Chapter 313: North of Faro 2 (Part I)
It didn't matter what the captain thought, what matters now is that when the sailors and crew suddenly felt that the ship had lost power and was thrown up and down like a leaf in the storm, many people were frightened, and in the ocean storm, the ship lost power was reduced by half.
When they learned that this was Chen Badai's decision, they really wanted to throw Chen Badai into the sea! Fortunately, in order to maintain order, Captain Stanley tried his best to dissuade several excited crew members.
The steel hull still has the ability to resist the storm, but the comfort of the ship without power is completely gone, many crew members were turned up and vomited, the storm continued after dawn, but the intensity weakened a little, Chen Badai has been staying in the wheelhouse, his eyes are almost unblinking staring at the navigator screen, from last night to this time today, the ship was blown crooked by 27.6 nautical miles, Chen Badai converted the data in his mind, predicting the most likely trajectory of the Poseidon hundreds of years ago.
At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the storm subsided, and the sailors who had fought the storm all night were exhausted, and Captain Stanley looked at Chen Badai with bloodshot eyes, and Chen Badai stared at the charts and locators for more than half an hour.
"Is it a west wind blowing now?" Chen Badai finally asked.
The data transmitted back by the hyacinth was displayed on the screen, and sure enough, it was a westerly wind, and the wind speed was 10 knots.
Chen Badai was calculating that the Poseidon was hit hard in the storm, and the only two remaining auxiliary masts, in the case of a wind speed of 10 knots, the Poseidon could only reach a speed of 3-5 knots at most, plus the difficulty of maneuvering, the average speed may only be 2 knots, Chen Badai calculated again, the distance from here to the predicted location, there is still a large deviation.
"Could it be that the wind speed is wrong? It is possible that 700 years ago, the wind speed was greater than it is now. Chen Badai thought about it, and his brain began to hurt.
Chen Badai looked into the distance from the wheelhouse, and at this time, the probe ship still did not start its engine, drifting slowly on the ocean with the wind and ocean currents, almost motionless.
Captain Stanley looked at Chen Badai and finally couldn't help it: "Poor! You have to say something. β
"Wind speed...... Course...... The battered Poseidon ...... Well, they were going to Faro to seek a port, but they were off course, but they didn't know that with the current wind speed, it would take them at least three days to reach the Devil's Passage and sink there......" Chen Badai muttered to himself, deaf to the captain's question.
"Weather forecast, is there another storm forming in the north?" Chen Badai asked suddenly.
"Huh?!" The first mate was stunned for a moment and checked the weather forecast.
There are no signs of storm formation on the cloud map, there is a small cloud in the north, but it is too small, usually this small cloud will dissipate on the surface of the sea, but it is also possible to get energy replenished and become a storm.
"That's it...... It's ......" Chen Badai's mind suddenly sounded a murmur, Chen Badai's eyes flickered, he knocked on his head, and probably had an idea.
This cloud will move south from the north, through the Devil's Passage, across the Faroe Islands, and it will grow very quickly.
"5 knots speed, heading due ......east," Chen Badai ordered.
βHATοΌοΌβ Captain Stanley jumped out of his chair in shock, "Are we going to head towards Faro?" β
"No, we're not going to Faro, we're going to follow the footprints of the Poseidon!" Chen Badai said affirmatively.
βSHITοΌ This must be a lunatic! I'm going to report back to Dick! The captain objected to Chen Badai's decision.
But Captain Stanley's objections were ineffective, and while Dick sympathized with the captain's violent reaction, he thought it best to listen to Chen Badai - he just wanted to get the scepter, and as for how to get it, it was not something he thought should be concerned about.
In the evening, the first mate was surprised to find that the cloud in the north was growing, and began to move slowly southward, if he continued to increase, at the current speed of the Saint-Maiden, the two sides would meet in three days, and the Saint-Maiden would appear in the sub-center of the storm, the first mate, who was deeply worried about this, reported the forecast to Chen Badai, but Chen Badai smiled slightly: "That's right, it's ......."
Chen Badai, who had been in the wheelhouse for almost a day, wanted to take a walk on the deck, the sun slowly fell from the west to the sea level, the ocean was blowing under the west wind, the waves were shaking rhythmically, the exploration ship was slowly drifting on the ocean at a speed of 5 knots, the sky soon darkened, and the stars began to climb onto the stage in the dark.
Chen Badai effortlessly found the Cowherd and Vega at both ends of the Milky Way, Sirius has not yet appeared in this season, the brightest star in the night sky in the north is the Vega, but in the legend of the West, Vega is called the Queen of Summer, also called Vega, the bright star in the constellation Lyra, has a lot of moving legends in ancient times.
Why is the word Vega in the captain's logbook? Chen Badai was puzzled, judging from the format of the log, the captain wrote this sentence in a corner, it doesn't seem to be an official record, is "Weijia" written by the captain at random or does it have another deep meaning?
