Chapter 20 Collection

At night, the wind and waves in the Oro Strait increased, and the temperature began to cool. On the deck of the Aurora, the sailors on the ship were busy repairing some of the facilities damaged by the deep sea giant monster. Most of the metal railing on the left side of the ship's side has been destroyed. The sailors and sailors on the ship tied ropes into a net and pulled up a guardrail on the side to prevent people from accidentally falling. Given the temperature of the seawater in the Oro Strait, if an ordinary person really falls, even if he can swim, it will be difficult for him to survive in the water for five minutes and he will die from hypothermia. The turbulence of the Aurora at anchor was greater than when it was running, so the sailors standing on the deck were all cautious. Tonight, the stars in the sky are dim, and the sea is also pitch black. The fluorite lamps hanging on the side of the ship can not only illuminate the place more than ten meters away from the ship, but the surging waves are like a Like endless black mountains rising one after another, blocking people's sight. Of course, the so-called darkness is only for ordinary people. For Zhang Tie, there is not much difference between the so-called day and night after he has stimulated his dark vision. The so-called night and darkness are the darkness of Zhang Tie There is just a layer of golden background light in the vision. The corpse of the giant monster of the deep sea that was floating not far from the Aurora a few hours ago and the giant tentacles hundreds of meters long on the sea can no longer be seen standing on the boat. It will blow it away and drift south. Zhang Tie came to the lowermost deck area of ​​the Aurora from the stairs on the left side of the deck. A manager on the Aurora was surrounded by fifty or sixty agitated passengers at the stairs of the lower deck, and Zhang Tie managed to squeeze through the crowd. The crowd was chaotic, many people were yelling loudly, and some were crying, "I repeat again, all the ships sailing from St. A business group or an insurance company is willing to insure the ships and passengers on the route to and from the Oro Strait. This is the most dangerous route. It has been like this for hundreds of years. For the unfortunate passengers who died today, we not only mourn and express regret , cannot provide them with any financial compensation, and your ticket does not include insurance, which you can see at the place where you buy the ticket!" The manager on the ship explained loudly, but his The explanation was quickly drowned out by a chorus of angry voices. Zhang Tie can't control such things, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Tie, so Zhang Tie just walked down to the lower deck silently. The rooms in the common cabin are all above the third deck of the Aurora, and the third deck of the Aurora is below The only ones are economy class and the cargo compartment on board. The hull below the third floor was also attacked by the giant monster of the deep sea, and suffered some damage, but it was not as serious as the damage suffered by the hull above the third floor. Same as above, the bottom area of ​​the Aurora is also very lively at this time. A large number of crew members are gathered in the middle of the hull, using several cranes, steel ropes and pulley blocks on the ship to lift a length of more than 50 meters. , The tentacles of the severed giant monster of the deep sea were pulled up piece by piece from under the boat. Among the tentacles of the giant monster of the deep sea, the length of this tentacle is considered short, only about half of the original length, but its weight, after Zhang Tie observed it, is estimated to be hundreds of tons. Many people live in economy class. Seeing the excitement, some even stepped forward to help, hundreds of people were busy here. Directing the work of the sailors was a fat man in the uniform of a cook. "Everyone, be careful, the deep sea giant monster is the top ingredient in the sea. It is much more delicious than the octopus meat you have eaten. Those wealthy people who like seafood are willing to pay a lot of money to eat this.

