"Hey, anyone, please answer when you hear it! Sky Blue, Captain, is anyone there? ”

Luo Hao sighed, still the same as before, the call could not be answered.

He put down the communication crystal in his hand, and looked up at the scenery of the sea and sky in the distance - floating clouds, white cloud islands hanging lonely above the blue sky, the dusk brought by the dust storm has completely faded and disappeared, and the empty sea at this moment is revealing a fascinating blue, as far as the eye can see.

But the immensity of the horizon creates a sense of loneliness and anxiety in my heart, as if it were a completely unfamiliar sea, with no land in sight to the north, south, east and west, and the Daoud hangs alone on a huge mirror, the clouds are nothing but tiny cotton wool on the mirror.

"Where have we been......"

On deck, several of the men of the Shield of Lufu were shoveling the sand out of the ship. ZXC and Wu Xiaopang looked a little dazed, and the two of them didn't know how long they would stay here, maybe communication would be restored soon, or maybe they would starve to death on the ship after the food and water ran out.

The box sat alone in the bow of the boat, with his hands on his knees, staring into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

Luo Hao opened the hatch and walked into the lower deck.

In the main control room, a makeshift platform was piled up with maps and scribbled markers, but no one could analyze the reason without a professional navigator. Depending on the direction of the wind, they may be located in the air and sea southwest of Istania, but no one knows exactly where they are.

In short, there can be no mistake in the west of Bein, because only to the west of Istania will there be Kukai.

Luo Yu was checking the operation of the magic guide engine.

Luo Hao asked the other party, in short, the situation was not too good.

"There's too much sand in the pipes, and it's hard to clean up without finding a place to stop the boat," Luo Yu recounted straightforwardly. "In addition, even if the magic guide engine is working properly, we can't get such a large ship to move completely, and it can play about one-sixth of the power."

"So it's not going to work?"

Luo Yu nodded.

"Is there any way to do it?"

This time, Luo Yu thought for a moment before saying, "If you ignore it, the boat can still move, but what will happen after that is not clear." ”

Luo Hao pondered for a moment and said decisively: "Then let it move first, it will not be wrong to go northeast." We can't determine the coordinates, but we can always determine the direction. ”

"If you move, you can determine the coordinates," Luo Yu replied. "Hang the magic buoy down and measure it again a day later to get a rough reading."

"If you stick to it for a day."

Luo Hao sighed.

Originally, there was an air elemental generator on the ship, and if it hadn't been destroyed by those sinister mystics beforehand, they could easily read the coordinate system of the wind elemental aether. Aitalia's 'coordinate system' is determined according to the distribution of the ether, which is the only way for this world to determine its own position.

However, without an air elemental generator, manual measurements are time-consuming and labor-intensive.

In the past, elves could also use spells to establish coordinates, but since the beginning of the Wizard civilization, most of these spells have been abandoned.

Luo Hao slandered in his heart about the convenience of measuring latitude and longitude on the earth, as well as the complexity and redundancy of the Attaria Wind elemental coordinate system, and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Have those explosive crystals been cleaned up?" ”

After Luo Yu finished speaking, he turned around to check the working condition of the magic guide engine. Hearing this, he replied without looking back, "This matter is the responsibility of Kita and Miss Afifa, you can ask them." ”

There was a chair next to the table full of maps, and Miss Naturalist was crouching on it with her knees crossed, looking at the maps with a frown. But her knowledge of geography doesn't come in handy here, as understanding the markings on these maps requires specialized cartography, and only Parker and Sylvester are the only ones in the Seven Seas Brigade, the latter of course.

However, even if the two of them are here, it is difficult to draw a useful conclusion directly in the absence of a reference, and there is not even a trace of a small island on the endless empty sea here, so how can there be a reference?

Seeing Luo Hao's gaze, Ji Ta exhaled lightly, raised her little head, and replied in a low voice, "We have dealt with those explosive crystals." ”

Luo Hao was stunned: "You threw them out?" ”

Kita shook her head slightly: "It's just that the fuse was removed." ”

As if worried that the other party would not understand, she explained again: "After the magic power is withdrawn, the explosion crystals can still be safely stored, and the necessary condition for them to explode is that the fire elemental ether is involved." Crystals in their dry state are only easily damaged, but they are not likely to explode accidentally. I was worried that they would come in handy later, so I kept the explosion crystals after the mana was extracted. ”

"You've done a good job, Kita." Luo Hao praised it.

He looked around again. "Where's Miss Afifa?"

"She's tending to the crystals." Kita replied.

Luo Hao nodded, they and this Miss Afifa can be regarded as having shared hardships, and the other party can still be trusted.

At this time, Luo Yu turned around and suddenly said, "Luo Hao." ”

"How?" The latter was slightly stunned.

