Chapter 42: A Shadow in the Dark
Meng Lei's current location is in the middle of this wreck.
In fact, it is said that it is the middle level, but it is actually relatively more down.
Because of the four-story structure of the shipwreck, the passage he entered now was located in the center of the third layer.
However, due to the time it has been sunk for too long.
Undercurrents drive the accumulation of sand and bury most of the bottom area under the seabed.
Therefore, the internal structure of the entire submarine, whether it is four or five floors, cannot be seen only from the appearance.
However, Meng Lei didn't have the heart to care so much at the moment.
As he stepped into the dark metal hallway, everything in front of him instantly became extremely dim.
The searchlight of the Guiru behind it could only cast light on the doorway of the corridor at most.
Further down, it was completely pitch black.
The dark, cold feeling comes to the face, and people can't help but feel palpitations!
Meng Lei took a deep breath, forcibly calmed down, and continued to build his heart.
At the same time, he also turned on the light on the hood of the wetsuit for the first time.
Suddenly, a miserable white pillar of light tore through the black curtain, illuminating an area about four or five meters in front of it, and the world became clearly visible again.
However, before Meng Lei could exhale the breath that had been inhaled into his lungs.
The picture presented in front of him not only failed to ease his tension.
On the contrary, he felt that his brain was dizzy, and the whole person was in a trance, and he almost fell to the ground without a soft foot.
When I was outside the wreck before.
Because of the Guixu and the seabed as a reference, this wreck, with its head upwards and a semi-inclined overall shape, is inserted in the sediment of the seabed, which does not look too strange.
But when you are in it, everything you see in front of you immediately becomes an inclined posture.
The distorted and bizarre visuals, and the spatial cognitive impairment caused by the senses, are a nightmare for those who have no such experience.
Meng Lei is like this at the moment.
The moment the lights are turned on, spatial cognition is severely affected.
He only felt that the world suddenly swirled in front of him, as if he had entered another world.
Everything was unconsciously distorted and deformed, and then turned into one gravitational vortex after another, shattering his consciousness and cognition wildly, and his brain was completely uncontrollably chaotic.
"Holy!"
Meng Lei immediately realized that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly reached out, grabbed the bulge on the bulkhead, and subconsciously did not let himself fall.
At the same time, he immediately closed his eyes and did not look at the scene around him.
The brain constantly recalls what the normal world should look like, and then merges with the inclined world, trying its best to forcibly adjust the spatial cognition.
Nearly half a minute passed before he finally felt better.
Tentatively opening his eyes, the tilted hull was still uncomfortable to look at.
But the impact on him is far less intense than it was just now.
Everything happened so suddenly, as long as you can adapt for a while and get through that period of obstacles.
"Lao Tzu finally understands now how awesome the astronauts who work on the space station and the pilots who fly the planes are!"
"It's okay to go back and forth at 360 degrees, it's just not human!"
Silently spitting out, Meng Lei stood up straight.
Since he had not fully recovered his condition, he did not leave immediately, but stood there for a while.
Taking advantage of the time to acclimatize, he looked around and briefly observed the layout of the buildings inside the shipwreck.
Bright lights cut through the hallway, dispelling the surrounding darkness as the hood of the wetsuit turned.
It can be seen that the current position he is in should be in the main passage of the third deck, which is relatively wide.
Due to the perennial immersion of seawater, the walls of the corridor have been severely corroded.
Not only does it show a large amount of red rust, but the metal surface is also pitted, and you can faintly see the traces of layers of peeling.
In addition, in the top part of the passage, there are many black tentacles attached to it, like rotten and moldy.
After a day's "experience" yesterday, Meng Lei is now well-informed.
He recognized the black stuff, but it wasn't really tentacles.
It is a layer of biological mucosa formed by a large number of microbial colonies attached to the surface of objects.
Because of the large number of them, and the drive of the water, they will hang upside down like tentacles on the top of the passage, producing the effect seen now.
Meng Lei had encountered this kind of thing when he was passing through a canyon crack before.
However, there is no danger in these things though.
But it hangs densely above the head, like a baby's little hands, waving and squirming, which always makes people feel very weird.
Meng Lei subconsciously shrank his head, forcing himself not to look at those things and to look ahead.
The wetsuit didn't have enough light to see the end of the hallway.
But as far as the eye can see, about five meters away.
Faintly visible on either side of the passage, there are two half-open hatches that seem to lead to rooms in other areas.
Meng Lei shook his head and gathered his thoughts.
I focused my eyes again, felt the surrounding environment with my heart, and felt that I was almost recovered, and I didn't have that strong sense of vertigo.
So, he didn't plan to waste any more time.
Flat chest raised. Before the shotgun, step away from the double. legs, ready to start exploring deeply.
The sloping corridor is not conducive to moving forward, and there is a thick layer of sediment on the surface, which is very sticky and slippery.
Meng Lei didn't step on the deck anymore, his feet left the ground, and slowly swam forward.
Soon, he came to the two half-open hatches.
Through the vague text mark on a metal plate at the door, Meng Lei could barely guess.
These two rooms, next to the corridor, are supposed to be the crew quarters on the submarine.
Although the word "ship" at the head has been corroded by the seawater, the outline is completely unclear.
But the submarine facilities that can form a complete vocabulary with the last two words, the only thing that Meng Lei can think of in his mind is the crew room.
Floating in the hallway at the height of the top of the hatch, Meng Lei hooked his head to look into one of the rooms.
It was pitch black through the narrow crack in the door, and the overhead light could only illuminate a small area of the interior through the crack in the door.
Faintly visible, there seems to be a double bed in the corner.
Other than that, nothing that can't be seen.
Meng Lei didn't dare to go deeper, for fear that something sudden would happen.
He stopped at the door and watched carefully for a moment, and after a while, the surroundings were still extremely quiet, and there was no movement.
Only then did he finally put his mind at ease and gently swing his hands. Leg.
Take a step forward and push the hatch open.
Unexpectedly, the moment he opened the hatch.
Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the deathly silence of the crew room.
There seemed to be a figure flashing through the darkness!