Chapter 16: The Strange Boat
readx;??? The water inside the cave was getting higher and higher, and we knew that we wouldn't be able to get out if we couldn't fill it here. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ infoIt's been almost an hour since such a large amount of water poured in, and it hasn't been filled yet, which shows how big the cave here is.
The smell of sulfur was already wafting through the air, and it seemed that a volcanic eruption was not far away. I don't know if we'll ever get out. I guess even if we have oxygen, it's a matter of luck to see where we're going to be pushed by the tsunami. If you push towards the center of the Atlantic, the chances of survival will never exceed 1 in 10,000 without a ship to pick you up.
The people inside were all gathering towards the peak, but under such a big wave, no one could climb the mountain. But we did hear the cursing below. Listen closely, it's us who are cursing. Qin Tai sneered and said, "Professor Shui, I said that you can't be too merciful to others. You see, if we hadn't blown it up, they would have been burned to death by volcanic lava by now. But not only did they not know gratitude, but they cursed us. Even if such a person is dead, I think he deserves it. β
I frowned too, these people are indeed a bit excessive. If you hadn't forcibly opened the mountain, how could there be such a disaster? The inferiority of human xing is all revealed here. Leng Feng asked me gently, "What's wrong?" I shook my head and said, "I was still thinking about how to save people, but I don't want to do it now." I smiled helplessly, but I knew that this forced smile should be ugly.
Gao Yanan also said: "Boss, don't be sad, we can't save so many people." It's up to fate. I nodded silently, aren't we the same?
The smell of sulfur in the air is getting heavier, and occasionally a few sparks flash. It seems that the air is no longer breathable. Those few strands of sparks are supposed to be formed by burning methane or carbon monoxide inside, which are all toxic gases. While water vapor can neutralize carbon monoxide, it can't block methane. Water vapor also causes the sulfur to form weak acids that can corrode everything in it. Including the human body. I'm afraid that we will inevitably be corroded by then.
The water was slowly approaching the stone platform where we were, and many people looked at us with vicious and resentful eyes. We shook our heads helplessly, how did this become our fault? It was as if we had sinned so badly, and looking at the eyes in their eyes that they were eager to eat us, I felt that if we didn't die, I was afraid that snow would fall in June.
I reluctantly stuck a piece of explosives on the stone wall above my head, and now only we had some air here, and the rest of the place was almost flooded. The explosives blasted the rock walls overhead, and a tremendous force pushed us all out of the cave. Straight to the sea. We hurriedly rose towards the sea. At this time, it will be interesting to see if the heart can stand it, and at this time it is the most important thing to be able to get on the boat. When we surfaced, our hearts sank to the bottom.
It turned out that outside the volcano had erupted. The volcano did not know when it had already exposed the sea level, so it was no wonder that the increase in lava was not felt below, and the change in water temperature was not noticed, so it turned out that the volcano had risen above the sea level. The thick volcanic ash covered the entire surface of the sea, and we couldn't see where we were now. The magnetic field at the time of the eruption is very chaotic, and we can't tell the direction. There was no way, we had to use ropes, we were all connected together, and we swam forward without knowing the direction. There were sixteen of us and only four liquid oxygen pressure tanks. After installing the pressure reducing valve, one for four people. It's barely enough.
When we tied the rope to our bodies, we didn't tie them together, so I don't know what happened to Qin Tai and them now. It's just that we were able to get in touch with each other when we first set off, but after a long time of traveling, we slowly got separated. I don't know how long I swam, but slowly the four oxygen cylinders were useless. We threw away the oxygen cylinders and surfaced to see that the smoke was very thin, but there were no boats in sight. Fortunately, the volcanic eruption did not have a concurrent earthquake, so it was still too cold. But in such a medium wave of more than one meter high, it is very difficult for us to breathe. Sometimes just as you are about to breathe, a wave will push you down.
I hurriedly gave each of them a miniature oxygen cylinder, which solved the breathing problem. I looked at Ye Simin and said, "Ye Simin, can you see the direction now?" "His compass is much more advanced than the compass we use, and it's demagnetized. Although it is not useful in places where the magnetic field is too large, it can be used in places where there is a weak magnetic field, but it is not very accurate. Sometimes the northwest direction becomes the northeast direction, but the general direction is still good. The north-south direction can still be distinguished, so we are all very satisfied.
