Chapter 53: A Dangerous Island?
In the vast snow, Prince Eugen crashed headlong into a huge whirlpool.
Before entering the whirlpool, the Prinz Eugen controlled its speed and adjusted the angle, so that it could continue to sail the sea in the direction of rotation of the whirlpool, avoiding losing control of the whirlpool's power belt, or even tearing it to pieces.
"Open the energy defense layer!"
The three-layer defense of the Prince Eugen, the outermost layer is the magic shield, and the general magic shield is only opened during the battle, because the opening of the magic shield will affect the flexibility of the Prince Eugen, which is not suitable for use on this occasion.
The second layer is the energy defense layer, which is the layer of energy attached to the hull of the ship, which can better protect Prince Eugen from any harm and will not affect the normal navigation of the ship.
The strong current continued to impact the Prinz Eugen, but the outermost energy layer did not even show ripples, proving that the energy layer was very stable, as long as Ethan did not drive Prince Eugen to the center of the whirlpool, he did not have to worry about the ship being damaged when drifting in the countless whirlpools.
"Sit tight, we might be in these maelstrom for a while. ”
One vortex rushes to the next vortex, each time it disengages, it must make a strong acceleration, decelerate appropriately after entering the next vortex, maintain a speed comparable to the vortex, and then see the opportunity to suddenly speed up and get out of the vortex it is in.
From this whirlpool to the next whirlpool, the balance device was turned on on the Prinz Eugen, and everyone only felt a slight bump on the ship, and there was no feeling of being in danger at all.
At first, everyone sat cautiously in the chairs, but after a while, they found that in addition to the bumps, they felt that it was just like that, and it was not as exciting as when they encountered a storm.
"We're already in the maelstrom, aren't we?"
Because there was a lot of snow outside, there was no way to see the outside through the window, so I could only stare at the hologram in the center of the bridge.
Prince Eugen made his way through the snow, staying at the edge of the whirlpool, following the direction in which the whirlpool was spinning, looking for an opportunity to break out of this whirlpool and move on to the next.
When sailing, you need to constantly find the right angle so that you can get into the next whirlpool without clashing with the direction of the current.
"Prince Eugen's intelligent system is so powerful that it has calculated the perfect route to move forward, and on this route we can not only pass through this sea without even damaging the hull and ...... It doesn't get too uncomfortable. ”
Eugen is a purely auxiliary AI with no real self-awareness, but there is always a bit of a bad taste in what Tony Stark makes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now walking through a huge group of whirlpools with an average diameter of one hundred and sixty-seven meters, and if you look through the window on the left, you can see the center of the whirlpool...... The boat is stable and passengers can unbuckle their seat belts and move freely......"
Ethan had already stood up, and he was standing in front of the hologram, observing the changes in the sea.
In addition to the impact, the top of the holographic screen is marked with various data detected by the ship, which can make people more intuitive to understand the changes in the outside environment.
Hill had also left his command position, and while watching the data together, he asked the captain what to do next.
"There's nothing to do for the time being, according to Eugen's calculations, it will take seven hours and forty-four minutes to sail out of this whirlpool, and if the environment changes during this period, this time will change, and there is no point in making a plan now. ”
At this point, Ethan noticed that something seemed to be at the edge of the detection range, and Ethan suddenly focused his attention to see what it was.
As the Prinz Eugen moved in the whirlpool of various snakeskins, a shadow occasionally appeared at the edge of the detection range, which was not very obvious at first, and finally there was a relatively large image, Ethan immediately asked Eugen to intercept and zoom in on this area alone, and this time everyone on the ship could see what it was.
"Islands?"
"Well, it's supposed to be an island. ”
The island is not strange, but Ethan has a strange feeling when he sees this island, and always feels that what awaits everyone in front of him is not an ordinary floating island, and even this whirlpool does not appear inexplicably.
"The snow outside is getting lighter. ”
Although the snow is still falling, it is no longer like before, and the whole world has become white, and everyone can see the situation outside through the window.
Just now, I could only sit indoors and see the situation of the ship and the environment outside through holograms.
There is always a false feeling when looking at holograms, and with the fact that the entire Prince Eugen is in a stable mess, everyone does not feel like they are in a whirlpool.
