Chapter 203 Two Ships
At this time, the zombie, whose only upper body was flesh and blood, had been torn into pieces.
Alka was already completely certain that the structures on the monster's body, including the metal plates on its skin, were all grown out.
It wasn't sewn on with anything.
Then many things must be overturned, that is to say, there may not be anyone who creates the undead on this island.
Now there is another possibility, that is, something on this island affected these corpses.
Thinking of the worse case scenario, it is even possible that these corpses were affected by this power when they were still alive and human beings before they turned into corpses.
This caused some parts to grow out and turn into metal and magic machinery.
It can make flesh grow metal, and even grow structures that can move like the body.
Alka felt that this was not something that could be achieved with a simple spell effect.
He seriously suspected that this might be the power of the treasure.
Standing up, magic power surged from Alka's hands, and two streams of clear water gushed out.
Wash away the dirt on your body and the surrounding debris, although Julia's shield can be used to resist any negative energy or bacteria that may be hidden.
Then, Alka turned around and said to everyone, "Be alert, this island is very dangerous."
How can it be safe if it can make metal and magical machinery grow out of flesh and blood?
There is also the member of the Holy Machine Church who is trapped on this island. I wonder if these strange corpses have anything to do with him.
If they had anything to do with him, then they might have been exposed.
Thinking about why he came to this island in the first place, Alka couldn't help but frown.
“We keep moving forward.”
As they spoke, they maintained their previous formation and continued to move deeper into the dense forest.
"Metal grown from flesh and blood has encountered such a thing before reaching the Infinite Ocean. I don't know what outrageous situations I will encounter when I reach the Infinite Ocean."
Jason passed by the body that had been disassembled into parts and couldn't help but complain.
Hearing Jason's words, Pororo, who was walking in front, couldn't help but say, "Is it that exaggerated? I don't think there's anything too strange in that book."
Hearing this, Alka continued, "The story in that book is obviously interrupted and incoherent. The author concealed many things. The only stories and experiences left are those that normal people can accept. And we didn't see the ending, did we? It's like it was disconnected in the middle."
In response to Alka's words, several people nodded, indicating that they had all seen this.
The experiences in the book often jump a long distance. For example, at the beginning of the book, it is written that they have just arrived in the Endless Ocean, but then it jumps directly to the point where they have been sailing in the Endless Ocean for two or three years.
After that, I jumped another one or two years, and the interval between each thing was as short as half a year or as long as three to five years.
By the end, they had spent twenty or thirty years in the Endless Ocean.
However, at the end, the journey is still continuing. They did not write in detail about many of the gains and experiences, but just glossed over them all.
On the contrary, some unique scenery is described in great detail.
Most of the energy written down is some unique experience that makes people yearn for it physically and mentally.
From this we can see that this was done intentionally by the author. It was written specifically for those of them who are still in the Sea of Gods to read.
After hearing everyone's comments, Porro suddenly understood and nodded.
It turned out that he was the only one who regarded that book as everything.
Human beings just love to intrigue.
The silver ripples were still spreading around along Xia Daiti's feet.
After advancing to a certain extent, Xia Daiti began to lead everyone to circle around the entire island instead of going straight.
This will help improve Xiadaiti's efficiency in island detection more quickly.
Because the first thing Xia Daiti had to do was to detect the entire island and map out the entire terrain of the island for Alka to refer to.
Once the map comes out, that's when they should really start exploring the island.
This is the process they came up with after several explorations in their home sea, and it has become the standard operation for their team.
It all comes from Alka's keen sense of treasure hunting.
Everyone seriously suspected that this came from the blessing of the Virgin Mary. After all, Alka had seen the revelation of the Virgin Mary twice and he was from the Home Island.
But Alka didn't say it explicitly, he just said it might be.
Alka himself felt that his golden finger might be a blessing from the Virgin Mary.
They could feel the slope steepening beneath their feet, all the way around to the cliff they had seen earlier.
There is a huge trace here, a huge deep pit that looked like it was formed by an explosion.
There are a lot of debris inside, but the debris are all made of wood and have long since decayed.
Alka slid down into the pit, looked at the wreckage inside, and after examining it for a while, he climbed out.
“The traces and the metal wreckage should be from the same period of time. Inside is a part of a ship, probably the side panel of the tail.
I don’t know how I ended up here on the island.”
Hearing Alka's words, Jason said in surprise: "It's impossible for the boat to reach there from the surroundings or the back of the island. It can only come from the front. Who pushed the boat here?"
"Don't think about it. We know too little information and we can't be sure even if we think about it."
As they spoke, they passed the wreckage and began to circle the other half of the circle.
