owlsbooks Chapter 12 Green Mist Island
Chapter 12 Green Mist Island
Becoming the Pirate King is no easy feat.
Su Jin didn't have much experience at sea, but he wasn't a complete novice either.
As a wilderness survival enthusiast, he had also been invited by friends to visit some islands for a period of time.
During that time, he tried being a captain and driving a ship, and surprisingly, he did quite well, at least he didn't veer too far off course.
The coral reef area he was looking for was also a shallow sea area, just like the reef area.
Therefore, Su Jin only needs to keep searching towards the shallow sea area, and the chances of finding a coral area will be much greater.
His goal was to cross the rocky area where he spawned and head east towards the rising sun.
As he moved further away from the reef area, all that remained around him was the azure sea, and he could only judge whether he was in the deep sea by the luster of the water.
He avoids the deep sea as much as possible, because who knows what kind of terrifying sea monsters live there.
If he were to encounter a large sea monster, his small fishing boat wouldn't even be enough to fill its teeth.
Because Su Jin had been avoiding the deep sea area, he wasn't traveling in a straight line and was showing signs of veering northeast.
He took out the Traveler's Soul Scroll and examined the places he had passed through.
This scroll shows that he has traveled nearly two nautical miles by sea, and although the route was somewhat winding, he was always heading east.
The areas he passed through were marked in light blue, indicating shallow sea areas, so it seems he didn't go astray after all.
There are also some areas that are dark blue, representing the deep sea, but these are very few in number.
At this moment, his small fishing boat, having no anchor, was slowly drifting on the sea, gradually drifting towards the deeper waters.
Just as Su Jin was about to row the boat back, he suddenly noticed a dark green icon on the scroll, pointing directly north to him.
He suddenly looked up to the north, where he saw an island shrouded in a dark green mist.
This island is exceptionally large, several times larger than Shen Ruying's island.
Furthermore, its shroud in a ghostly green mist reminded him of Kong's Skull Island from the movie.
Mysterious, dangerous... but there might also be opportunities!
Su Jin narrowed his eyes, then rowed the boat back to the shallow waters, away from the mysterious Misty Island.
Although he could see the misty island, it was actually quite far away from him, and he would probably have to travel through a long stretch of deep sea to get there.
Putting aside whether there is any danger on this island, the layer of eerie green mist covering it is probably not a good thing; it's likely poisonous.
As for the deep-sea area along the way, with his current strength, going to the deep-sea area would be suicide.
The fact that the lightning eel had come out to hunt when it was hungry made him realize that the novice protection period was not absolutely safe.
Currently, most marine mammals are simply unwilling to move around, but that doesn't mean they won't attack any living creatures they see.
Going on adventures during the newbie protection period is something only a fool would do!
What he needs to do now is to develop steadily, but sooner or later, he will set foot on that misty island.
After taking one last look at the misty island in the distance, Su Jin turned around and continued rowing eastward along the shallow sea area.
Soon, the mist disappeared from his sight, and all that remained was a vast expanse of blue seawater.
However, Su Jin's expression was one of surprise and delight, because he noticed that the color of the surrounding seawater was undergoing a subtle change.
The original deep blue gradually revealed a clear emerald hue.
He looked down and saw that the visibility of the seawater was extremely high, and the sunlight could shine directly to the seabed more than ten meters below, vaguely reflecting the underwater world below.
Even more striking is that, in the shadows of some reefs or in large patches of dark green seaweed, tiny dots that shimmer with a faint fluorescent light have begun to appear sporadically.
The light was faint, a pale blue or green, like sparse stars in the night sky, and easily overlooked unless observed closely.
"This is... a luminous algae?" Su Jin's heart skipped a beat.
He had heard from an old sailor friend that in some nutrient-rich and clear shallow seas, especially near coral ecosystems, these peculiar bioluminescent plants often grow.
He immediately perked up, leaned over the side of the boat, and observed more carefully.
Sure enough, among the seaweed swaying with the waves, he not only saw more shimmering points of light, but also glimpsed a few colorful fragments brought ashore by the waves.
Although it has lost its vitality, it is still recognizable as a piece of coral that has been gnawed on.
This proves that there must be a large-scale coral community in this sea area!
Hope is just around the corner!
Without further hesitation, Su Jin took a deep breath of the faint seaweed fragrance, gripped the oars with both hands, and sped forward.
The closer he got, the greener the seawater became, until he scooped up a handful and could see a tiny bit of blue.
Meanwhile, the underwater ecosystem below is gradually becoming richer, with some colorful little fish beginning to appear.
He didn't recognize this fish; it might not even exist on Earth, or perhaps it was a species unique to this world.
If his old sailor friend saw this, he would be very excited, after all, that guy is a marine ecology major.
As Su Jin excitedly looked around at the underwater world, he forgot to look ahead, unaware that a forest island covered with trees had appeared in front of him.
Moreover, he was still so excited that he hadn't noticed that his small fishing boat had already reached the beach of the island.
Suddenly, a cry for help caught Su Jin's attention. He looked ahead and was shocked to find that there was an island.
At this moment, on the beach of this forest island, a man and a woman are facing off, neither of them aware that a small boat is approaching.
However, it's less of a standoff and more of a situation where Li Yuanyuan was being unilaterally pressured.
After all, how could a weak woman who was only 1.55 meters tall possibly defeat a man who was over 1.8 meters tall, especially since this man with a ferocious face and a small mustache was holding a thick wooden stick?
What's in her hands?
There was only a small twig for stirring the wild vegetable soup.
Li Yuanyuan backed away step by step, nervously staring at the man in front of her and warning him:
"Help! What do you want to do? If you come any closer, I'm going to hit you!"
As she spoke, she gestured with the small twig in her hand, but it had no effect on the other person.
The bearded man smirked, assumed a fighting stance, and slowly moved closer to Li Yuanyuan.
"I'm here, what can you do to me?"
He set his sights on this woman the day before he was born.
His starting point was not on this forested island, but on a rocky island not far from it.
His island didn't have much wood; it was mostly made up of stones. Yesterday, he saw Chestnut Round Island and felt a pang of envy.
He then discovered that his neighbor was actually a woman, and quite pretty, like an internet celebrity.
Driven by lust and malice, he secretly used his swimming talent to smuggle himself onto the island.
Then he was already in front of Li Yuanyuan, and that stupid woman was still stewing wild vegetable soup before she realized someone had come.
Thinking of this, the bearded man became even more smug.
He licked his lips and leered at Li Yuanyuan.
Pink hair, white stockings, Lolita style, tsk tsk...
As the two closed the distance, the man with the small mustache suddenly darted forward and swung his stick at Li Yuanyuan's forehead.
In a panic, Li Yuanyuan could only use a small twig to block the attack, but the twig was quickly knocked away.
She herself was thrown back two steps by the force of the impact and sat down on the ground.
As the bearded man approached step by step, her eyes were filled with terror and despair, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.
Just then, a harpoon struck the bearded man with incredible speed, piercing through his body and pinning him to the beach.