Chapter 16 Shipbuilding
"Navalta seemed to have experienced a drastic change. A cliff near the north of the anchorage was flattened and disappeared out of thin air. One third of the dock disappeared, where the Port Authority building was cut from the middle, leaving only half of it, and the cut surface was smooth to enter the country."
"The town is empty, and everyone seems to have just left. There is still heat in the furnace. The food left behind has not completely deteriorated, but there is no sign of packing up, clothing, utensils, and even easy-to-carrying property."
"There is no sign of fighting in the town, and the flattened peaks do not seem to be caused by magic. Most of the buildings we enter have no traces of fighting or destruction. Everything is in the place they should have been, and there is no trace of rummaging through boxes and cabinets."
After Alisa returned from the dock with the others, she reported to the pilopod with great worries. Everything that happened in Valta was as strange as the gray fog before, as if the people in the town had disappeared out of thin air not long ago, but there was nothing else other than that.
Neither ambushed enemies nor those strange things I had seen before - bugs, giant ships in the mist. The investigation did not look like the blood shark pirates had visited here, but more like something strange happened to Valta itself.
"Ms. Catherine," Fang Yu turned around and asked Katherine, "Do you think the Blood Shark Pirates can do all this?"
"If they could do such a thing, they would have been unified by Saint Hugh'an long ago." Catherine sarcastically, but also looked at everything at the moment with a serious face. Although everything in this anchorage was the property of the Royal Family of Kaurin, and not many people in the port were hers - but this was a place she once knew.
What happened like this also made her feel a little confused, and after suspicion, a strong sense of anxiety arose.
Fang Yu carefully observed the expression on the female pirate's face and confirmed that the other party was not lying, so he fell into deep thought.
He did not ask this too much. This is something that the Dragon Knight's power cannot do. Of course, it is not that the Dragon Knight cannot destroy a mountain or a town. It is that most mortals can't control the power of power so finely.
The mountain was flattened but had little impact on the towns that were close to each other. One-third of the pier was divided into two and the Port Authority was cut through the cuts. The cuts were as smooth as mirrors, but the objects in the building were not damaged at all.
Such a thing sounds incredible, and in Aitalia it is even more similar to a miracle.
But what divine power will show saints here? Will Olizhong Saints make all the residents in a town disappear out of thin air? You should know that most of these people are their believers, but if they are evil sacrifices or dark saints, how could the forest altar and commercial goddess in the town be without any reaction?
In addition to divine power and extraordinary power, there are only some strange things that can create all of this, such as holy objects, or a few evil things of the same level as the legendary ones, but most of those divine weapons have their own main points, either they have been destroyed long ago, and the whereabouts of unknown items are unlikely to fall to the hands of the Blood Shark Pirate.
Fang Yu couldn't quite understand it for a moment. This incident was probably related to the gray fog not long ago, but from the traces after the incident, it was inferred that the people in the town had been away for about one or two days, which was not very consistent with the time when the fog occurred.
Unless they were also translating forward on the timeline for a while while navigating in the fog - thinking about this, Fang Pluto asked Alisa and Miss May to go to the town to investigate clues, clocks and calendars that could verify this.
But soon everyone brought back the opposite conclusion. The town's calendar remained two days ago, just in line with the navigation logs on their ships, and the flow rate of time when they sailed in the fog was consistent with normal.
However, although there are many mysteries in the empty Navalta at this moment, after investigation by those who landed, it was at least proved that this quiet town was not threatened, and the crew members who went to various places to investigate were not attacked.
Except for the strangeness, the anchorage seemed to be normal.
Although this seems quite abnormal in itself, it is impossible for Qihai Traveler to re-anchor just for "suspicion". Moreover, there is no more suitable place to dock nearby. Fang Zhu thought about it and took out the communication crystal and ordered the ship.
Let Qihai Traveler berth into the port.
But the ship responded to an equally disturbing news-
Balosha is missing.
"Balosha escaped!" Catherine even reacted first, like Pluto, and seemed very excited, even her tone was a little higher. She suppressed her anger and asked, "How do you guard him?"
"It has nothing to do with the person guarding him," Luo Hao responded calmly on the other side of the Communication Crystal, "Note my statement, Ms. Catherine, I'm talking about Balosha missing, not running away."
Katherine raised her eyebrows and asked with a sharp look: "What is the difference between the two?"
But Fang Yu realized something and interrupted the two of them and said, "What happened?"
"I said Balosha was missing. The regiment commander means that he and the restraint disappeared together," Luo Hao replied: "In order to control the other party and prevent the other party from committing suicide and resurrection, we used a special restraint, including a cage and a shielding device, so that even if he committed suicide, he could only be resurrected on the Qihai Traveler."
