Chapter 222: Mooring

Kayi walked next to Husley, and Passerbai was there, and now the two ships were moving forward side by side, but not fast, so they didn't collide because of the Bernoulli effect.

Jia Yi asked Husley: "It's not early, where are we going to stop the boat?" and I just looked at the road map, and the detection range we have booked today is not enough, so we should go to a small island in front. ”

They had no experience on the first day today, and they stopped a few times in between, and they were fishing halfway, which delayed a lot of time, otherwise they would have arrived at the designated place by now.

"How far is it?" asked Husley.

"It's about 5 miles or so. Kaichi said.

Five miles is almost eight kilometers, and at the current speed, it won't be there in two or three hours, and then it will be dark.

Husley looked at Passerbai and said, "Okay, let's speed up to the reserved location first, do you have any findings?"

Kaichi shook his head: "If that group of fish doesn't count, there will be nothing, and I found an island, looking at the location, it should be the designated location we want to reach." ”

"So far?" said Husley, who hurriedly took Jiayi's hand and was about to go back to see, while waving his hand at Passerbai, asking him to go back and prepare to sail.

Pasebai didn't go back, but quickly followed, and said, "Don't, this won't delay much, and it's not bad for this, I'll come and have a look." ”

When he arrived at the workbench in the captain's room, Kaichi maximized the range of the sonar and the accuracy to the minimum, and the interface that originally displayed three-dimensional graphics immediately became a blank field, and then the clear pattern became abstract, with only a few dots on it.

Jia Yi pointed to the far part of the horizon above, two-thirds of the way from the center, and said: "This is an island, according to the comparison of the waveform state feedback back, it can be confirmed, and it is very large, at least 5 or 6 miles to our side, I checked our chart, no matter the size and distance, it is in line with the characteristics of the place where we want to anchor." ”

When Husley heard this, he hurriedly took out the route map, this is distributed by the college, one copy per person, even if he is killed, he can find his way back with this chart. Of course, this route map is not very detailed, and it is not available in many places, but there are still some large islands, especially now that it is not particularly far from the college, and the route map is quite accurate.

Jiayi and they didn't know that this sonar also has the function of collecting maps, which can record all the terrain that has been detected, and then the academy will integrate all the sonar records and finally produce a detailed map. Of course, this map is not for everyone to see, and if it is on Earth, it can be regarded as a military secret.

Husley carefully calculated the corresponding distance, and nodded with Passerbai: "Yes, it should be there, let's go, go over first, if you don't hurry up, it will be night, this is not a mature waterway, and it is not safe to sail at night." ”

Although the ship from the academy to Beishui City runs at night, that channel has been walking for decades, whether it is the captain or the merchant ship, they are already familiar with it, and some of the more dangerous places have lighthouses, which are not dangerous to walk, but the place they are walking now is not as good as the old channel, even if there is sonar, it is not good to accidentally hit something.

There may not be any problems with people, and if the ship breaks down, they can't leave.

Pasebai returned to his ship, and after the two ships separated, they separated themselves by a distance of about 3 or 400 meters, and sailed at full speed, sails and paddle wheels in unison, and sailed towards their destination.

Husley came to the deck, thinking that he had made the right choice to let Jia Yi operate the sonar, it was the first time he knew that the original sonar could be so far away, and he thought it was the same as on land, but less than a thousand yards away.

In fact, land can also be detected at a great distance, but at a distance, only very large objects can be detected, and it is not effective in predicting danger.

The boat started at full speed and although there was no current in the lake, the wind was good, and with the assistance of the paddle wheel, it took less than an hour to see the destination with the naked eye.

This is a very large island, the vegetation on it is quite lush, but because it is just early spring, there is no green, there is a mountain in the middle of the island, although it is not high, but for an inland lake, this is really rare, right on their side, there is a bay, like a natural port.

Kaichi mobilized the sonar and swept the shore carefully, especially against the bay.

After the scan, Kaichi raised his head and said to Husley, who was waiting for news: "You can go in the bay, but be careful, there are reefs on both sides, you can only enter from the middle, and the middle part looks like someone has made a gap with a spell, maybe someone has come over." ”

"Maybe, after all, the academy has been around for hundreds of years, and this place is not particularly far from the academy, and it may still be a gap made by the former teachers of the academy. ”

Hughesley winned, then turned to the captain and said, "Harbor security, lower the sails, use the paddlewheel, and we'll go in slowly." Be careful, slow down if you accidentally hit a hole. We're going to be the joke of the Academy. ”

After instructing the captain, he stared straight at the port, without looking back, but yelled at Jiayi: "Jiayi, you have to pay attention, in case something deviates, remember to stop." ”

Perhaps it was because of the first time, stopping at the natural harbor in the wild, Husley was still a little nervous, and under his influence, the rest of the young mages couldn't help but get nervous, and ran to the side of the boat to look under the lake to see if there would be any reefs under the water that they hadn't found. For example, March, who had portable sonar detectors, also took them out and scanned them indiscriminately underwater.

All went well, and Kaichi and his boat went into the harbor with ease, and then Paserbai's boat came in.

The wind and waves in the harbor will be smaller, and it will be safer inside, but this is just a lake and not a sea, even if it is parked outside, it is not much of a problem, as long as it is anchored and not blown away by the wind at night. But since there is a small natural port, of course you have to choose a better place.

When the boat had stopped, the two thick anchors went down to the bottom one after the other, and Husley asked the others, "Does anyone want to go up to the island to see it?" and relax and hunt some fresh game by the way, and after a day's sake, his legs are a little weak. ”

Jiayi and they are glad that no one is seasick here, although they have been on the boat for a day, they actually feel fine. But after all, the ship is relatively cramped, and as soon as they say they want to go ashore, they all want to go up.

Everyone put down a sampan from the boat and moved it to the shore from the ship in batches, their boat is relatively large, can not dock at will, and is easy to run aground.

There were 30 people in the two boats, and there was some commotion when they got together, and there were people running towards the forest in twos and threes, and when Husley saw it, he hurriedly ordered: "Don't run around at will, there may not be large beasts on the island, but there are very likely vipers and monsters, be careful." ”

"Yes, don't go out alone, at least two or three people together, and if there is any danger, remember to use the spark spell to send out red sparks. Pasebai also obeyed.

Jiayi was a little lazy and didn't want to move, so he found a stone and sat down by himself. Even in this operation, their traditional period has not ended, so there is no interest in hunting or anything, and it is only early spring, and there is not even wild fruit.

Seeing that Jiayi was not moving, Husley came over and kicked him and said, "Jiayi, you are okay now, don't you always say that your craftsmanship is good? ”

Jia Yi raised his head happily and said with a somewhat dull expression: "I am still in the school tradition period now, and I can't eat." ”

The brown bread they had before they got on the ship was still from Hughesley, and it was impossible to forget it so quickly.

"I know, I just let you do it, and I didn't let you eat it. Hughesley smiled.

And Jiayi's expression froze.