Chapter 207: The cursed lake (2/2)
On the same day.
At dusk.
Everyone gathered at Central State City’s dock.
Meng Qingwu had sent over all the materials Chu Tian wanted.Chu Tian could use the several days long boat trip to prepare them.
Meng Yingying had the Underworld Mercenary Group send over a hundred boxes of canned food to signify Miracle Commerce’s support for this mission.
All the soldiers cheered.
How precious was canned food from Miracle Commerce?
It had all been snatched in Central State and was hard to find!The underground market was selling out even with four-five times the normal price, normal people did not have a chance to taste this stuff!
Meng Yingying’s one hundred boxes raised morale because everyone was happy about having good things to eat!
In this kind of disaster relief mission, speed was of the utmost importance.Even the ruler’s orders said that they had to be quick and could not dawdle.The rescue army was as small as possible.The Divine Wind Marquis picked one thousand and five hundred cavalry members, and only brought rations needed for the journey, getting rid of all their supplies to rush to Thunder State as quickly as possible.
The vanguard army would follow Chu Tian’s suggestion.They would ignore the captured cities and charge right to the center of the disaster zone.Thunder State would provide a normal army to bring supplies and guard the rear.
If the vanguard army encountered anything in the disaster zone, they would have support and could easily retreat if need be!
“The ship is here!”
Five giant warships slowly approached the shore.
This was Chu Tian’s first time seeing the warships from close range.
The ship was very ancient, actually using wood as its base.However, the ship had various arrays engraved on it to reduce its weight, increase its speed, and strengthen its hull.
The model of the five ships were alright.The size of the main ship was a little bigger, being fifty meters long, twelve meters wide, and having a mast of thirty meters tall.It seemed to weigh around six-seven hundred tons judging with one’s eyes.There were fourteen different cabins inside the ship divided into two levels.The nine lower deck spaces were used to store the mounts of the cavalry and the five cabins up top were ordinary cabins.
Even this slightly bigger flagship could only hold four hundred people, including their mounts.This was the limit.
Nangong Yun asked in a curious voice, “Do we have to take a boat to Thunder State?”
“We have to go by ship!”Yun Yao explained, “Thunder State is to the northeast of Central State and there is a primitive mountain range to the east of Central State that has a giant lake to the north of it.We cannot pass through the Demon Beast Range to the east because there are more Demon Beasts there than people in Central State, and the area is very precocious.In comparison, it is more convenient to go on the water route!”
“These are the fastest ships in Central State!”This was Feng Caidie’s first time going out, so she was clearly very excited, “The hull is built with strong and firm lumber that are engraved with “Falling Feather Arrays”, significantly reducing its weight.The sails are engraved with “Wind Gathering Arrays” so even with calm weather, there will be wind blowing us forward.The speed moving forward is sixty kilometers per hour and the maximum speed is eighty kilometers per hour!”
When Meng Yingying heard this, she immediately began to calculate with her fingers, “Like this, if we move smoothly, won’t we be able to reach Thunder State in two days?Wa!It’s so fast!”
This was the most advanced warship?
Chu Tian gave a helpless sigh!
The Divine Wind Marquis even found a guide.This guide was an old sailor, sailing the Four State Lake for over twenty years now, so they were very clear about the layout of the Four State Lake.
“Prepare to leave!”
Chu Tian’s group boarded the main ship.
Meng Yingying’s little face turned red with excitement.Standing on the deck, she raised her hands and loudly shouted to land, “Elder sister, you can be assured!Yingying will come back safely!Yingying will develop the canned food business in the other states!You can be assured in buying ships to ship the canned food with!”
Meng Qingwu watched her little sister disappearing into the distance and a helpless smile appeared on her face.
This little girl was getting harder to control!
The Four State Lake was the largest lake in the Southern Summer Country!
Because it flowed into four states, that’s how it obtained its name.The lake was very calm, with nothing happening for a thousand miles, so they took advantage of the situation.After the five warships left Central State, they continued forward for around seven to eight hours.
Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun were shouting on the deck.
When night fell, those two ran out of energy and went back into the cabin to eat canned food with everyone else.The two of them had not seen Chu Tian today.They asked Yun Yao and found that Chu Tian had locked himself up, secretly preparing something.
This fellow was very mysterious, the two of them were already used to it.
At this moment, an old man with a flustered expression came in, “Marquis!Marquis!I have something important to report!”
“What is so important?”The Divine Wind Marquis was a little surprised to see this old person.
This person was the guide that they found, the experienced old sailor.
“We can’t keep going forward!”The old man said with a voice full of fear, “If we continue forward, we’ll enter an area of death!It is the graveyard of ships, the place of lake gods.It is the most forbidden area of the Four State Lakes!”
The Divine Wind Marquis asked the captain, “How long would a detour take?”
“It would add around a day to our journey!”
The Divine Wind Marquis frowned, “Have you heard of this forbidden area before?”
“This…..I have heard rumours!”The captain gave a slight nod, “It is the forbidden area of the lake.It is a place with no wind, so normal ships cannot move through and that is why it is known as the graveyard of ships.”
This was a problem to a normal ship.
These five warships were very advanced, what did it matter if there was no wind?
The old sailor kneeled on the ground, “Marquis, you really cannot enter!There has never been a person who came out after going in!It is the territory of the lake gods!If we intrude on the lake gods’ territory, the lake gods will punish us!”
The Divine Wind Marquis asked, “What are the lake gods?”
The captain disdainfully said, “The merchants and ordinary warships bypass this area because this place has no wind, so it is a very dangerous location.The pirates are very fierce and Southern Summer has sent soldiers to capture them, but they gave up in the end…..As for lake gods?I see it as nothing but pure nonsense!”
The Four State Lake was very wide, spreading out like an ocean, so it was not strange to find pirates on these waters.
They only had strength equal to normal people.
Would the Divine Wind Marquis have to fear them?
“We don’t have time to take a detour!”The Divine Wind Marquis ordered, “We won’t change routes!Go straight forward and charge through!”
The old guide fell onto his butt, “It’s over!It’s over!”
His face paled with fright and his pants became wet.