"Oh, it's you!" Still walking down the gangway, Solomon saw Sean and others with a surprised expression on his face.

"I thought your destination was Lipson!"

Walking to the side of the boat, Sean got up and helped the stocky Solomon onto the boat, and said, "I thought you were going back to Europe."

"What are you doing in Ocean City?" After Solomon got on the boat, the two asked almost in unison.

"Oh." Solomon smiled a little embarrassedly and waved his hand, "A friend asked me to go to Ocean City to do some errands—by the way, I also want to visit."

Sean nodded: "Our newspaper wanted to do a special report on Ocean City, so I sent me here."

"So that's how it is..." The smile on Solomon's face was very sincere. Obviously, after experiencing the incident on the ship, he was very happy to be with Sean and his party.

"I'm more relieved to be with you on this journey." Solomon nodded again and again.

Yueguang shook his head slightly in his heart - Detective Continental's innocence and optimism made him feel a little distressed.

After the twelve passengers who landed on the island had all arrived, the crew set off by rowing the oars.

Riding the waves, about fifteen minutes later, the boat arrived at the port of Avalon Island.

It is said to be a port, but it is an H-shaped wooden pier where several unmanned motorboats and fishing boats are docked.

After everyone helped each other to step onto the pier, the crew members would paddle back to the ship.

The chestnut-haired young man seemed a little surprised, and asked the crew, "Where should we go? Is there no one to pick us up?"

The crew member put the oars on their legs and pointed to the direction of the land: "If there are road signs, you can just follow the road signs."

Said, in the slightly confused eyes of everyone, they waved the oars and returned to the Bronze Giant.

Not long after the row, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and shouted to the people standing on the pier: "Every three days there is a boat passing by here, and the next one is to New York. Remember to buy tickets in advance!"

Saying that, he waved his hat: "Have a nice trip!"

The boat gradually rowed away.

Except for the sound of paddles getting farther and farther, and the occasional sound of passing birds flapping their wings, the surroundings seemed too quiet.

It was almost dead silence.

The group of people more or less had a feeling of being abandoned on a desert island.

Sean turned around and looked towards the land.

There were some wooden houses ahead, and a huge billboard with neon tubes, but the lights weren't turned on.

"Welcome to Ocean City!"

Seeing the man on the advertising board smiling with white teeth, Sean felt a little uneasy for no reason.

Why is there no one at the pier? Where is Ocean City?

After cursing, the young man said, "Guys, I don't feel good!"

Solomon pointed to the direction of land: "Let's go to the island and see - maybe the staff is inside?"

Having said that, the European Detective carried his suitcase and walked straight to the wooden house, and everyone followed one after another.

After walking to the front, a group of people probed into the wooden house to probe their brains.

Still no figure was seen.

"It's strange, are they hiding?" Solomon said, looking around.

The wooden house seems to be the place where the dock workers live and work. Although there is no one in it, it looks like it has been cleaned, which at least proves that there was someone here before.

Solomon found a sign not far away, he walked over and stood under the sign.

The wooden street sign with "Ocean City" written on it points to the mountain road ahead covered with trees.

"At least, the directions on the street signs are very clear." Solomon laughed, but received no response. The fat detective carried his luggage and took the lead up the stone stairs up the mountain.

Although the stairs up the mountain are gentle, there is no head in sight.

Mr. Nash put the two huge boxes on the ground and sighed deeply.

The fierce-looking man walking with the curly-haired woman passed by Nash's side, and his free right hand actually lifted one of Mr. Nash's suitcases and walked forward.

Nash and Sarah looked at each other and followed in gratitude and surprise.

On the dull road up the mountain, the handsome man with chestnut hair suggested: "It seems that no matter what the situation is ahead, we have to face it together.

"Anyway, we have to walk up slowly. I suggest everyone to introduce themselves."

In the acquiescence of everyone, the man continued: "My name is Christopher. From New Testament, I am a stockbroker."

He panted slightly, and with his right hand, he stroked the gentle woman with a straw hat beside him: "This is my fiancee, Susan. She is a professional painter."

Unlike the confident Christopher, Susan's face turned red just by being introduced.

After everyone else had finished introducing her, the **** woman in the red dress spoke up. Her voice was quite magnetic: "Barbara Carmen. Singer."

Carmen turned to look at the strong man: "He's my bodyguard, Victor."

"Carmen?" Walking behind, Aunt Sarah, who was panting, stopped, looked up at the woman in red as if she couldn't believe it, and said with some surprise, "You are the singer who sang "The Long Night" Singer of "Sleep Without Heart"?

"I like your songs very much - but you haven't released a new song for a long time..."

Carmen turned her head and showed a slight smile on her red lips: "It's me. Ocean City officials invited me to perform."

"Then they are too rude." Never expected to receive such a cold reception after arriving in Avalon. As a pianist, Moonlight clearly expressed dissatisfaction, "No welcome, no special car... nothing!"

"We'll find out when we reach the top of the mountain." Christopher shook his head slightly and said, "I have a basic verifiable conjecture—but right now, I still have so little hope for them.

"However, when you get to the top of the mountain, everything will come to light." Christopher looked up at the lighthouse where he could already see the top of the tower, and there was some notable anger in his eyes and tone.

When everyone climbed the mountain in silence, Yueguang suddenly felt the explorer card in his chest vibrating.

After several actual battles, Moonlight was able to quickly translate the vibration code.

Sean, who seemed to be thinking about something while walking, told Moonlight and Ivan through the explorer playing cards:

"Merlin mentioned before that among the travelers with us, there is a high probability that there are spies from the divine court.

"We must be careful to distinguish and pay attention to our words and deeds."

A divine agent? Yueguang frowned, and went through the few people who went with him in his mind.

"a?"

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Ten minutes later, the group finally reached the top of the mountain, and in front of them was a lighthouse painted with red and white paint.

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"This lighthouse..." Solomon panted, looking up at the top of the tower, "much bigger than a normal lighthouse..."

The mountain road ends at the gate of the lighthouse.

On the door was a line of mottled words: "Believe what you see."

"Hahaha..." After seeing the words on the door, Christopher laughed, "Hahahaha..."

The sudden laughter made everyone puzzled, and they all turned to look at him.

"Sure enough...

"It really is a scam!"

Solomon looked at the young stockbroker in surprise: "Scam? What scam?"

"Our company holds some Ocean City stocks~lightnovelpub.net~ Standing outside the lighthouse, Christopher temporarily put down his luggage, lit a cigarette, and said slowly, "However, including me, the company has some People think Ocean City is a hoax of the century.

"Creating an eye-catching concept, then defrauding investors' money before the scam is exposed, and running away with the money when the lie can't be sustained - this is the model of this kind of scam.

"Gentlemen - I've said it on so many occasions, and I don't expect it to be repeated now - nearly thirty years ago, we were still amazed that the Rockfield Building and the Brooklyn Bridge were marvels of modern industry . . .

"When did humans have the technology to build a big city on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?!

"No matter how attractive their official concepts are - the crystallization of sophisticated alchemy and modern industry, or the use of submarine volcanoes to generate electricity...

"In my opinion, it's all bullshit!"

Christopher waved his hand fiercely and looked at the lighthouse with a mocking look in his eyes: "Everything confirms my conjecture...

"Although the travel plan was in vain, this trip was worth it - at least it proved me right."

Under the somewhat surprised eyes of everyone, Christopher sighed contemptuously.

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