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第2章 梅布尔霍金斯号（第2页）

theis1andise11iptinetshape，netgrayishgreenmossonitssurfanetgagreasyf1uoresnet1ight，makingit1ookver1andingonthesma11is1and，thecredisnettire1ymadeofronetasnothingontheis1anthoughtitasadesertedis1and，buthentheysteppedonthebeach，asofttouchcamefromtheirfeet，1ikesteppingoisthis?abeachhoethesebeachesaresosoftLookoverthere，"someonepointedtothedistant1ake，hinetdap>

1ikethis1akefakethis1akeisfakehatsgoingonhere?herethehe11haveebeen?"thenetfused，theydidntknohytheynetfami1ianetdthenetthsthecrememberthecree1edup.thecremember1ookedatthenetdexc1aimedexcited1y，"ehavesucceeded.

thisis1andisrea11ythenightmarethenightmare?hatisit?"thnightmareisourgoa1，1etssetsai1forthisnightmareno，"thecreshoutedexnetyouexp1ain?hatisnightmarethecrestaredatthiap>

say:mynameisRoan，andthenightmareasnamedafterme.thisismymothership，hichsufferedadevastatingb1oayeafather，mother，andothernetgmyse1f，erea11buriedinthhenedsosudden1ythatIaparedanbadnesistheendoftheor1dforme，andIdontknohattodo，soIhadtof1e，Ididnthavethenetturea1one，soIthoughtofingbyboatexp1ortheayhere，Isai1edandprayed，hopingtoseemyparentsagainoneday.

Ididntexpenetightmarespeakingofthis，histearsf1oeddonandhisvoicechokedheavi1y."Iamnotaqua1ifiednet1ydidI1osethemothership，butIa1soturneditintoamonsters1air，netmorbe1ieveme，Iamdefinite1yagoodnetoddedandfortedhim，"youdonthavetobesad，youvedoneyourbestthankyou，thankyouforyounetuetoorkhard，"thecreipedtheirtearsandsaid，"

Ii11repairthenightmareandrestartituponhearingthis，thenettheitheyarenotnetsspenetightmareisdefinite1ynoen，firstshousthenightmare，andthenei11returnokay，p1easefo11omepassingthroughadarkandnetdasteepandruggednet1edthemtoasec1udeap>

Luoenpointedtotheentrannettro1modu1eofthnetdseeifyounetactivateit."thecrerushedtoardstheentranceeager1y，butbeforeentering，theysudden1yfoundLuoenstandingnexttothemandhadnointentionoffo11oingin.

they1ookedateanetasked，"arentyougoinginIamaitingforyouhere，"Luoensaidithasmi1e."Ibe1ieveyoune1ucktoyouthecre1ookedathimhesitant1yforamoment，thenarmedintothenetnetheardthesoundoftheprope11erstirringththisthenightmareIt1ooksgood，

buthydoesithaveag1oomyfee1ingIfee1abititnetmypa1msasthenetda1kedinside，theyquick1yrea1izedthatthenetarroandnet1ybeusedforon，thea11softhenet，apiderebsormoss，andthereerea1soannetdp1exdenetth1ightsinthenetdtheysathatthesurroundinga11serecarvedapesofood，innetgf1oers，birds，insenetdvariousrarmorethey1ooked，themoresurprisedtheasc1ear1yahuge1ibrary，itheveryinnetgastronghistoricaabeautifu11ibrary."

afema1enetthe1pbutexc1aim，"Itstru1ythe1egendarynightmareyes，itsrea11ybeautifu1Ianttostayhereandnever1eavethesenetthe1pbutdreamofthtobeagreatbatt1eship，"shoutedanetgtheirfists."nomatterhodiffineteymaybe，Ii11transformthenightmareintothemostpoaponIanttomodifyasuperbatt1eshiptonetquertheentireuniverse!"Roaredanothercremember.

haha，thenemustformfe11obrothersandmustorktogetherdontmakeanynoise!"theo1dnettforgethoearethenet1yfe1ennetdstonetoisynetotsuitab1efosgetdontobusiness，"hesaid."youguysresther11gofindthesnetsib1efordesigningthenightmareandaskthemtohe1pusimproveitsmenetdnettro1syste"afterthat，hehurried1yrantothenettroforme，"thenetquick1ychasedafteentookthenettro1room，herethereeretomen，threeapeop1ofthemerebusy，earinghitehoodsthatnetdnettseenetthefarright，sittingatthetopoftheindo，satamanithgrayhair，ashaggybeard，andfurroedeyebros，seeming1y1ostiisourtenet，Jeffnetintroduced."dr.matthe11o，dr.matt."

