Chapter 468: Crossing the Bering Strait
After the discussion was settled, everyone divided into two ways.
Howling Wind hurriedly returned to the Empress with his own people, set sail, and soon disappeared into the dark sea.
And Xu Feng, led by the pirate, boarded the Empress Twins.
The Empress Twins are completely built according to the Queen, and both the length and width of the hull and the configuration of the guns are exactly the same as the Queen.
Howling Wind also built this ship with ulterior motives.
On the one hand, Xiaofeng is very partial to twins, he thinks that identical twins are simply the most beautiful thing in the world, and the Tang people also have a saying - good things come in pairs.
On the other hand, as the one who poses the greatest threat to the East Indo Trading Company among the Nine Pirate Kings, Howling Wind also needs a Shadow Flagship, so that once the Empress is finished, he will at least have an alternative Empress Twins.
Howling Wind gave the Empress Twins to Xu Feng, which was enough to show his sincerity.
Of course, Howling Wind is also to preserve its own strength, so as not to let the Empress and the Empress Twins appear in the same sea area at the same time, so as not to be wiped out by the Sunset Fleet.
Howling Wind had a premonition that Beckett would soon bring the Sunset Fleet to destroy him, so he must not put all his eggs in the same basket.
After the pirates of the Black Pearl had boarded the Empress Twins, Xu Fengli ordered the Empress Twins to set sail.
Taking advantage of the thick night, the Empress Twins sailed out of Singapore's secret harbor and into the vast sea.
The pirates on the ship were busy, while Xu Feng and Barbossa sat in the captain's room in the Tang style, studying Zheng He's treasure map.
This scroll treasure map depicts the distribution of the entire world's oceans in detail, but the way to mark various treasures is extremely obscure, and you must rotate the map wheel on each layer to find the relevant clues.
Xu Feng kept trying various combinations, and finally put together a line of seal text on the disc: "Cross the edge, do it again." ”
There is also a note at the bottom of the seal inscription: "When the sun rises, green light is released." ”
"This ...... What does that mean exactly? The Tang Ren Ship's mate next to him frowned and asked.
Xu Feng took a deep breath and closed his eyes and thought.
According to the plot of the movie, the so-called end of the world should be the Arctic region.
However, how to get to the North Pole, Xu Feng didn't know.
"Show it to Captain Barbossa and hear his opinion." Xu Feng said.
"Okay."
The Tang lieutenant immediately took Zheng He's treasure map and found Barbossa on the deck.
"Captain Barbossa, it's your turn to do your part."
Barbossa took the treasure map and looked at it carefully, "Haha! Green light? Mr. Gibbs, have you ever seen a green light? ”
Gibbs grinned proudly: "I have the privilege of witnessing it with my own eyes, it is in the sea of northern Iceland, that kind of green light is extremely rare, in the moment before sunset, the green light soars into the sky, but it only lasts for a few tens of seconds, some people, in their lifetime, may not see it with their own eyes, and those who can see the green light are known as people who are blessed by God!" ”
Will frowned and said, "That's not right, Zheng He's treasure map clearly says that at sunrise, green light will be released." ”
Gibbs laughed, "Impossible! Green light will only appear at sunset, and it will never appear at sunrise, and the red glow at sunrise will not appear at all, which is the basic common sense of navigators. ”
Will frowned and asked, "Then this Zheng He treasure map, isn't it just talking nonsense?" ”
Barbossa grinned: "Believe me, friends, it is not difficult to go to the end of the world, because the gate of the ocean at the end of the world has been opened for us, and the difficulty is how to get back." ”
The Empress Twins headed for the Arctic Ocean.
After a few days, the temperature was getting colder and colder, and almost the entire ship was covered in snow and ice.
Singapore's pirates live in the subtropics, and they are in such a hurry that they don't have time to bring warm clothing.
As soon as they passed through the Bering Strait, thirteen crew members contracted hypothermia and froze to death in their sleep.
If this continues, after entering the North Pole, I am afraid that there will be few people left in the whole ship.
Gibbs said with a worried face: "Mr. Xufeng, we have to find a way, otherwise none of us will be able to stand it." ”
Xu Feng nodded slightly, "Drink the bar first, warm up with wine, there will always be a way." ”
"Yes." Gibbs took the rum bottle and gulped down the cow.
This is the first time that such a legitimate drink has been made.
Drinking is not for pleasure, but for life.
Xu Feng was relaxed and calm on the surface, but he was anxious inside.
In the plot of the movie, the Empress Twins also encountered severe cold, but "in the blink of an eye" it reached the North Pole and entered the end of the world.
However, it was all a montage technique of the movie, which cut out the scenes that the audience didn't like to watch, such as the "running account".
And what Xu Feng is experiencing now is indeed a real life.
Real life can't be edited, and it can't be montage, and these cold and torturous pains can only be borne now.
After sailing on the Bering Sea for another two days, a Tang pirate sailor suddenly shouted, "Ship! There are boats! There are boats! ”
The pirates on board were all excited.
They sailed in this sea, and they hadn't seen a ship in a long, long time.
And if there is a ship, it means that there is cargo!
"All in place! Raise the pirate flag! Barbossa shouted.
Even in this extremely cold situation, his shouts were still extremely incendiary, and even Xu Feng couldn't wait to rush up and raise the pirate flag and do a big job.
"Mr. Xufeng, what shall we do?" The first mate of the Tang pirate is still under Xu Feng's orders.
Xu Feng said in a deep voice: "The brothers are about to freeze to death, they have to be robbed, but before they rob, they have to let me negotiate with their captain, it is best if they can negotiate, and if they can't negotiate, they will rob." ”
"Good!" The Tang Pirate nodded heavily.
“…… Captain, no! We found a Don ship in front of us! They seem to be pirate ships! On the other side, on a Slavic merchant ship, the sailors eagerly reported to their captain.
Their captain was taken aback, "What? There is actually a pirate ship in this place? I just crossed the Bering Strait in such a cold way to avoid pirates! ”
The sailor said, "What about the captain?" What to do? We don't even have a cannon on board! There were only ten sailors! We can't beat them! Otherwise, let's abandon ship! ”
"Don't worry! Let's see! The captain said comfortingly.
Another sailor hurriedly ran over, "Captain, they have raised flags and asked to board the ship for negotiation!" ”
"Negotiations? Ok, good, good! Negotiate well! I love to negotiate! The captain nodded repeatedly, "Tell them that they can board the ship!" ”