Chapter 475: Knock-Up Stream

"Then where did the upper part of Gaya Island and the golden land go?"

Boss Boss Boss Taili also felt very puzzled.

As for Cricket's diving ability, he and the pirates who had mocked him all these years saw it in their eyes.

After decades of diligent practice, Cricket's diving ability was definitely second to none among the dozen or so islands around,

and perhaps only the Fish-Men, who were legendary for being able to come and go freely in the deep sea of ten thousand meters, could surpass him.

Even he hadn't found the whereabouts of the golden land of Shandora after spending so many years,

perhaps the golden land really didn't sink near Gaya Island.

Then his gaze couldn't help but look at Zhang Jie: although Zhang Jie had only been here for a few hours,

he always felt that this young man who had become famous on the sea was confident,

and seemed to have mastered unknown secrets and information.

Next were Cricket and that clever little pirate.

Even those pirates who feared Zhang Jie like a tiger and wished they could turn into a grain of dust,

shrinking all their sense of existence, pricked up their ears.

Gossip, who doesn't love it?

Moreover, that is the legendary golden land of Shandora full of gold!

As pirates who went to sea, which one of them hadn't dreamed of getting those big treasures on the sea,

and from then on returning home in glory, and holding their heads high among pirate colleagues?

With the wealth of the golden land of Shandora, even if they just wandered around the periphery,

the gold they got would be a massive amount of wealth, enough for them to eat and drink without worry for a lifetime.

As a group of pirates who had lost their dreams, they just wanted to spend their lives in intoxication and dreams.

And this required Berries, massive amounts of Berries!

Zhang Jie, who was expected by everyone, didn't sell out, and asked back:

"Have you forgotten a wonder near Gaya Island?"

"A wonder near Gaya Island?"

Although Gaya Island could be considered a scenic island, with craggy rocks and primeval rainforests,

but in the minds of Boss Boss Taili and the others, a term emerged — Knock-Up Stream!

This is a wonder unique to Gaya Island, absolutely nowhere else, and absolutely spectacular.

This is an extremely rare geological phenomenon, near Gaya Island, irregularly,

a huge water column will shoot straight into the sky, reaching thousands of meters high, like a heavenly river pouring backwards, extremely spectacular.

And according to exploration, the formation principle of the Knock-Up Stream is similar to a huge submarine geyser:

In the sea area near Gaya Island, there is a huge submarine cave deeper than the surrounding seabed.

Cold, denser seawater will constantly flow into this cave.

But there are geological wonders similar to submarine active volcanoes at the bottom of the cave,

and geothermal heat will continuously heat the seawater, causing it to evaporate and produce a large amount of high-temperature, high-pressure steam.

When the steam pressure accumulates to the limit, it will trigger a violent submarine explosion,

forming a huge water column capable of breaking through the sea surface and going straight into the sky.

Boss Boss Boss Taili was incredulous: "Lord Black Star,

are you saying that the disappearance of the upper part of Gaya Island and Shandora is related to the Knock-Up Stream?"

Zhang Jie nodded slightly: "Besides the powerful Knock-Up Stream,

what else is there nearby that could tear apart and make the upper part of Gaya Island disappear in a short time?"

The area of Gaya Island is not small, even this small half of the jawbone after being torn apart,

Mocker Town, which is suitable for human habitation, only occupies less than one-fifth of the area,

and the rest is primeval forest that can't be seen at a glance.

Such a large island, even if it were him now, it would take a long time to crush it with full firepower.

And to make it disappear as thoroughly as the cranium, it would take more energy.

Gaya Island, an island with no money, no resources, and only a legend of a golden land that the outside world widely suspects was fabricated by Norland,

how could it deserve such a world-class powerhouse to spend so much effort,

and only destroy half, specially leaving the other half?

Only the power and "selflessness" of nature could do this.

"Hiss!"

The pirates who were playing dead in the bar all gasped, feeling a chill rush straight to their crowns.

If what Zhang Jie said was true, then wouldn't they have been sitting on an active volcano that could erupt at any time all these years living in Mocker Town?

After all, the Knock-Up Stream could even wash away the larger cranium part without a trace,

so wouldn't crushing this much smaller jawbone and the even more insignificant Mocker Town be a piece of cake?

That is, they, these pirates, one by one, were all destined to be buried in it!

As for Zhang Jie lying?

What qualifications do these small pirates have to let such a big shot who is famous on the sea as Zhang Jie tease them?

If Zhang Jie had malice towards them, could they still be alive now?

It's not that they are bragging, Zhang Jie killing all of them probably wouldn't even take a quarter of an hour!

Otherwise, why would these unruly guys be so docile, almost turning into little lambs?

Inexplicably, there was a bit more gratitude in the eyes of these pirates looking at Zhang Jie:

Zhang Jie's arrival and revelation saved their lives, which could have been buried in the Knock-Up Stream at any time!

"Sigh."

Cricket suddenly sighed long, revealing some of his secrets:

"I haven't gained nothing from diving all these years, with the help of the apes and gorillas

(members of the Saruyama Alliance where Cricket is, all are people who worship Norland,

insisting on the existence of the golden land, just disappeared for unknown reasons.

Cricket is the 'final captain' of the Saruyama Alliance),

we have salvaged many golden products from the seabed,

including the guide bird statue of the golden city, these are evidence of the existence of the golden land.

But unfortunately, we haven't been able to find iconic buildings of the golden land like the golden bell, and the evidence couldn't become ironclad proof."

Zhang Jie nodded slightly, expressing understanding for Cricket's choice of keeping it secret:

That he is Norland's descendant is already known to everyone,

if he released the salvaged golden products as evidence without ironclad proof,

what would greet him would definitely not be flowers and applause, but more serious questioning.

A descendant of a liar, lying, cheating, fabricating false evidence, etc., is simply the most "reasonable" thing.

And Cricket, who had lived in ridicule for decades, obviously knew this,

so without absolute evidence, he had always chosen to keep the salvaged golden products secret.

Cricket covered his cheeks with his hands, his tone painful:

"After searching in the sea was unfavorable, I put the object of suspicion on the Knock-Up Stream.

According to my research over the years, I am 80% sure that this is the fact.

But all these years I have been deceiving myself, that the golden land was not washed away by the Knock-Up Stream." ===== CHAPTER 476 =====

But for all these years, I have been lying to myself; the Golden City was not washed away by the Knock-Up Stream."