Mary's Nineteenth Century

Can a broken arm stop the treasure hunter's pace?

"no big deal."

The Russian bearded man almost tripped over, but he was the first to enliven the atmosphere.

He knelt down and took a closer look at the stump, "The broken bone of this arm was not cut by a sharp tool, but bitten by some kind of beast. We just need to be careful of the carnivores on the island."

The island may have been landed by humans, and there may also be wild animals, which are all very common.

Previously, the sea boat circled the island for half a circle. It is estimated that the whole island is not big. It is estimated that it only takes three to four hours to sail the boat around the whole circle.

On this basis, and according to the island law, the basic situation of the island can be inferred.

Animals migrating from the mainland to the islands, as a general rule, large animals become smaller and small animals become larger.Coupled with the limited geographical ecology, there will be no large carnivores on the island.

The Russian bearded man signaled that everyone should not be nervous, and that there is no need to panic when a corpse appears. "We are all equipped with shotguns. As long as we don't act alone, there is nothing to be afraid of."

That being the case, it is somewhat unlucky to encounter the remains of human corpses at the beginning.

"Since I ran into it, don't let him expose the corpse in the wilderness. It's good luck, and I will find a place to bury the body later."

Mycroft found an excuse casually, and put the stump of the suspected intelligence officer into the bag.

Is it possible for a normal lady to carry a rotten arm around?

Collectors from all over the world tried their best to hide their tangled expressions, but they didn't say anything to stop them for the time being, because accumulating luck is indeed what they need.Anyway, it's not enough to carry the corpse by yourself, but they all cast a sympathetic look at one person.

Mary:?

Why do you look at her with weird eyes, what does she need to be sympathized with?

Among this group of collectors, some have participated in the Hermes Club's fair and met Mr. Minton and Mrs. Roman.

Gossip spreads fastest when you are bored at sea, and there are rumors about young inventors and old widows.

For example, Mrs. Roman has different preferences from ordinary French people.Other rich widows buy jewelry, but this one likes to hunt for strange things, so they go to Haideng Island together.

For example, in order to pursue this lady with different tastes, Mr. Minton gave up his life of luxury and money on Wall Street, and came to Salem together to dig out weird rumors.

These words will definitely not be discussed in front of the parties involved.

Mary was sure she had a strange hat on her head, but she was so tolerant that she didn't dwell on frivolity.

As for the other one in the scandal?

Mycroft's attention was on the broken arm, and he immediately discovered a problem, and his common sense of zoology was challenged again.

After the unidentifiable animal remains in the owl food pellet, he also failed to identify the beast that bit off the intelligence officer's arm.

I have never seen the bite marks of this kind of carnivore, but the curvature of the distribution of the tooth marks is somewhat creepy and familiar.

People, which kind of bite marks are you most familiar with?

The answer is obvious - it's humans' own bite marks.

At the moment, Mycroft, betting on his habit of regularly going in and out of the dental office just for sustainable desserts, that the bite marks on the severed arm have a three-point distribution of human tooth marks.

The difference is that the tooth marks on the severed arm are larger than wolf teeth, sharp enough to penetrate bones, and far beyond the bite force of ordinary humans.

werewolf.

A legendary noun suddenly broke in.

It is rumored that when the curse of H was fulfilled before his death, the werewolf tore up the framer, and the ignorant onlookers died on the black sand island.

On the small island under his feet, are there really unreasonable creatures?

Mycroft did not leave immediately, and went around in a circle, but did not find any more corpses.

“The beach is so clean.”

Mary was not in a hurry to go into the woods, and let the collectors flock to the treasure place first.

She wanted to find animal traces corresponding to the owl food pellet residue, but there were no animal bones, feces, or feathers on the beach, let alone animal footprints.

Except for a rotting human arm, there are even pitifully few insects.

If someone is not doing regular cleaning, there is something wrong with the place that makes the animal instinctively stay away.

"Indeed, it's strange."

Mycroft calculated the time when the body parts rotted, which basically coincided with the ten-day disappearance of the intelligence personnel.That means that there is no need for a blood moon to be in the sky, and there are still people who can successfully land on the island.

"This beach is the location to land on the island according to the treasure hunt map. Maybe there are other routes to enter and leave the island."

It's not scary to have other people on the island out of sight.

The scary thing is that someone deliberately hid their tracks, or cleaned the beach in advance, covering up the existence of certain dangers.

Mary is also not sure, assuming that someone deliberately cleaned up the black sand beach, why didn't the arm body be taken away by the way?

In any case, be cautious.

The two fell at the end of the main force.All the way through the woods, from dawn to dusk, stopped and stopped without encountering any threats.

In the woods, a few flying wild birds can be glimpsed occasionally, but there are still no traces of carnivores, and it seems that even poisonous snakes do not exist.

Except that the plants are too lush, and the branches that block the road need to be cut down, there are no other obstacles.

"Look! There is a big rock standing in front of you."

There was a shout from the front of the team. After a long journey, the crowd arrived at the treasure place recorded by the Crystal Skull almost smoothly.

『In the woods, the treasure was buried in a pit, and a stone three to four meters high stood beside it. 』

There is no nonsense in the original text of the prompt inside the crystal skull.Even though Heisha Island was found according to the sea map, it is still doubtful.However, the fact that the intelligence is correct has emerged one after another.

The collectors ran forward in a hurry, and after a while, they dug up the side of the boulder with a shovel.

'Boom', 'boom', 'boom'...

One after another, someone's shovel touched the boxes buried in the ground, and then they picked up the speed to lift out the boxes one by one.

There is no lock, and there is no offensive mechanism hidden in the box.

It is full of gold, silver and jewels.They have different shapes, some are collections of the Renaissance in continental Europe, and some are treasures of the eastern continent.

