Chapter 53: Arrival in Chizhou
Fleeing back to where the ship was, the teenagers quickly started a fire, believing that the people of the sea were as afraid of the light and heat of the fire as the beasts.
Wang Fan and the three divers changed into dry clothes they had brought with them and hung their soaked clothes on the fire to dry.
The three divers recounted to Wang Fan and Yama Zhen'er the experience of being caught by the undersea people. It turned out that they were looking for ice and fire along the shore of the island and found a water hole with a bright light in the hole, indicating that the other end of the water hole was connected to the water. So they dived into the cave and were captured by a surprise attack by at least six undersea people.
Ama grilled the fish again, and several hungry creatures couldn't wait to eat it, and Ah Hu guarded them in case the seamen climbed ashore to sneak up on them.
"Hey, I'm really unlucky today, I've found a bunch of hateful fish-people who didn't find it." Kapok said vaguely while biting into the grilled fish in her mouth.
"This encounter with the undersea people shows that we landers will have to fight a big battle with the seapeople sooner or later, so we must find my grandfather's spaceship and space pass this time, and then we can go to Russ Star to find the old man's family to help us fight against the underseamen." Kamibayashi said.
"Cousin, I'm worried that there won't be enough ice and fire on the gondola." Yama said.
Shanglin said: "If tomorrow is a sunny day, Ah Hu can push at the stern of the ship, we can reach Qizhou in one day, as long as a full tank of ice and fire stones is enough, although we are now deviating from the route marked by the old historian, but the distance is not too far, as long as we fly in a straight line to the west, we can reach the continent of Qizhou in the shortest time." ”
Ah Hu said: "As long as there is sunlight, even if all the ice and fire stones are consumed during the flight, we will have a way to reach Qizhou." We can use the anti-gravitational pull of this ship instead of the buoyancy of the hot air balloon, and I can propel the boat forward. If the anti-gravity system loses its effectiveness, we can only turn to the sheriff for support. ”
Ah Hu's words reassured his companions.
Luckily, the night was uneventful, and it was clear that the people of the sea were not yet capable of competing with the people on land.
Unfortunately, the sky was still sad after dawn, and the gondola could only be dragged by a hot air balloon and carried with the wind. Shanglin found the air flow blowing westward at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, and although the speed of the gondola was not fast enough, the direction of flight was Qizhou.
The cloudy dusk came early, and before it got dark, Ah Hu first observed the islands in the sky, and the parched and hungry people on the ship cheered.
"Those islands are the archipelago outside the mainland of Qizhou recorded by the old historian in the "Navigation Logbook", also known as the Thousand Islands Sea of Qizhou." Kamibayashi said.
Hot air balloons fly over the archipelago, and the forest selects an island with colorful fruit groves and a series of white sand beaches around it.
Before the ship landed, Kabayashi warned his companions: "Be careful when eating fruit later, and see if there are any signs of animals eating the fallen fruit under the fruit tree, and if so, it means that the fruit on the tree can be eaten." Otherwise, it's best not to eat it to avoid poisoning. ”
Kapok Zi couldn't wait to pick up his bow and arrow and said, "Hey, Shanglin, since there are animals, tonight we can finally taste the delicacies of the mountains and games of Qizhou mentioned in the storybook!" ”
The hot air balloon landed slowly with the gondola, and Xinyan was the first to fly out of the gondola. When the hot air balloon landed on the ground, the four creatures rushed to the dense fruit grove on the island with bows, arrows and swords, leaving Ah Hu and Zhen'er to guard the camp.
As night fell, a pile of firewood burned on the beach, an unknown small beast roasted on the fire, and a few people who had eaten enough fruit sat contentedly on the ground waiting to eat the game.
Suddenly, Xinyan flew back and hovered above her master's head, "Ahhhhh "Keep calling. Everyone hurriedly stood up and looked into the distance, only to see a raft rowing towards this side on the vast sea, and the people on board were holding torches.