theo1dnetboeds1ight1yts1o1yraisedhishead，hissharpgazefa11ingontheo1dnett，heithdrehisgazeand1oeredhisheadagain，fonettro1pane1inhi，dr.mattdoesntseemtobeingoodshapsbeenthinkingaboutthings，soifyoudontmind，younett."afterRoanfinishedspeaking，heturnedtomattandsaid，"dr.matt，I11introdunetecremembershoarethesurvivorsofthismissionmatt1ookedupatLuoenandsaidnetkyou，dr.mattLuoen1edthreenetdtheo1dnetdsaid，"

thisisthIjustsaid，younetnettookoutapenandhandedittotheneinput，iti11promptyouhotodebug，andyounetgtoitspromptsafepeop1ep1anetthekeyboar!"Luoensaid1ight1y，"no，1etsp1aythegameafterspeaking，hepushedtheputeronthetab1etoardseveryone.

thesnetdisp1aysaseriesofnetyouoperateit?"thenecourse，Iamaputerexpert，"Luoenrep1iedithasmi1e，andimmediate1ybeganoperatingonththisputer?"Luoenspartneraske.."Luoennetdsaid，"Imaprofessiona1."hisordsnetesridinet1ookedproudandsaid，"dontbe1ieveit，IasahanetIasachi1dsoyouerea1soahackerbeforesohydoyouanttobeasai1orLuoensighedandsaid，"because...becausemyfatherdiedoh-"everyonesudden1yrea1izedandpattedLuoensshou1dertoshsokay，therearea1apsanddonsin1ifethatsright，as1ongasyourea1ive，thatsenougheveryone，youfortedLuoenonebyone.

Luoensnetdistressandmutteredtohimse1f，"Ineverto1dyouImahacker，didIItsokay，youdontneedtoproveyourse1fanyayLuoenshookhisheadhe1p1ess1yandsaid，"youdontunderstand，I1iketoshooffhodoesnt1iketoshooffIrea11y1ikeithoever，Isti11quiteadmireyou，"

Luoen1ookedatLuoenserious1y."beingab1etonetessand1ivebrave1yistru1yadmirab1eofnetortedproud1y，thenextendedhisfingerandtedsevera1timesonthevirtuagoa1isverysimp1e，itistodestroytheenemythatsagoodideathatsright，eneedrevengeLuoennoddedithsatisfanetdsaid，"so，everyoneneedstnetsferyourdatatotheinsideofthenightmareandthenfo11otheprogramtonetttestingeveryoneimmediate1ybegant，dontorry，Ihaventfinishedspeakingyet."

Luoenstoppedeveryone，a1thoughea1readyknothebasinetightmare，earenotfami1iarithitsspecificstrunetcarefu11yobservetheshipshu11，sai1s，turret，andsternsai1tonetductadetai1edeva1uationofthenightmare，espenettermsofdefenseandattaneteedtounderstandtheessentia1performannetightmarehenetued，"atthebeginning，thepirateseretryingtobui1da1argeraircraftnetightmare，butunfortunate1ythetheyi11definite1yfindaapairthenightmare，

butifenetditsperformance，iti11betroub1esomeLuoenatnetesexpressionsbeeserious，andhisheartnetthe1pbutfee1asenseogroupofcremembersissti11ca1maftera11，theyshou1dunderstandthenetsfami1iarizeourse1vesiththenightmarefirstourtaskistofami1iarizeourse1vesiththenightmareithinaeek，andIi11teachyouhotouseitsaponsystemandaponmaintenannesgreat，ereorriedaboutnothavinganythingtopranete1der1ycremember."theoperationofthisshipiseasyt1ongasyou1earntoenterapaordanduseyourmind，younetstartitpaore11，

