At night, the wind and waves in the Oro Strait became stronger, and the temperature began to get colder. On the deck of the Aurora, the sailors on the ship were lighting up the lights and were busy repairing some of the facilities destroyed by the deep-sea monster. Zhang Tie was here. Most of the metal railing on the left side of the ship's side had been destroyed. The sailors and sailors on the ship tied ropes into a net and pulled up a guardrail on the side to prevent anyone from accidentally falling.
With the temperature of the sea water in the Oro Strait, if an ordinary person really fell, even if he knew how to swim, it would be difficult to stay in the water for five minutes before he would die of hypothermia.
The turbulence of the Aurora when it was anchored was greater than when it was running, so the sailors standing on the deck were all cautious.
The stars in the sky are dim tonight, and the sea is pitch black. The fluorite lamp hanging on the side of the ship can not only illuminate more than ten meters beside the ship, but further away, the surging waves are like a Like endless black mountains rising one after another, blocking people's sight.
Of course, the so-called darkness is only for ordinary people. For Zhang Tie, after he stimulated his dark vision, there is not much difference between the so-called day and night. The so-called night and darkness are the darkness in Zhang Tie. There is just an extra layer of golden background light in the vision.
The corpse of the deep-sea monster that was floating not far from the Aurora a few hours ago and the huge tentacles hundreds of meters long on the sea are now invisible from the ship. If that thing is on the sea, as long as the wind and waves are strong, it will It will be blown away to the south.
Zhang Tie walked from the stairs on the left side of the deck to the lowest deck area of the Aurora.
A manager on the Aurora was surrounded by fifty or sixty agitated passengers at the stairway of the lower deck. Zhang Tie finally squeezed through the crowd.
The crowd was noisy, many people were shouting loudly, and some were crying.
"I repeat it again. All ships sailing from St. Genna to the icy wasteland do not purchase any insurance, and no business group or insurance company is willing to provide insurance for ships and passengers traveling on this route through the Oro Strait. Insurance, this is the most dangerous route and has been this way for hundreds of years. Apart from condolences and regrets, we cannot provide them with any financial compensation for the passengers who unfortunately died today. Your ticket does not include insurance. Fees are included, you can see this where you buy your tickets!”
The management on the ship was explaining loudly, but his explanation was quickly drowned out by a lot of angry voices.
Such a thing. Zhang Tie couldn't control it, and it had nothing to do with Zhang Tie, so Zhang Tie just silently walked downstairs. The rooms in the ordinary cabin were all above the third deck of the Aurora. Below the third deck of the Aurora are the economy class and cargo compartments on the ship.
The hull below the third floor was also attacked by the deep sea monster. There is some damage. However, the damage was not as serious as the damage suffered above the third floor.
As above, the bottom area of the Aurora is also very lively at this time. A large number of crew members gathered in the middle of the ship and are using several cranes, steel ropes and pulleys on the ship to lift a section of the ship that is more than 50 meters long. , the severed tentacles of the deep sea giant monster were pulled up from the bottom of the ship one by one.
Among the tentacles of the deep sea monster. The length of this tentacle was considered short, probably only half its original length, but Zhang Tie observed its weight. It is estimated to be hundreds of tons
Many people staying in economy class were watching the excitement below, and some even stepped forward to help. Hundreds of people were busy here.
The person who directed the sailors to work was a fat man wearing a chef's uniform.
"Everyone, be careful. The deep-sea monster is the top ingredient in the sea. It is much more delicious than the octopus meat you have eaten. Those wealthy people who like seafood are willing to pay a lot of money to eat this. It's a pity, Aurora The ship is already fully loaded, and this thing cannot be stored on the ship for a long time. Otherwise, it will deteriorate and stink in two days. If we can transport the body of this deep-sea monster back, we will make a fortune!"
"Chef Haig, is the meat of this Kraken really as good as you say?" a crew member who was working asked loudly.
"Of course!" The fat chef said arrogantly, "Don't look at how thick its tentacles are. In fact, its meat is very tender when cooked, a bit like sea cucumbers. And for a deep-sea monster of this size, it The nutrients contained in the meat are very high, and the abundant blood energy of this creature is very beneficial to people. Regularly eating this kind of meat can make people stronger and stronger. I heard that in the past, in the ice and snow wasteland, Those powerful Slavic tribesmen like Mr. Samaranch will regularly go out to sea to hunt the Kraken and use the meat of the Kraken to cultivate powerful warriors in the tribe!"
"Haha, then we'll be in for a treat in the next few days!"
