When no one is watching, Huang Si is too lazy to pretend.
The storm was not far from the sea.
Huang Si only slightly changed his route and let him chase the sailboat.
This has several purposes.
First, and most importantly, let the ship drift to the vicinity of a large island.
This big island is a natural one, not an artificial one. The island is rich in products, which not only plays an economic role, but also can be used as a relay station to continue sailing.
Even, there is fresh water on the island.
Although there are few, there are only one or two springs. It is estimated that they will not find them for a while and a half.
Therefore, in order to facilitate the development of navigation, Huang Si went ahead and dug out a large freshwater lake on the island.
With this lake, the island is a perfect relay point.
The second is to teach these people the knowledge of ocean navigation.
This is why Huang Si talked so much with Gu Jing and the captain.
Apart from astronomy, which can not be taught casually, other aspects such as orientation judgment, weather discrimination, wind direction prediction, seasonal changes of ocean currents and so on have been roughly taught.
Third, I saw that the wind and waves were too strong, so I taught you how to steer in a complex marine environment.
Now, since the Terrans have entered the ship, there is no need to suffer for them.
Despite the strong winds and torrential rains outside.
Although the distant dark clouds glittered with dazzling electric light.
Although a little dragon has been generated in the storm.
But the ship is safe.
It''s going to swing all night tonight.
But it won''t turn.
Slowly, the sky is getting darker and darker.
Night came.
In the cabin of the sailboat, the Terrans hold together.
Gu Qian leaned against his father''s arms, while Gu Jing held his son in one hand.
Gu Yu also leaned quietly aside.
The three of the family chose not to sleep, but to watch the night with everyone in the cabin.
"Father, can we survive?"
Gu Qian asked in a low voice.
"Yes."
Gu Jing replied without hesitation.
He doesn''t know if he can survive.
However, with the person outside, it seems that all impossible things can be made possible.
Even in such a terrible storm.
There seems to be a miracle.
Since seeing Huang Si''s amazing behaviors, he began to have such a belief.
Gu Jing reached out and hugged the two younger generation.
"Qian''er, yu''er, I can''t die here."
Although he could not see the outside, he still looked up and said with longing.
"I haven''t seen the outside world yet."
"It is said that there is endless emptiness around the sea."
"The ocean flows down from the edge of the world into the void."
"Some people say that land is at the end of the sea."
"It''s another world with milk and honey."
"Is there really another world outside the Terran world?"
"Will there be something we have never seen..."
"I used crystal to grind out a mirror. I can see far away, but I can''t see anything outside the sky or at the other end of the sea..."
"I heard that the edge of the earth is the sea, the edge of the sea is void, and the sea water will flow under the void. If the sea has an end, I really want to see it with my own eyes!"
Gu Jing said excitedly, his beard moving.
This is his lifelong pursuit.
It is also the reason why he, as the head of his family, left his career and sailed to sea from time to time.
He was already in tears.
"Father."
"Uncle."
Gu Qian and Gu Yu gathered around and comforted their elders.
The three were held together.
It was the longest night.
Under the leadership of the sailors, they prayed to the God of the wind and prayed for Huang Si who stayed outside.
I don''t know if there are gods to bless them. Even if they encounter the biggest hurricane and the most terrible waves according to the old sailor, the ship has just been pushed forward without capsizing.
I don''t know how long it took.
The shaking of the hull gradually stopped.
Finally stabilized.
The sailors left the control cabin and came to the deck to look into the distance.
The first beam of sunshine fell in the sky.
It casts sparkling waves on the sea, brilliant and dazzling.
Through the waves, they looked into the distance, and then they were stunned.
Not far from the gradually calm ocean, the place where water and sky intersect——
There is a series of fluctuating arcs.
The arc is not blue, but yellow, green and white.
Yellow, maybe the beach.
Green, maybe vegetation.
White, probably rock.
That''s an island!
It''s Big Island!
Maybe even land!
Many sailors cheered in unison.
Gu Jing also took two nephews on the deck.
However, he cared more about the man who had been on the deck last night than the new discovery.
Gu Jing''s eyes looked to the rear of the ship.
However, the place was empty.
He took a few steps over there and looked anxiously.
No, there''s no one anywhere.
The hatch didn''t open all night.
No one knocked at the door at night.
"Mr. Huang!"
Gu Jing shouted loudly.
"Mr. Huang! Are you still there? Are you okay?"
His heart beat heavily, and an uneasy premonition filled his mind.
The sailors also found something wrong.
"Where''s Mr. Huang?"
"Yes, why isn''t Mr. Huang on the ship? Did he fall into the sea?"
"Come on!! let''s find Mr. Huang!"
The sailors scattered, searching on the ship and at sea.
However, no matter how they looked, they never found that figure again.
Gu Jing stumbled and half knelt on the ground.
The sailors'' voices became impatient and even cried.
The hero who saved all of them last night disappeared.
Most likely, he has been buried in the sea.
The captain came out of the captain''s room and went to Gujing.
"Mr. Huang... Did we accidentally fall into the sea when we were all safely hiding..."
The captain uttered a judgment that no one dared to speak.
Gu Jing''s fingers clung to the deck.
"I was wrong..."
"I shouldn''t have left him alone outside..."
"If I could stay with him..."
"Certainly not!"
Tears of regret ran down his cheeks.
His fingers clenched tightly and his fingernails pinched into his heart.
The captain squatted beside him and looked at the sea with dull eyes.
"Yes... If I''m not greedy for life and afraid of death, if I''m not in a hurry to go back..."
"If I don''t rely too much on him..."
"I''m sure I can think of it... He''s just alone. It''s too dangerous to leave him outside all night..."
An old sailor came and wiped his tears.
"No, Captain, Mr. Gu, it''s our fault! We should have sent someone up to see Mr. Huang. Maybe... We can just see him fall into the water. In that case, at least we have a chance to save him..."
The rest of the people gathered one by one to confess their mistakes.
The joy of discovering the island was swept away almost in an instant.
Finally, the captain took the lead and brought the sacrificial props on board.
Candles, string incense, salted fish... And so on.
The fat cook cried and brought a large string of dried oysters. He said it was a delicacy he cherished. Huang Si couldn''t eat it before he died. He regretted it. Now he can only throw it into the sea in the hope of comforting his dead soul.
But.
At this time.
Behind the ship, below, from a certain position, came a faint and familiar voice:
"I''m not dead yet..."