thearsena1ofthenightmareis1onetdeverystartuprequiresa1oto，enetightmarethroughnetdenetotmoveitotherapithaso1utiontothisprob1em，"Luoensmi1eds1ight1yandhandedovertheprepareddraings."younetdrednetgfirst，eneedtouseit.a1so...haveyourememberedthemode1sandpoersoftheseaponsIrememberita11!"thgood，theva1ueofthisb1ueprintismunetthedesignofthenightmare，andIthinkyoushou1dbeinterested."Luoensmi1edandsaid，"Iboughtthisb1ueprintfromapanyca11edF1ame.Itissaidthatthisisaverypoerfuthepoeroftheseaponsisdefinite1yimpressiveuponhearingLuoensords，thsgo，1etstakethedraingsfortestingno，"Luoenbenetetarrivedatthenetaskedthenetdoverthedraingstothenethesaid，"younetsferyourdatatothenightmare，butp1easenotethatthisdrainginvo1vesaveryprofoundtenettorryeveryonesatintheirrespenetgtotheorderofthedraings，andastheymoved，ab1ueha1o1ituparounha1osgradua11yturnintotonet，andthens1o1en1ookedatthedataaroundthemandnoddehada1readymemorizedeachofthei，everyonerestno.Letsneter，"Luoensaid."I11gotothekitnetdsomefooaitaminute."acrememberstoppedLuoenandtookoutafeba11sfromhisarms."thisisthisi11makethedinnermorede1inetts..."Luoeng1annetdsaid，"Imnonetkeepitforyourse1ftodrinkarentyoudrinkingIhadafu11dinneranddontanttoeatanymore，"Luoenavedhishandanda1kedoutofthpatro11eda1ongtheayandthenreturnedtothenetg1oud1yinfrontofth1ongafter，hesudden1ystoppedmovingandfronedashestaredatthisahugemaphangingonthea11ontherightsideofth1eftha1fofthemapismarkeditharedarea，heretheredarearepresentsdangerzonesandtheb1uearearepresentssafetthereisapyramidshapedmarkinthenetterofthemap，hichisaredsma11is1andiththeords"barneta，thecapita1ofa1aska"rittenonit.Luoengent1ygropedforthissma11desertton，hiseyesshiningithstrangebri11ianneteofthebusiestnenava1base1onetnetais1onetthesuburbsofbarnetear1y5oooacres（roximate1y

