Chapter 426: The Doctor and the Adventurer
The sea breeze is blowing, and the blue waves are thousands of miles away.
The weather was clear, there was no wind above the calm sea, and the light reflected by the sun on the surface of the sea was dappled and scattered.
Standing on the bow of the ship and looking at the endless vast ocean, it seems that people's minds will become comfortable.
Manru thought to himself that this exploration trip had a very smooth start and should be a very pleasant journey, and he was in a very good mood at this time.
Unlike Manru, his old friend Trist did not stand on the bow of the ship with him to look at the seascape, because for this old man, he had seen countless sea scenery, and naturally he did not have so many thoughts, and his interest was in observing the habits of some marine creatures and the changes in the marine climate and environment.
The people who came to this ship this time were some of the people who were usually friends with Manru and Trist, all of them were leaders in various industries, and a few like-minded friends who were interested in exploring the mysterious journey that the sailors and crew talked about, plus the crew and so on, a total of thirteen people.
The men had set out three days earlier, and Manlu had been getting closer and closer to the sea after three days of sailing through the sea, following the directions and coordinates provided by the experienced old captain and a guide and crew member who had personally experienced the mysterious event.
As the ship approached the vicinity of the area, the first to notice the change was the oceanographer Trist.
Trist noticed that the airflow in the vicinity was clearly anomalous, and that a gray cloud hung over the sky, and water molecules and ions were very active.
At the same time, the gray clouds are a little different from ordinary clouds, Trist just intercepted some of the air quality here and tested it, and was surprised to find that the air contains enough oxygen, but it is not as dense as expected, and the free state of nitrogen and chlorine is very active.
It was when Tristar noticed these changes and began to test them with instruments. Manru felt something different from Trist, and while he noticed that the weather environment was changing, from a physical point of view, he was observing abnormal changes in the gravitational and magnetic field strength here.
Through the detection and analysis of the instrument, Manlu was surprised to find that the change in the curvature of the magnetic field in this vicinity was completely greater than the normal average value, and it was almost about to explode.
And as the ship moves deeper into the depths of the sea. At this point, the sun's rays changed, and a thin layer of white mist began to fill the area.
Sailing in that white fog seems to be able to blind people's eyes, making people's eyes lower infinitely, as if extended by gravitational changes, and at the same time, people's bodies will suddenly become much lighter, and their gravity changes are obviously abnormal.
Bang!
And just as the ship sailed into the thick fog-covered sea, a thick layer of clouds began to cover the sky, accompanied by the sound of thunder.
"Oh. Damn, the electronics are out of order here......"
Trist, who was holding the instrument for testing, was very interested in the abnormal weather changes here, but the electronic instrument he used suddenly failed, and at the same time, the electronic compass, as well as GPS positioning and navigation equipment have also lost their normal function, and the battery power consumption is very fast, and the electronic instrument that could have been used for six or seven hours on standby is now running out of power in less than thirty minutes. This couldn't help but make Trist look very annoyed.
However, the crew member who had experienced this phenomenon before said: "Mr. Trist, I have warned you not to bring so many relevant electronic instruments and equipment when you come. Now even some of the ship's electronic systems and navigation are out of order, even the compass does not work here, and the only way to navigate in this sea area is to rely on the rich experience of the helmsman......"
However, Manlu was not too affected, after all, he had heard the crew talk about the situation here before, and he knew about the changes in the magnetic field and the rotation and gravity of the earth. and geocentric poles, he didn't have much electronics.
In addition, before entering this sea area, he had tested that the air contained a large number of ions and water molecules, as well as a variety of regularly distributed free elements, which could easily cause those ions to attack the integrated plates or circuits of electronic circuits.
So before he enters. He cut off the circuits of all electronic devices, and even the battery in the digital camera was dismantled by him and wrapped in an insulating bag.
Since then, he has used the most primitive and purely manual instruments developed according to the most basic laws of physics.
For example, he also brought magnet stones, magnetic coils, dragon ropes, experimental glass, test strips, and gravitational balls...... And so on these little things, these little things come in handy after the electronic instrument is interfered with and loses its original function.
Through the experiments of these small things, and through the verification of some basic laws and phenomena in physics, Manlu quoted the knowledge in space physics and was pleasantly surprised to find that there was indeed a kind of spatial fluctuation formation with a slight change in curvature.
This discovery made Manlu overjoyed.
He found that the so-called time travel that the crew said was, in simple terms, that is, the space and time here were disturbed by the dense elements here, causing him to have a change in flow speed, due to the change in his own weight, which was invisibly amplified in speed, coupled with some special biological influences, it would naturally cause the illusion of traveling through time and space.
It's just that Manru, as a space physicist, doesn't know much about what the effects in biology are, and Trist and his friends who came with them can't give a reasonable hypothesis or explanation.
After all, there are many factors related to space, but if this problem is not solved, it is impossible to find the key to it.
And just as Manru and Trist were pondering over these scientific discoveries, the experts' musings were interrupted by a sudden shouting noise from the ship.
"What's going on, who's calling outside?"
Manru's thoughts were interrupted, and he couldn't help but frown.
This expedition was initiated by him and Trist, and they didn't want any accidents, so they walked out and saw two people arguing in the stairway of the cabin.
Among them was the crew. When he saw Manlu coming, he said, "Dr. Manru, it's very strange here, the more the energy consumption of the ship goes deeper into this sea, the greater it is, I strongly recommend that you only explore the edge of this sea, we can't go any deeper......"
