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    There is a joke on the Internet called "If you don't die, you won't die." This sentence is very appropriate for the Mayans in Karu City. After the smallpox patients were blood sacrificed, before the Mayans gathered in Karu City,  After leaving, the latent smallpox virus broke out almost at the same time. The sick people had high fevers and some even lost their sight. Complications such as sepsis, encephalitis, and pneumonia soon followed, and people died within a few days.

    At that time, the population density of Karoo City had reached an astonishing level. Almost everyone could not escape the infection of smallpox. Large areas of people died of the disease. Even people outside the city had no time to escape. There were no dead bodies in the city at all.  People were cleaning up, and almost all the streets were filled with people who had died of illness, which ultimately led to the situation that Lu Wan and the others saw.

    Regarding the situation told by the Maya, the crew members who went to the city to search for gold also confirmed his words. According to these crew members, the streets of the city were full of dead bodies, and even some roads were blocked by corpses. They had to  Find other ways to reach the temple.

    Moreover, in the square of the temple, they also saw the patients who had been sacrificed by blood. Their limbs were tied to the altar. Although the blood under their bodies had dried, they could still see the tragic scene of rivers of blood flowing at that time.  .

    "Poor Mayans, although you have an outstanding civilization in mathematics and astronomy, your ignorance in religion and medicine will bring you disaster sooner or later!" After hearing this, Lu Wan shook his head and sighed.  road.

    It must be said that Lu Wan had a very unique vision. According to the estimates of later Han scholars, the smallpox plague spread from Asia lasted for nearly a hundred years, and the total population of the Mayans also decreased by more than 80%. In the end, most of the remaining Mayans  During this plague, he gained immunity to smallpox and survived.

    At the same time, the death of a large number of people, especially the deaths of those sacrifices, caused the Maya civilization to take a big step backwards. Some astronomical and mathematical knowledge was cut off from inheritance, and later generations could only learn from some texts and carvings in the temples.  , looking for some fragments about the Mayan civilization.

    However, Lu Wan and the others did not care about the life and death of the Mayans. They were even very excited because they found a large amount of gold in the deserted city, only in the temple of Karu City.  , the crew members sent out brought back more than three thousand kilograms of gold, which made all the members of the fleet shine with golden eyes, as if they saw a gleaming piece of wealth placed in front of them.

    So in the next operation, Lu Wan and the others inquired about the surrounding cities through the surviving Mayans, and began to send several teams to these cities. If they found that the situation in a certain city was similar to that of Karu City, they would  He immediately came back to notify the fleet, and then the ship sent a large number of men to search for gold in the city.

    It was also in the process of searching for gold that Luwan and the others discovered that situations similar to those in Karu City were not uncommon. The Mayans did not seem to have much experience with diseases such as plague. Many Mayans rushed to the city after the smallpox outbreak.  , maybe they feel safer in the city?  But unfortunately, plagues like smallpox are more dangerous in densely populated areas.

    In this way, Lu Wan and the others stayed on the Yucatan Peninsula for more than a year and found more than a dozen large and small uninhabited cities. In addition, they also encountered a few cities where smallpox had not yet appeared. However, the situation in these cities  But it is also very pessimistic. There are smallpox epidemic areas all around. Although they close the city gates, smallpox can be spread through the air, so it is only a matter of time for the Mayans in these cities to contract smallpox sooner or later.

    In more than a year, Lu Wan and the others found a total of fifteen tons of gold. Among them, they found a huge city in the northeast of the peninsula. The original population of the city was at least more than 50,000. In this city alone,  , Lu Wan and the others found nearly four tons of gold, which almost made Lu Wan and the others go crazy with joy.

    However, although gold is good, Lu Wan and the others are also very measured. For more than a year, they only operated in the coastal areas of the Yucatan Peninsula and did not go too deep into the peninsula.  This is mainly because gold is more easily transported to ships in coastal areas.  In addition, the situation inside the peninsula is not clear. It would be terrible if we encounter the relatively powerful Mayans.

    Although the gold is ownerless in the eyes of Lu Wan and others, to the Mayans, those gold utensils belong to the gods. This behavior of Lu Wan and the others is not only theft, but also the personal belongings of the gods.  , if caught on the spot by the Mayans, they would definitely be pulled to the altar for blood sacrifice.

    After sweeping the entire coastal area of ??the Yucatan Peninsula, Lu Wan and the others remembered the main mission of their trip.  However, they did not plan to return the same way they came. Instead, they headed south along the coast of America, preparing to go around the Americas and reach the west coast, completing the feat of completing a full circumnavigation of the world.

    ? ?It went very smoothly at the beginning. Even if there was a storm, they could anchor on the shore. Moreover, on the east coast of South America, they also saw various American natives. Although these natives and the Mayans belong to the same  Native Americans, but their living habits and language are quite different.

