[3] Sea monsters
As the boat got closer and closer to the crest of the wave, the speed of the boat also decreased, and it became slower and slower, and the boat had reached its maximum horsepower, but everyone felt as if the boat had stopped on the "hillside" of the huge wave. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Why hasn't it been so long?" Seeing that the line of communication between the sea and the sky in front of the bow of the ship was in front of him, but he couldn't get closer, Mao Fei couldn't help muttering.
"The boat is now not only subject to resistance against the current, but also subject to a downward gravity, and it is already good for the boat to be able to move forward, but I am afraid of ......," Xueba Ji Yutong analyzed.
First mate Li Gang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he heard Ji Yutong's words, now that the power of the instrument tray on the ship has been turned on to the maximum, if they can't reach the peak of the wave in this way, then it means that they will be swept away by the huge waves.
However, when Professor Li Dong heard Ji Yutong say this, he immediately discovered the problem, and he said to Captain McCoster in English: "McCoster, try to climb up the Z-shaped route." ”
MCCOSTER IS WORTHY OF BEING AN OLD MAN, AND AS SOON AS PROFESSOR LI DONG REMINDED HIM, HE UNDERSTOOD, AND SAID: "YES, YES, THAT'SRIGHT"
McCoster tilted the bow of the boat slightly, letting the boat move forward against the waves, and now he finally felt that he was moving forward again, and the boat repeated the Z-shaped route three times, and finally the bow pressed against the crest of the waves, "YES!" McCoster shook his fist and screamed, rushing to the crest of the wave to show that there was no danger of being swept away by the tsunami, and everyone's nerves were finally relieved.
The whole ship was now level again, and the water in front of the bow was gone, replaced by a vast night sky, in which hung a silver-white moon, which seemed so peaceful and beautiful that everyone forgot for a moment that they were above the crest of the great waves.
This state lasted only ten seconds, and suddenly the whole bow of the ship tilted down, and Captain McCoster shouted in English: "Sit down, everyone, we are ready to go down!" ”
The bow of the ship slammed into the sea, splashing waves several meters high, and suddenly there was a haze in front of the wheelhouse window, and at this moment everyone changed from leaning against the wall of the wheelhouse to the front desk of the wheelhouse, and the whole hull fell down, as if the feeling of riding a roller coaster down the track.
Because of the sudden downward leaning, everyone slipped to the front desk, and Lin Fan accidentally pressed his whole body on Li Jia, which made Li Jia gasp lightly "Oops", Lin Fan quickly explained: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." ”
Because what happened just now was very fast, the people next to him didn't pay attention, just these two people knew what happened just now, Li Jia was a little shy and didn't look over, while Lin Fan was a little distracted, he seemed to have touched something terrible just now, it felt soft and quite elastic.
Just when Lin Fan was still reminiscing about the fragrant moment just now, the Japanese scientist Nishimura Xiong on the side suddenly shouted in English: "Ahead! There's something ahead! Avoid !! ”
Due to the splash on the cab window just now, the view from the window is not very clear.
After Nishimura shouted, Captain McCoster quickly activated the wipers, and the water on the window was brushed away, and everyone was stunned to see a behemoth rushing towards the hull of the ship on the sea in front of them.
“SHIT! WHATAFU^KINGDAY! Captain McCoster cursed, and the rudder in his hand spun violently, and the ship turned violently, and everyone slipped to the other side of the wheelhouse without standing firm.
Lin Fan struggled to get up from the floor, the classmates around him all fell staggered, Xue Fat Man even had half of his shorts dragged off, and the big-eyed sister Wu Lingling just fell her head between the fat man's legs, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that the fat man's red little Nene was in front of her, and exclaimed: "Ah!! Then she punched the fat man's vital parts and jumped violently.
"Ahh!!!h Xue Fat Man touched his crotch and cried wolf, and the boys heard the painful cry of the fat man, and they seemed to feel that they had been beaten down for a while, and there was a faint pain.