When everyone surfaced again, I asked, "Gao Yanan, can you determine the current position?" Gao Yanan took out the navigator and looked at it and said, "Signal interference." Not shown. Professor Water, can you take a guess? β
I nodded and said, "We entered from the north of the Canary Islands, through the fifty or sixty kilometers of the bitter sea, plus the distance on the land, one is thirty or forty kilometers. In this way, we should have left the Canary Islands very much, and now we should be near the Azores. Now we are worried about whether we are already in the north of the Azores, and if that is the case, we are probably the only way to go down to the nearest land. β
A wave hit and it drove us all down at once. When he surfaced, Gao Yanan said with an ugly face: "Professor Shui, we may really be in the northern part of the Azores now." At this point, we might be able to drift to England. I shook my head and said, "Gao Yanan, do you think you still have the strength?" I pointed to Zhang Qiang and Ye Manqing behind me and said, "You can also see that they didn't throw away the oxygen cylinders I asked them to throw away, and now they are the capital they rely on to survive." With those few floaters, they can save some of their energy. I don't think I have the strength anymore. β
Li Meiting also said: "Yes, captain, we are not fish, our bodies will not be able to stand it if we soak in the sea water for a long time." At that time, we are afraid that it will not be edema, but also bacon. β
Ye Simin suddenly said, "What do you say? What is the northern part of the Azores? What UK? Where did you think you went? How could I have brought the Azores? β
"How?" I was shocked: "Isn't it?" β
The little girl Bai Ling said with a smile: "Big SΓ¨lang, you are making a fool of yourself." The Canary Islands are on the same latitude line as the British islands of Bermuda, and the Bermuda Triangle is slightly south due west of the Canary Islands. It's just that we have come to the south of the Azores, far from the Azores. β
Unconvinced, I said: "How do you know that the Azores are so far away, maybe close?" β
The little girl Bai Ling pouted and said: "How do I know, it was Sister Ye Manqing who said it, she said that it is far away from the land, surrounded by the ocean, if there is no boat, we can't go out." will stay here. Feed the fish. Let's figure out how to get a boat. β
Gao Yanan also nodded and said, "I want to too." It's just that I have something to do. That volcanic eruption princes, it is estimated that all the ships avoided ...... Belch...... Boat? "We didn't look at you, and sure enough, it was a small boat. Slowly, the boat approached, and we saw clearly that it was not a small boat, but a large ship.
It's a ship, well, how to say it? The ship is sixty or seventy meters long, and it should be able to carry five or six hundred tons. Strangely, no one was seen, and the bridge turned out to be empty. Even if you are using a sat nav, you should have someone sitting next to you in case of an emergency. No machines were heard, and no smoke was seen from the machines on board. We looked at each other, not knowing what to do, and now we all have the same thoughts in our hearts. No smoke, no motor, no people in sight. This can't be a ghost ship, right?
The speed of the ship is very slow, probably because the load is too large. The side of the boat is only two meters above the water, so you should be able to go up easily. Gao Yanan said: "Let's go, let's go up first." Everyone hurriedly agreed. What about ghost ships? Are there still few supernatural events we have seen, let's get out of the water first. If you soak it any longer, you'll be damned. Although I still have a few boxes of miniature oxygen cylinders, I can't stand the long way of many people. Who knows how far away it will be before you can see the shore.
We hurriedly climbed onto the boat, untied the rope around our waists, put away the unused miniature oxygen tank, and looked at the smoking volcano in the distance, and we were secretly glad that we had finally escaped the catastrophe. We came to the bridge, I picked up their nautical rimmon and looked at it, and the RI on it turned out to be three days ago. Uh, it's not a ghost ship. I handed the nautical chronicle to Gao Yanan and said, "Look at it, it's not a ghost ship." This is a nautical chronicle three days ago. Look at the last chapter, how the sea is recorded. Gao Yanan nodded and said strangely: "This sea condition ...... Isn't it, normal? β
I nodded and said, "Yes, cloudless, breezy, starry." Visibility is good and more than a hundred meters can be seen. Such good sea conditions, but what about people? It's been three days until tonight, what about people? Where did it go? β
Wang Zongjun fiddled with the navigation instruments and said, "Look at this chart." The boat was supposed to go along the coast, but somehow it came to the center of the Atlantic. If you look at the satellite navigation system signs, we're really in the west of the Cape Verde archipelago, really far from the Azores. Ye Manqing's prophecy has been fulfilled. It's just that there is no prophecy that will take us to the ship. The direction we're heading now, haha, is Bermuda. β
What the? Bermuda? Damn, how can this work? Gao Yanan hurriedly said: "Wang Zongjun, Liu Qiang, you two go and start the main engine, we have to change the course." Let's go ...... Well...... Go to Cuba. Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang hurriedly ran to the cabin.
I looked at Gao Yanan and asked, "What, are we going to Cuba?" I don't think it's better to go east to France or north to England than to cross the Atlantic to Cuba. β
Gao Yanan shook his head and said, "First, it's not easy for the volcanic eruption here to go east. Second, if a tsunami is triggered, we will die. Thirdly, Cuba's presence on the borders of Bermuda helps us in our activities. You see, it's a volcano now, and there's mountain peaks blocking the way. If it's really Atlantis, we won't be able to get by. Otherwise, go directly to Cuba, where to contact China, and then make plans. β
I nodded, and that's all I could do. I'll just listen honestly. I looked at Zhang Qian, Li Hua and the others and said, "Let's go, let's divide into groups and search carefully to see what happened to this boat?" How could there be no one? Gao Yanan nodded and said, "Yes, you should check it out, it's only been three days, and the people on the ship have gone there?" β
In addition to Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang in the cabin, Gao Yanan was in the cab, and we first checked in the living area. Pushing open the crew rooms one by one, although some are very neat, some are very messy, there is no trace of abnormality. When I came to the restaurant, there was still a lot of food in the restaurant. There is rice, flour, but also beef, pork, and some vegetables. There is also a large amount of fish in one freezer. The small fish with golden sè, thin body, light blue sè eyes, and a trace of silver-white sè star stripes on the head, is a very beautiful small fish. There are a lot of fish in it, and some of them we all know. Such as flounder, pomfret, hairtail and so on. But I just don't know this fish. No one has ever seen it.
