Joey stared into his eyes, as if trying to find a hint of lying in them.
"Take care, I know you are a capable person, if..." Anderson looked solemn, and continued as if he was hesitant to speak: "I mean if you can find a way to solve the curse... forget it. ..I am leaving"
Looking at Anderson's retreating back, after all, I couldn't figure out what he wanted to say in the second half of his words.
Anderson and Professor Remo are really gone.
The yellow kayak rose and fell in the waves until it disappeared from sight.
When Joey returned to the camp, there were only two people standing on the deck of the sailboat, their eyes met, and all three of them chose to remain silent.
Chris curled his lips and cursed: "Damn, I'm more afraid of death than a woman."
It's not hard to tell from his tone that something is wrong with Chris' mood. It's not really ridicule, but a kind of melancholy.
Next to him, Gul sighed softly and said: "Everyone should have their own choice."
Chris said: "Who doesn't know that if you are contaminated by the curse, you will die. Don't you come here just to fight before you die? Now you are a deserter, what is this?"
"I'm going to die anyway. It doesn't matter where I die. Even if you all run away, I won't leave."
Hearing these words from Chris, Joey looked slightly surprised. He took two steps forward and whispered:
"Okay, go back and lie down. The bad things will be gone after one night's sleep."
"Gul, can you take me to see that waterhole when you have time?"
Chris said: "Go to that place, I won't go, I want you to go." After that, he turned around and returned to the cabin.
The expression on Gur's face froze slightly, he looked at Joey with strange eyes, and finally nodded.
The distance between the pool and the camp was not very far, and the two of them were silent along the way, with only the sound of the wind and the cries of unknown seabirds occasionally flying overhead.
During this period, you can also see some dead shrubs, one section buried under the sand, and the exposed part is covered with traces of erosion over time.
Gur Friedman, from the first time they met to the time they got to know each other these days, the only thing that left Joey feeling was 'mysterious'
There is no such personal color in him, such as Anne's dictatorship, Professor Remo's exploitation, or Chris's aggressive and aggressive character.
Gul seems to have no label.
Most of the time, he looks drowsy and lacks energy.
After walking for a while in silence, the sun rose so high that there was a hint of heat in the air.
"just in front"
Following the direction pointed by Gur, the scenery that appeared in his sight was like an emerald embedded in the desert sand.
He looked around specifically, and found many lush shrubs growing around the pool.
No traces of wild animal activity were found, which is very strange. Logically speaking, wherever there is fresh water, there will be more or less traces of animal habitats.
"Gul, did you find anything else when you went into the water?"
Gur was silent for a while, thinking about what happened before, and shook his head: "No."
He seemed to have thought of something: "By the way, the pool is very deep, does this count?"
At first glance, the water pool is only about five or six meters tall. Most of these small water pools are formed due to the terrain and rain.
Logically speaking, this thing can hold up to the sky for seven or eight days, but looking at the vegetation beside the pool, it is obvious that it has not been dry at least in a short period of time.
"How deep?" Joey asked.
"For someone like me who makes a living at sea, the water quality is not too bad. I can hold my breath for ten minutes and dive without touching the bottom."
A small pool of five or six meters that cannot be touched to the bottom is a big problem in itself, unless there is a spring below it.
This is an island. Groundwater cannot exist. If it exists, it cannot be fresh water.
"Would you like to go down and explore again?"
"No, I won't go. Now I feel sick just thinking about what I did last night."
Gul took several steps back.
"There's a lot underneath that thing?"
Gur said: "No, I saw two or three of them yesterday. They can't dive down. There may be more..."
Joey wondered whether he should go down.
From when Gur said the pool was very deep, he guessed that it might be connected to other places underneath.
He circled around the pool, trying to find traces of footprints or animal dung.
"Gul, are you interested in chatting?"
"Is the object of your suspicion now?" Gul looked at him with a half-smile.
