Chapter Eleven Water Ghosts
After a while, Siyan integrated all the information and handed it to Professor Wu one by one. The two of them compared the data and analyzed the drawings and worked hard for a long time.
In the end, they found three most likely islands, all of which were almost the same area. Four eyes found a jungle on one of the nameless islands. Through the information feedback from multi-spectral scanners, there seemed to be a geological fault below the jungle.
After reading it, Professor Wu immediately decided to go to that island, because there are few caves and other grounds in the tropical jungle, and there are only two possible faults, either it was earthquakes there or it was dug by hand.
According to records from previous years, earthquakes rarely occur in Quanzhou, which means that there is a high possibility that ancient tombs exist in that place.
Within half an hour, we arrived near the Wuming Island. I saw that it was not appropriate to go to the island and asked everyone to prepare to land.
When I passed by the cockpit, I accidentally found that the owner's face suddenly became a little weird. His eyes were aiming at the Wuming Island from time to time, and he seemed to be muttering something in his mouth.
Due to my experience in criminal investigation in the police station, I am extremely sensitive to many things and naturally become more attentive.
I walked into the cockpit and asked him deliberately, "Boss Boss, why are you muttering here alone?"
The shipowner put down his work, suddenly changed his face, and said to me with a smile: "Boss, am I wondering when should I come to pick you up? Are you going to sleep on the island at night?"
According to the prior plan, we originally planned to rent a boat for ourselves, but in the end we found that no one could drive the boat, so we had to hire the owner.
Now he asked this question, but I was stumped, because I might not be able to find the tomb smoothly after going to the island. Once we stayed for too long, he might leak the situation here. It is hard to say whether it would cause us any trouble.
After thinking for a long time, I had to tell him that everything is still unknown. We are going to carry out some scientific research activities on the island, which may take some time. When we are about to leave, we will notify him by satellite phone in advance.
The owner nodded in agreement, and then he leaned the boat to the shore in one go, broke down and let us get off the ship.
There were many seabirds along the island. When they heard the sound of motors, they were startled and a long shadow swept into the sky, slowly gathering into a very regular shape.
Everyone was excited when they saw this scene. This was a spectacle that was hard to see elsewhere. Xiaoqian even took out a SLR camera and took a photo.
But this cheerful atmosphere only remained for a moment, and soon the shapes of the seabirds gathered gradually became strange, and from below it looked like a huge grimace.
What's even more strange is that as the birds continue to change formations, this grimace seems to be still smiling at us.
No one can calm down in the face of such a strange phenomenon. Everyone looked at each other for a moment, wondering what the situation was.
At this moment, the owner standing by the side suddenly jumped onto the ship as if he was crazy and got into the cabin in the blink of an eye.
The shipowner's abnormal behavior made everyone stunned. When the smell came back, they immediately jumped onto the ship like a frightened bird.
But before I could get up, the ghost birds behind me went backwards at the same time, and then took a dive posture and flew rapidly towards the direction of the ship.
Lin Qian, who was in front of me, was so panicked that he couldn't even step on it. I hurriedly pushed him onto the boat. As soon as I got on the deck, I heard the army screaming at me: "Be careful behind!"
I looked back and saw that a ghost bird in the lead had rushed to my back at an extremely fast speed, with a very sharp figure.
I quickly rolled to the hatch of the ship and hid, and then countless ghost birds rushed towards us like crazy.
Seeing that the entire ship was about to be submerged by a group of ghost birds, the Golden Tiger quickly pulled out a shotgun and banged it around a few times. The shotgun made of steel balls and iron sand was extremely powerful in melee combat, and a large number of ghost birds were knocked down in just a few strokes.
However, this only delayed their impact progress. As soon as the ghost bird who was killed and injured in front fell, the one behind followed and continued to attack frantically.
Fortunately, the few shots from Jinhu bought us some time, so I hid in the cabin with him.
As soon as we closed the cabin door, we heard the sound of ghost birds hitting everywhere. If it weren't for the tempered glass on the windows of the cabin, we would probably have been covered with ghost birds at this time.
The shipowner squatted in the corner, sometimes awake and sometimes shook his head and said, "Ghost Bird Array, Ghost Bird Array, they want to eat people, they want to eat people, we are all sacrifices..."
I hurriedly asked him what was going on. He talked intermittently for a long time, only saying that these birds were cursed and that they would definitely die if they met them.
I know there are many such strange things on the sea, such as Greek sea monsters and Bermuda Triangle, which have been passed down for hundreds of years, confirm from some point that there are too many incredible places in the ocean world.
"Damn it! What the hell is this? If I had a machine gun in my hand, I would turn them into roasted birds in minutes!" Jinhu roared angrily.
Dajun glanced at him disdainfully and said, "So what if there is a machine gun? How much do you think you can kill in this situation?"
I saw that the ghost birds outside had wave after wave, without any intention of stopping. It was not a solution to continue like this, so I discussed with the shipowner whether I could drive the ship first.
Unexpectedly, he ignored me at all, just stared at the ceiling with a dull look intently.
I suddenly felt that this old guy was a little confused. He was at this critical moment and was still in a daze.
However, looking at his face again, there seemed to be something wrong, and suddenly became yin and heavy. At this moment, Qin Xuanling, who was beside him, suddenly said, "I think he is probably possessed by evil spirits..."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Although Qin Xuanling was always taciturn, it can be seen from his posture that this person's words and deeds were still very substantial.
Professor Wu hesitated and said, "What does Brother Qin mean? Did the boss of the ship encounter something dirty?"
Qin Xuanling said: "In my opinion, it is mostly plagued by water ghosts. Look at this place, ghosts and birds live in groups, and their yin energy is very strong. It is a place where evil gathers.
I don’t know how many lonely ghosts have died here from ancient times to the present, so it’s not surprising that he was possessed.”
The water ghost possessed? I quickly winked at Jinhu and asked him to hold the shipowner with me.
But before we could take action, the shipowner suddenly jumped up as if he knew what we were going to do.
When I saw this posture, I thought it was not good. Just as I was thinking about whether to continue, Qin Xuanling suddenly stepped forward and pinched the owner's wrist, then knocked hard on his forehead with his index knuckle. The owner immediately stood there, his eyes wide open.
Then Qin Xuanling asked like an examiner: "Who is the name and surname of the borrower? Why will he die? If there is an injustice, he will retreat quickly if there is no injustice!"
Looking at the shipowner, he was completely different from his original appearance, with a dull look on his face and said slowly: "I am a good man in Jiangdong. I have died of a pirate. I have been lonely for a hundred years and no one has ever asked me for help. I only ask for help from noble people and get out of the sea of suffering."
Qin Xuanling said, "Since that's the case, if you don't catch it, you will definitely continue to harm the world in the future. Then I will help you." As he said that, he took off the small gourd hanging on his waist.
I saw that there were many talismans engraved on the gourd, and I don’t know what it was for.
Qin Xuanling pulled off the gourd's plug, raised his hand and stopped, and the owner immediately fainted softly.
We were stunned when we watched from the side. Is this guy good at catching ghosts?
Uncle Long asked incrediblely: "Brother Qin, how can you ask where you are?"
Qin Xuanling replied casually: "This is a lonely ghost. He died of life and could not be reincarnated. Therefore, he was confused by the boss's intention to escape. When I take him in my arms, I will hold him out of the samsara before I can let him out of the cycle of reincarnation."
"What? Have you put the water ghost in the gourd? Then don't you take him with you?" Xiaoqian changed her expression when she heard the sound and shouted in surprise.
Qin Xuanling smiled, said nothing, silently put away the small gourd.
Chapter completed!