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Chapter 97: The End of the Earth
Three days later, early in the morning, on the deck.
Xi Heng was about to use Kenshin to forcibly wake up the many crew members who were tied up and still in the illusion.
She had just raised the scabbard of her sword like an executioner when a cold breeze from the sea suddenly blew.
At the same time, the blurry-looking people in front of him trembled all over.
Then they stopped muttering and fainted one after another.
"Is it such a coincidence?" She put away the scabbard with a click of the tongue, and the sword heart dispersed.
Returning to the deck and looking around, the sea was as calm as ever.
But it is obvious that the sea that could make people fall into fantasy has been crossed.
Soon after, a few of the unconscious crew members woke up and said in hoarse voices that they were thirsty.
Other people in charge of taking care of the people around them quickly brought fresh water and simple food.
The precious fresh water was taken by the trembling five fingers and drank down with gulps.
Seeing that the illusion had indeed disappeared, Xi Heng turned and left.
It would be good to save Kenshin, at least I don't have to spend too much energy today.
She yawned softly and heard a rough shout again as she walked naturally on the deck.
Xi Heng turned her head and looked. The sound sounded like that of her captain.
The other party pushed open the cabin door and ran quickly, approaching hurriedly.
"What's wrong, again?"
The man was in a hurry, obviously in some trouble.
"Your Highness!" The man said hurriedly, "The Si Nan on the boat has lost its direction again!"
"Huh?" Xi Heng's mouth twitched.
After leaving the illusion sea, have we entered a sea with unstable magnetic field?
"Take me to see it." She waved her hand.
If it's just an unstable magnetic field, the problem isn't particularly big.
Even if the compass fails, you can continue sailing by checking the sun.
This sea area has no fog or dark clouds blocking the view, and looks a little safer than the previous whirlpool area.
However, there may be more surprises...
The instability of the magnetic field may be just a superficial phenomenon. There may be something more troublesome that can bring about irresistible disasters.
Xi Heng recalled the mysterious legends and unsolved mysteries about the sea that he had read in newspapers in his previous life. For example, in some areas with unstable magnetic fields, airplanes and ships often crash and disappear. It is said that when a ship passes through this area, the crew may suddenly disappear, but food and various supplies will be complete.
Or maybe the ship was suddenly moved to a very far place, or the ship and the people inside it that had been missing for several years reappeared intact, etc...
"I hope nothing weird will happen next time."
"If they come again, it would be better to just send a meteorite to destroy the entire fleet, and I won't have to struggle."
The disasters that occurred one after another made her a little tired.
In the cabin where Xi Heng was commanding the fleet, he heard several slight noises.
Turning around, I saw that the magnetic spoon of the desktop compass was rotating left and right in a random manner.
The spoon handle turns half a circle to the left, pauses, and then slowly turns to the right, doing two or three circles before stopping and continuing to rotate.
The Si Nan was obviously no longer useful. Not only could it be used to determine the direction, it was even difficult to stabilize it.
"In that case, let's rely on the sun for positioning from now on."
The captain said cautiously: "According to Haijian, whenever the compass is unstable during sailing, bad things will always happen..."
"Get up if you want." Xi Heng yawned.
If this Chonghai is really uncrossable, she would not bother to cross it.
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Within three days after Si Nan lost its direction, no disaster occurred.
It seems that this sea area will not cause any other trouble except making the compass ineffective.
Xi Heng also relaxed a little.
She was simply going east, not to a specific location.
If the compass is useless, you can use the sun to determine the direction.
The instability of the magnetic field cannot change the place where the sun rises to the west.
This stability only lasted until the fifth day.
At noon on the fifth day, a hurricane suddenly hit the rear of the fleet.
In just half an hour, the originally clear sky was covered with a layer of rotating black clouds.
The black color rolled and surged, with thunder rumbling faintly.
The howling winds rolled up huge waves, the tornadoes stirred up shaking waves, and the sea water turned into heavy rain and poured down.
There were flashes of lightning in the sky, and a few large and small ships were rising and falling.
When Xi Heng stood on the deck, he had difficulty standing steadily without using the power of transformation.
As the hurricane approached, many crew members were thrown into the sea by the heavy rain and violent shaking.
"It's probably really over this time." The girl quietly welcomed the end of the world at sea.
The huge hurricane rolled up the black clouds, turning them into a vast posture covering the sky and the earth, as if it wanted to swallow up all the debris in the sea.
Compared to the hurricane, the fleet is just like a tiny speck of dust.
Faced with such a natural disaster, Xi Heng can only leave it to fate.
If she could use the Blood Sea Technique once more, she could directly protect the safety of the fleet.
But without the spirit stones, there was nothing I could do about it.
