Many people find the experience of sailing exciting and novel.
This was indeed the case in the first few days after boarding the ship. Whether it was the rolling waves, the blue sky, or the seagulls flying side by side along the ship's side, it gave people a vast feeling of freedom in all kinds of frosty skies.
But when halfway through the voyage, facing a world where the sea and sky are the same color and there are only vast waves, even the most curious person will feel bored.
Not to mention that the food reserves on the ship are limited. In order to prolong the use of resources as much as possible, the sailors will probably fish for dinner.
Eating one or two meals of freshly caught sea fish is a pleasure, but after eating it for a while, it can only be torture when paired with the poor seasoning of the current Wajima Island.
Lu Jian has even brewed his own soy sauce and developed a way to eat it raw, which is better than ruining the fish with various seasonings.
It was only then that Lu Tan realized that there were places where people ate raw food, not because they were barbaric, but maybe just because there were no good cooks in that place. The fittest survived and everyone was free to choose, and finally the tradition of raw food was formed.
Anyway, his stomach is not afraid of any parasites, so even if there are small dark yellow worms crawling on the fish, he can eat them without any hesitation.
Compared with wheat and bread, the advantage of rice is that it is easy to store, and when you want to eat it, you can just add water to heat it and cook it.
Even when you are lazy, it is very convenient to throw it into fish soup and mix it with soup rice.
Lu Tan sat on the deck and ate two large bowls of rice with just soy sauce and sashimi.
"The weather is not very good. We will soon reach the windless zone. There seems to be a storm."
Scholar Axiang looked at the gloomy sky in front of him and said.
"Will there be storms in the calm zone?"
Lu Tiao couldn't help but ask.
He didn't know much about the windless zone, and he wasn't sure whether the windless zone in this era was the same thing as the windless zone in the future. But since they were both called windless zones, wouldn't it be a bit strange to have atmospheric movements like storms?
science?
Well, many things in foreign lands are not very scientific.
"Actually, storms in the calm zone are a good thing for us, because as long as the wind direction is right, we can travel a long distance in the calm zone."
Axiang didn't show a very nervous expression, but instead felt a little relaxed.
"I remember that you have to take down the sails if you encounter a storm."
Shia glanced at the white sails on the main mast that were blown by the wind.
If the sails are not furled in strong winds, the ship will soon capsize due to the air current, or the mast will not be able to withstand such strong wind force and break.
Most of the typhoons perceived by humans have been weakened after a long journey and the land. Real typhoons can only be seen on the sea.
Under the influence of sea water, the air pressure at the center of these typhoons is extremely low, which will exceed the limits of human cognition.
For example, the one in front of Lu Jian.
In the windless zone, huge clouds had begun to gather in the past two days, forming dark black clouds that cut off the sky.
There were waves on the sea, making the ship's navigation unsteady.
Looking forward, you can see the pure black clouds, countless lightning flashes, huge and thick thunder hitting the sea, spreading out a line of fire and silver flowers in the dark sea water, illuminating the dark deep sea.
After Lu Jian finished eating, he came to the bow of the ship and looked forward.
You can see a very clear boundary in the sea.
Here outside the limits, the waves surge and ride the wind.
Within the limits, the water is calm without any waves, just like a mirror.
Even thunder and lightning appear pale and powerless when they fall into the boundary. It seems to possess some extraordinary power, resolving all conflicts and contradictions and reducing everything to nothingness.
Boom——
While the thunder was coming one after another, Lu Jian saw that the lightning that was trying to break the silence within the boundary began to slow down after entering the field. The original speed was nowhere to be found, leaving only a slow electric current gradually building in the air.
It takes shape and finally falls into the sea, spreading out like fireworks and disappearing into nothingness.
The calm zone seems to be more than just the absence of wind.
It seems that this place completely violates the laws of science and can bring everything that enters the windless zone to stagnation and stillness.
"I'll try."
Shia came to Lu Tiao's side, condensed a ball of invisible magic power in her hand, and immediately flew an arrow towards the edge of the windless zone.
After a moment, the invisible arrow entered the windless zone. It moved forward tenaciously, but eventually attenuated and disappeared a few hundred meters after entering the windless zone.
"Not only is the wind stopped, but all movement is gradually stopped. This is the result of pollution."
Shia murmured.
If there is no ability to resist pollution, then after entering the windless zone, the air flow will first be stagnant, and then the ship will be unable to move. Finally, human body functions will fail, and even the growth and reproduction of bacteria will tend to stagnate.
This is the real stagnant space.
For Shia and Lu Tan, these contaminations should not be a problem.
But for people on board, it's a little troublesome.
Shia glanced at the sailors and then said to Nagamasa.
"Captain, let's wait until night before entering the windless zone."
"Night? Why?"
Nagamasa didn't quite understand. The storm was about to spread. If you wanted to rely on the wind to enter the windless zone, now was the best time. Wait until night, and you might miss it.
The typhoon on the sea moves very fast and disappears in an instant. It is still noon and it will be after midnight before the typhoon may really leave them.
But since it was Shia who said it, Nagamasa didn't dare to ask any more questions.
He has never actually been to the Windless Zone, he only heard what his seniors said, and he is still a little excited now.
"Reef the sails and pull everything off the deck."
Captain Nagamasa commanded.
The sailors got busy.
Lu Tuan knew very well that Shia should wait until after zero o'clock to pray for suitable spells to resist the pollution of the Windless Zone. Although this matter can actually be left to Bao Bao, letting the incarnation of an outside god protect humans will always be a problem.
Something feels wrong.
As the sailors cleared the decks and returned to the cabin one after another, the rain began to fall.
At first it was just a light drizzle, but soon it became heavier, accompanied by lightning and thunder, accompanied by waves.
If the ship anchors at this time, it is very likely that the ship will not be able to withstand the pull and break directly. It can only drift with the current and rely on its own weight and stability to fight the storm.
"Let the storm come harder!"
Captain Nagamasa stood next to the steering wheel. He relied on his own steering to control the direction of the ship, so that the bow of the ship faced the direction of the waves, because if the hull of the ship was flush with the waves, it would easily aggravate the overturning and cause the ship to topple.
Now that there is no sail power, only Nagamasa's rudder can control the fate of the ship.
The wind was howling, and the lightning was winding like a long snake in the clouds. The sailors sat in their cabins, closed their eyes, and prayed to the gods who didn't know where they were.
At the bottom of the cabin, Sia's eyes were also closed, but she was waiting.
At midnight, the ship was caught in the storm and had reached the edge of the calm zone and the normal sea area, and was about to rush into the calm zone.
Captain Nagamasa was soaked all over, and he saw a quiet world ahead. In that silence, there was madness and terror brewing.
Without any room for resistance, the entire ship rushed into the windless zone.
At the same time, in the cabin, Shia opened her eyes.