Chapter 961

"Sigh, isn't it just that I don't want to watch people die again?" Again? The leader sitting at the bow of the boat heard the sound coming from behind and raised his eyebrows.

This water area is prone to accidents; sure enough, it is the ideal habitat for spider demons.

Going forward, there were no more ships, even the wind became heavy, the water surface was empty, and only birds appeared.

The leader felt something and suddenly grabbed the knife in his hand: "Something is coming!"

Two breaths later, the hull shook violently, as if it had hit an underwater reef.

The subordinate reached out with an oar to pat it twice, but didn't hit a reef; instead, a huge force suddenly came from the oar, trying to drag him into the sea! Seeing him involuntarily lunging forward and about to fall into the sea, the leader reacted quickly, grabbed his shoulder with one palm, and dragged him back.

The small boat shook violently.

"Let go!" They were sitting on the boat with nowhere to exert force, and the monster underwater had too much strength; if they consumed it any longer, the boat would capsize.

The subordinate let go, and the oar was snatched away.

Fortunately, there were two spare oars in the boat.

The hull shaking gradually stopped, and two dark things floated up from the water three zhang away.

Like snakes, the body was as thick as a water bucket, but incongruously grew four arms.

They appeared on both sides of the small boat at the same time, and the dead fish eyes staring over were creepy. One of the Earthly Yin Qi was still holding the boat oar it had just snatched.

"This is Earthly Yin Qi?" The appearance was consistent with the boat boss's description, but it had more oppressive power visually, "It looks like a group of demon monsters."

The two Earthly Yin Qi didn't attack, just stared at the three people on the boat.

"This is a warning; don't be impolite if you go further." The leader stroked his chin, "These things are surprisingly polite."

The subordinate asked for instructions: "Lord Yu, shall we advance or return?"

Today was just their first reconnaissance; there was no need to fight these monsters head-on in the middle of the sea.

"Return." Lord Yu reached out and waved at the Earthly Yin Qi holding the boat oar, "Return the oar to me, and we will leave."

He repeated it several times, but the Earthly Yin Qi just tilted its head and looked at him, without any reaction.

Lord Yu muttered: "Limited intelligence."

The subordinate grabbed the wooden oar and rowed carefully. Because he was rowing in the opposite direction, the Earthly Yin Qi didn't come up to attack, still staring like a tiger watching its prey.

Lord Yu handed the compass to the white bird on his shoulder: "Go, meet at Blade Harbor."

The white bird flapped its wings, flew high into the sky and circled twice, then turned to the island in the south.

The Earthly Yin Qi only raised their heads to look at it once at the beginning, flicked their tongues, and didn't pay any more attention.

They only cared about what was swimming in the water; the sky was not their domain.

Lord Yu didn't look back, led two subordinates to return along the original path, and the two Earthly Yin Qi followed behind.

Until they left the Dragon Spine Island water area and returned to the main shipping route, the Earthly Yin Qi dived into the water and disappeared.

Don't see them off.

Lord Yu pondered: "Just now the boatman said that only special people can land on Dragon Spine Island?"

"Yes."

"But these monsters have low intelligence; how does he control them?"

"Group monsters usually have a stronger leader."

Lord Yu gave a hum, let the ship change direction, and tried to approach Dragon Spine Island from the other side.

As a result, they were intercepted by two other Earthly Yin Qi.

These two guys were bigger and looked more irritable, flicking their tongues frequently, showing ill intentions.

The trial failed, and the ship returned to Blade Harbor.

Lord Yu's white bird held the tracking bee compass, stopping on the tree every time it flew a distance to check the bee needle direction.

It flew over Dragon Spine Island, flew over Clover Island, and finally circled twice over Pan Si Island for continuous positioning, then stopped on the treetop by the reef.

There is never a shortage of birds on the sea, and there are seagulls, egrets, and wild cranes wandering on the beach of Pan Si Island, so a white bird flying here is not conspicuous.

The compass can display the target's direction and distance at the same time.

The direction is due north, and the distance is less than twelve zhang! The white bird looked down, and it was a large rift valley.

Looking down from a high place, the rock walls were chilling, full of gullies and holes. The sea breeze blew through the holes in the rock walls, making a wailing sound.

Besides that, the mountain forest was silent, and it didn't see half a living creature.

The white bird wasn't in a hurry, changing branches after a while to continue watching, so as not to be discovered.

It had been tracking the Cave Spider Queen with Lord Yu for a long time and knew that Cave Spiders liked to hide in caves and didn't necessarily come out in groups.

After half an hour, the rift valley was as usual, but there was movement outside: two spiders crawled back into the mountain valley, carrying a wriggling white cocoon on their backs.

Most spiders don't have the ability to drag like ants, but Cave Spiders can, and they like to carry captured prey on their uneven backs.

Judging from the shape and size of the cocoon, one prey might be a guinea pig, and the other might be a bird.

As long as it is a living thing, Cave Spiders basically eat it, not taboo.

Just then, the white bird felt a warning and suddenly took off.

Two spider silks shot out silently from behind, almost brushing its tail.

If it hadn't dodged in time, the white bird would have almost become the third prey captured!

It flapped its wings and looked back, only to find that there was a Cave Spider on the branch it had just occupied, the size of a coconut.

This kind of spider can change color and can blend in with the surrounding environment.

