Treasure hunter, sailing on the blue sea

"How did you do that trick just now? You can actually modify other people's memories. I've never seen you use it before." Jason leaned next to Alka and asked quietly.

At this time, they still maintained the same formation, but the old man in the boat was leading the way.

Hearing this, Alka said softly: "It's a technique of using dream clouds, and what you said is too exaggerated, and it can't achieve such an effect at all.

The reason why it was able to achieve the effect just now was because it was a coincidence and the conditions just happened to be met. "

Alka only uses a simple sleeping ability, plus certain hypnosis skills.

To say it was a technical modification would be a bit of an exaggeration. In this world with souls and magic, memory and soul are highly bound.

Being able to modify memory means that it can affect the most essential soul of life.

This is not something that can be justified by a small ability, which is why Jason and the others were surprised.

From the frightened and angry look on the old man's face when he saw Julia's fish tail just now, we knew that he himself was actually unbelievable.

That look of trembling with fear cannot be faked.

This obviously meets the conditions of a nightmare, which is one of the most instinctive reaction mechanisms of the human body.

Things that are too scary and unbelievable can easily make people feel less like reality.

Alka immediately put it to sleep and then performed very simple hypnosis techniques.

This memory is still in his mind, but it is obvious from the appearance of this old man that he is not young, and his strength is very weak for Alka.

With Alka's current strength and increasingly sophisticated control over the fog of dreams, it is easy to make some detailed experience changes to it.

During his deep sleep, he used hypnosis techniques to make him regard the recent memory as a nightmare.

Because it meets such conditions.

And it was just a momentary thing, something that just happened.

Under various conditions, the effect just now was achieved.

So this is not a memory modification at all, but just an ability to adapt to changes, accomplished through the precise manipulation of the dream fog.

After roughly understanding what Alka meant, Jason nodded.

In this case, there is nothing to be interested in.

The old man's skill in controlling fish also amazed everyone.

He was sitting in the boat, waving the fishing rod in his hand, followed by a large group of sea fish around him.

This is a fish that is only about the size of two palms on average. It has light black scales and looks fat.

At first glance, you can tell that it is the kind of fish that can produce a lot of meat.

Looking around, there were at least several thousand of them surrounding them, passing under their boats and at their feet, showing no fear at all.

It seems that I have already become accustomed to it.

You can even see several huge fish like this around the old man's ship.

As long as a normal human leg, they propel the ship forward.

No wonder they didn't see the spell on the boat just now, nor did they watch the old man rowing.

But the ship can still move slowly.

This old man was just like the first time they saw him, he was a herdsman.

It's just fish.

It was the first time to see such a new crowd, and it felt a little strange.

"Okay, it's time for you to play your role." Alka said looking at Jason.

Jason nodded, rolled up his trousers slightly, and jumped off the boat.

However, his feet did not directly step on the bottom of the water. A crystal appeared on the surface of his feet, lifting him in the water and driving forward.

He quickly came to the side of the old man's boat.

After a while, everyone could see Jason and the old man talking happily.

Communication was his strong suit, which was why he became the ship's primary intelligence collector.

Alka was sitting on the boat, looking ahead in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"Why is he so afraid of Julia?" Xia Detti, who was at the helm, asked softly.

This is a question that must be understood.

Alka shook his head, he was also thinking about this issue.

The old man's previous performance cannot be faked. Seeing Julia's expression was like seeing a ghost.

This was obviously not in line with what they had expected.

They thought it was because this area had some connection with life, and it must be so similar.

But through him, when he sees Julia Mermaid, she faces the fear of the mermaid.

There is even that feeling of anger that follows fear.

The relationship between the two may not be as harmonious as they thought.

Julia seemed to be aware of this herself.

As for the specific relationship, it is unknown. Even if they know so many research reports, they are simply about the situation in this area, not the relationship between them and life.

Not to mention the information about conflicting customs and religions.

Under the leadership of the old man in front, they soon saw a... village?

If it is a village.

Because the appearance of this gathering place is different from the village in their minds, and those buildings feel strange to them.

No, it was very strange and surprising.

There is still the sea in front, and there are no mud, rocks or small islands.

It's just that there are residential areas built with various wooden boards, rattan and plants on the sea.

These house-like things look like huge spherical objects woven with vines.

There is a round opening in front of the round vine house, which is the entrance door.

The house seems to be floating on the sea. The reason why the round house structure will not roll over. It is because it is surrounded by flat wooden boards and rattan for fixation.

It allows him to float smoothly on the sea surface.

But even so, you can clearly feel the house swaying slightly with the waves on the sea.

Seeing this situation, Jason, who was communicating with the old man from time to time, immediately asked.

"Is this your village? It looks like this... it's so interesting."

