Chapter 407: Undercurrent
Before, the high priest planned to turn the "Treasure Island" upside down, but he didn't expect the other party to jump out by himself, which saved a lot of trouble.
Finally, after confirming the direction and approximate location of the signal source with the "Poseidon", the high priest did not delay any longer, rode on the black shark, and quickly left the temple, chasing towards the target.
Originally, if it was to make a big fuss about "Treasure Island", the high priest did not plan to ride the black shark to go, anyway, the island would not move, and it was not far from the temple, so there would be no need for a mobile power supply, and when the time came, it would directly enter the combat state, no matter what the result was, the black shark would not be of much use.
This thing was originally designed as a mobile power supply, and its combat ability is very limited, so of course it is not a problem to deal with ordinary people, but in a battle at the "apostle" level, it is at most a cannon fodder, and it is a valuable cannon fodder.
After all, the High Priest was meant to be replaced, but the "Black Shark" is a super durable product with an extremely long lifespan, and it took many years to cultivate it to be like this, which is honestly much more expensive than the High Priest Gold.
But now, in order to pursue the target as soon as possible, for the sake of safety, the high priest still rode the black shark out, firstly, because the speed of the black shark is indeed extremely fast, and secondly, it is also to maintain its own state in the movement as much as possible, so as not to chase the target in the end, and he will leak air first.
I have to say that the speed of the black shark is simply explosive, especially in this short-distance outburst, its speed is completely the king of speed in the sea, it is estimated to be much faster than the fish in Chen Mu's previous life, and it is appropriate to break through the speed of sound.
You must know that this is a high-speed movement on the seabed, and the theoretical resistance of sea water is much higher than that of air, so generally speaking, if a fish is always moving underwater, then the speed is absolutely impossible to compare with a missile flying in the air, and it is far behind.
However, the "Black Shark" is worthy of being the best quasi-divine beast that has been carefully cultivated under the seat of the "Sea God" for many years, and when it moves forward at high speed, its body surface is filled with clusters of blue light, wrapping it and the high priest in it, forming a cone-shaped light and shadow.
It was as if it could ignore the sea, and it was speeding at the bottom of the sea, but there were no waves in its reach, and it did not squeeze out the surrounding water, as if it were one with the sea, and there was no resistance at all.
At such a terrifying speed, it is really easy to catch up with the "Breeze Coming Slowly", even if the latter is already fully powered and even the paddling system is completely activated, there is no possibility of getting rid of the black shark at all.
Of course, at this time, no one in the fleet, including Chen Mu, knew that the high priest of the mermaid clan was telling the pursuit.
But Qiu Lin's order still made most of them feel that something was wrong, and the atmosphere in the fleet was a little tense, and smart people could see that this was a fugitive, and it was very urgent.
Li Fu, an old and cunning guy, is naturally a smart person among smart people, he wanted to communicate with the flagship several times, and even asked to board the ship to meet Qiu Lin, but he was refused, and there was no reason, just a word, let him stick to his post.
In the end, Li Fu was so anxious that he had no choice, as the number one battleship in the fleet, the Fulong was not even half a member of the escort team at this time.
To say that in normal times, Li Fu does have a lot of opinions about Zhang Feng, and the open and secret battles have never stopped, but even so, he definitely does not dare to deny the combat effectiveness of the escort team.
Even to put it bluntly, under such a backward level of science and technology in the wasteland, no matter how strong the battleship is, its own combat effectiveness is very limited, and what it really relies on is the warriors on board, especially those high-level elite warriors, who are the real main force in battle.
Therefore, in peacetime, the Fulong, as the number one battleship in the fleet, is equipped with the main force of the escort team, and even Zhang Feng, the chief captain of the escort team, is stationed on the Fulong, not the flagship, which shows the status of the Fulong in the fleet's combat sequence.
But now, not to mention that Zhang Feng didn't return to the fleet at all, even most of the other elite members of the escort team disappeared like Zhang Feng, and less than a third of the members fled back in embarrassment.
There are still many wounded ones, and the level of force of the entire fleet has dropped significantly, especially the high-end force, which is basically half disabled.
What's worse is that these remnants of the elite, along with the other members of the escort team, were all ordered by Qiu Lin to concentrate on the flagship, and on the other ships, only those trainees who did not do anything were left.
According to the normal routine, these trainees have to go through layers of trials before they can be promoted to full-fledged members.
Before that, these guys were just rookies, and in terms of combat effectiveness, they were probably inferior to some experienced veteran seafarers, and even some old oiler temporary workers were better than these rookies.
It's not that the rookies' martial arts and European spirit are necessarily inferior to these old oilers, but the battlefield has no eyes, psychological quality and combat experience are also extremely important, rookies often have empty strength, but they can't play it, sometimes they are hacked to death when they are nervous, and they don't even have a chance to really do it.
But now, except for the flagship, the force that can be relied on the rest of the ships is mainly these rookies.
As for those veterans of the sea, they also belong to the reserves, and when it comes to the point of life and death, they naturally have to participate in the battle.
However, no matter how old the qualifications are, they are only seafarers, not full-time combat escorts, and their work on weekdays is more navigation than combat, so the comprehensive combat effectiveness in all aspects is still far from the real escort team.
There are also those old oilman temporary workers, expecting them to work hard for the fleet, which is really unrealistic, if there is an escort team to supervise the battle, it may be difficult to be able to use it.
But how can there be an escort now, there are only some rookies, who can not mess up after the fight, even if they burn high incense, expecting them to supervise the battle, it is really pure nonsense.
Such a messy situation, not to mention Li Fu, even the other middle-level backbones in the fleet are more or less dissatisfied with Qiu Lin, absolutely this approach is too much.
Although the safety of the flagship should indeed be guaranteed first, it would be too selfish to evacuate all the escorts in this way, and if there is really a battle or other accident, then the other ships will have little ability to protect themselves.
This kind of approach makes it clear that he only cares about the life and death of the flagship, regardless of the safety of others, and the most hateful thing is not this, but Qiu Lin still refuses to let us find an excuse to take refuge in the flagship, which is really excessive.
Originally, even if the fleet suffered heavy losses, it was not a big deal, anyway, as long as there was a reason, it could always be justified, and the important thing was that you couldn't just care about your own life, but you didn't take everyone with you.