Chapter 119: Storm, Rapid Dive, Collision
Above the sky, all the clouds in sight were converging in the same direction at a rapid pace, and the condensation was getting thicker and darker. And that direction was the direction that the Hai'an loach ship piloted by Yi and Yi and Wu Xuan was about to sail over.
On the surface of the sea, the sea breeze that had been blowing softly on the skin of several people not long ago became stronger at a very fast speed. Just now, it was just a little faster to make the waves on the sea swell, and it was only a few minutes before Yi and Wu Xuan's hair fluttered quickly. And the waves on the surface of the sea are nearly twice as fast.
Yi and Qi stood outside the cabin, although their faces were not very good-looking, knowing that this phenomenon was the prelude to a storm at sea, but they were not too afraid. But because Wu Xuan had already told the two of them about the dangers that might be encountered on the sea, he was naturally prepared in his heart. Of course, a lot of practical preparations have also been made based on Wu Xuan's narration.
However, Yi and Yi didn't know that although Wu Xuan had learned a lot of knowledge through developed information in his previous life, he had also seen various scenarios of the storm in the information. However, Wu Xuan had not experienced a single storm at sea in his previous life. And the sea storm in this world, Yi and Yi and Wu Xuan, have only experienced a few times on Sanshan Island, and they have only experienced it in the courtyard with a protective formation prohibition left by the Gumei Dao people, so Wu Xuan, Yi and Yi and Yi all underestimate this sea storm a little.
Fortunately, regardless of whether Wu Xuan and Yi and Yi underestimated this sea storm, Wu Xuan was in a cautious principle, and he instructed Yi and Yi to make a lot of preparations early. At this time, Yi and Yi also realized that the storm was coming, and there was no time to be in a daze, so they had to start using the prepared measures.
Yi rushed towards the sail-bearing mast at the back of the cabin at great speed, quickly untied the rope that held the sail in place, and pulled the sail that had begun to take a ride. Fortunately, the sail was not too big, just a rectangular quadrangular sail of about two square meters, still made of animal skin.
Yi pulled down the sails and pulled the mast out of the hull as well. This mast is not the original part on the production drawing of this loach boat, it is a new part added by Wu Xuan from the new design of the loach boat, just to take advantage of the sea breeze. The original design of this loach ship was powered by mana.
Yi dragged down the sail, pulled out the mast, and wrapped the mast with the sail, and then ran to Wu Xuan and Yi, and handed over the mast that the sail was wrapped in to Yi, and let Yi stuff it into Wu Xuan's back shell space.
And when Yi was acting, he also quickly put away the few things on the ship that were not fixed. In fact, it was just a few animal skins, a few straw futons, and a small stove carved from stone that had just been extinguished. When Yi and Yi were refining this loach ship, the cabin was empty, and they didn't make anything like a table dwarf.
By the way, Yi was going to put away the wooden bucket made by Yi that was still half a bucket of fresh water in the corner of the cabin, but Wu Xuan stopped it. Then, Wu Xuan also released several empty wooden barrels that had drunk fresh water a few days ago. Then, Wu Xuan began to direct Qi to work.
"Hurry, hurry up, take out all the ropes we've made."
"What's the matter, Wu Xuan, what are you putting these barrels out for? And a rope, what's the use? ”
"Of course it worked. Go and fill these barrels with water, tie them with rope, and use them as ballast. ”
"Ballast stuff? What's the use of that? ”
"What a ballast thing! Originally, when refining this ship, I thought that this ship was powered by mana, and it was not that big, so I only thought about adding a mast and sail to increase the ship's normal sailing speed. As long as we feed enough mana into this ship, and add the right wind direction, the speed of this ship can go fast and steady. But now that the storm is about to start, your brother Yi has gone to remove the mast and sails, and will definitely use only mana to drive the ship forward in a moment. When the time comes, the waves in this sea are so big, the ship will definitely be very bumpy. If the weight of the ship had increased a little, to a certain extent, it would not have been too bumpy. ”
"Vomit......, I know, it turned out to be like this. Do you still have to find a way to hold these wooden barrels full of water? ”
"Yes, it's going to hold it in place, but it's also going to be able to untie it quickly when you need it. In case the ship can't carry it and something goes wrong, these bundled barrels can still be used as rafts. ”
"That's how thoughtful you are, Wu Xuan. I know how to do it. As soon as he finished talking to Wu Xuan's soul link, he turned around and went to tie the wooden barrel with a rope. But it didn't take long for another question to be raised.
