Igniting the hope of life, the sailors rekindled their fighting spirit, and the land ahead was large, but it was not a continent, but a very large island.

First mate Zhao Tong looked at this incomparably huge island and muttered, "It's finally here." ”

In this direction, in the map he had seen, there was only one island without a name, and as long as he reached this island, it would not be far from the mysterious land in the east.

After going through life and death, I don't want to come here across the ocean, and now that victory is just around the corner, how not to make people's hearts surge.

It's just that although he saw the land, it would take some time to really land at the current speed, and in order to ensure that the sailors could survive, Zhao Tong kept cheering for everyone.

I didn't sleep, and I used my own little urine to survive this last period of time.

Zhao Tong looked in the direction of the captain's room and slowly walked towards it.

"First mate!"

He Tie, who woke up the monkey, saw Zhao Tong coming over and got up, but at this time, he had been weak for a long time, his legs were weak, he shook a few times, and held on to the wall, so he barely let himself fall.

"You go and rest, we will be saved soon," Zhao Tong said slowly.

He Tie nodded, and found a shady place to sit down and recover his strength.

"Crunch~"

The heavy wooden door was pushed open, and a foul smell came to his face, Zhao Tong frowned, and looked around.

On the bed, the captain lay quietly on the bed, and from the slight rise and fall of his chest, it was clear that he was not dead.

Zhao Tong walked to the side of the bed, only to see the captain looking at the roof with a dull expression, his cheeks sunken, his eyes were black, and his appearance looked very scary.

On the table next to it, the food on the table seemed to have not been touched for a long time, and the unpleasant smell was emitted by these rotten foods.

"Captain, we're here." Zhao Tong said softly.

But the captain didn't react as if he hadn't heard him.

"Alas!"

Zhao Tong sighed, raised his voice, and clenched his fists and said, "Captain Wei, please cheer up, the imperial court handed over the fleet to you, and it didn't let you wait here to die." ”

At this time, the captain's eyes moved, and he gently turned his head to look at Zhao Tong.

"You're here!" The captain said in a hoarse voice.

"We're here." Zhao Tong said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, the captain's eyes suddenly opened, he sat up straight, grabbed Zhao Tong's shoulder, and said like crazy: "What do you say, you say it again." ”

"We're on the island." Zhao Tong said here.

"Haha, it's here, we're here."

The captain let go of his hand and shouted frantically in the room, unkempt and unkempt, like a madman.

After a long time, the captain suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to the east, "Your Majesty, we have arrived, the minister is guilty, the minister is guilty, the minister is ashamed of Your Majesty, and the people of Xia Kingdom." ”

The captain wept bitterly and kowtowed to the east, until his head broke and the blood flow did not stop.

Seeing this anger rising in his heart, Zhao Tong walked over, lifted him up, and punched him in the face.

The captain was knocked to the ground with a punch, blood from the corners of his mouth.

"Wei Ming, are you still a fucking soldier, Your Majesty won't care about the little shit and urine you flow, you are the captain, you should think about bringing your brothers back safely, even if the sailors fall, you can't fall, even if you die, you have to bury your brothers and die." Zhao Tong pointed at the captain's evil nose and scolded.

The captain sat on the ground with his body bent, his eyes a little glazed.

Zhao Tong gritted his teeth and left here with a cold snort.

The captain sat in the cabin for a long time, and as the evening sun shone down the crack in the door over his face, he felt the warmth of the sun.

Slowly stood up from the ground, pushed the door open, and walked out of the long-closed room.

When the crew saw the unkempt Wei Ming, they stared at him as if they had seen a ghost.

The corners of Wei Ming's mouth curled, and he bowed deeply to his subordinates, and said: "Brothers, I, Wei Ming, am sorry for you, the first mate woke me up, you can rest assured, I will definitely let you return to your hometown with glory." ”

The crew didn't speak, but they smiled unconsciously.

"Glory!"

I don't know who shouted, and the rest of the crew also raised their arms and shouted.

Wei Ming was very moved in his heart, he gave up these brothers who shared weal and pain, but they did not give up on themselves, these people are not just subordinates to him now, but trustworthy brothers.

The moonlight shone on the sea, and by the light of the moon, the crew anchored the ship in a bay with their skillful sailing skills.

Looking at the overgrown shore, everyone knew that it would be extremely unwise to land in such a strange place at night.

Although everyone wants to drink cool and delicious fresh water, they can only wait patiently for now.

After a difficult night, at 10 o'clock in the morning, the crew took a small boat and headed for the coast, and everything would be fine as soon as they were on land.

This bay has a long stretch of sand, and when the sailors put their feet on the soft sand, the feeling of being down to earth is extraordinarily wonderful.

Looking inland from the beach, behind a dense meadow is a high mountain range, the slopes of which are sparsely wooded and most of which are rocky outcropping.

When everyone landed on the beach one after another, the sailors began to look for wood, although in the plains, there are not many trees, but the season here seems to be autumn, the weeds have withered and the low shrubs are good fuel.

With their current physical strength, it is simply impossible to find a river in a strange place.

The current way to obtain fresh water is to distill seawater, which is a slow way to collect it, but in the current situation, it is the most reliable way.

The weeds and trees were collected, and as the flames lit under the large iron pot for distillation, the crew sat around, swallowing their saliva, waiting for the clean fresh water to flow out of the copper pipes. As the sea water is boiled, the water vapor sleeps in the condensation pipes and turns into a clear stream of water, which slowly flows into the container below.

The sailors were thirsty, but none of them touched the water that had just come out.

Under the distillation of several cauldrons at the same time, in half a day, only a large barrel of fresh water could be collected, although this amount of water was not enough for everyone to drink heartily, but it solved everyone's urgent need.

