Fortunately for them, at noon the next day, the distant scenery became clearly visible. Probably the unknown monster left, and even the air became cleaner. Qi Huan rolled his hands into a tube, looked at the shore for a long time, and murmured:
"It doesn't seem to be very far..."
"Don't be careless." Bai Ya also looked over, "Who knows what might happen again at sea. Moreover, the current and wind direction are uncertain, and there is no way to retreat if there is an accident."
Qi Huan let go of his hand and looked at him like a monster.
"I can't believe, Lao Bai, when did your critical thinking ability become so strong?"
"……are you crazy."
"I thought you only knew how to fight and kill."
Jun Aoyan was also standing on the shore. There is no wind today. Although the scenery in the distance is clearly visible, the sky is a bit cloudy.
"It looks calm on the surface, but it always gives people a bad feeling." She thought and looked over there, "Are there some outlines of ships over there? I can't see clearly."
Qi Huan shook his head: "I don't know. It might be the rocks on the shore, or it might be a boat. But if it's a boat... that should be their dock, right?"
"It may also be left by people who once landed on the island." Bai Ya said.
"Ah...that's right."
They briefly discussed it and finally agreed: it is not suitable to go to sea at the moment. It's a big thank you to them for being able to discuss matters of life and death carefully and not acting out of emotion. The only thing that is certain is that if you want to leave this uninhabited island, a decent boat is essential. What kind of ship can sail this distance safely? Based on visual inspection alone, assuming the water flow is stable, it can take at least an hour by paddling. What's bad is that the current direction of the sea water is towards them, and going against the sea is really a challenging plan.
"It would be great if someone knew how to divide the sea..." Qi Huan joked and looked back at them. The two men stared directly at him. He frowned, a little unhappy.
"What are you doing? What are you looking at? I don't know how to do this."
"It's okay to divide it up."
"Me too."
"..." Qi Huan rolled his eyes. The two of them were surprisingly consistent in terms of fighting and killing. "I know a little bit about Yin and Yang, but Xiaohe can do it, but Hai can forget it."
All boats were made of wood, and they discussed finding suitable wood in the afternoon. There was no need to cut down trees, because even the remaining remains of the original ship were enough for them to build a small boat. However, the curvature of the bottom of the ship is limited, and there is a risk of water leakage when using limited tools to heighten the sides of the ship.
When they were tossing on the shore in the afternoon, the three of them were very tired and often argued over differences of opinion. In the end, they were all tired and lay beside a pile of half-finished products, bored and blown by the sea breeze.
Qi Huan stood barefoot by the water, and the sea water repeatedly lapped at the edges of his rolled-up trouser legs. He looked at the destination with some emotion. Unexpectedly, this short distance turned into an insurmountable obstacle. As for the flow of sea water, he had been observing it for a long time, but he had no clue. For a long time, the water was coming this way. How much effort does it take to swing an oar forward? Let alone moving forward, it would be difficult to come back without being photographed. The depth of the water here is also unknown, and anchoring is not that easy. Besides, there is no place to find such a long rope.
"……ah?"
Qi Huan made a very strange sound. Bai Ya sat up with all his strength and looked at where he was looking.
"What's the ghost's name?"
"Is there anyone on the shore over there?"
Bai Ya suddenly stood up, and Jun Aoyan also stood up. They all looked over, folded their hands, and gathered the light together. Sure enough, there were several points moving on the shore - many points, and there was an indescribable order. Although some are scattered, some are more concentrated, and a small group of concentrated ones are close together. And the scattered ones move in an unnatural way.
Then, an obvious block-like object was pushed into the water. There are two points above that as well. Judging from this, it was probably something like a bamboo raft. Does anyone out there have something like this built? on the sea? Where are they going?
My eyes were a little sore from staring in that direction. They looked at it for a while and couldn't figure out why. After a short rest, the three of them started working again. Instead of guessing what it is, find a way to get closer to the answer. After working intermittently until the afternoon, the pile of scraps in my hands finally looked like a boat.
Relative to this uninhabited island, it is now the time of high tide, and the water level has spread to the place where they built the ship. Qi Huan and Ao Yan first started to drag the fledgling ship inward for a long distance. If the "life-saving straw" we finally created just drifts away with the waves, wouldn't it be a failure?
Bai Ya straightened up and thumped like an old man. He looked at the sea, his expression becoming serious for some reason.
"The raft is fine," he said. "And it's close."
"What?"