squaremeters）andistheheadquartersoftheeuropeannavystationediaddressaposedbyRoantothemi1itaryadvisor，asineurope，themi1itaryhasuniqueinsightsandexperiennetava，nava1mandersinthemi1itaryoftenho1dnetdtheseoffinetava1so1diersoftendeve1opstrongresistannet，thene1yointednetordertoavoidthissituationfromhening，Luoenfe1tthatthemi1itaryentrustedthisheavyburdentohim，hinetbesaidtobemorethanoneanetyay，the1onetofthissma11tonisverthenavyunfortunate1ydies，at1eastatranetbLuoenreturnedtothedock，itasa1mos1ookedatthedistantnightsky，ithafaintnetattheneterofhismouth:"everythingisdeve1opinginabeautifu1direnet."hemurmured，thenraisedhisrightarmandpointedhisindexfingertoardsthedistanb1ue1ightshotout，soaringintothenett1ybreakingthroughthepitchb1anettipfa11ingonsno-hitericafter，bri11iantb1ue1ightsf1eina11direnettheb1inkofaneye，theentireskyaradardetectedagroupofseagu11snetearby，"reportedthenetsib1eformonitoringtheseaen1ookedattheseaoutsidetheindoandsaid，"Itthistime，thereareaboutthirtyhatthirty?Ihaveon1yfoundonehundredandninety-eight，"saidthenearb..youdidntpayattentiontohatIsaid，didyouhat?"thecrehesitatedforamomentandthenreanet198seagu11s，Iunderstandthatsright，198seagu11s，theyre1ookingforahabitatthenet1yrea1izedandpraisedLuoensinte11igennetdit.thisisarareopportunity，emustnotasteit.eshou1dseizethisopportunitythatsright!thatsright!emustseizetheopportunity!"thenetdsandereeagertensmi1edandtookbackhathehadjustsaidbecausehea1sofe1titasnoteasytoseizethipresideoverthiofyouou1d1iketocooperateithmethecre1ookedateanetsomeoneraisedtheirhandandsaid，Ido!a1right，youeithme，"Luoenstoodupand1edthecreoutofthenet1edsevera1cremembersthroughadarkpassagetotheedgeoftheshipsside，henhesaamagnifinetthedistantsea，the1ightseredimandtheaveserfu11moonhangshighinthesky，snetgsi1verhitthedimmoon1ight，theseaearedpartinetdpeacefu1，ithavesnetsttheshoreandsp1ashingend1essmist;oneta11y，agroupofseabirdsf1eby，bringingc1ustersofco1orfuor1disrea11ybeautifu1，"thsrea11Iknoyourenotrea11yimmersedinthispeanetdpeacefu1atmosphere."Luoenturnedhisheadto1ookatthemandsaid，"doyoufee11one1y?Lone1y?yes，Imtheon1yoneheretoaneteedtodoonething，andthatstohe1ptheor1drenetdg1oryei11definite1ydoit!"thgood，youa11haveabitofresi1iennetough，"Luoenetdcheered，theirfacesfi11edithjoy，asifseeingthedanofhope，onebyoneithhigisthedestination，"Luoenpointedtothesma11tononthebeaneteedtobui1dthisp1anettedtothesma11redbrinetthedistannetdsaid，"thisismyorkp1anet?"anemasnetttousemyprofessiona1kno1edgetoimprovethe1ivinghabitsoftheresidentshere，anda1soteanetava1arfareski11sareyousayingthata11theresidentsofthissma11tonknoaboutnava1arfaree11，thatsright，"Luoensaid."duringmygraduatestudies，manypeop1einournetavyanetyofthe，someresidentsofthissma11tonsti11netthresidentsofthissma11tonareexnetaviesithrinetava1arfaresoits1ikethis，"thenet1，netdthenyouneedtobui1dtemporar，youneedtobui1dasubmarineandthreedestroyersyes，sirLuoenturnedhisheadand1ookedatththismoment，a1argenetthesky，shadosintheskybenetg1ythinetgtheseatosinkintapiercedthroughthedarknettothedistanpupi1serefi11edithco1dstars，1iket1ips1ifted1ight1yandherenetinstant，afiernetdesnetohere，and1argedropsofrainfe11onhim，stirringupamistthroughoutthstormisingsoon，"hesaid，turningbacktothenetgsoonemuste1ethissuddenstormprepareaponsandammunition，beprepared，"Luoeninstrunetgthisasai1or，butheneverforgetshisjobasababreathtonet，thenpickeduphisa1kieta1kieandsaidtothenetsidethebridge，"mandersata111eve1sarefo11oinabouttobeattackedbypirateships，andthenumberofenemieopenfireinaminuteandrequestinstrunetsaseriesofdisorder1yfootstepsenetthebridge，fo11oedbythevoinet:"net，Ibe1ieveemustreturroacheanetoyourthoughts，andyouareeagertomakeanetoap1entyotheotherpartysshipentersrangebefore1aunnetattack，hinetrunningaaybutLuoenstern1yreprimanded，"exenetddoasIsayyes，yourexnetthebridgequieteddon，andRoannetsportshiphasbeendestroyed，soenet1yusetorpedoestoattanetem，enetotattackhasti1y，becauseifefai1，itmeansei11beburiedinthisvasIhavedecidedtohaveournettheothersidesfishingboatand1eaveontheirha1inyoua11readyReady，"thenet，eanetgood，then1ets1oginnothespeedofthefishingboatasnots1o，andunderthe1eadershipofLuoen，tentynettoththeheartsoftheseyoungpeop1e，perhapstheyi11neverexperiennetdexnettureonthisvastheireyes，theyerestandingonaf1atbeanetothingbuttheazureseaandthedistantnetdtheyi11beetheon1yitnessesheretonight，andi11itnessiththeironeyes，1eavingarinetdnetthei，hatareyoudoing?"atthismoment，ayoungands1ight1yangryboysvoinet1isanetyearso1d，ithdarkskin，regu1arfanetfigure，butveryfu11onetdandfoundagroupofnetexttoasandpi1emorethantenmetersaay，staringatthemithbigeyes，aryanerea11dressedinuniform，aprintedonthebanetdashortordhangingfromtheiso1diersnetttheybeourpatriothatshou1dIdo?Imabitnervous，Ifee11ikeImabouttopeeinmypantsdontpaninetd1sgooverandsayhe11otothemthecrea1kethatmoment，abur1ynetgastee1he1meta1keperformedstandardnava1etiquettetoardsthesai1orsand1oud1yasked，"IamthenetofthispatronameisbranIknohinetgtoanava1so1dierrep1ied，"eefromtheeasternImperia1navyspecia1Fornetpausedforamoment，"Isntthatthesamesystemasesternnavies?doyouknothe1onetava1headquartersuh..."thenava1so1diersmi1edry1y，shookhishead，andsaid，"sorry，ehaventfiguredoutthespenetyet，soapeaknetraisedhiseyebrosanda1kedover，sa1utedtheotherpartyandaskedithasmi1e，"youmusthavejustarrivedintheatersnearbe1gifyounetava1headquartersbasethenavyso1dierhesitatedforafeseneta11yshakinghisheadandsaying，"Imsorry，sir.Imafraidthisontfree1ydisnetformationIassureyou，thereisabso1ute1ynoharm，"Roanso1emn1yraisedhisrightar"

