Chapter 1239 Return to Zuimo Island (Twenty-Four)

Blackbeard's treasure hiding method is unique.

He never hides treasure in a fixed place in a certain plane.

Because he knows very well... time is an omnipotent pusher. It can turn love into hatred, comedy into tragedy, dreamers into snobs, and of course... it can also turn land into ocean, mountains into lakes, or an island... into five smaller islands.

Once the location of the treasure changes geographically, the treasure may be exposed by itself, or it may be dispersed and moved in an unpredictable way.

Blackbeard certainly does not want his treasure to encounter this, so his treasure hiding method is-"hide in the phase space, leave one person to guard it."

This approach has many advantages:

First, no matter how the external environment changes, the interior of the phase space will not be affected.

Second, even if an outsider finds the entrance to the space, it is useless if he does not know how to open and enter.

Third, even if an outsider manages to enter the treasure space, there are still powerful guards guarding it.

Blackbeard also considered the possibility that the guards would be tempted by the money and embezzle the treasures, so he only arranged one guard in each treasure... Anyway, there was only one person, and if he really betrayed, Blackbeard only needed to find this person afterwards.

In addition, Blackbeard also set a special rule, that is, anyone who is able to find and enter the treasure space can take away three treasures after accepting the guard's "test".

Please note that it is "accepted", not "passed"... In other words, as long as you "accept", you will definitely get the treasure.

Seeing this, some people may find it strange. When Brother Jue and Xiao Tan entered the treasure space on Rabbit Star, Brother Rabbit didn't seem to tell them this, right?

Now, we can reveal the truth... In fact, Brother Rabbit was just "acting" at that time, and his acting skills were very good. Even Feng Bujue was deceived by him... Until now, Brother Jue doesn't know the real situation at that time.

In fact, all of this... is a "heart-attack strategy" set by Blackbeard.

Blackbeard knows that those who can find and enter his treasure space must have gone through untold hardships and have certain strength; facing such a group of people, if you let the guards tell them "Go back, I'm here to guard", it is likely that this group of people will fight to the death, or try to escape and go back to accumulate strength to make a comeback if they fail to fight desperately.

However, if you let the guards tell them, "Although I can't let you take all the treasures, I can give you a chance to challenge me. Let's compete under relatively safe rules. As long as you win, I will let you take three treasures away"... then the other party is very likely to agree.

After all, Blackbeard's guards are generally quasi-first-class strongmen in the multiverse, and treasure hunters with a little vision and intelligence will not rashly fight.

Furthermore, Blackbeard's reputation is intimidating enough. Even if treasure hunters are really capable and willing to kill the guards and take away all the treasures after paying a heavy price, they have to consider whether they can withstand Blackbeard's coming to settle accounts in the future...

After calculating several accounts, being able to take three things from the treasure peacefully without hurting lives and retreating unscathed is already a pretty good result...at least better than "returning empty-handed".

So, after calculating this not-so-complicated account, most people will choose to "challenge the guards"; and Blackbeard also instructed the guards to try to use "a combat power slightly higher than the opponent's upper limit, and barely defeated", so that treasure hunters will feel that they have "won by luck" and have an illusion that "getting three treasures is already a profit", so that they will willingly leave the "items that can open the phase space" in their hands, and leave peacefully and never return.

It can be said that... Blackbeard's "guard strategy" is closely linked and step-by-step, fully estimating the psychology of treasure hunters, even Feng Bujue was calculated.

Under this strategy, the burden of the guards was greatly reduced, and the safety of the treasure was further improved.

As for... the guards' so-called "take any three items", it is undoubtedly a lie. If it is really "take any", then the entire ship of Queen Anna's Revenge can also be regarded as "one item" taken away.

The guards will not specifically point out to the treasure hunters that "the ship is also considered an item", let alone tell them... "There is also a secret 'inner space' in this space, and all those 'good things that cannot be handed over' are hidden there."

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"Found it... It's here..." Blackbeard stopped and looked at the crystal ground under his feet, and said so.

At this moment, twenty minutes have passed since he and Honghu fought.

During this time, Blackbeard and his officers had crossed the not very wide sea between the North Island and the Middle Island, and quickly advanced a long distance in the "Crystal Maze".

