Chapter 50 The Mermaid's Gamble
The words of Brother Mouse also expressed our suspicions. When Wu Shuxi was young, because gambling was banned in China, he often went to some countries near the sea to take turns to open gambling games. In the southern part of the South China Sea, whether it was Vietnam, Malay, or Thailand,
Fishermen from these small Southeast Asian countries often get together, so those who participated in the Wu Shuxi gambling game at that time were probably also such a mixed bag.
At that time, he lost all the bets he brought. In the end, he couldn't get a dime back, so he had to be beaten up. He also got into a foreign game and got it from Mr. Dong.
Judging from the photo in it, it was in a prison cell in Thailand.
In the end, Wu Shuxi's man was stripped naked and hung on the mast of the ship and sent back, but he left behind a rather thick file that fell into the hands of neighboring countries.
I think this is not a coincidence. Just a week or so ago, a group of guys from neighboring countries got together secretly for some reason. They used a cleverly disguised spy ship to enter China.
In the territorial waters of the country, several of the people who landed on Jinqing Island held in their hands the precious information that Wu Shuxi left behind back then!
A rough calculation shows that there are no foreigners in Li Baishan's team, there are no foreigners in Bai Shuyang's own fleet, there are no foreigners in Wu Shuxi and the big black man's team, and there are no foreigners in our team or the little curly team.
Who else could Su Li Yao have written those words to?
Obviously they should be the group of people who control the files. When did they get online?
The information in my mind confirmed one thing amid the chaos: all the foreigners who appeared in different areas of the South China Sea during this period were the same group, and their common purpose was to obtain the information mentioned in Wu Shuxi's file.
A secret from my past!
I asked the weirdo about the foreigners talking like birds that I saw on Sea Crab Island, and recalled the yelling Vietnamese in the surveillance video, as well as the swollen ones by the fish-eye pond.
Looking at the floating corpses, I found that these people were all between the ages of 18 and 40. This is indeed the best age to venture into the ocean, but for them, Wu Shuxi's gambling game was too old.
Although Wu Shuxi in the photo was beaten to a bruised nose and face, the difference between his face at that time and the face of this octogenarian now is so great that we almost can't recognize him. We can only imagine how many years have passed since then.
The people who had the opportunity to participate in that transnational gambling game, or who were able to hear the first-hand news, should be the eldest brothers and fathers of these foreign devils based on time.
Wu Shuxi's file should have been a very confidential document at the time. The reason why it was brought to light today after so many years was probably because someone from the older group revealed the secret, and then the new generation learned about it.
Unable to hold back and eager to try, they appear in our eyes at this moment.
The secrets in Wu Shuxi's files must be related to mermaids, otherwise those on the spy ship would not have tied up Dongdong and used them as mermaid bait...
I suddenly realized that Lao Gai was also used as a bait and died in that way. The foreign devils must also have learned this cruel method from the archives!
So either Wu Shuxi lost the mermaid story he knew as a bet to the foreign Japanese who participated in the bet, or after being captured, he confessed the story and was sent back to Tanmen. Except for the broken piece
In addition to the mermaid skeleton, Wu Shuxi also has other valuable experiences of dealing with mermaids!
"I seem to remember that when I was floating in the sea of morning fog, I heard someone say that when Su Liyao found the Shark, he was catching up with Wu Jincheng's third voyage. Since then, he has been following the Shark.
People are mixed together, how can he get the chance to meet new friends? Like Dr. Lin, is it too late to meet each other in Nanhai?" Mr. Dong said and teased Dr. Lin, "Yao Mei'er, why don't you fight for a drink?
Did you read Lao Wu’s logbook when you were traveling? What’s the timeline written on it?”
I moved my eyes away from the line of Thai text, and the picture in my mind returned to the sea of morning mist with a thin layer of ice. At that time, I had just made acquaintance with Little Curly Hair, and I exchanged an astonishing amount of alcohol for "not drunk".
"Jun", a title that once belonged to another woman, also gave me the opportunity to read the Shark's logbook. I remember it said that there were five voyages in total, and our trip to Penglai was the last one. Skipping the fourth one, we went on
Previously, the time when Su Li Yao and Xiao Gang Ya boarded the ship was the year 1991 of Sanhang.
In 1991, the Hainan Special Economic Zone had just been established for a year or two, and people's fanatical dream of going to sea had not faded. The South China Sea was at its busiest period.
Su Li Yao has been wandering around the sea of morning mist with the monsters of the Shark these years, and his age has not left any traces on him. So when he went to the East China Sea to board the ship, he was about twenty-seven to thirty years old.
