Chapter 25: Forced Landing
"How can this help. βFourthβ fifth β β textβ," several people gathered around the control platform, Catherine looked at the captain who was sweating profusely but was still trying to control the floating boat, and asked anxiously, "What can we do?"
"River, no, that guy he's destroyed a lot of floating circles. The captain quickly replied: "The balance of the floating ship has been disrupted, and now the forces floating in the front and back of the ship's side are asymmetrical. I am now barely trying to keep the floating ship from turning on its side, but forcibly maintaining balance in this way will cause the entire hull to break in the air, and the most important thing now is to manually close and destroy the symmetrical circle of the magic circle, so that although the floating power is weakened, the balance can be restored. β
"Then let's go close the circle now. Catherine asked, "Do you know which ones to close, Captain?" β
"I don't know. The captain shook his head and said, "You have to find the destroyed circles before you can know the corresponding ones for each circle." β
"No kidding, it's too late. Vivien looked around and said to the captain, "Captain, you can directly terminate all the functions of the circle now, and you should be able to control it here." β
"You want to artificially put the ship into a falling state, and then automatically activate the deceleration and weight reduction circle to make a forced landing, no. The captain said, "The sails are still hanging, and if you close all the circles, the floating ship will lose its balance and start rolling forward, absolutely not."
"Then lower the sails. The ship's swaying became more and more severe, and Catherine cried out anxiously, "Why don't you lower the sails?"
"I couldn't lower it, and the system of lowering the sail was destroyed. For the first time, the old man felt that he was indeed old and his brain was no longer enough: "I gave the order to lower the sails, but the operator tried several times, but there was no response at all." β
"What about the manual lowering of the sails. Catherine asked, "Can't people climb up now?"
"It's shaking so much. The captain shook his head vigorously: "Look at the men under the mast, they have tried a few times. After climbing up to five meters, he fell, and one person almost fell off the boat. β
"Vivien. Catherine held her balance on the table with one hand, and shouted as she held Vivien's body with the other.
"Understood. Vivien let go of her hands and balanced herself with Catherine's hand, her staff raised and aimed at the sails of the wind circle on the mast that were rusted with colorless Rann magic wires.
"Are you going to burn the sails?" shouted the captain.
"Obviously, there's only one way. Vivien exclaimed, "I know that sail is very expensive, and those thousands of magic circles are worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins, but it is better than destroying the whole ship after falling." β
"Not the problem. The captain smiled bitterly and said, "Who cares about the gold coins now, the problem is that if you want to burn the sails." It's best to burn from the bottom up or from the top down, never starting from one side or the other. Now that I'm at the limit of my control here, if I start burning from the side, the boat will definitely turn into a spinning top. β
"That's a nuisance. Vivien stomped her foot angrily, the magic on her staff dissipated, and she began to brew another large-scale magic again, while shouting at the highest volume: "Those people below, don't want to be burned to death, go away." β
The few people gathered under the mast and were thinking of a way to do it looked back and saw Vivien holding her staff aloft. was stunned for a moment, suddenly reacted to what she was going to do, and instantly scattered and fled. Vivien snorted discontentedly, and her staff, which had condensed her magical power, began to draw spells in the air. More and more fire elemental elements condensed from all directions. Just as the elements had condensed to the apex and Vivien's spell was about to be cast, the sails of the ship, which had eaten the wind, suddenly detached from the top of the mast. Descend layer by layer down the slide rails on the mast and quickly descend back above deck under the force of gravity. The circle on the sail is deformed due to the folds created by the lowering of the sail, and the spell effect is lost. The wind elemental gathered by the circle quickly escaped, causing the speed of the floating ship to quickly decrease, and finally stopped moving forward and was suspended in the air.
Looking at the top of the mast from afar, Catherine laughed and found that Pannis, who had regained her usual lazy appearance, hung upside down on the top of the mast with her feet, and swayed along the shaking of the floating boat, like a swing, and did not forget to wave to this side during the shaking.
"This guy is so annoying, even a demigod still makes people want to beat him so much. Catherine's words were harsh, but there was a smile on her face. Wait until the floating ship has completely stopped, and then say to the captain: "It's okay, turn off all the magic circles." By the way, what about the rest of the ship? Are the passengers, your technicians, and Maggie and her attendants, all right, why haven't you seen any of them? Are they all back in the cabin?"