The teenagers immediately stood up, held their swords in their hands and went into a state of alert, and Kapok opened his voice and shouted: "Hi! Who are you! ”
Someone on the ship shouted viciously: "We are messengers sent by the sea god!" The god of the sea has commanded you to hand over your flying treasures to us, or else we will take your lives! ”
"It's a pirate from Chizhou! Get ready for battle! Kabayashi said.
"Ah Hu, I'll scare them first, and if they come again, you can put a few fires on them." After Kapok finished speaking, she shouted loudly: "Hi! We are the messengers sent by the King of Heaven, and if you go any further, we will use the divine fire to burn you all with your men and boats! ”
Kapok's words were so powerful that the people on the raft immediately stopped rowing forward, and they began to argue.
After a while, someone on the boat shouted: "We don't believe that you are the messengers of the Heavenly King, we have never heard of a messenger of the Heavenly King coming to Qizhou!" ”
Ah Hu stretched out a finger and fired a light bullet at the raft, a dazzling fire flashed in the night, and someone on the boat let out "Ouch! Shouting.
"Divine fire! What a messenger of the king! The people on board exclaimed.
"Hey! Do you want to have a few more Divine Flames to play? Kapok gloated and shouted.
"Don't! No! The King's Messenger spares his life! Ask the Heavenly King's envoy to take us back to Chizhou. The people on the raft shouted.
"Aren't you messengers of the sea god?" Kapok shouted, her tone full of sarcasm.
The people on the raft shouted, "Messenger of the King of Heaven, forgive!" We are fishermen from the valley country, 20 years ago we went out to sea to fish and met the fishmen, we had a total of 11 fishing boats in that fish farm, the fishmen took the night we were unprepared to sink our boat first, and then they caught our people, more than 100 people, only a dozen of us fled to the island, we had no boats and were afraid of encountering the fishmen, so we have not been able to return home for 20 years. If the Celestial King's Envoy can take us home, we are willing to give him the greatest and most beautiful pearl that we have collected here in the past twenty years. ”
The people on the beach understood, and it turned out that these people were also victims of people at the bottom of the sea.
Shanglin shouted: "Our spaceship can't carry more people, you wait here, and when we see you Guhe King, we will find a way to take you home!" ”
"Thank you, Messenger of the Heavenly King! We live on the island opposite you and wait. ”
The raft turned its head and rowed away.
The teenagers returned to the fire and sat down.
"These damn fish-men are everywhere catching us land-people to inoculate them!" Kapok scolded indignantly.
"Ah Hu, why is the range of activities of the undersea people so large?" Wang Fan asked.
Ah Hu replied: "I checked the geography of this Weiner star before leaving the spaceship, eighty percent of the surface of this planet is covered by the ocean, and the oceans are interconnected, the land is separated by the ocean into five large parts, except for the south pole and the north pole of this planet, there are only three continents, so the underwater world of this planet is much larger than the land world. ”
"My grandfather said in the book that the three continents are the smallest, the Xizhou continent is the largest, and our prairie can only rank second. Moreover, Qizhou is only separated from Xizhou by a very narrow strait, so it only takes a short time to take a boat from Qizhou to Xizhou. Back then, my grandfather's fleet went to the coast of Xizhou to investigate, because there were many adults in Xizhou, and the people there were hostile to our grassland reds, so my grandfather and they did not enter the land of Xizhou. Kabayashi said.
The next day was still cloudy, and although visibility was low, Uebayashi and Kapok still went into the water early in the morning to look for ice and fire around the island, but they returned empty-handed. The boys put all the remaining ice and flint stones in the cabin into the vaporization tank, and only half of the tank was there.
Shang Lin looked at the clouds drifting with the wind in the sky and said: "Today's wind direction and wind speed are not a big problem, but without the power of Ah Hu, half a tank of ice and fire stone is only enough to fly for half a day, we had better wait until noon to see if the weather will be clear." If there is still no sunlight at noon, we still set off, I started the power system Bo Yibo from the beginning, even if the power system energy is exhausted halfway, we will not be too far from the Qizhou continent. ”
By noon, it was bright but still sunny, and the boys set off as planned.
