Chapter 585 I Don't Bother with Uncultured People
"Would the proud Elven royal court have offered a World Tree seed for me, a half-elf, in the past?"
"Probably!"
Nelia hesitated for a moment before reluctantly answering, but in her heart she kept asking herself, "Really? I guess so!"
Allen also fell into deep thought. He used to be a staunch believer in bloodlines. He had no prejudice against Qin Mo because she was his teacher's son; otherwise, he wouldn't have taught her so diligently! It was only in recent years, under Qin Mo's silent influence, that Allen's views gradually changed, and he began to regard all people with elven blood as his own brothers and sisters.
"Qin Mo, no matter what, once our World Tree is restored, I will definitely give you a World Tree seed. I swear in the name of the Elf King!" Nelia said very seriously.
"Alright, alright, that's all for the future. Let's play cards while things are calm for now!" Qin Mo's attitude was somewhat casual, which made Nelia a little annoyed.
The great elf, however, sensed something else: "Xiao Mo, you just said that while the winds are calm... do you mean we'll encounter a storm?"
"I can't say for sure. We'll know in twenty days. Three with one!"
Actually, winter is not the best season to cross the North Pacific. From October to March of the following year, the influence of the Aleutian Low is at its peak, and frontal cyclones often form, accompanied by heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds.
These weather conditions are a major threat to all sailing vessels. Without weather satellite warnings, you don't know the extent of the influence of a frontal cyclone, and some frontal cyclones have a very large influence range, with large waves appearing hundreds of nautical miles outside the front.
After ten days at sea, Qin Mo stopped playing cards. He then summoned the captains, first mates, and star officers from the other four ships and presented them with a painstakingly compiled "Detailed Explanation of Winter Climate in the North Pacific."
“Cyclones have cold fronts and warm fronts. The wind direction and sea waves in the warm front, warm zone, and behind the cold front are all different. So, by paying attention to these differences, you can determine the current location of the ship and thus find the direction of the navigable semicircle.”
"It's okay if you don't understand right now. Don't panic if you encounter bad sea conditions. Our ship is big enough and has a steam engine. Its ability to withstand wind and waves is far superior to that of ordinary sailboats. As long as you are careful and calm, storms are nothing to worry about!" Qin Mo looked at the group of bewildered pointy-eared elves and patiently reassured them.
Before Qin Mo prepared for his transoceanic voyage in his previous life, he had crammed on the climate and sea conditions of the North Pacific and how to deal with them. Later, he actually encountered a storm, and then he died in a role-playing game.
Although he encountered several storms after coming into this world and escaped unharmed, he still harbored some apprehension about the storms in the Pacific Ocean.
Fortunately, Qin Mo is now operating a steam-powered sailboat of over 5,000 tons, not a small or medium-sized sailboat of tens or hundreds of tons. Its ability to cope with wind and waves is also very strong. If the hull were mostly made of steel instead of wood, he wouldn't be worried at all.
When an ordinary sailboat encounters a storm, if the sails are raised, the canvas on the mast will be soaked with water, making it several times heavier than usual. Coupled with the strong winds, it's not uncommon for the tall wooden mast to break or even capsize the boat.
However, if the sails are lowered during a storm, the sailboat will lose power. A sailboat without power is truly doomed to perish by sheer luck, forced to take the beating without fighting back and quietly wait for the storm to pass.
Steam power overcame this difficulty; steam-powered ships could adjust their course at will and escape danger zones as quickly as possible.
"Everyone, remember these coordinates. The first few coordinates are small islands where we can rest. The last coordinate is our final meeting point. If you get separated, meet up there."
Qin Mo finally rehearsed all the possible contingencies with the captains before concluding the impromptu meeting.
As the fleet ventured deeper into the ocean, the sailors and even the captain began to get nervous. The ship's star officer would report every little thing to Qin Mo, which made Qin Mo, who was not very nervous to begin with, suspicious and extremely annoyed.
"Look at this normal weather, how could it be the prelude to a storm? This ship is as stable as if it were on land, what are they so nervous about!" Qin Mo persuaded and sent the nervous star officer away, then turned around and complained to Allen and Nelia.
"Who told you to explain it to them in such a complicated way? Even I couldn't understand that nonsense! No wonder they were confused and nervous. You might as well not have told them anything at all; the elves' seafaring talent can handle any storm..."
Nelia was also confused by Qin Mo's talk of "low-pressure zone" and "navigable semicircle" at the time, and Qin Mo even made fun of her a couple of times. She had been holding a grudge ever since, so when she saw Qin Mo make a fool of himself, she naturally wanted to laugh at him.
"Allen, you also think she's right?"
"I...I didn't understand either. Are those things you said really useful?" The great elf hadn't understood either at the time, and now he added insult to injury for Qin Mo.
"I...I won't stoop to the level of someone who's uncultured!"
Qin Mo walked away angrily, now wishing he could unleash a storm to show his arrogant cousin what he was capable of.
Fate did not grant Qin Mo's wishes. The fleet sailed for more than thirty days without encountering any major storms. Based on the longitude calculated by several precision marine chronometers, the fleet was now not far from the North American continent.
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