Chapter 40: The Shark Crisis
Huang Hui felt that the dantian was empty at this time, remembering the vision in the wind and rain that day, Huang Hui once again imitated the sound of wind, thunder and angry waves to breathe, but no matter how he tossed, it had no effect, at most he made a sound similar to snoring, so that he was not depressed.
"Do you have to be in that bad weather to generate true qi again?" After this storm, the Breaking Wave was not too damaged, and the freshwater grain was still well preserved.
The sailors all performed their duties and carried out their operations in an orderly manner.
"Huang Gongzi, you're finally awake!" A sailor saw Huang Hui walking to the deck and cast a grateful look at him. When the other sailors saw Huang Hui, they all greeted him.
"Huang Gongzi, you are our great benefactor. If it weren't for you, we might all have to feed the fish by now! "Yes, Huang Gongzi, you haven't recovered yet, why did you get out of bed?" On that day, Huang Hui used his true qi to help Cui Die identify the course, so that the Breaking Waves could get out of the storm, and all the sailors were very grateful to him, and when they saw Huang Hui at this moment, they all sent him sincere greetings.
Huang Hui couldn't figure out the reason for that day now, so he just responded to everyone with a smile.
"Huang Gongzi, are you better?" A pleasant female voice came, and I saw Cui Die walking towards this side.
The young woman was dressed in a close-fitting suit, and her tights outlined her delicate curves, although she was extremely seductive, but her gait was vigorous and heroic, so that people did not dare to blaspheme.
Huang Hui said: "Thank you Miss Cui for your concern, Huang is just a little cold, and he has been fine after a good night's sleep." β
"Concubine body, thank you again Huang Gongzi for saving her life!" Cui Die bowed to Huang Hui, so frightened that Huang Hui was helpless. Huang Hui said: "Miss Cui, you want to kill Huang with such a big gift!" β
Cui Die said: "Childe protected me in the storm and saved the lives of all the people on board, I am here to thank you for all the sailors, and I hope that Childe will not shirk." β
Huang Hui no longer shirked when he heard this, and accepted it calmly.
Cui Die saluted and said: "Huang Gongzi first saved my life from Zhao Yuantao, and now he has saved the children of the Cui and Han families on the boat from natural disasters, and this kindness has been recorded by the Cui and Han families!" If anyone dares to embarrass Huang Gongzi in the future, he will be against the Cui and Han families! β
As soon as Cui Die's words came out, the children of the two families present couldn't help but respond. "That's right, who dares to embarrass Huang Gongzi in the future, I, Han Fei, will be the first to not let him go!" "Count me Cui Jianyun as one!" β¦β¦
When everyone's emotions calmed down, Cui Die pulled Huang Hui into the wheelhouse and said, "Huang Gongzi, I have one thing to tell you, that is, the Breaking Waves has left its original course. β
Huang Huiqi said: "How do you say this? Cui Die sighed: "Originally, the concubine was planning to sail along the offshore sea, and when she arrived at the boundary of Shandong, she would send Gongzi off the ship, and after Gongzi could rush to Mount Tai, the Breaking Waves turned around and headed eastward to transfer goods to the Dongliu Kingdom, who knew that this storm made the Breaking Waves sail into the deep sea in advance, and now it is difficult to identify the direction." β
Huang Hui couldn't help but be stunned, his face turned red and white, and asked, "Isn't there a compass on the ship, why can't you identify the direction?" βγ
Cui Cheng, who was at the helm, answered: "Huang Gongzi, we have left the East China Sea at this moment and sailed into the barren sea. β
Legend has it that the East China Sea is bounded by the East Ryu Kingdom, and a hundred nautical miles east of the East Ryu Country is an unknown sea area, known as the Arakai Sea. No one has ever dared to enter this sea area, because those who enter it have never returned, so the description of the barren sea is only a few strokes in the ancient books: "The barren sea was formed at the beginning of chaos, and no one should approach!" β
Some people say that Arakai is the place where ancient demons live, and some people say that Arakai is the road to hell, in short, the rumors about Arakai are terrifying.
Cui Die said: "The food and fresh water of the Breaking Waves can still last for two months, and the savings can barely last for three months, plus this sea area is calm and calm, there are many sea fish, we can temporarily eat sea fish, so food is not the biggest problem at present, we have to find a way to restore the compass, and only in this way can we leave the barren sea." β
"Young lady, it's not good!" A Han family disciple rushed in and said. The people of the Han family call Cui Die the young lady, and the people of the Cui family call her Miss.