The hot air balloon slowly lifted into the air with the gondola, and Kabayashi found a satisfactory south-westerly wind at an altitude of about 500 meters, and then activated the power system.
The spaceship flew towards the continent of Chizhou under the power of the wind and the spinning of the flywheel, and the oncoming wind made the people on the gondola feel a chill, and they had to put on a cowhide underwear prepared in their travel bags under their windbreakers.
After about three hours of flight, the ship's power system ran out of energy, and the two flywheels on the gondola stopped running at the same time.
To the excitement of the teenagers, shortly thereafter, Ah Hu observed the appearance of land in the foggy sky. Moreover, Kabayashi thinks that the ice and fire stones in the gasification tank can support enough to allow the hot air balloon to float with the gondola into the mountains ahead.
Finally, the people on the ship clearly saw the rolling mountains that appeared in the distant sky, and the land of Qizhou was close in front of them.
Looking at the mountains that were connected with the dark clouds in the sky, the teenagers let out an exclamation. Even Wang Fan, who was accustomed to seeing high mountains, was dazzled at this time, because the mountains here had a more peculiar appearance than the mountains in his hometown, and the colors and shapes of the trees on the mountains were very different.
Several people stared blankly at the mountain, until Ah Hu reminded him that the hot air balloon would hit the mountain if it flew too low, and the people watching the mountain scene suddenly woke up.
Shanglin shouted: "Kapok, open all the valve valves and raise the hot air balloon, there are not many ice and fire stones, we will fly directly to those high mountains!" We could spend the night in the mountains and go back tomorrow to Princess City. ”
Zhen'er said happily, "Hey, there must be a shapeshifter mage on those high mountains, and I will soon turn back into a human!" ”
Kapok Zi smiled: "Zhen'er, you have to help us do more work after you become a human again, we are all tired all the way, but you haven't done anything." ”
Zhen'er said happily: "Yes! If I were to become a human being, I would do anything, and I would shoot arrows better than you! ”
When Kapok Zi heard this, the smile on her face disappeared, and she said angrily: "Hey, Zhen'er, don't get carried away first." When you turn back into a human, I will compete with you in archery, and if I win you, you will call me Brother Kapok three times in a row. ”
Zhen'er immediately responded and said loudly, "Good! Kapok, if you lose, you have to call me three times Sister Zhen'er!"
The crowd laughed. Xinyan, who had been asleep, was awakened by laughter, and it opened its eyes.
In the blink of an eye, the twilight is four. Luckily, the wind slowed down and the balloon flew over the sea and slowly flew over the top of the mountains.
Shanglin said: "Ah Hu, your eyesight is good, help me find a suitable place to land." ”
Zhen'er immediately said, "Ah Hu, find a mountain where the mage lives!" If people are too small to see clearly, look for houses on the top of the hill. ”
Kapok Zi said: "Hey, Zhen'er, you are mistaken, the mages of Qizhou live in caves and not houses. ”
Zhen'er suddenly realized, and hurriedly said loudly: "Ah Hu, you want to find a cave!" ”
Ah Hu said solemnly: "Zhen'er, my eyes can't see through the underground cave, I can only observe the objects above the surface. ”
It turned out that Ah Hu was not omnipotent, and Zhen'er felt very sorry for this, and she lowered her head and said nothing.
Wang Fan turned around and comforted: "Zhen'er, don't worry, don't look for the cave, after landing, we just need to shout loudly, and the mage who lives in the cave will come out of the cave to see us when he hears it." ”
Ama praised sincerely: "Wang Fan not only climbs the mountain quickly, but also spins his brain quickly!" ”
Since Wang Fan took her up the lonely mountain, Yama's feelings for Wang Fan have become closer.
Jane was elated again.
Flying over a few mountains, Ah Hu exclaimed, "I observed a building that looks like a house!" Shanglin, I'll control the direction of flight, you control the flight altitude, ready to land! ”
Ah Hu said as he walked to the stern of the boat and lay on the deck, using the air flow from his feet to adjust the direction, and then gave the command to land to Shang Lin.
The hot air balloon slowly landed in a large valley, and Xinyan soared into the sky and circled in the air.