"Hurry up, boys. I'll let you try the Kraken BBQ in a while. I'm sure your tongue will fall off after you eat it..." The head chef waved his hand with great momentum, and the sailors on the ship cheered, Come on, work harder together.
The words of the ship's chief cook named Haige strengthened Zhang Tie's determination. It would be a crime to just let these good things float away in front of his eyes.
Below the deck at the stern of the Aurora is its engine room. It is very noisy, located in a low position, and is filled with a strange and pungent smell of turpentine, so few people usually come here, especially at night. It's quiet. Only two gray fluorite lamps were on in the entire stern part, barely illuminating a small area. The surrounding area was pitch black. There were almost no people around the deck near the stern and on both sides of the ship. There was a burst of noise all around the stern. There was the sound of surging waves lapping against the hull of the ship. Large swaths of waves splashed from both sides of the ship and flew to the deck.
Zhang Tie came to the stern of the ship, took a look, and found that there was indeed no one around, so he jumped lightly and threw himself into the sea from the deck of the stern without making any sound.
The moment he entered the water, Zhang Tie activated the rune effect of a speed movement in his sea of consciousness. As soon as he fell into the water, Zhang Tie felt the undercurrents of the sea water surging under the influence of the strong north wind.
Within a small area, the undercurrent in the sea goes southward, but when the undercurrent goes southward, there are also some undercurrents surging northward, and the backflow compensates for the southward surging seawater and undercurrents in the ocean. Some kind of strange void created.
Although this is only a small area of water marks. But it also formed a cycle full of strange charm. On a larger scale, Zhang Tie knew that opposite to the most famous north wind drift moving southward here, there was a wave generated in this sea area. Compensating currents moving northward.
The ocean currents here are also light, dark, south, north, yin and yang, going back and forth. There are medium-sized ocean currents under the large ocean currents, and there are small undercurrents under the medium-sized ocean currents. Between those small undercurrents, There are smaller surges below. Although these ocean currents vary in size, they form an organic whole, each connected to the other. Moreover, its existence structure is exactly the same regardless of its size. Even the ocean currents spanning thousands of miles of sea or the surge in a small area around Zhang Tie at this moment show a strange homogeneity despite their differences.
A strange realization arose in Zhang Tie's heart. At this moment, Zhang Tie's mind was thinking about the Tai Chi diagram that represents the traditional Chinese culture. Zhang Tie felt that the ocean currents surging back and forth completely formed a perfect Tai Chi cycle, and this cycle also showed some strange laws based on geometric rules.
In the middle. It seems to contain some secret. A bright light suddenly lit up in Zhang Tie's head. A few vague thoughts flashed through his mind.
Just when Zhang Tie was in a daze and wanted to appreciate this feeling, the aura that appeared in his mind suddenly disappeared again, leaving Zhang Tie unable to catch it anymore. He could only give up temporarily and put those strange things away. Thoughts and thoughts aside.
Although Zhang Tie was still wearing a piece of clothing in the sea. But the thin piece of clothing did not affect his activities at all. Like a fish, he felt the direction of the surrounding sea water and turned around. He dived towards the south.
The deep-sea monster is a creature with a very strong sense of territory. This is a characteristic of almost all powerful creatures. Generally, if there is such a deep-sea monster here, there will be nothing powerful within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. Sea monster, this is why Zhang Tie dared to put down his boldness and go into the sea.
Although Zhang Tie is already very confident in his speed in the water and feels that it is impossible for any marine creature to swim faster than him in the water, no one can tell what surprises this mysterious sea will bring to him. , what if this thing is a male and a female. Zhang Tie didn't want to face the same deep-sea giant monster in the sea again with his current small body.
With this thought in mind, Zhang Tie increased his vigilance and searched carefully in the sea.
The route Zhang Tie was looking for was to start from the stern of the ship and search southward in a z-shaped fan pattern. Relying on his own feeling in the sea water, Zhang Tie knew that the tentacles and bodies of the deep-sea monster were drifting or half submerged in the sea. This section In time, I have moved at most dozens of kilometers south, and the size and tentacles of the deep-sea monster are too big and long. If there is such a thing in the water, I will search south in this way, following the direction of the wind and the surging sea water. If so, it’s absolutely impossible to miss it.
Zhang Tie's speed was very fast. In just a few minutes, as soon as he was a certain distance away from the Aurora, he increased his speed in the water to the same level as when he was rushing in the sea a few days ago, because during this period of time, a lot of people After Guoguo ate it, his strength and physical endurance increased. Slowly, Zhang Tie's speed in the water exceeded the maximum he could reach in the past few days.
