Chapter 52: Vortex Drifting
Unless you turn around, there is no way around it, and Ethan ordered Prince Eugen to show the sea ahead.
Holograms can show everything around Prince Eugen very well, and the people on the ship can intuitively understand the surrounding conditions.
It is even possible to use computer calculations to demonstrate the next changes in the environment – which is only a projection based on the data currently available, and cannot predict all kinds of unexpected situations.
For example, after the temperature drops to a few tens of degrees below zero, under normal circumstances, this temperature should continue for a period of time, and even if it rises, it will increase at a relatively gentle rate.
But in this sea area, the temperature may rise to dozens of degrees above zero in half a day, and there is no warning, so there is no way to make a prediction in advance, and it can only be calculated based on the data that has appeared.
"Based on the data collected so far, the next environment is the number of whirlpools in the sea ahead. ”
The environment of the hologram began to change rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the images were full of goose feathers, flying everywhere under the chaotic wind, and the visibility became very low, and the sea and Prince Eugen could hardly be seen, only snowflakes could be seen in the sky.
Block out the snowflake image first, and then see the situation on the sea surface: not far from the Prinz Eugen, there are dense huge whirlpools, these whirlpools are almost densely spread over the entire sea area, or whirlpools are attached to the whirlpools, although there are relatively spacious 'passages' between some whirlpools, but this area is not a safe passage, and the complex ocean currents brought by a large number of whirlpools make these seemingly calm 'passages' full of danger.
Ethan was very glad that he had changed to the Prinz Eugen, if it was the Goddess of Dawn, with its wooden hull structure, I was afraid that as soon as it approached this area, it would be torn apart by the seemingly calm but hidden chaotic current.
"With almost zero visibility, chaotic currents, and swirling currents, I advise the Prinz Eugen to halt and wait for the blizzard to stop. ”
When Hill joined Ethan's team, she just thought that she had come to a world (planet) full of seawater, although there was less land, but no matter the climate, gravity, or air composition, it was very similar to the earth, and in this case, she didn't feel like she was in another world at all.
It wasn't until he began to help Ethan test the Prince Eugen that Hill's eyes were finally opened to the magical changes of the weather on the way, and she understood the magic of this world.
So she has been able to adapt to this strange climate change, and she gave her own advice in the first place.
"Stop moving. ”
Hill gave the right advice, and there was no need to force it in the face of this situation.
Although Ethan has enough life-saving means to ensure that even if something happens, the people on this ship will not be really harmed, but he doesn't want Prince Eugen, who he just got his hands on, to be damaged here - although Tony has set up 'damage management devices' in each area of Prince Eugen, and once there is damage, these settings will be activated, and special maintenance robots will be sent to repair them.
But these robotic maintenance vessels rely on nanodevices, which are consumables and are not endless to be wasted.
The Prinz Eugen immediately turned off the propulsion device, but the intelligent system Eugen immediately gave a hint: "This sea area has been affected by the whirlpool sea area ahead, and the ship is currently being carried by the ocean current towards the whirlpool sea area." ”
This is more troublesome, if it is bearable to stay in the snowstorm and be thrown up and down by the raging waves, then it is definitely unacceptable to involuntarily rush towards the whirlpool.
"Turn on the engines and turn the course!"
The Prince Eugen immediately carried out Ethan's orders, and Hill remained silent during this period. She is indeed the commander appointed by Ethan, and has extremely high command authority on the ship, but now she is not needed to command, and Ethan, as the captain of the ship, is the one who can give orders.
With Ethan's order, Prince Eugen started moving again, and the biggest advantage of the jet propulsion installed on this ship was that it started quickly, which could change the steel battleship with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons from a stationary state to a state of full speed in a very short time.
After restarting his journey, Prinz Eugen once again gave a hint: the currents were getting stronger, and it was difficult for Prinz Eugen to turn.
Eugen calculated that it would have to go at full speed to complete the steering, but this would also speed up the Prinz Eugen's entry into the whirlpool.
It is even difficult for the Prinz Eugen to turn before it is 'sucked' into the whirlpool, and judging by the current rate of change in the current of the sea, it is likely that the Prinz Eugen will be sucked into a huge whirlpool with its side facing the whirlpool just halfway through.
"That means we can't escape?"
"Yes!"
