Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 543: Top Secret Flight

The top-secret voyage is naturally relatively boring, and even well-trained crew members will find it very difficult to endure such a depressing voyage.

Typically, captains allow crew members to relieve stress by consuming indulgences.

This is one of the reasons why most sailors in the Age of Sail were alcoholics, because the only things they could use to relieve stress at sea were wine, goats and handsome crew members.

In Cape Town, Africa in the original world, a good goat could be sold at a sky-high price.

For the captains of that era, missing two barrels of fresh water would not cause death, but missing a sheep would be a very serious problem.

Therefore, in the European religious mythology of the time, the devil grew goat horns and goat hooves.

However, with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the power of ships has been greatly improved, and the size of ships has also been enlarged. The crew has more space to move around on board, and living conditions have also been greatly improved. Relatively speaking, the habit of bringing sheep on board has gradually disappeared.

However, the consumption of addictive goods has always been maintained. After all, whether in the original world or in this world, seafarers and sailors on the ship cannot be treated as human beings.

In the original world, even the most demanding submarine soldiers would allow crew members to go up to the deck to smoke a cigarette and relax when the submarine surfaced.

Naturally, as an airship that has inherited many of the habits of sea vessels, the crew also maintains these habits.

In the supplies for each voyage mission, alcohol and cigarettes undoubtedly account for a large proportion, and are even more important than food and fresh water.

So much so that even now when the airship is sailing, the temperature outside the boat has dropped to minus ten degrees Celsius, to the point where your breath turns into ice, but it still cannot stop the crew from coming outside the boat through the maintenance passage and lighting a cigarette.

Smoking is strictly prohibited in the cabin because there are many flammable materials in the airship, especially the airbags. Even though Perfect took fire prevention into consideration at the beginning of the design, it cannot guarantee that there will be no fire.

Therefore, accordingly, any place that may come into contact with these parts is a key fire prevention area.

Because of this, although you can go outside the boat through the maintenance passage to smoke, you can only smoke on the outer side of the lower deck.

Considering that the bow is the windward side, few people want to go to the bow to blow the cold wind, so most of the time the crew goes to the maintenance platform at the stern, which is leeward and close to the boiler room.

It is relatively warm and the noise from the engine room can also provide a mask for conversations, allowing the crew to discuss more private matters.

However, there was a problem, not too big or too small. To go down from the upper deck, one had to pass through the cabin at the stern, where the two important guests of this voyage lived.

This also meant that every time the crew members passed by to smoke, the most discussed topic was still who the mysterious man was and what exactly they were going to do on this voyage.

But after all, they were still the navy, and although they discussed this topic very heatedly, no one dared to be so bold as to pry into it.

After all, everyone knows what the rules of a top-secret mission are. If someone knows information that they shouldn't know, it could really kill them. While the crew was discussing the purpose of their trip, Wei'er in the cabin was also discussing matters related to their trip with Perfect.

It’s actually easy to guess that the mysterious man is Perfect.

She used various means to create the illusion that she was still in the North, in order to deceive some people so that she could extricate herself.

While the North brought power to Perfect, it also served as a shackle and constraint on her, forcing her to consider her identity as the Lord of the North when she wanted to do certain things.

Just like this time, if she did it as the Lord of the North, it would undoubtedly attract huge attention, which would not be conducive to achieving the goal.

That's why she uses various means to hide her whereabouts so that others don't know her movements.

"After going through so much trouble and using me to help you attract attention, do you think you can really fool those guys?" Sandrion, who had regained his real name, looked at Perfect and asked her.

In response to this question, Perfect simply said, "As long as I can deceive them for a while and give me enough time to complete the entire layout, that's all."

Even in the cabin, Perfecto did not take off her hood, which made her look particularly mysterious.

"If it's just a delay, then there's no problem. I don't think anyone in the North will guess that you've left. As long as there's nothing wrong with your stand-in, it's hard for others to think that you've left the North." Sandriyon sat on a bed in the cabin, looking a little wanton and relaxed. "As for me, I'll reveal my whereabouts appropriately so that those guys can focus their attention on me. This should be able to provide you with some cover.

But I don't think the effect of doing this will last long. Once you start, it's only a matter of time before you're exposed."

"Don't worry, as long as we can cover it up until the operation begins, it will be enough. As long as everything can be launched smoothly, nothing else will be a problem." Perfectot's voice was cold, and there seemed to be a kind of indifference that kept people at a distance.

However, Sandrillon was not surprised by this. He just asked curiously: "How are you preparing? Do you want more water?"

"Not for now. With the laboratory you provided, the entire plan will proceed smoothly. Although I don't know whether the specific progress will be carried out according to the schedule, I believe everything will go well." Perfect's answer also revealed a strange meaning. She added at the end: "Please be careful with the goods on the ship and ensure that they can be delivered smoothly."

"I understand. Don't worry. If something goes wrong even with me personally escorting them, then no one in this world can guarantee their safe delivery." Sandrion was very confident. He changed his posture and lay directly on the bed while still muttering, "Speaking of which, there is a work of mine from a hundred years ago in that laboratory. Although it is unfinished, it is also my proudest work. I wonder if you can repair and complete it?"

"I don't know. I never make any guarantees about anything I haven't evaluated." Perfecto said without even raising her head. The unchanged tone of her voice made it impossible to guess whether she was happy or angry at the moment.

Sandriyong couldn't help curling his lips and complained helplessly: "How boring! I definitely won't..."

The mumbling sound was so unclear that people couldn't hear the second half of her sentence.

(End of this chapter)