The Mysterious World Under Steampunk - Chapter 1811

“Master Leo, where do you think we will be transported?” After the prisoner was silent for a moment, another naval officer asked.

Leo didn’t know anything about the world’s geography and other conditions. Of course, it was impossible to know where the ship carrying a large number of captives would go, but he could tell from the look on the officer’s face that the other party had something to say about it. What he guessed, the reason why he asked was just to confirm whether his guess was correct, so he pretended to be mysterious and said: “Actually, you already have the answer in your heart, so why ask me.”

Hearing Leo’s words, the naval officer also showed a relieved look on his face, smiled wryly, and said, “It seems that our destination is really Matou Bay.”

The location of Matou Bay is obviously an unfamiliar place name to the people around them. They all showed a blank look. Although Leo didn’t know where it was, they still had a calm look on their faces. I was thinking about what method to use to extract relevant information from the other party.

However, soon Leo didn’t have to think too much, because someone had already asked the naval officer directly for him.

The naval officer did not hide it, and told the information he knew about Matou Bay, and later said that after everyone arrived in Matou Bay, no matter what position they were assigned, they must unite, otherwise, Accidents can easily happen.

According to naval officers, although the coastline of the New World is very long, there are not many places on the explored coastline that are suitable for docking ships and building ports. Most of the places are only suitable for small boats, while large ships need to dock on the coast. In the deep sea area, small boats can be used to transport various materials and personnel.

As the name suggests, Matou Bay is a bay in the shape of a horse’s head. This is a newly discovered natural deep-water bay in the Kingdom of Root. It is said that this bay was originally surrounded by a piece of reef rock, and ships could not pass through it at all, but it is not known because of seawater corrosion. , Or because of an earthquake, these reefs and rocks were broken and sank to the bottom of the sea, thus exposing the natural bay of Matou Bay, which happened to be discovered by the fleet of the Kingdom of Root passing by.

The Kingdom of Root, who discovered Matou Bay, found a precious treasure, and immediately built Matou Bay, built a wharf, port and corresponding towns, and stationed a large number of soldiers there. The whole process was done in an extremely secretive way The way is going on, knowing that only recently have related rumors spread to the Novat continent.

“This should be good news for us, right?” A navy soldier couldn’t help but said after hearing the information about Matou Bay: “Since the Root people have built the port and the town, then we go to It shouldn’t be necessary to be a coolie, carrying bricks and the like.”

“You have such a beautiful idea. If possible, I would prefer to carry bricks and stones.” The officer gave the soldier a disdainful look, then turned to look at Leo, and said, “Lord Leo, didn’t you Have you said that, those of us are likely to be incorporated into Lute’s pioneering group. Being a pioneering group in the New World is much more dangerous than being a soldier on the battlefield. Do you know why the Root Kingdom tried to cover up the Matou Bay? Exist, but now can’t stop the message from getting out?”

Someone immediately thought: “Could it be related to the Pioneering Group?”

The officer nodded and said: “It is said that Root organized a pioneer group of 7,000 people, intending to get rid of the land around Matou Bay, but the 7,000 people were wiped out after entering the jungle, and even the people who were sent out to check the situation later More than a thousand Matou Bay garrison troops did not go out of the jungle, because the garrison force of Matou Bay was greatly reduced, so that the people who were originally imprisoned there found a chance to escape, snatched the boats, and fled back to Novat Continental, this is how the news was delivered.” He paused, swallowed dryly, and continued: “According to the information revealed by those who escaped, there are not only several people around Matou Bay There are tens of thousands of large indigenous tribes, and there are still a lot of monsters hidden in the jungle. These monsters will sneak into Matou Bay to eat people in the middle of the night, and even the high walls around Matou Bay can’t stop those monsters.”

Hearing the officer’s words, there was only a sound of gasping around, and everyone had ugly expressions on their faces, and some people sat on the ground even more decadent, feeling that they had fallen into some kind of despair.

