Chapter 242
After getting the new weapon, Lin Haiyang soon discovered the benefits of the Nine-toothed Rake. When he used a machete before, he could only send the pirates away by hitting their vital parts.
His clothes were always torn, not because he liked to mess around, but because he would sometimes fight with pirates in close combat, and they would be easily torn. But with the Nine-toothed Rake, it was different. Anyone standing far away would be hit with one rake, and because the basic attack value was high, anyone hit by the rake would definitely die.
In the past few days, Lin Haiyang no longer had to go around asking his grandfather to ask Qiao Sheng and the others to mend his clothes. He felt refreshed, and the resentment he had for holding his second brother's weapon had also dissipated.
When Qiao Sheng and his team exchanged canned food for the 80th pirate headquarters flag, they finally encountered the pirate island.
When they saw the island in the distance, they had just finished breakfast and were ready to find some work.
"Is that black dot in front an island?" The first person to discover it was Lin Haiyang, who was wearing a beehive hat and standing on the second-floor terrace collecting beehives.
The other three heard the sound and rushed out. They waited for a while before they could see the existence of the island clearly. It was really too far away, just a small black dot. I don't know why this guy thought it was an island.
Qiao Sheng checked the system and confirmed that it was the pirate island. Several people were quite excited. After all, they had never been there by themselves except when summoned by Pei Hong, especially after changing to a whole ship of crossbow carts.
Although they often fought with pirate ships, they always felt that there was a gap with the pirate island. This time, the opportunity to test the crossbow carts had arrived.
Qiao Sheng and the other two were busy making more large arrows to prevent the lack of ammunition in the battle. Li Mu turned on both sets of driving equipment and moved towards the pirate island at full speed.
After approaching, they did not rush to attack directly, but circled the island at a safe distance of several hundred meters, and sent Ah Dai to fly around the island to see the situation.
This island is very different from the pirate islands they attacked before. First of all, there are no mountains. No one was seen in the whole island. If they hadn't been dazzled by the light reflected by the metal on the north side of the island, they would not have discovered that there were hidden sentries in the dense woods on this island, and they were on the trees.
Ah Dai flew back strangely, very anxious, jumping around and flapping his wings.
Various signs showed that this island was not simple. After repeated consideration, they decided to attack this pirate island.
"If we can beat them, we will fight. If we can't, we will run. These pirate ships will definitely not be able to catch up with us." Qiao Sheng was a person who thought positively. At worst, she would take drugs and run away. Being caught and losing her life was impossible for her.
Others also agreed with this idea. They decided to start from the north where there was a secret sentry. Li Mu calculated the position of the refracted light just now, observed it, and then determined the position of the secret sentry.
Qiao Sheng adjusted the crossbow cart on the bow according to the position he gave. Li Mu returned to the cabin on the first floor to operate the driving equipment and approached the island as quickly as possible.
Xia Beibei and Lin Haiyang held the crossbows and waited to enter the range. After Qiao Sheng fired, they began to attack.
Waiting makes people nervous. Once the battle starts, they can't care about anything else. The pirates on the island react much faster than they thought. As soon as Qiao Sheng and his team entered the range, the secret sentry immediately blew the alarm. They were not too far away, and the muffled sound of the horn could be heard clearly.
Qiao Sheng shot the sentry's tree house with one arrow, and four or five pirates fell from the tree. Xia Beibei and Lin Haiyang fired a few arrows at the pirates who fell to the ground. The three of them cooperated perfectly and took them away in one wave.
It was a pity that the alarm had been issued, otherwise they could have sneaked onto the island now.
About 50 meters away from the island, Li Mu parked the boat. In order to increase the firepower, he turned the boat sideways and aimed it at the island.
Qiao Sheng and the other two immediately abandoned the crossbow cart on the bow and went downstairs to control the crossbow cart and artillery aimed at the side of the island. The
four people waited for a while but there was no support from any pirates. This situation was very wrong, so Li Mu asked Lin Haiyang to fire a few cannons at the forest on the island.
Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei were at the bow and stern respectively, and sure enough, there were several pirate ships approaching them from the stern.
"Towards the stern, three pirate ships are approaching. I'll shoot a few arrows to scare them." Xia Beibei shouted and began to aim at the pirate ship in the front, aiming at the opponent's flagpole and fired an arrow.
They were already very skilled in operating the crossbow cart, and the arrow was powerful enough to crack the flagpole. When the pirates on the ship screamed and fled, Xia Beibei casually shot a few more arrows, and sure enough, the three pirate ships collectively slowed down.
Five pirate ships also appeared in the bow direction where Qiao Sheng was shrinking. Before she attacked, Li Mu called Ah Dai to take off with the knockout drug.
"Sister Qiao, Teacher Li, pirates have appeared on the island, there are quite a few of them, and they are putting out the fire." Lin Haiyang had just set the forest on fire when a large number of pirates appeared.
It was obvious that these pirates had been hiding in the forest, waiting for the pirate ships at the bow and stern to engage in a firefight with them before rushing out to ambush them. Unexpectedly, Lin Haiyang blindly blew up several waves and set the forest on fire. In order to survive, these pirates had to show up to put out the fire.