Cui Dieliu raised her eyebrows and said sharply: "Han Yu, why are you so flustered?" Is the sky falling? Han Yu calmed down for a moment, and said intermittently: "Young lady, there seems to be a group of sharks in front, look at the number of about a hundred ......"
Cui Die's face changed, and he immediately walked quickly to the deck. Cui Die stared at his eyes, his eyesight could reach several miles away, and he faintly saw a lot of shark wings paddling on the sea. β
The crowd on deck ran like ants, and the sailors all got into the bilge, leaving a few men to raise their masts. In a few moments, the head of the wave had reached fifteen nautical miles. The black light no longer jumped under the water, and the creatures under the surface of the sea held their breath and condensed, brewing silence like night cavalry, for fear of alarming the enemy.
At first it was just the sound of the oars paddling in the water, which sounded softly in the wind; As the distance closes, it gradually becomes like a sonorous knife, implying killing; In the end, there was a rumbling sound, like thunder crushing through the clouds.
"Sharksβ" cried one of the sailors, whose face was pale, and there were at least a hundred sharks hiding beneath the head of the wave.
Huang Hui said: "The water around us does not smell bloody, and sharks will not necessarily attack us. Cui Die shook his head and said: "Sharks are solitary beasts, they will not swim in the same direction without the smell of blood, when these evil animals gather together, it means that there is not enough food in the sea area where they originally lived, and they have to look for food in other sea areas, which means that we are chasing a group of hungry sharks behind us, and once they are entangled, they will not die." β
"Warrior crossbowmen come to their posts and prepare for battle." Cui Die performed light skills and flew to the roof of the upper cabin, lifting and shouting.
Everyone suddenly shook their spirits, clenched the crossbow arrows in their hands, and checked the daggers on their waists. The sharks were already approaching five nautical miles, and the aftermath was like a wavebreaker. The waves at the foreground suddenly dispersed, and the head of a huge shark poked out of the water. I saw that the shark's head was dark blue, except for the white part of the forehead.
Experienced sailors immediately recognized the shark's origin: "White-fronted shark!" Everyone immediately took a deep breath of cold air, and Cui Die also looked solemn.
The white-fronted shark is an ancient alien species, fierce and brutal, if the bull shark, the great white shark, and the tiger shark are the overlords of the sea, and the white-fronted shark is the emperor of the deep sea.
It is said that 30 years ago, the coast of Jiangnan was ravaged by sharks, and everyone was puzzled at that time, because sharks almost did not appear in shallow waters, at that time there were not just one or two sharks, but thousands of sharks, including many bull sharks, great white sharks, tiger sharks, in order to ensure the smooth shipping of the sea, the imperial court mobilized hundreds of warships to kill this group of sharks.
After clearing the coastal shark plague, the imperial court thought that the route was safe, so it was seabound again, who knew that many merchant ships were killed, and later learned that a white-fronted shark appeared in the deep sea, this fierce beast ran rampant for thousands of miles of sea, driving other sharks out of its territory, which caused the shark plague along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River.
After learning of this, the imperial court once again sent warships to kill the evil shark, and after this battle, although the white-fronted shark was killed, less than a third of the ships returned to the sea. This history, as long as the people who run the sea know it clearly, the horror of the white-fronted shark is not only its ferocity, but it is different from other sharks only for the smell of blood, as long as the white-fronted shark is moving in the water objects are their targets, they seem to smell the breath of living people at the moment, appear more crazy, shuttle in the water faster, bound to rush up to bite the wave breaker.
Cui Die's expression was solemn, although the Breaking Wave was wrapped in iron armor, but the sailor who killed the white-fronted shark back then, the warship was not wrapped in iron armor, and finally ended up in a miserable victory, Cui Die didn't think that the iron sheet of the Breaking Wave could block the sharp teeth of this group of fierce beasts.
Cui Die shouted: "Crossbowman, shoot arrows at the front end!" More than a dozen famous crossbowmen pulled the giant crossbow arrows on the ship, and with a whoosh, five giant arrows were fired.
This giant crossbow arrow is called the Earthquake Nu, and its range can reach five miles, and it can penetrate the city wall, but the speed of loading the arrow is too slow. The white-fronted shark in the distance was suddenly hit by an arrow, and the blood suddenly stained a large area of sea water.
The surrounding sharks smelled blood, became extremely crazy, and even rushed to bite the corpses of their companions, and in the process of biting, there were sharks injured and bleeding, which again attracted the pursuit of other sharks, and in this way, a vicious circle was formed, and the sea area not far away became a Shura field for sharks to kill each other, the sea water was surging, and the blood was drifting away.