Luo Yu looked at him quietly for a few moments, and then looked at Ji Ta on the side: "What are you going to do with those things that day?" ”

Hearing this question, Luo Hao couldn't help but fall silent.

"You recognize that too?" He looked at the two of them before asking.

Kita nodded. Luo Yu replied, "It was Kita who recognized it." ”

Kita was stunned for a moment: "I—I'm not really sure...... and then added: "If Brother Ed is here, he will definitely recognize it......"

Luo Hao sighed, he thought that he was the only one who recognized those things. However, he didn't intend to hide his secrets, but those things were not the point at the moment, and if the Daoud couldn't drive back, it would be in vain to put those things there.

Only then did he reply: "I don't need the head of the regiment to come, I can recognize those things, they should be the things you imagined...... And it should be the wreckage of use......"

Kita's eyes widened when she heard this, and her mouth opened a little cutely. "Doesn't that mean the mystics might be making ......?"

"It's not a mystic," Luo Hao shook his head and interrupted her: "The mysticist is just one of the executors, have you forgotten what the group leader told us, the person behind it should be the Sand King Babaltan." I see what you mean, this news is really important, especially for the regimental commander...... I guess the warlocks put the explosives on the ship to destroy the evidence......"

But he changed his words: "But the most important thing at the moment is to drive the ship back, the communication crystal can't be used, and we can't even leave video data, if the ship sinks, these things will be in vain for us." ”

The two of them listened and couldn't help but nod.

……

After the meeting with Burrard, Fang Yu gained access to the royal library.

Alepf was also very efficient, and as promised by the other party, he would take him to the palace the next day. And with a prince's assurance, and after getting acquainted with the caretaker, Fang Yu was able to enter the place alone—of course, only in the area where the library was located.

It seemed to be going more smoothly than expected, and everything went smoothly, as if it was a matter of course to find a chance to meet the eldest princess in the future. But Fang Yu went to the royal library for three consecutive days, only to find that things were not as simple as he imagined.

First of all, the royal library is located on the edge of the royal palace, so it can be said that it is not completely in the forbidden palace area. Alepf's face was also extremely limited, and he was not allowed to enter and leave other areas freely, and on a few occasions he pretended to be wrong, but was quickly stopped by the guards.

The guards of the palace of Istania were much stricter than he had imagined, and Fang Yu had secretly observed this in the past few days, and found that even if he had the intention to sneak in, he was afraid that under normal circumstances, he would be caught soon.

Of course, he was closer to the palace than before, but because of this, he did not dare to act rashly. After all, it was on the recommendation of Master Burrard, and with Alep's verbal assurance, that he was able to enter and leave this place freely. If they were discovered by the guards, it would be difficult for the two to get out of the relationship.

Although he had some utilitarian intentions when he met Alepf, the other party's help to him was real, and Master Burred also had the grace to teach him - Grace would take revenge for such a thing, Fang Yu asked himself if he could do it.

Of course, he didn't know if the Seven Seas Brigade was involved in this maelstrom-

If Miss Sylvade or anyone else was in danger, he probably wouldn't care so much.

Time passed day by day, and three days later in the blink of an eye, but what made Fang Yu feel a little uneasy was that there was no sign of communication resuming.

The good news is that he can connect to the community, but the community is still offline about a month ago, and there are no new posts on it. He tried to post, but was told that communication was limited, and after that night, the community couldn't go back up. However, with these two experiences, Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

At least there weren't any major problems, and it looked like it was just a temporary disturbance in the Ethernet network.

This had apparently been experienced by others as well, and had caused a bit of discussion among the Chosen Ones in the city, only to fade as the community fell silent again. Everyone is silently waiting for communication to be restored, not just for the Electors, of course, but also for the Natives.

The Craftsmen's Guild and the Adventurers' Guild hadn't received any news about Kaulin's north for more than half a month.

On the contrary, news from Istania has been gathering one after another with the footsteps of the messenger, and people have learned sporadically about the rest of the outside world. There is not much information about this information, but it is more important information such as the disaster situation in such and such an area, as well as the reconstruction work after the disaster.

In this way, Fang Yu waited for another week.

It wasn't a week without him, at least he had made a little break in his studies about the 'stellar veins', and after studying the literature left by the master Mayotte, he finally understood some of Derea's thoughts. However, it is quite limited, but because of the reading of books, it has increased by one or two thousand points of cognitive experience.

Better than nothing.

In the days following his arrival, he had almost completely given up on continuing to consult the materials, and was only trying to find a way to transcribe the books. During this time, Alepf had come to him a few times, and Master Burred had also visited once, and there was nothing curious about his behavior, after all, the two of them also knew that Fang Ou was the Chosen One, and it was unlikely that he would stay in the same place for long.

The other party can't take the original manuscripts of these documents with them, but it's still okay to copy them again by yourself.

