Chapter 901 Modir's Voyage
Gao Wen's eyes moved back and forth on that page several times before finally suppressing the urge to complain in his mind.
This Grand Duke Wilder, six hundred years ago, was actually a brainless fan of Gowen Cecil... This made Gowen, who is now facing Gowen Cecil's identity, feel a sense of unreasonable embarrassment.
Then he continued to look down and saw how the ancient noble who took the "explorer" as his mission to describe the series of preparations he made for this adventure-
“…After making up my mind, I began to build a large ship that was enough to deal with this danger—it was not easy. It is well known that since the believers of the storm suddenly went crazy, stealing or chiseling all the ships and fleeing to the sea, there has been a decent 'navigilance' in the human world for nearly a century. There is neither a pilot who can challenge the ocean nor anyone knows how to build a ship...
"I went to ask a dwarf friend I met in my early years. It is said that the dwarf kingdom also has some techniques to navigate in safer waters. At least they know how to build a ship. My friend can help find a shipbuilder. In addition, I also know two sea elves - they are not interested in things on land, but they are very interested in my magic gems. With the price of a few gems, they promise to be my navigator...
"While this grand (and probably took a long time) shipbuilding plan, I also took the time to visit the contemporary Grand Duke Cecil. I held a glimmer of hope to see if the Cecil family still kept the records of Duke Gowan's departure from that year, but I was also ready to return empty-handed, because it was obvious that Gowan Cecil a hundred years ago did not want too many people to know about his adventures, otherwise he would not have to erase those clues...
"It turns out that my guess is correct - the descendants of the Cecil family knew nothing about the voyage of their great-grandfather a century ago. Grand Duke Cecil also showed some concern when he heard my voyage plan and the information about the mysterious voyage of Gowan Cecil. Obviously, he thought it was just a folk quarrel without evidence, and thought I was joking about my safety... But our communication was still pleasant. The Cecil family was a respectable family, and there was no doubt that they chose to bless me after discovering that I had made up my mind.
“After visiting Gowan Cecil’s tomb and offering respect and spice wine, I returned to my own adventure…”
Gao Wen quickly skipped this part and the subsequent records of shipbuilding and sailor recruitment. His eyes swept across those neat handwritten words. Modir Wilder's life experience quickly flew over his mind like a movie that was about to be released. Until Modir's sailing day, his speed suddenly slowed down.
This is his most concerned part.
On the pages of centuries, Modir Wilder experienced everything after entering the sea:
"...... x-on x, after a long preparation and careful planning, the Adventurer finally set off on a clear summer day. We set off from the coast of the East, and according to the advice of the Sea Elves Navigator, first sailed south along the coastline for a short period and then headed east, which could avoid early entry into the storm area. Although I was confident in the protective magic and magic perception system I designed myself, considering that I could not take the life of the sailors, I decided to follow the advice of the Navigator as much as possible...
“X-Month x-day, a day worth recording!
"Not long after we began to adjust our course eastward, we witnessed a 'disorder turbulence' from afar. The storm cloud wall that could almost connect to the sky rose into the sky, instantly causing terrifying waves to the entire sea surface. There was a dense energy lightning between the storm and the waves. Every flash contained the power that made a powerful magician like me terrified. Moreover, the entire cloud wall was moving at a speed that seemed slow but was actually difficult to avoid. I have never seen a similar scene in my life!
"A part of the sailors were frightened and began to kneel on the deck to pray for their gods, but soon the first mate successfully restored order - the first mate was a trusted retired officer, and I was very glad that I pulled him onto the ship. Not long after, the sea elf who served as the navigator announced the safety of the road ahead. The expedition ship was at a safer distance, and the terrible storm was moving towards the direction away from us...
"The crew calmed down, and I had the opportunity to observe the storm from such a perfect distance-I had to record all its characteristics.
