"Hey, is there anyone? Please answer if you hear me! Tianlan, leader, is anyone here?"
Luo Hao sighed, but as before, he still received no response to his call.
He put down the communication crystal in his hand and looked up at the distant scenery of the same color as the sea and sky - thousands of miles of floating clouds, with white cloud islands hanging alone in the blue sky. The dim yellow caused by the dust storm had completely faded and disappeared. At this moment, Kukai was in a calm state. It reveals an intoxicating blue and is boundless as far as the eye can see.
But the vastness as far as the eye can see makes a feeling of loneliness and anxiety arise in the heart. This seems to be a completely unfamiliar sea. There is no land in sight to the north, south, east and west. The Daoud seems to be hanging alone on the side. Above the huge mirror, the clouds are just tiny cotton wool on the mirror surface.
"Where have we come..."
On the deck, several people from Rufu's Shield were shoveling away the sand on the ship. ZXC and Wu Xiaopang both looked a little confused. They didn't know how long they would stay here. Maybe the communication would be restored soon, or maybe they would starve to death on the ship after the food and water were exhausted.
Box was sitting alone on the bow of the boat, with his hands on his knees, looking into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
Luo Hao opened the hatch and walked into the lower deck.
In the main control room, a makeshift table was piled with maps, with some random marks scrawled on them, but without a professional navigator, no one could analyze the reason. Depending on the wind direction, they may be located in the open sea southwest of Istania, but no one has an accurate estimate of where they are.
In short, there is nothing wrong with being west of Bein, because only west of Istania is Kukai.
Luo Yu is checking the working condition of the magic engine.
Luo Hao asked the other party, in short, the situation was not very good.
"There is too much sand in the pipe, and it is difficult to clean it without finding a place to stop the boat," Luo Yu recounted bluntly. "Also, even if the magic engine is working perfectly, we can't fully move such a large ship. It can only use about one-sixth of the power."
"So it just doesn't work?"
Luo Yu nodded.
"What is the solution?"
This time Luo Yu thought for a moment and then said: "If we ignore it, the ship can still move, but what will happen after that is unclear."
Luo Hao pondered for a moment and said decisively: "Then let it move first. You can't go wrong in the northeast direction. We can't determine the coordinates, but we can always determine the direction."
"If it moves, the coordinates can be determined," Luo Yu replied. "Dang the magic buoy down and measure it again a day later, and you can get a rough reading."
"If you persist for a day."
Luo Hao sighed.
Originally, there was a wind element generating device on the ship. If it had not been destroyed in advance by those mystics with ulterior motives, they could easily read the coordinate system of the wind element ether. Aitaria's 'coordinate system' is measured based on the distribution law of ether, which is the only way for this world to determine its position.
However, without a wind element generator, manual measurement would be time-consuming and laborious.
In the past, elves could also use spells to establish coordinates, but since the magic civilization began to flourish, most of these spells have been abandoned.
Luo Hao cursed in his mind the convenience of measuring longitude and latitude on the earth, as well as the complexity and redundancy of the wind element coordinate system of Aitaria. Suddenly he remembered something and asked: "Have those explosive crystals been cleaned up?"
After Luo Yu finished speaking, he turned back to check the working condition of the magic engine. After hearing this question, he replied without looking back: "Miss Jita and Miss Afifah are responsible for this matter. You can ask them."
There was a chair next to the table filled with maps, and Miss Naturalist was squatting on it with her knees folded, frowning at the maps. But her geographical knowledge is of no use here. Understanding the signs on these maps requires specialized cartography. Only Parker and Sylvide in the Seven Seas Brigade have dabbled in it, and of course the latter is already specialized in it. degree.
However, even if the two of them were here, it would be difficult to draw useful conclusions directly without reference objects. There is not even a trace of a small island on the endless sea of emptiness, so how can there be reference objects?
Seeing Luo Hao looking over, Jita let out a breath, raised her little head, and replied in a low voice: "We have taken care of those explosive crystals."
Luo Hao was stunned: "Did you throw them out?"
Jita shook her head slightly: "I just removed the fuse."
As if she was worried that the other party would not understand, she explained again: "After withdrawing the magic power, the explosive crystals can still be stored safely. The necessary condition for their explosion is that the fire element ether needs to participate. Crystals in a dry state are only easily damaged. , but it won’t explode accidentally. I was worried that they would come in handy later, so I kept the explosive crystals after extracting the magic power.”
"You did a good job, Jita." Luo Hao praised.
He looked around again. "Where's Miss Afifah?"
"She's looking after the crystals," Kitta replied.
Luo Hao nodded. They and Miss Afifa had shared the same sorrow, and the other party could still trust her.
At this time, Luo Yu turned around and suddenly said: "Luo Hao."
