Treasure hunter, sailing on the blue sea

Early morning on the second day.

Everyone dispersed and began to act on their goals.

First, Balazs took Jason to the homes of the people he had previously obtained information from.

Facing Balazs who came to them again to ask about things decades ago, they didn't show any impatience.

After all, they give money.

Then he sent his deputy to take Xia Detti to collect those maps. Of course, funds were essential for this link.

With Balazs, the local snake, everyone's actions went smoothly.

When night came, everyone returned to the boat.

Gathered in the captain's cabin again.

But this time it was an internal meeting.

Xia Daiti first took out a lot of various maps from his pocket ring. It can be seen from these maps that most of the maps are basically hand-drawn.

However, due to the technical problems of hand-drawn people, these maps are somewhat uneven. At worst, you cannot recognize it as a map at all, but think it is a child's random graffiti.

Can these things really be called maps? How can one be so shameless as to do such a thing?

Alka felt that his paintings were better than theirs when he had just traveled through time.

"These are all maps that can be found. They are all from around here. Some of them are from many years ago, and some of them are duplicates."

“Most of these maps were drawn on inhabited islands among the surrounding islands.

The population is too small, the island has no special resources, and there is no map. "

Speaking of this, Xia Daiti also felt a little helpless.

"And the island chain system seems to be different from what we thought."

"How do you say it?" Alka asked curiously.

“The islands linked by the island chain are not fixed at all. Over time, some islands, especially those on the edges, will leave forever.

Some new islands will also connect to new island chains with signpost islands and become part of the Broken Sea. "

"It's just that this process took a long time. It basically started over a hundred years. Fortunately, at least in the past 20 years, no new islands have been added, and no old islands have left."

Hearing this, Alka nodded. This was at least good news.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be uncomfortable if the place they wanted to go happened to be separated because the island chain was broken.

But I didn’t expect that the island chain has such an attribute?

It's more like the signpost island has some kind of characteristic that drags the islands passing by.

But these are just random guesses.

Alka withdrew his thoughts and focused on the pile of various maps in his hand.

As he looked through it, Alka took out at least half of the maps from the map pile.

These maps are either damaged or of poor quality, and some are too old.

Damaged and inferior maps cannot be recognized by the system.

Whether those maps that are too old can be used depends on whether the areas depicted on the maps have changed significantly. If the changes are significant to a certain extent, they cannot be used.

If it is just that the construction of some houses is different, or the expansion of some residential areas, it will not actually affect it.

However, towns are upgraded to cities, gathering areas are moved as a whole, a new city rises from the ground, and changes in terrain will affect the original map and can no longer be used.

But when drawing a map, these places can be used without planning them at all.

You only need to simply draw the general shape of the island and some forest vegetation and mountains in the middle of the island to create a map.

Therefore, the simpler and more precise the map, the longer it can be used.

A map that is too perfect will not last long in Alka's eyes.

These are Alka’s experiences gained from using the system over the years.

After eliminating these unusable products, there are only 4 maps left in hand.

Compared to the entire island chain, it only accounts for 1/4.

Two of them are still repeated, but the clarity of the painting and the techniques used are different.

There is essentially no difference.

In Alka's field of vision, there was only one white dot on the island represented by the two duplicate maps.

Looking at the map, this island is not small, about 1/3 of Broken Island.

But there is only one town on this island, with a population of less than 3,000, and the map is actually from decades ago.

It's just that the changes are not big, so it can still be used.

Xia Detti also began to tell Alka about the maps he looked at and some information about the islands represented by these maps.

"There used to be a mine on this island, and the population on the island was actually moved there by some miners from Southern Cross Island. However, the mines were exhausted and many things were removed.

The town above is also inhabited by the descendants of those miners, and now there is nothing special about it. "

Alka looked at the situation on the map and nodded.

Then look at the next one.

This island is different. You can clearly see a small town and several villages on it.

In addition to the two blue dots, there are also a few white dots on it. The size is also moderate, smaller than the mine island above.

But it's obviously much more livable.

But it’s not the island Alka is looking for.

Xia Daiti had already compared them when she gave them to Alka, and she didn't find anything similar.

Including those graffiti-like maps, she can also easily distinguish them.

After listening to some introductions from Xia Daiti, he took the map aside.

Look at the last map.

"This is the island closest to Southern Cross Island. It has a population of about 20,000 and is also a small town. It has abundant timber resources.

The island was completely under the control of the island's royal family, which exclusively provided materials for crafting ships. "

In this world with only ocean, it is self-evident how important ships are.

