In the boundless cold lake, there is an old and weathered ship, sailing unswervingly forward.
"Boom!"
The climate in Hanshui Lake is always weird and changeable, especially in the center of the lake.
Maybe the weather was clear one second, but the next second it became overcast and cloudy. It was really like a child's joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. It changes at will, without any room for negotiation.
At this moment, the sky is covered with dark clouds, and the water in the center of Hanshui Lake is covered.
The strong wind was raging, electric snakes were flashing, and the turbulent water waves were rolling. There was darkness between the sky and the earth, as if even the lake water had turned into gray mud.
On the lake, a weather-beaten old ship was rocking violently with the waves.
Its masts have all been lowered, minimizing the impact of wind. Only the activated luminous stone fixed on the top of the cabin releases the last gleam of light.
On the deck, the lizardman deputy fixed himself with a rope, grabbed the handrail, and said with a frightened expression while using supernatural powers with the crew to maintain the stable navigation of the ship.
"Captain! There seems to be a hurricane belt ahead!"
"No, the climate in this water area is too weird!"
"It would be too dangerous to continue sailing!"
The only people who can support us to this point are experienced crew members. Along the way, we have encountered dangerous situations countless times.
However, this time was different. Feeling the extremely violent storm in the waters ahead, even though they had rich navigation experience, they all felt fearful.
Return! Must return! If they go any further, their ship will probably be torn into pieces by the hurricane!
However, the captain standing at the front just held the fence tightly with one hand, his body fixed like a nail, and his right hand pressed a monocular telescope on the sunken eye socket.
Through the lens tube, it could clearly see the huge tornado that stretched across the entire body of water in the gray sky and earth ahead.
They appeared suddenly without any warning, like an insurmountable mountain, completely blocking the road ahead.
Even powerful practitioners with third-level peak strength cannot move forward in this environment.
The most important thing is that according to the captain's observation, this storm zone does not seem to be accidental, but continues to exist and covers an extremely wide area. Their ship has no possibility of bypassing it.
"Are you just going to return like this?" Standing in the wind and waves, the captain seemed unable to hear the roar of thunder or the shouts of the crew behind him. At this moment, he only had this thought in his mind.
As the craziest, bravest, most experienced and adventurous voyage captain on Lizard Island, he has a paranoia that ordinary people cannot understand when it comes to exploring the "ancestral land" of the tribe.
In the past 40 years, it has tried to go to the central area of Hanshui Lake six times in total. The first five times it encountered accidents on the way and was forced to interrupt.
Now, he is over sixty years old. Even though he has practiced cultivation since he was a child and his body is stronger than ordinary people, the hidden diseases accumulated in his body are almost unstoppable.
It can be said that this is the last voyage of its life. Once it gives up, there will be no hope of exploring the birthplace of that ethnic group in this life.
Thinking of this, the old lizard man silently put down the telescope in his hand, and then said, "Continue!"
"What? Captain, you..." the deputy exclaimed in disbelief.
"I say, continue!" the captain repeated his order firmly.
In the silence, I don't know how much time passed, and I don't know how many psychological struggles they went through. These confidant crew members remained silent, with the determination to face death as if they were home, silently used their powers to adjust the ship, and sailed straight ahead.
"Crack!"
Just after the ship barely advanced a hundred meters, the ancient ship was finally overwhelmed. Torn by two waves, several masts shattered, cracked, and broke into countless wooden pieces.
Immediately afterwards, a huge wave tens of meters high surged up and hit the ship, directly overturning the ship that had resisted tenaciously in the wind and rain.
Dozens of lizardman crew members on the ship screamed in surprise and fell into the rough water.
"Are you going to die..."
The same thought came to the minds of the lizardmen crew members. The next second, they completely lost their perception of the outside world and slowly sank downwards.
At the same time that these lizard men were unconscious, a figure flew quickly towards the location where the lizard men sank above the violent Cold Water Lake.
"They are really a bunch of lunatics. Are they out of their minds? There is such a big storm ahead and they are rushing in. There is no way to find death!"
After trading the red ointment with the Black Iron Tribe, Lin Fei left Lizard Island and went to rescue the lizard people who fell into the water. He usually complained about this group of lizard people in his heart.
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A few hours later, on a small island far away from the storm belt.
When the lizardman crew members who survived the disaster woke up from their coma, they saw a small island and a ship stranded on the beach that was even more dilapidated by the storm.
The lizardmen who woke up looked at each other in shock. They couldn't believe that they could survive.
After a long silence, the deputy finally looked at the captain who had been sitting blankly, staring blankly into the distance. Unable to hide his excitement, he asked, "Captain? We..."
The latter was silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said in a hoarse voice, "We failed again!"
"..." The crew members who survived the disaster were originally very excited. After hearing the captain's words, most of their excitement disappeared immediately.
Yes! We failed again...
The captain saw that the mood of the crew members was depressed by his words. He put away the disappointed expression on his face, showed a relaxed smile, and cheered to the crew members.
"After every failure, the next time we come back, we will always be closer to the central area of Cold Water Lake than the last time.
Although we failed this time, maybe next time we can reach the destination we have been pursuing so hard, so don't be discouraged."
"The captain is right. Although we failed again this time, we will not give up. We will definitely reach our destination successfully next time we sail." The crew members encouraged each other.
Seeing that the morale of the crew was restored, the captain issued an order, "Everyone, get back on the ship and seize the time to repair the ship and start returning."
"Yes." The crew members immediately ran to the distant ship and began to repair the ship.
After the crew left, the deputy came to the captain with a bitter smile on his face and asked, "Captain, is this the last time you will lead everyone on a voyage?"
"Um."
"I……"
"After returning to Lizard Island this time, you will take over the captain position of our team."
"ah?"
"you are not willing?"
"No, no, no, of course I am willing..."
The captain nodded happily, looked at the lake in the distance, and said firmly, "We will definitely reach our ancestral land in the center of Hanshui Lake. Even if it takes another ten years, a hundred years, or a thousand years, we will never give up."
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This chapter has been completed!