There are monsters in the New World. This is not a rare thing in the Novat continent. It has been more than ten years since the discovery of the New World. There are more than 50 large and small coastal kingdoms organizing various fleets and corps to defend the New World. , but more than ten years have passed, and the kingdoms still can only wander around the coastline of the New World, unable to expand to deeper inland areas.

The reason is that besides the indigenous tribes and the dense jungle environment of the New World, the more important thing is the mysterious monsters inhabiting the New World. Nearly 90% of the pioneering corps established by governments and private chambers of commerce died in those mysterious monsters. Under the attack of monsters, the remaining layer died because of attacks by indigenous tribes or malaria and other diseases caused by the environment. Therefore, monsters in the New World have become synonymous with death, and basically there is only death when encountering them.

However, the place this ship is going to now is actually a monster activity area in the New World, and it is very likely that it will be assigned to a dangerous organization like the Pioneering Group. How can these people who know the situation in the cabin not feel desperate .

The mood changes of the navy soldiers in the cabin cage were naturally noticed by the guards at the entrance and exit of the cabin. They didn’t know why the Berent navy soldiers were still talking easily one moment, and the next moment they were looking like they were about to die. expression.

However, they knew very well that these Berente naval soldiers were very important to the kingdom’s opening up of the new continent, and that no accidents could happen, at least not on the ship. Captain and first mate.

After listening to the report from his subordinates, the captain and the first mate were stunned, and then they saw the captain turned to the first mate who was in charge of the prisoner management, and said, “Are you going to threaten them again?”

“No, I haven’t been there since you gave the order last time.” Although the first mate is much bigger and younger than the captain, he still looks a little timid when facing the old captain , shook his head quickly.

Hearing this, the captain turned his head to look at the guard captain in charge of the cage cabin, and asked, “Did you deduct their daily meals?”

The guard captain hurriedly said: “Of course not. The subordinates provided food for those guys according to your orders, so that they would neither be hungry nor too full.”

The captain frowned, fell silent for a moment, and said, “Observe their movements secretly. If they do anything bad, stop them immediately. Take them to the deck and tie them to the mast for a day or two in the sun.”

The guard captain quickly said yes, and turned around to leave, but stopped suddenly when he reached the door, as if remembering something, turned to the captain and said, “My lord, they seem to know where we are going?”

“What?” The captain didn’t understand for a while, and looked at the guard captain in confusion.

The guard captain immediately said in detail: “I mean, they seem to know that we are going to Matou Bay, and they are planning to incorporate them into the development team.”

“How did they know these things?” The captain was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned his head to look at the first mate, and asked, “You made the slip?”

The first officer quickly denied: “Of course not, I never mentioned anything about the route and purpose in front of those Berent people.”

The guard captain also explained to the First Officer: “No, it’s not what Lord Cabot said, they speculated it themselves. It seems that there is a scholar among the captives. He speculated about the destination of our trip and that they will be killed Incorporated into the pioneering team for these two things.”

“Scholar?” Both the captain and the first mate asked in surprise, “Scholar from the National Academy of Berente?”

The watch captain nodded.

The captain and the first mate looked at each other for a long time, and then the first mate asked first: “Do you know that a scholar from the National Academy of Berente is locked in the cage on the ship?”

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The captain looked at the first officer with a strange expression, as if saying, “Isn’t this nonsense, if I knew it, I would still look like this.”

Although the national academies of Root and Belent have been competing against each other for a long time, and they have publicly stated more than once that the other’s national academies are garbage dumps and maggot nests, but in fact, no matter whether it is the scholars of the two national academies, Ordinary people in the two countries know very well that the academic level of the other side is no worse than their own.

Therefore, even though the relationship between the two countries is extremely bad, almost reaching the bottom of incompatibility, both sides still respect the scholars of the other’s college, and also respect the aristocratic status that the other endows the scholars.