"You're insane!!!" Xue Fatzi finally recovered and scolded Wu Lingling from the ground.
But at this time, Wu Lingling was a little stunned, she took a deep breath as if she couldn't breathe, in fact, not only Wu Lingling, all the people who saw the behemoth outside the window were all in this state, and everyone's brains seemed to be passed through by electricity.
A milky white giant several times larger than their ship appeared in front of them, this creature had whale-like fins and tail, but on the head was a huge human face, half of which was exposed in the sea, but this half was already making everyone break out in a cold sweat.
Its face was smooth, with no nose or ears, as if it had been imprinted on flesh, its mouth wide open, the water pouring in from between its fangs, and a large, dark eye staring blankly ahead.
When Lin Fan saw this thing, his whole body was trembling, he was afraid, he found that everything he saw in the real world could not explain the creature in front of him, is this still a creature? It's a ghost, isn't it!!
Teacher Li ...... What is this, what ...... this? Feng Hao, the class leader, asked Professor Li Dong sluggishly.
Li Dong exchanged meaningful glances with the two scientists on the side, Linda and Nishimura Xiong, and then explained to Feng Hao and everyone: "Students, don't worry, this is just a deep-sea creature, because there are relatively few records, so you will inevitably be afraid when you see it for the first time, but don't worry that it is dead, there is no danger." ”
Professor Li Dong explained to everyone in a very materialistic way, but Lin Fan and they only wanted to use idealism to look at the creature in front of them, and not only that, but even Captain McCoster and First Officer Li Gang, who had been sailing for decades, were not convinced by Professor Li Dong's explanation. But they had to steer the ship, so they didn't have time to argue with Li Dong about what this thing was in front of them.
Linda and Nishimura have taken out their cameras at this moment to the clearest angle of the wheelhouse to take pictures of this "monster", these two people were nervous when they encountered the tsunami just now, but they did not hesitate at all when they met this "creature" that was a hundred times more unusual than the tsunami, they seemed to be waiting for "it" to appear on this ship.
Although the three experts, Professor Li Dong, scientist Linda and Nishimura Xiong, are silent about this "monster", but it does not mean that no one knows, Xueba Ji Yutong said lightly at this time: "Judging from its size and the shape of its fins and tail, it should belong to the cetacean, but from the fact that it can float on the sea after death, it means that it has a swim bladder in its body, which is different from mammalian whales, if I guess correctly, this may be a cetacean creature that has evolved into a fish." ”
Professor Li Dong listened to Ji Yutong's explanation and didn't say anything, but there was a hint of affirmation of Ji Yutong in his eyes, it seems that Ji Yutong has said so many things.
The scientific research ship went down along the huge waves, although the first mate Li Gang had reduced the power of the ship to 5 knots, but because of the huge inclination of the huge waves, the ship was still moving at a very fast speed, the body of the behemoth was on the side of the ship, seeing that the ship was about to pass by this "monster", suddenly the bottom of the boat hit something, the whole ship suddenly paused, Lin Fan and they snapped and hit the front desk of the wheelhouse, this time there was no Li Jia's soft body as a meat pad, Lin Fan hit that called a pain.
Captain McCoster scolded in English: "SHIT! ”
Nishimura approached the side of the wheelhouse, looked under the hull, and then turned back and said to Li Dong in English: "Li, no, we bumped into its hand." ”
Everyone looked under the hull of the ship, and in the dark waters below the bottom of the boat, a huge white forelimb could be faintly seen, which was arched in the water, and the shape was very similar to that of a human arm.
"Woo~ Is this its hand?" Lin Fan and the others saw the underwater "arm" of this monster, and felt that the atmosphere was even more weird and terrifying.
"It's kind of like ...... The apostle in EVA ......" otaku Jia Jun said.
Hearing Jia Jun say this, everyone who has watched EVA thinks of the strange monster that invaded the earth in the animation, and then compares it to the half-human, half-whale monster in front of him, not to mention, it really looks a bit like an apostle.
"What the hell is this?" Captain McCoster couldn't help it a little, and questioned Professor Li Dong and them in English.