"Wu Xuan, why are we sailing in which direction? It's clear that there's going to be a storm, and if we turn around and go back, can't we avoid this storm? ”
"Of course you can't hide from it. Storms can spread much faster than we can sail, and most storms have the property that the edge of the storm is the most powerful, often in the center of the storm but with a certain area of calm. Besides, we are already cultivators now, and no matter what difficulties we encounter, we must have the courage to face them head-on, otherwise, it is easy to leave bad thoughts in our hearts, which will be very bad for our cultivation. Didn't you see your brother Yi go and prepare to use mana to drive and manipulate this ship without saying a word? ”
"I see, I see. But Brother Yi is also very powerful. After speaking, Qi went back to do the work arranged by Wu Xuan.
Wu Xuan muttered in his heart: "According to Yi's temperament, I'm afraid I didn't think about it so much at all, and went directly to what the **** thought I should do." ”
Yi and Yi are people who have a certain amount of cultivation in the end, and with some preparations, they will all be done in no time. Be prepared to face this storm at sea. All three of them tied their waists with sturdy ropes, then crouched down to the front of the cabin and entered the mana next to the circle of the ship. And the rudder at the stern of the boat is also fixed and does not swing back and forth at will. At the door of the cabin, the Ki also used a rope to tie up the barrels filled with seawater. At this time, the wind and waves on the sea surface were also greater, and the clouds in the sky had completely turned into black and oppressive dark clouds, which completely obscured the sun during the day, giving people the feeling that it was dark and they could not see the surroundings.
After Yi and Qi and Wu Xuan were all ready, they didn't need anyone to give orders, Yi was the first, and directly reached out and pressed on the magic circle that controlled the entire loach ship. Then, he entered his mana and increased the ship's speed to its maximum speed. I saw the stern of the Hai'an loach ship, which rolled out a large white wave with a 'poof', and then sailed forward at a very fast speed. Behind the boat was left a white line of its apparently broken waves.
I don't know if it was because the ship was very fast, or if Wu Xuan's arrangement for Qi to prepare bucket ballast played a role, and after Yi input mana, the whole ship didn't seem to be bumpy. However, the cultivation time of the three guys was not long, and soon, it was only about thirty or forty minutes, and Yi stopped the input of mana, and directly changed Qi and Wu Xuan together. But at this time, the wind and waves on the sea outside are also greater, not to mention the waves like mountains, but there are also waves of more than ten meters surging. But there was one point, although the wind and waves were strong, not a single raindrop fell from the clouds in the sky. However, a strange pressure fell from the sky, but it did not affect Yi, Yi, Wu Xuan, and the waves on the sea in the slightest.
When the waves on the sea surface reached more than ten meters, Yi turned on the ship's own "Water Cover Technique" magic circle, and also manipulated the boat to dive a few meters below the sea surface. However, the speed of the ship did not decrease much, and it continued to move in the direction ahead at a very fast speed. But just when Yi's mana was about to run out, it didn't take long for Yi and Wu Xuan to join forces to input mana, and it would only be ten minutes at most. Qi and Wu Xuan obviously heard a "poof" sound, and then the whole ship really wanted to cross a certain boundary, and it was a lot easier all of a sudden. The resistance of the wind and waves disappeared all at once.
Yi, who didn't dare to cultivate next to him, but just let his body naturally recover his mana, obviously heard the sound, and hurriedly shouted at Yi and Wu Xuan: "Be careful, slow down the speed of the boat first, reduce the input of mana at a slow point, don't cut off the mana all at once, it's not good to hurt your body in the impact." ”
"Know, Brother Yi, I'm slowing down the ship and reducing the input of mana. What's going on out there? Where have we been? ”
"I don't know, I don't know."
"Then stop ......" Qi didn't finish speaking, when he heard a "bang" sound, and the whole ship shook violently, turning Yi and Qi and Wu Xuan into rolling gourds.
It was clear that the loach boat had hit something. The biggest is probably a small island in the middle of the sea.