Chapter Twenty-Four: Meet Again

Ling Moyu looked up at the cloudless blue sky in the desert, like a deep blue hole full of infinite possibilities, it seemed that a voice was calling him, the secrets in the deep space were waiting for him to be revealed, the mystery under the sky awakened the longing in his heart that had been sealed for a long time, and the vitality of infinite life was inadvertently resurrected.

"Nature and the laws of nature are hidden in the darkness of the night. God said, "Let Newton be born." So there was a lot of light! Since knowing Newton's epitaph, Ling Moyu has often dreamed that one day he will be able to discover the secrets hidden in the sun like Newton, and then some accidents in life made him temporarily forget his original intention, and now the motivation to unveil the mystery of nature has returned to his body, inspiring him to move forward.

The first task now is to figure out where this is, and return to civilization first. The survivors of the catastrophe surrounded the crew who had just escaped, and the crew took out a hand-held satellite navigation system and were surprised to find that their location was actually in Djibouti, East Africa!

It was hundreds of kilometers away from the destination, but fortunately there was a military base nearby, which could help everyone get out of trouble. Djibouti holds the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, known as the "choke point of the sea", a strategic route from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. Most ships heading north through the Suez Canal to Europe, or heading south from the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean, have to pass through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and stop at the port of Djibouti. In recent years, due to the rampant piracy, in order to escort passing merchant ships, many countries have built military bases here to facilitate logistics and supply.

The military bases of various countries are not far from each other, and the people on the plane are looking for bases in their respective countries, Ling Moyu found that the base of the motherland is not far from the northeast, so he said goodbye to James and walked in the direction of the base.

After walking for about half a day, Ling Moyu came to the motherland's base in Djibouti, which is a port-type comprehensive support base, mainly for the army and navy to supply and provide logistical support for the navy's escort formations and peacekeepers.

At the door, the guards stopped him, explained the situation and took out his passport, and after the guards contacted the officer on duty inside, they confirmed that he would be let in, but he had to be verified by the personnel inside, and a soldier led him inside.

This base is not very large, the first thing you see when you enter the door is a flagpole, the bright red national flag is fluttering, several mighty wheeled assault guns and infantry fighting vehicles are majestically parked on both sides of the gate, and a group of soldiers are practicing with neat steps. Ling Moyu had a feeling that he had not been seen for a long time, although he had not yet set foot on the land of his homeland, a sense of security arose. Over the years, I have been alert even when I sleep, and I can finally let go of my tense nerves here.

Following the warrior through the playground into a majestic five-story building, when he entered the door, a few people came out of it, Ling Moyu bowed his head sideways to make way. When the last person walked past him, he looked at him and exclaimed in surprise, "Ling Moyu! Is it really you? ”

Ling Moyu felt that the voice was very familiar, and when he looked up, it turned out to be Liao Songcheng, "Why did you get here?" He asked Ling Moyu puzzled.

"It's hard to put it into words, I originally took a plane to Doha, but I didn't expect the plane to get lost, and finally crashed and fell not far from here, I came here to ask for help, and I was going to verify personal information inside." Ling Moyu said.

"I see, Commander Hu's information doesn't need to be verified, he is Ling Moyu's friend, I will vouch for him, and there is no problem with his own people." Liao Songcheng said to a person with the rank of colonel next to him.

"This is Commander Hu of the base." Liao Songcheng introduced Ling Moyu to him.

Commander Hu is not very old, tall and strong, "It turned out to be Secretary Liao's friend, then there is no problem." He stretched out his powerful hand and shook it with Ling Moyu.

"Unfortunately, Mo Yu and I are about to leave with the general, I don't have time to talk in detail, are you going back to China? You'll definitely come to me when you get back! After speaking, he didn't have time to say anything else, he shook Ling Moyu's hand tightly and hurriedly ran forward.

With Liao Songcheng's introduction, a lot of intermediate links were omitted, and Ling Moyu successfully lived in the guest room of the base. The newly completed base has all the facilities you need, and you feel comfortable staying here.

Ling Moyu learned from Commander Hu that merchant ships returning from Africa often passed through here, and he could take a merchant ship back to China. A few days later, Commander Hu had someone inform him that a merchant ship happened to pass by, and Ling Moyu left the base to follow the merchant ship back to China.

It takes a week to return to China by ship, but fortunately, Ling Moyu has enough time, it is the first time he has taken such a long ship, this is a 100,000-ton bulk cargo ship, the sea surface is undulating, and it is still very stable on the deck of the giant ship.

Under the clear sky, the blue sky and the blue sea are hidden in the place where the water and the sky meet, as if he is the only one between the sea and the sky, and the sea water continues to set off waves, and the waves are fleeting in the boundless sea.

Ling Moyu stood on the deck and looked into the distance, immersed in the sound of the waves of the sea, the third mate on the ship happened to pass by, and the two of them began to talk.

"I heard that the plane you were on crashed because of a navigation failure?" The third mate asked him.

"Yes, aircraft navigation failures are quite rare, especially military aircraft navigation failures are rare, I didn't expect to be bumped into by me." Ling Moyu replied.

"Our ship has been experiencing this situation recently, and for some reason there have been several cases of navigation system being interfered with, and I have also experienced cases of navigation failures. Our ship has several different systems of navigation systems, including electric compass, magnetic compass, radar, satellite navigation, etc., and the general situation is that one of them has a problem, and the others can still be used, but these times the situation is different, and all the systems fail at the same time, which is very strange. The third officer said.

"It's also dangerous to lose navigation at sea." Ling Moyu said.

"Yes, you can see that the sea is vast and flat, but there are many invisible reefs below the surface, especially near the coast. The shipping lanes of the steamship are especially for large ships, and many of the straits seem to be very wide, and there are not many places where ships can walk, and if you are not careful, you may load on the reef. Fortunately, these navigation failures did not last long, only a few minutes later, and it didn't affect us. The third officer said.

As soon as the wandering people went out, they were those few people every day, and they rarely met strangers, and finally a new person came, and there were almost endless words.

"But there was one time when it was really dangerous, when our boat went to New Zealand, and when we came back, we encountered a typhoon at sea and suddenly turned and were swept into a storm, where the water is shallow and there are many reefs, and we walked around at sea. I happened to be on duty that day, and I was in a hurry, and if I hit the reef during a typhoon, it would be over. Who knew that there was a huge circular deep water area in a large shoal, which was estimated to be a giant natural blue hole, where the wind and waves were relatively gentle, with a diameter of 50 kilometers, which was considered to have escaped! The third mate said with great interest.

Ling Moyu listened to him tell the story with great interest, and seeing that some people loved to listen to it so much, the three pairs opened the conversation box endlessly, and talked about all kinds of interesting anecdotes he had experienced, and even told Ling Moyu which port to find the girl to, and he laughed when he heard it.