Nishimura and Li Dong did not answer, only Linda said lightly in English: "This is a creation of God." ”
"God!" The captain scolded.
It seems that the three professors Li Dong, Linda and Nishimura should know something, but they are reluctant to explain too much.
The corpse of this monster finally swept over the side of the ship, and was swept away by the huge waves, and many people were worried that this monster would suddenly come back to life, and they breathed a sigh of relief to see that it was carried away by the huge waves.
At this time, the boat gradually slowed down, "Lee, why did you slow down?" The captain asked the first mate in confusion.
First mate Li Gang replied with a depressed face: "Captain, our engine seems to have been broken.
"What?" McCoster came over and pushed Li Gang away and looked at the instrument tray.
Seeing that McCoster's face was difficult to look at, Professor Li Dong asked Li Gang, the first mate, "How could the engine be broken?" The boat is flooded?? ”
The first mate replied in frustration: "The boat is not broken, but the propeller has been broken, and now there is no power at all." ”
The mood of the people who had just calmed down was now low again, "Then send a signal for help." Professor Li Dongdao.
"Yes." The first mate felt that this was the only choice, and walked towards a small communication room in the cab.
Captain McCoster had returned to the helm, and now although the largest tsunami wave had passed, the whole sea was still rough, and the hull of the ship was constantly rising and falling in the waves, and the bow of the ship was slapping on the surface of the sea, and from time to time a large splash would be smashed in front of the window.
Professor Li Dong comforted everyone: "The students are fine, we have survived the most dangerous moment, don't worry." ”
Lin Fan and none of them were relieved because of this sentence, not to mention that the tsunami did not stop, even the monster that was swept away by the huge waves just now has already made everyone unable to calm down anymore, and about this monster Professor Li Dong They seem to have some secrets, are they really just ordinary marine scientific research this time? Everyone felt that the future was uncertain.
At this time, the first mate Li Gang suddenly ran out of the communication room, and he said to everyone in English: "It's not good! All communication equipment is out of order! ”
"What?!" The crowd shouted.
"Everyone quickly look at their phones to see if there is a signal." Professor Li Dong shouted.
Everyone took out their mobile phones one after another, Lin Fan saw that there was no communication on his mobile phone, and he looked at everyone again, and no one seemed to have a signal on their mobile phones.
Mao Fei said: "My phone was out of signal before the tsunami just now, is it that the signal will not be restored if the tsunami does not return?" ”
Xueba Ji Yutong replied: "No, the signal is transmitted by radio, and it has nothing to do with the tsunami, only the electromagnetic field will have an impact on radio transmission." ”
"Teacher, is that so?" Feng Hao, the class leader, asked Professor Li Dong.
Li Dong replied: "Ji Yutong is right, but this tsunami is caused by a deep-sea earthquake, which sometimes causes changes in the electromagnetic field, but this change is temporary, let's wait and see if there is a signal." ”
First mate Li Gang heard Li Dong's professional explanation, and he was temporarily relieved, he was a little worried just now that even the communication equipment on the ship was broken, and now the ship has no power, if they can't send a signal for help, then they will really be finished.
The first mate Li Gang explained the situation to Captain McCoster, who wiped his face and said, "BADLUCK", and then asked the first mate to tell everyone that they could only float at sea first and wait for the signal to recover before calling for help.
After such a toss tonight, many people are already nervous to the point of collapse, Professor Li Dong asked the class leader Feng Hao to take the students to the living room in the middle of the ship on the next floor of the wheelhouse to rest, and asked everyone not to take off their life jackets, and to go up to the wheelhouse immediately if there is an emergency.
Lin Fan and they followed Feng Hao down to the living room in the middle, everyone tossed for so much of the night, a lot of spirit was very tired, the fat man lay on the sofa and took a nap, Lin Fan also sat on the ground near a sofa, Li Jia, who was wearing hot pants opposite, glanced at him, and then rested with Ji Yutong and Wu Lingling.