Chapter 636: City and Wilderness (Part 1)

Before setting foot on the island, Schiller saw the situation of the island in the distance. This island in the sea, which is close to Mexico, is medium in size, but it is completely incomparable to the large islands around it.

But this island has a very big feature, that is, it is far away from all the surrounding islands, at least it cannot be reached by humans by swimming.

This island can truly be called an isolated island in the sea. Like other tropical islands, it has white sand beaches, coconut trees, seabirds flying around the island, and most importantly, the ubiquitous hot sunshine.

There are almost no four seasons in the tropics, so even though it is only April now, the scorching sun is already hanging high above the head, bringing overly warm heat to all the creatures here. Arthur, who walked on the beach and stepped into the tropical jungle, felt a little... He looked enviously at Schiller who was holding a black umbrella.

Now he understood what the function of the umbrella carried by the professor was. It could not only protect him from rain, but also provide shade from the sun.

But obviously, the umbrella Schiller was holding was a single umbrella. Even if Schiller was willing to let Arthur get under the umbrella, the umbrella could not cover two people, so Arthur stopped while walking. , he said: "Professor, wait for me a moment, I will make an umbrella."

Schiller stopped, not understanding what he was going to do, and Arthur ran to a tree in two or three steps.

This tree looks strange. It is not tall, but its roots are relatively thick. There are many leaves like cattail fans growing on it. The whole tree is round. Each leaf is composed of many green strips. As Arthur climbs The tree said: "This should be a palm tree, but I don't know what species it is."

He climbed up the tree, picked a few leaves, smoothed the green strips, and began to weave.

Arthur, who looked tall and burly, was very good at weaving. He knitted three cattail leaves together three times to form a very strange-shaped straw hat. He said: "The children of Brucehaven If you know how to do this, in addition to palm leaves, you can also use dried seaweed and bark that can be cut into fibers.”

Arthur put the hat on his head, and the two of them continued to walk forward, getting further and further away from the beach. The landscape here was more like a tropical rain forest, with very dense plants and tall trees. The leaves of many trees were almost obscured. The sun slightly reduces the heat, but the more deadly humidity makes people's skin feel very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, after Schiller came for vacation, he changed out of the conservative suit, shorts, T-shirt and short-sleeved jacket, and he was relatively able to adapt to the environment here.

Not to mention Arthur, he took off his shirt directly, returned to the posture of fishing on the boat, casually broke off a fern, used the root as an exploring stick, and dug in with one foot deep and one shallow. Go.

There is a cliff at the highest point of the island. Walking down the gentle slope of the cliff, you can see a clear gurgling stream. Various plants that are not common among gardening flowers and plants can be seen in the small stone crevices. Grows very luxuriantly.

Between the branches of the shrub, a small bird with colorful feathers flapped its wings, jumped to another shrub, and pecked the lower part of the flower core with its beak, as if looking for fruits.

Suddenly, there was a "whoosh" sound, and a stream of light flew by, startling the birds and butterflies in the bushes. With a "pop" sound, the arrow was inserted into the ground, and a large lizard ran into the bush instantly. In the bush, the figure disappeared.

There was a sigh in the distance, as if he was disappointed with his failed hunt.

The shoes wrapped in leaves stepped into the flowing water of the creek. One hand held the arrow and wanted to pull it out of the soft soil. Unfortunately, the arm exerted a little force and the stone arrow was not strong. It fell off the arrow shaft.

The man holding the arrow shaft stood up. His upper body was wearing a strange piece of clothing. It was generally made of palm leaves, but the palm leaves were fixed with white cloth. The texture of the cloth was very delicate. It should have been cut from a shirt. And judging from the softness, it should be an expensive shirt.

The lower body is a pair of shorts cut from suit trousers. The shoes and calves are tied with palm leaves, and the soles are also wrapped with thick green strips, which look like the palm leaves that Arthur uses to make hats. , comes from the same plant.

Looking up again, he has a slightly wild beard, and his eyes are covered by a leaf.

He wore a very rough hat made of banana leaves on his head, and the upper half of his face was covered under the leaves, but you could still see that there were sunburns on his lips and neck. Traces of skin exfoliation are clearly visible.

He tried hard to break the arrow shaft, but he couldn't break it because he was very weak.

Under the clothes made of palm leaves, you can see that a white cloth strip was wrapped from his left shoulder to his armpit, and then wrapped several times along his chest. There were blood stains on it. Apparently, this person had just Injured, at this time of weakness.

Suddenly, his ears moved, and he quickly arched his body, got into the bushes, and squatted next to a very strong plant. Through the leaves of the plant, he saw two figures walking this way. Come.

He opened his mouth in surprise and was about to rush out, but he paused, squatted back, and narrowed his eyes to look at the two people.

Arthur put his feet into the clean stream and washed away the gravel he had brought from the beach. He said: "That person can persist here for so long. Water is essential. As long as we go up the stream, we will definitely be able to find it." His traces."

