"Hell, look what you've done to the Bactrian Wind. This ship is as precious as my right eye. You're just putting your fingers in my eyeball, you unfilial sons of the Stewart family. "The guy in the funny black and white plaid robe saw the tragic situation of the three-masted sailboat through the dusk, and his face immediately showed a look of sorrow and sorrow, "What's wrong with the main mast? Judging from this abnormal arc, the fiber bundles inside are all damaged. It's starting to break. In Luta's name, Danny Stewart, did you drive my beloved sailboat into a tornado?
This dock sailor named Lao Bei is a stalwart old man with a big belly. He should be wearing some kind of special clothing that serves as a signal or mark. He has a white beard and a large pipe in his mouth. , the two ships had just approached, and Jonah could smell the strong smell of low-quality tobacco from a long distance away.
Danny shook the handle and lowered the springboard. With a bang, the anchor at the top of the wooden springboard firmly latched onto the docking platform of the "Sports Star" Pier 2. "Old Bei, even though I don't want to admit it, I must remind you. , the current captain and head of the family is my dear sister Hannah. As for me, I am just an obedient sailor." He spread his hands helplessly, "Besides, your right eye is a glass ball. Poke your finger with it. Do eyeballs make you feel the least bit uncomfortable?"
Old Bei grabbed off his black and white plaid windproof hat, revealing his bald forehead with blue veins: "Don't talk back to me, little Danny, when your father was roaming the endless sand sea, you were still running around naked on the deck, stealing all day long. Watching the cook changing clothes, the little kid contracted rheumatism from peeing in the desert,"
"Uncle Bei, please take good care of the 'Bactrian Winds'. We have indeed just escaped from a drought and tornado," Hannah came to the rescue. She locked the wheel rudder, helped her brother lower the sails one by one, and then He walked lightly across the springboard and came to Lao Bei.
"Really," Lao Bei opened his mouth wide, revealing his sparse yellow teeth, and the pipe fell down. Hannah quickly stretched out her arm to catch the big pipe and stuffed it back into his mouth, "You really I passed through the desert tornado, just like your father did back then. Why? How many air masses jumped in total and what was the maximum speed?" He made a series of vague questions.
Jonah helped Danny pack up the rope and asked secretly: "Who is that man named Lao Bei?"
Danny sighed: "He is Betit Bernoni, everyone calls him Lao Bei. He is one of the two captains of Racing Star, the owner of East Side, and the best sailboat repair shop in the entire endless sand sea. The owner, Lao Bei, is an old acquaintance of his father. In the past, in this desert, people only knew how to use the powerful carrying capacity of sand-eating insects to build buildings on their backs, and slowly move forward based on the survival instinct of these hard-working insects. Ever since my father took us across the river and introduced the sailing technology of the Western Continent into the endless sand sea, the sailing ship appeared on the back of the big insect, driving the sand-eating insect and the entire desert racing civilization history to advance rapidly. Lao Bei crossed the river at the same time as us One of the thirty-three Zavi people, the 'Bactrian Wind' was built with the help of Lao Bei. In fact, the Schmidt family's 'Light of the Goddess' was also completed by him."
"Thirty-three Zawis," Jonah heard the word and couldn't help but repeat it.
"That's another story. It's so long that you're not interested in hearing it." Danny tied the last rope. "You know many of these people, including our dad, seven of my dad's sailor buddies, Landon Schmidt, the previous head of the Schmidt family, Lao Bei, one of the captains of the Racing Star, Aunt Biyanka, a traveling businessman, etc."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute," Jonah stretched out his hand, "Why is Lao Bei one of the two captains? A ship can only have one captain, right?"
Danny smiled and pointed to the pedals to signal to get off the boat, "If it were an ordinary boat, it would naturally have only one captain, but Racing Star is not a sailboat that can be seen everywhere in the endless sand sea. It is the best hotel and the best hotel in the desert. The sailboat repair shop was once the largest mobile building before the appearance of the Ghost Bahamas. How can the hotel and the shipyard be combined into one? The answer is no. The east and west sides of the Racing Star belong to different functional areas. , the west side is a restaurant, hotel, dance hall and casino, and the east side is Old Bay’s shipyard and tavern, two captains, two docks, two businesses, do you understand?”
Jonah followed him towards the pier, his head spinning as he heard it. As soon as he explained one question, another question followed, "...Ghost Bahamas...what is it again?"
Danny hesitated for a moment and turned back, with a hesitant expression on his face: "I'll tell you when I have time. You have too many questions to ask, and they can't be answered in just a few words.
"Oh, okay," Yona shut up knowingly. He had just adapted to the life of Cherry Crossing, and was thrown into another strange place by fate, and had to get to know everything here again. This feeling is not good,,, especially , his current identity is still an important piece of goods worth two shiny gold coins.
