Chapter 358: Out of the island and into a strange circle
A huge storm, although it did not sink the Yunyu ship, and there were no casualties, but the ship still had huge damage, and the big ship was dilapidated inside and out, and it was no longer suitable to continue sailing, so Mu Qianmei ordered to continue to approach the nameless island.
I plan to finish repairing the ship on this isolated island before moving on.
The crew struggled to steer the dilapidated ship, slowly approaching the island, and finally reached the island before the sun sank.
They chose a place on the island where the terrain was relatively gentle, and at the same time they could shelter from the wind, docked, fixed the boat, and then disembarked collectively, and Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng went to find a place to live first, while the others waited on the shore.
After a while, Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng found a relatively large cave, and the location was also halfway up the mountain, which was very suitable for temporary residence.
There were 500 crew members and 100 navy officers left on the ship, and the crew had to overhaul the big ship once, and the navy guarded the side to ensure their safety.
The remaining 900 people took simple items and some food and went to the cave.
There were more than 1,500 people on the ship, and only more than 200 were women, some of whom were people with various special talents, and more were the service and logistics personnel who took care of the lives of everyone on board.
Fortunately, the cave is large enough for more than 900 people to enter, and it still looks very spacious, because it is summer, and it feels very cool inside.
In this cave, it was even more comfortable than the boat, and after a simple cleaning, the men and women were separated and rested.
Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng found another small cave not far away, and they lived alone.
The next day, the crew and the navy took turns on duty, and those who came back from the ship rested, and those who had rested in the cave for the night went over to continue repairing the ship.
After Mu Qianmei arranged for everyone to live on the island, he and Liu Tingfeng rowed a small boat to patrol the sea and familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment.
Originally, a crew member asked to go together, but Mu Qianmei refused, because there would be some unexpected dangers at sea, she and Liu Tingfeng had profound internal skills and excellent swordsmanship, if it was an ordinary danger, they could still deal with it, if it was an ordinary crew, it would be difficult to escape.
Five days passed in a blink of an eye, and the ship was still being repaired, and sometimes they needed trees, so they went to the mountains to cut them, but fortunately they had all the tools they brought, so the work went smoothly.
After five days of investigation, Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng also had a general understanding of the surrounding environment of the island, and found that this isolated island is equivalent to the size of a Lanjing City, there are no people living on the island, and there are no large animals, but there are also a lot of small animals, such as wolves, wild boars, hares, pheasants, snakes and various birds, etc., which are also quite lively, and there are some hidden dangers.
But on the whole, the impact is not large, and each has its own living space.
On the sixth day, they headed deeper into the sea, wanting to see what it was like to be farther away.
The calm sea does not see any abnormality, the boat is slowly rowing on the sea level, the fish and shrimp in the shallow sea see the boat rowing, they all avoid, in the blue sky, the sea also becomes blue, sparkling, layers of shallow waves in the sea surface non-stop rippling.
The sky is blue, the sea is blue, the boat is gently floating in the clear waves, and Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng on the boat suddenly become particularly relaxed, leisurely rowing the oars, enjoying this rare quiet time.
Due to the early departure, and not today
They used to inspect around the island, but set off directly to the deep sea, so they didn't feel how far the boat had gone, and the two of them talked leisurely, played in the water, paddled and kept going, all the way forward.
When the sun was already in the west, Mu Qianmei said as if she had suddenly woken up:
"Oh no, we seem to be too far away from the island, let's row back quickly!"
Liu Tingfeng replied casually:
"How far can it be? It's just past noon, and now I'll be back on the island before it gets dark. ”
With that, the two men turned the boat around and began rowing back.
However, when the boat turned its head, Mu Qianmei wanted to see how far they had left the island, so she deliberately raised her head and looked into the distance, but after looking at it for a while, she frowned and said:
"Tingfeng, why can't I see the island we are on? Supposedly, at this sea level, we keep walking forward, turn our heads, and don't we see the island? ”
Liu Tingfeng looked up at this time, and saw that there was a vast sea everywhere, where was there any small island? So, he also replied with a puzzled face:
"Yes, it stands to reason that we can see when we turn our heads, did we just turn in the wrong direction? Let's take a look around. ”
After saying that, the two of them stood up in the boat, and then their eyes moved around with the sea level, and after looking around, there was still a blue sea everywhere, and they couldn't see anything except the sea level.
Liu Tingfeng said puzzledly:
"You will get lost in the mountains, because you can't see far, you can usually see the direction by jumping on a tree, it is said that such a big island, we are not far away, it should be normal to be able to see, how can we not see it now?"