It's a pity that the Aurora is already fully loaded, and this thing can't be kept on board for a long time. It will deteriorate and stink in two days. If you can transport the corpse of this deep-sea monster back, you will be rich! ""Chef Haig, is the meat of this deep sea monster really as good as you say?" "A crew member who was working asked loudly. "Of course!" "The fat chef said proudly, "Don't look at how thick its tentacles are. In fact, its meat is very fresh and tender when cooked, a bit like sea cucumbers, and the deep sea giant monster of this size contains a lot of nutrients in its meat. The nutrition of this kind of meat is very high, and the energy of this kind of creature is abundant, which is very beneficial to people. Eating this kind of meat often can make people get stronger. I heard that in the past, those powerful Slavs in the ice and snow wasteland Experts like Mr. Samaranch in the human tribe will go out to sea regularly to hunt the giant monsters, and use the monster's meat to cultivate powerful warriors in the tribe! "Haha, then we will have a good time in the next few days!" "Hurry up, lads, I'll let you taste the taste of Siren barbecue in a while, and it will make your tongues fall off..." The head chef waved his hands imposingly, and the sailors on board cheered "Come on together, work harder. The words of the head chef named Haig strengthened Zhang Tie's determination. It would be like committing a crime to let these good things float away in vain." Below the stern deck of the Aurora is its engine room, which is very noisy, located in a low position, and filled with a strange and pungent smell of turpentine, so people rarely come here, especially at night. It was quiet. Only two gray fluorite lamps were on in the entire stern, barely illuminating a small area, and the surrounding area was pitch black. Surrounded by the sound of waves crashing against the hull of the ship, large waves splashed from both sides of the ship and flew to the deck. Zhang Tie came to the stern, looked around, and found that there was indeed no one around, so Almost the whole person jumped lightly, without a sound, and threw himself into the sea from the deck at the stern. The moment Zhang Tie just entered the water, Zhang Tie activated the rune effect of a speed movement spell in his sea consciousness. As soon as Zhang Tie fell into the water, Zhang Tie felt the undercurrents surging under the action of the strong north wind. Within a small area, the undercurrents in the sea were going south, but in When the undercurrent goes south, there are also some undercurrents that surge northward, compensating for the strange gap created by the southward seawater and the undercurrent in the ocean. Although this is only a small area of ​​water However, it also forms a cycle full of strange charm, and in a larger range, Zhang Tie knows that, opposite to the most famous north wind drifting southward here, it is all the winds in this sea area. A compensating ocean current that moves northward.The ocean current here is also one light, one dark, one south, one north, one yin, one yang, going back and forth. There are small undercurrents, and under those small undercurrents there are still smaller surges. Although these ocean currents are different in size, they are an organic whole, each of which is connected to each other, and its existence structure is completely different regardless of size. They are exactly the same, even if it is the ocean currents across thousands of miles of sea frontier or the surge in a small area around Zhang Tie at the moment, they all present a strange homogeneity in the differences. A strange realization came from Zhang Tie At this moment, what Zhang Tie thought of was the Tai Chi diagram representing the traditional Chinese culture. Zhang Tie felt that the surging ocean currents formed a perfect Tai Chi cycle. There is also some kind of strange law constructed by geometrical fractal rules. There seems to be some mystery hidden in it. A little light suddenly lit up in Zhang Tie's head, and a few vague thoughts The shadow of the head flashed in his mind. Just when Zhang Tie was in a daze and wanted to savor this feeling, the aura that appeared in his mind suddenly disappeared, so that Zhang Tie could no longer catch it, so he had to give up temporarily and put those strange Thoughts and ideas aside. Although Zhang Tie was still wearing a piece of clothing in the sea, the thin piece of clothing did not affect his activities at all. Like a fish, he felt the direction of the surrounding sea water for a while, and turned towards it. The south dived past. The deep-sea giant monster is a creature with a very strong sense of domain, which is a characteristic of almost all powerful creatures. Generally, if there is such a deep-sea giant monster here, within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, it is impossible to have anything more powerful Sea monsters, that's why Zhang Tie dared to go into the sea so boldly. Although Zhang Tie is already very confident in his speed in the water, and feels that it is impossible for any sea creature to swim faster than himself in the water, no one knows what kind of surprise this mysterious sea can bring to him. , What if this product is a male and a female. Zhang Tie didn't want to face the same giant monster in the sea with his small body now. With this in mind, Zhang Tie heightened his vigilance and carefully searched in the sea.

