Chapter 10 The Journey at Sea
Over the next few days, everyone was preparing for a trip to the western land. Long Fei patrolled around to make sure everyone was well prepared and didn't miss anything. As the so-called wise man thinks a thousand times, he will make a mistake. A fool thinks a thousand times, and he will get one. On this trip to the west, everyone pinned their hopes on him, and he didn't want to disappoint everyone.
Bonfires were set up on the beach, pots were boiled, and an inclined metal plate was placed on top of the pot. In this way, when the seawater boils and turns into water vapor, it is cooled on the metal plate, and it flows along the metal plate to the lower side, where it is connected with a container to obtain distilled water. With fresh water, the urgent need is solved.
Long Fei walked to the beach again, and at this time Feng Wu was coming up from the sea, today her hair was scattered, and the spear she held was full of fish, like a beautiful version of the sea god Poseidon. Ruyue cleans the fish on the shore and hangs them on a rack to dry. He greeted Feng Wu and the others, and then continued walking.
When you come to the end of the beach, the mountain and the sea are directly connected in front of you, and there is no road. Long Fei stood in front of a rock, and after a while, the rock opened from top to bottom, and it turned out to be a hidden door. Once inside, there was a small harbor with three small transport ships parked side by side. More than a dozen robot guards are carrying boxes to the ship, and Dr. Wang is holding a microcomputer to check the supplies loaded on the ship.
Long Fei paced over, and Dr. Wang said to him happily, "The boat has been repaired, everything is almost loaded, and there is enough water and food for us to use for a week." If you go to the western land, if nothing else, you can arrive in two or three days. ”
Long Fei nodded and said, "Prepare more food and water, be prepared." You have lived at sea for a long time, what dangers do you encounter at sea? ”
Dr. Wang thought for a while and analyzed: "There are generally three kinds, one is the weather, the weather at sea is unpredictable, what storms, tornadoes, huge waves, whirlpools, etc. The second is submarine obstacles, reefs, shipwrecks and the like. The third is marine life, sharks and other marine creatures like to collide with boats. ”
Long Fei analyzed: "In bad weather, we try to stay away from the center of the storm. Submarine reefs are generally off the coast, and we try to choose a safe landing site. As for the sharks, you need to prepare some minced fresh fish meat as bait. ”
After listening to this, Dr. Wang smiled and said, "It's still Long Fei's thoughtfulness, leave the bait matter to me." ”
Long Fei said embarrassedly: "I'll do the bait." Feng Wu is fishing, and I'm getting ready to go over now. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Dr. Wang's expression, smiled a little embarrassedly, and turned to leave the port.
The next morning, everyone was ready, and everyone sat in three transport ships. Long Fei looked far away, the sun was shining, and there were no clouds, which was a good weather for going to sea. He entered the cabin and sat on the first ship with Feng Wu, Ruyue, and Dr. Wang, and a dozen robot guards sitting in the back.
Long Fei sat in the driver's seat and said to the intercom: "Let's go!" Then the engine was turned on, and the ship slowly sailed out of the harbor. After the three ships left the port, they slowly accelerated and headed due west in the shape of "Pin". He increased the speed of the ship all the way to 70 knots, and he couldn't lift it. So he asked Dr. Wang curiously: "I think this ship is quite advanced, why is it so slow?" The maximum speed is only 70 knots. ”
Dr. Wang said angrily: "You think this is a speedboat, this is a transport ship, which is used to transport supplies." ”
Softening his tone, he continued, "Don't underestimate this transport, it's a high-tech product of Floating City. Floating City has not only inherited the science and technology on land a hundred years ago, but in the past 100 years, science and technology have advanced by leaps and bounds. Let's just say that this small transport ship, which has a load of up to 1,000 tons, has dual power engines for electric energy and mixed fuel. At present, when driving at sea, electric energy is the mainstay, and even if the power is out, you can quickly charge it and continue driving by opening the solar panels. There is also a ground effect flight mode, which uses mixed fuel as the main energy source, can reach a speed of up to 300 knots, is suspended in the air at a height of 10 meters, resists huge waves below 10 meters, and can also fly close to the sea, the ground, beaches, and swamps. ”
Long Fei's heart itched after hearing this, and he continued to the intercom: "You all heard Dr. Wang's words, right? Now all boats are put into ground effect flight mode. With that, he took the lead in switching the ship to "ground effect flight mode". Then, on the glass around the ship, the alloy plate was slowly lowered, and the wings extended from both sides of the boat. A strong air current appeared directly below, slowly pushing the boat out of the water and suspending it in mid-air. Then the propulsion engine behind accelerated, and with a "whoosh", the ship flew forward like an arrow from the string.
Ships 2 and 3 were left far behind. The vision sensors installed around the ship convert the surrounding situation into holograms and display them around Long Fei, which is clearer than what he can see with his own eyes.
