One day later.
Under the cliff of the fortress, the gate of the secret port is sealed with a huge iron gate. The loud sound of steel continued to come from behind the huge iron gate.
Continuous roars sounded.
The sound of power cutting axes and hydraulic presses was heard.
There were also screams.
"Mr. Ye! Help, Mr. Ye! Help!"
Igor cried and rushed forward, hugging Ye Qingxuan's thigh tightly: "Save my child quickly! Those bastards, those barbarians are going to dismantle my ship!"
Ye Qingxuan, who had just walked in, looked up in confusion and saw that the underground port had changed beyond recognition, with metal hanging towers and scaffolding everywhere.
This place has been transformed into a huge workshop.
The protagonist is lying on a high platform rising from the water, being held up by layers of steel cables and riddled with holes... That is Igor's boat, which has just been launched into the water, and he hasn't even had time to give it a name...
"So fast?"
Ye Qingxuan coughed awkwardly and looked at Carol next to him who looked embarrassed. Carol rolled her eyes and looked at the ceiling, as if she were trying to spot a flower.
Ye Qingxuan sighed and patted Igor on the shoulder:
"Captain, you get up first... let's talk slowly."
boom!
A loud noise interrupted his voice, and Igor let out a scream like a mourning mother, and almost rolled his eyes and breathed away. Behind them, the raised ship was completely broken into two pieces under the operation of the engineer.
Half an hour later…
"Anyway, it was almost scrapped when I saw this place."
Ye Qingxuan handed a cup of hot tea to Igor who covered his face and cried. Igor squatted on the steps with a blanket wrapped around him. He watched his ship being dismembered with tearful eyes. He had no hope of life.
"After all, it is a merchant ship. It is incredible to be able to kill the Nomad Mountain by luck. You can't hope that it can continue to sail, right? The keel is almost broken, and three and a half of the four engines have been blown. A big hole was burned on the front deck... Look, it's completely hopeless."
"Whose fault is this all?"
Igor cried: "I have saved all my life and finally bought a boat! Is it easy for me? My dream of whitewashing! I still expect it to earn me a lord at sea." …”
Ye Qingxuan sighed, "Okay, stop pretending to be a little girl, Mr. Igor. Where did there come from so many grievances between us? Who was the person who rushed into the lightless sea desperately when he saw my check? ?I didn’t force you to come here, did I? I know that this ship is very important to you, but there is really no way at the moment... You have two choices."
"Which two?"
Igor perked up as soon as he heard this. He wiped his eyes and stared at Ye Qingxuan with bloodshot eyes. He almost took out his portable calculator and started to negotiate the price.
"Sorry, I have to tell you some bad news first."
Ye Qingxuan raised his eyebrows: "The deposit I paid you is actually my last money, so don't expect to get another dollar out of my impoverished cult account."
"Dry!"
Igor was angry and jumped up: "Then the final payment! The final payment!"
"Why are you so anxious?" Ye Qingxuan picked his nostrils with a scoundrel look on his face: "When I save Angelou and recover Angelou, why don't you just take the entire treasury? I can easily give you ten times the reward... This It’s venture capital, venture capital, Mr. Igor, you have to take the risk before you get the reward.”
Igor's face was ashen and he was speechless as he pointed at Ye Qingxuan.
"Now you have boarded the pirate ship, Mr. Igor, so don't talk about refunding the ticket and leaving." Ye Qingxuan patted his shoulder and said calmly: "Come, sit down, let's talk. Talk... about your two choices."
Igor stared at him for a long time and squeezed out one word from between his teeth:
"speak!"
"First… "
Ye Qingxuan raised a finger: "Your ship has been commandeered by us, and everything that happens next has nothing to do with you. I promise you in the name of Holmes that after Avalon is recovered, there will be a ship from Yunlou City The smuggling route is handed over to you, and only you can use it. Next, you only need to find a gentleman who is willing to lend you usury, such as someone like me, and you can start recruiting troops and owning your own fleet. Think about it Look, the annual trade between the East and the West flows through the silk route of lapis lazuli - even a fraction of one hundred thousandth is enough for you to get rich overnight. Not to mention Lord, as long as you buy enough national debt, you will definitely have The country is willing to help you become a registered noble in the Holy City. You will be able to add the noble word 'Feng' between your surname and first name, bid farewell to your past poor and humble life, and become a noble big shot."