"What?" The latter was slightly startled.
Luo Yu looked at him quietly in a rare moment, and then looked at Jita beside him: "What are you going to do with those things that day?"
Hearing this question, Luo Hao couldn't help but fell silent.
"Do you recognize them too?" He looked at the two of them and then asked.
Jita nodded. Luo Yu replied: "Jita recognized it."
Jita was stunned for a moment: "I, I'm actually not sure..." and then added: "If Brother Ed were here, he would definitely recognize him..."
Luo Hao sighed. He originally thought that he was the only one who recognized those things. However, he had no intention of hiding anything, but those things were not the focus at the moment. If the Daoud could not sail back, it would be useless to leave those things there.
He then replied: "You don't need the captain to come. I can recognize those things. They should be the things you imagined... and they should be the remains after use..."
Jita couldn't help but widen her eyes after hearing this, and her mouth opened a little cutely. "Doesn't that mean that the mystics might be making...?"
"It's not the mystic," Luo Hao shook his head and interrupted her: "The mystic is just one of the executors. Have you forgotten what the captain told us? The person behind it should be Babartan, the king of sand. I understand. What you mean is that this news is indeed very important, especially to the leader... I guess the explosives placed on the ship by the warlocks were just to destroy the evidence..."
But he changed the topic: "But the most important thing right now is to sail the ship back. The communication crystal cannot be used, and we can't even leave image data. If the ship sinks, these things will be useless to us."
After hearing this, the two of them couldn't help but nodded.
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After meeting with Borod, Fang Plover gained access to the Royal Library.
Aleph was also very efficient. Just as the other party promised, he took him to the palace the next day. With the assurance of a prince and becoming familiar with the caretaker, Fang Plover could enter this place alone - of course, only in the area where the library is located.
This matter seemed to go more smoothly than expected, and everything went smoothly. It seemed that it would be natural to find an opportunity to meet the eldest princess next. But Fang Yu went to the royal library for three consecutive days, only to find that things were not as simple as he imagined.
First of all, the royal library is located on the edge of the royal palace. It can be said that it is not completely within the forbidden palace area. And Aleph's face was extremely limited, which did not allow him to freely enter and exit other areas. There were several times when he pretended to go astray, but he was quickly stopped by the guards.
The guards of the Istania Palace were much tighter than he had imagined. Fang Pliance had been observing this secretly in the past few days and found that even if he had the intention to sneak in, he would probably be caught soon under normal circumstances.
Of course, he was closer to the palace than before, but because of this, he did not dare to act rashly. After all, he was able to enter and exit this place freely only after Master Borod's recommendation and Aleph's verbal guarantee. If he was discovered by the guards, it would be difficult for the two of them to break away from each other.
Although he met Aleph out of some utilitarian motives, the other party's help to him was real. Master Borod also taught him the Taoism - repaying kindness with enmity was something Fang Plund couldn't do. .
Of course, he did not confirm whether the Nanami Brigade was actually involved in this maelstrom——
If Miss Sylvide or others were in danger, he might not care so much.
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was three days later, but what made Fang Yu feel a little uneasy was that there was no sign of communication being restored.
But the good thing is that he can connect to the community, but the community is still offline about a month ago, and there are no new posts on it. He tried to post, but was prompted that the communication status was limited, and after that night, the community was unavailable again. However, after these two experiences, Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
At least there wasn't any big problem. It seemed like there was just a temporary disturbance in the Ethernet network.
This incident had apparently been experienced by others, and caused a brief discussion among the chosen people in the city, but the topic quickly died down as the community fell back into silence. Everyone is silently waiting for the communication to be restored, of course not only the electors, but also the indigenous people.
The Craftsmen's Guild and the Adventurers' Guild have not received any news about Kaolin North for more than half a month.
On the other hand, news from Istania came one after another following the footsteps of messengers, allowing people to learn bits and pieces of information about other places in the outside world. There is not much information, mostly important information such as the disaster situation in a certain area, post-disaster reconstruction work, etc.
In this way, Fang Plover waited for another full week.
It was not that he had gained nothing during this week. At least he finally made a breakthrough in his study of the 'Star Network'. After studying the documents left by the Mayotte master, he finally understood some of Delan's thoughts. . However, it is quite limited. It has gained one or two thousand cognitive experience points due to reading.
better than nothing.
In the next few days, he almost gave up on checking the information and just tried to copy these books. During this period, Aleph came to see him several times, and Master Burled came once. They were not curious about his behavior. After all, they both knew that Fang Plover was a chosen one and was unlikely to stay in one place for a long time. .
The other party cannot take away the original manuscripts of these documents, but you can still copy them yourself.
