The battle was over, and the Krakens naturally retreated. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info They walked very lightly, but they left the almost devastated sea area to Xia Di and them. In this regard, Xia Di and the others could only sigh helplessly, let several big ships drop anchor directly, stop on the sea, and start to clean up. It's naturally another hectic affair. They silently cleaned up the corpses of their comrades who had died in battle, and dismantled the remains of the Kraken with a bold sword. They put away all the useful materials and threw away all the things that weren't very useful. While there must have been some waste, time had not allowed the fleet to stay at sea for too long.

So, after two days at sea, the fleet pulled anchor again and headed straight to the east, and it seemed that nothing had changed. At least, it seemed to those ordinary sailors.

However, they didn't know that the day before the fleet, there was a quarrel between Xia Di and Xie Liuyun. And it was the result of this quarrel and debate that led to the end of the fleet still carrying out the original sailing plan.

At that time, Xia Di, Xie Liuyun, Mingxuan Zhenren, Li Jingxuan, Tang He and other fleet leaders all gathered in the command cabin of the Zhongyuan. Since the work of tidying up the battlefield has come to an end, although the sailors below are still working continuously, the general gains have been counted - what they have lost and gained in this battle, and what they should do next, all need to be discussed by everyone.

"In the past battle, we suffered heavy losses: five large ships, one was sunk, and the remaining four, including the 'Zhongyuan', were injured to varying degrees, the most serious of which was the 'Bright Eye' - from the side of the ship to the ship's building. The 10,000 men of the fleet were killed in the battle, 3,000 were killed and more than 5,000 wounded, and the strength of the fleet had fallen to an extremely terrible situation. To put it mildly, if the Kraken organizes another siege of a considerable scale, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it out for even an hour. He Chaozhi took the battle damage statistics made by the star calculator, and reported to Xia Di and the others with a bitter face.

"It's really miserable!" Xia Di's brows tightened. He knew that this time the desperate effort had caused a lot of losses to the fleet, but he was still surprised by the official report.

"Is it okay for the rest of the people to maintain the most basic operation of the fleet?" After pondering for a while, Xia Di directly asked this crucial question.

"No problem! Although we have only a thousand sailors left in good condition after this battle, which doesn't seem to be enough to keep the big guys under our feet running at full speed, I've seen the wounded soldiers, most of them recover in a few days. As long as we grit our teeth and persevere for a few days, everything will be fine. Xie Liuyun assured Xia Di. He was the captain of the Zhongyuan and the commander of the naval battle of the entire fleet, and he still knew something about the situation of his soldiers.

"Then I'm relieved. You have to do a good job of recovering from injuries. By the way, I will ask Huang and Miao to cooperate with you. They are all masters of pharmacology, and they still have a lot of say in how to make the soldiers recover better. Xia Di nodded slightly, and while he put pressure on Xie Liuyun, he gave him enough support.

Offering is not only counted if you can fight. As a big force like the imperial court, the offerings they need are varied. Although many of them are brave warriors like Li Jingxuan and Tang He, there are also many people who have a skill like Huang Xianfeng and Miao Xianfeng. For example, refining medicine, such as refining tools...... There are not many people who know these things in the fleet, but there are more or less one or two. They were the same protection of the fleet as the princess during the battle, but many of them were busy when the battle was over - they were in charge of the logistics.

"I will. Xie Liuyun nodded heavily: "With the help of the two worshippers, I think the soldiers below will be much easier." In fact, there were so many casualties this time that the medical officers on the ship were a little too busy. Slightly, Xie Liuyun mentioned the trouble he was in.

"I know, that's one of the reasons I asked them to help you. Xia Di said with a solemn expression.

This topic has stopped here. He then tilted his head to He Chaozhi's side: "The loss is so huge, then how much have we captured." It was a pyrrhic victory, but we were a victor after all. Yesterday I looked at the sea, and I don't know how many of the kraken corpses there are. I think these corpses would make a good material. ”

"This natural ...... These corpses are full of treasures. It's a pity......" He Chaozhi sighed, and then reported to everyone: "According to the statistics of the Star Calculation Officer, we have killed at least more than 30,000 Krakens this time. Although most of them are guys in the qi induction and body refining period, they are large in quantity and rich in variety. After some preliminary processing, we can obtain about 18,000 demon skins, more than 127,000 demon bones, 3,600 demon spines, and more than 7,300 demon beads...... The total value is about 39,650,000 stones—which is a good income. That's enough Yuan Stone for the Imperial Court to assemble six fleets of the same size as ours. ”

"Oh?" Listening to the exclamation of his nephew, Xia Di raised his eyebrows slightly: "According to what you say, we still make money this time?" Xia Di's words were a little dark, which made the people around him shudder involuntarily, and a not very good feeling grew in their hearts.

"Well!" He Chaozhi touched his head, his face was bitter, but he didn't know what to say.

"We can rebuild the ship! But the soldiers here are not just to be assembled. Now that the north has been invaded by demons, the army of the imperial court is already very difficult, and it is not easy to make such an elite sergeant like this. This battle, according to you, may have been earned, but according to my feelings, it was still lost. The life of a man is not a one-to-one comparison with the life of a demon. Xia Di frowned and reprimanded He Chaozhi.

In fact, everyone knows that Xia Di's words seem to be addressed to one of the people in He Chao, but in fact he is aimed at everyone here. When he said this, he did not let everyone cherish their lives and then be cowardly and afraid of war, but to tell everyone that everyone's life is very precious, and it cannot tolerate everyone's waste. When the Terran is invaded, the individuals need to do their best to win the final victory for their race, rather than being sent to death at will.

