Chapter 21: The Tempest
The storm is coming.
The sky darkened, as if night had fallen early.
Lightning flickering in the dark clouds flickered on and off like a light bulb with unstable voltage.
There was a faint thunder in the clouds, as if the sea god was roaring.
The waves raised by the hurricane were tens of meters high, and they were pushed layer by layer, like a moving tall building, and they fell down to the sky.
If you want to survive the wind and waves, you must move forward against the wind.
Only by facing the wind and waves and standing on the cusp of the wind and waves can we laugh and be proud of this unpredictable ocean.
Most of those who are able to survive in such a sea have extraordinary courage and wild character. They are either unruly, or resolute, or bold and open-minded, or fierce and domineering.
Only in this way can we bravely advance in the rapids and chase the wind and waves.
Under the command of the captain, the sailors on the Potato shook their oars hard, and gave orders one after another, and the sails fell and the sails swung and swung, and the helmsman desperately controlled the balance of the ship, head-on towards the huge waves of the flood peak, and the sailors shouted the trumpet, and the movements were uniform.
Shen Yi stood on the bow deck, his feet stuck to the surface of the ship like roots, not moving at all.
In front of the majesty of heaven and earth, he neither resisted nor flinched, but just faced, stared, watched, and savored, as if he were looking at a painting, completely unaware that he was in the painting.
This is of course due to his own strength, but also related to the ability to specialize in water.
Basic Water-based Mastery: Not adversely affected by special terrain on the water, such as boats. When fighting in water, all attacks, movement and attack speed are reduced by half, and tolerance for water life is increased.
The Basic Waterborne Specialization has greatly increased his adaptability to the sea. For this alone, the Broken Blade team paid a full 10,000 points.
"Shen Yi! The wind and waves are very strong! The boat seems to be about to be unable to hold on!" came the shouts of King Kong, Hong Lang and others from the channel.
"Did an appetizer before the official mission stump you?"
"This appetizer is a bit hard and stuck in my throat!"
"Don't worry, the ship is not so easy to destroy, otherwise how can it carry out the mission?" Shen Yi said and looked at the sky above him: "But it looks like we still have to do something to ensure safety." ”
"Do what?"
"Then it depends on what the trouble is. Shen Yi replied leisurely.
A fierce wave swept in, grabbed a sailor and threw him into the ocean. The sailor danced in the air and shouted.
Shen Yi didn't raise his head, raised his right hand, and flew his claws across the sky to grab the sailor, and snatched him back from the hands of the sea god.
The sailor fell to the ground, looked around in amazement, and obviously couldn't figure out how he had come back, and had already been kicked in the ass by the first mate: "Bastard, if you don't die, hurry up and get to work!
The sailor ran to do things.
Shen Yi watched this scene calmly, and he said loudly: "Everyone pay attention to protecting the sailors! Without enough sailors, the ship's ability to move will be greatly limited. ”
"Got it!"
"In addition, this storm should be a good time for us to take the opportunity to converge, everyone immediately approaches the gentle position, gentle, you go as far as you can, rush to the front!"
"Understood!"
Shen Yi walked quickly towards the captain.
Captain Courtney, the captain of the Potato, was roaring loudly and directing the sailors to fight the storm. He tied himself to the mainmast, waved his hat, and held a bottle of rum in his hand, and shouted, "Come on, my children!
Shen Yi came to Courtney's side and asked, "Do you need my help?" ”
Courtney looked at Shen Yi in surprise: "How did you get up?"
He found that Shen Yi grabbed the mast with only one hand, and then sat down beside him easily. Although the storm beat him to the ground, his expression was as casual as bathing in a hot spring.
"It doesn't matter, Captain, I'm asking if there's anything you need my help with?"
"No, no, kid, it's just a little bit of a wave, it's not a big deal. We'll be able to get through it soon. ”
"Little wind and waves?" Shen Yi looked at the captain with some suspicion.
