Hearing Alia's question, Smith's expression was very normal.
"The people on the World Crown? There's no one there, it's all ruins. When the World Crown collapsed, all the nobles on it died."
Dipper seemed a little anxious. "How could there be nothing? There should be a building up there. Winky usually lives in it!! That ground can even be said to be her nest!"
At this time, Governor Smith of the Crown of the World seemed very helpless. He repeatedly stated that there was really no one up there. If there were really lights up there, those who lived below would not be able to not see them.
The enthusiasm was genuine, but when Dipper asked to check it out in person, the other party immediately refused and said that because it was the rainy season on the Crown of the World, no one else was allowed to go to the island for the time being.
When they returned to the Narwhal, the couple looked at each other in silence. Dipper's plan to find out where Charles was from Winky ran into problems at the first step.
If we can't find Winky, there's no point in looking for the captain.
After a long moment, Dipper slowly asked, "Do you believe what he said?"
Alia pinched her earrings lightly and shook her head. "Although all his reactions were normal, I felt it was a bit strange. I always felt that everything he said was acted."
Dipper stood up with a determined look in his eyes, "I knew that the others were not trustworthy. Since they refused to tell the truth, I will find it myself."
"What are you doing? This is someone else's island," Alia looked at her husband with wide eyes.
"What can I do? Of course I can search for intelligence. If others don't give it to me, can't I go find it?"
At three o'clock in the morning of that day, when humans were most sleepy, a cloud of blue mist floated out from the round window of the Narwhal and drifted towards the top of the Crown of the World, followed by hundreds of mice.
The rats followed the dark corners of the streets and quickly dispersed around the docks.
The mouse's task was to observe the islanders around him, while Dipper went directly to the top of the Crown of the World.
During the period, he was extremely careful, fearing that people on the island would discover him, but to his surprise, no one stopped him until he stepped on the top of the giant mushroom.
What appeared before Dipper was a messy ruin. Among the ruins, apart from some huge whale bones, there was only a lonely building in the distance.
Suddenly a voice appeared behind him, "No doubt, this is the place where Shan Shan brought us here."
Dipper, holding the black thorn in his hand, turned his head quickly and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the person coming. "Lily, you scared me. What are you doing following me?"
Lily, with a glimmer of light on her body, floated over to stand beside him, "I want to know how Winky is doing now."
"Okay, come here quickly. You're so bright, it will be troublesome if the people down there see you." After saying that, Dipper flew towards the building in the distance, with Lily following closely behind.
When they flew in through the window, the expressions on their faces gradually dimmed. This so-called Shining residence was covered with a layer of dust, and it seemed that no one had lived here for some time.
"It looks like Shanshan has been gone for a long time. Where did she go?" Lily bit her lower lip, wondering.
Dipper seemed very unwilling to give up. He carefully searched the building inside and out, but still found nothing.
"What should I do? She's not here."
Dipper, looking grim, said, "Let's go back and see if your rat has found anything."
Dipper knew that this was just self-consolation. Since the people of the world's champion did not lie to him, it would be unlikely for the mice to find clues about the flash from them.
The two dejected men walked out of the building and floated towards the bottom of the Crown of the World.
However, just as it was halfway through floating, Dipper suddenly reached out and grabbed Lily, "Look at that! What is that!"
"That's right! There is an island right next to the Crown of the World!! Because there were no lights on the island, I completely overlooked it before! There was no such thing before the Crown of the World! I knew these people must be up to something!!"
If the governor of the world's crown had been lying from the beginning, then the news that he didn't know where Shanshan had gone was also false!
In this way, it makes sense why the other party was trying to prevent me from going to the island. They were so vigilant to prevent this new island from being discovered.
This island may be inevitably related to Shanshan's departure.
"Dipper, there was a light there, and it suddenly disappeared. There must be people living on that island."
"Well, let's go! This matter is not over yet!"
After they went down, the anxious Lily sent out more mice in an attempt to dig out the secrets hidden in the nearby island.
Dipper did not act rashly, but stayed at the dock of the Crown of the World for a whole week. This long time was enough for the mice to collect intelligence.
"Squeak~Squeak~Squeak~" Lily listened to the mice around her constantly reporting to her, her brows sometimes relaxed and sometimes frowned. The other crew members could only watch silently from the sidelines; they could not help with this kind of thing.
When the rat sounds stopped, everyone looked over nervously. "They said that every home on the island has a set of pure white clothes. On the back of the clothes are three triangles stacked on top of each other, which look like religious symbols."
"Every Wednesday, the people on the island will go to the new island collectively. The road to the island is very well guarded and they can't get in."
"And they also said something about rituals, but it was too difficult to understand, so the mice didn't know what they were talking about."
Dipper clapped his hands and stood up, "No! I have to go to that island and see what's inside!"
"If we want to get in, disguise is the most convenient way. We just need to find someone who wants to enter the island next Wednesday, steal his clothes, and pretend to be him." Alia began to think of a solution for Dipper.
"That's it. Lily, let the mouse identify the good guy. Next Wednesday, I'll disguise myself and go in to take a look!"
Dipper's plan was too simple, but no one objected.
During the waiting period, the Governor of the World Crown frequently asked when they would leave. It was obvious that the Narwhal had stayed too long, which made him suspicious.
And there were more and more sneaky people around, all of whom were monitoring them.
In order to eliminate their vigilance, the Narwhal left the port early. When it was Wednesday night, Dipper walked back to the Crown of the World step by step from the bottom of the sea.
At night, when he appeared on the street again, his body covered with fish scales was covered with a white robe. He lowered his head and followed some people slowly towards the island.
When Dipper really walked into the island, the surrounding environment began to change, and some red, rough and strange pictures covered the surrounding trees and the ground.
These are pictures that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, and no one knows what they are trying to express.
The islanders of the Crown of the World obviously love these paintings very much and hang them everywhere. Walking on the path full of these things, Dipper always feels like he is walking in the intestines of something.
Gradually the road began to turn, and when they stopped, a large manhole cover heavily guarded by soldiers appeared in front of Dipper.
When Dipper followed the others into the spiral staircase under the manhole cover, a familiar red wall appeared in front of him. He had been to this place before!
This is the floating island where the green centipedes that can change their bodies lived in the center of the earth! !
(End of this chapter)