The setting sun continued to sink behind me, and was about to fall into the farthest horizon.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone over, dyeing the sea surface orange. At the same time, it also put a layer of light yellow paint on the "Spread Wings", "Chaoyang", and "Victory Goddess Elis", which was really stunning. nice.
Nerval squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the endless sea behind him. Then he turned around and looked at the sea in front of him that also had no end in sight and had begun to turn black. He nodded slightly and told the deputy next to him: "Go on, start lowering the level." Speed, enter the night flight stage.”
The deputy took the order and left. After a while, the speed of the Wings obviously slowed down a bit. The Chaoyang and the Goddess of Victory Elis, which were following slightly behind on the left and right sides, also slowed down and still kept pace with the Wings. In a triangular formation, they continued to move eastward on the vast sea.
Nerval came to the railing and glanced at the sea.
Although due to the reduced speed, the waves caused by the Spread Wings were much smaller than before, but they were still countless times larger than any sea ship Nerval had ever been on.
If you happen to hit a wave, the waves will splash and even rise several meters high. However, before this, he had never seen any sea-going ship that could hit such high waves on the sea like the Chaoyang, but could still keep moving forward smoothly and quickly.
Smoothness and safety are Neva's most profound feelings in the nearly three months since he boarded the Zhanzhi.
Compared with the wooden sea ships that Nerval used to ride on. Zhanyi is dozens of times larger in scale. And because the whole body is made of stainless steel. When sailing on the sea, it seems particularly stable.
In the past, when driving those wooden ships, we would often encounter a large wave, and the entire ship would shake violently, giving people the illusion that the entire ship would capsize in the next moment.
But on this ship, ordinary waves cannot have any impact at all. Staying on the deck is like staying on flat ground.
Even if it encounters a larger and more intense wave, the Zhanyi can still crush it steadily. There won't be any fluctuations, which makes people feel particularly at ease.
Thinking of this, Nerval couldn't help but recall the thrilling situation he experienced that night three days ago in his mind. The storm was extremely violent and the situation was extremely bad. If we had encountered such a violent storm when going to sea before, there would be almost no possibility of survival.
However, in the face of such a violent storm, these three huge magic ships, the Spread Wings, showed safety performance that far exceeded that of ordinary wooden ships.
Although the hull will still bump due to impact, the overall situation is extremely stable.
In conjunction with the wind and water magic arrays attached to the outside of the three magic ships, they are specially used to deal with severe weather conditions at sea. The three magic ships encountered no real danger from beginning to end.
Wait until the storm passes and the sea calms down again. Everyone, including Nerval, was in disbelief.
The people on these three ships are all veteran sailors who have been living at sea for many years. They know much more about the dangers of the sea than the average person, so they are very aware of the terrifying danger hidden in this sudden storm. Even most people have already understood it in their hearts. He sentenced himself to death.
But no one expected that the three magic ships of the Spread Wings would survive this danger so easily.
After everyone escaped from death, they suddenly had a new understanding and trust in the abilities of these three magic ships.
If when setting off from Xinfei Port, everyone felt that the future was uncertain and could not help but feel fear, but after experiencing this storm, everyone instantly felt full of confidence.
Everyone firmly believes that with these three powerful magic ships, they can even sail from the sea to the farthest corner of the world!
Nerval is also convinced of this.
However, as the commander of this fleet, he must also consider more actual situations.
Nearly twenty days have passed since our departure from Xinfei Port.
Judging from the chart, more than half of the entire trip has passed.
If we land on the shore now, we must have entered the territory of the Luersun Kingdom.
If nothing else goes wrong, as long as we persist for less than a week, we should be able to successfully reach Nisi City.
In fact, given that the three magic ships of the Zhanyi can maintain a maximum sailing speed of forty kilometers per hour, they did not need to take such a long time, but they knew that it would take less than a week to complete the voyage.
But since this was the first voyage, the task of this fleet was not only to successfully transport the goods to Nixi City, but also to explore the route and lay the foundation for future voyages.
Therefore, during the entire voyage, Nevaval appeared to be cautious and strictly controlled the sailing speed. He also recorded the conditions of the sea areas around the route in detail and drew them into charts. The overall speed was naturally much slower.