Courtney scratched his scalp and corrected himself, "It's not too small, but it's definitely not the worst I've ever seen." ”
"In that case, maybe I could ask you to deflect your course a little bit and head southwest!"
"It wasn't easy, it was hard for us to sail normally in a storm like this. We have to adjust the position according to the direction of the wind, otherwise if there is a crosswind, you know what the consequences are!"
"Of course, the ship will be blown over. But in this case, the crosswind is not very strong, maybe we can withstand it?"
"I think it's going to be difficult unless there's enough ballast to make our ship a little more stable. ”
"How much does it take?"
"At least twenty tons. ”
Rumble.
Two huge metal arms suddenly appeared on the board of the Potato, crushing the entire ship into the water.
Everyone was dumbfounded, and Courtney himself looked at Shen Yi in shock: "God, that's ......"
"Ballast. Shen Yi replied: "Almost twenty tons." I can adjust the weight according to your needs, as long as you can get me through the area quickly. ”
Using the reaper to ballast, only Shen Yi can do this kind of thing. If the reaper is wise, he will weep silently.
Courtney rolled her eyes: "You must be the son of the sea god, you must be!"
"Even if it was, it was just a stepson. ”
――――――――――――
The Potato marches forward in the wind and waves.
Shen Yi no longer pays attention to sailing, and professional things are left to professional people to do, even if Shen Yi performs better in this vast sea, he may not be able to perform better than professional sailors.
The storms at sea are still fierce.
For those who have not experienced stormy seas, it is always difficult to imagine how people can protect themselves in the face of the majestic power of heaven and earth. The sailors cursed loudly in bad weather and worked tirelessly to keep the wooden ship from capsizing. Shen Yi's knowledge of navigating ships made him understand what the sailors were doing and why they were doing it, which allowed him to occasionally help out, and those adventurers who passively entered the world of pirates in the Caribbean were unlucky.
An hour of preparation is not enough for them to learn and understand the knowledge of boating, and water specialization is not a must for every adventurer. Many people didn't even do the most basic preparations, forgot to equip the compass and charts, and shook their heads and screamed as the wind and waves tossed on the boat.
Occasionally, a wave would hit and one or two sailors would be knocked off the boat. Some self-absorbed adventurers simply did not care about the life and death of "insignificant" sailors.
However, as the wind and waves get stronger, these people have to pay the price.
A bolt of lightning struck down in the sky, splitting the mast of a ship on the sea.
The mainmast fell in a hula, and the sailors fled in panic. The boat was unmanned and began to tilt in the wind and waves.
When a big wave hits, it pushes the boat hard from the side, like a hand nudging on a toy, and the boat flips over......
A storm doesn't break a ship, but it can tip it over.
Seeing all this from the telescope, Shen Yi sighed.
"One person out. He said.
"Could it be someone from the Lancet?" asked gently.
"I don't know, the night is too heavy, the distance is too far, I can't see clearly. But I don't think they're that bad. ”
"I wish they were that bad. Hong Lang muttered.
The channel resounded with everyone's laughter.
For adventurers who have not yet been able to control nature and whose strength has not yet defied the sky, sea combat is compared to comprehensive strength, compared to water, compared to ships, compared to ship control knowledge, compared to people's understanding and adaptability to nature, compared to the degree of use of weather changes, and compared with various unplanned factors.
Shen Yi didn't know if the Blood Assassins would survive the storm, but he knew that if he didn't feel good, then Xie Rongjun wouldn't feel better.
The storm in front of him was like a hurricane whistling in a secret room, low and with a peculiar mezzle, and the wind and waves rose wave after wave, washing over the ship.
Looking at this raging storm, Shen Yi's eyes showed a glint of excitement.
He opened his arms and shouted sharply to the sky, "Let the storm come harder!"
The rumbling sound seemed to meet Shen Yi's needs, and in the vast dark night, a terrible lightning slashed......
――――――――
The storm is like a mischievous god who plays with adventurers.
