After 7 days—

Above a certain area of ​​sea, the Deck of the Hiperian.

——Today is still a cloudy day...

Mude, who was standing on the deck of the Hipperian, frowned and looked at the gloomy sky above his head.

It has been 7 days since I escaped from the storm.

During these 7 days, Mude led the four ships, including the Hiperian, and ran straight towards the east day and night.

The ocean is located to the west of the Britannian Empire, so as long as you keep running eastward on the sea, you can always encounter the coast of the Britannian Empire.

Even if you can't touch the coast of the Britannian Empire, you can still touch the coast of the Holy Hillan Empire or the Rawling Empire.

Therefore, Mude has always believed that as long as he keeps running eastward, he will definitely be able to go home.

But over the past 7 days, Mu De felt more and more strange.

Not only did I not meet the coast for a long time, but the surrounding waters were also... strange.

The surrounding seas are very strange.

By the fifth day, Mude finally couldn't sit still.

He began to wonder - if he was going in the wrong direction.

But no matter how Mu De compares the only steering wheel in his hand, it shows that Mu De and the others are walking in the wrong direction, they are just walking east.

Then Mude began to wonder whether his steering wheel was broken...

In the vast sea without any reference objects, if you want to distinguish the direction, you can only rely on two things.

First, the pointer always points to the steering wheel in the south.

The second is the sun.

Mude and the people around him knew nothing about the principle of making the steering wheel, so they could not directly disassemble the steering wheel and check if there was any problem with the parts inside.

Therefore, at present, the only way to check whether the steering wheel is damaged is to look at the sun in the sky.

If they were heading towards the direction where the sun rose, then their direction was correct.

However - since the end of that great storm, every day has been a cloudy day where the sun cannot be seen, and the sun cannot be seen at all.

Therefore, Mude could only wait anxiously and pray.

Waiting, praying for the early appearance of the sun.

I kept waiting and praying until the morning of the 8th day, the sun finally appeared for a long time.

After learning that the sun finally rose today, Mude ran towards the deck without stopping.

Gangyi went up to the deck and saw the red sun in the sky. Mu De felt dizzy and almost fainted on the deck.

Because—the slowly rising sun is right behind his fleet...

These days, they always thought they were walking eastward.

As a result, they actually ran straight to the west all the time!

This fact is so impactful that the elderly Mu De almost fainted on the deck.

Those who can be a Shanghai soldier basically know how to rely on the sun to distinguish the direction.

After seeing the long-lost sun, the soldiers on the ships, including the Hiperian, all showed despair.

These days they have been running straight to the west stupidly...

The materials stored in the ship are no longer rich, and the only materials left in the ship are not enough for them to return.

Just when everyone was in despair, Mu De, as the commander-in-chief of the Navy, stood up in time to encourage everyone's morale.

After discovering that they had completely rebelled, Mu De also fell into despair.

After all, Mude is a knight who has experienced many battles. Not long after falling into despair, Mude quickly recovered from his calmness.

After calmly judging and analyzing their current situation, Mude believes that they are not yet in full despair.

Relying on the only supplies left on their ship is definitely not enough for them to return to the east and return to the Britannian Empire.

The only way to go west at the moment is to continue to go all the way!

Continue to go west and see if you can find islands that can replenish supplies before they are exhausted.

After obtaining sufficient supplies, return to the east and return to the Britannian Empire.

Simply put, it is a bet on luck.

Just bet on the west side that can replenish supplies.

This is the only way in this desperate situation at present.

It is better to take advantage of this glimmer of hope than to sit here and wait for death.

The soldiers of each ship could only cheer up and continue to drive westward.

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Just continue driving westward...

Originally, their supplies were only enough for them to use for 10 days.

But under their savings and use, the supplies that were originally only enough for 10 days were used for 13 days.

Then, starting from day 14, we were in a crisis of food shortage...

Everyone was hungry and wandered on the sea for another 2 days, and hungry for 2 days.

Finally on the 15th day, a miracle happened...

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The 15th day since Mude and others fled from the storm and began to head west.

On the deck of the Hipperian, Mude, who was hungry and green in his eyes, held the mast with a sad face:

"Are I going to die here... Died in the vast sea..."

"Why am I so unlucky... I haven't even participated in the reward for the merits of the counterattack against the Holy Hillan Empire..."

"Why do I still suffer such misfortune at such a young age..."

"It's too much, it's too much... Why is my life so unfortunate..."

After saying that, Mu De began to recall his misfortune life and covered his face with his hands, wanting to cry without tears.

At this moment, Blaze's excited shout suddenly came into Mude's ears:

"Mude! Look! There is an island ahead!"

As soon as Blaze finished speaking, Mude quickly put down his hand covering his face and looked forward.

I saw blurry shadows appearing on the horizontal line in front of them, green and brown.

That's the shadow of the island!

Mu De's heart rekindled with excitement.

Because he was too excited, Mu De even started dancing:

"Fast! There is an island ahead! Go forward at full speed! Go forward at full speed!"

The only one who became excited and ignited the fire of hope in his heart was not just Mude and Blaise.

Under the influence of the desire to survive, everyone forgot about fatigue and hunger, began to paddle at full speed and drove towards the island ahead.

After gradually approaching the island in front, Mu De discovered that the area of ​​this island is really not very large.

No matter which direction you look, you can't see the end of this island.

Mude and the others were lucky. After approaching the outskirts of the island, their front convenience was a shallow for boat landing.

Everyone, including Mude, was already crazy and wanted to get on the island as soon as possible and find something to eat.

After the Hiperian took the lead in setting the anchor, Mude led the way and jumped off the ship first.

Mu De, the first to land, stepped on the soft sandy ground in the shallows.

A big, very obvious footprint was left.

The first Mude who landed in became the Britannian... No, it was the first of all the people on the other side of the sea to set foot on this land...

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Mude's kick was just a small step for Mude, but it was a big step in the history of the Britannian Empire.

——"History of the Development of the New World·Volume 1"/First seal in the 430th year of the imperial calendar of the Britannia Empire
To be continued...