Zhang Tie felt like he was driving a supercar in the water. His body was the body of the supercar, and the size of the runoff opening through which he controlled the seawater into the Black Iron Castle through mental control was the accelerator. This feeling is very satisfying. And under his dark vision, the scenery in the sea was still colorfully presented in front of him. The entire sea was a golden ocean, with various fish, shrimps and marine creatures passing by him one by one or even in groups.
The sea is rough and windy, but below the surface it is relatively calm.
After just a few minutes of swimming in the sea, Heller's voice appeared in Zhang Tie's mind again - the space and terrain transformation of the Black Iron Castle was completed.
Under the premise that the basic energy reserve, merit value and aura value of the Black Iron Castle have been almost exhausted, at this moment, a hundred meters underground in the northernmost part of the Black Iron Castle, a structure with a length of about 600 meters and various widths and heights has been constructed. In a low-temperature ice cave above 100 meters.
Because this ice cave was purely used as a grain warehouse, Heller used regular geometric shapes used in standard buildings when constructing it. The entire low-temperature ice cave is a large square warehouse, which is divided into twenty-one large, medium and small natural intervals. The temperature of the entire ice cave was controlled by Heller to be below minus 45 degrees when it was created. The humidity and other indicators of the entire ice cave space are optimal for storing food.
Zhang Tie had an idea of what was going on in the entire ice cave just after briefly sensing the situation through the space gate of the Black Iron Castle.
"By the way, does this ice cave need a lot of energy from the Black Iron Castle to maintain it?" Zhang Tie asked Heller in his mind. One thing the Black Iron Castle taught Zhang Tie is that nothing is free in the world. Free lunch.
"Only a very small amount is needed, because the Black Iron Castle is a relatively closed but efficient energy circulation circle. The energy required to change the temperature of this ice cave. Whether it is absorbed or released, it is all inside the Black Iron Castle. This is an energy cycle. Let's put it this way, the Lord of the castle just needs to throw a few bricks into the Chaos Pool. After the Chaos Pool completely transforms those bricks into energy forms, the energy is enough for this super. The large underground ice cave has been operating at this temperature for hundreds of years. The same is true for the cave where the flaming red lotus is planted."
Heller said this. Zhang Tie had no doubts.
Only a few minutes later, Zhang Tie discovered a severed tentacle of a deep-sea monster half floating in the water.
The tentacle was nearly a hundred meters long, and the diameter at its thickest part was taller than Zhang Tie. Just a cursory glance revealed that the tentacle weighed several hundred tons.
If it were on land, Zhang Tie would not be able to get such a big thing into the Black Iron Castle. Because he couldn't pick it up at all, but in the water, Zhang Tie had a trick. After using his mental power to lock the huge tentacle. Zhang Tie grabbed one end of the huge tentacle with his hand, and then opened the space absorption channel of the Black Iron Castle directly in the water. When sucking a huge amount of seawater into the Black Iron Castle, he also used the The huge tentacle sucked it in.
This method is a technique that Zhang Tie discovered when he was walking in the sea a few days ago. The gravity and buoyancy of an object that can float in or on the water are exactly equal. Although it exists, it is not suitable for the Black Iron Castle. But it is in a special state of "zero weight". You can use this method to get it into the Black Iron Castle.
The seawater was poured into the Chaos Pool, and the huge tentacle was thrown by Zhang Tie into the largest warehouse in the newly built underground ice cave.
It was the first time to do such a thing. Even with Zhang Tie's ability, it was a bit difficult to send such a long tentacle of the deep sea monster to the Black Iron Castle.
But it was all worth it. Zhang Tie's whole body was full of energy when he thought that his efforts just now allowed him to reserve hundreds of tons of meat in the Black Iron Castle.
In the next half hour, Zhang Tie found two more severed tentacles in the sea, and used the same method to send the tentacles into the Black Iron Castle.
An hour later, about 70 kilometers southeast of the Aurora, Zhang Tie saw the body of the deep-sea monster floating on the water like a hill.
Several of the eight tentacles on the Deep Sea Giant Monster's body have been cut off, and there are also wounds on its body that were cut by the Star-Moon Sword Master. The only ones that are still attached to its body are some incomplete, long or short five tentacles. Root tentacles. Zhang Tie walked around the deep sea monster in the sea and found that the eyes of the deep sea monster had been gouged out. The eyes of the deep sea monster seemed to have some other functions, but Zhang Tie didn't care about this, as long as As long as its body is still there.
This thing was so big that Zhang Tie couldn't get it into the Black Iron Castle even with the method just now. Zhang Tie, who was in the water, thought for a while and simply took out his Pisces Sword and struck the deep sea monster's body first. The few tentacles that were still attached were cut off and chopped off one by one, and they were all taken behind the Black Iron Castle, leaving a mountain-like thing left for final processing.
