The human boots crunched on the dry, colorful leaves.
Charles took the lead and walked in front, holding a black blade to clear the vines and bushes that blocked the way.
Everyone looked around vigilantly and no one spoke, for fear that the noise would attract the strange music from before.
Charles has ordered the scouting mice to come back. Facing an invisible and intangible enemy, the mice's reconnaissance is useless.
At this moment, Lily was whispering to Charles.
"Mr. Charles, we attacked those rope men before. When we leave this island later, shouldn't we apologize?"
"Focus on yourself! Don't think about those things."
"But we misunderstood them. Shouldn't we apologize to them? At least we should say sorry, right?"
Amid Lily's chattering, the group arrived at the ruins of the foundation.
Looking at the building surrounded by trees and vines, everyone turned to look at Charles, waiting for the captain's next order.
"Everyone, divide into groups and go to the surrounding houses to find any papers, nautical charts, and anything else with obvious standards."
Following Charles' order, the crew members quickly dispersed and began to grope slowly into the ruins in groups of three or five.
Charles also took Lily into a dilapidated two-story house next door.
The situation inside the house was no different from the outside, with twisted tree roots spreading all over the dusty floor, making the inside a mess.
After a brief search, Charles didn't find any clues, let alone a nautical chart, he didn't even see a single word.
When Charles walked out of the room, he also saw the crew shaking their heads at him in disappointment. Since this was the situation here, it must be similar in other rooms.
Charles looked at his crew and was about to say something when an unusually low tune suddenly sounded.
The melodious music echoed in her ears. Lily quickly shrank into Charles' collar, and everyone was frozen in an instant.
The sound this time is a little different from the previous ones. This sound is more like the strings played by a guitar.
Estimating the distance of the music, Charles could feel it moving around him. Even though he couldn't see or touch it, it was definitely there.
This time, the melody not only surrounded them, but the sound also penetrated everyone's body.
This wonderful experience gives goose bumps to those who have experienced it.
After a few minutes, the tune gradually became smaller and began to move away to the east.
Just as the crew members were patting their chests and breathing heavily, Charles suddenly moved and chased after the tune. "Follow us! This is a key clue!"
Sailor West swallowed hard, "Captain, over there is..."
Before he could finish, the other crew members followed the captain and rushed forward without hesitation.
In the messy woods, Charles chased wildly following the tune. He ran through the woods at an extremely fast speed. His excellent physical resilience allowed him to pass through the narrow bushes and the woven webs of vines.
After such a desperate rush, he finally managed to catch the strange tune.
I don’t know how long he ran, but Charles suddenly stopped and the scenery in front of him suddenly became clear.
A large open space was cleared away from the supposedly dense forest.
Directly in front of the open space were three sets of clean white marble steps that looked as good as new, as if someone cleaned them regularly.
The trees blocked Charles's view of how big the building was. All he knew was that its simple style was that of a foundation building.
Charles did not go over. The music just now disappeared inside this building, which looked very dangerous.
Just as Charles was carefully observing the buildings in the distance, the panting crew caught up.
"Captain, this looks so new, do you want me to go over and explore the way?" Dipper volunteered.
Charles shook his head. If he just walked over like that, this guy might be going to die.
"Otrick, turn yourself into a bat and patrol from the top of the tree to see the approximate scope of the building and the situation inside. Be careful. If you hear any sound, land immediately and don't move."
The blind vampire nodded vigorously, and he quickly turned into a bat and flew into the sky.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Charles found that the bat he had conjured seemed to have grown bigger.
Under everyone's gaze, Audric rushed out of the dense woods.
Charles raised his prosthetic limb, and the spear hooked him directly to the top of the tree canopy.
Through the telescope, Charles saw Orderic begin to hover over the building.
I didn't notice it before, but when I got there, I found that there was a huge tree in the center of the building. The huge tree canopy covered the entire building.
Suddenly, Charles' whole body tensed up. He saw that Odrick, who was fine, became extremely panicked. He flapped his wings in panic and flew to the right.
All kinds of weird chords gradually became louder, and those things found Audric!
The giant bat continued to accelerate in the air, as if it was hiding from something.
"Don't move once you land! Why are you running?" Charles stood on the tree trunk, anxiously.
The blood dripping from Odric's body made Charles' heart tighten. He knew he had to do something, otherwise this guy would be torn into pieces in mid-air.
"Give me the bomb!" Charles took the grapefruit-sized explosive and cut it with a black blade. He cut the fuse to the shortest possible length, lit it, and threw it in the farthest direction.
"Boom!!" A huge roar sounded, and several giant trees were broken in half and fell to the ground with a loud bang.
With a "hum", the strange chords in Charles' ears suddenly rose, and he seemed to be enjoying a grand concert in an instant.
The fallen trees in the distance were instantly torn into hundreds of sections, and were still being torn apart.
Charles froze in place, not daring to move, fearing that the fate of the trees would befall him.
As the colorful trees turned completely into dust, the symphony in his ears slowly faded away.
At this moment, Odrick, covered in blood, stumbled back.
He rushed to West's side, opened his mouth and bit his neck, sucking hard.
"What's going on? Didn't you just stop moving after being discovered?" Charles asked as he jumped down from the tree.
After taking a deep breath, Odrick pulled out his sharp fangs and complained with a sad face: "Captain, it's not that I don't want to move. When my sound waves just hit them, they were also emitting sound waves. They locked me with sound waves. If I had stayed still, I would have died long ago."
Charles frowned slightly. This time the things were even weirder than he thought. They could actually emit sound waves. Can things without a physical body also emit sound waves
(End of this chapter)