"Disorder turbulence is not a simple huge wave or tsunami, nor is it a simple energy storm. It is like a complex system formed by the mixture of the two. After observation, I think that the cloud wall connecting the sky and constantly releasing energy lightning should be the "pillar" and "power" of the entire system. Its energy fluctuations cause the atmosphere rich in water elements to resonate with. At the same time, I also sensed that its bottom is connected to the entire body of water. It seems that the highly enriched element carrier of the "ocean" plays a role similar to the "polar focus" in the magic circle, giving the energy turbulence in the atmosphere a catharsis, and creating such a terrible cloud wall...
"This may be the reason why there will be terrible disorderly turbulence on the ocean but not on land?
"In addition, the naked eye can see that clouds will tear and floating light will surging at the top of the cloud wall. Over the area with a strong storm, a luminous phenomenon that is different from the energy flashes in the cloud wall can also be observed. The "curtains" that look like connected, which will slowly change as the cloud wall moves... They seem to be located at extremely high places, and the scale is probably larger than imagined...
"In some magical works passed down from ancient times, Gondor scholars divided the atmosphere into several layers such as magical static realm layer, turbulence layer, steady state limit layer, etc. When I saw the scene at the top of the cloud wall, I couldn't help but have some association... The disordered turbulence on the sea is so strong that it has surpassed human understanding of the magic environment, so could it be some kind of "leak" from a higher atmosphere? It is possible that the magic power of the turbulence layer broke through the protection formed by the near-earth magnetic field, which created such a terrible phenomenon in the static realm layer... This is a phenomenon worth recording and studying.
“The sea is full of secrets and dangers.
"Thankfully, the sensing device I designed played a good role - the light beam in the crystal ball pointed accurately at the storm in the distance, which proved that it could easily sense the existence of disordered turbulence from a long distance, which helped the expedition ship avoid the seas where wind and waves were raging in advance..."
While reading these precious words, Gao Wen frowned and thought from time to time or nodded slightly. He even took a piece of draft paper from beside him and wrote on it hard to write what he thought of at any time.
There is no doubt that "Modir Travels" is a treasure house. Its most precious content is not those thrilling and bizarre adventure stories, but the experiences and knowledge recorded by Modir Wilder during the adventure!!
In the chapter "Departure", Modir Wilder's record and conjecture of disorderly turbulence is such a meaningful thing. Now the first phase of the North Port project has been successfully completed, and Byron is working hard for the next step of exploring the ocean. The knowledge left by Modir will undoubtedly be of great help to the technicians there, and the meaning of this knowledge is more than this-
Modir also wrote about his conjecture about the causes of disordered turbulence and his understanding of the hierarchical structure of the atmosphere, and accompanied by the first valuable observational data. For researchers such as Gao Wen and Kamair, this even helped them to crack the mysteries of the entire planet!
Gao Wen studied this travel notation carefully like a serious student, using every experience and experience in it as a source of knowledge to understand and analyze it. Modir Wilder's adventure continues to move forward in the flow of words - just like almost all adventurers, after experiencing the initial smooth sailing, he finally began to encounter real trouble.
After entering the far sea, the mysterious ocean showed Modir and his crew the real danger-
“On x-x, a terrible storm hit us.
"The sensing device played a certain role. A short time before the storm took shape, it began to warn wildly and try to point out the danger where the danger lies. However, this storm was brewing above our heads - directly above the expedition ship, the atmosphere was torn apart, the high-energy reaction fell from the sky, and the entire sea area quickly entered a charging state. We were growing "cloud walls" in all directions, and the speed was amazingly fast.
"When I realized what the chaotic response of the sensing device meant, it was too late - the first mate tried to direct the sailors to speed up the ship in order to rush out of the area that was ‘energized’ before the cloud wall closed, but the huge lightning quickly slashed on the energy shield above our heads. In the following hours, the Adventurer was like being loaded into a manic magic cauldron, and the entire ocean boiled, and tried to kill the poor creatures in the small ship.
