Chapter 2407: Petrification Reappears
It is actually very difficult to find an island with only a rough direction, but it is difficult but you have to do it. Ishigami and Nanami calculated the ocean current to determine a rough direction and then move forward.
The Perseus rode the wind and waves and quickly reached the possible location of the treasure island.
Too fast, really too fast.
The ancestors of the tribe experienced a difficult crossing of life and death to pass the test of the sea, but on the Perseus, it was like traveling a thousand miles a day, and they had reached their destination in the blink of an eye.
Through the search of the telescope, they easily determined the target. There was an isolated island with lush trees in the distance, which should be the treasure island.
The island is very small, and there is no port around, so the ship has to stop in the open sea and everyone takes a small boat to land.
"Everyone stay on the boat first, I will take a few people to land and explore the situation first." Ishigami Senku looked at the island and found no human figures. In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, Ishigami did not plan to send too many people to the island, but took a few people up himself.
At this time, the ship was anchored in a recess on the north side of the island, with cliffs on three sides, but it can indeed avoid the sea breeze from the sea surface, allowing the ship to stay stably. Although climbing is required when landing on the island, it is nothing.
"They obviously chose a wrong landing point." Duran is everywhere. At this time, he stood on the cliff and looked down at the Perseus. This angle is just right to throw the petrified weapon on the Perseus: "According to the Dark Forest Theory, you should shoot first when you encounter a new civilization."
Ishigami Senku did not realize that they had been seen by the people on the island, and the people on this island were not as friendly as imagined.
Trapped on an island with limited resources for a long time, the rulers of this island have long stopped treating people as human beings. There are a large number of stone statues sinking on the seabed around the island. These people were originally residents of the island, but in order to save resources and allow civilization to continue to be passed on, these people became victims, petrified and thrown into the sea.
The island uses this method to maintain a safe population. And because of the existence of petrified weapons, there has been no war on the island for a long time.
At first, petrification instead of war was an improvement, but as time went on, the people on the island were divided into two parts: the middle area and the marginal area. The residents of the middle area oppressed the people in the marginal area, requiring them to offer food and women. If they disagreed, they would be punished together, and all the people in the area would be turned into stone.
So the people living in the area around the island suffered from bullying and reached the limit of their tolerance.
Ishigami took Amber, Chrome, Lion King, and Asami to form a five-person team to investigate the situation on the island. They climbed up the cliff and came to the trees on the island. They found that there were no traces of people in the nearby woods. It seemed that the situation on the island was worse than he imagined: "The people trapped on the island will become more and more backward, and finally become no different from animals." Ishigami was most worried that the descendants of these astronauts would degenerate into animals. But the more he looked, the more he thought it was possible, because it was too quiet and didn't look like a civilization at all.
Amber said: "Our ancestors left from this island. I don't think they would be like animals. At least they have the Hundred Tales to guide them."
"Your ancestors migrated hundreds or even thousands of years ago. To be honest, on an island with limited resources and no other civilization to inject vitality, they would do a lot of animal behaviors to survive, and it is not surprising that they lost their minds in the end." Ishigami Senku said carefully: "In short, we have to be careful."
Shishi Wang Si thought of a funny picture, that is, a closed ring full of boxers. At first they still abided by the rules, but the ring became more and more crowded, so the boxers began to ignore martial ethics and gave up the rules. They bit the enemy like wild animals, thinking about making the ring more spacious. This island is not a closed ring, and the islanders on it are boxers. In order to prevent the island from being crowded, I am afraid they really have to kill each other like wild animals.
And the humans who survived the cannibalism, can they still be considered the same kind? Shishi Wang Si also felt chilled.
Although Shishi Wang Si is a low-class person in the 21st century, he is far away from war and famine, and it is difficult for him to understand and accept those humans who survive by killing. He does not understand the situation of "you die or I die". He does not understand the despair of not being able to survive without killing.
But this island is exactly like this. If you want to survive, you must kill when necessary. So even Shishi Wang does not know how to face such people who survive by killing. From the ideological point of view, they are completely different. Can the two sides really communicate?
However, just as they were about to look for human traces, they suddenly found a strong green light behind them.
When they returned to the edge of the cliff, they found that all the crew members on the deck of the Perseus below had turned into stone.
It was too scary. I didn't expect it to be like this. That light was a petrifying light? !
But how could it be possible.
Shi Shen first confirmed himself and the people around him: "We are not petrified. The range of the light this time has been reduced? But how did it do it?"
Others were also stunned. They have always been afraid of petrification. They didn't expect to encounter it as soon as they landed on this island. All the people on the boat were petrified. Why is this?
Shi Shen forced himself to calm down, looked left and right, and finally saw figures moving on the cliff opposite: "Could it be that someone used controllable petrifying light?" This is the only possibility. If so, then great, you are far away from the truth. Getting closer.
The five people were all calm. They knew that recklessness would not help the crew below. Only by protecting themselves first could they use resurrection fluid to unlock their petrification.
"This island really gave us a kick in the butt." The Lion King clenched his fists: "Interesting, I can't wait to see what spell they used to turn people into stone."
"It's not magic, it's science." Stone God Qianzong believes that even if they can't understand the principle of petrification light now, it must be science: "The first global petrification can still be said to be magic, but now the Perseus displayed in front of us "This is the second collective petrification, which means that the light of petrification can be reproduced by some means, so this is science!" The stone god said decisively, because this time the petrification made the stone god feel relieved, petrification is not the magic power of monsters and monsters. , but a controllable technology.
With this idea in mind, the stone god Qiankong will not be afraid, but will be very excited, because finding the way Perseus was petrified may be able to solve the mystery of 3,700 years ago: "I didn't expect the secret and We are so close."
Everyone saw that Shi Shen was confident and settled down. Next, they had to find a way to find someone to understand the situation.
"There are people on this island, and they are people with bad intentions." Qiangiri Gen said: "We have to be more careful. Maybe their way of treating guests is to use a petrifying light."
You really have to be careful, Lion King said: "We can find their gathering place, and then kidnap a lone person to ask about the situation."
It was a way, and everyone agreed this time. After all, the islanders had proven their bad intentions and there was no need to take risks anymore. The Lion King Division's proposal is the safest, so everyone naturally cooperates. At this time, there is no need to insist on friendly and peaceful contacts.