Witch Punk 2840

Chapter 99 Search
"Wow—so this is the West Islands?"

In the cab, Xia Ye was lying by the window, looking out curiously.As for Yaha and other people, they have met countless times, and they are discussing around the chart table at this time.

The West Islands are a piece of floating island, the kind of floating island that was fictionalized in the fantasy works of the original world.Large and small rocky islands are scattered above the sea of ​​clouds in a belt shape. The largest one is several times larger than the Moby Dick, while the small ones are only the size of a tabletop.

With the Western Islands as the boundary, the Aether Sea showed different colors.The clouds to the west of the archipelago are generally darker in color, and the deepest is even close to red. Looking into the distance on a summer night, the layers of clouds extend to the limit of the field of vision, and there is no end in sight.

After admiring the scenery outside the window, Xia Ye returned to the chart table and stood in the space between Tang Li and Yaha.While gesturing on the sea chart, Yaha said: "The group of whales we encountered two days ago were hunted down by moth beasts in the airspace east of the archipelago, that is to say, for the whales, the The airspace is more dangerous than ever.

"So I think that the possibility of the beluga whale still staying in the airspace southeast of the archipelago is very small. It is very likely that it is hiding in the airspace near the west of the archipelago, and may even hide in the deep sea area further west.

"Our previous plan was to search the shallow sea area on the west side of the archipelago. If no belugas were found, we would bypass the archipelago and return to the southeast airspace. But now, I plan to modify the route—if no belugas are found in the shallow sea area on the west side For the white whale, we will directly enter the deep sea area to search, and the search range will not exceed 5000 nautical miles, that is, a straight-line distance of one day's voyage. If we still cannot find it after 2-3 days of searching, we will return to the southeast sea area to try our luck."

"What if you don't find it there?" Xia Ye asked.

Yaha was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Then we will return to Debusota."

Xia Ye didn't answer. She knew that if Yaha didn't find the white whale, she wouldn't give up so easily. Of course, Xia Ye didn't want to, but it's not suitable to talk about this kind of thing right now. She can only take one step at a time...Maybe How about finding a beluga whale tomorrow?
"The deep sea area is very dangerous, and there is no chart there." The chief officer reminded.

"I know." Yaha was already prepared for this question: "So I said that I only search within 5000 nautical miles. I have entered that airspace and know where there are ether vortices and where ether wind shear is prone to occur. I'll mark it on the chart so I can avoid most dangers."

"It is said that there are creatures more dangerous than whales in the deep sea." Tang Li said.

"I've also heard this kind of statement, but no one can say what it is, maybe everyone who has seen it is dead." Yaha said, "So, once we enter the deep sea area, what we have to monitor is not only Whales, and anything that might look wrong."

"If we encounter it, we can just kill it." Xia Ye showed a fearless expression, "No matter how powerful it is, it can't be stronger than that moth beast that hunted and killed the entire group of whales? Even if that A moth beast, and one of its tentacles was eaten by my cat."

Xiuji also gave a "meow" in agreement.

Tang Li listened and nodded in agreement: "Xia Yedao...Miss Xia Ye is right."

"Sister Tang Li doesn't need to be so unfamiliar, if you don't mind, just call me 'Sister Xia Ye'." Xia Ye said with a smile.

Tang Li nodded embarrassingly.

The chief engineer said, "Fuel, enough."

There is no need for Yaha to translate this sentence, everyone understands what she means.Now there are nearly [-] moles of whale oil stored in the cargo hold. Even if they go into the deep sea to search, there is more than enough fuel. The only thing to worry about is whether they can get satisfactory results after spending precious whale oil to search for beluga whales.

"If everyone agrees, we will follow this route to search for beluga whales." Yaha said, "Then, let's discuss the combat plan for hunting beluga whales."

……

In the next few days, the Moby Dick sailed from north to south along the west side of the archipelago at a cruising speed of 200 knots.In the first day or two, Xia Ye still looked out of the window from time to time, admiring the floating islands of different sizes and shapes, but after two days, she got tired of looking at them.

The lookouts have never found any traces of whales. The leisurely life of the past few days has made Xia Ye complain about being bored, but Yaha said that this is the normal state of whaling, and it is common to find no whales, like a few days ago In that way, it would be abnormal to encounter whales and moth beasts as soon as they went out to sea.

Therefore, teaching Tang Li "Maxwell Dafa" became Xia Ye's only pleasure every day. In the past few days, Tang Li has started to ask various questions. At first Xia Ye could answer them, but gradually the questions became more and more difficult. Xia Ye I can't answer it.

She had no choice but to tell Tang Li the truth: "When Master taught this method back then, I was lazy by nature, so... I often fished. In the final master's assessment, I barely passed the test with a little cleverness. Therefore, sister Tang Li proposed There are so many questions that I really don’t know how to answer…”

Tang Li said very understandingly: "It's okay, sister Xia Ye is willing to teach this 'Maxwell's Dafa' to this sword fairy, and this sword fairy is already grateful, so how dare I look forward to Shu."

Then she sighed again: "The Japanese sword masters have been studying the 'Maxwell's Dafa' for the past few days. In line with the principle of 'the great way is the simplest', it is indeed a technique that directly points to the root of the rules.

"As for that 'Electromagnetic Patriarch' Maxwell, he must also be a peerless genius, right? It's a pity that this sword fairy was not born in the same world as her, otherwise, I really want to learn from her."

After hearing this, Xia Ye blinked and said, "I don't think he can beat you, really."

……

Apart from teaching Tang Li, there are only two small things left to impress Xia Ye in the past few days:

The first thing is that the chief engineer seems to like Xiuji very much.In the past few days, she took the initiative to feed it with cat food, and the cat food she brought was the wing bone fragments of whales. Although it was somewhat beyond Xia Ye's understanding of cat food, Xiuji ate it happily.

I don't know if it's Xia Ye's illusion, but I always feel that Xiuji has grown fatter in the past few days.

"Thank you for bringing something to eat for Xiu Ji, chief engineer." Xia Ye thanked.

After eating, Xiuji went to bed again.

"My name is Xiu." The chief engineer said.

Xia Ye nodded to show that he understood, and then asked: "Do you like cats very much?"

"I like this kind of..."

Xiu pointed at the sleeping Xiu Ji, and said four words. After nearly ten seconds, she finally said the remaining three words:
"Shape-shape cat."

Shapeshifting cat?Xia Ye found that the other party was quite good at picking names.She thought about it, and thought that she might be able to summon Xiuji's compatriots with the "crack" in the future, so she said:
"I also got Xiuji by accident. If there are more deformed cats in the future, I will give you one."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Xiu Na's dull face that hadn't changed for thousands of years.

"Thank you."

She sincerely thanked.

After another ten seconds, she added three words.

"You, good man."

Thank you oh~ Xia Ye said in his heart.

The second thing is that Xia Ye finally knew the first officer's name—Nexus.

It was a mouthful of a name, but other than that, she had no other thoughts.

……

After four full days of voyage, the Moby Dick completed the search of the offshore area on the west side of the archipelago, and found no trace of any whale.

While somewhat disappointing, it was to be expected.

Without hesitation, Yaha ordered the whaling ship to immediately turn to the northwest and sail into the deep sea.

(End of this chapter)