"Haha, it's not the same as where you live outside. This is Piaoqiu Village." The old man smiled twice and introduced happily.

He clearly loved his village very much.

Jason looked at those houses and asked curiously: "How was this house built?"

"Used the [vine length] spell."

"[Vine Chief]?" Jason asked strangely.

What spell is this? The name alone sounds a bit too strange.

"It's a very simple spell that outsiders from the Holy Mother Church could easily learn. Let me demonstrate it to you."

The old man said and waved his hand.

The magic power swayed out, and then Alka saw the place where the vines were entangled in the sea water below. Some vines began to break away from the entanglement and began to grow upward.

Under the control of the old man, it went directly out of the water and knitted into a ball, floating along the waves.

But it is firmly tied because it is connected to the vines below, so even if it shakes, it will not completely float away.

This is obviously the same structure as the house in the village, except that the structure of the house is larger, and maybe more vines are used.

At this moment, Alka understood how the houses in this village were structured.

This is so interesting.

As they arrived at the village, the presence of Alka and others was too conspicuous.

A middle-aged man who didn't look very old was wearing a vine armor made of strange vines.

Holding a trident with a metallic luster in his hand, he walked towards them.

...No, I didn’t come over here.

When he got a little closer, everyone realized that he was sitting on something.

It was a strange creature with a body length of one and a half meters. It could be seen that it had long limbs, a slender head, and a long tail swinging.

It looks a bit like a crocodile, but also a bit like a fish.

Although the trident he held in his hand had a metallic luster, Alka felt that it was not a metal weapon.

It would be too strange for someone who has lived at sea for a long time to use metal weapons.

Loss can easily occur.

It doesn't make sense. It looks like some kind of wooden weapon with a metallic luster.

Should be very sturdy.

The strength is also at the second stage, but it is several spirals stronger than the old man's strength.

It feels like we are about to break through to the third stage.

After he swam over on the strange creature, he looked at everyone warily.

Among them, I especially looked at Alka, Xia Detti and Jason.

It was obvious that he noticed the difference between the three of them.

The only strange thing about the three of them may be that all three of them believe in Our Lady and are considered members of the Holy Mother Church.

"Uncle Keck, who are they?"

Hearing this, the old man named Keck, who had been leading them, smiled and said, "They are from the Holy Mother Church. They happened to crash into Zehai in our direction, so they came up to take a look."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man once again glanced at everyone warily.

Seeing that Alka clearly seemed to be the leader, he nodded.

"I hope you won't do anything bad in the village."

Everyone nodded.

Following the two of them, they walked towards the village.

The area of ​​this village is quite small.

After all, the spherical house floating on the sea is indeed very strange.

The arrival of this group of outsiders made the surrounding residents unable to help but turn their heads to look at them.

Especially some children's eyes were shining when they saw the large number of dolls on the boat.

But they didn't dare to come over at all, not because they were timid. It's because their parents have held them tightly and looked at their children with very unkind eyes.

Obviously, if they want to break free, a beating from their parents is indispensable.

As soon as I entered the village, I seemed to arrive at Uncle Keck's house. He lived very close to the entrance of the village.

He waved the fishing rod, and the thousands of fish formed a straight line and swam toward the bottom of a house made of two spheres.

The structure of this house and its surroundings is a little different, because there is an obvious fence behind the round house, forming a large circle.

The fish entered the fish pen through the sea water below.

Obviously a place for breeding.

“This is definitely not the place you want to stay, after all, this is just an ordinary village.

If you want to go to the mud, you have to leave the village and walk in this direction for a few days. "

The middle-aged man holding the trident looked at everyone and said.

"Mud?" This title made Jason feel a little strange.

Looking at Jason who spoke out, the middle-aged man nodded and said, "Yes, that's what you outsiders call the island."

After hearing this, everyone understood what the so-called mud floor meant.

After all, according to the structure of this Zehai, they can live a normal life even outside the island, and they don't necessarily have to live on the island.

From generation to generation, the so-called island concept may no longer be there, and it seems more reasonable to call it mud land.

“Of course, we are just a little curious, after all, we are a village living on the sea.

We will leave in a moment, thank you for your guidance. "

Alka nodded beside him and said.

It can be seen that this middle-aged man who looks like a militiaman can let them walk around the village for the sake of seeing that Alka and others are believers of the Holy Mother.

This village seems to be extremely exclusive. Whether it is to protect the safety of the village or something else, it is completely understandable that they are not allowed to stay in the village.

After listening to Alka's answer, the middle-aged men nodded in relief.

"Quick, you are so rude."

Uncle Keck, who was beside him and did not leave, said aloud.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man named Quick sighed helplessly.

"Uncle Keck, there is nothing we can do about this. For the safety of the village, now is not a good time to accept outsiders for sightseeing."

