At the beginning, there were rough seas and torrential rain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even if the Aether engine was running at full strength, it would still only be able to move at a speed of twenty knots.

All but the necessary crew members were herded into the cabins and waited for the storm to pass. Later, at some point, the storm gradually dissipated.

After surviving the stormy waves, they had passed through the thick fog and stepped into the depths of the Lightless Sea.

Even if it's late at night, there are no stars.

There was a dead silence and calm on the ocean, and even the waves disappeared. The clammy wind blew from afar and blew into the bone marrow, making it unbearable cold.

Here, it is as if the sound of breathing is diluted and imperceptible.

In the darkness, only a lonely light shone brightly, illuminating the course ahead.

On the deck, Ye Qingxuan sat on a wet chair, looking at the silent sea under the searchlight, silently thinking about something.

I don't know how long it took, Igor, who was at the end of his shift, handed over the rudder to the first mate, walked up to the deck with his treasured wine, and sat next to Ye Qingxuan.

"Mr. Ye, aren't you going to sleep?"

"Can't sleep. ”

Ye Qingxuan shook his head, "The cabin is too thin, and the snoring sound next door has come over." Captain Igor, your ship is so improvised. ”

Igor was helpless: "Don't be strong, Mr. Ye, this is just a fast ship, not the sea fortress of Asgard."

It had just been launched, and it didn't even have a name. In order to accommodate your more than 300 people, I even demolished my own captain's lounge, so you should be magnanimous and don't dislike the sound of snoring. ”

As he spoke, he shook his spirits:

"Come?"

"Okay. ”

The wine ripples in the glass.

Ye Qingxuan held the wine glass and looked at the sea: "When I was outside, I thought that there would be stormy waves everywhere, but I didn't expect it to be so quiet." ”

"yes. ”

Igor sighed, "It's like sailing in the River Styx." ”

"It's actually different. ”

Ye Qingxuan thought for a while and shook his head: "I've seen the River Styx, it's not as big as here." ”

"Haha, Mr. Ye is really humorous. ”

Igor was amused and did not believe his words.

Ye Qingxuan didn't care, just listened intently and asked:

"You turned off the main engine? I can't hear the first wheel. At this speed, you can't get to Alderney tomorrow, right?"

"It didn't matter, we were lucky enough to hitchhike. ”

Igor shook his head nonchalantly and pointed to the sea below.

After reading the line for a while, Ye Qingxuan suddenly said:

"Ocean currents?"

"That's right. Igor bowed.

When sailing at sea, the necessary skill is to be familiar with the pathways of ocean currents.

"Every winter and summer, this current takes shape from the East Tianzhu and carries a large number of itinerant spawning fish all the way through the Asgard Strait, through the Anglo and the Caucasus, and finally to the East.

Its name is 'Igni', which means 'daughter of the sea' in the Highlands. ”

"I see. ”

"The expected time of arrival was tomorrow, but with her, it should be there in about four hours, right?"

"However, I had heard of Alderney's place, and very few people wanted to go there," Igor said.

It was just a desert island, no city, nothing but a few trees. Not close to major shipping routes, not even a transit hub.

Mr. Ye, aren't you in a hurry to save Anglo, what are you doing in that place?"

"Try your luck. ”

Ye Qingxuan replied calmly: "That is the fief of a friend of mine, if he didn't lie to me, I should be able to find a way to save this country there." ”

“......”

Igor listened and couldn't help but shrug his shoulders:

"Then good luck. ”

To be honest, he wished that Ye Qingxuan would be outside every day and not go deep into the core. He saved all his life, owed a butt of loan sharks, and walked through many connections before he got a new ship from the Holy City shipyard.

Now the world has changed, and there are almost no ships out to sea.

He also pointed to relying on it to make a lot of money in the market.

Although Ye Qingxuan's commission paid him was enough for him to repay the loan shark, and even make a large extra profit. But no one is afraid of money, is there?

Therefore, the more stable the better, it is best for everyone to go around twice and go home, what should you do.

Of course, thinking about it with your ass knows it's impossible.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.

It's a tough world. After whitewashing and landing, he still has to do this kind of work that makes money with his life, what is the difference between this and working as a pirate in the Phantom Islands before?

He shook his head, drank the wine, stopped thinking about it, and chatted with Ye Qingxuan without a match.

"Mr. Ye, you rarely go to sea, do you?"

"Well, although I grew up in Anglo, I didn't have many opportunities to take a boat. ”

Ye Qingxuan took a sip of the liquor and said lightly: "When I first came to Avalon, I was also on such a ship, but that ship was already very old and crowded.

