The esoteric question of what is the essentials of navigating a tornado is nothing short of an astrologer's apprentice who has no sailing experience and who has only been on the ferry twice, but Danny Stewart is clearly a man who likes to relieve stress by talking, and as he runs back and forth pulling the cable and turning the sails, he shouts at Jonah: "Wait a minute, the shaking will be very strong, please hold on to the fixed object and stay away from the things that slide, friend...... Goods. ”

Jonah looked down at the three thick ropes tied to his body, and sighed helplessly,

"Now it's the first tornado air mass, and depending on the size of the tornado clouds on the horizon, there may be fifteen to twenty of them this time. "Now what we're going to do is draw a semi-arc course close to the outermost circle of the tornado, which is a spiraling column of wind, and the outermost circle of winds can reach 80 to 140 knots, which can increase our speed to an astonishing degree in a short time." ”

Jonah stared at the huge pillar of sand that made a deafening sound and rolled up endless yellow sand into the clouds, and the top of the tornado evaporated with black clouds of moisture, and the arc flashed like a thunderstorm was brewing, and he whispered in awe, "Is this just one of them, if you get swept up in it...... What will happen. ”

Danny staggered past his eyes again, "If you are swept in, imagine being wrapped in the center of thousands of flying knives, with 100,000 tons of yellow sand hanging above your head...... But you get to the point, cargo friends, the most important thing in navigating in a dry tornado is to accelerate with the help of the wind in the outer ring, and not be sucked into the sand column by the strong spiral wind, which requires extremely superb control skills, and extremely strong nerves, when Dad was still alive, he was one of the only two captains in the entire endless sea of sand who dared to challenge the desert tornado. ”

"Who's that other one? Jonah asked,

"Langdon Schmidt, the previous owner of the Schmidt family's 'Goddess Light', and Dad's nemesis. The boy of the Stewart family stood under the mast, holding the rope in his hand, creaking and gritting his teeth.

"Now, he's gone, too. The astrologer's apprentice couldn't help but ask,

"Why should I hate a dead man. Danny gave him a strange look, "Not only is he not dead, but he is also living a very nourishing life, since his father died in the sand sea, he has thrown the 'light of the goddess' to his only son, and he has gone to the Tocharian empire to be at ease." ”

Jonah wondered, "Then why do you hate him?" ”

The elder brother took a deep breath to suppress his anger: "Because it is this old fellow who has bewitched the son of Emperor Isaibaink, who has lived and flown with the prince, and forced the emperor to recognize the legalization of same-sex marriage, and has caused his bastard son to chase after my ass all day long. ”

The image of the rough and debauched sand thief in the mind of the astrologer's apprentice was shattered, replaced by a handsome black-haired uncle with a muscular chest, white skin, and bright red lips around a young man...... He quickly coughed twice and shook his head, driving the not-so-rosy imagination out of his head,

At this time, the three-masted galleon, slowly dragged by the chirping of the sandeaters, had approached the outer side of Tornado No. 1, the wind increased significantly, and the strong wind carried the yellow sand from the side like a solid, and Jonah's side face seemed to collide with a solid wall, almost breaking his cervical vertebrae.

"Cut in, all the syloners are 30 degrees, ready for the impact. Hannah wrapped her scarf around her mouth and nose, and her hands firmly grasped the rudder,

"Understood, the shouker is adjusted. Danny jumped between the ropes at breakneck speed, and Jonah was impressed by the skill of his movements, and the astrologer's apprentice didn't know how many sailors it would take to operate a massive three-masted sailing ship, but there were only two siblings on the ship, and the elder brother single-handedly did all the sailing work, apparently by his legendary father, the "Master of the Asylum",

"Boom. ”

The "Bactrian Wind" shuddered violently, the floor tilted at an angle of thirty degrees, the force of the impact made the hard teak hull creak and rub, buckets, ropes, cargo and food flew off the deck surface, Jonah was not thrown out of the ropes, but all the internal organs were displaced by inertia, blood rushed to the head, the ears buzzed, the vision suddenly turned white, and nothing could be seen clearly,

Through the floor, you can feel the tremor of the sandworm's body, although the chirp can't make a sound, but it is obviously using all its strength to fight against the tornado, and the eyesight gradually recovers, and the dizzy Jonah finds that everything around him has turned earthy yellow, and the sand fills every inch of space, making the hull rattle like a dense bullet,

Overhead, all the sails were puffed up and filled with hurricanes, and the astrologer's apprentice suddenly felt an overwhelmed rattle behind him, that is, the mainmast was gradually bent due to the strong wind,

"Hannah, the sail is too stressed, the mainmast is still fragile after it has been repaired, we can't support it for long, when will it break away. In the whistling tornado, Danny's voice was very faint, and he was trying his best to balance the force on the mainmast through a pulley, and the leather gloved palm was peeled open by the violent friction of the cable.