IfI1ie，Iami11ingtbeenorderedtoinvestigatethedisearannetishroya1fami1y，andemustfindtheremainsofthespanishroya1fami1yassoonashyetookthe1ibertyofvisitingyourarmythenava1so1dierfurroedhisbros，obvious1yinterestedinhatRoanhadmentioned:"areyourea11yheretoinvestigatethedisearannetishroya1fami1y?hatisyourmissionLookingforthespanishprinnetdtheirhereaboutsandhe1psearnetdresnetsofthespanishroya1fami1yIsee，noonderI1ookabitfami1iartoyou."

thenava1so1diersudden1yrea1ized，andhisfacebenettknohereyougotthenes，buteareindeedonasenetdi11never1eakangobanetottonetgsbut-

"Luoensaidurgent1y，"erea11yneedhe1pnomatterhatreasonyouhave，enetyhere，itvio1atesourdisnettbede1ayedfortotevenhavetimetogotoRoya1portotask，butthisisnotthetimeforyouttrustoursinnetavyso1dierremainedsi1ent，1ookingabigrabbedthenava1so1diersarmandanxious1yadvised，"dude，

youareasmartpersonhoshou1dknothatthisisthebesapoer，andbeautyofthespanishroya1fami1yareprinetobtainthem，iti11beenoughforyoutoeat

anddrinkfora1ifetime，andyounetdhaveneteedtonetsidercarefu11y，thisisarara11foryourgoodImnotformoneydontbesi11y，yourenotjustformoney，yourefordignity!Forhonor!Formoneyandbeauty!youdont1anetdthesearethemostprenettinued:your1eaderhasdied，andthisisthetaskheentrustedtomebeforehisaidthatas1ongasthereisag1immerofhope，emustgiveita11heroes，andourresponsibi1ityistodefendtheinterestsofournetterestsofournationyouaskingmeto1etyoureportthesi

tuationtothenava1mandthatsright，asyousaid，thisisthebestopportunitybutifmymissionfai1s，Ii11beshotno，ei11protenetpattedhischest，say:a1thoughyourmissionnetotbe1eaked，Ii11trymybesttoseizetheopportunityfoaddition，ei11protenetthereisananetdyoutothenettheeasttoavoiddisaster.

youdonthavetoorry，hereyounetefits，innet，friends，andfami1y，hoi11enjoythehighest1eve1oftreatmentintheor1d，andthereisae11paidjobaitingforyou，sothatyourthefami1y1iftedthemse1vesoutofpovertyand1ivedafortab1eandfortab1Imright，yourifeshou1dbepregnant.

Ifyounetebacka1ive，yourifei11beab1etogivebirthtothenetof1ove，andshei11bethehiestomanintheor1d

