Chapter 271 District 17

The old man sent by Old Man Shi came back not long after, accompanied by two burly strong men, who were carrying a huge object covered with a red cloth. No one knew what was underneath.

The two strong men did not stay here for too long, and left in a hurry after putting the object on the ground.

Then, at the signal of Old Man Shi, the old man tore off the red cloth on it.

It turned out that this was a huge globe!

The strange thing was that in the blue sea on this globe, there were countless small red areas marked, and a number was written in each area.

I took a quick glance and saw that there were probably hundreds of red areas of all sizes...

Old Man Shi gently stroked the globe, slowly turning it, and said to himself: "We, the Hai Gang, live on the sea and have our own world. We have never competed with the Xuanmen and have devoted ourselves to exploring the sea. Over the past thousand years, we have traveled almost every inch of the sea and encountered countless strange things. Some of them we can solve, while others are completely unsolvable. So far, how many Hai Gang disciples have died in these restricted areas in the sea is probably impossible to calculate. These unknown places have been marked out by us with red circles. Every disciple must see and remember them, and must not set foot on them, because there are too many, so we can only simply name them in our own way..."

At this point, Old Man Shi stopped turning the globe, and his finger fell on a position on it, saying lightly: "Area 17, it's here."

I am closest and can see the clearest.

The place pointed by Old Man Shi is really in the area drawn by my master, but it is more precise. My master just roughly circled a large area, and this one is almost accurate to a coordinate. From the globe, this location is not far from Laotie Mountain. It is on a straight line and just entered the high seas. There is a red circle marked there with a number written inside - seventeen.

No need for him to explain more, I already know that this seventeenth area is one of the seas that the sea gang cannot set foot in.

"The closer the number is to the front of the area, the more dangerous it is."

Old Man Shi said lightly: "This seventeenth area is extremely weird. At the same location, sometimes you can encounter great weirdness, but sometimes you go there, the sea is calm, the sky is clear, and there is nothing!!"

According to Old Man Shi, the adventurous factor flows in the blood of their sea gang. Even if they know that the seventeenth area is full of uncertainty, there will still be people who go to see it, and they will not stop despite repeated bans!

In the long years, there are many people like this, but they still know nothing about the seventeenth area!

Everyone knew something was wrong there, but no one could tell exactly what was wrong!

Because all those who had seen the Great Weirdness disappeared without a sound!

Afterwards, there was no shipwreckage, no human bodies, nothing, as if these people had never existed! !

Until ten years ago... things finally changed!

A ship of the sea gang, whether intentionally or unintentionally, entered District 17 and encountered a great weirdness.

But this time was different, one person actually survived! !

This was a child in his teens, the only one who had seen the Great Weirdness in District 17 and survived! !

This set of rhetoric was so mysterious that it frightened a few of us.

After a while, Brother Yaozi asked, "Since there are people who survived, can you tell us... what did he see?"

"This child..."

Old Man Shi sighed, "He was originally a very smart child, but I don't know why, since he experienced that incident, he suddenly became stupid and foolish. For a long time after he came back, it became difficult for him to communicate with others. He would make some strange syllables. We spent a lot of effort and found many famous doctors to finally make him recover. At least he can speak, but his IQ is suddenly so low that it's outrageous. The most important thing is that when he can speak, it's already four or five years later. He actually... forgot many things..."

When he mentioned this, Old Man Shi also gritted his teeth, like a crazy gambler, his eyes were red and his breathing became rapid. He drank several sips of tea in a row before he calmed down a little.

According to the weirdo who survived, when they first entered District 17, it was also calm there, until... someone on the ship seemed to do something, and then... the big weird appeared.

But the survivor forgot what he did.

"In other words, the so-called big weird actually has certain human factors?!"

I frowned and thought: "This weird appearance is not random, but is stimulated by human beings, just like a door. If you want to open it, you need a key. There is a prerequisite to see the big weird first!