"But the cage and shielding device disappeared. We also checked the icons on the ship, and there was no sign of anyone being resurrected. Besides, we left someone in the confinement and resurrection rooms. The person on duty was a box, and he did not see anyone leaving the cabin."
"By the way," Luo Hao said, "that cage was created by the regiment commander. You should know that its size could not be brought out of the confinement room at all unless someone dismantled it, but I can't think of a reason for Barosha or the Blood Shark Pirate who came to rescue him."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "That is to say," Fang Yu asked, "Did Balosha disappear out of thin air?"
Luo Hao nodded, and Catherine shut up, and suddenly thought of what happened in Valta. Didn’t the people in the town disappear out of thin air?
An incredible look appeared on her face. Could it be that there is still a connection between the two, or is it really related to the previous heavy fog? When the fog was filled, the ship was attacked by a swarm of insects, and everyone had no time to care about it. Balosha must have disappeared during that period.
Fang Yu also recalled that their last check-in at the confinement room was around six or seven o'clock in the evening, when the pirate king was still unconscious in the cage "good" and then the Qihai Traveler's name entered the gray fog.
And then now.
The two couldn't help but look at each other - it must be the fog.
But it still cannot be ruled out that other possibilities are not ruled out. Fang Yu was cautious instructing Luo Hao, "Let the Qihai Traveler stop in place first, and the remaining people on the ship will carefully check it out in groups to confirm that Balosha is not hiding on the ship."
He reminded him: "Let Miss Shesta protect Silvede."
"I understand." Luo Hao nodded.
Fang Yu frowned and confirmed the situation of the Qihai Traveler's account with Miss Tata. He learned that nothing abnormal had happened before, but Balosha did seem to have disappeared out of thin air.
He could not draw a useful conclusion for the time being, so he had to temporarily not consider the fact that the pirate king's bounty might have left him. The only thing that is thankful is that the missing is Barosa, not the other members on the Qihai Traveler.
But why is it Barossa?
Luo Hao asked about the situation in the anchorage again, but he couldn't say anything about the same strange situation in Valta for a while. Although he and Fang Yu were both considered "community experts", he had some knowledge of many strange rumors after Star Gate, including Super Competition.
But the two of them had never heard of such a thing.
In the end, he had to tell Fang Lu that he might be able to ask Ji Ta - the lady of a naturalist who stayed on the boat. Fang Lu did not object to this. He actually asked Miss Tata just now, but Miss Dragon Soul also said that he needed to check the knowledge in his memory.
One more person and one more guarantee. Most of Jita's knowledge comes from two magic books. Among them, the dark knowledge she saw in the snake's eye "Eye of Karleye" came from the darkness under the sea, and the Silver Library may not have been stored.
"Sir, have you noticed it?" After pausing for a moment, Luo Hao asked again, "The moon tonight is a bit special."
Fang Yu then raised his head and looked at the blood moon in the night sky. The red and weird moonlight shrouded the night color under a layer of hazy red silk, which was difficult to notice.
There are two moons in Etaria, among which the sea moon Koni hangs alone above the sea, and appears light blue when the moon is most complete. This is also the origin of the name of the sea moon. When the visibility is not so high, it appears silvery white.
The second moon is a light moon that ordinary people have never seen before. It only appears in legends. It is also called the Holy White Moon. It is not the moonlight belonging to the Kū Sea, but the moon belonging to the Ether Sea alone. Its ups and downs cycle is still a mystery to astrology.
But I have never heard of the third moon above the Sky Sea. A blood moon emitting red light has long since dissipated, and there are no clouds in the night sky. Therefore, the illusion caused by the refraction of light in the clouds can be eliminated.
That is the color of the moon itself.
In fact, it appeared in a different position, as if it was farther away than the Sea Moon Corny, shining far away, more like a star.
But what about Haiyue? Fang Zhu seemed to realize that Haiyue had disappeared. He looked around and said that Haiyue should be in the west half of the sky at this time, but the location where it was originally located was empty, with only a bottomless blackness.
Among some legends on the Treasure Staff Coast, there were seven moons in the sky in the past, but after a mythical battle, five of them disappeared, leaving only the Sea Moon and Light Moon.
However, those legends have never been confirmed, and most of them are only circulated among the mountain people. The legends do not describe what the disappearing moon looks like. It is more believed that the seven moons and that extraordinary battle may refer to the war between the seven royal powers in the Cinsas era.
Just looking at this strange moon, I couldn't come to any conclusion. The Qihai Traveler No. 1 can't rely on the port yet. Naturally, those who are still on the shore cannot stand and stare blankly. Fang Yu did not intend to return to the ship for the time being, so he simply asked Catherine to continue to lead everyone to further investigate the anchorage.
