In the blink of an eye, everyone on the ship rushed to the deck and watched eagerly.
But I saw an island appearing directly in front of the warship.
Moreover, the island is not like an ordinary small island, and there is more than one.
After sailing for ten days, we suddenly saw an island, which naturally made everyone feel excited.
"No way?" Wu Yubao was surprised, "Could it be that... we have arrived at the Meng Kingdom so soon?"
"That's right," a soldier said, "it is said that Fenmeng is connected to the two countries on the other side, and it cut off the island. It looks very similar..."
"No...no..." Xiao Zhennan held the compass in his hand and shook his head repeatedly, "There is no reason to go so fast. According to the speed display, it will take at least five days to arrive."
At this time, Han Feier placed the chart on the bow of the ship and used a special instrument to measure the position.
After taking the measurements, she shook her head repeatedly, indicating that the island that suddenly appeared was probably not the Country of Mengmeng or the Country of the Other Shore.
"But..." she added, "there is no island marked here on the chart. An island with such a large area should not be marked, right?"
"Who cares?" Huo Anu said from the side, "Such a big island must be inhabited by people, right? If you go over there and ask, you will know where you are?"
"Yes," Dai Long agreed, "Master Xiao Hai, let's drive over and have a look?"
"This..." Xiao Zhennan seemed a little embarrassed and did not express his position immediately.
At the critical moment, Xu Zun's brain was still active, and he immediately snapped his fingers and ordered to Li Xing:
"Hurry up and bring those prisoners over!"
Everyone immediately understood what Xu Zun meant. He wanted to ask the prisoners if they knew about this island?
In case there are Izumo pirates hiding on this island, you can take precautions early.
After a while, the four prisoners were brought onto the deck.
What was unexpected was that when everyone was pointing at the island to identify it, they suddenly discovered that the island was missing!
Why?
Everyone stood on the side of the boat to watch, and then they discovered that a thick fog had risen from the sea, hiding the entire island in the thick fog.
It was just as the sun was setting at this time, and as the light dimmed, the vision became increasingly blurry.
Xiao Zhennan showed the sea chart to several prisoners. After some questioning and communication, the prisoners shook their heads like rattles, indicating that they had never been to the southern part of the East China Sea.
"Something's wrong..." Han Feier looked at the thick fog in the distance and said, "It's dark and long nights, and fog only occurs when the temperature drops sharply.
“Although the fog gathers at night, it reaches its thickest in the early morning.
"But this fog now..." She frowned and said cautiously, "It's a bit evil!"
"Ahem..."
At this time, Xiao Zhennan coughed quickly and reminded Han Feier not to speak too casually.
Her words are very likely to cause panic among the soldiers.
As the captain of a ship, you must remain rational and calm at all times, let alone make random guesses.
Sure enough, although Han Feier's voice was low, it was still heard by a soldier, and he immediately showed an uneasy look.
Only then did Han Feier realize that he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly shut up and retreated behind Xiao Zhennan.
"Sir..." Xiao Zhennan was really steady and asked Xu Zun's opinion immediately, "There is no sign on the chart of this island. Do you think we need to check it?"
Although Xu Zun has little sailing experience, he has studied geography in junior high school. He knows that in addition to temperature differences, ocean currents are responsible for the formation of sea fog.
If warm, moist air flows over colder sea surfaces, sea fog will form.
This is south of the East China Sea, so the probability of warm and humid air from the south flowing here is very high, so it should be normal for such heavy fog to occur in the evening.
However, Xu Zun doesn't know whether this world is the same as the original world?
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"Captain Xiao," Xu Zun said in front of everyone, "our mission is to find Prince Daxuan, so we shouldn't miss the island we saw, let alone... such a big one!"
Xu Zun's words were clear and concise, which not only made his position clear, but also stabilized the morale of the military.
"Okay!" Xiao Zhennan rushed to the soldiers and ordered, "furl the main sail, reduce the ship's speed, and be careful of the rocks..."
Under Xiao Zhennan's command, the warship slowed down and slowly headed towards the thick fog.
There are wooden boats on both sides of the warship. After the big ship reaches shallow water, the island can only be entered by small boats.
It looked not far away, but the warship sailed for a full hour before sailing into the thick fog.
The dense fog has a lot of water vapor, and when it falls on the body, it will condense into water droplets, moistening the clothes...
"careful!"
Xiao Zhennan stood on the bow of the ship and carefully looked under the ship, but the sea fog was so thick that he could not see the sea at all, only a dark mass.
This feeling is truly terrifying, as if the warship is taking me into a terrifying dark tunnel.
There was silence all around, and the only sounds that could be heard were the creaking of the warship's hull and the rustling of water dripping from the sail.
Xiao Zhennan was worried about whether there would be reefs near the island, so he ordered the boat to reduce its speed to the minimum.
Because the light was too dark, he asked the soldiers on the deck to light torches.
The torch was lit and soon became wet with mist, emitting thick smoke and sizzling sounds...
"Sir," although Zhao Yu had never been on a sea-going ship, he still wisely reminded Xu Zun, "you'd better find something to hold onto to avoid bumping into something later."
"It's such a heavy fog!" Ani looked around and couldn't even see the situation on the deck clearly.
At this time, everyone no longer dared to make a sound, and they all listened attentively to Xiao Zhennan's command.
Unexpectedly, as soon as everyone calmed down, they heard Xiao Zhennan on the bow yelling in panic: "Stop! Stop the boat! Anchor!!!"
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Hearing Xiao Zhennan's frightened shouts, the sailors did not dare to neglect and immediately carried out the order.
Xu Zun and others also subconsciously grabbed the railing, waiting for the coming shock.
However, everyone waited for a long time, and as the boat speed became slower and slower, the imagined collision did not occur at all.
"Then...that..." At this time, Han Feier's frightened voice came from the bow of the ship again, "What is that!!?"
Xu Zun felt something was wrong more and more, so he quickly came to the bow of the ship and looked in the direction where Xiao Zhennan and his wife were looking!
As a result, after seeing this, Xu Zun subconsciously hugged his head, feeling as if he was about to be hit by something!
"Oh!" Zhao Yu, who followed closely behind, was also startled and almost fell to his knees on the bow of the boat.
"This..." Huo Anu nervously clenched the iron umbrella and looked up at the side of the bow, his face full of disbelief, "What is this?"
Squeak button...
As the anchor sank to the bottom, the warship finally stopped sliding.
Everyone's eyes were attracted by a huge thing on the right side of the bow!
But I saw a huge shadow rising into the sky, I didn't know how big it was.
Moreover, this thing seems to have some texture on it. It can be seen at a glance that it is not a cliff.
"I...I'll do it...I'll do it!"
At this time, Shangguan Min suddenly appeared. He put a rocket on the bow string and shot it in the direction of the huge creature...
As the fire flashed by, everyone finally saw clearly what this behemoth was!
"Anuche!" Huo Anu was the first to exclaim, "Is this... a ship!!?"