The route Zhang Tie was looking for started from the stern of the ship and searched southward in a Z-shaped fan. With his own feeling in the sea, Zhang Tie knew the tentacles and bodies of the deep-sea monsters drifting or half-sinking in the sea. Time, at most moved tens of kilometers to the south, and the size and tentacles of the giant monster of the deep sea are too big and too long. If there is such a thing in the water, I will search south along the direction of the wind and the direction of the sea in this way. If so, it is absolutely impossible to miss. Zhang Tie's speed was very fast. In just a few minutes, as soon as he was a certain distance away from the Aurora, he increased his speed in the water to the level he had been driving in the sea a few days ago. After eating Guoguo, his strength and physical endurance increased a bit. Slowly, Zhang Tie's speed in the water exceeded the maximum he could achieve a few days ago. Zhang Tie felt like he was driving a super sports car in the water. His body was the body of the super sports car, and the size of the runoff opening that sucked the sea water into the Black Iron Castle controlled by his mental power was the accelerator. This feeling is very enjoyable. And under his dark vision, the scenery in the sea is still colorfully presented in front of him. The whole sea is a golden ocean, and all kinds of fish, shrimps and sea creatures pass by him one by one or even in groups. The sea is very windy and rough, but it is relatively calm under the sea. After only a few minutes of cruising in the sea to search, Heller's voice reappeared in Zhang Tie's mind - the transformation of the space and terrain of the Black Iron Castle was completed. Under the premise that the basic energy reserves, merit points and aura values ​​of the Black Iron Fort have been almost used up, at this moment, a 600-meter-long, wide and high A low-temperature ice cave above 100 meters. Because this ice cave is purely used as a grain warehouse, Heller used the regular geometric figures used in standard buildings when constructing it. The entire low-temperature ice cave is a square warehouse with large and small warehouses. is divided into twenty-one natural intervals of different sizes, medium and small. The temperature of the entire ice cave was controlled by Heller to below minus 45 degrees when it was formed, and the humidity and other indicators of the entire ice cave space were most suitable for storing food. Just by sensing the situation of the entire ice cave through the space gate of the Black Iron Fort, Zhang Tie had a good idea. "By the way, does this ice cave need a lot of energy from the Black Iron Fort to maintain it?" Zhang Tie asked Heller subconsciously. One of the things that the Black Iron Fort taught Zhang Tie is that there is no free ice in the world. free lunch. "Only a small amount is needed, because the Black Iron Fortress is a relatively closed but highly efficient energy cycle. The energy to change the temperature of this ice cave, whether it is absorbed or released, is stored inside the Black Iron Fortress. Proceed, this is an energy cycle, let's put it this way, the castle owner only needs to throw a few bricks into the pool of chaos, and after the pool of chaos completely transforms those bricks into energy form, the energy is enough for this super The large underground ice cave has been operating at this temperature for hundreds of years, and the same is true for the cave where the flaming red lotus is planted." When Heller said this, Zhang Tie had no doubts. Only a few minutes later, Zhang Tie found the severed tentacles of a giant deep sea monster half floating in the water. That tentacle was nearly 100 meters long, and the diameter at the thickest part was taller than Zhang Tie's. Just a rough look, the weight of this tentacle reached several hundred tons. If it was on land, Zhang Tie couldn't get such a big thing into the Black Iron Fort, because he couldn't lift it up at all, but in the water, Zhang Tie had a tricky way, using his mental power to get the thing into the Black Iron Fortress. After the huge tentacle was locked, Zhang Tie grabbed one end of the huge tentacle with his hand, and then directly opened the space absorption channel of the Black Iron Fort in the water, and sucked a huge amount of seawater into the Black Iron Fort. At that time, the huge tentacle was also sucked in. This method is a technique developed by Zhang Tie when he was on the road in the sea a few days ago. The gravity and buoyancy of an object that can float in the water or on the water are just equal. But it is in a special state of "zero weight", and it can be brought into the Black Iron Fort in this way. The sea water was poured into the pool of chaos, and Zhang Tie threw the huge tentacle into the largest warehouse among the newly built underground ice caves. It was the first time to do such a thing, even with Zhang Tie's ability, he still felt a bit strenuous after sending such a super long tentacle of the giant monster of the deep sea to the Black Iron Fort. But all of this is worth it, as long as he thinks that his hard work just now has allowed him to have hundreds of tons of meat reserves in the Black Iron Fort, Zhang Tie's whole body is full of motivation. In the next half hour, Zhang Tie found two more severed tentacles in the sea, and used the same method to send the tentacles into the Black Iron Fort. An hour later, about 70 kilometers southeast of the Aurora, Zhang Tie saw the body of the giant monster floating on the water like a hill. Several of the eight tentacles on the body of the deep sea monster have been cut off, and there are also wounds on the body that were cut open by the Xingyue Sword Master. Now, only some incomplete, long or short five tentacles are still attached to its body. root tentacles.

Zhang Tie walked around the giant monster in the sea, and found that the giant monster's eyes had been dug out by someone. The eyes of the giant monster seemed to have other functions, but Zhang Tie didn't care about this. As long as its body is still there. This thing is too big, even with the method just now, it is difficult for Zhang Tie to get it into the Black Iron Castle. After thinking about it in the water, Zhang Tie simply took out his Pisces sword, and first put it on the body of the deep sea monster. The few tentacles that were still attached were cut off one by one, and they were all brought to the Black Iron Fortress, leaving only one tentacles.

