Chapter 424: 'Dark Chess'

The 'Mask of the King of Comedy' on his forehead did not reveal the horror of the conquerors of the Wuli tribe due to their momentary disappointment, and also made Hano, who was looking at the quiet sea, not notice anything unusual, and continued: "It cannot be said that it is completely unfamiliar.

After all, any voyage to the Sea of Hell represents a lucrative investment, whether it's ocean trade across continents, or a trip to the Inferno to do some illegal trade with the natives or plunder of their precious products.

The problem is that the waters of Hell are too big and dangerous for anyone to draw a complete chart, and we were caught in a storm and drifted to this island, so we don't know where we are...

Anyway, the more you talk about these things, the more frustrating it becomes, I'll tell you some good news lest he commit suicide by jumping into the sea right now.

First of all, you don't have to worry about food and fresh water, the vast majority of the sailors in the city-state of Catamane are good fishers, and with a tough silk thread and an iron hook, they can turn the sea into a granary.

Secondly, the most crucial reason why Captain Anduch became a captain is that he has mastered the 'water purification technique', as long as he is in the sea or our reservoir.

Also, although there are no nautical charts and we don't know the exact location of the island, we are fortunate to have a good navigator.

He studied astronomy and walrus at the Navigation Academy for five years, and lived at sea for another twenty-five years, and he knew enough about ocean currents, fish, reef distribution, and the laws of sea monster hiding, and was at least 20% sure that he would be able to return safely to Venis. ”

"That navigator is you, Hano, but you said so many advantages. But is only 20% sure that I can escape to your city-state alive?" Zhang Lisheng raised his head and asked with a wry smile.

"This is already very high, young man, and he already needs the double protection of the gods. Hano was silent for a moment, then replied in a low voice, "I hope the old ship they found is good enough, especially with strong sails..."

As soon as the navigator finished speaking, as if a god was about to send down his blessings, a sailor strode up to him and said excitedly: "Lord Hano, the captain has already chosen the ship, and a two-story six-masted galleon is in good condition, except for the low cabin and the wood for a long time. ”

"Yes, that's a gods' blessing. Hano nodded, ignoring Zhang Lisheng no longer. He walked to the wooden boat parked in the harbor.

The youth got up from the sand. A few steps behind Hano, looking at his back, he muttered with his eyebrows stretched: "Although there is little grasp of twenty percent, five two achievements can make up a ten, and it is impossible not to catch five navigators in Venice City..."

At the berth. The wooden boat that was chosen. The sailors used cables to pull the debris that the women had found up to the deck. Then he began to tie the girls lazily with ropes and pull them one by one onto the boat.

"Harvey, can you climb up with old arms and legs?" stood outside the boat and looked up at the boat gang that was nearly ten meters away. Zhang Lisheng walked up to Hano, who had just stopped, and asked casually.

"I'm just forty-five years old, and I'm not an old man, don't talk about the gang of this kind of small wooden boat, even if it's the 100-meter mast of an ocean-going ship, it's just a layman like you, don't be strong, strength doesn't mean everything, be careful to fall to death. Hearing the word 'old', Hano's temper seemed to rise suddenly, and he said with a gloomy face.

"Hano, there is no profession of 'warrior monk' in your country, and we don't just have great strength..." Zhang Lisheng was not angry, but smiled, his body jumped high like an ape in a panic, and his palm gently propped up on the hull of the wooden boat as if it had suction, and his body fell to the deck silently.

The sailors around them only felt a trance in front of them, and then they saw that Zhang Lisheng had already stood beside them, and his face unconsciously showed a look of surprise, and then he remembered that although he was useless now, he had saved their lives not long ago, but with a pair of iron fists alone, he had won the respect of the barbaric Hellmen, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little in awe.

Even Anduqi couldn't help but look at Zhang Lisheng seriously, and said: "The height of jumping more than thirty feet out of thin air has already exceeded the limit that the human body can reach.

Mr. Li Sheng, it seems that you have really mastered some very magical powers, and if you are unfortunate enough to encounter any dangerous monsters at sea, I hope you can help. ”

"Captain Anduchi, there is only one kind of power that a warrior monk can master, and that is 'qi'. "Just like Zhang Lisheng's strength increased several times after absorbing the Monkey King Beast Soul, after absorbing the Eye Beast Soul, he was gradually able to use some invisible power in a limited way in the human state.