The white sails whirred.
At the first moment when the hurricane hit, the captain and helmsman tried their best to speed up and escape.
This did have some effect - under the strong wind, the huge ship with the sails held up slowly turned to the south.
The hurricane did not head straight for her fleet, but gathered strength and moved eastward.
Although the directions had diverged, the hurricane was becoming increasingly powerful, and the fleet was not gradually opening up a clear gap with it.
No one on the ship could be sure whether they could survive this natural disaster.
The thunder roared, and the exploding lightning illuminated the dark and gloomy sky and earth again.
Xi Heng heard footsteps approaching amidst the endless noise.
Turning around, he saw Chen Fenghuo coming to his side.
On the heaving and unstable deck, the other person leaned against the side of the ship and spoke softly.
"It seems... the previous illusion was not the last ordeal for you and me. This one is the last one."
After wandering on the edge of death and despair for so long, Chen Fenghuo has become somewhat numb.
Xi Heng watched the hurricane gradually shift away and whispered:
"The fleet should be able to survive this."
"Well even so, how can we survive the next ordeal?"
Chen Fenghuo smiled bitterly and said:
"You and I will eventually be buried in this sea. Whether it is today or tomorrow, the result will be the same... Without a flying boat, we cannot cross the Chonghai Sea."
Xi Heng did not refute the other party, but just expressed his own thoughts: "But as long as you and I remain in this world, we must continue sailing."
“Even if you are going to die in the next second, even if you can’t see the hope of tomorrow, it’s like climbing a mountain and you can’t see the top of the mountain at all. As long as you are alive, you should and must do your best to continue climbing.”
"If we fail to do this, you and I will be unworthy of our consciences," Xi Heng said.
Even if there is disappointment and despair all around you, you must still move towards hope.
Even if you don't get that hope in the end, as long as you keep going, as long as you keep moving forward, that's enough.
Although I cannot fulfill my wish, at least I will not be ashamed of myself.
Xi Heng pressed his hands on the side of the boat, facing the doomsday-like scene in front of him, but he did not turn pale with despair like the others on the boat. Instead, his eyes were bright and lively.
"Let the storm come harder."
Chen Fenghuo quietly watched the other person's elegant figure, with thoughts slowly flowing in his mind.
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The storm was no more violent.
Although the mighty hurricane would continue to grow and expand over time, the large ship with all canvases drawn was pushed away by the long wind a little faster. After turning south at a sufficient angle, it gradually distanced itself from the hurricane that was rolling up black clouds.
Amid the whistling of the wind, the fleet sailed towards another peaceful sea.
When the overwhelming hurricane and dark clouds disappeared at the end of the sight, the sky also turned into darkness.
The remaining clouds blocked the moonlight, and stars twinkled between the gaps between the clouds. The impact of the hurricane on the sea surface had disappeared.
Xi Heng used the stars in the sky to re-point the direction and ordered the fleet to move forward.
After experiencing the danger just now, she felt more and more that the few moments of peace before her were something worth cherishing.
The so-called other side of Chonghai seems to be far away. No one knows how long she will have to stay on the sea, and how many dangers she will encounter... When will the sea swallow up her fleet?
"Chonghai, maybe it's really boundless?" Even though he had the ability to reload save files and was not afraid of life or death, Xi Heng still felt a little disappointed.
"There are less than three months' worth of food left on the ship..."
She calculated silently: "This fleet can sail on the sea for a maximum of 200 days."
She had thought the fleet could sail longer.
As long as they can find a decent island in the Chonghai Sea to settle down and replenish fresh water and a small amount of food, the sailing time can be extended to nearly a year.
But now, after sailing on the Chonghai Sea for such a long time, the fleet only encountered an island, and there were monsters living on it, so they could not settle down.
"When I ascend the throne, I can build a larger fleet to continue this ocean voyage..."
Although she had gradually lost hope in finding immortals at sea, she still had to give it a try.
After silently planning for the future, Xi Heng looked back at the relatively calm sea and the ever-changing sky.
“Even though the sea brings nothing but frustration, I still need to move forward.”
"Until the end of this ocean, or the end of my life."
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More than twenty days later.
One hundred and thirty days had passed since the fleet first set sail.
Everyone on the fleet became visibly haggard, and some mentally fragile people even spontaneously fell into the sea late one night.
The boundless sea seems to have a magical power that attracts people to approach. If some ordinary crew members are not careful, they will approach the side of the ship in a daze and seem to fall forward.
Although only a very small number of people collapsed and jumped into the sea, most of them had become depressed and weak.
There is no cure for this mental problem that has turned into a physical symptom, unless they can see the coast and land.
As for the sea area with chaotic magnetic fields, the fleet has probably already left.