Keck was also a little helpless, but he did not refute his words. He still looked at everyone in Alka and said: "It will take about three to four days and nights to walk from here to there.

There are many people in the mud area and they are relatively tolerant. You can rest safely there, but you'd better act quickly. If you are slow, it will be too late. "

"What do you mean?" This made Alka frown.

Obviously not a good thing.

Quick was about to explain aloud when he heard an older voice coming from behind.

"Let me tell you."

The voice was old, and an old man standing on a strange creature with his back hunched over was carried over.

The creature at his feet was the same creature the militiamen had expected.

I just asked, it seems to be called climbing fish.

"village head."

"village head."

Hearing the two voices, the old man just nodded.

The old man looked at Alka and others.

"Well, you don't look like bad people, but I hope you understand that the village is quite tense during this time."

Then, without waiting for Alka and the others to reply, the old man babbled: "Those monsters from the Desecrated Land are coming again, and we have to be prepared.

It's only been a few days since the great gardener sent someone to deliver the news, so if you want to go to the muddy ground, you'd better hurry up. "

"A monster from a desecrated land?"

"It's the area you call the border between life and death. There are many monsters there and they hate all life.

Over the years, every once in a while, they have gathered to attack the outside, and our place is the border. Next to that desecrated place. "

Once you say this, they will understand.

The monsters in the area where life and death meet are indeed very aggressive, even if they are just passing by from far away on the sea.

But once they are seen by the monsters above, the monsters entangled with undead and plants will find ways to attack them.

Those who had long-range attacks kept using them, and those who didn't had all kinds of vines and even rocks thrown at them.

Being neighbors with such monsters is almost inevitable.

It would be better to say that this place can be well preserved, which is already very good.

Because Alka didn't seem to see any protective measures in this village.

Finally, the village chief thought for a while and said: "If you don't mind it, you can go to the mud field with the village team.

This may save a lot of time, they often take this route. "

"Village Chief!" A middle-aged man named Quik shouted from the side with a frown.

He obviously didn't trust outsiders like Alka very much.

"Don't worry, Quik. They are not bad people. I believe in the wisdom of the old man."

Hearing this, the middle-aged militiaman had no choice but to nod.

The last village chief began to explain to everyone.

“Our village needs to transport some supplies to the mud, so you are the area that is mainly under attack and need the resources of supplies.

The last wave of supplies from our village has not been delivered yet and is about to leave. If you don't mind, you can go with us. "

Alka turned her head when she heard this, looked at everyone and asked for their opinions.

The people behind him didn't communicate, and they all nodded in agreement with this idea.

If you can speed it up, why not?

As for whether there is any danger, they need to be vigilant enough.

"Okay, we can act together. If we encounter danger, we will also help."

The old man smiled and nodded: "That would be great. Come with me."

As he spoke, the old man took Alka and the others to the end of the village.

This also allowed them to pass through the center of the village and take a brief tour of the entire village.

There seem to be many herders like Keck.

Because half of the houses had such a structure, and they saw many fat-headed fish swimming around and gathering in the village.

This seems to be equivalent to a specialty of their village.

Come to the tail.

As they say, a lot of supplies are piled up here.

These supplies were packed in sealed sepak takraw balls, and inside they could be seen some unknown wood and a lot of fish products.

There are more supplies placed on a long, concave board.

Longboards have flat bottoms and float on the sea.

In front of the longboard is a strange and slender fish, more than three meters long.

The huge body and the slender and wide tail can make people clearly realize how powerful it is in the water.

This fish has a saddle-like device attached to it, with two rattan sticks protruding from it and tied to a long wooden board.

There is a person sitting on the head of the board, also holding something similar to a fishing rod in his hand.

There are three wooden wooden boats like this in total.

If you have to compare it, it looks a bit like a carriage.

You can also call it a fish cart.

There were also 6 militiamen who looked somewhat strong, all of whom were around the second stage in strength.

Their outfits, weapons, and the reptiles they ride on are all exactly the same as Quake.

When Alka and the others arrived, most of the supplies had been loaded and ready to leave.

The village chief brought them over and had a conversation with the leader, a middle-aged man with a beard.

"They will follow you to the muddy ground, and they can take care of each other."

As the bearded leader nodded, he didn't feel embarrassed or embarrassed at all.

Finally, he looked at Alka's smile and stretched out his hand to shake it.

"Just call me Madru."

"Call me Alka. Please do me a favor these days."

"You look much stronger than me. We should be under your care."

After the two strangers who had just met were polite for a few times, they walked together under the gaze of the village chief.

The village's transport team was walking in front, and Alka and others were a few meters behind, following behind with a certain interval.

"What a strange way. This place is really interesting."

Simon looked at the transport team ahead and couldn't help but smile.