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Chapter 463. 463. Ocean: Merman Statue

According to preliminary judgments, the size of this island is only about the size of four basketball courts, and there is nothing around the edge, just like an ordinary island.

Since there is nothing in the outer circle, they naturally have to go to the center.

Originally, the head of an island of this size could be seen at a glance, but because there were many trees on the island, which obscured the view, they couldn't see if there was a so-called treasure in the middle, or if there were other things.

As everyone went deeper, they gradually discovered something was wrong.

Originally, a small island like this, and a small island with so many trees growing there, should have pretty good soil quality, but everyone can clearly find that the soil here is very desertified.

What is rooted under the trees in the area closest to the center of the island is no longer soil, but complete sand.

"Isn't there really something in here?" I didn't have any hope at first, I just wanted to see the island.

But it's really hard to say if there is anything strange about this strange phenomenon.

After all, the ocean can change. It is even said that someone in the mysterious sea has discovered the 'Kraken', so it is not surprising that something will appear again.

"Do you see a hole there?"

Everyone looked along, and sure enough, they saw an inconspicuous depression on the ground.

Why is it not obvious?
Because it is covered with vines and fallen leaves, the pit is almost disguised as a 'trap'.

If it weren't for this pretending to be too careless, maybe they would really have to wonder if this was a trap.

"Go and have a look."

"Be careful where you step, in case there is more than one pit...don't fall in then."

There are not many pits, but the road surface is not smooth, and walking is indeed troublesome.

After finally getting close to this big pit, everyone cleaned up all the leaves and vines on it, and then looked down——

There seemed to be something at the bottom of the pit.

But because their heads are shaded by trees, which block most of the light, they can't see what's inside without a light source.

Fortunately, someone was prepared.

"I have two flashlights here, and the captain asked me to bring them." In the absence of a way to produce batteries, the energy consumed by the flashlights has turned into pearls.

Ordinary people generally don't have such things that can only be used by burning money, for fear that they will go bankrupt if they use them for themselves.

But for ships sailing, it is inevitable to carry various things, and flashlights are one of them.

The light of the flashlight is very bright, and two lights are enough to take a clear picture of the situation under the deep pit.

"I see it! It's a statue!"

"It seems to be a statue, it looks familiar..."

"Let me see too."

The first two people didn't recognize what it was after reading it, so they consciously handed the flashlight to the next person.

It's a pity that seven or eight people looked at it, but none of them recognized what kind of statue it was.

From the perspective directly above, they can only see a head and loose long hair, and the initial judgment should be a 'humanoid statue'.

It wasn't until a person looked down with a flashlight from a different angle that he saw something unusual.

"It's not a human statue! I saw the tail!" A beam of light slantedly hit the lower body of the statue, revealing the long tail with fish scales in front of everyone.

Many people suddenly realized after seeing this scene, and exclaimed one after another.

"Human head and fish tail, isn't this a shark?"

"Why is there a statue of a merman here? Is there really a merman in the sea?!"

"There are sea monsters, so it is not surprising that there is a mermaid. What if the sea monster is a mermaid?"

"Come a few people and I will go back and report to the captain. The rest of you are here to watch... Be careful, don't fall. If you hit your head on the statue, no one can save you." If the statue doesn't look good, then it is Carved from the most unpretentious stone, it is no different from ordinary statues.

And everyone is squatting down and looking down, if one falls down due to an unstable center of gravity, it will be no different from 'grabbing the ground with your head'.

At this depth, it's really not easy to grab the ground with your head.

Several people followed and left, and the remaining people couldn't bear their curiosity, and they all shouted for the person with the flashlight to take more pictures to see if they could find some other things.

the other side.

Several people returned to the boat with the news. When the people on the boat heard that they had found the statue of the Merman, they immediately boiled like a pot of boiling water.

"Captain, should we take this statue back?" The statue doesn't look very big, so it shouldn't be too heavy.

They only need to go down a few people, then tie the rope to the statue, and then they can pull it up.

The theory is feasible, but whether to operate it depends on the captain's order.

The fourth captain lowered his head and looked down in thought, while the others stared at him with piercing eyes.

Although it is only a stone statue, first of all, the shape carved on the statue itself is abnormal.

Under the circumstances that no one knew about the existence of sharks, no one would go to such great lengths to get such a thing, and then deliberately dug such a deep hole, and placed it on this isolated island where people would hardly encounter it.

Therefore, it can basically be ruled out that the statue was produced by human factors... So all they can imagine are those unbelievable rumors and those unspeakable strange phenomena in the ocean.

Of course, there is another point. After all, the treasure-hunting needle brought them here, so it is hard to guarantee whether the 'treasure' it refers to is this statue.

"Captain, what are you worrying about?" The pilot held the treasure-hunting needle in his hand, and looked at the frowning Captain Four with some puzzlement.

In his opinion, whether to bring or not to bring a matter of only one sentence will not affect anything, and it is not worth thinking so deeply.

Until he heard the next passage from Captain Four——

"...Actually, the treasure-hunting needle may not have anything other than locating fish and treasure... If it points to a statue, then it can't be a fish or a treasure, after all, it's just a stone Statue." So only the third situation remains...

No.

Because there is a fourth case.

"If I remember correctly, the third captain once said that there is a very small probability that this treasure hunting needle will point to 'mysterious marine life'."

Aren't sharks just 'mysterious sea creatures'?
Thinking about it this way, there seems to be nothing wrong.

but……

How can a 'creature' be 'dead'?
The pilot suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and the hand holding the treasure-hunting needle was shaking.

"Boat, Captain, you mean... this statue is alive?!"

　Thanks for the reward of [Lemon Toffee]*2.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)