Now this "Geographical Survey of the Southern Continent" is lying quietly collecting dust in the cargo hold of the three-masted sailboat. Of course, the astrologer's apprentice has not seen the feat of taking the trouble to list 233 disrespectful behaviors in the chapter. But the Stewart brothers and sisters reminded It was enough for him to understand that the breathtaking mountain in front of him was the legendary backworm itself.
"Is the hindworm really a 'worm'? If so, how big does it have to be...can it still move?" Jonah murmured.
"Since it is the mother of all sand-loving worms, the queen worm is of course a strip worm. Use your brain to make friends." Danny muttered. "Its moving speed is also close to 2 knots. You can feel it when you get close. The queen worms are wandering in the endless sand sea all the time. The figure-8 patrol routes of all sand-loving worms are also constantly changing. They can sense the direction of the queen worms in some way that humans can't figure out. Fortunately, the queen worms' The wandering route is a relatively small natural figure 8. In this way, the wandering route of sand-loving worms is relatively fixed."
Jonah suddenly remembered what they had talked about before. "By the way. Didn't you say that when the mating season comes, male sandworms will fly all over the sky and mate with female giant insects? Then why do you say that hindworms are all sandworms? Mother. Not every insect has its own mother and father.”
"The two things are not contradictory at all. You will understand when you see it with your own eyes." Danny smiled and let it go. Suddenly, his expression condensed as if he thought of something. He patted his head and walked over and grabbed Jonah's sleeve. : "That's right...my dad said in the message that his legacy is near the Houworm node. Now do you have any way to find the location of the legacy? Cargo friend."
Regarding the message from the King of Sand Thieves, Jonah hid in the body occupied by the Adventer and witnessed everything. He also thought about this problem. But he did not find any certainty to find the treasure without the dagger "Blood Dragon Scroll". "Well... I need to study this..." He answered hesitantly.
"Hurry up, brother." Danny urged: "At the current speed, we will reach the queen node in seven hours."
"It will take another seven hours." Jonah, who has little life experience, does not understand the principle of "looking at the mountain and running to death".
"Nonsense. Even though it looks very close, it's actually more than a hundred miles away." The man from the Stewart family patted him on the shoulder. "Anyway, come on. Just talk if you need anything. We still have plenty of water. If it helps you think... why not take a bath."
Judging from the pained expression on Danny's face when he made the above suggestion, Jonah knew the love-hate attitude of the residents of the Endless Sand Sea towards bathing. Due to the full departure from the port and the midway supplies of the "Racing Star", the astrologer has been on the ship since The apprentice was not troubled by the lack of water. The water bottle in the cabin was always filled with sweet and clean water. Washing his face did not seem so luxurious. But when it came to taking a bath, the corners of Danny's mouth began to twitch. He barely pretended to be " Go ahead and use it” with a generous expression.
"I...can it." Yona calculated with his fingers. The last time he took a bath was at Cherry Ferry. If Toba was the doorkeeper and he sat in the barrel and simply wiped his body, it would be considered a bath. I usually don't think of it. This problem is okay. Once the thought of taking a bath comes to mind, there is a ubiquitous itching all over the body. It is like thousands of small reptiles appearing on the skin, drilling and drilling into the body along every fold of the body. Jonah Secretly rubbing her back on the railing, Hannah looked longingly at the bow of the ship.
Hannah Stewart thought for a few seconds: "Of course. We are lucky this time. If the northeast wind continues, it won't take long to reach Namoza. There is enough water. Please use it."
Five minutes later, Jonah appeared in the lavatory at the stern of the "Bactrian Wind". It was said to be a lavatory. It was just a narrow room covered with wooden boards on three sides, and one side was open to face the desert. Jonah stood there. In the hut, three steps away from the front is the chirping tail carapace. Farther away, there is the track of billowing yellow sand ejected by sand-loving insects. The billowing track of dust and smoke crawls toward the horizon like a giant curved snake like a centipede.
Lowering his head, he could clearly see that the large brass rivets penetrated the wooden deck and were firmly nailed to the back of the sandworm. Since it was close to the tail end of the big insect, the vibration here was much greater than that of the middle deck. During the roaring advance Amidst the noise, Jonah couldn't help but sway from side to side. He held onto the wall to barely steady himself.
"The scenery is unique. Isn't it?" The door opened a crack. Danny handed in a set of clean underwear, a pair of old boots and a blue robe with a hood. He squeezed his face again. He walked to the crack in the door and showed a smile: "This room was originally used by the dead man to execute traitors and death row criminals. He stood in your position and shot a certain unlucky man's head with a blast. The body fell out. Entering the desert, you will immediately be deeply buried by the sand ejected by the chattering. For the people of the Endless Sand Sea, this is a quite decent funeral."