"The second tornado has just appeared, and it will take some time to reach the predetermined angle, now count down to 50 seconds, 49,48 ......" Hannah Stewart stood at the bow of the ship with difficulty holding the rudder, like a red reed swaying in a strong wind,

"Is there anything I can help with......" As soon as Jonah opened his mouth, the ubiquitous grains of sand filled his mouth,

Danny gritted his teeth, "Hannah will be upset if you want the goods to help...... It doesn't matter so much, the power of the dry tornado is stronger than expected,,, it would be nice if Dad's seven sailors were still around. He grabbed the rope with his right hand, pulled a dagger from under his robe with his left hand and threw it over, "Untie it yourself, friend." ”

At this moment of relaxation, the tethering line was ripped away several yards, the mainmast was visibly bent into a bow, the copper nails used for reinforcement on the mast continued to crumble, and the splud made the deck sawdust fly, and Jonah looked down at the dagger stuck at his feet, and shouted, "Can't you throw it on time, how can I reach it, can I cut the rope with my foot?" ”

"Figure it out for yourself. Danny wrapped the rope around his waist two or three times, pressed his feet against the anchor chain pier, and cried out through gritted teeth,

The astrologer apprentice can only close his eyes and find a way to mobilize the power of the stars, the yellow sand that covers the sky and the sun cannot isolate the starline from passing through the underworld, and the familiar star "Bear" in the first house and the star "boat" in the seventh house give the energy of light and heat to the world, and what Jonah lacks is only a star array that absorbs and emits energy,

Unable to move, only able to move his fingertips, Jonah tried to carve a "scorching ray" into the surface of the mast behind him with his fingernails The outline of the star array, the scribbled star array appeared shallowly on the wood, Jonah injected a little energy, the star array immediately collapsed as soon as it began to run, exploding a small ball of sparks, fortunately, this brief moment was enough for him to send out a very slender scorching ray, hit the rope on his body, the large knot was burned, the three strands of rope loosened, the astrologer apprentice broke free, covered his face with his sleeve to identify the direction, and then stumbled towards Danny, who was struggling to support,

"29,28,27......" Hannah was still counting down, "Bactria's gale" was pushed by the rapid dry tornado and accelerated, chirping into a large amount of sand, and a torrent of yellow sand erupted behind him, Jonah stumbled upon a cable in Danny's hand after stumbling upon the steering rudder of the three-masted galleon hanging from the tail of the chirp that could swing left and right, the rudder rotated, and the baffle proportionally changed the direction of the jet stream on the tail of the sandeater,

"Hold on. With one more person to share, the boy of the Stewart family looked much more relaxed, and he motioned for Jonah to wrap the cable around his upper arm, reducing the friction between his fingers and the rough rope, and only held on for a few seconds, when the astrologer's apprentice was pulled up by the huge pull of the mainmast, and there was a sharp pain in his palm and arm,

Staring at the crumbling mast, Danny yelled, "I can't hold on any longer, I have to get out immediately, it's not much from the predetermined angle." ”

"No, at a 15-degree angle, it will take 20 seconds. The younger sister insisted, "If you break away now, you will go straight to the center of the second dry tornado, a distance of 1,600 yards, and if you don't have time to change direction, you must hold on for 20 seconds, 19, 18 ......."

Suddenly there was a cracking sound from the mainmast, and a brass ring in the middle of the mast was stretched open and deformed and fell, and was blown by the wind and rolled on the deck, the angle of the mast bending was more obvious, and the mainsail ropes changed position and began to entangle with the cables of the front and rear masts, even if he didn't know anything about navigation, Jonah knew that this was definitely not a good sign,

Danny looked up with a pale face and gritted his teeth, as if he had made a big decision, "Goods...... No, friend, you hold on for five seconds, that's all I can do. ”

"What are you going to do...... Yes. The second half of the astrologer's apprentice's words turned into a scream, and the strength of the rope suddenly increased, and if it hadn't been for the Stewart boy kicking the steel anchor chain around his feet, Jonah would probably have been pulled into the air by the force of the full sail,

Danny rushed to the side of the ship, untied the two knots, waved his hand and lifted a tarpaulin, the rain cloth was immediately swept away by the hurricane, disappeared into the earthy yellow dry tornado, revealing a large black weapon, Danny shook the handle to make the cannon aim at the center of the dry tornado, pulled out the blockage in the thick muzzle, and pressed a button on the back of the gun,

The familiar eruption of steam sounded, "It's out." Danny Stewart's eyes were red and he let out a heartbroken roar, "50 silver, rush." ”

The large steam puppet machinery "boomed" and spewed out a cloud of white mist, the heavy projectile was ejected by the powerful machine spring, spun and fell towards the center of the storm, and the three people on the "12, 11......" three-masted sailing ship stared at the black cannonball that was swept up by the strong whirlwind, and instantly disappeared into the high altitude of the thundercloud rolling,