So the captain quickly put on his clothes, then staggered to the wheelhouse, picked up the microphone, and spoke.
"Attention crew members, immediately lower the anchor and head towards the open sea. We will first go to the surface of the open sea and return in two days."
The moment these words were spoken, all the crew members on the ship looked completely dumbfounded.
They didn't know why the captain would give that order.
"What's going on? Did something happen? Why did it stop in the sea?"
Just as everyone was looking on blankly, the captain turned to look at Lu Yuan and then smiled: "Because our ship has just finished cleaning the bottom part, we must go to sea as soon as possible for testing. We will check the microbial adhesion on the bottom of the ship in a couple of days, and then we will set sail."
He instantly solved two problems: one was everyone's concerns, and the other was that he found an excuse for himself. Even if he did encounter law enforcement, he wouldn't have to worry about being searched because law enforcement didn't have boats and couldn't sail to the deep sea to conduct inspections.
So the first mate and the other sailors got to work.
The ship's engine started slowly with a rumble, and then Lu Yuan felt a slight sway in his body before the ship slowly moved backward.
Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the dock recede further and further away from him.
Back in his room, he looked at the nervous Anna and said, "Alright, we're safe now, no need to be so tense!"
Hearing Lu Yuan's reply, Anna couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "That's great! I thought something else had happened, but I didn't expect you to solve it so quickly!"
After resolving the immediate problem, Lu Yuan looked at the nautical chart hanging on the wall and drew a route on it with a red pen.
This route leads from the island where they are located towards the center of Shanghai, and it will take about half a month in total.
The difference between ships today and those of the past is that ships now travel at a slower speed, and the continental area of the world has also become much wider. It seems that several earthquakes have occurred, tearing the continents into fissures and canyons.
Therefore, some locations in the deep sea have changed, and they dare not increase their speed when sailing, mainly because they are worried about running aground or hitting some underwater rocks or volcanoes.
Two days later, the ship returned to port, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as the enforcement team had long since left.
The captain quickly ordered the factory workers to load all the remaining cargo onto the ship.
After a day and a night of loading and unloading, the ship was fully loaded with all kinds of goods. With the sound of a ship's horn, the ship sailed back towards Shanghai.
Looking at the coastline receding into the distance, Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He looked up at the time and realized that he and Xiao Shan had been out of contact for almost two years. In those two years, Qi Qi seemed to be almost four years old.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan felt a pang of sorrow in his heart.
He hadn't seen his daughter and wife for so long, and he missed them terribly.
I wonder how they are doing now, whether they are doing well, and whether they are still worried about themselves every day?
During the following period, everyone basically relied on fish from the sea for their daily food.
Lu Yuan was very curious because most of the creatures on land had become extinct, but the creatures in the sea were still able to live well, which was very shocking.
However, after the captain's explanation, Lu Yuan learned that significant changes had also occurred underwater.
Many species have long since become extinct. The species they have seen are mostly new species and some mutated species that they have never seen before.
However, these mutated species evolved very quickly. In order to adapt to their new life on Earth, they evolved many new organs. In particular, seeing this fish with a human face made Lu Yuan feel nauseous.
"Can this thing be eaten? It's practically the embodiment of a mermaid, but it seems to be a very ugly mermaid!"
Lu Yuan picked up his fishing rod and cast it once, and a fish with a human face fell into the water. He immediately didn't want it anymore.
However, the sailors beside him were very excited. They quickly crowded around and grabbed the human-faced fish from Lu Yuan's hand: "Wait a minute, this thing is definitely a good thing. The rich people on the mainland love this kind of thing the most!"
"Oh, wealthy people from the mainland? You mean those from Shanghai?"
"Yes, Shanghai is no longer by the sea. A large new continent has been added there. One of the places we need to dock at is a port about 300 kilometers away from Shanghai."
It takes a long time to get to Shanghai from that place, so these human-faced fish will definitely sell like hotcakes, but storing them is a bit of a hassle!
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, looking at the ugly human-faced fish, and then decided to toss it to the sailors behind him. After all, they liked it, and Lu Yuan got along well with them, chatting and laughing along the way, which added a lot of fun to their boring voyage.
After fishing for about half an hour, when the tank was overflowing with fish, everyone decided to have a grilled fish lunch.
Several grills, fixed to the gaps in the deck, had their charcoal burning brightly inside.
Fish were placed on top, sprinkled with various seasonings, and sizzled under the high temperature.
The sound made everyone who heard it feel a sudden pang of hunger.
Anna had been busy since morning and was starving. When she smelled this aroma, she couldn't help but lick her lips.
I washed the dirt off my hands, wiped them on my apron, and went outside to see the busy crowd.
Lu Yuan turned his head and saw Anna, then handed her a skewer of grilled octopus tentacles from the grill.
"This octopus hasn't evolved or mutated yet; it tastes the same as before. Give it a try!"
Anna smiled, took the octopus tentacle, and took a small bite.
It has a chewy and bouncy texture. It also has a salty and slightly fishy taste, a familiar flavor.
"It's delicious! Is this your cooking?"
Lu Yuan nodded slightly. He had secretly planted some chili peppers, cumin, Sichuan peppercorns, and other similar things in the testing space. These were not commonly used.
Every harvest season, he collects these seasonings, grinds them, and makes all sorts of things he needs. If it weren't for his seasonings, we probably wouldn't be able to eat skewers today.
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