The melodious dance music sounded, and it seemed that the player on the west side had replaced a new three-stringed dudra. While eating dinner, Jonah studied Hannah's Summer White Cherry of unknown origin. Stewart's contemporary master will The magic pistol was placed flat on the table, the handle of the gun was firmly held in his right hand and he refused to let go, and he ate awkwardly with his fork in his left hand.
"That's not right. There should be a simple energy amplification circle between the seventh and eighth red crystals. Why are there two more detours here? This will increase the overall load of the circle," the astrologer apprentice said. He stroked the gun back and forth and muttered something. Danny stared at him helplessly, "Friend cargo, don't you have a sip of sparkling wine? The wine here is brewed by Lao Bei himself. It is said to be the second best tasting in the entire Endless Sand Sea."
Jonah did not raise his head, picked up the wooden wine glass and took two sips. The cold wine poured into his throat, and the refreshing foam filled his mouth. The fragrant malt taste remained on the tip of his tongue, and a slight bitter taste remained on the base of his tongue, becoming a long aftertaste. Footnote, he raised his head and looked at Danny in surprise: "It's really delicious, so where's the best drink?"
"Next door," Danny spread his arms and looked at the west side of the lively singing and dancing. The top deck of the west side of the Racing Star is a beautiful courtyard. The lush plants show bright colors rarely seen in the desert. The fountain is on the deck. There was a roaring flow in the center, and every couple at the dance was graceful and light-footed. A dozen wind lanterns under the colorful ceiling illuminated the courtyard brilliantly, and there were even nightingales singing on the ceiling.
Jonah looked at the far opposite west side, and then looked back at the dark east side deck, the shabby tavern, the dim lights flickering like will-o'-the-wisps, the half-drunk people covered in dust and countless pairs of dirty and smelly bicycles. Leather boots, nodded: "I believe it,"
Seeing that he had drawn the conversation partner's attention away from the pistol, Danny seemed very happy. He put down his wine glass, lowered his body and said mysteriously: "Now, do you want to hear the explanation of the coolest term in the endless sea of sand? Parade 8 characters, queen node, big sand waterfall,"
"What?" the astrologer's apprentice said in confusion. He had completely forgotten the question he had asked himself earlier.
Danny curled his lips, "You are really a forgetful cargo friend. Let's do this. Now I will teach you the most important knowledge in the endless sea of sand, and you, tell us your own story, such as the blond one-horned man." Beast Knight, and a mysterious oriental woman, so that our evening won’t be too boring, deal?”
Jonah thought for a moment, "Deal,"
The two clinked glasses and each drank a large sip of sparkling wine.
"Cruising 8," Danny Stewart raised a finger, "No matter how vast the endless sand sea is, the life trajectory of each female sand-eating worm has been destined from the day it was born. They will center on the hind worms and move along the path. Cruise in the desert in a figure-8 shape. If you move forward at the speed of the body and complete a figure-8 cruise, after passing through two rear insect nodes, it will take exactly one year. The speed of the big insect transformed into a sailboat will increase significantly, but it will also We must abide by their natural characteristics, like the Stewart family's chirping, which just completed a parade of eight figures this spring. In the next few days, we will pass through the hindworm node again and complete the second figure of eight parade."
"I understand," Jonah nodded, "the middle intersection of the figure 8 is the hindworm node,"
Danny looked at him with admiration, "The correct explanation is that the hindworm is constantly moving slowly, so the position of the hindworm's node is not fixed, but no matter how far away the female sandworm is, it can sense where the hindworm is. What the captain has to do is to use the large figure-eight arc to achieve his goal."
"What will happen if we don't pass through the hindworm node? And why is it a figure 8? Can't they just drive in a straight line towards the hindworm? ...By the way, what exactly is a hindworm?" Jonah took a sip of wine and threw out a string problem.
Danny drank all the wine in the glass and rang the signal to the bartender for another round, "Come one by one, the queen worm is the queen of all the sand-eating worms in the endless sand sea, their leader, belief and totem pole, all big worms have With the blood of the Houworm flowing, worshiping the Houworm is the driving force deeply engraved in the soul of the sand-eating worm. According to the local aborigines, passing through the holes under the body of the Houworm will allow the big insect to obtain some mysterious blessing energy. , if there is a lack of this energy, the sand-eating worm will slowly lose power and die of exhaustion. twice a year is the minimum to worship. As for the figure 8 shape, that is because the sand-eating worm has a deep respect for the queen. They don’t dare to point their heads directly at the location of the hind worms, so they can only go around in a big circle to approach the starting point and end point of their lives.”
Jonah dipped a little wine and drew a few shapes on the table, "Oh, when the figure of eight is cruising, the heads of the bugs keep moving closer to the hindworm along the tangential direction, and they don't really point backward until they reach the hindworm node. The insect itself is truly a natural source of awe."