Now that you can see the environment around the boat, the rapid current, and the center of the huge and obviously concave whirlpool, you can feel a little more realistic.
"Prince Eugen had perfect control of the course, and we had been sailing close to the edge of the whirlpool, and the hull had not been tilted in any way, and if we had gone a little deeper, we would not have been able to move around as we pleased. ”
Hill looked around and came back to look at the stats, she was now more and more fond of this ship, and longed to have one like it when she returned.
The next time is more boring, everyone stands here and keeps looking outside, although this scene is magical, but there is no change, and it will be boring to watch it for a long time.
Just when everyone thought they were going to spend the hours chatting like this, the speed of the whirlpool began to weaken, and the number of them slowly decreased.
"The situation on the sea is no longer as dangerous as before, and the whirlpools are no longer a dead zone where all kinds of turbulence are mixed together, do you still need to follow the original route?"
Eugen quickly gave new data, and Ethan heard it and ordered Eugen to get out of the whirlpool and sail on a normal surface.
Now that the sea surface has become no longer dangerous, of course, there is no need to continue tossing in the whirlpool, not to mention that there are fewer and fewer whirlpools now, and there are no longer so many huge whirlpools next to each other, and it is impossible to continue to follow the previous route.
Returning to the normal surface, the Prinz Eugen began to quickly break away from the area, and at the same time as they were about to leave the swirling sea, the last whirlpool disappeared.
Everyone seemed a little silent, except for Mordred, who was unclear about the situation and was looking out with great interest, and Galahad, who was quietly and rarely speaking, the rest of the people had lived in this area of sea for some time, and knew that this situation could not be a coincidence.
"How could it be such a coincidence? as soon as we arrived, there was a blizzard and a whirlpool, and the whirlpool began to slowly disappear when it could not threaten us, and when we left the area, the whirlpool immediately dissipated. ”
There are so many strange things going on in this part of the sea, but it's rare to see a small area of the sea deliberately targeting a single adventurer like today.
Ethan also encountered an island with a similar situation, because there is a special creature (plant) under the island full of grass, I don't know what will happen this time?
"The island in front...... I don't think it's a good place. ”
Ida squinted her eyes and crossed her arms to look at the island in front of her.
From a distance, the island is large and has a peak at a high altitude that looks like a volcano.
But I didn't see the black smoke or red light that rushed into the sky, maybe it was an extinct volcano?
In addition, the island has a lot of vegetation, and in the direction of Prince Eugen is a plain with scattered trees.
Standing in Ethan's position, it seems to be a dense forest on the right side of the island, but the details are not visible yet.
"Eugen, show the situation of the island. ”
As the Prinz Eugen approached the island, it had been included in the detection range, and the hologram could already show the island in its entirety.
Not only that, but it could even show what was going on underwater, and Prince Eugen was quick to warn Ethan that the ship could not move on, as the water around the island had suddenly become shallower, and there were many reefs.
What's more, Eugen detected a lot of 'foreign objects' underwater.
"Foreign objects?"
As the hologram deliberately zoomed in on the underwater part, everyone understood what the so-called foreign object was.
Not a giant underwater creature, but countless shipwrecks.
"I feel that this island is full of crises. ”
Jonathan's words made everyone roll their eyes, and it was for everyone to see that there was danger ahead.
Ethan didn't speak, touched his chin and thought for a while, and he suddenly had a strange feeling just now.
But before he could figure out what was going on, Hill reported something else.
"The temperature outside suddenly became minus 25 degrees. ”
When I was walking through the whirlpool just now, there was still heavy snow with goose feathers, and there was actually some snow piled up on the deck of the Prinz Eugen, but in just an instant, the temperature had changed from minus 40 degrees to minus 25 degrees, and in an instant it changed from extreme cold to midsummer.
"For a moment?"
Mordred opened her mouth, thinking that this world was really terrible, could normal people survive in such a high-and-low environment?
Galahad also felt that the climate change in this world was too weird, if it was the navy of the Kingdom of Britain (yes, Arthur had developed a navy, after all, ships were the most convenient means of transportation in that era), would they be able to survive in this world?
The answer is obvious, that vortex just now can wipe out the entire fleet of the Kingdom Navy.
Others are concerned about a momentary change in temperature, which has never been seen before.