"If you know the location... why don't you come directly from the air? Or sail around the North Island and land directly on this island?" After Blackbeard finished speaking, Crazy Eyes asked this question in an impatient tone.

"Nonsense, do I need you to teach me this?" Blackbeard replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "The problem is... before I set foot on this island, I didn't know exactly where the entrance to the treasure was." He paused and explained, "There was no such area covered by crystals on the Zui Mo Island back then; the Zui Mo Island back then... was not divided into five pieces like it is now, and the landforms on each piece were completely different from what I remembered. I can only walk around the island until I can sense the seal I left at the 'entrance' to determine its location."

After he said this, Crazy Eyes also understood, and then read: "Oh~ No wonder you suddenly accelerated your speed after setting foot on this 'middle island', it turns out that it is because you have approached the 'sensing distance', right?"

"It's not just a matter of 'distance', it also has something to do with how long I stay on the ground..." Blackbeard said, "Well... forget it, I can't explain it to a rough guy like you..." He seemed too lazy to continue, and waved his hand casually, motioning Mark Hoda to come over.

"Captain, what do you want?" Hoofed was also very obedient, stepping on his hooves and quickly approaching Blackbeard.

"Crush the crystal under your feet and dig it open." Blackbeard said as he turned around and walked a few steps.

"Uh... how deep do you want to dig?" Hoofed looked down and asked again.

"Until I tell you to stop." Blackbeard continued.

"Yes!"

After saying yes, the half-orc pirate began to act...

His four hooves were not for show, and their pedaling force was so strong that it could split gold and crack rocks; the broken crystals dug out by his hooves flew in all directions, forcing several people other than Blackbeard to retreat seven or eight meters.

About thirty seconds later, Hoofed kicked and stomped on the ground to create a large pit more than one meter deep.

"Enough." Blackbeard also called for a stop at this time.

Hoofed immediately stopped his action after hearing this, and stood in the pit looking at his captain.

Blackbeard didn't say much, but took a step forward, jumped into the pit, and took out a small piece of white substance from his arms; a closer look revealed that it was a small piece of human finger bone.

"Agulo...hah...muchii..." Blackbeard pinched the finger bone in his fist, raised his arm, and whispered a very obscure spell.

Then, a "buzzing" sound of runes surging came from underground, and at the same second, a golden light gushed out from the bottom of the crystal, just encircling the pit that Ti Da had just dug.

"Come in." Blackbeard just turned his head and said these four words to Nesru and the others a few meters away, and he and Ti Da's figures disappeared abruptly.

Seeing this, Nesru exchanged glances with Vog and Mark Neck, and then took Crazy Eyes and walked into the golden light together.

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The cave where the treasure is piled does not need any lighting equipment, because there are many magic tools here that can emit light almost infinitely.

Blackbeard, Crazy Eyes, Nesru, Mark Hoof, Mark Neck, and Mr. Voge, these six people, passed through the entrance of the phase space and entered this place one after another.

When he arrived at this place, Blackbeard finally found the long-lost "sense of déjà vu".

The outside world has long been different, but this place is no different from more than three hundred years ago... before he left this universe.

Well... saying "no different" may not be quite right.

Although there are not many changes, there are still some, for example... the guard he left here that year, the "son" he mentioned, has disappeared.

Instead, there is a stranger wearing a monk's robe, hiding his figure in the strange shadow under the clothes.

"Long time no see, Blackbeard." At this moment, Twenty-three spoke to the other party in his own voice, and at the same time, he took off the hood on his head.

"Master!" Before Blackbeard responded, Crazy Eyes couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in surprise, "You... you are actually a woman?"

"Humph..." Seeing Crazy Eyes' reaction, Blackbeard just sneered, "You don't even know whether the other party is a man or a woman, so you work for her?"

"After seeing the fate of Red Ring, he had no choice." Twenty-three answered the question on behalf of Crazy Eyes, and then said to Blackbeard, "I believe... if you are smart enough, you will soon make the same choice as him."

"Oh?" Blackbeard said, "Do you think... I will be like Crazy Eyes..." He thought for half a second and continued, "And like those guys like Weston, Tureus, and Idient... bow down in front of you?"

"Heh..." Twenty-three laughed. Her smile, as well as the tone and expression when she said the next sentence... are very much like another person, "... Who knows?" (To be continued.)