The two people walked off the three-masted sailboat side by side. When the astrologer's apprentice walked across the trembling steps, he accidentally looked down. Under the suspended steps was rolling yellow sand. If he lost his footing, he would be sprayed out by the sand-eating insects. The sand flow was so overwhelming that he couldn't even make a cry.
"Don't be afraid, cargo friend," Danny's self-made title seemed to be smooth. "No one in history has ever lost his life because he fell off the dock platform and was caught in the sand flow."
"That's good," Jonah put his hand on his chest and let out a long breath.
"Before falling into the desert, they will be snatched away by the foraging four-winged moa. They will not let go of such delicious food." The man from the Stewart family patted the other party's shoulder calmly and walked quickly Go to the other side.
"What...moa," Jonah couldn't help but ask after not hearing the key word clearly, but the answer appeared automatically after a few seconds. A low flapping sound passed over his head, and the shadow blocked the setting sun. The astrologer's apprentice looked up and saw, Eyes widened.
The giant sand-eating worm carrying the three-deck building of the "Racing Star" stood in front of him like a slightly curved cliff. From the angle he was at, he could not see the building on the back of the big worm at all, and his field of vision was covered with gray and yellow knots. It was filled with rough carapace, which could not be seen clearly from a distance. Jonah had just vaguely seen many small black dots flying around the sandworm, like mosquitoes. Now that he got closer, he realized that they were not small at all. The black spot, which just passed through the head, is one of the many "mosquitoes", a large bird with a wingspan of nearly five yards, with four wings covered by fleshy membranes, an ancient bird with outstanding flying capabilities and a well-known bad personality. Creature: Four-winged moa.
The "Geographical Survey of the Western Continent" describes it this way: very rare and extremely ferocious. It is recommended that solo travelers walking in the wild areas of the Western Continent must stay away from areas where the four-winged moa may live. If you must approach, be sure not to attract attention; if you have already To attract attention, be sure not to provoke; if already provoked, be sure to run away; if unable to escape, please do not try to resist, lie down immediately, hold your breath, and disguise yourself as a corpse. Before the four-winged moa sees through the futile trick of pretending to be dead, You have at least ten minutes, which is enough to write an emotional suicide note that will be passed down through the ages. If you resist, the only result will be to be torn into pieces by the overwhelming flock of birds and disappear from the world, making your funeral the protagonist. A light comedy played by a hat and a pair of boots.
Jonah didn't know who wrote this textbook published by the Bachelor of Science and Mathematics Association, but the occasional ridicule in it made it difficult for the rigid apprentice astrologer to appreciate it. He didn't expect that the social birds of the Western Continent are also distributed in the Southern Continent. , Jonah was surprised for a few seconds, and slapped his forehead in annoyance. Birds have wings and are not threatened by the Colombo barbarians on the other side of the holy river. Why can't they move freely across the continent?
Another four-winged bird swooped over with a shrill scream. Jonah involuntarily quickened his pace, covered his head with his hands, and jumped onto the pier. Danny and Old Bei looked at his embarrassment and laughed in unison. , the astrologer apprentice watched the four-winged moa fly away, and said aggrievedly: "They are carnivorous birds, what's wrong with being careful?"
Hannah glared at her ungrateful brother and the equally ungrateful elders, and comforted Jonah: "Ignore them, but don't worry, the four-winged moa will not attack humans. The giant sand-eating worms have countless parasites. They peck at food. Tens of thousands of years before humans commandeered large insects as transportation tools, four-winged birds began to coexist harmoniously with large insects,"
"Then why don't Chicha have these birds on his body?" Despite this assurance, Jonah still looked at the birds of prey flying in the sky uneasily.
"Chacha is a standard sand-eating worm. The parasites on a standard large insect are not enough for a four-winged bird to feed on. Only the giant sand-eating worm under the constellation of Racing can breed fat giant fleas and gadflies," Hannah explained patiently. Jonah said, Jonah felt that this was the kindest attitude towards him by the current head of the Stewart family in the past few days, and he couldn't help but feel a little flattered.
"Okay, let's go up," Danny put away his smile and asked his sister with a hint of permission. Hannah nodded and walked up the gangway first, "Old Bei, do you want to meet anyone at the pier? Let's go up together. Have a couple of drinks," he patted the captain's fat belly affectionately.
"Who am I waiting for? It's not your turn, a loser, to dictate..." Lao Bei glared at him angrily, blowing out two streams of spicy and choking white smoke from his nostrils, "You guys go up and meet at the bar later. Then introduce this guest to me,"
Jonah nodded to the captain of the east side and followed the Stewart brothers and sisters up the gangway. The outer carapace of this giant sand-eating insect was hollowed out to create a long and winding gangway. The stairs were hidden in the carapace. There was a staircase at the end of each flight of stairs. On the small platform with a viewing window, Jonah couldn't help but knock the yellow carapace next to him, and the sound it made was like steel.