"Don't worry, from the beginning of the GuΓ² Rin Feng Pass, all passengers have been asked to go back to their cabins, this is the rule. "The hull of the floating ship suddenly shook violently again, and although the shaking of the front and back and left and right began to slowly weaken, it was obvious that the hull was descending rapidly. However, the captain let go of his hand from the platform with a happy face, and stood up straight and said to Catherine: "Trust our technicians and attendants, they are all well-trained veterans, and they can do their job without instructions. The waiters must be calming the passengers right now, and the technicians must be preparing for the shock right now. β
"Earthquake-resistant?" asked Vivien, beside her, "Even with slowdowns and weight reductions, can't they completely counteract the force of the fall?"
"Unfortunately, it is not possible to fully offset. The captain shook his head and said: "But there won't be much of a problem, at most it is equivalent to falling from a height of about ten meters, although it will cause serious damage to the bottom of the hull, but the people on board will not be in danger, and the overall structure of the ship is fine, so it will be easier to repair in the future." Thank you for the results we have now. β
"Don't thank us, we didn't help anything. Catherine smiled reluctantly and said, "No, it's not so much that we didn't help, but that the current situation is largely due to us." β
"No, I don't fully understand what happened, but I do understand the general situation, after all, I was listening while you were talking. Although the captain's back was still straight, his expression looked much older, and he sighed with a lonely look in his eyes: "That dry corpse just now should have killed the old fellow River, and then dressed up in his flesh and blood to pretend to be him, wanting to snatch this ship, but it was only because he was afraid of the existence of a few of you that he didn't do it immediately." However, you always have to get off the ship, and when you get off the boat, it should be time for him to do it. Compared with the fact that the floating boat was really snatched away by him, the current situation is already the best result, but it is a pity that the old man died, and there is one less friend to chat with. β
"I think instead of spending time on emotion, you should see where we're going to fall. Freya leaned on the side of the ship and looked down: "I always think that we will fall into the sea, can this ship sail in the sea? And if it falls on land, the bottom of the ship is pointed, and it won't roll over?"
"There is no navigation function, and it will leak when you enter the sea. And don't worry about rollover, the bottom of the floating ship is flat, and the forced landing problem is taken into account when designing, so although the hull is large and small, it can still be parked against the plane of the bottom of the ship and will not roll over. The captain swayed to the side of the boat during the descent and took a look, quickly made a judgment based on experience, shook his head, and said: "It will not fall into the sea, it will be about two hundred meters on the beach by the sea, and the ground is very flat, there will be no problems." But...... Where is this?"
"Huh?" Freya exclaimed, "You don't know?"
"Oh, I see. The captain carefully identified his surroundings, sighed, and said, "How did you get here?" β
"Good thing you know. Catherine breathed a sigh of relief: "Is this the coastline?"
"Here...... Be...... One...... Island. Because no one paid attention to him, Pannis hung on the mast in boredom for less than a minute, and then climbed down on his own. Although there were still twenty or thirty meters away from here, he could clearly hear the conversation between several people, and said loudly from afar: "A very big island. β
"Well, he's right, it's an island. The captain said with a very tangled face: "It's my responsibility, I haven't controlled the direction of the floating ship since you started the war in the air just now, and I actually let it fly all the way here." This is Swordfish Island, five kilometers from the coastline and five kilometers from the Lost Route, which is one of the few large islands where land creatures can easily land. β
"Well, it turns out that Swordfish Island is here. Lina opened the Atlas of Warcraft published by the Adventurer's Guild, flipped through a few pages, and said with a sparkle in her eyes: "It is said that there is a kind of Warcraft that is a sea and land twin only on this island, I will take a look, it is called an leopard dolphin, the picture looks interesting, let's go find it when it lands, I'm curious." β
"It's better not to. "Although this island has been developed, because it is a forest island, the forest on the island and the forest on the mainland are the same type, so it is impossible to build artificial buildings and inhabited people. Because of this, there are no fewer demonic beasts in the forest than in the forests on the mainland, and it is very dangerous for most ordinary people on the ship, so it is best not to get off the boat after landing, just wait for rescue on the ship. β
"Don't say it. Catherine suddenly said, "Immediately landed, ready to ram." β
With a "boom", the sand scattered in all directions. Although the floating boat made of metal slowed down and forced to land after emergency measures, the moment it touched the beach, it still raised countless dust and sand. At the time of the impact, the screams of the passengers in the cabins below could be heard, even though they were several decks apart. However, as the captain said, the floating boat held up and stood smoothly on the beach after the impact. (To be continued......)
ps: I'm sorry to be late again
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