Chen Badai felt a little tired, he leaned against the side of the pile of goods on the deck, like a demon, looking at Vega in the sky.
"Towards Vega......" Chen Badai seemed to be on a dilapidated sailing ship, the mast that should have been tall in the middle had been broken, leaving only less than 2 meters of stumps, and the sails of the two auxiliary masts in front and rear were blown up by the wind, and the battered ship was staggering on the ocean.
"Heading towards Vega...... Vega ...... Vega ...... Steady! Steady! "In front of the steering wheel, the first mate seemed to be half crazy, shouting, and the ragged sailors on the deck were trying hard to handle the sails, but the storm had caused them to lose too many men, and it seemed impossible to operate the battered sailing ship.
Some non-commissioned officers in armor and barefoot peasants were also trying to help, and the first mate shouted in a hoarse voice: "For God's sake, go to Vega!" Advance! β
Chen Badai felt that the first mate had gone crazy! And those who are alive, like the walking dead, make a last-ditch effort to survive on the ocean.
"Storm clouds!" The mournful voice of a sailor echoed across the deck, and everyone looked to the north as he pointed to the horizon, where the billowing black clouds were rapidly approaching the badly wounded sailing ship.
"Ahaha! Resist! Go to Vega! Resist! The first mate shouted frantically, and a big wave crashed on the deck, and the first mate disappeared in an instant.
Chen Badai watched in amazement as the storm raged the dilapidated wooden ship, one sail had been torn by the gale, the tattered canvas was fluttering in the gale, the other sail was crooked to the side, the sailor had completely lost control of the sail, the ship was undulating in the waves, and in every undulation, someone would scream and be swept into the ocean......
"Reef! Reef! In the terrible screams of a person, the boat seemed to have hit something, and Chen Badai woke up in shock and felt that the boat was trembling.
The crane was retrieving supplies, Chen Badai was woken up by the noise of the crane, he looked at his watch, and he actually sat by the pile and slept for more than an hour.
Chen Badai woke up, the scene in his dream lingered in his mind, he looked up at Vega, suddenly stood up and yelled, "Towards Weijia!" Advance! β
The personnel who were working on the deck saw Chen Badai's face flushed, and he raised his hands and shouted, like a madman.
"Well, anyway, I don't know what's going on, I think the poor eight generations are crazy......" The third mate finally found a vacancy, hid in a no-man's corner, and reported to Tchaikov on a satellite phone: "He said, head towards Vija!" β
"Towards Vega?!" Tchaikov felt that the word seemed familiar.
"Yes, towards Vega, he finished yelling and went back to the cabin as if he was fine." The third mate faintly rushed to the uneasy, "I heard the first mate say, we are not going to Faro, we are going to the Devil's Passage." β
"Okay, I'll take care of it." Tchaikov hung up the phone, what is Chen Badai going to do?
"What does Viga mean?" Tchaikov asked, "Is it a place?" β
Wang Xingguo thought about it, this word is very familiar, but it seems to be very unfamiliar, Xia Ruobing smiled: "Weijia is indeed a place, but it is not on the earth. β
"Could it be that Chen Badai is crazy? Is he going to a location that is not on Earth? Tchaikov wondered.
"Vega, also known as Vega, was originally known as the Latin ega, but it is derived from the transliteration of the Arabic word Δqi, which means to fall and land." Xia Ruobing said.
βSOοΌ So where the hell is it? Pandey couldn't hold his breath, now was not the time to popularize ancient knowledge.
Xia Ruobing pointed to the sky, and Pan Dee looked up at the sky and said, "Heaven?!" β
"Yes, we call it Vega, the Ξ± star in Lyra, and the West calls it Bayer, the Queen of Summer, or Vega ......," Xia Ruobing said with a smile.
"No wonder the third mate said that Chen Badai is crazy, how could he get to Vega?" Tchaikov deflated, it seems that his plan to become a hyena is about to go bankrupt.
The third mate has been faithfully fulfilling his role as a spy, and judging from some of his recent reports, Chen Badai's behavior is very strange, maybe he is really crazy! Tchaikov didn't trust a madman to find the Ghost Scepter.
"No, he's navigating with Vega." Wang Xingguo said, "Chen Badai has already calculated the route of the Poseidon 700 years ago, and the Poseidon sank in the Devil's Passage and did not reach Faro. β
Tchaikov looked at Wang Xingguo in surprise, a little unbelieving what he said, and in his impression, Chen Badai didn't seem to have such a big brain capacity except for causing trouble.
Wang Xingguo saw Tchaikov's thoughts and smiled: "Chen Badai is not stupid, when someone relies on him, he will be lazy, but it doesn't mean that he won't." β
"Okay, let's just think he's a very capable person, but how does he know about Vidja?" Tchaikov asked.
Wang Xingguo silently flipped through the copies, and in a corner, scribbled a sentence in small characters: "Wrong, Weijia is the only hope." β