Dead silence…
Igor swallowed his spit and looked at Ye Qingxuan with wide eyes, his eyes burning red from the vision Ye Qingxuan painted.
"Are you...seriously?"
"Only if I can succeed."
Ye Qingxuan spread his hands with a scoundrel look on his face, but there was no hint of playfulness in his eyes: "But compared with the risk, the reward is already a hundred times richer, isn't it?"
Igor had the urge to agree immediately, but a certain premonition was crawling around in his mind, like an earthworm, tickling his heart as if it was being burned.
He opened his mouth, but was frightened by his hoarse voice:
"Then... what about the second one?"
"The second kind?"
Ye Qingxuan smiled, and the smile was exceptionally happy, like the way a predator would put food on the plate and hold the knife and fork tightly.
He reached out and patted Igor on the shoulder:
"Mr. Igor, you are a good captain. Even among the pirates of the Phantom Islands, you are one of the best. Raging Wave Fighter. This title is really good. I like it very much."
Igor was stunned for a moment, then felt a little confused: "How do you... know this?"
"Do not be afraid."
Ye Qingxuan pointed at his brain: "You have to believe that I really didn't mean it. Although I am a telepathic musician, and the best one, I have never had the interest to pry into other people's thoughts. However, at that time When my mind thread is connected to your mind, those loopholes in the spiritual defense line are really not much different. If you are not careful, you can see them at a glance... "
Igor suddenly looked like a lost dog, but Ye Qingxuan was still smiling and full of enthusiasm:
"You have rich combat experience and loyal character, Mr. Igor, which particularly satisfies me. Moreover, you also have eighty brave, obedient people who are just as tired of the robbery life as you and want to retreat. Nice young man...and by coincidence, I have a new job for you here. A perfect job that you never dreamed of."
Igor was stunned for a moment, then he understood and glanced at Ye Qingxuan:
"Working for you?"
"Isn't it originally for sale anyway?" Ye Qingxuan asked.
"Can prostitution be the same as getting married?"
Igor jumped up and shook his head in refusal: "Originally, we were hired! We are paid to work! Although we are not pirates, we will never give up our freedom and become your dogs!"
"... Mr. Igor, if you don't know metaphors, just don't use random descriptions, okay?"
Ye Qingxuan's expression twitched, and he sighed: "Anyway, that's it in a nutshell, serve me, and you can clear your name, recruit people, and become Angel's navy..."
He paused and looked at the ship that was being torn into pieces, and his voice became deeper: "I can let you pilot a legendary battleship that is unique in the world. You will have the opportunity to surpass the Queen's Revenge, the Intrepid, and the Star of the Sea." legend, and become a true legend with it."
"Legendary battleship?"
Igor was stunned for a long time, looking at Ye Qingxuan with eyes full of suspicion: "The only legendary battleship of Angel is the flagship of the Royal Navy of Angel. The royal light created by six hundred alchemists a hundred years ago - that But with Angelou’s naval glory, even if you are a sword wielder, you cannot dictate to the Queen’s patrol ship.”
"Who said it was a royal light?"
Ye Qingxuan smiled and pointed to the wreckage not far away: "That's what I'm talking about."
Before he finished speaking, a roar sounded.
The wheels rotated wildly, making a low and loud noise, the steel cables pulled, the ceiling of the hidden port opened inch by inch, and then the huge thing suspended by the tower crane slowly fell from the sky.
Under the pale light, the huge shadow revealed its ferocious outline.
The giant beast that had been dead for a long time still exuded a hair-raising ferocious aura. In the huge gap above the right eye, you could vaguely see the brain that had been burnt to charcoal by the venom.
"Nomad Mountain?"
Igor was stunned.
At the command, an engineer wearing protective clothing landed on it along the steel cable. Based on the design drawing on his waist, he held a paint bucket and a brush in his hand and began to quickly mark the location of the knife.
The giant cutting machine was loaded under the huge power of the exoskeleton armor, and several workers pushed the giant saw, which was more than five meters high, to roll from the warehouse.
