The morning sun slowly peeked out of the eastern sea, glaring the sea in front of it red. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThirty-two-year-old Xu Lang stood on the deck of the Pearl cruise ship in the East China Sea, staring at the beautiful sunrise in front of him, his face expressionless and silent, in stark contrast to the passengers around him who were busy taking pictures.

The Pearl of the East China Sea is a small cruise ship of more than 2,000 tons, after setting sail from Qingdao more than 10 days ago, it went all the way south, stayed in Sanya, Hainan for two days, left a group of passengers and carried another group of people, and then went straight to the southernmost point of the voyage -- the dark sand of Zengmu in the South China Sea.

Xu Lang gently flicked the cigarette butt in his hand towards the rippling sea, and then spit out the green smoke in his mouth. "Perhaps, the southernmost tip of China should be my final destination."

"Cigarette butts thrown into the sea can pollute the environment." A soft voice said next to Xu Lang. Xu Lang turned his head to see that a 24 or 5-year-old girl was looking at him with a smile. This girl is familiar, Xu Lang remembers that she should be on the ship in Sanya, the East China Sea Pearl can carry more than 300 passengers when fully loaded, but this time from Sanya because a large tour group temporarily canceled the reservation, so it only carried less than 200 passengers. After 5 or 6 days of stopping along the way, the people on the boat were basically familiar, but Xu Lang basically did not have in-depth communication with other passengers except for the necessary courtesy entertainment, not that Xu Lang was lonely or pretended to be profound, but that he was really not in the mood.

Seeing the girl smiling and staring at him, Xu Lang smiled slightly, then turned around and walked towards the restaurant.

"Alas, you 。。。。。。 man" Seeing that Xu Lang didn't pay attention to herself at all, the girl muttered a little unhappily: "Weird." ”

"Nature is so beautiful" Zhang Guodong, the captain of the Pearl, put down the telescope in his hand and couldn't help but sigh. Since the transfer of the navy, he has been serving as a captain on a passenger ship, and this time he was finally transferred to this cruise ship.

"Stay on course, speed." After Zhang Guodong gave the order, he walked out of the wheelhouse and came to the bow deck. The air in the South China Sea is just good, compared to the smog on the mainland, it is not the same. Captain Zhang's mouth opened wide, and he was about to enjoy it deeply, when suddenly two long and one short whistles sounded from the right rear. Immediately afterwards, the passengers on the deck suddenly burst into exclamations, as if they had met an old friend they hadn't seen for many years.

"Rare and weird." Zhang Guodong muttered silently in his heart. The second long sound was followed by a short whistle, indicating that there was a ship behind the notice that "my ship wants to chase after you from the starboard side of your ship", as the captain, Zhang Guodong is naturally accustomed to it. But when he slowly turned around and wanted to see what kind of ship it was, Captain Zhang suddenly became a little excited, and a familiar ship that could not be more familiar came into his eyes--- a "Red Arrow" class missile boat.

Back then, he worked as a captain on this type of speedboat for 5 years, old friend, Zhang Guodong's heart couldn't help but have a small wave. At this time, the Pearl also responded to a long, a short, and a long, and agreed --- a short four whistles, rest assured to boldly super!

Zhang Guodong silently watched the Red Arrow, 2 triple ship missiles, 1 37 mm two-unit automatic naval gun, and 2 30 mm fully automatic naval guns. In his youth, the ambition to sail the ocean seemed to return to the 45-year-old man.

Red Arrow quickly chased after him, getting closer and closer, and a young officer was on the bow of the ship, also looking at the Pearl. "I guess it's a captain." Zhang Guodong thought, "I was the captain of the boat back then, and I hung the rank of captain for 5 years. ”

Suddenly, the passengers behind him burst into a burst of exclamations again. But this scream was a little different from the last time, because there was a certain fear mixed with it. "What's wrong again?" Zhang Guodong was a little dissatisfied with the screams of these passengers, but before he could turn around, a louder voice entered his ears with a tremble, "Boat, boat, captain!" The first mate sprang out of the cockpit and rushed at him with a frightened face, pointing behind him as he ran, "Back, back!" ”

Behind? What's going on in the back? Zhang Guodong turned around, but this time his open mouth couldn't be closed. I don't know when a large cloud of dense fog appeared on the sea, and there was fog on the sea, which should have been a normal thing, but the problem is that this fog is so strange, so strange that even an old captain like Zhang Guodong, who has been floating on the sea for more than 20 years, has never seen such fog. Not only was it thick, but the middle of the fog seemed to be swirling, like a monster with a wide mouth ready to devour everything in front of it.