At the age of 10, he has already experienced a lot of things. If according to what the weirdos say, the average lifespan of popular artists like them, who use estrogen to change their physical condition for a long time, is only thirty-five years old, then Yaoyao chooses to stay in Thailand.
He won't live for a few more years.
I don’t know if I’m too sensitive, but I vaguely feel that Su Li Yao’s sad lifespan limit will make him unconsciously try to find ways to live forever?
For example, the time evasion in the Sea of Morning Mist, the legendary elixir in Penglai, or the mermaid in the South China Sea that can make people immortal?
"Kara Kara."
I shivered with fright. The rain outside gradually stopped, and the water curtain at the entrance of the cave was opened. This voice came clearly. And I can remember this voice for a lifetime after hearing it only once. This is the voice of the Longbo people.
The only sound the throat can make in the air!
But this is not the Sea of Morning Mist. The creatures that can make such sounds here are a mixture of the Longbo people and the Dongwanggong clan - water ghosts!
Aren’t the two ones outside busy fishing for food? Why can’t I hear this sound, not too far away from us?
But at least we had lights in our hands, and everyone immediately raised their flashlights vigilantly.
"Little bastard, go to hell, I will never give it to you, go back to your sea!"
Holy shit...who is this?!
All of our mouths made swear words, and after the "krack", we heard another man's abusive voice!
"By the way, go back and don't fight with me."
"The storm is coming? The storm is gone? The storm is coming again? The storm is gone again? Hahahaha... Cold comes and summer comes, autumn harvests and winter hides..."
We raised our ears and listened to what the guy was talking about for a long time. None of the words was the key point, and no one was answering him. He was just a lunatic talking to himself!
Mr. Dong won't let us show up rashly. This voice comes from a position lower than us. Who is he? It sounds like the voice is not from Li Baishan's group!
"It's boring, boring, boring. When will it be the end? Just plunge in and drown. No, what if Lao Bai really comes back? Stinky old woman..."
"Look at how beautiful the boat is, floating on the sea, undulating with the microwaves, rippling with the breeze..."
Santa Lucia?!
I couldn't hold myself back and stood up suddenly. This guy was actually singing Santa Lucia? The "Old Bai" in his mouth turned out to be Bai Shuyang! He was a member of the ghost ship!
"Fuck grandma, we finally caught a living person!"
Brother Mouse cursed in a low voice. He carefully stretched his head out from the edge of the hole, then turned his head and waved to us.
I lay on the ground and crawled over, looking forward to having a look -
The bottom of the dragon cave exudes a very tempting sapphire blue light. The water is still there, but all the fish are gone!
Looking around, the two water ghosts are gone. And diagonally below us, there is a relatively large cave, and there is a man lying with his head lowered to kill fish!
Our angle was just right to catch a glimpse of his every move from the open entrance of the cave. There were at least a dozen fresh fish piled beside him. He was very skilled in killing fish. He could complete everything from gutting to scraping off the fish scales with just one knife.
With all the operations, it seems that he has been here for a long time. He is still humming to himself and singing that familiar old song:
"Before dawn, leave this shore quickly, Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia——"
He suddenly interrupted his solo concert and stopped what he was doing. He raised his head and looked at us in a daze.
"...this...hey, man!"
The young prince quickly turned off the flashlight that had been shining on the person's face. He was a little stiff but pretended to be natural and said hello.
"Mazu... is someone here?"
"...Yes, we are here!"
Brother Mouse immediately followed his words in amusement, "You've been waiting for a long time, I was delayed a little on the road!"
The man kicked the bloody dead fish away from the ground and screamed at us with an expression as if he was about to cry:
"Useless trash! How long did it take for you to come here! Ask that stinky old man Wu Shuxi to come out and apologize to me! Lao Bai and the others are gone forever. Do you know how long I have been waiting here alone? Do you know!!!"
"Day, the danger is over, this man is crazy with loneliness..." Mr. Dong was stunned for a moment. After listening to him complain a lot, he pretended to apologize with a smile on his face, and then he controlled his emotions.
I blinked and finally understood what was happening. He thought we were Wu Shuxi's crew members who were about to come in to supply them with supplies!
Sure enough, the entry of the three old captains into the Dragon Cave was premeditated. Moreover, Bai Shuyang, Qiu Shan and the rest of their team were not within sight of us at all. They left the poor guy in the cave opposite to guard here.
Chapter completed!