Spread out on the slightly moldy table is a map made of unknown animal leather.
On the dark yellow drawing, the shape of the islands in a small area of the sea was outlined with pen and ink, and one of them was marked. In addition, there were some suspected dirty dots in a corner of the map. If you look closely, you will find these black spots.
The dots form a constellation-like pattern.
In addition to this, there are some drawings of animals that look like they are marking danger.
It looked real at first glance and was identified as a treasure map.
In this era, navigation does not yet have something as convenient and efficient as satellite positioning, and often not even an island can be seen in the vast and endless ocean, so everyone relies on the positioning of the stars.
Compared with the islands, reefs, and stars that may be deviated due to weather conditions, they are the eternal map.
When the ship sails to the correct position, the stars in the sky will appear in the arrangement shown on this map, so this marking method is very practical.
"According to what this drawing shows, we still have about a week's sailing to the location of the treasure. That area of sea is not on the waterway, and few ships pass by."
The sailor in charge of navigation checked his chart and explained.
There are still many areas in this endless sea that humans have not yet set foot on. Due to ocean currents and monsoons, most ships have fixed routes. These are all learned through the practice of predecessors and the lessons of blood and tears.
In the waters outside the channel, there are either rugged rocks, unstable ocean currents, or even sea monsters, which ordinary ships will not touch at all.
On Earth, most ships in the Age of Discovery sailed along the edges of continents, and few sailed directly across the oceans. Those who dared to do so became the discoverers of continents recorded in later history.
These unknown waters have also become a paradise for pirates. Many pirates will set up their lairs and strongholds outside the waterways. Only the pirates know how to get there. It is for this reason that people like Captain Nagamasa want to hunt for treasures.
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"It's just that that area is a windless zone and is very dangerous."
The navigator pointed to their own chart again.
This is a different place on Wadashima than on Earth.
The windless zone on the earth generally refers to the quiet wind zone formed due to geographical reasons near the equator and around 30 degrees north and south latitude. Although it is said to be windless, there is still some breeze most of the time.
The windless zone of Washima is an area.
Some of these areas are only the size of a city, while others are vast. In these areas, there is not even a breeze, and the air is absolutely still. Once a sail-powered ship strays into these areas, it will only lose power and eventually die at sea.
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Therefore, in official charts, the location of the windless zone is mostly marked so that ships can avoid it by mistake.
The location marked on this treasure map is in a vast windless zone. This area is even the end of the currently known sea area. Even the bravest adventurers have never visited it.
In other words, the adventurers who dared to enter this windless zone have all been heard from and are dead.
"I'm just saying, there must be treasures in the Windless Zone!"
Nagamasa was not discouraged by this, but became more and more excited.
"Axiang, I just said Wufeng has a treasure, right? If you still don't believe it, look at this treasure map!"
He said to his friend who had arrived late and whose mind was still on the fiddler crab, and patted his shoulder hard.
"But your treasure map is completely different from this one, right?"
A Xiang complained.
"What's different!"
Nagamasa took out the treasure map from his arms and compared the two.
His one looked like a child's doodle, with neither the positions of the stars nor the signs of the waterway.
Although these two treasure maps cannot be said to be completely consistent, they can also be said to be completely unrelated.
"Isn't it quite similar?"
Nagamasa is still talking hard.
"I spent a lot of money to buy this from an information dealer. How could it be?"
"Listen, Nagamasa, even if this treasure map is real, why is it still here for us to find?"
Axiang analyzed it again.
"This might be a trap. The sea area is too deep and ordinary ships cannot enter it."
"But doesn't this mean these treasures haven't been found yet?"
Nagamasa asked rhetorically.
"If these treasures have been taken away, the treasure map will definitely be destroyed!"
"Uh, this"
Axiang was speechless for a moment.
"What you said seems to make sense."
"Besides, aren't we prepared for the windless zone this time?"
Nagamasa said excitedly and pointed to the pictures on the treasure map. Those creatures looked weird and did not look like ordinary sea creatures.
"Look, these monsters seem to be protecting treasures. You are also very interested. Maybe you can be the first discoverer and name them!"
After hearing Nagamasa's words, Axiang was also a little shaken.
He looked carefully at the pictures of monsters. Although there were only a few strokes, the shapes of the monsters were accurately depicted.
One of the monsters has many tentacles, like a giant squid, but under the tentacles are crab legs and pincers.
There is another one that looks like a long snake with a head covered in bones, like a dragon.
The other one is like a sea urchin, its body is full of spikes, but it has an eye open in the middle of its body, giving people a creepy feeling.
These three monsters surround the island marked by the treasure spot, seemingly guarding the treasure.
"Moreover, Miss Shia and the others are very powerful in fighting, so we don't have to be afraid of these monsters!"
Nagamasa advised again.
On the side, Lu Tiao and the others did not pay attention to the dispute between the two people, but focused their attention on the monsters.
This monster looks a bit like the octopus that Leopard just pinched, not to mention, but their appearance is definitely not what they can grow under normal circumstances, and they are obviously contaminated.
There is currently no filth in Wajima, and the level of pollution is not high. The presence of such cute-looking monsters must be due to the leakage of pollution.
Lu Jian and the others' mission is to witness the budding of the sacred cherry blossoms. The sacred cherry blossoms were planted to fight pollution. Therefore, wherever there is pollution, there is an environment for the sacred cherry blossoms to grow.
What's more, there is no familiar place in the sea map that Lu Jian has seen so far. He has reason to suspect that Wajima has undergone tremendous changes before and after the sacred cherry trees were planted, causing the areas where people live to be different.
Therefore, no matter how these two people argue, Lu Tan and Xia must go to the place marked on the treasure map to check out the situation.
At worst, I'll just get a pirate ship and sail there myself.
While thinking, they seemed to have reached a conclusion.