Hey, Chris, how unreliable you are in doing things. He was speechless in his heart and said with a smile on the surface: "What are you talking about? Just a casual chat. If you don't want to, forget it."
"Can!"
The promise was quite simple, and Joey didn't mind, and then asked: "You have known Annie from the beginning, right?"
He realized this from Gul's attitude towards Anne.
"I once served on the Bullock family's warship and had the honor to meet her once."
I originally thought he was a hidden chess piece buried by Annie, but I didn't expect it to be like this, which made Joey a little disappointed.
"Are you married?" Joey asked.
He replied: "Leave"
Just two words, there was a lingering haze on his face.
Before Joey could ask again, he continued: "I have a lovely daughter. She is very naughty. She likes to ride on my shoulders, hold my hair, and let me be her horse."
"When I first met her, she was so little. I watched her grow up little by little..."
When he said these words, he stretched out his hands and gestured, as if he was holding a baby in his arms, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.
In a daze, Joey seemed to see a warm picture of a loving father and a filial son.
"She should be married now"
According to Gur's age, his daughter is at least 20 years old now.
Marriage and love in this world are generally too early, and children of ordinary people are not qualified to receive higher education.
"She's dead!"
"Feel sorry"
"It doesn't matter. It's all over. She didn't suffer much pain."
Joey didn't pursue the topic.
No wonder Gul is like that! If it were me, it would be nice if I didn't find a tall building to jump off from.
The pain of losing a child in middle age is not something that ordinary people can bear.
Suddenly, Gul said something incomprehensible: "I heard a voice in my dream. It asked me if I wanted to resurrect my daughter."
"Tell me, is it strange?"
“It’s quite strange”
His voice was desolate and sad: "It would be great if it were true. If I did it again, I would not go to sea, but stay at home, find a job with a good salary, and spend time with my family."
Gur's words, from another direction, reflected Joey himself.
"There are so many ifs. If you can choose anything, you will be a god."
Gur was stunned for two seconds, then grinned and laughed heartily: "Yes, we are all ordinary people. We can't choose anything except life and death."
"Don't talk about me, talk about you." He looked at Joey: "As for you, your family must be very good, Hawkins is the best school in Leah."
Joey was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face became a little unnatural. He thought of Wilson and his missing sister.
He is not the kind of person who likes to share his family with others. If he opens his wounds and exposes them, he will not get help from others. Maybe they will sympathize or secretly laugh at him.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and he was suddenly startled. Unknowingly, he seemed to have fallen into the words woven by Gur.
Pain literature successfully lowered his defensiveness.
Gur, it's dangerous. This is the most appropriate thought deep in his heart at this time.
"Nothing compared to Anne," he said vaguely.
Gul burst out laughing: "You are really good at joking. Not only in Leah, but even in Faerun, there are not many people who can compete with Annie's family background."
"Let's liven up the atmosphere. I feel much better now."
Joey now looked like a shy big boy and began to change the subject.
He finally discovered that in front of these experienced people, he would be tricked if he was not careful.
“I remember there was diving equipment on the boat”
"I didn't pay attention, there must be something there"
"In this way, I'll guard here while you go back and bring the equipment. It's best to ask a few more people to come with you."
Gul pondered for a while, his probing eyes stayed on Joey for about ten seconds, and nodded, "Okay, you wait for me, I'll go back and call someone, anyway, as agreed, you go down by yourself, I'm only responsible for delivering the equipment."
He didn't want to encounter those ghost things again, and he couldn't help but shiver all over when he thought about what he almost ate last night.
Watching Gul walk away, Joey didn't look back until he disappeared from sight.
If it hadn't been for what Gur said just now, he wouldn't have sent the person away.
The original plan was to sneak down and take a look first. Compared to Anderson, in his eyes, Gur was not at the point where he needed to be on guard.
"Very good, it seems that no one in this team should be underestimated."
After waiting for a while, Gur came back with diving equipment, followed by Annie and Olivia.
This surprised him a little. He could understand that Annie was coming, but Olivia was a little confused.
