Chapter 335: Destination!?
Sailing by boat is not a fun thing, perhaps at the beginning, some people will be interested in the mysterious and vast sea, and will be interested in the fish species that have never been seen before, such as dolphins or sharks or whales, which appear under the boat from time to time, but when you have been facing the endless sea for ten days, twenty days, a month or more, that interest will definitely wear off over time, and eventually a disgust may arise.
Time passed, and the Adventure had been at sea for more than a month, sailing from the Atlantic, through the Strait of Gibraltar, then into the Mediterranean, through Israel into the Red Sea, then through the Gulf of Aden, then into the Arabian Sea, out of the Arabian Sea, into the Indian Ocean, and finally in the direction of the Malaysian island of Sumatra.
"Mr. Ye, the ship has entered the area you painted, but it still hasn't seen where the island you said is." Horn and Ye Xuan stood in front of the captain's command room, looking at the boundless sea, Horn said to Ye Xuan with some irritation.
"Didn't find an island?" Ye Xuan frowned, looked at the endless sea in front of him, tapped his fingers lightly on the fence, and said to Horn soothingly: "Since Skull Island has not been discovered so far, it means that its hidden location must be very good, and it may even be in an extremely special sea area." Don't worry, Captain Horn, I won't let you run for nothing. Well, I'll give you another five thousand dollars, and you let the Adventure continue to walk the sea for a few more days. ”
Fingers tapped lightly on the fence, thinking back to the plot of the original movie, what went wrong, how could I not find it, could it be that damn plot inertia again?
"It's not a matter of money, Mr. Ye, the ship has been sailing for many days, and there are not many supplies left on the ship, and there is also how much coal is left on the ship. There is no land for thousands of miles around here, and we must go to the nearest land to resupply them, otherwise there will be no power and the ship will float here forever. Horn looked at Ye Xuan and said seriously.
Land supplies!
Hearing Horn's words, Ye Xuan's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and the plot of the original movie appeared in his mind, in the original movie, when he was about to reach the location on the map, Carl's arrest warrant was passed to Horn's hand, and Horn was in order to protect himself. The Adventure turned to Yangon, Burma, and finally stumbled into the range of Skull Island.
"How many days will the ship be able to go on current fuel?" Ye Xuan's eyes flashed, and he looked at Horn and asked.
"I can probably walk for about ten days, but to calculate the risk, I can't risk so many people with you." Horn thought for a moment and replied.
"And how long does it take to get to Yangon?" Ye Xuan asked again.
Facing Ye Xuan's sudden question, Horn was stunned for a moment, and calculated it in his mind. looked at Ye Xuan with a slight suspicion, "About four or five days." ”
"Alright, Captain Horn will let the ship turn to Rangoon." Ye Xuan patted the fence and looked at Horn.
"Yangon? Why not go to Malaysia. It's only three days from here. Horn looked at Ye Xuan puzzled.
"I need to go there for something." Ye Xuan smiled slightly, then took out a stack of dollars from his arms and handed it to Horn, saying, "This matter will trouble you, Captain Horn!" ”
looked at the stack of at least four or five thousand dollars handed over by Ye Xuan. Horn thought for a moment, reached out and took it, not asking more. He nodded directly and said, "Okay!" ”
"Hess, change course and set course to Yangon!" When the lives of the ship's crew are not endangered, Horn is willing to do things according to the customer's requirements, especially a very bold customer like Ye Xuan, who receives the money in his pocket, and Horn shouts directly to Hess, who is controlling the rudder of the Adventure.
"Yes, Captain!" Hess glanced at Horn, and after a few words, he finally obeyed the order and slammed the rudder, and the Adventure began to turn slowly.
The crew below, though a little curious about the ship's sudden turn, only obeyed Horn's orders, went out to the deck to take a look, and then went back to their jobs.
The sun hanging in the sky gradually set, the sky gradually darkened, and the Adventure was like a lone fox walker sailing quietly in this boundless sea.
Under the cover of the night, no one saw it, and a faint fog gradually rose from the place where the Adventure was traveling.
The mist was ethereal, as if it had enveloped the Adventure, and if there was a ship behind the Adventure in the distance, it would have been as if the Adventure had suddenly disappeared.
"Captain Horn, come and see!" Hess, who was at the helm, watched the needle on the rudder, which had not moved, suddenly turn wildly, and shouted to Horn, who was studying the charts in the cabin behind him, with a solemn face.
Hearing the shout of the first mate Hess, Horn hurriedly walked out of it, and when he saw the compass spinning wildly, his eyes stared, and he glanced at the slightest fog outside, "When did these fogs start?" ”
"Ten minutes ago!" Hess also looked out with a solemn face, it was normal for the night fog to be on the sea, but now even the compass is wrong, I'm afraid it's not simple.
"Check our location, with the stars!" Horn took the rudder and ordered.
After receiving Horn's order, Hess immediately entered the cabin and took out his instruments and ran out of the command room, but when he looked up, the air outside was full of fog, covering the sky, and he couldn't even see a star, "There are no stars in the sky, captain!" ”
The fog on the sea gradually thickened, and the crew who had stayed in the cabin gradually felt that something was wrong, and they walked out of the cabin one after another, looking at the sea full of fog.
"Guard the lookout ahead and tell me the depth of the sounding cord!" In the captain's room, Horn calmly ordered while watching the movement of the sea.
"Yes, Captain!" An old crew member answered, walked out of the captain's room, got the sounding line and began to probe the depths of the seabed.
"Slow down, sail at low speed!" Horn commanded Hess beside him as he took the helm.
Hess hurriedly walked out, adjusted the engine to a low-speed state, and said to Horn in a solemn tone: "Captain, you should stop the ship." ”
"Turn the rudder 15 degrees to the left!" Horn glanced at Hess, while beating the rudder, while looking at the dense fog outside, a strange smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Hess, it seems that we are likely to find Mr. Ye's destination." ”
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