nodded, which was at least good news.

Otherwise, if the place they are going to just happens to be separated because the island chain is broken, wouldn't it be uncomfortable.

But did you expect the island chain to have such a property?

It's more like the signpost island has a certain characteristic that will drag the passing islands.

But it's all random conjecture.

Alka withdrew his thoughts and focused on the pile of various maps in his hand.

As he flipped through the pages, Alka took out at least half of the maps from the pile of maps.

These maps are either damaged to a certain extent, or are too poor quality, and some are too old.

Damaged and inferior maps cannot be recognized by the system.

Whether those maps that are too old can be used depends on whether the area drawn on the map has changed much, and the change is too large to be unusable.

If it is only the construction of some houses that are different, or the expansion of some residential areas, it will not be affected.

However, towns are upgraded to cities, gathering places are relocated as a whole, a new city rises from the ground, and changes in terrain will affect the original map and can no longer be used.

But when drawing a map, these places can be used without planning at all.

You only need to draw the general shape of the island and some woodland vegetation and mountains and rivers in the middle of the island to become a map.

Therefore, the simpler and more accurate the map, the longer it can be used.

A map that is too perfect won't last long in Alka's eyes.

These are Alka's experience gained from using the system over the years.

After eliminating these unusable products, there are only 4 maps left in my hand.

Compared with the entire island chain, it only accounts for 1/4.

Two of them are still repeated, but the clarity of the painting and the techniques used are different.

Essentially there is no difference.

In Alka's field of vision, the islands represented by the two repeated maps actually had only one white dot.

Looking at this map, the island is not small, about 1/3 the size of Broken Island.

But this island has only one small town with a population of less than 3000, and the map is actually decades ago.

It's just that the change is not big, so it can still be used.

Next to him, Xia Daiti also began to tell the other party about the maps that Alka was looking at, and he knew some information about the islands represented by these maps.

"There used to be a mine on this island, and the population on the island was actually migrated by some miners from Southern Cross Island, but the mine veins dried up and many things were evacuated.

The small town above is also inhabited by the descendants of the former miners, and there is nothing special about it now. "

Alka looked at the situation on the map and nodded.

Then look at the next one.

This island is different. A small town and several villages can be clearly seen on it.

In addition to the two blue dots, there are several white dots on it, which are also moderate in size, smaller than the mine island above.

But obviously much more livable.

But it wasn't the island Alka was looking for either.

Xia Daiti had already compared it when she handed it over to Alka, and she didn't find any similarities.

Including those graffiti-like maps, she can also easily distinguish them.

After listening to some introductions from Xia Daiti, he took this map aside.

Look at the last map.

"This is the closest island to Southern Cross Island. It has a population of about 2 people and is also a small town. It is rich in timber resources.

The island is completely under the control of the island's royal family, which specializes in providing materials used to make ships. "

In this world with only oceans, it is self-evident how important ships are.

Although the growth of wood is very good because it is a magical world, there are differences between the wood used to make ships.

And the wood on this island is of the better kind, which is very suitable for building warships.

Alka looked at a blue dot and several white dots on the map. Although the island was huge, it was not the island they were looking for.

He shook his head regretfully.

"None of these should be."

Hearing this, the very rough nautical chart that Balazs used before appeared in Xia Daiti's hands.

Then draw a few crosses on it.

You can see that there are already some annotations on it, and Xia Daiti has already screened them first.

Looking at it this way, more than half of the map has been marked.

There are one or two ticks.

"Then apart from the islands represented by these maps, the other islands belong to the kind of islands that are far from the Southern Cross Island.

Most of the sailing time takes between 10 and 40 days and nights. "

"Furthermore, these two islands are deserted islands, and no one exists at all. These three islands are deserted islands, desolate and very small."

A desert island is an island with no special resources. The land on the island is not necessarily fertile, but there are still some vegetation, trees and animals.

If you really want to live, you really have to start from scratch, but it is not impossible to live.

The ruins are simply referred to as gathered stones, and few people go to these islands, and these islands are pitifully small.