Mu Qianmei forced herself to calm down, and after thinking for a moment, she shook her head and replied:
"Consider that when we set off in the morning, the sun was behind us, which means that we have been sliding westward, and now that noon has passed, and the sun is in the west, and we have our backs to the sun, we should be able to see the island, a small island of this size, it is impossible to disappear out of thin air, and we have not heard any movement, and I can't figure out what the reason is."
She thought for a moment and said:
"Whether we see it or not, let's row to the east, go back along the original road, and see what happens!"
So, the two of them turned their backs to the sun and rowed forward in a straight line, because the situation was weird, the two of them no longer had the previous leisure and leisure, but accelerated their speed, paddling quickly, wanting to return to the island as soon as possible.
They are all people with deep internal strength, the two of them cooperate tacitly, the rowing movements are almost the same, and the boat is speeding forward in a straight line, feeling a little faster than the speed of the big boat before.
After a quarter of an hour or so, the two of them kept looking forward, but they still couldn't see anything, and they became a little nervous.
On the rivers and lakes, no matter how strong the opponent is, they can stay calm, because they understand that only by calming down can they exert stronger combat effectiveness and have a chance to defeat the opponent.
However, they are all opponents who can be seen, so they will not be nervous, and at this time, they have no opponents, saying that they are lost, and this road is too strange, and on such a calm and quiet sea level, a small island suddenly disappeared out of thin air.
It's not like the mountains, you get lost in the mountains, you can still find the direction when you stand on a high place, you can continue to walk forward down-to-earth, but here is the sea, boundless, there is sea water everywhere, you don't need to jump up, you can see far away at a glance, the island is not there, now
At sea level, there was only such a small boat and two bewildered people on board.
Both of them tried their best to control their emotions and calm down, and then after glancing at each other, they rowed the oars in their hands together, speeding up the frequency of rowing, so that the boat flew forward, like a swimming dragon out of the water, riding the wind and waves, galloping like flying.
After another quarter of an hour or so, there was still nothing to be seen ahead.
Both of them tacitly stopped paddling in their hands, and the speed of the boat gradually slowed down until it finally stopped completely.
Mu Qianmei's brows were furrowed, and she couldn't figure it out, and at this time, Liu Tingfeng suddenly said in surprise:
"Senior sister, what do you see in front of you?"
Mu Qianmei looked at the front and said blankly:
"I still can't see anything! Tingfeng, your eyes are better than mine, have you seen the island? ”
Speaking of the back, his brows inadvertently stretched a little, and his tone was full of hope.
Liu Tingfeng shook his head and said:
"Didn't I see the island, look at the sky, what is it?"
Mu Qianmei raised her head and looked at the sky, the sun shone on her eyes, she suddenly woke up, and said in surprise:
"The sun? Isn't the sun behind us? We have been paddling forward with our backs to the sun, how can we see the sun again? ”
At this moment, both of them suddenly had a feeling of fear.
Liu Tingfeng also said with a puzzled face:
"Yes, we've been paddling to the east, but now we see the sun, is it in the wrong direction, or is the sun in the wrong direction?"
Mu Qianmei said affirmatively:
"The direction of the sun is certainly not wrong, we have gone around half a circle and become the opposite direction."
Liu Tingfeng said firmly:
"I'm sure that our direction hasn't changed, the boat has been moving in a straight line, how can it be that it has come full circle?"
Both of them inexplicably produced a deep sense of powerlessness, how could this be?
Mu Qianmei took a few deep breaths, calmed herself down again, and then said to Liu Tingfeng:
"We now have our backs to the sun, row the boat to the east, slow down a little, keep an eye on the direction of the sun at all times, try not to deviate from the direction again, go, continue!"
So, the two of them slowed down a little, and rowed the oars without slowing down, faster than when they came out, and slower than the speed just now, and kept an eye on where the sun was, and kept an eye on the direction of the boat, and kept rowing in the direction of the boat to the east.
Paddled, paddling, Liu Tingfeng said:
"Our direction seems to be shifting, we need to adjust it."
So the two of them adjusted synchronously, and then swiped forward.
After continuing to walk forward for a while, Liu Tingfeng said again:
"We're shifting again!"
As soon as he turned around and walked a little distance, Liu Tingfeng shook his head and said:
"We're still going around in circles, we can't adjust, and we'll come back to this circle after walking for a while."
So the two of them forcibly wanted to get out of this strange circle, but they couldn't draw it out, and they walked for a while and returned to the strange circle, but the circle was relatively large, so they couldn't feel it for a short time, and now with the sun as a reference, they found that they couldn't turn out of this invisible circle.