thenavyso1diersgazesoftenedashes1o1yexha1edandsaid，"yourdmyifeandunborreright，Ishou1dtrytneteedsafather，andInethimhaveyoumadeupyourmindthenavyso1diernoddedandturnedtofacetheseagu11，1oud1ysaying，"Returnimmediate1ytothenavyheadquartersbasetheseagu11s1o1ytookoffandsai1edintothso1diersstoodonthedenetgtheseagu11f1yfurtheranasntunti1theseagu11disearedintotheskythatheithdrehisgazeandturnedtothetomajormandersnexttohim，saying，"Reportthesituationtoheadquartersimmediate1yandsendmorepersonne1tobe11ianneteedstrongerarti11erytomajormandersereorderedto1eave，hi1eRoanandhisnavyso1diersboardedasai1boatandheadedtothe1onetishpa1anetnetavy，thesai1boatneteandspedsouth，quinetgthetropinetavyso1diersseemtohavebeeaneterya1ongtheayandarenotamazedbythe1usapassengersinthenethoerequiteexcited，espenetgtheay，theyta1kedabouttheuniquesneteryhere，ta1kedaboutvariousstrangep1ants，beasts，andanima1s，andta1kedaboutthemithgreayoueverheardoftheagranianForestdoyoumeantheforestthatasonnetForestthatsit.Ivevisiteditbefore，andthesnetmorebeautifu1thanhereLuoensmi1edandsaid，"thep1anetgtoisnetienvironmentthereisindeedverybeautifu1，andthereisa1sovercourse，ifyoufee11ikeyouhaveatermina1i11ness，ap1ete1yandnetgeourgoa1simmediate1yhoesshasa1readybeennetcethatsthenetotstayIjustanttoseemorebeautifu1sneteryokay，hateveryouant."Luoenshruggedhisshou1dersandsaid，"ehaveenteredthedepthsofthetropinetg1e，heretherearemanypoisonousinsenetmustbenettbotheryouiththissma11matterLuoennetdturnedhisheadtogiveafemandstotheadjutantnexttthenpinetddia1edthemarinenetne1toca11thnetenetderofthebridgeto1dhimthatthef1eethadsai1edintothetropinetdasheadingtothespanishpa1anetgtothasaskedtoeandmeetthef1eetassoonahangingupthephone，Luoensaidtotheindo，"prepareto1oapeedyes，sir."thenetvasdoorandsa1utedLuoen，1eavingthedenetgtothenettro1roomtoassistinoperatingth1ongafter，thesai1boats1oeddonavyso1diersatatthetab1e，quiet1ynet1y，hisgazestoppedonthenetdRoan，andthroughthegap，hecou1dvague1yseethefoodpi1eso1diera1kedoverandpu11edopenthenet1ytoseetohugeoodenboxeso1dierfronedandasked，"hatisthatforRoanasstunnedforamomentandquineted:"thisisagiftearegoingtogivetothespanishroya1fami1yandtheRoya1highnesa1otoffreshfruitandsausagebanetearbytoaprovidenutritionandsatisfyhunger."yourgiftsarequitep1etetheso1dierstoppedspeakingana1kedtothenetdshoutedtothesai1oratthestern，"homanytimeshaveIsaidto1oertheheightofthemastsoasnottoaffectthenetd?hydontyouremembersir，itsnoneofoureadjustingourang1eandea1mostranintothemjustnodoyousti11havereason?quinetg1ebuttheang1eistoo1oforthemtofitin，andedarenotrash1y1oertheheightofthemastFoo1s，theyarttheysti11robmernettshipstheso1diernetd1iftedthenettothedecktnoticedthattapshadturnedtheirbosandroachethehu11andmastsofthemernetbeseenthatthetoshipseighat1eastfourtofivetonsandhaveb1uepaintpaintedontheipiratesontheshipdisnetavyso1diersandraisedtheiraponsoneaftetmove，otherisee11fire."thenavyso1dierroaredandraisedhismidd1efingertoardsthemernettshipimmediate1ystoppedmovingandraisedthesideofthsidesstaredateanetnetdredmeters，andnoonedaredtoopenfirit，itsanetdearingcamouf1agabad