Chapter 406: Chaos

On the docks, there was a sudden chaos, caused by the boats queuing outside, several of which lost control and rampage in all directions.

What's more troublesome is that these ships also quickly ignited a fire, which seemed to be carrying a lot of flammable materials, and the fire was fierce, and those ships that were hit were also ignited, causing a large area of chaos in an instant.

At the same time, Chen Mu's fleet also suddenly stopped loading and unloading goods and left the port urgently, ostensibly to avoid chaos and fire, but in fact it was not so simple.

Chen Mu saw that something was wrong, and the guards who had hurriedly landed on the shore before hurriedly ran back shortly before the chaos happened.

The personnel obviously lost a lot, and Zhang Feng, the captain of the leading escort team, was nowhere to be found, and the fleet did not have the slightest intention of waiting for anyone, as if he didn't even want the goods on the shore, and took advantage of the chaos to leave the port in a hurry.

At this time, there are many ships leaving the port, and the patrol team of the Fish-Man Clan does not care about interception, the first priority is to extinguish the fire and stabilize the situation, the nearby manpower is limited, and the fire is not small, there is no reason to let the ships stay in the port and wait for death.

The fleet left the harbor without any danger, and without the slightest intention of stopping, it accelerated towards the west.

The monkey has been monitoring Li Fu, but nothing abnormal has happened, Li Fu also seems to be confused, all orders are directly ordered by Qiu Lin, and everyone else is acting according to orders.

Some of Zhang Feng's men fled back to the ship, and they should have known the inside story, at least part of it, but after they came back, they all went directly to the flagship, and they didn't have a chance to inquire at all.

There must be something in this, Chen Mu could see that something was wrong at a glance, and an old oilman like Li Fu could naturally see it.

But helplessly, Qiu Lin was strict-mouthed, and at this time, it was obvious that the situation was urgent, the flagship had been completely blocked, and no one else could go up at all, including Li Fu, who could only stay on the Fulong.

Chen Mu has no interest in getting to the bottom of it, there must be something wrong with this matter, but no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it has something to do with him, so let him go, why meddle.

Anyway, if the situation expands and it gets out of control, then the big deal is to leave, and it is just a good boat to go, and it is not a pity to go, and then find other ways to go to the "East China Sea".

Thinking like this, Chen Mu honestly mixed with other temporary workers and worked normally on the Fulong.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, many supplies and goods have not yet had time to be delivered to the ship, but fortunately, the Fulong is mainly used as a warship, and the role of the cargo hold is also mainly to store war materials.

Chen Mu and the others later carried things on other cargo ships, and now they hurriedly returned to the Fulong, but they didn't have lazy work, in addition to normal coolie work, they even had to temporarily act as oarsmen.

That's right, most of these ocean-going ships are also equipped with oars, but they are rarely used on weekdays, and they generally use sails and steam-powered propellers, but the power system is very backward, and many times it is not as good as sails.

As for the role of paddling, it is naturally used as a supplementary power source, especially during combat, or other emergencies, the paddling system can be activated to increase the speed and flexibility of the boat.

Now I left the port in a hurry, obviously the power was fully turned on, and even the paddling system was activated, indicating that this time the matter was not small, and it was no longer to escape from the chaos and fire, but to go to the attitude of refuge.

Chen Mu was even a little suspicious that the chaos and arson outside the port before was probably related to Qiu Lin, maybe it was a means of getting out secretly arranged here.

Combined with the fact that Zhang Feng took a large number of elite guards before, with that very reluctant excuse, he hurriedly and sneakily went ashore, it should not be really to fight for the wind and be jealous, but to secretly cross Chen Cang on the plank road and go to something else.

Now that Zhang Feng has not returned, the escort team has obviously suffered heavy losses, and the fleet is still fleeing from the "Treasure Island" in a hurry, obviously the matter has been revealed, but I don't know whether the matter has been done or failed.

But looking at the current embarrassed escape, even if this thing does not completely fail, it will definitely not be smooth sailing, otherwise it would not have escaped in such a hurry and embarrassment.

Chen Mu was paddling while thinking nonsense, this matter has nothing to do with him, but there is nothing to do now, and it never hurts to think about it.

Of course he didn't know that it was such an accident, but his whereabouts were exposed in advance, which made the high priest gain a big surprise.

While the fleet was leaving the harbor in a hurry, the High Priest was in the temple of a nearby stronghold, while taking the final rest and recharging, and communicating with the "Sea God", and using the power and will of the gods to locate the "Sea God Pearl".

As a result, it was found that the signal source suddenly moved towards the outside of "Treasure Island", and the direction was west.

Without saying a word, the high priest suspended contact with the "sea god", and went out to order the priest of the temple to immediately inquire about the information and see what ships had recently left the port to the west on the "Treasure Island", and asked for a detailed report as soon as possible.

After the task was assigned, the temple warrior went directly to communicate with the person in charge of the merfolk clan of "Treasure Island", and it was easy to investigate it clearly and report the information to the priest, who naturally reported it to the high priest as soon as possible.

It can be regarded as Chen Mu's bad luck, the accident at the port happened very suddenly, alarming all the mermaid patrols nearby, combined with this special time, it was quickly found out that at this time, there were not many fleets leaving the port to the west, only three in total.

What's even more unfortunate is that the patrol team of the mermaid clan took a closer look and found that the only fleet that really left the port in a hurry and quickly headed west was the Jiang family's "Breeze Xulai".

Although the other two fleets also left the port to the west, the speed was normal, and the two fleets happened to have completed the cargo handling, and they were scheduled to leave the port today, which was not abnormal.

The only thing that was "the breeze is coming", and the original reported scheduled departure date should be two or three days later, not today.

Besides, their speed is obviously abnormal, and if you don't check it, you don't know it, and it's easy to find out that something is wrong when you check it.

The high priest's eyes lit up even more, according to the previous point in time, coupled with the speed of the "Qingfeng Xulai" that came back from the report, he was almost certain that the "Seagod Pearl" that was robbed should be in the fleet.

Even the "Poseidon" can't accurately locate the "Poseidon Pearl" to the range of a certain person, even if it is within the signal range of the temple, it can't be so fine.