Although wood grows very well because it is a magical world, there are differences between the wood used to make ships.

The wood on this island is of relatively good quality and is very suitable for building warships.

Alka looked at the map with a blue dot and several white dots. Although the island was large, it was not the island they were looking for.

He shook his head regretfully.

"Probably none of these."

After hearing this, the very rough chart that Balazs had used before appeared in Xia Detti's hand.

Then I drew a few crosses on it.

You can see that there are already some annotations on it, and Xia Daiti has screened them first.

Looking at it this way, more than half of the map is marked.

There are also one or two ticks.

"Except for the islands represented by these maps, the other islands are far away from the Southern Cross Island.

Most of the sailing time takes between 10 and 40 days and nights. "

"Moreover, these two islands are still deserted islands, with no one existing at all. These three islands are deserted islands, desolate, and very small."

A desert island is an island with no special resources. The land on the island may not be fertile, but there are still some vegetation, trees and animals.

If you really want to live there, you will really have to start from scratch, but it is not impossible to survive.

The ruins are simply a collection of rocks. Few people visit these islands, and the islands are pitifully small.

There is basically no capital left to survive.

"There is an island, which may be the place where his treasure is hidden." Jason said suddenly.

Hearing this, Alka raised her head and looked at him.

Since Jason said so, he must be sure.

After all, now is no time for joking.

"After today's intelligence inquiry, there is an old man among them, who may have been a companion of this pirate.

After my inquiry, it was found that he was most likely an internal agent on the island, responsible for delivering some information to Christian. "

"Through some special means, I made him reveal some information that he had hidden. It was very useful."

"He said that when the first scumbag pirate was active, he took turns around the three islands and seemed to be very familiar with what they looked like there.

It can even accurately determine how long it will take for the island to reach what position. It was precisely because of this familiarity that they made a fortune by plundering a small boat, growing bigger and bigger, and successfully earned the first pot of gold. "

"One of the islands seems to be his hometown. He didn't tell anyone about it, and no navy went to the island to search."

"Among these three islands, one is an abandoned island, one is a deserted island, and the only remaining one is inhabited."

So which one is most likely to be the hometown of pirates is already very obvious.

After hearing this information, Juanlu frowned and said: "His treasure should be famous in this area. It is impossible that no one has searched for it."

And the navy surrounding him will definitely not let this go, and will definitely turn the island upside down.

After all, this pirate had been plundering for a long time.

“Because no one knew except the people who first followed him in the robbery, and their earliest course of action was to kill all the people who were robbed.

This resulted in their messages never getting out during their early actions.

After all, this is a voyage on the boundless sea. It is not normal for ships to lose contact and never come back. "

Hearing this, everyone nodded, it was indeed true.

Jason continued.

"Although some people survived and spread their reputation later, by that time they had stopped operating in that area and had even moved to several areas."

"As for the pirate who first followed him, he is the only one who is still alive, and I suspect that he may have betrayed this pirate in the end."

"Why do you say that?" Simon next to him was a little curious.

Even if you know the information about the pirates, why do you even want to investigate the information provider, and then find out something?

Hearing this, Jason smiled and said, "Because although this man is over 60 years old, he actually just retired. He was the tax collector of this town before."

"It's interesting. Later I asked Balazs for a brief check and confirmed that my information was accurate.

It is said that the reason why he became a tax collector was because his former boss played a major role in that crusade and accurately surrounded the pirate ship through intelligence. "

After hearing this, everyone understood.

"Then he didn't go looking for it? It's impossible for him not to be moved."

"He must have looked for it, but obviously he didn't find it, otherwise he would have resigned and become a rich man."

Hearing Jason's words, Alka nodded.

However, he looked at Jason strangely and said, "You broke his peaceful life. Now that you know his secret, he can't be indifferent, right?"

After all, he is a pirate, and this information may not be true, and it may be just a random lie to him.

Hearing this, Jason smiled mysteriously.

The magic power in his hand condensed and a small transparent diamond appeared.

"This is the ability that a crystal dragon acquires when it grows up. As long as the crystal material enters other people's bodies, it can read minds in a short time.

Very basic, but sometimes a very useful ability. "

Looking at Jason's smile, it was obvious that he was extremely satisfied with this relatively useless ability.

This ability may not be of much use to the dragon, but it is very useful to an intelligence collector like Jason.

"So actually those messages were all read by me through mind reading. I just guided him to recall these things."

Alka couldn't help but clapped her hands.

"Awesome Jason."

Jason smiled and touched the crystal dragon in his arms.

Xia Detti looked at Jason and asked, "You've been having sex for a long time, so what's the name of that island?"

