Episode 2 Otherworldly Island
Linda's mind seemed to turn into a lonely ghost, wandering in the empty dark space. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoAround him, I don't know how far away, countless points of light floated densely, and if you look closely, it turned out to be stars, and he was actually in a vast starry sky. Linda's body was involuntarily pulled, moving with the movement of the celestial bodies, as if it had also turned into a star, moving aimlessly in the universe.
I don't know how long it has been, I don't know how long it has been, Linda has forgotten time, forgotten herself, and merged with the entire starry sky.
Just when Linda's mind was completely intoxicated, suddenly, his body fell rapidly as if it was falling into the sky, and he saw that the stars in the distance kept moving away from him, and countless celestial bodies flew past him like flashing points of light, and then a dazzling light appeared in front of him, and Linda returned to the "Hope" as if it had never moved.
"What's going on?!"
Lynda was sweating profusely, staring at the bead in her hand in horror, almost falling down with it. At the moment when he had just picked up the bead and looked at it, he felt as if his entire soul had been sucked into it, as if he had woken up after countless years in the world inside. In fact, everything that happened just now was just a moment.
Lynda had the urge to throw the bead away right away. But after thinking about it for a while, I put it in one of my pockets. He felt that this thing must be extraordinary, perhaps related to the formation of wormholes and the generation of alien energy. But now is not the time to care about this thing, so I can only put it away first and study it well in the future.
Soon, Linda boarded the deck of the "Ark" and gathered with Grant and the others, almost everyone on the ship gathered on the deck, curiously looking at the surroundings.
The place where they are located is a small harbor, with an area of less than a dozen square kilometers, surrounded by land on both sides, and the mouth of the sea in the middle is only less than a kilometer in size.
"What is this place?" asked Grant involuntarily, with a hint of tremor in his tone.
"I don't know where it is, but it won't be Earth. The captain of the "Ark" said with a gloomy face: "The horizon here is much farther than the earth! I can even see 80 kilometers away, and there are places I can't see even farther away!"
"So, this is a much bigger place than Earth, and we're really on another world?" Dr. Arden asked.
At this time, Lin Da suddenly remembered something, his face suddenly became normal, and he said nervously: "Everyone, we seem to have forgotten something!"
"What's the matter?Lynda?" asked Grant and the others strangely, looking at Linda.
"Did the monsters that invaded Earth also come to Earth from here?" said Linda cautiously, scanning her surroundings.
"What?!Are you saying there will be those alien creatures around here?!" Grant asked nervously at the thought of those terrifying monsters, especially the shark-headed monsters that invaded at the end, and the question suddenly woke everyone up.
"It's very likely, I suspect that this is another entrance to the Earth from the wormhole, and those terrible things came to Earth from the alien energy that we just disappeared!" Lynda analyzed seriously.
"So, there's a good chance we're going to encounter those alien creatures right now?" Grant suddenly worried.
"I don't know, I suggest that you should be more vigilant and be vigilant. Even if you don't have those shark-headed monsters, the other alien monsters in this world are also terrifying, don't forget the things that have been locked up in the base. And it seems to be getting dark now, wouldn't it be better to wait until tomorrow dawn to look around and find a safe place to make plans?" Linda looked at the three suns that were about to set in the distance, thought about it, and seriously suggested.
Indeed, as Linda said, the sky gradually darkened at this time. Grant immediately listened to Linda's opinion, and after some deliberation, everyone decided to stay where they were now, because there was no sign of any alien energy creatures nearby, which made everyone's nervousness settle down a little. However, Grant still asked the ship's escort team to increase their vigilance, sending various teams to patrol around the hull, and the radar on the "Ark" was always on, alert to every move around.
Soon, the sun slowly sets in the sky, and night comes. What is amazing is that in the opposite direction of the sunset, seven moons of different sizes and colors have risen one after another, and the sky is full of stars, and the appearance of the starry sky is completely different from that of the earth. But while people marveled and admired the beautiful night sky, they stayed on the boat with trepidation, because from the jungle on the shore in the distance, from time to time there were several huge beast roars, which frightened the people who had just come to this world.
Sleepless night.
Early the next morning, after an evening of discussion, Grant and the others decided to conduct a simple survey of the surrounding environment to determine their environment and location, and more importantly, if they really found the existence of alien energy creatures, they had to move immediately.
Not far from the mainland of the bay, there is a volcano nearly 1,000 meters high, which is also the tallest mountain in the vicinity. The volcano is conical in shape and has a gentle terrain from the base to the summit, appearing flat and smooth on one side facing the bay, while the other sides are covered with vegetation.
