Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before Dragon Slaying

Chapter 1080 Landing on the Island (Two in one, please subscribe!!!)

"There was even a lifeboat following them, emerging from the water." Chu Tianjiao looked a little frantic. "I took a deep breath for a long time to calm myself down, and then I helped Sasha fish the group of hairtails onto the rocky beach. Those guys were like huskies who had never seen the world, looking around curiously."

A group of huskies emerging from the water...that scene is really tiring and crazy.

"Luckily, Sasha is a normal guy, and he has a high reputation among those guys. He yelled to calm the Huskies down. I ignored these annoying guys and looked around calmly." Chu Tianjiao said, "After seeing Sasha fall into the water, they jumped onto a lifeboat as quickly as possible, leaving only two experienced but not very courageous guys on the boat. According to the second mate, when they were swallowed by the sea, the shadow of the island under the sea had faded to the point of being almost invisible. The Yamal was about to sail out of the range of the iceberg, so they should no longer be followed by anyone."

"But those guys didn't bring all bad news. They did one thing very well. They brought a lifeboat." Chu Tianjiao said, "Otherwise, I really don't have the confidence to swim to the island with such a group of guys."

"For a group of retired special forces soldiers who have been sailors for so many years, swimming one or two kilometers is nothing to them, right?" Caesar said, "At most their physical strength has decreased."

"It's not such a simple math problem. You will understand when you are in that world. The island looks like it is only two or three kilometers away from us, but it actually looks very blurry. There is a sense of illusion in the reality." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and whispered, "What's even weirder is the water. I didn't realize there was anything wrong with the water here until a crew member woke me up. He said that he felt like he was drowning before he emerged from the water and choked hard, but the water here is not salty at all and has no taste."

"Isn't that water sea water?" Caesar frowned slightly.

"It's definitely not seawater. Sailors who have been sailing on the sea for years still have some judgment on this point, but the strange thing is that the buoyancy of that water is even stronger than that of ordinary seawater." Chu Tianjiao said, "A normal person lying on it will be naturally lifted up. In water like this, it is difficult to dive underwater."

"Generally speaking, water buoyancy is positively correlated with water density. Seawater has greater buoyancy because it contains a large amount of inorganic salts, which makes its density much greater than fresh water, and its buoyancy is also greater," Chu Zihang said. "The water there has greater buoyancy, perhaps because there are some other inorganic substances in the water."

“But I can’t think of any inorganic substance that is completely colorless, tasteless, and soluble in water.” Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said, “The water looks quite strange. If you scoop a handful of it in your palm, you can’t see any color, but when you gather it together, it’s a bright blue. The water is very transparent, but you can’t see the bottom at all. The depths of the water seem to be covered by a layer of gray.”

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth and wanted to express his guess, but he stopped after thinking about it... The gray things that Chu Tianjiao mentioned might be the dividing line between the Nibelungen and the real world, but he was not the only one who thought of it. Chu Tianjiao himself should have realized it.

"So even though the sea was as still as a pool of stagnant water, and no living creatures could be seen underwater, and no one dared to swim in the water, I winked at Sasha, and he gathered the guys who followed him together." Chu Tianjiao went on, "I told them a few things. First, don't shout or scream no matter what you see after you get on the island, including but not limited to weird buildings, murals, humanoid creatures with golden eyes, and any other creatures that have never been seen in the real world. Secondly, if you encounter danger, your first reaction must be to protect yourself. Don't lend a helping hand to your companions. Even if they will die without your help, you must not help them. Finally, don't take anything from the island out. No matter what gold, silver, treasures, or rare animals you encounter on the island, don't touch them, let alone take them away."

"The first mate asked me why, and I asked him if I had heard of the 'Curse of the Pharaoh'?" said Chu Tianjiao.

"The Curse of the Pharaoh", almost everyone in the room had heard of this legend, except Eri, who had talked about this typical example in the "Mysticism" class at Kassel Academy.

"'The Curse of the Pharaohs' refers to 'The Curse of Tutankhamun'. Tutankhamun was a pharaoh of the 1352th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. He ascended the throne at the age of eight and died in 1922 BC when he was about eighteen years old. His short life left behind a treasure that shocked the world." Lu Mingfei noticed Eri's curious eyes and took the initiative to explain, "In , British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. The entire tomb was excavated against the mountain. They found mountains of gold and silver treasures and Tutankhamun's golden mask. That mask is still the most expensive single item in the world, with an estimated value of trillion US dollars."

"Wow!" Eri's eyes widened. Although she didn't know how exaggerated a figure 10 trillion US dollars was, it sounded huge anyway. Moreover, these ancient and mysterious stories had an inexplicable attraction to her.

"Howard gained tremendous wealth in the team, but bad luck also came with it." Lu Mingfei's voice became deeper. "At that time, everyone who entered Tutankhamun's tomb died inexplicably. The first person to die was Carnarvon. When he entered the tomb, he felt something stung his left cheek. The wound quickly festered and the pain was unbearable. When he walked out of the tomb, his left face was already ulcerated. A few days later, Carnarvon died strangely, and the remaining twenty people also died one after another for various reasons in the next six years. At that time, in addition to the treasures, Howard's team also found several ancient Egyptian inscriptions in the tomb."

"'Anyone who enters this tomb with an impure heart, I will strangle him like a bird'... This is written on Tutankhamun's coffin," said Lu Mingfei. "Some people say that this is because Tutankhamun's soul was angry at the blasphemy of the archaeological team, so he bestowed disaster on them. This is the famous 'Curse of Tutankhamun', also known as the 'Curse of the Pharaoh'."