Jonah shuddered and took a step to the side. He was afraid that he would step on the afterimage of the Sand Thief King. He shook the blue robe and unfolded it for a look. From the style and sewing techniques, it was clearly an Astrologer's robe. The robe was three to four sizes larger than the one he was wearing. It should belong to a burly astrologer. "How did this... come about?" He regretted it as soon as he asked this question. Items found on the sand pirate ship. What other good origins can there be?
Danny scratched his head: "It's strange. You may not know. The 'Bactrian Wind' has a total of seven cabins. In addition to the three cabins where you, me, and my sister live, there are also loot storage rooms and food. Storage room, weapons preparation room and personal belongings room. The last cabin is where my father and seven sailors stored their personal belongings. There are many strange things in it (of course, nothing valuable). This method The robe is not a trophy, but an item that belongs to someone among them. If you are interested, you can go in later and see if there is anything useful. There is no use keeping it anyway. Just take it as you like."
"The sailors of the sand pirate ship will have the robes of astrologers." Jonah felt that this three-masted ship contained countless secrets. "Okay. Thank you. I'll go take a look after taking a shower."
"By the way, cargo friend, where did you get back that ugly staff of yours?" the man from the Stewart family asked curiously. "Do you need to take it with you when taking a shower? Give it to me and I will keep it for you."
"No." Yona hugged the disguised "Siela Fina" nervously. "I mean... no need. I'm fine like this."
"Whatever." Danny shrugged and slammed the door. "I've turned on the water pump. Pull the rope above your head and water will flow down. Be sure to use it sparingly."
"I understand." Jonah nodded.
He took off his dirty and torn clothes one by one. When he touched the pocket of his underwear, he suddenly felt something in his heart. A few pages of the unknown book lay quietly there, waiting for the child of destiny to continue reading. In the heart of the astrologer's apprentice Full of fear and confusion, he held the yellowed paper in his hands and did not dare to turn to the next prophecy.
"In the place of eternal light, Ayala and Gamaliel met for the first time. They embraced each other and spoke the words of the saints." This prophecy has been fulfilled. At the site of the legendary astrological tower "Alysia". By The time-space intersecting point "Eternal Mirror" created by Gilberto Gilberto, the first generation of astrology teacher. For the first time, Jonah felt the adventer's every move with clear consciousness, and interacted with the adventer in his own body. The first conversation. The feeling was not wonderful. If it was "hugging each other", there was no doubt that the omniscient betrayer Segres made a joke to himself with frivolous words.
Jonah's fingers were trembling. Every prophecy that had been fulfilled in the past made him feel deep pain. Thinking that there were so many dense words waiting in the future, he felt his heart tightening with fear. He struggled for a long time. Finally biting my lips, I unfolded the ancient papyrus and found the last prophecy.
"In the place of eternal light, Ayala and Gamaliel met for the first time. They embraced each other and spoke the words of the saints."
Then, he moved his lips slightly and read out the next description of the unnamed book in a dry voice:
"The place where everything begins and ends. The four elements merge into one. Uncover the secrets of the five hundred and forty suns for travelers."
"That's it." Jonah read this prophecy five times. The pounding of his heart gradually subsided. It was different from any previous prophecy. This prophecy seemed to have nothing to do with himself. It was about an unknown place. Location: "Traveler" found a secret scene. The prophecy also did not show the exact time and location. It did not seem to be dangerous. Jonah felt a little calmer in his heart. He carefully put away a few remaining pages of paper, took off his underwear and folded them. Set it aside. Prepare to take a bath first.
One side of the house faced the endless sea of sand without any obstruction. But in the desolate desert, Jonah had no reason to feel shy. He found a thin rope above his head and pulled it tentatively. A piston on the roof opened. The hot water flowed down and poured on the head. The astrologer's apprentice closed his eyes and felt the water flow through the skin, washing away the dust. Every molecule of the body stretched and expanded in the infiltration of water, and let out a satisfied groan.
A small steam puppet machine pumps the clean water in the water tank to the top deck. It slowly flows through the vast roof of the aft cabin. The heat of the desert sun can heat the water to a suitable temperature in a short period of time. The golden matlactili becomes a natural hot water heater.
"The power of the sun... is different from the power of the stars. It is a passionate and powerful force..." Jonah reached out and rubbed his dirty curly hair. He let out a small sigh. Suddenly, his movements stopped with a thought. The thought came to mind. Jonah immediately wiped his face and shook the water on his head and hands. He rushed to the corner of the room and picked up a piece of unnamed book. He read: "Unlock the secrets of the five hundred and forty suns for the travelers." …”
Three suns shine on the continent. The golden Matractili, the bright red Iecotel and the dark blue Cuiavelo take turns appearing for ten days. If "five hundred and forty suns" refers to each The number of times the sun appears. Then this period of time is...
After a simple mental calculation, the astrologer's apprentice opened his mouth in shock: "It's the Stewart brothers and sisters... 15 years ago."