Zhang Guodong is worthy of being a veteran navy who has been working for 20 years, and after only a few seconds of hesitation, he turned his head and rushed into the cockpit, "Reverse, full speed, left full rudder!" ”

"Reverse, full rudder left!"

The helmsman frantically turned the rudder, but it seemed too late, and the fog rushed towards the Pearl at an unusual speed, and at the same time, a huge attraction attracted the Pearl to not reverse.

Xu Lang is sitting in the restaurant enjoying his breakfast, omelette, toast, milk, xiao long bao, simple but a combination of Chinese and Western. Across from him sat the girl who had just spoken to him on the deck.

"My name is Cheng Yiyi, what about you? Can you tell me your name? ”

Xu Lang shook his head helplessly, "Miss, you don't say anything when you eat, you don't say anything when you sleep." ”

"Why are you like this, are you always so rejecting people thousands of miles away?" Cheng Yiyi asked a little unhappily. Xu Lang stuffed the remaining half of the fried egg into his mouth, and just wanted to speak, but suddenly stared at Cheng Yiyi and was stunned.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Yiyi was a little strange, "Am I wrong?" Do you know it's rude to stare at people like that? ”

Xu Lang didn't speak, but stretched out his hand and pointed at Cheng Yiyi's back. A thick white mist swirled through the cracks in the windows and doors. Instantly swallowed everything in the restaurant. A numb electric shock-like feeling spread throughout Xu Lang and Cheng Yiyi's bodies. The two people were close at hand, but they couldn't reach out.

Ten minutes? Or ten hours? No one knows how long it took for the fog to finally lift. The surrounding sea became clear again. Zhang Guodong was still standing upright in the cockpit, everything just now seemed to be blank in his mind, and when he was swallowed by the thick fog, he couldn't do anything, he couldn't do anything.

"Is anyone hurt?" Zhang Guodong finally felt that he could speak, and was the first to ask loudly.

"There were no injuries."

"There were no injuries."

A noisy response from the crew could be heard all around.

"Not bad." Zhang Guodong relaxed a little, "Report the direction." ”

"Captain, I can't report my bearings." The third officer replied loudly but a little strangely, "The GPS positioning system seems to be out of order." ”

"Hell! Hurry up and take a look. Zhang Guodong was a little depressed, "Operator, contact the nearby port." ”

"Yes, Captain."

A few minutes later, the operator reported with a frustrated face: "Captain, can't be contacted, and there doesn't seem to be any radio signal nearby." ”

Zhang Guodong felt that he couldn't stand up, strange, what was going on, "Continue to search all radio channels and radio signals, you must be contacted." ”

"Captain." The first officer, who was standing on the side, lowered his voice and whispered, "Things are a little strange. ”

"What's wrong?"

"Look." The first mate took out his mobile phone and stretched it out in front of Zhang Guodong, "There is no signal on the mobile phone." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Guodong took it and took a look, there is indeed no signal at all, it shouldn't be, although it is the South China Sea, but the mobile phone signal of this global network should cover the whole world. Zhang Guodong took out his mobile phone and said to all the people in the cockpit: "Look at your mobile phone, who has a signal, say it quickly." ”

"Nope."

"No signal."

Zhang Guodong was completely depressed, there were so many people in the cockpit, so many mobile phones, and there was no signal at all? Have you lost all contact?

