The looting of pirate strongholds is slower than expected.
These pirates burned, killed, and looted, and the things they robbed were too miscellaneous.
Again, if you can count on these pirates to master some skills in material organization, then it's not impossible to count on them at all.
The food and cloth were placed together, and many of them were already moldy. The shells had already been dampened, and it was estimated that they might not detonate if they were directly burned.
There are more coins in sacks, rusty weapons, etc.
The remaining pirates on the island were tied up and locked up in a small wooden house. Their mouths were gagged and they could only make whining sounds.
They were lucky because Lu Tan didn't have time to open their memories yet.
The sailors were sorting out the belongings on the island. Looking at the people carrying things onto the ship, they didn't know who the real pirates were for a moment.
"Is this considered a treasure?"
Captain Nagamasa murmured to himself.
Compared to venturing into the high seas and exploring unknown islands, it seems that it is faster to rob pirates and earn money.
Of course, under normal circumstances, their ship could at best deal with the pirates without losing any chance. With its rough skin and thick flesh, it would probably be difficult for them to deal with several pirate ships.
If it weren't for Shia and the others, it would definitely not be so profitable.
Magic is such a wonderful thing.
Captain Changzheng thought and gave some more instructions.
"Be gentle, these are antiques, search every corner, don't leave anything hanging down."
As he spoke, he saw the beach in the distance, where his friend Axiang was leaning down to look for something.
Beside, Baobao and Lu Tan were following the scholar.
"What are you looking for?"
Lu Tan asked curiously.
"I heard that there is a wonderful fiddler crab on the island in this area, so I wanted to see if there is one here."
Bending down, Axiang said, carefully observing the beach.
The beach before high tide looks unremarkable at first glance, but if you look closely, you can see some tiny holes, as if bugs have dug in and dug out the gravel.
Axiang pulled away a ball of sand with his hand and carefully brushed away the impurities. He saw something moving in the palm of his hand.
The crab, which had been only the size of a fingernail, emerged from the moist sand and tried to escape from Axiang's palm.
He hurriedly caught it with his other hand, and kept interlacing the two hands. When the sand fell away, only the little crab was left. Axiang observed it carefully, trying to remember all the details of this creature.
"Look, because it lives on the beach, it needs the ability to walk through the gravel more than swimming, so the pincers will be larger, and the two legs at the end will gradually degenerate into claws, which will allow them to better
Stay firmly in place in the tide.”
Axiang said excitedly. When the observation was over, he put the little crab on the beach. The crab crawled flexibly on the beach and soon found a soft sandy soil, and quickly submerged into it. Two
The pliers quickly buried themselves in sand.
Quite cute.
Lu Tiao saw that Baobao also followed suit and grabbed a handful of sand.
In the blink of an eye, something was squirming in the sand.
However, the thing squirmed more and more violently, and eventually several tentacles extended out.
Soon, an octopus-like creature emerged from the palm of the leopard. It had the tentacles of an octopus and a soft head, but its lower body had the eight legs and pincers of a crab. Two huge eyes were located on the head, showing wisdom.
eyes.
The creature kept squirming and twitching its tentacles, making people's scalp numb just looking at it.
But it moved slowly on Leopard's hand, and the scene of those tentacles wrapping around the girl's white wrist was really a bit spicy.
"What did you do?"
Lu Tiao glanced at A Xiang, who was still looking for other crabs for comparison and had not noticed it, and asked Bao Bao.
"Just a little boost."
Leopard and the creature stared at each other. She let it climb on her smooth arm, but when the creature's tentacles tried to reach in from the cuff, Leopard grabbed the creature with its other hand.
Then crush it without mercy.
puff--
Dark green juice splashed onto the beach and was quickly washed away by the tide.
"Creating a creature is quite boring most of the time, because if you want them to survive in this world, you have to take care of them carefully and help them solve a lot of troubles."
Baopao let go of her hand and threw the monster's body into the sea. Her hands were still clean and spotless.
"Just like you humans raising cats, they look cute and can accompany you, but most of them ignore that they are also living creatures and need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves. You need to take care of these cats. You will be woken up by the smell of cat poop at night.
Sometimes, no matter how cute the creature is, it looks so evil."
"You seem to understand very well."
Lu Tan didn't know that Leopard had a cat.
"So many times, we create some creatures at will and don't care about what happens next. Of course, for me, the main thing is whether the process is interesting."
Leopard took off his shoes and socks, and stepped on the beach with his white bare feet, leaving small footprints.
Those fiddler crabs buried deep under the gravel may never know that they have been stepped on by an incarnation of the Great Old Ones.
The cold seawater submerged Leopard's toes. She slightly lifted the hem of her crimson clothes to prevent them from getting wet. She walked towards a slightly deeper place like a child, raising her feet slightly and stepping on the clear water.
"Are you coming too?"
Baobao sent an invitation to Lu Jian.
Under the sun, her appearance did indeed look familiar at times.
"I'm not a child."
Lu Tan rejected Bao Bao's proposal.
"It makes me sound like a child."
Leopard looked slightly dissatisfied.
"How old are you?"
Lu Tiao asked back.
"Six months?"
Leopard tilted his head and said uncertainly.
"That's really young."
Lu Tan thought for a while, and this calculation should be the time when her incarnation appeared.
If we connect the time of memory and knowledge, I'm afraid even Leopard can't tell the number.
"Aren't you going to move the money?"
Ignoring Leopard playing in the water, Lu Tan looked at Axiang again.
This man is completely different from those sailors. Compared with gold and silver treasures, these wonderful creatures seem to be his treasures.
"I'm not interested in those."
Axiang said something. He was using a brush to record the ecological status of the fiddler crabs. When he finished the last stroke, he raised his head and continued to speak.
"Our activities have caused many changes in the world, and many creatures can no longer be seen, but I believe that there may still be some creatures in the isolated islands in the ocean that have not been disturbed by our activities, and they may even remain
It looks like it did long ago."
He stared at the sparkling sea. The sun gradually set to the west, reflecting a golden color. Girls wearing white clothes and scarlet haori were playing in the water, making people feel the tranquility of the years for a moment.
"I have always been curious about where humans came from and how living things evolved into what they are today. I want to understand this sea and the meaning of this world. There must be a certain reason why we are what we are now.
, my research topic is about evolution."
When Axiang talked about what he was good at, he talked more.
"Just like these crabs, the difference between them and other crabs is due to the different environments. In the end, only the species that adapted to the environment may have survived and evolved to what they are now. What about humans? Why are humans what they are today?
What does it look like?”
He was not asking Lu Jian, but looking towards the sky, as if he was asking about a certain great being who was quietly watching here from infinite heights.
Axiang may not know the answers to these questions. Perhaps the girl playing in the water can answer them all. Of course, after knowing all the answers, Axiang may no longer be able to maintain his human form.
Just when Axiang was about to say something more, he heard a call from the other side of the pier.
"Hey, Xiang, we found a treasure map!"
Captain Nagamasa waved his arms and said cheerfully.