Xie Rongjun's face had turned purple, and the "Little Widow" was now supported by experienced captains and sailors, and he had great superhuman strength, but he couldn't help at all. His dragon flame sword is indestructible but slashes through the storm, his blood knife is fierce but it can't repel thunder, and he can protect himself but not merchant ships, this damned mission has left him in a state of passivity and pain from the start.
"Captain, the boat is running out!" one of the team members shouted in the channel.
"Shut up! No matter how many winds and waves have come, can a Caribbean pirate stump us? This storm is just a prelude to the mission, brushing off some unqualified adventurers, if our blood piercing team can't even pass this level, then it's better to die as soon as possible!" Xie Rongjun's thunderous anger spread to the ears of every team member through the team channel: "Guard your ship, protect the sailors, I believe that there must be a critical point in this storm created by the city! It is impossible to create an uncontrolled storm!"
In the end, it was an adventurer with old qualifications, and Xie Rongjun also saw the crux of the problem.
This storm, after all, is just a pretense to scare people, as long as there are no problems with itself, it will definitely be able to survive.
However, as if mocking Shen Yi and Xie Rongjun's prophecy, the weather changed abruptly at this time.
A huge tornado swept up in the center of the ocean, and the swirling wind column went straight to the sky, connecting the clouds at the top and the sea water at the bottom, like a giant standing up to the sky, sucking the sea water into the air, pouring out a canopy of water clouds, fluttering and sprinkling from the sky, creating a storm and rain in the area.
"Oh!"
All the captains and adventurers on this route let out a cry of amazement at the same time.
Although this spectacular scene was shocking, it also made everyone's hearts fall to the bottom, and even Shen Yi looked at this huge pillar of wind in amazement, unable to figure out what kind of disastrous consequences would be if this tornado rolled towards him.
Could it be that Bloody City plans to wipe out all the adventurers before the official mission begins?
The pillars of wind were spinning rapidly, whining and whirling across the sea, and lightning slashed down one after another, illuminating the night sky. The sound of the wind in my ears is like the roar of a big truck engine, which shakes people and makes people's minds be greatly tested at this moment.
A hint of despair rose in everyone's heart.
At this moment, a ray of sunlight suddenly appeared in the sky.
The sun broke through the clouds and spilled onto the ground.
Although it is only a wisp, it brings infinite vitality.
Suddenly, the massive tornado vanished as if it had never existed.
The storm came and went quickly, and the dark clouds in the sky retreated and disappeared, and the sky was bright again.
The hurricane disappeared and the sea suddenly returned to calm.
Everything came so suddenly, the sea, which had been violent and turbulent just a moment ago, became like a gentle woman in the light of the thin light, and the slight wave hit the side of the ship, and only the sound of a calm splash was made.
"This ...... What's going on?" everyone shouted.
Why did the storm suddenly disappear?
"Shen Yi, do you know what's going on?"
Shen Yi did not answer.
He was enjoying the beauty in front of him.
Under the blue sky, seagulls fly by in flocks, and the sunlight shines in the refraction of the waves. Some of the ships on the sea are raising their masts again, and after that storm, the adventurers are back on their way.
After a moment's thought, he replied, "I don't know how the storm could have gone away all of a sudden, but maybe we'll see the answer soon." ”
As if to confirm Shen Yi's words.
The calm sea suddenly made waves again.
A large ship with a strange shape suddenly rushed out of the water, and the huge spikes in the bow of the ship opened like a shark's mouth, and the image was as hideous as a terrifying giant beast in the sea.
The speed of the ship was extremely fast, and as soon as it rushed out of the water, it sailed at high speed towards a merchant ship, and the strange long spike angle was like a savage strong man who had forced his way into the woman's body and was making a ferocious insertion action, pounced straight into the end of the merchant ship!
"Ghost ship! it's a ghost ship!" all the adventurers shouted.
"Flying Dutchman......" Shen Yi also muttered to himself, "I think we know how the storm stops, right? Some people think that the ghost ship is better to deal with ...... than the storm." ”