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Xiao Zhonghua nodded and approached Chen Si.Chen Si asked: "Did you find anything wrong when you were advancing just now?" Xiao Zhonghua shook his head and said, "There is nothing wrong."

Chen Si thought for a while, turned around, stared at Gu Fengchun, trying to ask for his opinion.Although Gu Fengchun has come into contact with some records about these ghost islands, most of the records are vague. The ships that found the ghost islands generally only left records in the logbook and marked their directions on the nautical chart.Very few people set foot on the island, even if they did, they would not stay on the island for as long as they did.In other words, the fact that they lost their way is basically not found in the records related to Ghost Island.

Of course, the record of the priest on the Dutch merchant ship may be the most detailed record.It records the disappearance of the captain, first mate and others on the island one after another.Could it be that they also encountered such a thing on this island and couldn't get out?

Gu Fengchun shook his head, but he was sorting out what happened in his heart.But at this moment, the front of the team suddenly stopped.Chen Si frowned and asked, "What happened in front?"

Soon, Tang Maiqiu came back.There was tension on his face. "Old Chen, things are not good." Tang Maiqiu lowered his voice and said to Chen Si.

"How to say?" Chen Si said calmly.It was very different from the nervousness on Tang Maiqiu's face.

"Look at this." Tang Maiqiu took out the compass and said to Chen Si.

Chen Si looked down and found that the pointer was still.He couldn't help feeling weird, isn't this compass quite normal, what's the fuss about? But Tang Maiqiu said with a bitter face, "Didn't you find anything?"

Chen Si shook his head blankly, but Xiao Zhonghua next to him said: "Old Chen, look, the pointer has deviated from north to south, and now the direction of the pointer is pointing to the southwest, which is different from the position we measured before. .” Xiao Zhonghua’s eyes immediately discovered the mistake.But this is not surprising. After landing on the island, he measured the geographical position of the island, so he is relatively sensitive to this.

Only then did Chen Si suddenly realize, and said, "That's right, why did such a thing happen? Is it a magnetic declination deviation? Or is the abnormal magnetic field here interfering with the normal operation of the compass?"

Tang Maiqiu shook his head and said: "No, there is no explanation for this matter. If we have to explain it, we can only say that the island under our feet is rotating, so the geographical position of the island has changed. I followed the direction on the compass, so I went wrong, and even returned to the original place unknowingly. "

"It makes sense, but it should be more than this. No matter how the geographical position changes, if we walk along a straight line, we must go to the coast and will not come back." Chen Si said solemnly.

"In this vast fog, there is no reference object, and we can't be completely sure that we are walking a straight distance." Gu Fengchun reminded from the side.

"Well, not bad." Chen Si thought for a while, and said after a while: "It's easy to do, turn on a searchlight, put it here, and place it steadily towards the place where we are going. The light travels along a straight line. If you follow the hint of the light, then you won’t take detours.”

Everyone agrees with Chen Si's approach.Xiao Zhonghua immediately found a high-power searchlight, climbed up a big tree with a "chuck", and tied the searchlight to a tree branch.The high-power lights emit scorching white lights, like sunlight shining through layers of dark clouds, illuminating the sky in the ruddy white mist.

Tang Maiqiu saw that the light did not shine far in the dense fog, only about one mile, but for now, this is already a very satisfactory effect, and there are many searchlights accompanying him. If it is effective, it can continue Install it.

After finishing all this, it took a lot of time. Suddenly there was a sound of "rusting" from behind, and Chen Si's face changed. "Everyone, go quickly." Chen Si ordered decisively: "Leave ten people behind, Lao Xiao, you stay with me." Chen Si said.

"What's the sound?" Luo Xiaodan also heard the voice from the bushes behind him, and asked inexplicably.

"I don't know, I guess they were attracted by the dead pterosaurs in the camp." Gu Fengchun replied.

Gu Fengchun guessed right, it was those centipedes and poisonous snakes that smelled the smell of blood and came from all directions. "Did you come out with a flamethrower?" Chen Si frowned, and asked Xiao Zhonghua next to him.Chen Si thought that these sounds should be made by small animals such as poisonous snakes and centipedes, and the effect of spraying them with a flamethrower is the best.

"Yes, there are large and small models. The longest shooting distance can reach 60 meters, and the firepower lasts for a long time. Each team member carries one or two small bottles, and the duration can basically reach one and a half minutes. The firearm can kill nearly 20 meters. Large teams also carry more than ten bottles, and each bottle lasts for nearly 1 minute. If you save money, it is not a problem to persist for about 10 minutes." Xiao Zhonghua explained patiently.