Seeing the prey escape, the Cave Spider raised its front chelae unwillingly.

The white bird didn't dare to fly low anymore; it discovered that there were spiders looming on the surrounding trees. Obviously, after months of fighting, Zhu Erniang had strengthened the guard force around the cave.

But the white bird had already collected enough information, circled twice in the sky, and flew toward Blade Harbor.

This island is the new nest of the Cave Spider! This is the most important intelligence.

In the evening, Lord Yu and his subordinates met at the Yellow Fish Tavern at the Blade Harbor pier.

The group that inquired about the news also returned, bringing back preliminary intelligence:

Not long ago, the Yangshan Archipelago was sold to the outsider Island Lord He by Bailie; Island Lord He successively subdued pirates and Earthly Yin Qi; some pirates boasted about Island Lord He's ability, saying they saw with their own eyes that the Earthly Yin Qi were respectful to the Island Lord, and also saw with their own eyes that the giant demon monster beside the Island Lord caught Earthly Yin Qi as easily as catching fish, exceptionally relaxed and skilled;

The Beijia people were very concerned about the giant demon monster that "caught Earthly Yin Qi as easily as catching fish," but those who drank yellow soup couldn't explain it clearly.

Obviously, it was not a "seen with own eyes" at all.

Also, the Yangshan Archipelago is recruiting people on a large scale to cope with the current palm oil harvest season.

During the discussion, the white bird drilled in from the window and jumped back onto Lord Yu's shoulder: "Found it, found it, on an island south of Dragon Spine Island. The island area is several hundred qing, but the land is not flat, full of karst caves and cliffs. No one lives on the island and there are no roads, and the Cave Spider group lives in the large rift valley in the southeast corner of the island."

"I wasn't detected for three quarters of an hour before I was discovered; the spider group is quite alert."

Lord Yu asked it: "Did you see the Spider Queen?"

"No."

"That water area is blocked by Earthly Yin Qi, so you can't get on the island by water." Lord Yu pondered, "How did the Cave Spider group get up there? Did they get permission from the owner of the Yangshan Archipelago?"

But they inquired around Blade Harbor and didn't hear that any demon monsters lived on the island, except for Earthly Yin Qi.

In other words, Zhu Erniang's existence is quite secret.

Perhaps only that "Island Lord He" knows the reason.

"What is the background of this Island Lord He?"

"Only know he came by boat from the west, and at first there were not many people around him, and he stood on his own here."

"The Cave Spider Queen really knows how to choose a place; this time the island is easy to defend and hard to attack." Right in the middle of the sea, this group of them is a hundred times inconvenient whether it is reconnaissance or harassment. Not to mention, there are Earthly Yin Qi blocking the sea route in the water, not allowing outsiders to get close to the south of Dragon Spine Island.

This position is really absolute.

"You continue to inquire about the background of Island Lord He." The strait between Blade Harbor and the Yangshan Archipelago is separated, and the news passed here is also second-hand. Lord Yu pointed out two subordinates, "Isn't the archipelago recruiting people? You go and take the wages."

"Yes."

Sending people to mix in, you can figure out the flight schedule of the archipelago, and maybe you can get a way to Dragon Spine Island or the islands in the south.

Lord Yu thought for a moment: "It's very difficult to use force this time; I'm afraid the key is on Island Lord He."

If the Cave Spider Queen moved to the island with permission, why did Island Lord He do this? "Came by boat from the west?" He muttered to himself, "No one knows his background? What about the Bailie Lu family who sold the island to him, don't they know either?"

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One autumn rain, one cool.

After three or four rains in three days, people on the island added outer clothes.

He Lingchuan walked on Centipede Island and felt a bit emotional. The October in Black Water City could drift goose feather snow, and the capital of the Yuan Nation was cold enough to make people stomp their feet; but here it had just faded the summer heat and ushered in the coolest season of the year.

He Lingchuan devoted himself to intense construction, patrolling one or two islands every day to see the processes and progress on the islands.

Business is like this; with the boss watching, without the boss sitting in town, it is completely two kinds of efficiency.

Other islands can only be patrolled by Rongshan disciples.

Every time this happens, He Lingchuan feels that he has too few confidants, and he is stretched thin when doing things.

After all, it is no longer the time to fight alone.

He walked along the newly opened forest road, just passing a few rows of neat bamboo houses, and saw several huge workshops. The Yangshan Archipelago hired a large number of people to work on the island, so of course, they had to provide food and housing. The preparation of houses, sheds, furniture, and various items needed for life in the early stage could make all craftsmen and pirates busy.

After more than a month of hard work, the whole system was successfully started and running more and more smoothly.

Now there are people everywhere here; after a short run-in, harvesting, moving, cleaning, steaming, squeezing fruit, filtering, and filling all have clear division of labor and cooperation.

Like this living area + workshop area, there are four on Centipede Island, and there are eighty-six in the Yangshan Fourteen Islands, with different numbers of people, but the amount of palm oil produced every day is very considerable, and there are special people responsible for quality inspection, sampling and testing from time to time.

The laborers and craftsmen who join the Yangshan Archipelago every day, from forty or fifty to more than two hundred, are endless.

He Lingchuan is very glad that he brought Ding Zuodong across the ocean, otherwise he doesn't know who to entrust these endless troubles to.

(End of chapter)