A fascinated expression appeared on Eri's face... Perhaps this is what makes her different from other girls. Normal girls would probably be scared when hearing such a horrifying story, but Eri just found it interesting, as if the terrible curse of Tutankhamun was a delicious after-meal snack in her eyes.

"In 1980, Richard Adamson, the security officer of the expedition, publicly announced that the so-called curse of Tutankhamun was only fabricated to prevent tomb robbers from entering the tomb." Chu Zihang added, "But the professor of mysticism said that this sentence was fabricated because the ancient Egyptian king was actually involved in the secrets of the dragon clan. So the government at the time lied that the so-called curse did not exist. But according to the analysis of scholars from the secret party, the curse may have come from some ancient spiritual power."

"Yes, I told those guys that if Tutankhamun's curse is real, then the curse of the 'Isle of the Dead' is also likely to be true. There are many things in this world that are far beyond their imagination. It's not a bad thing to have a little awe for the unknown." Chu Tianjiao nodded and said, "Sasha has seen my abilities, so he can understand what I mean. Sasha swept everyone with a stern look. Fortunately, the other guys are all from special forces, so there shouldn't be any problems in obeying orders." "We boarded the lifeboat, and our target is the group of islands not far away. The strange thing is that the lifeboat they brought here was clearly the only intact one on the "Yamal", but it couldn't start." Chu Tianjiao said, "But it doesn't matter. We have enough people, and there are human oars on the lifeboat, so the speed is not slow."

"The water surface was completely still. When the boat passed over it, it was like a spoon cutting a completely flat cake, but the cut was silently healed behind us. There was no sound in the whole world except the slight sound of water and our breathing." Chu Tianjiao said, "Those islands are not far from us. At our speed, we should be able to reach one of them within ten minutes. But a long time passed, maybe twenty minutes, maybe half an hour, and we still didn't reach any island. The outlines of the islands became blurry and illusory."

"I don't know when fog fell on the water surface. It was very thick. When I walked through it, my skin felt wet and sticky. It was a very uncomfortable feeling. The boundary between the sky and the sea was all gray, and my sense of direction was unclear." Chu Tianjiao recalled, "Both the compass and the compass were ineffective. I realized that we were lost in this strange sea. The only thing that could guide us was the shadows of black islands in the distance."

"If you rely on those shadows to identify the direction, you will be even more lost." Nuo Nuo suddenly whispered to Chu Tianjiao, "Mirages and auroras appear in polar regions, not to mention in a place as chaotic as the Nibelungen element, just like that huge iceberg. Even your own eyes can be deceptive. Light and shadow may be real or illusory."

"Yes, Sasha and I realized this at the same time, but we still walked out afterwards." Chu Tianjiao said, "We relied on the sound."

"Sound?" Nuonuo frowned slightly, "Didn't you just say that apart from the sound you made, that place was dead silent?"

"Yes, but the sound we heard was made by a human, a sharp cry, and that voice was very familiar." Chu Tianjiao nodded and whispered, "Sasha said that it was Vincent's voice."

"Vincent!" Nuo Nuo was stunned, and everyone showed a surprised expression.

Indeed, Vincent entered this Nibelungen before Chu Tianjiao, but everyone had long forgotten the existence of this old guy... Because this is Nibelungen, the world of the Dragon King, and Vincent is just an ordinary person, an old man who is dying. When he entered this world, there was not even the lifeboat of the first mate and his men. At first, everyone assumed that he was dead.

"The scream came from the opposite direction of the shadows of the islands. Sasha and I looked at each other and decided to turn the boat around to find the source of the sound. We had been focusing on reaching the shadows, but maybe we were just going in circles." Chu Tianjiao said, "The scream sounded not far from us. The second mate twisted everyone's safety ropes together and threw them into the water behind us to observe the lines cutting the water surface to make sure we were heading in a straight line."

"He has such a method, why didn't he use it before?" Caesar asked.

"I asked him the same question, and he told me that he didn't expect those shadows to be deceptive. If he had thought of it, he would have done so at the beginning." Chu Tianjiao rolled his eyes.

Everyone in the room rolled their eyes as well. This was the legendary stupid teammate. But fortunately, this teammate was not such a complete stupid one. At least he had a method, but he used it too late.

"According to the second mate's method, we soon saw the shadow of the island in the direction of the sound. I thought that Vincent had probably reached the island before us. Although I don't know how he did it, maybe he landed not far from the island from the beginning." Chu Tianjiao said, "It is a stone island. It looks like an iceberg because the rocks on it are a strange white color. There are no docks or landing places around the island. There are only shallows covered with jagged gravel. It doesn't look like there are people around. But this makes sense. Nibelungen should have been a world without living people."

"On the outskirts of the island, you can see a huge building similar to an altar. It stands in the center of the island, as high as a seven or eight-story house. This altar-like thing is made entirely of the pure white stones on the island." Chu Tianjiao said, "I have seen this island in the painting of 'Isle of Death' in Vincent's house, so I know this is not the 'main island', not the one in the center. Sasha and I boarded the island one after another. There were only white stones on the island, and no living creatures or vegetation could be seen."

"Vincent is not on the island?" Chu Zihang asked.

"It shouldn't be there, because except for the place hidden by the rocks and the place covered by the huge altar, the whole island is actually in full view." Chu Tianjiao said, "We all set our sights on the huge altar. There may be clues hidden on it. Even if there are no clues, it is the place with the widest view on the whole island."

“Before we went up to the altar, someone’s steel knife fell to the ground, and we happened to discover something,” said Chu Tianjiao.

(End of this chapter)