"Okay, let the team members on the edge get ready and pay attention to saving fuel." Chen Si said with a serious face.

"Using a flamethrower here, isn't it afraid of igniting the mountain fire and trapping us here?" Gu Fengchun frowned and said.Don’t think that everything will be fine just after the heavy rain. The fuel in the flamethrower can’t be extinguished even by water, and the heat generated when burning is so great that it can instantly evaporate the water on the trees and ignite it.And many trees here will also secrete flammable resin. Once burned, the consequences will be disastrous.

"No." Chen Si said confidently: "Even if he was burned to death, it would be better than these little things being eaten alive, right?"

Gu Fengchun smiled wryly, "Is that good? Both of these are bad, it's better to be alive."

Following Xiao Zhonghua's order, the team members divided into two rows, one left and one right, removed the safety lever of the flamethrower in their hands, and fully adjusted their positions, protecting Gu Fengchun Luo Xiaodan and several wounded in the middle.

In addition to this, Chen Si also asked people to take out the realgar used to drive snakes and sprinkle it on his feet, so that it could play a role in driving away poisonous snakes, but Chen Si didn't know that the centipedes here are living in hot springs. Next to it, the hot spring contains a lot of sulfur smell. Although the poisonous snake dare not come near, the centipede has followed the smell all the way forward...

Everyone's spirits fell into a state of tension.The footsteps could not help but quicken. If there were not too many poisonous thorns here, everyone would have left this place at a galloping speed.Fortunately, after 10 to [-] minutes, although the rustling noises around did not stop, there was no incident of poisonous snakes attacking people.

However, another unexpected thing happened.The searchlights that had been pointing the way to the team suddenly went out.Everyone was taken aback, not knowing what happened.Chen Si was the first to notice this and stopped immediately.He said to Xiao Zhonghua who was in the back with him: "What's the matter, the light is broken?"

Xiao Zhonghua shook his head and said, "Impossible. This is a product that has just been disassembled. Zeng Mo may be broken so soon. The battery can supply at least three hours. How about I go back and check?"

Chen Si shook his head, and said: "No, let's install another one here, it's too dangerous to go back and forth, and it's a waste of time." Xiao Zhonghua thought so, and immediately asked someone to bring another searchlight.

But at this time, Luo Xiaodan shuddered, tightly grasped Gu Fengchun's hand, and said in surprise: "Fengchun, did you hear any sound?"

Gu Fengchun was taken aback, listened carefully, and said: "No, do you mean the sound of leaves rustling? It has always been there, don't worry, Chen Si has already made corresponding preparations for this."

"It's not about that." Luo Xiaodan shook his head, frowned and said, "Someone is talking, and it's in a foreign language, as if whispering something in the ear." Luo Xiaodan said.

"Have you heard it now?" Gu Fengchun patted Luo Xiaodan's cold little hand and asked.

"Not anymore." Luo Xiaodan said, "Wait a minute, there are again." Luo Xiaodan said nervously again.

Gu Fengchun hastily listened.This time, some intermittent sentences really floated in the air, and Gu Fengchun hurriedly gathered all his energy to carefully identify the source and meaning of the voice.

But Gu Fengchun was very embarrassed, because he couldn't understand the voice at all.After hearing Luo Xiaodan's words, Chen Si and the others also stopped and listened carefully. They seemed to have heard something vaguely, but except for Chen Si's sharper ear, who heard a little, the others didn't notice anything at all.

"What do you mean?" Gu Fengchun asked Luo Xiaodan puzzled.He didn't hear the meaning in the words, but he could tell that it should be pronounced in Latin.At any rate, he is also a master at deciphering ancient characters. He has the same language as the characters, and has more or less recognition skills.

Luo Xiaodan's face turned pale.Obviously, she understood the meaning of these words.After a while, she said: "The meaning of these words is 'the devil of the night is hidden in the thick fog, the dead will not reveal their secrets, and no one can leave here alive." "

Gu Fengchun nodded, and took a look at Chen Si. Chen Si should be an expert in dealing with such strange things.According to Luo Xiaodan, there should be ghosts and other things here. Although Gu Fengchun does not believe in ghosts and gods, after communicating with the mysterious female voice, he no longer doubts the existence of ghosts. Ghosts are just the condensed spiritual power of human beings after death. A form, which is similar to the spiritual existence of prehistoric humans, but it is far from reaching the strength that can continue to survive, and will gradually disappear into the air. It is not a terrible monster.Chen Si also nodded knowingly, and said, "Don't worry, we will leave here safely and unharmed."