Chapter 249: Searching for Lost Tom
"You have to come out this time no matter what!" Ye Yan stretched out his hand, "Summon, Chaos Beast!"
Ye Yan's Chaos Beast has rough skin, thick flesh and is very durable, but its biggest weakness is that it is afraid of water. When fighting in places like lakes or the sea, there is basically no need to consider summoning it, because it dare not come out at all.
However, just like the last time on the horror barque, Ye Yan got the wrong position when summoning because of the "bad signal". This time it was the Chaos Beast's turn to have a "bad signal". It didn't notice there was a river here, and obediently landed on the river bank, using its soft big belly to withstand the impact of the Amber, and bounced the ship into the river.
The Chaos Beast appeared for less than three seconds before disappearing immediately. Before leaving, it sent a signal to Ye Yan, which roughly meant "You cheated me!"
However, Ye Yan didn't have time to care about the Chaos Beast's mood now. He had endured a sudden stop, an instant change of direction, and an accelerated fall on the boat. Now he was lying face down on the deck.
Now, except for Altria, who fell into the chair behind the rudder and barely maintained a little composure, everyone else fell all over the place.
The worst-off one was Zhang Daye, who had climbed up the mast in order to tie the rocket, but now fell directly from the mast.
In fact, when Zhang Da was in mid-air, he was still worried that his physical condition was so good now that he might directly smash through the deck. However, it turned out that he was overthinking it. The deck was completely fine, but he almost fell into a flat shape.
“Survived!”
"The ship is saved, too!"
Although the image was a little embarrassing, everyone cheered as soon as they confirmed a safe landing.
Zhang Daye finally managed to tear himself off the deck and rubbed his face vigorously: "It's over, I feel like I'm turning into Tom No. 2... Where's Tom?"
Tom is calling for help.
Zhang Da also leaned forward and saw that the antlers on Tom's head were stuck in the branches of a big tree, probably because they were caught when the boat was falling.
The tree was bent into a very exaggerated arc, and if Tom had not been holding on to the statue on the bow tightly, he would have been thrown out.
"Why do you insist on wearing those broken antlers?" Zhang Da said helplessly. He really didn't know how Tom fixed it so that it wouldn't fall off.
Tom suddenly realized that all he had to do was take off the antlers!
He loosened his hands on the statue on the bow and prepared to pick the antlers. When he touched the antlers with both hands, he suddenly felt something was wrong - his hands were loosened, so what was holding the statue now?
Tom glanced over and saw that there seemed to be many dotted lines on the statue's neck, marking the original positions of the hands.
Tom gasped and frantically tried to hold on to the statue again in mid-air, but the tree that was hanging on him mercilessly sent him into the sky.
"Tom!"
"Teacher Tom!"
"Mr. Tom!"
Rui Mengmeng poked Zhang Daye: "Boss, you screwed Teacher Tom."
"I saw it, Mengmeng." Zhang Da was also depressed. It wasn't entirely his fault. Tom's train of thought was just too amazing.
While everyone's attention was on Tom, the statue on the bow secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a few drops of sea water fell on its head, like sweat from an exciting adventure.
Zhang Da also said: "Stop the boat, leave a few people to watch the boat, and then whoever wants to go with me will go to find Tom and investigate the situation of this island."
"I want to go. Just now, when I looked at the island from the air, it doesn't look like there is a town. We can just go hunting." Altria was the first to speak up. I wonder if it was because after finding Tom, they could cook the prey on the spot.
"I'll go with you guys. I have professionals here to help with finding people and investigating." Ye Yan shouted to the bottom of the boat, "Are you guys still alive? Those who are alive, come out and help find people."
Six flag monsters turned into mist and floated onto the boat. Only the Tidecaller Shark turned into a physical entity and jumped up carrying Jin Erpeng. "Master, he is exhausted."
"Thank you for your hard work. Go back to Huang Yao Banner and have a rest first. Since Jin Erpeng is not here, we will have to rely on Ma Laowu's nose to find someone later." Ye Yan could of course feel the status of the flag monsters, and he also knew that Jin Erpeng was the main force this time.
In fact, Zhang Daye and the others have Tom's life card, so they are not too worried about finding him, but it would be nice to ask the flag monsters to help with scouting.
"I'll stay and watch the ship. After such a violent impact, we need to check if there is any damage to the hull." When Shark Chili was in the Sabaody Archipelago, he got along very well with the boatmen in Uncle Goodman's shipyard. When he was in Water Seven, he also got along well with Franky. He learned a few things more or less in order to go out to sea.
Rui Mengmeng decided to stay and help Shark Chili. Brook and Perona were still in shock and not ready to explore the island, so they also chose to stay.