This half of the action was completed very peacefully, and then we continued to move in a straight line on the side, exploring towards the center.
As they continued to explore inside, the fishy smell came again.
Everyone had to be vigilant once again.
"stop."
Xia Daiti squatted down as he spoke, and everyone followed suit.
She just stretched out her hand and pointed in a direction. Everyone looked carefully and saw an arm exposed on the side of the big tree.
It just hung on the ground, and part of the iron sheet could be seen .
Lucilia's voice came softly from above: "There is also one at 9 o'clock."
Hearing this, Alka looked and saw that the one was hiding very secretly.
There is a clump of grass there. Only by looking carefully through the gaps in the grass can you see discordant colors, as if there is something hidden inside.
Alka stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers, then waved at both of them, giving instructions.
Everyone nodded.
Alka threw out a blue card first, and Jason also shot an ice bomb at the zombie in the grass.
Xiadaiti and Pororo rushed towards different monsters respectively.
The two zombies obviously didn't hide there on purpose, they just fell there.
When the ice bomb froze one of them and the blue water chain tied up another, they began to shake as if awakened and tried to stand up.
But at this time they were already trapped in the place.
Pororo and Xiadaiti have come to their side.
These two monsters have no mechanical limbs, only some metal plates on their skin.
They were easily dealt with.
Then everyone came up and looked at the two bodies. They were no different from what they had seen before.
However, Xia Daiti seemed to have discovered something. He squatted down and simply washed the clothes of a corpse with water.
A somewhat blurry sign was revealed.
"Holy Machine Church?"
Alka said as he looked at the mark.
"Is this the symbol of the Holy Machine Church?" Jason leaned over to take a look.
It was a gear mark, and in the middle of the gear was an eye.
This mark is very easy to recognize.
"Who can tell me what the Holy Machine Church is?" Juanlu said, raising his hand slightly.
He looked at everyone and they seemed to know everything, but he was very confused because he had never heard of this church.
There is only the Church of Our Lady in the sea of homeland.
Julia beside her explained, "You can think of the church to which the wise man, one of the gods, belongs as the Church of Our Lady of the Ocean of Confusion. They should be of the same level."
When he heard this, Juanlu nodded in sudden realization.
Although he was the last one to join them, Alka and the others also told him some information about the outside world.
For example, there are four sea areas controlled by gods, and the four gods.
As for the churches corresponding to the four gods, except for the Virgin Mary, they only know of the Holy Machine Church.
"So this is a member of the Holy Church?" Juanlu asked.
The clothes on the corpse in front of him had long been torn into pieces, with only a part still wrapped around the body, and were stained black by the pus produced by the decay of the corpse.
You couldn't tell at all that he was wearing some kind of church clothing.
"Very likely."
Alka said, also feeling confused.
Would the people in the church also leave the sea controlled by the gods? After all, if they were just believers, they would not wear the clothes that looked like church staff.
He asked the question.
Although he was from Home Island and was born a believer in God, he knew clearly what he was.
As a candidate saint of the Holy Mother Church, Xia Daiti nodded and said, "Yes, I have seen such records in some records of the church.
But there are very few such people, most of them are those who have been taught by the church since childhood."
"He had an adventurous spirit, and then he left his home sea. There is no further record of him."
"I know limited confidential information. If I ask my father now , he may have higher authority."
Speaking of this, Xia Daiti couldn't help but think of the fact that his father had become a regional bishop.
When you reach that level, you are considered a core member of the church, and a lot of core information will be revealed.
"Really? Never mind, let's move on."
As they got closer to the center, there were more and more zombies, and even a monster appeared with half of its body completely mechanized.
Fortunately, this monster, whose half of its body has been completely mechanized, still has not grown completely, resulting in extremely strange movements.
Even if his strength reached five spirals, he was easily solved with their cooperation.
Mainly, Alka and Julia were able to handle it easily.
"It seems that we are approaching some kind of core of this island. How many have we met along the way?" Polo slapped a zombie with iron plates on its body that was rushing towards him and sent it flying. It smashed on the tree trunk next to it and turned into a pancake.
Hearing Pororo's question, Jason raised his left hand and froze a zombie with an ice bullet, then replied: "Including this one, it's the 12th one."
Then the zombies that were frozen into ice sculptures were smashed into pieces.
"Isn't there a dense forest ahead?" Xia Daiti said while looking forward. It was relatively dark in the forest, but a large area of light was already visible in front.
Moreover, her silver ripples had already detected the situation ahead for her.
The crowd passed by the corpses, the formation began to shrink, and they walked out of the dense forest.
As the sun shines, the view suddenly becomes clear.