After assembly, do a trial operation.
The wildly rotating knives and saws set off a shrill scream, and the icy wind stung people's faces.
Under the command of several alchemists, the musicians of the Doctrine of the Faith arranged the alchemical matrix on the spot and began to prepare for the first transformation process.
After a short time, the unbelievably huge beast will be dismembered by the effects of saws and music, turning into pieces of raw materials.
The scales were peeled off, replaced with alchemy, and made into outer armor.
Drain the blood, extract the rare elements, and integrate it into the new engine. The remaining waste liquid is transformed to extract a highly efficient condensate that cannot be achieved by human technology.
After concocting the skeleton, re-laying the alchemical matrix, and soaking it in a large amount of culture fluid, the chanter will stimulate its growth again and generate a new hull skeleton.
The dead flesh and blood was transformed by the summoning musicians, and new nerve vines and circulatory systems were implanted to make artificial flesh and blood to reshape the body of this giant beast.
Igor's ship will be shattered into pieces together, and some of the recyclable materials will be smelted and strengthened and integrated with the giant monster in the sea.
The spine of the giant snake is used as the keel, the flesh and blood is used as the shell, and the scales are used as armor. The engine that cannot be made will be replaced by a modified heart. Once started, it will bring terrifying power that is not inferior to any ship.
The purifiers of the Inquisition assured Ye Qingxuan that at least 70% of the abilities possessed by the once nomadic mountain would be retained on the hull, and the music that called for tsunamis and storms in the extreme state would become the enemy's last breath before sinking into the sea. The last nightmare.
"The ship is 210 meters long, 30 meters wide, and has a draft of eight meters. The standard displacement is 30,000 tons, and the full load is 40,000 tons. The standard speed is 40 knots, and it can even double in the extreme state. Two forty-meter-long spines It will be processed by the Inquisition and become its main cannon. Unlike the castrated version of the Dragon Spine sold by the Chainsaw Monks, what we have this time will be the fortress-level cannon of the Inquisition - the Petitioner. All other information is here.”
Ye Qingxuan threw a thick stack of design drawings into Igor's arms and looked up at the dismembered giant snake and the factory dyed red with blood.
"Igor, it will be the new Nomadic Mountain! A living legendary sea monster, the nightmare of all sailors!"
He paused, looked at Igor who was stunned on the ground, spread his hands, and asked with a smile:
"Now, make a choice. Do you want to take a gamble and be a free rich man? Or drive it, become a legend, and become a true son of the ocean?"
A long time, a long time.
Igor flipped through the design drawings in his hand blankly. When he raised his head again, he stared at the messy factory, as if he could see the monster gradually born from the steel womb.
"It's so beautiful..."
He murmured softly, but for some reason, tears streamed down his face.
At that moment, what was on his mind was no longer the huge fleet of smuggling giants and the countless wealth and money.
The thoughts in my heart and my mind have been occupied by the huge battleship that has not yet been born.
Just the blurry outline made his hair tremble, and blood rushed to his head, almost flowing out of his mouth and nose.
Those are the greedy impulses and arrogant dreams that lurk deep in the soul of every sailor. They are ready to move, dancing in ecstasy, crawling in his will, roaring and roaring in his ears.
Like an ocean tide.
Abandoning his worthless dignity and illusory freedom, he knelt on the ground and climbed forward. It was like he was possessed by a demon, and there was only one thought left in his mind.
"Please take everything from me, Your Excellency."
Igor kissed the dust at the young man's feet devoutly, worshiped, spent his whole life pious, and humbly begged: "I am willing to dedicate everything to you, even if I am a soul. Please give me the opportunity to drive it. , even if it’s just for a second.”
Ye Qingxuan laughed: "Even if you give up your freedom? Igor, you have to know that if you agree, you will become my dog for the rest of your life."
Igor was full of joy and had no dissatisfaction at all:
"That's a huge honor."
"Then rise, my captain."
Ye Qingxuan patted him on the shoulder and pointed downwards with a smile: "Go and talk to the chief engineer - what do you think about your future ship?"
"—I promise, you will become a new legend."