Chapter 0196: Riding the Wind and Waves
In the Bailan Strait, the turbid waves are rolling.
In this vast sea, the beast definitely has more authority than humans. Regardless of the fact that humans have built thousands of cities on land and developed technology to an incredible extent, humans are still helpless against beasts at sea.
Albert Einstein tried to build a human city under the sea, but failed. And he has openly stated that he believes that the source of the beast tide is some mysterious place in the sea. He called it "Atlantis".
No one has actually been to Atlantis, and no one even knows if Atlantis really exists. People just know that the beasts of the sea are more and more ferocious than the beasts of the land, and that the sea is their territory and cannot be invaded by humans.
Even though the sea is so dangerous, humans try to enter the ocean and compete with wild beasts for the resources of the sea. Since it was impossible to build fortresses and cities in the sea, people used islands far from the mainland as bridgeheads to fight the beasts.
Pearl Island is a large island in the North Sea, separated from the mainland by a Bailan Strait, eighteen kilometers behind the narrowest point. Whenever the coldest winter comes, the strait can even be completely covered with a layer of ice, and humans can step on the ice and walk directly to the Pearl Island without using ships.
There is still some time before the freezing winter, and the sea is rolling with huge waves, and some weird-looking sea creatures can occasionally be seen in them. In this season, if you don't ride on a steel-clad ship, they will be treated as a delicacy as soon as you get out of the water.
It's a pity that the only dock of humans in the Bailan Strait has been burned in the beast tide a while ago. The once-thriving hamlet is now in ruins, and the wreckage of five or six ships remains on the beach, as well as a pile of white bones.
Pearl Island has been unable to communicate with the mainland for several months, but thanks to the abundant supplies on the island, the base can operate freely. But now if you want to land on Pearl Island, it will definitely be an extremely risky thing.
The huge tires of the "Boom" buggy stepped over the sand, tearing apart the silence of the docks. After eleven days of trekking, Yaoyang and Lori finally saw the appearance of the sea in front of them.
"Wow, this is the sea?" Stepping off the off-road vehicle and looking at the endless sea in front of her, Lori was completely stunned.
Yaoyang also saw the sea for the first time, and the shock in his heart was beyond words. He used to think that the sea was just a big lake, but now he realized that the lake and the sea are completely different. The sea is truly spectacular, and that feeling of choppy waves can never be found in the lake.
"Uncle, do you think I can go into the water to play for a while?" Lori asked pitifully.
Yaoyang shook his head of course: "No, it's too dangerous!" ”
"Hmph......" Lori pouted a little unhappy, but she also knew that there were countless dangers hidden in the water. If Ren really runs down to play, those strange creatures in the ocean will have lunch.
"Uncle, how are we going to cross the sea?" Lori asked with a roll of her eyes.
Yaoyang had thought of this a long time ago, and after he got the map of the mastermind, he had already discovered this problem.
From Cui Sicai, Yaoyang has already inquired clearly. Before this winter, the pier is unlikely to be repaired. As for the airship, it has already stopped sailing because of the existence of the demon sound eagle. In other words, the mainland has no way to navigate with the Pearl Island, and if you want to get on the Pearl Island, you can only find your own way.
Of course, Yaoyang had already thought of a way, he patted the off-road vehicle next to him, and said with a smile: "Do you think this car can only go over mountains and mountains?" ”
"Can you still fly otherwise?" Lori's eyes widened.
"You'll find out later." Yaoyang smiled, "Get in the car, let's drive all the way across the strait!" ”
"Uncle, you mean driving this car, don't tell me it can swim!" Lori's big eyes flickered, and she looked confused.
When it comes to martial arts attainments, Yaoyang has always admired Lori. But in some common sense of life,Lori is really bad.。 She didn't know even the most basic amphibious vehicle, and of course it was hard to imagine how a car could float.
The two off-road vehicles rented by Yaoyang were the best amphibious vehicles in the base, and the four huge tires became buoyancy devices after entering the water. Coupled with the special setting of the engine, although it is not possible to travel long distances, there is no problem in crossing the eighteen-kilometer strait.
Lori cheered when Yao Yang drove the SUV into the sea, and the four tires began to move slowly, turning the car into a floating fell.
"Uncle, you're so good!"
glanced at the bright smile on the face of Lori, who was ignorant of the world, and Yaoyang said: "Sit tight, let's move forward at full speed!" ”
The exhaust pipe emits a large amount of gas, propelling the off-road vehicle forward on the surface of the sea. Although the speed is not fast, according to calculations, it will take about two hours to land on Pearl Island.
Yaoyang looked into the distance, and under the barrier of the waves, the outline of the Pearl Island loomed. He scrambled through the car's system and began the last and most difficult part of the journey.