He slapped his head when he heard this, but he didn't even say the director's name.

He quickly said: "Border Island."

"So it's that island?" Xia Daiti nodded to express his understanding, then looked at everyone and talked about his understanding of the island.

"According to Bai Tian's understanding, that island is the farthest island from the Southern Cross, and it is also the farthest island according to records.

It was originally a desert island that was used to exile criminals. Later, the exiled criminals lived on it and renamed it Border Island. "

"There are basically no specialties on the island, and it's not big. It's said to be just one village."

It does seem to be an inconspicuous island.

"Okay, now that the goal is determined, let's get ready and set off tomorrow."

After speaking, Alka stood up and planned to go to Balazs to discuss tomorrow's trip.

Balazs now lives on his large merchant ship, which is also in the port, but far away from Alka and the others.

"Wait a minute, Yiyi told me something today, I think it's better to tell you." Lucilia said suddenly.

After hearing this, everyone who was about to stand up and leave sat back again.

"Yiyi said that during the day today, someone seemed to be deliberately observing us and observing the sound of dawn, but he hid it very well and only observed it for a while.

Not sure who was observing, or whether they were out of curiosity or something else. "

Hearing this, Alka frowned.

After all, it was their first time to this island, so it was not surprising that they would attract attention.

When I first arrived, there were always people watching around.

But the strange thing is why are you just starting to pay attention to them today?

They have been on this island for a week, seven days and nights.

It’s a little strange to pay attention now.

But after all, others just paid attention.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Everyone, please pay more attention when you are on duty recently."

Let everyone keep an open mind and stay as vigilant as you should.

Then everyone left.

After a while, Alka arrived on the Golden Trout

He had been on this ship before.

Looking at the people on the boat, the number has indeed dropped significantly.

"Alka? What's the matter with coming to me so late?"

Balazs asked, sitting at the table and looking at Alka.

"We have determined which island it is and we will prepare to leave tomorrow. Please prepare and we will be together then." Alka said quietly.

"What! So fast?"

Balazs stood up immediately and said with some surprise.

He rubbed his head to make sure that he had no illusion about time.

It seemed like he took Jason to ask for information during the day, and he also helped collect the map during the day.

It only took one night to determine the goal.

Isn't this too fast?

Is it really that powerful?

He couldn't understand it. After all, it was not like he had never seen those maps before.

And when Jason asked for information, he was by his side the whole time, and the information he asked was no different from the information he knew.

Although I can't understand why it's so fast, maybe this is professional.

Couldn't help but look at Alka and sigh: "You guys are really amazing."

Alka smiled and said nothing.

"Okay, now that it's determined, which island is the target?"

"Border Island."

"Border Island? Where is Border Island?"

He looked confused, then looked at the assistant following behind him.

This is the first mate on the ship, and he has met Alka and the others several times.

Looking at his captain's confused gaze, he frowned and thought for a while.

"Oh, I remembered. It seems that Exile Island is called Border Island."

"Oh~ It turns out to be that island. Didn't you expect that the treasure was hidden on that island?"

Alka looked at the two people's reactions and felt a little strange. Xia Detti knew why they looked unfamiliar.

Looking at Alka's confused eyes, Balazs smiled awkwardly and said: "That island is too far away. Basically no one will go to that island. I have never heard of the residents of that island coming to Southern Cross." Star Island.”

“It’s just that it used to exile criminals to that island, so it’s still somewhat famous, but that was many years ago.

Ever since the law was changed and criminals who previously needed to be exiled were turned into laborers or sentenced to death, no one paid attention to the island anymore, so they didn't think about it for a while. "

After speaking, Balazs thought for a while and then said: "Have you seen the time when that island returns to the island chain?"

Alka nodded.

The reason why he decided to go to sea tomorrow was because, according to calculations, it was a better time for them to go to sea now.

As long as there are no accidents on the way, you can log in to the Border Island when it returns to the island chain.

Won't miss it.

"Okay, then I will start preparations right away. Do you need us to help you prepare some living supplies?

After all, this ship is quite big, and this time it does not need to be fully loaded with goods for trading. "

Alka shook his head at Balazs' proposal.

"That's very kind of you. We don't have many members on board, so we have more than enough supplies to support ourselves."

Balazs nodded and did not force it.

Because the number of people in Alka is indeed very small. No matter how you think about it, their supplies are enough for the current size of the ship.

If it's not enough at that time, they will be able to help.

"Okay, then we'll see you tomorrow."

Alka bid farewell to Balazs and returned to his ship.

Get ready with everyone.