Lu Liang said: "Boss, I'll show you a hand tonight to see how my skills are." We looked at Lu Liang suspiciously, and Li Meiting smiled: "Boss, you don't know, the fish made by Lu Liang is delicious." When he came back from the Maldives that time, Lu Liang practiced hard for half a month, and now the fish he makes is absolutely delicious. The best thing to eat is caviar. It's a pity that there are no materials here, otherwise he must have made them for you to eat. β
Gao Gao Ping also smiled and said, "Lu Liang, make this kind of small fish to eat first." Such a beautiful little fish, just looking at it makes you eat. I looked at Lu Liang and said with a smile: "Lu Liang, you and Li Meiting stay to make dinner, and we will go to see other places." Lu Liang said proudly: "Boss, just wait to see my craftsmanship." However, I still want Gao Ping to stay, and his kung fu in cooking Western food is also a must. Just let him make steaks for everyone, awesome. β
I looked at Gao Ping, shook my head and smiled, "I didn't think you would have such a hand." Lu Liang said with a smile: "Boss, Liu Jing is beautiful, right?" She is said to have been seduced by Gao Gao Ping with Western food. At that time, we were in the Department of Liu Jing, but we were in the Department of Archaeology, and there was nothing I didn't know. In the end, Liu Jing married Gao Ping, you don't know how many people were drunk at the time of their wedding. In the end, we heard Liu Jing herself say that she likes Western food made by Gao Gaoping. β
After we finished inspecting the living quarters, we went to the deck and inspected the cabin without a trace. Forgive us for thinking they had met pirates, and now, it seems, nothing. If there is a trace of pirates on board, at least the crew's belongings will be searched and messed up, but there are still very neat rooms inside. What's more, during our search, Ye Manqing also found more than 3,000 US dollars. This proves that they did not encounter pirates.
Although nothing was found, we believed that the boat was safe, and although we don't know how people disappeared, everything was so ...... Well...... Normal. It's just normal, and there's nothing strange about it. Except for people.
HD Ping and Lu Liang's craftsmanship is really good. It's just that I can't get used to the caviar made by Lu Liang, it's too fishy. I didn't really like fish in the first place, but I just tasted it and never wanted to eat it again. I'm a big fan of the steaks made by HD flat. Leng Feng didn't like the fishy smell of caviar very much, and when Gao Yanan, Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang came back to eat, a plate of caviar had already been eaten by them.
Because only Gao Yanan, Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang could drive the boat, we anchored and stopped the ship at night, arranged a few people on duty, and took turns to sleep. Because Gao Yanan and the others were too tired, we didn't want them to be on duty, but Gao Yanan disagreed, so we asked her descendants Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang to be on duty first, so that they didn't have to get up again when they went to sleep, and they could sleep for a while. Leng Feng and I were on duty for an hour and a half from one to two and a half in the morning. This is the most tiring time of the day, according to Lu Liang, the two of us are full of shemale bodies, and we can not sleep, so it is best to be on this shift.
The first class is Gao Yanan and Zhang Qiang, this class is the safest. It's just night, and there's nothing to guard against. The second class is Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang. We'll go to bed first. After that tossing in the undersea underground palace, there is no one who is not tired. Especially after soaking in the sea water for so long and going so far, people are already tired. So when I came to the room and went to bed, I quickly fell asleep.
In a daze, I heard the electric bell ringing on the ship, and I hurriedly got up? What's wrong? I looked at my watch, it was only nine o'clock, it should still be Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang's class now, what are you doing? When I came to the deck, I heard a lot of noise. It turned out that Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang were in the water, and Leng Feng and Gao Yanan were pulling ropes on the deck of the ship. As soon as I came out, Leng Feng shouted, "Xinyue, come over and help." β
I was startled and quickly asked, "What's wrong?" β
Gao Yanan said: "Someone dived. β
Yes? What the? Someone dived? Diving here? Do you want to live? I stood on the deck and saw Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang swimming towards the boat with one in their arms. I hurriedly jumped down to help. Help them drag people up. It's Lu Liang and Yu Qian. How could it be them? As soon as I got them up, I saw Li Meiting and Zhang Qian swaying to the side of the boat, looking at the sea water in a daze, just looking at it for a while, and then raised their legs and stepped out of the railing.