Chapter 225 [Ghost Island] (seeking a monthly ticket)
Everyone looked at the cannibal old man with strange eyes. Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Mr. Translator, please help me ask, what exactly is the 'Pig God Ceremony' he mentioned?"
Tribes like this that still retain primitive social lifestyles often worship natural gods and various animal totems: wind and fire totems, wolf totems, cow totems, snake totems, these are common, even some in China
There are also ethnic minorities, but this is the first time Zhou Yi heard of someone worshiping the pig totem.
Jin Yangyang also seemed to be very interested in this, and was suddenly fanning his ears and listening carefully.
"I know something about this. In fact, the residents of the Nicobar Islands often hold a pig fighting competition, but it is just an activity and does not worship the pig god..."
The young man with the seal oil chatted a few more words with the cannibal old man, then turned to Zhou Yi and others: "Let me ask clearly, he said that the tribe is about to select a pig god, and this precious pig is the one he spent a lot of effort to get from Africa.
After getting it, I will take it back to the tribe to participate in the ceremony of selecting the Pig God; he also said that your gentlemen's piglets have great potential, and if they are willing to sell them, he will definitely give them a good price."
"Oh? So the Pig God was chosen after all?"
Zhou Yi was slightly startled, but these primitive tribes have always done strange things and cannot be measured by common sense. Moreover, this matter has nothing to do with him at all, so he didn't bother to ask more: "Our piglets will not be sold... Okay
Thank you, Mr. Translator."
Just as he was about to send away the ink translator and ask everyone to leave, the cannibal old man suddenly stood up and pointed at Jin Yangyang. He also chatted a lot to Zhou Yi. I guess he also realized that Zhou Yi was Jin Yangyang.
's master.
"Huh?" Zhou Yiyi frowned. This old man kept pestering me, which was a bit annoying.
"Damn it, what did he say? Please check it out!" Tang Bao said with his eyes widened.
"He said that we are all children of the world and should dedicate ourselves to this world..."
The ink-printed young man smacked his lips and said, "He also said that the ghost that devours humans is about to appear again, and only the great pig god can resist it. It would be too selfish of the two of you not to sell this golden pig to him."
"Ghost? Are you funny?" Tang Bao almost smiled crookedly when he heard this, and Zhou Yi shook his head repeatedly. Only these ignorant natives would believe in the end of the world and ghosts... What kind of era is this?
Really? Do you really think life is a fantasy novel?
"Okay, let's go." Zhou Yi shook his head and walked towards the box.
"Urimasa, get out of the oil and get the hell out of Vasiva..."
When this cannibal old man saw Zhou Yi and others were about to leave, he actually stopped in front of them, shaking his head and talking non-stop.
"Get out of here! Are you looking for a beating?" Tang Bao glared and was about to use his fist.
"Wait a minute, Brother Bao..." Zhou Yi stopped Tang Bao. He saw a hand-drawn sea map that the cannibal old man took out from his arms.
"Uli Masa, Masa!"
After the ink-printing youth's translation, Zhou Yi realized that the old man was saying, "Sir, please look, please look." It seemed that this chart was very important.
"This chart is very professionally drawn. It seems that there are capable people in the cannibal tribe?"
Zhou Yi took the nautical chart drawn on the leather, glanced at it and nodded slightly. He saw that not only did it have longitudes and latitudes, but also Asia, Africa, Europe and other continents. Although there were no specific names of cities and ports, each continent had its own name.
The shape of the area is unmistakable. Even the Strait of Malacca has been outlined. There are also route instructions. Every port is marked with a small anchor.
"Huh? What is this..."
Zhou Yi glanced at the chart and suddenly discovered that there were three islands marked in the South Pacific area.
This chart is extremely simple. If it were not for the places that the route passes through, ordinary small islands would not be marked at all, and even large islands like Sumatra are only about the size of a fingernail on the map, but these three islands
But all of them are as big as a finger, and they are very eye-catching.
This is weird... Although Zhou Yi is not a geography major, he also knows that there should not be such a big island in this area, otherwise he would not have established a country long ago?
When the cannibal old man saw that Zhou Yi had also noticed the three islands, he immediately danced excitedly and chatted again to the seal translator. The seal youth smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Zhou, he said that these three islands are actually one
, called Ghost Island!”
"Ghost Island?" Zhou Yiqi asked: "These three islands are actually one? How do you say this?"
"He didn't seem to be able to explain clearly. He just said that this chart was passed down from generation to generation in the tribe. This ghost island would appear once every once in a while, and then disappear mysteriously. It had appeared three times in the last century.
....”
The stamped young man said: "Every time it appears, they will record the location of the island on the map, so now there are three. According to him, their tribe has a legend that when the ghost island appears for the fourth time,
It will bring disaster to mankind all over the world, and we must rely on the power of the 'Pig God' to eliminate this danger..."