As the distance gets closer, the 'suction' on the surface of the sea will get stronger and stronger, and the speed at which Prince Eugen will be sucked into the whirlpool will be.
"How does that sound like a black hole?"
Originally, everyone came to see the excitement, but I didn't expect to really run into trouble.
Fortunately, everyone knows Ethan's ability very well, and no one is panicked because of this, and they are even in the mood to discuss: Is it scientific or not that a group of whirlpools have formed a 'suction' like a black hole on the surface of the sea?
Speaking of which, there are too many strange things happening in this sea area, and everyone doesn't care whether it's scientific or not, and since it happens, everyone only cares about how to solve this kind of trouble.
At present, the temperature outside has dropped to more than ten degrees below zero, and when Ethan and Ada were chatting outside, it was still cool and pleasant in the twenties, and Ada was wearing a pair of slippers and exposing two long legs on the deck to blow the wind.
"The temperature is still dropping, but the rate of decline is slowing down a bit. ”
Hill had been staring at the monitoring data, and based on her experience during this time, the slowdown in temperature drops meant that the temperature change was in an advanced stage, and considering that it was only minus 17 degrees Celsius, it should not fall to too frightening levels.
No matter how much black technology is loaded on the Prinz Eugen, it is only a surface ship after all, although it takes into account the huge changes in temperature, it will not be built to withstand more terrifying extreme temperatures like a spaceship.
If the temperature drops to minus 100 degrees, Ethan can only take everyone to other worlds.
However, considering that the adventurers of this world can rush through this route in a ship far inferior to Prince Eugen, then the temperature should not drop to that level.
Just as the temperature drops to minus 30 degrees, the rate of decline becomes slower, and based on previous experience, Hill estimates that the temperature will soon stop falling, and will eventually stay around minus 40 degrees Celsius, not minus 50 degrees.
But the temperature is no longer the biggest problem, the snow is already falling outside, and everyone can already see the whirlpool in the distance.
Ethan, who had not spoken before, saw that the vortices that had been calculated before had actually appeared, and immediately asked Eugen to show all the vortices, and at the same time he asked Eugen to mark the direction of rotation of each vortex, and which vortices were almost next to each other.
"Captain?"
"Since we won't be allowed to escape, then we can only move on. ”
Considering that these vortices interact with each other, the seemingly calm passage between the two vortices is actually a real dead zone, and Ethan directly excludes the option of passing between the vortex and the vortex.
If you can't pass through this area, then there is only one option left, which is to enter the whirlpool, then follow the direction of rotation of the whirlpool, and then use the power of the whirlpool to accelerate the exit when you need to get out.
"Using centrifugal force?"
That's what it means. ”
Eugen's calculation speed is very fast, and at the same time as Ethan gives the command, he has already marked out the data that Ethan wants in the hologram, and then marked a 'should workable' route at Ethan's request.
The route starts at the whirlpool that is currently opposite Prinz Eugen and then goes from one whirlpool to another, and from this whirlpool to the next.
Considering factors such as the direction of rotation of the whirlpools and the distance between them, this route is like a twist and turn back and forth from a bird's eye view.
According to the observation data, the 'length' of the whirlpool in front of him is amazing, so that Ethan has no possibility of detouring, but the 'thickness' is average, and if these whirlpools are lined up, they can pass through this whirlpool-dense sea area by passing through ten whirlpools.
But the route given by Eugen according to Ethan's request had to allow Prince Eugen to pass through at least seventy whirlpools, and basically had to travel back and forth in the whirlpool sea for a long time to pass through.
"It feels like some kind of amusement prop in a water park. ”
Everyone was still in the mood to complain about this route forward, and no one thought it was a journey to death.
"Alright, gentlemen, find a place to sit, we're going to have a long 'rapid' ride!"
There are many positions on the bridge, including pilot, fire control, navigation and other equipment, all of which have special operation positions, but most of the time only Hill is here, and everyone is not assigned any fixed positions.
At this time, they should find a nearby seat and fasten their 'seat belts' so as not to be thrown out and injured in this exciting rafting.
At this time, the sky outside was covered with goose feathers and snow, and the visibility had become zero - if it weren't for the Prinz Eugen, a black technology warship with super detection equipment, I am afraid that I would have to wait for death.
However, for the people on board, this is just a slightly more exciting entertainment.