Maybe my idea works...... Thinking about the possibility of breaking the black ice, Vicor looked with a little excitement at the sea by the nearest pier: if memory serves, there was a lot of ice floes in a large area of the bay.

The frozen surface of these ice floes should be higher than ordinary water, but these black ice freeze the vast sea surface so flat. So, does it mean that the seemingly solid black ice actually has a flaw - around the ice floe that hides under the black ice?

Looking at the icebergs faintly visible in the snow and mist in the distance, Vicol anxiously spat out a smoke ring and narrowed his eyes that were hit by the cold wind.

Similarly, some sympathetic scenes were reflected in his eyes: three ships frozen in the ocean, isolated from each other, unable to escape. You can vaguely see a ferryboat a hundred meters away in the fog, and the passengers are huddled on the deck, constantly asking for help.

As if the cries for help were completely swallowed up by the wind, their hopes of survival became more and more diminished under the black ice. At such a point of despair, there is no one who can help them.

Even the price paid to escape this frozen land before the catastrophe was too much. Besides, they are hardly snowmen......

Roughly calculating how long it would take to get from the North Sea to the nearest mainland on the other side, Vicor multiplied the number by two, after counting the possibility of the ship's cabin storing extra food and fresh water: they should be able to survive at sea for about nine days, and if they save money, they can last another four or five days.

In other words, do we have about two weeks to break the black ice and save them...... Gritting his teeth, Vicol frowned: it was the first time we had faced the situation of black ice freezing the sea, and we had no experience in dealing with it. Therefore, if you want to save the lives of those people, there is definitely not enough time for them.

But to break the black ice is simple, and when you think about it, you immediately realize how difficult it is. However, unlike on land, the black ice on the surface of the sea obviously has a chance to break through, but it is afraid that it will cause some pollution to the life on the bottom of the sea - as long as you can find a way to chisel it and fall to the bottom of the sea, the route will still be unimpeded.

But it is clear that this blockade cannot be broken so easily...... Glancing at the immensely dense black smoke, Vicol pondered: to be on the safe side, he must not touch these evil smokes.

If you do, you won't be able to get to the ice. However, we can also use icebreakers...... Looking at a metal icebreaker in front of the dock that was also frozen and using a huge steam pipe to drive an ice-breaking spike, Vicol hurriedly took a sip of his nearly extinguished pipe to rekindle it: if he could find a way to get rid of the black ice around it and let it move, everything would be fine.

In order to ensure the normal operation of the port, the residents of Beihaiwang, who attach great importance to this sea passage and regard it as a treasure, drive the converted sailboat purchased by the town at a high price before dawn every day to crush the ice frozen at night. Today, the old ship is in a dilapidated state, but the high price prevents people from buying another to replace it.

Looking at the ice-breaking cone under the bow of the ship, Vicol couldn't help but recall the past: he remembered that when he and Videl were still hunters, they heard rumors from Beihaiwang during a prey sale in Neverwinter.

At the time, there was a huge sensation about the purchase of an icebreaker, as the news that Aya named Namedia had come to Eternal Winter with an undeparting male escort. There was a lot of talk and excitement. Many people made a trip to the North Sea to see the icebreakers – and of course, the brothers.

To this day, Snow Raven remembers his first sight of an icebreaker cutting through the ice in the cold wind and on the dark docks. At that time, in his eyes, this thing was simply a miracle creation of the dragon god. When I learned that it came from the land of the warm sun, I was really depressed for a long time.

The advent of icebreakers greatly eliminated much of the manual labor of making tools with hoes and shovels, and the opening hours of the port were greatly extended from 11 o'clock in the morning to 6 o'clock in the morning. Everyone was thrilled by the great increase in shipping efficiency, but it was the scheming businessmen who were the happiest - thanks to which their business would be doubled.

This is also the reason why many people left Neverwinter City to go to Beihaiwang to do business. Always dreaming of living by the sea, Vicol also persuaded his brother to go to Beihai to do business together. However, due to various considerations, Videl refused. Thinking about it now, I really didn't think about how the two people who had no capital and business acumen could do business at that time.

Thanks to the development of overseas trade driven by icebreakers, Eternal Winter and Icerock have weighed the pros and cons since the day they fought, and have not used the outpost as a vehicle to wage any large-scale, unprofitable wars against each other - except, of course, yesterday's war with a 100% hidden conspiracy.

Taking a deep puff of his pipe, Vicor put his hand in his coat pocket and slowly paced to a secluded corner, avoiding all the crowds that crowded past him from time to time, eager to join in. Whipped by the cold, slightly smelly sea breeze, Vicol took his pipe away from his mouth and took a deep breath to clear his mind.

However, just as he cast his eyes on the surface of the sea again, the pipe in his hand was barely steady. Hurriedly grabbing the pipe and handing it back to his mouth, the stunned Vicor gripped the grip tightly, and the force in his hand was as great as if he was about to break the handle: the fact that he had just inadvertently discovered was too strange. Completely disrupt perception. At the same time, he was also afraid of his carelessness just now.

Just now, I was obviously breathing in the sea breeze and smelling a strange smell. So, there must be some black smoke floating on your face, right? But you are not corrupted, does it mean that it doesn't matter if you only come into contact with black smoke?

Since there is no clear record of whether the smoke emitted by the black ice has the same corrupting effect, no one has ever dared to try it. The last documented record of Winter's Breath was 7,000 years ago, and many of its descriptions are obscure.

The ancestors had clearly documented that no plant or animal could survive on black ice, so had they ever verified the effects of black smoke - such as tying animals to poles and sticking them into the smoke?

Those standing on the pier were very close to the black smoke, no more than a meter away. Now that the wind is so strong, even though the black smoke still eerily keeps straight, it should still be blown away somewhat. Since they're fine, will they explain ......