Experienced sailors know that sharks are better dealt with in swarms, because if you injure one of them, the sharks will kill each other, and often the end result will be that all of them die under the teeth of their companions; And dealing with a shark, getting hurt will only make it even more crazy.
At that time, the imperial court could easily encircle and suppress thousands of sharks, but in the face of a single white-fronted shark, there was a heavy loss, in addition to the fact that the shark shark was far more ferocious than other sharks, there was also this reason. Bloodthirsty nature and ruthlessness are all traits of sharks, and humans use this trait to deal with shark swarms.
The tactics against the sharks are simple and effective, and the only concern is that the ship gets too close and gets caught up in the shark fight, resulting in the ship's destruction. And the Wave Breaker has the Sky Shattering Crossbow, a weapon with an extremely long range, so in the face of this ferocious shark, it can retreat with all its body.
Although ferocious and violent, the shark is always a shark, and its characteristics remain the same. Within half a sound, more than half of the fierce beasts had been killed and injured, and the Breaking Waves sailed out seven or eight nautical miles away at this moment, sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, no, it should be watching the shark fight from the boat.
Suddenly, the white-fronted shark suddenly stopped fighting and began to swim restlessly, the sea water in the distance surged again, the black sea water was mixed with blood, and the waves were stirred, and the sharks swam for a while, and suddenly wanted to swim in all directions, and a huge group of sharks scattered in an instant.
There were several sharks rushing towards the Breaking Waves, Cui Die ordered everyone to shoot two with the Heaven-Shattering Crossbow, and the rest of the sharks didn't pay attention to the smell of blood around them, just blindly rushing, just when everyone thought that there was going to be a fierce battle, these white-fronted sharks swam past the Breaking Waves, without the slightest movement, the only movement was that a shark swam too fast and hit the hull, causing the Breaking Waves to make a slight shaking.
Cui Dieqi said: "How can these sharks be like this? Watching them move is more like fleeing than wandering. Cui Cheng poked his head out of the wheelhouse and said, "Miss, you're right, these sharks seem to be running away from some danger. β
Cui Cheng can be said to be the most experienced person in navigation among the people on the Breaking Waves, and what he said is basically not wrong.
Cui Die nodded and said, "That's right, although the threat of the white-fronted shark has passed, we may have to face a more terrible danger than the white-fronted shark, everyone cheer up!" β
Everyone was tense, and they all held their weapons and looked at the surrounding sea, but after a while, they didn't find anything abnormal. Before you know it, it is already evening, the golden sun slowly descends on the sea, the sky is beginning to darken, and the sparkling golden light is surging on the sea, as if it is on fire, gorgeous and abnormal.
Cui Die was about to disperse everyone, when he suddenly felt a flower in front of him, and at the edge of his vision, there seemed to be a black object jumping over the water. In the flickering golden light, it is very eye-catching. Another sailor muttered, this time more clearly, and a dark light leaped through the air. It's like a sea fish ventilating, it flicks smartly, and then disappears quickly. Dozens of nautical miles away, it can still be clearly presented, which shows the huge volume of the jumping animal.
The sea was as quiet as a mirror, and in that direction, a wave rushed in. The wave is not high, but the shape is very strange.
Behind the crest of the wave, there is not a regular slope, and clusters of waves are rapidly stirring, as if there is a kind of mast creature chopping the waves underwater, stirring up the veins and veins. In a matter of moments, the head of the wave was within seven nautical miles.
The black light no longer jumped under the water, and the strange creatures held their breath and condensed, brewing silence like night cavalry, for fear of alarming the enemy. At first it was just the sound of the oars paddling in the water, which sounded softly in the wind; As the distance closes, it gradually becomes like a sonorous knife, implying killing; In the end, there was a rumbling sound, like thunder crushing through the clouds. At the very place where this thing swam, the white-fronted sharks that had not escaped far were facing the sky with their stomachs turned upside down, blood spilling everywhere, and they had obviously become dead fish.
Only then did everyone on the Breaking Wave realize that the group of white-fronted sharks rushed towards them in groups, not in search of food, but to escape from the mysterious creature now, and the Breaking Wave only happened to appear on their way to escape. What was it that could have caused all the ancient beasts to flee en masse? Thinking of this, everyone on the Breaking Wave gasped, they were about to face a creature even more terrifying than the white-fronted shark.
Cui Cheng smiled bitterly: "His grandmother's, what the hell is that, watching it kill the white-fronted shark is like playing, damn it is easier than chopping melons and vegetables." "The creature was already within five nautical miles, and the aftermath was like the Breaking Wave. The spray at the front suddenly dispersed, and a huge head poked out of the water.