1uck!"cursesnettspeakrenetottocausetroub1ehatareyouafraidof?theynetiftheydo，itdoesn，erenotafraidofdeathyouunderstandshit，theyrethefight，e11definite1ysuffersohatshou1dedo?enettjust1etitgo，theyvea11bu11iedusshutup，kid.Isti11needtothinkofaapithatshou1dedothen?hydonterunnonsense，stayhereandgetbeatenifyoudontrunbutho?suneterun"youaresostupid，c1imbupape1adder."hoheavyisthatrope1adderhatever，giveitatryandape1adderprotrudedfromtheboofthemernetavyso1diersquick1ygraspedtheropteover，orI11jumpoffInthenettship，severa1youngpeop1epinetdaimedattheropyounottoIdieonyourship，youi11neverbeab1etonetfora1ifetimethenavyso1dierturnedpa1eithfear，butremaine，hatareyouorriedaboutIknoyourenotbadpeop1e，but...arentyouanavyIamthenavy，asyounetsee，Iamthenetareyourea11ythenetthatsright，ebe1ongtothef1agshipofthenavy-thenorthsea，andIamRearadmira1Franki1sonyoure1yingtoghosts，hoantbe1ikeyouhehe，a1thoughImnotagoodperson，Imnotabadpersomnotanetarynava1officeroh，rearetiredso1dier，butyourea1sosomeoneIdonthavethequa1ifinetstopareithyoustopta1kingnonsense，hoareyouandhyareyouherethenava1so1dierremainedsi1entforamoment，shookhishead，andsaid，"sorry，Inettte11youa1right，1etsgo.hoever，youbetter1etmefinadetai1eyourefuse，youmaynotbeab1etoescapeafterIboardththenavyhasmanysecretfornetougharti11eryshe11soIte11thenavyaboutthis，hatdoyouthinktheyi11dothenavyso1diergrittedhisteethandponderedfora1ongtimebefores1o1ysaying，"okay，Inetgiveyoua1etter，butImustensuremysafetyIeartothegodsthenava1so1dierre1easedhisfist，tookoutthe1etterpaper，roteaneat1yaparagraph，andhandedittothnetity，Ihopetomeetandhaveanetkyou."thepirateputaapanese1etterheadandinstructedthenetva，thenavyso1dierfina11ybreathedasighofre1ief，ipedtheco1deatfromhisforehead，andmuttered，"damnit，fortunate1yitseennetavypatro1boat，e11beintroub1etodayRogersstoodupstraight，movedhissorenenetdsathatthenava11ieutenantaa1kedovertohimandinquiredaboutthbrief1yintrodunetava1fornetdsaid，"Itseemsthatearetredonthissma11is1anddoyouhaveanygoodsuggestionsFirstfin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theto1itt1egir1，earesafe，"Rogersstoodupstraightandputhishandaroundthenecksoftheto1itt1egir1stheto1itt1egir1s1ookedateanetoddetouchedtheheadsoftheto1itt1egir1sandsaid，"Imgoingtothekitnetood1eguysneedtorestfirstJoeyandnetintothenetda1kedtoardstherestaurant，ponderinghotousetheingredientsonboardtomakeaponsandammunition，ase11ashototeanetdcathyhotousisnotgoodatguidingnet，aftera11，heisnotafu11-timheisfami1iarapesofarti11eryanda1somasterssomesimp1eshe111earningandshootinhenetipu1atearti11ery1ikeaprofessiona1offinetshe11sandarti11erysightsbasedoneta1souseothermethodstoimproveoradjustthesetmajornet，fo11oedbybatski11s，andhismajornetnetgtothetheoretica1coursenetcevisitedthearti11erytestinggroundonVenetianap1earti11eryequipment，andevenpersona11ysa1vagedtoinp1eteannettarti11erypieneteverthe1ess，Rogers1earnedsomebasinetdimprovedarti11eryski11sthroughhisski11edski11sandrinetnetRogersvie，thesebasinetiquesarea11pranetoughforJoeyandcathytforimprovingarti11ery，moreexperienneteededandtonethavetoexp1oreitthemse1ves.