However, they didn't know that the reason why Fang Yu did this was because in the next few days he found that he could no longer read the book at all. For a week, the news from the palace had been silent, any inquiry was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the king of sand, Babaltan, did not know what he was planning to do, and the eldest princess never had any news leaking out.

It's not that he cares about Celestia, but because the rest of the Seven Seas Brigade has never been able to get in touch, which makes him feel anxious. And over time, this anxiety has become more severe.

It's been almost two weeks since he's been in Cuestac, and he's not making any progress at all, something he'd never seen before.

In the dimly lit library, the light of the candles on the wooden table suddenly burst into a cloud of sparks, causing the light to flicker for a moment.

Fang Yu stopped his pen, raised his head, looked at the direction of the door of the library behind him through the flames, and after a pause, he couldn't help but sigh softly. He put down the quill and closed the book, thinking to himself that it would be nice if Sylvid was in this place.

When he couldn't find a clue in the past, this aristocratic daughter could always help him think of some solutions.

Fang Yu thought of that gentle face, and his heart was a little empty for a while.

If it weren't for the big cat man and Miss Atira, the two of them in the team would be the most stable, well-informed, and able to come up with solutions to problems.

No matter how good it is, Luo Hao or his cousin can do it, Tang Xin has played with him since he was a child, and he naturally knows how easy this cousin's brain is. And not long after the fat man of the military joined the team, he also showed extraordinary judgment. It's not that he can't think of a solution alone, but it's good to have one more person to give him ideas in this situation.

Just as he was thinking, a voice suddenly came:

"Ed."

Fang Yu looked up, only to find that there was an additional figure on the other side of the gate, not who Alepf was.

He couldn't help but be stunned, His Royal Highness the prince said a few days ago that he had something to do, and then he hadn't seen anyone else for the past two days, and he suddenly appeared at this time, and he didn't know how his affairs were doing. But looking at the other party's relaxed appearance, it's probably already done. Fang Yu thought that his affairs had made no progress, and he was speechless for a while.

He looked at the other party, wondering if he should simply talk to the other party and let the other party take him into the forbidden palace. If you really can't do it, just find an excuse, such as wanting to go to the palace to see the world, which sounds like a toothless thing, but maybe it's a very useful excuse?

But he immediately shook his head, realizing that his idea was a bit outrageous.

It's just a rush to the doctor.

While thinking about it, Alepf had already walked over and said, "I heard the guards say that there are still people at such a late hour, so I guessed that it must be you." ”

Fang Yu was slightly stunned, he stayed until this time, naturally to see if there was any chance, it was purely a subconscious behavior, but he didn't expect that he would behave so deliberately? He couldn't help but feel a little nervous, thinking that he should pay attention to these details.

But Alepf laughed, shook his head, and said, "I heard that you are the last to leave every day, but Master Bethred is full of praise for this, saying that few of the Chosen ones are as hard as you are. But I don't think you need to be in such a hurry, anyway, the storm has just passed, and communication has not yet been restored, so you can stay in Questak for a while. ”

Fang Yu covered up a little weakly: "It's just that there's nothing to do when you go to other places, it's just that you're used to it." ”

"That's right," said Alep, "there is really nothing interesting in the temple of Marland, but it would be different in the temple of Lady Roman, and I have heard that there are many wonderful things in the temple of the goddess of commerce every day." ”

Fang Yu wondered if Lady Marlan would blow your dog's head when she heard that you described her temple like this. But he had heard a little about the things in the Temple of Commerce, and knew what Aleph was talking about—nothing more than commercial arbitration, and since Lady Roman was in charge of the indentured priesthood, there were many commercial arbitrations in the Temple every day.

Contaminated with the smell of the market, don't expect much solemnity in the temple.

He deliberately diverted the topic and said, "How's your business going?" ”

"It's almost ready." As he expected, Alepf replied with ease.

"What's the matter?"

"Remember the last time I told you?" Alepf didn't mean to hide it, but only sold a pass: "It's my father's birthday celebration." ”

When Fang Yu heard this answer, the movements of his hands involuntarily stopped, and his ears were pricked up.

Occasionally, Alepf would talk to him about court trivia, but most often about the celebration. He is not from Istanya, so he naturally didn't know much about this celebration in advance, but after more than a week, he can be regarded as knowing some inside information through this prince.

So he couldn't help but ask:

"Alef, if I'm not mistaken, the royal palace is going to be open to the public on the day of the celebration, right?"

"Naturally," Alepf was slightly stunned, "What, are you interested in the palace?" But this will disappoint you, it was only the outer palace that was open that day, and the library you are in now is also part of the open, and ordinary people can't enter the forbidden palace. However, if you are interested in the festival, you can also come and participate in the festival at that time. ”

Fang Yu was not disappointed when he heard this, and only nodded slightly:

"It will."

He counted the days in his mind, and there was still half a week left in the celebration.

……

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