It’s not that I don’t care about Tom, but I think the worst case scenario for Tom is that he will be bullied by wild beasts. When Zhang Daye and the others find Tom, the wild beasts that bullied him will most likely become cumin-flavored, with a small chance of becoming spicy or pepper-salt flavored.
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Zhang Daye, Altria and Ye Yan each took a bottle of water and walked into the forest.
"By the way, aren't you going to change your clothes?" Zhang Da also noticed that Ye Yan was still wearing the hornless reindeer costume.
"Why do we need to change? Only in the forest can we better understand the reindeer's feelings." Ye Yan is absolutely serious about performance art, and it is not just for the sake of making people laugh.
Zhang Da also decided to go to Magnetic Drum Island and introduce a reindeer to him, so that he could understand the reindeer's mood: "... It's up to you, but be careful that you may be mistaken for a real deer by hunters."
Ye Yan said indifferently: "That is a compliment to my art."
The two unreliable people were talking about this and that, and only the reliable Altria was carefully observing the situation around her.
Suddenly Altria stopped.
"What's wrong? Is there a situation?" Zhang Da also asked.
Altria nodded: "There is a patch of fruit trees over there."
...Well, not surprised at all. Zhang Da also took a closer look and asked, "Can I eat a fruit I don't recognize?"
It is common sense not to eat anything randomly in the wild.
"You can eat it after peeling the skin. The plant encyclopedia says that this fruit tastes very similar to pineapple, sour and sweet and delicious. The name is..." Altria was very knowledgeable in strange things.
Zhang Da finally understood that she was reading the plant and animal encyclopedias all day not because she was bored, but because she was looking for recipes in them.
At Altria's strong recommendation, they decided to pick a few to taste, and after getting a better understanding of the situation on the island, they would ask everyone to pick more to take back.
So the three of them walked and stopped, tasting various fruits and some plant roots.
The resources of this island are quite rich, so Ye Yan simply released Ma Laowu, who has a keen sense of smell, to help find and record the location of the ingredients.
But ten minutes later, Ma Laowu discovered with frustration that he was no match for Altria in finding ingredients with his sense of smell.
How did this little girl's nose grow? Ma Laowu could only pick up a pen and a notebook and make notes on a simple hand-drawn map.
Not long after, Altria stopped again, and Ye Yan asked, "What is it this time? I'm full."
As the man with the smallest appetite on the ship, Ye Yan can only watch Zhang Daye and Altria eat heartily. This feeling is somewhat uncomfortable.
Altria said, "It's not food, it's someone approaching, and it may not just be a person, listen carefully."
Zhang Da also listened carefully and indeed heard a rumbling sound.
Ma Laowu was more experienced. He lay down and put his ear to the ground. "This sound is like at least hundreds of wild animals running towards us. Is it an earthquake? Or a mass migration?"
"The reason is not important. The key point is that they are coming in our direction." Ye Yan could already feel the ground shaking slightly. "I think we should take shelter first."
"Follow me." Altria took Zhang Daye and Ye Yan to the side and then jumped onto a tree. She could sense the direction in which the beasts were running, so they could just avoid them here.
Zhang Daye and Ye Yan followed and climbed up the tree. Not long after, a black group of beasts came running towards them. If you look closely, those beasts look a bit like the black monster in Super Mario that can't be stepped on or killed.
The key point is that there is a man dressed as an explorer running for his life in front of the herd.
"Wow, this guy runs really fast. Is this what a world champion should be like?" Ye Yan exclaimed. The physical fitness of people in this world is really great.
Zhang Da also said: "Is this the time to talk about this?"
At this time, the person being chased also noticed the three people and the demon on the tree, and waved his hands and shouted, "Help! Help me!"
"Let me do it." Considering that he didn't lead the herd of animals over here at the critical moment, Zhang Da decided to help him.
He pulled out a rope with a loop at one end.
[Tom's cowboy rope: an incredible rope to fulfill your cowboy dream]
Zhang Da also imitated Tom and swung the rope in a circle, aiming at the explorer and throwing him out: "Go!"
The rope loop flew out with a swish, but the man had already run some distance and the rope loop was about to fall into the air.
"Can you do it?"
"Okay!" Zhang Da also said firmly. He shook his arm, and the rope loop seemed to have automatic tracking. It turned in the air, flew accurately above the explorer, and fell down.
But before Zhang Da could laugh, the rope tightened and strangled the explorer's neck.
The unfortunate explorer's neck was strangled but his body didn't have time to stop, so he fell flat in mid-air and then fell to the ground with a thud.
"Uh... I think I have let someone down." Seeing that the beasts were about to crush the explorer, Zhang Da had no choice but to pull him over. If he moved faster, he could still be saved, but if he was trampled by the beasts, his fate would be ruined.
I must apologize to him properly later, and be careful next time when using Tom's props.
