Mystery: Mr. Witch and Miss Hunter

Chapter 265 The Boiling Sea
(PS: In fact, many book friends told me about the problem of too short chapters before. In fact, I wrote short chapters mainly in case of harmonization and revision, but it is a bit dangerous to order them recently, so in the next period of time, If there is no awkward part, I will change it to a chapter of 4000 words. It seems convenient to you, and my data is also better.)
The explosive that caused serious damage to the Queen Honeysuckle and pulled up the whaling crane weighing dozens of tons like a carrot and slammed it on the rock wall was none other than the explosives in this huge underground space. Air.

The rapidly falling Honeysuckle Queen collided with the black water surface, and the impact caused the strange smelly air to explode.The blast wave instantly shattered the glass windows on the ironclad ship, and the flying glass shards scattered all over the cabin.

Although Katerina noticed all of this at the first time, and created a layer of black rock shell on the surface of the hull, absorbing part of the combustible gas, the explosion caused by the gas that flowed in just now still destroyed the ship due to too much space. Gao was not destroyed by the cranes that covered the rocky crust in time.

However, no one has the energy to take care of these things now, and the sailors looked at the air pouring in from the breach in horror—different from the original air in the cabin, this gas existed during the process of mixing into the cabin. There is a clear layering phenomenon, which makes it directly observed by the naked eye.

However, it wasn't the air that made the sailors afraid, but the flame dragon behind the gas that was biting tightly towards the opening of the window!

The burning air rushed towards the lower-density cabin, and it was about to crash into the conference room where everyone was!
Correspondingly, all the witches in the cabin moved.Tracy, Adele, Natalie, Aphra, and Lisette, five of them in Sequence 7 or above, the Extraordinary with frost ability reacted almost at the same time, quickly created frost, and smashed the broken window Seal it with a mirror made of ice, and cut off the fire dragon.

However, the cut off burning gas did not stop burning, and while the witches were busy sealing off the cabin, it rushed straight towards the "instigator" Lyra.

Lyra tried to dodge, but instead stirred the air, sending the ball of fire rushing in her direction even more quickly.

At a critical moment, Wendy, who had been doing nothing, gritted her teeth, took out a sleeve-shaped object made of brass and sealed with solder in her pocket, and threw it towards the front of the fire stream.

The sleeve automatically popped open in the air, releasing a large cloud of compressed gas, which exploded in the restaurant like another small bomb, and the tableware was swept away by the airflow again.

Unlike before, the airflow explosion caused by the brass sleeve was not accompanied by flames and flashes, but directly suppressed the flames with the ejected gas, and pushed the unignited gas that had entered the room to all parts of the room. place.

Extraordinary people of the enlightened path can make this kind of small mechanical props. What Wendy threw just now is a gadget similar to an air compressor. It can be set in advance to suck in or exhaust air to pull the target closer or farther away. Wraiths and Shadows also work well.

However, every time this kind of thing is used, it needs to return to the Church of Steam to recharge. After that battle, the influence of the Church of Steam was completely excluded from a military town like Constant, that is to say, if Wendy If you don't find a chance to return to Intis, this precious item will be considered abolished.

Before Wendy felt sorry for her magical item, Katerina's instructions came through the cabin again.

"Sail the boat, this ocean is going to burn!"

Katerina's words were not alarmist. The fall of the "Empress Honeysuckle" broke the tranquility of the underground world that had been dusty for an unknown number of years, and a series of chain reactions followed.

Through the newly formed ice porthole, Adele and the witches could see that the burning air gradually spread to the surroundings, igniting the underground sky and sea surface, making this black ocean almost boil.

As far as the witches could see, there was black water and yellow fire everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur, as if the end of the church legend had come.

Countless sea creatures covered in black viscous liquid jumped out of the sea, burning orange flames on their bodies, and making horrible screams.It's frightening.

There was no need for Katerina to remind her a second time, Wendy immediately ran wildly, and went straight to the engine room on the bottom floor along the spiral staircase of the restaurant.There are no windows here, so there is no need to worry about the flammable gas mixing in and causing an explosion.

Wendy started the turbine quickly, and the sailor who was filling the boiler with fuel was even a beat slower than her.Even though it was separated by a thick iron wall, Wendy could still sense with the instinct of an educated person that the steam turbine was already in a state of overload, and it would definitely need a thorough overhaul after returning.

"Keep driving at the current speed until it breaks out of this ocean!"

Adele and Wendy ran to the engine room together.With Wendy's ability, it may be difficult to deal with emergencies, and Adele is a little worried.

"I'm working hard, but the resistance of the damned sea is extremely high, the maximum can only reach [-] knots, which is less than two-thirds of the theoretical maximum speed!"

Wendy was sweating from anxiety, but this kind of thing didn't change according to her will, and Katerina obviously didn't have any good ways to speed it up.

Therefore, in the underground cavity thousands of meters below the seabed, the "Queen Honeysuckle" began to withstand the test of fire.

The Queen Honeysuckle was advancing at full speed in front, followed by the blazing flames. Wherever it passed, both the air and the sea were ignited. The heat still affected the ship, making the temperature in the cabin close to forty degrees Celsius.

The witches all took off their jackets in the heat, and only wore thin shirts, while staying as close to the windows as possible, trying to cool down briefly with the cold air emitted by the ice-made portholes.Even so, most of their shirts are soaked in sweat and cling to their bodies tightly, and they can even smell the special fragrance emanating from their bodies when they get close.

The sailors should have had their blood pumped seeing this scene, but now no one has such leisure.Even the iron-clad ship, which is already a giant in the eyes of human beings, is so small in the face of such a terrifying natural phenomenon.