Now from the mouth of the guard captain, knowing that a Berent scholar is locked in the cage, the captain and the others naturally have to take it seriously. Even if they cannot revoke the other party’s captive status, they should give the other party the treatment that a scholar should have. For example, equip a separate room, give better food, and so on.

When the guard captain just walked out of the captain’s room, the captain suddenly ordered: “Bring that scholar here, I want to talk to him.”

It didn’t take long to see the guard captain taking Leo to the captain’s room. Perhaps because of Leo’s disguised scholar status, the guard captain didn’t put handcuffs and other instruments of torture on him.

After Leo entered the captain’s room, the captain and the first mate looked at Leo. First of all, Leo’s clothes made them feel a little puzzled, because Leo’s clothes were similar to those of Berent and Root. There is a big difference, but judging from the tailoring and matching of the clothing, it is a mature clothing style. The two of them didn’t care too much about it. After all, scholars’ thoughts are too divergent, and they often have some whimsical ideas. They will also design some strange clothes by themselves, so they have seen all the weird clothes, and Leo’s clothes are not bad.

Secondly, when they saw Leo for the first time, they immediately believed in Leo’s scholar status. Although Leo’s figure made him look more like a warrior, the temperament he exuded as a whole made him Anyone who sees him will think from the bottom of his heart that this is a scholar, or that a scholar should have such a temperament.

The captain took the initiative to step forward, stretched out his hand to Leo, and introduced himself, “Buffy, the captain of the Speargun.”

Leo also reached out and shook his hand, and responded: “Leo Dodd, an oceanographer at the Berente National Academy.”

“Oceanist?” The captain was taken aback.

This is the first time he has heard the name of this kind of scholar. Although the coastal kingdom has entered the era of great navigation and adventure, there is no corresponding discipline in the national academies of each kingdom. Only the military academies of each kingdom have special subjects. navigator training.

“This is a new discipline I created,” Leo seemed to see through the captain’s thoughts, and said, “It mainly studies marine climate, tides and marine life. It has not been recognized by the academy yet. I originally planned to go to sea this time to study some results. , and then go to the college to apply for subjects and degrees, and now…”

Leo smiled wryly and didn’t say any more.

Although Leo’s words were just fabricated at will, neither the captain nor the first officer in the room doubted the other party. After all, the other party’s temperament had already imprinted the identity of a scholar on their consciousness from the very beginning. The current explanation It will only make the two of them respect Leo more, because in their cognition, a scholar who can create a new discipline is definitely an extraordinary scholar.

“May I ask who your mentor is…” the captain asked curiously.

“Professor Ferrance, he specializes in the research of species in the New World.” Leo said a name, which was the scholar-mentor who led the team on the silent ship, which he knew from an officer.

“Professor Ferrance, I’ve heard his name before, UU reading www.uukanshu.com” When the captain still didn’t know the identity of the name, the first mate took over the conversation and said, “He is from the New World Academy of Belente National Academy.” The leader of the species research, I received a commission before, and I got some plant seeds from the New World, and it is said that I sold them to him.”

“I don’t think you will be able to accept his commission in the future.” Leo looked at the first mate and said in a deep voice: “A few days ago, the ocean-going ship he and other scholars and students were on was destroyed in that naval battle.” Your country’s battleship was sunk, and in the end I was the only one left alive.”

Hearing Leo’s words, the captain and first mate’s expressions changed drastically, and they asked in unison, “What did you say? The ship with the academics was sunk?”

Leo could see that there was something wrong with the two of them now, so he followed the other party’s thinking and said, “Yes, you two can go down and ask the prisoners, they should all know.”

Neither the captain nor the first mate planned to send anyone down to inquire, because they already believed Leo’s words, and the faces of the two became ugly. The captain beat the table hard, and gritted his teeth and said, “No wonder Those guys would hand over this ship to me so readily, and also hand over the task to me. It turns out that they caused trouble and wanted to make me a scapegoat. Damn, damn! I should have thought that those guys had no good intentions .”