"Blessed by the Lord God! At the end of August, we left more than 50 samurai sailors and a long ship to build the God Dadi Port at the beginning of the island chain heading west. More than 70 of the surrounding Unanga tribes also joined Us. We selected about 10 Unanga Dingzhuang to replace the last batch of Prepecha sailors. Almost all the sailors in the entire fleet come from tribes in the North..."
"The leader in charge of God Dadi Port is the Tekos warrior Luo Heishi. Like many Tekos warriors who are brave and good at fighting, he received the word 'Luo' as his surname given by His Majesty. And his body is indeed strong enough and can perform well. Adapted to the harsh climate in the north, he is worthy of being a barbarian from the mountains!…”
October is considered the beginning of autumn in the Aleutian Islands. The foggy summer has passed, making it a more suitable time for sailing. The sun in the north hangs very close in the sky, and is obviously larger than in the south. I don’t know why.
Mickey the Knowledgeable raised his head and looked at the clear sky, as if he were looking at the upside-down sea. The sun is bright today but the temperature is very low. The fallen snow on the hills covered the rocks, with no sign of melting. Next to him, the white bear Gaowa sat on the snowy stone and looked at him with a silly smile, seemingly not afraid of the cold at all.
"Gaowa."
"Weng?"
"are not you cold?"
"cold?"
White Bear Gaowa blinked in confusion. It's only early October, and the temperature in the Aleutian Islands is already swinging back and forth around freezing. But for the white bear Gaowa, who is used to the cold of minus 20 degrees in winter, it feels very comfortable today, and she doesn't even need to wear a thick leather robe.
In fact, for the Unanga people in the Northland, they are used to being "hot" in summer and autumn. In this way, when the baby is born, it will happen to be spring and summer when the climate is warm and food is abundant. Young women who give birth to children can also immediately participate in hunting and gathering activities, which is more conducive to the continuation of the tribe.
In the long and dark winter, they will reduce any unnecessary consumption, including "heating". So, at that time, sleeping with a warmer in your arms was really just sleeping with a warmer in your arms...
The harsh natural environment has had such a profound impact on these extreme northern peoples that it has even affected every aspect of their lives. Of course, White Bear Gaowa doesn't know the reason for all these traditions, but he is just used to following them. So, she blinked, looked at the knowledgeable Mickey, and asked expectantly.
"Weng? Do you want to...have sex with me? Here? On the stone?..."
"Well!…"
Hearing this, Mikey the Knowledgeable shuddered. He is not as strong as Gao Wa, who can keep warm in the snow. He quickly shook his head, avoiding Gao Wa's fiery eyes, took out the latest one from the navigation record he had just put in, and pretended to read it seriously.
"God bless you! In early September, we took three long ships and 120 warriors and sailors and left the Kami Dadi Port near the hot springs... We followed the extended large island and a series of small islands, and kept heading westward Row away...and those towering icebergs revealed in the western sea are the direction the Lord God guides the fleet!..."
"Starting from the ancestral island chain heading west, the exploration fleet gradually disappeared after relying on the warm sea currents for several months. Zuvalo was very sorry, because this warm sea current flowing westward day and night was really... It helped us so much!...We were able to reach the island chain so quickly because of this mysterious warm current! It is not far from the shore, flowing like a spirit hidden in the sea. Thousands of miles away, it’s like the Lord God’s blessing in the water…”
Mickey, the knowledgeable man, scratched his head, still not understanding how this warm westward current appeared and how it suddenly disappeared.
Starting from Whale Harbor in the south and ending at Shendadi Harbor on the island chain in the west, the gift of the Alaskan warm current appears and disappears inadvertently like the unpredictable wind of fate. What still accompanies them is the heavy fog rising in summer and the turbulent waves, testing the fleet of "Godly Exploration" on the verge of death time and time again!
"On the island chain in September, the wind is northerly and northeasterly most of the time. But sometimes, it suddenly changes to southerly and southeasterly winds. The wind is very strong and completely unreliable. Therefore, we dare not raise the sail to full height. , at most, when the line of sight is clear, it can rise to a small height and use a little bit of wind to speed up the fleet's westward direction..."
"Witness the Lord God! We must follow the island chain and go west carefully. We must never, never, never let the guiding sacred mountain leave our sight!!"
"Praise the Lord God! It was under the guidance of the Holy Mountain that we arrived at the second island of our ancestors, the Akutan Island (Akutan), in September. This island is not big, with only one iceberg on it, so I call it 'Akutan'. Mountain'... and not far from this island are the three ancestral islands, the sacred volcanic island (Ualaska). There is a natural harbor sheltered from the wind on this island, which is very deep. Zuvarro wants to build one there as well. We are in port, but we don’t have enough ships…”
"It is worth mentioning that there is only one iceberg on Shenshiwan Island, but sometimes it flashes with a strange, lavender light... like a strange omen from the gods! The Unanga tribe on the island said that it was Because that iceberg is alive, it is an ancestral giant that has never died. It will shout from time to time, and even spit out flames and black smoke in legends!..."
"Blessed by the Lord God! Then I knew that this was an active volcano, which contained the active divinity underground! Therefore, I called it 'God Volcano' (ie Makushin Volcano). And the three ancestor islands were called 'God Volcano Island' '!…"
Thinking of the radiant sacred volcano, Mickey, the knowledgeable man, showed pious yearning in his eyes. A magical place like this is indeed worthy of the kingdom’s fleet and the establishment of a separate port! What's more, since there are active volcanoes, there will also be warm springs and places where potatoes can be grown. It's a pity... we can only wait until later.