If Venata was allowed to see this level of flames, I am afraid that her arsonist potion would be digested in an instant...

Such a thought popped into Adele's mind.At this time, she not only has to be in charge of the windows, but also makes ice cubes beside Wendy to prevent her from operating errors due to heatstroke.Under their feet, the melted porthole had formed a small puddle.

My first voyage after becoming the captain turned out to be such a dangerous place... Adele couldn't help but sigh heavily.

However, no matter how experienced the captain is, I am afraid that what he can do in this situation is no different from me: what else can he do except run away at full speed?
Comforting herself, Adele wiped the sweat from her forehead.

At this time, Katerina came down the spiral staircase.Unlike Adele and others, even under the high temperature, as a saint, she still maintains her demeanor and temperament.

"The edge of this ocean is coming."

Seemingly knowing that it's not suitable to be a secret in this situation, Katerina went straight to the point, "I can arrive in 10 minutes at most."

At this time, the cabin roof was already so hot that no observer could stay on it for more than 5 minutes, so Katerina was always giving directions.

"Really? What does the border look like?"

Adele and Wendy were shaken, and looked at Katerina anxiously and expectantly.

"See for yourself."

Katerina took out a small crystal ball from her pocket and placed it in front of Adele and Wendy.

The two hurried over to observe carefully, and the next second they were shocked by the scene inside.

At the end of the black ocean is another ocean that is clear and transparent without any impurities.There is no mixing zone for division in the middle, as if someone inserted a piece of glass in the middle, and the two oceans are so independent.

It is not only the sea water that is divided, but also the light emitted by plankton on the black ocean. The faint blue fluorescence is nothing compared to the sunlight on the clear water; the flammable gas transpired on the black water cannot Beyond that dividing line, futilely rising above the border, distorting the light on the other side into monstrous shapes.

Countless strange creatures who sensed the existence of flames on the distant ocean gathered at the end of the black ocean, flocking to the clear sea like fleeing.Although they have different shapes, they are at least once human beings in some parts of their alienated parts.

However, their bodies disintegrated the moment they were hit by the sun, turning into white ash under the blazing sun, mixed into the floating foam on the ocean.

Tens of thousands of former humans were driven by fear to rush towards the light, and then smashed to pieces on it.Their ashes fell like a heavy snow.

"The radius of this sea area is thirty nautical miles." Katerina said slowly, "If we make a detour, at this speed, we will be overtaken by the flames before then."

"Are you asking me to decide whether or not to enter that area?"

Adele asked heavily, "It's really hard to make a decision."

"No, I just told you that I intend to borrow some of your crew members." Katerina said lightly.

"borrow……"

Adele was startled, but soon she understood what Katerina meant. "Are you really... planning to pay it back?"

"What do you say?"

In Adele's eyes, Katerina's smile gradually became distorted, "Do you want to seek compensation from me?"

"...No, Ms. Pellet."

Adele opened her mouth, but couldn't speak, and finally could only squeeze out this sentence.

"I don't know which crew members you plan to...borrow?"

"Your first mate or bosun, the rest is up to you."

Katerina said indifferently, "I want to confirm whether that sea area will only clear out polluted creatures, or people outside the Witch Way, or...worst case, exclude outsiders from all ways."

"This is the 'underground'... Maybe you don't know what it means, but I don't think any of your people are stupid enough to touch the black sea water here? Those things contain pollution."

"I don't know if Gagaran told you before that the starry sky and the underground are both dangerous, even if you just understand it. Maybe this kind of pollution won't kill you on the spot, but sooner or later it will erupt."

Katerina explained, "I will find someone to throw into the sea later, let him swim into that water, then throw your bosun or first mate directly into it, and finally throw any ordinary crew member in. As for them Who among them will live...it depends on the interest of the designers of the rules of this water area."

Adele sighed.

She didn't sigh because of the treatment of these sailors—in fact, according to what they had planned, it was enough to hang half of the ship's people on the gallows.She sighed because in case the first mate died, she would have to take the helm herself.

"Well, do what you think you should do."

Adele nodded and watched Katerina walk out of the engine room.

She wasn't worried that the crew would feel dissatisfied because of this: with Katerina's charm ability, to be honest, she could make everyone on the ship kill their entire family for her before committing suicide, even before she died, she didn't complain at all.

But didn't she really beat me for not giving her a special cabin?
Adele was suspicious in her heart.

……

Soon, Adele's ship arrived at the boundary of the ocean.

Katerina has already selected the few unlucky sailors she needs - although judging from their fanatical expressions, they don't think they are the unlucky ones.

The expressions of the sailors on the side were also full of envy for those people, as if they were not drawing dead lots, but winning the heart of the noble lady in white in front of them.

"Well, boys, it's time to go."

Katerina smiled charmingly, and gently blew into the ear of an ordinary sailor who was selected.Adele could see that the young man's ears turned red all of a sudden, and he was so excited that he couldn't even speak.

"Yes, yes, ma'am!"

The sailor knelt down awkwardly, kissed Katerina's feet, and jumped from the side of the ship without hesitation.

His body was instantly wrapped in a black liquid, and the black liquid wrapped around his body tightly like a snake, and then slowly dragged down.

Weird cracks began to appear on his body, like a fruit still hanging on a branch after the harvest season, it burst open, and what flowed out of it was not blood, but a black liquid.

The sailor opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something to Katerina; however, his body flew up all of a sudden, seemed to be wrapped around his neck by an invisible thin thread, and flew straight to the sea area. The roof was smashed into pieces, and gray dust floated to the deck.

Katerina's expression didn't change at all, as if she just picked out a vegetable leaf just now.

"Okay, it's time for the next one."

(End of this chapter)