When the water enters the abdomen, the refreshing feeling runs through the limbs, making people feel refreshed for a while, and the whole person seems to have regained a new life.

The fresh water continues to distill, and the sailors who have replenished the water have to do something that makes people feel heavy.

In this difficult voyage, not everyone survived, and looking at the corpses neatly placed on the ground, everyone's mood was extremely heavy.

The captain took off his helmet and gave a solemn military salute to the dead brothers.

Twenty-three people died, and the captain had their names written down, and at dusk the sailors cremated the brothers, collecting the ashes of the dead brothers, and returning them to their homeland even if they died in a foreign land.

Soldiers who knew some of the rituals sang sad ballads, ancient and mysterious songs, which filled the beach with a sad atmosphere.

The dead are gone, the living will continue to move on, and with the will of the dead brother, the expedition is once again ready to go.

After several busy days and a sufficient amount of fresh water, the expedition team was ready to explore the island, and it was obviously unrealistic to explore the island, and their task was to determine whether the island and the continent were human or other civilizations, and that was their mission.

There were no signs of human activity near the beach, and the expedition did not intend to go too far into the area, and after a few days of staying here, the fleet set sail again and headed north along the coastline.

According to the map given by the imperial court, if nothing else, the large island is divided into two parts, bypassing the North Island and continuing to the west, it will reach the continent.

However, the exact route will depend on the direction of the ocean currents.

The fleet sailed along the coastline for more than ten days, and in the telescope, there were no signs of human activity on land, but they saw many very special animals, which were very different from those in Shenzhou, but the crew did not attract the attention of the crew, after all, the most important thing in the world is beasts.

Driven by the currents, the expedition ship rounded the northernmost corner and headed south, and just two days after heading south, a huge estuary of the river appeared in front of everyone.

The captain and the first mate took the revised map and compared it, and marked the entrance to the sea at the approximate location.

"Captain, if we go down the river, maybe we'll make a good discovery." Zhao Tong suggested.

The captain looked at the binoculars for a while, nodded and said, "Well, let's go in and see, if there are really humans or other people, the vicinity of the river is the most likely." ”

Zhao Tong answered and ordered the signalman to send an order to the boats behind to prepare to sail into this big river.

On both sides of the river are vast expanses of plains, inhabited by all sorts of strange animals, who have no interest in the sudden intrusion of the behemoth.

"Kuroko, this place is really good, if this land is planted with food, it will definitely be harvested." The monkey said with a sigh.

He Tie nodded and said: "I also think it's good, this place looks even better than Yancheng, and even if you don't farm, it's all these things that run around, and if you catch them and sell them, it's enough for us to eat for a long time." ”

"These things look delicious, or let's talk to the captain and go down and get some of them, I'm going to vomit after eating all those bacon and moldy corn sorghum." The monkey swallowed.

"It's not good, we are not familiar with this place, the captain will not agree, if there are wild people here, or dinosaur people attack us, we are not opponents at all." He Tie shook his head and said.

"Where did the wild man come from and what dinosaur people, you look at this palm-sized island, wild beasts can run around, I think even if there are wild people, they are all bare buttocks running around, I guess they can't even do stone weapons, just with these people, we can fight ten if we come out casually." The monkey said without cutting it.

The monkey's words made He Tie also a little moved, to be honest, not only the monkey, most of the crew had not eaten fresh food for a long time, looking at those beasts roaming back and forth, it was like a walking barbecue.

He Tie's throat rolled, licked his lips, and said, "Let's talk to the first mate first." ”

When the monkey heard this, he smiled and said, "That's right, here we are the boss, how can anything threaten us." ”

The two found Zhao Tong and explained their intentions, and after Zhao Tong listened, he said, "This matter is no problem, I'll talk to the captain in a while." ”

The two of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly said goodbye to Zhao and began to prepare for what they were hunting.

It didn't take long for the ship to come to a halt, and dozens of heavily armed sailors jumped ashore excitedly, their green eyes patrolling back and forth on the prey.

These animals, who have lived on this land for a long time, do not know that they have been targeted by the strongest predator in history.

It doesn't matter if you're a grass eater or a meat eater, as long as you're targeted by these people, there's basically no good end.

After observation, He Tie found that the animals here were not large, and the carnivores occasionally found were about the same size as the hyenas living on the grasslands of the Xia Kingdom.

After assembling on the riverbank, dozens of people split into several teams to search for suitable targets.

He Tie and the monkey team stared at a group of big birds, which seemed to be many times smaller moas, looking at their thick thighs, he could already imagine the wonderful picture of roasting on the fire, overflowing with oil.

"These birds are ours, everyone be careful, it's best not to let any of them go." He Tie, as the team leader, said in a deep voice.

The team members were gearing up, ready to do a lot of work, and shouted one after another: "He Heizi, what do you say, hurry up, look at it again, our saliva is about to flow out." ”

He Tie smiled and said: "Okay, now listen to my command, go to a few people to detour behind them, let's surround them from all sides, as long as the dead don't live." ”

"Understood!"

The crowd answered, and began to act.

These people are different from the students who explored the west, they are very experienced hunters or retired soldiers, and their hunting skills are not comparable to those students at all.

The human civilization that went out hunting these beasts with great efficiency, and in their opinion, the animals on this island were extremely stupid, and it was not at all challenging to hunt.

This hunt can be said to be a one-sided slaughter, under the siege of the hunters who cooperate with the tacit understanding, the prey that is targeted has no way to escape, and this hunting method of the expedition team appeared on this land for the first time, and suddenly made this tranquil plain full of corpses, as if the end had come.