Now is a good time to pretend to be a ghost, the young man stretched his body, and naturally there was an invisible repulsion to gently push the sailors around him away, and then he put his hands together and said: "We use 'qi' through the body to resist strong enemies, rescue comrades, and once we encounter danger when we are in the same boat, I will naturally not stand idly by." ”

In a civilization with a magical power, showing this kind of magical power that ordinary people can't understand will naturally cause a commotion, and the sailors who were pushed away by Zhang Lisheng's invisible power exclaimed one after another: "I, I'm moving, the gods are above, I was just pushed by one, an invisible force, this is really amazing...";

"Is this a mana release, it turns out that the caster saved us, it's no wonder, it's no wonder...";

"It's great that even though I don't have weapons now, I can resist ordinary sea monsters...", forgetting for a moment that they still have the task of pulling the women onto the boat.

It was Anducci's timely scolding that didn't delay too much, and finally arrived at the moment before the sun rose in the east and hoisted the sails.

Watching the cable pull the canvas under the action of the pulley group and smoothly climb the mast, Anduqi, who bent down to turn the rudder with one hand in the cockpit, subconsciously said worriedly: "Very advanced sail raising equipment, even the craftsmanship of the best shipyard in the Catamane city-state is nothing more than that.

The weave of the sails was incredibly tough and light, and the cabins were built according to the diminutive stature of the Hellones, and the abandonment of such a fine ship in the Old Port only shows that the Hellmen of this island have mastered the art of shipbuilding, and that the great ships we saw when we first came out of the jungle were built by them, not robbed. ”

"There's nothing surprising about this, Captain, the jungles where the Hellmen live have countless sturdy timbers that can be used as keels, and warriors who ride on the kind of big spiders should be able to weave a sturdy canvas, they are the darlings of the island, and the conditions for building ships are unique, once you master some simple crafts..."

"Hano, you don't understand what I mean, think about it, if it's for fishing, how can the Hellenos build a ship of thousands of feet, they don't need to fish in the ocean, like you said, they are the darlings of the island..."

"It's you who say, they, they built the big ship to make an expedition to the city-state of Cataman!"

"An island expedition against Catamane is not possible, but it is more than enough to form a formidable pirate to rob merchant fleets and plunder coastal city-states, and our city of Venis must bear the brunt. ”

"Yes, you're right, Captain, where can a storm blow us to, this island must not be too far from our city-state, and this is a troublemaker..."

Beside the lookout window of the short but not narrow cockpit, Zhang Lisheng heard the worrying discussion between Anduqi and Hano, and said with a smile: "Captain Anduqi, Hano, let's leave aside for the time being whether those 'dwarf' shipbuilders plan to fish or be pirates."

The ship has already left the port, and we have begun to flee at sea, whether it is wiser to take care of our own lives first. ”

"Don't be nervous, there will be no reefs or sea monsters in the sea thirty miles from all the islands in the Hell Sea, only abundant fish, and the Hell people are the darlings of the islands. Hano looked at the sun slowly revealing a little light in the east, and said in a low voice.

"Yes, it seems that I don't know anything about the ocean, so I quickly shut up and went to the deck to see if any sailors had caught a fish, and I was starving after a whole night. Zhang Lisheng paused for a moment, stretched out his hands and walked out of the cab with his waist hunched.

The air outside is crisp, and seabirds that have just left their nests circle around the boat, chirping and jostling for the guts of the fish that the sailors have dug up.

The young man walked to the side of the boat and looked at the small half-basin of fish that had been placed at the sailor's feet, squatted down and picked out the fattest scaleless fish, peeled off the skin, tore the flesh and put it in his mouth, poked his head to look at the fish swimming in the sea, and said: "It seems that the Navigator of Hanno is right, there are many schools of fish near the island of Hellfire." ”

"Lord Li Sheng, the Helleniters are the darlings of the island, and they can only eat enough by fishing in the coastal waters, and live carefree under the trees in the sun.

It is a pity that the savage and brutal nature makes these barbarians unwilling to live such a heavenly life. When the sailor closest to Zhang Lisheng saw him come to his side, he immediately flattered him and said, "Do you like to eat raw Daha herring, I will immediately change the bait and catch another one for you."

Once you've had your fill of food and drink, it won't be scary for us to encounter a sea monster again. Obviously, a small part of it relies on the grace of saving lives, and most of it relies on the fictitious so-called 'qi' Zhang Lisheng has achieved a fairly high status among the fugitives.

"Is this fish called a herring, it's really delicious, and it's very pleasant to eat..."Hearing the sailor's flattery, the young man nodded and looked at the island that was gradually moving away, and said casually.

At this time, if you follow his gaze and cross the sea surface of the heavy channel to a huge port, you can see that three huge steel ships two hundred meters long are ready to depart.

In front of the lookout window of the leading iron ship, a young native wearing a short blue robe woven of tree fibers to cover his shame, with two bright fields on his head, stared solemnly at the front with a telescope carved from trees and two ends inlaid with crystal at both ends, and commanded in a loud voice: "With the right given by the god of Wuli, I order, light the steam furnace!" (to be continued......

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