This is more interesting. For thousands of years, countless people from the sea gang disappeared in that sea area. They should have done the same thing, which eventually triggered the so-called big weird. It seems that the prerequisite for the occurrence of the big weird should be something that sailors often do at sea..."

I finally know why Old Man Shi is grinding his teeth. Such an important prerequisite, that stickman actually forgot it. Even I want to beat him to death...

Old Man Shi said again: "Originally, the sea was calm and blue. When the big weird thing happened, the sea suddenly began to turn black, like ink. The whole sea exuded a strong fishy smell. The temperature suddenly became extremely low, and it must have reached below the freezing point. However, the black sea water did not freeze, but there were wisps of cold fog on the sea surface...

Later... the ship sank.

How exactly it sank, the child... forgot again!

Everyone sank into the sea, and under the sea, he saw an even more terrifying scene...

The seabed... cracked...

It looked like... a lake in the sea!

Do you know what a lake in the sea is?!"

Several of us nodded silently. The restricted area in the sea is the cemetery of living things. Who doesn't know? !

This is probably also an unsolved scientific mystery. There is such a lake in the sea in the Gulf of Mexico now. The sea water does not flow there. It is dead silent and incompatible with the surrounding sea water. It is clearly separated. Any living creature that approaches will die immediately.

Scientists cannot give an accurate explanation, they can only make a guess, thinking that there may be cracks on the seabed, a lot of seawater seeps into it, and combines with the salt in the seabed, because there is a lot of methane on the seabed, and soon these seawater react with methane and rise to the surface of the seabed, because the salt content of these seawater is four to five times that of other seawater, the density is too large, and it cannot merge with other seawater. After a long time, it forms the so-called lake in the sea.

Old man Shi said that when the big weirdness happened in District 17, the seabed cracked, and a phenomenon similar to the lake in the sea appeared. The seawater around surged, but there was a dead silence in the crack...

All the missing people eventually entered the crack.

How did they get in? That grandson forgot!

"But we found many wounds on his body!"

Old Man Shi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "These are definitely not scratches when he fell into the sea. There are countless bacteria attached to them. We have asked someone to study these bacteria. They are a completely unknown type of bacteria. Their characteristics... are a bit like poisonous insects. No matter what, they can't be killed. At that time, we all thought that this child would die, but... he really survived."

"So what?"

Brother Yaozi asked, "You suspect that something actually attacked them at that time, right? Including the amnesia of this child after he came back, and a series of other characteristics, are actually traumas. It may have something to do with the bacteria on his body, or it may be related to the things that attacked them?"

Old Man Shi nodded a little heavily: "This child only remembers that his father finally pushed him out. His father was once one of the most outstanding disciples of our Hai Gang. We all agreed that if he was given enough time, he would even become a person comparable to the Heavenly Master. He was almost trained as a successor. Unexpectedly, he finally failed in this place...

I think if it wasn't him, someone else might not be able to get one person out! ! "

I asked Old Man Shi if the surviving child was still in the Hai Gang.

Old Man Shi didn't answer directly, but looked at my master solemnly: "After I said so much, are you still determined to go to District 17? That place... Even if a half-step Heavenly Master goes there, he may not be able to get out unscathed!"

My master nodded: "No choice."

"Okay, then let's settle it like this. I'll have someone arrange a place for you to rest."

Old Man Shi agreed very happily: "However, I need two days to prepare, and then you can go out to sea."

After that, Old Man Shi asked the two old men to send us away.

On the way, Lao Bai whispered to us: "Why didn't I realize that this old man Shi is so snobbish before? Did you see the way he looked at us? When he heard that we insisted on going to District 17, he looked at us as if we were dead. He was originally very active in wanting to establish a good relationship with us, but this time, I don't think the Hai Gang will send any experts to help us. I estimate that the people they send will most likely be those who have no future. Anyway, they are sending themselves to die, so of course they will send some useless people. They don't have any losses, and if we can come back, this favor will be firmly settled. In the future, Xiao Weizi will have to help them with things, and they are calculating very well..."