Suddenly, there was a system alarm: "An unknown object is about to be attacked below!" Long Fei carefully checked the hologram and saw a column of water rushing from the bottom to the top. He quickly operated the steering wheel, and the boat turned to one side, dodging the water column. When I looked at the scene under the boat, I saw a huge thing in the sea, and the water column just now was sprayed out by it, and it turned out to be a whale.
Long Fei played for more than an hour, and finally enjoyed it, and then switched the boat back to normal mode, and the No. 2 and No. 3 boats behind him also followed. Dr. Wang seized the opportunity to reassure: "We don't have a lot of fuel mixture, and we should try to use this 'ground effect flight mode' as little as possible. ”
An ironclad voice came from the intercom: "Haha, it's so enjoyable!" ”
Then came Athena's voice: "If you drive at this speed, you will reach land in less than half a day." ”
Long Fei said to the intercom: "Check the fuel situation!" No. 1 also has 80% mixed fuel! 90% battery! ”
"No. 2 also has 81% mixed fuel! 88% battery! "No. 3 also has 79% mixed fuel! 92% battery! ”
"Okay! Start now, keep 70 knots and sail due west! ”
"Yes!" "Yes!"
On the first day, everything went smoothly, with occasional light winds and waves, which did not affect the voyage much.
Until noon the next day, Long Fei reduced the speed of the boat to 30 knots, and then set up the autopilot, and then reclined on the driver's seat to rest. It is said that "spring sleepy, autumn is lacking, summer is sleepy, winter and March are not awake", and as soon as I finished lunch, my eyes began to fight. The nerves have been tense for the past two days, and now the wind is calm, a rare time to relax. Soon, he was napping.
"Boom! Boom! The sound came from the bottom of the boat, and Long Fei woke up with a grumbling.
"Report 2, it looks like something is hitting the ship." "Report 3, there are schools of sharks."
Hearing this, Long Fei was completely awake and said to the intercom: "This is No. 1, everyone put the bait into the water, and then speed up to sail out of this sea area." With that, he brought out a large vat from the stern of the boat, which contained minced fish flesh and was dripping with blood. I opened the hatch and sprinkled it vigorously, and the fish stained the sea red. After a while, I saw several sharks pop up and start eating the fish.
"Poof!" A sound came from the intercom, and Long Fei hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”
"Hahaha!" Iron Armor's wild laughter came from the intercom, and then he said while laughing: "Wu Yong went to pour the bait, but the bait didn't spill out, and he threw himself into the sea." Hahaha! It's really useless! ”
Long Fei was anxious after hearing this: "What are you laughing at, you go and get him up!" Otherwise, after eating the bait, the shark will go to him! ”
"Do you think I don't want to? I can't pull him up with this armor, so pull me down and it's over! Tiejia said helplessly.
"Who is on the same ship with you? Let him go. Long Fei didn't wait for Tie Jia to finish speaking, interrupted him, and asked anxiously.
"And the Phantom! He's sailing! Iron Armor replied.
Long Fei was a little crazy, and originally wanted to say that he would let Tie Jia drive the ship. But if you think about it carefully, the iron armor is in the driver's seat, with short arms and legs, and it can't reach the world or the ground, and it can't drive a boat.
He shouted into the intercom, "No. 2, No. 3, you continue to sail west to see if you can lure the shark away." Then he turned back to Feng Wu and said, "Feng Wu, you come and sail." With that, he walked towards the hatch.
The boat slowly approached the place where Wu Yong fell into the water, and saw Wu Yong slowly swimming towards this side, for fear of alarming the sharks not far away. Long Fei held the hatch in his hand, suddenly felt something moving in his waist, lowered his head, and saw Ruyue tying the rope at the end of the hook gun to his waist. He looked at Ruyue curiously, and Ruyue explained: "Brother Long, after you catch Wu Yong, I will use this to pull you up!" ”
Long Fei nodded, seeing that the boat was only more than 10 meters away from Wu Yong, he took a deep breath and jumped into the sea. He swam towards Wu Yong quickly, and Wu Yong also sped up his swimming speed and swam towards him. The surrounding sharks noticed the movement, and several swam towards it.
"Brother Long, watch your back." Hearing Ruyue's voice, Long Fei looked back and saw that a shark had almost bitten his foot. He curled up with his right leg and kicked the shark in the nose so hard that the shark was in pain and turned and swam away.
There were still 2 meters left from Wu Yong, Wu Yong suddenly changed his swimming position to frog pose and shouted: "There is a shark behind me, I kicked it just now!" Help! Long Fei swam towards Wu Yong with all his might, and just as he was about to reach out and grab Wu Yong, Wu Yong actually stepped back and shouted, "My ass has been bitten!" ”
Long Fei's eyes were quick, he grabbed Wu Yong's hand, and shouted to the back: "Ruyue, pull the rope!" "The rope was pulled straight, but it didn't move for half a minute. Wu Yong twisted his ass, hoping to break free from the shark's mouth. He could see that Wu Yong was enduring severe pain, so he could only hold on to Wu Yong's hand and not relax.