"Drink the wine in your glass, it's the second round," Danny yelled dissatisfiedly to cover up his embarrassment at not being able to understand geometric figures. The astrologer's apprentice raised his glass and poured the sparkling wine down his throat. , he had never drunk so much wine before, and he did not expect that the feeling of being tipsy was very good. He felt light and relaxed all over his body, and even his fatigue was reduced a lot.
"So, tell me about the mating season," Jonah dropped the empty glass, nodded to the bartender, and took the second glass of wine. Hannah was sipping the wine next to her, watching the two chatting with interest. Sakura's shadow was still on the table.
Danny unbuttoned the golden button on the collar of his robe, revealing his chocolate-colored skin and strong chest: "This is a very spectacular festival. Every spring, at the end of April or early May, it is the first time that the Sandworm Parade returns to Houzhou. The day of the node is also the day when the eggs hatch, which is also the mating season. To put it simply, the pregnant insect will hang the eggs on the carapace and continue to cruise. The eggs take a year to hatch. When the hind worm hatches at the node, , the male sand-eating worm flies into the sky, and the female sand-eating worm falls to the ground. The male worm will find a distant, mature female worm to mate with, and then dies immediately. The female worm leaves the node after becoming pregnant and takes a year to complete the process. A figure-eight cruise and then return to the queen worm to lay eggs. This is a complete cycle, do you understand?"
"Well, I understand. I just feel that the fate of male bugs is so miserable. They only have a few days to live and have no status at all." Jonah said a little depressed.
"What do you mean you glanced at me when you said that?" Danny slapped the table sensitively and said angrily, "You know, the position of the head of the Stewart family was originally mine. If it hadn't been for my first day as a trainee captain, The anchor time was too long and caused Chicha to get a minor illness. Dad will definitely not let Hannah inherit this position that only a man can hold securely."
Hannah didn't get angry. She looked at him with a half-smile, "It's been seven hours since we anchored. Dad should have shot you on the spot."
"What do you mean, anchor?" the astrologer's apprentice asked after burping. Unknowingly, he drank half of the second glass of sparkling wine. He began to feel his face flush and his heartbeat, and his temples pounding. Everything looked like Separated by a layer of gauze.
Danny was angry and didn't say anything. Hannah Stewart explained: "Big bugs have a high demand for nutrients and need to move all the time to filter out the food in the sand. If they have to anchor and stop moving due to storms or other reasons, time cannot More than two hours, otherwise the sand-eating worm will enter a long period of weakness, the sand throughput will drop significantly, and it can only move slowly to replenish nutrients. Even if there is a tailwind, it will not be able to reach a speed of more than 5 knots. It took a long time for Danny to anchor that time. For seven hours, my father and I didn't say a word. Later, we deprived him of the right to control the 'Bactrian Wind',"
"No one told me..." Danny muttered aggrievedly.
"Since then, Chacha has suffered from indigestion," his sister gave him a fatal blow.
Seeing that the man of the Stewart family was suddenly depressed and just immersed himself in drinking, Jonah decided to tell the story about himself and his friends. He touched the tip of his red and hot nose and thought about it, "I am St. Bollen." A fourth-level astrologer apprentice in the Astrology Tower on the Red Earth Plain, my teacher is the seventh-level astrologer Keshava. Because the war started, I had to..."
"Catherina Maximilian," Hannah shouted, stood up suddenly, and overturned the wooden chair to the ground.
"Little cutie, you're here," Danny's eyes lit up.
Hannah gave her brother a shudder without hesitation: "Why are you so affectionate to your enemies?"
Jonah turned to the door in a drunken state, and saw the broken wooden door being pushed open, and an eye-catching woman named Katharina Maximilian walked in. The girl had dazzling long chestnut curly hair and was dressed in a shabby outfit. The tavern wears a gorgeous white dress that doesn't match any color, the delicate deerskin boots step on the creaking wooden floor, and there are several golden keys hanging on the belt made of mithril. The keys are constantly colliding with each other, sounding like wind chimes. of chaotic noises.
She is a little shorter than Jonah, and has a snow-white complexion that is extremely rare even in the Western Continent. A pair of big gray-green eyes glanced flexibly from side to side. A smile appeared at the corner of Katharina's bright-colored lips: "Stewart Miss, little Danny, how are you? I saw your boat down there. The Windrush is really pitiful. I heard that you challenged the tornado."
Hannah looked gloomy and said nothing, but Danny replied with a smile: "I also saw your boat. It's really a fate. Let's have a drink together."
Katharina hesitated for a moment, playing with a bunch of her curly hair with her fingers, "It seems that some people don't welcome me..."
"You guessed it," Hannah replied without mercy.
Jonah felt his stomach growling, and couldn't help but burp again. He felt much better. This noise made the girl at the door look at him, and she couldn't look away. " Is your name D? Jonah II, astrologer's apprentice," she covered her mouth, which was open in shock, with her green onion-like fingers.