Evan stood on the observation deck of the Atlanta,

"It's so strange, how can the sea be so calm? That's not right. ”

Stand next to him. The bearded man who fiddled with the instrument also found the problem and said,

"Lao Wen, have you ever seen such a calm sea, how can there be no waves, our route is definitely going here."

"You wait here and don't move. Keeping an eye on every move on the surface of the sea, measuring the depth of the trench, I immediately went to the captain. ”

"Yes!"

Ivan opened the door to the observation room and rushed in the direction of the splint, just then, Evan's communicator rang,

"No need to look for Evan, I'm here."

Ivan looked in the direction of the outside deck,

Evya was walking over with two crew members, and Evan hurriedly handed over the high-precision electronic telescope in his hand.

"Captain, what do you see here?"

Evya took the binoculars and looked at the sea level in the distance, frowning slightly,

"The route should be right, this kind of sea, calm like stagnant water, this is the first time I've seen it."

"Captain, should we change course?"

"If you don't get close, I'm afraid you'll never find out the truth,

Alert all crew members that what we will face next may be the most dangerous sea voyage ever,

Anything strange can happen here! Be mentally prepared. ”

The crew standing behind Evia, constantly operating the instrument in their hands, always paying attention to the changes that occurred on the sea surface, suddenly the red indicator light on the instrument flashed a few times,

"Captain, I calculated the value, the total length of the entire reef area is 59.4 nautical miles, and there are 37 large reefs that are easy to cause landing."

A younger seafarer on the other side said,

"Captain, two more minutes to enter the Scorched Rock Zone."

Evia took the binoculars and looked around again,

"Ivan! You go to the stern, organize everyone to equip themselves with guns, keep them in combat mode at all times, and connect the wireless communication immediately, I use channel 1, and everyone else uses channel 2. ”

"Yes!"

The little seafarer ran over and pulled out the corner of Evia's clothes,

"Captain...... I'm scared. ”

The boy was the youngest crew member of the Atlanta, named Henders, only 16 years old, a child from an orphanage in the port city.

His parents, like Evia, had died in the war at sea, and in his despair, he met Evia, who had just become a navigator,

He still resolutely chose to join the Atlanta, and Ivea did not abandon him because of his age, but signed a ten-year nautical agreement with him.

In fact, the entire Atlanta Powers can also be Evya and Evan, and the rest of the seafarers are ordinary people who have signed a nautical agreement, of course, you still have me,

I once asked Ivia what the nautical agreement was, and she told me that it was a rule of the sea, the prerogative of every navigator.

Ordinary people, after signing a peace with a navigator, can sail through the navigator ship in time, of course, as a navigator who crosses,

At the end of the time of the voyage, they will lose all memories of the voyage at sea, so that it will not have an impact on history, which is a good thing for the navigator, after all, navigation itself is a lonely thing,

Wild traversers are finite, and it is impossible for all crew members to be powerful.

With the nautical agreement, it is very different, and there are many ordinary people who are willing to spend time and experience a few years of special sea cruises.

On board the Atlanta, only Captain Evia and Deputy Captain Evan have the power to do so, which is not very strong among navigators.

Ivia once told me that there were some very powerful navigators, and that they had at least 50 powerful men under their command, and that there were countless ordinary sailors, and that they were a powerful force in the seas.

In fact, the profession of navigators is very special in itself, they are actually islands, but ETS does not conflict with them, which is also a special case.

But...... According to the official words of ETS, every navigator has driven the development of history,

If the navigator is expelled, then history will change extremely powerfully, so what they have to do is to protect and assist the navigator,

Of course, if some navigators wantonly destroy the direction of history, then the ETS will definitely take action to destroy them.

There is an unwritten rule between ETS and Voyagers that Voyagers can go around looking for 'people who have just come ashore' to be their crew, but their scope of action must be limited to the sea, or certain port cities along the coast.

But if the navigator's henchmen violate the principles of history, such as leaking information about ETS like ordinary people, or colluding with other organizations, then he will be classified as an island and will be hunted down by ETS endlessly.

Of course, ETS is not so kind,

All "newcomers" will be expelled after the nautical agreement expires.

Evia gently touched little Hendes's head,

"Don't be afraid, the captain will protect you until the last moment, don't worry."

Little Hendes listened to Iveya's words, and immediately cheered up, with a hint of seriousness on his face, he clenched the short-barreled gun in his hand, his body was no longer trembling, and he said in a firm tone,

"Captain! I'll protect the Atlanta! ”

Evia looked at little Henders with relief and gave him a thumbs up.

