At this time, for some reason, the waves on the sea gradually calmed down, the research ship seemed to be stationary, and everything around it suddenly became extremely quiet, except for the occasional dazzling lightning piercing the night sky. This happened in an instant, but everyone realized the abnormality as if they had a clear heart, and they stopped what they were doing and looked out in a daze.

I noticed that the dark purple fog on the sea had spread, covering almost a third of the sky in front of me, and the black shadow of the Eastern Star in the thick fog had begun to blur, and it seemed that the direction of the reflection had changed, and the stern of the ship had turned towards us, and the size had become smaller, as if it had sailed away from us.

"Old Lu, how is it? Is there any result in the data? It seems that the situation is not quite right?" Wei Zhihua trotted behind Lu Binglin, although he deliberately lowered his voice, but in the solemn and silent laboratory, everyone could still clearly hear the apprehension in his words.

Lu Binglin didn't look up, his hand didn't leave the keyboard, his eyes stared at the screen, and he said lightly, "Wei, the data collected by itself is incomplete, we have hit dozens of times in the desert, and we only hit it once by luck, do you expect us to succeed once? ”

Wei Zhihua patted Lu Binglin on the shoulder, hurriedly returned to his desk, picked up the phone, and whispered, as if he was giving an order to adjust the direction, and as if he was determining the location of the Canglong submarine. The distance was too far for me to hear clearly, and I was about to take a few steps that way, but my hand was grabbed by Huansheng.

Huan Sheng's face was pale, his eyelids trembled slightly, his muscles seemed extremely stiff, he leaned over to me and whispered, "Old Chang, although I don't know where the Dongxing is, I can be sure that it is likely to be a place where there is no return. I also understand that even Lu Binglin can't convince Wei Zhihua, and we can't help it. ”

"But if we find out what happened to Ding Jian, prove that the death of the ship boss is directly related to the boarding of the Eastern Star, or it is possible to change Wei Zhihua's plan, we will definitely find a more secure way. ”

I turned my head and smiled at Huansheng, "Huansheng, you only have this innocent personality that hasn't changed for so many years. Do you still remember what Ding Jian told us about his discovery on the bridge tower of the Dongxing, the logbook? Ding Jian spoke in great detail, almost the last record of the seafarers of the Dongxing, he wrote down every word, I don't believe that Ding Jian only told us about this matter, so it was very strange at that time, how could Wei Zhihua and Lu Binglin ignore such an important detail?"

"Now I think about it, Ding Jian must have reported to the Maritime Safety Bureau at the earliest, Wei Zhihua should have known, Cao Team they had panicked Ding Jian, and they should have known that those descriptions were true, and even went to investigate the cause of the ship's boss's serious illness, all of which can only prove one point, that is, for the purple mist faced by the scientific research ship, everyone is mentally prepared, of course, maybe not only mentally prepared. ”

"When I first came here, I passed by the bilge and saw the huge battery array, but in addition to the batteries, there were also a lot of radiation-proof biochemical suits in the cabin, which had been taken out of the container. In Lu Binglin's view, Wei Zhihua is a madman, but in Wei Zhihua's view, how can Lu Binglin not be? A madman with action and an ideological madman is already half a catty. So I'm afraid we can't do anything now, and it's impossible for us to change Wei Zhihua's plan. ”

Huan Sheng turned his head to look at Team Cao, who was still smoking at the door of the cabin, and asked in a low voice, "Old Chang, why did Team Cao bring us here when you said that he knew the inside story?

"Huansheng, what everyone should know is only a certain part of the event, and it does not systematically connect these clues. Even the architect of this plan, Wei Zhihua actually knew nothing about Lu Binglin's research methods, especially the inside story of giving up the desert scientific expedition back then. As for Lu Binglin, although he understands the risks, he doesn't know the role of Wei Zhihua's machine. As for the Cao team, I am afraid that they are the ones who know the least inside information, and there is no further information except for the investigation of witnesses on the fishing boat. If it weren't for you, we might not even know what a mirage is. All of them are blind people touching elephants, and it is already a miracle to be able to touch them to this extent. ”

"Until last night's wine, it is estimated that several parties have made some exchanges about each other's understanding through the wine, and of course they must have concealed a lot of core secrets. The pieces of the puzzle slowly come together to give rise to disturbing speculations. It's just that everyone stands from their own point of view, and their reactions are different, which is why everyone has a dispute in the morning. Last night, Wang Huzi touched the room between me and Team Cao, and he had already noticed Ding Jian's abnormality, but from his understanding, he could only classify Ding Jian as a demonic obstacle, thinking that Ding Jian was possessed by a demon. But we were fortunate that his observation of Ding Jian and his memories of all the details of that time on the East Star still gave us great help. ”

"But Huansheng, everyone has their own knots, and they also have their own psychological shadows that they can't let go, and the same is true of the Cao team who is strong in his heart, what he conceals, I believe is goodwill, and more things are also slowly collaged by the two of us after Wang Huzi left last night. When I said this, Huan Sheng nodded thoughtfully, and asked again, "Lao Chang, I kind of understand, is it Xuanmen?"

