Dream Guide

"Then what?"

"Then? No more. I only heard these two sentences. It was as if they had never appeared. After saying these two sentences, there was no sound anymore, not even footsteps. How could they be so quiet? Walking in the jungle, this damn thing is either seeing ghosts or meeting fellow travelers, but who in our line of work - oh, I'm talking about mercenaries, not pirates - would come to such a bird without shit. Where did I come from? So, I thought I might have seen a ghost, or maybe I had a mental problem."

Petru's expression looked a little frustrated, "I didn't bring many weapons at the time, and I was afraid that my boat would have problems. If it wasn't for my mental problem, if there were really people on the island, they would definitely find my boat. So I He quietly returned to the ship along the same route."

"With your temper, you shouldn't leave so easily. You must have left marks along the way when you came out, right?" Su Huilan said.

"Of course! I finally found this place, and I felt that there was something mysterious on this island that was attracting me. Maybe there was something I wanted on it. I took the weapons from the ship and went back to the island. Because before This time, I was very careful, for fear that others would discover me."

"It's just that I encountered an unexpected situation as soon as I went up. This accident can't be said to be dangerous, but it just shocked me, because I found that what I saw when I went to the island for the second time was completely different from what I saw the first time. Everything changed, the shape of the mountains changed, and the vegetation also changed. All the marks I left were gone, as if I had never been here. Later I still found the lake, but I didn’t find it along the way. I heard no noises and didn’t meet anyone.”

"Until then, I still didn't know that spiritual power came from the lake. I found that the lake water was warm. Generally speaking, the water in hot springs is not drinkable, and judging from the water temperature and the surrounding rocks, it might be A volcano crater. But I was tired and thirsty, so I couldn’t care less, so I lay down and took a sip. The water was very sweet, not salty or heavily alkaline. Then I took off my clothes and jumped into the lake to wash myself. Take a bath.”

"You must be wondering how someone like me, who lives with his head in his waistband, can let down his guard so easily and dare to bathe in the lake." Petru smiled at himself, "I think so too. But. I didn’t know why at the time, but my head was dizzy and I just wanted to take a bath. Moreover, after I jumped in, I found that the lake water was very good at relieving fatigue. Then I discovered the source of my spiritual power, which was at the bottom of the lake. There must be something under the water. Something, I guess, is Tarb under the water.”

"What I was wondering at the time was, why was Tapu built underwater? Later I thought that this might have been an extinct volcano crater, and it came to life again at some point. The eruption caused Tapu to sink to the bottom of the lake. I felt There was a force calling me from somewhere, telling me to find it and see it again. So I dived underwater."

"I didn't bring any diving equipment, but my water skills are very good. For people like us who live at sea all year round, diving is a basic skill. In such warm water, I can hold my breath for more than ten minutes. After I dived in, I found that this lake It was not small. The bottom of the lake was full of rocks, and it got deeper toward the middle. When I swam to the center of the lake, I ran out of breath and had to come up for air. But when I came up, I suddenly saw two people standing on the shore. personal."

"That's where I went into the water, and I took off my clothes there. They first took my clothes and looked at them, then picked up my gun and muttered something. Because they were far away, I couldn't hear I can clearly understand what they are saying, but most likely I won’t be able to understand them even if they get closer. There is fog on the lake, so I can’t see clearly what they look like, and they probably won’t notice a head sticking out of the middle of the lake.”

"I hurriedly dived under the water and swam towards them. I didn't want to run away naked, and besides, I also wanted to hear what they were talking about. I calculated the route and swam to a raised mountain on the shore of the lake. Hidden under the rocks. I heard their voices, but unfortunately, I couldn't understand a word. Their pronunciation characteristics were not in any language system I have ever learned. Then, I listened Then there was a bang and a gunshot.”

"I was startled, thinking they had discovered me, and then I heard someone screaming in terror and hurried footsteps walking away. I made sure there was no one on the shore, and then I got out of my hiding place and saw My clothes were thrown on the shore, and there was a man lying on the ground. It occurred to me that my gun might have misfired. Since I was in the water, I couldn't see the man's face. I was about to climb up and take a look. When I was returning my clothes and weapons, suddenly a large group of people emerged from the thick fog in the distance. They held spears in their hands and had feathers on their heads. They were running and shouting, "Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo."

"I was so frightened that I hurriedly dived back into the water and swam toward the other side. About the middle of the lake, I quietly floated up to take a breath. Then I looked back and saw the shadowy figures on the shore. One of them seemed to glance at me. In fact, it was not far away. Being so far away, and with the fog blocking me, I couldn't see the man's face clearly, but I really felt that he seemed to have seen me. You don't understand that feeling, it was like being targeted by a sniper. I don't If I dared to stay any longer, I would dive to the other side and land on the shore. I wouldn’t even care about my bare buttocks and just rush into the place where the fog is thickest.”

When he said this, Petru took a deep breath and looked tired, as if he had just returned from diving.

Aoki frowned and asked, "You mean, there are savages on this island?"

Su Huilan said: "It's unlikely. The surrounding islands have already been civilized. The resources of an isolated island in the ocean are not enough for a tribe to continue. This cannot be explained genetically."

Petru said: "But they are indeed not the indigenous people nearby. They look like the Indians from a hundred years ago."

"Did you see them again afterward?"

"No more." Petru shook his head and said, "After I escaped that time, it was already dark, and I was afraid that they would find my boat, so I didn't dare to get on it again. When I went back later, I couldn't find it. This island.”

"Then why did you hide this experience from us?" Su Huilan asked.

"Actually, I don't want to hide it. It's just that even I find it unbelievable. It feels like a hallucination or a dream. Besides, it's not very honorable to say that Red Beard once ran away naked." Petrou said.

"Wait..." Aoki suddenly remembered something, "You just said that there were two people speaking Russian. It seemed like they called each other by their names, right?"

"Yes, one is named Ivan and the other is named Boris."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure. I only heard these two understandable sentences that day. I remember them very clearly and it's impossible to forget them."

"Ivan, Boris..." Aoki vaguely remembered that the names of these two people seemed to be mentioned in Captain Church's diary.