The other two people stood up at the same time, and Qi Huan almost ducked. They all ran forward a few steps, their legs soaked in the water. Bai Ya was right. The "square" was much closer to them, and its outline was clearly visible. It was indeed a complete raft. Two people—maybe two children—were sitting on it. They were sitting on the large raft, looking a little at a loss. The three of them couldn't see their expressions clearly. The sea water now seemed a little turbulent compared to the morning, and the two children seemed very scared.
"Young Master Bai!!"
Aoyan suddenly exclaimed. Qi Huan immediately turned around and found that Bai Ya had disappeared, but there was a group of dark clothes and scattered Yin and Yang scimitars on the beach. Qi Huan ran over to pick it up and saw him jumping into the sea wearing single clothes. He swam very fast and was as nimble as a fish, sweeping away the middle-aged and elderly man he had shown before.
"Hey! Bai Ya!" Qi Huan shouted anxiously, "Can you save me? Just..."
He didn't finish his words, because the sound of the waves had already covered his voice. Aoyan also looked worried:
"This...if something happens, I don't know if he can handle it. If the raft capsizes, even those who are good at water will easily be drowned..."
Under the control of survival instinct, people will not let go of something if they catch it. If you don't have the relevant abilities, you can lose your life no matter how good you are. The two of them knew it very well, but they didn't dare to act rashly. They just stared in that direction with concern. The two of them stood by the half-finished boat, ready to go out and fish for people if something unexpected happened. I don't know if this is possible.
Bai Ya's water quality is stronger than they thought. They saw that he quickly came into contact with the drifting raft, and the two children behaved differently. One of them stepped back timidly, while the other plucked up the courage to lie down on the edge of the raft and said something to him face to face. Then, Bai Ya walked around behind the raft, grabbed it with both arms, and swam hard toward the island. Under the influence of the rising tide, the raft was quickly pushed over, and the other two people rushed to help.
Those were two kids of thirteen or fourteen.
They all wore buns and matching golden outfits. The clothes were wet with water and the material could not be seen. Qi Huan touched it and immediately judged that it was fine silk. The white singlet was stuck to Bai Ya's body, so he took it off neatly and squeezed out the moisture. When Aoyan handed him the coat, she noticed that his lean body was covered with strange scars. Bai Ya took it and put it on his body without saying anything. Although Jun Aoyan didn't ask, he was very concerned - those wounds were very different from the knife wounds and gunshot wounds left on the Zongheng battlefield. There were fine holes and discolored patches of skin, which might have been corroded. She was curious, but now was not the time to ask.
The boy was a little timid and kept cowering behind the girl. Qi Huan whispered to Bai Ya:
"Their clothes are of good quality and fine workmanship. Perhaps they were brought from within the Southern Kingdom. The Southern Kingdom may be much larger than we thought."
"Help me bake it later."
Bai Ya didn't answer. He threw the wringed clothes "stick" to Qi Huan, then reached out and asked him for a knife. Qi Huan took the clothes in surprise, handed the knife to him in an awkward gesture, and asked:
"No, you don't think, don't think..."
"What do you think the girl asked me first?" Bai Ya gave the answer himself, "She asked me if I was Lord Poseidon."
"Lord Poseidon?"
Jun Aoyan also sounded baffled. She has been dealing with big men in the military all year round and is not very good at dealing with children. She knelt down to appear friendly, but her tone of voice was still a bit fierce when she spoke.
"What's your name?"
The boy was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak. The girl bravely protected him behind her, straightened her chest and replied:
"My name is Xiaojie! He is Xiaoju, my younger brother."
"Tell me, why are you at sea?"
"Hey, please pass on..." Qi Huan couldn't stand it anymore, "You are too cruel, interrogating prisoners."
Only then did Jun Aoyan notice that although the girl who called herself Xiaojie looked brave, there were tears in her eyes. She was a little at a loss and stupidly stepped aside. She looked at the raft that Qi Huan had just observed. There were many colorful things left on it. She also squatted down and did the same thing as Qi Huan: picked it up and looked at it. Some of those colorful fragments are already translucent. They are soft to the touch and break when pinched. Although they smelled odorless, Aoyan judged that these were flowers.
Although Bai Ya didn't speak, his eyes kept falling on the two children. They must be native islanders, because they had a faint accent that he had never heard before. After traveling around the world for so many years, he could tell where this kid's hometown was whenever he spoke. Only these two children had an accent that he had never heard of before, and they seemed to belong exclusively to the southern country.
There were strange patterns tattooed on their clothes, a style he had never seen before. The background color is gold, with many fine blue lines embroidered on the edge, and red eye-like patterns.
Looking at their eyes again - Aoyan couldn't help but frown. They were obviously two children, but their expressions were filled with unspeakable hostility.
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