In his life, Zhang Tie had never done anything so tiring. It was already four hours after Zhang Tie dismembered the giant monster piece by piece and brought it into the Black Iron Castle.
Zhang Tie, who had never felt tired in the sea water, also felt that his body was a little drifting this time. In the process of putting the entire body of the deep sea monster into the underground ice cave of the Black Iron Castle, Zhang Tie's mental strength was greatly affected. It is a huge test for both physical and mental strength.
This job is really not something that ordinary people can do. In this process, the sharp and long Pisces Sword helped Zhang Tie a lot. With the sword in his hand, Zhang Tie only had to use his fighting spirit to exert all his strength. The several-meter-long blade of the Pisces piece will leave a huge wound on the body and tentacles of the deep-sea monster. Zhang Tie only needs to circle one of the tentacles of the deep-sea monster, just like chopping down a tree. Cut it off quickly. If you are replacing it with a shorter sword, this process may be more laborious.
After finishing this matter, Zhang Tie's heart was filled with an unusual sense of satisfaction and security. This time, Zhang Tie finally knew what it means to "have food in your hands and no panic in your heart." This is an old Chinese saying. You really don’t deceive me. Zhang Tie sighed in his heart, there are so many mountains of meat lying in the Black Iron Castle. Zhang Tie estimated that there are at least four to five thousand tons, no matter how long the future holy war will last. Zhang Tie knew that he no longer had to worry about running out of meat. Not just myself. Even counting his family, those women and friends, this deep-sea monster would be enough to feed these people for a hundred years.
This trip of practice, even if it was just for the sake of the meat, was not in vain.
Thinking about the Soul Tribulation Fruit and the mountains of meat in front of him, Zhang Tie almost burst out laughing. He didn't expect that the one who gained the most from this deep-sea monster would be himself.
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Almost 5 hours after leaving the Aurora. Zhang Tiecai quietly climbed up the gangway at the stern of the Aurora, dragging his tired body and wet clothes.
When Zhang Tie climbed up, there were several passengers on the stern deck of the ship. Those few people watched Zhang Tie climb up from the sea. Everyone was dumbfounded. One of them was so frightened that he thought he had encountered some legendary sea monster. How could anyone climb onto the ship from the sea in the middle of the night? The man pointed at Zhang Tie and stuttered, " You...you...who are you?"
"Don't be nervous, I'm also a passenger on the boat. I accidentally fell off the boat just now. Fortunately, I'm good at water, so I didn't drown..." Zhang Tie said with a frightened look on his face, taking off his shoes as he spoke. , poured out the sea water in the shoes, and then returned to his ordinary cabin carrying the shoes and wearing wet clothes, ignoring the surprised eyes of those people. A few people were left looking at each other.
When Zhang Tie returned to his cabin, Yiler was opening his door sleepily, as if he wanted to get up to go to the toilet. Seeing Zhang Tie, Yiler's eyes widened suddenly, and he seemed to wake up all of a sudden. "Peter, what are you doing??"
"I fell from the ship into the sea while sleepwalking, and then swam around in the sea!" Zhang Tie smiled, showing his white teeth, and then opened his own hatch before Ile could say anything else. It shut up with a "touch" and never came out again.
"You fell into the sea while sleepwalking, and you can still swim back?" Yiler looked at Zhang Tie's cabin door, and whispered two words in his mouth, "This madman!"
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For almost five days, Zhang Tie ate food made with the Deep Sea Kraken in the restaurant on the ship for five consecutive days. Don't tell me, the taste was really good, fresh, fragrant, and tender. Although it was The food was not a staple food, but Zhang Tie didn't feel tired after eating it for six days. Especially after roasting the food with some cooking, Zhang Tie felt that the taste was absolutely amazing.
And thinking about the inventory he had in the Black Iron Castle, Zhang Tie almost laughed out loud in his dreams.
On the sixth day, the Aurora, with scars on its body, finally arrived at Eskil City, the only city in the ice and snow wasteland, one day longer than scheduled.
Through chatting with other people on the boat in the past few days, Zhang Tie learned that Esquier actually has a strange and ridiculous meaning in the local dialect and is called - the place where my king ascends!
On the morning of August 2, 890 in the Black Iron Calendar, it was raining lightly in Eskil City, and the entire port was in mist.
Zhang Tie took a deep breath and stepped off the deck of the Aurora. After eight days of bumps, his feet stepped on the ice and snow wasteland for the first time...