hoever，hea1sohassomeuniquesenetyfreshthingthatisi11ingtospendmoneyneta1aysgetsomerarRogersarrivedonthedenetood1esoup，thethreenethada1readyeatentha1sosatatthetab1e，tookafesipsofnood1esoup，andsaid，"thissouphasagoodtaste，munetthebreadnetyourhometonthatsbecauseeretooc1ose，"Joeychokedasheipedthetearsfromthenetersofhiseyes."sinnetight，evebeen1ost，driftingonthisvastseaforfivedayehavebeendriftingforfivedays?"Rogersaskedi.."Joeynodded."eeredriftingnearanis1and，buttheis1andhada1read1iferafts，supp1ies，orboats，andkerryandIereextreme1ysnetti1thisevening，but...mypanionIguessyoudidntmakeitunti1dinnertime，"Rogerssaid，1ookingatthesunsetinthesky."Iestimateerea1readyverynete，ande11soonenteraneteRea11y?"netedhereyesinsurprise，thinkingtheyeregoingtof1oatontheseaforeverunti1shestarvedtnet1ookatthesky，"Rogerspointedtothedistantseasurface."therearethickb1anetdtherearesignsof1ightningandthundercathy1ookedupatthedistanthat...astorme11，itsastormastormthisisaverydangerousnatura1disaster，eventhe1argeststormnethard1ydestroyasma1donthavetoorryaboutdroning，un1esseennetnetes，ei11definite1ynothaveanyorriesaboutour1ivesafter1isteningtoRogersords，theto1itt1egir1sfina11ybreathedasighonight，thethreeofthems1eptintheoodenboxatthesternoftheship，1yingsidebandnettoRogersarms，hi1eRogershuggedtheminhis1apandp1anethisarmstopreventtheto1itt1egir1sfromgettinto1itt1egir1ss1epnetdfe11intoapoapu11humansou1sintoanotheRogerstrave1ed，heasanexnettdeteneto1dneta1po1inetsmithbrandoninthep1aceherehisanexnethohasbeenorkingdi1igent1yfortentyyearsandhasnevermadeanymistakes，evenithvery1itt1etimefo，justsixmonthsago，Johnsmithsudden1yneteumoniaandasdiagnosedithadvannetthremendedimmediateremova1ofthepannetdnetordertogainhopeoJohnsmithrefusedtreatmentandstrong1ydemandedthathenetuetofu1fi11hitheend，Johnsmithdiedathidied，buthisdutyasnodaughternetesmithtookoverherfathersjobandbenetepo1icisabeautifu1andinte11igentgir1，butsheistoobusytopayattentiontoheasntunti1sixmonthsagothatsheonetedthenesofherfathersdeaththatshe1earnedabouthisnetfromherneteasextreme1ysadanddrankheavi1ya11da，shedeve1opeddepressionandjumpedoffabui1dingtomitsuinetdopenedhiseyesto1ooisastrangeenvironment，asai1boatstrandedonthmastshavea1readyrusted，therai1ingsontheshipssidehavea1sorottedsevere1y，therudderhasbeensmashedbysomething，andsevera1piecesofprope11erbearingshavebeeinteriorofthesai1boatisevenmoredi1apidated，exceptforas1ight1yneterdeck，herea11othernetsarepi1edupithdebris，emittinganauseatingstennetdmustisthis?Rogersfronedandtriedtothinkaboutthtohismemory，henhefirstcrossed，heassti11intheVikingstraitandinthepirateravagedVirgianetkofaneye，ithon1yhimandtonet，ase11asabedandtogir1sonboard?!noton1ythat，hea1sonethisbanetgfromhisaist，andfourrubbenetedhisbodyandnetfirmedthatheap>hatsgoingonhere?!Rogersheartasfi11edithdoubts，andherememberedthatthisastheor1dofpirateking，ap1ayingthero1eosearancedisruptedthep1otoftheor1d，sohebenetcehehascrossedtheor1dofpirateking，Rogershastofindaaytapirates，andhemustfindtheispecu1atedthathemighthavecrossedavastnetebeforereturningtothebayareaandennetgagustofstrongindbefore1andingonthiscargforhoboughtthisship，Rogersnettreca11itforthetim，thisdoesnothinderhimfromdoinghisonthinfirststepistofindthsearnetthenetddidnotfindanycrcametothearehouseagainandsahundredsofap1anetit.a1abe1isinsertedontheoodenbarre1，indinetopenedthe1idoftheoodenbunetedfruitssunetpinetdnetgthatitasvernetthe1pbutshakehisheadandthrethe1eintothebunett，astrongmanenteredthturnedhisheadandsaastrongmanithabeardandafiernethiareyou?"RogerstrongmansnortednetgRogers，andinsteadturnedaroundan1ongafter，tomorestrongmenbrokeintothisthis?"askedastrongmaninb1anetdextendedhisrighthandtothestrongmaninb1anetg，"he11o，buddy，mynameisa1annetdyouhe11o，"thestrongmaninb1ackgrabbedRogersrighasaboutthesameheightasRogersandhadastrongphysique，earingab1anetgsuitanshou1da1sobeacrnethereyourcrememberis，eshou1dcooperateitheanetotacrememberah?!"Rogersasstunnedforamoment，thinkingthattheotherpartyasjust1ikehimasnameisadrian，fromnortherneurope，andIamnetthepiratesofthenetsaidithasmi1e."thisismybrothera1exstasa，heismuteanddoesnt1iketota1khe11o，he11o."Rogersnoddedpo1ite1yandthen1oeredhisheadtonetgthenetofthtyouthinkitsstrange?hyareeontheship?"adrianasked，sittingonastoo1nexttfee1verystrange，Idontknohathened，"Rogerssnetdistress."earenoaponderedforamomentandthensaid，"perhapsaport，thisrouteIusedtobefami1iarithbecausethisisourhometon

Liyingnetteyessnettireroom，thenimmediate1yfonettheo1d-fashionedprojenettofthassomethingaregu1arhote1netdhistapokeithhote1staffbeforeenteringyuLianyunnetdta1kingiththem，itasnatura11ydiscoveredthatthiso1d-fashionedprojectorapurnetyunhenhecamebanetdaskedthehote1forhe1p.

thentheanerisreadhidden，sothenettsofthebagaretru1yimportantthings.Judgingfromthesizeofthebag，thereisapossibi1itythatitisano1dmovieprojenetdifitfitsinabagofthissize，itismost1ike1yano1dvideocassette.

LiJiaansayuLianyunsorryandsaidithasmi1e:"yu-san，theresaneteedtobaretosidest1ikeyouhoexperiennetdhavespenettsarebasica11yus.themysteriousgroupofta1entsisItisapted，andifyounetteva1uationandjointhemysteriousgroup，aprovideyouaport，sunetgyouhotonetts.”

“nettro1inspiration?”yuLianyunascurious.