Going slower, although safer, also brings a lot of problems.
The first thing to bear the brunt is the issue of logistical supplies.
Although Nevaal had already set a sailing time of one month when setting off from Xinfei Port, and also prepared supplies according to one month's time, various accidents are unavoidable when sailing on the sea, resulting in the consumption of these supplies. Much faster than Nerval planned.
The remaining supplies on these three magic ships can probably support the consumption of the entire fleet for ten days.
In theory, it should be enough for the fleet to reach Nisi City.
But if another accident happens, it will be hard to say.
Other supplies are relatively easy to deal with, but once the most important fresh water resource at sea is gone, there is really nowhere to turn to.
Thinking of the seriousness of this problem, Nerval couldn't help but think of something that the president had mentioned to him before setting sail, saying that he was considering developing a magic fresh water purifier.
If this thing is successfully developed, it will be much more convenient to have a few on hand when sailing in the future.
But now... we have to solve the immediate problem first.
Nerval glanced at the vast sea in front of the fleet, raised his head and looked at the observation deck in the middle of the Wings, picked up the magic call box in his hand, and said: "Metz, keep an eye on me. If you see anything big nearby, If there are any small islands, please notify us in advance and we will try to get some supplies to these islands.”
"Yes!" A slightly frivolous voice sounded from the magic call box, and then lowered his tone. "But Captain, it's getting dark today, so you can't see clearly."
"Stop talking nonsense, just let me see it. Not just today, but also pay attention to this every day in the future. Do you understand?" Nerval shouted in a deep voice.
"Oh, I understand. But I've been watching this road for so long, and I haven't seen a few larger islands at all. I said, Captain, is there something wrong with the route we chose? I think if we get closer, If there are some coastlines, there may be more islands like this.”
"Need you to talk nonsense?" Nerval scolded angrily.
He certainly knew it would be much safer to sail closer to the coast if possible, and it would be easier to get supplies from the coast.
However, the three magic ships of the Zhanyi are very good, but there is one problem, that is, the hulls are too large, and because they are all made of fine steel, their tonnage is extremely heavy, resulting in too deep drafts.
If you go too close to the coastline, you will only be in familiar waters. Unfamiliar waters are full of reefs, and you may directly hit the reefs and be stranded.
If something like this really happened, how could he have the dignity to go back and see the president
Besides, the main task of this fleet this time was to find out the route, so Nerval deliberately chose a route with unclear conditions along the way.
However, on the route he chose this time, he never encountered any suitable islands that could be used as intermediate supply stations, so the supplies could not be replenished.
He is currently troubled by this matter. This Metz is still nagging here, which naturally makes him unhappy.
Metz is Nerval's old subordinate, so he can naturally tell that his current tone is unkind.
He glanced down at the deck below and saw Nerval pacing in circles on the deck. Knowing that he might be thinking about important issues, Mace stuck out his tongue, stopped talking, and turned to look in the distance. Sea conditions.
At this time, more than half of the setting sun had sunk into the horizon far behind, and the sea to the east had long become dim. Even though Metz had always had excellent eyesight and was equipped with a telescope, he could not see anything at all.
After scanning around, Mace murmured and was about to put down the telescope and rest for a while, but suddenly he saw a group of black shadows emerging from the distant sea from the corner of his eye, approaching quickly.
Mace was stunned, then reacted immediately, jumped up, looked towards the deck below and shouted loudly.
"There are pirates!"
The shrill shouts reached the ears of everyone on the deck of the Zhanyi, and everyone was immediately taken aback.
Pirates are not an unfamiliar term to people like them who have lived at sea for many years.
However, it has been more than ten days since we sailed on this journey. Perhaps because the route happened to enter the deep sea and avoid places close to the coastline, it has been very safe and everyone has almost forgotten about pirates.
Unexpectedly, now that we have entered the waters of the Luersun Kingdom, we are not far from our destination, but we encounter pirates.
Hearing Metz's shout, Nerval stopped, looked up at the observation tower first, and then looked ahead, but saw nothing in the darkness.
After being stunned for a moment, Nerval did not show any panic on his face, but instead showed surprise in his eyes.
"There are pirates? Haha, great!"