What appeared before them was a large area of ruins, but these ruins were not any buildings.
Instead, two ships were destroyed together, the wreckage of a ship made of metal and the wreckage of a ship made of wood.
The debris left all over the island should be from these two ships.
"Why is the ship here?" Jason couldn't help but ask as he looked at the situation in front of him.
They just circled around and didn't see any exaggerated marks around. Since the ship appeared here, there must be signs of dragging.
Unless they were built here, the surrounding traces would be even more wrong.
These two ships seemed to have fallen from the sky.
At this time, the direction they came out was facing the rear of the metal ship. The ship had been completely twisted and broken in the middle, but its original appearance could still be seen.
Looking at the stern of the ship, Alka seemed to understand.
Because the stern of the ship was not flat like the ships they normally used, and it was not tightly wrapped.
Instead, there is a huge round hole, although the hole has been distorted due to the damage.
But the more Alka looked at the hole, the more he felt that it looked like a power nozzle.
"These two ships may have come from the sea."
Without waiting for anyone to ask, Alka pointed to what he saw in front of him and explained:
“See that hole at the tail? If there is a device inside that can spray out strong flames, it can instantly lift the ship into the sky .
If you adjust the angle properly, you might be able to use the ship to burst out with exaggerated power in an instant to quickly escape or catch up with the enemy."
"As for the wooden one, it is very likely to have a similar structure, or it may simply use spells to fly for a short period of time."
After all, in a magical world, it shouldn't be difficult to use magic to make a ship fly.
It is also very reasonable.
"Shall we go inside the ship and take a look?"
Jason asked.
Alka shook his head, squatted down and dug the ground next to them. Several human bones were exposed in the soft soil.
They had seen corpses like this on the road, many of them.
And they were all pieces of limbs and fragments. It seemed that the reason they were not turned into undead was because they were too broken.
If it were a little bit more intact, maybe it could stand up and move.
"Forget it, don't worry, let's go around and explore again."
Alka had already seen the interior of the ruined ship, the zombies with metal limbs, they were lying or leaning, hiding everywhere.
In one of them, one hand and one leg had been completely transformed into metal limbs.
With these changes, the zombie's strength has increased to at least four or even five spirals, and its limbs are all intact.
Unlike those they had met before in the periphery, even if they were strong, their limbs were not fully grown, so it was still difficult to cause harm to them.
Both ships crashed here, so there must be some treasures left behind, after all, so many people died.
As long as you know the location of the treasure, you will know the approximate difficulty, and it will not be too late to come in and explore then.
This is safer.
After hearing Alka's words, no one objected. It is always good to be vigilant.
Then everyone began to circle the entire ship at the edge of the ruins, allowing Xia Daiti to record the surrounding environment with silver ripples.
"Okay, the general situation of the island has been recorded. We can go back now."
After hearing what Xia Daiti said, Alka nodded and said to everyone, "Okay, let's go back to the ship and prepare. We will officially explore these two ships tomorrow."
As he spoke, he looked up at the sky. The sun had already set completely, and there was not even a little bit of dim light left in the sky.
Whether it's because there's no map or because of the current situation, it's not suitable for exploration.
Not to mention that they had passed through a storm in the morning, so their current condition could not be considered to be full.
Then everyone walked out directly.
Because the path they chose was different from the path they just came in, they encountered several more zombies on the road.
However, they already had experience in dealing with them and easily dealt with them.
The main reason is that the strength of these zombies is not very strong, and most of them are in the 2 to 3 spiral stage.
And because they have no brains, their means of attack are extremely simple, so it is difficult to cause them any trouble.
There were only three in total, similar to the four-spiral zombies we had encountered before. With exquisite coordination, they were easily killed.
And so we arrived at the coast.
When they arrived at the coast, the sky had already darkened completely. Considering that the island was not safe, everyone decided to return to the Sound of Dawn on the Flying Swallow.
We drove the Sound of Dawn to a stop not far from the island beach. We didn't dare go too far, otherwise we would be washed away by the never-ending ocean current, and we wouldn't be able to come back.
These currents seemed to have little resistance, but Alka and his friends had tried and found it difficult to return to the rear.
These currents are wave-like, with a strong impact every once in a while. Coupled with the breeze blowing forward all the time, even if you drive hard, you will still be pushed slowly.
Unless you have strong power to return in such a countercurrent environment.
Only around such islands will the intensity of the ocean currents be greatly slowed down due to the existence of the islands.
After returning to the island, Juanlu began to prepare dinner for everyone. Considering tomorrow's actions, he decided to make a big meal.
Xiadaiti also began to draw maps in his room.
Alka waited quietly.