I sighed, my friends around me were afraid to bring up the old things again, afraid that I would see things and think about people, and over the years, I had deliberately avoided this topic, in fact, I had already put down that past. Even recalling the past, there is no trace of pain, and I don't even know when I have a yearning and expectation in my heart. If this is the fate of the Chang family, I hope it will come sooner.

Huansheng stopped talking when he saw me, thinking that he had lost his words, and whispered apologetically, "Lao Chang, I mean some kind of geomagnetic anomaly, or an unknown magnetic field has appeared? No, no, it should be an instantaneous strong convective anomaly like the Bermuda Triangle, you know what I mean?"

I patted Huansheng on the shoulder, and I was still a little touched by Huansheng's reaction, at least he regarded me as an important friend. "Actually, it really doesn't matter, thirty years have passed since my business, and the parties don't take it to heart, but there are still people who are cautious. Why did Team Cao become a stuffy gourd, do you understand?"

I ignored Wei Zhihua's hurried instructions, pulled Huansheng aside, and told us when Ding Jian boarded the ship, telling Huansheng about the strange records in the logbook. Huan Sheng's face was a little pale when he heard this.

"Huansheng, no matter who recorded these words, but from the analysis of the text, it contains at least three sets of important information, first, the East Star suffered a strange celestial change, they drifted on the sea surface, and lost power, but the problem is how can they not see the sun for many days? Could it be that they drifted into the Arctic Circle and produced the phenomenon of polar night? But the recorder did not leave any record of the temperature change, and it is obvious that the East Star is in a place that we do not know. ”

"Second, food and water, even if sealed in cans, will rot and deteriorate quickly, and I have the impression that only in the state of microwave radiation can cans have similar phenomena, and you are a physics teacher, you should be able to guess what kind of place will produce such an anomaly, and where such an environment will exist in the natural environment. ”

"Thirdly, the Eastern Star has not been drifting aimlessly like this, they later met strangers on board, but the recorder was very afraid of these strangers, and it was by no means the reaction that humans should have when they saw it for the rest of their lives, and if they were adrift on the sea and encountered rescue, they must have seen the ship first, but the recorder did not have any records, as if these strangers appeared directly on the ship. So, judging from these records, I always feel that the Eastern Star is still wandering in that area, but we can't see each other. ”

"In the morning, I met Ding Jian on the deck who was sketching, and I talked with him for a long time, and he, like us, hid a lot of his thoughts, but not because of taboos, but because of confusion, a deep confusion. I have always wondered why Wang Huzi told me with certainty that at the end of the lost logbook, he saw a few strange paintings, sketches drawn with charcoal strips, but Ding Jian did not mention a word. Later, I slowly figured out that there was only one explanation, and this explanation caused Ding Jian to behave abnormally after returning from the Eastern Star. ”

"What's the explanation?" Huansheng asked, but from his stunned expression, I could already tell that he had thought of an answer.

"Ding Jian asked me all morning, why do you have a sense of déjà vu about a thing or person you have never seen before, and you can make accurate predictions about things you have never experienced? Actually, the reason is so simple, isn't it?"

"Because those paintings were painted by Ding Jian at all. Huan Sheng finally spat out a few words with relief.

(Lao Chengzi learned from Mr. Yin Wen and did not tell him for three years.) Lao Chengzi asked him to pass and begged to retreat. Mr. Yin Wen entered the room, and said to him: "In the past, the old man was in the west, and he told him: There is a living atmosphere, a tangible form, and a fantasy." The beginning of creation, the change of yin and yang, is called life and death. The poor number of changes, because of the change of shape, is called the transformation, the illusion. The creator is ingenious, its work is profound, and it is difficult to end. Because the shape is clever and its power is shallow, it rises and disappears. Knowing illusion is not different from life and death, and it can be learned from illusion. I and you are also illusory, Xi must learn?" "I have become old, and I have thought deeply about March in the words of Mr. Yin Wen, so that I can survive and die freely, and I will be able to live at four o'clock; thunder in winter and ice in summer. The flyer goes, the walker flies. If you don't do it for life, you can't pass it on in the world. --"Liezi")