One hundred pounds, only a bed in the bottom compartment, and ten days of room and board, and a shared toilet, there was no way to shower. For ten days, I almost went crazy. ”

"Mostly like that. ”

Igor shrugged, "When I was young, I dreamed of a wrecked ship that belonged to me, and I drove it, took my woman, and went wherever I wanted.

It's a pity that now that the ship is there, the woman has not yet landed. If you know it, you can find a few on the boat, so that it will be at least a little more lively. ”

"Speaking of which, I do remember. ”

Ye Qingxuan smiled, "On the boat I was on before, there are special services. ”

"Oh?"

Igor's eyes lit up: "How special?"

"Thirty pounds. ”

Ye Qingxuan raised three fingers: "For thirty pounds, you can visit the captain's sheepfold for half an hour...... I didn't quite understand it at the time, but when I heard the sound of sheep in the room, I thought everyone was a caring person.

Later, I heard that a man thought that thirty pounds was too expensive, and when he went in, he quietly shaved the sheep's hair. Then the captain got angry, and there were no more sheep. ”

When Igor heard this, he couldn't help but pat his thigh: "Oops, it's a pity." ”

Ye Qingxuan was silent for a moment, and smiled strangely, "However, the sailor told us that although there are no sheep, you can still go to the captain......"

"Hahahaha!"

Igor laughed, almost falling off his yellow teeth and raising his glass: "To the great captain." ”

"To the great captain. ”

Ye Qingxuan raised his glass and drank it all.

The empty floor wine glass was placed on the bench, and Igor was about to pour the wine, but saw Ye Qingxuan waving his hand.

"I don't drink well, so much is enough. ”

"That's a shame. ”

Igor didn't mind, and drank directly into the bottle, "The rest is mine"

In the long silence, he finished his wine, stretched out his hand, threw the empty wine bottle into the sea, and suddenly asked, "It's hard to play a vicious person, isn't it?"

"Huh?" Ye Qingxuan looked up, "Why do you say that?"

"Because you're not like it. ”

"Maybe that's what I'm going to be. ”

Igor sighed and pointed to his old face.

"Mr. Ye, I am forty-five years old. ”

"I have been at sea for thirty years, and every day I have seen sailors who have committed crimes and sailors who have gone to sea and thugs who have come ashore with knives to commit crimes," he said. I've seen a lot of scum, but you're not. ”

Ye Qingxuan was silent for a long time and scratched his head, "Did something wrong with me?"

"Vicious people will hate this world, Mr. Ye, because the world is not good to them, so they only pity themselves. But when you look at others, where does the compassion in your eyes come from?"

"Probably captain, you read it wrong. ”

Ye Qingxuan shook his head: "Taking so many people to die for my own selfishness, if this is not vicious enough, then what can I call it?"

"Probably...... Saints?"

Igor thought for a long time and said seriously, that serious look did not look like a joke at all.

But Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a long time, but he was amused: "In the eyes of the captain, am I such a kind person?"

"You're not kind, you're just arrogant. ”

Igor got up and patted him on the shoulder, "A madman like you always thinks that you can change everything, that's why you have so much pity and sympathy for the world. ”

"Don't talk for a while?"

"No, I'm sleepy. ”

Igor waved his hand: "You go to sleep too, Mr. Madman, and think about how to toss this world tomorrow." ”

As soon as the words fell, a loud bang suddenly burst out.

Rumble!

A terrifying hiss erupted from the dead sea.

From the unsettling silence to the seething madness was just a split second, countless bubbles of water poured out of the ocean, something rose from the depths of the dark sea, rolled up a huge wave more than several meters high, and slammed into the bottom of the ship.

Under this terrifying impact, the wheel of steel weighing hundreds of tons shook like duckweed, and was almost overturned.

During the epicenter, Igor's feet slipped and he was thrown out of the violently turbulent deck.

He screamed and fell into the black, boiling sea.

But in the air, a palm suddenly stretched out from the oblique thorn and grabbed him by the collar, and in the next moment, the winch like a crane turned, and a huge force suddenly burst out, forcibly pulling him back and falling to the floor.

Igor's eyes darkened, and he almost lost his breath.

In an instant, he passed by the Grim Reaper.

He gasped in fear, looked up, and saw Ye Qingxuan in front of him, but he felt so unfamiliar.

In that emaciated shell, it was as if something terrible had been awakened, roaring and running, burning vigorously, bursting with a great force that surpassed the oven.

The dark pupils of the eyes were ignited, and the cold moonlight lit up.

It was as if the Holy One had risen and stepped down from the pedestal of the stone statue, without jewels or laurels, and with full majesty.

"I'm sorry, Captain Igor, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep tonight. ”

Ye Qingxuan glanced at him and pointed to the pitch-black ocean below, "When you finish peeing your pants, can you tell me what the hell is that thing in the sea?" )