Burying in the ground will inevitably make the treasures covered with a layer of traces of time, but it can't change their priceless value.

"Sure enough, as my grandfather said, as long as you find the black crystal skull, getting rich in a day is not a dream."

The Russian bearded man was dazzled by the jewels, and blurted out these words.His voice was not low enough for those around him to hear him clearly.

It turns out that there are some family traditions behind the Crystal Skull.

Mary and Mycroft did not dig for treasure.Before departure, the two promised when they signed the agreement that if the treasure was found, only a share of [-] US dollars would be enough.

In the face of huge treasures, three thousand dollars is not worth mentioning.In contrast, the two did not participate in physical excavation work, and they could also leave the team at any time to conduct some vegetation and forest inspections.

At the moment, the two looked at each other.

The news about the Russian bearded man did not stir up a splash, and other collectors continued to dig for treasures without seeming to care.

Not only because the treasure is more attractive, but also as a matter of course, other people also got the same news through similar channels.

In other words, almost all the collectors who came to Salem on Christmas Eve had heard about the Black Crystal Skull and Kidd's treasure from their ancestors.

Because of this, when they heard that Director White had dug up the Crystal Skull in South America, they immediately rushed to find out.

Nowadays, no one talks much about the specific source of past news. Anyway, the treasure has been found, and other things have become unimportant.

"Before it's dark, it's better to go around in a circle."

Mycroft was always vaguely uneasy.The treasure hunt this time went too smoothly, and it did not conform to the twists and turns or dangers that are common in literary works.

Don't say that art and life are always different.

Mycroft looked back on his life in the United States, and his life was more outrageous than a work of art.

"It needs to be investigated carefully. Today, [-]% of them will spend the night here."

Mary looked around, and found that the terrain in this area was flat and suitable for camping.In fact, the most important thing to do at the moment is not to dig the soil, but to make sure that there are no hidden dangers around.

However, money is obsessed, and few people still care about such simple truths.

Without further ado, the two started their inspection with weapons in hand.

The confusing phenomenon continued, and there were no abnormal traces around the buried treasure site, at most a few unknown plants appeared.

No rash picking.

The two made some marks along the way, and planned to wait until they left the island before deciding whether to take the new species of plants with them.

clean.

After a round of investigation, only one conclusion was drawn, that the area around the treasure burial place was clean.

There is no sign of hunting and fighting between animals, let alone any traces of human beings being hunted down.

Before returning, Mary suddenly said: "Mrs. Roman, you know the owner of the half arm, right? Don't deny it, now we need a little honesty.

As you can see, Black Sand Island is too peaceful.Serenity can mean aloof from the world, but it can also seem like dead silence.Or, this place has been reduced to a dead place. "

The plants grow densely, but the animals that should appear in the ecological chain are not seen.

It was obvious that human remains were found, but no trace of the tragedy could be found.

During the farewell, Bentley was worried that the Crystal Skull seemed to be tricking a group of people into killing them on the island.

After going to the island, I didn't meet a mysterious person, and there was no strangely erected castle. It seemed that there was no careful layout to kill people step by step.

However, this does not mean everything is safe.

Mary had to wonder, "It's been twelve hours since we landed, and now I have a bad guess, do you think the three sea ships docked on the shore are still there?"

As soon as this question came out, the wind in the woods seemed to stop.

Mycroft couldn't avoid that very bad possibility.

How would a group of people return to Salem without a ship?Waiting for help?Assuming that the rescue team does not take the route guided by the blood moon to enter the island, can they find another route?

The ship is not only a means of returning to the voyage, but also stores food for seven days.

The collector's original plan was to carry some food to the woods to dig treasures, and then move the boxes to the ship.Back and forth, just in time to get to the ship to get supplies.

Once there are no supplies, how can people live on the island?

Compared to engaging in complicated murders everywhere, sinking a ship is a one-shot trick, which is enough to trap the crowd to death on the island.

Eat wild fruits on the island?

No, wild berries are not safe.Don't forget, there are very few traces of animals along the way, and no one is sure whether the plants here are suitable for human consumption.

Mycroft didn't speculate further, perhaps everything was unfounded.He withdrew his thoughts and asked directly, "So, what do you want me to be honest about?"

"What do you say?"

Mary threw the question back, and the initiative was out of her hands.

"I think you can tell me something clearly in your heart, so that we can further speculate on the situation on Heisha Island."

Mycroft was silent. In fact, he knew very little, otherwise why would he venture out to sea to investigate.

At this moment, he had to confess, "Weapons, danger", may be the cause of death of the dead man with the amputated arm.Other than that, I really don't know anything. "

Last time, the two confessed the truth and did not leave too good memories.

This time, the atmosphere is more tense, but not because the truth hurts each other, but because of the realization of the possibility of some danger.

Weapons, in this era, generally refer to thermal weapons such as guns and cannons.

However, Mary knew that the range of weapons was very wide, such as biochemical weapons and genetic weapons.Assuming that a certain potion can create powerful aggressive legendary species such as werewolves, vampires, etc., that is mastering a terrible weapon.

Have similar agents been successfully researched?

Mary has no way of knowing the whole picture of this world, but what she can be sure of is that dark experiments have never stopped since history.

At this moment, Mycroft also had the same inference.

Even if it's absurd, the intermittent clues point to the possibility of creating mutant humans.Once successful, it is to create a batch of dangerous weapons.

Assuming that there are extraordinary human beings on Heisha Island, why use crystal skulls to lure people into the island?

"It's time to go to the other side of the island."

"Should go to the other side of the woods."

The two spoke in unison, as the sun dipped below the horizon.

God, it's totally dark.