"Captain." The third mate rushed in at a trot from outside, a little incoherent, "Something's wrong, there's some trouble." ”

"What's the panic?" Zhang Guodong is really a little angry, although things are too strange, but as the supreme leader of a ship, he must also maintain a calm mind, "The sky can't fall, just say something." ”

"It seems more troublesome than the sky falling." The third mate muttered under his breath.

"What's the matter, say, don't chirp like a." Zhang Guodong has never spoken foul language since he was discharged from the army, and this time he really couldn't help it.

"The GPS is out of order, and there is no signal, but I just used the ship's sextant to measure the bearing, and our current bearing is 。。。。。。" The three pairs wanted to speak and stopped.

"How much, you say."

"Longitude 109, latitude 17 degrees 40 minutes."

"What?" Zhang Guodong didn't believe his ears a little, "You say it again." ”

"Impossible, how is it possible? We are in the South China Sea, and we are almost in the dark sands of the great-mother. The others in the cockpit shouted.

"Longitude 109 east, latitude 17 degrees 40 minutes. In other words, we are now outside the city of Sanya, Hainan. The third mate also stepped out, and reported loudly, "Also, you'd better come out and see the sun." ”

"The sun? What happened to the sun? Zhang Guodong walked out of the cab, looked up at the sky, and almost fainted.

Obviously, it was sunrise just now, and now, how is the sun overhead, looking at the position of the sun, I'm afraid it's already one o'clock in the afternoon.

"Whoever brought the watch, tell the time."

"12:50."

"It's weird, mine is also 12:50, what's going on."

"Re-orient, right now."

"I've tested it three times." The third deputy said with some grievances.

"Re-measure, right now!" Zhang Guodong felt that he was really a little uncontrollable, and couldn't help but roar.

"Captain!" At this time, the operator stuck his head out of the door of the newspaper room, "There is a radio signal, there is a navy ship nearby." ”

"Re-orient." Zhang Guodong's mood finally relaxed a little, there is a ship nearby, that is, there is no big problem, especially the naval ship. Throwing down the three dejected officers, Zhang Guodong plunged into the newspaper room and picked up the microphone: "This is the East China Sea Pearl Cruise, this is the East China Sea Pearl Cruise Line, please answer when you hear it." “

A clear voice came from the headset: "Roger, this is the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy No. 777 missile speedboat, please report your location." What's wrong? ”

Zhang Guodong was a little depressed again, this naval operator is not qualified, how can he casually report the number of his ship, "This is the Pearl cruise ship in the East China Sea, we have encountered some special circumstances, can I talk to your captain directly?" ”

The voice in the headset was still full of magnetism: "I'm the captain, can you contact the nearby port?" Also, where are you? ”

Your grandma is a bear, Zhang Guodong's heart was suddenly cool, the other party can ask this sentence, it can only explain one problem, and they can't contact the port or naval base.

"Our bearing is 109 east longitude and 17 degrees 40 minutes north latitude. Our ship's GPS is out of order, and we haven't found any radio signals except for you, and we can't contact any ports. After saying this, Zhang Guodong's face turned pale, everything that happened can't be explained by any reason, so let everything be left to fate.

"No. 777 understands, please wait where you are, we are not far behind you, and we will meet you immediately. End of call. ”

"Understood, wait where you are, the call ends."

Zhang Guodong put down the microphone, thought about it, picked up the microphone for broadcasting on the ship, and turned on the machine.

"Passengers, ladies and gentlemen, I am Zhang Guodong, the captain of this ship, and now this ship needs to wait in place due to special circumstances, please return to your cabin, do not walk around casually, we will inform you later if there is any situation."

Zhang Guodong put down the microphone, looked at the stunned crew members around him, and pointed to the first mate: "Xiao Qiu, take everyone to send the passengers back to the cabin, in addition." Zhang Guodong suddenly said a little gloomy, "Find out all the guys who can defend themselves, we don't know what happened, but the more at this time, the more we must pay attention to safety, our own safety and the safety of passengers, there are passengers who do not listen to the command, you can take necessary coercive measures, I mean, you know?" ”

"Understood." The first mate, Qiu Peng, replied loudly, and then beckoned, "Come with me, everyone." ”