There is basically no capital to survive.

"There is an island, which may be the place where his treasure is hidden." Jason said suddenly.

Hearing this, Arka looked up at him.

Since Jason said so, he must be sure.

After all, now is not the time to joke.

"After today's intelligence inquiry, there is an old man among them, who is very likely to have been the pirate's companion.

After my inquiry, he is most likely an insider on the island, responsible for passing some information to Kerian. "

"Through some special means, I let him also tell some information that he has hidden, which is very useful."

"He said that when the first scum pirate was active, he took turns around the three islands, and he seemed to be very familiar with the appearance there.

It is even possible to accurately determine how long the island will be in what position.It is precisely because of this familiarity that they made a fortune by plundering a small boat, getting bigger and bigger, and successfully earned the first pot of gold. "

"One of the islands seems to be his hometown. He didn't tell anyone about it, and no navy went to the island to search it."

"Among the three islands, one is an abandoned island, one is a deserted island, and the only one left is an inhabited island."

So which one is most likely to be the hometown of pirates is already very obvious.

Hearing this information, Hu Anlu frowned and said, "His treasure should be well-known in this area. It's impossible that no one has searched for it."

And those navies surrounding him will definitely not let this go, and will definitely turn that island upside down.

After all, this pirate has been looting for a long time.

"Because no one knows except the first people who followed him to rob, and their earliest course of action was to kill all the people who were robbed.

As a result, in their early actions, their news has not been passed on.

After all, this is the boundless sea sailing, it is not normal for the ship to lose contact and never come back. "

Hearing this, everyone nodded, indeed.

Jason continued.

"Although some people survived and spread their reputation, but at that time they were no longer active in that area, and even changed several areas."

"As for the pirate who first followed him, he is the only one still alive, and I suspect that he may have betrayed the pirate in the end."

"Why do you say that?" Simon next to him was a little curious.

It's fine to know the pirate's information, why even the information provider has to check it out, and then find out something.

Hearing this, Jason smiled and said, "Because this man is over 60 years old, but he has just retired. He was the tax officer of this small town before."

"It's very interesting. Later, I went to Balazs and did a simple search, which confirmed that my information was accurate.

It is said that the reason why he became a tax officer was because his former boss played a major role in that crusade, and accurately surrounded the pirate ship through intelligence. "

After hearing this, everyone will understand.

"Then he didn't look for it? It's impossible for him not to be moved."

"He must have looked for it, but obviously he didn't find it, otherwise he would have resigned and become a rich man."

Hearing Jason's words, Alka nodded.

But he looked at Jason a little strangely and said, "You broke his peaceful life. Now that you know his secret, it's impossible for him to be indifferent, right?"

After all, he is a pirate, and this information may not be authentic, it may just be a random trick to deceive him.

Hearing this, Jason smiled mysteriously.

A small transparent diamond appeared from the magic power in his hand.

"This is the ability obtained by the crystal dragon growing up. As long as the material of this crystal enters the body of others, it can read minds in a short period of time.

Very basic, but sometimes very useful ability. "

Looking at Jason's smile, it was obvious that he was extremely satisfied with this relatively weak ability.

This ability may not be very useful to that dragon, but it is very useful to an intelligence collector like Jason.

"So in fact, I read those messages from my mind, and I just guided him to recall these things."

Arka couldn't help clapping her hands.

"Excellent, Jason."

Jason smiled and touched the crystal dragon in his arms.

Xia Dati looked at Jason and asked, "You've been stunned for a long time, so what's the name of that island?"

He patted his head when he heard this, but he didn't even say the director's name.

Hastily said: "Border Island."

"So it's that island." Xia Daiti nodded his head to express his understanding, and then looked at the crowd talking about his understanding of that island.

"According to Bai Tian's understanding, that island is the farthest island from the Southern Cross, and it is also the farthest island according to records.

It was originally a deserted island, which was once used to exile criminals. Later, the exiled criminals lived on it and renamed it Bian Bian Island. "

"There are basically no special products on the island, and it is not big. It is said that there is only one village."