But they didn't know that the reason why Fang Yu did this was because in the next few days, he found that he could no longer read books at all. For a week, the news from the palace has been silent, and any inquiry has been like a dead end. The King of Sand, Babartan, does not know what he plans to do. There has never been any news about the eldest princess.
It wasn't that he cared about the eldest princess, but because the rest of the Seven Seas Brigade could never be contacted, which made him gradually feel anxious. And as time goes by, this anxiety has become more severe.
It had been almost two weeks since he arrived in Questac, but he had made no progress at all. This was a situation he had never encountered before.
In the dim library, the light of the candle on the wooden table suddenly burst into sparks, causing the light to flicker.
Fang Yu stopped writing, raised his head, and looked through the flames at the direction of the library door behind him. After being stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but sigh softly. He put down his quill and closed the book, thinking that it would be great if Sylvide was here.
When he couldn't find a clue in the past, this noble daughter could always help him think of some solutions.
Fang Yu thought of that gentle face, and felt a little empty in his heart for a moment.
If it weren't for Big Cat Man and Miss Attila, they were the two most stable, well-informed, and able to come up with solutions to problems in the team.
If that didn't work, Luo Hao or his cousin could do it. Tang Xin had been playing with him since childhood, so he knew how well this cousin's brain worked. Not long after the fat man from the military joined the team, he also showed extraordinary judgment. This is not to say that he can't come up with a solution on his own, but in this situation it would be good to have one more person to give him some advice.
While I was thinking, suddenly a voice came:
"Ed."
Fang Yu looked up and found that there was another figure on the other side of the door. It was not Aleph.
He couldn't help but be stunned. His Highness the Prince said he had something to do a few days ago, and then he didn't see anyone else for the past two days. Now he suddenly appeared, and he didn't know how his affairs were going. But judging from the relaxed look on the other side, it must have been done. Fang Yu thought that his affairs had made no progress, and he was speechless again.
He looked at the other party, wondering if he should just tell the other party directly and let the other party take him into the forbidden palace. If it doesn't work, just find an excuse. For example, you want to go to the palace to see people in the world. It sounds silly, but maybe it is a very useful excuse?
But he immediately shook his head and realized that his idea was a bit outrageous.
It's just a case of urgent medical treatment.
While he was thinking about it, Aleph had already walked over and said, "I heard from the guard that there was someone here at this late hour, so I guessed it must be you."
Fang Yu was slightly startled. He stayed until this moment, naturally to see if there was any chance. It was purely a subconscious behavior, but he didn't expect that he would act so deliberately? He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Should he pay attention to these details?
But Aleph smiled, shook his head and said: "I heard that you are the last to leave every day. Master Burrard was full of praise for this, saying that few of the Holy Chosen people work as hard as you. But I do I don’t think you need to be in such a hurry. Anyway, the dust storm has just passed and the communication has not been restored, so you can stay in Questac for a while.”
Fang Yu concealed it with a guilty conscience: "It's just that there's nothing to do when I go to other places, I'm just used to it."
"That's true," Aleph couldn't help but laugh: "There is really nothing interesting in Malan's temple. It would be different in Ms. Roman's temple. I heard that there is a temple in the temple of the Goddess of Commerce. There are many exciting things happening every day.”
Fang Yu wondered whether Ms. Malan would blow your head off when she heard you describe her temple like this. However, he had heard some things about the Commercial Temple, and knew what Aleph was talking about - it was nothing more than commercial arbitration. Since Ms. Roman was in charge of the contract priesthood, many commercial arbitrations were held in the temple every day. .
If you are tainted with the atmosphere of these markets, don't expect to be very solemn in the temple.
He deliberately changed the subject and asked, "How are you doing with your affairs?"
"Almost ready." Just as he expected, Aleph replied very easily.
"What is it?"
"Do you remember what I told you last time?" Aleph didn't mean to hide it. He only gave it a try: "It was my father's birthday celebration."
When Fang Yu heard this answer, he stopped involuntarily and his ears perked up.
Aleph would occasionally talk to him about some trivial matters in the palace, but what he talked about most was about this celebration. He was not from Istania, so he naturally didn't know much about this celebration beforehand. However, after more than a week of this, he could be considered to have learned some inside information through this prince.
So he couldn't help but ask:
"Aleph, if I remember correctly, the palace will be open to the public on the day of the celebration, right?"
"Of course," Aleph was slightly startled: "Why, are you interested in the palace? But this will disappoint you. Only the outer palace was open that day, and the library you are currently in is also open. As for the Forbidden Palace, ordinary people cannot enter. But if you are interested in the celebration, you can come and participate."
Fang Yu was not disappointed after hearing this, and just nodded lightly:
"Of course it will."
He counted the days in his mind, and the celebration was still half a week away.
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