    Soon Luwan and the others arrived at the southernmost tip of America, which was later known as the Strait of Magellan. The south of the strait was Tierra del Fuego.  The origin of the name Tierra del Fuego is very interesting. Legend has it that when Magellan passed through the strait, he saw the natives on the island having a bonfire, so he named the island south of the strait Tierra del Fuego.

    Unfortunately, it was daytime when Lu Wan and the others arrived at the strait, and they did not see the bonfires of the natives on the island. However, Lu Wan saw through the telescope that there was a huge glacier on the island, so he named the island Glacier Island. Naturally, the strait also  From this, it was temporarily named Glacier Strait.

    The Glacier Strait is close to the Antarctic. It happens to be June now, which is the winter in the southern hemisphere, so when Lu Wan and the others passed here, the weather was quite cold.  But if it¡¯s just cold, forget it. Glacier Strait was famous for its high winds and rough waves in later generations, and it was often accompanied by heavy fog in winter. In addition, the strait was not very wide, so when the fleet passed here, it faced  huge challenge.

    When they first entered the strait, relying on the skilled sailing skills of Lu Wan and the crew, they were able to move forward very smoothly. However, not long after they moved forward, thick fog began to appear in the strait, which made the fleet's journey difficult.  I encountered huge difficulties, especially when passing through one section of the strait. The width of the strait suddenly became less than ten miles, and the water depth also became very shallow. Many reefs were scattered throughout the strait. Coupled with the huge wind and waves, this made the entire fleet  Everyone's heart was in their throats.

    But just as they were about to pass through this relatively narrow strait, the wind in the strait suddenly became stronger.  At first, the strong wind blew away the heavy fog blocking the crew, which made the crew happy for a while. Unfortunately, they all started to curse the weather because the wind was getting stronger and stronger.  It was so big that they were unable to grasp the direction of the ship.

    At this time, the superb sailing skills of the crew members in the fleet were demonstrated. In the huge wind and waves, the ships were tossed around by the waves, and some were even about to hit the reefs in the sea, and even the cliffs on both sides of the strait.  However, these ships were able to turn their heads around at the last possible moment, saving the ship from danger.

    But perhaps it was God's test for Lu Wan and his crew to sail around the world. Just when they had just sailed out of this very narrow strait and entered a very wide strait in the glacier strait, before the entire fleet could breathe a sigh of relief, on one side of the strait  The glacier hanging on the cliff suddenly broke. A small mountain-like glacier, carrying a fierce wind, slammed into the sea water next to the fleet. Huge ice cubes splashed everywhere, causing great damage to several nearby ships.

    Among them, the Globe that Lu Wan was riding happened to be not far from the glacier. At that time, Lu Wan was standing on the bow of the ship directing the ship to move forward. However, he did not expect that an icicle as thick as an arm flew over and penetrated his right leg in a row.  The thigh bone was also punctured, white bone stubble protruded out of the skin, and blood spurted out like spring water.

    Lu Wan only felt a cold sensation in his right leg at first and did not feel any pain. But when he lowered his head and saw the miserable state of his leg, he immediately felt a heartbreaking pain and fainted with a scream.  Fortunately, Xu Fang was on board the Global and rescued Lu Wan immediately.

    Because most of the bones and muscles of Lu Wan's thigh were cut off, and only a part of the muscles were connected. Under the current situation, it was impossible to save it, so Xu Fang decisively cut off Lu Wan's thigh, and then performed a hemostasis operation.  Lu Wan was prevented from dying of excessive blood loss.

    Lu Wan was not the only one who was hit by the ice. Crew members on other ships were also injured or even killed by the ice. Even the ship closest to the glacier falling point had two pieces of its stern broken open by a huge ice block.  It was a big hole and sank without even being repaired. Although the crew on the ship tried their best to save themselves, other ships also came forward to rescue them. However, in the end, because the temperature of the sea water was too low, only part of the crew on the ship was saved and they died.  The number of people exceeded thirty, and thousands of kilograms of gold stored on the ship also sank.

    Although it suffered such a big change, and even Lu Wan was seriously injured and fell unconscious, the fleet showed extraordinary qualities. A captain immediately took over Lu Wan's position, first commanding the fleet to leave this dangerous area.  The sea area, and then found a relatively calm sea area in the strait to anchor, and the entire fleet began to rest and inspect the ships.

    It¡¯s just that Lu Wan¡¯s injury was too serious. He woke up once during this period. Unfortunately, he only came in time to formally hand over his strength to the captain who replaced him, and then he passed out again.

    After the fleet rested, the fleet, under the leadership of the new captain, moved along the strait again, and encountered anotherThere were several huge dangers, but they all survived. Finally, a month later, the fleet finally passed this stormy strait, and this strait was renamed the Storm Strait by the fleet!  To be continued.  )
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