The protagonist was shocked, he was really hurt! ?
But he carefully checked his body and moved his six limbs, but he didn't feel anything strange. Apart from some blood flowing around the blowhole and being wrapped in wet moisture, the protagonist did not notice any other differences.
Maybe it's a small problem like bleeding gums or nose bleeding, the protagonist comforted himself.
After checking the body, in the blink of an eye, the protagonist no longer remembers the horrific dream. This traumatic dream seems to have suddenly healed itself, or it was forcibly forgotten based on the body's protective mechanism, or it was blocked for some mysterious reason. , the reason is unknown.
The protagonist also felt that he had forgotten something. He sat in the cabin and thought hard, but the memory just disappeared like grass burned by fire or a pile of salt washed away by running water.
After a while, the protagonist's thoughts spread out from here, thinking of yesterday's experience, yesterday's rain, and the swaying fleet.
There is almost no light in the cabin, and the protagonist does not know what time it is now. His own biological clock has always been very weak.
The guardsmen next door were very quiet, with only occasional rustling noises. Based on this, the protagonist determines that it is not yet daylight, otherwise these warriors with accurate biological clocks should start to move.
Since the protagonist issued the order of forced sleep, unless there is an emergency, the warriors of the God's Envoy King will rest from sunset to sunrise. Even if they cannot sleep, they cannot run around. In this way, not only the lifespan of the ants has been greatly extended, but the protagonist can also deduce the approximate time.
After staying in the narrow and crowded cabin for a long time, the protagonist felt a little panicked and out of breath. The darkness around him was as thick as if it were real, tightly oppressing him. He felt very uncomfortable in his heart, as if he was afraid of something just now.
The protagonist walked through the cargo piled in the cabin and came to the cabin door, wanting to see if the heavy rain outside had stopped. The hatch was covered, and a hint of coolness and moisture came out of the gap, making the protagonist's body feel more comfortable.
There are still raindrops reaching in through the gaps, and some have gathered into water droplets as big as soybeans, hanging on the wall. The protagonist felt thirsty and leaned over to take a sip. The water droplets were cold in his mouth, and the burning discomfort in his heart was suppressed a lot.
He used his front limbs to untie the ant silk rope, pushed open the hatch cover, and got half of his body out, arriving in the cold and dark outside.
At this time, the walnut boat was sailing relatively smoothly, with only regular ups and downs. It was obvious that there was no strong wind or rough sea outside.
When the protagonist got halfway out of the body, the sky was still dark, with only a little pale light on the distant horizon. That should be the southeast, where there was a pale color. The sun had obviously not yet risen at this moment.
The protagonist looked up at the sky. The sky was still densely covered with clouds, with almost no gaps. It seemed like it would be cloudy at least today.
However, the rain has almost stopped, with only occasional raindrops falling. A raindrop hits the mast umbrella cover above the protagonist's head, and splashes into countless crystals, then drips onto the brown surface of the walnut boat, and finally slips and merges into the water.
The protagonist watched these water droplets flow into the water, and suddenly his heart tightened.
He could clearly see the water next to the ship!
The water flow at this time was very fast, but the waves were not big, and they were all rushing in one direction. It was not like the previous time in the big lake, where the waves were calm. Moreover, the water is brown and yellow, almost the same color as the shell of the walnut boat, and it is not the familiar clear color of the big lake.
The protagonist looked up and looked around. After passing through the low night sky, he finally saw the thick black shadows not far away from both sides of the bank. They were the vegetation, rocks, and curves of the hillsides on both sides of the bank!
The protagonist felt refreshed, and he understood that the walnut fleet was not in the lake at all at the moment, but in the river, and was rushing downstream with the rising water.
It turns out that just when the protagonist returns to the cabin to rest and the sky turns to night, the walnut boat fleet has been carried from the big lake through the mouth of the lake and into the big river by the wind and current.
At this time, it is the rainy season with high water, and the water from the big lake is constantly pouring into the river, and the wind direction is also southerly, so this situation occurs.
The protagonist was completely unconscious in his deep sleep. In fact, the fleet once hit the shore at the mouth of the river, but was quickly taken away by the strong current.
At this time, the river was full of sandy water, and the water speed was very fast. After one night, it had taken the walnut fleet and the ants inside with it, far away from its homeland!
The protagonist was shocked when he figured this out.
Watch the water under the boat, lapping and rolling, heading east. The power of the river is so powerful that a fleet without power cannot overcome the current and return home, even if a strong east wind blows.
The protagonist knows that if he remains trapped in the water, he will not be able to go to the swamp as originally planned. If you want to reach the swamp, you must return.
But in this situation, the protagonist is quick to think and knows that he must park on the shore as soon as possible and wait for the peak of the flood to pass and the water flow to calm down before making any plans. Or simply abandon the ship and land, and go to the destination from the south bank of the river via an unfamiliar land route.
Whether it is returning against the current or landing on foot, the fleet needs to dock first and the assistance of the flying knights.
The flying knights are probably still sheltering from the rain in a shelter on the shore of the great lake, and they will probably set off to look for the fleet when daybreak comes.
But after they couldn't find the fleet in the big lake, would they think of searching downstream along the big river? The protagonist is not sure. After all, the protagonist himself did not expect to be taken so far away from the route by the flood.
The protagonist only feels that he has been in Mercury retrograde in the past two years, and everything has gone wrong. Many times, Zhou Xiang's plan is clearly for Zhou Xiang, but unexpected circumstances always lead to an instant reversal of the situation. The collapse of a big banyan tree leads to a large-scale invasion of the Destroyer. This was true on the south coast, and it is true now that the fleet was carried far downstream by the flood.
We can only hope that the flying knight will not give up the search.
The protagonist cheers himself up. In addition to counting on the flying knights, the ants on the boat also have to find a way to save themselves and let the fleet find a way to berth on the shore.
The ship's own power is only the sail, and the wind is still southerly. When the rain stops completely at dawn, the protagonist plans to let the ant sailors raise the sail, rely on the wind to sail the fleet to the north shore to seize the beach, and fix it to the shore with ropes.
Although if you plan to return by land, the fleet should be anchored on the south coast, but the wind direction is wrong now, so the top priority is to dock first!