And the man who commanded the pilot, control, and navigation of the entire ship was a middle-aged man. It was a friend invited by Manlu, a seafaring adventurer, who sensed something unusual in the depths of the sea with unusual spatial changes, and he felt that there must be a major discovery, but he insisted on continuing to explore further, and the two sides were at loggerheads.
However, out of Manru's thoughts, he wanted to continue to explore further, because the more mysterious and abnormal this place became. The more attractive he became, the more he was able to study this paranormal phenomenon, and he couldn't afford to miss it.
But there was some truth in what the ship said, he knew that the deeper he went, the more dangerous it became, and it was very likely that they would get lost in this sea and never get out again, after all, they were all family people, and they also had to think about safety and be responsible for other people. The crew member was not wrong, but it made Manru feel a little embarrassed.
Trist was very resolute. He was very much in favor of the move to go deeper, and he didn't intend to convince the crew, but after mentioning that he was being given double the gratuity and benefits, the crew finally relented under the money offensive.
Bang!
But just as Manru and Trist had settled the matter and had not yet left the cabin, all of a sudden, the ship seemed to have hit something. There was a violent tremor, and the whole hull shook, causing several people to stumble and almost hit their heads.
Soon, though, the hull returned to normal after a few shakes.
Because the electronic equipment here is out of order, it is impossible to detect what is wrong with the instrument. The captain was the first to rush to the deck, intending to see for himself.
But before the captain could reach the deck, he heard an exclamation from someone, and even drew his gun and shouted, "Are you pirates, what do you want to do?" ”
"Pirates?"
After hearing this word, Manru and Trist, who had hurriedly come out of the cabin, glanced at each other, and there was a sense of worry and unhappiness in their eyes, which they did not expect at all to be pirates.
It was only when a few people walked to the deck that they couldn't help but be stunned by what they saw.
I saw that the ship they were on had stopped and was floating on the sea.
Directly in front of them, two strange-looking ships approached them, and the previous sound was caused by the other party's ship approaching their ship and colliding with each other.
But what is frightening is that due to the influence of the fog in this sea, the two ships approached them, and they only found themselves after they collided together.
What made Manru and Trist even more stunned were the two ships, one was a wooden mast galleon, which looked like a ship from the Great Voyage more than a hundred years ago, with traces of repair and damage, and at the same time there were very primitive and rudimentary cannons on the ship, and the cannon hole was facing them at this time.
The other ironclad ship, which should be a warship used in naval warfare in modern warfare, is at least 70 years behind modern times, with a system and equipment, as well as manufacturing technology, which is at least 70 years behind modern times, a bit like the Mi warship that was sunk by the Japanese army when the Pacific War broke out in World War II.
In addition to these two ships that seemed to be a strange combination, the most surprising thing for everyone on board was the people on the other side's seemingly dilapidated and dilapidated ship.
These people have both Eastern and Western faces, and they are dressed in very ancient clothes, all of which are coarse linen clothes, completely in ancient style.
These people did not have modern guns and weapons in their hands, most of them were bows and crossbows, and even on their waists, Manlu also saw sabers and spears, weapons used by ancient feudal civilizations.
Such strange people and things made the people on the Manlu ship feel very strange, and suddenly they felt that these people did not seem to be pirates, but like some feudal primitive tribes living on the sea.
However, Trist and the adventurer captain were very meticulous in their observations, and they found that some of the things they were carrying were not taken from the sea, some of them were obviously from land, especially food, and the mud and footprints on the ship that had not been washed away by the wind currents, which showed that there was land in this mysterious sea.
Could it be that in the center of this sea, there is an island that has not been discovered by all mankind until now, and there are still human settlements on that island?
The discovery of a new continent that no one has ever discovered before in human history meant to the whole world, and everyone on board was very excited.
After thinking of this, Trist was even more excited, and seeing that the two sides were facing each other, he took two steps forward and wanted to speak.
“¥@#¥@#%……#¥……”
However, before Trist could open his mouth, he saw one of the yellow men who seemed to be the leader of the opposite ship pointing crossbow arrows at them, and he spoke a bunch of languages that they did not understand at all.
Not only Trist, but the others were also a little dumbfounded, they couldn't understand which country's language it was, they had never heard of it, and they didn't have any impression that it was an indigenous language.
Most of the people on the Manlu ship were scholars, intellectuals, from modern civilized society, although they all wore weapons and guns for self-defense, but they would not shoot for no reason after taking them out, but just keep on guard.
However, the inability to communicate verbally made several members of the adventurers who accompanied him very impatient, and one of them made a seemingly threatening gesture with his gun in his hand.
Shout!
However, just after that person made this move, it seemed to pose a threat to the primitive natives, and several of the crossbowmen on the other side suddenly shot crossbow arrows.
The speed of the crossbow arrow was extremely fast, and the influence of the surrounding fog made it impossible to see the direction of the shot and how fast it was, and soon the adventurer team member who made a strange move was hit by the crossbow arrow.
Ahhh
The arrow was so powerful that it hit the adventurer's shoulder, and it had completely penetrated, and the blood kept gushing, causing the man to let out a scream of pain.
Bang bang bang!
However, when the adventurer's other companions saw that their brother had been shot and wounded, they had to resist for their own safety, and that they were likely to be pirates, so they raised their guns and began to shoot at them.
"Don't shoot, don't ...... Oh God......" (To be continued......)