If it was on land, Zhang Tie couldn't get such a big thing into the Black Iron Fortress, because he couldn't lift it up at all, but in the water, Zhang Tie had a tricky way, using his mental power to get the thing into the Black Iron Fortress. After the huge tentacle was locked, Zhang Tie grabbed one end of the huge tentacle with his hand, and then directly opened the space absorption channel of the Black Iron Fort in the water, and sucked a huge amount of seawater into the Black Iron Fort. At that time, the huge tentacle was also sucked in. This method is a technique developed by Zhang Tie when he was on the road in the sea a few days ago. The gravity and buoyancy of an object that can float in the water or on the water are just equal. Although it exists, it is necessary for the Black Iron Castle But it is in a special state of "zero weight", and it can be brought into the Black Iron Fort in this way. The sea water was poured into the pool of chaos, and Zhang Tie threw the huge tentacle into the largest warehouse among the newly built underground ice caves. It was the first time to do such a thing, even with Zhang Tie's ability, he still felt a bit strenuous after sending such a super long tentacle of the giant monster of the deep sea to the Black Iron Fort. But all of this is worth it, as long as he thinks that his hard work just now has allowed him to have hundreds of tons of meat reserves in the Black Iron Fort, Zhang Tie's whole body is full of motivation. In the next half hour, Zhang Tie found two more severed tentacles in the sea, and used the same method to send the tentacles into the Black Iron Fort. An hour later, about 70 kilometers southeast of the Aurora, Zhang Tie saw the body of the giant monster floating on the water like a hill. Several of the eight tentacles on the body of the deep sea monster have been cut off, and there are also wounds on the body that were cut open by the Xingyue Sword Master. Now, only some incomplete, long or short five tentacles are still attached to its body. root tentacles. Zhang Tie walked around the giant monster in the sea, and found that the giant monster's eyes had been dug out by someone. The eyes of the giant monster seemed to have other functions, but Zhang Tie didn't care about this. As long as its body is still there. This thing is too big, even with the method just now, it is difficult for Zhang Tie to get it into the Black Iron Castle. After thinking about it in the water, Zhang Tie simply took out his Pisces sword, and first put it on the body of the deep sea monster. The few tentacles that were still attached were chopped off one by one, and they were all brought to the Black Iron Fortress, leaving a mountain of meat for final disposal. In his whole life, Zhang Tie had never done such a tiring job. It was already four hours after Zhang Tie dismembered the deep sea monster and brought it into the Black Iron Fort. Zhang Tie, who had never felt tired in sea water before, also felt his body was a little floating this time. In the process of putting the entire body of the deep sea giant monster into the underground ice cave of the Black Iron Fortress, Zhang Tie's mental strength was greatly affected. And physical strength is a huge test. This job is really not something ordinary people can do. During this process, the sharp and long Pisces sword helped Zhang Tie a lot.

Even if it is just for the sake of these meats, the practice of this trip is not in vain. Thinking about the Soul Tribulation Fruit and the hills of flesh in front of him, Zhang Tie almost laughed out loud when he didn't expect that the deep-sea monster would be the one who got the cheapest in the end. ... After leaving the Aurora for about 5 hours, Zhang Tie dragged his tired body and wet clothes and quietly climbed up the gangway at the stern of the Aurora. When Zhang Tie climbed up, there were still a few passengers on the stern deck. Those people watched Zhang Tie climb up from the sea, and they were all dumbfounded. One of them was so frightened that he thought he had encountered the legendary What kind of sea monster, how could anyone climb onto the boat from the sea in the middle of the night? The man pointed at Zhang Tie and stuttered, "You...you...who are you?" "Don't be nervous, I'm also on the boat Passenger, I accidentally fell off the boat just now, but luckily I am good at water, so I was not drowned..." Zhang Tie said with a lingering fear, took off his shoes while talking, and poured the seawater in them He came out, and then he carried his shoes and wore wet clothes, ignoring the astonished eyes of those people, and returned to his ordinary cabin. A few people left looking at each other. When Zhang Tie returned to his cabin, Yile was opening his door with sleepy eyes, as if he wanted to go to the toilet at night. Seeing Zhang Tie, Yile's eyes widened suddenly, as if he woke up suddenly. "Peter, what are you doing?" "During sleepwalking, I fell from the boat into the sea, and then swam around in the sea!" Zhang Tie smiled, showing his white teeth, before waiting for Yile to reply. What, I just opened my own cabin door, closed it with a "bang", and never came out again. "Sleepwalking into the sea, can you still swim back?" Yile looked at Zhang Tie's cabin door, and whispered two words from his mouth, "This lunatic!"... In the next five days, Zhang Tie was on the boat. In the restaurant, I ate something made with the giant monster of the deep sea for five days in a row. Don’t tell me, the taste is really good, fresh, fragrant, and tender. Although it is not a staple food, I have eaten Zhang Tie I didn't feel tired, especially after roasting the thing with some cooking, Zhang Tie felt that the taste was absolutely amazing. And thinking about the stocks he had in the Black Iron Fort, Zhang Tie even laughed out loud in his dreams. On the sixth day, the Aurora with scars on its body finally arrived at Eskil City, the only city in the ice and snow wasteland, one day longer than the scheduled time. Through chatting with other people on the boat in the past few days, Zhang Tie learned that Eskil actually has a strange and ironic meaning in the local dialect and it is called—the place where my king comes! On the morning of August 2, 890 in the Black Iron Calendar, it was raining lightly in the city of Eskil, and the entire port was in mist. Taking a deep breath, Zhang Tie stepped off the deck of the Aurora. After eight days of bumpy rides, his feet stepped on the ice and snow wasteland for the first time...

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