"Nonsense!"
Zhou Yi would not believe such legends at all. In fact, various ethnic groups would have various legends in primitive times. For example, in China, there was a story about the workers who were unable to touch each other and Nuwa to make up for the lack of the sky, but this food
The imagination of the human tribe is insufficient to create a mythical figure like Nuwa, but they have created a nondescript pig god. From this point of view, apart from occasionally eating humans, they should mainly focus on animal husbandry, at least
Can tame wild boar.
Believe it or not, Zhou Yi was still a little curious about this 'ghost island', so he simply called Old Hawke: "Captain Hawke, have you heard of this ghost island?"
"Ghost Island? Ghost Island is one of the top ten mysterious islands in the world. If you are an old sailor, you will know it, but it is not as scary as they say."
Old Hawke listened for a long time and ignored the cannibal old man's words. When he heard Zhou Yi's question, he immediately became furious: "This is actually a volcanic island. It appeared on the sea because of the volcanic eruption. When the sea
When the level rises, it will naturally be submerged and disappear. After a while, the volcano will erupt again, and it may reappear..."
"Oh...this volcano has erupted three times in the last century?"
"Yes, to be precise, there were three outbreaks in the last century and the end of the last century. Once in 1890, once in 1968, and the last one was in 1979..."
Old Hawk said with a smile: "And in 1968, two gangs of pirates fought for this island. It is said that hundreds of people died, and the blood dyed the nearby sea red. The pirates who finally got the island had no good results.
.Sinked to the bottom of the sea along with the 'Ghost Island' during a tsunami. The last time this island appeared was in 1979. You see, this is it..."
As he spoke, he pointed out the islands on the map for Zhou Yi: "Look, this should be the location where the ghost island last appeared in 1979, this should be in 1890, and this should be the location in 1968..."
"This time it appeared in 1968, it deviated a lot from 1890?" Judging from a simple scale, the location where the ghost island appeared for the second time should be about 300 nautical miles away from the first time. It is estimated that this is the bottom of the sea.
The reason for the movement of the volcano was that in 1979, the position moved again, but this time the deviation was not much. It was only less than fifty nautical miles.
"Huh? The location that appeared in 1968...why does it look so familiar?"
Zhou Yi suddenly felt something in his heart. He opened his collar and took out the necklace he bought at the Xinjiapi Chinatown Night Market.
The value of this pendant is not high, but the workmanship is extremely fine, and the patterns drawn on it are also very reminiscent of the European Age of Discovery. Which man does not have a dream of sailing in his heart? Zhou Yi is naturally no exception. Therefore, after getting this pendant
Since then, I have been wearing it. If I hadn't seen this chart today, I would have forgotten it.
"Huh? Mr. Zhou, isn't the pattern on your necklace a ghost island? Judging from the longitude and latitude marked on it, it is exactly where the ghost island was when it appeared in 1968. But the pattern on it is more detailed than this chart.
There are many, and it depends on the handiwork..."
Old Hawke narrowed his old eyes and looked at Zhou Yi's necklace carefully: "Judging from the handwork, this necklace should be from the last century, and...and..."
"And what? If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. I'm so hesitant." Seeing Old Hawke's hesitant look, Zhou Yi was not anxious, but Tang Bao was anxious.
"And this kind of necklace is usually worn by pirates, and the patterns on it are their respective symbols. Mr. Zhou's necklace was worn by the 'Black Turban' pirates who once traveled across the South Pacific. It is said that they once participated in the battle
The Battle of 'Ghost Island'..."
"oh?"
Zhou Yi was slightly startled. He didn't expect that a necklace he just bought could be the symbol of a pirate? Fortunately, we are not in Europe during the Age of Discovery, otherwise he would have been arrested as a pirate...
"Woo hoo, spread some oil on the ground, Wariwa!"
Seeing Zhou Yi's necklace, the cannibal old man's eyes lit up and he started to scream again, as if he knew the necklace.
"Damn, he's interested in everything. Translate, what did he say?" Tang Bao looked more and more displeased with this old man.
"Mr. Tang, he said that there is also a necklace in their tribe. It is exactly the same as Mr. Zhou's. It should be a set."
A smile appeared on the lips of the ink-printed young man: "But he also said that this necklace cannot be worn by humans. In their tribe, only the 'Pig God' selected once every three years is qualified to wear it."
Tang Bao suddenly burst out laughing: "Brother, did you hear this? This guy is just roundabout calling you a pig."
"What else did he say?" Zhou Yi was too lazy to answer this guy.
"He also said that these two necklaces were born at the same time as the Pig God, which can eliminate the adverse effects of the Ghost Island, so he very much hopes that everyone can go to his tribe and participate in the 'Pig God' ceremony...
"
"He wants us to go to Ghost Island and participate in the 'Pig God' ceremony?" Zhou Yi was stunned.
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