Six hours have passed, and the team led by the three explorers Sean, Moonlight and Ivan has passed the first round of watching.
The number of ordinary people who were bewitched reached fifteen, but there were also more than a dozen ordinary people who came in, basically forming a positive balance.
The three-person team now standing in the core area is led by Solomon.
Since Sean couldn't be sure if there were other explorers present, the three of them could only sit in the rest area and supervise the watch of Solomon's team.
At this moment, the three of them were sitting together, chatting about everything about emeralds and this watch mechanism.
Moonlight just put forward an idea, Sean shook his head: "It doesn't make sense to let Olivia wear this necklace.
"She is not recognized as a human by the necklace, so even if it is worn on her, the necklace will only continue to lure others to snatch it. If the snatching is not made difficult, there will still be chaos."
Sean also thought about using a pen to recruit the Ace-level detective.
However, this place is thousands of kilometers away from New Zealand. Whether Arthur Merlin can catch up with this ship is still a question...
The "fair arms dealer" is more suitable for solving linear crises, rather than such problems that are trapped in an endless loop.
In short, Sean can only rely on his own strength now.
During the break, Sean solved a small puzzle involving the emerald necklace in his mind.
To make sure his teammates understood the situation, he began to tell the story about the nursery rhyme:
“I heard some little girls on the deck reciting a nursery rhyme called ‘Poor Elaine’.
“The story told in that nursery rhyme is very similar to the strange events happening on the ship now.
"What disturbs me is that the nursery rhyme foretells that when the countdown in Vivian's hand shows the number 0, the Bronze Giant will sink in the Atlantic Ocean.
"In order to find out what happened, I looked up some information."
Just after his watch ended, Sean used the power of the archives in the Shengen space to search for this matter.
"The nursery rhyme must have its origin." Sean's eyes did not leave the Solomon team watching, "So, I searched based on my own thoughts.
"In the magazine "New Testament Horror Stories", there is a small column called "Anecdotes of Horror Nursery Rhymes." After searching "New Testament Horror", I found an article about "Poor Elaine"..."
Listening quietly to Sean's story, Yueguang's expression gradually became surprised; while Ivan lowered his head and frowned deeply.
“An issue of New Testament Horror Stories from ten years ago stated several things about Poor Elaine.
"This nursery rhyme became popular about 21 years ago, in 1903.
"The author is a sailor named Ojiway.
"It is very regrettable that the New Terror editorial staff who wanted to interview Ochiway were unable to find the sailor.
"Not long after Ochiwi composed this nursery rhyme, he mysteriously disappeared...
"It is written in the anecdote that Ochiway was the only survivor of a shipwreck. After being rescued ashore by a passing ship, his mental state had been unstable. After returning to the shore, he created this piece under such circumstances. A nursery rhyme.”
Ivan raised his head, narrowed his eyes and said, "He seems to be warning others."
"That's right." Sean nodded, "After Ochiway experienced the shipwreck caused by the emerald necklace, he warned the world in his own way.
"It's a pity that his warning was not taken seriously - the people who sang this nursery rhyme still boarded the cursed ship."
"How ironic." Moonlight smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"Moreover, the editorial department of "New Terror" also issued a relevant warning in that issue.
"They believe that what this nursery rhyme tells is true, and that many shipwrecks occur because of this curse.
"So they had called on explorers to solve this mystery involving a transoceanic voyage.
"In addition, they also explained in the article that the name 'Elaine' in the nursery rhyme should be a pseudonym given by the author.
"However, I don't know if the Explorers Association took any measures back then. In any case, judging from the current situation, they have not solved this problem..."
Ivan sighed: "Even with the system of explorers, there are still many mysterious problems left - manpower is still limited in the face of the unknown."
At this time, there was a man acting strangely outside Solomon's group.
The people around him quickly stopped him and tied him up.
Almost at the same time, one of Solomon's team rushed to the birdcage. Likewise, he was also suppressed by the people around him...
Sean and the three stood up, observing whether they needed to take action themselves.
However, they discovered that although this open area in the restaurant seemed a bit chaotic for a while, it actually had its own unique order——
People in the watch mechanism are becoming more and more skilled.
Two people who were affected at the same time were sent out.
Calm soon returned to the restaurant, and the watch continued.
Sean nodded with satisfaction, sat down and continued: "After that, I searched the lists of victims in various shipwrecks using the name Vivian."
Ivan asked nervously: "What's the result?"
"Since the ship ticket is based on name registration," Sean's throat moved and he blinked, "so, I found Vivian's name in the names of the victims of the five shipwrecks..."
"Five?!" Yueguang opened her eyes wide.
Sean nodded: "These include the Titan, which hit an iceberg and sank in 1912, and the Margaret, which was bombed and sunk by the Hermann Kingdom's 'unrestricted submarine warfare' in 1917..."
"That is to say." Ivan held his chin with his fingers, "When the sixth Vivian dies, the ship will bring different bad luck...
"The same thing is, the ship will definitely sink."
The people ate her, and the fish ate the people.
The three fell into silence.
Five shipwrecks may not be all.
Thousands of people's lives were forever fixed on the Atlantic Ocean because of this strange necklace.
Such a tragic fact made Yueguang and Ivan fall into pale shock.
"Then, according to the cyclical nature of that nursery rhyme, we can know," Moonlight imagined, speaking out the picture in her mind, "after the shipwreck, the necklace will reappear on land in some mysterious way, recreating A Vivian, reboarding a big ship..."
Sean nodded heavily.
Ivan frowned and said, "Although I still don't know what the curse mechanism of the necklace is, this matter gives me a very strange feeling..."
"What does it feel like?"
"That necklace..." Ivan's eyes stared at the emerald in the birdcage, "like a fish bait thrown by some evil entity.
"He uses the terrible misfortune induced by this bait to repeatedly harvest the souls that pass by..."
If Sean's reasoning is an extension of the incident, Ivan is more likely to break through to other possibilities.
Their ways of thinking are somewhat complementary.
Sean acknowledged Ivan’s feelings, saying: “There’s definitely a bigger picture behind this.
“However, our top priority is to survive this crisis.
"Only by surviving can you possibly understand why all this happened."
As he said this, Sean suddenly heard Solomon on guard shout: "Evan, Sean!"
The great detective seemed to have completely lost his mind. When the vision occurred, he could only instinctively call out to the explorers and mysterious reporters.
Sean and the other three immediately stood up, pushed through the crowd and walked over.
Then, they saw Solomon's pale face turning around...
And the silver plate in the birdcage that has not been opened has become empty.