"This time the sailors did not pray to the gods in despair - they no longer had the time to do so. In short, the first mate organized as much as possible to maintain the stability of the ship and the operation of the magic system. I tried my best to ensure that the shield was not broken down by the lightning in the turbulent flow, and everything was like a nightmare...
"Of course, since I can leave this note, at least one thing is to say: at least I am still alive.
“Yes, that’s the end of this storm – I survived, alone.
"Now I was thrown into a vast ocean, with only a few broken sampans and a few wooden barrels that were gradually entering the water. The Adventurer disappeared. At the last moment, I saw it with my own eyes being swallowed by the waves, and my crew were certainly not spared - the two sea elf pilots could survive, they could dive into the seabed to take refuge, but now I obviously could not meet with them... In the wind and waves, God knows how far I have floated.
"I feel guilty and I have to bear the heavy pressure brought by dozens of dead souls. Although everyone signed a life-and-death contract before setting off, I brought them here not to die...
"It's just that nothing is useful now. I think I must find a way to survive, otherwise who will appease and compensate the families of those crew members? The responsibility of the nobles does not allow me to escape in this situation...
"I used magic to collect the floating wood and barrels, barely shaped them into a crappy boat, without nails and ropes. This simple place of accommodation is completely connected to a whole by magic. The problem of fresh water can also be solved by ice spells, food... I hope that fish in the distant sea will not be too difficult to swallow.
"As a powerful magician, if you don't encounter 'disordered turbulence', survival on this ocean is actually not a problem. The real problem is... how to return to the right route and how to move yourself quickly and effectively.
"After all, even legendary powerhouses cannot rely on their flight techniques to fly all the way back to the mainland from the far sea, and rely on power to create wind and waves to push the boat... God knows how long it will take for me to see the land.
“Maybe before that I will be buried in the next disorderly turbulence…
"X-day... Through the skills of the astrology field, I finally successfully confirmed my general direction and current course. The conclusion is surprising and uneasy... The storm caused me to deviate greatly from the original route. I am now in the north of the original route, and I am constantly drifting towards the northwest, which means I am getting further and further away from my original goal, and at the same time I am not in the right direction to return to the mainland...
"In this direction, I have not encountered the legendary 'sirens', nor have I met the stormists who had fled a century ago, hiding somewhere in the ocean.
“To be honest, now I would rather meet those dangerous dark cultists…
"It is very difficult to get back to the right route, because I found that astrology is not that easy to use on the ocean - the magic environment here is interfering with my observation of the stars, and I lack a more accurate 'star disk' for reference. I confirm my direction as much as possible, calibrate the direction, and sail towards the direction back to the mainland, but I know very well in my heart - I've completely gone to the fore.
"This vast and endless sea is about to swallow me.
“But I will still work hard.
"X-day x-day... there is almost no change in the field of vision. The only good news is that I am still alive and not swallowed by the 'disordered turbulence' - I have encountered three disordered turbulences over such a long time, but each time I was very thrillingly passing through a safe distance, looking at the cloud walls and energy storms from a distance, I really doubt whether this is a blessing or a curse...
“But no matter what, I will still record in detail all the phenomena I have observed—and there is nothing else to do now.
“……………On x, it’s still on the trek, and no continents or islands appear, but I suspect I may still be drifting north because…I began to feel the surroundings getting colder and colder.
"On x-month, a floating iceberg appeared in my sight. Am I near the northern part of the mainland? Is it near the Duchy of Holy Dragon? This is the most optimistic possibility I can think of. I have been sailing west these days, and it may be in the northwest direction. The only thing I can count on in this direction is the cold coastlines in the north of the mainland... I hope my good luck is still some...
"On x-day, I don't know how to write today's record. I... As an adventurer, well, even a crappy adventurer, I never thought about myself...
"Okay, anyway, I saw a giant dragon.
Chapter completed!