MTL - Pirate Alliance-Chapter 16 Feasibility study of crossing the windless zone

"An important reason and basic method for us to dare to make the decision to cross the windless zone are actually based on the same foothold..." Grisha and Qiubai were walking on the deck while introducing him.

The ship is heading towards night, but because the time is extremely tight, if they want to reach the North Sea within ten days, they must take the risk of sailing at night in the crisis-filled New World.

Crossing the Great Route laterally, crossing the windless belt, and sailing in the North Sea for a while, ten days is extremely short and urgent.

Even if they successfully crossed the windless belt, it is difficult to say whether they will be able to achieve their goal on time.

"Earlier, I said that there are important minerals needed by the world government on my hometown Xiaoyan Island, right?"

"Yes, so the key is the mineral?" Qiubai thought of a certain possibility.

"Yes," Grisha couldn't be surprised by the sensitivity of the young man in front of him, and he continued:

"Hailoushi... Have you heard of it?"

Is it really this thing? This does not seem to be what Qiu Bai expected.

After all, there are only a handful of types of minerals that can be valued by the world government and even used as "strategic materials", and there is no doubt that Hailou stone can be one of them, and it is probably the only one that Qiubai knows about.

Although he expected it, his face remained calm, "No, I haven't heard of it at all, Hailoushi... What is that?"

There was nothing wrong with his reaction. Not all New World residents knew about Hailou Stone.

So the captain had to continue to explain, "Hailou stone is a special material, in short, it can emit the same energy as the sea, and this energy can make our ship 'invisible'... This is what I think of The only way to get through the possibilities of the windless belt."

At this time, the two had reached the position of the bow.

The bow of the Giant is extremely special. Qiubai had noticed it earlier. It seems that its bow has been specially modified. It looks like a huge flat "funnel" raised high.

In fact, it is a funnel.

"After entering the windless zone, we will dump the powder of the sea floor stone from the funnel, and then the powder will flow from the bow and the bottom of the ship to the stern due to inertia and weight, forming a membrane-like structure. , this membrane can shade the Giant - we even modified the entire bottom structure of the Giant's hull for this purpose."

"Although the windless zone is the nest of the sea kings, if the ship's breath can be shielded with sea towers, it should theoretically be possible to avoid the attack and pass the windless zone safely."

...if there were no sea kings that suddenly blew the wind and popped up at the bottom of the boat for no reason.

This explanation from Captain Grisha hides the most crucial role of the sea tower...because it has the same nature as the sea, the sea tower is actually the most important weapon used against people with abilities like Ain. The ineffectiveness of the Devil Fruit's ability is what the World Government should pay attention to.

At this time, the sea floor stone inlay technology of the Navy Headquarters has probably not been invented yet, so the Navy's ships do not have the ability to cross the windless zone, but according to Captain Grisha's instructions, it is indeed feasible, because the two The principle is the same.

But there are still some problems.

"According to what the captain said before, this mineral called 'Hailou Stone' seems to be an important controlled material, so how did you get it?" Qiubai asked.

Even if there is a sea floor stone deposit on the small rock island, it is also the property of the world government. Under strict control, it is difficult for miners to obtain it, and the possibility is even zero.

And as an important strategic material, it is extremely rare and expensive, just like what Captain Grisha said... How much sea rock would it take to get through the windless zone?

In that case, it would not be considered sea tower stones, but gold coins.

If there are so many Hailou stones, can't you just sell them directly on the black market? That's a smart way to make a fortune. Why take the risk to cross the windless belt?

Furthermore, the hardness of hailou stone is comparable to that of diamonds. Did the miners have absolutely no way to process hailou stone and grind them into powder? The hand speed and arm strength of being single for 50 years cannot be achieved.

"To be precise, we don't really have Hailou stone, what we have is the 'residual ore' of Hailoushi - a small amount of Hailoushi is mixed with a large amount of stone, which is completely worthless in terms of mining and processing costs. things, so they were abandoned by the World Government before we could take advantage of them."

The captain said with a hint of helplessness, if there were still minerals left, they wouldn't be transporting fruit to the North Sea.

It is conceivable that the World Government will not give up anything that has a trace of value, and the worthless things abandoned by the World Government, ironically, have become the biggest means of reliance and life-saving for this group of people. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

The people at the bottom essentially rely on these things that the upper layers disdain to survive, whether it is Hailou stone or other.

Whether it is this world or other worlds, Qiubai has enough knowledge about this.

But then everything makes sense, and Qiubai also thinks it's reasonable:

Miners never have the ability to compete with the world government for resources.

"In that case, I have one last question... How is the route determined?"

The recording needle will only point to the next island, but it will not point to the direction of the windless belt. If there is no means to identify the direction, the Giant will continue to wander and will not be able to reach the windless belt.

"It's very simple... There is a species of fish in the New World called 'Golden Swordfish'. Whenever this season, the fish will swim back to the North Sea to breed. At this time, their characteristic is that no matter what water they are put in, they will always live forever. They will all swim towards the North Sea," said Captain Grisha, who used this simple method to identify the direction.

"Even in a fish tank?" Qiu Bai asked rhetorically.

"Even in a fish tank." The captain replied affirmatively.

"Then please take good care of your fish tank."

Captain Grisha's fish tank was definitely the most important fish tank in history at this time, and the entire ship's life was on it.

"Don't worry about this, we even have a bathtub full of this kind of fish." The captain himself is definitely more cautious than Qiubai, an unexpected visitor.

But Qiubai pouted slightly.

Who is it? Where can there be a bathtub on this little broken boat?

Well, his vicious mental activity reflects the most real thing, there really is no such high-end thing as a bathtub on the little broken boat.