It seems that it is indeed an inconspicuous island.

"Okay, now that the goal is determined, let's get ready and set off tomorrow."

After speaking, Alka got up, and he planned to go to Balazs to discuss tomorrow's itinerary.

Balazs is currently living on his large merchant ship, which is also in the port, but it is farther away from Alka and the others.

"Wait a minute, Yiyi told me something today, I think it's better to tell you." Lucilia said suddenly.

Hearing this, everyone who was about to get up and leave sat back again.

"One by one said that during the day today, someone seemed to be deliberately observing us, observing the Voice of Dawn, but it was well hidden, and they only observed for a while.

Not sure who was watching, or if they were just curious or something. "

Hearing this, Alka frowned.

After all, it is their first time to this island, so it is not surprising that they will attract attention.

When I first arrived, there were often people watching around.

But it's strange why are you just starting to pay attention to them today?

They have been on this island for a week, seven days and nights.

It's a little strange to pay attention now.

But after all, others just noticed it.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Recently, when everyone is on duty, pay more attention."

Let everyone keep an eye on it and maintain the vigilance that should be there.

Then everyone left.

In a little while Arka was on board the Golden Trout

He had been on this ship too.

Looking at the people on board, the number has indeed dropped a lot.

"Arka? What's the matter with coming to see me so late?"

Balazs sat at the table and asked Alka.

"We've already determined which island it is, and we're going to set off tomorrow, so prepare to be with us when the time comes." Alka said quietly.

"What! So fast?"

Balazs stood up all of a sudden, and said in surprise.

He rubbed his head to make sure that he didn't have an illusion of the sense of time.

It seems that he took Jason to ask for information during the day, and the map was also collected during the day.

It took only one night to set the target.

Is this too fast?

Is it really that great?
He couldn't understand it, after all, he hadn't seen those maps.

And when Jason asked for information, he was by his side the whole time, and the information he asked was no different from the information he knew.

Although I can't understand why it is so fast, maybe this is professional.

Can't help but look at Alka and sigh: "You guys are really amazing."

Alka smiled and said nothing.

"Okay, now that it's determined, which island is the target?"

"Border Island."

"Border Island? Where is Border Island?"

He looked puzzled, then looked at the assistant following behind.

This is the first mate on the ship, and Alka and the others have met several times.

Looking at his captain's puzzled eyes, he also frowned and thought for a while.

"Oh, I remembered. It seems that the island of exile is called Border Island."

"Oh~ it turned out to be that island. I didn't expect the treasure to be hidden on that island."

Alka looked at the reaction of the two of them, feeling a little strange, Xia Daiti knew why they looked like they were not very familiar with each other.

Looking at Alka's puzzled eyes, Balazs smiled awkwardly and said: "That island is too far away, basically no one will go to that island, and I have never heard that the residents of that island will come to the Southern Cross Star Island."

"It's just because the criminals were exiled to that island in the past, so it is still a little famous, but that was many years ago.

Since the law was amended to turn criminals who used to be exiled into labor or death penalty, no one paid attention to that island anymore, so I didn't think about it for a while. "

After talking, Balazs thought for a while and said, "Have you seen the time for that island to return to the island chain?"

Alka nodded.

The reason why he decided to go to sea tomorrow is because, according to calculations, it is a relatively good time for them to go to sea now.

As long as there are no accidents on the way, they can log in to that island when Border Island returns to the island chain.

won't miss it.

"Okay, then I will start preparing right away, do you need us to help you prepare some living supplies?
After all, this ship is quite big, and this time it doesn't need to be fully loaded with those goods to trade. "

Regarding Balazs' proposal, Arka shook his head.

"It's too polite. There are not many members on our ship, so the supplies are more than sufficient for self-sufficiency."

Balazs nodded without forcing it.

Because Alka and the others are really small in number, no matter how they think about it, their supplies are enough for the current size of the ship.

If the time is not enough, they can also help.

"Okay, see you tomorrow then."

Arka bid farewell to Balazs and returned to her ship.

Get ready with the crowd.

(End of this chapter)