"Obey the teachings of the adults!" In the face of Xia Di's reprimand, everyone who heard clearly what it meant could only accept the teachings like this. They all know that Xia Di's words are actually right.

"Alas...... I just felt it. We won this battle after all, and it was not easy to survive the siege of so many Krakens. Seeing that everyone was so serious, Xia Di felt the seriousness that suddenly came from the cabin, but he shook his head lightly and whispered such a sentence. To be honest, now should be the time to laugh out loud, although because it was a disastrous victory, this kind of laughter could not be so much, but Xia Di still didn't want everyone to become lifeless.

"By the way, since the statistics of the results have reached the end, the collection of these trophies should be almost completed. Since the topic in front of him was too heavy to talk about, Xia Di naturally changed the topic and talked about other things: "If things are almost the same, then can we set off soon?"

"If there are no problems, we can go tomorrow. But ......" Xie Liuyun was halfway through his words, and suddenly hesitated.

"But what?" Xie Liuyun's hesitation made Xia Di curious, and he raised his eyebrows, asking Xie Liuyun not to be so stumbling: "If you have any questions, just say it." ”

"I'm thinking. Now that we've defeated those Krakens...... Judging by the way they look, it seems that they will not continue to fight with us. Shouldn't we be able to turn to the southeast and go straight back to the main route? Although the route calculated by the star arithmetic officials does not seem to be wrong, this is a brand new route after all. I still look like I'm still a little drumming in my heart. Xie Liuyun pondered for a moment, and finally said what he thought.

"Back to the main route?" Xie Liuyun said, and everyone repeated in surprise, and their hearts couldn't help but be a little touched.

"Can I get to the Qing Netherworld Continent faster by turning back to the main route from here?" Xia Di thought for a moment and asked Xie Liuyun rhetorically.

"Well...... We are already far away from the main route, and it will take some time to turn back. However, if we turn back to the main route, we can sail as quickly and safely as possible to reach Roport, which is much more reliable than if we followed the coastline further and looked for a supply point. Xie Liuyun calculated for a while, shook his head slightly, he denied Xia Di's request, and at the same time further put forward his own reasons.

"If not much faster. Then I suggest that we go according to the original plan. Don't think about turning back to the main route anymore. Listening to Xie Liuyun's reason, Xia Dihao shook his head and rejected his proposal.

"Why?" Xie Liuyun's voice raised slightly: "At the beginning, we chose this plan to take a route where life and death were uncertain, just because there were enemies on the main channel route. Now the enemy has been driven away by us. Why can't we go back to the main route? I've always had doubts about the new route. And sailing close to the coast is not such a stable thing. We don't know what the hydrological environment of the shores of the Blue Continent is. I was worried that walking in a strange place would lead to some unimaginable trouble. ”

"For example?" Xia Di listened and thought as he raised his doubts.

"Like hitting the rocks...... This is likely to happen if you walk along the coast. Because we don't know where the deep water is, where the shallow water is, where the shipping lanes are for our big ships, and where the shallow reefs are in danger. I really don't want my fleet to fall into the misty community of islands and reefs. Xie Liuyun said eagerly. As a veteran captain, he naturally understands that sailing on the sea does not mean that you like to go wherever you go. In fact, ships sailing on the seas follow the charts that have been drawn up in advance.

Of course, this is not a simple matter of following the rules, but it must be like this -- don't look at the calm appearance of the sea, and think that he is a good-natured lady, but in fact! Under the seemingly unstable sea, there are many strange rocky islands and reefs, but no one has counted them.

"Is that so?" Listening to Xie Liuyun's words, Xia Di groaned again. However, he pondered for a while, and finally shook his head firmly: "Although you have so many reasons, I still think we should go according to the original plan. ”

"Why?" This time Xie Liuyun was deeply puzzled by this, and he raised his voice, even a little annoyed by Xia Di's insistence.

"Quite simply, because I've always had some concerns about the safety of the main route. Xia Di replied in a deep voice: "The main route is a well-known route. This route, we know, and so does the Kraken. Although the Krakens retreated this time, how far they retreated, and will they find reinforcements again and attack us again...... These are all things that we cannot guarantee. It's not that if you take a new route, these things won't happen.

However, compared to taking the main route that everyone is very familiar with, the possibility of encountering this kind of thing on a new route is much less. We have a lot fewer soldiers and a lot of wounded...... So, I don't want them to have any enemies again. If taking a new route can greatly reduce the possibility of encountering an enemy, then we will take a new route. Now is the time for safety to press everything. ”

"This ......" Xia Di said, and everyone's hearts that were originally biased towards Xie Liuyun were pulled back by him again. Everyone thinks that Xia Di is right: the new route is opened up by himself. If you are not familiar with all aspects of the new route, the Kraken will certainly not be familiar with this place either. All the bigwigs of the Whale Gang are keeping an eye on the main route, and they don't pay much attention to things outside the main route, and this is where everyone can take advantage of it right now. The current fleet is weakened to an extreme, and in this case, it is naturally best not to encounter the enemy.

"Well, that's true!" Everyone pondered for a while, and finally was persuaded by Xia Di, including Xie Liuyun himself.

"Let's go according to the original plan!" So, the final route of the voyage was determined. (To be continued.) )