Grant decided to climb to the top of the volcano and take a look at the surroundings from the highest point to find out what it was. After all, this volcano doesn't seem to have much vegetation, and the view is wide, so there shouldn't be any fierce beasts hidden.
So they formed an expedition of 20 people, led by Dr. Grant, including 7 staff members who were familiar with surveying, Captain Schroeder with 5 capable men with heavy weapons to be responsible for guarding, and 6 owners of abnormal energy such as Linda and Tang Long also signed up for this expedition. The others remained aboard the Ark under the leadership of Dr. Adam and Captain Modern.
The 20 people first boarded the hovercraft and carefully paddled onto land. Stepping on the soft sand, Linda swept around, carefully observing the natural environment. The environment here is similar to what the earth looks like, with sandy and rocky formations from the beach all the way to the foot of the mountains beyond, and dense jungle further down the land. To climb the mysterious mountain, Linda and the others only had to climb all the way up the sandy and rocky landscape, which seemed to be a relatively gentle and safe passage, because now they did not dare to go too far into the island.
The accompanying staff simply measured it with an instrument, and their position at the moment was about 10 kilometers in a straight line from the foot of the mountain, and it was about 2,000 meters from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, if it was flat land, they would only need two or three hours to reach it, but they were going to climb a high mountain, which was not a simple matter.
"Let's go up and see what the hell this is!" Grant glanced at the aura on the top of the mountain, waved his hand, and set off with the group.
Walking in front of the team are the two members of the "Ark" escort team, both of whom have abundant wilderness survival ability, and can quickly find a convenient and flat road up the mountain, and always pay attention to the surrounding environment to protect the safety of everyone. Grant was silent all the way, not as curious about the plants, soil, and various landscapes around him as the rest of the crew, and in his opinion, the most important thing was to get to the top of the mountain and figure out where he was, and the rest could be left to the bottom of the mountain.
Linda followed the team, silently observing over and over again. Judging by the sand and topography beneath their feet, it was clearly volcanic, and the land beneath their feet had only recently erupted, for the road was sparsely vegetated, far less lush than at the foot of the mountain on the other side, let alone in the center of the island. From this point of view, the volcano they are ascending is an unstable active volcano, but the density and intensity of the eruption are obviously weak, otherwise there would not be so much vegetation here.
But it also brought benefits to Linda and the others, and there was little trouble along the way, except for some steep sections. Under the careful leadership of the guards and Grant's firm determination, the group walked to the top of the mountain at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
At the edge of the summit, everyone finally saw the crater at the top, standing on the top and looking down, the diameter of the crater is about 100 meters, the depth is more than 300 meters, and there is a slight heat from below, it seems that this is an active volcano. However, an experienced researcher in the team judged that the next eruption of this volcano would definitely take more than 100 years.
After checking the situation of the volcano and seeing that there was no danger of an eruption in the short term, the group turned their eyes around. Standing on the top of a high mountain, Linda and the others found that this volcano was almost the highest mountain in sight, and the situation of the entire land was almost in full view.
Relying on advanced measuring devices, after a large number of observations and calculations, people deduced that the land they are on should be a large island, with an estimated area of nearly 10,000 square kilometers, and the average altitude of the entire island is not very high, at most an average of more than 80 meters. Because they could not distinguish the specific direction of this world, Grant and the others could only regard the direction of the three suns in the sky as the east according to the habit of the earth, and thus determined four simple directions.
The volcano is located in the southwestern part of the island, and at the bottom of the mountain is the harbor where the Hope and Ark are anchored, and in the depths of the harbor, a medium-sized river flows slowly from the hills in the center of the island.
The coastline on the southern side of the island is a stretch of white sand that stretches for several kilometers, and the southern land is covered with dense forests. From the south to the north to the islands, the terrain rises and is mainly hilly, but there are several large lakes that feed the river at the foot of the mountain.
To the north of the island is a long, narrow low ridge, and to the east, as far as they are, a complex valley that stretches to the tip of the easternmost part of the island.
It was also noted that more than thirty kilometers to the north of the volcano there was a huge basin, surrounded by several low foothills, which were flat and comfortable in the middle, and looked very habitable.
However, no matter how hard they tried, they didn't find a trace of humanity on the island, much to the disappointment of the crowd. But fortunately, they also didn't find any alien creatures nearby, which also made everyone feel a little reassured.
Grant et al. made various detailed records while observing, and obtained a lot of useful information. At this time, it was getting late, and everyone hurriedly packed up and returned the same way.
As soon as they returned to the ship, Grant and the others decided to immediately call a meeting of the entire crew. Soon, more than 160 scientists, crew members, and military personnel on board the "Ark" gathered in the ship's large conference room, and they looked at Grant on the rostrum with solemn expressions and a little excitement.