"Why are you two!" he asked.
Annie's amber eyes looked at Joey without blinking, and her slightly frowned brow indicated that she was in a bad mood now.
"Didn't I tell you to take a day off today?" she asked in a cold tone.
I originally thought that even if Chris didn't come, Mi Pang would come. For what he was going to do next, men were better.
"Okay, we brought the things over. Joey, did you find anything?" Olivia took two steps forward and stood between the two of them.
Some things were hard to explain, so he could only scratch his head and laugh dryly: "Did you bring the rope?"
"Yes!" Annie threw the bundle of rope hanging on her back on the ground: "Are you planning to dive in?"
"Yes." He nodded and said, "I suspect there is a spring below."
As he spoke, he had already taken off his clothes and put the diving equipment on him, preparing to go into the water.
The peripheral vision of her eyes glanced across Anne's face intentionally or unintentionally. She had no expression on her face. Instead, Olivia's eyes under the black frames were looking around, not daring to look at Joey, and her cheeks turned pink.
He tied one end of the rope around his waist and handed the other end to Gul and said, "Every five minutes, I will pull the rope twice. If it doesn't pull, you will pull me up. Do you understand?"
Gur nodded and said: "Don't worry!"
With the sound of falling into the water, Joey jumped into the pool.
The sun at noon is hot and dazzling, and the air is hot and oppressive.
The coldness of the pool was beyond Joey's expectation.
Shouldn't it? Why is it so cold?
In this place, the temperature feels like 30 degrees during the day. In this case, the coldness of the water seems extremely abnormal.
Ten meters. . .
The light began to grow faint.
20 meters. . .
Joey felt that the body temperature at this time had dropped below 10 degrees.
He was not in a hurry to use his abilities, but wanted to test the endurance of his body.
On the shore, the three people stared at the water with solemn expressions.
As an extraordinary person, Anne has a higher perception than ordinary people. She raised her five senses to the highest level, and her ears trembled slightly, as if she could feel the waves coming from the water.
Olivia was breathing heavily on the side. She was not used to the scorching sun. In addition, she was in a hurry. Now her face was very bad and slightly pale.
"I told you not to come, but you still come here," Gul complained.
If it weren't for Olivia on the way, he would have come back earlier.
"Don't blame her. It's hard for us to bring these things if we don't have enough people." Annie waved her hand to stop what Gul was going to say next.
"Has it been five minutes?" Olivia said.
"That's right! Did the rope move?" Gul asked: "I didn't pay attention just now, Annie, did you see it?"
"Stop talking." Annie's face looked ugly, and she also blamed herself.
"Is there going to be a problem?" Olivia looked at the water worriedly.
"It should be fine. It's only been 10 minutes now. That set of equipment has enough oxygen to last for 3 hours."
Time passes little by little.
Joey has dived to 50 meters underwater, and the body temperature at this time is already close to zero.
Not to the end yet? He looked at the dark space below him, then looked up at the water.
And there was something strange. He didn't see any aquatic creatures in the water, let alone deep divers, not even a small fry.
He did not continue to sink, and the rope he brought was just a cover. The real purpose was to test Gur to see if there was any problem.
His intuition told him that Anderson's departure had something to do with their diving.
There is definitely something that is being hidden from everyone.
He slowly pulled the rope five times before continuing to dive.
. . .
At the same time, less than a hundred meters away from Ghost Island, a yellow kayak rose and fell in the waves.
It was Anderson and Remo Lewis who left in the morning.
At this time, the two of them were soaked to the skin and looked extremely embarrassed.
Looking at the nearby Ghost Island Beach, Anderson roared with eyes wide open:
"Damn it, why are you back?"
He rowed with Professor Remo for a long time, and when he was about to reach the shore, a wave hit him, and he returned here inexplicably.
This state occurred several times in a row, and both of them were emotionally broken at this time.
"How about we go back to the camp first?" Professor Remo said in a hoarse voice.