"Continuing westward from the Shen Volcano Island, almost connected to the Shentian Stone Island (Nikolski). According to the legend of the Unanga tribe on the island, there is a huge island on the east side of the island that extends for more than ten miles. The depression, and the reason for the depression..."
"The cloud god of the sky once threw burning sky stones to kill the giants of our ancestors! The giant sank into the sea, and its injured head floated on the surface of the sea. The sunken wound was where the sky stones fell!..."
The knowledgeable Mickey's eyes flashed as he stroked the line of inherited songs he had recorded, with thoughts swirling in his heart. He really wanted to go to the depression on Shentian Stone Island and search carefully to see if he could find the legendary "Sky Stone" or even a little bit of the remaining divine object...
"Continuing westward from Shentian Stone Island, there are a series of sporadic small islands. The distance between these islands is too far, and there are no snow-capped mountains high enough on the island to guide the exploration fleet... From the four ancestor islands to Shentian Stone Island , to the ancestral five-island god Gaoshan Island, the more than three hundred miles in between is the most dangerous voyage!..."
"O Lord God! The heavy fog that covers the sky is rising, and the rolling waves are hanging high above our heads! The turbulent sea currents are surging everywhere, and the violent sea wind can break the sails! ... We traveled for a full two weeks on this journey of more than 300 miles. . There is heavy fog in the morning and evening. You can only row desperately during the half day when the fog lifts at noon to find the next small island to dock. Because a terrible storm may suddenly appear at any time, setting off layers of doomsday-like waves. , leading us into destruction!”
"And the really terrible doomsday is the storm coming from the north... We encountered three storms, and only one came from the sea in the north, which was very, very, very big! And in that storm, there was not only blizzard, but also Horrible, deadly hailstones!…”
"If we hadn't recruited several Unanga sailors who were familiar with the sea conditions on Shentian Stone Island and discovered the storm in the north in advance... If it hadn't been for the northern tribes on the boat who were able to paddle on the violently turbulent boat... If it hadn't been for our departure from the The nearest island is only two or three quarters of an hour away... Lord God bless us! Lord God bless us! Lord God bless us!!"
Seeing this, Mickey the Knowledgeable trembled all over, recalling once again the great northern storm that appeared repeatedly in his nightmares!
The wind, snow and hail that covered the sky and the sun, and the cascading waves rising more than ten meters! The difficult struggle of sailing on the sea of death is like running madly with your feet on the edge of a cliff! It only took two quarters of an hour, but it was something he would never forget!
"Witness the Lord God! Navigation on the island chain is so difficult, but Gao Wa doesn't take it seriously at all. She is always curious to explore on the long boat. Even if the long boat is violently swaying in the wind and waves, she can still stand steadily on the deck. ...Later, she told me with gestures that the Unanga people drove their kayaks like canoes to fish in rough seas. Compared with their kayaks, our big boat seemed to be floating. An island in the sea!…”
"I didn't quite believe it, so I asked her: 'How bumpy and swaying is your kayak?'... She seemed to have misunderstood, or maybe she understood too much... Or maybe, after experiencing that death After a storm, we all need to vent, like wild animals..."
"She pushed me down in the bottom cabin and gave me a real experience... Then, I couldn't get up for a few days until I arrived at Kamigao Mountain Island and saw the juxtaposed peaks and white light..."
Seeing this last paragraph, Mikey, the knowledgeable man, shivered in his heart. He felt that his waist and legs were weak for no reason, and his whole body ached. He turned his head guiltily and glanced at his wife, who was as strong as a white bear, but was instantly noticed by the other party.
"Weng? What's wrong with you? ... Your face is so pale? Are you shaking all the time?"
"Uh! Gaowa. I...I remembered that big storm of death again. If you and the Annu fish hadn't caught me, I would have fallen into the waves long ago... But the Anu fish was there a few days ago. In a huge storm, in order to recapture the longship that was swept away!..."
Speaking of this, Mickey the Knowledgeable sighed, with real sadness in his eyes. And White Bear Gaowa also knew the reason for his sadness, so she lowered her head, put her forehead against her forehead, and gave her husband a hug. She was very big, and when she hugged Mickey, she was like a big bear hugging a baby seal, but her movements were extremely gentle.
"Weng. A lot of people die here every year! For boats, fishing boats, they have to work hard!... We, the Unanga people, are like this. They, the Sugpia people, are the same!..."
"Well...the Lord God witnesses! I understand!"
Mickey the Knowledgeable felt sad for a moment and nodded. He knew that death was the most common thing in this difficult and difficult Far North. He remembered the Annu fish that had saved him but fell into the storm, and also recalled his encounter with these Sugpiaq tribe. In the extreme north at 60 degrees north latitude, at the mouth of the mighty river and the blue delta at the mouth of the river...
Thinking of this, Mickey the Knowledgeable lowered his head, moved his fingers slightly in the bronze box, and picked up another volume of the voyage diary next to it. And with the gentle movement of this finger, it went from the beginning of the island chain in the west to the east for more than two thousand miles, back to the midsummer of July...
Note: The Easter Egg Chapter is an exploration map of the Aleutian Islands.
