Chapter 5 Undercurrents (Part 2) Request Bookmark

  Horn grasped the helm and laughed: "But I have, young man! The sailors of this ship have all gone to rest, I'm in charge of steering!"

  Tang Jie gave him a strange look. He had never seen anyone drink and steer at the same time, it was like driving after drinking, making people feel very insecure.

  He said: "Don't you have a problem with drinking?"

  Horne chuckled: "This route, I can navigate with my eyes closed!"

  Tang Jie looked around at the vast expanse of dark sea, navigating in such waters was like a blind man walking, unable to distinguish east, south, west or north, let alone which direction to sail.

  Horn looked at his appearance and laughed: "Don't look, on the high seas, it's all the same! To distinguish direction, we must look up at our heads, the starry sky god Karuba and the moon goddess Cindy will guide us forward!"

  Tang Jie looked up and saw that the dark sky was devoid of any starlight, and the moon seemed to have hidden itself. He chuckled: "Looks like your Kaluba and Cindy are opening a room today."

  "Hold your tongue, young one," Hornblower said, taking a swig of his drink. "Don't speak like that, lest you offend the divine. Kariba and Sindy aren't just our gods, they're the gods of every soul who sails these seas. All who sail the ocean worship them, and without them, we'd be lost sheep at sea, forever unable to find our way home."

  "This world not only has magic and aura, but also different gods. This makes Tang Jie's heart full of curiosity and interest. He asked: 'If it's such weather, we can't see the moon or stars, what should we do? Look at the compass and the needle?"

  Horn smiled: "Although the Atak Sea is always windy, there are some strange places under our feet that will affect our compass and make it dizzy. Sometimes if we only look at the compass, we will sail in the opposite direction. So, we also need to use another method..."

  He put his fingers into his mouth, moistened them with saliva, and then held them up in front of his eyes, saying: "The wind direction!"

  Tang Jie was extremely perceptive and soon understood that the strange place Horn had mentioned should refer to the magnetic mines buried under the sea floor, which would affect the direction of the compass and cause confusion for navigators.

  Wetting one's finger with saliva is for testing wind direction and force.

  The sea breeze blowing on the moist fingertips will cause evaporation of water, and the fingers will feel cool due to the heat taken away by evaporation. Experienced sailors can perceive through the keen sensation on their fingertips from which direction the wind is coming and how strong it is.

  Hornblower said: "In this season, there is only one wind in the Atacama Sea, that is the south wind, the eternal and unchanging south wind!"

  He said, but suddenly furrowed his brow, a puzzled look, muttering to himself: "Strange, how did it become west wind?"

  Arriving in this strange world, everything is fresh and full of temptation. Tang Jie never dreamed that he would cross over to another world, board a sea ship, and join a group of pirates. He watched Horn's actions with curiosity and couldn't help but imitate him by putting his fingers in his mouth, wetting them with saliva, and then holding them up in front of his face.

  He felt the sea breeze blowing on one side of his fingers, and Tang Jie asked: "Which direction is south?"

  Horne pointed to the stern of the ship: "That's south!"

  Tang Jie had a weird expression: "Then why did I feel that the wind direction was easterly?"

  Horne's face was as if he had seen a ghost, and he put his fingers in his mouth to moisten them before holding them up in front of him. He felt the wind direction for a moment, and this time he was so surprised that even his voice changed: "This is impossible! How did the wind direction change to north again?"

  Tang Jie burst out laughing: "This is the south wind turning into a west wind, the west wind turning into an east wind, the east wind turning into a north wind, and after a while, the north wind turns back into a south wind. That's a whirlwind!"

  Horn's face was dull, muttering to himself: "This is impossible, the wind direction on the Atak Ocean has never changed before, let alone such a strange change! What's going on?"

  Tang Jie patted his shoulder: "Maybe it's our misjudgment?"

  He had barely finished speaking when Horn was about to open his mouth, but suddenly his face changed, and he snatched the dried meat from Tang Jie's arms and threw it into the sea.

  Tang Jie was stunned for a moment, still unclear in his mind, but then he heard a voice coming from behind him.

  "Who is there?"

  Nia shouted loudly.

  Tang Jie heard her voice and couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile on his face: I have a lifelong feud with this woman! It's really "the heavens are high and the earth is wide, yet we meet again"!

  He didn't know why he couldn't help but want to tease her whenever he saw this woman, perhaps it was because this woman was so stunning yet had a cold and arrogant demeanor that made him feel sorry.

  Tang Jie couldn't help but tease the woman, raising his hands and saying in a sarcastic tone: "Captain, don't shoot, it's me!"

  Nia heard his words and was stunned for a moment, don't shoot? What gun?

  But she quickly came to her senses and saw clearly that the grinning guy in front of her was actually Tang Jie. She was both shocked and furious: "How is it you? What are you doing on the deck? You really are a spy!"

  Tang Jie cried and laughed: "Which eye did you see me as a spy with?"

  Nia sneered: "I saw it with both eyes!"

  Tang Jie let out a sigh and whispered to himself: "Then you should go with Vice Doctor Lun..."

  Niya felt a surge of indignation as soon as she saw Tang Jie and loudly asked: "What did you say?"

  She was about to draw her sword when she suddenly saw Horn standing on the helm, and she asked in surprise: "Horn, what are you doing there? It's not your turn today!"

  Horne's face was unnatural, and he forced a laugh: "John had too much to drink, I'll substitute for him!"

  Nina's eyebrows rose in surprise: "Any shift change must be approved by Captain Ball, did you talk to him?"