The pirates on the five ships at the bow were quickly knocked out by drugs. No one rowed the boats, and all the pirate ships stopped on the spot. After confirming that the pirates at the bow were no longer in danger, Qiao Sheng asked where they needed support.
"I'm fine here, just playing around, a few arrows will scare them to death." Xia Beibei didn't even turn her head to respond loudly and continued to operate the crossbow cart in front of her.
Since there was no problem at the stern, Qiao Sheng and Li Mu went to help deal with the pirates on the shore. Originally, there was only Lin Haiyang, who fired a few shots from time to time. When these two came, the pirates on the shore were a little overwhelmed, and they didn't even use the crossbow cart.
They just used long-range crossbows, one arrow at a time, and quickly cleared out the pirates who were igniting fire.
Without the pirates' obstruction, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and soon the whole island was engulfed in fire. Xia Beibei had had enough fun, and Ah Dai took the knockout drug again and went out for a walk, knocking out all the pirates on the three pirate ships at the stern.
The four of them were divided into two teams, and they paddled on small floats, taking the cassock boy and You Su on the pirate ship. This time, none of the pirates were fainted. After looting the pirate ship, they returned to their own ship with the pirate token and the pirate ship flag.
The fire on the pirate island was still burning, and screams were heard from time to time. Qiao Sheng and his team waited on the ship for two days until the fire on the island was extinguished, and they went to the island.
"Everything is burned, can we still find the flag? I guess all the supplies are burned too." Xia Beibei walked in front leisurely.
Everything on the island was dark. After entering the barren forest, the temperature was still a bit high.
After walking for more than half an hour, we found a burnt house. It was estimated that it was where the pirates lived. We walked into the room carefully and looked around. Finally, we found the flag in the middle room. Surprisingly, there was no damage.
"It seems that we still need to collect these pirate base flags. The whole island has been burned like this, but there is no damage. There must be some meaning." Qiao Sheng fiddled with the flags and came to this conclusion.
"You bunch of demons, I will kill you!" The four people were still looking at the flags in the charred house when they heard the angry man's shouting outside.
Then several torches were thrown into the house where they were staying, and the door was sealed with wooden boards from the outside.
The sudden change made them stunned for a moment. Fortunately, the house had been burned and carbonized severely, so the torches thrown in did not set the room on fire immediately.
Lin Haiyang immediately took off his T-shirt, and rushed over wearing a cross-bar vest, using his T-shirt to beat the flames on the torch.
Qiao Sheng reacted and took out the large wooden barrels that had been used to store rainwater from the ring space. These were her stocks, and she was afraid that they would not be suitable for use in case of any accidents. It was just the right time to take them out and use them.
The wooden barrels were placed on the ground as soon as they were taken out. The barrels were too big to lift and use to water the fire. She searched in the ring space again and finally took out two iron basins filled with cool skin. She
originally wanted to pour out the cool skin directly, but then she thought it was a bit wasteful. Just when she was having a headache, Li Mu took out a few banana leaves from his bag. Any nest could hold water. Xia Beibei followed suit and took one and watered the fire like Li Mu.
Qiao Sheng, who held an iron basin in each hand, was a little embarrassed. He silently put the iron basins of cool skin back into the ring space. In the end, he was reluctant to waste the two basins of cool skin.
There were seven or eight torches thrown in. They had sufficient water and were fast enough to put out the fire quickly. There were still heartbreaking shouting outside. Although the door was sealed, Qiao Sheng and his friends were not in a hurry to go out. After listening for a while, they knew what was going on.
It turned out that the pirates on this island also had families with them. Qiao Sheng and his friends burned the entire island. The man's family was burned to death. He hid himself in a water tank to escape the fire. When he saw them coming to the island, he wanted revenge.
"Let's go! Are we really going to let this guy burn us to death for revenge?" Lin Haiyang raised his spiked rake, aimed at the already charred wooden wall, and smashed the wall in one go.
The pirates outside were also stunned when they saw them. After all, they didn't expect them to be able to come out. He
turned the spiked rake upside down and hit the pirate with the back. The pirate stumbled and fell to the ground due to the pain. Li Mu immediately stepped forward to subdue him and tied him up with a hemp rope.
"You bunch of plague gods! Kill or mutilate as you like! Anyway, you don't even let women and children go!" The pirate was subdued, but his mouth was not idle, and he was still yelling.
"Shut up, you're a pirate, and you don't want to harm your family? Why don't you think of letting other passers-by go when you kill them? Why don't you harm your own family? An international double standard?" Xia Beibei opened her mouth and was choked by the pirate.
"Too much nonsense, don't waste time." Qiao Sheng walked over with a blank expression and used the sword in his hand to kill the pirate.
After finding what they wanted, several people prepared to return to the boat and leave.
"Hey, what is this?" When Lin Haiyang was carrying the nail rake on his body, a black thing suddenly hit his shoulder. It should be stuck on the nail rake when he broke the wooden wall just now, and now it is loose and fell off.
Li Mu picked up the black object and said that they didn't need to go back to the boat for the time being. The reason was very simple. All the charcoal in sight was charcoal. All the charcoal on the island had to be taken away, including the nearby wooden houses and the surrounding forests.