Schiller did not refute, but walked farther away from the stream. He raised his head and looked ahead.

As you go deeper into the rainforest, there are more and more animals of all kinds, including birds with bright feathers, frogs that cannot be named, lizards scurrying past your feet, seabirds flying in the sky...

This place is so vibrant, but also very dangerous. The heat and humidity are not the most deadly things here.

Arthur, standing in the middle of the stream, stopped and said, "I heard the cry of the whale..."

They squinted their eyes, concentrated, squatted down, and put their hands into the stream, feeling the information coming from the sea.

"Oops, we have to find him quickly. The fish told me that a storm is coming!" Arthur's tone became deeper. He said, "I have read in a fishing magazine that storms are frequent in the Caribbean." Fa, this place is close to Mexico and the climate is similar. Tropical storms can come at any time..."

Schiller's understanding of storms is probably a magnified Gotham Night Rain, but Arthur denied his idea. He said: "Tropical storms are completely different from ordinary storms..."

"Tropical storms are extremely destructive. Everything in their path is in a mess. Even if we are not blown away like a tornado and then fall to death, we must still be wary of the possible damage caused by collapsed plants. Danger……"

"In a storm, even a rolled up palm leaf could become a murderous knife."

Hearing this, Schiller walked a little faster than Arthur. Although his life would not be in danger in the storm, everyone can imagine that once the storm comes, there will be no safe shelter. Will be blown away like a dog.

Schiller came here for a vacation, not to experience the cruelty and ruthlessness of nature. He just wanted to find the unlucky guy quickly, repair the boat and leave.

Facts have proved that his idea is very good, but God doesn't think it is very good.

In almost just a minute, the sky darkened. The original scorching sun suddenly disappeared. Thick rain clouds blocked all sunlight. Thunder came from a distance. The wind passed through the tall trees and blew on people. When applied to the face, it brings the unique astringent smell of moist earth.

Just when Schiller was about to disperse into a gray mist and start conducting a large-scale reconnaissance, Arthur suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at the bushes beside him. Schiller heard him say: "Stop hiding. I see you!"

"Don't come here!"

A figure emerged from behind the bushes. He was holding a homemade bow and arrow in his hand, and there was a very simple arrow on it. The arrow on it looked like it was at odds with the arrow shaft. Prepare to leave home.

Schiller looked at the man in front of him. Even though most of his face was covered under palm leaves, it could still be seen that the skin on his exposed hands was very delicate and his fingers were well maintained. It looked like He doesn't look like a fisherman, he looks like a pampered rich man.

Arthur was shocked by his appearance. After all, he only got a specious story from the mouth of the fish. He had never seen the real Robinson. Suddenly, Arthur reacted and said, "No, calm down." One point, we are here to save you..."

But the person opposite didn't let down his guard at all. He still pointed his bow at the two of them and said, "You are an accomplice of the previous group, right?"

"Relax, don't be nervous." Schiller stepped forward and said.

The man glanced at Schiller first, but finally fixed his gaze on Arthur. Arthur said: "I am a fisherman, I come from Blüdhaven..."

After saying that, he lowered his head and glanced at himself. His overly burly figure and the tattoos on his arms seemed to tell that he was not a good person. Arthur sighed, looked at the person opposite and said, "Whether you believe it or not Don’t believe it, we are here to save you.”

"How did you get here?" the man asked.

"I sailed here." Arthur replied.

"We first took a plane to California. After getting off the plane in Beach City, we came over by boat..."

The man seemed more vigilant, and at the same time he said with some disdain: "Do you think I'm a fool when I sail here from California? Do you know how far it is?"

"Uh... I'm quite good at sailing. The sea water will help me. Well, put down your bow and arrow first. The storm is coming. We have to find a shelter quickly, otherwise it will be dangerous!" Arthur tried hard! Communicate with the person opposite, but it can be seen that he is not very good at this job, and the person opposite is becoming more and more wary.

Schiller put away his umbrella, poked Arthur with the tip of the umbrella and said, "You mentioned before on the plane that in addition to being able to talk to fish, you have other abilities, why not show them off."

Arthur hesitated and said, "Actually, I can't control it very well, but...well, you can see clearly..."

After saying that, Arthur stretched out a hand, closed his eyes, frowned, and tried to concentrate. The man opposite didn't know what he was going to do, so he took a step back slightly.

But soon, a scene that surprised him happened. The water in the creek began to float slowly. A water dragon raised its head from the creek, and then formed a shield around Arthur.

Arthur opened his eyes and exhaled. He waved his hand again, and the shield turned back into ordinary water drops, which fell to the ground.

Feeling the coolness brought by the splashing water drops, the man opposite finally raised his head, took off the palm leaf hat from his head, looked directly at Arthur and said, "Who are you?"

"I said, I'm a fisherman, but I can communicate with creatures in the sea. I learned about you from the fish. I came to save you..."

And Schiller interrupted their conversation. He looked up at the sky, which was covered with dark clouds and flashing lightning. He said:

"Let's go, the storm is coming."