Chapter 30: The Sea of the Crystal Ball
Bad weather happens almost every day in this world, and it can be said that everyone who lives in this world has experienced these bad weather to a greater or lesser extent.
Keane was no exception, he had encountered a huge storm at one time, imagine a storm the size of ten large islands sweeping in, and the human power was very weak and almost negligible under the power of this world.
The storm relied on the precise calculations of the navigators, and they passed the storm without incident, but the storm made such an impression on Keane that he dreamed of it almost every day when he slept for the rest of the day.
A world with less than 10 percent land area, and no large land area, makes the ocean create countless kinds of strange weather, and of course, it is inseparable from a mysterious force.
The magnetic force between the islands, because of this magnetic force, the possibility of the ocean becoming greater, and it is also the most likely to create all kinds of strange weather.
For example, a winter island and a hot island are not far apart, then the two islands are different from each other, under the action of high pressure and low pressure, violent storms will form on the sea surface, and mixed with water vapor, it is easy to have storms, and even typhoon whirlpools and so on.
Keane's current situation is even more serious than the storm, because of the different magnetic fields of the three islands in the annex, resulting in the formation of huge tornadoes in this area, and it will continue to spread, eventually forming a devil's zone composed of huge storms, and a huge water ball composed of wind and water will appear in the center of the three islands, and the people in the vicinity call this sea area the crystal ball area.
In this case, the navy on the warship seems to be very calm, whoever goes to sea will not encounter bad weather, and besides, the warship decided to take this route, it is expected that this situation will be expected, and the navigators on each warship are not fuel-efficient lamps.
A navigator can be said to be the brain of a ship, and no one dares to go to sea without a navigator, and even if he goes to sea, he will not let the island out of his sight.
It was raining heavily, and Keane stood on the deck in his raincoats, when even the highest-ranking general on the warship could only stand under one person, and this person was considered a navigator on the warship.
This navigator was a very experienced veteran, who replaced the highest-ranking rear admiral and became the commander-in-chief of the warship, and everyone on the warship had to obey his orders unconditionally during the storm.
Gabriel is the name of this navigator, his military rank is lieutenant colonel, the same rank as Sora, the grade is already in his fifties, he looks like he is thirty or forty years old, he usually stays in the cabin, and occasionally walks around the deck to see the changes in the sky.
Gabriel was not the first time he had taken this path, and he spoke: "Everyone is ready, put the sails away, the wind is too strong here, but the current is steady, we must move with the help of the driving oars, now put the sails away, and the others arrange the lines on the deck, whoever has the strength to take the helm, the phone bug is with me, I will command the helmsman at all times, and the lookout will arrange for a person with a better eye to go and report the changes in the stormy sea at any time." ”
"Let me go at the helmsman's position." Sora stepped forward, took a phone bug, and walked towards the rudder.
Keane took a step forward and said, "I'm a sniper, I don't have problems with my eyesight, I'll go to the lookout." ”
"Hmm!" Gabriel handed him a phone bug in his hand.
Keane climbed up the rope to the lookout, and he could see from a great distance with his eyes without the help of his glasses.
"The lookout reports the situation at the center of the storm." The navigator said to Keane via the phone bug.
"For the time being, there are four small waterspouts that have formed, and the fifth is gradually forming, and it is very fast." Keane said quickly.
"Okay, keep watching, and if the number of tornadoes exceeds ten, you can notify me again." Gabriel said.
Keane looked at the scene in the distance and couldn't help but sweat, if he chose at this moment, he would set sail without hesitation, and use the wind here to quickly cross this sea.
However, he is not a navigator and does not understand the real sea, rashly Yang Fan In this kind of weather, it is possible that the ship will go deeper under the drive of the sail.
After all, this sea area is the legendary crystal ball sea area, and there is a local name for this kind of weather, called it a chaotic wind area, thinking that the wind in this area is chaotic, one second is the east wind, the next second may be the west wind, and then it will suddenly change, people are caught off guard, and before you know it, it may be the center of the storm, when a huge crystal ball is formed, there will be a huge island-sized water ball on the entire sea surface, and everything in it will be torn apart by the storm and the sea.
Keane's goal now is to get out of here quickly, preferably finding an island to escape from the storm, but that would delay their journey, so Gabriel finally decided to cross the storm and move on.
"Prepare sailors, if we want to get out of this sea quickly, we need to take advantage of the wind here, you keep the sails, don't put them away." Gabriel quickly commanded the navy from the deck.
Anyone who sails on the seas knows that if they do not cooperate with the navigators with all their strength at this moment, there is a possibility that they will die at the bottom of the sea.
The storm continued, and a large amount of water carried by black tornadoes could be seen circling in the air, and it formed one at a speed of three minutes, and soon the number reached ten, if there were more than twenty waterspouts, then the crystal ball would not be far away.
Ten tornadoes raged on the surface of the water, causing the air in the vicinity to become chaotic, not from the power of the seabed, but from the influence of the wind, under the action of such a violent tornado, the current of the sea surface was constantly sucked into the sky, and even Keane saw a sea king being taken to the sky, and then cut into minced flesh inside the storm.
The wind combined with the power of the water made the wind like a knife, and this sea area had become a sea area of countless blades, and Keane could feel the wind cutting his face, and the sea water seemed to hurt when it hit his body.
On the deck, Gabriel himself went into battle, with a thick rope tied around his waist, and at the other end of this rope was a small spinnaker, which usually had no purpose and would not be hung on the sail, but now it was different, and this sail would play a role in determining their life and death.
Gabriel kept walking around, adjusting the angle of the sails, and when the wind was downwind he spread the sails so that the ship could move quickly, and when the wind was upwind he let the sails flutter like a flag in the wind, and in the constant adjustment, the ships began to move forward continuously, and they were about to enter the vicinity of a waterspout, and the real danger was coming.