It seems that the comfort of the little ones is needed all the time.

I sat in the captain's cabin, listening to Ivia's voice on the first channel of the communication equipment, and perhaps the real voyage had just begun.

I looked at the holographic projection in front of me,

"There are still 200m to the reef area, and it is expected to arrive in 18 seconds."

"12m from the reef area, expected to reach 10 seconds, start the countdown, 9, 8, 7, 6 ......"

"The reef area has arrived, please all crew members do a good job of vigilance, this trip is 60 nautical miles, about 23 hours sailing, please always pay attention to both sides of the channel! Take precautions! ”

I looked through the lookout glasses and looked at the calm mirror-like sea, and I couldn't help but feel a little hairy. I have heard that the deeper the trench, the calmer the sea surface is, ...... then the depth of this mirror-like sea surface is simply unpredictable? Think about the rocks below, what a terrible scene.

Especially when night falls, the high spotlights on the ship seem so small,

That kind of deep to the extreme, pitch black,

That bottomless feeling,

That kind of isolation,

That feeling of oppression,

That kind of suffocation,

And that kind of human fear from the heart......

Think about what happens when you face this alone?

That's right!

Will you ......

You will be filled with despair......

You will lament the helplessness of human beings in the face of nature,

You will feel deep helplessness,

You'll lose the desire to survive,

You'll give up,

There is a small boat drifting in the vast sea, and in the turbulent dark tide, the seemingly solid splint is just a scrap of paper, swaying in the wind all the time,

It's just a small toy paper boat...... A casual wind and wave will make you disappear forever in this sea,

And you? You? The sea won't take you in the eye at all.

You're just going to sink forever......

Sink to the bottom of the ocean where you fear the most......

"Evia, increase the precision of the detection and shorten the detection range to 10 nautical miles."

"Brother, the first ocean monitoring report has come out."

"How?"

"It's bad."

Ivia paused for a long time and said slowly,

"It's ...... here, there's no marine life here, not even plankton or microbes, I can't believe my eyes......"

"Evia, turn to modulate and always be ready to return, it seems...... The reason for the disappearance of the ship is not as simple as we think. ”

"Brother, in fact, I have always felt that it is not just human beings who have caused all this."

"Oh?"

"Humanity's destruction of the oceans is becoming more and more brazen...... This in itself is a change in history. ”

"Is history changing...... Ivia, detect the fluctuations of power to the maximum."

"Okay."

Channel 2 Mile,

"Hey, I'm Captain Evia, call the control room, and tune up the power fluctuation detection to the maximum."

"Roger!"

"Roger!"

I listened to Ivia's voice in channel two, and felt that there was this urgency in her tone,

"Evia, are you nervous?"

"Hmm."

"I looked at the Atlanta's draft, and it shouldn't be a problem."

"I've had similar voyages before, but not as dangerous as this one."

"A similar voyage?"

"Well, at that time, the Atlanta's navigation control system failed, and we were lost in the channel, and we were also alone at that time, and we were adrift for three months."

"Three months?"

"Well, we persevered, but after that a lot of the crew gave up sailing......"

"Evia, you're a great captain."

"Huh?"

Ivia was a little confused by my sudden compliment,

"I think if it were me, I might not have the courage to face the sea alone."

"No, if it's my brother, he will definitely take us out, and those people will definitely not give up their dream of sailing."

"Evia, I have a question."

"What's the problem?"

"So, what did you eat for the past three months?"

"Brother...... This kind of thing is generally not to be asked. ”

I suddenly thought of some rumors, and I was a little apprehensive, the circulation system on the Atlanta was perfect......

Evia's voice came from the communicator,

"But compared to that time, this time I was less nervous."

"Huh? Why, isn't it more dangerous this time. ”

"Because ......"

Evia was slow to speak,

"Because of what?"

"Because the Atlanta has a new owner."

Author's note, the people who have just come ashore in the text refer to some unwitting traversers affected by historical fluctuations, such as the protagonist, which is also the main component of the members of the island.

An island is an island that people liken ETS to the sea, and other traversers who have been expelled are islands compared to ETS.

Ashore refers to people who were originally part of the long river of history, but for various reasons they broke away from history and climbed up from the long river of history, referred to as ashore.

Note, only traversers in ETS are referred to as "chosen ones." "Because they crossed on their own initiative.