  Horne smiled, just about to speak, when Tang Jie suddenly felt a chill on his face, as if a drop of water had fallen on his cheek. He subconsciously touched it: "Is it raining?"

  Nia heard his words and couldn't help but sneer: "At this time of year on this route, it's impossible to have rainy weather!"

  Such an overbearing tone is really unpleasant to hear, even if the other person is a blonde beauty.

  Tang Jie bluntly retorted: "How did you know?"

  Nia heard this and walked over in her high-heeled leather boots, her height was quite tall, about 1.74 meters according to Tang Jie's estimate, wearing the boots she could look Tang Jie, who was 1.8 meters tall, straight in the eye.

  This rose with thorns all over its body almost touched Tang Jie's nose, saying in a sharp tone: "From the time I started sailing on this ocean, you were still playing with mud on land!"

  As she spoke, one of her legs suddenly lifted up and her knee heavily struck Tang Jie's groin.

  If it were someone else, at such a close distance, with the two people almost face to face and chest to chest, this stealthy kick would have been extremely difficult to dodge!

  Ke Tangjie won't.

  As Niya approached him, his hairs stood on end, and he sensed a murderous aura from this woman.

  He didn't doubt for a moment that this woman would kill him here and then throw him into the sea.

  This woman's suspicious mind is comparable to that of a thousand-year-old fox, and her stubbornness is even harder than a stone that has been soaked in the sea for thousands of years.

  So when Nia's body just moved, Tang Jie had already detected her movement.

  For such a kicking technique, retreating and dodging is not always a good idea, as the attacker can often use the other foot on the ground to generate force, suddenly bursting out and covering a distance, catching the opponent off guard.

  And another better way is to take a step forward or lift your leg close, use your body to seal off the opponent's kicking space!

  Tang Jie took a step forward at the moment Niya lifted her leg, his upper body tightly approaching Niya, while his legs were crossed, blocking Niya's legs and making it impossible for her to lift them up again.

  Nia was taken aback, in her impression, as long as she got close to a man like this, the man's gaze would involuntarily wander to her chest, and then she only needed to swing her leg, and she could knock one down, never missing.

  But this mysterious black-haired man had previously knocked her down, and now he was blocking her vicious and poisonous whip kick with such a strange method.

  It might be luck once, but blocking her attack for the second time, it's not just luck!

  Is he really just an ordinary castaway?

  Nia really didn't dare to imagine it.

  She was a bit dazed, but saw Tang Jie approaching her, his eyes extremely aggressive as he looked at her, using the tone she had just used to mock him: "I started fighting on land when you were still taking a bath in the water!"

  Niya was so angry that her nose was almost twisted, and she stared at Tang Jie with a fierce gaze.

  Two people, you won't let me, I won't let you, staring at each other like fighting cocks.

  But soon, a sudden event dispersed the gunpowder smell between the two people.

  A drop of water suddenly splashed onto Nia's face, the icy chill seeping into her skin, causing her to freeze for a moment, and she unconsciously wiped it off with her finger.

  "Huh? Where did the water come from?" Nia's mouth was agape.

  Tang Jie coldly smiled and said: "I've already told you it's going to rain! You still don't believe me!"

  Nina angrily said: "Now is autumn, in the western sea of Atak it's impossible to have rainy weather at this time! And Captain Bar also looked at the sky today during the day, these days will be sunny!"

  As soon as she finished speaking, the rain came down drop by drop. At first, it was just a gentle patter, like a young bride who had just entered the bridal chamber, blushing and shy. But very quickly, the raindrops poured down with a loud clatter, like an angry woman in a fit of rage.

  The raindrops, as big as beans, hit the deck with a crackling sound like stir-frying beans. Some of them hit the swollen sail, making a dull thud like beating a drum, sending shivers down one's spine!

  Nina stood stupidly in the heavy rain, muttering to herself: "This, this can't be!"

  Tang Jie let out a loud laugh: "Impossible? Wake up! Are we in a dream?"

  Nina suddenly had an idea, she glared at Tang Jie with a fierce gaze: "Shut up!"

  She rushed to the side of the boat and, taking advantage of the wind lamp hanging high on the mast, opened her eyes wide and took a look!

  But in the dark and vast ocean, a black tornado connected heaven and earth, boiling the originally calm sea, stirring the dull and low sky. The waves were like a huge boulder lifted by an invisible giant, flying one after another, heavily crashing onto the ship, turning into shattered jade and pearls.

  Nina was shocked by the huge wave, a surge of power transmitted to her body, her palm holding the ship's side numb, and her body flew backward like a sack that had been punched!

  Tang Jie's eyes were quick and his hands were fast, he pulled her down with one swift motion. Her two feet were like they had taken root, firmly planted on the deck.

  Niya was rescued by the person she disliked the most and was held in his arms, but she didn't have any angry thoughts.

  The blonde-haired, blue-eyed female pirate turned pale, her lips trembling as if she had seen the most terrifying thing in the world. She suddenly struggled out of Tang Jie's arms and stood up.

  "What's going on? What happened?" Feeling the commotion, Captain Bar emerged from his cabin and asked loudly. His eyes fell on Nia "Nia, what happened?"

  Nina caught a chill and looked as if she had lost her soul, her fingers trembling as she pointed out to sea.

  Ba Er saw her like this, and his heart skipped a beat. He rushed to the side of the boat, opened his eyes wide and took a look, and suddenly gasped in cold air.

  His face was ashen, he turned around, took a deep breath, and all his strength gathered in his chest, then like a volcanic eruption, he let out a loud roar: "Hurricane! There's a hurricane!!"