"I can't hold it anymore!" There was a shout like a moon from behind. Long Fei turned her head to look behind her, and the hook spear in Ruyue's hand was slowly sliding out of her hand. Then the boat tilted towards Ruyue suddenly, and Ruyue almost fell into the sea, she quickly grabbed the side of the boat with her hand to stabilize her body. As soon as the strength on the hook spear was weak, it immediately flew out of Ruyue's hand.
Long Fei felt hopeless, is he going to die here today? At this moment, a figure rushed out of the hatch with a "whoosh", grabbed the hook gun in mid-air with both hands, and clamped the railing on the side of the ship tightly with both legs. She is Feng Wu, and Long Fei has hope in his heart again, accompanied by a little throbbing.
"Dr. Wang, you're too heavy, go over there and keep your balance." Ruyue shouted. It turned out that Dr. Wang wanted to help Ruyue just now, but because he was too fat, he made the boat crooked. Dr. Wang hurried back to the other side of the boat, and Ruyue reached out to hug Feng Wu's waist tightly to prevent her from falling into the sea.
Wu Yong's eyes were full of pain, he twisted his ass desperately, and with a "stab" sound, a large piece of his sturdy combat uniform was torn apart, with a small piece of flesh and blood. "Sizzle-" The rope quickly retracted, and at the same time, Long Fei and Wu Yong also quickly moved in the direction of the ship. At this time, he was not idle, and several sharks around him were biting at them. He kicked the nose of the shark that rushed towards him, and he kicked several sharks in the way away.
After they approached the boat, Long Fei handed Wu Yong's hand to Feng Wu, grabbed the side of the boat with both hands, pulled hard, and jumped onto the deck.
At this time, the cold sweat he was holding back immediately flowed down, and he only felt that his legs were weak, and he was trembling all over, which was difficult to suppress. This is a normal reaction to the sudden relaxation of overly tense nerves after escaping death.
From the time he jumped into the water to the time he got on the boat again, although it was only a dozen seconds, he felt as if it was dozens of minutes. That feeling of life and death was as if his soul had been sucked away!
"Wow-" The loud cry next to him woke Long Fei up from his lost soul, and when he turned his head to look, Feng Wu was standing aside, Wu Yong was sitting on the ground and crying, Ruyue pouted at him and said, "You are too useless!" What does a big man look like when he cries! Look how powerful Brother Long is, he jumped down to save you, and he can still keep his face and heart beating! After saying that, he smiled and looked this way. The corners of Long Fei's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself: "It's not that my face doesn't change, my face is scared white, but you can't see it." I'm so scared that my heart is about to jump out, this, you still can't see this. ”
After settling down, Long Fei walked over and said in a calm tone: "Feng Wu, you still drive the boat." Ruyue, you help me bring the medical kit. Wu Yong, let's go to the cabin first, and I'll help you take care of your wounds. ”
After speaking, he put Wu Yong's shoulders on his shoulders and helped him into the cabin. Let Wu Yong lie down, Long Fei began to help Wu Yong check the wound. Just as he looked at the wound, he was surprised to find that there was something white on Wu Yong's wound.
"Brother Long!" Long Fei heard Ruyue's voice and turned to look, only to see Ruyue covering her eyes with one hand, her face flushed with shame, and holding the medical kit with the other. He took the medical kit, took out the tweezers, and carefully clipped the white object out. If you look closely, it's a flat thing that resembles a triangle, it's hard, and the triangle has tiny serrations on both sides.
"It's a shark's tooth, and it looks like it fell out when it was torn." Dr. Wang explained.
Long Fei's mind turned, and he said to Wu Yong, who was still choking: "I remember that in ancient tribes, warriors who could defeat wolves would put wolf teeth through holes, tie ropes, and hang them around their necks, called wolf tooth warriors. Wu Yong, you are too powerful, you are our first warrior here, and you are also a shark tooth warrior, this is much more powerful than that wolf tooth warrior! ”
Wu Yong burst into tears and smiled, and asked happily, "Brother Long, is what you said true?" Long Fei affirmed: "Of course it's true, I'll pierce this shark tooth in a while, tie it with a rope, and hang it around my neck." If anyone looks down on you again in the future, you can show him, this is your own spoils. ”
"Humph! Haven't heard who got the booty with the ass. Ruyue said disdainfully. Long Fei turned to look and found that Feng Wu and Dr. Wang were also flushed, holding back a smile and not saying a word.
"It's tactics, you don't understand!" Long Fei blushed and said roundly, but fortunately, Wu Yong had been lying on his stomach and couldn't see it. He then took out the disinfectant in the medical kit and continued to help Wu Yong treat his wounds. Seeing the blur of flesh and blood on Wu Yong's buttocks, after cleaning the blood stains on the wound, shocking tooth marks were revealed. He also expressed his appreciation for Wu Yong's strength, although he was the most inconspicuous among everyone, but his strong heart was unmatched.
Long Fei finished treating the wound and let Wu Yong sleep. The three boats continued westward and reached the coast in the middle of the night. The group spent the night on the ship, preparing to land the next morning.