The water on the sea line flows into the sea line, causing the lower water surface to rise? how can that be
Tilly thought for a while, "What about the low tide, will the sea flow back backwards?"
"Good question," Lei Ting said with excited fists. "After that, my fleet stayed near the sea line for half a month until the tide receded. During this period, I also used various methods to cross the sea line. The most amazing thing is Do you know what it feels like to sail on the sea line? To outsiders, we seem to be glued to the cliff, the sail is completely parallel to the sea, and it may fall off at any time. But we on the boat can't feel this at all. One point, Spirit is like driving on a narrow river several feet wide, with an endless wall of seawater on one side and a wide sky on the other. Of course, it must wait for the water to slow down before doing so, otherwise the magic power The servants can't protect the hull."
"This... is totally unreasonable." Tilly felt a mess in her mind. If the narrator was not Thunder, but other explorers, she would have thought that the other party was bragging.
"I think so too, but I trust my eyes more than common sense." He continued, "After half a month, the tide began to subside on time, just like the ebb and flow of the Shadow Islands. The water did not either. Rewinding, it retreated slowly, and the sea line changed from a few feet high to several dozen feet again."
"You mean, the extra seawater just disappeared out of thin air?"
"Perhaps, but it is also possible that it has flowed to other places."
"Where can it flow to?" Tilly said while holding her forehead, "The tides in the Shadow Islands are up and down, while those in the Fjord Islands are much gentler. When they reach the shores of the Four Kingdoms, there is almost no obvious change. Is this not disappearing out of thin air?"
Thunder pointed to his feet.
She sighed, "I remember you said that the water surface in the Shadow Sea is falling so fast, it's like a huge hole in the seabed swallowing the sea water. But no matter how big this hole is, it should be filled in a few years. Come on."
"This is just my guess. After all, no one has ever seen what the real seabed looks like, but... there is one thing I care about."
"what?"
"That's the ocean we are in, why is it called the whirlpool sea?"
Tilly was shocked when she heard this, and then shook her head again and said, "Impossible, this idea is too crazy, if the drainage of underwater caves can cause vortex, how can we not observe it. And this name has existed hundreds of years ago. , who knows what the name maker was thinking at the time."
"Indeed, I have done a simple experiment, the water must be shallow enough to see the whirlpool, and we don't have the ability to go deep into the seabed." Lei Ting smiled mysteriously, "But we don't, it doesn't mean the witch can't do it. I hadn't thought of this before, but when you told me that more than 400 years ago, there was an empire of witches that spread across the continent, I realized that the name was probably handed down from that era."
"But I'm a witch," Tilly said with a shrug, "and no witch on Sleeping Island has the ability to do this."
"I do know one."
"what?"
"This witch is in the fjord, but she hasn't been in contact with humans for a long time..." Lei Ting sighed, "She was a good friend of a good deputy in my expedition, and since she was awakened as a witch, she said goodbye to the land forever. Now you can only hear her melodious singing when the waterway is foggy, and you should have heard her story."
"The mermaid who guides the route... Are you talking about the protagonist in this rumor?"
"That's right," Lei Ting nodded. "Although I don't know if I can get her help, I have to try. Maybe my old friend Margery needs to help me."
"So that's the case, then you have to hurry up," Tilly frowned and said, "It seems that some people in the fjord merchants want to catch mermaids. A month ago, Sleeping Charm received several requests to hire witches to catch mermaids. Sugar specially sent a messenger to ask me, but I rejected it."
"Her singing is regarded by all fjord sailors and explorers as a sign of good luck and peace. These businessmen are crazy," Lei Ting asked in a deep voice. "Can you tell me who they are?"
"Sleeping Charm shouldn't reveal the identity of the customer, but..." Tilly sketched a few names in the air, "You saw it yourself." Since the other party is a witch, as the leader of Sleepy Island, she It is impossible to sit back and watch.
"Yes," he raised his lips, "they will be punished."
The two met and smiled, and Lei Ting then said, "I came to you this time. In addition to the new expedition commission, I have something else that I need your help with."
"Go ahead."
"That's right. After I came back, I heard that Crescent Moon Bay has introduced a new kind of boat, which can sail without relying on the wind, and its speed is much faster than that of a sailboat. It was made by Border Town," Lei Ting said frankly, "If I want to continue to explore above the waterline, I must have a bigger and faster boat, otherwise in the case of poor wind, I can only be pushed away by the countercurrent. ." He took out a letter from his arms, "Money is not a problem, the faster the boat, the better, can you help me deliver this order letter to him?"
Tilly quickly understood the meaning of the other party's words, "You don't want Lightning to know?"
Lei Ting said helplessly, "If she knew, she would definitely insist on going with me. No one knows what is above the waterline. I can't take her on an adventure."
But she is already a qualified explorer, and the stone pagoda ruins hidden in the depths of the hidden forest are her discoveries, Tilly thought to herself, and finally nodded, "I understand, I will help you and for the time being. Roland Wimbledon contacted."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After Lei Ting left, Tilly pondered for a long time, and brought out the ancient books in the ruins of the Shadow Islands. Maybe she could find clues about sea lines and tides in it. According to the method taught by Agatha, she twisted the magic power according to the shape of the characters, and the corresponding meaning automatically emerged in her mind, as if she was not in the book, but the book was talking to her.
Some ancient books described what the recorders saw and heard in the wilderness, some were like logbooks, and some mentioned the Federation's reconstruction plan. The more she looked down, the more confused she became. There is no connection between these contents, and it does not seem to be written by one person, and there is no mention of sea lines, submarine spires, observation mirrors and huge stone gates in the mirror, which is completely different from her previous expectations. If you understand the words of the Federation, you can uncover the secrets in some of the ruins, and you can even find out the truth about the rapid rise and fall of the water level in the Shadow Sea. But now, she's more like flipping through a pile of miscellaneous journals.
Wait... Piece by piece? A flash of light suddenly flashed in Tilly's mind. She spread out the three logbooks together, and checked them carefully again. The records were far different in time, some were even decades apart, and the routes were different. There are sea areas and fjords near the mainland, as if someone has collected these things one after another and stored them in the ruins.
When this idea came to her, she couldn't help feeling a chill rise behind her.
Who the hell would do that? (., Your support is my biggest motivation.) 16-12-25 10:35:20