Although there was no one in the town, they actually had another purpose here. Fang Yu had not forgotten that purpose. They were originally here to inspect the shipyard, but the previous situation made everyone have no time to take care of other things.
The secret anchorage for privateing pirates and the shipyard that belonged to Catherine were actually deeper in Valta, but when they arrived at that place, they did not encounter any unnecessary situation along the way.
This anchorage is now like a dead city, but it does not seem to have any other dangers except lifelessness.
The huge shipyard quietly lies in a harbor, and the tall buildings are now shrouded in a red moonlight. The dock is also empty, but the shipyard itself has not been damaged.
As Katherine described it, it could have been used to repair several battleships in the privateer fleet - large ships of fourth-class or third-class, and the tall dock was naturally more than enough to build the new Seven Seas Traveler in the square pilos.
But manpower is still a big problem.
Fang Yu spent some time checking the tools in the shipyard, most of which were well maintained, some even new equipment, which were better conditions than the shipyard they were in Istaniya, and it was worthy of being the royal asset.
"But they all belong to me," Catherine gradually walked out of the anxiety just now and looked at the shipyard with some pride. "Although they were all requested by the people of Kaolin, this shipyard was built brick by brick over the years. The prime minister only needed a privateer to obey the royal order and put a lot of people in my people, but they didn't really think much about these fixed assets."
"After all, compared with Goland's shipbuilding industry, this shipyard is nothing. Compared with this shipyard itself, it is more expensive for the royal family to transport these equipment secretly here. They are trying to maintain a secret force that obeys themselves here, and the rest is not important." Alisa is very familiar with the politics of Kaorin-Ishurien. After all, she has been in the Dragon Church for a while - and those people have had considerable infiltration into the Kaorin royal family.
But now this power has gone by now.
Fang Yu was not sure whether Catherine was betrayed by the royal family, or perhaps the prime minister had discovered her relationship with Xingmen Port and made arrangements in advance.
But the Cowlin royal family should not have imagined what happened next. All the people in this anchorage disappeared - whether they were installed by the royal family or not, and Catherine's main fleet was attacked by the Blood Shark Pirates, the privateer fleet has now been dead in name only.
However, the Prime Minister and the stubborn King seemed to be repeating this mistake - having unnecessary suspicion of the people around him, and then forcing his own wings to be eliminated due to paranoia - according to Silvede, his father was not actually an opponent of the young king.
On the contrary, in the process of capturing the sir's "parties", many factions were pushed to the opposite of His Majesty the King. Now, most of the resistance forces that Kaurin-Ishurien emerged from the southern border to the northern border were caused by this.
But Silweid once told him. "Don't be surprised. This may be exactly what the evil villain needs. The more the young King is, the more he has to rely on us, the prime minister. What's more, what's happening now, does not justify what he says?"
"The southern border, the northern border, Elpahin, Kapuka, the elves and even dwarves, really questioned the legitimacy of his sitting on the throne. Doesn't it mean that these people are all 'traitors' in the mouth of our prime minister? In this way, our king is even more obedient to the prime minister."
Fang Rong looked at his shipmaster lady with some surprise, "But what is he trying to do?"
The shipmaster shook his head gently. It was not only her, but even Princess Brian couldn't understand what was wrong with the royal family.
Back to reality, Fang Yu couldn't help but look at Catherine beside her. Although the other party was full of inconsideration, she looked at the shipyard calmly, with a little desolate look on her face, and sighed, "Little guy, it's yours now."
"I don't need a shipyard," Fang Rong shook his head, "I will go to the Second World sooner or later. The assets here are actually worthless to me. I just need to borrow it temporarily to build a ship I like."
Katherine looked at him with some surprise, "So you don't really care about this 'base'?"
"I don't care much about Saint Huo'an, including Saint Huo'an," Fang Rong replied: "I just want to come and see this famous free port. The Seven Seas Traveler is going to the Giant Tree Hill, which is also a must-pass place. As for who is Saint Huo'an, it actually has little to do with us."
The female pirate was slightly silent for a moment, "Then do you agree to cooperate with me?"
"Although you have deceived us, Ms. Katherine, you have also helped us," Fang Rong replied: "We are a cooperative relationship, and we can do you a favor from reason, but this kind of favor is just like you said, and it does not mean that the Seven Seas Travelers will participate in the battle with the pirates."
"Hmph," Catherine snorted softly.
She replied somewhat hard: "Little guy, I don't need you to interfere. Instead, you need a lot of people to get this shipyard back into operation. Only I can find a way for you. I was born from Silver Chain Island, where many people will sell me for my face."
Fang Yu shook his head, that was exactly what they cooperated with.
But Catherine probably could only find ordinary workers for them. As for those reliable shipwrecks, there was no Princess Rupert who had the solution for them here, so she probably had to rely on himself.
Chapter completed!