traveler among pirates

Chapter 27 Arriving at the source of the distress letter
The stars on the sea are shining, even in this thick fog, Hughes can still see the distant sea, the sea is shining with stars.

It was a wonderful sight formed by groups of starry sky fish floating on the surface of the sea. Even under the cover of thick fog, the sea was still as beautiful as the starry sky.

Hughes brought out a plate of sashimi, dipped in a special sauce, and lay back on the deck chair.

Quietly admiring the beautiful scenery, rolled up the gourd wine jug, gurgle, gurgle.

"Ha!~ The wine has become more delicious."

Hughes held a book in his hand. Hughes at night was still so eager to learn.

Having said that, he had nothing else to do.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the morning, the warship had disappeared.

In the distance, Hughes was already vaguely able to see the outline of a small island.

The boat gradually approached the island, Hugh deliberately avoided it, the coast where the warship docked.

Hughes drove around the island far away, and finally docked the boat under a cliff.

There is a hidden cave there, because the waves have washed it all year round, forming a concave hole.

Hughes tied the boat to a rock pillar on the shore of the cave, then took his luggage and left the cave.

Because this cave is too remote, there is no way around it, leading to the outside.

Hughes looked at the top of the cliff, jumped up lightly, stepped on the protruding rocks on the cliff, and jumped from the bottom of the cliff to the top of the cliff step by step.

pat.

Hughes landed smoothly. There was an open space above the cliff, surrounded by a dense forest, and there was no trace of human activities in the open space.

"Ok?"

Hughes found a trace on the ground of the open space. What kind of thing is this? A trace that has been dragged. The trace is very old and can hardly be seen clearly.

This trace appeared from the dense forest, crossed the open space above the cliff, and finally disappeared into the dense forest on the other side.

Hughes walked along the trace, and the trace itself in the dense forest had been covered up and disappeared, surrounded by tall trees and weeds that grew to the knees.

Seeing this, Hughes glanced at it, and Hughes found that walking along that trace in a straight direction would leave the dense forest soon.

In front of the dense forest, there is a waist-high grassland.

Hughes stepped to the grassland, and there was a piece of grass growing in a direction slightly different from the surrounding ones.

The waist-length long grass was not straight up, but a little skewed, as if something was pressing across the grass, and Hughes judged that it should have nothing to do with the trace.

Because the grass marks did not seem to have been left a long time ago.

Hughes squatted down and took a closer look, and found that the grass seemed to have been deliberately covered up.

Walking along the indentations of the weeds, pushing aside the weeds that gradually became as tall as a person in front of him, suddenly the ground was empty, the gravel slid down, and there was another cliff in front of him.

Hughes calmly retracted his dangling right leg, and there was the sound of waves hitting the cliff from below.

In this kind of place, if you are not careful, you will definitely fall off the cliff.

The weeds on the edge of the cliff are taller than people. If you don't push the weeds away, you can't see the road ahead.

Hughes glanced around, and suddenly there was a rope ladder on a raised rock.

On the wooden steps of the rope ladder, there were traces of dirt mixed with dead leaves, and Hughes twirled a little dirt with his fingers.

"It's still fresh, and is this leaf from that forest?"

Hughes thought for a while, put down the luggage in his hand, held Fei, and jumped directly from the cliff above the rope ladder.

This is the fastest way, and this rope ladder is a bit messy.

The rope ladder fell all the way to a rock ledge. Hughes stretched out his right hand and grabbed the rock ledge. The falling body was stopped, and several marks were caught on the ledge.

With strength in his arms, Hughes turned over and jumped to the top of the ledge.

The sea breeze on this sea cliff is not strong, the rope ladder falls steadily on the rock shelf, and the bottom of the rope ladder is firmly fixed on the rock shelf by two iron nails.

"Oh, there is actually a secret room here."

Hughes walked to the side of the rock shelf, and there was a small cave in front of him. Hughes bent down and entered the cave.

The interior of the cave is not completely dark, and the rocks on the top of the cave exude a strange blue fluorescence.

Hughes took a closer look and found that it was a strange moss plant. Hughes had seen this kind of moss in a book.

This kind of blue fluorescent moss survives on the water seeping from the rock crevices. The reason why it emits blue fluorescence is said to be related to the salt in the sea.

Because this kind of moss is afraid of light, it likes to live in a humid environment, and it needs a certain amount of salt intake every day.

Therefore, they usually grow in cracks in this kind of seaside cliffs.

Under the fluorescent lighting, Hughes saw some fruits, clothes, and other sundries piled up in this slightly narrow corner of the cave.
On the other side is a bed that can only be used by children. It can be seen that the owner here should only be a child.

Among the few tattered clothes, Hughes suddenly saw a familiar piece of clothing, and Hughes picked up the rag from it.

The clothes were torn and tattered, and it was almost impossible to see the original clothes.

"This is."

Hughes took out a piece of fabric from the backpack behind him, and the fabric matched a damaged part of the dress.

"I see."

Hughes looked around the small cave. Although it was just a cave, there were all kinds of things in it.

There are even flints and stoves for making fire. Although they are only made of rocks and formed by simple accumulation, there are still traces of use.

The small cave has all internal organs. Although I don't know why someone lives here, Hughes also knows that this will definitely not be the person's voluntary choice.

If you want to know this situation, you probably have to go to the small town on this small island to know the truth.

"The people here should have just left."

Hughes felt the rocks that surrounded the hearth, and there was still a little residual heat on it.

After thinking about it, Hughes decided to leave first and visit the small town on this island.

At sea, Hughes saw that the direction of the warship entering the island was on the other side.

Hughes bent down and left the cave, and jumped up the cliff.

Back on the grass, it can be seen clearly from the cliff that the weeds have been squeezed out, and there is a hidden passage at the bottom of the grass.

Judging from the size, it should be the bottom, the path for the child in the cave to enter and exit.

Hughes didn't plan to look for it now, and he didn't know the specific situation of the person who sent the message.

Although you can go to the unknown child who sent the cloth note now, and ask about the situation, Hughes doesn't want to wait here any longer.

Because Hughes was hungry, what he wanted more now was to hurry into the town and find a restaurant to have a big meal.

Before leaving, Hughes cleaned up all the traces left by him.

After leaving the dense forest, a small road appeared in front of Hughes, and wisps of cooking smoke could be faintly seen in the distance.

"Oh~ it should be there."

Hughes quickened his pace, and the moment he entered the town, Hughes felt a strange feeling for a moment.

(End of this chapter)