The Empress’s Gigolo

"His Royal Highness!" A group of ancient Chinese men dressed neatly in leather armor respectfully saluted.

Ren Baqian nodded with a smile and looked at the short young man at the front of the team. He seemed to think of something, and there was some reverie in his eyes.

With a smile asked: "One Piece?"

"The governor!" The young man smiled a little embarrassedly.

This young man was the freshman who almost dropped out of school when he watched "One Piece"-Li Zhong.

"It's been more than ten years in a flash!" Ren Baqian said with some emotion, and it seemed that he could still faintly see the teenager standing in front of himself and saying that he would drop out of school.

Although the great ideal of dropping out of school to become One Piece was unsuccessful, he planted a seed in his heart.

Now that seed has finally taken root.

After learning that the imperial court was about to build a steel ship and explore the sea, he volunteered to join it.

"Introduce." Ren Baqian laughed.

"Yes."

"This is Zhenbo, and there is Zhentao, with a length of 142m3, a width of 12m9, a displacement of 3380 tons, a full-load displacement of 3760 tons, a speed of 19 knots ... a crew of 122 ... a maximum speed of 19 knots , The endurance speed is 12 knots, up to 30 days ... "

While listening to the words of Yan Zhong, Ren Baqian approached, reaching out and touching the steel armor of Zhenbo, feeling cold and a little fishy.

Aboard the ship, the front suddenly opened wide.

The blue ocean extends to the end of the line of sight and gradually turns black.

"How much do you know about the troposphere?" Ren Baqin asked, looking at the distance. The troposphere is a sharp blade in this world's oceans, and it is also a barrier to this world's oceans, blocking human footsteps and constraining humans to land.

The troposphere generally appears at a distance of several kilometers to tens of thousands of meters from the coast. From the outside, it seems that there are no traces. However, below a few meters of the sea surface, there are countless chaotic and turbulent undercurrents, as if countless hands are tearing, ships It is almost impossible to escape into the troposphere.

Even a steam ship with a steel shell can't escape.

Not to mention the countless strange marine life in the troposphere, which is also a huge danger to ships.

"The observatory's research institute has placed several observation devices underwater, and although it quickly lost news under the weird surface, it was not without nothing."

"I don't know what the undercurrent in the troposphere contains, but it has a little effect on the signal, and the undercurrent is very fast. In a short time, the observation device will be rolled to a place where the signal cannot reach.

Under the ocean, it seems that something is affecting the water flow. We found a lot of vortices underwater, which is an important reason for the formation of undercurrents ...

The ocean is deep. There seems to be a huge crack below the surface ten thousand meters away, as if cut by a sharp axe ... "

"The scope of the troposphere is currently unknown. The detection range on the sea has exceeded 300 kilometers, and it has not yet broken through the troposphere ... and beyond 300 kilometers, there is also a turbulent undercurrent in the air above the ocean, and there are often some Extreme weather ... the drone that the observation station explored several times towards the outer area was destroyed 300 kilometers away. "

Before Ren Baqian had understood most of the situation, but I still have to listen to more introductions.

"Ship, let's take a look and let me see your level." Ren Baqian.

"Yes!" Wu Zhong commanded the crowd with a look of pride to prepare.

"Have you learned to swim?" Ren Baqin asked suddenly with a smile.

Qi Zhong's expression was stiff, and then he said, "It takes a lot of pain to learn to swim."

Most of the ancient people are dry ducks, and they are of the kind of scales, and they sink to the bottom.

If it is close to the coast, it is good to be able to walk straight out while staying in shape, otherwise it is a dead end.

This group of forerunners of the navy suffered a lot from this and did not know how much seawater they drank.

It didn't take long for Zhenbo to honk.

"It actually moved!"

"Well, you can do it without sails and oars!"

"By the waves ... by the waves ..."

A lot of people on the shore watched the fresh onlookers and saw the iron boat that had been parked for several days suddenly started to move, showing a surprised look.

The ship didn't go too far, but it was more than nine kilometers, and when I looked back at the shore, the ship stopped.

At this point the ocean had a dark blue color, and to the front, the ocean had become black.

"Hi lord, the troposphere is ahead."

Ren Baqian nodded and stared at the sea in front. Except for the color change, he couldn't see much difference. Although there were waves on the sea, it seemed calmer.

"Put a marker," Ren Baqian commanded.

"Ready to drop the marker," Ji Zhong cried out loud.

After a while, a red wooden ball was dropped on the boat towards the distance, two meters in diameter. This kind of wood was so dense that it did not go below the surface after being thrown into the water.

Soon, Ren Baqian saw that the sea seemed to be irritated. Although the surface did not change much, the wooden **** under the water began to move quickly and irregularly at high speed under the water.

This is the effect of undercurrents under the water.

But for a moment, the wooden ball suddenly shattered as if concentrated by a hammer, turning into countless wooden blocks that continued to float in the water.

Here is the power of undercurrents, which can even deform steel under the force of countless undercurrents.

A huge wave suddenly set off on the sea, and a "giant" giant suddenly protruded from the water.

It looks like an octopus tentacle, protrudes from the water surface to a height of more than thirty meters, twists and swings on the water surface, and there is a huge mouth full of sharp teeth at the upper end.

"Such" a piece of wood "is everywhere under the water," said Zhong Zhong. "It is not particularly strong, but there are too many."

This is not a tentacle of the giant monster, but the body itself looks like this.

After speaking, I picked up a bow from the side, bowed an arrow, and an arrow pierced the air, plunged into the shaking shot, and suddenly a large hole appeared.

Blue blood sprayed around.

The sea twitched suddenly, and the tentacle slaps wildly around.

Even a large hole is not fatal to this creature.

And compared to its shape under the water, this water has already accounted for only a third of the volume of a giant monster.

"A piece of firewood?" Ren Baqian turned his head a little bit puzzled. This name made people feel awkward.

"Hey, this is how we call it privately. The people at the observatory call them special-shaped crickets." He Zhong laughed.

"A lot of this stuff under the water?"

"A lot ~ www.readwn.com ~ everywhere."

"Should you need a lot of food for this type of body? They have so much food?"

"There are more marine biota below the surface than expected, especially those undercurrents, which, despite their turbulence, have brought a lot of fish from a distance."

"Why didn't this thing tear under the water?"

Ren Baqian nodded softly from time to time while listening to Zhong Zhong's answer.

Looking to the distance, I sighed in my heart: It seems that there is a long way to go to solve the ocean.

But this time is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to find a route along the coastline.

As for whether or not the goal can be achieved, no one knows now.

Although this ocean looks very deep, there is a troposphere on the outside and a coastline on the inside. There is only such a winding path for boats to pass through, and no one knows where it will be stuck in the reef.