The deeper you go into the ocean, the more numerous and bizarre the conditions.
"Whoosh", a swordfish jumped out of the water, and the sharp arrow in the front of the head stabbed the front windshield of the car.
With a "dang" sound, the windshield that can withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the B51 heavy machine gun will naturally not be punctured by such an attack, but the long arrow of the swordfish will break from it. The unlucky creature fell back into the water, and it wasn't out of Yaoyang's mind to forage for food in the future.
Swordfish are the most popular sea creatures that haunt the surface of the water, and they are also the main force for attacking cars. But compared to their tickling attacks, Yaoyang is more afraid of the big ones that hide under the sea. He had been secretly praying that he would never run into a big creature like a tiger shark or a blue whale, because if he was hit by them, he would be ruined!
There's something weird about bad luck, and the more you worry about it, the more it comes with you.
Just as an hour had passed the journey in the sea, most of the mysterious figures of the island in front of him had appeared, and Yaoyang could even see the lighthouse on the island. However, the waves suddenly fluctuated abnormally, and waves as high as two or three meters rushed over, almost swallowing the car several times.
"What's going on?" Yaoyang controlled the car, rising and falling with the waves. In the face of the vastness of nature, both human beings and science and technology seem too small.
"Uncle, look!" Lori exclaimed, pointing to a place in the sea.
With a glance of his eyes, he discovered the reason why the waves were rolling so much. In the midst of a huge blue-black wave, a huge head suddenly poked out, it was a tiger shark! This ferocious creature of the sea is a bloodthirsty carnivorous shark that will never let its prey go. It is its huge body that keeps churning in the sea water, which will toss a ** wave.
"We must avoid it!" Yaoyang didn't dare to provoke the tiger shark, encountering this kind of guy in the sea was a dead end.
Just as Yaoyang was about to turn around, he suddenly saw an absolutely unimaginable picture.
The tiger shark struggled to break out of a wave, and its huge body slammed into the sky, as if it was about to fly off the surface of the sea. It's a pity that its momentum can only support its heavy body, jump two or three meters high, and then fall heavily on the sea.
In such an instant, Yaoyang actually saw a person lying on the head of the tiger shark, and it was an acquaintance!
"Fat Wang!" Yaoyang couldn't be more familiar with this person's appearance. Although it is slightly different from the brain domain network, the fat body shape is average.
I saw that Wang Fatzi was like a mountain of meat clinging to the smooth head of the tiger head shark, no matter whether the tiger head shark jumped out of the water or dived into the sea, he was motionless. The tiger shark also seems to know the existence of the fat man, it sometimes rises to the sky, sometimes shakes its head, and sometimes dives into the water for a long time and does not come out, but unfortunately no matter how hard it tries, the fat man is like a piece of chewing gum, sticking to the tiger shark just does not let go.
"Uncle, do you know that fat brother?" Lori has already looked stupid. She originally thought that the amphibious car was already very powerful, but after seeing the fat man, she immediately felt that the car was nothing great.
"I ...... I guess I know each other. Yaoyang couldn't laugh or cry. This time, the companions seemed to be amazing, some flew in the sky, and some stuck to the sharks, and God knows where they learned these strange tricks.
"I also want to swim in the sea on the head of a tiger shark." Lori muttered.
Yaoyang shivered and swam in the sea? It's almost the same as swimming fish belly!
Looking at the appearance of Wang Fatzi, there should not be much danger, Yaoyang thought about it and avoided it from a distance. Just like this, Yaoyang spent another hour, and when the car came to the sea near Pearl Island, more than three hours had passed.
When the wheels of the car finally drove onto the white sand, Yaoyang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wow, this is Pearl Island!" Lori jumped out of the car, simply took off her shoes, and ran barefoot on the beach.
Several people dressed as soldiers had already cautiously walked over and shouted: "Where are you from, please show your ID!" ”
Pearl Island is currently in the final stages of the beast tide, and the island is completely under the joint control of the military and the adventurers' union. During the day, the army and adventurers will exterminate the beasts on the island, and at night they will retreat back to the base. In such a situation, anyone who goes to the island will be subject to strict scrutiny.
Yaoyang fluently called out a string of numbers, which were his free soldier identification numbers. When the soldiers confirmed Yaoyang's identity, they all immediately stood up and saluted Yaoyang.
Yaoyang returned a military salute and was about to inquire about the situation on the island with a few soldiers, when he suddenly heard a loud wave behind him.
Several soldiers looked at the sea with shocked expressions.
Yaoyang looked back in his heart, and saw that the tiger shark was swimming quickly from the sea, and the fat man with big ears stood proudly on the head of the tiger shark, riding the wind and waves, so as not to pull the wind!
(To be continued)